Haunted 1-51
Now the problem with introducing Bernard when we did is that we’ve bypassed the part of early CT where everyone and I mean everyone ships Yuan with Mike, then Bernard is introduced and the whole audience, including the author, loses their collective shit.
Anyone who’s read even a couple words of CT knows how much I like to breed dissent and confusion, and so my goal in at Haunted—at least in chapters 6 and 8—is to get people shipping him with Mike again. And they are dating in an alternate universe, because whenever I get up to freshen my tea, Yuan jumps into action and starts trying to get into the pants of someone new. (He knows.)
Claudia! I miss her so much. I think about her often when I’m in the garden. Plus I don’t think I can ship Mike with anyone except himself anymore.
I can get behind Mike + AU Mike. Still a toxic relationship but at least they have the same top priority.
i know, i know, i should be focusing on mike and yuan and their history (oh, and claudia’s here!) but gosh darn if miles isn’t so precious, sitting at his desk, knitting away. I just want to fold him up and carry him around in my little pocket!
Oh, preach! Miles needs some love here for his granny shawl or idk what that is.
What’s Miles knitting??
You’re right; this is how Claudia’s want to be drawn. Her yellow cable-knit sweater is everything.
I have to admit it took me a sec to rewind my brain and remind myself that all of this is occurring wayyyyyy way before Sunshine and Laughter, because when I saw Yuan uncomfortable and sad upon hearing it’s Mike (yes! use of in-game emotion colors), I was thinking of the S&L Situation. It just made such an impact, you know? Well, wipe that, because Yuan is upset for another reason.
You can’t tell me what to do! I’m not gonna ship him with Mike!!!
At least he’s not having an undooooooo pity-party in his drama cave anymore.
Looked again and noticed the squiggly phone cords. Appreciate!! ➿➿➿➿➿➿➿➿➿
(Also, typo: Claudia’s -> Claudia’d)
Stealing “The S&L Situation.” And lol, it looks like I’m going to rely on people who only read the comic to keep Yike alive. That’s gonna be crunchy.
I am absolutely losing it over that ship name. YIKE.
Mike could have given his last name, or the very least say that he knows Xi….I’ve dealt with enough Mikes to know his type. Le sigh.
Wish I could say otherwise, but yeah, you have Mike figured out. That’s Mike. But being an agent of chaos, I’m still going to try and make people like him in the flashback chapters.
May I ask, what do you consider an agent of chaos, and why, as the story’s author, do you chose to be one?
I do it to discourage black-and-white thinking and train my audience to recognize manipulation tactics, abuse, oppression, etc.
And maybe ‘chaos’ isn’t appropriate. Agent of hysteresis, maybe? Many conventional narratives fall flat for me because they focus on big, exciting issues, when really it’s the slow-changing stuff we have the most power over. My definition would be, deliberately inducing confusion so as to encourage the reader to hone their critical thinking skills? Yeah that’s close.
This makes sense. I was a bit worried by the agent of chaos term, b/c, although I love me a good unreliable narrator, I don’t have a sufficient supply of braincells for a unreliable author :p So thanks for the explanation 🙂