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This is so random but I had a tumblr when i was a teenager where i used to primarily write for kpop groups (shocking I know) but i evenatually lost touch with it and I lost the community i built along with it

But love and deepspace got me back into tumblr, interacting with and creating content and voicing thoughts and theories. I forgot how happy it used to make me. Its almost like having a little secret community and I love interacting with and reading everyones works so much!! Honestly, its inspired me to pick up writing again.

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Optimal Reading Order for Caleb's Storyline

SO! I HAVE COLLECTED ALL THE CARDS AND HERE IS MY THEORIZED TIMELINE FOR PRESENT DAY CALEB! TRUST ME, WHEN READ IN ORDER THIS SHIT HITS SO HARD. CALEB'S WRITING TEAM INHALED SOMETHING AND I WANT WHAT THEY HAD.

If you want me to do an analysis for the Past Caleb Cards too, we will have to wait until 10 Days With You ends, but pls let me know because I've already pieced those together too. I'd also do this with the other boys but it is MUCH harder due to there being less indication and less tells (InFold, please do what Tears of Themis is doing where they put the stuff in order in one of their CN updates plsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsPLSPLSPLSPLSPLSPLSPLS)

MILD SPOILERS (and by mild I mean I just noted vague points in time that allowed me to pinpoint where they were in the timeline + relationship progress you're not really getting spoiled but some ppl wanna go in completely blind and that's perfectly understandable!)

Main Story - Yeah no duh. Caleb is basically a stranger here, and we're at square one.

Endless Summer - The card references it had been 2 weeks since she last saw Caleb in Skyhaven. They're awkward here.

Exclusive Aftercare - This is when MC starts letting Caleb more back into her life.

Myth - First time MC visits Skyhaven after the Main Story. She is on better terms with Caleb and their relationship makes so much progress here.

Hidden Waves - MC visits Caleb's home in Skyhaven. It's obvious they're now starting to repair what they lost.

Painful Signal - Hidden Waves is referenced here, and obvious revelations are obvious. Also, Gideon!

EXTRA NOTE: Canonically, by this point in the timeline, MC is at least Affinity Level 30 here due to Gideon's appearance in Caleb's Moments. There is also a very, VERY noticeable shift in his calls and texts and how MC starts replying to him after this, implying they definitely made progress. She was seemingly more off with him, as was he in expressing his desires, but once we pass this threshold, he starts voicing his affections more openly for MC, with her also starting to call out to him more.

Intertwined Gold - I cannot stress enough that this actually acts as a beautiful resolution to this little arc. I mean it so much. Their past already acted as their time to let things fester, and this is just... *sniffle* oh my god, it's beautiful.

I felt like I watched an entire TV Drama when reading through the cards in this order. Please read it in this order for optimal experience because you genuinely get to see the growth Caleb and MC get to have in this weird situation where they're adults trying to figure each other and their feelings out. I am a Sylus girlie (I KNOW I HAVEN'T MADE ENOUGH STUFF FOR HIM SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT, SHUT UP, I THIRST FOR HIM IN PRIVATE, IT COUNTS) but even I have to admit, this shit? Fire. Actual fire. Caleb's writing team is beautiful, and I hope they have good things happen to them.

...also BEG INFOLD TO MAKE A FUNCTION WHERE WE CAN LIST MEMORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, THIS HIT SO HARD AND I WAS LUCKY I GUESSED RIGHT FOR MOST OF THE MEMORIES THE ONLY ONES I FUCKED UP WAS HIDDEN WAVES COMING AFTER MYTH, BUT ITS OK--

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Trigger Warning for the Caleb Branch/Main Story

For anyone who has dealt with the experience of gaslighting, manipulation, or having your autonomy stripped (i.e. being prevented from leaving), I would advise approaching the last part in Chapter 1 with caution or speedrun altogether to skip it. [This is 1-10 by the way!]

While I'm normally fine with my dark kinks and yandere tropes, I unexpectedly started feeling and experiencing a panic attack just because the way Caleb was behaving triggered my PTSD and fight/flight. I would say in general, this part of the story moving forward is extremely heavy.

Due to this I don't see myself finishing the main story with 100% focus if at all just because I don't think it's worth the cost of my mental stability.

Please take care of yourselves even while enjoying this new update/event!

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⚠️Caleb myth and story spoilers ahead ⚠️

okay so I just finished Caleb’s myth and everything makes so much more sense now. I had a suspicion that Caleb was chipped from the get go and his myth confirmed it. But it seems like everyone who gets the chip implanted in them has their memories erased and they become cold and emotionless. Which explains the drastic shift in Caleb’s personality (Though he has always been protective over MC since their childhood).

I think the myth was an excellent bridge to the gaps in the main story. I was wondering though how he still has his memories and affection towards MC intact. Because we saw what the chip did to Kevi in the main story and Liam in the myths. It made sense towards the end of the myth though where it’s revealed by professor Lucius and the scientist that Caleb has essentially compartmentalized (or black holed if you will) his memories of MC to the point that the chip is unable to touch or erase those memories. So in Farspace bloomfall, when he reaches an emotional threshold, the chip attempts to erase his memories for him to regain stability. So he temporarily forgets exactly who MC is but still remembers the way she makes him feel and has vague recollections of her. Also MC 100% matches Caleb’s freak in the myth and the chip definitely influences actions to some degree at least.

Anyway, from my understanding, Ever (who I assume Professor Lucius is working for) is after MC’s aether core or in fact someone who can harness the power of the aether core. MC (and Caleb I think) were experimented on as children with Granny Josephine heading the team and MC was the most successful candidate out of the experiments. But Granny’s conscience kicked in and she left with them. But Ever is still after MC because she’s the ideal candidate for their experiment. Ever is basically trying to convert human beings to wanderers but everytime they attempt the experiment, the protocores destabilize. But the aether core in MC’s heart is somehow stable which is why they’re so intent on finding her.

So Caleb has volunteered himself up to be experimented on by trying to convince them that he’d be a greater asset and a better candidate for the experiments, in an attempt to protect MC. But they’re only planning to keep him around until he becomes ‘useless’. With the chip as well, it seems like their objective is to create people with no ‘weaknesses’. Basically a new kind of human + wanderer super being I think? Idk feel free to correct me.

Either way my heart hurts for Caleb. He truly has been through a lot. I’m gonna assume that when Caleb and MC were experimented on as kids, Caleb watch MC die and come back to life and being put through the trials. MC remembers none of this, but maybe Caleb does? Which would explain the need to protect MC. Also, his willingness to throw himself in harms way and have anything happen to him as long as MC is safe. Ugh. I think he’s playing double agent at the moment. He’s trying to take down Ever from within if that makes sense? Being a colonel as well gives him that reach. I think he knows he’s running on borrowed time because he mentions that MC’s powers haven��t awakened or become stronger so, it’s only a matter of time before Ever starts actively pursuing MC and deem him useless. Maybe that’s why he’s so frantic? Idk I can only assume.

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I saw someone try this on TikTok (I believe their handle was reiverionzz0) and I had to try this out for myself and ummmm…WOW. Not the results I was expecting. So you’re telling me that Caleb and I are the most compatible 🤔. I wonder what that says about me.

Here’s the link if anybody wants to try.

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I knew Caleb’s storyline was going to be dark but HOLY SHIT. I am shook??? He’s so yandere. This man is POSSESSIVE and OBSESSIVE over MC. Definitely not the Caleb before the blast. I personally have always had a soft spot for morally grey characters. Like Guy Fawkes from V for Vendetta, Jin Sakai and Vincenzo are some of my favorite characters of all time. But I’m still reeling from the new main story chapters. Ngl he’s was scarryyyyyy. The trailers hinted at some more darker themes but WOWWW. I’m kind of impressed that infold delved straight into a true yandere trope. I love myself a good dark romance, so I’m interested to see how this plays out and how Caleb’s storyline will advance. But my guy is unhingedddd.

edit: I MEANT V FROM V FOR VENDETTA

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AHAHA~ INFOLD REALLY OUT HERE FEEDING MY DELULU.

It's no secret that I play this game since yap about it irl all the time, though I'm not sure if I would actually introduce these guys to my family. Maybe after a few drinks?

Anyway, all men do is lie.

Xavier - WDYM?! I wouldn't let you step a foot into the kitchen unattended.

Zayne - BABES YOU'RE SO FUNNY, but only on days that end in Y~ :3c

Rafayel - Only kinda famous? Bro, you got me running from the paparazzi..

Sylus - Family owned business selling fruit and tech? HA. If only it was just that.

Caleb - The mom & dad slip up?! Be FR right now. You know what you said--

I can't wait to listen to them on repeat, calling themselves my boyfriend. Really living out my reverse harem dreams here~~

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Credits artist @sakon in X

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if i had a nickel for every time a beloved childhood friend you grew up with "died" and became a villain with a metal arm i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

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FIND A MAN WHO CAN DO BOTH!

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Justice for our homegirl and her suffering

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I love my MC so much

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I am so deeply in love with you, you're everything to me, I would literally die for you, I love you, I love you-

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Oh, Caleb...

I think I'm going to have a 3rd favourite when he comes out, he's just so 😭 the amount of fluff I'll need to write to heal my broken heart would be insane. The last card did something in my heart 💔 childhood best friends to enemies to lovers. I'm really not okay at all. And the way he kisses that necklace... it bewilders me because this had to be before the explosion at Granny's house, since MC now has that necklace. That means he was in a bad place way before his 'death' was declared. 😭💔

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uh-huh.

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Rafayel Rant

My man literally doomed his people for us. If that isn't dedication I don't know what is. He also seems the only (Love interest) that wants mc to actively remember their previous lives, constantly reminding us that we've 'forgotten' something.

And I think it might just be Western bias/stereotypes around men, but I hate how the fandom as whole represents him as a whiny brat when he is so much deeper than that. And yeah he can be annoying sometimes but wouldn't you also be irritated and mopey if the person you love has forgotten about you multiple times after everything you've been through.

Yes he's sassy and yes he's needy and dramatic at times. But he misses you and doesn't know any other way to express it.

Not to mention he's a romantic at heart. If you listen to any of his secret time audios you would know that he really does care about you. Hell, he lied about needing a bodyguard just to get you to be around him more. Even in his recent card [Intertidal Zone] you can see that sweet/caring nature come out. He sings a Lemurian love song to lull you to sleep at your request.

Not to mention he has a dark side.

1. If you look back at his interactions with anyone other than MC. He's only ever (ha) nice to you. Because outside of you Rafayel's kind of an asshole. (Chapter 8 *cough*) Not to mention his underlying hatred for humans

2. He has stalked mc

3. He has murdered and lied to your face about it

4. He's definitely done some criminal work. Did you see how effortlessly he blended in, in chapter 8. Not to mention he has, in his own words, ‘connections' to the underbelly of Linkon

——> You don’t have to like him, but don’t give him unnecessary hate, pls 🙏

Please give our fishy boi some justice. #JusticeforRaf 😔

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As much as I love drama queen and princess Rafayel jokes I do truly feel that the caring and giving nature of his character is slowly being forgotten by the fandom…not only in all of his lives he gave up everything (literally even his own people) for MC but in this one he acknowledges that MC cannot be with him at all times or text him so he just asks for a “I’m ok” text, he cooks for her when she’s feeling down, he showers her with gifts, he goes to pick her up with flowers and all this man asks in return is to be reassured that she’s ok and she’s not gonna leave (and maybe some extra hangouts sessions, crazy hangouts)

This is a man who is literally ready to give MC everything and go against his own nature for her (in this timeline he got over his fear of heights just to travel with her for example)

This was all friends and foes, a bit tired of the slander and fake news regarding my babe