Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Chapter 59.5: Halloween Special (Masquerade)

Release date: February 14th, 2009

Word count: 8,462 words 

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Thoughts: I read this chapter on October 31st so this Halloween special couldn't have be timed better. Wish-chan first mentioned wanting to write this chapter four months and a half before posting it in her author's note from Chapter 59.

Kai asked Meilin to dress up like a bunny for him on Halloween. It's hilarious that he gets his wish exactly five months later on March 31st at Sakura's birthday party.

Chronologically speaking this is the first time we discover that Leiyun is an otaku.

The fact that Kai dressed up like the Kaitou Magician was hilarious. Meilin's phoenix costume sounds gorgeous and lucky for us Selenity drew a fanart of it.

While I remember Syaoran dressing up as the Kaitou Magician, I forgot that Kai lent him his own costume.

I also forgot that Eriol visited Tomoyo while she was sick. No wonder she fell for him.

The scene where Syaoran and Sakura were waltzing with each other waa absolutely gorgeous. As someone who met her husband through dancing, I can totally relate with Wish-chan's descriptions.

Wish-chan's fanart of Syaoran and Sakura at the ball marks the trend of Wish-chan drawing Syaoran in somber suits while Sakura is wearing the most gorgeous dresses. I remember her making a comment about that!

Speaking about my husband, this is the chapter that came out one week after I met him. A year and a half later, we got married. This is around the time I drifted away from the New Trials fandom. As the FanFiction.Net uploader, I couldn't figure out how to place chapter further back to respect chronological order without replacing it with Chapter 60's placeholder and deleting precious reviews. I took a step back and when I was ready to embrace the fic again, I was so shy to re-submerge out of nowhere. But I wrote to Wish-chan and she was thrilled to hear from me. I've been an active member ever since and my break even rejuvenated me to be involved with even bigger projects such as my fansite and my blog while still having tons of fun.

Fanart spotlight: This is the first time I'm featuring MuzikChic. I found her through a FF review where she wrote that she would like to draw certain scenes. I reached out to her and she ended up drawing a number of NT fanarts. She did such a fantastic job at recreating Sakura's costume in 'Can I Take Off Your Mask?' and her tears are heart wrenching. She really captured Sakura's agony.

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