like idk. i think it's funny how shen yuan's defining characteristic is deeply loving the fearsome and calamitous. and i think he wouldn't be able to do field study for reasons relating to his disability and health (not well enough to finish his doctorate, not well enough to travel for fieldwork).

he's extremely well read on the emergency reports and sciences, though, and does a lot of public debunking of shoddy journalism.

ie; he's a huge bitch about monsters online