Hey! I don't typically talk openly about Patreon posts on here, just because I don't want to go around and repost things that we pay to see (since this is supplemental income for quimchee and I do want everyone who has the means and is interested to support her if possible) but I give some thoughts here that won't fully hinge on giving away an image to understand (and unfortunately those who aren't patrons, you'll probably want to skip this post as a result).
I have never been on board with the Aeri = Shinhye theme because it just didn't pan out in my opinion, but I understand why it was so tightly held on to! But in my opinion, the biggest hurdle was that NO idol has the time Shinhye does to stalk Shinae and follow her around the way she does - especially because Sumin was making digs at Alyssa missing dance practice. But the other thing was that I cannot buy that any amount of make up would make Shinhye look so different from Shinae that NOL wouldn't see Shinae in her. Nol, who was missing his friends so much he went and got himself white girl wasted and admitted that he'd much rather be there with them than here. Nol, who checked his spam messages KNOWING what he'd find in there. You're gonna tell me Nol looked at anyone who looks REMOTELY like Shinae and didn't see her in her? I don't buy it, that one is way too big of a stretch for me. Dieter recognized her. Minhyuk even struggled in his encounter with her because of how much she reminded him of Shinae.
So why hide her face from us? Why play up her identity? Honestly? idk LMAO but I do feel like.... it's possible MAAAYYBEEEEE that one of the members is Amy, the girl that Shinae stood up for in middle school when she was being bullied.
Quimchee's art style tends to change a lot, but something we can count on is how she draws eyes and eyelid folds. It's part of how she manages to show family resemblance in characters and how she doesn't fall into same-face syndrome; their eyes can define them.
What's harder for me to tell is if she's Aeri or if she's the third member whose face we've seen. There's also the girl we saw at the end of 110 - I've always assumed she's another member. I think just because we ARE playing with different styles through the eras, I'd want to see them all properly. The girl who reminds me of Amy in the patreon post has the similar eyelids, but when they're all in the back room at the Christmas party, I'm not sure - it might just be the angles.
It might not be her at all!
And yes, there's also the speculation that one girl resembles Yujing in her expression and overall body language, she just has some kind of Yujing attitude to her, doesn't she?
I'm really, really interested to see more about her groupmates but I wonder if they'll actually be revealed more any time soon. If only quimchee had a little more free time and could make them their own kpop profiles like we have for real groups lmao but alas I think quimchee is definitely hiding some secrets, otherwise why was Aeri's face withheld all this time until now?! Would Amy being one of the members be big enough to hide? I don't particularly think so, but I couldn't help but feel her face reminded me so much of the girl on the album cover. The fact that Amy was actually given a name always makes me wonder where she'll pop back up. This feels like.... a curious place which is why I'm not 100% sold on it, but I WILL stay seated on this theory until further notice lol
Spamton cosplay. Attended a con with my pals @mushymushrom (Gaster on the left), another friend (Gaster on the right) and @disco-captain (Harry Du Bois) ((W1TH MY GL4SSES 0N)).
Random super cool Abyss Mage who chilled next to me for a long time. They were very sweet. Deltarune x Genshin Impact x Disco Elysium collaboration CAN0N??1?!
Me and @mushymushrom playing vidya gmes
BONUS
First variant of the cosplay. Before the one you saw up there, I attended another con as Spamt with @mushymushrom as Gaster, and one of my eyes decided that it’s the right time for a vacation right during the fun part. I remade the eyes after that, as you can see on the previous pics.
BONUS x2
A little something of second Gaster and @disco-captain separately and me with @mushymushrom walking and being completely normal
Like in general or if I have any specific expectations?
I'm really looking forward to the time skip, to be honest, because I think we'll get to really dig down deep into the story through some themes that we can't really get into yet but we are starting to see are present (the rampant sexual assault from the Kims, Yui drugging people, what exactly happened to Nessa [was it staged or murder], what happened to Nol while he was institutionalized. I'm also really, really excited to see where all of our characters and key players will stand at that time. A lot can change in 2-4 years (I can't remember how far the timeskip is meant to jump, 3 to 4? Maybe?)
I want to see what route did Shinae take, what she's doing with her life. I want to see if Nol got the hell out of there and if so, what brings him back? Something I used to anticipate about the timeskip is that we'd see all three main characters going off in different directions - Nol aboard, Kousuke in Japan, Shinae perhaps going to school - and that the story reconvenes when all three come back into the story together. That's the thing, right? There needs to be a catalyst that makes the story pick up again.
A theory my friend introduced to me that I've been throwing around is that Yujing is working on two different stories - the one about Nol using his interview as she promised Rand, the other that she told Manli about that will take a few years to pull together. I think the latter story will happen during the timeskip, and I REALLY look forward to seeing the ripple effect of it!
But also I want to see where everyone is!!!! What is Shinae studying, what does she want to do, is she ready to play this game, how is her father, what are the ramifications of Yui finally crossing his path? What about Nol? What's he doing is he in a better place? Has anyone gotten themselves into therapy?! I worry about where Kousuke is gonna go, just based on some cryptic things quimchee has said on patreon as well, in general, what he's facing right now. Are we going to learn this early about Yui drugging Kousuke? How will he handle that? Can he deal with the cognitive dissonance, about everything he believes because of her? What can be believe? Who can he trust? Does he have to carry on and pretend like things are normal? Where will Alyssa be? Will she still be in GL4SS? As a mirror to Kousuke will she, too, be struggling to cope with something, will she also be so far from true happiness?
At this stage, though, I can't speculate TOO much on the timeskip or even start to talk about what I want to see because I have NO IDEA where we're going lmao Will Nol and Shinae resolve their problems? Do I have to deal with no closure? What's going to happen with Simhan? There's so many things I can only guess about at this point lol
PLUS we still have the MINI timeskip that gets us to graduation (WILL MINHYUK BE ABLE TO ATTEND SHINAE'S GRADUATION?) and Shinae's birthday. AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH so much to cover so much story to devour I'm SO excited for everything. I wish quimchee could just beam the remaining story in my head because I get soooo hungry for it lmao there's so much I want to know and see I'm dying to see what our driving plot turns into in the future AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
But if you have more concrete thoughts that you want to ask about please feel free to let me know!
Also thank you so much! <3 It means a lot to me that not only do people read all of my dumb thoughts but that they take the time to tell me how much they enjoy them! I appreciate it more than I can ever really convey ;~; <3
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2. pr3f3r liquids ovr anythng else.
3. dr1nk 1O gl4sses (200ml) of w4ter 3very d@y; th@ts 2L a d4y.
4. st4y away from 0c 3nergy drinks; there are many that are 20c/100ml, they wont make your cravings worse, and 0c versions often will. but its all w1llpower!
5. dont do h4rd w0rkouts - do l1ght 3xercise like walk1ng sl0wly (l3isurly)
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