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The History of Touhou Memedom: It Makes Sense, Because It Doesn’t

Published on May 18, 2010 in Editorial, Games and Touhou. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Tinkering with The World’s Strongest Meme, gear by gear by gear…

As I go through my backlog of blog posts, tweets, images, and e-mails, I noticed that almost 85% of the stuff I have are Touhou-related. Well, that’s fine, really. What I further noticed is the blatant display of memes and character deviations that appeal to the typical Remilafag Reimufag Touhoufag‘s fancy.

Silence, then a surge of sudden curiosity on the matter at hand, which is what this post is all about.

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When The Pillars Of Touhoudom Collide: Original Material VS. Fan Material

Published on March 1, 2010 in Blogging, Editorial and Touhou. 7 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

This is probably what I was doing while this whole thing was brewing.

With the blogosphere slowly succumbing to the powers of bullet hell, I can say that the hijack is going smoothly as planned. That was one thing I was worrying. The other thing, we’ll talk about, heart to heart to heart, you, me, and Touhou.

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Impoverished Takes on Hardcore Gaming: Take That, TheBigN-I mean, Shikieiki!

Published on February 19, 2010 in Editorial, Games and Touhou. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

Two years.

For two years, I didn’t think of playing Touhou Kaeidzuka (東方花映塚, though most of you know it as Phantasmagoria of Flower View, or simply PoFV ). All those short sessions back then were something out of boredom. Now that I’ve picked up the pace, I played it again, and here’s what I got:

Pure, unadulterated… VICTOLY!

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Valentine’s Day Special: A Time When I Can Say I’m In Love With Myself

Published on February 15, 2010 in Events and Touhou. 12 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

The idea came into me before Valentine’s Day. “Who’s going to be your fictional valentine, and what kind of sweet would you expect from her?” Since I was afraid to ask anybody who’s not into fictional valentines, or anybody who doesn’t like sweets and desserts like I do, I asked 2DT first (which he replied quickly with a nice little post here).

… Yes?

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The Residents of Our Gensokyo

Published on December 14, 2009 in Blogging, Games and Touhou. 8 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

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This is Gensokyo, OUR Gensokyo.

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