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Why can't I remember his face?..

finished the omniscient reader's viewpoint comic and finally started the novel from the beginning.

that story was my passion back in 2018 but I abandoned it. BUT NOW I'M SO EXITED OMGGGGG

why don't you post speedpaints? I don't know, maybe because I draw in three different programs because one doesn't work because of the wifi, the second one is just crap, and with the third one I can color in any place I want but can't draw with my finger?

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when you about to die but you gotta squeeze out the last of your life force to rap out your last will so the heavily traumatised OP nineteen year old kid won't off himself once it's all over

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Did I ever tell you I love Nathan and Yuder's friendship? What? I did a thousand times already? Well, get ready for the 1001th time buddy CAUSE IT'S LIKE YUDER IS TALKING TO A MIRROR!!!

ngl the sparring with Meghna was cool but I want to see these 2 fight. For uhm... educational purposes. Kuyu-nim i beg you 🙏

Don't tell me you don't see it??? THEY'RE TWINS YOUR HONOR! Kishiar collecting autistically-obsessed-with-the-sword silently-brooding dark-haired with-the-warmest-hearts cuties i see youuuu

edit: I'M FREAKING LOSING MY MIND ARGAHDAAGEAFAFSAFKAJAAHFSFHJSHAFJAHAGSDSFA

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By the end of the story they should just yank Mr. White Gloves out of the world of the cracks so he can just live alongside them like Thing from The Addams Family.

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Not to pit 2 queens against each other, there's no point in this poll at all, but just for funsies...🫣🤭

(edit: added more pics to refresh on the scenes😮‍💨)

bonus:

(can they stop actually... 😭😭😭 ENOUGH-

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Cale during the Indignity Test, by design, was the embodiment of the cornerstone quote from the 2005 movie Nanny McPhee:

"There is something you should understand about the way I work. When you need me but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me but no longer need me, then I have to go. It's rather sad, really, but there it is."

Explanation:

For both Dodam and Alberu, Cale appears as someone they instantly reject.

The Terrible Bastard for Dodam was immediately a representation of three years of pain and despair. Dodam did NOT want him, but he needed his salvation and ended up intrigued enough to kidnap him.

The clueless servant for Alberu, who I believe goes unnamed, was immediately a representation of Alberu's fallen status, the lack of regard others held for him, that he would be sent someone who at first glance seemed so utterly useless. Alberu did NOT want him, but he needed someone so 'clueless' that he could turn the first prince's palace upside down.

So...

Once Cale finished with Dodam by providing for all of his needs, from material, to social, to psychological, he was truly wanted, but by nature, not needed.

Once Cale finished with Alberu by changing his material circumstances and fanning the spark in his eyes so that it became a blaze, he was truly wanted, but by nature, not needed.

Very Nanny McPhee.

So...

Now, I've gone into detail here even though this is quite literally just the way the rules of the Indignity Test work because I want to set the foundation (although not complete the construction) for the following statements:

While this is not always the case, I think Cale's mindset and expressed preference is to do exactly this. He wants to provide what is needed for others to be fully capable of living without him, and then he wants to move on. However, he often doesn't expected the wanted part of wanted but not needed to grab him by the ankle and drag him back.

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Inside of me there are two wolves. One is telling me to read lotm novel. The other want me to wait untill i finish watching dongua.

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Those who watch donghua and haven't read the novel and don't understand anything - don't worry! We who read the novel also did not understand anything for the first 100 chapters. But seriously though, the plot is supposed to slow down from episode 4. Unfortunately, Tencent forced the studio and Cuttlefish (the author) to speed things up. Give it a chance!

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I am marinating chapters right now, so I am not up to date but I have a question. Did Cale cough up blood after his plate dissolved into his blood?? If yes, did it change anything?

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I feel so sorry for all the numbers who got killed by 003. As she said in newest chapter they started to trust and believe in each other and that bitch killed them all for such a stupid reason.

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Hi! I'm not technically back from the dead. I don't think. But I was made aware by the lovely @furekami that I never posted my contributions to the ORV scenario zine! There's another one somewhere around here. I'll find it. In the mean time, please enjoy.

I was just listening to "Two" by Sleeping at Last and it brought back all of my very emotional feelings about ORV that I thought was dormant for two years. God I love this story so much.

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TCF is one of my favs novels and I reread it quite often so whats better than having a physical copy?? But then i see things like meaty goddes and GRAGON??? and I am not so sure anymore.. should I? Should I not??

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Can we really call Cale oblivious?

When I was reading tcf for the first time I had the question "Why is cale oblivious to his own actions destroying his slacker dream? Why does this man turn the world upside down and still thinks he might be unknown at the end of the day? ?" In my mind all the time..

So, I decided to analyse his actions in his own perspective!

What did Kim Rok Soo do that was so different from Cale? Nothing really, in both lives he's doing the same exact thing :

• Fighting the evil beings with overwhelming advantage (as much as he could).

• Scamming the bad guys in whatever way he does it.

• Preparing several plans for most possible situations before stepping in.

•Encourages and helps his people to become stronger and uses their abilities in the most efficient way helping them 'stand out more than him' as he thinks.

• Has no problem in retreating if the situation is not going as intended, prioritise his people's wellbeing above all else!

• Works from the rear as a strategist, but is always ready to step in whenever the situation goes south to flip the tables; not just turn them.

He has been doing this since he became a team leader and has continued in the same manner after transmigrating, so far almost 13 years !!

But here's the one most important difference between now and then: Cale is not affected by the White Star's curse anymore! Since it broke the moment he transmigrated into Cale's body nothing now is hiding his achievements from the world.

However, as a victim of both WS's reincarnation and og Cale's transmigration, (the curse's cause and its breaker) he had no idea, until recently, so this is the thing Cale does not understand the most. He may have figured out the concept of what effected him but he's yet to link his past to his present comparing them to the point he believes this is an important factor of why he's becoming a worlds wide hero.

So when he says 'i just wanted to be a small hero why isn't it working like it always has?!' he actually means it and is genuinely confused! (And certainly justified) Because why ,if he does almost the same strategy, is he's having different results this time!?

The variables become clearer if you have an outsider pov, for example: krs's curse made it that he can't cherish anything or be cherished, that's why all the people he cared about left him one way or another, This explains why Cale can't understand why his family care for him. Something inside of him thinks unconsciously "How are they still here?". It's not that he's in denial, it's rather that he has never been given the chance to process this love and care in his 40 years of life, for as soon as he starts to accept that he may have a chance of happiness, it's immediately stolen from him, leaving him more traumatized than before...

Another side would be that every time a chance arised for him to standout in public, like the speech thing he talked about, "something" would happen; a monster outbreak, an accident, or maybe an unexpected attack from some evil ability users...

Which means it's not only his desire to stay hidden that has been keeping his achievements in the dark as krs, it was mostly his curse and when he couldn't be praised he thought 'Well, who wants public recognition anyway?'

You can see he was well-known inside his feild, the government,guilds and throughout the company, He was almost an idol to the people in the brain team! But that's where it stopped, always.

So, it's totally understandable how Cale gets confused everytime he does something good and is praised and cheered for by the citizens; what he had learnt from YEARS of experience is that whatever he did, in the end it remained between these companies walls. [It mostly won't go further unless someone is digging around, like the assassins and illegal guilds that hated him]

No matter what good deeds he does, he can't be 'loved', for he is cursed to be left alone. I mean, we still barely know ANYTHING about team leader krs,his abilities, exact strategies, his team and their relationship with each other what other hardships did he face?

The speech curse is one thing we figured just recently and it never crossed my mind before that he could have been in such a situation...

Maybe he never bought a better house because each time he tried it would get destroyed because he "can't have anything to cherish" so he had to be stuck with the wrecked place that triggered his records and brought him more pain and suffering...?

Back to the point, krs was free to do much more without standing out, he didn't have these "fame/heroic consequences" as for he thought this was the norm for him at least, and tbf that's a major one less headache for him to deal with since he had enough enemies already. And he's a shy little boy but we don't talk about that !

And one little thing to note, he's used to trouble coming after him, and he has this sense of responsibility that he should be the one dealing with all of the trouble since most of the time he concluded that he was the reason everyone around him got hurt...and he can't forget so that's two reasons why he's now dealing with all these problems even if his actions now have such consequences or if it brings him more trouble.

If your daily life was like this of course you'll be confused to WHY ISN'T IT WORKING OUT I JUST WANTED TO LIVE IN PEACE !!!

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How? Just how Baekho manager to keep his mouth shut?? For so long? He is gremlin, chaos gremlin

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Pt. 3 this man is menace

Yuder has no chill, pt 1.

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I. I want Jo Uisin to have an identifiable trait... Like we have the dark school uniform + blue or white tie but I feel like that's not enough... his face and hair so far haven't been portrayed in any particularly unique way and it's hard to tell who he is. I WANT TO DRAW JO UISIN IN OTHER CLOTHES!!!!

Covers for the novel under the cut! The art is phenomenal and I love it <33333333

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"It's okay if you don't confirm right now. If you leave, I'll let you go immediately. But if you turn around now."

A low voice gently covered his ear, enticing him.

"Then, I'll kiss you according to my conviction."