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Toyosatomimi no Miko is a character in the Touhou Project series introduced in its 13th installment, Ten Desires.
Miko was once Prince Shoutoku, a Japanese leader in the 600s known for promoting Buddhism and streamlining the Japanese government. In the Touhou lore, she was visited by Taoist hermit Seiga Kaku, who had heard about Miko’s longing for immortality. Seiga introduced her to Taoism, but she rejected it as a religion unfit for placating an entire country. She was intrigued by its promise of immortality, however, and privately converted to it, advocating for Buddhism to keep Japan stable. After drinking an “immortality elixir” (mercury sulfide), however, she was forced to let go of her body and become a supernatural hermit like Seiga, notably taking on the form of a woman, making her a canonically trans character (
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After convincing a hermit from a rival clan (Mononobe no Futo) to sleep without decaying, Miko followed in suit, waiting for a time where a Taoist Japan would revive her in search of guidance. However, Buddhist monks were able to keep her mausoleum sealed, and the legends surrounding her were slowly brushed off- which led to her transportation into Gensokyo, where the folklore of old is a reality of everyday life.
When she awoke in Gensokyo, it was right after Buddhist monk Byakuren Hijiri opened her own temple, however, leading to a surge of divine spirits across the realm, setting up the events of Ten Desires.
What look like headphones on her are canonically earmuffs- Shoutoku was allegedly able to discern between ten questions asked at once, an ability carried by Miko (although with her enhanced abilities, she can also analyze each person and determine their inner desires (thus the title of the game))- although it means her hearing is highly sensitive and has to be muffled to prevent pain.
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I feel like people call any cis person who likes trans people a chaser. Which is kinda true but also they're not all bad necessarily. The really bad chasers are the ones who have internalized shame over their attraction to trans women (usually) and will take it out on you.
Okay but it might be problematic if you're just going after trans people
I understand where you're coming from, but isn't this a slightly weird standard.
I'm trans and I only want to date other trans people because I don't really feel safe or comfortable being intimate with cis people. Yes, obviously I have some issues to work through, but why bother when t4t is so much better?
But what if I did date a cis person? Do I require that at least 50% of their past experiences are with cis women? Like if they only like trans people but are super kind and respectful to me why does it even matter?
In my experience, the creepiest and grossest chasers are straight-ish men who have mostly dated cis women. So like these guys def seeing me as a woman at some level, but they're still gross and weird fetishists who will make me feel bad about myself.
I think T4T has a valid justification of a marginalized group turning towards itself for safety given transphobia in society and obviously the ability to connect deeper on that basis.
By no means would I be saying that cis and trans people can't organically form a relationship.
What I am asking is about the "only like trans people" — I just have difficulty seeing that justification.
I don't think this is contradictory (disclaimer: I'm white, so take this with a bag of salt): If a white guy says he only likes Black women, you might say that's racist, but if a Black guy says it, even if in isolation without historical context it would be considered racist, you might be more understanding due to systemic racism.