Haunted 1-3
Here’s to another year of drowning my sorrows in what is possibly the strangest coping mechanism I’ve adopted to date! Happy holidays, everyone. I love each and every one of you.
May we all have the strength to make 2021 suck less in as many ways as we can.
Helicopter phobias… from up there, they seem like they could be a real thing!
Number of helicopters Xiyuan has waved to when getting out of the bath: probably nonzero
No! Nonzero is my phobia!
Cathy Tea: Alright, let’s check my stats. How many readers so far today?
WP stats: 17 views today!
Cathy Tea: No! That’s nonzero! NOOOOOO!
No. It’s 17!
Ah, no curtains. So he can wink at the window washer while he (Xiyuan) is taking a bath.
I think my favorite thing about this one is the angry text in the answering machine message bubbles. Those are some expressive scribbles!
He definitely has. You know he has.
Okay, here is where my brain is: Xiyuan was bringing such determined energy that I read the word “agent” and was like: yes, secret agent. OF COURSE. He’s gotta go upstairs for a fight/and or to retrieve a valuable object and thank goodness he isn’t afraid of heights because he’s about to…take…a bath?
Agent.
Real Estate Agent.
Duh, Ferosh.
Happy Holidays! May 2021 be dope for all of us (or approximately 15 – 20 percent less shitty).
Does 20% less shitty equate to 25% more dope?
Man, exciting stuff like secret agents is more BBD. Xiyuan’s just a normal dude with a tailcoat closet who casually buys art galleries in major cities and brings his violin to the bar.
And he’s married to a former ghost? Honestly, Xiyuan is living a life which I aspire to.
I think your math is solid on that one
Lol, I’m with Ferosh, I totally went to different kinds of agents, haha.
Xiyuan, this is when you write stuff on your mirror. The thing you said will work perfectly.
I mean, I’d love to have that view from my bathtub.
Oh man, another coincidence. Funny you should mention the mirror. For another of your comments, the GT2 one roasting Hector, I actually did come up with a better thing for the Shallot-Lius to be doing, but decided to save it for a real chapter. And it did involve… drawing… on the bathroom mirror. (You can imagine what dudes instinctively enjoy drawing, the level of detail the two artists are capable of conveying in a simple sketch, and WHY THIS WOULD BE A PROBLEM FOR ANYONE ELSE USING THEIR BATHROOM. And I’ve spoiled the joke.) It’s like a pile-up of three coincidences. Hahaha.
Would you wave at the helicopter pilots, though?
Dear goodness, I was a little concerned that he was gonna jump … to his afterlife with the “good thing I’m not afraid of heights,” comment, but I get it. It can be pretty unnerving to live far from the ground.
I like how he just walks off, no longer phased, and lets the stupid answering machine continue to play. Like fuck you, you’re not worth my time to press DELETE, Dad.
I wonder if he would take the same approach if his dad was there in-person spewing his opinions.
I mean… he STILL might jump to his death. Just… with less clothes on. I mean, I’m not gonna judge. As far up as he is there wouldn’t be much “indecency” intact that clothes matter.
Will there be a giant photo/painting of an aubergine to accompany the giant apple?
Okay, please take a bath, Xi.
Sorry I skipped over the bath :/
The “not afraid of heights” comment may or may not be related to the symbolism. Plus also, given what you now know about Yuan, some viewers may find eggplant art to be a bit on the nose. PUN NOT INTENDED.
Haha, yes, he has just hardcore stopped caring about the phone, too.
Something about Asian cultures, shoes indoors, and the lack of bare/porn feet…
I love how just, DONE he looks. Fun fact, my husband does not like heights and we only live on the 6th floor, but we have floor-to-ceiling windows and we’ve blocked them off with furniture so there’s no visible glass below hip height. I always find myself hanging up so many curtains in this particular apartment.
But if you have curtains, how can the helicopters see you in the bath?