If He Said "fuck" Instead Of Marry, The Kids Will Probably Ask About It To Cale, Ron Or Eruhaben Because

If he said "fuck" instead of marry, the kids will probably ask about it to Cale, Ron or Eruhaben because of the different context it was used in (besides the context they were already used to) either way, someone's dad mode will kick in so Alberu would either need to wake up to a complex, ridiculous prank (or a kingdom's worth of paperwork) or just straight up find himself in GoD's doorstep😂

Alberu: A group of kids averaging 10 years old tried to fight me today, but by pure coincidence I happened go know their dad on a first name basis. I called his name, he looked at me and smiled, and after that, I told them; "I'm gonna marry your dad." I gave those children more sociological damage then any past trauma they have ever had.

Cale Henituse every time some hoes decided to threaten his loved ones

Cale Henituse as the story progresses

Seriously though, I've fallen in love with tcf during the pandemic as Cale became kind of a comfort character for me and tcf kept me happy even though the world was shitty back then. It's also plus for me that Cale is quite lucky and OP and how his problems were "alWaYs sOlVed viA ovErlY cOnVeNieNt dEus-eX-maChiNas".

(I'm looking at you, tcf reviews from Novel Updates. I feel like those haters just love it when protagonists are dumb and suffer a lot of angst and heartbreak and shit, that's why they hate how easy it is that Cale solves and plans things even though his intelligence and capabilities literally fit so well with his characterization. I mean srsly, KRS was a high-ranking strategist in a monster-infested world. I'd be disappointed if a person like that isn't "OP" from all the experience and combined skillsets they've gained through hard-work.)

Unfortunately tho, Because of school things and kind of slow updates of the translated ver. of the part 2, I had a falling out with this novel and stopped reading it in January of 2023 (or maybe December of 2022, I forgor..) but I've now picked it up again and rekindled my burning love for it. (Still rooting for Clopeh to establish Caleism)

Side note: I hate how I legit haven't read the tcf novel for more than a year and yet I've managed to binge read all currently translated 223 chapters of the part 2 in just TWO days.. now I'm cranky and hungrier than ever for more tcf content :/

TCF is all about healing

- This is a review about the novel.

There's possible SPOILERS for readers who haven't finished reading the first volume.

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When I first picked up the novel, I didn't have high expectations. After reading a lot of stories that end up disappointing me because of how the author eventually adds romance or harems into the story because their main character apparently needs a romantic relationship to feel good about themselves, I thought that Trash of the Count's Family will be the same thing further down the line.

But damn, did the author prove me wrong.

In the first few chapters, the novel's entire vibe was almost unnoticeable. Sure, there were some small details like him not being used to extravagant clothes or finding a simple meal delicious, but it wasn't obvious. It made me raise my eyebrow but I simply thought that he's a simple salaryman or something.

The first lines about him not having anyone who would miss him if he's gone in his previous world can be excused as him having no lingering attachments. And honestly, some transmigration/isekai stories do have their main characters having no attachments in their previous world. So it makes sense and it didn't alert me of what could've possibly happened to Cale, former Kim Rok Soo, for him to be so aloof and calm at the forced transmigration.

And then...he thought about poverty and pity when interacting with On and Hong. That was the first sign that he may have left a few lines out of his introduction.

It steadily got worse when he was talking to Choi Han about him being used to the cruelty of people like Venion. And then, at the first meeting with Raon, he appeared as if he understood the hopelessness of a child under an abusive adult's hand.

That's when I finally thought that TCF is a story about healing. And I was pleasantly surprised.

Sure, there's action, drama, and comedy, but TCF is mainly about moving on or healing from past hurts. There are moments when it can be called "cliche" but TCF is unique in the way it portrays Cale and his relationships. There's the found family trope that I love but what I love the most about the story is how these characters who have lost something or were about to lose something if OG Cale didn't make the deal with God of Death to have KRS replace him, is slowly understanding that they're not alone and that they can improve as a person if given the chance.

It's heart-warming and completely unexpected. I didn't read the first chapter expecting this fantasy-themed action novel to be about this.

OG Cale, Choi Han, Raon, On and Hong, Lock, Taylor and Cage, Alberu, the Dark Elves, Mary, and so many characters paved the way for me to completely fall in love with this novel.

If I sound like I'm exaggerating, then I don't care because this novel is just beautiful.

What completely blew my mind is the final reveal of Cale's past as Kim Rok Soo.

Listen, I have a love-hate relationship with KR survival novels involving monsters and dungeons and the freaking apocalypse. I love some of them and I can't stand the others. But I did not expect that Kim Rok Soo was in a world trying to survive from the effects of the apocalypse.

My first reaction was "What the actual fuck" because I 100% did not expect for the story to go that way. And my second thought was "So that's why!" Because it finally explains why he hates "papercuts"! This guy is so good at making big things about himself sound so small that it left me stunned when the big reveal happened!

I wanna slap him and hug him at the same time.

It explains why he's so good at being a commander. It explains why he's used to getting hurt or why he hates the thought of his friends and family dying with him as the survivor (I believe he has a survivor's guilt?). It explains everything.

He may be in a new world but he's still stuck in his past no matter how much he says about not thinking about what-ifs and his past. The time he spends in this new world is him slowly realizing that he's not alone and he doesn't have to be so scared.

And when I finally thought that I'm done being surprised, OG Cale appears and flips everything I knew about the character. They talk about how content they are with their new identities. They smile. They're happy. And that proves why this novel is about healing and not the simple transmigration novel full of action and comedy. Instead of getting angry at Kim Rok Soo, former Cale Henituse, for the deal with God of Death, he's just happy for the man and for himself. I just love how the author doesn't forget about Kim Rok Soo's sacrifices and rewards him with a happy life with his mother.

It's so hard not to finish the novel within weeks because of how good it is. It can be fast in some parts for the action, which makes sense since everything is happening at once. But there are also slow emotional moments that keep reminding me why I love this novel.

So yeah, this is my review about TCF. It's not a perfect novel but it's a good novel about healing and family. And I'm waiting for the second volume to be done so I can finally read the rest.

THEY should be asking authors for fuckin permission. Don't disrespect authors by giving them more work to do (needing to opt out themselves if they don't want their works used) just because you don't wanna fuckin read and decided to just use their work as content for some wacky-ass app.

Why did the world come to a point where authors need to be the ones to reach out to some random-ass third parties just to keep their own work off their greasy paws.

Btw, what does "archive locked" mean, exactly? kinda new to ao3 and I still haven't explored all the features

Hey I don’t know if this is being talked about on Tumblr but thankfully the AO3 subreddit has a conversation going about this app that just went live.

TikTok user unravel.me.now has just launch an app (lore.fm) she is calling “Audible for AO3”. It’s an app that uses AI voices to read out fics.

🚨She is requiring any authors who do not want their fics to be on this app to OPT OUT by emailing team@lore.fm 🚨 🚨She has not given an actual template or how you’re supposed to prove you’re the author or said how her team will process this or how she will keep these requests secure🚨

I do not have this app. I haven’t seen anyone use it yet. According to Reddit users, unravel.me.now’s earlier TikToks stated she envisions the app being able to create libraries stored on that app and to have version of “Spotify wrapped”. That implies that eventually data collection must happen, if it’s not happening currently.

I don’t know the actual capabilities of this app. I don’t know the legalities. I do know that it personally feels like this app is trying to turn AO3 into a content generation source and I haven’t heard of the app allowing you to leave a comment or kudos or interact with the original work.

I’m just sad about this.

That's when you resort to either violence or verbal violence.

Thank lawd that the students in my school are divided per grades and the majority of the smart people in our grade level are in the same class as me or else I would've punched someone long ago.

Movie, novel, fanfic, idc just please someone make this!

TIL there are only around 120 anonymous Michelin restaurant inspectors in the world. They spend 3 out of every 4 weeks on the road, and must vacate a region for 10 years if they think a restaurant suspects their identity.

via reddit.com