The New Touhou Character Alternate Interpretation Compendium!

The wriggle as morality pet is an idea I like, but thanks to Tag Dream I'm still stuck on Cirno/Yuuka.

Also I have nothing worthwhile to contribute to the discussion on wriggle, sorry.

Doing nothing is a choice.

While I have no contribution on the Morality Pet Wriggle, I do believe Eiki would dislike it.

But this discussion isn't about Eiki, so I guess I'm okay with it.

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

I wonder how Wriggle reacts to soap?

Soap is very harmful to insects; it clogs up their spiracles and makes it near-impossible for them to breathe (I think it has something to do with surface tension, but don't quote me on that). I had read about firefighters using soapy water to fight off killer bees, and then tested the idea myself with some Windex (and when that ran out, I refilled it with a mix of dish soap and water) when we were in the middle of a huge ant problem. It was like a death ray; no ant was able to survive more than a minute after being sprayed, leaving me to clean up several dozen tiny carcasses with a paper towel.

Now, the major things that makes insects vulnerable to this tactic, the small size and spiracle-based respiratory system, don't apply to Wriggle, but I'd still think it would be funny if soap was some kind of special Wriggle vulnerability, like garlic with Vampires or Fried Beans with Oni.

I make video games! Or plan to, anyway.

Soap makes sense, but I never got why garlic was deadly to vampires, and why are fried beans harmful to oni?

Doing nothing is a choice.

What if Wriggle LOVES soap because using it reminds her of how much bigger and stronger she is than when she was simple bug?

Some possibilities for garlic and vampires. My theory is that they can't withstand the CHA penalty garlic breath gives them.

Then Wriggle would be a silly bug.

Then again, how would a bug know of the dangers of soap? It's not as widely used as insecticide, so maybe they don't fear it. Maybe a few fear it, but the other bugs ignore the strange bugs who yell of the strange soap filled future.

edited 25th Sep '11 9:06:37 PM by Horselesshorseman

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

Everyone who's encountered it dies, ergo they wouldn't learn to fear it.

They hid as tiny larvae while they watched in horror.

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

Tiny sobs filled the air as suddenly a million larva became orphans.

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A Brilliant, Shining Glow

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It was an odd sight.

Rows upon rows of grasshoppers and fireflies, crossing the ground and flying through the air in perfect formation.

This was unnatural.

But you probably knew that.

The one responsible was an insect-turned-youkai, one Wriggle Nightbug by name. She took the form of a human girl, looking perhaps twelve or so, cute, if a little boyish. The only hints to her previous form- a pair of antennae poking through the top of her short green hair- twitched ever so slightly as she lead her merry group through the Forest of Magic, towards the Human Village.

And: Left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right

It was difficult to convince this many non-hiving insects to follow her lead, so Wriggle had to think her orders repeatedly, her antennae alternating at her direction. However, the insects were nearing their destination, even if only one of them could have known that. The Queen of Insects shouted-

"Company, HALT!"

Wriggle didn't have to do so out loud, but it just didn't feel right otherwise.

This was the night of the full moon, and so there was a modest entourage of both humans and youkai holding a small festival. Among them were some of Wriggle's friends, as well as the four most notable members of the House of Eternity, the Lunarians and a pair of rabbits. As the crowd cheerfully chattered amongst themselves, some vying for access to a food cart in order to get a special "Buy-two-lamprey-plates-and-get-a-half-off-mochi-coupon," Wriggle walked to the emptied center of the festival grounds and brightly shined her firelight, signalling to all gathered that tonight's concert was about to begin.

For the sake of pageantry, one of the Lunarians, an escaped princess, handed Wriggle a silvery twig, adorned with several small jewels in all sorts of colors. Wriggle turned to face the crowd, calmly informing all the people watching her-

"Good evening. My name is Wriggle Nightbug, and, before I begin my music, I would like to say- Watch where you step. It might be on one of my performers. Remember, insects like us have rights, too. *Ahem* Now then, on with the show!"

Wriggle swayed the Jeweled Branch of Hourai, giving a set of orders to the grasshoppers to play a strikingly simplistic and yet beautiful song, as the fireflies provided a light show in time to the music.

And Wriggle couldn't have been happier.

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Inspired by a number of pics on hijiribe/danbooru.

edited 26th Sep '11 1:22:42 AM by Pulse

I sure said that!

And then the spray bottle turned on them...

Doing nothing is a choice.

tag dream had cirno/yuuka?

i stopped reading a little after either remilia, or flandre's first fight, whichever comes later.

the mental image of wriggle leading a group of insects like they were soldiers made me smile.

that was mean. funny, but mean.

edited 26th Sep '11 12:34:45 AM by JacktheSnowman

Just another passerby

Cirno and Yuuka were on a team. Yuuka mainly used Cirno to freeze Suwako so she could pound on her. But it turned out that Yuuka had a heart after all and when Cirno distracted her with emotions, Sanae came back for a miraculous bullshittery win. And there was not a dry eye in the house. And since then, Cirno has been vaguely cute and hanging around Yuuka and Yuuka has been nice to her and mean to Aya which is what patriotism is really about if you think about it.

I am imagining a badass Wriggle leading armies. I am imagining "FOR THE SWARM!"
"FOR THE QUEEN OF BUGS!"
"BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"*

edited 26th Sep '11 12:39:55 AM by Bocaj

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I'm a bee!

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww!

That was cute.

This was also cute!

And since I'm already in the depths of my Youtube favorites right now, here's my favorite Wrigglemix!

You and I have different music tastes, Faw. You like stuff that's serene and tranquil, I prefer music you could burn down a city to.

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It depends, at least for me.

Tranquil on the main menu and home base and such, city-burning for fight sequences, if we're using video game terms.

I sure said that!

Are you kidding? That's the perfect music to burn a city down to! And then if you film it in unnecessary slow motion with a bunch of award-winning actors making narmy faces at the camera, you'd have the next Peter Jackson blockbuster!

Ah. A good point. Then I shall rephrase it as 'music that is so overly dramatic it could make a city spontaneously combust'.

edited 26th Sep '11 2:18:14 AM by asterism

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Asterism, you're making a grave mistake by judging my music tastes by a single instance. Give me a few minutes, and I'll be thrashing the shit outta this place listening to this little ditty.

Edit: Shit hath been thrashed, and thus I am pooped. *collapses on the desk*

edited 26th Sep '11 2:51:13 AM by Fawriel

Oh yes. If there is an arrange of Shiki's theme that's not completely and utterly epic, then they are DOING IT WRONG.

And to bring this full circle, Ghostly Eyes.

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i had to do a double take because it looked like you said shinki's theme.

and now the discussion has gone into rock and metal, this is the best thread ever.

Just another passerby

I liked that write up! I thought it was rather swell!

...Aside from that, I got nothing. Wriggle has a nice cape? I know it is ment to give the impression of wings, but it is still nice.

Don't PM me. We don't like being PMed.

She has the cape to be reminiscent of wings and yet no glowing butt in her sprite? ZUN done dropped the ball on that one.

Also, it sort of speaks to Wriggle's position in the fandom when she's constantly being compared to cockroaches. It also kind of misses the point.

Fireflies: Pretty so no one smashes em
Cockroaches: FEEL THE SHOE DEVIL BUG

Wriggle: Pretty and mostly harmless
Cockroach Wriggle: Hiding in your cutlery drawer

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For the record, fireflies are beetles.

If Wriggle were a cockroach, I'm sure Kogasa would follow her around, industriously taking notes.

The English language has lied to me once again. I don't know why I stay with it. It stays out late and never calls, and it never buys me presents anymore. Sometimes I think it no longer loves me.

edited 26th Sep '11 10:38:32 AM by asterism

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