ZemZem Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) ZeMu's Touhou for Dummies v1.00 Alright, where to start. I've been contemplating in school today about how to do this thread while my precalculus homework sat abandoned on my desk. I was thinking about going in-depth about the series, but if you want that, then go here: http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Touhou_Wiki Instead I'm going to talk about misconceptions I've been seeing about the series here on SF, since what I usually see being reactions to Touhou here are: "ew lolis", "2hu sux", "weeb bait", etc. Now, I don't think that some members of fanbase here do it any justice and only dig a deeper grave for themselves, but I might delve into that later. Anyway, Touhou Project is a series owned by ZUN with games created by Shanghai Alice. The vast majority of the official games (14 in total) are vertical shooters. They are popular shumps, and it isn't uncommon to see people say "omg i can't do that shit you must be god" when they see something like this: [spoiler=PCB Lunatic Stage 6] There are four difficulties in total: Easy, Normal, Hard, Lunatic. The higher you climb, the harder things will be. There are also difficulties such as Extra, Phantasm (PCB only), Last Word (IN only), and Overdrive (TD only), but the main four that I listed are the ones I'm mainly referring to. The series is also quite well known due to the fact that most of the cast are female. Cool beans, huh? I guess so. So how did something as simple as this get so popular? Well, the music played a huge role and it isn't hard to find various music remixes on YouTube. As said before, the large cast of females (currently 130) also plays a role. Though due to ZUN's drawing style not being the greatest: [spoiler=Remilia's OA from EoSD] Fans have taken the liberty to draw the characters with how they perceive them: [spoiler=Remilia fan art] Over the years, the designs have been pretty much accepted as a whole (and it helps that the fighters + GFW have had some characters with pretty rad designs via Alphes). Now, the Touhou fandom is quite infamous for things relating to the things I listed above. A lot of those who play on Lunatic tend to be rather elitist, viewing anyone that plays on the lower difficulties as inferior. That sure doesn't make them look good. Then there are people who are just in the series for the girls, which I've seen piss off many fans. IMO, if you're going to join the series just to gawk at fan art, then you better also play the games or do something else related. That right there is probably my biggest pet peeve regarding Touhou and most of the reason why I'm even making this thread. Seriously, the series isn't that hard to get into. There are official doujin works you can read, hundreds of fangames created you can play, the fighters you can play, the music remixes you can enjoy, lore you can research, etc. tl;dr: Touhou Project is great. I wish that the fanbase didn't make it as infamous as it is. There are tons of things to do in the series, so find something and stick with it instead of just being in it for the 'waifu business'. I guess that's that. EDIT: there's also this: [spoiler=video of stuff] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7lHJXPKoX0 Edited April 13, 2015 by -Spring- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Masayoshi Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 i only have three words, and they're in latin Quare cur Vincent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarusu Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) You can also watch this video Better than the text https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7lHJXPKoX0 put this zeem Edited April 13, 2015 by Icarusu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caster Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I read this as touhou for commies... oops.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 touhou is fun but it attracts people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 and there is a fanbase for this shit? lol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDRHAWK Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 and there is a fanbase for this shit? lol? it's best you don't dig too deep into this fanbasefor your own safety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Masayoshi Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 it's not the tumblr Touhou fanbase so you're safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZemZem Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 put this zeem but the melodious sound of my keyboard touhou is fun but it attracts people lolicons? and there is a fanbase for this shit? lol? funny, huh? it's not the tumblr Touhou fanbase so you're safe the confessions speak louder than words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarusu Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 but the melodious sound of my keyboard lolicons? funny, huh? the confessions speak louder than words no, insert the video in your post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freohr Datia Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 the confessions speak louder than words confessions aren't words?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 it's not the tumblr Touhou fanbase so you're safe lol tumblr fanbase for anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZemZem Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 no, insert the video in your post why didn't you say so confessions aren't words?! t-they could be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 lolicons? well, fanbases are almost universally bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Seriously, is there one fanbase that people go and say "ooh this is a nice fanbase" maybe the phantasy star fanbase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) Seriously, is there one fanbase that people go and say "ooh this is a nice fanbase" trick question maybe the phantasy star fanbase hue Edited April 13, 2015 by Shockmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical Glace Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Touhou is pretty fun. Also, regarding ZUN's art, he has gotten a bit better recently, I like some of the TD and DDC art, for what it's worth. Oh yeah, and if you're intimidated by the screenshot ZM posted, Play IN Easy first. Thing's a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester Capri Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I feel like Sanae's comment on waifus might be the equivalent of generic non-2Hu fans toward 2Hu fans [spoiler=Sanae] Jokes aside, I love the music, but I haven't played even one. I'm a bit too lazy to even try one, but it remains intriguing somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical Glace Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I feel like Sanae's comment on waifus might be the equivalent of generic non-2Hu fans toward 2Hu fans [spoiler=Sanae] Jokes aside, I love the music, but I haven't played even one. I'm a bit too lazy to even try one, but it remains intriguing somewhat. Why is the frog drooling Why does the cloth band thing look like that WHY DOES THE SNAKE WIND UPWARD. I'M SO CONFUSED [spoiler=For reference] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZemZem Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 I feel like Sanae's comment on waifus might be the equivalent of generic non-2Hu fans toward 2Hu fans [spoiler=Sanae] Jokes aside, I love the music, but I haven't played even one. I'm a bit too lazy to even try one, but it remains intriguing somewhat. Capri <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junk Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 yeah play the games or it's not fun to talk to you about touhou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 we should hold a pofv tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caster Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 If anyone uses Medicine I'll fucking kill them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elieson Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 maybe the phantasy star fanbase I'm now happier that I visited this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZemZem Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 we should hold a pofv tournament no If anyone uses Medicine I'll fucking kill them we don't condone that behavior here missy I'm now happier that I visited this thread b-but what about me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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