bellafandomlover

[bellafandomlover]

it would explain so much about Gotham economics if it turned out the only employers who pay a livable minimum wage are 1) Wayne Enterprises duh, but mainly 2) all of Gotham's assorted villains.

sure henching comes with shitty working conditions, but the benefits package is crazy competitive. they have dental

[bellafandomlover]

Everyone always talks about how baddie White Star is if not for our Cale, as WS destroyed the tboah timeline.

But no one talks about how baddie Choi Han, Alberu, Rosalyn, Lock and ogCale are for surviving 20 years in that very timeline.

[bellafandomlover]

Average Fan's Progression into OG Cale Simping

*KRS transmigrates into "trash villain" Cale Henituse* Fans: Meh. Good riddance Cale: …Something's sus about OG Cale tho Fans: 0_0 (Real s***?) Cale: I have suspicions what that was all about- Fans: Tell us! Cale: -but I won't say it. I guess we'll never know, lol Fans: Noooo! We mUsT kNOW-! *600 chapters later* OG Cale: *shows up* Yo Fans: Aaaah-! (Finally!!!) OG Cale: I'm witty and cool and have a tragic backstory- Fans: AAAAAAHHHHH-!!!! OG Cale: -also I'm living as sexy late-30's-KRS now Fans: *maniacally writing fanfics*

(*Meanwhile* Other secondary characters: B-but, he showed up for only like 10 minutes-! Fans: *yeet 'em into trash* Hush you. OG Cale's the babygirl now)

[bellafandomlover]

this is absolutely just my obsession with misunderstandings in fiction coming through, but whilst I greatly enjoy fics where characters from TCF and/or TBOAH react to KRS!Cale's life, what I really want is a reaction fic that does NOT tell them everything. I want a fic that, instead of letting absolutely everybody know about everything KRS!Cale has done so that they more or less know the truth of things, creates new and exciting misunderstandings, and have THAT be the focus

Like most of the reaction fics I've read have an ending (or presumed ending in the case of WIPs) where all misunderstandings have been pretty much dispelled. There might still be some secrets in some cases, but all the misunderstandings are pretty much cleared up and a shit ton of secrets have been revealed

Fuck that. Give me a reaction fic where what they do/don't react to has been selectively chosen to cause MORE misunderstandings. TCF canon+fandom are both rife with misunderstandings it's kind of inherently part of it all at this point but look at me. Look at me. I PROMISE we can make it worse

(edit: I'll limit myself to one example of how that could be played per bulletpoint but trust me I have like 3+ examples for every bulletpoint)

Here's a few options I can think of just now, there's probably loads more, assuming we're starting with the premise of some form of reaction fic:

- knock out or don't include KRS!Cale in the reacting side of things, therefore all other reacting characters have to rely on what they see/hear and discussions with each other, with nobody there to clarify things. this would probably rapidly snowball into bizarre assumptions + interpretations that nobody corrects (or only corrects with weirder versions of what might be going on) very quickly

- you could easily create a billion misunderstandings about Kim Rok Soo and/or Cale!KRS. for example: simply not explaining the transmigration + regression

- what if you simply didn't let the characters know that TCF/TBOAH was another world. leave them thinking both things have happened/will happen in the same world they all live in. what then. for example: no duplicates of the characters you choose to react, take them from earlier in their respective timelines and/or people who have otherwise had no reason to meet, be extremely selective about what scenes you show, result: allow both worlds to think "woah. all this has been happening without me knowing about it? what the fuck"

- disproportionately show scenes in which a character has or acts on an inaccurate belief. do not show said belief being cleared up. let's have a montage of people assuming KRS!Cale is not human and scenes that inadvertently support that assumption and then clear none of that up, for example. let characters go home after this shit side-eyeing KRS!Cale and/or TBOAH Cale like no one's business

- show less scenes than most reaction fics choose to. for example, I know it's interesting to think about how characters react to Raon's rescue, but consider: how would they react to NOT seeing Raon's rescue? what if they just saw several scenes where KRS!Cale has no dragon and then suddenly scenes start showing up where there IS a baby dragon, and everyone in said scenes acts like that's normal, no explanation. I want to see the resulting conspiracy theories for that

- show roughly the same scenes/same amount of scenes as reaction fics tend to....but show less of KRS!Cale's thought process for such. for example: generally people either don't know abt it at all or they know he did it to get an Ancient Power, but please imagine a huge room of people trying to figure out why they've spent the last ten minutes watching scenes of KRS!Cale buying truly obscene amounts of bread only to dump it into a hole beneath some tree

- instead show MORE scenes than most reaction fics tend to include. for example, throw in a scene of baby!og!Cale listening to his mom tell him his time is warped, maybe alongside a scene of White Star's wild theorising about KRS!Cale, to maximise confusion. Now I'm gonna be honest and say that I've seen several fics with Jour telling og!Cale about his time but I legitimately do not know whether that's a canon scene I haven't read up to yet or a fanon idea that several people liked, so in case of the latter I'll add a second, alternate example of how the extra scenes thing could fall it. So, second example: let's include scenes of KRS!Cale talking to gods through whatever methods, and scenes of him talking to Cale!KRS and Jung Soo and Sui Khan. For added misunderstandings let's make whatever controls the scenes use the same method to clarify "this being is not a mortal originally native to this world" for all of those beings, because then if that's never explicitly stated then we could have the characters reacting assume that that mechanic actually indicate "divinity" and therefore assume that Cale!KRS, Jung Soo, etc, are gods. For even more added misunderstandings, keep that assumption but add "hey, KRS!Cale isn't a mortal /originally native to this world/ either, he transmigrated, ditto for Choi Han" and have the reacting characters wonder if they've made a mistake somewhere or if they have two gods (Choi Han and KRS!Cale) just....around. Maybe have them try to connect nonexistent dots with how in TCF Choi Han follows KRS!Cale and in TBOAH Choi Han and Cale met and immediately hate each other

- have them see a few scenes that just, are nor relevant to anything. not often but occasionally thrown in there there'll be a brief clip of Random Citizen 251 walking through town and then buying some fruit from the market or something. then let the reacting characters scramble to try and figure out the relevance of this because surely if they're being shown this scene it must be important somehow, right? right???

- whoever said these scenes had to be in clear chronological order, or let the characters have any idea of what happens when? no one. we don't have to do that. fuck, you could even show a few scenes from when KRS!Cale's Ancient Powers were alive, let them try to decipher THAT. you could for example show them Henituse County being attacked by wyverns and then show bits of the Plaza incident, which would probably result in the extremely unfortunate assumption that the celebration that will get attacked is a different later one than the one that actually gets attacked (...nobody said reaction fics had to have 100% easy-ish happy endings either-)

- most reaction fics I've read either have the characters reading something (TCF, Wikipedia, etc) or they have the characters watching TCF like it's a movie. Either way they figure out very quickly that KRS!Cale is at the heart of everything going on. New plan! They don't get to know who the 'main character' is for a long time. For example, have them watch TCF as though it's a movie BUT it's in first person perspective (from KRS!Cale's point of view) and minimise the number of scenes in which people actually use his name. Let's see the reacting characters be like "uhhhh well we're looking v slightly UP at the crown Prince of Roan so whoever this is is shorter than him by a tiny bit", "does anyone recognise this fancy place we keep waking up in? no? fuck [talking abt Super Rock Villa]", "do we even know what country this person' from? I was assuming he was at least from the Western Continent but then the last several scenes have all had him casually in the Eastern Continent..", it'd be really funny. Hell have them assume for a brief period of time, until another scene dispels that belief, that with KRS!Cale's nonchalance around Alberu, Witiria, Litania, etc, maybe the person whose perspective they're seeing these events through is a ruler from an unknown region, or something

- have all scenes be about/memories from past or future of Cale BUT interpret "Cale" really generously. What I'm saying is there should be scenes from Kim Rok Soo, TBOAH Cale, og!Cale, KRS!Cale, and Cale!KRS's memories/future events and it should be real fucking unclear what's what. Ideally in a way that maximises confusion

- reaction fics often include bits of KRS!Cale's thoughts, at least, the bits we see in the narrative of TCF. Why don't we also include random snippets of record? But without context. KRS!Cale knows that that snippet he suddenly remembered is from a novel he read three years ago, because he remembers yk reading the whole novel etc, but do the characters reacting to these scenes know how to distinguish between "random snippet remembered from (fictional) source" and "random snippet remembered from (nonfictional) source" and "KRS!Cale's actual, often random or seemingly off-topic thoughts"? No, no they don't, because they don't have the necessary context to do so

Okay now onto reasons the above bulletpoints could be included:

- whoever is in charge of showing the scenes genuinely just didn't realise it would be an issue; this could for example be how that last bulletpoint happens it just didn't occur to them that someone who doesn't have Record might struggle to discern what was that ability and what was usual thoughts/memories

- whoever is in charge of the scenes is trying to create misunderstandings on purpose. often people writing reaction fics elect a god to be in charge of that, so we could for example have a god of mischief trying to cause maximum chaos (I think I've actually seen that before, though they were trying to chase chaos by revealing secrets not by causing more misunderstandings) or maybe it is SOMEHOW One Final Hurrah from the god of despair who thought maybe causing enough confusion would make KRS!Cale feel misunderstood and isolated and miserable

- technical difficulties/someone fucked up the process of letting them read/see scenes. oops

- Neither Cale (KRS or og) can be here to clear up any possible misunderstandings because there's some inherent incompatibility with having them present and showing scenes/memories of theirs at the same time. Just can't do it. They can be here or you can have smth to react to but not both

- whoever is in charge of the scenes just doesn't have enough power/energy to present things in a clearer way (chronological, more scenes, etc)

- they could have done it in a way that was less confusing way (third person POV instead of seeing through KRS!Cale's eyes, for example) but they thought this was better for emotional impact, which they deemed more important. Maybe they thought the characters would figure out who it was eventually anyway and the emotional impact would make them more likely to understand+sympathise with KRS!Cale which was the ultimate goal orrr thought it would make TBOAH characters more likely to take this shit seriously and stop fighting each other to instead take notes and plan which was the ultimate goal

I'd also really like to not only see reaction fics that increase confusion/misunderstandings/etc but to then have the fic continue PAST when they've reacted to stuff. I want to the characters dumped back where they came from and I want to read at least another 10 chapters from there about the fallout

I feel like there was something more I wanted to add to this post but I forgot so I'll leave it here

more reaction fics that tell you stuff but clarify nothing! maximise confusion rather than minimise it! cause all the problems in the world! yeah!

[bellafandomlover]

og cale henituse and kim rok soo are both equally insane and a bastard pass it on

[bellafandomlover]

i refuse to believe og cale henituse was just a soldier. krs!cale fooled me once and i refuse to be fooled twice. that bastard was one of the key players in tboah, i know it in my soul

he managed to replace krs without struggling with his workload and anyone pointing out that he's worse than before. you can't tell me that a regular ol' soldier can do that because krs' team leader role is crucial and hard as fuck and not only that he has a 0% mortality rate streak going. also surviving 20 years during white star's war/ascension is a fucking achievement—we as a fandom may shit on white star a lot due to krs!cale playing him like a fool but that crazy bastard is a threat. no normal human being could survive that and og cale surviving that is a curiosity we need answers for

[bellafandomlover]

2 of my new classmates' surnames are cale and barrow. is this a tcf reference

[bellafandomlover]

context

deruth: so.. what exactly is your relationship with my son?

kim rok soo, holding og!cale's hand: codependency

[bellafandomlover]

I really like the chemistry between ogCale and krsCale! They are so bestie coded.

Everyone had some misunderstanding when they met with krsCale for the 1st time no matter how smart they were (Alberu thought he was a elf). Even his close friends still misunderstand him including himself.

But ogCale was able to understand him perfectly despite just meeting him for the 1st time. It felt like he could read krsCale' mind despite the other having a stoic expression.

He also understood that krsCale is actually very kind despite the rumors of him being a cold blooded person.

Moreover, he didn't say some things out loud knowing that krsCale can get uneasy or feel burdened.

Furthermore, he was the 1st (?) person to support krsCale' dream to live peacefully without any questions and advised krsCale about what to do to not become the count.

Finally, unlike everyone else, he didn't become angry at krsCale for getting hurt. He was shocked, but he could understand krsCale' situation and simply wished him luck.

On the other hand, krsCale who refuses to listen to other people's sad backstory or dislike hearing something troublesome, did both for ogCale.

He attentively listened to ogCale' story despite knowing that it is troublesome. He also said he would like to hear more details. It was so unlike him!

They can understand each other like no one else can.

[bellafandomlover]

all i want in a tcf reaction fic is a 36 yrs old kim rok soo who doesn't know shit and doesn't take shit from either tcf or tboah side but adopts og cale. he's clearly built as fuck and could probably bench press most of the people there if he wasn't so insisted on slacking so none of them get too close to him and the entire time he's there bonding with og cale. he has all these people wanting to be his ally and he chooses og cale because he's the only one not trying to get on his good side (and also because he feels guilty over taking over his life but shhhh). anyone going after og cale has to go through him first

og cale just wants this guy to leave him alone and start playing hero for the people who clearly do not want og cale there for fucks sake so he can drown in his misery (no don't please, he will start crying if kim rok soo stops talking to him)

[bellafandomlover]

the best kim rok soo and og cale dynamic is when you don't know what the fuck is going on between them. they just have this weird thing going with their uncanny understanding of each other and just go on with whatever the fuck they're doing to each other

some think they're hyung-dongsaeng, some shrug them off thinking krs is og cale's father figure, some see them as besties, some have bets that they kiss on the sidelines, some are adamant they're fucking. krs and og cale do not give a shit and will stare at you blankly if you ask them to define their relationship. this concerns a lot of people

[bellafandomlover]

woah I’m actually done????

there’s a good lesson here notorious procrastinators should never volunteer to hand-draw 52 unique playing cards 

also they’re animated gifs right now because that’s how they’re formatted on the photoshop files and I’m not in the mood to separate them yet. 

[bellafandomlover]

I went to Germany for the first time as apart of an exchange program and saw these!! I never saw people just casually celebrating pride month (my home country is not nearly as accepting as it should be) so this was a great experience!! I even saw rainbow crosswalks!!

In the spirit of pride month, here

Have a ducky my sister painted after our parents didn't allow us to buy these

[bellafandomlover]

A short Cale and ogCale story:

Cale stared at the sealed door. Runes glowed faintly, and a single line of text shimmered above the lock: *BLOOD OPENS THE PATH.* He squinted at it. “…Doesn’t say whose blood,” Cale muttered, already disliking the way this was going. “Just blood. Not necessarily my blood.” He folded his arms and gave the door an unimpressed look. Pain? Absolutely not. Cale hated pain. Deeply. Passionately. The idea of cutting himself just to open some damn door? Unacceptable! He turned, scanned the battlefield behind them, and spotted a convenient pile of unconscious enemies they’d just taken care of five minutes ago. Cale's eyes lit up. His lips curled into a slow, evil grin—his signature scammer smile. “Perfect!” He said, rolling up his sleeves like a merchant about to do business. As he confidently strolled toward the nearest fainted attacker, ready to squeeze a few drops of life force from them, a sudden sound of sharp slice made him pause. He turned around. And promptly choked on air. OgCale stood in front of the door, a playful smile on his lips, and a shiny dagger in one hand. His other hand was bleeding. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"Cale shouted, running over like an angry parent catching their kid doing something naughty. “Oh,” ogCale blinked innocently. “Opening the door?” “You— you didn’t even try anything else?! There are perfectly good bodies lying over there! Free blood! Fresh! Organic!” OgCale tilted his head. “Huh? Ahh, I… didn’t think of that.” Cale looked at him like he’d just said he eats soup with a fork. “You’re smart. You’re literally as intelligent as me! And you didn’t think of anything else?!” OgCale blinked, then smiled brightly. “I thought about getting it over with quickly.” Cale gaped, not believing his ears. “So… your first idea was self-harm? What are you, a MASOCHIST?!” OgCale gave a small shrug, as if this was perfectly normal behavior. “It worked, didn’t it?” Cale signed loudly and pinched the bridge of his nose. “I swear, if I go bald before thirty, it’s because of you.” OgCale just gave him that elegant, cute, bright smile. Completely unbothered. Before Cale could say anything else, the door slowly creaked open with a deep groan. Cale looked at the door. Then at the bleeding ogCale. Then at the bodies he could’ve used, and sighed. “…I liked my way better.” OgCale grinned. “Mine was way faster.” Cale glared. “Yours was stupid.”

[bellafandomlover]

The self-indulgent TCF fanfic I worked for WEEKS is finally finished T T

It's titled:

The Stars and Moon Align

Summary:

13-year-old Cale searches for a temporary reprieve in the midst of a suffocating party filled with sly and phony nobles held by King Zed for the Third Prince's birthday.

As he makes his grand escape away from the ballroom in the garden, he finds a mysterious figure — with raven hair and reddish brown eyes just like his — dancing under the moonlight, stealing the breath out of Cale as he watches, entirely captivated.

Or—

Two teenagers bonding in the peace and quietude of the royal garden.

Disclaimer: This AU will alter some (or perhaps more) facts/information from the original novel. It will not totally align with the canon events that took place in TCF.

Here's the link if any of you guys are interested in reading it:D

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66439096

[bellafandomlover]

The self-indulgent TCF fanfic I worked for WEEKS is finally finished T T

It's titled:

The Stars and Moon Align

Summary:

13-year-old Cale searches for a temporary reprieve in the midst of a suffocating party filled with sly and phony nobles held by King Zed for the Third Prince's birthday.

As he makes his grand escape away from the ballroom in the garden, he finds a mysterious figure — with raven hair and reddish brown eyes just like his — dancing under the moonlight, stealing the breath out of Cale as he watches, entirely captivated.

Or—

Two teenagers bonding in the peace and quietude of the royal garden.

Disclaimer: This AU will alter some (or perhaps more) facts/information from the original novel. It will not totally align with the canon events that took place in TCF.

Here's the link if any of you guys are interested in reading it:D

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66439096

[bellafandomlover]

Tumblr sexy man are so weird

Like, are people actually horny for these guys? They feel like sexy isn't actually applicable, like maybe the attraction is just romantic, you wanna date the depressed blorbo, but apparently no.

Im not sure if I'm just an aroace guy that doesn't understand this, or if tumblr is freaky