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MagpieTeahouse

So I went and made a blog for my game-making circle @magpieteahouse​

Check out the games I’ve made together with some cool people so far!

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Subterranean Detectives Orin and Satori

From the depths of the Earth to mountain peaks

A Touhou Project fangame

About a year ago I drew a mock-up for a point-and-click game featuring Orin and Satori. I didn’t plan to actually make a game back then, but seeing how many people liked that concept made me want to try and see if I can do it. It took me a while, I learned new things, and made this short game.

You can download the game for free here:

https://magpieteahouse.itch.io/subterranean-detectives-orin-and-satori

MagpieTeahouse is the name of my doujin circle. I’m the creator and the only member so far, but I hope it can grow and new people would join, so we can work on new projects together!

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3: favorite game, 13: whom do you relate to, 17: whom do you like to draw the most, 25: are you taking it easy?

3. favorite game

I'd say WBaWC, followed closely by HSiFS. I really enjoyed the direction ZUN took with the music in these games, the style is immediately recognizable, the gameplay is fun, and I like the characters that appeared in them a lot. For HSiFS it's Aunn, and Okina with the dancers, and for WBaWC it's Kutaka, Keiki, Mayumi, and the beast spirits bosses of course! Love those animals.

13. whom do you relate to

Hmm, I don't usually think about this, but I'd say some aspects of Koishi's and Sumireko's characters used to resonate with me. They don't really any more, but I still like them a lot. As for now, maybe Youmu and Reimu to some degree?

17: whom do you like to draw the most

Despite having drawn quite a lot of touhous, I haven't really drawn most of the characters more than once. Unless you count Gartic Phone of course. In that case, Reimu, Marisa, and Youmu. Their designs are pretty easy to simplify to draw under the time restrictions and still get the character across.

25: are you taking it easy?

I am trying my best to take it easy!

Thanks for the asks!

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10, 12 and 23!

10. favorite fan game? Subterranean Detectives Orin and Satori! More seriously, I haven't played that many touhou fangames, or at least any big ones. I'd say, I liked Nitorinc quite a lot for its interesting and fun minigames. Also watching a Yuuyuujiteki no Yuukarin playthrough was pretty fun, if you disregard certain... aspects of the art style.

12. favorite remix/fan song?

I don't really have a song I'd call my number one favorite, since I like many different songs for many different reasons. I would say though that my favorite music circle at the moment is definitely Butaotome.

23. do you have any touhou ocs?

I do! They aren't particularly developed though since I haven't really given them too much serious thought.

There are two Moon Rabbit ocs I came up with thinking about the Lunar Capital. One of them is the leader of the Moon Rabbits, based on the original Jade Rabbit from the myths. She doesn't have a name or a reference, but basically she is a tired-looking rabbit wearing green-and-gold clothes with Chinese motifs and a pair of jade-tinted pince-nez glasses. She used to be Chang'e's servant and friend who helped her manage the Moon Rabbits in a mutually beneficial relationship. After Chang'e's imprisonment she was reduced to just a figurehead that nominally represents Moon Rabbits, but in reality just passes down Lunarians' orders on to them.

The other rabbit oc is an overzealous Lunar Defense Corp captain Rigel. She is a comical character loyal to the Lunarians to a ridiculous degree, basically think Invader Zim but bunny. The Watatsuki sisters got tired of her boundless energy and banished sent her to Earth with an extremely important secret mission. Here's a rough sketch of her

There's also another oc, the next Hakurei shrine maiden, Reimu's apprentice and successor. I am thinking about a story featuring her, so maybe I'll make something about her in the future.

Thanks for the asks!

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me, seeing camping equipment at the supermarket: Nice, some Yuru Camp merch

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Adding to that post I rebloged, it’s really funny how we all thought season 2 was going to be some generic moe reboot and the new kid was replacing Kaban, yet here we are, lore and mysteries are still there, and Kaban is back.

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WaHH chapter 48

I really wanted to see what people have to say about that latest chapter of WaHH, but there’s not that many post talking about it, so guess I’ll have to be the change I want to see. Here are my thoughts and speculation.

Spoilers for the new chapter, obviously

Just what was Reimu fighting?

Initially, I thought that Reimu was most likely fighting someone sent from Hell, like an oni, or even a kishin. However, there is another possibility, which I think is more likely.

There wasn't actually any fight, and the mess was caused by the oni arm acting on its own. I think in an earlier chapter it was mentioned that a severed kappa arm can act independently (though I might be wrong) so who’s to say an oni arm can’t? Reimu probably opened the box to take a look at it, the arm started wreaking havoc (claw marks?), so Reimu tried to seal it back into the box (torn amulets on the floor). It would actually clear up a lot of things, such as:

Why did the fight take place inside the shrine?

What would someone do inside an empty shrine? And if they wanted to attack Reimu, wouldn't it make more sense to do it at home, or outside? But it would make sense if it was the arm, since Reimu wanted to put it on display at the shrine as a relic, and that’s where she opened the box.

The one that bothered me the most, why did Reimu go to bed?

It would just be weird if after being attacked by someone, possibly someone from Hell, Reimu would just go home, change into her pj's and go to bed. We know she treats the safety of Gensokyo seriously, so wouldn’t she try to investigate or alert someone? However, if that mess was really caused by the arm, after sealing it back Reimu probably just decided to leave the cleaning till morning. Also, she probably took the arm with her to bed, maybe to keep an eye on it, or maybe to make sure no one would steal it.

What Reimu said in chapter 47

While she was walking through the infinite Hell, Reimu didn't mention anything about fighting anyone. You’d think she would say something if she got into a big fight with someone from Hell just before getting stuck in there. Instead, she talks about how the arm was probably a trap. Also this panel:

The wording might suggest that Reimu already thought that the arm might be cursed (probably from seeing it rampaging inside the shrine) and now being stuck in Hell with it only proved that.

However, there still are a few mysteries.

Was it really a trap for Reimu? Or was it meant for Kasen, and Reimu just so happened to find it first? If the target was Reimu, it would imply that someone from Hell most likely wants to pull something off in Gensokyo, and they need Reimu away to accomplish it. But they probably act on their own, behind the back of the Yamas, since Komachi mentioned that Reimu didn’t go through the normal procedure, and isn't under the supervision of any oni. But now Kasen is going after Reimu, and Komachi and Tenshi are going after Kasen? And most importantly, where did Reimu go?

Oh well, only ZUN and Azuma Aya know where this is going. We can only try and piece together whatever information we know. If you have any ideas, feel free to share them. It mighe be fun to discuss

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With all this intense stuff going on in the manga it’s really a shame the touhou tag here on tumblr is so empty. I wanna see people discuss things and make theories like they do with tv shows and such. Or do all the touhou people just talk about it somewhere else?

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I feel kinda conflicted about the new Kemono Friends season. I want to be excited for it, but the way Kadokawa treated Tatsuki and made the VA’s apologize for their mess is plain awful. On the other hand, the team behind the new season might actually be doing a good job, and it would be sad to see their work getting hate because of the actions of a corporation they have no control over. The best thing would be to wait for the actual season to come out and see if the new team would do the show justice, and base our opinions on that

(I’m talking about the actual people working on the show, Kadokawa is still evil)

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It’s 2018 and I finally learned what Touhou is about

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I just wanna say, I’m really glad I decided to watch Yuru Camp. It’s such a sweet and comfy anime, and it’s definitely among my top fav shows. It’s over now, but who knows, maybe with how popular it’s gotten they’ll decide to make another season (though, maybe it’s one of those stories that are short, but they manage to tell everything they needed to) + we’ll have a special some time soon

Also, I’m so proud of Nadeshiko and how she became a Rin-level camper (and got that lamp she wanted) and  I really liked the way the ending paralleled the beginning

Also also, the beginning of the ep absolutely had me convinced it was an actual timeskip

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I tried mint chocolate for the first time a few days ago

indeed tastes like toothpaste but I actually kinda like it