Updated Note as of 7/23/24. Please read.
Hello all! I am back with a new story and I have taken inspiration from many novels and movies I have seen over the years, including: 1984, Equilibrium, and Fahrenheit 451. This by no means is an original idea from me.
This is a bit different than anything I have done before. Because of that, I would like to provide a little background information, as I don't have faith in my storytelling ability and don't want anyone to be confused (I probably should have posted this before I started posting chapters!)
World: An alternate universe. In this story, the main characters live in a place known as the District. After a devastating Great War, the citizens of the District are under the iron grip of a totalitarian government called The Regime. Emotions and feelings are considered dangerous, and to suppress them, everyone is forced to take Daily Supplements that mute their emotions. (That's right, in the District, citizens no longer feel anything. Hot, cold, love, hate—every emotion and sensation is muted to nothing.)
However, not everyone complies. Those who refuse the supplements to experience real emotions are labeled Sense Offenders and deemed criminals. These outlaws are relentlessly hunted by the Regime, captured, and sent for "rehabilitation," a process designed to crush their rebellious spirits and force them back into conformity.
Main Female Lead: Miss Lawson. A rehabilitation physician whose job is to rehabilitate Sense Offenders. Orphaned as a young child during the Great War, she doesn't remember a time before emotions were monitored and suppressed.
Main Male Lead: You know who. A model citizen of the District, hiding a dangerous secret.
Hope that clears some things up.
Thanks for reading <3
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Muted
FanfictionIn the not-so-distant future scarred by war, emotions are deemed humanity's downfall. To maintain order, feelings are muted, aided by drugs that dull the senses. Violators of these laws are branded Sense Offenders, hunted down as the most notorious...
