It's ridiculous how much I've been looking forward to this poll.
Characters, in order;
1) 比那名居天子 / Hinanawi Tenshi
2) 寅丸星 / Toramaru Shou
3) マエリベリー・ハーン / Maribel Hearn
4) 岡崎夢美 / Okazaki Yumemi
5) 永江衣玖 / Nagae Iku
Voting made complete with cheesy Nico Nico Douga-level japanese comments for each character. (I'd feel bad not commenting てんこあいしてる！ when voting in a contest like this.) I am very glad that I managed to include Yumemi. I was planning to include her, but as the contest drew closer, I ended up discarding her in the final constellation... But, I changed my mind at the last moment. On the contrary I'm sad to not have been able to include Ichirin or any representative from the Moriya household. Especially Ichirin I wanted to support because I know she's got it very tough, and I really like her. In the end though, I think I would have had regrets regardless of whom I wouldn't have included out of my favorites...
Music, in no specific order;
1) 魔界地方都市エソテリア / Rural Makai City Esoteria
2) 竹取飛翔 ～ Lunatic Princess / Flight of the Bamboo-cutter ～ Lunatic Princess
3) 紅楼 ～ Eastern Dream... / Crimson Tower ～ Eastern Dream...
4) さくらさくら ～ Japanize Dream... / Sakura Sakura ～ Japanize Dream...
5) 魔術師メリー / Mary The Magician
6) 東方緋想天 / Touhou Hisouten
7) 平安のエイリアン / Heian Alien
I kinda ended up throwing in Heian Alien at the end. I was planning to vote Dream Battle or Tomorrow will be Special, but... Both those can't really compare to the strong emotional attachment I have to all the other songs on the list, so they felt out of place. While Heian Alien also feels kinda out of place, it still feels like a more obvious choice, and it's the only EX theme I've loved this much (not that I dislike them). I also have this idea that "you can't go wrong with Heian Alien", so applied it to the poll as well. To me, it's like playing it safe, because even if I change my mind afterwards, I can't deny the fact that I think that Heian Alien deserved that vote.
I half-heartily did the survey. As a female, I wanted to fill it, I guess.... To let people know I exist, even as a minority. It's kinda long, so not retelling all that. But, the "How much money do you spend on Touhou per year?" gave a slight scare. At first, I though 30,000yen ought cover it, but then I realized I got arrange CDs for 9000yen just the other day, and the week before that, I spent another 8000yen on figurines. And before that, 18000yen for that Reimu PVC. And that's just for a few months. Ugh...
