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Chapters 22 & 23 of you, singularity are out!

Welcome to the penultimate chapters of this fic!

It's been a long ride, so thank you for sticking around so patiently up till now. I adore you all and I'm always so motivated to write more because of your constant encouragement!

In this second installment, we've seen Jules slowly fit into our Cale's family, begin to see him as his own complex but ultimately good person, and actually genuinely being relying on another person for the first time in her life!

These chapters are an ode to OG!Cale and our Kim Rok Soo simultaneously. The people they were before, the people they are now, and how each birthday is met by yet another version of themselves. Kim Rok Soo has had to spend many birthdays alone, even now, displaced in a fantasy world. A little wish fullfillment, but even if only one person, I think he deserves someone to wish him a happy birthday.

Coming from Jules, who was ready to kill him once, the genuine celebration of his birth and of his sheer existence is a huge step in their relationship :)

If you enjoyed this chapter or have any thoughts, shoot me a message or comment on the fic! I love hearing from you all. And once again, thank you for all your support!

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I know we've only gotten to know each other recently through your fic, but Liz, this is some of the best stuff I've read in my long time lurking around ao3 especially the TCF Fandom. Genuinely.

I've never really been much of an OC fic reader, but you've literally changed my mind about them. You really do have such an amazing handle over what type of person Kim Rok Soo and Original Cale are, and then you top it all off with such heartwrenching writing. I'm literally sobbing.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read this.

Chapters 20 & 21 of you, singularity are out!

Behold, I present to you all a crumb of romance. I was not kidding when I said this would be slow burn haha. I can't imagine Cale in a romantic relationship otherwise! He's so aroace coded tbh.

Even if our Cale refuses to believe it, Jules knows he's a good person. And that statement, coming from her of all people, Cale can't refuse.

Only three chapters left in the second installment of this series! Oof, time flew by fast! If you enjoyed this snippet, you can catch the latest chapters here!

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I am begging you to write a Y/N fic from Clopeh's perspective, as if HE is writing it. I will PAY YOU.

Clopeh is genuinely such an unhinged dude. I'm still stacking up on chapters in Part 2 (have only read up till the Xiaolen arc) but I've been rereading some of the earlier stuff.

Cale always goes around wondering why the hell he was cursed by a mad presence like Clopeh. Jokes on you, bro, you encouraged this.

You were the guy to literally dress up as a priest, gaslight him for shits and giggles and then light up his family's lake on literal fire. What is this poor dude supposed to think? That this fire that can't be put out with anything they try isn't a divine act? That the random, mysterious angelic figure isn't God?

Me to Cale: Honey, you're lucky he's not writing Cale X Y/N fanfiction about you Clopeh in Part 2 idk, ink in his hair and eyes red: Already on it.

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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SEE:

WHAT CLOPEH SEES:

How much do you reckon Clopeh would pay me to hang this up in the Church of Caleism?

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In case someone wants the edited picture without all the crazy effects.

Two ways I'm envisioning long haired Cale? Either a curtain bang situation going on, or none at all. I don't own the photos (I wish), they're sourced from My In-Laws Are Obsessed With Me (10/10 recommend).

You can tell I got nothing better to do.

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Guys help, I’m sitting in the same room as @lizmidfordsblog and she’s been breathing fire while key smashing like a madwoman and rage listening to EPIC: the musical for the past hour. This woman only looked up from her laptop twice: once to put the Odysessus song on loop and the other to look me dead in the eye when I asked what she was writing and growl,

“Adin getting stabbed in the balls.”

I am terrified.

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Do y’all reckon there are moments when the anxient powers are being little shits on purpose and just keeping singing/blaring horns/howling into Cale’s head every time he’s in an important meeting?

Wait, the APs can’t access his memories, right? So they didn’t know about KRS until the Sealed God Test? Or maybe the convo between Cale and Choi Han.

So just IMAGINE these guys, for shits and giggles, suddenly start singing Gangnam Style while Cale is fighting the White Star.

Suddenly begins scrambling like a madwoman: WHAT SONGS WOULD CHOI HAN KNOW?!

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Sometimes, all I want is for Cale to absolutely loose his shit.

Like kicking and screaming cursing about how his slacker life keeps getting away from him. Like we know how hilariously devastated he is as readers, but I don’t think those around him understand just how OBSESSED Cale is with achieving his slacker life.

Like I want them to know the batshit decisions this walking disaster has made for the sake of a peaceful slacker life rolling in money.

He has scammed, looted, burned, fought, bled, fainted, stabbed himself etc. just for that stupid slacker life. Or maybe just once, even though I know this may be OOC, I want Cale’s thoughts to be broadcasted out loud.

I don’t know, maybe he gets cursed or something and suddenly Alberu, Choi Han and company are in on the batshit insane voices in Cale’s head plus the terrible choices he makes to get his slacker (which only makes his slacker life go far away haha).

Like do y’all REMEMBER that one scene in Part 2 where Alberu asks Cale to tone himself down lest he births another religion in ANOTHER WORLD.

This dude’s thought process is an instant 0 to 100 percent. Bro does not know moderation.

Cale, feeds some kittens: Welp you’re part of the family now.

Cale, free a dragon who follows him around: Guess you’re my son now.

Cale, meeting feral Choi Han: Oh? Hi, protagonist of the novel who kicks my ass canonically that I could definitely just avoid meeting at all instead going out of my way to stalk to the gates of Rain City. Want a meal, a bed and mental stability?

Also Cale: Hehehe, but I’mma justify it saying that I’ll make all of you pay for your meals (even though in reality I’m just gonna sacrifice myself for y’all)

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I recall OG!Cale’s birthday purposefully not being revealed by the author-nim when she was listing out others’. So it might be a relevant plot point idk?

But at the same time it would make themstic sense if both OG!Cale and KRS had the same birthday due to the soul switching?

Where are y’all leaning towards?

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Posted this separately :

Later after eruhaben’s lectures and worries

Ouch

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Ma’am respectfully, you can’t drop this literally hours after shredding my heart to pieces during the latest chapter.

Now I can’t decide whether to laugh or cry 🥲

Some hilarious quotes from the fic that are too good to leave in the drafts pfft

“I AM A KITE!” Raon screams, thrilled. “You can fly.” Cale deadpans. “I AM SOARING!” “You are going approximately four feet.” Jules snorts, tossing Raon higher in the air. “Feels like more when you’re tiny.” “I’m not tiny! I’m compact and powerful!” “Sure you are, kiddo.”

2.

Suddenly, Mary sits up straight, sticking her arms out in the air. “I am God.” She states extremely seriously. “Bow down you plebians.” “WHO THE HELL GAVE MARY ALCOHOL?”

3.

She meets Choi Han’s amused gaze, barely lets out a groan before tipping over and puking again. All over Cale's feet. “I admit, this is the first time I’ve been greeted like this.” “Oh fuck you.” “Yeah, that’s more familiar.”

4.

Jules roundhouse kicks away the shot glass Cage offers the bewildered swordsman, screeching at the top of her lungs. “NO GIVING ALCOHOL TO MINORS!” No one hears Choi Han’s heartbroken mutter. “…But I’m older than all of you?”

5.

“…Are—Are you flirting with me?” Jules stammers incredulously. Cage nods vigorously, leaning in dramatically and slamming one hand firmly against the wall next to Jules’ head. “Hey darling, what do you think about having a beautiful Unnie?” "Excuse me?" Cage whispers, eyes gleaming with madness. “Not only am I smart and beautiful, but I am amazingly talented at satisfying women—” Somewhere behind them, Cale abruptly chokes on thin air.

6.

Jack suddenly crawls over to Jules’ side, clutching her leg desperately, his eyes shimmering and watery. “Jules,” Jack whimpers, voice cracking pathetically as he looks up at her. “Do you think I’m unlovable? Am I doomed to be forever alone because men can’t handle my—my sparkle?” Hannah cackles. "You're a celibate priest with no game, what sparkle?!"

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I honestly lose my mind every time I see a new outift on our Cookie Prince!! And Cale ofc!!

Now all I need before I rest in pieces after my thesis is seeing Raon dress up with a cute littld bowtie (I’m allowed to dream ok?!)

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To all the glorious people in the TCF fandom, I know this may be relatively early (since he’s barely a few dozen chapters old yet) but is there any Eden Miru/Dragon Half-Blood fan art out there y’all know about?

I just read the latest chapters and I cannot believe I haven’t seen fan art of Cale literally recreating that one Lion King moment with our baby!

Please bless me, I beg 👉👈

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Not me reading the pure whump in @records-of-a-slacker’s fic then immediately running away to read fluff in @lizmidfordsblog’s work just because I need something to dry the tears. The kids, THE KIDS.

I’m sobbing.

Why does the tcf fandom keep hurting me? 🥹

PS: please please please, I beg for more fluff recommendations. I need to rebuild my heart after reading the latest chapters 😭

Chapters 7 and 8 of you, singularity are out!

A little snippet for y'all :)

Honestly for real though, Raon deserves all the hugs. I cannot even imagine how much pain the poor baby went through. Canon is already giving this child his best life, but I'm gonna do it in my fic too or so help me—

These chapters will focus on fluff focused Raon, Mary and Hong! Check the fic out here. Enjoy :)

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Tcf headcanon

I believe Cale had not realised how much the entire calefam meant to him until the Top's Whip test. He truly believed he was keeping them at arms length until he finally saw the pain he would experience if he lost them.

Because here's the thing, he did say in the early chapters of the story that "His family grew bigger again", yet he still tried to keep a distance. He cared obviously and he did acknowledge them as family, but he was still afraid. He lost his family before, he lost 2 of them. First his parents and then his brothers. He couldn't handle losing another family again.

And I think after he acknowledged that "Oh, they are becoming my family", Cale got scared and tried to keep a distance. The less he cares, the less it will hurt if they leave him. He tried not to show much interest, tried not to behave too friendly and he may have thought he was doing a good job at it. That is until Top's Whip test. Until he saw a future with all of them gone.

And also, it's worth to note that Cale knew everything in Top's Whip test was an illusion. He knew it was not real, that everyone was still alive. Yet he broke. He understood his greatest fear. He understood that it was inevitable now, that he loved them and there was nothing he could do about it. They were his family, his new family and just the idea of losing them was a torture all on it's own.

He didn't just see the worst possible future there, he relived his past. He felt the pain of losing parents he couldn't remember anymore and the parents that he gained now. He relived the death of his brothers, his best friends and was faced with the death of his new siblings and his new best friends that were like brothers to him. He saw, once again, the loss of his team mates, of the shelter members and had to see his companions empty rooms with just their relics.

But now he was faced with a new horror, one he had never experienced before, one that cut too deep. Because, while he had faced every single loss once before and knew that pain already, this was one he had never imagined, one that was truly his breaking point.

His children were gone.

He had lost them too.

I believe it was at this moment, when he saw the piggy banks, that Cale truly knew he couldn't lose this family. That he could not handle this pain. He knew that there was no promises that would keep him alive anymore. His love for them was too great. He could have ignored it before but not anymore, after the piggy banks he was forced to face reality.

He, Kim Rok Soo, Cale Henituse, cares for his family more than he could have ever imagined caring for.

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Ma’am first of all, I know you’re doing our Cale justice, okay??

Second, I think that’s why Kim Rok Soo and Original Cale are such realistic characters. They’re both flawed characters, but it’s clear that is a result of 1) the choices they make and 2) how the world around them raised them. Both of them show growth in the face of adversary, while emphasizes what values matter most to people at their core. Cale!KRS literally soul swapping for his mother, while KRS!Cale going to crazy lengths to protect his family’s peace is insane.

Not for the first time, I keep thinking how this is s story about love. Just how far we can go, or the things we can do for love.

Third, ALSO the idea that in another life if the White Thing’s curse did not affect Kim Rok Soo reminds me of the Sealed God’s Test world (Earth 2 I think?). The Kim Rok Soo there is someone who has escaped his despair. Though he’s still young and the world is still f-ed after the Cataclysm, he’s not alone. He’s allowed to love and care for people freely and them in return. Oh my goodness, how I just want to write a fic giving that little fluffball all the happiness he deserves.

Fourth, I wonder if the White Thing’s curse goes both ways after reading about Kim Rok Soo’s life. Rather than Kim Rok Soo killing everyone he’s ever loved/cared about, there’s also an aspect of everyone who’s ever loved/cared for him dying. Like it’s a cosmic f-you to White Star that while he may have devotees, no one will ever truly love him again after what he did to his family

In the middle of writing my fic and just, I'm so baffled by the intricacy of this novel. All my respect to the author at just how detailed, ironic and yet deeply tragic KRS's very existence is.

Everyone that KRS has ever dared to love ended up dead or a fate worse than death. We have implicit confirmation that he began distancing himself from his team after LSH & CJS deaths. But I keep thinking back to him throughout the years (a little kid, teenage, young adult etc.) always grieving then daring to be happy only to have it shot down over and over again.

His parents passed away? His uncle takes him, only to abuse him.

He ends up at an orphanage? Sure he doesn't have friends but he's earning money and will go to college. Cataclysm happens.

He's stuck under debris for ages. But then he meets our movie star LSH, right? Wrong, LSH goes off to save other people, KRS gets bullied by PJT, the shelters collapse and he loses everyone. It's just this never ending cycle of tragedy over and over again.

At some point, during the early chapters, KRS commends Raon for not giving up despite all his pain. KRS lowkey detests himself having given up early on living a happy life. Still his heart wavers and yearns for companionship simply because that's a fundamental part of being human.

Every single time, he has to gather the courage to be hurt again. I'm thinking now, forget his OG world, in his current one too-- whenever KRS!Cale brings in another person into his family, he's subconsciously bracing himself to lose them. It's ironic that he thinks he stopped fighting back fate, when in reality, all his meticulous preparations, his scheming and his self-sabotage of his slacker life-- are all proof that KRS is not willing to lose these people. The OG!Cale's future is KRS's worst nightmare.

Every single time he brings another member into his family, KRS is silently saying-- I know this opens me up to hurt, for I've lost more people than I've ever had, but still regardless, I want you. I love you. I care for you.

All of this, in retrospect to the reveal about the WS' influence on KRS' life, makes this so much more tragic. The WS looked down on the importance human connection/companionship, considering it useless to the path of godhood. KRS embodies that importance, despite steeling his heart, he continues to care. He's our snarky self-sacrificial middle-aged twink, who finally gained a family willing to literally fistfight god for him. And you know, you know that if the WS stupid curse didn't parasite onto KRS's life, then you know from the Sealed God Test that he'd have had that family too in another life, in another world.

Just going on this rant gives me the heebie jeebies about writing my fic, purely because I keep wondering about how the hell I am ever going to give this man justice with my amateur writing. Sir, respectfully, I know you hate this question but, are you human?

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I like to think our home boy never comes out to the public, works for a few decades pretending to age (while he looks permanently mid twenties) only to “retire”, only he realizes he has NOTHING to do, is antsy and just breaks into cale’s bedroom to pester him just like his dongsaeng used to “back in the olden days”.

So now you have this random hot dark-skinned guy always hanging around Cale’s house with zero context.

Peak revenge if Alberu does his absolute best to be a little shit and sabotage Cale’s slacker life in mildly inconvenient ways (like arguing that the tomato they planted is OBVIOUSLY not a vegetable so Cale simply must plant another vegetable to take care of)

Knowing TCF, it's pretty much certain that we'll eventually see Alberu come clean about his origins to the citizens of Roan at some point, right? Probably at his coronation itself, even. He'll tell them that he's a quarter dark elf and the citizens will accept him because of all the contributions he and the dark elves have made during the past year in fighting evil and protecting their country.

So with that cat out of the bag, what if... Alberu's plans for retirement go awry?

As a quarter dark elf, he wouldn't have shown signs of aging for a long time. He'd still look youthful even in his nineties. Tasha looks 29 even when she's 290 years old. But she's a pure blooded dark elf. Alberu is only a quarter. So I don't think his life span would be as long as an average dark elf. Unless Cale finds another method to extend his life that is.

Anyways. His initial plan probably was to rule for a couple decades and hand over the throne to his brother's kid before people started to suspect his anti-aging. Or maybe he would have used a disguise magic spell to gradually look older and handed over the throne when he reached his sixties. But with everyone now in the know, there's no reason for him to quit early. In fact, with how much he has done for the kingdom, the citizens themselves wouldn't want another ruler.

It's a pity for his retirement plans but Alberu is probably gonna end up ruling for at least a couple hundred years as the emperor of Roan at this rate. So what I'm tryna say is, uh, good luck your highness, the shining sun of the Roan Kingdom (soon to be Empire).