#crysanthemum hermit ~ miko

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Gensokyo's Number 1 granny

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"Yoshika, you're so calm and collected. Even in the act of rejecting someone. It's, as the modern people say, so cool. I'm sure we'll find someone else you can marry without any problem!"

Except for when her brain was acting rotten that is.

"That is that, and this is this." A not so brief pause. "Soga-san understands how you are, I'm sure, but I doubt the same tolerance would extend to say: a corpse. No matter how well maintained."

"I'd not like to cause strife in your home life, my lord."

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"Seiga, turn off my Buddhist inhibitors."

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"I too love yoshi!"

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"The Dao has informed me something horrible is about to happen. Futo, prepare our defenses."

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"I did not say I would not abide, I simply pointed out how you would benefit. I know well enough who Buddhism is for, I am a saint! Yet I also know exactly what a self-serving drive does to aspirant Buddhists. It turns them into me." She makes a humming noise. "Then again, you lost your humanity for the dream of immortality. Maybe you understand better than any other."

"Buddhism is not just about rewarding the deserved, but also reaching out to those who could benefit from it. All I am asking is that you don't attempt to convert any of my followers, can you really not abide by that?"

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"It's okay, my eternal rival, I've been trying to free for Yoshika from her control as well. Someday we'll succeed."

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Miko gets a 🔥!

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"Gensokyo would be much better off if they just put me in charge. I was a crown prince once, let wisdom and experience guide them to a brighter future."

"Oh, also, Sugar is bad for you and you shouldn't eat it."

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"Does this mean my marriage to Shou and child with her can finally come out?"

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"Oh perish the thought. I am simply adapting my words of love to a modern era. We can't all be like Futohime and keep our archaic dialects. Though I'll admit I've become partial to modern cinema. Truly there is no form of media storage greater than the VHS! You must see the state of the art VHS player that Yoshika acquired for us."

"Taishi-sama you're so sweet. You've been watching too many of those 'romcoms' with Futohime haven't you?"

"To think I go away for a little bit and all your charm sounds like it came from said very VHS store."

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⭐️ Miko and Mamizou

Muses pairing headcanons

I've not exactly been subtle about the fact that my Miko is interested and/or down bad for Mamizou but why not touch upon why? Mamizou is just a pretty lady, ya know, but Gensokyo has several pretty ladies. The thing about Mamizou is more a matter of her actions.

In Urban Legends in Limbo Mamizou shapeshifts into Miko and effectively drains much of the hype she was building in the human village. That action is just so audacious that it really caught Miko's attention. Like she's never had someone have the nerve to impersonate the crown prince before especially not blatantly right in front of her. To her that marked Mamizou as someone who is different from most other people and that difference really interests her.

Plus she sees herself as a leader among Gensokyo's humans and Mamizou as a leader among youkai. In Miko's mind the two of them as a united front could hold an even greater power base in Gensokyo (and assuage Byakuren's fears that Miko has bad intentions for the youkai and thus save her some trouble in the process)

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"We're losing so badly!"

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"The Dao was of a great influence upon The Force."

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"It's too late Byakuren I've already drawn you in a cave and me on water buffalo."

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*Throws a bundle of 📕s at her girl Miko*

Get muse facts!

(Unlike most of my muses) She really does not like sweets or sugary things. To such an extent that she travels to the human village to lecture them on eating sweets as seen in Alternative Facts. Why is it that she is this passionate when she is a hermit who doesn't need to eat? Because Miko does eat anyways. Even though a hermit can sustain themselves on just mountain mist Miko is adjusted to the diet of a crown prince and continues to eat expensive foods to this day.

Due to her time spent pretending to be a Buddhist saint, Miko knows quite a bit about Buddhist festivals and holidays. Now that tensions have begun to decrease between the Myouren Temple and the Taoists Miko has actually been helping out with the preparation for festivals on some occasions.

During the period that she spent sealed, where she could observe the world but not actually interact, Miko did not have much better to do (beyond meditation) so occasionally she used her powers to watch tv. She thought the 80s Transformers cartoon was pretty cool but, sadly, she missed out on Bionicles.

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Meanwhile, the other Miko is jumping around and singing one of her favorite songs:

“Parked inside the lay-by

Their destination can wait

Dancing in the moonlight

The truck-driver and his mate”

— @waitingfate (I am sorry, but not)

"Ah, I must say it's quite wonderful to hear how beautiful my singing voice is from an outsider's perspective. Though I'm not quite sure about the lyrics."