The New Touhou Character Alternate Interpretation Compendium!

Utsuho was an animal. Cirno was humaniform. Naturally Cirno would be smarter than bird Utsuho.

And the Eye'm thing is preferable to the "Me am" childish talk. That sets my teeth on edge.

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That's not childish, that's caveman. She's a little kid, not Solomon Grundy.

WHO IS THIS LOSER

That's why its annoying.

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Eh. I changed it to I since Eye was irritating people.

Also, turns out I can't write childish dialogue. I should remember this.

I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.

I dunno, do actual kids do that thing where they refer to themselves by their name? That's one thing Japanese kids do sometimes, but then, it's more natural there because pronouns are always kind of a thing in that language, so people will often prefer to say a person's full name rather than "you".

Well, I guess it doesn't matter if a child would do so, but if a bird would do so.

Actually, I wasn't all that clear on whether she was in bird form or a humanoid form. I guess it might be interesting to think about whether eating that corpse made her mature into a humanoid youkai or if she already was one?

Okuu~The Joys of Menial Labor

She was a peasant. It may be hard for you to consider her a peasant, but it is true. She was a peasant, serving under her mind-reading master. She lived a simple life, maintaining the the former Hell. She didn't question why it still had to be heated. She just did what she was told, only caring about herself and her master. Peasant.

Cut to the event. The peasant has swallowed a god. She is adorned with the mantle of the stars, and the Third Leg is in her power. She became a demigod. For a while, she acted like one. Wreaking havoc, setting the overworld on fire — that's what demigods do, no? But, even then, she was only acting on her master's orders. She had no wish to rule, no wish to subjugate. She just wanted to follow her orders to the highest extent of her powers. Even then, she was a peasant, and her defeat at the hands of a mortal proves it. Peasant.

Cut to now. The peasant continues her old life, with the necessary changes befitting a demigod. She must maintain the Nuclear Furnace along with the Blazing Fires, and her new, secondary master will not accept failure. She does her job peacefully, and does what she is told. Peasant. Happy peasant

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I feel that I should comment on Okuu's intelligence. In contrast to Cirno, who's ditzy due to the limitations of her fairy mind, Okuu just has little experience. I doubt that she traveled far or saw much before Satori found her, and since then, all she's done is maintain the former Hell. She's lead a simple life, so she thinks simply.

you'll then have a grave in the clouds where you won't lie too cramped

Generally, the fact that Komachi also uses this pronoun is ignored, though I'm sorta imagining her using a lazy "ah" pronunciation.

KOMACHI IS SOUTHERN THIS IS MY NEW HEADCANON

WHO IS THIS LOSER

Ah do declah, ah was jus ress'n mah ahs.

Aah, that's a nice concept at the core there. Interesting to think that Utsuho was still just doing what she knew when she got powers entirely unfit for her personality.

PS: "I, a poor peasant, have conquered nuclear science! Why can't I conquer the Master Spark?!"

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt, still wear it. In my head, I imagine Komachi having the vague southern accent that dub Osaka had.

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You know, I had forgotten that I mentioned that when I first started posting here until just now. I won't be able to unhear Osaka!Komachi again.

...Is it bad that I kept reading "peasant" as "pheasant" for no real reason? And I like the idea that she thinks gods just destroy things so that's why she did what she did.

Welp, first write-up. Anyways, trying something a bit different...

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Okuu, My Best Friend

"I don't remember the day I first met her. It was ages ago; perhaps even before I was 'born' as a kasha; my friendship with her must have started since we were an ordinary hell-cat and hell-raven. My memories of that time are dim; I guess we played together like two animals who have grown fond of each other.

What I do remember, was that one day, the Yamas relocated their Hell elsewhere, leaving our homeland to be simply a land of blazing fires, albeit one that still housed many evil spirits. At about the same time, we met her: Miss Satori.

Miss Satori was a fascinating one; it seemed like she always knew what we were thinking. Of course, this was because she did know what we were thinking, but as mere animals, we did not know this. Nevertheless, she took us in as pets, and under her loving care both of us were born as youkai.

From that day on, daily life for the two of us was uneventful, peaceful, and enjoyable. Satori appointed us jobs to keep the remains of the Hell of Blazing Fires at reasonable temperatures, with Okuu's job to open the skylight to the courtyard should the temperature of the flames get too high. I would feed the fires with corpses if temperatures got too low, and if I had some left over, I'd feed them to Okuu, since she also liked roast corpses. If all was okay, we'd play together, sometimes just by ourselves, sometimes with Miss Satori or her other pets, and sometimes with the younger sister, Miss Koishi. Our favorite game was, of course, danmaku.

I would have loved nothing more for those idyllic days to last forever. However, one day, all that changed. Okuu seemed to have eaten the corpse of a god, and gained an incredible power. At first I did not think much of it, as she was fairly weak and I figured she would like having more power. And she did. But, her powers grew uncontrollably. She turned from a fairly modest hell raven to a powerful being—one I could hardly recognize as my old friend. Her power made the Hell of Blazing Fires ignite once again, and moreover, she started talking about going above ground, taking it over, and turning it into yet another Hell. And she had become so powerful, there was no way I could stop her anymore.

I was scared for her. Thinking she would either be punished badly by Miss Satori, or worse, the oni, I did my best to call for help without letting Miss Satori know. While I was surprised to find that help in the form of a human, that human proved to be quite strong, much stronger than I could ever be, and she was able to defeat Okuu and calm her down.

After all that had happened, I guess I was just happy to have my old friend back.

Not that she had completely gone back to normal. She still had the power of the god she ate inside her, a power of "nuclear fusion" that could generate immense energy, but now, under the direction of the mountain gods, she just uses it to run some kind of furnace that provides energy for the underground and above-ground beings. It was, in the end, just another job for her, and our lives pretty much returned to normal, although I can no longer beat her easily in danmaku.

If you ask me, Okuu is very simple-minded. She can be scatterbrained sometimes, and as such I sometimes joke and call her a "birdbrain", but really, she's a sweet, hard-working girl who doesn't expect much from others. I guess that's why I like being with her; even if we get into fights, she forgets about them quickly, and it's easy for her to be happy. Every time I go to see her she always greets me with a smile, tells me some stuff about how the furnace is running (which I can never understand; eating that god must have somehow increased her knowledge about this "nuclear fusion"), and asks if we can play when the furnace is stable. She's pretty much always been like this: easily satisfied with the joys of daily life, whether they be managing the furnace, playing with me, Miss Satori, and Miss Koishi, or visiting that human and enjoying boiled eggs and hot springs. And, now that I think about it, I probably learned to enjoy my everyday life from her.

Maybe these peaceful days will continue, or maybe one day we will once again run into difficulties, but no matter what happens, I know Okuu will go through it with a smile." - Orin

Cavemen are smarter than they seem. After all they did invent the wheel and fire and they know how to use Geico car insurance.

Okay so correct me if I'm wrong Okuu's plan in SA is: Step 1. Eat sun god to gain nuclear fusion hax

Step 2. Go mad with power.

Step 3. Burn the surface to make the surface hell.

Step 4. ???

Step 5. PROFIT!!!

edited 4th Apr '11 5:00:38 PM by raigakuren

That awkward moment where Kyoro is one of Satan's Generals.

I'll do a write up later but it would be a shame if no one posted the dogfight video.

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HAX! I was gonna post that in like a minute before you did.

That awkward moment where Kyoro is one of Satan's Generals.

No, her plan was more...

1. Do what strange ladies say.

2. Go mad with power.

3. Make surface hell.

4. ???

5. More Question marks!!!???????

EDIT: How did we get this far without mentioning the dogfight?

edited 4th Apr '11 5:18:49 PM by Horselesshorseman

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Awwww. Nice to see Orin's perspective on Utsuho.

@"The" dogfight video: I like how Reimu just randomly decides to put on a scarf. Anyways, when you said "dogfight" I thought you were referring to that fan-produced 3D fighting game, which also has given a voice to Utsuho...

Not randomly. She's in the Blazing Fires of former Hell. You cover your mouth so ash and other shit doesn't interfere with your breathing. The only mysterious thing is why she wasn't covering her mouth with the scarf at all times.

Remember also that its winter in Gensokyo when SA takes place so she would have been dressed for cold weather before heading down. I think. I vaguely recall dialogue like that.

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Wear the scarf. Be the miko.

Anyway, I think the surprising thing is where she suddenly pulled that scarf from. Mini-gap, probably.

Or alternatively

1. Eat sun god recieved from strange lady.

2. Drunk On Power

3. unyu~

4. Plan to conquer world with nuclear fusion.

5. Stages 1-5

6. Epic Dogfight Video

7. Tea Party!!!

8. EX-stage

edited 4th Apr '11 6:25:09 PM by raigakuren

That awkward moment where Kyoro is one of Satan's Generals.

I have to say, SA and UFO have proven these strange ladies to be very charismatic indeed. It's a miracle they have a problem gathering faith when people will do anything they say.

I nominate this for Crowning Writeup of Heartwarming.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

Alright, it's time for a music dump up in here!

Hmm... I think this list needs to be less electronic, now that I think about it. Perhaps I'll come back and add some more organic stuff when deadlines don't loom.

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Nuclear Fusion

• Anime OP style!
• Shrieky techno style!
• Orchestral style!
• Minor-key techno jazzy style!
• Now with more klaxons!
• I don't think you'll like this one either, Clarste.

Hellfire Mantle

• Final Fantasy style, with shades of Metal Gear around the two-minute mark!
• Melancholy!
• More orchestra!
• More growling guitars!

edited 4th Apr '11 8:26:13 PM by Durazno

Hey, Twilight Symphony. I'm familiar with that. If you like that kind of remix, you'll find that album to be the kind of thing that you like.

So much badassery in that list.

edited 6th Apr '11 9:27:04 PM by raigakuren

That awkward moment where Kyoro is one of Satan's Generals.