KAISTAL: Billet-Doux
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“ Beauty comes naturally, untouched by the Society's programs - unreplaced by sadistic opinions that came from the minds of those who haven't seen one, who haven't seen themselves.”
➥ Title: Billet-Doux
➥ Author: knovelist
➥ Characters: Kai (EXO), Krystal (fx)
➥ Genres: scifi, romance
➥ Ratings: G
➥ Status: ongoing (3 chapters as of Sept 16)
In a place where everything is limited and everyone is sundered from another, two strangers find themselves conned by an adept society who allows the people to see anything but themselves and abjures the use of more than 160 words to express their thoughts.
How will they fathom beauty, how will they voice out their thoughts, if choices are given with bounded freedom?
macchiato-'s note:
One of my favorite kaistal fan-fictions. knovelist has an amazing way in portraying the settings. You will find no difficulty in imagining the advanced technologies or picturing the way human in that era 'talk' to one another. The point of this story is to deliver the exact meaning of beauty, hence the forbiddance to talk more than 160 words and the non-existance of mirror for the livings. I'm not going to tell you further because I want you to read the story and comprehend it yourself. If I were to define beautiful, though, I'd probably say: Billet-Doux.
(+): Wide range of vocabularies, perfect English, realistic delineations of the year of 3047. knovelist tries to straighten the meaning of beauty through both Kai's and Krystal's life, therefore you'll encounter a lot of kaistal moments, fluff perhaps, but that's not the one to underline. I personally like the hidden messages and the corresponding events, moreover the logical motives behind the government's illogical rules.
(-): Slow updates (latest chapter was posted on May). It requires you to subscribe before reading (be honest, it is sometimes annoying) but I can guarantee it won't disappoint you. You will not click the unsubscribe button, I know you won't. Not suitable for those who dislike Krystal being paired with your bias.
hey, just updated the list with a mark-centric one. will add more soon, stay tuned!
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