#transmigrator

Sketches of my transmigrator oc that gets into an Omegaverse BL

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Imagine you are a four year old, and you suddenly gain the memories of a… let’s say seventeen year old.

You are not mentally 17 now. You still have the brain of a 4 year old. But you’re also not mentally 4.

It’s a juxtaposition, I believe the term is?

You both are and aren’t 17. You both are and aren’t 4.

Sure, you could maybe say that you’re just 4 years younger now, and proclaim to yourself that you’re mentally about 13-ish. Or just halve 17 and say you’re now mentally a super mature 8 and a half year old.

You could logic it whatever way you wanted to, but it still wouldn’t be quite right. It’s up for interpretation by you yourself, and nobody else… since you can’t really tell anyone that you’ve transmigrated.

But that’s in the case of a larger gap.

Let’s now say you’re a 13 year old with the memories of a 17 year old. How much a difference is that really?

It’s just 4 years in terms of development, give or take since different bodies develop at different rates. It’s still weird, uncomfortable, etc. But less dramatically so, yes? If you ended up dating someone of the same physical age when you’re… say, 15 or 16 — readers wouldn’t find it nearly as questionable, right?

And this is all assuming it’s a full takeover, and not a merger.

So now, let’s say you’re 13, and you’ve still got your memories, but you just suddenly also gained the memories of a 17 year old.

In that situation, are you still mentally 13? Or are you older? Or maybe just more mature?

Whenever I read a transmigration story, I always try to figure out what the author’s answers to these questions are.

In the better ones, they usually answer by making the Transmigrator just Oblivious about romantic interest towards them — off the top of my head, Katarina Claes and Kim Hajin come to mind.

Speaking of Kim Hajin — how weird is it for a late 20s woman to be lowkey into a 17 year old with the mind of an early to mid 20 something yr old?

Don’t get me wrong, I personally love Hajin & Byul together, but it’s still an intriguing thought experiment. I guess one’s answer basically depends on if they’re pro or anti ship though, doesn’t it?

it's a fluff transmigration-deconstruction of the xianxia power fantasy where the idea of animals who can gain the ability to Think is taken to it's final conclusion and the chicken is the Most Honorable Disciple of The Great Master (The transmigrator who bought me before I was sapient) but The Great Master is just a Farmer who cultivates.

Except not really! Because it is also about how one form learning (meditation) wont work for everyone and Farmerguy really is the strongest mf maybe everywhere! But he doesn't want to be and doesn't know bc he's chillin and don't wanna hurt nobody!

And the love interest is a biblically-accurate tsundere (girl who isn't abusive and actually a likeable realistic character who DOES soften up)

It shows us what mortals (i.e. Normal People) really think of most cultivators ((i.e. the stereotype characters that are) Bloodthirsty lunatics after Power)) and they're shock at a reasonable cultivator who does NOT murder at the slightest inconvenience.

MC: covered in blood, standing on top of a pile of bodies, and trying to calm down a baby in one arm while holding a beat-up body in the other.

I have recently noticed that for some people, those 2 TOTCF terms have caused confusion, so let me explain them. (It would be important to note that I have not yet read part 2, so if there is any new/additional information than that provided in part 1, it won't be mentioned).

TRANSMIGRATOR: This term is Cale's situation entirely. Basically, a transmigrator is someone who gets transported to another world and possesses someone else's body. Kim Rok Soo's soul was transported into Cale Henituse's body (and in this case Cale Henituse's soul was switched with Kim Rok Soo's, so now Cale's soul lives in Kim Rok Soo's body).

It's basically just a body swap. Kim Rok Soo was in his body, and he woke up in a different one. Woah! Transmigration ...

NOVEL SPOILERS (Context) : The reason that Cale's soul was transported was because of a deal that the Original!Cale made with the GoD. Now Original!Cale's soul inhabits Kim Rok Soo's body and Cale's soul who originated from Kim Rok Soo now lives in Cale Henituse's body. Think of it as a swap.

REINCARNATOR: The White Star is a reincarnator. Basically, the White Star lives multiple lives. Every time he dies, his soul is transported to another body where he re-begins his life. Think of it this way, when someone dies, their soul dies too, but the White Star's soul doesn't die, so instead it jumps to another body whenever the previous body dies.

NOVEL SPOILERS (Cause) : Of course, no being is just born a reincarnator. The reason that the White Star is a reincarnator is because of the curse that was put in place by Sheritt and the Dragon Slayers to protect her children. Basically, the curse states that whoever brings harm to the dragon children shall never be able to die and never be able to feel anything that brings them joy. The White Star broke that curse in his first life and is now a reincarnator, but he can't enjoy his life. He isn't able to sleep, to taste, to feel difference in temperature or even have people he cherishes because they will be taken away by the curse. And to think that he chose this life just because he wanted to become strong and dominate the world like the Ancient White Star.

I didn't think people would get confused over this, because the meanings of the words are vastly different (and the novel explains it really well), but after reading the 5th post referring to Cale as a reincarnator (and occasionnaly WS as a transmigrator), ive had enough

Thinking the world is a mere book, the others are just Paper Men, and thinking they understand the Protagonist best.

I just read a novel about how a Transmigrator who attempted to hug the Protagonist's thigh and try to be kind to that supposed miserable Protagonist, actually failed and still got killed by the protagonist in the end.

Because that Transmigrator has the flaw of Transmigrators. Knowingly ignorant, naive, and prejudiced.

After living for 300 years, his perception was constrained by the "book" he read in his past life. 

Naively thinking, the protagonist was blackened because he was bullied. Using the logic that, if I help the protagonist and didn't bully him, the protagonist won't hate me or kill me. If he didn't face any misery the protagonist will become a sweet good boy. 

Despite the reminder of his friends (the characters in the book) that the protagonist has a fragile temperament, and can be easily swayed to extreme feelings, the transmigrator disregards them all. Because the book he once read said that the protagonist is a good boy in his youth and will only be blackened after getting bullied. The transmigrator has his logic and thinking limited by the so-called "God-POV" of the book in the past life. 

But the way most Transmigrators always think toward a bullied Protagonist that;

"If I save him and give him kindness then he will no longer be blackened and must be happy"

is actually no different than a parent who said;

"I give you lots of money, I give you delicious food, I send you to a good school, so you should be a good boy, right? You must be a successful person, right?"

They both are disregarding the fact that a human has emotion. And that the heart of a human, their psychological thinking are all different. Perhaps a person who has a good intention to help someone, might get his help seen as looking down on that person instead. The human heart is fickle. Human nature is unpredictable.

Unbeknownst to them, most Transmigrators are Selfishly imposing their own logic on the protagonist. Demanding them to be someone that "they thought they are". Completely disregarding that those Protagonists are real humans. With their own emotion. With their own thought. With their own logic. They aren't bound by the so-called "PLOT" in a book. 

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The most aggravating thing about Transmigrators was they thought protagonists are invincible. Completely believing that "The protagonists won't die anyway, so it's fine."

But just because they won't die, could they be recklessly brought anywhere, with real danger hanging upon their head, and then leave them on their own mercy, thinking "he won't die anyway". 

Yes, they won't die. But do Transmigrators forget that those Protagonists are living beings with their own emotions and feeling? Didn't they care about what those protagonists would feel? Didn't they care about the psychological impact toward those protagonists? 

This is why the flaws of Transmigrators are, prejudiced, ignorant, and careless. 

Constrained and limited by the so-called "PLOT". They judged the characters in the book as ignorant of their fate since they know the world from God's POV. But in reality, it is them whose eyes are blinded by a veil, unable to see and perceive reality clearly.

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So when I read a book where a Transmigrator who tried his best to hug the protagonist's thigh or be nice to him, actually still got killed in the end, 

At first, I was angry with the ungrateful protagonist. 

But after reading more of it, I realize, that Transmigrator deserve it!

After reading a world about A transmigrator and A protagonist with a different point of view, I realize that most Transmigrators have the same problem and flaws as I mentioned above. 

It's fine if the protagonist is indeed goody two shoes- boys, or able to fall in love with those Transmigrators, 

But in case the protagonist is not a Saint, and won't fall in love,