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jssf1992

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  1. So, after a very long time, I feel that it is time that I moved on. To retire and leave this community for other places and people. The shrine, much as it has been a home to me on the internet over the years, has also changed much in that time. I am genuinely a generation older than almost everyone else here, having arrived in fall 2012 as a young college student with a lot of time, and now I’m a 29 year old man looking for a house with cheap rent and a job that will cover it. I speak infrequently, and when I do, I can’t put as much time into it as I would like. I have become something of a ghost here, rarely seen and a reminder of the past. I haven’t posted on the Discord for months (if not longer), and I’m sure that there are many new staff that are unaware of my existence. I barely post on the forums, despite them being something that I once worked to have created. I have felt a need to safeguard what I know of this site’s past, I even often feel that I am the only one that remembers the good along with the bad. And of course, I have tried to reclaim something of that past. I remain by sense of obligation, as the ‘old one’ of the community, and by my endeavor to make and keep the new forum. These, however, do not keep me part of the community, do not endear me to what it is currently. So, with the forum becoming more active, my distance from the current generation of this community has become clearer, and with it, my growing feeling of disconnect has reached a point where I believe it is time for me to bow out and move on. This community has meant a great deal to me over the years. More than anything, my creative spirit has grown by my being at Moriya Shrine. The roleplaying let me both write and practice in a way that I never could have otherwise, and from it I learned the inimitable satisfaction of having created something. I’ve seen many others also create something of their own (not all Touhou related!), and even gotten be part of some. This combined with the inspiration of ZUN as a solo creator, has had an effect on me and my desire to be a writer that I couldn’t possibly understate or even fully understand. But this time has passed. My old friends on this site have long since moved on, and my remaining in the hope that those old days will return is fruitless. There is a season for all things, and I have had a season to rejoice, a season to work, and a season to be nostalgic. It is now time, I think, to let go. Without malice, bitterness, or unfinished business. May you all fare well, always remember that the person on the other side of the screen is far more complex and precious than the little words on our pages could represent, and I hope that for some of you at least, that this place will mean as much to you as it did to me.
  2. Similar to what I said in the ZUN's art thread, I believe this is mostly the result of a desire by ZUN to make the characters visually distinct, though I do think that some are also to signal to the player/audience their role/archetype, as Ken said. There's likely some intent to inform the player, but I do think that a lot of it is simply using the setting as justification for visually varied and distinct cast.
  3. Hmm, only a couple of things I think I could say here. First, drawing is hard, especially drawing humans (humanoid in this case), and getting good enough to get the less obvious signs of age down well enough to utilize it is extreme. ZUN seems to prefer building the games on his own, and so this is part of the deal. That said . . . ZUN is actually pretty good on the design. Characters have distinguishing features and gimmicks, and if you're interested Touhou, it's actually surprising how quick you can learn to recognize the characters. Also, in my experience at least, an overwhelming majority of the fanart keeps the characters in there cannon outfits, and are usually instantly recognizable (to the Touhou fans of course), which I think indicates that ZUN is actually pretty good at coming up with the ideas, even his portraits aren't good.
  4. There's a lot there, and it seems you've been busy separating out the topics into different threads, so I'll probably go give full responses there. Still, a few short things: Welcome to the forum! I don't think we've met, but it's nice to see new people being active. The music seems to be most people's first 'encounter' with the series. A good thing, I think. I think the 'darkness' of the setting is product of ZUN dabbling in darker material and the 'Fridge Logic' inherent to many elements of the setting. The tone of the series is almost always light, and I have a long-winded idea about Gensokyo actually being about nostalgia and keeping traditions alive through pageantry, but that's a whole different discussion. Concerning terrible memes, well, I've been apart of this community for nearly ten years, and I've seen terrible memes come and go. This one will as well, even if it doesn't feel like it now.
  5. My favorite character is Alice, and I'll just repost my old post about why again: Initially catching my attention because of her bizarre, but dangerous, playstyle in SWR, I really grew to love this character the more I saw of her. One of the more cool-headed of the cast, her finesse over force aproach to combat, her weird form of combat, the somewhat mysterious past, all of her great themes, but most of all is that there's actually some semblance of character growth during her time in the series. From aloof and vengeful in PCB to a friendly rival by the time of SA, there's a lot potential in her that sadly, we're not likely to see in the official series (especially since she doesn't appear any more). I admit it the fangames that have given me most of my love for the character, particularly her portrayal in Sengoku Gensokyo and Fantasy Maiden Wars Scarlet. I really like the friendly rivalry dynamic that she and Marisa had in IN and SA, they easily have many of my favorite lines from the series, and I always enjoy seeing a fangame that goes a similar path with them. But, to my long frustration, I have a great deal of venom for the Marisa/Alice ship. I dislike shipping in general, dislike it even more when it's applied to a story/series without romance, and what I've seen of the Marisa/Alice ship makes it a perfect example of why. If a fanartist/writer wants them together, the 'edge' and negative parts of the Alice are sanded away, leaving a less interesting character, or if they want Alice to be in love and that be a bad thing, they tear out the positive things, also leaving a less interesting character. I could write a fair bit on what think of Alice and Marisas' relationship (which is definitely part headcanon, no way around that), but that would take a while. I'll probably come back after I look at some more . . .
  6. I'm afraid that visuals is completely outside my wheelhouse, and I've got my own project I'm focusing on regardless. Still, I'm curious what you'll make, and I'll try to set aside time to try it afterwards.
  7. Here's one I found recently, don't know if anyone else has seen this one (being that it was made earlier this year).
  8. Here's something different:
  9. A good thing to be inspired by, as it happens.
  10. As ranking old timer, I'll definitely set aside some time to take a look through this. I've thought numerous times of making a "Forum Fantasy" -esque project for the Shrine, but I've never gotten very far, partly due to uncertainty of how such a thing would go over, but maybe this will be such a thing.
  11. Clearly a question that needed answered:
  12. Kind of sad that this died off so quick, but still . . . I was thinking about starting another Remix Tournament soon . . . but I kind of want to see if anyone else would like to host, as I would like to be a normal participant again at some point.
  13. Here's something of a surprising find:
  14. People keep showing me Hololive people singing. Which is generally nice, but I also get hear some new songs that way.
  15. Nice to see a lot of thoughts, even if some of it's negative. This wasn't intended for just the forum, since that seems to be a question. I see the Discord and Forum as two sides of the community, Discord as the faster, looser side, and the forum as the slower, calmer side. Although, I would think that the forum is more suited to actual events because of that, I also acknowledge that I'm biased. Lack of activity and participants definitely would be a concern, but I strongly believe in 'build it and they will come'. This isn't without some backing to it either, we get a lot of traffic, but only a small group of people actually stick around the forum for more than one or two posts. Those that do, you'll notice, are the ones that get involved with the most active topic here: music. This actually mirrors what happened with the original forum; many of the OG staff and members were actively interested in roleplaying and Werewolf, and thus many people joined that were interested those things (including myself), to point where roleplaying was the last thing happening on the second forum. Thus, I think there is some logic to thinking that holding other types of events would draw in people interested in them. This wouldn't happen instantly of course, which would mean starting small, but I do think such a thing could work out. Of course, I'm also hoping some people would see this thread and chime in (no need to be afraid to do so, if someone reading this needs the reasurrance!). I wouldn't know, as this is the only Touhou community I interact with, but I can guess. I am the reverse, sadly. Probably part of why I've leaned more toward structured rpgs in recent years. The history of Miracle Meet is an odd one, as it wasn't always what it currently is (originally being an opportunity for members to talk directly to staff, not really needed in the day of accessable voice chat), and it could probably stand to go through a new change. That said, longer planned and thought out meet-ups might get better traction. A game jam could be interesting, if I have the right idea of what that means. I know there are a few around that have some of the RPG maker series, though I might be the only one active currently. I know there are some other software that work similarly.
  16. Alright, I've been wanting to have community events, both here and on the Discord. Most of the normal members probably know me most for hosting the Remix Tournaments, and older members and staff probably know me best for how much I've pushed for community events over the years. In following with that, I'm hoping to try to do more in future, and with more variety so that more members and members with different interests would join in and enjoy getting more involved with the community. So, this thread is set up for further discussion of ideas, to both give ideas and respond to ideas given. I would be very happy for any discussion, staff or not. Obviously, forum games are something worth mentioning; Werewolf/Mafia and it's varieties, possible variations to the Remix Tournament, and others. There have been a couple of art contests here, and perhaps doing something similar again. We have had a tournament of sort for Touhou before, comparing scores of players, a bit involved, but possible. Then of course, we've had Miracle Meet (a weekly meet-up to play games as a community) for a long time, but it has been a while since we had respectable participation. Obviously, getting more people to participate would be nice. Organizing longer cycles of trying to get people together to play something is one thing I would like to try doing. Taking longer to organize one or two meet-ups and then move on to a different game/time might have some more success in today's uncertainties. There is also D&D and other forms of roleplaying. This has been brought up here more than once, but interest is has always been spotty. Trying to get something like this going can be a daunting task, but can be a very rewarding one, speaking from experience. However, such things would take more commitment than any other thing I've brought up.
  17. Here's something old, hopefully it hasn't already been shared like the last thing I put in here.
  18. Oh, I've been putting this off, but here's an old thing I would have shared for Halloween:
  19. You know what, here's an old thing you young'ns probably haven't seen before: The song is odd, but has some charm to it. I really like the animation though, mostly for the throwbacks to all the games Sakuya was playable in (mainline at least). If you want some emotion, though, there's also this:
  20. Hmm, not really sure what you would count as a "discovery", but something interesting is a fanmade piece for a character supposedly never actually was in the series (it's difficult to tell if they written or is just an urban legend), which kind of goes to show how far the Touhou fanbase goes with this kind of thing. Funny you mention the Remix Tournament, I should really get around to finally making another one while people are all stuck inside . . .
  21. Strange though it may sound (and perhaps not quite what you intended), but I feel Touhou would actually work well with the LEGO games of recent years. The large cast, the tendency towards humor over seriousness, the many locales and stories, all lend very well towards the series' bizarre, multi-layered appeal. Most other cross overs I could think are more for the sake of seeing the Touhou cast portrayed with the writing quality of other series, such as Trails in the Sky. One thing that has crossed my mind however is Undertale, specifically crossing over with Subterranian Animism, as there's few parrallels to be drawn between the Underground and Deserted Hell.
  22. Something for April Fool's day
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