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10	[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13112909020A54642800&page=1 Touhou: a Glimmer of an Outside World]] is a forum roleplay[=/=]{{fanfic}} with the same general plot as every single ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' game: find out who’s causing the latest incident—mysterious rips in the border between Gensokyo and the outside world—and stop them. Naturally, this got vastly more complicated than it needed to be, with at least twenty different characters—[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill many of them stage 6 or EX-bosses]]—getting involved. [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny They mostly got distracted.]]
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12	[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13112083160A10063100&page=1#1 Signups can be found here]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13112313040A26759000&page=1 and the discussion here.]]
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15	!!Tropes exhibited by this work:[[note]]Canonical—or common fanon—tropes go [[Franchise/TouhouProject here.]][[/note]]
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17	%%* AbusiveDad: Marisa's father.
18	%%* AccidentalKiss: Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!
19	%%* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Hanako may just be this to Yuuka.
20	%%* AMagicContractComesWithAKiss: That's how Yasora sealed Gengetsu's promise.
21	* BeamSpam: Both the Twilight Spark and Ultimate Spark involve this--the latter by firing three Master Sparks and a Final Spark at once, the former by being ringed by crazy, curving lasers.
22	* BizarreAlienBiology: The fairy Cirno's bones are made of ''ice''.
23	%%* ButchLesbian: Apart from her hair, Mokou fits this very, very well.
24	* ButtMonkey: Fukakusa. Right after he was introduced, Fuka was attacked by Reimu's [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill Anti-Yukari danmaku]], threatened by Momiji, [[OneHitKill One-shotted]] by Ranma, and then Shikieiki comes out of nowwhere and starts pulling his ear. All within the span of two minutes.
25	* CannibalismSuperpower:
26	** Mokou's powers over fire came from turning a phoenix into yakitori and eating it.
27	** Utsuho's nuclear power came from eating yatagarasu. [[GrandTheftMe Maybe it wasn't such a great idea.]]
28	* CastFullOfGay: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], despite this being a Franchise/TouhouProject roleplay. Komachi is straight and Suwako says she's "Hetrosexual".
29	%%* CatGirl: Kaori. Unlike the canon catgirls, she's neither a nekomata nor a kassha--just a generic cat youkai.
30	* CharacterDevelopment:
31	** In her first appearance, Yasora has shown big hatered to "this paedofile and her team of nineballs." But after talking with Yuuka later, she first went for a kiss.
32	** Shujiko went from a depressed, silent character who only got involved to return shopping, and became a happier, easily flustered person by the end of the day.
33	* ClothingDamage:
34	** Keeps happening to Kaguya and Mokou's had no shirt on for most of the story.
35	** Shujiko's clothing suffered slight damage in her fight with Mokou, but her clothes are still intact and serviceable, at least.
36	* ColonyDrop: Yasora droped a sun on Gengetsu and Utsuho in the dreamworld. While riding on the top of it.
37	%%* ComedicSociopathy: A favoured method of character interaction, especially with the more resilient characters.
38	* CombatPragmatist: After several failed attempts of taking Yuuka's realm by force, Mugetsu tries somewhat more underhanded methods of claiming it.
39	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Reimu tells a ghost story. Ghosts are the least scary thing in it.
40	%%* CovertPervert: Patchouli has a collection of erotica. Which Koakuma likes to read.
41	* CreepyChild: Ranma... when she's not sleeping. [[spoiler: and Panko, when you actually start listening to her or when she starts [[AlwaysChaoticEvil listening to the voices]] in her head.]]
42	* {{Crossover}}: Kind of. Shujiko and Yasora are from a fanfic/comic respectively, each set in the Touhou-verse. Fukakusa is from another fanfic [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros that has yet to be made]]
43	%%* CurbStompBattle:
44	%%** Yukari, Yuyuko, Komatchi and Mokou vs Reimu. Poor Reimu...
45	%%** Shujiko VS Mokou, proving that freakish amounts of resolve can't quite overcome immortality.
46	* CuteGhostGirl: Ranma Saigyouji And the Cute Unnamed Onryo (named Panko) [[spoiler: Panko subverts this in Ecthel's BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, where Panko dips right into the Nightmare Fuel as her Onryo instincts take over.]]
47	* DaddysGirl: Implied for Mokou, given what she's been willing to do for him.
48	* DamselInDistress: Elly was caught by Gengetsu in a situation, but was released when Chen broke free. Why? Mugetsu let go of Chen.
49	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Vaguely hinted at for Yuuka's back story near the beginning. Plus there's the mentions of her being pretty AxCrazy until she 'settled down' in Gensokyo. [[spoiler:Suwako also has hints of this as well, just it's never been brought up.]]
50	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Koakuma and Mima. ''Especially'' Koakuma.
51	%%* {{Determinator}}: Shujiko can become one if she draws upon her willpower.
52	* DisproportionateRetribution:
53	** Yuuka's double (Usually summoned when casting Dual Spark) watched Flandre as she was [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment tickled mercilessly]] in an old torture device lying around Yuuka's basement. While it was only for a few seconds, with no real consequences, the 'original' Yuuka wasn't amused at the inaction, blaming 'Yuuka 2' for Flandre even hiding inside it in the first place, and forced her clone to enter another device that ''melts bones''. Which was considered by her as a better fate compared to [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking playing submissive for Yasora]].
54	** PlayedWith: Reimu's "Anti-Yukari" Defense system. It's a harsh way to deal with a prankster, but she was thinking that Fuka was a killer or a horrible monster.
55	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Yasora's statement if she gets to kill Yukari, she doesn't care about Gensokyo's future establish her as CardCarryingVillain.
56	%%* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Kaguya, proving that she had all those suitors ''for a reason''.
57	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: The tension between Kaguya and Mokou is blinding.
58	* ExpressiveAccessory: Suwako's [[MagicHat hat]] mimics Suwako's thoughts or feelings with its "eyeballs".
59	* {{Fangirl}}: Patchouli and Koakuma to Mima, with Koa being the more fanatical case. Also the Mishaguji towards Mystia, especially the one that wears a replica of Mystia's hat.
60	%%* {{Fanservice}}: Despite lacking any visual elements, it's present in spades. IN SPADES.
61	* FriendToAllChildren: Yuuka. Everyone keeps thinking she’s a pedophile.
62	* GhostAmnesia: Yuyuko experienced this upon her death and subverted the trope like in Canon. Panko lost her memory (after being killed as a ghost) and has forgotten so much that she doesn't even understand what food is. After a night of rest though, she recovers
63	* GoingCommando: The Cute Unnamed Onryo is this, not actually understanding the concept of undergarments. Panko corrects this.
64	%%* GrandTheftMe: Yasora to Utsuho.
65	* HammerSpace: A few characters have little portable hammerspaces they use to store a silly amounts of clothings, candy and other stuff. Suwako's been storing things [[MagicHat inside her hat]], [[FridgeBrilliance like any good magician]] Mima has stuff up her sleeves, and [[RealityWarper Yukari keeps things inside her gaps]].
66	* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Shujiko has to tell herself this quite a few times. Suwako also claims she's "hetrosexual", but seems to take likings to women as much as she does men.
67	* HotBlooded: Another thing that Will-Shujiko can be. Must be all that Shonen influence she was never exposed to...
68	%%* HonourBeforeReason: What Mokou ''says'' is the reason for her seeking revenge for her father.
69	%%** The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ill Fairy]].
70	%%** After over a thousand years of neglecting her body, Mokou is technically at this point.
71	* IllKillYou: While many characters do BadassBoast or LargeHam, Yasora prefers to start a battle with actual life threat.
72	* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: With many of the characters being invincible and able to resurrect, this is exploited a lot:
73	** Mokou and Kaguya have died several times each and resurrected. In fact, the mechanics of one of Mokou's spellcards works by ''repeatedly killing herself''.
74	** Komachi has been impaled with her scythe. Being a shinigami, she just didn't die.
75	** Suwako's had internal brain bleeding, has been impaled, and was [[WaveMotionGun Twilight Spark'd]] by Mima. Each time she either simply split herself or healed her wounds
76	** The fairies, oddly are remarkably good at ''not'' dying.
77	* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Not only have the male characters merely been referenced--apart from a one-off gag--all the OC's are female, too. [[spoiler: Then Averted with the advent of Fukakusa, the (sofar?) only male NPC and then Ecthel, the first Male PC. And now [[CoolOldGuy Youki Konpaku]] has turned up.]]
78	* InterfaceSpoiler: During Utsuho's introdution she spoke normally. After she was hit in the head, her speech text turned [[gold:gold]]. It's a major hint to her being possessed even for people unfamiliar with Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou.
79	* LimitedWardrobe: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] At least half the cast has had a change of clothing, which was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Yukari.
80	* MadeOfPlasticine:
81	** Cirno, [[JustifiedTrope given that her bones are made of ice]], snaps them on pretty much any impact. As a result, ripping her apart would be ''incredibly'' easy.
82	** [[JustifiedTrope Justified for Mokou, too.]] Her health has left her like this in comparison to any normal person.
83	** The Ill Fairy combines poor health with being a [[{{Mook}} fairy]]. She's quite possibly more fragile than ''anything''.
84	* MamaBear:
85	** Mima, towards Marisa--so much so that Marisa's father didn't dare do anything to Marisa so long as Mima wasn't sealed. Suwako as well towards Sanae.
86	** Suwako's Mishaguji [[InvertedTrope perform a total 360 on the trope as well]]. They look up to Suwako as their "mama" and are very protective of her.
87	* {{Meido}}: Mima likes to dress people as[[note]]and make them into[[/note]] maids, to the extent she's got maid outfits in her sleeves.
88	* MesACrowd: Shinto Gods are able to split themselves indefinitely, something Suwako fully takes advantage of this and is multiple places at the same time.
89	* MissingMum: Marisa's mother hasn't been referenced, unlike her father.
90	* MythologyGag: The first one whom Reimu met was Yuyuko, and Reimu was treating her as stage one boss. Just what Yuyuko was in ''Touhou: Ten Desires.''
91	* MoodWhiplash: Given the various groups the characters have split into, it's quite possible to go from a battle to a discussion on the stars, to a game of hide and seek.
92	** Fukakusa's prank. Revealing what seemed to be a serial killer horror story was actually nothing but a "revenge" prank.
93	%%** And then there's the BigBad...
94	* MundaneUtility: Reimu can use [[PaperTalisman [=ofuda=]]] as protection from rain when she doesn't have an umbrella.
95	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Yukari's victory over Reimu depowered the shrine maiden. She spent a day recovering, while incident causer was still causing trouble. That was exactly what Yukari was planning, but she endangered the world will her actions.
96	* {{Nosebleed}}:
97	** After being soaked in water and having her neck snapped, Mokou's {{sarashi}} was in considerable disarray. This was the reaction from Kaguya and Shujiko.
98	** [[FanGirl Koa]] has had a nosebleed that knocked herself out when she was thinking about [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Mima in a swimsuit]]
99	* NoodleIncident:
100	** Just what did Mima ''do'' to get Reimu to reseal her?
101	** Aya had to do ''something'' for Rin to borrow her wheelbarrow. All we know is that it's embarrassing and there's pictures of it on Aya's camera.
102	** How in the world did Fukakusa and Aya's PrankWar begin?
103	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: Natsumi tried issuing one during the final battle, binding everyone and unleashing a holy amount of danmaku. In response, everyone present during the battle are using their strongest cards on a defenceless Natsumi, essentially giving her the beat down]].
104	* NoNameGiven: The Cute Unnamed Onryo that's been pestering Mystia and Ecthel ([[SubvertedTrope who's name is Panko, she just can't remember]]. She does recover eventually.)
105	* OCStandIn: [[spoiler:Ranma, as revealed on the [[AllThereInTheManual discussion thread]] is somehow the ''[[TokenEvilTeammate Saigyou Ayakashi]]''.]] [[GhostlyGoals Panko]] is a Stand In as well, if [[WordOfGod Word of Nicktendonick is to be believed]]
106	%%* OddFriendship: Cirno and Flandre, [[BadassNormal Ecthel]] and [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Panko]]
107	%%* PaperTalisman: Yukari used them to place plates and cups for a meal ''in the sky''.
108	* OneHitKill: [[CuteGhostGirl Ranma]] pulls this off against Fukakusa, killing him with a single punch. The impact and the sheer force of the punch was what killed him, not the fist shapped hole she put through him.
109	* OnsenEpisode: Actually, bath episode: 7 girls gathered to bath together in Yuuka's mansion. With lot of fanservise and girl-on-girl action.
110	* PlayboyBunny: Suwako got Kaguya to dress like this, before Mokou reminded her that one of her Impossible Requests is a piece of clothing.
111	* PolarOppositeTwins: Mugetsu is willing to do anything to 'reclaim' her land from Yuuka's possession, even holding Chen hostage. Gengetsu likes to mess around and fight strong opponents other than Yuuka.
112	* PowerTattoo: Mokou's tattoo, despite being a phoenix and her powers over fire having come from ''eating'' one, is actually ''not'' one of these.
113	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: I. Am. Gundam!
114	%%* RedHerring: Ranma had absolutely nothing to do with the plot. This was fully intentional.
115	%%* RoaringRampageOfRevenge:
116	%%** [[Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou Yasora]] is attempting this. She hasn’t had any luck.
117	%%** [[MamaBear Mima]] has one planned for Marisa's father as soon as the incident is resolved.
118	%%** [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Panko]] has been trying to do this against Gensokyo's shrine maidens. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Key word is TRYING.]]
119	%%* {{Sarashi}}: Worn by Mokou and [[{{Fanservice}} exposed a lot]].
120	%%* SleepyHead: Saigyouji Ranma.
121	* ShoutOut:
122	** Shujiko is supposed to be one to Shonen tropes, although the most prominent examples would be [[Anime/DragonBallZ changing her hair colour]] and drawing upon [[Manga/{{Bleach}} excessive amounts of resolve and willpower]] during battles.
123	** One of Yuuka's wild theories as to what could be causing the incident near the beginning of the RP was a reference to the mind-screwy touhou doujin series, Jasper Star.
124	** Yasora have made Shout Outs to ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'', ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'', ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.
125	** OverlyLongGag from ''Manga/DeathNote''.
126	* SmokingIsCool: Mokou certainly falls under this. It's not as if it can kill her or make her health any ''worse'', though. Kaguya occasionally gets in on it, too, which is behind the NoodleIncident fire in canon.[[note]]Mokou accidentally incinerated Kaguya's head and set the forest on fire when lighting a cigarette.[[/note]]
127	* StringyHairedGhostGirl: The Panko is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onry%C5%8D a Onryo]], a vengeful spirit who returns to the mortal world for revenge. This being [[SugarBowl Gensokyo]] [[spoiler: And her being a Goddess when alive]], she's actually subverts the trope and the [[Film/TheGrudge usual]] [[Film/TheRing Onryo]] [[AlwaysChaoticEvil nature]]. Doesn't stop her desires for revenge though. [[spoiler: For at while at least.]]
128	%%* ThanksForTheMammary: Komachi in her sleep did this to Aya.
129	* TheNicknamer:
130	** Cirno, since she has trouble remembering names. Examples include 'flower lady'[[note]]Yuuka[[/note]], 'black-white laser witch'[[note]]Marisa[[/note]], and 'the purple lady'[[note]]Patchouli[[/note]].
131	** Yuuka delved into this for a bit when she gave titles to everyone in her 'party' at the time. Such as 'Fairy of Hell Fire Resisting Ice' [[note]]Cirno[[/note]], 'Prism Vampire of Darkness' [[note]]Flandre[[/note]] and 'Youkai of Eternally Blooming Flowers' [[note]]Yuuka herself[[/note]] among many others.
132	*** Also from Yuuka: Yatsuho for fusion of Yasora and Utsuho.
133	** More from Yuuka. This time, in a reference to a [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6892498/1/Yuukas_Love fanfic]], always refers to Wriggle as 'Wrigs', 'Bugsy' or any possible permutation of her name.
134	* TooDumbToLive:
135	** Panko's pride and [[YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb youthful stupidity]] usually drives her to make very life-threatening choices. Despite already being a ghost, her postmortem life has consisted of her getting killed twice (and beaten up by a Youkai Bear) for picking fights she could not win.
136	** Fukakusa may count too: to start a prank in Hakurei shrine, to scare HotBlooded shrine maiden and then to turn his back to her and drop guard. Even though he couldn't have foreseen Reimu's reaction (due to never meting her) she's a Hakurei shrine maiden, he should of known better.
137	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Mokou, ever since she accidentally burnt her own shirt off.
138	* WaveMotionGun:
139	** The Twilight Spark and Ultimate Spark take the already-ridiculous lasers and turn them up to eleven.
140	%%** Mega Flare can be used like that under fighting game rules.
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