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It is Yakumo! And also, happy Chen Day. Give thanks to the one 2hu to rule them all (not biased dude).

Hola, we're happy to have you here. I'm especially glad to see new fans since I've been around for so long. I first got into Touhou in 2007, in other words around the start of its "golden age". Seeing the fandom continue to grow and for the series to remain relevant just warms my heart. Thanks for coming, your art is beautiful and I hope to see more from you soon. Godspeed.

I miss it sometimes but I'm glad I'm out now, especially since I graduated so long ago. The splendors of adult life are both a blessing and a curse. A lot of teachers and students in my high school were "rats", i.e. nepo-babies. I moved from Washington state to an Upstate New York suburb when I was pretty young, so my family were outsiders. My mother tried to join the PTA but she was essentially bullied out for being what the natives call a "transplant". My older brother was bullied relentlessly since he was already in 10th grade at that point, and lots of teachers and students in the school didn't take kindly to someone who wasn't born and bred in this one town. A lot of kids in my school got a lot of shit handed to them on silver platters for no other reason besides being natives. Their parents were born and bred, their grandparents too, and their grandparents parents. I was on my high school football team and I can't even count on two hands how many times our lineman were shuffled around to give rats their time in the spotlight, whether they were actually good or not. One of our guards was a kid named Bobby (not real name). He gave about 1/3 effort he should be giving and I saw him get trampled by others constantly, and yet he still was the star and won all the awards. He even had the balls to get cocky about his status. This was for no other reason besides multi-generation nativeness. Thank god the teachers weren't allowed to sway our grades because of our status. I got it easier only because I was young when we moved, and I graduated with flying colors. As for the others, high school was pretty much the highlight of their lives. I kept tabs on them and about half our football team couldn't finish their first college semester because they weren't used to actually having to work for what they want rather than it just being given to them. Nowadays, they're STILL in this little suburb, slamming drinks at the local pub and whining about how the miss the "good ol' days". So in other words, I had a very mixed school experience. I made loads of friends that I still talk with to this day, but nonetheless there was a lot of bad vibes to go around. I can only hope that the culture heals someday.

This one is real old school. Had to go digging through the archives to find it. I remember finding it online so, so long ago. Looking at it now is almost otherworldy honestly. stealing_time_by_coffgirl_d2s7z00.swf

1. When did you get into Touhou? C. Second section of Windows Era (10, 10.5, 11, 12, 12.3, 12.5, 12.8, 13) ~ 2007–2012 2. What made you first interested in Touhou? B. Secondary works (fangames, music, manga, and art) I saw Momiji art online and I was intrigued. Pls don't judge. 3. What made you stay with Touhou? Games are fun, music is great, fanbase is more dedicated than any other I think I've ever seen. 4. What level of fanbase do you like to interact with? Both medium and majority. 5. How familiar are you with Touhou lore and story? B. Average (only know about some character backstories and some story of games, but not to the point of remembering everything) I'm familiar with a lot but I can't always keep track of it all. 6. Do you think Touhou is the hardest bullet-hell game? Probably not. I don't dabble in many others outside of it, but games like Ikaruga and others are challenging in their own right. 7. Do you think Touhou Gacha harmed the franchise? Maybe? I don't interact much with TLW fans (since I can't stand gacha games) but I feel it's a poor introduction to the world of Touhou, just like how FGO is a poor introduction to the world of Fate. Touhou isn't and never was a gacha. It's a bullet hell. Only knowing or caring about Touhou through Lost Word is pretty disappointing. 8. Is piracy within Touhou good or bad? 3. Other I think it's somewhat bad. I'd like to support our lord and savior ZUN but actually buying the games, especially in English, isn't very easy. Piracy is a necessary evil in this case since it's really the only easy way for a westerner to get their hands on Touhou. 9. How flanderized do you think Touhou characters are? C. 5–6 seared, but not charred Some are more affected than others, I reckon. For example, I think Marisa Stole the Precious Thing has forever smeared Alice as a totally smitten lovebug for Marisa, when that's really just fanon. Yeah, it's fun; the fanon personalities of characters give them even more life than they do in the games. But it's flanderization nonetheless, I suppose. 10. Overall, which era(s) did you like/dislike the most? PC-98. Don't bash me for this. The games are good, but I reckon the Windows games are far, far better. As for like, you can't go wrong with the first Windows era. They're classics and most peoples first introduction to Touhou anyway.