Chapter 956: Chapter 644: Twelve [15] Nora, Please Stop Acting From Now On

The next night at eight o’clock, episode four of "Twelve," titled "Demon Eyes," aired on time.

"Demon Eyes" tells the story of a "Blue Boy." The narrative is fantastical and unpredictable, triggered by the boy’s special precognitive abilities, leading to a series of amazing tales.

The quality of the script is beyond question.

In "Twelve," each episode’s script is meticulously crafted; they could each be an independent film, and the excellent scripts and team deliver a piece that can draw both critical acclaim and audience interest.

In "Demon Eyes," Annabelle Pinto plays the "Blue Boy’s" mother.

As an ordinary person, the mother fears the boy’s unusual abilities. Yet, her natural maternal love makes it impossible for her to leave him, creating a complex emotional character of a vivid mother. Annabelle’s performance is well executed, perfectly embodying this image.

Even Nora Scott, who had an opinion about Annabelle, had to acknowledge Annabelle’s acting after watching it.

Naturally—

Annabelle became the topic of the evening and showed faint signs of overshadowing the lead actor and actress.

[The scene where she smiled while dying to protect her son brought me to tears.]

[Watched it with my grandma; she praised this young lady’s acting. Annabelle Pinto, you’re the best.]

[With this acting... can I say it crushes Nora Scott?]

[Nora Scott: I choose social death.]

[I’m a Nora Scott fan. Whispering, Annabelle’s acting is really amazing. @ActorNoraScott, Heavenly Immortal Sister, promise me you’ll focus on variety shows and stop acting, okay?]

[Hahahahaha XSWL, Nora Scott’s fans must be collectively shutting down, right? Oh, I forgot, even Nora’s fans don’t approve much of her acting.]

...

Nora Scott browsed through Weibo.

After finishing "Reversing Life," Henry Chapman and Katherine Collins created a group called [Nora Scott’s Extraordinary Acting Performance] and added Nora to it. Because the group name was so cringe-worthy, Nora never spoke in it—until now, when she couldn’t resist and opened the group chat.

[Nora Scott]: How was Annabelle’s performance?

[Henry Chapman]: Good.

[Katherine Collins]: Perfect ten. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

[Nora Scott]: ?

[Katherine Collins]: On a scale of ten.

"..."

Nora Scott rubbed her cheek, feeling a slight toothache.

The next moment, another message popped up—

[Katherine Collins]: You got twelve.

[Henry Chapman]: You outperformed expectations.

Nora Scott: "..."

Somewhere along the way, these two, with their high standards for acting, became obsessed with showering her with rainbow-colored praises.

—If it weren’t for their notable reputations, not needing to use her, she would really believe they had ulterior motives.

However, the praise in the chat was not the end.

Soon after, Henry and Katherine turned to Weibo.

[Henry Chapman]: Pick Nora Scott. [Video - "Reversing Life Trailer"]

[Katherine Collins]: Nora’s performance this time was extraordinary. [Video - "Reversing Life" Scene Editing]

Nora Scott: ???

Netizens: ???

[Did Actor Chapman ruin his reputation to support his adopted sister?]

[What’s Katherine Collins up to?]

[...]

[Sob sob sob, Brother! Sister! Don’t touch Nora Scott, the acting disaster!]

...

Viewers can’t stand perfection in a person, so the more outstanding Nora Scott seemed, the more she got isolated. Many of them wished to see Nora fail miserably in "Reversing Life."

They were not easy to provoke.

Responding to Henry and Katherine were countless video edits by the netizens.

They stayed up all night, edited all of Nora’s scenes since her debut, recutting the awkward parts, even making parody videos, and then posted them on Weibo, tagging Nora, Henry, and Katherine...

The intention was to use the existing evidence to fiercely prove them wrong.

The next morning, Nora saw her past embarrassing moments circulating all over the internet, stirring some emotions inside.

Damn, is her acting really that bad?

Henry Chapman and Katherine Collins had similar thoughts, chatting about it in the group.

[Henry Chapman]: Eyesore.

[Katherine Collins]: Can somewhat understand the netizens’ sentiments now.

[Henry Chapman]: Hm.

[Katherine Collins]: Will Nora still act in the future?

[Henry Chapman]: Best not to.

Nora Scott: ???

Who was it that praised her yesterday?

Who was responsible for her being torn apart by the internet?

[Nora Scott]: I’m not fit for acting?

[Henry Chapman]: Hm.

[Katherine Collins]: ...But, you do look fine.

Nora silently left the group.

After breakfast, Pedro Langley noticed the ordeal Nora had gone through. Seeing Nora stimulated into picking up "Actor’s Self-cultivation" again, he couldn’t help but find it amusing and felt she was making a fuss over nothing.

Then he turned and saw the parody videos netizens made...

He walked over to Nora, heavily patting her shoulder, "Watch it properly."

Nora Scott: ?

"This time, the netizens are right," Pedro sincerely stated, "Just bear with it."

"..."

Nora kicked Pedro away.

*

And so, Nora was mocked by the entire internet for a day.

Annabelle Pinto didn’t even need to market herself; netizens spontaneously united to thoroughly embrace the idea of "unity being a fire," circulating Nora’s parody videos across various platforms.

Even the loyal fans who used to profess their unwavering devotion to Nora, after resisting, were brainwashed by these videos. They flooded Nora’s Weibo with messages urging her to focus on comics, variety shows, mechanical techniques... anything except acting or touching the bamboo flute again.

[I seriously doubt if it weren’t for her looks, Nora wouldn’t have debuted at all back then.]

[I always knew Nora’s acting was bad, but I didn’t expect it to be this bad... Heavenly Immortal Sister, let’s stop filming from now on, okay?]

[Previously, some were leading the narrative that Nora would drag down the entire "Reversing Life." I naively criticized that; now... I apologize for my youthful ignorance.]

[Hoping tonight at eight will never arrive. From now on, my beloved Heavenly Immortal Sister will become the unparalleled sinner of the television world. —Oh Lord, I don’t dare to face reality.]

...

Now, not only black fans and passersby, but even Nora’s loyal fans, had given up on her.

Until—

That evening at eight, "Reversing Life" aired.