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WAIT A SEC?????? In trash of the counts family, isn’t it stated that giving up your ancient power kills the owner?? Then what about Alberu‘s mom???? Didn’t she give him her ancient power, ‘star of healing’ or something like that?

But it was also stated at the end of pt1 that she was killed by the hunters?? SO DID SHE KNOW SHE WAS BEING HUNTED BY THEM??? Just like Jour saw her son’s future??? WHAT??? Omg the lore and world building are clicking even deeper

Cale Henituse

• Gaslighting enemies, Gatekeeping abilities, and unknowingly Girlbossing himself into godhood since 2018.

When Cale gains a new ancient power or ability, he never tells anyone. The only way you know of his powers is if he uses them in a fight or you were there when he got it.

No one knew about Record until Cale used it trying to find the White Stars reincarnations. Heck, they still don’t know what that was.

To them, Cale just suddenly gained the ability to remember everything he read and he was also getting a fever from it, so no one knows what that was.

When he used Instant to destroy to the statues, NO ONE knew whatever THE FUCK THAT WAS—LIKE— Cale transcended time to destroy and statue, and then he looked like he took a shower in KNIVES SOMEHOW?? AND THEN HIS PLATE STARTED TO BREAK???

When Cale first used the super rock in the gorge of death no one knew a single thing about whatever the fuck was happening, but they just had to accept it

[this bit was added on later- whenever Cale used the “Blood-drenched rock” or whatever it was called while he was trying to use Embrace on the White Star, and he ended up using Embrace on one of the White Stars attacks but the button or whatever was holding it started to break so it was basically a bomb and he just ran through the castle like a mad man, and to everyone else it looked like Cale was covered in blood. Absolutely no one had any clue that he wasn’t in fact bleeding from everywhere on his body so that’s literally what they were assuming]

When Cale helped the Jungle because Arm had taken an island hostage and rigged dead mana bombs around the shore and everyone’s like

“oh no, what do we do, if we try to take it back all the hostages will die” and Cale is just like “leave it to me. I will eat all of the dead mana” LIKE SIR-💀

THAT IS NOT A NORMAL THING TO SAY.

And then they go along with the plan anyways!?! AND THEN CALE STARTS CONTROLLING THE FUCKING TREES???

AND THE ALLIES JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT IT AND KEEP GOING WITH THE PLAN BECAUSE IF THEY DON’T EVERYTHING WOULD GO TO SHIT?

Just-

Cale:*reveals a new power in the heat of battle*

The enemies:😨

The allies:😨

[This is just my opinion, if you don't like it then just scroll past it]

Tbh, I find it strange how some people completely erase KRS!Cale from their stories and instead just have OG!Cale regress and just take things off from there or something.. I get that they like the guy but I can't find myself liking him more than KRS!Cale. (or at all, I don't know him that well)

And yeah yeah, it's their fics they can do whatever the heck they want but I just want to share my opinion and perspective on things.

I just can't see OG!Cale achieving even half of the success that KRS!Cale had obtained even if he regressed or took KRS!Cale's Ancient Powers for himself, I mean, the guy legit spent 20 years in Tboah just being a mere foot soldier while KRS!Cale fcked over WS in just two years and with limited information.

Even though his experience being a soldier can be useful, it's not gonna get him that far. Instead, to make it so that Og!Cale actually creates change, I feel like they just give him sheer dumb luck and a thick-ass plot armor bigger than KRS!Cale's. (I get that Krs!Cale is kinda the same but it just doesn't hit the same way)

There's also the fact that KRS!Cale's ginormous intellect and charm made it so that he can bulldoze his way into the White Star's thousand year plans.

Intellect and Charm that Og!Cale simply doesn't have. If he did, there would have been people that noticed he was soul-swapped. (I get that he was acting as trash but srsly? not even a single person noticed?)

I mean, in order to integrate him into Korea, GoD legit gave Og!Cale some of KRS's memories and also a fraction of Record and Instant while KRS!Cale had that kinda unreliable Tboah novel that he only read till like- the start of the invasion to the Henituse County or something?

There's also Record, Instant, and Embrace. These abilities were important in preventing casualties and is a big-ass stepping stone of KRS!Cale's success. There's also the bonds he has with his people and AP's that allowed him to fight enemies via power of found family and an excessive amount of explosions. There's a lot more I can rant about but I'm getting lazy.

TLDR; I just find completely removing a novel's MC and replacing him with a side character to be weird.

random thought #3

[Minor SPOILERS for the first part of TCF]

Cale treats his ancient powers like they're his friends. Some would say he "stole" them for his own benefit but I just can't see it that way after everything I read in the novel.

Cale, former Kim Rok Soo, made a connection with these people. To me, they're not just powers to him. In fact, it feels like he understands what happened to them and if he doesn't, he quietly listens to their stories. And the way he talks to them also feels less like a selfish person who wants to use them for his own protection and greed for power but more like giving them the chance to see a beautiful world that became peaceful because of them. It's like he's comforting them after they suffered so much in the past (which is also connected to the healing thing I talked about in my other post).

Like yeah, he's annoyed at them most of the time but he doesn't blame them whenever he gets hurt or bleeds way too much as a backlash after using them. Instead, he simply helps them achieve what they couldn't do when they died.

“I’ll come back tomorrow.”

Cale said goodbye to the rumbling tree as if it was a person and exited the fenced area.

- Chapter 5: They Met

If he truly didn't care about them, he wouldn't get angry for them or at one point, he would've let their voices disappear in favor of getting stronger.

I like his relationship with them. Like they're the voices inside his head (lmao) and it might feel like he has wireless headphones attached to his ears 24/7 but he treats them the same way as the rest of his friends and family and it's really nice to see.

This is kind of the reason why I feel a bit weirded out(?) when fanfiction authors would completely erase Cale's (OG KRS) existence in the fic and replace him with OG Cale and give the other the ancient powers. Like I get people like OG Cale, I do as well, but it feels kinda wrong to see them with another person after seeing Cale bond with these people. In fact, I can't imagine them being with anyone but Cale, this chaotic little shit who gives Super Rock huge headaches and makes the others go violent for or with him whenever he's fighting with an asshole. Aside from one ancient power (if you know, you know), I just can't see him having none of them with him after everything he went through with them.

I keep remembering his "almost one-sided" conversations with all of them because most of the time it's chaotic but the rest are just as emotional with a feeling of deep understanding coming from him. It feels like he always has someone with him so whenever they're silent, I feel like the air is too heavy (like those few incidents when I just want to hug Cale).

I think the best description for Cale is that he's full of empathy.

So yeah, this is a random topic I thought about chaotic Cale and his equally chaotic ancient powers. Yes, I'm including Super Rock who isn't normal either. He's tamer than the rest but he's definitely not normal 🤣 I swear some people who think they're normal in the story are probably in denial like Cale is.

It just popped in my head when I saw the line about the tree in Chapter 5, which I quoted above ☝️

[Note: I'm not saying these authors are doing anything bad, by the way. This is just my opinion and I usually just skip those fics when I see them. I won't stop others from reading those fics just because I feel weird about this one thing about the ancient powers]

[Second note: This is about the first part of TCF, I dunno what happens in the second part yet but I hope to see more of his interactions with them]