I simp hardcore.

Now that I think about it, Cale(OG!KRS) shares the curse with White star because their souls touched when WS was reincarnating right?

This curse makes the bearer loose everything they ever cherished and we can see what happened to OG!KRS...

Now, take a deep breath and look at OG!CALE's life....Lost his mother, neglected by his father, his family feels uncomfortable around him,Ron left him without saying goodbye, His own territory's people hate him, The county was ruined, he was the lone survivor, finds out his mother's ancient power was taken by the one who murdered his family and he is only able to find peace and truly live after he leaves the world which for OG!KRS....was the factor that broke his curse!

And this is not that farfetched when you realise that WS's current body is most likely from a Thames, Cale is aa thames, They are the same age, and he most likely exchanged bodies with his soul cousin.

There must be a connection so what if it has something to do with them sharing the same blood???

The nature of the curse is that 'anything you cherish will perish'.

Before the war, og!Cale never had to see everything he loved turned to ash the way og!krs did.

Jour is an exception, but she died by her own choice, while krs's parents died in an accident outside of all of their control. The nature of these two incidents are not the same.

While the Henituse family is awkward and distant from og!Cale, his love doesn't bring them death the way krs's did to his parents. They were distant from him, sure, but og!Cale still loved them then, and they were all fine.

And when the war started, og!Cale lost everything, but I don't think it's because of the curse. Because everyone else lost everything too. His case just stood out because he is important to the story. The Henituse family died not because of og!Cale's supposed 'curse', but because they were the lord of the territory (which makes them all prime targets tbh), and their deaths are required for the White Star to take control of the Northeast.

Simply put, they were just collateral damages.

In krs's case, the curse surgically targets every single person in his life he has ever felt love to, and either kills them all off within a couple of years, or makes it so that he cannot love them anymore.

I'm not going to talk about krs's life after the Cataclysm, because the 'collateral damage' argument can be used here as well. I'm just going to talk about his life before that.

Og!Cale grew up lonely bc he actively pushed everyone away. Let's not dismiss the man's sincere attempt at being the best version of a bastard he could be, yeah? He could have friends if he so chooses - Eric seems to be very willing - but at every point he chooses to push everyone away, because he thinks being a trash will help Basen not be bullied.

Krs has no such choice. He grew up lonely because everyone he is close to either move away, transfer, died, or turn into such monsters that krs can no longer love them anymore. Even if he wants to have friends, he wouldn't be able to, because inevitably something will happen to close off that avenue.

I'm clunky with words and maybe this post doesn't explain things as well as I wish it to be, but basically my opinion is that:

First off I don't think that Jour's death can be termed as simple and result of her own choices. She was a hunter and no matter how weak her body would be she still must have inherited those genes from her family ( Talking about the soul here) . So let's regard this as the same way we regard Dumbledore's death in Harry Potter. A Nobel sacrifice for her own people and the last achievable decision she could think of at the very end . And a calculated decision.

In a way this was also a calculated move by the GOD because in the end Og Cale's body was chosen just as Jour had predicted. That means GOD must be aware what kind of decision Jour would take after using her AP. In a way we could call it fate.

Now if we look by what you are saying is that "It was Og Cale's actions that failed him". Well the same is true for KRS. KRS was introverted and didn't want to attach himself to anyone either a friend or a lover and that's why he was alone his whole life ( Mind you, KRS, when in his own body wasn't aware of the fact that he was cursed and thus had no other reason to not to talk to people. Even CJS lost everything but in the SS1 we see that he was somewhat friendly. It's just their respective personality nothing to argue about but we could see the difference. And the reason KRS is able to talk to so many people in the TBOAH world is because of his position as the Count's son.)

That's why I agree with the OP here. We already know that the three of them were connected somehow that's why GOD chose Og Cale in the first place.

I hate it when people think that it's going to be alright when the Henituse family finds out the truth about Kim Rok soo. Like wtf so you really think that deruth would go like this when he finds out the truth about the transmigration. Oh no my son is gone but it's alright cuz the person who is possessing his body is a good man :) like bruh he will wreck havoc. He will try everything in his power to bring Cale back no matter who is it in his body. If anything he will restrain his movements. He might not have been a good father to og Cale but that doesn't means he is going to completing ignore the existence of his son ??? I have read fics were people just be like this Deruth finds out about KRS Also Deruth - ik i just lost my son but so what the man in there is a son to me too.

?????

Bruh Og Cale has been with Deruth since he was born. That's 18 years. And KRS 3 years . Who is the real son??. They do the same for Ron, basen and Lily. It's so unrealistic and tics me off.

It's as if the tcf fandom is scared that their might be people who might hate KRS.

No one hates KRS for anything he has done . But it's extremely natural for them to be furious that their eldest's body is being posessed by some random person. Of course that doesn't mean that KRS has done something wrong. It wasn't his choice to begin with. Rosalyn, Choi Han , Alberu , Lock. These are people who didn't know about OG Cale so it doesn't matters to them. But Ron , Beacrox, Deruth and his Family knew Og Cale.

I saw this on TikTok, thoughts?

I'm doing a big think... And it might be a stretch but it makes me think abt like krs!Cale and og!Cale ,, but maybe that's because I'm like , obsessed w them

But like

Just ?? Imagine krs has this underlying guilt that he got to have so many things and so many people that cherish him ?? After coming to understand that og!Cale was just misunderstood and trying to make himself worthy of love in his own way.

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Their villa was filled with life, petty bickering and the sound of laughter ringing out into the halls. Cale had excused himself for a brief escape, closing himself off in his room for a few moments to settle himself.

It wasn't that he didn't enjoy their company nor was it what he didn't want to be there. He felt... guilty.

What about Cale Henituse?

He had made the most out of it after waking up in the body of a character from a novel he read. He knew the first few volumes of the book quite well, and the owner of the body that he took over... was shallow. Cale Henituse, written as a drunk bastard there to ensure the meeting between Choi Han, the assassin, and his son. There was nothing more than Roksoo could do other than take whatever the author had fed him. There was nothing more to the character. Cale Henituse was a pebble swallowed by the rapids of the storyline, when others were boulders making ripples with their existences.

But then he had the chance to meet the man. The man whose words were uncouth, yet elegant. Whose actions were brash and violent....

Yet he couldn't find it in himself to dislike the character. No matter how trashy his past actions were or how harsh his words would stab at people, Roksoo could tell. There was something more. Something that the author failed to tell him.

To him, Cale Henituse was not just a shallowly written minor villain. He became more than that.

He sees it in the way the man's eyes never reflected the same disgust, and he sees it in the way he would care for others in his own.. round about way.

He was horribly misunderstood.

(Roksoo knows... After all, he and Cale are definitely kindred souls).

He could see it in the way Cale's family still loved him unconditionally, carefully wading through murky water to try to pull him away from whatever kept trying to drown him. Their eyes were wary, but despite all that, they were happy. Happy to just have the chance to be around him.

(he felt so guilty soaking in their love when they held on for so long in hopes of reaching Cale Henituse).

How was it fair? That he was able to build a family of his own using the burnt remains of the original's relationships as foundation.

Cale Henituse had treaded water for hours on end, trying to keep himself afloat without bringing others down with him. He was so blinded by the panic and adrenaline that he could not see how his family tried to save him. Instead, he set everything he had aflame in hopes of keeping himself warm.

All of the tantrums and all of his trashy behaviour were just fronts to keep his family from going down with him.

Roksoo could understand Cale ever so slightly. He understood the need to keep others away to protect them from himself.

So how was it fair that he and his family could laugh together, when Cale Henituse had cried alone?

Roksoo had opened his eyes one day and taken this life and moulded it into whatever he wanted. He had greedily taken the opportunity to start anew, uncaring of the previous owner because for all he knew, the man was trash.

He wasn't. He was scared. Cale Henituse was so, so painfully misunderstood.

He was a child. A child who tried to keep the flames going to warm his family. Whose hands became charred and blistered from desperately trying to keep those burning embers from dying.

Cale Henituse was a man who loved his family so much that he chose to push them away to bear the brunt of whatever forces so that they could live easily.

And that made him so guilty.

Roksoo had it all while Cale gave it away, only keeping one thing to himself.

And that one? The soul of his passed mother? Does not even remember him.

"Human?" Raon's voice broke him out of his thoughts, the little dragon's round head pushing into his arms.

Right. He was Cale now. They were celebrating.

"was I gone for too long?"

"yeah, I came to get you!"

"mm, thank you"

So i was like, what if it was because Cale actually felt quite guilty about him not being the original Cale that Ron has been taken care of since original Cale was little? He can't actually faced Ron properly because he felt like he had somewhat betrayed Ron.

He didn't feel the same with the Henituse family because he knew, based on the Birth of the Hero that he read, Ron is the closest one to original Cale. Ron has taken care of original Cale more than the Henituse family.

Although we almost never got Ron's pov, we knew from side story, that Ron has once comparing On mature personality with the little original Cale. Though he said On was a bit more mature than original Cale at that time.

That proves that Ron cares about original Cale so much that he remembered little Cale's personality.

Beacrox also said how it had been so long since Cale last cried. He said that the only time he saw the young master cried is when his mother died.

These small attentions that they gave to original Cale show how they somehow care about him despite leaving him in the end. (In the tboah)

So Cale felt guilty and quite worry because he finally realised that it's not impossible for them to found out about the truth. Especially since they are currently travelling around the world.

Still, the day they found out about the truth is the day I'm gonna cry. Idk but I can't imagine how they are gonna react to that. Betrayed? Anger? Lost?

There's no way they will just let it slide and say "oh you're not the real young master? It's fine. You already the young master now."

TBOAH/TCF AU - Afterword's - Hunters

After 22 years of a terrible war - And two years since the death of one Cale Henituse - Choi Han and Alberu Crossman fall at the hands of the White Star and SG.

When they regress, their memories mix in with the new and they are shocked at what has transpired in this new timeline.

Harris Village lives on, and Choi Han is no 'Hero', but a Guardian to the Village, Forest and Henituse Territory.

Alberu Crossman awakens to having the kingdom in the palm of his hands, seemingly loved by his people and having quite the backing he had always yearned for.

And then there's Cale. Cale who regressed, became a dear friend at a young age, and of course an amazing Commander in the war. And along with his brother, Kim Rok Soo, changed the fate of their world and saved it from the White Star/SG. In just two years no less.

They are both pleased at this turnout and at a loss of what to do now(what did they regress for?).

Then a group who call themselves the Hunters attack. And no, they don't go after the Soo's who reincarnated, nor went after Choi Han and Alberu who transmigrated and regressed.

No, they went after Cale. Who knows too much. And much like his mother, places burdens on his shoulders that are too heavy for him to bare alone. All at the behest to protect his loved ones from harm and so that his precious brother can finally achieve his slacker life.

But now its everyone else's turn to protect him.

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New timeline - group knows Cale regressed/Soo's transmigrated, etc.(War ended with Cale at 22, KRS 20, etc)

LSH, CJS are here as well. And helped out in the war.

Choi Han, Alberu and Cale were all known as "The Big Three", as they were the strongest fighters left in tboah world.

Cale died saving them and the last few good soldiers they had.

Choi Han and Alberu are very protective of Cale.

KRS and the others learn just how dark/terrible that timeline was

KRS realizes there was a lot Cale never told him, and that while he has slowly healed and learned to finally love himself(with a lot of aid from his said brother), Cale never took the time to do that for himself(the hypocrite).

Cale is extremely smart, and a scary good actor.

Cale has the AP's, while KRS retained his abilities from earth(KRS has a good plate...Cale not so much). They both still coughed up blood/fainted tho. Much to the stress of everyone around them.

Henituse family loves Cale just as much as KRS, there was just tons of miscommunication, etc, once again. And Cale is just as oblivious as his brother. But it gets figured out and fixed.

Cale is still the only red head in the family, KRS has brown hair like Deruth. Which also adds to some of the drama(but is finally dealt with).

Cale is the kids favorite uncle. He spoils them rotten(along with Mary).

Beacrox is Cale's hyung, which he takes srsly*stares at Choi Han*.

Cale doesn't realize Ron, Eruhaben and Fredo think of him as their kid along with KRS. He bout to find out though.

KRS and Cale are downright scary when they work together. And ppl learned never to let Cale and Rosalyn experiment on magic, etc together.

Cale learned a lot of things about the Hunters on his own(while KRS was off resting from his "shenanigans".)

He also learned that GoB isn't so...balanced as it thinks it is. Because of this, he was attacked while trying to get this info to GoD and CJS.

GoD is upset and protective that one of his favs got hurt. And from trying to protect him no less.

Eric, Amiru and Gilbert all had a bigger part to play, and protective of Cale.

OverProtective!Everyone for Cale!

Cale, Cage and Bud are all drinking buddies(and have to be separated cause they cause a lil too much Chaos for Alberu to handle)

Once again, thank you so much for making this, it’s absolutely beautiful. Here are all my colored versions which I created in appreciation of this wonderful piece.

I love him so much and idk how to describe it. At first before he appeared, i just thought that he just some random lucky guy that can get away from wars. But then Cale finally told us that he actually from a world that full of monsters so I was like 'Damn. If they really did exchanged body, can that 18year old guy lives in that kind of world???' And then BOOM! ALL THOSE TURNED BACK TIMES THINGY GOT EXPLAINED AND OGCALE IS ACTUALLY ALMOST 40 YEARS OLD AND HAD LOST ALL THE PEOPLE HE LOVES AND HAD WENT THROUGH THOSE HELL 20 YEARS OF ENDLESS WARS AND MASSACRES WITH THAT WHITE STAR BASTARD!!!! HE THEN GOT SHOT BY WS AND MADE A DEAL WITH A FREAKING GOD TO SAVE HIS FAMILY BY SACRIFICING HIS OWN EXISTENCE IN HIS OWN WORLD AND WENT TO ANOTHER WORLD THAT HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!!! ALSO TO SAVE HIS MOTHER WHO IS ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY NO LONGER HIS MOTHER!!! Well, he got his niece as his own family now.

I love how he can still smiles brightly despite everything he had been through 😭😭😭😭 but it hurts of course. AND HOW HE CARES ABOUT BASEN??? DAMN! ANOTHER GREAT BIG BROTHER IS HERE😭😭😭 HE CHOOSE TO ACT LIKE A TRASH SO THAT PEOPLE AND OTHER NOBLES WILL LOVE HIS STEP FAMILY MORE THAN HIMSELF TO THE POINT HE WANTED VIOLAN TO KICK HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE! BUT OUR QUEEN VIOLAN OF COURSE WILL NEVER DO THAT😭😭😭 ALSO HE HELPED CALE BY TELLING HIM ABOUT HIS MOTHER'S ANCIENT POWER.

Also when we read about Cale and Jour's interaction, jour is such a bright and happy person😭😭😭 i must say ogCale is really similar to his mother since he seems to be someone who loves to show a bright and mature smile of his😂 he also seemed to be someone who is actually optimistic by the way he spoke to Cale.😭😭😭.My babyyyy.

Also his side story just makes my love for him grow even stronger 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️

HE IS CANONICALLY HAS MORE EXPERIENCES THAN CALE😭😭 AND THE WAY HE WANTS TO FLIP EVERYTHING OVER MAKES ME FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM OVER AND OVER😭😭😭JUST WHAT'S HAD HE BEEN THROUGH DURING THE WARS😭😭 NO ONE KNOW..ONLY HE WILL REMEMBER THOSE NIGHTMARES. HE DESERVES SO MUCH HUGS AND LOVES😭😭

I'm not comparing anything but I assume that what ogCe had been through during the 20 years wars are not like the 2 years of wars Cale went through. There are enormous gap of years. There might be much more wars than what Cale had been through. And the statues?? Idk if in previous timeline the ws released the monsters or not, but if he did released them, he would probably released all the 8 statues monster right? .... 20 years of wars are so longg... I felt tired by just reading that 2 years worth of wars in the novel..but 20 years???? NORMAL PEOPLE WOULD AT LEAST TURN CRAZY.💀💀💀

Also maybe because there's a huge difference between fighting many types of monsters in Earth 1 and fighting one smart crazy white radish that can control monsters and have goal to rule the world right?

Again, I'm saying, I'm not comparing our beloved Cale and our beloved KRS but there are clearly some differences between their way of living in their previous life. AND I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT KRS'S PREVIOUS LIFE. well, i mean our ogCale but he is KRS now.

Okay so clearly I've underestimated y'all

So how about we make this more interesting?

Some notes

- my first  story outline so forgive the lack of details/dialogue, inconsistencies with fandom and omegaverse

- omegaverse:  og!calexog!alberu (basic knoweldge of omegaverse apply.) 

- Catherine = my name for Alberu's mom; Jour is Cale's mom

- Zed Crossman and Jour Thames are friends in this Universe.

- Mostly Deruth’s  POV but other POVs coz its outline

- I guess I am an Alberu shipper now

Warning: mentions of shitty behaviors of some 'fathers'

- Deruth receives a report in his office. The report is about the birth of Cale and Alberu's third kid and first daughter, Catherine Jour.

- Report says Cale delivered a red-haired daughter earlier. Currently, the couple has two older sons coz heir and a  spare. Both boys are golden-haired.

- Report mentions Alberu was allowed in the delivery room coz Cale said he should be there in case something happens. spoiler: he just wants to punish Alberu for getting him knocked up. ofc the kingdom freaks out because historically men aren't allowed in the delivery room.

- The third pregnancy is the easiest, Cale had a scare with their second kid coz the baby was in breech.

- Back to Deruth POV, he's a bit shaken that his first wife's name was used since Cale allowed Alberu to name the boys. However, Alberu's mom's name was also there so he thinks it was a joint decision.

-  He received an earlier report that Alberu and Cale were heard fighting. Unknown to him, the fight was about the name. Cale was insistent to use the name while Alberu was in ‘king and politics’ mode. Cale got angry because he felt that there is no good reason not to use the name as a tribute to their mothers. Cale points out that he and Alberu grew up not mentioning their mothers’ name or speaking about their mother due to their stupid fathers caring more about their stupid feelings - Cale's verbatim. And other related reasons like their fathers not wanting to upset their stepmothers.

Alberu  gives in because you shouldn’t upset your omega who is carrying your child and he does want his mother to be remembered and not forgotten. Cale also wants to spite Alberu’s stepmother because he doesn't like her due to her past mistreatment.

Besides the name combo is a great name – Catherine (pure) +  Jour (day) = pure day.

Deruth wants to kick Alberu’s butt for upsetting Cale but he doesn’t know that he’s one of the reasons why Cale was upset in the first place.

- Deruth is apprehensive since he mostly hidden or given away Jour’s things and told servants not to mention Jour when Violan first came into the house. Naturally, Cale wasn't happy. Cale was forced not to speak of his mom and only to the Molan duo. He feels this is a little bit of revenge on Cale's side.

- Deruth also learned that Zed Crossman has met the newborn, which ticks him off (ha!). He thought that Zed would reject the kid coz of the red hair but the emperor granted the newborn title of Grand Princess (any title for the firstborn daughter of the Crown Prince) as future protection and recognition of her birth.

-Side Note: Cale was also apprehensive about giving birth to a red-haired child coz Crossman kids are supposed to be blondes

- Zed Crossman’s wife is ofc pissed coz she hated Alberu's mom. She has no beef with Jour's name because she expected Alberu to pacify Cale by granting the name. She is angry with Catherine's name because she expected Alberu to oppose it for her behalf.

- The older boys were delighted to have a sister as they are pestering their parents to have a younger sibling to play with.  The two are already fighting about which brother she likes more….as a newborn.

- They already asked Alberu if she can train when they grow up. Alberu is not in the right headspace but is thinking CJ is better a knight than a princess being forced to marry.

- Cale is in his world and just happy that CJ inherited his hair and most of his looks.

- Zed Crossman is so excited about his first granddaughter. Coincidentally (nah, I planned it), she is also Deruth's first granddaughter. Deruth reads that Zed Crosman seems to be intent to find Cale's features in CJ rather than his son’s.

- CJ is not to be presented to the public, unlike her brothers. Excuses are made but the real reason is that the family doesn’t want her to be exposed to greedy nobles and nobles they don’t like.

- Deruth is thinking of baptismal gifts for his granddaughter. He's planning one-upping Zed since the latter splurged a lot when their grandsons were born. He’s having doubts about being invited since the previous baptisms were a formality and included the whole nobility.

--The rest of the plot is to be decided.

Okay, This plot bunny has been gnawing in my brain for a while and I wanted to share this because I want to shine on Alberu’s mom and Jour and their place in their children’s lives. These women had been in the background and I just want to dedicate a space in my fictitious plot bunnies for them. I believe that they were instrumental to Cale and Alberu and they are sidelined because they were killed off even in the beginning.

To my dismay, this plot bunny gave birth to another plot bunny – an omake (you sure, self?) feat. Catherine and Jour reacting to this plot. And yes, another one – the kids’ reaction edition feat the boys, On, Hong, and Raon.  I knew this plot bunny is trouble.

If you enjoyed this plot bunny, pls leave a comment or anything.  I appreciate any feedback about the post.  I really don't know this one is good, bad or anything.

Alberu, stiff as a rock and standing up straight in his 3 inch heels: It just needs some time to get used to

I hate it when people think that it's going to be alright when the Henituse family finds out the truth about Kim Rok soo. Like wtf so you really think that deruth would go like this when he finds out the truth about the transmigration. Oh no my son is gone but it's alright cuz the person who is possessing his body is a good man :) like bruh he will wreck havoc. He will try everything in his power to bring Cale back no matter who is it in his body. If anything he will restrain his movements. He might not have been a good father to og Cale but that doesn't means he is going to completing ignore the existence of his son ??? I have read fics were people just be like this Deruth finds out about KRS Also Deruth - ik i just lost my son but so what the man in there is a son to me too.

?????

Bruh Og Cale has been with Deruth since he was born. That's 18 years. And KRS 3 years . Who is the real son??. They do the same for Ron, basen and Lily. It's so unrealistic and tics me off.

It's as if the tcf fandom is scared that their might be people who might hate KRS.

No one hates KRS for anything he has done . But it's extremely natural for them to be furious that their eldest's body is being posessed by some random person. Of course that doesn't mean that KRS has done something wrong. It wasn't his choice to begin with. Rosalyn, Choi Han , Alberu , Lock. These are people who didn't know about OG Cale so it doesn't matters to them. But Ron , Beacrox, Deruth and his Family knew Og Cale.

I hate it when people think that it's going to be alright when the Henituse family finds out the truth about Kim Rok soo. Like wtf so you really think that deruth would go like this when he finds out the truth about the transmigration. Oh no my son is gone but it's alright cuz the person who is possessing his body is a good man :) like bruh he will wreck havoc. He will try everything in his power to bring Cale back no matter who is it in his body. If anything he will restrain his movements. He might not have been a good father to og Cale but that doesn't means he is going to completing ignore the existence of his son ??? I have read fics were people just be like this Deruth finds out about KRS Also Deruth - ik i just lost my son but so what the man in there is a son to me too.

?????

Bruh Og Cale has been with Deruth since he was born. That's 18 years. And KRS 3 years . Who is the real son??. They do the same for Ron, basen and Lily. It's so unrealistic and tics me off.

It's as if the tcf fandom is scared that their might be people who might hate KRS.

No one hates KRS for anything he has done . But it's extremely natural for them to be furious that their eldest's body is being posessed by some random person. Of course that doesn't mean that KRS has done something wrong. It wasn't his choice to begin with. Rosalyn, Choi Han , Alberu , Lock. These are people who didn't know about OG Cale so it doesn't matters to them. But Ron , Beacrox, Deruth and his Family knew Og Cale.