#HYH regression

[mauveflowers]

[silversailormoan]

Forget Yoojin, the jellyfish is doing psychic damage to ME with all the angsty pre regression flashbacks

[asexual-levia-tan]

i guess i can be petty and imagine that 25!yoohyun is just as jealous of 20yo!yoohyun as 25yo!yoojin is of 29yo!yoojin

[hehearse]

Hi there! I love your orv and sctir art so much 💖 I saw this post and was reminded of your art: https://www.tumblr.com/bebs-art-gallery/752716087520542720?source=share

It just reminded me of the Han brothers, and how HYH sees himself as a monster, the first image could relate to him pre-awakening, forced to rein in those S-Class instincts he was born with

The second could depict pre-regression HYH, both as the wolf and the hands, putting on a muzzle, akin to him depriving himself of what he wanted the most (HYJ) so as not to cause harm (to them)

And the third is a bad end hyh, in which he was not able to help himself, and selfishly devoured the lamb. The lamb, who in this case is HYJ, looks caged, weary and resigned..

Anyways, I don't know where I'm going with this lol I'm rambling, sorry for the long ask, I sent this to you because you create such lovely and delicously angsty Han Brothers fanart👌💯😳🥹❤️‍🩹

consider this: while yoohyun is the one putting a muzzle on himself and debating if he is doing enough as to not lose the privilege of being loved. yoojin is the one who'd reach out his hands, muzzle or not ^^

and listen. i am constantly haunted by visions including sad brothers. i am always happy to see anything that reminds me of them...

[uriel-is-best-girl]

Possible TSCTIR spoilers up to ch 171

This man is ignoring his trauma so hard. Him loosing track of time when he thinks of how he always hoped hyh would come back, that hed pick up a call, anything. But in the end, instead, he died. And now hyj will never be able to reconcile with that version of his brother again. The version that tried to take on everything, not even for himself, all in secret.

Hyj is good at brushing his own trauma off. He dances around it, and you have to read into it in some of the things he does. He was so casual about not being able to sleep without fear resistance, he casually mentions how he disassociates. In ch 171 he spends 30 minutes standing in yerim's room, as well as that he mentions how he drowned himself in alcohol one time. This was only mentioned too because he was comparing how his brother tried to protect him in secret, how after a week of drinking nonstop, people showed up and forced him into rehab. How many other things does hyj not tell us? He's unreliable in narrating his own suffering. I think about who he called after he killed those 6 people in the dungeon. About some of the trauma, that we didn't even know about despite him saying hes been thinking about it ever since the regression, that he said to those people.

How agonizing it must be to live knowing people you treasured, who previously died, are out there, alive. And they don't know you. But you know them. You watched them die. You saw their memories of you. And you survived because they died. The amount of guilt hyj carries, and I imagine it both weighs him down and forces him to continue. Afterall, wouldn't dying easily just be spitting on the graves of those who repayed him? If he gives up, they died in vain. Ughhhh, this man makes me so emotional.

[wovenstarlight]

ageswap anon here again, thanks! i swear you have the best writing and concept ideas. what hyj up to? does he awaken this time around is he ageswapped with yoohyun and if so how does that affect th han bro relationship ? also if he is ageswapped. what's his relationship with shj?

HEH. HEHEHEHE. i haven't decided abt awakening (and if there's a regression plot) yet but yes he is ageswapped with yoohyun (hyj 20 hyh 25) and when i tell you things are strained. they didn't get any better at communication when hyj learned from hyh's reticent -_- ass. hyh hasn't totally cut hyj off but they're very distant for a long time... and neither of them is taking steps to bridge the gap because. well hyh because he created it intentionally and hyj because. hm. theres a long line of dominoes there but lets just summarize it as he doesn't think hyh wants him to

re: hyj and shj. lmao. they both have similar senses of humor still i guess but hyj mentally relegates him to the position of "mha and byr's junior/little brother/nephew/purse chihuahua/???" and deals with him in much the same way you might handle a friend's younger sibling you end up having to babysit when you hang out with them. i think just for funnies shj has baby's first crush on hyj but because he's, again, Baby (he's 15... a middle schooler.... a very annoying middle schooler......) nothing comes of it. shj just very energetically bothers hyj every time he sees him and is subject to relentless teasing from mha and byr once they pick up on it

[malewife-yoomyeongwoo]

Considering the place where yoojin was mentally at that time, i wouldnt be surprised if that was the case

Sorry to derail from the content of the original post (or if this is in poor taste), but this gave me an idea for a fanfic

Often, when fanfics portray yoohyun going back in time after having failed to save/protect yoojin, the context involves having failed to save him in the dungeon from lauchitas; h o w e v e r , i think it’d be really interesting to see a reality where yoojin actually did follow through in ending his life, as you described above with the train tracks, and see how things go as a result of that

Im thinking that this would occur sometime (maybe a few months?) after yoohyun refuses to give yoojin a potion to fix his leg

yoojins public image is in shambles due to the awakening broker incident and all the other incidents hes been a part of pre-regression; he has an enormous amount of survivors guilt for being the only survivor of several dungeon raids (the guilt only worsening cause he survived at the expense of his colleagues) and has been shown in the manhwa being locked in his room with bottles all over the floor as a result of a particularly painful loss; his only living relative wants nothing to do with him; hes at his lowest emotionally now that he and yoohyuns relationship has soured irreparably (due to yoohyun refusing to give yoojin a potion being the last straw for yoojin) and now physically, due to his injuries; hes struggling to support himself financially and now?

Hes reached a point where, when he looks at the train tracks, he lingers a little too long; hes bitter; hes upset; hes tired; and he doesnt see a reason to keep going so, in a moment of impulse, when he sees the train coming, he takes a step forward

I imagine that yoohyun wouldnt find out till later; hes busy running the guild: Korea’s number one guild at this point in time; dungeons are popping up more frequently and their level of difficulty is increasing; and, even if the authorities confirm yoojins death, the call is both easy and difficult to make cause “everyone knows those brothers are estranged” and “he doesnt have any other relatives that we can notify”, so when yoohyun finds out, its because the authorities literally didnt have anyone else they could call about it

And it throws yoohyuns entire life down the drain; everything he had worked for and done (to protect yoojin) had become meaningless; the only thing that mattered, that made it all worth it, was taken from him

After taking time to despair about the whole thing, he would assume someone had done something to yoojin, cause, how else would he have died? yoohyun had enemies but yoojin was notorious for getting into trouble, so there had to have been someone with a grudge; however, learning, from his spies who hadnt been able to reach him when everything went down, that yoojin jumped of his own accord, that he was so dissatisfied? depressed? tired? done? with life that he ended it himself would have yoohyun despairing for an entirely new reason

There wouldnt be anyone for yoohyun to point at and blame for this, and, in his attempts to rationalize what is an impulsive decision made emotionally, hed turn the blame towards himself; hed start to believe hed pushed his brother too far; he’d seen the looks of resentment; the despair and hurt and betrayal in his hyungs face before; he’d Known he hurt yoojin but he never stopped to think about how yoojin would handle all of that hurt

He hadnt stopped to think if yoojin Could handle all of that

Now he knows

For the sake this being more than just a one-shot hurt-no-comfort fic that indirectly glorifies using suicide to get “revenge” on your loved ones for not noticing, im thinking that yoohyun gets to regress back to the point where he has the option to either give or deny yoojin that potion through the use of a certain “contract” made with a specific “lizard” (that hasn’t been mentioned in the manhwa yet) since the wish stone from defeating lauchitas wouldnt be a viable option cause, in this fanfic? au? that never happened (yoojin didnt live long enough for that to happen)

Also, being able to go back to the point where he can give/deny yoojin a potion allows him to be in a place where his guild has a strong foundation (but no longer number one? I could be wrong here) and, while his relationship with yoojin is sour, he hasn’t pushed it past the point where its become irreparable; of course, in this timeline, yoohyun gives yoojin the potion

The fanfic would then explore yoohyuns contradictory actions (which stem from the anxiety of potentially loosing yoojin a second time; once was already more than he could bare), the co-dependency of the han brothers, the see-saw that is their current relationship, and how things change from this point on

Yoojin would definitely be confused about yoohyuns sudden change in behavior, surprised that yoojin actually responded to him, came to visit him in the hospital, and gave him the potion; things would be tense; yoojin would have a lot of bitterness and resentment to work through and a lack of trust towards yoohyun cause of how things have been up until this point cause yoojin wouldnt know Why yoohyun had been like that this whole time, and im not sure that yoohyun would suddenly want to explain himself and everything to yoojin

But yoohyun, as distant as hes being, is also going to be very Very clingy with yoojin; loosing his hyung had harmed him deeply, and he needs to know, to See that yoojin is safe and alive and well; he doesnt understand why he thought that being distant was the way to keep yoojin safe; he couldnt know if anything happened unless his hyung was right next to him; this time, hed protect them properly

He just needs yoojin to trust him (and, spoiler alert, yoojin doesnt trust yoohyun after everything yoohyuns been telling him; the whole “youre a nuisance” stuff)

tw suicide ment

when yujin is having his talk with myeongwoo and reminiscing about the pre-regression, he mentions being at the very bottom of society accompanied by train tracks in the background

does this mean yujin has contemplated ending his life by jumping infront of train , cause jesus fuck :(

[malewife-yoomyeongwoo]

Had another au idea for tsctir that involves HYJ going back in time (about 5-6 years) using the wishing stone, like before, except the wishing stone requires a payment of equal value to the wish (in this case, its at the cost of most of his remaining life) and he goes back in time with his current body.

So, HYJ shows up in the past (scars, injuries, leg injury and all) several months before the awakening broker incident can take place and desperately tries to get in contact with his brother. When he finally does (im thinking that HYJ manages to get HYHs attention cause hes waiting around his brothers guild for him to get back from a dungeon), HYH is shocked (his face twisting with dread? And maybe HYJ notes that the HYH of the future wouldnt have made the mistake of letting his emotions show on his face which makes him feel a bit nostalgic) to see his hyung in crutches and carrying injuries that he shouldnt have and looking older? more exhausted and worn down? than his hyung should be and he’s livid cause, what the hell happened while he was in the dungeon?

The change is too sudden and too severe for HYH to ignore and he has HYJ brought into his guild to get to the bottom of it. HYJ goes through the process of apologizing to HYH and talking and HYH has HYJ explain whats going on cause his hyung looks older, has injuries that couldnt have healed this much while he was in a dungeon, and his hyung uses his crutches like hes had them for a long time, and the notifications hes gotten of his hyungs current state doesnt match up with the hyung hes seeing in front of him; so HYJ gives a, very lacking, explanation (just enough to explain that hes from the future thanks to a wishing stone) but HYH accepts it cause HYJ is able to prove that its actually HYJ and not someone else using some kind of disguise.

So, due to everything surround his future hyungs situation (and how could he abandon his hyung when he looks so Tired?), HYH has HYJ live with him.

Its, awkward. At first. But HYJ is nurturing by nature. He knows he doesnt have long left to live. Hes not trying to get anywhere with the time he has left. Hes just, trying to do what he shouldve done for his dongsaeng. So, this time around, he doesnt hold back and he doesnt mind (though he does get bored) being confined to the house.

HYJ tells HYH lots of things about the future (his way of making it up to HYH for all the stress hed caused him pre regression) in order to help him grow his guild much more easily. And “all hyungs are equal” HYH is happy to have HYJ living with him again. His, significantly older, hyung who stays home and worries over him, cooks him meals that remind him of when they used to live together, and who dotes on him with lots of love and affection. His hyung who looks at him fondly, even if sadly at times, and treats him like a child (even more so than usual, which he blames on the larger age gap, even tho hes an adult, but its a dynamic thats oddly comforting).

During this time, HYJ realizes that he hadn’t seen HYH smile in the 8 years that they had been apart (except when hed died protecting him) and seeing his dongsaeng smile so easily and freely now just. Breaks his heart. HYH smiling an enjoying himself in his hyungs company is what gets HYJ to break his silence on what happened. He starts by apologizing, which confuses HYH cause his future hyung hasnt done anything? But the way HYJs voice wavers has HYH feeling concerned, but HYJ continues. “I dont know how id never noticed it before. Have you really not smiled in all the time we’ve been apart? Have you been happy at all?”

How had he gone so long without realizing a single thing? “I’m sorry I didnt notice how miserable youd been. I’m sorry for failing to be a proper hyung.” And maybe HYJs crying (but trying really hard not to) and HYHs trying to comfort him saying “It’s not your fault; i didnt explain anything” but “I should’ve noticed. You hadnt smiled all that time. It’d been 8 years. I dont think Id ever seen you look happy. How could I have been so blind?” And maybe he’s hugging HYH by this point and rambling “I was so caught up in my own anger after you left; so focused on how i felt that it took-“ he pauses “Yoohyun-ah. You died trying to protect me from an ss class lauchitas dragon that showed up in a d class dungeon i was in. It took you sacrificing yourself for me to realize you still cared. It took you dying for me to realize just how much i needed you in my life. How much i missed you and wanted you in it. I’m sorry for getting mad when you interfered. Im sorry for resenting you all those years. I’m so so sorry. I wish i could take all of it back. You didnt deserve any of that. I should’ve been supporting you. Im sorry. I’m sorry.” And, by this point, HYH knows that future HYJs been in dungeons and had awakened but he hadnt known all of this, but he does know that his future self wouldnt have regretted dying for his hyung. His hyung was his whole world; his life wouldnt have been worth living if hed lost his hyung. He doesnt say it though. Its not what his future hyung would want to hear.

HYJ, over the course of living with HYH (and sometime after the above scene), ends up convincing him to explain everything to the HYJ of this time. His relationship with HYH had been bad but he could still make a difference for his brother now so he does. So, instead of lecturing HYJ about the awakening broker incident (it helps that he knew it would happen ahead of time and why his hyung would even think to do such a thing), HYH apologizes and explains the situation. He explains why hes been getting in his hyungs way; why hed left; why hes cut off contact (seeing future HYJ as distraught as he was before gives him the push he needed to actually be honest about everything) . They end up talking for a long time and their conversation ends with their first hug in 3 years (and maybe an award winning act that resembles what had happened in the original timeline to prevent people from realizing anything’s changed) and a promise to keep in touch and hang out from time to time (albeit discretely; just until HYH has the best guild in Korea). And maybe HYH, at the recommendation of future HYJ, gives past HYJ an envelope containing a lot of cash and tells his hyung to pursue what he really wanted to do with his life; to get the education he had given up for HYHs sake? Idk

When future HYJ sees HYH return home, he looks much more relaxed and like a weights been lifted off his shoulders. It also makes him feel horrible again for not realizing just how much hed made his dongsaeng worry over him —how self centered and uncooperative hed been. It leaves a touch of guilt, bitter in his chest, lingering. But he also feels happy knowing that HYH wont have to suffer the way he did in the pre regression; that things wont have to get as bad as they did.

Of course there’d need to be scenes where HYH gets to enjoy being spoiled and HYJ cant say no to HYHs puppy eyes (especially cause a 20yr old is easily still like a kid in the eyes of a 30yr old); i just dont know what kinda scenes to make happen for this yet (pls let me know if you guys have any ideas)

As HYJ starts to reach the end of his life, the effects of the sacrificial wish stone starts making itself known. HYJ starts to get weaker and weaker; he tries to brush it off telling HYH not to worry, but the first time HYH comes home to find HYJ collapsed on the floor, HYH panics and forces him to see a doctor. When the doctors cant find anything wrong, HYH is about to start going off (to ask for more tests to be done), but HYJ stops him saying theres something else he needs to come clean about regarding his situation. And, when the doctor leaves, HYJ explains that the wish stone was actually a sacrificial wish stone, and he’d sacrificed most of his life in order to go back in time. This information leaves HYH feeling really distraught and he tries to find ways to increase his hyungs life span or improve things in some way, but nothing works. HYJ paid the price before regressing. But, he was able to do what hed wanted, so hes not too upset. His main worry is that HYH would feel sad, so he talks to past HYJ about everything and makes sure that he wont make the same mistakes that hed made (makes sure that his dongsaeng wont be alone this time).

When HYJ reaches the end of his life, hes already bed bound. Hed lost the strength needed to carry himself but now hes having a hard time moving his arms and anything more than talking drains him. He knows hes going to pass soon. HYH takes a vacation just to spend all of his time at his hyungs side. HYH tries to smile and keep things light hearted for his hyung, but, when HYH thinks HYJ isnt looking, HYJ catches HYH looking so sad. Then, one morning, HYJ Knows hes not going to make it to tomorrow and he lets HYH know. HYH tries to hold it together at the news and doesnt leave his side. HYJ doesnt miss the way his hands tremble at the news. The past HYJ is brought over at future HYJs request (he wanted someone to be there for HYH) and, when the time comes, HYH is sobbing and trying to give HYJ some of his own life force to keep him around but HYJ is like “No. I’m ready to move on now. Thank you for giving me the chance to make up and thank you for taking care of me and i love you and im so proud of you.” And he tells the other HYJ to take proper care of his dongsaeng and to be there for him and past HYJ nods and thanks future HYJ for helping to mend their relationship.

And, this time, HYJ is the one who gets to smile softly as he looks at his dongsaeng for the last time.

[shjapologist]

pls share some of ur 600+ knowledge of s class

oh my GOD anon the amount of bullshit geunseo has been putting us through is fucking insane(S-CLASS SPOILERS AHEAD)

so first off, against everyone who has ever read this novel’s expectations, han yoojin and sung hyunjae actually have.... a healthy relationship going on now! there was some rly fucking good character development to reach that point, especially 4 shj, somefuckign how!!! i went from wanting this guy dead to thinking If Someone Doesnt Put A Ring On This Man In The Next Fifteen Seconds Ill Do It Myself on loop. all the time.

now with the power of (business)partnership han yoojin and sung hyunjae(jinjae 4 short) manage to embody every couple w too much pda that has ever existed in the history of ever. some highlights:

shj turning into hyjs sweets dispenser.

shared a bed once then never talked about it ever again

INSIDE JOKES. SO MANY FUCKING INSIDE JOKES.

that one time hyj threatened to bomb shj’s house if he continued to ghost him

hyjs terror of letting anyone close but still gathering the courage to reach back to shj.

shj taking up knitting

haha what if we were both in an improvised rose garden late into the night and i lighted both our cigarettes at the same time by setting a rose on fire between them with my lighting powers? haha just kidding..... unless..?

stabbing is peak romance

hyj’s giant array of knitted hot pink clothes.

haha what if you sat me down on a hotel desk and cleaned up my split lip while i confide in you about my grief over my late brother. haha just kidding. unless.

and what if you were the first person i talked extendly of my trauma with and you helped me work through it sometimes without me even realizing. jsut fuckging  gdikiddn

that time hyj lost all his clothes except for his boots and shj’s coat.

shj: if i don’t hold han yoojin-gun at every chance i get i will die.

kid acquisition

shj’s "do you injure him grievously at your own hands or let him go without hurting him and send him to very likely torture and possible death" dilemma.

hyj’s “i can’t believe he wouldn’t cut off my leg >:(” dilemma.

sexy wine pouring

actually, just general sky high amounts of UST.

there’s more. there’s definitely more but if i look for all of them ill b stuck here the whole evening. OTHER batshit insane things that have happened in s-class:

manifesting your inner cat boy

hyj shooting shj, stw and hyh in the head without flinching.

snapping loved one from berserker state trope, not limited to 1 person (sometimes that takes a very good die)

hyj getting kidnapped(again)

stw evolution from govt dog in dire need of vacation to dilf in dire need of a vacation

3 new kids in the span of 3 months.

hyj getting kidnapped(Again. this time worse than the others 💔 see “very likely torture and possible death” point)

grandpa figure acquisition(i am in love with him)

that one time hyj stripped in front of a whole banquethall-ful of people

hyj 🤝 stw “working on hating ourselves a little less”

han yoojin’s childhood sacrifices.

oh wow so turns hyj knew more people than expected pre-regression, huh?

both han bros’ childhood trauma dude what the fuck their parents were so awful im glad theyre dead

shj and song taewon went on frequent business trips tgt precanon so shj knows the most mundane shit about him like his favorite toothpaste flavor. just songseong things ❤

giving my most powerful skill to the person i hate the most right before i die in a doomed timeline because i want him to live a normal life when i never could. just songseong things 💔

SOME people are at a high risk of dying. are they doing anything about it? at some point they will have to. for now, are they sticking to recklessly making it WORSE? yes.

streamers are evil little incels, this transcends webnovel universes.

han yoohyun’s atrophied tolerating people who aren’t hyung muscles moving for the first time in...... for the first time! 

found family :)

i left out other p big spoilers bc i wasn’t sure if you’d like to see them, hmu if you want more details! im always happy to talk about s-class :)

[sunmaylight]

I cry over the S-Class that I Raised fandom sometimes cause the english fan-translations has so much work to translate. I think S-Class has over 600 chapters in the Korean Webnovel, but I’m not sure. 

All I know is that the gang goes to New York for some reason and there is some weird beef of HYH of the pre-regression timeline possibly being a possessed doll. And that is from fanart I see on occasions from the Korean Fandom.

If I knew Korean better, I would try translating. But since I don’t, I cry that this isn’t as far as Omniscient Reader/’s Viewpoint or Lout/Trash of the Count’s Family

[yersina]

Oh 100%!!! Honestly, I think the angle of trying to protect hyj probably wouldn’t even occur to shj because it’s… just that nonsensical?? (I’m sorry yoohyun, I get it but I don’t have to like it) So to him it’s like, hyh is just incandescently angry at shj whenever they see each other for no discernible reason, which I’m p sure shj would find really funny lmao. (On the other hand tho, you’re right, hyh would be sooooo furious bc shj is a physical reminder of everything he can’t do. And he can’t even fight the dude bc yj would be mad at him abt it, so he’s stuck in this impossible impasse until he either figures his shit out or is miserable forever. Fun times! :D )

I didn’t even consider the pre/post regression implications!! Pre reg is great and that’s where most of my story is, but oh god post reg hhhhhhhhrrrrggdbdhffkdbh like yj lands five years in the past and his first thought is for yoohyun but his second is for shj—where are they? Are they safe? I think according to the timeline I laid out hyj is already awakened by the time the regression happens? So I imagine that hjyj are still in the trust building part of getting to know each other, and naturally shj Immediately knows that smth happened because he is Perceptive As Fuck™️. So hyj is grappling w reacquainting himself w this younger version of his guild leader while shj is subtly-but-not-subtly trying to figure out wtf happened to his hyj

Hello hi I am normal about this plot bunny yes.

Just came across a half-written sctir snippet that I completely and utterly forgot existed in my notes app???

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One of the basic principles of business is that if your competitors are too stupid to recognize their own assets, take them.

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Sung Hyunjae trusts Choi Mingi to tell him the truth when he says that Han Yoojin works at the Starbucks that’s a half hour drive from their guild building, but he doesn’t quite believe him until he walks in and sees Han Yoohyun’s brother working behind the counter.

“Han Yoojin,” he greets, walking up to the counter. Yoojin immediately stiffens, eyeing Hyunjae suspiciously.

“If you want to talk to me because of Yoohyun, I’m not making any statements,” he says gruffly, stiff but rehearsed. Pity.

“Why, Yoojin-ssi, I just want to talk to you for your own sake,” he says, giving Yoojin a flawless smile. Yoojin sputters delightfully at that, but in the end, he doesn’t look any less suspicious than before.

Cannot stop thinking abt the possibility of pre-reg seseong hyj

shj is very bastard and would have absolutely no qualms w poaching yj if he wanted to

Which he does

Cause, like, awakening definitely isn’t genetic or anything, but the very glaringly obvious media black hole around hyj is, well, obvious, and shj has never met a sore spot that he hasn’t wanted to push

So he wanders over to wherever hyj is working at the time and shamelessly tries to poach the unawakened brother of his largest rival guild

Hyj doesn’t really understand what’s going on other than that shj is holding up the line, but this is the most anyone has ever spoken to him about dungeons and awakening since yh waltzed out of his life, so he’s reluctantly but understandably intrigued

One thing leads to another, and hyj agrees to let Seseong sponsor his awakening

(yes, hyj is aware that this means he’ll join seseong afterwards. no, he’s not thinking abt hyh during all of this. he’s NOT. really. definitely. yeah.)

i have a lot of thoughts and headcanons around what exactly hyj’s stats and skills would be outside of canon circumstances, but for the sake of this verse, i’m gonna put him at stat b, skill a rank—exceptional, but not too abnormally so

and like, the familiar raising skill is impressive, but at an a level it’s not earth-shatteringly amazing, you know? the only person that would really benefit from it is ksy, so shj puts that idea on the back burner

but you know what DOES catch his attention? the teacher skill

so he starts dragging yj on every single dungeon clearing opportunity to build up his familiarity with the skill and push his limits so he can use it to its fullest extent

also. yknow when ksh (i think?) was describing why he and the rest of haeyeon are loyal to yh? and how there’s a certain level of dedication and admiration born from following someone into danger and being able to follow them right back out?

yeah. y e a h.

like, hyh is his brother, and hyj is never ever ever going to forget that. ever. he raised that boy with his own two hands and hyj loves him to the ends of the earth even if they haven’t said a single word to each other in two years

but shj is his guild leader

[asexual-levia-tan]

yoohyun be like "i have to pretend to hate my hyung to keep him safe, but its okay because i have people monitoring him at all times so they can step in quickly if something's wrong" and yoojin be like "i've been kidnapped around 10 times now" after being kidnapped three times post-regression

[asexual-levia-tan]

congrats to yoojin who found a way to upset stw and shj at the same time, somehow

[hehearse]

ttttwenty-three? back to sctir for this one bc i just made the connection,, good 4 u by Olivia Rodrigo is hyj pre regression abt hyh,,, obviously a skewed perspective of how it really is making him bitter and angry at yoohyun even when he still loves him unconditionally.

twenty-four is It's Alright by Mother Mother. hyj about himself but reassuring hyh and his kids with the chorus,, "youre not a monster, just a human and youve made a few mistakes," yoojin seeing them still as Human, despite how Inhuman they can be. agh..

holding you by the lapels.

Olivia Rodrigo - good 4

YEAH yeah... yoojin YOUUU... i have such a soft spot for him at that point, the way even his INNER MONOLOGUE at the start is lies lies lies. self deprecation as a way to. ease the pain at least a little bit. he can be the one in pain but assuming his brother did this not for himself and out of his own free will and thus did NOT get happy as a result of leaving yoojin? haha. oh it would be so much easier if he could really despise his little brother, wouldn't it. (he can't, he simply can't). "that bastard of a brother" @ plans on dying in that same dungeon with his brother's body in his hands, yeah yeah.... <- in pain

Mother Mother - It's Alright

ack ack ack... poison damage...... ack...... yeah yoojin. thinking about that chat he had with yoohyun with yoohyun talking about his. less human instincts and desires. wanting for his flames to consume it all. and yoojin still seeing him as his precious brother amd worrying he restricts himself too much.... agh agh agh yoojin..... head in hands, pain is endless.....

it's so dear to me that yoojin is constantly humanizing? yoohyun while ALSO urging him to let go as much as he can let himself. does he need to be just like anyone else around him to still count as human? isn't he enough as is? agh agh agh...... han brothers..........

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anyway im done tling for the day so time to think abt something else. i talk abt hyj regressing along with stw or his prereg friends (or maybe even hyh if we want both of them to be epically fucked up about everything forever) a lot usually via ghost mechanics but i dont think ive ever talked about hyj bringing one of the others back with him through even more convoluted mechanics. and like yeah maybe shj is the obvious option and i would love to see that but we can get weirder with this yknow. what if he brought back mha. girlie wakes up 5 years earlier and is just absolutely fucking bewildered for the longest week or two until hyj abruptly shows up all weirdly knowing and shes like YOU

[wovenstarlight]

Thinking about your cached AU and I cannot /imagine/ the dissonance SHJ must feel everytime he sees Yoojin. Like going from the instinctive "Haha little F rank" to "oh shit what the /fuck/" in 0.5 seconds. *NOVEL SPOILERS* And that scene where SHJ's memories completely regress of a few chapters? Like, he sends down his chains to drag Yoojin to him and Yoojin is just like. No. And yanks the chains, unceremoniously dragging Sung Hyunjae down the stairs instead.

Oh! And that's not even mentioning the hilarity of the dungeon glitches!

"Oh No!!! A SS rank monster just appeared in this low rank dungeon what are we going to d-

Oh. Oh okay nevermind Yoojin swatted it like a bug and now it's dead. False alarm."

Everything you've written for it is so angsty but I can't stop laughing there's so much potential for comedy

LMFAO YEAH. I think early on I said hyj claims to be F-rank but realistically that's way too obvious a lie so in the yerim chapter I marked him down as claiming A-rank. S-rank would be even easier to pull off but ssm and hyh said "okay so as an s-rank here's the bare minimum amount of public appearances you'd have to make—" and he was like I'd Rather Die Than Face The Media (Again). and they were like oh. um. okay. well. A-ranks aren't nearly as popular even though they still are. would that work. and he was like ugh whatever. and they were all like [EXTREMELY RELIEVED SIGH]

so he has to keep up appearances as an A-rank... that combined with the subconscious awareness that he IS stronger than them, ALONG with the fact that he doesn't even pretend to be scared, honestly makes his relationship with the canon S-ranks. well. okay for those who are under his care it's like You're my dad! boogie woogie woogie just as in canon. but for, like, shj and mha and stw and the rest. he's very. I don't wanna say uncanny valley but they're all on edge around him a bit. of course shj is still like this guy is so fucked up (positive) (intrigued). but because hyj is """A""" rank instead of F-rank... you know how in canon they're all like hehe little F-rank we can push around for jokes and comedy. shj knows better than to try any jokes and comedy on hyj here.

it probably makes it worse than hyjs trying so half-heartedly to be like oh woe I'm a A rank who can't help but be weaker than you guys.... because during shj amnesia pool incident he tries to chain up and drag hyj over and hyj is like. [completely deadpan] oh noooo whatever will I do. these chaaaains have appeaaareeed to drag me awayyyyyy. noooo. he follows them and finds shj and immediately gives him an earful and gets a dunking anyway but he's about twice as pissy about it. prereg shj is having an absolute moment up there on the surface because he's all WHAT THE FUCK? WASNT THIS GUY F-RANK? WHAT? [←not scared per se but unused to this new status quo]

the thing is. even if hyj knows he's SS-rank and everyone knows he's SS-rank and he knows everyone knows etc etc etc. he just stonewalls them when they try to ask (Too Much Trouble). and he still puts up the bare minimum facade of being lower-ranked. so if an ss-rank monster shows up, then like... like okay, with the Babar he contributes about as much as in canon because solo he can't actually do anything, it IS a pretty formidable monster. maybe he takes over for yoohyun and orders him to stay back from the fight, or something, idk. with that dragon humanoid diarma sent, which he fought with shj and riette and noah, though. that he just lays into singlehandedly and then when the others are like ?????? he's like Ohhhh I uhhh forgot to say but Myeongwoo was testing out.... some sorta... extra special buffing equipment. yeah that's definitely it. [glowering] Do Not Tell Anyone Else. and like obviously no one believes him but like. lol. what are they gonna do, fight him? so SS rank han yoojin is just.... the sclass world's most badly kept secret