The New Touhou Character Alternate Interpretation Compendium!

Why would Wriggle use her fellow fireflies for festival fun? She clearly uses butterflies, you get more Yuyuko business that way.

It doesn't matter though, because everyone ends up going to Mystia stand anyway. The free drinks are a lie, but the food is good.

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

I'm going to come to your country and mispronounce your own language at you.

Well, I wasn't concerned with the quality so much as the actual mechanics. Well, at least you know that her game is fairer than the goldfish game that Reisen played in Inaba.

Patent Pending.

I agree. But wait, Tewi was selling stuffed rabbits? I had assumed she was selling painted rabbits like she tried repeatedly in Inaba of the Cool Earth and Inaba of the Hipster Moon. Huh.

edited 22nd Sep '11 4:17:07 PM by Bocaj

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Goldfish scooping is such a scam. The fish aren't even made of gold at all!

Gottverdammt!

My one weakness!

It is?

Look up "Monty Python Funniest Joke in the World" but be careful. You're German.*

Got word damned?

edited 22nd Sep '11 4:20:14 PM by Bocaj

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Bocaj, the joke doesn't work that way.

It's only lethal up to 100 yards, and Fawriel is certainly that far from Youtube HQ. It doesn't matter how it's heard so long as it isn't over an old fashion radio.

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Well, then by all means, enjoy the joke!

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I learn something everyday!

Wriggle Nightbug. I never got butt munkey Wriggles, to be honest. She may be forgetful, and kinda maybe weak (I still stand by she just forgot how to use her powers to the fullest at the time), but she doesn't get as bad a treatment as Mystia or Cirno at least IMO. Call me stupid, but for a Stage 1 boss, she got an alright deal in terms of treatment. (So did Yamame. Connection?*

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Wriggle and Yuuka. No clue how this makes sense, since fireflies don't pollinate flowers. I find it cute, if only because it gives Yuuka someone to act nice around (as opposed to her normal Blood Knight-ness?). But I got Elly for that, I guess?

I still support Queen of Insects Wriggle, even if it has no backing and she never does anything queenly (I think at most, she uses her powers to have them fetch her stuff or run errands).

Ultra Group Cirno Team Wriggle is OK too, though I don't see her hanging out with them as much as the other members.

This post probably has no point. Sorry.

edited 22nd Sep '11 4:37:07 PM by Otherarrow

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I think at least some of Yamame's respect comes from Kandata's Rope, which is an EVIL, EVIL spellcard.

The only reason people remember Elly is Bad Apple. There are probably people who know her as 'Apple Scythe Girl'.

edited 22nd Sep '11 4:43:22 PM by asterism

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Umm, about that...*

^{Cough-S&M-scariness-cough}

I am now toying with "Wriggle-dislikes-the-group-but-stays-because-swarm-instincts." Is it an act? Is it for real? TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT!

I remember Elly because I have an unhealthy obsession with scythes.

edited 22nd Sep '11 4:48:37 PM by Pulse

I sure said that!

I meant more as a character in canon than in the fandom. Contrast, say, Rumia, who is a dumbdumb head or the Aki sisters. (Although this is just my interpretation)

Re: Elly: I already used her as Yuuka's "manager"/minion/friend in the Cirno writeup. (The same one which said that Wriggles knew Yuuka somehow too). I dunno. Elly is OK.

I am pretty sure sadist Yuuka is a fanon thing. Canon Yuuka is a Blood Knight (although a kinda mello one IMO)

edited 22nd Sep '11 4:52:06 PM by Otherarrow

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I do wonder what Wriggle gets out of Team 9. Maybe they're the only people who rightly respect her mad midair slouching skills.

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Canon Yuuka likes people to think of her as being creepy and weird, like when she scares Mystia by making the sunflowers dance. Shiki calls her out on it.

ON TOPIC: Fireflies are pretty.

'...and then you cross your legs thusly.'

'THAT'S SO COOL! I wish I could do that...'

'Just...practice?'

'I have no need for PRACTISE! I'M AWESOME! I'll find a midair pose of my own!'

And this is how Cirno's midair arm-fold came to be.

edited 22nd Sep '11 4:56:40 PM by asterism

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Maybe watching over these youngins appeals to some "insect hive queen" instinct in her brain somehow?

Still not sadism. Probably could be flanderized into sadism by the fandom (which is what I think happened), but I think it's more complex than that. She wants people to think of her as creepy and weird because that is what makes people fear her, and people fearing them makes youkai happy/gives them power. (More on this later. Now, more Wriggles.)

edited 22nd Sep '11 4:57:55 PM by Otherarrow

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Put a title on that because that is the best write-up ever!

Hmmm...

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Ah, it appears we reached a misunderstanding. For some reason, I pictured you heading off to hijiribe and typing in both of their names, only to be scared for life by the content of many of the images.

I, myself, am fond of a blended Yuuka; a terrifying force of incredible destruction and wild unpredictability, causing horrific occurences (albeit very rarely) for reasons amounting to "teh lulz" yet incredibly kind towards children and what few friends she has.

ON TOPIC: Is Wriggle a martial artist, training under the gentle yet powerful eyes of one gate guard?

I sure said that!

Or she could learn kick fu from Mokou. Because it is my head canon that Mokou knows kick fu.*

edited 22nd Sep '11 5:21:17 PM by Bocaj

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That seems pretty close to my Yuuka interpretation actually.

As for Wriggle knowing martial arts, she clearly has Mantis warriors teaching her mantis style. Or she is self-taught. (She saw how Wriggle Kick works, decided to build a fighting style based on that. She may or may not have forgotten how she came across it, but her self taught kick-fu will last her forever)

...I don't know why I keep making "forgetful Wriggle" jokes. I don't think she is that forgetful that she'll forget everything eventually.

edited 22nd Sep '11 5:26:34 PM by Otherarrow

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She forgot how to forget and remembers everything.

She's never missed a birthday party in all of her Youkai existance. Wriggle's too awesome to do that.

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Actually some insects like parasitic wasps are capable of developing long term memory.

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

That causes feelings of deep terror.

She's exactly forgetful enough to fall into the same trap twice but has enough memory to remember the trap after the fact.

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She does it because it is "bug like" I guess.

So apparently Wriggle was originally slated to be in Soku. Any idea of what her playstyle would be like?

edited 22nd Sep '11 10:43:19 PM by raigakuren

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

KICKING DAMNIT.

She would probably have had some neat spellcards based on summoning bug swarms.

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She's probably have at least two attacks/spellcards based on specific patterns of fireflies.

One of her story spellcards would also have a bunch of fireflies. They'd turn off and on at intervals, and you'd have to maneuver them to attack Wriggle.

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

Pretty late, but I couldn't get on earlier.

According to ZUN's notes on her theme song:

So, "Murasa" doesn't even seem to be her name.

People aren't as awful as the internet makes them out to be.

Maybe that suggests some sort of variant of the "memory depends on who she's with" theory. Maybe it's not (only) who she's with, but where she is. She didn't remember the trap until the trap itself triggered the memories of the previous day. (Note that she doesn't only remember the trap, but also seems to remember the people she met after falling for it.)

Similar to what I came up with for a Team 9 RPG, actually: She's a character with balanced melee abilities that are solid enough to be useful, but not powerful or fast or ranged enough to carry her game. However, she also has swarm-summoning abilities that allow her to direct her insect followers to help on the offensive as well as the defense. Aside from that, her shots are the epitome of the Bug type as described in the Grimoire of Marisa: Plenty of shots scattered about randomly.

Also: Butterfly Kick!