#krs is traumatized

[unadulteratedbluebirdnightmare]

A strange tcf fic idea that I will never write because I'm not too confident of my English skills

Imagine an alternative universe, where KRS wasn't cursed and somehow he meets KRS!cale and his family

So, we have two parallels

- KRS who was surrounded by love and grew up without any traumas (I'll name his KRS 1)

AND

- KRS who was cursed, the KRS that we know (and him KR!cale because he is in cale's body)

Imagine KRS!cale's family looking to a gentle and incredible smiling teenager and wondering what happened to KRS!cale (when they realize they're like "oh")

Imagine KRS!cale looking at this version of himself and blaming himself because he can't save his family like KRS 1 did, the reaction of his family discovering that the most part of cale's personality is because of his traumas.

(this is exactly the type of angst I love!! But a "happy' ending with his family comforting him and he overcoming his traumas a bit)

[iristial]

[lee-hakhyun]

@auuwmk

orv chapter 690 han sooyoung gave the 41st jung heewon some memories from the 3rd turn. this is an excerpt on her thoughts about those memories

The Jung Heewon from that world called for a certain name very often. — Dokja-ssi! A name she herself didn't recognize. — Kim Dokja! Was he family? Or a lover? She wasn't sure, but when Jung Heewon thought of that name, her heart throbbed and felt it would rip apart.

[xx3bvvx]

Congrats to me, I remembered the idea. it's not an idea, but anyway

Ex: prepare your tissues, people, you've been warned.

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"Ha... ha... ha..."

Lee Soo Hyuk panted, wiping the blood from his head. A deep gash from fighting the monster had slowed him down. He wiped the blood from his eyes and surveyed the scene before him. Corpses littered the ground—his team members, who had perished fighting the monster that Kim Rok Soo had predicted would appear. The monster looked terrifying, even to him, but as the team leader, he maintained the facade of a strong and reliable leader.

He glanced at the bodies, many of which were mangled beyond recognition. Some were in better shape if missing limbs and deep cuts could be considered "better." The faces of the remaining team members were etched with despair, sorrow, and fear. Clutching the handle of his sword, he charged toward the monster and attacked with a powerful <slash>, but it barely left a mark. Frustration and guilt welled up within him. If only he were stronger, his team might still be alive. Grinding his teeth, he launched another attack, but the monster ignored him and moved in a different direction.

"What the hell...?"

His eyes followed the monster until he realized where it was headed. His pupils dilated in horror. Without thinking, he sprinted toward Kim Rok Soo, desperately trying to communicate through the broken walkie-talkie.

"Damn it! Fuck! KIM ROK SOO! WATCH OUT!" he cursed and yelled, his voice rising in pitch. But Kim Rok Soo didn’t notice until it was too late. Lee Soo Hyuk charged forward, throwing himself in front of Rok Soo and pushing him out of the way.

"Cough... ah."

Lee Soo Hyuk looked down at the claws, piercing his stomach and the blood covering his hands. He lifted his head to meet Rok Soo's eyes and managed a contented smile, thinking, "Ah... at least this punk is alive. I'm glad."

Kim Rok Soo's eyes welled up as he looked at Lee Soo Hyuk, who lay before him, struggling for breath. Lee Soo Hyuk's face was pale, yet his eyes burned with determination.

Lee Soo Hyuk saw Rok Soo's expression—full of fear and sorrow, his hands trembling as he held him. He called out to him, his voice weak but insistent

"Kim Rok Soo, I... I." He called with a firm voice, or that was what he wanted, but it was low, weak whispered.

"Will you shut your trap?" Kim Rok Soo snapped, his voice shaking as he tried to hold back tears.

Lee Soo Hyuk chuckled softly, a sound that quickly turned into a wet cough. "Shut my what? Well, looks like I’ll be shutting up for all eternity in a moment," Lee Soo Hyuk replied with a faint, bitter smile.

"...Please don’t speak nonsense either," Kim Rok Soo pleaded, his heart aching.

"I’ll say what I want to say. Kim Rok Soo, hey Rok Soo."

"... What is it?" Kim Rok Soo's voice was barely a whisper, his eyes locked onto his friend's hyung.

"I leave it to you. Got it?" Lee Soo Hyuk's eyes bore into Kim Rok Soo's with a mixture of trust and desperation.

"...I thought you told me to be a slacker?" Kim Rok Soo's voice cracked, trying to lighten the moment.

"Hey, have you ever seen anything in the world go the way you want it to go? You, cough!" Lee Soo Hyuk's body convulsed as he coughed, blood staining his lips. "Anyway...I, I leave it to you, Rok Soo. Hey Rok Soo. Take care of things for me."

As darkness edged into his vision, Lee Soo Hyuk's last thought was of hope. He trusted Kim Rok Soo completely. He had to believe that his dongsaeng would carry on, that he would honour this final request. With one last faint smile, Lee Soo Hyuk let go, his mind filled with the image of a better future that Kim Rok Soo would help create. His eyes closed, and he found peace in that belief as his world went dark.

[girlwiththegreenhat]

cut script bits + extended scene/acting notes from season 3's junkyard dog. because i want to make you guys cry <3 the scenes that made the final cut are already painful enough, but reading the actual notes of what vibes a scene is supposed to convey or what an actor's performance is supposed to be based around make it hit so much harder.

+ kitt upset that his mom seemingly left, and there's something about the specific description that michael closes the door softly that fucking floors me

[t-u-i-t-c]

interesting dynamic brewing here

[getterkuma]

Valvarad getting some divine retribution for his edge lord ways.

[moonsoupstar-ao3]

Cale (from ND au): ah, yes, when I noticed my mask was sliding, I have a bit of panic, I get into a closet and practice some good old breath exercises, nothing special

The APs who where there: 👁️👄👁️ bitch, that's not how it went

Cale, copping (gaslighting) himself again: shut up, I don't even know what you're talking about

[doomednarrative]

I’m gonna be extremely honest, despite the fact that I Am tired of seeing that one speific trope being played out and we all know what I’m referring to here, I really liked this weeks Geats

(spoilers in the tags for this one)

[zaruba-needslove]

I thought it was implied that the DGP where the Sakurai parental units were killed was a DGP where no one won. Would be a DGP that the Kick the Can Jamato killed all the Riders. The DGP has enough "sparks" to keep remaking the world from the number of Riders they kill from the elimination round alone that I don't think they'd be short of "sparks" not to mention the Riders that get eliminated, not killed, but disqualified as a Rider.

And with the way the PunkJack special describes the "spark" I don't think they're a consumable, at least to me, its not a consumable item but its something that they can use.

Nope. There was no indication nor was it implied that the DGP finale when the Sakurai couple were killed was the same DGP when everyone lost the game. Just because several past DGP events was mentioned during the run of the Saboten Knight round DOES NOT mean that all of the other DGP mentioned had to involve the Saboten Knight or referring to the same event.

The DGP where Ace mentioned that no one wins the final round could have been from any point of time in the past 2000 years since the DGP was held in their world, not specifically 10 years prior. It could be from a DGP where one of Ace's previous incarnations (prior to Ukiyo Ace) took part in but lost miserably. Since an info about a failed no-win GP shouldn't be an info easily accessed by anyone, and i doubt DGP management allow free access to their database. So unless a GM (not necessarily Girori) freely hand out such info, unless you were there when the complete defeat happen... the fact that there IS a game where no victor occurred HAD HAPPENED wouldn't have been known by ANY player. Since there should be no survivor who could pass on the info amongst new/old players about it.

I know that Yuya mentioned that it's possible that Ace could've lied or make up the things that he said about his past life. But that doesn't mean that Ace don't also tell the truth while acting like he was telling a lie. The fact about the no-win DGP could've come from Ace's own experience.

Anyway... wasn't Saboten's MO was take as much hostage as possible and stash them in its pillar... ALIVE? As in the more hostage it had, the bigger it grew in size? Why would it need to kill any npc at all? Also in that flashback... a NORMAL Jyamato was shown to kill the parents, there WASN'T any hint of what final boss was at play at that time. It could be any other giant Jyamato bosses as far as we're concerned.

the way the PunkJack special describes the "spark" I don't think they're a consumable

Are you really hearing yourself talking? Even with the PunkJack sp there's still PLENTY of questions remained unanswered. How does the tech on memory wipe actually work? While we do not know whether the power that was used to repair the damages on infrastructure, the npc civillians, the memory wipes of the civilians and retired players, the creation of the artificial Jyamato was the same as the power that allow the DGP to grant wishes, shouldn't it still require/consume a lot of power? Just like how Ace ended up eating alot to compensate the cost of using his power after his battle with Suel, wouldn't it make sense that the power used in all the processes are the same? Also we're working with unreliable narrators here, even the people telling us about the 'sparks' probably do not know for sure how a spark was 'harvested' or used.

Also what did you mean the spark weren't consumables? No matter what, there will always be a limit. Even Mitsume's powers aren't infinite. Every time she uses her powers, 'something' should still end up being consumed. Whether that should be the spark, her own life force, her own desire to wish... that all boils down to just being resource or fuel. If Mitsume's powers was really infinite, Suel wouldn't have prepared early to make Tsumuri her replacement in case Mitsume's powers ran out one day. The fact that they did implies that the resources HAD A LIMIT. so the statement that deny the possibility that the DGP could be short of sparks should be wrong. Mitsume may be called the Goddess of Creation, but the way she was used by the DGP... she's more like a giant battery that power up the whole of DGP's operation. A battery that... while it appeared to be long lasting (it had run for 2000 years after all) was actually on its last leg.

"There's no way the DGP could ran out of sparks"

How do you know? Do we see in series some bottomless tank of sparks/gleams stored anywhere?

What source of energy that powers the ability used in the DGP for their techs, the buckles, the ability to manipulated time and space... aside from the energy used to 'change the world in an instant/grant wishes' within the scope of the game run and outside it. Even if we wanna sum it as the operation being run by 'magic', that magic should have come from 'somewhere'. And 'THAT' is not an infinite resource. During the Desire Royale, Chirami had mentioned that they brought back a number of [former Desaities] to challenge Buffa. Do we even know what kind of wishes those former Desaities had made in the past, whether or not those wishes were even grander or flashier compared to Keiwa's or Buffa's wishes (heck even all those petty wishes Ace had won would've still requires some good amount of sparks/gleams to consume)?

No matter how the DGP wanna be 'smart' about their resource management, drainage/sinkhole/losses can still be incurred. And again, if DGP don't need to worry about running out of sparks... why do they even need to find/get more SPONSORS to back their operations? Initial player cap for most starting games are at most 100 pax, that is a very limited pool of sparks/gleams to power a world altering GP that had too big of an operational 'cost'. If anything, the true 'near-infinite' resource should lie in the npc civilians - the secret slush fund that no one BuT Suel and some other less virtuous GM would be aware of. And USED. And by now im sounding like a broken track.

TL;DR, resources/gleams/sparks aren't infinite, constant usage during every GP run would've sent the management into deficit. The law of Equivalent Exchange should apply to MANY things.

In the sense organizing Desire Royales were probably more economical compared to average Desire Grand Prixs.

Infinite spark/gleam is a MYTH!

[scoups4lyfe]

Hiromi knew cause his bf alarm went off lol. Also I'm glad you saw through George's claim. There is a deeper reason for what he's doing but I'll let the show reveal that. Also fun fact: George's Rider-sona is called Juuga which is Kuuga but with Jyu meaning 10 for the ten animals he got his powers from. He also looks similar to Kuuga. Also the moment when the sibs find out about the memory loss broke my dang heart 😭.

Lmao his bf alarm 🤣🤣🤠👻

I knew George couldn’t be going all bananas 🍌 just for human “peace”

pUhwhahaahHahaha

Would make no damn sense

Since when has George cared about human peace? LOLOLOLOL

I didn’t know that about the Juuga thing that’s fkin BALLER ⛹️‍♀️ yo

And yeah Ikki saying that in front of the sibs was like a punch in the heart 💀🥸🫠😔🥺

[unadulteratedbluebirdnightmare]

I think about something:

When Kim rook soo transmigrated, he creates a connection with death, so he starts to get affected by that connection, dreaming with death.

And then he seeks refuge in painting, starting to paint pictures, horrific paintings, which bring the feeling he feels in his dreams: anguish.

He coments that he starts to paint. Violan asked to see his paintings. And you can already imagine what happens. The whole family is worried.

And deep down, it's not just the connection with the god of death that makes him paint those paintings.

There were multiple experiences. And he found the copy mechanism, just to feel a little comforted.

[oddsocrate]

Around chapter 530-540, duke Fredo mentioned that the white star's true appearance is definitely of someone who has lived a thousand years, especially his gaze. But Cale knows exactly that it is HIS FACE (as in KRS) that the white star has the exact moment he saw him.

I think it is safe to say that whatever the fuck happened in Earth is so traumatizing that Cale with 36 years as Rok Soo looks like a tired (maniac) and dead soul

[blueteller]

Blue-nim.... I... I, I asked ai about original Cale Henituse and original Kim Rok Soo and, and I'm... I'm crying 😭😭😭

Original Cale Henituse

1. Weak and timid: Initially portrayed as a frail, incompetent noble.

2. Innocent and naive: Lacked worldly experience and political savvy.

3. Replacement protagonist: Ultimately overshadowed by Kim Rok Soo.

4. Fateful connection: His life intersects with Kim Rok Soo's.

Original Kim Rok Soo

1. Protagonist of "The Birth of a Hero": Novel-within-a-novel's main character.

2. Heroic and idealistic: Classic fantasy hero archetype.

3. Transmigrated: Reborn into Cale Henituse's world.

4. Influential actions: Rok Soo's decisions significantly impact Cale's life.

Proof you can't just believe whatever internet tells you, man, whether it's AI or not!

About OG Cale:

1. Weak and timid who?? Tell that to all the gangsters he single-handedly traumatized

2. Innocent and naive where?? The boy was more politically savvy than his freaking FATHER, at the gosh darned age of EIGHT

3. Replacement protagonist – well excuuuuse me, PRINCESS, he survived 20 years of world-ending war before becoming the new Team Leader of Team One in Korea! I say he's the protagonist of his OWN story!

4. Fateful connection: true, except less "intersects" and more like "they were probably cousins all along ".

About KRS:

1. Protagonist of "The Birth of a Hero"? That's MOTHER FLIPPING CHOI HAN!!!

2. Heroic and idealistic??? Pfff, tell that to all those poor fools Cale scammed for money

3. Transmigrated? Sure, except less "reborn" and more "swapped"

And lastly:

4. EXCUSE ME?? KRS's decisions significantly impact Cale's life?! More like literally THE OTHER WAY AROUND. OG Cale was the one who made the deal with the God of Death!

Thanks, this was hilarious to go over. Merry Christmas, everyone!

[asterefflores]

Does all variants of cale and krs get head kisses from tristan? Like say mini versions that ended up there ..... toddlers and teenagers .... just asking coz u know i remember reading he treats all his kids equally and well the cymgp versions got kisses too even though they r technically not his so like does every version get a kiss or do they need to be highly traumatized first. I got traumatized kids too..... but i wanna pretend i am nicer to fictional characters so like is trauma a necessity to be qualified to get kisses from the best dad award winner or they can get ut even if they fine-ish.

Asking for research purposes 🤓

Well, based on the plot in my fic, the world they're in is the main and initial one, while the other worlds are part of it because of the shattered part of the world rock. To Tristan, any Cale and Krs in other worlds originate from his kids' souls in the main world. Following this logic, he considers them all his kids. Even if there were villain versions, he'll teach them a lesson then hug them lol,,

[nukudraws]

When I started reading the lcf/tcf manhwa I had no background knowledge about what I was getting into. I just saw some fanart with a cool red haired character and a blond prince so I assumed it would be about war and politics then I got hit with the found family, then I read the book for the found family and got hit with the wars and politics xddd Anyways-

In case you're interested (I know no but still)

My initial reaction to the manhwa characters went something like this:

Choi han: ah do we have a Kim Dokja variant as a main character again? Bro looks kinda traumatized (spoiler: he is, was, probably will be more in the future)

Cale: oh he's the main guy! ...there's no way he isn't a vampire, right?

Og Cale: he had fangs!!(he didn't) Vampire I tell you

Ron: *screams in terror in tandem with krs Cale*

Henituse family: ...why is Cale the singular red haired person in the family?????

Beacrox: oh look, they got a zombie chef, nice

Billos: he looks huggable but why is he pink

Ohn and Hong: even these orphans look more related to Cale than Cale's relatives?? What the

Hans: hmm a ginger, he gives happy hamster vibes which is pretty rare hamster mood as I've heard

Hilsman: you're fun

Venion: who allowed you that haircut

Neo Tolz: I couldn't care less about this guy tbh

Raon: blue eyed Toothless

Taylor Stan: he looks like yoghurt

Cage: she would so have tattoos... omg, she does have tattoos!!

Lock: Alhaitham and Atsushi meshed together?

Rosalyn: so, does she have a tie at the back of her hair or does it just stay like that-

Eric Wheelsman: bro looks like he'd be a chocolate chips cookie

Amiru Ubbarr: for a fantasy setting you have surprisingly modern clothes

Gilbert Chetter: who?

Alberu: I waited so long for you to appear, you're so damn gorgeous

Redika: why cool hair if evil :⁠'⁠(

Toonka: that's a grizzly bear

Harol: WHAT IS THY GENDER??!!?

Paseton: that's a whale?!?? I wanna see an alive mermaid then

Witira: I think she must be the prettiest woman in the whole manhwa, even outside of it, her hair is simply the coolest thing ever (opinion haven't changed since)

Archie: why are you beefing with our baby, Choi han, huh?

Litana: I don't actually remember what I thought about her first but something something cute badass leader(?)

Tasha: she spooked me for some reason but then she started talking with Cage and was fun

Mary: I don't think I had much of an opinion other than she's cute friends with Raon

Hannah: I thought she was a background character or smth xddd

Pendrick: you're sus for no reason

I'm probably forgetting someone but we'll pretend it's intentional (if their name starts with a Z, it might as well be)