Headcanon Nonsense

[Esper]

I like to think that Renko becomes Reimu and that's why Yukari trains and constantly helps Reimu, although I'm sure there's a lot of contradictions to that in canon.....

I also like to think that the Oni have Brooklyn accents and Kasen is trying to talk as if she didn't have it

I can understand that idea, actually.

The idea of Kasen having an accent of an accent makes me giggle a little.

[PK]

I had one for a while:

The danmaku we see in the integer games is only for representation purposes. "The most beautiful one wins" (Marisa, SSiB), a lot of little glowing balls don't look good in 3d. Danmaku battles are actually closer to what we see in the fighting games.

I think the same, and that danmaku are actually regular deadly attacks, but by using spell card rules there's some sort of active "status" that nullifies death even if you get stabbed by knives, cut by Youmu, master spark'd in the face or crushed by an oni.

Also, i think ZUN actually planned Rumia's ribbon to have some sort of effect, but something made him abandon the idea (probably fans speculating too much about it, as she would have basically been an already spoilered character if they already guessed what it does), or maybe he just waited for the right moment and at the end he forgot about it (or still waits).
That's because it's too much an odd accessory (and is specificaly pointed out) to not have some sort of backstory, even a silly one.

[the old guy]

"Maribel is Yukari, Maribel is Yukari, Yukari is Maribel, Yukari is Maribel"

...And what happens to Renko? Headcanons for that?

Renko gets left behind by Yukari/Maribel when she turns Youkai and goes back in time, she doesn't turn into anything or anyone.
Maybe one day, when its the year that Mary turned into Yukari, they'll meet again. But for Yukari it's currently years away.

[MetalStudios]

Renko gets left behind by Yukari/Maribel when she turns Youkai and goes back in time, she doesn't turn into anything or anyone.
Maybe one day, when its the year that Mary turned into Yukari, they'll meet again. But for Yukari it's currently years away.

What if Renko became Nue? Doesn't she know quite a bit about the outside world? I mean, she knows enough to summon Mamizou to Gensokyo at least.....
That could also explain why she uses an alien motif with UFO's and whatnot, isn't Renko's ability related to the stars?

[TresserT]

What if Renko became Nue? Doesn't she know quite a bit about the outside world? I mean, she knows enough to summon Mamizou to Gensokyo at least.....
That could also explain why she uses an alien motif with UFO's and whatnot, isn't Renko's ability related to the stars?

IIRC Nue was sealed underground at the same time as the Myouren gang. Plus, it was a pretty big deal that Maribel's power went from "seeing boundaries" to "manipulating boundaries", so something huge would have to happen for Renko's GPS ability to turn into changing percieved shapes.

[Failure McFailFace]

Renko's GPS ability

Must be nice having a GPS in your head.

My own:

All the player characters go out at the same time.

.... I don't have much in terms of headcanons, actually.

[monhan]

 

Spoiler:

Renko becomes Byakuren

As ridiculous as that might sound, there's even a doujin series about it
http://melonbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=IT0000172961
Apparently, bearing the kanji of "Lotus" in their name and both wishing to go to/realize a land like Gensoukyo gave people ideas.

[Suspicious person]

Renko have so many headcanons, even by herself. But amongst these, there was one headcanon (tinkered a bit) that impressed me quite a bit some time back then, it goes around these lines :

Sometime in the future, Merry manage to reach the far side of the moon with her abilities and goes there physically... with Renko. And they get busted and captured by the lunarians, Merry manages to escape but doesn't manage to bring Renko with her... and furthermore she winds up in the past... the everything-that-leads-Maribel-to-become-Yukari-happens there, likewise for everything-that-leads-to-the-birth-of-Gensokyo. Then, time passes, and Yukari, with all the youkaipower (no, not manpower) she built, finally invades the moon, knowing and not caring that the youkai'll lose since she's just here to save Renko... But Renko's not on the moon anymore, she was sent back to earth with some of her memories erased... and Yukari does not quite remember anymore what she was ere fr with all these years, and goes back to gensokyo... Complete and utter failure !!! Now we're back at a present where Renko is looking for her friend, maybe eventually stumbling into Gensokyo where a dramatic meeting'll happen...

Seems quite far fetched put nevertheless pretty cool, though I doubt ZUN'll go for the drama someday... what if ?

On my side, I'll just say that I think Renko might be a descendant of the Hakurei clan or have some sort of relation with them

[Darkness1]

Some I've thought of for a while:
- Alice was present during LLS stage 4. No idea why, just for the doll enemies and the music name.
- Sariel is the sister of Shinki.
- Makai never got destroyed, it was just a "legendary illusion".
- Yuukas flower manipulation is part of the "ultimate magic" mentioned in Mystic Square.
- Sakuyas time manipulation is bound to her pocketwatch. It would be really hard to destroy though.
- Reimu accidentally teleports sometimes.
- Tenshi always scores critical hits in rpg's. Somehow.

[snowflake247]

- The reason Mima hasn't appeared in any Windows games is that Reimu finally sealed her up for good.

- Aya can play the trumpet. (Inspired by ZUN's comment on Aya's theme in PoFV, saying he imagined "a wind god girl looking good playing the trumpet" while composing it.)

- Yukari sometimes visits the outside world. One of her favorite locations: the library at Miskatonic University.

- Utsuho's "control rod" was made by the kappa under Kanako's orders, and Kanako gave it to Utsuho at the same time as the fusion powers.

[Lisanius]

I have a few head canons, but lets leave it at one for now, and add more later.

Mima is secretly still watching over Marisa, constantly, making sure that she trains her magic. Going by the PC-98 games, it's a fair assumption to make that Marisa was Mima's apprentice, judging by the praise Mima receives from Marisa, and how Marisa uses similar magic to that of Mima. Mima's just always there. Everytime you play as Marisa, Mima's watching over her like a guardian angel, telling her to train harder, and everytime you beat a game as Marisa, you're one step closer to bringing Mima back.

Bet you're pumped to play as Marisa now aren't you?
Go,
Go and beat every game as Marisa, and Mima shall return, my friends!
(But seriously, it seems like Mima honestly taught our famous magician all she has to offer, and that Mima may have left part of her spirit inside of Marisa to boost her power perhaps?)

[Prime32]

Mima, eh?

Little Marisa always wanted to use magic like the characters in stories, but Dad would never let her. Then by sheer chance (likely while running away from home), she happened to witness a stranger using magic in a fight, and begged to be her disciple. The stranger, actually an evil spirit, thought this was ridiculous on multiple levels, but the little girl just would. Not. Leave her alone, so eventually she agreed just to get her to shut up.
Marisa turned out to be a surprisingly fast learner, making up for any of her teacher's shortcomings... at least when it came to spells that interested her. When she started off she had a weird fixation on "magical girl transformation spells" that lead to her dying her hair red (Mima never did figure out how she managed that, and it's not like it fooled Reimu anyway).
However odd, the apprenticeship was a good experience for both of them - Marisa gained more self-confidence, while Mima was able to reclaim some of the humanity she'd forgotten. She even started to play along with the "wise sage" image her student had of her, wearing outfits that were flashier and more wizardly. Seeing her student grow up, make friends and gradually surpass her own master brought warmth to a soul once fuelled by hatred. One by one, Mima let go of all her lingering grudges, until by the time of EoSD she had faded into the ether.

Well, that or she's non-canon. Either one. :V

[the old guy]

- Yukari sometimes visits the outside world. One of her favorite locations: the library at Miskatonic University.

I'm pretty sure that's already canon, the outside world part not the MU part.

[haoreos2]

I had one for a while:

The danmaku we see in the integer games is only for representation purposes. "The most beautiful one wins" (Marisa, SSiB), a lot of little glowing balls don't look good in 3d. Danmaku battles are actually closer to what we see in the fighting games.

I dunno, I think they can look pretty good in 3D.



I like to imagine Marisa, Alice and Patchouli as study buddies, with the "street smart but book dumb", "teacher's pet exchange student" and "asocial lethargic genius" stereotypes, respectively.
Also Ran in early (relatively speaking) life being really bestial (and always in full on fox mode), more like a force of nature than a sentient being.

I also like the idea of Yukari making deals with Youkai that want to immigrate into Gensokyo; "Sure, you vampires can come on in with your mansion and workers and all, but imma need you to start up an incident so that the shrine maiden doesn't get out of shape, aight?" "You Gods want to set up shop on Youkai Mountain and start an industrial revolution? I dunno, that could mess up the balance pretty easily. That's going to cost you three, four incidents, minimum."

[Tengukami]

Yes. Yukari is totally mafia boss material.

"You know that family who just moved in on Mt Youkai? Well, I'm not one to spread rumors, but a little boid told me they's tryin to muscle in on your racket, Reimu. Be a real shame if they got away with that, eh? Maybe you oughta have a word with em."

[Spotty Len]

The idea of Yukari with a suit and sunglasses sitting in an armchair in a dim lighted room, with Chen on her lap and Ran as a bodyguard is like candy to my brain.

[FlareDragon]

As far as the Mima and Marisa relations go, a personal headcanon of mine is that whether Marisa may or may not have been Mima's apprentice, I think Marisa was influenced not only in the magical arts but also in her personality. Reason: Mima is shown to lie a lot (Mystic Square) while also believing in power. Marisa, though she has shown great intelligence (seriously, PCB's character profile for her describes her trying to find the formula for immortality. That, and she uses a lot of astronomy-based spells), has also developed a streak of lying and thieving, while also liking her spells to be potently powerful (Master Spark?). Kinda like how you have that friend that you really like and hang around heaps. After some time, you'll pick up habits of theirs and start thinking alike at times.

[Maple]

I dunno, I think they can look pretty good in 3D.

When i say "closer to the fighting games" i mean that the bullets aren't bullets, rather they are solid objects with volume and mass. So for example:

Meiling: shaped shockwaves for Gorgeous Sweet Flower
Patchy: fire tornado for Agni Shine, earth landside for Rage Trilithon, lots o' leafs for Sylphae Horn.
Chen: eggs explode into fire for Phoenix Egg
Yukari: light beams and shadow beams for Mesh of Light and Darkness
Yamame: messy spiderweb for Capture Web
Yoshika: slashes, throwing poison for Poison Raze
Waggysaggy: fish for School of Fish
Kagerou: slashes with claws for Triangle Fang

Replace dozens of small bullets with small numbers of big graphics.

[Raikaria]

I have a huge buttload of headcanon.

Elly is a Ankou [A type of reaper; hence; Shinigami] from Brittany; which is part of what is now modern France

Modern Yuuka and PC-98 Yuuka both exist. Modern Yuuka is a cutting of PC-98 Yuuka; since they are Plant Youkai. This also explains PC-98 Yuuka's ability to duplicate herself; she does so from a cutting of herself. This also explains the slight differences between the two; Modern Yuuka lives in a different environment [Gensokyo] to PC-98 Yuuka [Mugenkan]

Sakuya is not just a Lunarian; but she is a relative [Possibly not direct] of Kaguya; explaining their shared powers over time; and Eirin's apparent awareness of who Sakuya is. I toy with the idea that Sakuya is probobly semi-Lunarian; explaining why she thinks and insists that she is human; one of her ancestors was possibly an illegitimate child of Kaguya's royal family and exiled. Because Time Manipulation is not only lot more extreme than any human power we've seen except Sanae's [and Sanae is a demigod.]; but it extremely similar to Kaguya's power.

PC-98; particularly Mystic Square;  was based largely on Christianity; highly ironically considering and clamor for a Christian faction between Touhou 12~13.5. Yumemi made use of cross-shaped danmaku; while Gengetsu/Mugetsu's background features a prominent cross. Makai in it's entirety is massively inspired by various Christian depictions of Hell; and literature based upon it' such as Dante's Inferno [Yuki and Mai]; and of course Shinki herself basically being Satan. And then we get into 'Youkai  Jesus'; Byakuren Hijiri being sealed within Makai of all places; and remember 'Youkai' is pretty similar to 'demon'. 'Demon Jesus'. Sealed in Makai. Which is based off Christian Hell. Yeah.

Alice's entire life goal; creation of a sentient doll with a soul; is her doing no less than to become God. Alice has a God Complex; stemming from Shinki; her mother. This is especially noteworthy because Yumeko is 'The Doll of Misery' and Shinki calls Yumeko her 'Finest Creation'.  Alice's God Complex is further reinforced by her behavior. She isolates herself [Similar to how none can see God]. She is extremely reluctant to display her true power; fearing the impact it would have upon her reputation should she lose with it [Shattering an illusion of Omnipotence] and she generally talks down to others.

[nintendofreak768]

When i say "closer to the fighting games" i mean that the bullets aren't bullets, rather they are solid objects with volume and mass. So for example:

Meiling: shaped shockwaves for Gorgeous Sweet Flower
Patchy: fire tornado for Agni Shine, earth landside for Rage Trilithon, lots o' leafs for Sylphae Horn.
Chen: eggs explode into fire for Phoenix Egg
Yukari: light beams and shadow beams for Mesh of Light and Darkness
Yamame: messy spiderweb for Capture Web
Yoshika: slashes, throwing poison for Poison Raze
Waggysaggy: fish for School of Fish
Kagerou: slashes with claws for Triangle Fang

Replace dozens of small bullets with small numbers of big graphics.

You're not to far off. In the Grimoire of Marisa she goes over spell cards and what they are made of

Suwako: Divine Tool "Moriya's Iron Ring" she states A spell card that throws super-huge iron rings.
Kanako: Forgotten Husk "Unremembered Crop" she states I had rice thrown at me.
Wriggle: Firefly Sign "Little Bug Storm" she states A swarm of insects completely covers your field of vision. Gross.

On to some examples you said
Patchouli: Earth Sign "Rage Trilithon" she states    A spell card that hurls mud balls.
Patchouli: Wood Sign "Sylphae Horn" she states   A spell card of leaves dancing to the wind. 

So yea you aren't wrong. In fact, its canon that they don't use random bullets as a part of their spell cards. I suggest you read up on the Grimoire of Marisa and find out as much as you can.

[Shiina Tamai]

Sakuya could have come from the Red Alert universe (Her pocketwatch reminds me of a miniaturized Chronosphere) and PoFV takes place right after WWIII. Alice was from the Outside World but ran away from her parents and was transported to Makai.

[Tribow]

I have a lot, but I'll just say the EoSD chars

Rumia has a demon sealed inside her, hence the ofuda

Cirno loves watermelons.

Daiyousei can actually create clouds, but can't manipulate clouds

Hong Meiling is actually a huge badass at fighting, but thanks to the rules, she gets defeated a lot.

Koakuma has set up invisible spell circles all over the SDM library so she can teleport at any spot she needs to be in an instant.

Patchouli Knowledge actually has a contract with Koakuma. Her anemia has much less of an affect on her, but Koakuma has the right to her life.

Sakuya loves cosplay and will stop at nothing to get Remilia to do cosplay too.

Remilia hates cosplay and is actually not nocturnal despite being a vampire.

Flandre used to hate Remilia, but before the Scarlet Mist incident even happened, Meiling used to visit her daily and would tell Flandre exaggerated stories of Remilia and Flandre soon began to idolize Remilia.

Patchouli actually wants Marisa to keep stealing books from the library so she can test spells on her.

Meiling will sometimes challenge visitors to battle, but without following the rules.

[MetalStudios]

Sakuya loves cosplay and will stop at nothing to get Remilia to do cosplay too.

I like to think that Sakuya is a massive Otaku and that sometimes it shows while she's working XD

[Ragathol]

Everyone doesn't hang out with everyone all the time, and might not even know each other or have met at all. Everyone aren't at friendly terms with each other.
That's probably one of my biggest gripes with fanon. That, and romantic pairings (except Parsee/Yuugi, of course).

[Tribow]

PCB chars now

Letty has amnesia

Shanghai is the only doll that can move on its own, but only based on Alice's orders

Lily likes to trick people into believing spring is here

The prismriver sister hold concerts in human villages and shrines (especially the Hakurei shrine, and annoys the heck out of Reimu.)

Youmu can get into heated arguments with her ghost half

Yuyuko's clothing is part of herself she also eats a lot only because she can. She's a ghost after all, you can't get diabetes if you're dead.

Both Chen and Ran can't swim.

When Yukari is  'sleeping' she's actually just going to the real world to keep up with today's technology and she finds it amusing to make Rinnousuke freak out with her knowledge.

Youmu can swing her sword so hard that it actually launches her forward, which is why she practically teleports sometimes.

Youmu also refuses to fly up the stairs in the Netherworld

[Marron]

I think that Mugetsu and Gengetsu are the representation of Yuuka. We know it's another dream world, so maybe that's the dream world where Yuuka goes when she sleep.(Or when youkai go when they sleep. I won't say Yukari go there because I have another theory concerning her with dreams.)
I mean, we don't know why Mugetsu wear a maid outfit. But we can assume it's all symbolic. Maybe that's the elegant and lady part of Yuuka. Notice that she have an attack that looks like Yuuka on her first phase.
For Gengetsu, she can be the violent and "cute" part of Yuuka, you known, the part we show when she speaks to people(It's clearly shown in Mystic Square and she remains like that in PoFV, even if it's more "ironic), she seems innocent when you see her like that and it's even on the title of her theme, but she's kind of an almighty thing. I don't even need to point out the similarity between Yuuka's attack and some of Gengetsu's. Oh and, of course, Cute Devil Innocence posses a part of Sleeping Terror.(one thing as for why I think they are the two part of Yuuka in a dream world.)
It's fun that these two characters have something in common with Yuuka and that it's something similar from Yuuka. I know that many characters have similar attacks, but here, it's in the same game with two characters on the same stage.

[Jonath]

Elly is an Ankou [A type of reaper; hence; Shinigami] from Brittany; which is part of what is now modern France

Oh, I'm from there. Indeed it is a reference, but that might be because there is an Ankou in Shin Megami Tensei, which inspired a good portion of the PC-98 ^^~

As for me, Mr. MaskedLeon, Mugetsu and Gengetsu are actually... One and the same person. Just like Tsurubami cosplayed Tsubakura in Evanescent Existence, Gengetsu is cosplaying as a maid. Perhaps she even has a mutliple personality disorder. They live indeed, in another dream world, and I agree with you, it might be within Yuuka's own dream world (even if the guy who made the translation patches hinted at it being actually Genmukai, the Dream World from SoEW stage 3). For me though, they are (as nitendonut said) dream eating demons. They are the reason why Yuuka was aslept to begin with. But hopefully, our heroines barged in, which woke her up. Also, I think the reason why Gengetsu can master spark is because eating dreams allows her to mimic her victim's tricks.

The Cute Innocence possessing a Sleeping Terror part is there in order to hint at the sleep being artificial I think. Also, the same nitendonut said the Giant Catfish was perhaps Gengetsu in disguise. Which is for me the best headcanon "joke" I ever read.

As for other characters, mmh. Not many people may have played Kioh Gyoku here but I think the last boss, Muse, is from Yumemi's lineage, or at least from a sect that would have been formed on the same beliefs that Science and Magic can coexist. Both of them are using crosses by the way. They might be separated by several years though, so even if Yumemi's world and Muse are the same, the time setting might not be.

Also, the whole PC-98 characters not being mentionned again might be a trick from Yukari cutting the border between Makai, Dream Worlds and Gensokyo. Alice and Yuuka happened to be in a trip to Gensokyo at that time. Also, Yukari manipulated the border of consciousness and amnesia so that no one remembers them. Ah, and yes, Mima was trying to enhance her magical powers in Makai, so we won't see her anytime soon.

The windows characters interest me too, don't worry, but I can't find any place for interpretation or theories about them right now, so please pardon the lack of headcanon about them in this speech~ Oh wait, there are some. Remilia can perform Shurikenjutsu. See her ninja star 22B/C in hisoutensoku that nobody uses ? (also, there is a creepy eye on it). Cirno might become a youkai, because I have the feeling Yuuka might have been a fairy before (as seen in Kioh Gyoku, again I know some of you won't aknowledge a link between series but well, silly headcanon). Yuyuko is easily bored and that's why she enjoys starting danmaku battles (as seen in TD, RSS). The youkai mountain is actually a dormant volcano, and that's going to be a pretty big incident (think about it, tengus are living inside it, the Moriya shrine is on the top and the lava would directly come from Hell !).

That's all for now. Good night.

[Reu]

-Mima will reappear in Kasen's manga, not the games to build on the whole yama punishment thing like Seiga did. Also to once again have a "old" character teach Kasen what it's like being someone "people look up to".

-Rika or Rikako got a job helping the Moriya Shrine since the Kappa obviously needs it, they choose to stay out of sight because Reimu and Marisa annoys them. And Rika still thinks she's Reimu's rival

-Kurumi had something to do with the vampire incident, she has a history of beating opponents so much Elly got lazy

-Kotohime got arrested for life.

-Black haired kappa girl will eventually become her own character like Daiyousei, either through fanon or canon

-Genji has nice causal conversations with Kasen since Reimu doesn't pay attention to her mentor anymore

-Ruukoto is somewhere in Rinnosuke's shop, not for sale due to being rare as hell.

-Youki is in hell.

[Midnight_Sparky]

One of my theories is that Yukari is able to go to any universe she pleases for example if she wanted she could go to Equestira or other shows, games or cartoons

[Tsuken Yasashi]

-Youmu is a crazed and bloodlusted swordswoman thanks to events from Imperishable Night, in search of a worthy opponent in Gensokyo to match her swordsmanship.  Reason why she wouldn't go to outside world to find one is because in the future, the majority of everyone around the world never studies swordplay or martial arts and instead, stick to their 4Chan and Facebooks and #Hashtags.

-Yukari developed a Fail-safe person to put Renko on the right track in terms of finding Gensokyo, as Renko is currently losing hope on her desperate search for Maribel when she realized that she disappeared from Japan during their last adventure together.

-Byakuren Hijiri's brother, Myouren Hijiri, has always been watching her throughout the years she endured.  However, he is a spirit, and she believed that he had reincarnated already.


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