History Fridge / Touhou

** Actually in ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' there are no day and night stages due to the weather system. When either (or both) players choose Remilia, the match is played on one of the two indoor stages - Patchouli's Library or Scarlet Devil Mansion Foyer, with BGM for chosen stage playing. Strangely, Remilia can't fight on Iku's stage, even though it's dark and there's little to no sunlight there. The situation gets even weirder in ''Hisoutensoku'', where Remi can play on yet another stage without parasol card. Illogically, it's not Yuyuko's garden (a night stage in ''Hisoutensoku'' due to some bullets being hard to see with snow in the background). No, it's another indoor stage...a nuclear fusion reactor core! What?

** Actually in ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' there are no day and night stages due to the weather system. When either (or both) players choose Remilia, the match is played on one of the two indoor stages - Patchouli's Library or Scarlet Devil Mansion Foyer, with BGM for chosen stage playing. Strangely, Remilia can't fight on Iku's stage, even though it's dark and there's little to no sunlight there. The situation gets even weirder in ''Hisoutensoku'', where Remi can play on yet another stage without parasol card. Illogically, it's not Yuyuko's garden (a night stage now due to some bullets being hard to see with snow in the background). No, it's another indoor stage...a nuclear fusion reactor core! What?

** Actually in ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' there are no day and night stages due to the weather system. When either (or both) players choose Remilia, the match is played on one of the two indoor stages - Patchouli's Library or Scarlet Devil Mansion Foyer, with BGM for chosen stage playing. Strangely, Remilia can't fight on Iku's stage, even though it's dark and there's little to no sunlight there. The situation gets even weirder in ''Hisoutensoku'', where Remi can play on another stage without parasol card. Illogically, it's not Yuyuko's garden (a night stage now due to some bullets being hard to see with snow in the background). No, it's another indoor stage...a nuclear fusion reactor core! What?

* The title of the extra stage theme from Imperishable Night is "Extend Ash ~ Hourai Victim". The first part can seem a bit nonsensical, at least until you think about it. What word flashes over the screen when you get an extra life? ''Extend''. And phoenixes gain life from their ''ashes''.

** If true, this would make Kaguya the biggest jerkass in the setting.

* People who learn new languages often do so by learning stories in the new language. So that's why Parsee, a Persian, uses spell cards based on Japanese fairy tales. -@/{{Yuihime}}
** More on Parsee. The story of the bridge princess youkai says that she was once a human housewife who became a jealous monster to take revenge on her cheating husband. Consider that Parsee is Persian, but has a Japanese surname, and her backstory practically writes itself: married to a local noble who wasn't thrilled with his foreign bride, cheated on, and then condemned to Hell after she became a monster.
** Even the PointyEars can be FridgeBrilliance: Parsee is jealous of the more inhuman youkai who look cooler than she does, and thus tries to look more inhuman herself.
* Satori not being very good at fighting makes perfect sense because of her mind-reading power; she'd sense the pain her enemies were in when she hit them. -@/{{Yuihime}}

* FridgeBrilliance:
** Day stages won't work in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'' if someone is playing as Remilia. Think about that for a second. [[spoiler:[[CaptainObvious She's a vampire]]]].
** Nue Houjuu's Theme [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMXaJvxGAxo Heian Alien]] almost sounds like Flandre Scarlet's Theme [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyC5eWJhCr8&feature=related U.N Owen]]. I didn't really understand why it almost sounds like Flandre's, than it hit me - she's a Nue, that's what she want you to hear. It's an Illusion of Flandre, just like Nue makes the heroines ''think'' those flying objects are shaped like flying plate styled [=UFOs.=] Even the Extra Stage theme [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUDqOIBY9FA UFO Romance in the Night Sky]] can be an Illusion too. -@/PMiller1
** When I think about it deeply, Suwako's childishness in both behavior and appearance as according to fanwork portrayals nets some serious FridgeBrilliance points. She no longer has a kingdom to look after, and Kanako's taken over the shrine. As gods are capable of at least partial control over their appearance, and it's probably likely that reducing your physical form to that of a child saves on divine power, she chooses to downsize her body. Furthermore, as she was content to fade away as according to her profile, she probably let herself go in terms of seriousness and responsibilities, so she becomes more childish as a result. Chances are that if she feels the need to get serious, she'll suddenly stop goofing around childishly and bring out her full divine might. -@/AceOfScarabs
** Another piece of delicious Fridge Brilliance I have concerns [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Flandre]] [[TykeBomb Scarlet]]. Comparing various pieces of canonical information on her, I have understood why she willing stays at home in the SDM. Basically, Flandre is able to understand that she may lose control over her temper or passions and end up destroying things she actually cares for, so she's willing to stay somewhere safe where things won't upset her easily. This is remarkable maturity for an unstable little vampire girl, which shows that she may yet become more stable! -@/AceOfScarabs
*** On another tangent, there's a pretty good reason why Flandre and Koishi are often partnered in fanart - Koishi's power is manipulating the subconscious, which is why she can minimize Flandre's urges to destroy. ~ @/{{Nitramy}}
** ZUN's observation that Sakuya Izayoi must be able to control space as well as time makes perfect sense, [[DidNotDoTheResearch even if his reasoning is highly suspect]]. Since her main power is freezing time, she'd have to be able to control space to do little things like [[RequiredSecondaryPowers move and breathe]] when time is stopped and everything else, including the air around her, is frozen in place. This also justifies her [[KnifeNut knife-filled]] {{Hammerspace}}.
** In ''Silent Sinner in Blue'', Reimu provides an exposition that explains that Shinto gods are able to infinitely split their spirits, but in the cases of Suwako and Kanako - gods who still retain their earthly bodies - the spirit can split while the original body stays the same. Fast forward to 12.3, in which Sanae can call upon Suwako as an assist against ''Suwako herself'', and suddenly what would normally be FridgeLogic makes ''perfect sense.''
** People who learn new languages often do so by learning stories in the new language. So that's why Parsee, a Persian, uses spell cards based on Japanese fairy tales. -@/{{Yuihime}}
*** More on Parsee. The story of the bridge princess youkai says that she was once a human housewife who became a jealous monster to take revenge on her cheating husband. Consider that Parsee is Persian, but has a Japanese surname, and her backstory practically writes itself: married to a local noble who wasn't thrilled with his foreign bride, cheated on, and then condemned to Hell after she became a monster.
*** Even the PointyEars can be FridgeBrilliance: Parsee is jealous of the more inhuman youkai who look cooler than she does, and thus tries to look more inhuman herself.
** Satori not being very good at fighting makes perfect sense because of her mind-reading power; she'd sense the pain her enemies were in when she hit them. -@/{{Yuihime}}
** The name of the one-man team ZUN formed, Shanghai Alice, describes the nature of Gensokyo - It's a fantastic wonderland set in the far east.
* FridgeHorror:
** In Phantasmagoria of Flower View, each character has their own unique ability, such as Reimu's smaller hitbox and Tewi's autobomb when she can only take one more hit. [[LivingToys Medicine's]] is that she won't get hurt if she collides with a spirit. You later find out in her final stage that spirits who do not realise they've died are still trying to use her and possess her. They won't hurt her, because [[NightmareFuel they're trying to do]] [[DemonicPossession something a lot worse.]]

*** On another tangent, there's a pretty good reason why Flandre and Koishi are often partnered in fanart - Koishi's power is manipulating the subconscious, which is why she can minimize Flandre's urges to destroy. ~ @/Nitramy

** The name of the one-man team ZUN formed, Shanghai Alice, describes the nature of Gensokyo - It's a fantastic wonderland set in the far east.

*** More on Parsee. The story of the bridge princess youkai says that she was once a human housewife who became a monster out of jealousy at her husband's infidelity. Consider that Parsee is Persian, but has a Japanese surname, and her story practically writes itself: married to a local noble who wasn't thrilled with his foreign bride, cheated on, and then condemned to Hell after she became a monster.

** People who learn new languages often do so by learning stories in the new language. So that's why Parsee, a Persian, uses spell cards based on Japanese fairy tales.

** Day stages won't work in Immaterial and Missing Power if someone is playing as Remilia. Think about that for a second. [[spoiler:[[CaptainObvious She's a vampire]]]].

** Day stages won't work in Immaterial and Missing Power if someone is playing as Remilia. Think about that for a second.[[spoiler:[[CaptainObvious She's a vampire]]]].

** Day stages won't work in Immaterial and Missing Power if someone is playing as Remilia. [[ItBurns Think about]] [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere that for]] [[WeakenedByTheLight a second]].

** Day stages won't work in Immaterial and Missing Power if someone is playing as Remilia. Think about that for a second.

** People who learn new languages often do so by learning stories in the new language. So that's why Parsee, a Persian, uses spellcards based on Japanese fairy tales.