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>>46945515
The MTF thread is down the hallway.
>I'd be happy to at least try properly organizing my understanding of Touhou's Worldbuilding Lore and real world connections at least.
I would love to see that.
>Seems rather self-defeating to include an anti-piracy curse on a book that teaches how to protect from curses.
Well of course the curse is more potent than the protective magic taught there!
>As before this still goes way over my head given my lack of familiarity with the subject. It does interest me though.
Well, the genius were these individual instances of some general divine power that was tought to be present in everything, people, places and more abstract "things". Some of them had anthropomorphic presentations, stuff like the genius of a single house or a door did not.
>but I guess vaguely discerning?
That's probably a fine attidute.
>I'm... Not entirely sure what it could mean to try and hide a motive from an entity that is outright affected by thought
Well, yes, you can try, but will it work..?
>the connection between Yukari and Mayohiga
Mayohiga is described as being on the very edge of the Hakurei barrier, isn't it? And that sometimes humans wander into it and they go into a dreamlike state.

As for "legitimate means", I really don't know in the slightest. As for Muenzuka, it could be an "illegitimate" point precisely because the Barrier is weaker there.
>>46947364
Very interesting.
>>46949080
>the Heart Sutra
Maybe the would like me to read it. Hmm. I had pondered it about being possibly related to sincerity of intention on some sense? Not that I am at this moment particulary interested in "going to Gensokyo", I am much more interested in what they can teach me here in this world and how I can give back to them.

I would absolutely love to visit Hakuba and Suwa though. That's enough of "going to Gensokyo" for me at this point.
>I'll have a dream where I'm doing something in the mansion or helping one of the residents with an outing or whatever.
That's really wild.
>>46949143
For me it was a really slow process untill it wasn't. I probably started unkowingly making contact with them when I started thinking of them as being capable of feeling something towards me - aproval or disapointment depending on my actions. I didn't really intentionally try call them out.

The turning point was the day of the eclipse. I had started feeling like something was going on for a while, but I was on the fence. I decided, I don't even know why, to do a kind of "ritual". I tried living the day were intently in a way that I believed would please the kami and drew a picture of the four and the solar eclipse.

Throughout the day I had very powerful mental imagery of them and the night before that I had a dream where Kanako-sama quietly looked at me, not really judging me, but more like sizing me up, trying to understand who I was.

The following night I dreamt...of absolutely nothing Gensokyo or kami related. But it was like they had blown off the hinges to my subconscious. I had a hyperrealistic, more real than real life feeling dream where I was in a loud argument with a family member I have kind of difficult relationship with. I shouted and shouted untill I screamed to them "what do you want?", and the family member replied meekly and quietly "I want to be treated with dignity", maintaining their composure while I was overcome with anger. I woke up in shock and got the first of the post-dream info dumps, which was basicaly "we don't like this, you need to change this, you can't go further unless you change this".

After that I started freaking out because I was obviously dealing with a real spiritual phenomena and the mental manifestations got more frequent and at times weirder and a bit scarier untill eclipseanon told me to try talking to them. I had made amends towards the family member they wanted me to treat better, which is probably why they were willing to talk and so responsive when I did.

>>46945410
>I think it's time to start thinking about summing up the key insights from this thread.
I'd be happy to at least try properly organizing my understanding of Touhou's Worldbuilding Lore and real world connections at least. There are details beyond what I've mentioned here about the Layers, such as the Memory Layer that, from what's mentioned, seems to be "above" the Mental Layer in the same way the Mental Layer is "above" the Physical one, in a somewhat disjointed, but connected way.
>"anti-piracy curse"
Seems rather self-defeating to include an anti-piracy curse on a book that teaches how to protect from curses. Supposing it's true, as you seem to be uncertain yourself.
>the "personified virtues" are 12 of genius in the original sense from Roman beliefs.
Intriguing. As before this still goes way over my head given my lack of familiarity with the subject. It does interest me though.
>Why'd you bring out the reversed Hanged Man?
It is a fairly long running in-joke with people I'm personally familiar with that said card basically represents my life, particularly delays and persistent struggle. Sisyphus comparisons abound.

Honestly I guess it's worth clarifying that I look at all this from a standpoint I can't fully call skeptical or critical, but I guess vaguely discerning? When it comes to spirituality and such, I'm going to prioritize results in determining what works, even if the mechanisms are functionally blackboxed to me, but distinguishing what would be considered mundane and what would be mystic is still a point of interest, simply for the purpose of understanding.
>Yes, and people aproaching spiritual with hidden motives.
I'm... Not entirely sure what it could mean to try and hide a motive from an entity that is outright affected by thought. Seems rather futile to me, but I suppose I'll keep all that in mind.
>those who go to Gensokyo via legitimate means first end in Mayohiga
I guess if I'm to try to unpack this from the standpoint of a worldbuilding nut, it's presumably in reference to the connection between Yukari and Mayohiga. I guess "legitimate means" would mean someone being somehow vetted. It's a little strange though, Muenzuka is the location distinctly known for being where things tend to pass through, something about the Barrier being weaker there.

I think it's time to start thinking about summing up the key insights from this thread. I think purely, directly Touhou related these would be
- Touhou lore draws from a wide range of real world religions and esoteric, occult beliefs
- Gensokyo is based on a real world location with history of reported paranormal activity
- The Mental Layer idea from CoLA, things about kami turning into youkai if seen only as a threat
- Whatever is going on with Grimoire of Marisa
- Suwa mythology having possible connection to Taoist believes
- At the very least extremely archetypal nature of Touhou
What else? How do we even begin to sum up everything else? I think the DJT threads have used some kind of AI, but she is a very rude girl and we don't want that here...
>>46943216
Careful now.
>>46943271
>Damon Brand's thing, I'm guessing?
Yes, obviously a pseudonym, haha.
>I may give it a look later, through entirely legal means, of course.
I forgot to mention this - one point of contention regarding that particular series of books is that supposedly they have some sort of "anti-piracy curse" in them.
>I presume you'd argue a connection between the personified virtues mentioned and the mentioned kami
Well, not directly, but the "personified virtues" are 12 of genius in the original sense from Roman beliefs. The concept is really, really close to kami.
>what archetypes are most compatible with the Reversed Hanged Man
Well, the cards are archetypes in themselves, especially the Major Arcana. Reversed Hanged Man - delays, resistance, stalling, indecision. Does it sound familiar..? Why'd you bring out the reversed Hanged Man?
>And maybe get an 'answering machine' of sorts as well.
Great idea!! I've heard of people saying that once you "get it" you can make all kinds of constructs with magic. Someone said they made an "alarm bell" that would "ring" when he had the attention of unwanted entities or people. Construction of "mind palaces" for storing information is a popular activity, but I think this is also mundane(?) mnemonic technique.

I've had the idea of making a "kami telephone" which would be one of those old timey phones with wires, but I don't trust my ability yet to get it right for a long, long time. I would need to be able to make a good enough barrier to keep it from getting unwanted calls all day and night.
>Out of curiosity, by this I assume you mean duplicitous people in general?
Yes, and people aproaching spiritual with hidden motives.
>>46943456
>i don't know anything that would suggest our souls are stratified, but i wouldn't rule out the possibility either
I suppose it might be more of a biological self/spiritual self divide, I may have been confused somewhere along the way.
>In my own theory the 'root religion' is really a philosophy that can syncretize all other schools of thought
I'm starting to think so myself. No idea yet what it is though.
>>46943499
>You know what they say about things smelling and being too good to be true.
Yeah, honestly I was concerned about this, but I don't feel like what has been offered has been "too good to be true". I've conceretely, directly asked for very few things. The most completely out of my hands thing was asking Kanako-sama to help you keep your promise.

They've also done something that I don't think impostor entities would ever do - held me accountable to other people. They told me I need to make amends to a family member I have a difficult relationship with before they want anything further to do with me.
>>46943927
>but honestly i don't understand in the slightest how they work
Me neither, my lack of background in sciences really hampers these type of pursuits.
>>46944084
A very concrete one was recently this motorized massage pillow thingy that I own turning itself on while I was talking with a friend about why nature spirits supposedly like honeycomb so much as an offering.

A wholly insubstantial one was when I had made my offering to Kanako-sama and started going back home. I received a communication from her that basicaly boiled down to "you really have no idea how to do these things properly, but that was a very endearing spectacle and a nice gift, I will help your friend, don't worry about it".
>>46944255
>"The energy flowing through a system serves to organize that system."
>See above?
Is this the essence of the ziran idea in Taoism??
>>46944270
At the very least, "information" is pretty much all we can grasp of reality in some sense..?
>>46944945
Well, obviously the "door to Gensokyo" is now slightly ajar to you!
>>46945104
>getting interviewed by Sakuya
What did they ask you?

I've only ever had one directly Genskyo related dream, or rather it was one of those post-dream, waking up infodumps that I've been getting occasionaly lately. It was basicaly a mandala-like aerial view of a town and "those who go to Gensokyo via legitimate means first end in Mayohiga, and only those of pure heart can go further". I have no idea what to make of it.

>>46917633
Yes this is the anti thread my fellow global chad. Why are we here anyways?

>>46868311
>>a thread that had over 200 posts blatantly posting Kronii’s RM and only got deleted after CP was posted
but remember, this is the anti site

This really is the anti thread

>>46737319
Most likely fake, but honestly women really do do this shit behind your back lmao. They take reddits advice and decided if you should be dumped based on extremely little and very one sided/bias context. Its really toxic. As i said before, my advice is find a girl who knows all of your fetiishes/ kinks and etc BEFORE they start dating you. that way, if they still date you even knowing all the lewd fetishes you have then she is truly into you regardless. Also, make sure she is heavily anti social media. Any girl that is permanently online on twitter/reddit is a lost sheep that can get brain washed very easily. On the bright side tho, you can prob manipulate her into a quick fuck because she is easily brain washed, but dont date.

also, link to the thread.

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Please be respectful, no trolls, no anti-discussion.
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Today, i went to /vt/ because of an ad that appeared on the banner, and also went to the /hlgg/ out if curiosity to see their discussion about the stream, Its crazy how this thread actually talked and discussed what happened on the stream instead of posting shit like "lmao x did a cute voice" "x being cute just now" x sneeze lmao" like hlgg, yet somehow our retarded little brothers thread said they actually care about hololive and jp is an anti thread.
thanks for reading my blog that no one asked for

>>46669106
Yes, if that influences and dictates their creation. AI is the one making the art, not the so-called prompt-engineer.
Get out of this thread with your anti-moe propaganda.

>>46644996
just because the discussion is not always positive doesn't mean this an anti thread, there are plenty of aquacrew here and if it bothers you that much just use filters since the schizo uses the same buzzwords over and over again. lastly you cannot discuss hololive in /vt/ at all because the moment you talk about hololive members(35+5) ensharts take offense for whatever reason and chimpout.

>>46644846
>retards who got brainwashing with "/jp/ is the anti thread"
Well, I mean... look around you, anon—are they so wrong? If you like Aqua, for example, and you only browsed /vt/, you'd hardly even know that she has antis, whereas if you read this thread, most mentions are calling her a whore. If you were to come here looking to talk about your purple maid oshi, you'd be pretty immediately turned away. And things aren't much better for most of the others girls, either.

/vt/ is such a sad place, at least for people who watch JP vtubers
every thread can be resumed into very obvious bait, permanent shitholes that make this thread during burger hours look like heaven, and dead generals only being kept alive by retards who got brainwashing with "/jp/ is the anti thread"
twitter tourists who only care about drama truly killed this hobby for westerners

is this the anti thread?

ReGlossfags and anti ReGlossfags should both fuck off, this is the hololive thread, not ReGloss thread

>>46526250
>So I actually looked into it, and if you consider that each women takes around 20 minutes IRL to go in and spend an hour (in the most basic package), then you can see that you'll come to about 48 women a business day at baseline(16hr~). If you consider that you'll have numbers like tengu going in packs of around 3-5, fairies, beast, earthspiders and other groups often do the same and do so often according to most stories.
>While its no more than a hundred or two, if you consider that his happened at least 4 times during busy days and lasted about 24 hours IRL (assuming each pill lasts at base 8 hrs a day). The longer the pill lasts, given that the pill is supposed to overwrite his anti-virility meds, the bigger this number grows from a hundred or two to maybe 2-3 times the number of documented cases(the ones that actually come to Eientei).
so it gets exponentially worse the more it happens?
Christ almighty...
also, damn, it has been a while since I made a fake HSE doujin, will likely make a couple new ones for the next thread. Been on the mood recently.

>>46520184
This is the anti thread.

>>46467629
This is the anti thread

btw these "schizos" and "shitposters" are falseflaggers that come from vt just to perpetuate their narrative that this is the anti thread

>>46359815
This is the anti thread. There is no single holo who isn't hated here.

>>46335979
This is the shitkawa anti thread

>>46286364
This is the anti thread.

>>46278341
this is a very anti-japanese sentiment and you're ngmi unless you start on some cultural immersion like the links in this thread

>>46278334
this is a very anti-japanese sentiment and you're ngmi unless you start on some cultural immersion like the links in this thread