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When the Russell family travels to upstate New York for Monica's funeral, Gladys and Larry start to learn why their mother, and their parents' marriage, is the way they are
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Heaven is a Place in a Costume Drama by LittleBitGarbage
Fandoms: The Gilded Age (TV 2022), Black Mirror (TV)
29 May 2026
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Long before there was San Junipero and the tech developed by TCKR Systems, there was rAI.
Bertha Russell, troubled wife of the Russell Industries CEO George Russell, corners Dr. Aurora Fane, Russell Industries' head of research, and convinces her to let her try rAI, the neural AI dream connector that immerses the user in an alternate universe of their choosing. Eventually, George finds out. Things work out in the end, but the road isn't easy.
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Bertha and Gladys’ marriages dissolve in tandem, and they become closer for it
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Gladys didn't know how she missed it. It was obvious why George missed it.
After Bertha stays at Sidmouth for Gladys' first birth, she leaves somewhat abruptly. A month later, the family realizes that nobody knows where she went. When they finally find her, they discover why she didn't want to be found.
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Two Berthas by LittleBitGarbage
Fandoms: The Gilded Age (TV 2022), 19th Century CE RPF, Historical RPF
01 Feb 2026
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When Bertha Russell leaves Sidmouth, her life back in New York seems bleak. Her daughter is married, George and Larry are at their club, and the Met is fully established now. There's no particular pull other than maintaining a position in society.
Then, she meets Bertha Palmer, a Chicago socialite organizing the women's building for the World's Fair. They become fast friends, and Chicago's Bertha helps New York's Bertha remember how great she truly is.
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George returns home, and nothing will ever be the same
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- Part 2 of The Love That Remains
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Bertha always knew she would have a hand in shaping the fate of Russell Consolidated Trust. But it's not until Larry comes to her with mounting responsibilities and little support that she realizes just how strong her hand would be in guiding the company's fate.
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Bertha's knuckles were white and George noticed she was trembling. His ever-composed, butter wouldn't melt in her mouth wife was trembling.
Larry, Gladys, and Hector were all coming to New York, and they were,
her voice cracked,they were on the SS Lamia.
George shuffled around the stack of papers on his desk to pull out the Times. Right there, on the front page was the headline,
LAMIA SINKS HOURS AFTER HITTING ICEBERG 866 RESCUED BY ANTHEIA PROBABLY 1250 PERISH
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'cause you know that I'm around, I'm your pet by LittleBitGarbage
Fandoms: The Gilded Age (TV 2022)
01 Jan 2026
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Bertha runs into Marian at a bar. At first, they can't help but complain about their exes. Then, they slowly realize they have more in common than either of them ever dreamed of.
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What, will these hands ne'er be clean? by LittleBitGarbage
Fandoms: The Gilded Age (TV 2022)
13 Nov 2025
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Bertha's past comes to haunt her in ways she never expected.
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When Bertha experiences one of the worst horrors a wife can experience, a shadowy figure comes to make a deal with her. Unfortunately for it, Bertha is not her husband.
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- Part 2 of Dealings with the Devil
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Many men have sold their soul for fortune and power.
Many men don't know what it actually means to sell one's soul.
George Russell is about to find out.Series
- Part 1 of Dealings with the Devil
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When George Russell meets the Queen of the Gods, he falls head over heels and swears his devotion to her. Of course, he didn’t know who she really was. To him, she was merely a mysterious young woman by the name of Bertha.
Or Hera runs away from Olympus, and over the course of twenty odd years, she is eternally changed.
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When George and Bertha Russell travel up to the Catskills for a party meant to spice things up, they have no idea what's in store for the evening
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every breath is magnified, wasted feelings come alive by LittleBitGarbage
Fandoms: The Gilded Age (TV 2022)
13 Oct 2025
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Bertha begins to process the full weight of what Aurora has done
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- Part 2 of Witches and Kings
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If Our Love Died, Would That Be the Worst Thing? by LittleBitGarbage
Fandoms: The Gilded Age (TV 2022)
06 Oct 2025
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When King George's wife gets swept up in the literal witch hunt happening in his kingdom, he feels as though he has no choice but to sentence Bertha to die. When the Queen's former lady in waiting hears of it, she feels she has no choice but to risk her life for her beloved Queen.
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- Part 1 of Witches and Kings
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Soon after George leaves Bertha in Newport, there’s a second attempt on George’s life.
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- Part 1 of The Love That Remains
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Bertha Russell had always had a high threshold for pain. She just never thought those limits would be tested at this stage of her life.
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Melissa copes while Barbara begins to find herself
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- Part 2 of Losing Yourself to Find Yourself
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Ever since her parents allowed her to date, Barbara has always been defined by those around her. She was Gerald's girlfriend, then his wife, then the mother to their children. But when Gina comes out to her, she inadvertently sets off a chain of events that lead to Barbara being faced with the question: when all of that is stripped away, who is she?
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- Part 1 of Losing Yourself to Find Yourself