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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 have pinpointed my exact fear that's holding me back: I fear that if I start transitioning I'm going to feel dysphoria because I'm trying to transition into someone I'm not.
Thankfully, you can detransition should that happen~ ♡
https://drdevonprice.substack.com/p/detransition-is-gender-liberation
Story from a detransitioner who retransitioned and is open to detransitioning (and re-re-transitioning) in the future and has found the whole process insightful.
I can't quite find the right emoji. But very good read! Devon Price is the author of Unmasking Autism for my fellow neuroqueers.
Oh cool. Didn't know that.
If you are trans the dysphoria you will eventually feel continuing as your asab will probably be more painful than the dysphoria felt before easily detransitioning back to your asab
It took me a few reads to figure out what you meant but you know what that's an extremely good point. I guess it is true that worst case scenario is I just detransition. I'm almost certain I'm trans at this point. I go through way too many "I wish I was born a girl so I didn't have to be obsessed with the question of if I am one" cycles to not be trans. That's basically the one thought I've been falling asleep to every night lately.
I'm still scared of transphobes but your comment has basically singlehandedly eradicated my fear of being wrong, so I appreciate it.