Some of my favourite drawings of 2021

2021

I finished a comic, got more into digital painting, improved my inking and opened a print shop in 2021! Looking back, I’m happy with how I’ve grown and worked with my art even though it’s easy to wish I’ve done more. My personal life has been eventful too and I feel I’ve grown there as well.

The biggest lesson I’ve learned with my art is that I can push the quality of my drawings a lot if I do the extra work. Thumbnails, reworks, references and fixing everything I’m not satisfied with helps a ton quality wise.

2022

I have a good feeling about 2022, both for my art and life. I’ll work hard on making my art more financially viable and I feel I’ve reached a level where I’m more comfortable with the idea of ‘going pro’.

I’m excited about working more with colors, both digitally and oils. I’m signed up for a life drawing class too.

Some projects I have in mind for this year: more prints, fine art ink drawings for a local exhibition, even more comics and some kind of book of fantasy knight drawings (hell yeah!).

Also, I’ll finally unlock my true boomer powers as I turn 30 this autumn

Magic’s descent comic

This is a postmortem of my first long-form comic, Magic’s Descent. I’m doing this as a way to grow and improve and hopefully someone else will find this information helpful.

Intro

I began this comic at the end of summer 2020 and finished it November 2021. I stared this project partly to improve my comic skills and partly to work as a portfolio piece for future work. It’s about 55 pages in total which I’ve written and drawn by myself. I started this project by creating a loose outline for the story, using the screenwriting book ‘Save the cat’ as a partial guide. Then I’d do thumbnails for about 3-7 pages at a time with some notes on dialogue before drawing them traditionally on A3 Canson comic paper. I didn’t have a finished manuscript before jumping into drawing the pages.

What worked

I actually managed to finish it!

I don’t think the story is overly complex, predictable or boring either and working from an outline instead of a finished manuscript helped me be flexible and change things as I worked on it. I really like the idea that everything that happens should either progress the story or develop character. I managed to get rid of an entire page because it didn’t actively contribute to the story.

I think there are some really cool panels and I managed to keep the composition and flow varied, avoiding the easy route of having similar or bland angles in the panels.

What should be improved

Story

It’s hard to tell how the story should be improved without feedback, which I’ll try to get. Overall I think that the characters could be more interesting. It’s my job as a storyteller to show how a character is as effectively as possible, to quickly get to their core personality.

Art

I don’t remember who said this but I like the idea; a comic book artist should strive to use 80% of their art capacity when drawing comics, but make sure that 80% quality is as high as possible. Comic art really is a balance between quality and speed. I think I didn’t put enough time and effort into a lot of these panels, which is the main reason the quality isn’t as high as I’d like. Some backgrounds are painfully boring and some of the costumes/armor aren’t well constructed or rendered. But it’s hard to justify that effort for a project that I never intended to sell.

Other

I was hoping that using a camera would replace scanning since I didn’t want to buy an entire A3 scanner, but I was not happy with the quality that got me.

Moving on

I’ve got some ideas on how to improve my comics!

• Try to have a manuscript with dialogue done before drawing, or at least more notes
• Study comics I like, both the art and the writing
• Use 3D models when needed
• Aim for 80% art or higher, if I feel annoyed or restless with a panel I’ll try to take a break and come back to it later
• Give entirely digital a try
• Try to break in professionally

Thanks for reading!

mawmaartsy:

bensolodidntdieforyoursinsjj:

ok so, this is all just what ive seen in the 12 episodes so far, a deep dived/ rabbit hole and trying to connect stuff. I feel like a crazed person with a board with pictures and strings all connecting stuff.

Time line: so the show begins in 2021. We have a few different times that have been given or tossed at us but they are important with history and connection to dynasties, religion and important symbolism in art. The first 2 are the “600 years ago” and the “1000 years ago” we are often told. With some simple math we know that all this ish started in 1021. This is the Goryeo period for Korea. Eul Tae’s character, of unknown age but an adult, is the older son of an important figure head of a village. He is sickly and has found out his father is planning to abandon him and take his younger son and look for more opportunities for power and financial growth. He has managed to lure his brother out into the woods and murders him. He is spotted in the act and is accosted by the OG Sung-un bulgasal* (ill get into more about why i dont think she is a bulgasal). Eul Tae lies to his father about his brothers death. Thanks to episode 12 we learn that OG Hwal was around and a grown man and a bulgasal* and makes Eul Tae into the monster is he now with the black hole and also takes his soul, making Hwal a human before dyng. Hwal, as we know him pre-bulgasal and as a child, was born in 1394. He is born from a dead mother and shaman lady states that he should have died, for it would have ended the curse/retribution. Skip 27 years later he becomes the bulgasal we all know and love/hate currently. At this time it is 1421 and thus the “600 years ago”. Before he becomes bulgasal he believes OG Sung Un is the bulgasal that has killed his family and amry bros, I am unsure at this moment why she is bathed in blood and runs him through with a sword but she takes his (Eul Taes) soul by accident and becomes human (she looked dumbfounded as to why this happened), Hwal stabs her twice with two swords. Before she died she cureses him and pretty much tells him she’ll be seeing him again. 199 years pass and Japan is up to their historical bullshit and invading korea, and we learn that Hwal is feeding off animals. Good for him for keeping his promise. 3 years later we get our first mention of Sung-un being reincarnated but aling with that info we learn she is also being hunted by “black hole” aka Eul Tae and that the monsters Hwal hunted down are now following her because she has Hwal’s soul, Which is actually Eul Tae’s soul. Skip to present day and we learn that Sung un is actually a twin. Sung-un is the bearer of Eul Tae’s soul and has the ability to sense monsters (also is able to black out and beat the shit out of monsters is she is stabbed, cool defense trick) while her sister sung yeon has all the memories and curse mark from her previous lives. We also learn that they are on their 8th reincarnation and wont reincarnate again after they die. Shenanigans ensue and Sung yeon and her mother are both murdered by Eul Tae but we learn that Sung Yeon did something to Sung Un’s soul/ body/ being that makes it impossible for Eul Tae to kill Sung Un. Present day episode 12 and Sung un still doesnt remember anything on her own except for what reincarnated shaman lady states or her sister si-ho sees from her soul memories, until she is attacked by a cop and is stabbed. After she sees her stitched up wound and touches it we get some interesting flash back memories and she proceeds to stab Hwal. Let me just say, full on monster looking hwal was hott.

Important art and religious connections: if the writers did their research on art symbolism  and art through history then oh my god.

Here are some shots and angles of this painting that is always in the background. This painting was done after the monster hunting era, so its a Joseon style painting and the main religion during this time was Buddhism. I was an art major in college and took several religious studies classes while in college and i squealed when i saw this. Its beautifully drawn and there is so much symbolism in this painting outside of the obvious stuff. If you look past the monsters you still see many things. Lets looks at the bigger details. You have the monsters that hwal hunted and their respective human forms/ shapes. The hand in the center in the water, the charka symbol stands for balance or balancing your chakra/soul. Everything is near or surrounded by fire, and when used in paintings symbolizes purifying or cleansing. This is also great because the mythology of bulgasal is its either immortal or can be killed by fire. The way its written in chinese means its “impossible to kill” and if you change out one of the letters its becomes “killed by fire” We see two caves that are in close proximity to the two haloed figures. We see these caves in the show being used as residence of the bulgasal*.

 This was OG sung uns cave.

This is hwals cave. (im sure to budgeting reasons they reused the cave but to stick with the paintings they are two separate caves.

Next we see the two main figures. The first and slightly more centered is the female, dressed in red with gold lotus flowers and a golden halo. Within Buddhism halos are seen as an aura of sanctity, or perceived goodness/holiness. Its also given to individuals who are deities within korean mythologies. The female is positioned in a way you notice her first and for koreans red is used to ward of evil and bad luck but to wear red is a sign of bad luck it is in opposition of the color blue. In korean art the golden lotus symbolizes creation, birth, reproduction and livability. This is interesting given that its on an individual who is supposedly immortal and seen as a god like being. Next we have the male who on the right and slightly further back. He is turned away and is presented as aloof and mysterious. He clothing is simple with only a belt. He also has the same halo and in the same colors. He is also seen as a deity/godlike. Blue stands for the element of wood, the east and is the balance to the color red.

let me mention that all these symbols in this painting were probably drawn and painted by Eul Tae himself. He has been around to witness all the monsters being killed. What i find interesting is that he didnt insert himself into this painting given his ego and narcissism.

i got a closer picture of this painting because i wanted to focus on the halos and the color symbolism. this painting was painted by a reincarnated monster. He states he saw Sung un and was captivated by her beauty and had to paint her after killing her. Sung un is clothes in black and gold. In buddhism, black is used for primordial darkness and mysteriousness. It is the color of hate. She wears a grown of gold and jewels upon her head and body. This is a status marker. The painter is stating she is powerful. She is once again painted in flames and surrounded by monsters, stating she is either cleansing these monsters or that she is surrounded by bad luck from these monsters. She is painted with halo rings, and for this painter he has perceived her as good and holy, another deity. This reincarnated monster got the feeling that she was an older being that which held a lot of power and hatred. 

(edit) I want to talk more about symbolism with colors. We see a lot with OG Hwal and OG Sung un the constant use of reds and blues for their respective characters. If we look at Eul Tae’s pin board we use the use of colored strings. Red for Sung Un and blue for Hwal. if we look closer at it we see that sung un has a lot more connections to hwal than the other way around. Sung un plays a heavier roll in hwals life than the reverse. There is like, 3-4 stings max of hwals connection to sung un where as we see half of the stings pinned to hwal are from sung un. i just thought it was interesting. Also if we look at the old paintings they belong to hwal.. meaning Eul tae has been following hwal around since the beginning. (Im only saying they belonged to hwal because of the ink and flow style of the drawings are soooo similiar)

(im going to be inserting pictures from different episodes and not following episode order so spoilers if you havent watched all aired episodes yet)

So in the very beginning, we learn that the bulgasal curse is a blood curse as well as the stab would on the right hand. Hwals mother KNOWS that her child is cursed but we are not explained to as to HOW she knows. She offers her child to the jomagu monsters on the mountain while she is pregnant and the monsters want nothing to do with it. They can sense something is wrong. The mother hangs herself and then hwal is born. After that we get this from the resident shaman.

This bit confused me because of this…

if no soul then why did OG sung un get a soul after stabbing Hwal? was it because he wasnt supopsed to have a soul but had OG Eul Tae’s soul? It would explain her confusion. When Hwal was a child and being tormented by the other villagers OG/OOG (because at this point we dont know unless her eyes are glowey what she is) she steps in and saves him, JUST to end up getting stabbed in the back when trying to shield him.

Right after this hwal gets adopted and leaves the village. 17 years pass by and he returns to the area in hopes of killing bulgasal. At this point he doesnt know who he is looking for but through coincidence he meets OF sung un again and she hasnt aged.

Arrows going flying and they both get hit, and she bounces. Hwal and the military group make camp with hwals family. Hwal leaves to go in search of bulgasal and while he is away shit hits the fan. At this point we know its Eul Tae but hwal doesnt. I dont know what happens while Eul tae is killing everyone but Sung un appears and guts Hwal. Like, wtf, what happens between her getting shot at with arrows to 2 seconds before she stabs him that she is covered head to toe in blood. Was she fighting Eul tae or other monsters under Eul tae’s employment? Anyways, these two have a telepathic/non-telepathic convo and she tells hwal that essentially she has cursed him and because of him the retribution will continue… and hes dumb and blows a raspberry before peacing out.

Fast forward to present time we learn that monsters are still gunning for Sung-un. We learn that other monsters think her soul smells terrible and makes them sick. Could it be the smell of a soul that belongs to a person who is also sick? both mentally and physically? im call you out Eul Tae! Monster attempts to kill Sung un and we see her black out for the first time. When she comes to he see that he is badly hurt and is freaking out. Wanting to know who she really is. Interesting, we’ll be seeing this happen again.

After a brief encounter and a non-murdering time between sung un and hwal we see that when sung un touches hwals blood for the first time she unlocks memories that arent originally his from this current life, and they include OG/OOG sung un.

Isnt she pretty? i think so. At this same time though we see Og/OOG hwal (but we dont know that unless youve seen ep 12 and can connect dots) He is clad in that ratty shawl and blue outfit and is inside a cave.

We know this is OG/OOG hwal because thanks to episode 12 we get these stunning looks and views.

We learn in episode 4 that Eul Tae kills/ drains the blood from his victims through biting their necks. You know who else got their necks bitten and died? everyone that died that hwals blames OG sung un’s for. Hmm. We only ever see OG Sung un get a little stabby, no bitey. Eul Tae also learns that Sung Un doesn’t remember him and he seems legit upset.

then he just decides to reverse tokyo drift his way into her heart but with murder instead of flowers. Eul Tae get a little handsy and flirty with Hwal in a tunnel and then they go on a date. What even is this show at this point. At this point we learn, or think we learn, that Eul Tae knows the real reason why Hwal was turned and we also learn that Eul Tae has been around for longer than Hwal. This makes us think that Eul Tae is an OG bulgasal but nope. In ep 11 or 12 we learn he is half bulgasal and he tells hwal that its OG Sung Uns fault he has the black hole curse buuuttt like everything Eul Tae, its a lie.  OG Hwal in all his almost dead glory is being begged by Eul Tae to be turned to what ever Hwal is. Eul Tae no longer wants to be sick and not important. He wants to have a normal life and not be abandoned, but oops. Hwal died immediately after ripping out his soul and absorbing it. Bring on the life wheel of fortune.

We are made to believe he is bulgasal but i dont think that is what he and OG sung un are. Hwal digs his fingers into Eul Tae and takes his soul and gives him that black hole curse. The curse is given to him by hwal, not sung un but that makes things complicated because of Sung Yeon making it impossible for him to hurt Sung Un. i dont know what the hell to think, i just need the next 4 episodes to clear some shit up.

anyways, im gonna skip the whole road trip and spending the night together in a single room.

We learn that OG Sung-un was around when Eul Tae murders his warrior brother and blames her for it. We get that slow motion reveal with nice dramatic music so that we know its from his POV and le-gasp, shes beautiful but also indifferent towards him. Just dont kill in her woods!

She also has the same ratty shawl as the OG hwal. im diggin it.

in Episode 10 we learn that Eul Tae was the bulgasal that killed his family and he is out to do it all again if he cant get Sung Uns soul AKA Hwals soul AKA Eul Taes soul. All this hot potato is getting annoying.

In the next episode we see that hwal is now hell bent on killing Eul Tae for what he did to his family and those he cares about. These two meet at hwals well and attempted murder happens, we learn that bulgasal are born as pairs and that Eul Tae is only half a bulgasal due to OG Sung Uns curse. I dont know if Eul Tae was spinning lies again but she declares that hwal is to blame for all of this mess and that OG Sung un has been trying to get them to kills each other. Hwal cuts the conversation short and Eul Tae flings them off a bridge into an aqueduct.

the only flaw in this is that Sung Un has human emotions and has fallen in love with Hwal, thus ruining the plan. In order to kill a bulgasal another must be used and they kill each other. Sung un, now with the ability to understand love towards a man, no longer wants hwal to kill Eul Tae because this means he too will die. Oh No! Time for another plan. Eul Tae hasnt made it out of the forest yet, looking like a corpse, he waits for hwal to come to him. Hwal finally appears and they talk for a bit. Eul tae tries to bargain for Sung un with knowledge and answers but hwal doesnt care about them, and proclaims he wants to save sung un. Here we learn that 1000 years ago OG hwal had a one sided love towards OG sung un and that he gave up his life for her and protected her. Eul tae begs for Hwal to choose him and stay with him, all while buying time for a bad cop to show up and try to murder sung un. We see again Sung un black out and this time has beaten up a cop.

Skip some scenes and hwal and sung un are back at his place and he stitched up and cleaned up a bloody sung un. She is in the bathroom and waitin on hwal to come back and change her bandages when she notices her stab would is in the same exact spot at sung yeons and OG sung un sword stab would. She touches it and get some interesting flash backs, of which i believe are of a different time period than when we saw her with Eul Tae.

During this memory, OG hwal is killing people, and ms OG Sung un isnt happy. I dont know the context for why he is killing or who he is killing and we see where Hwal has gotten his curse mark on the right hand. Im hoping within the next 4 episodes it explains it.

Sung un comes out of her memory but is still haunted and confused and upon seeing present time hwal with a similar haircut grabs a paid of scissors and stabs him with them, all the while seeing the OG hwal. its reflected in her eyes.

Im really curious about the whole “one-sided” love thing. Eul Tae repeatedly states that OG Sung Un hated him and hwal and for a monster/ deity can one even show love? Up till she stabbed him and accidently took his soul she never spoke to him and saved him a couple of times. Monsters and Eul Tae both keep saying that sung un is incapable for human emotions and that she is using hwal for her own purposes but this whole show is about her love for others and the idea of family that she put herself at risk for others.

I want to know about this weird triangle of obsession. eul tae has this weird obsession for hwal, even outside of him being bulgasal. He never went out of his way to harm Hwal unless he was in the way of Sung Un. he is soley fixed on Sung un. He has stated that he has regrets for what he wished for and wants to end it. Does he mean to kill Sung un just to get rid of the black hole curse and live forever or is he tired of being alive. He is so lonely and his existence is painful.

Did after OG sung un curse OG hwal did he get away hurt and injured and run into Eul Tae? Is this scene happen directly after sung un? He was shot from behind with an arrow. He could have taken Eul Taes blood and healed but he chose to take his soul and die. Did he act as a decoy for Sung un to live? i need answers!

what about Si-hos baby/ hwals baby girl that died from being stillborn. What was the connection between Do hyun getting stabbed and Si-ho having pain in her side?

What will actually happen if Sung un regains all of her past lives memories? Will her inner bulgasal/ deity awaken?

Is OG Hwal and OG Sung un the original pair? Was there another pair and Sung un isnt actually a bulgasal but a creator deity?

Why does the bulgasal eye color change all the time? Gold, yellow, red, purple and white?

Why is OG Hwal super hot when bloodied up?

This is from my main Tumblr and not my mobile account.

I’m also going to add to this since I’m here: adding to the color theory and connection between sung un and hwal. In episode 12 we see that hwal for the first 50 some odd minutes in dressed in blues and blacks. Like we have seen in every single episode and in flash backs. After he sees sung un as not his enemy and she has confessed to him he is more informant to.him than her revenge the show upticks in their blooming romance. His next shirt color is a deep purple. Just like the colored strings, he is being half of sung un’s red color.

Sung un is now dressed in a white and blue floral top. Could this be a symbol for her love of hwal?

Tune in next week for another rabbit hole and deep dive!

@mawmaartsy this was seriously a loooooooooooong read, but I lapped it all up. Very informative and concise. I like to know more about your thoughts on the paintings. I love the meta and history it contained regarding our OG’s. Thank you for sharing!

This definitely deserve a reblog.

stebeee:

We all have this summary of the later parts of the epilogue because of @angel-kyousuke who found the e-book version on Google Play (it has in built translation, but according to feedback it’s not very good, but if some of you would like to try link to the book ishere

We left off with Jack and Zhao Zi standing by the road side with Jack having just made a call to TY to inform him that SF was injured and he keeps his phone to, and I quote, “to look and appreciate his little hot-blooded cop” -ahem-

• ZZ is commanding the rest of the team and people are listening to him as he yells for them to bring the culprits back for a statement, to get an arrest warrant from the prosecutors etc. and then this new, young cop who just joined the team 3 months ago asks ZZ worriedly if the Captain is okay (omg i still CANNOT GET OVER THE FACT THAT SF IS CAPTAIN!!) - ZZ says it’s totally fine, because the shady, mob doctor is very good, and then ZZ remembers who he’s talking to and what he’s talking about (cuz mob doctor - mob - police officer - yeah better not say that too loudly), so he sheepishly says: “Someone else is responsible for worrying about Ah Fei, our job is to handle this well”
• The young cop replies: “Yes, Zhao Zi Ge!”
• And LOL ZZ is so happy that he called him like older brother and he’s obviously superrrrr elated but he’s interrupted by the growling of his stomach at exactly 6pm, and he immediately starts looking around (Note: This is pure comedy) and Jack calls out: “Little one, over here!”
• AND OMFG ZZ TURNS AROUND TO SEE JACK WITH A FRICKIN FOOD CART!!!! WHAT. THE. HELL. THE MENU FOR TODAY IS: 
• Fried beef noodles
• Noodles hor fun
• Noodles mui fun (like a chinese risotto of sorts)
• Beef fried rice
• Beef noodles
• LIKE WOW?!!!! Anw ZZ makes a beeline for the food cart (ZZ, you are the fucking police, remember?!!!!) and ZZ asks: “How did you know i wanted to eat all these? (ZZ HOW MUCH CAN U EAT AT ONE GO?!!!)
  
• J: “I’m your personal chef, of course I know what you’re thinking”
• Ever since Jack became Fang Liang Dian, he became a normal civilian again, and although he has a Swiss bank account that has enough savings in it to sit back, relax and spend the money three lifetimes and more, but he didn’t want to sit around so he decided to AND I QUOTE “BE ZHAO LI AN’S HOUSE HUSBAND” - NOT JOKING GUYS, YOU KNOW WE ALL JOKED ABOUT IT?!!! NOW IT’S CANON!!! OKAY SRSLY
• And YOU KNOW WHAT’S EVEN BETTER? SO JACK BOUGHT A FOOD CART/TRUCK/VAN OR WHATEVER JUST SO HE CAN FOLLOW ZHAO ZI AROUND AND PROVIDE FOOD FOR HIM 24/7 WHAT THE HELL GUYS!!! HAHAHA
• So ZZ literally just orders food from his boyfriend, and then Jun Wei turns up to make an order as well after greeting Jack: “Yo, you’re here again? Beef rice, thank you.”
• Jack asks for 1000 NTD, Jun Wei accuses Jack of ripping him off, and the Jack drop the bomb by saying that the beef he used is Grade A5 beef, so obviously it’d be expensive?!!!! (LOL JACK PLS Jack is pampering ZZ omg) and after that, even though Jun Wei just got his pay and it’s so expensive, he still pays Jack for the food AHAHAHHAA good job Jun Wei!!!! atta boy, but Jack says sure, you’ll have to wait, because ZHAO ZI ALWAYS COMES FIRST!!!!

• We move on to Hong Ye and Dao Yi in the hospital as she’s giving birth omg and she, like most women while giving birth, is yelling Dao Yi’s name like he offended her, while Dao Yi is soothing her, telling her not to be angry etc. and with a slip of mouth he calls her ‘Miss’ again, out of habit BUT WE ALL KNOW HONG YE’S TEMPER PLUS SHE’S GIVING BIRTH RIGHT - so she yells again: “Didn’t I tell you not to call me ‘Miss’ ever again?!!! Where the hell is that stupid doctor (Dr Jiang, poor thing)”
• Anw, it’s not Dr Jiang who’s going to help her give birth but his junior, and lol Hong Ye as always is yelling again if a junior can be trusted, and she tells Dao Yi they’re only having one kid and NEVER AGAIN
• IT’S A DAUGHTER GUYS!!! OMGAHHHHH

• One week later, the uncles (TY and SF, but J and ZZ are there too omgggg this baby is blessed with the four most handsome and badass uncles in the world wtf) are eagerly waiting outside the baby room waiting to take the new baby and SF IS THE ONE WHO EAGERLY RUNS UP TO THE WINDOW AND FLASHES HONG YE’S PATIENT TAG OR SOMETHING (PROUD UNCLE GUYS SF IS A PROUD UNCLE)
• SF looks at the baby and he’s like: “Wow, so cute, TY look, next time the little princess will call you Uncle”
• TY: “Don’t worry! I will teach her so that her first words are ‘Aunt’ to you”
• LOL GUYS LOL
• Jack walks over to Dao Yi and goes: “Brother Dao Yi, you’ve worked hard”
• Because apparently ever since Hong Ye got pregnant, her temper became even worse and even Tang Yi who dotes on her so much usually was so pissed off a few times from talking to her that he literally just walked out, and that was even more so the case for SF who usually banters and argues with her over stupid shit usually anyway, and only Dao Yi who has a really good temper can deal with her
• Dao Yi, even though he’s been married to her for a while, still accidentally calls her ‘Miss’ sometimes and HY hates it the most, so every time he does it she runs away from home, but luckily he knows there she goes - THEIR ICE CREAM STORE!!! So Dao Yi bribed the store owner to always keep HY’s favourite 2 flavours of ice cream in the store all year round, so HY will always go there when she’s angry and DY knows exactly where to go fetch her home

• Jack to ZZ who’s cooing over the baby: “You like kids?”
• ZZ: “Of course! Small and cute, who doesn’t like babies?”
• J: “I don’t. They’re noise, annoying and can’t understand human language”
• AND ZZ I ALWAYS KNEW U WERE THE SLY AND SMART ONE: “Oh you don’t? Aww, I was thinking over Chinese New Year, we should do spring cleaning and I’d take out the photos of when I was younger to show you, but since u don’t like kids, then never mind!!!”
• J: “Wait! You said you had whose baby photos?!!!”
• And lol Jack has to reassure ZZ that as long as it’s him, no matter if he’s small or an adult, he likes em all, so ZZ better give Jack all the photos, they’re his (T^T)
• ZZ blushes at that, and turns around to see SF grinning at him
• Gosh it’s the kid conversation criessssss, Jack tells him that since ZZ likes kids so much, why not they have one too? And not just one, but two for Jack, and they both better be girls, and look like him so when they grow up they’ll be beautiful women (wow Jack, vainpot huh)
• ZZ yells: “FANG. LIANG. DIAN. I’m a guy!!! Who the hell is going to give birth to kids for you! Go to hell!”
• They get chased out because they’re so noisy HAHAHA

stebeee:

This isn’t in the epilogue but someone else highlighted some points, the most important being that: TANG YI FELL IN LOVE WITH SHAO FEI FIRST

I’m doing plot points, no direct translation sentence by sentence because I literally don’t have the book with me:

• It starts off with “N number of years later, in Shi Hai Corporation” - so no, we don’t know how long TY went to prison for, and what he went in for, not from this chapter anyway unless they mention it in the chapters before
• He’s described as ‘The Suit’ in this page, but we all know it’s TY - anyway he’s obviously OUT OF PRISON THANK GOD and he’s the CEO of the company now, talking to his secretary
• His phone rings, and when he picks it up, IT’S JACK: “Hi ex-boss, just wanted to let you know that Captain Meng has been injured, and he’s been sent to Dr Jiang’s clinic”
• LITTLE TREASURES FROM JUST THIS LINE:
• SHAO FEI IS NOW CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM!!!!! OF TEAM 3!!!!! OMGGGG
• Jack is an informant for TY now, as he is on SF-injury watch (it’s not clear whether he gets this info from ZZ or he’s working in the department or he was on the same case)
• And obviously Jack and TY still have a pretty good frenemy kind of relationship, and Jack is a little shit
• TY leaves in the middle of a meeting to obviously go see SF and some people in the office are like: “Should we call CEO Zuo to come back and take over some of the work?”
• AND HERE WE KNOW THAT: Hong Ye and Dao Yi have been married THREE FRICKIN YEARS!!! AND SHE’S PREGNANT WITH THE FIRST KID, AND THAT’S WHY SHE’S NOT WORKING CURRENTLY IN THE COMPANY - and that’s why TY is taking over all business matters
• Everyone is scared of TY it’s hilarious, and he hired most of his brothers from the gang or at least his staff/secretary know that he’s a former mob boss, and he still can command his gang members - one of the secretaries i think gives instructions after TY leaves: “Go get some people to guard outside of Dr Jiang’s clinic, make sure nothing happens to Officer Meng or Boss” - OMGGGGG SHAO FEI HAS TURNED INTO MOB BOSS WIFE I LOVE IT!!! HE’S IN THE CIRCLE OF PROTECTION NOW
• Dr Jiang is cursing Shao Fei out back at the hospital: “Meng Shao Fei do you think I have nothing to do all day? Didn’t I warn you to not rush head first into a critical situation by yourself? I have two surgeries today, and in the end? I’m actually here having to just wrap your wound. You know the nurses can do this right? But no, because SOMEONE ordered me to, I keep having to come to you and practice my first year med school skill of wrapping up wounds.”
• Shao Fei goes: “Hehe. Thanks!”
• TREASURES AGAIN:
• DR JIANG IS A NAGGY LITTLE BITCH THAT’S FRIENDS WITH SHAO FEI I LOVE IT
• TANG YI ORDERING HIS FRIEND TO PERSONALLY ATTEND TO SHAO FEI EVERY TIME HE COMES IN INJURED OMG MY FANFIC HEART IS ALIVE AND DYING AT THE SAME TIME
• dr jiang is a little bitch i love it
• Captain Shi passed Team 3 to SF when he confessed to his crimes, and suggested to the higher ups to get SF to take over as Captain instead - And SF, after some courses and tests, MADE IT!!! SO HAPPY FOR THIS SMOL BEAN - So he’s now the one yelling at rookies and recruits AHAHAHA gosh

• From outside the ward SF and Dr Jiang hear: “MENG. SHAO. FEI.”
• LOL SF literally pales hahahaha he’s in trouble now
• Dr Jiang also know who the hell it is, so he goes: “Great, you’re finally here. Please take this idiot home and discipline him, he’s wasting space in my VIP room, and wasting my gauze and antiseptic solution”
• TY to SF, holding his injured arm: “What happened?”
• SF was careless with a perp, and he was just about explaining that, when DRAMATIC!ASS!TANG YI picks up a pen from his fucking pocket, opens it, and then LITERALLY USES IT TO SCRATCH HARD DOWN his own arm, the exact spot that SF got hurt (Note: Pls DO NOT IMITATE. DANGEROUS, ALSO A BIT DUMB, LIKE NO. GUYS THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR)
• SF: “What are you doing?!” and grabs TY and I think he’s bleeding, and SF panics and is about to call Dr Jiang back but TY stops him and SF is all: “What the fuck, let me go, let me call Dr Jiang-”
• TY kisses SF to calm him down, and when SF really does calm down, SF still grabs tissues to pat all over the wound 
• TY: “Meng Shao Fei, since you’re not protecting yourself well and you keep making me worry, then every time you get hurt, I will hurt myself at the same spot. If you don’t want me to hurt myself, then please take more care of yourself. Because now your body is not yours alone, it’s like it’s my body too, and we belong to each other.” (Note: Once again, idk in which fucking situation this is permissible, safe and consensual guys, and communication, PLEASE DO NOT IMITATE FOR FUN)
• SF apologises profusely to TY and then they HUG EACH OTHER TIGHTLY FARKKKKK 
• TY: “We’re finally together after so much hardship, I really don’t want to lose you.”
• SF: “I know…”
• TY: “So tonight, forget about sleeping.” (Note: !!!!!?!!!?!???!!)
• And then TY leaves SF there to go back to his meeting but not without kissing SF on the forehead, and then outside Dr Jiang is waiting, and he comments: “You’re so sly”
• TY to Dr Jiang: “It takes one to know one. At least I didn’t try to win him over like you did, making Xiao Shu Gong pity you and con him over to be with you” !!!!! (HAPPY FOR DR JIANG!)
• Dr Jiang: “TY, are you happy now?”
• TY: “Very.”
• Dr Jiang: “That’s good”
• And then the last page I got was Jack standing at the roadside with Zhao Zi, keeping his phone after informing TY that SF was hurt - So they’re together, but idk why HAHAHAHA 

Hope you guys are less sad now and are happy?! OMG I ALMOST CRIED

I’ve just read through the digital novel with Google Translation Hahaha but this make more sense to me. Thank You :)

arodrwho:

super simple low-effort ao3 summary methods that are 1000% better and 1000% less annoying than just saying you suck at summaries:

• copypaste the first few lines of the fic. u already wrote ‘em. let ‘em be their own damn hook
• if ur feeling fancy & don’t mind showing ur hand a bit, copypaste the first few lines of the fic that u feel are esp. Important or Interesting - the ones where u first start getting into the real meat of things
• state the main tropes! theyre probably already in ur tags - just say them again - maybe as a full sentence if ur feelin fancy. or with a joke if ur feelin Extra fancy
• ask a question. pose a hypothetical. eg what happens if u take [character] and put them in [situation]?
• make an equation. [character] + [thing] = [outcome]
• just write like a one-sentence summary of what the fuck is going down. just one (1) sentence. doesnt matter if it doesn’t cover every important aspect. or if it sounds bland. any summary sentence is gonna be miles better than “idk i suck at summaries”
• just…explain the fic like u would to a friend? it doesnt have to be a polished back of the book blurb. it can just be “[pairing] coffee shop au, but like, still with murder, and also i made everyone trans. enjoy”
• just stick a meme in there
• honestly who cares
• just put literally anything but a self deprecating comment in there & ur golden

Sounds silly doesn’t it? ‘Of course I understand my book’, I hear you say, I would have said the same before. You might be right, but here is a very simple exercise/test to ensure that you do:

One line summaries. 

Previously, these words invoked a feeling of dread in my soul but they don’t need to! It all changed once I started to follow this easy structure:

While struggling with their everyday life, Character finds the catalyst; BUT when the stakes rise they must learn the theme before the consequences ruin their life. 

Let’s take The Hunger Games for example: 

With her family on the brink of starvation, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen must leave them and take her sister’s place in the Hunger Games, an annual event where 24 teenagers fight to the death until only one survives; But when she is hunted by a pack of elite, highly trained tributes, she must learn who she can trust and form an alliancebefore they kill her and her family are left to rot.

Well damn, that sounds dramatic and enticing, but it also lays out our characters life, wants and challenges all in a single (albeit rather long) sentence. 

After writing my one line summary, I began to understand my plot in a much clearer light. I understand my theme, my focus and it allows me to ground my plot as I edit my manuscript. I only wish I’d known to do it before!

Whatever stage your at—drafting, editing, querying—I highly recommend you give this a try. Feel free to drop a one sentence summary of your WIP below as getting feedback is always really helpful! I’m there much could be done to improve the one line summary I’ve given above, so feel free to improve on that too. 

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What word would you use that best describes 2021 and sum it all up?

BSD Chapter 101

We finally got a new chapter name! “Drifting Underwater”

Things went really fast in this chapter and a lot of new information has just been thrown in I need some time to process it but Dazai is so consistently crazy and messed up and in-character and somehow it makes me feel good XD

Note that neither English nor Japanese is my mother tongue so I do make mistakes here and there. Please let me know if there is anything you want me to correct.

SPOILERS AHEAD

• Sigma asks Dazai what he is going to do against such a strong opponent like Chuuya, and Dazai tells him its is okay because he has been thinking about ways to kill Chuuya everyday over the last seven years, and also he is getting help from “angel”. Sigma understands that he is talking about his help from outside, to which Dazai says Sigma is pretty sharp for a three-year old.
• Dazai then explains to Sigma how he uses his heartbeat to communicate with Ango. Sigma tells him that he is a liar and it is just a part of the truth, because if that’s the case, it is just one-way communication. Dazai then asks Sigma to guess what he uses, and that if he guesses it right, it means he is better than Fyodor. Sigma then starts to think about very seriously and Dazai thinks to himself how honest Sigma is and that he is just like Atsushi.
• Sigma suddenly remembers the situation they are in and reminds Dazai that they have to break out of that prison before Fyodor. Dazai tells him that they don’t have to because he is going to kill Fyodor within the time of the game.
• Meanwhile, as Fyodor enters the passcode to open a door, the system shows an error and an alarms goes off, locking all the doors around him and Chuuya (even though he seems to have opened all the previously doors swiflty). Water starts pouring into the room. All the doors are built to deal with special skills so even Chuuya cannot destroy it easily, and once the operation starts it can not be cancelled.
• Dazai and Sigma finally reaches the central control room and Dazai just casually opens the door, which freaks Sigma out because he expects to see a bunch of prison guards inside that. But as the door opens, what Sigma sees is a bunch of bodies, and everyone has been brought down. He asks Dazai what he did because the door just opened now. and Dazai told him that he has “stopped the time”, which confused Sigma even more because that is not even Dazai’s ability. Dazai then goes on and explains that this prison gathers a lot of ability users, and one of them is the world’s most dangerous bandit. Her ability allows her to stop the time for everyone but herself, within a few kilometres around her. Ango has negotiated with her in exchange to reduce her sentence, and have her stop the time in the prison every morning, for an amount of time that Ango has decided beforehand.
• Sigma thinks that what Dazai says doesn’t make sense, because even if that prisoners stop the time, she cannot escape, and the people whose time were stopped wouldn’t even realize it. Then he realizes that Dazai has the nullification ability, which means when the time stops for everyone in the prison, he is the only one that can freely move around. And that is when he comes and knocks down the guards who cannot move because their times are stopped. He states that it is easier than knocking down a sleeping monkey. That is also the answer to Sigma’s question, the method Ango uses to communicate with Dazai. It’s the amount of time stopped everyday that was used as a signal for Dazai to decode. By doing that, there is noone but Dazai that can receive it.
• Dazai turns on the radio and talks to Fyodor inside the room. He asks if Fyodor is ready to die, and Fyodor replies that he cannot kill him. Dazai finds that it is interesting, because he knows Chuuya’s ability is useless against this. So there is only Fyodor’s ability left, which he assumed that cannot do anything about this situation either (that’s why he chose this trap). Fyodor doesn’t react to that, but he makes a very serious face.
• Dazai stays quiet for a moment and tells Chuuya that it is also time for them to part. And it is such a pity things become like that. He says that it has been 7 years since they met and even though they are fighting all the time, there were moments when they were connected at heart, for examples… (We were shown a bunch of skk flashbacks in the past here). Dazai pauses there and in the next page, smiles nonchalantly and says actually there was no such moment and watches Chuuya disappearing under the water.

The chapter ends here and at this point I am so convinced that we are going to know Fyodor’s ability in the next chapter and I cannot wait for it. Next chapter will come out on June 3, 2022.

Thanks for reading till the end.

BSD Chapter 100.5

“At the Airport Part 9”

Another short chapter this month but we finally get to know more about Kenji’s past!

Please note that I’m not a native speaker in either English nor Japanese so I may make some mistakes here and there. Just let me know if you spot any!

SPOILERS AHEAD

- Kenji suddenly gets stronger and throw the surprised Tecchou against a truck. He looks mad and keeps repeating “I have to save them” (TN: the object is not clearly stated in the original sentence. It could be him or her etc.) Even when Tecchou hits him on the face, the doesn’t even flinch.

- There is a flashback where Atsushi was talking to Kunikida about how all the scary guys seem to be very kind towards Kenji. Kunikida then told Atsushi that there is one unspoken rule in Yokohama “not to make Kenji angry”. Atsushi was surprised because Kenji is always very gentle. Kunikida then told him the story of a big flood that happened in a village in Northeast Japan. It was a biggest one in 50 years that they had to change the map of the area after that. However, the village itself was almost intact. Fukuzawa who went there to investigate, found out that the village were safe because right when the flood came, the mountain had somehow collapsed and changed the flow of the water. The foot of the mountain had completely disappeared as if it was chopped off by a giant. And the one who made it happen was a village boy, Kenji. He was the one who changed the shape of that mountain, with his bare hands. Later, Kenji said that he didn’t remember anything at that time, after seeing his childhood friend buried alive under the flood. Kunikida says that Kenji’s power is like the power of the angry, raging nature, and his gentle personality of him has been holding in in check. When the gentle Kenji is driven away by the anger and crisis, “that” will show up and erupt. And once he has erupted, noone will be able to stop him.

- Back to the present, Tecchou has been completely defeated by Kenji. He has a pillar falling on top of him and can’t run away. He tells Kenji to kill him, because he realizes that he should have pursued justice after all, and that Jouno himself would never tell him to let go of the mission to come to his rescue. He says that this is the outcome he’s got for misjudging his friend, misjudging justice and misjudging his opponent, and that he is no long qualified as a Hunting Dog.

- Kenji, instead, removes the debris on top of Tecchou and smiles at him, asking him to go look for Jouno together. Kenji says that when he thinks about it, he has no reason to get mad at Tecchou. He reaches his arm to Tecchou to help him get up, but ends up collapsing first. He smiles to Tecchou saying that he has overused his power and needs to rest a little bit. Tecchou is at his limit too, so they both collapse. Before losing consciousness, Tecchou says his name and asks for Kenji’s. After knowing Kenji’s name, Tecchou says that knowing that name is his big catch of the day.

The chapter ends here. It was so nice to see Tecchou and Kenji finally making up and I hope they can become good friends because both of them are very sincere and nice people.

Next chapter comes out on May 2, 2022.

Thank you for reading.

July: I had my first shot of Vax, Italy won Euro20, my best friend finally came to visit and in the end I left for my first vacation after months of regular work

I think we can call it a month

TCF Summary Arc by Arc (Part 2/8)

Every TCF story arc in a nutshell

Volume 2: chapters 100-199

Dragon Worshippers, Act 1
Cale: According to the novel all Elves are obsessive dragon simps, so let’s avoid-
Obante: Gasp! That aura! Sir, are you a dragon??
Cale: (Well f***)
Raon: Hello!
The Dark Elves: *simp mode activated*
Cale: (IGNORE)
*Cale mistaken as a dragon counter: 2*

Securing Allies
Cale:*at the Jungle, Roan, Breck and Whipper Kingdoms* You get an alliance, you get an alliance, you get an alliance, everybody gets an alliance!
Alberu: *headache mode activated* …You’re driving me nuts

Dragon Worshippers, Act 2
Cale: I need to visit this mountain to get the fire power, but there’s an Elf Village nearby, so let’s avoid-
Jeet: Gasp! That aura! Is that a dragon??
Cale: (Well f***)
Cale: Raon, spin in circles for a bit
Raon: (Spinning is so much fun!)
Jeet: (There’s no way such a dignified creature would be spinning. That red-haired dragon must be doing it for a distraction!)
Jeet:*simp mode activated*
Cale: (IGNORE)
*Cale mistaken as a dragon counter: 3*

Saving the Elf Village
Cale: *gets another power*
Cale: Great, I’ve got all the full power set I wanted. Now let’s just-
Pendrick: Would you mind saving our village?
Cale: (Well f***)
Arm: Haha, we’re going to poison all of you Elves with dead mana and steal your branch of the World Tree!
Cale: Oh look, free dead mana
Arm: Huh?! It’s those bastards in fake uniforms again!!
Cale:*blasts them with fire*
Also Cale: *coughs blood and faints*
Cale’s group: *turns murderous*
Arm: Wait, we didn’t even-
Cale’s group: *goes on a war path*
*Cale coughs blood and/or faints counter: 2*

Dragon Worshippers, Act 3
Cale: *wakes up in a flower garden Disney princess style*
Cale: Wait, it’s been 3 days? Why are you all still in the same outfits??
Cale’s group: *awkward*
The Elves: He’s got a dragon’s protection!
The Elves: *simp mode activated*
Cale: Oh look, free manual labor

Scamming Toonka, But Also With ✨Friendship✨
Cale: *discovers very important research in the Magic Tower*
Cale: How about I copy half of it and sell it back to Toonka for the price I bought the tower for?
Alberu: It wasn’t even YOUR money, you bastard. Sell it back for half the price and have them eternally grateful to you.
Cale: Sounds good. Choi Han, act
Choi Han: What. Is. This. How. Odd-
Cale: I am never letting you act again
Toonka: So generous!! My friend!!!
Cale: I am very generous, aren’t I
Toonka: *trust mode levels up*

Meeting Eruhaben
Pendrick: So there’s an ancient dragon who lives nearby
Cale: Hell n-
Raon: Yay! Another dragon!
Cale: …
Cale: (Well f***)
Raon: Hello! Nice to meet you!
Eruhaben: What is this?? A social dragon???
Raon: Yep! Wow, you’re loaded
Eruhaben: Of course I am. You might as well inherit it all since I’ll be dying soon anyway-
Raon: You’re my granpa now
Eruhaben: Wait what
Raon: You’re going to teach me?
Eruhaben: I guess…?
Raon: We’re all staying here for free by the way
Eruhaben: (…Why do I feel like I’m getting scammed??)
Cale: *proud* (I taught him well)

Meeting the Sun Twins
Cale: *randomly stumbles across Jack and Hannah*
Cale: (Well f***)
Jack: You must be from the Empire, here to silence us for our intricate knowledge of your shady deeds!!
Cale: *realizes he just got a goldmine of information and a trump card against the Empire on his hands*
Cale: There’s no reason not to adopt these children who are actually around my age

Becoming the Avatar
Eruhaben: By the way, you realize you’re supposed to blow up and die from multiple ancient powers, right?
Cale: Wait what
Eruhaben: If you want to live you have to gather all 5 attributes to balance out your plate
Cale: (Well f***)
Eruhaben: That’s close to impossible of course, but I wish you luck-
Cale: Found it
Eruhaben: Wait what
Cale: *gets the earth ancient power with a fully furnished villa as a bonus*
Cale: My water power’s an exhaustible resource, but I’m sure that won’t bite me in the a** later

Officiating the Alliance
Cale: *goes around helping, adopting and providing people with precious resources to makes themselves stronger*
Also Cale: It’s so nice to be a nobody
Alberu: Come with me to the alliance meeting. Just act like your usual self
Cale: (You mean sitting still and doing nothing? Perfect)
Everyone: Look! It’s Cale Henituse!! *simp mode activated*
Cale: (IGNORE)

Helping Toonka, Still With ✨Friendship✨
Toonka: *calling* Hi friend! We got a bit of trouble here, but don’t worry, we’ll be fine!
Cale: …
Cale: I’m coming over
Toonka: Wait, wha-?
Raon: You’re such a good person, human!
Cale: *brings in healers and potions when no one asked* (What nonsense is this child talking about?)
Toonka:*trust mode maxed out*
Cale: *disguises himself as an extremely holy-looking priest*
Also Cale: I’m sure this won’t bite me in the a** later

Adopting the Tiger Tribe
Gashan: Here he is, the man who is leading a new life
Ron: That shaman seems legit. He knows how the young master used to be trash
Witira: Young master used to be trash??
Mary: Impossible. He’s not trash
Choi Han: He only acted like trash
Cale: I’m still trash
Everyone: …
Gashan: Anyway, Nature told me you would give us a new place to live
Cale: No wa-
Gashan: We got bribes
Cale: -there’s no reason not to adopt more Beast People into my zoo- I mean Harris Village
Also Cale: *causes a natural disaster and destroys Arm’s fleet just because he can*

Field Trip to the Empire
Alberu: Go with me to “investigate” in the Empire
Cale: How about no
Alberu: You’ll have looting opportunities
Cale: Sign me the f*** up
Adin: *fake smiles*
Cale: (I despise this psycho to my core)
Rex: *shows up to blow up the imperial palace*
Cale: *saves the day with a holy-looking shield*
Everyone: HERO!!!
Cale: (Well f***)
Adin: Thank you so much, here’s a medal for your heroism
Cale: (I am going to DESTROY him)
*Cale coughs blood and/or faints counter: 3*
*2 Divine Items has been added to the Inventory*

Dragon Worshippers, Act 4
Cale: We’re going to see the World Tree
The Whales: Be warned, the Elves are a**holes
Cale: Great
The Whales: Huh?
Cale: Have you ever seen Elves next to a dragon?
The Whales: Uh, no? Why?
Raon: Hello!
The Elves: *simp mode activated*
The Whales: (WTF is this??)
Adite: *throws money at Cale*
Cale: Uh?
Adite: Please don’t set the World Tree on fire
Cale: *pockets the money* I mean, since you’ve asked

Meeting the World Tree
World Tree: Just so you know, the gods chop off my branches if I give too much exposition
Cale: Fair enough, so what can you tell me?
World Tree: There’s an a**hole with 3 ancient powers, you’re going to need the water power, and Raon’s mom is important to the plot
World Tree: *loses 3 branches*
Cale: …Was that really too much exposition?
World Tree: The gods are a**holes too, you know

Enter Clopeh
Cale: Let’s go to Paerun Kingdom
Cale’s group: Why?
Cale: For a festival
Cale’s group: Oh how nice-
Cale: Also to set a lake on fire
Cale’s group: Huh?
Cale: And to loot Arm again
Cale’s group: Ah.
Choi Han: Cale-nim, why do we keep using those knock-off uniforms?
Cale: To annoy them, obviously
Choi Han: Your intellect never ceases to amaze me
Clopeh: *sees priest Cale* Gasp! A divine sign! My legend is drawing near!!
Cale: (…why did I get chills all of a sudden?)
*Cale coughs blood and/or faints counter: 4*
*Dragon Crown (Key Item) has been added to the Inventory*

Messing Up Slave Traders
Cale: *acts like a drunkard*
Antonio: Humph, no way that guy is a REAL noble
Cale: *smashes some houses to reveal an illegal slave trade ring*
Cale: So your people were involved in this mess
Antonio: (…well s***)
Cale: Now I’m blackmailing you-
Antonio: (Oh f***!)
Cale: -to do your job properly. Just be on my side and protect the kingdom
Antonio: (So he IS a REAL noble!!)
Antonio:*admiration mode activated*
*Cale coughs blood and/or faints counter: 5*

Cale at the Auction
Plavin: How much for the Determination of Fire?
Cale: 30 billion
Plavin: You motherf***er. *pays*
Sun Church Bishop: How much for the Night’s Exultation?
Cale: 23 billion
Sun Church Bishop: You son of a b****. *pays*
Cale:*spoiling the kids rotten on a shopping spree* I’m rich now
The kids: …But you were already rich?
Hilsman: *touched*Look at our young master Silver Light, he’s so generous!!

Cale Gets a Promotion
Alberu: So the Wyvern Knight Brigade has been revived, huh
Cale: Make me in charge of everything
Alberu:*shrugs* Fair enough
Nobles: *at Cale* Who do you think you are?!
Cale: *shows them the badge* I’m the Commander, b****es.

The War Begins
Indomitable Alliance: We will start our glorious conquest with the Henituse Territory! *brings in the wyverns and the Bear Tribe*
Clopeh: I shall become a legend!
Cale: I’m about to end this man’s whole career.

End Volume 2.

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“TCF Summary Arc by Arc” Series: Index

Every TCF story arc in a nutshell (in 8 Parts)

• Volume 1: chapters 1-99
• Volume 2: chapters 100-199
• Volume 3: chapters 200-299
• Volume 4: chapters 300-399

TCF Summary Arc by Arc (Part 1/8)

Every TCF story arc in a nutshell

Volume 1: chapters 1-99

Transmigration
Cale: *randomly wakes up as a minor villain in a novel*
Cale: You mean I’m rich and I have reputation of being trash, with no responsibility or expectations??
Cale: PERFECT

Role Adjustment
Cale: (Being trash sure is great)
Cale: *is nice and polite to everyone*
Everyone: Young master smiled?? Young master gave a compliment?? Young master’s not breaking anything???
Cale: (Yep. No one suspects a thing)

Meeting the Protagonist
Cale: (Let’s change this character’s fate from the novel and avoid the plot altogether.)
Cale: Come with me, I’ll feed you. (So pls don’t beat me up)
Choi Han: *gratitude mode activated* I shall follow this man for the rest of my life
Cale: What
Choi Han: What

Establishing Power Base
Cale: Well if I want to survive I need a power-up of some kind
Cale: Depending on divine beings is a bad idea. Let’s just get an average-strength human power
Cale: *gets an extremely holy-looking shield power*
Cale: …
Cale: I’m sure this won’t bite me in the a** later

First Adoption
Kittens: *hungry and homeless*
Cale: Tsk.
Cale: *feeds them* (It’s to keep them quiet)
Cale: *gives them more food* (It’s not like I care)
Cale: *gives them medicine* (I don’t even like cats)
Cale: *takes them in* (They might be useful, I guess)
Cale:*spoils them* (Children are supposed to play and eat well)
Cale:*becomes a legit parent* (It’s not like this makes me a good person)

Starting the Journey
Deruth: So we thought we’d be sending Basen to the capital, but we’ll be sending you instead
Deruth: (My son has been in such a good mood lately, he might actually agree this time!)
Cale: (What is this?? I don’t want to go, that’s where the plot and danger happens!!)
Basen: *smol cute bro vibes* Big brother, it’s okay. I don’t mind if you go in my place
Cale: …
Cale: (Well f***)

Rescuing a Dragon
Cale: There you go, little dragon. Now go and live freely
Cale: (I have no intention of adopting THIS one. Way too much trouble)
Raon: *protective modeactivated* I shall follow this weak human everywhere, b-but it’s not like I like him or anything, b-baka!
Cale: (…so I got one more, huh)

Helping an Invalid
Cale: *collects another power which was Taylor’s in the novel*
Cale: Ok, I anonymously sent him enough info to change his storyline so he’ll survive this time. Let’s ignore him from n-
Taylor: Greetings!
Cale: (Well f***)
Cale: *helps him*
Taylor: *admiration mode activated*
Cale: (IGNORE)

Enter the Wolf Tribe
Cale: *chilling with the kids* Ah, slacker life is best-
Choi Han: *barges in* Cale-nim, we got plot on our hands!!
Cale: (Well f***)
Cale: *helps out Lock*
Lock: Thank you so much! Can you help my family, too?
Cale: I don’t want to.
Lock: Huh?
Cale: *adopts him and his siblings anyway*

Meeting the Crown Prince
Alberu: Young master Cale! A free spirit from such a noble family!
Cale: Your highness! The shining sun of our kingdom!
Alberu: …
Cale: …
Alberu: (…We both know we’re totally faking, right?)
Cale: (Right)
Alberu: (Let’s never meet again)
Cale: (Agreed)
*And so Began a Beautiful Friendship*

Plaza Terror Incident
Cale’s allies: Just sit back and relax. We’ll handle everything
Cale: I’m great at being still.
Cale: *saves the day with a holy-looking shield*
Everyone: HERO!!!
Cale: (Well f***)
Alberu: So you saved the day, what do you want as reward? Power? A medal?
Cale: Hell no. I take cash only
Alberu: Okay then…? *gives him a two-time use credit card to his personal bank account*
Alberu: (This is in no shape or form a bad idea. What could he possibly buy?)
Cale: *smirks* (You, sir, just made a big miscalculation)

Sea Encounters
Cale: *comes to the sea shore to pick up another power*
Cale: Well in the novel the Whales didn’t show up until like Volume 5, so I should be safe from the plot for no-
Toonka: Hi! My name is Bob.
Cale: (Well f***)
Paseton: *dying of poison* Save… me… please…
Cale: (WELL F***)
Cale: *helps both of them*
Cale: This much should be okay, right? (It’s not like I’m going to get involved any further…)

Field Trip to the Forest of Darkness
Witira: So I’m here to thank you for saving my brother
Cale: (I know that)
Witira: Who was there because we’re fighting the mermairds
Cale: (I know that too)
Witira: Who are using your territory’s resources to make themselves stronger
Cale: *spit-take*WHAT
Cale: *gets further involved*
Also Cale: Well, heeeello new power-up! *gets a bonus scamming power*

Unexpected Results
Cale: *suddenly realizes he’s got 2 Cats, a Dragon, 11 Wolf children, the protagonist, and a bunch of big shot alliances on his hands*
Cale: HOW did this even HAPPEN???

Buying the Magic Tower
Cale: Why am I buying a worthless wreck of a building for 10 billions? Boasting rights, obviously
Toonka: I 100% believe you! You’re such a good friend!
Cale: *loots the secret floor filled with riches and steals himself an architect*
Cale: Yes. I’m a very good friend, aren’t I
Toonka: *trust mode activated*
Cale: (IGNORE)

Returning from the Path of No Return
Litana: The legend said there was a dragon here who randomly shows up to grant people’s wishes. But I guess-
Cale:*randomly shows up* Hello, I’m here to save your Jungle from the fire
Litana: …
Litana: So the legend WAS true!
Cale: …Huh?

A Dragon’s Revenge
Everyone and their mother: Young master Cale is such a good, pure person!
Cale: *rents a torture dungeon*
Odeus: *terrified* (LIES! ALL LIES! THIS MAN IS NOT PURE OR INNOCENT AT ALL)
Cale: *helps his son overcome his trauma by getting back at his abuser*
Cale: So you see, this is why I’m absolutely not a good person
Cale’s group: (LIES.)

Getting to Know the Crown Prince Better
Cale: So anyway, I’ve figured out that you’re part Dark Elf. Here’s some dead mana from a motherf***ing dragon.
Alberu: …
Cale: What?
Alberu: Are you gonna blackmail me, or…?
Cale: Keep serving me as a bank account and that’ll do it, I think
Alberu: You sly bastard
Cale: Why thank you
Alberu: Get out of my office
Cale: With pleasure
Alberu: *reluctant trust mode activated*

Hit and Run, Cale-style
Cale: So now that’s over, I’m going to rest for a bi-
Ron: *shows up poisoned with his arm cut off*
Cale: …
Cale: Welp. Time to blow up an island, I guess
Cale: *goes on a war path*
Cale’s group: …
Cale: (My poor life. Why am I constantly surrounded by such crazy, vicious individuals?)

Running an Errand
Cale: *staring blankly into space*
The children: Is he okay?? Is he bored?? Is he sick??
Cale: (Ahhh, slacker life sure is best-)
Alberu: *calling* Are you free right now?
Cale: No
Alberu: Great! Anyway, go pick up something from the Dark Elves for me
Cale: No thank you
Alberu: If you won’t help me there’s a high chance I’m going to be exposed and die.
Cale: …
Cale: (Well f***)

Recruiting a Necromancer
Everybody: Necromancers are evil, dangerous beings. All fear their dark cursed powers
Cale: *looks at Mary*
Cale: There’s no reason not to adopt this child who is actually older than me.

End Volume 1.

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