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44682161 No.44682161 [Reply] [Original]

Canonically speaking how hard will it be to befriend her?

>> No.44682427

>>44682161
Depends on how good you are at entertaining sassy, unhinged, and pampered children who could kill you without trying in the slightest

>> No.44682439 [DELETED] 

>>44682161
Go up to her
Grab her by the pussy
She spoons
There you made friends with Flan

>> No.44682444

>>44682161
Go up to her
Grab her by the pussy
She swoons
There you made friends with Flan

>> No.44682485

>>44682161
Very. She does not come out often and you'd probably have to break in to see her, at which point she will probably just be annoyed with you for disturbing her.

>> No.44682489

>>44682485
This is why you need to be sure to bring yummy snacks and fun toys

>> No.44682500

>>44682489
You are a yummy snack and a fun toy.

>> No.44682587

>>44682500
Oh shit!

>> No.44682628
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>>44682500
No Flan-chan! Yamerooooo!

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>>44682489
And lots of tasty candy!

>> No.44682713

>>44682485
But assuming you met her outside while she was sneaking out and (You) where doing god knows what at middle of nowhere at night, how hard would it be?

>> No.44682881

>>44682713
She is even more dangerous outside where she doesn't have to worry about Sakuya or her sister getting in the way of her fun.

>> No.44682927

>>44682444
your arm disintegrates instantly and flan goes into an uncontrollable fit of laughter. you did make friends with her :)

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>>44682485
Breaking into Flan-chan's basement, she thinks its Sakuya doing the daily cleaning and gets mildly annoyed, until she turns around and sees a human male, confused yet curious she gets into a defensive position, Whats your next move?

>> No.44688096

>>44682161
very easy. flan-chan is currently lookin for friends!

>> No.44688154

>>44688076
Just smile, make sure your tone is friendly, and be sure you have your tasty snack and toys ready. After introducing yourself Flan will hear you out, treat her as a wild animal now and you'll be fine.
Since she didn't kill you that means she felt no hostile intent and you're already halfway there to being Flends!

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>> No.44697630
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You haven't forgotten about flan right anon?

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>>44697630
>You haven't forgotten about flan right anon?

That would be impossible for me at this point.

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sleeping with Flan-chan must feel nice

>> No.44703377

>>44703347
her buttocks make an excellent pillow

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44708858

Today I cleared EoSD with all 4 shot types on normal
Now I will practice Flan. I know she is probably the easiest extra stage boss but I want her to be my first

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>>44708858
Ya shes pretty easy. You can gimp like 5 of her spell cards in the first 1-3 seconds , If you get right in her face then fade back you won't even get to see most of the attack pattern.

>> No.44712441

>>44682161
she needs popularity poll correction to take her down a peg

>> No.44718631
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Do you prefer flan with pointy ears or normal ears?

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>> No.44719602

>>44718631
pointy nipples

>> No.44723753

>>44682161
Depends on how good you are at entertaining sassy, unhinged, and pampered children who could kill you without trying in the slightest

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdmuZjVnZpc&list=RDMMWdmuZjVnZpc

>> No.44729991

>>44682161
You just have to keep in mind that she is older than you and treat her as such.

>> No.44730390

>>44698624
You've been posting this for 4 years, When is it gonna stop

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Do you think Flan-chan would appreciate affection you know like getting hugs, compliments, headpats all that stuff?

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Flan-chan is so cute and adorable I want to kiss her, hug her, sniff her, play with her, I want to give her so much love and affection to the point she would start hiding from me!!!!

>> No.44745719

>>44740890
Not initially but she might warm up to it if she comes to like you more.

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>> No.44751549

>>44751354
The more likely Flan reaction.

>> No.44752161

>>44751549
when you eat her flan

>> No.44752189 [DELETED] 

>>44745701
My lolicon blood boils upon seeing this.
I want to explore her entire body and lick her cunny over and over so much.

>> No.44752380

If the basement was warm and comfy I wouldn't mind trading places with her for a couple years
I could use a really long sleep...

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*Munch* *Munch* huh? what's that anon? you wanted some of this delicious cake that sakuya made for us *Munch* yea you can have some of the leftovers

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>>44755598

I'll just go make a new one with Sakuya, and bring it right back.

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Flan-chan wondering why won't anyone play with her

>> No.44765064

>>44765048
it's sakuya's fault, like usual. she keeps the kind anons away from the scarlet mansion.

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>>44765048
all the anons that try to break in to play with flan are stopped by Meiling at the gate, or by Sakuya after Marisa releases a gaggle of them so she can raid in peace

>> No.44767553

>>44767446
i cant really see flan-chan be interested in flowers and roses. she's too childish.

>> No.44767575

flan paizuri

>> No.44767591

>>44767575
I'm not sure rubbing against a flat board can be considered paizuri...

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Flan-chan is flat and thats good

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>> No.44774880

she italian

>> No.44774886

>>44774880
She is ARGENTINEAN!!!!! VAMOSSSSSS!!!!!!

>> No.44774895

>>44774886
they're mostly italian so it would fit

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>>44775777

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>>44682161

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I bet Flan-chan smells really good

>> No.44785097

>>44783395
skibidi toilet mm mm yes

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>>44784940
breathe in deep

>> No.44785533
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>>44785097
Please go back. You are not welcome here.
>>>>/v/

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what if Flan an alcoholic

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Flan-chan is a nice and kind girl she's not a crazy psycho vampire, shes just very misunderstood, if you treat her with kindness and show no fear she's very pleasant to be around with.

>> No.44792081

>>44792062
Also onhand medical kits, pain killers and an abnormally tough spine is heavily recommend.

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>>44792062

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Coming back home from a long day of work and, Flan-chan surprises you by jumping right into your face giving you lots of kisses and playful bites, saying how she missed you so much and she was eager for your return.

>> No.44800230

>>44800162
yeah, but you still have to make dinner for flan-chan, then help her with homeworks, then yadda yadda... flan-chan is high maintenance.

>> No.44800357

>>44800230
Damn, 200+ years later and she still has to do homework?

>> No.44800612

>>44800162
WHY FUCKING LIVE
FUCKING END MY EXISTENCE
KILL ME GOD
KILL ME NOW
NNNNOOOOOOOOOWW

>> No.44800652

>>44800230
>make dinner
but anon, YOU are the dinner

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>>44800230
Flan-chan is a great assistant handling you all of the ingredients and watching you closely making dinner!

>> No.44805850

>>44805603
handling me all the sweets, choco and candies, you mean. that's not a balanced dinner!

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>>44805850
She also loves apples and strawberries so it evens out

>> No.44811986

>>44811890
it really doesnt because fruits are also full of sugars.

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>>44800162

Cool, now time for co-op video games.

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>>44775777

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>>44812035
Playing through the halo ce campaign on legendary together flan ends up carrying you because of her vampiric reflexes

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>>44816693
>vampiric reflexes
that's too scary!

>> No.44818339

>>44818273
That's not flan, get that bitch outta here!

>> No.44818356

>>44818273
Imagine trying to spray her with your cum but she keeps grazing

>> No.44818871

>>44816693
I’ll have you know I can handle myself just fine on Legendary when it comes to CE, Flan! I don’t need your help!
If we’re talking about Reach though…

>> No.44822647

>>44682161
https://x.com/hituzi_tadano/status/1708839443032117592?s=46&t=H0foLGb355D4-iwTvDl8Ag

>> No.44822656

>>44818339
All little girls are welcomed in Flan-chan's threads!

>> No.44822682

>>44800357
Flan is the type of girl who can't do anything she doesn't want to do unless her back is against the wall.

>> No.44824643

>>44822656
well said, flan would never be mean to a fellow loli.

>> No.44829990
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Would you trust Flan-chan to handle a firearm?

>> No.44830021

>>44829990
I don't think she'd enjoy it, because if she wanted to destroy something well...
I think she'd not like her ears hurting because there is no way you're getting her to wear protection.

>> No.44832512
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NNNNnnnheeeeeroooosssshhhhhzwwiiimmzooomzshhwwwrzzziioooooommnnnananananananananasuuhssshhrsssseeeeooooooooooomnn

>> No.44832697

>>44818356
She can't graze it if my dick is inside her. My dick goes pew pew and her womb goes pi~chun

>> No.44832710

>>44832697
The ovum will graze the sperm cells...

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>>44816693
I want to play some 2 player with her.

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>>44832738
Errrr 2 player tetris.

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What would you do with 4 flans?

>> No.44838480

>>44838439
One on my shaft
One on my balls
One on my ass
One on my lips

>> No.44838645

>>44832710
Crazy vampire thinks everything is damaku and can't stop grazing...

>> No.44838713

>>44838439
Queue up for a game of CS

>> No.44838888

Flan-chan is a lewd girl!

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>>44838888

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flan chan
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jzBRRDm8j7E

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lGXfYGyMMeY

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fpB4zggDLT4

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x7WzWySS0L0

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8xThvGc3eY0

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y53dfzQqgYc

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vuPOqEdW4-U

>> No.44840576

>>44838439
Give 3 away to deserving anons.

>> No.44840589
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jvbI8fyqEto

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NQzXYfXNMhM

>> No.44840637

>>44840464
cute crying face

>> No.44840660

>>44840511
pet dog

>> No.44843703

>>44682161
Why would you want to befriend a basement-dwelling monster that looks like a little kid?

>> No.44843798

>>44843703
I am an only child and want to see what it's like having an older sister for an afternoon.

>> No.44848025
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>>44843703
She's not an insane bloodthirsty monster, she's just very misunderstood and lonely, once you get to know her she's quite nice.

>> No.44848057

>>44843703
Because i am a basement dwelling manchild.

>> No.44848088

>>44848057
Yep

>> No.44848118

>>44848025
What everybody seems to not understand is that she's technically both.

In normal day-to-day encounters, she's a quiet shut-in that has trouble speaking to people because of the age gap, mentality of being a vampire, and having very little contact with others aside from the few residents that she interacts with in the mansion.

When the vampire instincts kick in, she takes on the view of a predator, coupled with the world-view and energy drive of a young girl that wants to "play". Plus, her personality, when it's shining in the forefront, is one of a brat. She's shy and introverted in the beginning, but once she opens up it's balls to the wall, go, go, go! The issue is that while she can control her "pop goes the weasel" power at will, she lacks the ability to "stop" her own strength and playfulness (and murderness to the target) so she willfully stays in the basement because it's safer for everyone and she likes it cause it's comfy.

She, like her sister, is a very multifaceted individual that you would want as a friend until you got tired out and had to convince her to not nuke a city, but gods help you if you're an enemy or target.
Come to think of it, for all headcanon of the fans over the decades, she presents more as being ADHD instead of some turbomurderer or a sad little muffin.
When things get serious, though...watch her demeanor change like taking off a mask. That's one thing about "child" vampires: they may act young, but when push comes to shove watch the eyes and body language. You don't live that long without getting wise to the ways of the world. Even Remilia shifts when Ran is talking about the moon.

>> No.44849454

>>44848025
I wouldn't say she's lonely. Being a shut in is her choice but she has no trouble interacting with others either so we know it's not something like anxiety keeping her in. It's just easy for people who like being alone to be confused with being lonely. I too am a person who prefers solitude and I got mistaken for being lonely by worried adults growing up. They thought I had trouble making friends but the fact was that I didn't want to make them because I preferred doing my own thing by myself. Maybe it's the same for Flan.

I wouldn't say she's insane but she is definitely a bloodthirsty monster by virtue of being a vampire. She may be a psychopath but I imagine most vampires are, especially after living such a long time. I make a distinction between insane and psychopath because she isn't unstable in the same way that she is portrayed in most fanon. Despite people's perception of her, she has a strong grip on both her vampiric and psychopathic urges. If she didn't, she would have gone off on a rampage and gotten put down by Reimu by now.

Maybe you are wondering why Remilia isn't like this too if it seems so closely tied to the vampiric condition. I think it is because to Remilia, the act of killing is just a means to sate her thirst. She needs blood and killing people gets her that blood. Flan on the other hands, likes the killing aspect as much as the blood. If we were to compare them to humans, Remilia would be a farmer slaughtering a pig while Flan would be the avid hunter who enjoys the hunt as much the meat her quarry produces.

But maybe that was once upon a time. I imagine they haven't had to get their own food for a very long time. Maybe that is why Flan is the way that she is too. Remilia may be fine with having someone else just bring her the blood but Flan is a hunter denied her hunt.

>> No.44849495

>>44849454
A lot of lonely people also choose to stay alone because its easier to live with it than leaving your zone of comfort trying to make friends.

>> No.44849649

>>44849495
The people of the mansion are ultimately not her friends. They are either Remilia's friends or the help. Could be she feels like there is no point in trying due to that.

>> No.44849756

>>44849454
Good points. Very good points.

>>44849495
Its the old adage of not being bothered by being alone, but rather, being lonely.

>>44849649
We.....really don't know, to be certain. What can be said is that your statement seems to be the truth, and I agree on the surface, but we only really know that she doesn't view Sakuya as a human, per se, and that she views Meiling as cannon fodder/goofball, mixed with the mindset that Meiling is going to betray them/her at some point. As for her views on Remilia, it can be seen/interpreted that she respects her (to what degree, we don't know- as a sister, caregiver, authority, landlord, etc.) but also with a defiant and gung ho personality befitting that of a younger sister. She even calls Remilia on her bluffs a few times that we can see. But the dynamic between them has always felt like two kids that had to learn the hard way on how life works and their places in it, that grew at separate but close paces and ultimately matured enough behind the mask they present to the outside world to know their place in the world and what they're capable of, while having each other's back despite wanting personal space. After all, siblings want their own rooms, and after living for hundreds of years together it's only natural that they may not see each other much compared to how our lifespan's frame of reference works. They may be the "live in the moment" type of immortal, or they may be the "blink and a hundred years have passed" type. Either option is terrifying in its own right, but for them it's the every day. And that may explain why the sisters act the way they do.

>> No.44849798

>>44849756
Remilia and Flan are probably much closer than people give them credit for I'll bet. They both know that they ultimately only have each other. Especially now, as the only two vampires in a foreign land.

>> No.44849882

>>44849798
I agree, honestly. It just constantly bothers me when they get reduced to one dimensional personalities or written off entirely because one retard took a quote out of context and ran with it for twenty years. I won't lie and say they're the only group in Gensokyo that deserves to have more back story, but gods do I want more of the SDM crew to come out from Zun. He set Meiling up to be a joke, never followed through with the origins for Sakuya, turned Patchouli into a one-trick pony, completely forgot about Flan, and may as well have done so for Remi. The only thing she has going now is fan games that make her a megalomaniac, turn her into a worthless little brat, or relegate her to a plot device. Koakuma may as well be an after thought, and Flan is just now escaping the "I'm psycho!" slander after decades.
So much he could do, so much left to give them all so much meaning, so much potential for all of them......
"Let's make this new 2hu from a fuckin', uh.....*swig* grape." I wish him and his family all the best, really, but that piece of pussy destroyed his ability to stay consistent.

>> No.44849953

>>44849882
He didn't forget about Flan. He brought her in for a .5 game. I did not play it so I can't speak as to what her characterization was like in it though.

>> No.44849981

>>44849953
He did for years before that and even commented that (my words) people that like her have shit taste, that he couldn't figure out why she was popular. As for her personality in 17.5, it was consistent with a little gremlin that wants to wreck things for fun, mixed with a young girl acting like running water is "icky", so it was pretty consistent with her appearance in the "Satori is a background character where nothing ever happens" manga. (I'm aware of the weakness, I just think her reaction is cute)

>> No.44850078

>>44849981
I get his rationale for saying something like that. To someone who rarely pays attention to the fandom itself, it's probably confusing as to why people decided to latch on to a random side character that he never had anything substantial planned for rather than any of the other characters that have had more attention and development. He did not get that it's usually those kinds of characters that attract the most attention due to the amount of speculation possible with them because of how little official word there is on them. All a character needs for this kind of attention is a compelling design and little more.

Another good example of such a thing happening is Boba Fett from Star Wars. He was always meant to be a random background character but took on a life of his own after people latched onto him and his cool design. I'm sure his popularity perplexed Lucas too but he, or at least the merchandising team, had the good sense of shining just a little more of a light onto him in subsequent movies to move some merch.

>> No.44853850

>>44850078
>He did not get that it's usually those kinds of characters that attract the most attention due to the amount of speculation possible with them because of how little official word there is on them.
Every day I get even more confident that making Touhou manga was a mistake.

>> No.44854113

>>44853850
I have not actually read any of it. What's the problem with them in your opinion?

>> No.44854279

>>44854113
You know how some manga has some crap, tacked on slice of life sections between serious parts? Well, in Touhou manga (except WaHH, I think), it's the serious part that drags the work down. It feels like ZUN is trying to go for a certain ""mystery"" mood, but it just never works.
Also, this was said a thousand times, but nothing ever goes anywhere, not even in an interesting way. Plot threads just sort of flop onto themselves, like a collapsing building but without any noise or dust.
Another thing is about what I quoted, there's too much focus on some characters. I like Mamizou, but I get people who are sick of her being important in almost everything since her debut.
I also have some other gripes, but they're more lore than quality related.
tl;dr, printworks would be better if they were only books.

>> No.44854648
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>>44854279
Pretty much this
ZUN should just authorise a big anthology instead of trying to make the goofiest retards this side of fiction into serious characters again.
Alternatively, he could bring back some older characters from PC98 and only use them sparingly but not make them total morons, but we all know he won't do that.

>> No.44854683

>>44854279
I like Mamizou as king shit of fuck mountain and totally out of her depth in Gensokyo, not some kind of big village powerbroker.

>> No.44854806

>>44854648
ZUN writing whatever he wants without bothering with feedback from anyone would be great were he a good writer. With how it is now, I'd rather read Rinnosukes incoherent ramblings than yet another empty who-dun-it.
You know, this isn't the thread for this, but I will address the lore issue I have - I really don't care for dystopic themes ZUN introduced in manga. Felt like they fell out of nowhere.
>>44854683
I mean, considering her inspiration, that angle makes sense.

>> No.44854858

>>44854806
>dystopic themes ZUN introduced in manga
Like what?

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>>44854858
Anything related to the Human Village. No one knows anything about the world, there's no one inside the Village to protect it (Keine doesn't count), relations with youkai are almost exclusively negative, and when they aren't it's because the villagers can't see past their very flimsy disguises. After what's described in PMiSS, feels like a 180°.
I'd post that page from Lotus Eaters about the mustached client's worries about true nature of Gensokyo, but at this point it will just mark me as a grimfag shitposter. Let's stop here and post Flan.

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