The Happiness Monster
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He was born in a utopian society where everybody works together to ensure fair distribution of happiness for all the people. However, he is... different. His callousness, lack of empathy and troubling disregard for happiness of others makes him an outcast in his world.
She was born in a merchant's family and took off before her wedding to become a tech-hunter instead. A hundred scars later, she has realized that it was a mistake; and one that she cannot fix, not easily.
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When I was a child, I was convinced that there is a limited amount of happiness in the world; that every time when I was unhappy somebody else was a little bit happier, and every time when I was happy somebody got a bit more miserable.
Flash forward to utilitarianism, to "Moral Tribes" by John Greene: "..for a utilitarian, the ideal world is one in which everyone is maximally happy, including the baddies. In fact, the ideal utilitarian punishment system is one in which punishments are convincingly faked rather than actually delivered. In an ideal utilitarian world, convicts would be sent to a happy place where they can't bother anyone, while the rest us believe that they're suffering, the better to keep us on our best behavior."
The idea was so outlandish and so perfectly SF-ish, in a "what could possibly go wrong?" way, that I thought of a prison planet Miasma almost immediately. And then added things, like bacterial enhancements that can change people's physiology just about in any way imaginable (and are not *that* far fetched). And then threw in intelligent alien life. That is kind of cute. And some weird sexual customs. And....
And then I ended up with a couple of notebooks full of NaNo-scribble, a realization that the story is sprawling in all directions, that it is this weird glob of "something" that is equal parts fun and unpredictable, and that I have always wanted to do serialized fiction.
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𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒: 𝐂 𝐎 𝐌 𝐏 𝐋 𝐄 𝐓 𝐄 𝐃 ✔︎ 【𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐂𝐄𝐎! 𝐱 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫】 ‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵ Misjudged, not truly seeing him for who he is. Having to always put up a fake image he's built over the years, all for his father. But once he was done with all of it: people actually mistook him for a robot, now critizing him for not leading up to their expectations. The only thing about this was that not once did he care what people thought about him or spoke about him. But after meeting you, he'll absolutely do anything, become anything. Become something he didn't even know he'll do for anyone. It seemed to unlock something deep within him that no one had control over. The only thing he desired, the only thing he wished for, was for you to become his and his alone. The only thing you could do is to prepare yourself to see this outcome. Or; to try to get yourself out. ‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵ ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ ⚠︎𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥⚠︎ In this book, all my characters do not exist in any anime or manga, I created them in my head and I write them how I want them to be. The story along with plot belong to me and me alone. The book art/photo do rightfully belong to their owners, I only added the letters and a few extra touches that are noticable. The image's,gifs and songs do rightfully belong to their owners as well. ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ -ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴍᴏᴅᴇ. ⚠︎-sʟɪɢʜᴛ/sᴇxᴜᴀʟ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇs. ⚠︎-ᴘʀᴏғᴀɴɪᴛʏ. ⚠︎ᴛʀɪɢɢᴇʀ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴɪɴɢ ᴏғ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ - ᴇᴛᴄ.
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