Touhou Game Club

As soon as I finish my homework later today, I'll get started on writing that Article on Flan-chan.... but right now, I needz some sleep... freaking took me 3 hours to do a freaking quiz cuz my school's website was acting up...

The first really fits in my cup of tea due to its solid oriental-taste. The second could've provided more 'impact' since its composition seems to be generic, but the gradual change of pace is quite nice. While the last one, don't you also think it sounds weird in some of the transitions ? Despite of that minor issue, it's admittedly a unique idea to mix several themes in one music.

They're all terrific. Thank you, Haru!
I will be looking for the respective albums in case none's yet to be uploaded in the music thread.



Even with my character's name revealed, I'm still a fruit ? What blastoise.
Does your dekstop have issues ? I thought you didn't have any, or maybe having a problematic unreliable desktop since you talked as if you couldn't connect internet without a laptop.

Don't worry about the event, you can keep my words that Zandwarf's event wouldn't consume your time like the previous competitions. It won't be held anytime soon though, just keep your gear hot and kicking.

The desktop is very old. Thats all. I couldn't get online with it for a few days either. It can run Touhou but not TSA. Thank ZUN for non 3D games. I discovered that it skips/lags/drops frames when streaming anime with music (OP's, ED's, music in the background) and it can play 480p h.264 at best. (MPC + CCCP)

The further away it is the better.

Haru's really filling the role of a songbird ( =w=)b


I missed an online quiz once because it ended following the time of another campus overseas. It made me feel all kinds of diabolical after all the wasted preparations I did.

and health should take precedence over anything. Rest easy~


Well, another reason to download instead of stream!
Unless of course, it still plays in the same problematic fashion.

I torrent anime, just the ones I like. 480p torrents aren't as common as 720p though.

480p was easier to obtain last time, when uploading wasn't such a pain in the hinds for people, so I feel ya on that one.

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Does anybody share the same sentiment ? I personally think that Innocent Treasures is the best from what Changeability of Strange Dreams can offer, but I've never thought of it as an entrance BGM. The theme's cheerfulness makes sense now.

Here's my article on Flandre Scarlet for Hatate's Blogpost.

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Flandre Scarlet, Devil’s Little Sister



[size=10]“I haven't gone out even once in the past 495 years.” – Flandre Scarlet, Reimu Arc[/h]

Flandre Scarlet is the boogey-man in the basement. This of course, only refers to the Scarlet Devil Mansion (from here on out, it will be known as SDM) where Flandre lives. Flandre is a vampire, much like her sister Remilia, but is thought to be either the most powerful, or one of the most powerful youkai that currently live in Gensokyo. This is due to Flandre’s ability to destroy everything. What makes matters worse is the fact that she has some mental instability, as mentioned as a footnote in her entry in Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red by ZUN.

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Personality



[size=10]"That person acts like she understands everything from the beginning.
She talks about understanding fate or something." - Bohemian Archive Interview[/h]

To say a bit more on her ability of being able to destroy everything, it is wise to just let your imagination guide your thoughts. Flandre describes her ability as being able to move the “eye” of objects and things into her hand. When the “eye” is in her hand, she is able to break that “eye”, which in turn destroys whatever the “eye” belonged to. This a very frightening power, and is most likely the reason for her sequestering.



Because Flandre hasn’t been out of the SDM in nearly 500 years, there is little if nothing to say about her early life. It is widely thought that because of her destructive ability, her sister kept her locked away in the basement of the SDM. By being sequestered from the rest of Gensokyo, this is also thought to fuel her mental instability. I believe the mental instability is the need for her to feel like she’s wanted and that she doesn’t have to be alone, kind of like a child, competing against her instincts of feeding and bloodlust. For having been sequestered for nearly 500 years, I can see how she would need to feel like she’s wanted and to not feel like she’s all alone. I believe that Flandre does take on the child role more often than not and this can be seen in some of her statements she makes. However, she does still have a vast store of knowledge within her, and she does know about most of the things people talk about, despite behaving like a child. This can be seen when she first meets Marisa.

In some fandom, it is shown that Flandre has a strong connection with Meiling. I don't know the full details on this relationship, but I think it might be because of how the both of them are treated in the SDM.

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Embodiment of Scarlet Devil



[size=10]"Will you play with me?" - Flandre Scarlet, Marisa Arc[/h]

Th06: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil offers us a small look into the life of Flandre. Even though we don't find out her entire story, we do find all of her emotions and experiences coming at us in the form of her dangerous danmaku.



Q.E.D. "Ripples of 495 Years" is, in my mind and opinion, all of her emotions and experiences coming at you at one time. This is to signify the end of her confinement within the basement of the SDM. You can tell she's excited about her coming out, by the way the bullets speed up as time goes on.

Now, it is shown in the Reimu and Marisa arcs on how she treats the two heroines. During the Reimu arc, Flandre doesn't take well to Reimu. This might be due to the fact that Reimu doesn't like Remilia, and with Flandre being her sister, doesn't want anything to do with her either. On the other hand, Flandre and Marisa enjoy some friendly banter between each other. This friendly exchange is widely brought up in fandom culture as the starting point of their friendship. This friendship is usually shown in the form of Flandre hanging all around Marisa.

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Forbidden and Taboo



We might be able to glimmer some truth behind Flandre if we were to look closely at her spell cards. In my opinion, I don't think there is much to say. I think her spellcards are based off of her mental instability. Taboo usually refers to things that are not thought to coincide with the standards of society, so it can infer that her Taboo cards might relate to things that she had done before coming to Gensokyo and becoming a vampire. This could also refer to her enormous strength and her ability to destroy everything, as some of these cards did lead to some level of destruction when they occurred.

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Afterwords



Flandre is a very strong youkai, but if you were to look a lot closer at her, she is a very fragile girl.
We don't know what kind of life Flandre had prior to Gensokyo, but we can conclude that she had a horrible time while she was locked up in the SDM. It is a sad realization that Flandre has never really had anyone to play with or to talk with for most of her stay in the SDM.

Flandre tries to seek out people and other youkai that will be able to understand her for who she is, and to actually become friends with. This is very hard for her to do, as she's never had contact with anyone outside of the SDM, and usually just ends up blowing the people she meets to smithereens. Or is it possible that she just wants to meet people who are stronger than her and will be able to last against her?

Flandre doesn't have very many people close to her to support her. Before her breaking out of the basement, she'd only have relied on those that brought her food every so often when she would get hungry. But now that she's let out of the basement, she is able to talk and spend time with those living at the SDM, even if she can only get a small amount of time to spend with them.

To me, Flandre is more than just a dangerous youkai. She is a girl trying to reach out to people. She is trying to find someone that will accept her for who she is and who will be there for her for the rest of her life. I feel attached to her, and I wish that I could be with her, but I know that this is all just a made-up story of an imaginary place.

To me, Flandre is the most precious gift that was given to Gensokyo.

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References

• Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red

• Perfect Memento in Strict Sense

• Flandre Scarlet in en.touhouwiki.net

• Reimu Arc

• Marisa Arc

• Grimoire of Marisa

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Please be gentle on me. lol.

Came across this randomly, liked it.

Also kinda digging Touhou Eurobeat lately. There's a couple compilations like this on youtube. This makes pretty interesting background music for gaming.

@Zandorf, I'm not really following here actively but why are you writing those articles? Wiki work?

I liked the music, up until the vocals started. lol. The ONLY touhou song that I will ever like with vocals, is U.N. Owen was Her? by New East Sound.

Oh, I liked the vocals about it the most. Something about her voice I just found really attractive.

I wrote that article because I think I said something along the lines of needing to write an article on Flan-chan. Don't remember exactly what I said, but Jenkins tasked me with writing the article on Flan-chan, given that I wanted to and was determined enough to share my thoughts on her.

So, I just "technically" wrote it for fun. lol.



Edit: Oh... it was because I commented about loving her line in one of the written works that ZUN made. The line of her's I love is in my sig.

Did you forget that you have to PM me the exact article before posting anything ? If only I knew that you would post your article today, huff. Oh well.

I'll edit this post later for response. (or in another post in case someone posts after me) I suggest you to add the mandatory banner somewhere somewhere in your article, else I wouldn't be able to archive it in the front page. Thanks for your hard work.

Mmm my Koishi sensors are detecting something...

Listen it up to the end.
After that i'll make you guys go more HNNNNGGG



Personally i've thought of it as a ruinning tune...




Well done Zandy -v-

... the vocal is very ... errr .. 'game breaker', in a sense.

Ruinning ?

I added that banner you wanted, that In Memoria. I added titles to the sections.
The image thumbnail size is 150x150.

I did the double page break to indicate that what was after that was no longer a part of the article.

Kudos on the article, Zan! Solid ideas and facts, and the addition of references are neato as well.

All the banners you used were also spot on, but The In Memoria one is frankly an unnecessary addition to the post - it was meant for a different event. removing that one would work better for the article. :3

There. I replaced the In Memoria banner. :3

And thanks for the comments Original unit, Harune, and Jen. I appreciate it.

fixed...though i actually i wanted to refer to it as a victory tune, or when you reach a important result...
But i still agree with Zun statement, i belive that it's a tune that would fit perfectly as a welcome song for every newcomer to Gensokyo

Nicely done. Now do one for everyone else in Gensokyo.



Couldn't help but giggle at that