Maidens of the Kaleidoscope
~Hakurei Shrine~ => Touhou Addict Recovery Center => Topic started by: Xeno on March 21, 2017, 11:56:42 PM
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I am well... I have a deep obsession with Sanae Kochiya, my no.1 favorite character in the entire series. I find her ability to cause miracles and wind powers is pretty rad and shes somewhat of a geek making references to popular culture, and the fact she is originally from the outside world. Plus her backstory is very interesting, I love her theme too and her green hair is really beautiful too.
So do you have an obession with any of the Touhou characters? If so, why?
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Yes, I have an obsession with Sakuya, hee hee. :)
She's so mysterious, beautiful, tall, elegant, and graceful, and there is no other character quite like her.
I'm so obsessed with her that I wish that I would be able to ask ZUN himself about her character, but the thing is I might not be able to understand and translate the Japanese quite well. *sighhhhh*
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definitely not
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Youmoo and Yuyuko. Love Those Dead Girls!
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I had obsessions with Kosuzu and Yorihime...
The former because I found her hair bell accessory and being ditzy rather cute. The latter because I was awed by how in SSIB, she chose not to outmuscle all her opponent, but outsmart them instead. (people these days focus so much on raw combat powers that they consider any fights won by strategic thinking to be a case of the winner being overpowered. Screw these people!)
Might be embarrassing to say this, but I've also have recently grown obsessed with Reimu's ribbon...yes, Reimu's ribbon, because it kind of resembled cat ears to me. Lately, I've been even fantasizing about stroking her ribbon... :blush:
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My obsession with Yuyuko is more towards her personality rather than physical traits.
Ever since I first encountered her on PCB final stage, I was awed by her unique style. How could the final boss be such a sweet looking and always smiling girl. Once Border of Life started I was even more amazed: A godworthy theme for, again, an innocent looking character.
What shocks me even more is her goal on PCB; she doesn't care about power. She doesn't want domination. All she wants is - in contrast to her curse-natured ability - to give life to someone.
She rarely is affected by others; never flinching when people say mean or annoying things. It's incredible how she always maintain her composure - a calm and collected and at the same time happy and playful. A welcome change from the classical calm, collected, silent and neutral type (such as Yukari).
Don't even get me started on her power, that apparently she never uses. To have such an omnipotent power and to never urge to use it. Far from it, being this power the sole reason she took her life (If I'm not mistaken; maybe Saigyou Ayakashi had something to do with this too). That's quite impressive.
I could go on forever rambling about her epicness. The irony is that while Yuyuko Saigyouji does not care about power, this makes her one, if not the most powerful character in Touhou Project.
Her personality is one of my personal inspirations in life.
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I used to be obsessed with Kirisame Marisa as a boss of Imperishable Night. It was purely because I was very bad at Touhou or shmups in general. Imperishable Night being my first game, Marisa's normal attacks pissed me off major every single time. Absolutely 0 connection to the canon or fanon material at that time. I wasn't even a member of a touhou community.
Nowadays no obsessions.
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Used to be obsessed with Tenshi, since I have a thing for long, blue hair :v Long gone by now, though.
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Other than Patchouli, whose bookwormish, apathetic and frail characteristics I fully share, it was all gameplay related too. Most notably Eirin, whose stage I pointlessly tried to NMNB on Normal for a long while before sensibly giving up and switching to occasional Easy scoring. She's still a nice character though, as is her theme.
Youmoo and Yuyuko. Love Those Dead Girls!
Can you please not call fully grown women "girls"?
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I used to be obsessed with Seiga- I had a thing for blue hair.
Thankfully it has long since passed.
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Can you please not call fully grown women "girls"?
I was being tongue in cheek when I called them "girls", and Youmu is anything but a fully grown woman, also Yuyuko's name in Japanese means "Ghostly Child", even if she isn't really a child, I think I'm justified in calling them girls in this context.
In most other contexts I'd call Yuyuko something else. I just think calling her Girl makes more sense here, since I'm referring to her in a affectionate way. Makes more sense than calling Sakuya and Ran (both fairly old women) "Girls" in a matter of fact way.
I really don't see why you have to feel the need to antagonize me like this but anything that makes you feel smarter I guess.
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See, when you said it before, the other person just apologized rather than make reaching defensive remarks, and they weren't even the ones against the diminutive usage of "girl". Just take your medicine bruh, it isn't about antagonizing you.
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Sorry, in my experience, when people copy and paste the exact words someone else said, but without any quotation marks, and in direct reply to that person, it's usually as an way to make fun of someone for what they said. That's why I assumed he was trying to antagonize me.
However, if that wasn't nav''s intention, and he was just trying to remind me of what I said earlier, then It was an overreaction on my part and I apologize.
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I think most people will say I have an obsession with Alice Margatroid. I think love requires some amount of obsession though. My own judgement over if I'm obsessed or not will be clouded though so I don't know if I can really tell - I probably am though. I'm certainly obsessed with Touhou as a whole yes, but I don't think I'm full on stalker level with Alice. I mean, I love her but being obsessed could be considered beyond that - or that could be more than enough depending on your opinion.
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Obsession? Well, my girlfriend certainly seems to have an obsession with Shikieiki.
So much so that...she's dragged me into cosplaying her. I'd show pics, but, I'm not too sure what thread to post them in...
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I have a bit of an "obsession" with Tenshi (might make more sense to just say she's my favorite character), partly due to her importance in the amazing fan movie Diamond in the Rough, but also because her theme is my favorite, I like her character design (especially her hair and boots), and she has a very badass weapon (it's basically a shapeshifting lightsaber that can screw with the weather!). I also like her backstory (the Touhou Wiki doesn't appear to have it for some reason, but I believe it involves Tenshi wanting to go to heaven because her parents ascended and she didn't want them to leave her, but then she eventually got bored and started the plot of SWR, because as The Talking Heads said, heaven is a place where nothing ever happens).
Of course, I'm also "obsessed" with a few other characters, like Mokou. She's both literally and figuratively hot, and she knows the dangers of immortality.
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Medicine. Her attire is creative in my opinion.
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Since obsess would entail constant preoccupation of the mind with a character, then no, I wouldn't have an obsession with a Touhou character. At one point, I was obsessive with the Touhou Project series and its material itself when I getting deep into the series how awesome it was, that was when I had so much to explore about Touhou still, but I know a lot know, and while my love for the series hasn't waned, my obsessions is now more controlled.
When talking about characters I put a lot of thought towards; however, I do think quite a lot about some of ZUN's characters that are very unknown in terms of information and character. Characters like Rin Satsuki, for example, have me wondering about how this history of Touhou would be affected had she made it into the game, and how popular she might have been. Her concept in particular fascinates me, and makes me want to learn more about her, so she's the one I'd pick here even if I don't obsess about her or any Touhou character.
In another vein though, there is Touhou first five PC-98 games which house some nameless characters and midbosses we know next to nothing about aside from the danmaku they shoot and the features they have in design, even some characters don't get much to them at all even with a name behind them, like much of Touhou 1's cast. I can't wonder about this to an excessive extent due to the fact that there's very little to go on with things like this, but at the very least Touhou always has something nice for me to come back to, so the word I would use in this context as a whole is devotion because I'm certainly enthusiastic about this particular Touhou topic, and I'll be the first to admit I'm talkative about it.
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Why yes,
boob Komachi.
I'ts just so boob cool of her to be able to talk with dead people, im so jealous.
I really desire to dominate those boob ability of her.
Seriously though, i would pretend to be friendly with her no matter how shitty she is, just to be able to know what dead people are thinking. To the point where i would ask a favor from her to get information from dead people under the pretext of "friend". Any other soul ferryman will do for me, really. but Komachi have boob as bonus
off topic, the old guy tasting his own medicine hwahahahaha, mannn, that felt good
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boob
Dude, insult to me aside, that was gross.
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boob
Dude, insult to me aside, that was gross.
You sound so rude, Humanity can't exist without women breasts. Every human child doesn't have rights over their own life, their life belong to the breasts. Every human should devote their life to protect the breasts.
Apologize to the breasts before you get karma,
I'm telling you just for the sake of virtual acquaintance.
by the way, i had no idea what you mean by insult, are you harassing me?
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I didn't mean to imply that i was grossed out by the existence of breasts. Breasts are perfectly fine. I just think its gross to openly talk about your fixation on Komachi's breasts.
And dude, you said this:
off topic, the old guy tasting his own medicine hwahahahaha, mannn, that felt good
How do you think i was going to react to this?
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boob
That's pretty direct lol.
Also personally I tend to fancy things that spin, and Hina Kagiyama is no exception (although not to an "obsessive" level, of course). I don't have a genuine obsession with any Touhou character, because I find it weird (not going to judge others though).
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I didn't mean to imply that i was grossed out by the existence of breasts. Breasts are perfectly fine.
Oh sorry, i should have give it a more thought about the meaning behind your message. That was a misunderstanding and my fault, sorry.
I just think its gross to openly talk about your fixation on Komachi's breasts.
I know right?
You should've seen those shameless awesome gentlemen who uses their finely honed skills to openly expressing their fixation on Komachi's breasts through those graphical representation.
I mean, it's okay to give her a bit extra from standard, but they should at least cover them properly.
But calling them gross are a bit too mean, you should tone down on your mean attitude dude.
How do you think i was going to react to this?
dunno, "that old guy tasting his medicine made you feel good" ?
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You should've seen those shameless awesome gentlemen who uses their finely honed skills to openly expressing their fixation on Komachi's breasts through those graphical representation.
I mean, it's okay to give her a bit extra from standard, but they should at least cover them properly.
But calling them gross are a bit too mean, you should tone down on your mean attitude dude.
Uh, I think he was talking about your fixation, not others'. Also I think his comment was about how openly you stated it. We didn't need to hear that much.
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Y'all need to chill.
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Oops. I guess I do have to add "i'm actually super chill about this lol" in all of my posts in order to get my thoughts across (I mean this genuinely, because I don't usually take things very seriously at all).
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I just think its gross to openly talk about your fixation on Komachi's breasts.
Just like literally any other opinion about a character, right?
Being grossed out by something like this is in poor taste.
On topic: I used to have a big obsession with Satori. I think my current obsession is Eternity Larva however. She's such an adorable butterfly fairy.
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Uh, I think he was talking about your fixation, not others'. Also I think his comment was about how openly you stated it. We didn't need to hear that much.
You lot have a funny way to process people message, by merely gauging with a word "boob", in what way that express a fixation that can be considered gross anyway.
Just because your own mind come to that conclusion doesn't mean the fanbase agree with it. Please try to reason again with your consciousness.
If that doesn't work please try to knock yourself unconscious and try again, that way perhaps aside from obtaining your seasoning you might even achieve your awakening.
Then again, what you people have been react ill to was a byproduct of an attentive behaviour that should be occurring naturally to every person since time immemorial. By scorning it you are denying humanity and it's everlasting heritage.
That's the first thing you guys assess wrong about me and the related matter.
Second, me befriending a soul ferryman are merely an obsession, a beneficial obsession to be exact, although just spiritually. And me prefer one with a bit more than adequate breast are just a case of "one bird for two stone", and a personally advantageous reasoning like that should be excluded from making your disagreeable assumptions.
Beside that, if we are talking about "that" kind of fixation, mine lies somewhere else along the lines of a rotating red-green thing. And aside from the graphical effect, that fixation also doesn't swing in a gross way i think.
And so, that judgement are unacceptable, please retract it.
Y'all need to chill.
Yeah, you tell them. Getting so worked up over a natural matter, those people really need to grow up.
Being grossed out by something like this is in poor taste.
You got them right there lads!
I think my current obsession is Eternity Larva however.
Doesn't she stinks though? i heard she stinks.
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You lot have a funny way to process people message, by merely gauging with a word "boob", in what way that express a fixation that can be considered gross anyway.
Just because your own mind come to that conclusion doesn't mean the fanbase agree with it. Please try to reason again with your consciousness.
If that doesn't work please try to knock yourself unconscious and try again, that way perhaps aside from obtaining your seasoning you might even achieve your awakening.
Then again, what you people have been react ill to was a byproduct of an attentive behaviour that should be occurring naturally to every person since time immemorial. By scorning it you are denying humanity and it's everlasting heritage.
That's the first thing you guys assess wrong about me and the related matter.
Second, me befriending a soul ferryman are merely an obsession, a beneficial obsession to be exact, although just spiritually. And me prefer one with a bit more than adequate breast are just a case of "one bird for two stone", and a personally advantageous reasoning like that should be excluded from making your disagreeable assumptions.
Beside that, if we are talking about "that" kind of fixation, mine lies somewhere else along the lines of a rotating red-green thing. And aside from the graphical effect, that fixation also doesn't swing in a gross way i think.
And so, that judgement are unacceptable, please retract it.
That's a strangely complex way of saying "I'm just liking what is normal to like and if you don't like that you should go knock yourself unconscious.", to which I could respond, but instead I'm not going to judge you or your opinion. My post only really meant to inform you that you missed a point that (I believe) was being made, not exactly to detail my own opinion (although I may have accidentally done that anyway). Sorry for any mild confusion.
Doesn't she stinks though? i heard she stinks.
Rude.
Beside that, if we are talking about "that" kind of fixation, mine lies somewhere else along the lines of a rotating red-green thing.
what
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all of them
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Doesn't she stinks though? i heard she stinks.
Hey, that's rude. Butterflies don't stink! :c
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That's a strangely complex way of saying "I'm just liking what is normal to like and if you don't like that you should go knock yourself unconscious.", to which I could respond, but instead I'm not going to judge you or your opinion. My post only really meant to inform you that you missed a point that (I believe) was being made, not exactly to detail my own opinion (although I may have accidentally done that anyway). Sorry for any mild confusion.
I'm sorry, i thought you two were accomplices ganging up on me. Then that means my "strangely complex way of saying "I'm just liking what is normal to like and if you don't like that you should go knock yourself unconscious." " only apply to that medicine guy.
Rude.
Even though it ain't rude, and it call'd fact actually
what
that (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/images/avatars/avatar_7387_1389183810.gif) yeh sumting like that
btw, do you happen to know where that piece originated from? wondering if theres higher resolution available.
You fancy it too right? you are kind and would share, right?
Hey, that's rude. Butterflies don't stink! :c
Except she isn't exactly a mere butterfly. Just take your fact bruh, it isn't about being rude to her.
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btw, do you happen to know where that piece originated from? wondering if theres higher resolution available.
You fancy it too right? you are kind and would share, right?
Sorry, no clue.
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Hey, that's rude. Butterflies don't stink! :c
then you should convince this (http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ci_wiiuds_hollowknight_hollowknight_cmm_big.jpg)
uh maniac to not kill her and take the lifeblood
(this doesn't make any sense does it)
that -snip- yeh sumting like that
btw, do you happen to know where that piece originated from? wondering if theres higher resolution available.
You fancy it too right? you are kind and would share, right?
well there's this thing I found:
(https://media.giphy.com/media/htvaICBMyIqQ0/giphy.gif)
now you can have Hinas spinning in opposite directions isn't that nice
ON topic, I'm pretty sure all my favorites on danbooru have Patchouli in them so no I don't have any obsessions.
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Just like literally any other opinion about a character, right?
No, because the opinion in question was sexual, and sorry to upset you, but i think its kind of gross to express your sexual attract to a character in a way like how MANoBadAssGar did, being openly fixated on the breasts. Most people i've talked to agree. Some things should just be keep to yourselves.
"strangely complex way of saying "I'm just liking what is normal to like and if you don't like that you should go knock yourself unconscious."
Dude, that's kind of a Argumentum ad populum fallacy. And again, there's nothing wrong with liking Komachi's breasts, its just that some people find it gross when people express those kind of opinions. Not everyone on this forum is as sexually attracted to her as you are.
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No, because the opinion in question was sexual, and sorry to upset you, but i think its kind of gross to express your sexual attract to a character in a way like how MANoBadAssGar did, being openly fixated on the breasts. Most people i've talked to agree. Some things should just be keep to yourselves.
Whether the opinion is sexual or not is irrelevant. You're getting riled up over an opinion regarding a fictional character.
I agree, some opinions are probably best kept to yourselves, but this right here is also such an instance. Things like these are not worth getting disgusted over. It's like the so-called "waifufags" refusing to accept any criticism or flaw about their favorite character, or haters/jealous people who only care about the negatives, and each kind of person would fight over opinions that don't agree with their headcanon or whatever. People have different tastes; it's not necessary to tell someone their taste is shit. For instance, I'm indifferent towards Komachi and am aware a lot of people only like her for breasts, even though there's much more to her character than that. I'm fine with that, they can say all they want about that, even though that's not the image I have in mind of her.
Of course, like everyone else, I too have sexual opinions about characters that I'm not willing to express (on a public forum, anyway). I don't think that's gross, I think that's perfectly natural. In fact, I would be surprised if someone does not have such opinions about any character at all.
Bearing in mind that I've heard stuff far worse than "muh Komachi titties" on other places.
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No, because the opinion in question was sexual, and sorry to upset you, but i think its kind of gross to express your sexual attract to a character in a way like how MANoBadAssGar did, being openly fixated on the breasts. Most people i've talked to agree. Some things should just be keep to yourselves.
And what does exactly give you the right to police other people's thoughts?
Is there any rule here saying that it's not allowed to express such opinions? No.
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I feel like having these thoughts and opinions is okay, but if they make other people upset or uncomfortable you should tone it down.
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There's a limit to everything and I believe MANoBadAssGar's discussion of Komachi's extraordinary breasts fits perfectly well within the limits of a healthy conversation. He didn't even allude to anything remotely intimate. It's fine.
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Even though the debate is quite valid and people are having sensible opinions and arguments it isn't the time nor thread for this. I think this might deserve its own thread in the 'Cafe' section, if there is any desire to continue it. Especially because it is getting quite heated and tat too personal in my opinion with some posts.
Please return to the actual topic and please refrain from expressing obsession about a character due to being a potential 'waifu' (or similar reason). This isn't necessary pointing at the incident about Komachi's assets but generally we frown on expressive waifu related threads.
Cheers,
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Sanae's amazing and she's been my favorite character for over four years now (since becoming a Touhou fan even), but I wouldn't say I'm obsessed with her (this might be a lie). And thankfully I'm glad for that, since I've seen some people who are obsessed with characters...and it can be really creepy, ngl. Of course, everyone has something they're passionate about, so that's just how it is (just like how I'm passionate about Sanae).
Also. If you get triggered for someone expressing attraction to a character, you're in the wrong fandom lmao. Just saying.
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I wouldn't call it an obsession but I do really like Kurumi, it kind of started out as a joke if I remember correctly but over time I grew to like her, I don't think it's anything out of the ordinary. I know there's more people who jokingly like a character a lot and then they actually start to like them instead of just joke that they do over time.
I think it's evident by the amount of Kurumi pictures I've edited (I actually have in general, almost 3,000 pictures is quite a lot, although I don't know the accurate number since my file also has a few duplicates and pictures of other characters, but it's not all that big a deal.) and have added into my videos, as well as use elsewhere too. I guess it's also just enjoyable to like a character that I personally believe to not be polluted by people who make them out to be much more different or don't like the canon aspects (thus willfully brush them aside) but I'd say that's to each their own. Preferences differ per people and all; I think that also ought to be respected.
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Okay fine, i'll drop it. But i still stand by my words that MANoBadAssGar's words about me were really fucking rude.
BUT, I will not continue to pursue this argument, if someone wants to continue this conversation with me privately, drop me a pm. Otherwise, this is the last time i talk about this publicly. Sorry for any inconvenience or offense i may have caused.
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Reading the following posts after my previous one made me almost misunderstand that i seems to be really made to come out as a "that MANo dude who are crazed over Komachi breasts" when i'm not actually one, my god
And i think it's justified for me to have some say abut it, to clear out that i'm not maniac over Komachi breasts. because i think it's kind of defamation (if im not using the wrong word).
The "boob"s in my initial post actually meant as sarcasm toward the rather abundant amount of Komachi fanarts depicted with an easily noticeable cleavage. (i make it literally obvious in my third post)
I got that blurting out "boob" out of the blue like that can make a few people feel uncomfortable, sorry about that.
And,
Just because your own mind come to that conclusion doesn't mean the fanbase agree with it. Please try to reason again with your consciousness.
If that doesn't work please try to knock yourself unconscious and try again, that way perhaps aside from obtaining your seasoning you might even achieve your awakening.
Is actually just total plain nonsense that i add to suggest that im not serious about the whole matter.
and that seasoning are supposed to be reasoning, not my fault, it's that stupid spell check
i still stand by my words that MANoBadAssGar's words about me were really fucking rude.
Yeh, soz bout dat man. But you could've tone it down by saying "shamelessly bold" instead of "gross". I just think gross are for something like stinky funguses, i guess......
incident about Komachi's assets
Seriously though !? Even though those three are actually fussing over "grossness of open expression", and not especially Komachi's stuffs......
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Yo, I believe a mod already called upon folks to drop it already? This entire thread is already skating perilously close to Waifu Talk, especially in sexualizing these characters, and waifu stuff is expressly frowned upon here as detailed in the sticky. So let's cut it out with trying to get the last word in already.
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While I wouldn't say I'm obsessed about the character, Nitori's evolution as a character throughout the series has interested me for quite a while and I'm also pretty interested about how her race works in the setting as they're far more advanced in term of technology than most folks in Gensokyo. I initially thought what happened in SoPM in regard to the character was kind of jarring but I've grown to like it as it kind of makes the character more distinct than several characters in the series.
By now I think it's pretty clear what Nitori meant when she said humans and Kappa are allies (which would be in term of business). There's the whole Shirikodama thing too which gets brought up once in a while, getting supported by a spell card description in 12.5 and of course her dialogue bit before fighting Kokoro in 13.5. I also think it's also fair to assume that ZUN has a liking for the character too.
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For me that would be Okuu, for obvious reasons. Also Mystia, for slightly less obvious reasons.
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I wouldn't call it an "obsession" per se, but I do have a fondness for Aya. I mean, this is my workspace:
(http://i.imgur.com/lUPzXUn.jpg)
She's the one character I can simultaneously like sincerely and ironically. Ironically, because her reputation for her standards is a pretty common stereotype of journalists in general, and no one in this business will ever not be accused of sensationalism and invention. Sincerely, because her interviewing style is actually quite good. In fact I've used parts of BAiJR as templates for interns when it comes to interviewing styles.
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I wouldn't call it an "obsession" per se, but I do have a fondness for Aya. I mean, this is my workspace:
(http://i.imgur.com/lUPzXUn.jpg)
She's the one character I can simultaneously like sincerely and ironically. Ironically, because her reputation for her standards is a pretty common stereotype of journalists in general, and no one in this business will ever not be accused of sensationalism and invention. Sincerely, because her interviewing style is actually quite good. In fact I've used parts of BAiJR as templates for interns when it comes to interviewing styles.
As an Aya hater, I have to say this is a good observation of her character. She sure knows how to GET information, it's what she does with it that can drive one up the wall.
Personally, I prefer Hatate. Her articles may not be on the cutting edge of happenings, but they're sure to be well-researched and greatly written. Anyone knows where I can get a Kakashi Spirit News subscription?
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Yes, definitely. Aya is "action news"; live, on-the-spot reporting that often carries the tone of urgency or controversy. Hatate is more "longform" reporting; investigative, methodical, with in-depth research. They're a great compliment to one another. I think every journalist should learn how to balance their inner Ayas and Hatates.
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Sincerely, because her interviewing style is actually quite good. In fact I've used parts of BAiJR as templates for interns when it comes to interviewing styles.
This has been on my mind on and off for the past month or so ever since the last time you mentioned this somewhere, but I'm genuinely interested in what this interviewing template you've derived from Aya's articles is like. That, and your opinion of her journalism style in general since I think you'd have a lot to say on the subject. Since I don't have any sort of expertise on interviews or their formats, her articles seemed rather straightforward to me and I didn't think to look for any common process she followed.
If it's off topic (and/or long), then maybe by pm? I'm really quite curious. Or in a new topic if you feel like sharing it with everyone.
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This has been on my mind on and off for the past month or so ever since the last time you mentioned this somewhere, but I'm genuinely interested in what this interviewing template you've derived from Aya's articles is like. That, and your opinion of her journalism style in general since I think you'd have a lot to say on the subject. Since I don't have any sort of expertise on interviews or their formats, her articles seemed rather straightforward to me and I didn't think to look for any common process she followed.
If it's off topic (and/or long), then maybe by pm? I'm really quite curious. Or in a new topic if you feel like sharing it with everyone.
Hey yeah, I might make a separate thread on this topic when I get a chance. Good idea.