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It’s been almost 100 years since Order 53 freed the herbivores from servitude, and almost 200 since the end of the War of the Species, the first herbivore revolt.
And yet, since then, progress has stalled. Herbivores may be technically freed, but they still lack many basic rights. They're made to use sub-standard facilities, are barred from executive office, and lack the franchise, property rights, habeas corpus, and citizenship. Instinct-driven violence against herbivores is legally protected, and many live in fear that the next day may be their last.
Meanwhile, carnivores live in high society. They eat meat, dominate the country's politics, and rampantly discriminate against the subjugated herbivore population. The equality movement has hit a wall, and meaningful change feels more out of reach than ever.
So who would've thought... that it'd be the son of a teacher, and the son of a speciesist politician, who'd bring the entire system crashing down?
(A hopepunk story about Louis and Legosi fighting for equality and changing society, with inspiration taken from the Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman)