TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Touhou

Go To

Metaflare MERMAID from Yes Since: Apr, 2011
MERMAID
#67976: May 9th 2012 at 7:55:23 PM

And then he deleted the message so now it looks like we're crazy

"Seriously, don't eat the mermaid. And not just because it's half cannibalism." ~Otherarrow
Horselesshorseman It's time... to STOP! from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Mar, 2011
It's time... to STOP!
#67977: May 9th 2012 at 7:55:44 PM

No he didn't.

I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.
totlmstr Since: Jan, 2010
#67978: May 9th 2012 at 7:58:17 PM

I don't know that it's a bad situation, really. She's not any less driven by her nature than other youkai, it's just that her nature of devouring curses makes her benevolent. And notably, she doesn't just draw them, she also eats them. Delicious toe-stubbings. She is definitively happy... SOPM even mentions it specifically... and it's people who were just cursed by her who say she's cheerful. If they can avoid projecting negativity onto her, then she is likely truly content indeed

Alternate Character Interpretation due to me being exposed to the Inheritance Cycle before Touhou. When I played through 10, I really did not expect that kind of personality. Nonetheless, I like Hina.

edited 9th May '12 7:59:34 PM by totlmstr

Metaflare MERMAID from Yes Since: Apr, 2011
MERMAID
#67979: May 9th 2012 at 7:58:23 PM

oh, i was just looking at the bottom of his post

"Seriously, don't eat the mermaid. And not just because it's half cannibalism." ~Otherarrow
Horselesshorseman It's time... to STOP! from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Mar, 2011
It's time... to STOP!
#67980: May 9th 2012 at 8:00:21 PM

In retrospect, Tojiko's forgiveness isn't much special. There are no grudges in Touhou.

...At least among mortals.

edited 9th May '12 8:00:41 PM by Horselesshorseman

I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.
totlmstr Since: Jan, 2010
#67981: May 9th 2012 at 8:00:46 PM

[up][up]

I moved it from the bottom of the video to the top. Wiki Magic (and portals) are fun.

edited 9th May '12 8:00:54 PM by totlmstr

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#67982: May 9th 2012 at 8:03:29 PM

I think it's mostly that we just don't know about the characters' petty grudges

asellus111 Dragon meido Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Dragon meido
#67983: May 9th 2012 at 8:04:48 PM

Curse or plague gods also have the power to give misfortune, she is rather the opposite she only absorbs the misfortune from humans and nothing else. Even if she is avoided by humans and Youkai, she is aware that being near her is dangerous and is happy helping the humans. Hina is cool.

totlmstr Since: Jan, 2010
#67984: May 9th 2012 at 8:04:49 PM

[up][up]

Like why Reimu is so against Youkai life? That's why there's Wild Mass Guessing.

edited 9th May '12 8:05:01 PM by totlmstr

Antimatter625 Baring hearts for years from my secret place Since: Jan, 2012
Baring hearts for years
#67985: May 9th 2012 at 8:06:34 PM

Oh, there are grudges. Miko and Byakuren are still clearly harboring a mutual grudge in SOPM.

It's just that we don't get a whole lot of insight into the daily lives of most of the characters.

Though only tangential to a discussion about grudges, this remains my favorite exchange from the symposium.

Marisa:Oh, now that you mention it, it was all your fault that I had to go down there, wasn't it?

Kanako: *giggle*

Marisa: I hate you.

edited 9th May '12 8:07:05 PM by Antimatter625

I write some fanfiction. Satori's Tale is done... but I'm not.
Horselesshorseman It's time... to STOP! from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Mar, 2011
It's time... to STOP!
#67986: May 9th 2012 at 8:07:14 PM

She's against Youkai because it is the job of a Shrine Maiden to exterminate those who are evil. And all Youkai are evil to some extent, even if it's just their powers and not their personality.

It's the only law of the land, and she's its sole keeper. Though some other humans can try to uphold it, in the end it is the role set aside for her.

[up] Miko: Immortal. Byakuren: Immortal. Grudge acceptable.

edited 9th May '12 8:07:57 PM by Horselesshorseman

I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.
Antimatter625 Baring hearts for years from my secret place Since: Jan, 2012
Baring hearts for years
#67987: May 9th 2012 at 8:09:43 PM

Well, her and Sanae.

But nah, Reimu just had a few bad personal experiences with youkai. Like a vampire who never goes away, people who keep wrecking her shrine, youkai that make her fight other youkai in a blazing hell while she's wearing her winter clothes...

And the worst of all... youkai that seem to bring wealth and fame, only to steal away your vitality, ultimately taking all the wealth they accumulated for you as well.

Reimu was hurt bad by the tube fox.

I write some fanfiction. Satori's Tale is done... but I'm not.
Horselesshorseman It's time... to STOP! from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Mar, 2011
It's time... to STOP!
#67988: May 9th 2012 at 8:11:32 PM

Tube foxes. They'll cheat you out of house and home.

Pun provided by Bocaj and Clarste. Remember kids, if you can't write a pun, someone will.

I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.
XionGaTaosenai Some kind of a New Leaf Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Some kind of a New Leaf
#67989: May 9th 2012 at 8:12:23 PM

I really did not expect that kind of personality.

Touhou pretty much runs on 'Angst? What Angst?', and that's one of the three things I like about it most.

edited 9th May '12 8:12:37 PM by XionGaTaosenai

I make video games! Or plan to, anyway.
Antimatter625 Baring hearts for years from my secret place Since: Jan, 2012
Baring hearts for years
#67990: May 9th 2012 at 8:13:07 PM

I didn't even realize it was a pun until I read it the third time...

I'unno. There's plenty of angsting, but it's in the backstory mostly. Look at Koishi or Mokou's profiles. They angsted hard. They just don't anymore. Of course, for most of the characters, we just don't know enough about them to tell if they angst or not... Nitori, for example. Maybe she's angsty because she wants to meet humans but is too shy or whatever. We don't know.

That is, there's as much angst as you find. Which is one thing I like about it.

edited 9th May '12 8:15:24 PM by Antimatter625

I write some fanfiction. Satori's Tale is done... but I'm not.
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#67991: May 9th 2012 at 8:15:46 PM

Unattended marketplace? That makes it sound like one of those roadside stands where you just put money in a box and take whatever. I prefer the vending machine translation.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
asellus111 Dragon meido Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Dragon meido
#67992: May 9th 2012 at 8:16:34 PM

The tube fox got her punishment after that. Never mess with the Hakurei shrine maiden sooner or later you will regret it.

Horselesshorseman It's time... to STOP! from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Mar, 2011
It's time... to STOP!
#67993: May 9th 2012 at 8:16:39 PM

[up][up]But how would Akyuu know what a vending machine is?

edited 9th May '12 8:16:59 PM by Horselesshorseman

I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.
totlmstr Since: Jan, 2010
#67994: May 9th 2012 at 8:16:59 PM

It's the only law of the land, and she's its sole keeper. Though some other humans can try to uphold it, in the end it is the role set aside for her.

Still doesn't explain why she's asking for a "What the Hell, Hero?" moment at the end of the meeting in Symposium of Post-mysticism. That is not normal for Touhou, as far as I can tell.

Note: Miko is awesome.

edited 9th May '12 8:17:10 PM by totlmstr

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#67995: May 9th 2012 at 8:19:20 PM

And also evil. She'd have a goatee if she still had the pores for it.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Starx Since: Jan, 2012
#67996: May 9th 2012 at 8:19:35 PM

Great Tengu Shogi adds many treasure pieces, with beasts and youkai protecting (hunting) them. It is common for a single game to take several days.

All I can say is Shogi is serious business.

So Suwako is kind of an evil god. Threatens people with curses and volcanoes and breaks holes in roofs.

She almost became dinner after breaking some holes in roofs.

The 3 fairies aren't youkai, though she probably hangs with them pretty frequently, seeing as they live at the shrine and are always up for playing a trick on Reimu.

Fairies are technically youkai, but I am not sure if they count towards the spending lots of time with youkai and you become a youkai.

@Yuyuko: Hakugyoukurou is at least 200 yojanas wide, so there are lots of space, more so than Gensokyo. There are also plenty of ghosts and some friends to talk to.

@kill counts: Mokou and Murasa may have high kill counts and probably Eirin too, but Kaguya? I don't believe her kill count is even in the double digits.

causing her surprising shift in personality from suicidal to derpy, as well as turning her hair pink.

Uh, I am unsure if her personality changed. She may see things differently when dead, and thus act accordingly.

@hair color: Several people have different hair colors. The most obvious one is Mokou. Yuyuko goes from human to ghost, there is no saying that you cannot just change your hair color when you become a ghost.

@wiki: I trust the wiki, but not fully, as there are erroneous information, even if it is rare. When something is posted in what seems to be an opinion, that is when you should learn not to completely trust it.

The youkai expert, Ms. Yukari Yakumo says:

This is too good, the "youkai expert".

Kisume playing a prank some years before Reimu was born as evidence that Youkai are still as bad as ever today.

You do know that Kisume is ferocious as heck right?

@Reimu and reading newspapers: She did not buy any newspapers, but she most likely read all of the newspapers that are given to her.

@Reimu fighting people in the Symposium: She does not have to actually fight all 3 of them. Byakuren and Miko are unlikely to be on the same side. So, she only really needs to beat up Kanako.

If she was to go entirely all out, she'd bust out an infinite-time Fantasy Heaven and have at it.

Huh? The reason why spell card rules were invented was because youkai were afraid of killing Reimu.

@Reimu and Aya: I like both Aya and Reimu.

Hey, so, what's the difference between "Yama" and "Enma" with regards to, say, Shikieiki?

As far as I can tell, there is no difference between "Yama" and "Enma". They both mean the same thing.

edited 9th May '12 8:19:52 PM by Starx

Everything is relative.
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#67997: May 9th 2012 at 8:21:23 PM

@Reimu and reading newspapers: She did not buy any newspapers, but she most likely read all of the newspapers that are given to her.

Only because Aya tricked her into thinking the papers were cursed. Before that she simply threw them into her storehouse and ignored them.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Antimatter625 Baring hearts for years from my secret place Since: Jan, 2012
Baring hearts for years
#67998: May 9th 2012 at 8:28:35 PM

Stupid Reimu... She's a load-bearing boss. And she's coasting on that knowledge. grrr.

You do know that Kisume is ferocious as heck right?

The point is that it was published so long ago that its a very poor example of why youkai are still bad.

hehe...

So, now I just got the idea that Reimu, upon being requested to bust up the symposium, got an awesome idea. She'd go and get proof. She rushes over to youkai mountain, beats up Aya, and demands that Aya give her proof that youkai are terrible terrible things and shouldn't be allowed to do anything nowadays because theyr'e still terrible people.

And Aya gives her the worst evidence of this... ancient news reports, ones that pain youkai in a good light, or at least nonthreatening, and ones completely unrelated to the topic.

Reimu doesn't read them and rushes off to bust up the symposium. Where everyone humors her because why not, they had a good talk, and it's totally time for the afterparty. Where they'll talk about how hilarious Aya's little prank was.

I write some fanfiction. Satori's Tale is done... but I'm not.
Horselesshorseman It's time... to STOP! from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Mar, 2011
It's time... to STOP!
#67999: May 9th 2012 at 8:29:46 PM

And to compound on that, the papers really were cursed.

The lesson: Aya was a ninja once.

I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#68000: May 9th 2012 at 8:31:43 PM

Tube foxes. They'll cheat you out of house and home.

Pun provided by Bocaj and Clarste. Remember kids, if you can't write a pun, someone will.

Oi! I was involved in that pun, too!

I have a message from another time...

Total posts: 144,600
Top