Introduction
Dear reader,
This work of written fiction seeks only to disturb, instead of providing comfort to your mind. It will carry within it genres that of horror, romance and psychological drama.
Let me give you the premise. The story is set in a world that you may be able to relate with, whichever part of the globe you come from. It is one where violence is as rampant as it is normalized. Abuse is nothing extraordinary here, be it against the self or someone else. Only the fittest get to have a go at the prize.
In such a world, where even the butterflies wish they could sting, love blossoms between two unlikely protagonists. Is it possible to have two protagonists? I wish to find out.
They are both a little crazy. God knows what made them that way. Maybe it is only because the world around them is a bit of a nutcase too? Hopefully, the story can give us a better explanation than that one.
When we start out, the two MVPs are nothing more than a couple of regular adolescents. Life, for them, is synonymous with the happenings at school and their home surroundings. The world that they will come to know as adults is still far away, and is as much a fantasy in their heads as their most implausible dreams.
As a reader, you may be tempted to ask this question: why write this work when the internet is littered with tales of teenagers falling in love? Well, for one, I haven’t read them. Second, and more importantly, I believe that this is one genre that can never be explored enough. First loves give us the foundation over which we begin to build our self-identities. These experiences can vary individually, and therefore, every story of teenage romance can be quintessentially different, though they may all talk about the same one thing.
A small note on the title must be included here as well. It may sound depressing at first glance to get into something that goes by the name, ‘Love Becomes a Sociopath’. Who has time to invest in an idea as horrendous as what this one suggests?
It is precisely why I wish to clarify the meaning behind the title. The word ‘becomes’ has twin denotations, which stand for:
a. grow or turn into (someone or something)
b. to suit, or look good or appropriate on
When I use the word ‘becomes’ in the title, it is in reference to the latter definition. Love can look good or seem appropriate on even a sociopath - a person who feels forced to hate on the ones around them. It may be the key that opens their mind to something more, help them understand their feelings, and accept themselves for what they are worth.
As we often find out, love is worth the world. And to some, it may mean more than anything the world has to offer.
Yours truly,
George Sebastian
