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Ok, who wants to make an OC named Bob? because I want to (・∀・)ﾉ
THE BOBS
The number of times "Bob" is said:
Informant Bob: 44
Hunter Bobe: 43
Fisherman Bob: 26
Adventurer Bob: 24
Merchant Bob: 14
Alberu wins!! As expected of the one and only sun
But Cale loses...
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Fisherman Bob (Toonka) - A fisherman from a small seaside village who went out to fish and somehow ended up shipwrecked; rescued by Lady Amiru (ch 53)
“Mr. Bob, this is young master Cale Henituse.” - Amiru
‘Bob?’ - Cale
“Nice to meet you. My name is Bob.” - Toonka
“Bob is from the Whipper Kingdom” - Amiru
“And Bob.” - Amiru
“Bob, a warrior like you should understand what I mean, right?” - Cale
“Bob.” - Cale
“Bob.” - Cale
“His name was Bob?” - Choi Han
“How do you know about Bob?” - Cale
“Ah, that Bob guy from before is Toonka.” - Cale
“Bob is an alias.” - Cale
“Bob.” - Cale
– Ah, Bob! - Raon
– Toonka! Bob! He’s like that idiot! - Raon
+11 in the narration
Adventurer Bob - A beginner adventurer who starts his journey from Hope and Adventure Loving Inn (ch 272)
“Hahahaha! Thank you for the exaggerated compliment. Well, my name is Bob! I will definitely be famous in the future!” - Bob
“Mr. Bob, I hope this is the start of an amazing adventure for you.” - Cale
“It’s okay, Mr. Bob. Only luck will follow you on your journey. You don’t have to worry.” - Cale
“You can do it, Mr. Bob.” - Cale
+20 in the narration
Merchant Bob (Cale)- The rich merchant who took down the infamous red snake of Nake Mountain (ch 461)
“Mr. Bob, a feeble person like you going there will instantly be bewitched and die.” - Bobe
“Mr. Bob, I don’t know what it’s for, but don’t go to that cursed mountain! Hmm?” - Bobe
“Aigoo. I, Bobe, want to help you, Mr. Bob, especially since we have such similar names.” - Bobe
“Aigoo, who cares if we are Bobe and Bob!” - Bobe
“Mr. Bob, thank you very much.” - Bobe
+9 in the narration
Hunter Bobe - An experienced hunter who knew the fog-covered Nake Mountain well (ch 461)
“Aigoo. I, Bobe, want to help you, Mr. Bob, especially since we have such similar names.” - Bobe
“Yes sir, senior Bobe.” - Cale
“Aigoo, who cares if we are Bobe and Bob!” - Bobe
“Mr. Bobe.” - Cale
“Can you deploy some mercenaries around Mr. Bobe and Nake Mountain?” - Cale
+38 in the narration
Informant Bob (Alberu) (also acts as the loyal servant of Young Master Naru) - A quarter Dark Elf who is a sworn brother of Cale Henituse and Alberu Crossman; the crown prince’s proxy and also the person in charge of the crown prince’s information network (ch 541)
“My name is Bob and I am his highness, the crown prince’s proxy and also the person in charge of the crown prince’s information network.” - Alberu
‘…What’s with his name?! Why is it Bob?!’ - Cale
“This is Bob hyung, one of my close hyungs.” - Cale
“You can consider Bob hyung to represent the will of his highness, the crown prince.” - Cale
“Bob hyung is pretty antsy too.” - Cale
“Our Bob hyung has been like his highness the crown prince’s twin brother since they were young.” - Cale
Had the two of them and this Bob person who lived in the shadows created this sworn brotherhood between the three of them? - Fredo
‘But it is shocking that this Bob is quarter Dark Elf.’ - Fredo
“Raon-nim, I’m Bob.” - Alberu
“Ah, right! Nice to meet you, Bob!” - Raon
“Bob hyung, are you not going to eat?” - Cale
“My name is Bob and I am young master Naru-nim’s servant and informant.” - Alberu
“Bob.” - Fredo
+31 in the narration
I feel that if this were to happen, the Henituse family would realize that Cale doesn’t think of himself as part of the family. I believe that even in canon, he had trouble accepting the Henituse family as his own, at least initially (which might be contradicted by Cale’s thoughts during his first encounter with Venion, but let a girl dream (ᵔ.ᵔ)).
The Henituse family could have quite interesting reactions if Hans ever informed them about the diary.
Lily might feel guilty and sad, somehow implying that her Oraboni is not part of the family, and she would try to change her way of thinking by spending more time with him.
Basen might feel guilty, thinking he’s replacing his Hyung-Nim, even though we know it’s not true. He would try to convince Cale to accept the heir position and distance himself, possibly no longer “bothering” him.
Violan, similarly, would feel guilty, being seen as a replacement for Jour. Instead of continuing to distance herself to allow him peaceful mourning time, she would try to spend more time with him to improve their relationship.
And Deruth would feel terrible; from Cale’s perspective, it might seem like he’s replacing Jour and Cale with Violan and Basen. Deruth’s distancing and problem-solving approach didn’t help either. In a brave moment, he would probably try to go to Cale and apologize for everything.
One of the things that has also been in my head for a while is Cale having a journal.
Like- Cale starts a journal when he realizes that he's going to be a lot more involved in the novel's events than intended so to make room for new records he writes things down
When it's songs that he liked as Krs, he'd scrapbook a background and write them down
He'd also add artwork on some pages and has art of people. Like Choi han training, Ron with the lemonaid, Alberu doing whatever- he'd do a bunch of profiles for each person or maybe just have a separate book for that all together-
Cale doesn't really let others see either book, just changing the topic when it comes up. Everyone eventually learns not to ask.
Would be very interesting if there was a connection with Og!Cale and Krs where krs!Cale began to dream about some of og!Cale's memories
After a particularly bad memory, Cale is more closed off towards Deruth and Deruth doesn't know what he did wrong.
Cale obviously puts something about this in his journal
In honor of og!cale, he makes a drawing of his mother and him and doesn't use the 'Henituse' last name, he uses 'Thames'
The thing that Cale has learned about the original Cale is that he's never really felt like he belonged with Violian and Deruth. Always feeling like he was intruding.
So for plot convenience, Cale is called by the crown prince in the middle of writing and leaves the book out in the open.
Hans, who's been assigned to clean Cale's room, See's a book that has no cover or title or anything and opens it out of curiosity.
Hans sees a few drawings of the kids and naturally is excited because 1- Cale can draw really well, and 2- He loves cats.
Then he keeps going through the book, looking through drawings of him, Ron, Choi han, and- the Henituse family with Cale not in the portrait.
Hans is confused. (Deep down, he knows exactly what this implies)
He assumes that the drawing isn't finished (it's already been signed) and closes the book with shakey hands. Maybe the Count doesn't need to know about this-
Except when he comes back next week, the drawing hasn't changed.
Huh.
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Just posting my drafts now- honestly I do really like this idea, maybe I'll write something to go along with it later?
I should start making the second parts of things I've already posted lmao-
We must not forget about eremophobia.
It was clearly demonstrated during the Wind Island test, and although it is not exactly traditional eremophobia (which is more than anything the fear of being physically alone), unlike this, Cale fears more than anything being the last survivor among his dear ones.
I think the reason Cale is always at the vanguard is that he is afraid of seeing his loved ones die. So, if they end up in a situation where their enemy is stronger than them and they can’t flee, at least he will die before the others.
Trauma will always push him to avoid seeing his people die, lest he be the last survivor. The guilt of having those ideas, of imposing that fate on someone else, can make his already low self-esteem even more non-existent than before.
I just realized I'm rambling, so I'll leave it here. Anyway, even if this analysis is wrong, I think it can be quite accurate in many cases.
Kim Rok Soo!Cale – aka. Poster Child of Trauma
Let's list down all the traumatic experiences of our MC, shall we? :)
Body stolen by the White Star's reincarnation
Being affected by the Curse of the God of Death ("All those you cherish shall die") before being born
Rebirth in Korea, shortly followed by the death of his parents
Taken in by his abusive uncle, Kim Seung Jong, who falls into alcoholism and gambling
Either the uncle dies due to his addictions or it gets so bad Kim Rok Soo runs away – that part was a bit unclear
Gets into the orphanage, where all friends or caretakers he comes to care about leave him, one way or another
Choi Jung Gun shows up when Kim Rok Soo is about to get murdered by the Hunters Park So Jin & Jung Yi-Rang, posing as his counselor & classmate
CJG or the Hunters wipe his memory of the event, which one did it is slightly unclear
Just as KRS's life gets stable enough that he gets a job while studying at a university, the Monster Apocalypse strikes and he loses everything all over again
KRS starves under the wreck of a building for a week before getting rescued by Lee Soo Hyuk
LSH takes him to a shelter where Park Jin Tae is in charge, just for him to turn into an abusive leader who bosses KRS around and beats him up
Then the monster wave shows up, killing everyone KRS got to know and care about at the shelter. Hello, Survivor's Guilt!
Somehow, he survives the rest of the monster wave, but that surely wasn't a pleasant experience, considering all shelters lost power for 24 hours and KRS probably experiences the minor ones failing in-person (who knows just how many different shelters he tried to run off to??)
After a time skip KRS gets into the company and we assume life is pretty good for a while for him, under LSH's guidance and the friendship with Choi Jung Soo, as well as their other Team members... except then the Unranked Monster shows up and wipes KRS's entire Team in one go, leaving him the last and only man standing. Hello, Survivor's Guilt Part Two!
KRS attends the funeral of LSJ & CJS, only to be talked about behind his back how he's not even mourning them correctly because he's not crying (those bastards-!)
He takes upon himself to avenge LSH and the rest of the Team, because they were supposed to have back-up from a Guild which all ran away and left them to die. I suppose KRS going after them went down similarly to how he later toppled Arm and the Mogoru Empire, so let's call it his "practice run on Dismantling Corrupt Organisations"
He takes over as the Team Leader as well, overworking himself to the extreme (not even taking a single day off in the first year) to have a 0% casualty rate
He distances himself from the team in order not to suffer another heartbreak if something happens to them (also, my theory is that KRS subconsciously recognized the pattern of his Curse and made himself believe that he's a bad, selfish person who doesn't care about others... just so the Curse don't kill off his Team members this time)
Once again, he gets his body stolen without his permission – and sure, that turned out well in the end, but still: not just once, but TWICE! NOT cool, God of Death!!
He's dumped with the knowledge and responsibility of the conflicts to come in this new world, which was supposed to be originally CJS's job to fix. Come on, it's not KRS's fault he lived instead!! Not he's gotta clean up THIS mess...
Once again, Cale overworks himself white trying to achieve World Peace, because HOW is he supposed to rest if the world comes to an end around him – AGAIN!?
Cale's body wastes away from continuously sacrificing himself (while claiming that he isn't sacrificing himself) and keeps falling into a coma from Ancient Powers overuse
He breaks his plate in the battle at the Gorge of Death and suffers terribly to get it fixed
He gets a premonition that he's probably going to die around November 8th – THANKS A LOT, GOD OF DEATH!!
He also goes through a traumatic test of seeing his worst fear at the Wind Island
He attracts the attention of several nasty characters: like Adin, the White Star, or the Sealed God... which is definitely NOT a good thing
The Sealed God casually tosses him into an alternate universe to relive his greatest trauma
Cale, once again, has to solve problems in another world because he literally cannot do anything else
Also the White Star is trying to murder him in the meantime, so he suffers great physical AND mental pain at the same time - hurray!
Oh and let's not forget, now he gotta defeat the Final Boss by stabbing himself. It won't hurt, the World Tree says...? WHY DON'T I BELIEVE YOU (Also the Sealed God made sure everyone saw everything, nice going there you son of a-!)
And just when the whole thing with the White Star and the Sealed God gets resolved, the HUNTERS SHOW UP, BECAUSE WHY THE HELL NOT
And now Cale gotta go around MORE UNIVERSES to solve ALL OF THEIR PROBLEMS. ..... H o w n i c e
To shortly sum all of Cale's traumatic experiences:
Bodysnatched: x2
Cursed with loneliness and misfortune
Orphaned
Abused
Lived in poverty
Target of attempted assassination (also used as bait for assassins)
Had his head tampered with
Lived through an apocalypse
Trapped under a building (hello potential claustrophobia!)
Starved
Chased down by monsters
Bullied
Survivor's guilt: x2
Betrayed by allies
Forced into leadership
*Body dysphoria due to scars (forgot to mention that earlier)
Impostor syndrome: x2 (for both becoming the Team Leader and becoming Cale Henituse)
Judged for coping mechanisms
Regularly gets hurt and falls into coma
Near death experiences: x[INFINITE]
Forced to experience his worst nightmare
Forced into self-harm
Forced to save the world: x? (at least 3 times and the counter is still rising!?)
Basically, this man's life maybe have gotten better in the past 2 years... but his life is still hell 😅
(I blame you, God of Death – WHY would you consider reincarnation a good punishment?? And a CONTAGIOUS CURSE which affects the victims of your target!? This is all your fault.
...But mostly the Hunters' fault, obviously.)
This needs no explanation ε===(っ≧ω≦)っ
Father of three....
old animation from several years ago!
I could only imagine Cale taking advantage of the fact that he has to travel to other worlds to shop and get as many books as he can regardless of the topic. (￢‿￢ )
Just imagine, books on necromancy, black magic, dark races, cultivation, martial arts, dragons, history and many more (╯✧▽✧)╯
I bet you that when (when, not if) he becomes a god his worshipers will offer books as offerings. (─‿‿─)
I need everyone to acknowledge the fact that KRS!Cale is a MASSIVE bookworm. He's able to thrive in Birth of a hero because he read it and enjoyed it. (yesyes record helps him, but you can't ignore the fact that he knows the characters, not just the plot. That comes from liking the thing you're reading!)
Give me the young master spending his afternoons reading under the shade of a tree with a new book series and absolutely devouring it in one sitting. He's missed being able to read a whole series and not having to hunt for the next books through a destroyed city.
Give me Cale with a little notebook full of books he'd like to read, the titles collected from the people he talks to. He'll read anything or at least try it out, but fantasy remains his favourite genre.
He also writes little opinion blurbs for his favourtie books, or jots down quotes and favourite lines. Sure his record ability means that he doesn't really have to, but it's an old habit he enjoys.
Cale, who starts collecting books on his travels, just one or two from every place he visits. His friends and allies pick up on this and start bringing him books they think he'd like. Cale has a very speicifc and rare smile when someone gifts him a book. Its small, but it somehow takes over his entire face, and you can almost see his eyes sparkle in delight. It quickly becomes a smile everyone looks forward to.
Cale, who never turns down a book given as a gift, and so he starts picking up bits of knowledge from across the continent. He learns about the edible plants in the Jungle, the different variations of marble and stone throughout the Roan Kingdom, the fables and myths of the Dark Elves. He keeps them on a shelf in his room in the super rock villa, and every once in a while, the kids pick one to have read to them. When the shelf is full, Eruhaben pulls some out from his hoard as a gift to Cale. They're almost too gaudy, but Eruhaben enchants them to protect the books from dust, damage, and pests. Cale spends an entire day reorganizing his collection.
He never thought he would be able to build his own personal library, but here he is.
Cale loves to compare the books he has in this world and the ones he knew before. Sometime in the future, he sits down and uses record to copy out his favourite series. He gifts it to Choi Han so he can have a small piece of home he never got to experience.
It becomes known that the best way to get Cale to stop and actually take a break is to plop a kid on his lap and give him a book he's been looking forward to. One year for his birthday, Alberu gives Cale free rein to explore the palace's secret library. They find him curled up in a corner a couple hours later surrounded by stacks of books.
Cale is 100% the type of person to insist that more libraries should be available to the public so that he can read easily when travelling to different places. It's definetly not because he wants more kids to be able to learn how to read, and he was able to grow into loving books because of his local library.
BigBang! BigBang! BigBang! (((o(*°▽°*)o)))
TCF/LCF BigBang Interest Check
So I've realized that my previous post(s) may have not reached a wider audience of TCF/LCF fandom and frankly, those methods may not have been the wisest to gauge how many people would be interested in a BigBang so I have decided to do an Interest Check to see how many people would be interested or would participate in the event as an artist or a writer and at what direction they would want it to go.
Kindly fill this form if you are at all interested.
And don't forget to reblog it so it can reach much wider members of the TCF/LCF fandom or anyone else interested!
This form will be closed on June 30 2024
Remember, I may not proceed with organizing the event if enough interest is not shown.
I don't think he's schizophrenic but that's definitely how he would appear to people in a modern world if they met him without having any idea about Raon and the other dragons, ancient powers or wind spirits ('''¯▿¯)
When you like a character a bit too much that you write a whole thread of them having a mental illness *ahem* Cale *cough cough*
No one can convince me Cale is not schizophrenic, he is.
I really like that the romance and shipping are left for the secondary characters (Mannah, Jax, Hatoonka, etc.) (￣ω￣)
I prefer to read about queerplatonic relationships, family and friendships, that's one of the main reasons I love this book. (*¯ ³¯*)♡
Love all the shipping but i gotta remember why i started reading this manhwa in the first place xD
Happy Pride Month! ＼(≧▽≦)／
Hc icons happy pride monthhhh
Gods it's so fun!ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ If someone makes a fic about this I hope they manage to balance crack, humor, angst and fluff because let's be honest, emotional conversations about what lies ahead and then going straight to the drama sounds like quite an emotional journey („• ֊ •„ )
Tcf crack au
Can somebody write an AU, where Cale and family meet their past selves, after KRS's transmigration and everyone is talking this and that and suddenly they hear crying and they look at the source and both the Cales are just wailing because they still did not get their f#cking slacker life.
And everyone from the future is like, aigoo.
It's crazy how true this is (⊙_⊙), for Cale having enough money to support his family must be one of the biggest dreams he's ever had taking into account that being the last survivor and loneliness are his biggest fears {{ (>_<) }}, every gift is like declaring to the world "I'm not alone and I can protect my people" is a beautiful thing and a big part of his character once you break it down (个‿个)
I feel like it's really telling that, when Cale got a lot of money, the first thing he did with it was give Billos a massive tip and tell him to treat everyone in the teashop to a cup of tea. Like, if that doesn't show how casually generous he is.
And the way he tried to play it off as if he was bragging but it's tea, you know? That's an insanely generous tip. And the way he says he'd always wanted to do it. Like most people, if they got a large sum of money, would go on holiday or buy a mansion or, you know, use it fairly selfishly (not a problem really I would too). And here Cale is, spending it on random strangers, most of whom are dismissive at best
And then he buys the bread and gives them very generous tips as well.
Idk what the point of this is, maybe just as always Cale is a better person than me. He never hesitates to buy things for people or spend his money on others. Sure he does sometimes spend it on Ancient Powers but most of the time, when he spends money, it's for other people
Okay, both theories are very interesting, but I always thought of something completely different.
We’ve been told that Cale is unusual because he doesn’t absorb the soul fragments in ancient powers to make them his own. But what if this is what makes them powerful?
In most fiction, souls hold immense power, enough to rival ten suns, as a TV show I can’t remember the name of once said.
And if this is true, a single fragment has enough energy to power millions of cities. Therefore…
…the souls of users are what fuel the ancient powers.
I know it doesn’t make much sense, but think about it: the reason one can’t use the full power of an ancient power is that they don’t absorb the remnants of the souls of the ancient bearers. If they did, the surviving will of these fragments would help the current bearer (Cale) unlock the full potential of these powers.
For example, purifying dead mana, controlling trees, tracking divine artifacts, alerting to danger (“Are you trying to sacrifice yourself?”), etc.
And the reason nobody knows this is that the surviving wills of the ancient bearers, if they decide they don’t like you, will do everything possible to prevent you from absorbing them while also refusing to give you any advice or help.
The only way to avoid this would be to have a very strong will and/or soul or to know this information beforehand.
That’s my theory.
Why were ancient powers in TBOAH not considered strong? Let’s talk about it.
What was that thing in the beginning of the novel that talked about ancient powers not being powerful? And despite people having them, they weren’t used very much in The Birth of a Hero because of that?
Cale had said it before when he talked about the fiery thunderbolt in tboah when Pendrick had gotten it, saying that it was of equal power to like a lighter or something, nowhere as powerful as what they needed it for.
But when Cale got it, it’s suddenly just gods damnation?!?!?? And it had the power to purify dead mana and black magic like this whole time?? That needs to be a topic for a whole other post (I mean seriously, that’s overpowered af, and no one would’ve ever known because only Cale can hear the voices of ancient powers, so Pendrick would forever have absolutely no idea it could do that)
I mean, it could be the way he spent all that money just to give it more power in a way Pendrick would never be able to do because they’re so non-materialistic.
But still, it’s just such a big difference????
The Sound of the Wind, Toonka in TBOAH never used it, again, maybe just because it might’ve been a bit too similar to magic, but he also called it weak and just never used it!
The Unbreakable Shield was just never used period, despite its usefulness and utility.
I have no idea about the Sky-Eating Water because I think it also never got used.
But why does something about Cale make these powers stronger?
They’re not even fully combined with his soul! They’re not at full power!! What the hell???!??
I have a theory about this, but you have to hear me out-
So TBOAH was the story about the creation of a hero through suffering and overcoming adversity, right?
Maybe his ancient powers are so strong because of a, “high risk, high return” type thing?
For example, referencing one of my past posts, every time he coughs up blood from an ancient powers recoil, he should be dying. His plate is weak, it’s made of glass, and every time he uses one last their limit, that glass will get closer snd closer to breaking, that is, without the Crybaby ancient power.
The Crybaby ancient power serves as a cushion, a shock-absorber, for every time one of the other ancient powers tries to recoil against Cale’s glass plate.
Just think of it as, every time Cale has ever coughed up blood, he should’ve been dead.
And of course, Cale, with barely any self preservation instincts, or those mental blocks in his brain that would usually be like “oh using that much would be too harmful, let’s not,” Mr, I can used Instant for 5 seconds and come out looking like I jumped into a blender, who is willing to sacrifice himself at anytime for the ones he loves, will always use the ancient powers past the safe limit.
For taking such a large backlash, one that would, should, be strong enough to kill you, you must be rewarded with something pretty powerful, right? Balance and all that shit?
Does any of this make sense? It’s like 1 am right now
Don't remind me, I try to encourage everyone I know to read the novel because I need to be able to talk to someone from TCF before I go crazy and whenever I try to give a coherent synopsis I fill it with spoilers (⇀‸↼‶)
What's worse is that I recommended the novel to my parents, forgetting that the torture scenes are an essential part of understanding the story and now I'm afraid that they will steal my phone and computer if they ever actually read it, I just hope that if that happens now are hooked enough to ignore the gore ▓▒░(°◡°)░▒▓
Honestly the best advice I can give to someone who wants to start Trash Of The Count's Family is to never and I mean NEVER ask a TCF fan about what TCF is but ask a person who has read the manhwa casually.
Because we will never give you a simple answer. Oh no no no we:
Will spoil the everloving crap out of the novel. All of it. We just can't help ourselves. Never have I met a TCF fan who doesn't spoil the novel. I think we just forget that they are spoilers and that there are people that haven't read the novel. I have legitimately had someone ask me "What's an Eruhaben?" and I was confused for a solid 5 minutes until I remembered that there are people who haven't actually read the novel
Will not shut up. You will get a rundown of our top 10 favorite characters, top 10 favorite villains, top 10 favorite battles, top 10 favorite scenes, top 10 favorite angst scenes, etc. YOU GET THE POINT! Probably because we don't have a big fandom we get excited when new people join. You will have to read a 10 page essay it'snot a choice. There are multiple powerpoints the fans have made and I wish I was being sarcastic about this
Will scare you because we are insane overly enthusiastic about TCF. There are some inside jokes that only the fandom will get but we usually don't even try to be subtle we just go "Oh man I can't wait for Cale to be hurt so badly he's bleeding so profoundly and probably choking on his own blood! In canon!!" Or "He needs soggy apple pies or he will die!" Or "Why won't slacker life-chan return Cale's feelings?" Or "White Radish *cue laughing soundtrack*". You will think we are deranged but I can confirm none of us has been put in a mental asylum so far from what I'm aware of👍. We're just silly but our silly will concern people
Now if you find all these factors as things that will motivate you to read the novel than please welcome you'll fit in here just fine.
If not than please stick with the manhwa onlys please than try to read the novel at your own pace
(Just to be clear this entire post is meant for comedic purposes. The TCF fandom has some of the nicest and kindest people I've ever had the joy of meeting and I've made many great friends here. We welcome any new fan with open arms, warm hugs, apple pies and heavy angst lol. Never be afraid to interact with anyone here as we love to talk about our favorite novel)
I support this idea!
When I was a newbie I came across a Calebab spoiler and the only reason I didn't stop reading was the lack of context and my curiosity (ﾉД`)
When I was a newbie I came across a Calebab spoiler and the only reason I didn't stop reading was the lack of context and my curiosity (ノД')
I'm really glad I didn't leave it but it's important for all newbies not to be filled with spoilers o(>m<)o
So I really like this idea (b ᴖ▽ᴖ)b
(gods I reblogged this on the wrong blog, I want to hide in a hole and die („ಡωಡ„) )
I have come to the conclusion that we, the TCF fandom, do not know how to talk about TCF without telling absolutely the entire story and filling people with spoilers.
The biggest hypocrite in the world that we all love (¬‿¬)
Cale: I want a slacker life.
Cale: But to have a peaceful life, my family needs to have a peaceful life as well, and we need to live in a peaceful world too to not be bothered by anyone.
Cale: So let’s achieve world peace.
Cale: Then let’s do multiverse world peace because other worlds could also bother us and for an unknown reason I HAVE to be the one who does it instead of sending my subordinates and lazing around.
Cale: And while striving for world peace, something that nobody has been able to achieve so far, I’ll complain that I don’t want to work and say I’m weak.
Cale: Ah, I’m weak. *killing the strongest villain who tried to become god*
Cale: I want a slacker life. *trying to achieve world peace and working more than anyone else*
Cale: Sigh…
Reader: Sigh…
It's true Σ(O_O)
How had we not realized this (＠_＠) ?! They are literally almost throwing it in our faces (＠´ー`)ﾉﾞ!
That being said, do you think any other fanfiction tropes will become canon? (・_・;)
I am firm in my belief that TCF is writing its own crossovers and fanfictions into the story.
A story where what if everyone died except for Cale after the final battle against the White Star? Just check the Wind Island Test.
A time travel fix-it/everybody lives fic? The Sealed God's Test on Earth 2 technically counts.
An AU where the White Star wins and Cale loses, or maybe a world where Cale does not exist? Reading about Kim Rok Soo's past before the apocalypse or when he was a kid? What if Choi Han managed to save Harris Village? You can find all of that in the Sealed God's Temple!
What if TCF had a crossover? No problem! Do you want a necromancer world? A murim world? Or do you want a "Duke of the North Cale Henituse" world? Do you want a Demon King with that, or a side dish of the Divine Realm?
This fanart is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in my life ♡(。-ω-) ♡
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I love this idea! (*♡∀♡)
Even better that the costumes are terrible and the acting is super exaggerated (⌒▽⌒)☆
I can already imagine Cale's slacker life evaporating with this play! (*≧ω≦*)
TCF the Musical
Fic concept: Cale and his family watch a theater musical based on their adventures (much to Cale's horror and displeasure), "Ember Island Players" style
Raon hears about a theater play featuring Cale's group adventures. Cale really, REALLY doesn't wanna go and see it, but has little choice in the matter, once faced with the pleading faces of his children. Cale disguises himself of course, because he sure as hell doesn't wanna get recognized in the theater.
The play starts: Cale is introduced as a good-natured man, misunderstood and slandered by jealous folk (since people apparently decided that if Adin was the actual scum all along and his rep was a sham, why wouldn't the reverse be possible??) Apparently the musical decided that his past as a trash alcoholic never actually happened.
Choi Han is introduced, and the writers correctly investigated that he's from Harris Village and killed all the attackers, but was the only survivor. Cale is characterized as too righteous to let the matters be, and put this as his starting point to investigate Arm
Cale was portrayed to be humble and due to his bad rep, he wants to leave the Count's position to his brother Basen. (Real Cale is astonished, he doesn't want the position to be a SLACKER, not because of some self-sacrificial mindset!!!) But he requests to go to the capital to investigate more about Arm.
Choi Han comes along to investigate. On the way, they meet Mary. Cale isn't disgusted by her scars, and Mary promises to help the man in the future, should he ever need it.
In the capital, they're shown to meet badly disguised Rosalyn. The writers don't know about the assassination attempt, so they assume she went to investigate Arm, too. Apparently Rosalyn was credited in the musical for finding out about the mana bombs and dismantling them.
Cale and the Prince meet, and they have a whole number how instantly they recognized each other as kindred spirits. (Real Cale is dying on the inside watching this.)
Rosalyn stops the bombs in the background, and Cale stops the suicide bombers. The writers interpret Cale as having this power for a long time, but using it for the first time only in emergency, since he is a humble person who doesn't wish for glory.
Cale denies any rewards (completely untrue, Real Cale says to the kids, he took the Prince's money), and people of the Roan Kingdom start realizing just what a good person he is.
Cale goes to recover to the seashore, where he sees Toonka fighting some locals. (Those were the Whales, says Real Cale, not some mage thugs.) Cale breaks up the fight, and Toonka explains to Cale the situation in the Whipper Kingdom. Cale's idea of buying the magic tower doesn't come up here at all, and the scene makes a point that Cale and Toonka become friends.
The plot introduces us to the White Star, who is a completely crazy, power-hungry, cartoonish lunatic. Real Cale actually likes this representation a lot. He is plotting together with the Evil Imperial Prince, who is also cartoonishly evil. (Real Cale starts enjoying himself for the first time in the whole musical.)
To contrast the villains, the Just and Chivalrous Crown Prince Alberu has a number to drive the point how much he worries for his country, and the incoming wars. He thinks that perhaps with the help of Young Master Cale, they might be able to survive the incoming storms. (Real Cale is inwardly laughing hysterically, imagining Alberu's dumbfounded reaction to this scene, especially the part about Alberu's "unwavering trust in Cale's selfless heart".)
Meanwhile, Cale finished his recovery and goes to the Whipper Kingdom. His decision to buy the Magic Tower is shown to be a spur-of-a-moment thing, as the Whipper Kingdom needs money to continue fighting against the Empire, who the Crown Prince suspects is working with Arm. (Real Cale is disgusted how his very clever scam was turned into a selfless deed in this musical.) Toonka is indebted to Cale and loudly proclaims him his friend (since he does that in real life and the writers had sources)
Then Cale is shown to meet the Cat Children. Real Hong and On are irritated they came in so late. Raon is grumpy he isn't there at all. Real Cale comforts him that he had been hidden this whole time, of course they wouldn't know about him. The children say that the Queen of the Jungle is trapped in the Path of No Return, and Cale heroically helps rescue her. Cale uses his Water Ancient Power, which according to the writers, he found in the Ubarr shores during recovery. (Real Cale is surprised at the accidental accuracy.)
Cale saves the Jungle, and Litana has a number praising him. (Real Cale intentionally falls asleep to stop watching his character being portrayed as embarrassingly pure-hearted hero)
By the time he wakes up, the plot passed his "Heroic Actions" in the Empire and the war arc begins. Choi Han has a whole heroic solo number as he defeats Clopeh, who immediately is dazzled by the grace of his enemies, and joins them. (Real Cale is once again missed how completely off the mark the whole thing is, completely skipping Clopeh's torture and everything.)
We skip past various battles, and finally we arrive at the moment when the White Star shows up. He and Cale have a duet about destiny and all that jazz (mirroring the rumors started by the White Star's nonsense theory about Cale being "the messenger of the gods"). At this point, Real Cale has enough, and completely stops paying attention, to save his sanity.
Turns out, the kids didn't like it. It was much too inaccurate, and Raon wasn't in it. Cale comforts them that of course it was bad, because Raon wasn't in it. Raon decides he should start writing that biography with Mary, Clopeh and Dodori, much to Cale's horror.
Oh my gods! This is the best idea in the world! ヾ(@^▽^@)ノ
Canonically Ohn recreated the world tree's blizzard so the idea that she can create frost is perfect (￣ε￣＠) , better yet, she could learn to imitate fog on the path of no return ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ
Fog capable of disorienting you and distorting magic? Yes please! 人(_ _*)
Furthermore, capsain (what makes chilies and others spicy) is a poison, imagine Hong simply creating spicy fire capable of reaching meters away, it will be quite a shit show ╰(▔∀▔)╯
(Also Hong, Cale, Choi Han, Sui Khan and CJS enjoying extra spicy Korean food while everyone else looks at them like crazy is an image that now lives rent-free in my head ＼（Ｔ∇Ｔ）／)
Fire & Frost.
[TCF Masterlist]
This is for the Nightingale!AU that is currently in the works. Ohn and Hong getting new powers. Hong having flammable poison is already canon (see Battle in Ubarr Territory) but I went a different route.
CHETTER TERRITORY - Ohn
"Ohn, what are you reading?"
"Something, from there."
The silver cat used her tail to point at the lower tier of one of the shelves. Every so often, she would make a small noise of interest. Cale and Ohn were currently sitting in the library in Chetter Estate. In a few days time, they would need to go the Eric-hyung's mansion.
"Ohn, some of your fog is coming out."
"I know... Cale-nya! How do they feel?"
Cale tilted his head in questioning.
"Like are they really cold? Or really hot? Or what?"
Perplexed by the question, Cale plunges one of his hand into a dense fog. He says that it feels like fog, colder than room and slightly wet but it's just fog... He watched as the silver cat frowned in concentration before feeling the changes to his hand. The fog seemed to get a degree colder, and slightly denser.
"Why don't we try this out again once we leave Gilbert's estate.
While they were on the road, Cale had Ohn try the fog again. This time, it was much colder than when she first tried. After a few more days of practice, there was a thin layer of frost on his hand when it was lifted from the fog. Ohn's new fog was also very heavy, according to when she tried it on a small rabbit during a hunt. The small creature was visibly struggling against the dense weight and eventually fell unconscious from the cold.
Huh... Neat...
WHEELSMAN TERRITORY - Hong
"ERIC HYUNG WHAT DID YOU FEED HIM?!"
"I DON'T KNOW?!"
"OHN! COVER YOUR BROTHER IN YOUR FROST FOG"
"Mreeeow!"
"Oh wow, you got yourself some powerful creatures."
Cale glared at his hyung, who looked back apologetically. Once Hong emerged from the chilly fog, with damp fur no less, he was bundled up in a towel by the red-haired son of the count and brought into a room in the Wheelsman Estate.
"So... Hong can breathe fire now... And also set himself on fire. As if the poison was not enough.. Haaaaaa."
Dinner time was a-
"With all due respect Eric-hyung, I do not trust you to feed Hong and Ohn, especially after what happened this afternoon."
The lord and lady of the house looked intrigued, then horrified after hearing the kitten has apparently unlocked the ability of fire after Eric fed it something, and has burned a portion of the garden.
I can't help but imagine Rok Soo feeling bad for everything he put Cale through (╥﹏╥)
I bet Ron and Beacrox would be particularly overprotective of their adopted son/little brother (；￣Д￣) and the thought of how they would react to Cale using Instant now lives in my head and I can't stop imagining the theories they would make. do 。.:☆:･'(⌒―⌒*)))
Also, I love the idea that Hans and Hillsman took their work seriously before (*^^*)♡
If anyone sees this and decides to make a fic please tag me (´｡• ω •｡`), I will die happy with that fic (っ˘ω˘ς )
Rok Soo, his entire life, never gained a single scar no matter how serious the injury was.
He didn't realize that all of his scars were going to what was going to be his future body until he woke up as Cale Henituse.