I love this idea! (*♡∀♡)
Even better that the costumes are terrible and the acting is super exaggerated (⌒▽⌒)☆
I can already imagine Cale's slacker life evaporating with this play! (*≧ω≦*)
Raon hears about a theater play featuring Cale's group adventures. Cale really, REALLY doesn't wanna go and see it, but has little choice in the matter, once faced with the pleading faces of his children. Cale disguises himself of course, because he sure as hell doesn't wanna get recognized in the theater.
The play starts: Cale is introduced as a good-natured man, misunderstood and slandered by jealous folk (since people apparently decided that if Adin was the actual scum all along and his rep was a sham, why wouldn't the reverse be possible??) Apparently the musical decided that his past as a trash alcoholic never actually happened.
Choi Han is introduced, and the writers correctly investigated that he's from Harris Village and killed all the attackers, but was the only survivor. Cale is characterized as too righteous to let the matters be, and put this as his starting point to investigate Arm
Cale was portrayed to be humble and due to his bad rep, he wants to leave the Count's position to his brother Basen. (Real Cale is astonished, he doesn't want the position to be a SLACKER, not because of some self-sacrificial mindset!!!) But he requests to go to the capital to investigate more about Arm.
Choi Han comes along to investigate. On the way, they meet Mary. Cale isn't disgusted by her scars, and Mary promises to help the man in the future, should he ever need it.
In the capital, they're shown to meet badly disguised Rosalyn. The writers don't know about the assassination attempt, so they assume she went to investigate Arm, too. Apparently Rosalyn was credited in the musical for finding out about the mana bombs and dismantling them.
Cale and the Prince meet, and they have a whole number how instantly they recognized each other as kindred spirits. (Real Cale is dying on the inside watching this.)
Rosalyn stops the bombs in the background, and Cale stops the suicide bombers. The writers interpret Cale as having this power for a long time, but using it for the first time only in emergency, since he is a humble person who doesn't wish for glory.
Cale denies any rewards (completely untrue, Real Cale says to the kids, he took the Prince's money), and people of the Roan Kingdom start realizing just what a good person he is.
Cale goes to recover to the seashore, where he sees Toonka fighting some locals. (Those were the Whales, says Real Cale, not some mage thugs.) Cale breaks up the fight, and Toonka explains to Cale the situation in the Whipper Kingdom. Cale's idea of buying the magic tower doesn't come up here at all, and the scene makes a point that Cale and Toonka become friends.
The plot introduces us to the White Star, who is a completely crazy, power-hungry, cartoonish lunatic. Real Cale actually likes this representation a lot. He is plotting together with the Evil Imperial Prince, who is also cartoonishly evil. (Real Cale starts enjoying himself for the first time in the whole musical.)
To contrast the villains, the Just and Chivalrous Crown Prince Alberu has a number to drive the point how much he worries for his country, and the incoming wars. He thinks that perhaps with the help of Young Master Cale, they might be able to survive the incoming storms. (Real Cale is inwardly laughing hysterically, imagining Alberu's dumbfounded reaction to this scene, especially the part about Alberu's "unwavering trust in Cale's selfless heart".)
Meanwhile, Cale finished his recovery and goes to the Whipper Kingdom. His decision to buy the Magic Tower is shown to be a spur-of-a-moment thing, as the Whipper Kingdom needs money to continue fighting against the Empire, who the Crown Prince suspects is working with Arm. (Real Cale is disgusted how his very clever scam was turned into a selfless deed in this musical.) Toonka is indebted to Cale and loudly proclaims him his friend (since he does that in real life and the writers had sources)
Then Cale is shown to meet the Cat Children. Real Hong and On are irritated they came in so late. Raon is grumpy he isn't there at all. Real Cale comforts him that he had been hidden this whole time, of course they wouldn't know about him. The children say that the Queen of the Jungle is trapped in the Path of No Return, and Cale heroically helps rescue her. Cale uses his Water Ancient Power, which according to the writers, he found in the Ubarr shores during recovery. (Real Cale is surprised at the accidental accuracy.)
Cale saves the Jungle, and Litana has a number praising him. (Real Cale intentionally falls asleep to stop watching his character being portrayed as embarrassingly pure-hearted hero)
By the time he wakes up, the plot passed his "Heroic Actions" in the Empire and the war arc begins. Choi Han has a whole heroic solo number as he defeats Clopeh, who immediately is dazzled by the grace of his enemies, and joins them. (Real Cale is once again missed how completely off the mark the whole thing is, completely skipping Clopeh's torture and everything.)
We skip past various battles, and finally we arrive at the moment when the White Star shows up. He and Cale have a duet about destiny and all that jazz (mirroring the rumors started by the White Star's nonsense theory about Cale being "the messenger of the gods"). At this point, Real Cale has enough, and completely stops paying attention, to save his sanity.
Turns out, the kids didn't like it. It was much too inaccurate, and Raon wasn't in it. Cale comforts them that of course it was bad, because Raon wasn't in it. Raon decides he should start writing that biography with Mary, Clopeh and Dodori, much to Cale's horror.
I feel like it's really telling that, when Cale got a lot of money, the first thing he did with it was give Billos a massive tip and tell him to treat everyone in the teashop to a cup of tea. Like, if that doesn't show how casually generous he is.
And the way he tried to play it off as if he was bragging but it's tea, you know? That's an insanely generous tip. And the way he says he'd always wanted to do it. Like most people, if they got a large sum of money, would go on holiday or buy a mansion or, you know, use it fairly selfishly (not a problem really I would too). And here Cale is, spending it on random strangers, most of whom are dismissive at best
And then he buys the bread and gives them very generous tips as well.
Idk what the point of this is, maybe just as always Cale is a better person than me. He never hesitates to buy things for people or spend his money on others. Sure he does sometimes spend it on Ancient Powers but most of the time, when he spends money, it's for other people
I just read TCF chapter 1036 and the ending is one of the cutest things I've ever seen (◕‿◕)♡
~ Spoiler alert for chapters 1032 to 1036 ~
Kendall and Rasheel's fight was beautiful, pure art (^་།^)
The way the attributes of "Victory" and "Indomitability" interacted was a marvel (* ̄▽ ̄)b
Archie going to help was something I considered kind of cute, after all, Rasheel and Bud think they're the only sane ones, even when it's the opposite (¬ ¬), so I think they could be very good friends and this interaction made me proves it (⁀ᗢ⁀).
Changing the subject the complete beating that Rasheel gave to Kendall once she managed to land the first blow was incredible, it was not only physical, but also mental ∑d (° ∀ ° d).
He destroyed her ideology and self-esteem with every blow and phrase he uttered \ (٥⁀ ▽ ⁀) /
And what I liked the most, Rasheel being a Tsun-Tsun (/// ̄  ̄///), after all he himself said that any attention other than a beating was a waste of time for someone who treated him him and his companions as toys to destroy.
SUPER CUTE! (o^ ^o)
Furthermore, it also turns out that Rasheel is just as reckless and oblivious as Cale is by not recognizing the concern that Raon and Cale feel for him after seeing him so hurt, seeking praise instead of trying to understand it (︶︹︺).
In fact, what I liked most about these chapters was the end of 1036.
Raon, the cute one (ノ ´ з `) ノ, decided that Rasheel needed cake to cure him, but he wasn't going to give her his human's apple pie.
He instead gave him Walnut Cake! (❤ω❤)
He is so cute! ( = ⩊ = )
Is it weird that he wants Rasheel to get hurt more so Raon keeps giving him pecan pie (¯ . ¯٥)?
When you like a character a bit too much that you write a whole thread of them having a mental illness *ahem* Cale *cough cough*
No one can convince me Cale is not schizophrenic, he is.
"Have you ever felt so much pain that you wanted to die? We call the people who overcame such pain, ‘heroes.’" - Cale Henituse (Chapter 214)
The Soos embody that "childhood friends who have witnessed every embarrassing moment in each other's life and are so used to each other's bullshit they don't question any of the actions the other does anymore" energy
And I have receipts for this:
Cale: *stops the Plaza Terror Invident and coughs up blood for the first time*
Choi Jung Soo and Sui Khan: *pops party poppers* congrats to our dongsaeng he did it! Now let's cut the cake
God of Death to Choi Jung Gun: they prepared the "Congrats Cale on Fucking Up Your Slacker Life Again" banner 3 weeks ago. Cale hadn't even planned on going to the plazza yet
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God of Death: Lee Soo Hyuk reincarnated and Choi Jung Soo became a wanderer
Cale: of course they did I should have foreseen this
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Sui appears as a hawk beastman: sup
Cale: ........ damn it I thought you were gonna be a baby
Sui: missed you too <3
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Choi Jung Soo: *crashes from the ceiling right in front of his friends who have been looking for his fugitive ass for weeks*
Cale: oh we found him
Sui: *mild annoyance but not surprised*
Choi Jung Soo: hi guys
Cale is ultimately the unluckiest person in every world he visits, isn't he? (ᓀ ᓀ)
Unlucky Bastard - 39
Unlucky Human - 5
Unlucky Punk - 2
Unlucky - 3
163 - “Tsk, tsk, what an unlucky human.”
167 - “The unlucky punk is quite ballsy.”
199 - "Well, you have the unlucky punk by your side, so you’ll probably be fine growing up slowly."
224 - ‘You unlucky human, tsk tsk.’
226 - “You really are extremely unlucky. You always bring back such useless things.”
230 - “…Why is the unlucky human laughing like that?”
230 - “…Now I know how you end up being so unlucky.”
257 - “Fine, you unlucky bastard."
267 - “…This unlucky bastard, huuuu.”
274 - “You unlucky bastard.”
276 - “You unlucky bastard!”
315 - “Get some rest. You unlucky bastard.”
319 - “Sigh, you unlucky bastard.”
340 - “Tsk tsk. You unlucky bastard.”
356 - ‘Shut up, you unlucky bastard.’
357 - “You’re saying something I agree with for the first time in a long while, you unlucky bastard."
372 - ‘T, this unlucky bastard!’
372 - “Aigoo, little kid. You should have done as that unlucky bastard told you to do.”
373 - “You unlucky bastard.”
450 - – You unlucky bastard.
479 - 'Well, you have the unlucky bastard by your side, so you’ll probably be fine growing up slowly.’ (it's the same as the one from chap 199, except 'bastard' is replaced by 'punk')
541 - – Tsk. You unlucky bastard.
546 - – You unlucky bastard, it must be hard acting like a little kid.
623 - “You unlucky bastard."
623 - The unlucky bastard must have received nutrients inside the black orb somehow since he is still alive after a few months but he doesn’t look good at all.
632 - – You unlucky bastard.
633 - “Then let me start with how I first met this unlucky bastard and the little kid.”
633 - – You unlucky bastard.
687 - "I’m not used to you saying that you are going to sit out, you unlucky bastard.”
696 - “You unlucky bastard."
697 - “Are you trying to be like this unlucky bastard?!”
755 - Eruhaben said that this was an opportunity that the unlucky bastard made.
757 - “Aigoo. T-that unlucky bastard!”
758 - “That unlucky bastard again…!”
154 - He could then see Eruhaben giving him a, ‘what is this unlucky human saying now?’ type of gaze.
231 - The unlucky human was screwing up his life again.
249 - ‘This unlucky bastard shouldn’t know about that.’
250 - ‘This unlucky bastard truly is different.’
252 - Eruhaben looked toward the unlucky bastard.
254 - However, some of the ancient powers that this unlucky Cale Henituse had in his possession were as strong as, if not stronger, than most strong individuals’ strengths.
256 - ‘Both the little kid and this unlucky bastard.’
267 - This unlucky and sly bastard was also a genuinely good person.
274 - It was hard to figure out what this unlucky bastard was thinking.
472 - That unlucky bastard is always wearing himself out.
473 - ‘The Caro Kingdom should give that unlucky bastard at least something now.’
604 - 'That unlucky bastard has no problem saying such disrespectful things to a Dragon.’
684 - ‘Can Cale, can that unlucky bastard control such a power?’
723 - ‘Did something happen to that unlucky bastard to the point that he needed to use so much of his powers that Raon could feel it from outside the orb?’
756 - He wondered what in the world was the unlucky bastard doing inside, and if he was destroying everything because it was a test about anger.
150 - “Yes, I can understand how unlucky you are. So just trust me, the great and mighty Raon.”
318 - He then mumbled, ‘what an unlucky final year for me,’ before channeling his white gold aura.
347 - “…Cale-nim?” “Unlucky bastard.”
347 – You unlucky bastard.
611 - 'That unlucky bastard. I can at least do that much for him.’
I know that in fanfiction and fanarts he has many fans, but it must be admitted that in the canon, apart from being a cat lover and a good butler, he was not much delved into ( ̄ヘ ̄)
He is known to be good at fighting with daggers and a spear, but at no point in the story is he seen fighting and I feel disappointed in that (# ̄ω ̄)
Also, now that I'm rereading the novel and reading the manhwa, I got the idea that Hans could be a good shaman (︶︹︺)
Why did it occur to me? For one thing only, cats (^• ω •^)
If Hans becomes a shaman there is no doubt that his animal companions would be cats, something he would definitely enjoy (づ ◕‿◕ )づ
If that ever became canon I would like to see how he and Jopis interact (O.O)
From my point of view there are only two options: they get along immediately or they fight like, well, cats and dogs ╮( ̄ω ̄;)╭
I would have liked to see him fight at some point and generally have more participation (¬_¬;)
His character has no background, what is his past? Where does he come from? How was he hired? Why did he become a butler? ლ(¯ロ¯"ლ)
I want to know all that and more, even better if he is given a positive character arc, advancement with his abilities, and good development (o^ ^o)
LOL ( ˙꒳˙ )
Poor Cale, he could never be a slacker
Cale: “And this, is how I am going to become a slacker” *proud cale*
Everyone else but Cale: *don’t laugh don’t laugh….*
Olienne is a character we all know but only because he was important to one of the protagonists.
Although their relationship is not delved into, the mere fact that Eruhaben was detained and had a time of mourning after discovering his death says it all (ಡ‸ಡ)
For a dragon that has lived 1000 years he should be used to death, but Olienne was different.
I like the idea that the two of them were close friends, not enough for it to be a Queerplatonic relationship but enough for them to leave traces on each other (*^^*)♡
(In fact, that's because I saw an interpretation like that in a fanfic and I loved it! Him being an otaku is an idea I had never seen before and I loved it.)
We don't know much about him in canon, but what we do know is that he was cheeky, he liked sculptures (he probably made them himself) and long baths, it took him fifteen years to be born and his attribute is wood, and it can be assumed that He was good at creating barriers.
I feel like he could have been used in a better way, his character is incredible and needs more depth but he could have complemented the family very well °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
Perhaps over time he and Eruhaben could have improved their relationship, becoming a romantic or queerplatonic couple who would adopt Cale and Rosalyn as his children (o´∀`o)
Why Rosalyn? Because I feel that if Olienne is as shameless as Eruhaben says, seeing that he took Rosa as her apprentice, he could contribute and over time they would develop a fairly healthy father-daughter relationship ♡\( ̄▽ ̄)/♡
Besides, during the battle of the jungle vs the empire he could have helped Cale make the trees collect the dead mana or even shoot down the airship.
And without mentioning Apitoyu, I haven't read beyond chapter 1042 at the time of writing this post but Olienne's participation in the war against the purple blood dragons and the church of the holy empire already has me salivating with anticipation ☆o(><;)○
"Because of you! Why? Why do I need to struggle like this! Humm? I want to be a slacker! That! Is! My! Dream! I'm someone whose dream is to live quietly! Also, keep your damn subordinates in line! Huh? He wants to use Raon as a sacrifice?! Where the hell is your lackey getting the confidence to spew such ludicrous statements out of his damn snout?"- Cale beating up White Star with a Rock
All my random ideas and TCF content that I need to share with someone (o^▽^o)
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