The New Touhou Character Alternate Interpretation Compendium!

That could work too.

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Anyway, for Final Fantasy summons destroying stuff, look no further then IX. Spoilers, obviously.

Odin

Atomos

Bahamut

More Bahamut

Even more Bahamut

Alexander

Oh, how off topic this is.

Cirno. You cannot grasp the nature of her true awesome.

Heart of Stone

Yes I can. The awesomeness is clearly fairy shaped and ice related.

edited 12th Sep '11 12:41:25 PM by Otherarrow

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The most obvious solution to using these characters as summons despite making no sense is you meet them during the course of the game and use the plot to explain why they're helping you.

Greater Fairy of the Lake Daiyousei

Appearance:

Stage:
Lake Elf ~ Water Magus
bgm: Lunate Elf*

Spellcard Motif: Kunai

Write-up:
When a midboss character with no dialogue is introduced, with few hints as to their personality, the general trend is to interpret them as sweet and adorable girls who are best friends with the character whom they share a stage with. Daiyousei in particular, the unnamed bigger-than-normal fairy, is one of two midbosses from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil with no name or profile whatsoever, and so her fate was inevitable.

Even when ZUN himself declared that Daiyousei, like other fairies, is mischievous and none too smart, it was too late to make any sort of impact. Not just because fandom fills in moe wherever it sees a suitable gap. What really made the green-haired, unnamed fairy into an intelligent, shy and friendly being, was the fact that she shares a stage with Cirno. She has to be the perfect foil. That is her fate.

And in the end, there are worse fates to have, aren't there?

I hope you're enjoying your time playing with Cirno, Daiyousei, you unimaginatively-named, kind and intelligent deviation of fairykind.

Relations:

• Cirno (best friend according to fanon*
  ^{yes, actual fanon}
  )
• the other fairies of the lake (occasionally shown in a position of superiority to)

Alternate Character Interpretations:
A Pure Wind
-by Pulse

Daiyousei - The Biggest One
-by yarrunmace

edited 8th Oct '11 3:10:08 PM by Fawriel

Note that it's still Cirno's discussion! Daiyousei is just officially added as a subtopic now.

That's what I was going for with my idea, too. Both the idea of having Flandre show up as a summon (screw the other two), and the idea of having Wriggle's bugs turn into a replica using an item, which you would have to get from the character in question.

See, the problem with all of those is that they're too specific. Atomos is all MONSTROUS VACCUUM CLEANER and Alexander is all HOLY NUKE, but Bahamut is just unadultered CHAAAAARGE... KA-BOOOM!

For a nameless midboss, Daiyousei has nice wings. Seriously.

I like to think that Daiyousei is calm and sensible. She is at least smarter than the average fairy.

Since she throws kunais, she is clearly a steel fairy.

Also, how the heck did we get to Touhou FF summons? I think it was Cirno RPG?

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Cirno RPG. Because Faw said that Flandre Okuu was Bahamut and then Remilia was Odin and then it all fell to pieces.

I like to think that we collectively have thread derailment as a hidden talent.

I think Daiyousei's a water fairy, because she lives in a lake.

edited 12th Sep '11 1:11:33 PM by asterism

Heart of Stone

Daiyousei is stupid. Like, super stupid. She is a Daiyousei after all, which means she's more yousei than most. She loathes humans and also Cirno, which is why she has bullets that look kinda like Cirno's if you squint. That doesn't make much sense, but she's stupid, as previously established.

That's my interpretation. It's as well established as any.

Cirno is already the water fairy. It's just ice instead because people keep underestimating the destructive potential of water. And because she doesn't want to be the healer... Well, she could also be a knight with offensive and healing water powers, but making her a frog would just be weird... Wait, I'm thinking in RPG terms again.

As for Daiyousei... I think she plays an important role in making Cirno who she is. She loves and greatly respects her little friend (because of an event that I'm sure has nothing to do with miasma or giant blocks of ice or anything). And Cirno isn't just hot blood and arrogance. She gets down sometimes, too, and wonders if she's really getting any stronger, if it's worth trying to keep fighting and if she should just stay as a normal fairy and live a simple life of derping around with not a care in the world...

That's when Daiyousei assures her that she's the strongest person she's ever seen, and so smart, and so kind, and she looks up to her so much, and in fact everyone looks up to her, and... ... In the end, Cirno gives in, and whatever mistake she might have made that got her down is sure to have been forgotten in favor of a newfound conviction in being the Strongest.

... Kinda reminds me of this thing.(Warning: Several minutes of Nichijou.)

Clarste, you're usually so good at not saying anything when you don't have anything to say.

edited 12th Sep '11 1:27:30 PM by Fawriel

That explains why she shoots at Cirno is Fairy Wars I guess?

...Any other explanations why she fights Cirno in Fairy Wars?

I agree with this. Although I do see Daiyousei as also the one who calls Cirno back when she gets in over her head?

edited 12th Sep '11 1:28:18 PM by Otherarrow

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Well, even if she loathes Cirno, she was playing hide and seek with her. Maybe they're hate friends.

Cause Cirno was flying around shooting everything that moves as were all the other fairies in the area? Because she was part of the Three Fairies fairy army? Eirin's shady new drugs?

Cirno does get down sometimes too. Like when Shiki tells her about mortality.

edited 12th Sep '11 1:28:57 PM by Bocaj

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They're fairies. In Touhou. Randomly shooting at one another is what they do.

Of Note

Daiyousei is fairy, her name essentially means Great Fairy, but translation is up to you.

Overview

Daiyousei is a fairy.

edited 12th Sep '11 1:28:44 PM by Horselesshorseman

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ITS SPRING!!!!

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Because danmaku is a customary greeting in Gensokyo. According to Sanae.

EX-midboss in Fairy Wars:

'HEEEEEEEEEEEEEY, CIRNOOOOOOOOOO!'

'IT'S SPRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!!!!!'

Faw, why no Fairy Wars music for Daiyousei? She's in Fairy Wars...

edited 12th Sep '11 1:30:34 PM by asterism

Heart of Stone

Usually they're much better at being perfectly coordinated and shooting you in tag-team action timed somewhat to the music of the stage. They'd probably be quite skilled in stage musicals.

edited 12th Sep '11 1:30:16 PM by Clarste

In canon, does Daiyousei even have that ponytail? I think she has it in a manga cameo?

Anyway any ideas on how Dai and Cirno met?

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Maybe the stage music is the fairies singing?

They both live at the lake. In Touhou fandom, proximity correlates to association.

edited 12th Sep '11 1:31:01 PM by Bocaj

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Well, in this case being neighbors means that you don't really have to explain how they know each other. They're just neighbors.

So then are all fairies cyborgs with synthesizers in place of vocal cords?

About the themes again...D'you think the First, Second and Extra stage themes should be listed for Daiyousei?

Heart of Stone

They'd even provide a light show. How nice.

Errr, I don't know how Fairy Wars works. Does she show up in a particular stage there? You can select them in an order, right...?

Well that answers that, then. Doesn't seem to me like they should count for her... Unless we're, like, taking her for a representative of all fairykind.

edited 12th Sep '11 1:36:20 PM by Fawriel

Fairies are vocaloids

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Yes.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! O____O

Also, I can't help but think of Daiyousei being an in-universe nickname for her. Like how some people are nicknamed Tiny of Jumbo.

edited 12th Sep '11 1:38:13 PM by Bocaj

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