That's an angle I never really thought of. Chris could be used to either launder money or covertly fulfill online orders for molly, shrooms or weed or whatever he's selling. If Caden had half a brain, he probably wouldn't tell Chris any of it, because I doubt Chris would keep his mouth shut. I could see Chris bragging that he sold drugs if he thinks it'll get him china.
Exactly, it makes no sense for Caden to play IRL Sims with Chris in this manner - buy him a house, a car, all sorts of toys, manage his personal finances, etc. - for no reason other than simply selling sonichu merch that has an extremely limited market to begin with. If it was just the merch alone, Caden could easily just arrange things to make it himself and completely cut Chris out since Sonichu itself isn't a trademarked IP (and even if it was, Chris wouldn't be in a position to sue over it - he's only got his head above water right now
because of Caden).
Not to mention the fuck-off amount of cameras we know got mounted on the Big Island house. It's fucking
Chris, in the middle of goddamn nowhere, on a road leading to a paper mill or something. That's only a number of cameras I would expect on a AirBnB leasing house...or something that's got something far more valuable than a 40 year old moron living in it. It's also a pretty big house, far more space than even Chris and the Toy Horde 3.0 needs, and we have no information regarding if Chris even is allowed in every room in the house and if anybody else comes and goes from there.
Plus, we already
know Caden has his fingers in being a small time drug producer from his rap sheet and previous arrest. And the amount of money calculated from the Etsy page makes a lot more sense if it's a front for laundering drug money that's masked by actual legit sales to idiots buying gravel from 14BC's driveway (
allegedly). With Chris
potentially being set up as a fall guy if the operation is found out since who else is so tightly associated with Sonichu?
It's why Flutter is such an interesting facet of all this, because how she fits into the puzzle is still unclear. She showed up roughly around the same time that all this shit Caden had arranged came into play, and what little we've seen of her movements doesn't have a discernable motive or pattern as of yet. That she is tied to Praetor is certain in my mind, however, because she appeared at the same time Caden played guardian angel and gave Chris an out to being a homeless fuck on the street.