hypnos

Imagine some time he had coughed up blood without his fam knowing or maybe he hadn't eaten anything in a long while, and he's just dizzy and delirious and he's struggling to remain afoot so he just grabs whoever is standing near him. Probably Choi Han, and the oblivious swordsman is startled when the redhead pulls his arm out of nowhere and just, stares at him. And he's like ??Cale-nim? and he can vaguely tell that the redhead isn't really looking at him and he's worried quick when suddenly Cale just says, 'Choi Han' and takes a breath which Choi Han isn't sure helps, 'im going to faint'.

And then the two just, stare at each other in silence when there's a thud. with Cale collapsing in Choi Han's arms which he just reflexively raised and there's ???? written all over his face and Cale's face is serene as if he simply fell asleep and only then does Choi Han notice the smear of blood on the redhead's sleeves and now he's bewildered and horrified.

Just imagine Cale being in any situation vaguely aware he's about to topple over any moment and just grabbing the first person he sees in sight and going 'im about to collapse' and collapsing in less than 5 seconds.

Alberu in genshin:

plus- Witira in genshin (i wanted to make cale and rosalyn but we dont have red hair..

I just read chapter 166 of LCF manhwa, and... I kinda forgot how much I like Choi Han as a character?? Seriously, I think he's severely underappreciated in this fandom sometimes.

And I get why. There are so many complex characters to love: Cale, Alberu, Mary, Rosalyn, Eruhaben, Raon... any of them are interesting and deep enough to write a story entirely focused on them.

But, back to Choi Han.

He had this moment in this chapter, where he contemplates the reason WHY exactly their enemies are trying to kill all the strong people in the world, instead of making them their allies (which, as we can plainly see by Cale's example, is all more rational, effective and ethical). Whale Paseton tells him that it's probably easier to control the world that way, and that it doesn't really matter to understand their motives. Choi Han agrees and decides not to think about it anymore, ominously foreshadowing to the audience that there IS a deeper, darker reason as to why exactly ARM has the modus operandi that they do.

So, there are two reasons why I really love this moment. First, like I just said, it's the foreshadowing that there is something going on behind the scenes of it all; that ARM has other goals other than generic "world domination". You can already see the first seeds of the larger universe of conspiracy that eventually leads to the exposure of the Hunters organization and so on. There is so much more going on under the surface and it's hinted on so early on. That's just good writing.

The second reason why I like this scene so much is how much it shows of Choi Han's character.

First of all; he's such a good guy. No matter how vicious and "crazy" he is, his main concern in this situation is: "Why? Why even do this?" As in, he wonders why would those guys do these terrible things? Why hurt so many people with the power and motivation to stop them, once they unite under one cause? Why not do it like Cale and make allies instead? He knows it makes no sense to do such evil, terrible things, when the consequences are so obvious. It says so much about him that Paseton's answer – that they just want to get rid of the top dogs to BECOME the top dogs – doesn't occur to him immediately. It doesn't make Choi Han dumb; quite the opposite. Because he would never do such dumb things as ARM does. He's too good of a man to ever understand the blind greed that must drive those people to commit atrocities like that.

Secondly, as much as Choi Han "blindly" follows Cale, it's clear he is still using his own head instead of trusting without reason. If Cale was actually the "terrible selfish bastard" he considers himself to be, and was ACTUALLY using Choi Han for his own ends with no regard towards morality... Choi Han would have sussed him out very quickly. Heck, Cale already KNEW as much when they made the Vow of Death: "this guy might trust me for know, but he's the type of person to take charge if things are not the way he disagrees with, so I need to give him SOMETHING to base his trust on".

This kind of introspection shows us that Choi Han is very much worthy of Cale's earlier regard, and why Kim Rok Soo admired him as a protagonist of a fantasy novel. Choi Han is a person who has a strong sense of justice, who would only follow someone he respects. Seeing him analyze this situation and their enemy makes me believe that if he ever found himself on the opposing front for whatever reason – like for example, he was picked up by ARM right after transmigration – he would quickly realize they were the bad guys and betray them, no matter the consequences. Choi Han is not someone to be manipulated easily.

He is in this place, on this battlefield, because he can see the truth this his own eyes, and sees who the real bad guys are here. By trying to understand their point of view, he show that if there WAS something else to ARM and their motives, he would have at least felt bad for them. If there was a compromise and a peaceful resolution, Choi Han would have supported it. The only reason why he's here, happily serving as an agent of chaos and slaughtering human beings with no remorse, is because he KNOWS those people deserve the wrath of everybody else. They had it coming. So much so, it's hard for him to comprehend WHY they dared in the first place.

Some bad guy: What are you, Cale Henituse’s dog?

Cale, visibly annoyed: Watch your mouth—