Good to see the idea of exhibitions over contests finally getting some exercise. I'd had some notion that we needed another (non-porn) event soon, but I didn't have any real ideas, so cheers for that. I'll try for an entry.

Mmh, bookies...

Remilia's a fun character. She gets as much or as little respect as you want. Can be set into a serious or comedic role. Can be a force for or against the protagonist. She's got a lot of variability in her characterization even in canon. This leads to one part of why it's so easy to slot the SDM crew into a lot of scenarios, Remilia likes to do things on a whim.

The entire plot of SSiB revolved around Remilia being so predictably whimsical that Yukari knew she would go to the moon only by suggestion. Her servants (and Patche) were able to shore up her general dependability in that plan and so she was able to strut around in the story in a very fun way. To me it's the mixture of serious maturity and childish habits that makes up Remilia. It allows her to act irrationally without it seeming out of place, and that can be both useful and fun for writing.

As for specific scenarios, she seems to lean into the more absurd the better. If it's absurd, then it's in her personality to be a part of it. If it's boring and mundane, she wouldn't care to make an appearance. That's also why when a mundane situation arises she drops any airs of sophistication (I'm looking at you, highchair in the rocket).

There's too many depictions of Remilia to go over, and she's treated with a very wide spectrum to her personality (see Imizu's Udongein vs Remilia and compare it to Moyazou's various comic depictions). One of the most notable examples, though, would be Touhouvania, mixing the dark and serious tone Remilia always uses with her undermining immaturity.

I'll leave out character interactions for now, since for Remilia it could take ages to go over everything.

The EoSD cast, particularly the Scarlet Devil Mansion characters, is pretty well covered by the fandom — and is comprised of some of the least interesting ones to me. Still, I won’t let that dissuade me from talking about Remilia.

In the grand scheme of things, Remilia and the rest of the residents of the Scarlet Devil Mansion are kind of irrelevant. They all exist in a particular little world of their own that doesn’t fully cross over into everyone else’s. Yes, Remilia is a raging, whimsy-driven little ball of ego who has jumped in on happenings in Gensokyo before. Yes, they host parties at the mansion from time to time. Yes, Sakuya is regularly making the rounds for whatever businesses she’s been set out on. However, taking the wider view, the last time Ojou-sama herself was directly involved in anything was an earlier fighting game, and even then her role there was fairly ancillary. In more recent official media, she’s largely resigned to a fill-in role as someone who appears at banquets at the shrine; if anything more notable happens, it’s usually the head maid who serves as a stand-in for the Scarlet estate, or at the very least its latent interests.

Considering all that, my view, then, is the elder Scarlet’s niche is largely restricted to being centre and god-incarnate of her private sphere of influence, i.e., her mansion and the generally small web of core relations she maintains within its auspices. She is the heartbeat of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, her whims, wants, and woes providing the impetus for everything happening in its walls. She orders, it’s done. Even over those she considers friends, she exercises degrees of authority that make any relationship far from a level one. Everyone has to be aware of her mood, mercurial as she is. Shows of disobedience have to be couched in laconic terms of irony or sarcasm in hopes that she won’t notice. She is, in other words, an imperious, unruly overgrown child-woman.

Also, just as a side-note that fits nowhere else, I personally think her supposed control over fate is malarkey that she only flimsily asserts as truth, like a child playing pretend. Per

>>17297
Oh, sheesh, I forgot to mention another of Teruyo's stories, From the Scarlet Moon Flows the Spring. It's been a hot minute since I've read it, but I remember the Remilia in that story being fairly different to the one in the other, though they're still both identifiably Remilia. This Remilia is more of a whimsical asshole who starts off by immediately antagonising the newly en-maid-ed Kagerou and demanding a sample of her blood. The interactions between them are largely trading verbal barbs, though there are some more reasonable moments. I really need to re-read it soon.

>>17019

I've read this one, and I can second the recommendation. It's a nice take on the SDM cast, the fairy shenanigans are lighthearted enough to be a comfy read while still being serious enough that plot developments carry actual weight, and it made it all the way to the ending. Of the mansion's residents, I agree that the take on Sakuya was probably the most interesting one; it was neat to see a version of the character that's a little more relatable, and a little less hyper-perfect.

Also, Flandre's translation liberties at the end might be my favorite bit of dialogue in the story. It's been a few years, but that's the scene I remember most clearly.

>>17274
I'll also just add that people get hung up on tiny little details about characters and whether or not things match them when, honestly, I think they should be more worried about whether or not the characters "feel" like who they're supposed to be, which is a whole separate thing from "muh lore". So even if things get contradicted or whatever by some new chapter of a manga or a new game or whatever the fuck, as long as it's not a lazy archetype with a nuhu's name pasted on, it really doesn't matter. I mean, there's people who don't even care that much about that, so it's not like "not being true to the REAL 2HUS" is going to lose you readers. TL;DR: stop worrying and learn to love the nuhus. Also, most characters don't get that much follow-up by ZUN, so half of anything is going to be made the fuck up anyway.

>>17019

I read it 10 years ago and loved it so much. I reread it a few days ago and it definitely holds up well. Some minor issues with pacing (sometimes spending an entire post dedicated to sorting books in a library) but all the details I remembered about it were just as perfect as they were when I first read it.

Princess Tepes does a great job building their own unique rendition of the SDM. The fresh take on all the SDM residents and their backstories, along with the seven named fairy maids, make for a lovable cast of characters that I miss now that I'm done reading the story. And you can't write a better Flandre than Princess Tepes' Flandre.

Everything from Kay's appearance onwards is perfect - it's incredible that the author was able to write a perfect ending considering the format of stories on this website, with the readers derailing any plans the author might have.

10/10, would read again in another 10 years.

>>16938
Hmm. Well, I won't push for it, since I'm kind of slammed with work at the moment, but I'm not giving up on it either. We've got the contest going on right now, anyhow, so maybe I'll refloat it once we wrap that up.

This is kind of a repeat topic in some ways, but it came up again in the outer communities.

For whatever event we hold next, there is always the possibility that we could abandon the pretext of 'competition' and just have an exhibition, whether a general one or based on some sort of thematic element. Given the lack of stakes (e.g., meaningful prizes) for contests beyond 'bragging rights', there's little difference beyond a somewhat formalised voting process. Were we to transition to an exhibition, we would essentially just be doing away with voting as a procedural element.

Some out-of-band communication has involved some dissatisfaction with what could be perceived as a lack of serious scrutiny involved in judging contests, leading to contests being, at best, popularity contests. Leaving the veneer of 'competition' out of things would alleviate any perceived need to tailor an entry to any particular sensibilities to 'win'. By the same token, the objection has been raised that even the thinnest pretext of 'competition' might be necessary to motivate some entrants. There is also the fear that removing the voting process will lead to a dearth of feedback desired by those submitting entries.

There's probably much more to be said, but I'll leave that to the rest of you to discuss. Considering there's nothing yet in mind for another event, competition or otherwise, there's not much pressure to make a decision right this minute, but it would behoove those interested to make it at some point.

So, we didn't really have an annual free-for-all contest/exhibition last year as in years previous. Any interest in doing that this year?

>>17266
>I set out with the goal of there being more entries in the contest.
The things I do for you, and you manipulate my event like that... It's not like I wanted to have more fun work to do!

>>17263
Here's Mibya doing Mibya things: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43825101/chapters/110198478
And here's a story close to what you described: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36015022/chapters/89778361

Feels like Momoyo's the second most popular UM after Megumu, in terms of lewd fics. At least, feels that way to me, having stumbled upon a bunch of Momoyocentric stories without actively looking for them. Hence my resistance.

On the other hand, I don't believe I've seen one Biten or Mike piece, so that immediately gets more creative ichor ichoring. I'll see what shakes out with the prompts, but just in case... how do you feel about (step/sibling) incest?

Finally, "second place" prizes are now up:
Karma and the Komainu: >>/at/41371
Echoes: >>/at/41372
Trapped in Tenseful Stakes: >>/at/41373

Step- I would be fine enough with if it's not too central. Outright and actual is not my ball game.

The pics look amazing, by the way!

>>17268
Got you. No Mike showing her littermate the rapes. I mean, the ropes.

It's basically established that villagers are important to Gensokyo and youkai aren't allowed to harm them, but what about other villagers? Is it a matter of cosmic significance if a villager murders another, or is it just a statistic? Is there a significant effort to make sure it doesn't happen? To punish offenders? It seems like it would be in the youkai's best interest to keep humans from killing each other, whether on the level of individual murders or something like a civil war, so maybe it's another one of the many things they meddle in?

>>17149
>Is there a significant effort to make sure it doesn't happen? To punish offenders?

I mean, that's basically what we do out here in the Outside World all on our own. I don't think the presence of youkai would suddenly convince humanity that murder is hunky-dory all of a sudden. I mean, if you went out into the woods and found a leprechaun, would your first thought be to start going around killing everyone?

>>17150
>I don't think the presence of youkai would suddenly convince humanity that murder is hunky-dory all of a sudden.
Uh, not sure how you read that out of what I said, but that's not what I said.

I'm saying: do youkai have an interest in keeping villagers from harming/killing each other considering they're so important to Gensokyo? And to be clear, I'm not looking for an "answer" because there really isn't one. It's just wondering out loud.

Ever closer to the end.

bongbong?

I don't feel so good...

>>17096
I shitposted and voted, so I think I won
>>17097
>No you won't.
>spoiler
But I did

>>17131
You forgot Summerfield. Even if his thing didn't span the month, he still finished, and that's worth something.


In all honesty, I didn't care that much for a lot of what was happening. It would have been nice if we had more Pantomime of Youth, but I understand life is a fuck. At least Summerfield's thing was interesting, and I still like Moral's stuff for what it is. I'd be fine with Bee's thing too, but there's not enough to really pass judgement, even though I don't care very much about the porn parts.

>>17133
You can forget me; it's okay. You're definitely not gonna forget the next 5 months of winter, and that's comfort enough for me. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA LETTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I've been given a shove, so over the cliff I go, I guess.

>>/youkai/31590
A (Lion-)Dog Among Gods, or Lion-Dog for short.

I'll be blunt: I'm not looking to get stroked off here. I want some idea — even if I'm likely to not agree with its premises — where I've fucked up, because I know I've fucked up bad; if I hadn't, I wouldn't be stuck. If I can't figure something out, well, that's going to be that. It's the bare-arsed truth, grim as it is. No pressure, though.

I have basically no expectations.

>>17110

I was a fairly big contributor to the previous thread, and thought it went pretty well. It wasen't the best thread ever, but at least a solid 8/10. I'm curious to know what you found distasteful about it.

>>17114

Yooooo hol up. Green Eyes Online is a Project Moon crossover? Definitely going to have to catch up on that.

>>17123
I don't think it's a very productive topic to get into, particularly when it's not 'my' thread anymore. Let's just say "I believe the OP was in poor taste and set a bad tone for the thread as a whole" and let it lie where it rests.

>>17114
I'm not sure what the current OP's position is, but the intent of the original thread — which this one is presumed to copy — was solicited feedback. That is, responses to authors who have specifically requested feedback rather than spontaneous offerings of opinions.

If that's changed, then I suppose there's nothing to address, but it is something to note.