Maidens of the Kaleidoscope
~Hakurei Shrine~ => Touhou Addict Recovery Center => Topic started by: beaver1231 on August 01, 2009, 03:17:12 PM
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(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9959/l4d2y.jpg)
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1862/adventcirno7.jpg)
There's lots more so I won't waste your time with more pics.
The thing is Touhou parodies everything and no one parodies it back...
Just saying my thoughts out aloud.
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It might be because, wouldn't it be hard to parody something that is already making fun of/playing around with pretty much all genres there is?
It's kinda like making comedy out of comedy or something.
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I'll say that it's hard for me to find fanart where Touhou is being parodied/referenced (note that I'm really unaware of most of the newer anime/manga/comics/movies/etc.), and it's even harder for me to find games (or gameplay characteristics) that are influenced or are homaging Touhou, but anyways.. Yuki and Mai in Samidare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hps4X9_f4k (RoHL would count too, since it uses a similar playstyle, as a source of inspiration, while not having the Touhou universe in its plot..)
Anyways, what's important, imho, is that the Touhou universe maintains its own identity (this means, not be purely or mainly influenced by external.. memes/characters/parodies/etc. As long as Touhou is properly regarded as being, for example, a series of games/stories that can generate doujin musics, fanarts, fanfics, fangames, etc., rather than being just the series that served as support for Marisa Stole the Precious Thing/Mc Roll/etc.)
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And why would Touhou need to be parodied more?
Anyway, I'm not aware of other series related to so many jokes and parodies.
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It's because adding Touhou to anything makes it better.
Touhou doesn't get any better so adding anything to it just makes it suck.
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not very disturbing
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Here, quoting this from another thread:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/_Subaru_chan_/3140649.jpg)
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Well maybe not so who cares... Maybe I'd want to lock this thread or something...
Here, quoting this from another thread:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/_Subaru_chan_/3140649.jpg)
Is that supposed to be a mindfuck?
Something more disturbing...
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5954/5436185.jpg)
EDIT: I forgot to give credit to THAT SITE. Bcause the cake was from that site.
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I will not die until I see that cake in real life.
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How do you parody Touhou?
Do you just make spellcards for characters outside the series?
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I'm thinking either you or I have missed the point Saiyoucho. Parody of parody is rare no matter what series you're talking about, so I think he means references to Touhou as opposed to Touhou referencing something else.
If that's the case, I'd say that despite the more recent rate of growth increasing in the fanbase as of late, Touhou is still quite obscure. People don't make Touhou references as often because the fans of whatever other series wouldn't get them. In most cases, there are a lot less of us then there are of them. That being said the opening premise of discussion isn't entirely true (http://safebooru.donmai.us/post/show/202078/chen-kirby-parody-touhou-yakumo_ran).
Creepy? What's creepy about it? It is a delicious cake, you must eat it! Otherwise it'll go stale. Nobody wants that...
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Link
Oh.
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I'm thinking either you or I have missed the point Saiyoucho. Parody of parody is rare no matter what series you're talking about, so I think he means references to Touhou as opposed to Touhou referencing something else.
This is exactly what I mean.
Something creepier, posted before but still worth mentioning.
(http://safebooru.donmai.us/data/f73ba1c0347965943170084cafb62c08.jpg)
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(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/4039/chen16.png)
don't forget this.
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I will not die until I see that cake in real life.
lol the first thought that crossed my mind was:
MUST MAKE THAT CAKE! o.o
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I will not die until I see that cake in real life.
As much as I want that cake, the cake is a lie, etc.
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Rejoice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nQQribcB-o&fmt=18)
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Rejoice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nQQribcB-o&fmt=18)
Yeah I heard of that one, saw it today.
I can name a few more, but that's still a huge minority.
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Depends how wide your scope is for "Touhou" - if you mean strictly just the games, and the core Canon lore around them, then I can't think of any references to them. If you include Marisa Stole the Precious Thing and similar "direct by-product of Touhou" stuff, those get parodied quite a fair bit. I've seen plenty of Marisa Stole the Precious Thing parodies and recently there was a Tales parody of that Innocent Key flash (the one with the bust-up potion or whatever that was).
Actually wait, scratch my first sentence. I heard somewhere that Akamatsu-sensei was paying homage to Patchouli when he designed Ayase Yue (Negima). Heck, there's even that one image where someone took a coloured picture of Yue (around ch 88 when the festival was on and she was in her dress) and added on a somewhat crudely drawn moon sign. We (circle of friends) saw Patchouli pretending to be Yue, not the other way round. I guess that's the thing - homages of Touhou are harder to spot. Arguably several characters from Saki are also inspired by Touhou.
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Rejoice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nQQribcB-o&fmt=18)
Yeah I heard of that one, saw it today.
I can name a few more, but that's still a huge minority.
I don't know if that's a direct Touhou reference or more referencing an internet meme.
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That's not disturbing. Just fun! I especially like that L4D one though the thought of Zombies chewing on Touhou girls are stuff of nightmares. Unless you are a cruel psychotic bastard of course.
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That's not disturbing. Just fun! I especially like that L4D one though the thought of Zombies chewing on Touhou girls are stuff of nightmares. Unless you are a cruel psychotic bastard of course.
Wait do you know of a user called TouhouFreak?
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yes, he is right above you
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I thought the user looked familiar...
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Was playing Little King's Story (Wii, just released). Random names for villagers confirmed to include the following: Alice, Lily, Merlin, Lunasa, Lyrica, Letty, Youmu.
Still waiting to find a Yuyuko.
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Are you serious? That's awesome.
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Was playing Little King's Story (Wii, just released). Random names for villagers confirmed to include the following: Alice, Lily, Merlin, Lunasa, Lyrica, Letty, Youmu.
Still waiting to find a Yuyuko.
Saw a trailer for it and there was a Mokou in there too. There are too many names shared by touhou characters for this to be an accident.
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Do remember that Taito is owned by Square-Enix. (don't even think about that)