Haunted 1-5
(Got kind of overwhelmed this week, so I’m dipping into my Haunted buffer instead of releasing a new chapter. Honestly, I should have split the last chapter into two parts.)
Me: That makes absolutely no sense.
Myself: No, there’s precedent. You’ve already set up that he likes his hands being covered. Look at the gloves. Look at the water sleeves.
Me: There’s no way a 32-year-old coastal elite, in the late nineties, would wear a turtleneck sweater with thumb holes.
Myself: Shut your ASSHOLE FACE I NEED THIS
Yes! He is the one named Sailor Liu. Except his “magical ‘girl'” transformation (nested scarequotes intentional) gives him a… turtleneck sweater with thumb holes. Are thumb hole sweaters even posh? If ‘Yuan’s wearing one, it’s posh.
His expressions in the first two panels are on point, which is funny, because the faceless Fengs in the last panel are super creepy.
And you knew within 24 hours the moment my brain was like “you NEED to put him in a navy turtleneck with thumb holes you NEED this” and refused to budge. PFFFT. These damn thumb holes are giving me enough energy to get through the whole first chapter.
He’s neither magical nor a girl, but he can still do the fwip.
Fwip! Oh, I recognize his neighbors immediately! Well done!
Fwip Even without faces!
Swooon! See, the problem with you exposing me to Xiyuan’s attractiveness in the last chapter is that I can’t unsee it now. But why would I want to, I guess. Also, the bit with his scarf floating thanks to the non-existant indoor breeze gives me mad Tuxedo Mask vibes.
Ah, his neighbours are the Fengs, that makes sense. I wonder if there’s a reason they are faceless – could mean a bunch of things, from just being “faceless” to him, since he just moved there and knows nothing about them, to portraying Victor’s ruthlessness in his politics career… or some such.
(I wonder if Victor has any involvement with the Sixam negotiations, but he’s probably not quite high enough in the ranks. Then again, those take place in the future, so who knows how much he’ll advance by then.)
Ahahaha, I’m just going to like all three of them.
Hah! Aileen’s choices making more sense to you now? A while back, Simister told me “God’s cruelest creations are fluffy animals who don’t want you to pet them,” which sums up a real problem for sim women in this universe. Speaking of the universe, I think it also gave us ‘pornounced’ to foreshadow this moment.
The indoor breeze is—rrrgh—there’s a bit of running symbolism throughout that I’ll hold off on for now, but the indoor breeze is surprisingly relevant to that!
Those are both reasons they’re faceless; the other two are that it makes them look creepier and I can drop details in a shot this far away (and am still trying to finesse things to make it look intentional). And not including Victor in the Sixam negotiations was a real missed opportunity. Where were you a week ago?! Darn.
Hahaha I almost forgot about pornounced, but it all finally makes sense now 😂
Gah, wordpress ate my comment, let me try again. I was gushing about having realised that Xiyuan is hot in the last chapter and what internal turmoil that sent me down because I can’t unsee it now – oh no, woe is me. Also scarf floating in the non-existent indoor breeze gives me mad Tuxedo Mask vibes.
And his neighbours are the Fengs, that makes sense based on the location. I wonder if they’re faceless for a reason – is it just because they’re faceless to him since he only just moved in, or is there something bigger, like a nod to Victor’s ruthless political career? I also wonder if he has anything to do with the Sixam negotiations, I checked, and he starts a save as a “representative” (nice and vague), which is probably a bit too small-time for that, but the negotiations are happening in the future, so who knows where he’s made it by then…
Ok, now I’m here twice, sorry – just get shot of one of these 😀
Ahh im loving the ‘Fwip’ part so much idk why. i really thought he was in DSV bt he’s in San M! Even better because I like his neighbors very much 🥰
Fwip It’s gotta be the thumb holes. The Fengs have an interesting relationship with Yuan.
LOL SAILOR LIU. Oh god, friggen perfection. I was here for the transformation, I mean look at those sleeves! Those gloves! The scarf! He is only in danger of being bested by his rivals, his true enemies: the neighbors who don’t know how to mind their own business. Oh gosh, is the next scene them inviting themselves over?
Fwip
Whew; it was a tough call. He needs the coat and scarf so he can flutter majestically in the wind, but they’re also blocking the full glory that is his THUMBHOLE SWEATER.
If that door were open, the Fengs would be in his house already.