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But I don't want an AU. >: I like struggling with the, "Is this my life or not."

Besides, this is just. The Giver in game form.

What... is The Giver? :c

I don't know, it could be different enough it wouldn't need to be AU? Like, all new humans are smashed into a desirable families for the characters... but that still doesn't have that struggle you're interested in. Sorry, anon, forgive me for I have failed you!!

A great but fucking creepy book. wikipedia it if you don't want to read it. It's pretty a-okay.

The Giver's a book, where part of the premise is that everyone's lives are decided for them, basically. Couples matched up by someone else, no dating. Only specific people are chosen to actually birth children, and after a certain amount, they go to hard labor. Jobs are decided for people. Well, here, from the wiki article. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver)

"The society in which Jonas lives remains harmonious by assigning jobs to each individual according to a laborious evaluation of their skill, by matching up husbands and wives based on personality to balance out each other, and only allowing two children, one male and one female per family unit. Children are born to designated "Birthmothers" and then family units can apply for children. If the family unit applies for the maximum allowed number of two, the family unit will be augmented to fill out into a nuclear family by being issued one boy and one girl. This is to keep the genders even. After family units have served the purpose of raising the children in a stable environment, they cease to exist; the parents proceed to a communal housing facility for childless adults, and the children become involved in their work and start monogenerational families of their own, forgetting their foster parents as they grow older. The community maintains this process using pills which suppress emotions, mainly romantic love and sexuality, which they refer to as "Stirrings"."

Basically, this premise is The Giver Lite.

...well goddamn.

CARRY ON, ANONS.

a game based on the giver would be interesting someday

it's not as appealing as an AU

i think a lot of people are drawn to the "is this my life or not" aspect and making an AU would completely dissolve that

The "is this my lifeor not" aspect just made me think Mayfield... hence why I was trying to write it out. The anon below, however, definitely has some better solutions!

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oh man

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