Presadhereno

This has been my favorite video essay for years and it has THOROUGHLY convinced me that Yotsuba is my favorite manga I've never read. I like it precisely because it has nothing profound to say nor does it try to, it's just a dude talking about something he loves and that energy is infectious. It's simpleton content but I find that highly refreshing when every other video essay is competing for the biggest brained takes.

GensouChronicle is a haven for those seeking quality within the sewer that is the Western Touhou YouTube scene. His editing is clean yet stimulating, his videos are well-researched and well-written, and he presents some interesting investigations into the nature of Touhou's world. Here are some of my favorite videos of his, with a brief description of their content and strengths: Here he weighs the probability of success within Gensokyo upon various different pathways, assuming little prior acquaintance with Gensokyo or its real-life parallels. This is done through ranking traits and abilities, which may be improved through certain courses of action. This video highlights the research put into his videos and the clarity of his conceptual construction. Here the content is in the title, but this video has a great deal of humor. The general trend in his humor is building his jokes with one mood and ending with its polar opposite. For example, at 2:35 a somewhat poetic, serious mood is built but then abruptly ended by a shift to a more vulgar and simple mood. He also makes use of strange analogies which are oddly appropriate, as is shown at 0:44. I believe this style of humor borders between reason and absurdity, it appears absurd but never deviates from an underlying order. I feel I share this style of humor and I have much difficulty sufficiently describing it, so I cling to any example of it can I find to try and get a better idea of it. Lastly, there is my overall favorite of his videos. He takes the world of Gensokyo seriously, which is highly refreshing. It isn't merely a source of memes for him, he sees it as a well-built fantasy whose merits run parallel to figures like Tolkien (although I cannot be the judge of how apt these are, I haven't read him). It's a good investigation into the nature of fantasy in general, it explained a lot of my formerly inexplicable appreciation for Gensokyo as someone who is generally not sensitive to the appeal of fantasy - Touhou taught me the appeal of fantasy and that's why I've been so enamored by it. When I try to write for an audience my writing gets so "stiff", I FEEL stiff while writing. I swear my writing isn't always so impersonal and rigid.

My fondness of her is mostly out of admiration. Not at all, really Is there really any evidence for her cruelty, though? That was the point I was trying to make; she presents herself as scary and cruel in quotes and whatnot but she's in actuality perfectly moral, none of her actions are born of true malice. She maintains a threatening aura merely as an unorthodox yet highly effective method to ensure the protection of her garden, and while she is a bit of a troll I don't think it's typically the sole motivation behind her behavior. According to the Touhou Wiki, she's also perfectly capable of friendly interaction: "she also tends to visit the Human Village and comes off as fairly polite, in addition to often appearing at the Hakurei Shrine on peaceful terms" I interpret Yuuka as an ultimately harmless being who simply holds strong and unconventional desires, utilizing equally strong and unconventional methods to ensure that others respect them. It is this facet specifically of Yuuka's personality to which I strongly relate. Yeah, I have a tendency to write more technically than is appropriate. This may be attributable to the fact that I'm not an avid reader whatsoever, only reading non-fiction occasionally. I have no sense for how language naturally flows, my writing is primarily concerned with expressing individual concepts as clearly as possible without reference to the rest of the sentence/paragraph. It often takes quite a while to write as my meaning is conveyed more by specific word choice than the general context. I revise most individual sentences multiple times before I proceed in the process of writing.

My understanding of characters is typically very surface-level and informed primarily by the fanon (I'm interested in Touhou primarily through an appreciation for fanworks), so I'm not sure how accurately I can answer this question, but I do like Suika quite a bit. She's a being of pure whimsy - the polar opposite of me - and even as a fictional character I find her personality somewhat infectious. I like her enough that I've contemplated buying a figure of her The character to whom I feel most akin is probably Yuuka, at least in her fanon depiction (I'm not sure how accurate this is to the canon). She's a somewhat enigmatic character, exhibiting a variety of behaviors whose origins are all seemingly contradictory to each other. I believe I am much the same. My values and beliefs are hardly straight-forward and thus I don't feel I fit into any easily identifiable archetype, and my behavior often has roots which are not immediately evident to most.

If a large amount of my early posts seem poorly measured (as I have just now painfully realized they are), that is precisely what I'm attempting to work on.

Typically, I'm weary of showing my age on forums due to possible (even if unspoken) guidelines concerning age, but this forum seems to be lax on that. I'm currently in high school, and my biggest complaint is the sensory assault of it all. This is exacerbated by current meme culture resulting in my classmates incessantly reciting stupid ass brainrot terms such as "gooning", "edging", "rizz". Every day, all day. Man, that shit causes total psychic death. I'm currently awaiting a set of earplugs to spare me from their torment. Another one of my major complaints - in American schools atleast - is that the conditions are seemingly completely hostile to life. Half of the rooms have no sunlight whatsoever, opting instead for strain-inducing fluorescent lights, others have barely maintained vents which stink up the room with the scent of brain damage. I often contrast American schools with Japanese schools, I envy how open and organic they feel. Relative to the complaints of OP, these would probably be deemed trivial by most, but the sensory assault of school greatly affects me. It completely destroys my ability to do any sort of mental labor either during or after school, and results in weeks of stifled intellectual/creative activity; the sensory assault of school typically leaves me in a delirious state of mind. That being said, school for me is alright in pretty much every other domain. My school is orderly, I've never experienced bullying, and although I have a poor social status this was self-inflicted rather than imposed onto me. Given the sample of classmates, I've decided that social aspirations aren't for me. I've dedicated this period of my life to self-study while I sit in the waiting room for college.

I sometimes use the phrase "presidential adhesive renovations" to practice handwriting (I do this a lot when I'm bored), because quick brown fox gets boring after a while. I shortened it to "presadhereno", which sounded extremely odd at first but began to slowly make more sense as I kept repeating it. I'm satisfied with the name because the elaboration of its origin is funny due to its absurdity. "where did your username come from?" "presidential adhesive renovations." "...what?"

I've joined this forum for the following reasons: 1. I am a chronic lurker, however this forum seems much simpler and smaller than others I browse, so I wish to utilize it in order to get more comfortable with posting. 2. Despite haven been a Touhou fan for 2 years, I've yet to directly engage with the community whatsoever. I've always felt that the essence of Touhou was in its community, and thus I feel that being so detached from it has greatly diluted by appreciation for it. 3. I generally just don't have many people to talk to. I departed from my previous online friend group a while ago, but I've grown much more reserved than when I first met them, so my efforts to attain a new one have been impeded. My primary interest is in philosophy, with history as a close second. My interest in philosophy, to me, is simply a reflection of a very holistic range of interests. I could say that I'm interested in biology, mathematics, and engineering, but I don't feel I have enough real knowledge or motivation to learn these subjects to really state that. Rather, I deem them a subject of my "philosophizing". When it comes to philosophy itself, I'm particularly interested in ethics and society, and occasionally dabble in epistemology and ontology. My only real hobby is thinking way too hard about everything ever, and then barfing it all up in incomprehensible walls of text with no regard for the reader whatsoever.