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TCF Prompt 20
TBOAH AU - Regressions
Although Choi Han was able to gravely injure the White Star, he escaped the great battle that took the life of Cale Henituse. All those that remain are left in despair. Because even though Cale was known for being 'trash' throughout his life, his true attitude and voice in the end helped them in moving forward and being able to keep going during this horrible war(whether he realized it or not).
In the end, its not Cale who regresses, but his old comrades. Not only hoping to change the outlook of the war with the White Star, but perhaps saving an old dear friend, not only from a certain villain, but from himself as well.
Meanwhile, an 18 year old Cale Henituse is quite confused as to why this man from Harris Village is so set on being his guard. More importantly...why the fuck did Ron hug him this morning? And Hans is sticking to him like glue? Not seeming afraid of him at all(and was he glaring at the staff calling him trash?). Not to mention that damn crown prince inviting him personally to the capital instead of his brother! ugh. So many plans going drown the drain...but at least these kittens(kids) from the slums are cute. Hmm...maybe its not so bad...
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Choi Han, The Molans, Rosalyn, Lock, Alberu, On, Amiru, Gilbert, Eric and Hans are the ones who regress.
OG!Cale doesn't fully regress, but he does end up having snippets of certain events(nightmares that give him headaches, etc)
OG!Cale does get all the ancient powers, including his mothers
GoD does bring KRS partly as an ancient power given to Cale(as Record, etc), and then sent off to help LSH and CJS with GoD things.
They all eventually end up meeting up to help each other, but that's a long ways yet.
On grabs Hong and goes to Cale asap cause she knows he will take them in.
Raon is saved and taken in of course. He doesn't fully remember, but like Cale he has nightmares of what could have been. Something they bond over.
Everyone is super protective and Cale is just: ????
Henituse family is confused as well, but Deruth allows it cause they make his son happy(and then they find out Cale was being trash on purpose and are not pleased. Apologies and much needed talks on both sides are given).
It takes a while(he's been acting for 10 years without a moments rest after all) but Cale allows himself to be well...himself again.
While not KRS, Cale is still an oblivious, sacrificial, unlucky bastard(thank you Eruhaben).
War ends in 2 years instead of 20. Much to the joy of everyone(Cale is kinda happy, but not, he did NOT want to be a Commander dammit! stupid hyu-...crown prince!)
Redika is killed at the plaza after trying to go after Cale
Clopeh is also killed at Henituse territory
Some events are the same as TCF, but OG!crew aren't KRS and bulldoze their way through events rather than scheme/scam lmao. It gets worse after Cale gets hurt, coughs up blood, etc.
He passed out like 10 minutes after this
I don't think Birth of a Hero Ron and Beacrox get enough criticism.
Beacrox, a 30 year old man, stood by and watched as an 18 year old child got the shit beaten out of him, and instead of putting a stop to it, he marvled at Choi Han's strength and then dipped. Yes, Beacrox's job was just to be a chef, yes what Cale said was horrendous, but he was the adult in the situation, and he watched a child get his ass beat without stepping in.
Ron, the one consistant person in Cale's life, left. Yes, Ron was looking after his son, yes Ron could have left in attempt to protect the Henituse family, the mother fucker could have left a fucking note. He admits himself that he was around long enough to change Cale dipers when he was a baby, and he just leaves without any explanation. Just poof, while Cale is recovering from a serious beatdown. He didn't even leave a postit note sized message that said goodbye!
And okay, you can chalk it up to "Well, they were servants to the Henituse County, they weren't really required to do this or that because it wasn't their job!" And, okay, sure if that's how you want to view it, but then don't turn around and say "Oh Ron sees Cale as a second son." TCF!Ron sees KRS!Cale as a son, the original obvious had much more complicated feelings.
And I'm sorry, the "super observant assassin" didn't notice that the child he was been tasked with caring for for 18 fucking years was acting?! He didn't try at all to, sign Cale up for therapy or maybe, I don't know, talk to Deruth, his boss, about Cale? Ron is a father himself, obviously a good one since Beacrox holds him in such high regard, and yet he did nothing when 8yo Cale showed obvious signs of something going on.
Also, Beacrox was 20 years old when Cale started acting out, he was an adult through Cale's entire start of being "Trash", and he also didn't notice anything. And if he did, he didn't do anything about it.
Completely related, am I the only one that wishes we had the original BOAH to read, to get a better understanding of the backstory and timeline of the original novel?
As much as I love romance, I would really like more fics of OG Cale with his family. Most of his stories are found family and you rarely get to see the Henituse often because they're not that significant in the grand scheme of things. I want more stories of the angst and love in this dysfunctional family and I would also like to see more fics about the complicated dynamic that OG Cale has with Ron.
Very few stories have actually gone into depth exploring the nuances of Cale and Ron's relationship. Because Ron did care for OG Cale, he has fondness for him that was present in the line: "But that trash wasn't bad either."
I think it's part of the reason that I like RokCale so much. I love the silly misunderstandings that TCF is so iconic for and I love outside reactions to a character and their actions, many RokCale stories, especially if it's a transmigrator/regressor romance, show other characters reactions to RokCale and with Ron, you often get to see him be protective and lose his cool a bit.
I miss og!Cale :(
So fucking tired and dissapointed of finding that most (almost all) new fanfics with his tag is about lcf!Cale, everyone love him hashtag.
I want one with his centric :(
That is true, I think part of the reason why the Henituse family is so sidelined is because while KRS!Cale cares for them and loves them, he doesn't have the same attachment to them as OG Cale did and there's no baggage complicating everything.
It's why KRS!Cale has a good relationship with them, he first off isn't putting on an elaborate lout act and he doesn't have any expectations of them (besides giving him money, lol).
I don't even want to get into Ron right now, that would take too many words that I can't articulate at the moment.
I don't write for the most part because I can never maintain my motivation but I understand how frustrating it must be to untangle all this mess and then carefully tie into a coherent story.
I miss og!Cale :(
So fucking tired and dissapointed of finding that most (almost all) new fanfics with his tag is about lcf!Cale, everyone love him hashtag.
I want one with his centric :(