Modelling versus observations phase I. The rows are as follows: early reconnection phase in the ARMS simulation (first and second row), QSL calculations (third row), and in observations (last row). The first row is the field line view from the side, and the second and third rows have the same orientation as the observations. The swirled-anemone shape in the simulation is shown in panel b around the MHD PIL explained in the QSL map in panel g. The similar shape in observation is shown in the SST Hα line core observations (panel d) around the HMI PIL overplotted in AIA 171 Å (panel h).