If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal

I'm coming into this discussion cold, without having followed the material covered in other threads or posts.

@entangled_cat I'm struggling to understand the words you use, since I don't know how they are defined in your own understanding and usage. In particular, what are the boundaries of materialism? And what are the boundaries of the paranormal? In your own understanding and the way you intend us to understand you, I mean. And what about consciousness, where does that fit in? Is consciousness paranormal?

In general though, the impression I've got from skimming quickly through some of your posts is that you may be a little bit light on data - that is there may be areas of research and study which are unfamiliar to you in whole or in part. That's not a criticism, just a matter of where and how your life has led you so far, and what your interests and experiences have been. That will be different for all of us of course, so we all have areas which are familiar and other areas which are less so.