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I think touhou has my favorite approach to shipping
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Which is that it just never mentions it even a little bit
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ZUN has dedicated nothing to figuring out Reimu’s sexual orientation
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He does not care
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Which means, as a result
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The fandom can do whatever it wants
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And canon will never contradict it
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“I ship Reisen/Youmu as cute fluffy girlfriends” that works
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“Moukou/Kaguya as bitter hatefucks only.” That works
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“Reimu/Marisa/Alice as a love triangle?” Go for it
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I have my own headcanons for Marisa’s preferences and thoughts
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If someone else playing her has something else in mind it wouldn’t even occur to me to dispute it
Rama
Touhou is the equivalent of an easel upon which generations of artists have painted their own unique masterpieces
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My Marisa is a male leaning bisexual who believes in love at first sight but doesn’t talk about it because she’s embarrassed at how much that clashes with her aesthetic
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But if you wanted to play her as like a mean lesbian who bullies Alice and Reimu all the time
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Or an asexual who's barely aware of sex at all
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That wouldn't feel out of character
ReJenerator
we have Mokou/Kaguya as a couple. After centuries of fighting, Mokou got the five treasures from Kaguya and then they both realized she’d won and Kaguya had to go through with the wedding...
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Mokou/Kaguya is just like
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"Yeah"
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"Obviously they hatefuck on a regular basis"
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It's the only touhou ship I feel even a little strongly about
merry witchmas
yeah it's a fun thing to lean into
merry witchmas
mte on marisa's preferences i usually play her as being more inclined to start flirting with girls than anything else but both times ive shipped her she's ended up with a boyfriend so lol
merry witchmas
*shipped her in dwrp i should clarify
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She fake dated Bakura from YGO in one game I was in for reasons that elude me at the minute
merry witchmas
oh that's hilarious, i love that
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I'm TRYING to remember the logic behind that
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like they were for real friends but it was something like Bakura had a stalker or something and was trying to discourage her
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and Marisa was like "I will go on dates with you if you pay for all my food"
merry witchmas
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merry witchmas
beautiful
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"As long as you understand that we are not in love"
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And then I've done a few smutty threads on like Bakerstreet but that barely counts