The Theory of Life

Description

Yongsun is a civil engineer living in a world where flesh is slowly being replaced by steel: it is inhumane and immoral, so she protects herself and her mind by living in accordance with her theory — the Theory of Life — as she tries to remain sane in a world of mechanics and madness.

 

Put simply, here is Yongsun’s theory:

The beginning is the end, the end is the beginning.

Everything in-between is an illusion, it must be a lie.

 

 

Foreword

hello.

happy new year <3

please accept this: the Theory of Life, a story that is inspired by a simple theory which is meant to be disproven. this story is Yongsun-centric, we follow her as she tries to survive in a world plagued by war and what it brings. I’m 99.9% done with it and I’ll try to update once a day (chapters are really really short, though).

it is written in third-person and I really struggle writing in that POV but, eh. it’s also fictional which means it’s not real.

this story was originally going to be quite long but instead of writing a lengthy fic I just took my chapter summaries and did something with them. I think it turned out okay. thank you for sticking around,

—Despereauxx

 

 

also, no TWs (so far) and no A/Ns at the end of the chapters )): because they are quite short so I don’t really see the point in them being there, but if you have any questions I’ll be more than happy to answer!

 

Despereauxx
updated. done. finished. my brain needs a rest. will probably sleep. thank you for everything ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ <3

Comments

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Wasp16 #1
Chapter 62: Wow...the way you've portrayed the reality of the human condition, war and love.

Just beautiful
somebbboy
#2
Chapter 62: absolutely beautiful
thc_178 #3
Chapter 62: What a masterpiece!
The Theory of Life is there created by us and also destroyed by us.
It can have different definitions imo.
Hope author-nim will continue to create more great stories. ?
JustMe
#4
Oh my god, I've been searching and searching and I'm so glad I stumbled on this masterpiece.

I'm a fan. , your writing is beautiful! Omfg, thank you for such art. I finished the whole story in a day. It was that good.
ThatOneBi
#5
Chapter 62: The story was very interesting and it was amazing. Thank you author-nim for creating this amazing masterpiece ~
gay4pineapples
#6
Chapter 62: i haven’t been here for a while, but i’m gonna catch up soon. thank you for finishing this story :))
diadetak #7
Chapter 62: I read this in one go and I'm glad i found this masterpiece

This writing is really warm, idk how to explain it
This is too beautiful
brokecorgi
#8
This was the first story I read on aff before making an account n now that I looked at it after moths I realized that I had not subscribed and upvoted this great piece. I used to eagerly wait for you to update this story. Thank you for writing this beautiful story author-nim ^_^
TagalogMamamoo
#9
Chapter 62: I can’t believe I was scared to read this because I thought it’d be a long and difficult read. Turned out to be the opposite. :)

It’s a happy ending that still pinched my heart. Thank you for putting up a great effort in writing this beautiful piece. <3
WolfieGrowler #10
Chapter 62: A very human creation. Glad they are able to experience peace, because as Yongsun has discovered, peace is a journey and process. Much like her theory. Fantastic that she’s able to discover a way out of living that theory...I’ve been there and sometimes still find myself faintly experiencing it. It mirrors the steel taking over flesh- the inhumanity overlapping humanity she finds so agonizing. Creates lots of suffering. You clinched it dude :)