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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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pronoun explanation
I'm fairly relaxed and agender, null or void can be used but it is also a play on null & void that's a little bit of my humour too. I don't really have any pronouns I'm satisfied with, if it's easier to refer to me by name that's also an option, makes the most grammatical sense. I have the void there because I feel emptiness where I should feel a pronoun I guess so void has meaning. Hence me dragging my void around c:
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Ty for the explanation! ^^
I appreciate this, but also fuck grammatical sense, as long as meaning is conveyed grammar can die.
I dont have this around pronouns but around other stuff and idk seeing someone embrace it is really
maybe someday ill get to that point with my stuff.
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Well it's left to who wants to address me, I'm relaxed on myself so like there's a few ways that all mean the same to me, and you're welcome c:
I have it around how I feel gender itself too like where others feel something I don't feel anything really hence no euphoria, the pronouns are just the things I have to look at and the void is a part of me. It took me a long time to figure this out lol I spent more time trying to understand why I felt nothing and empty where others would be happy and feel closer to their gender or identity
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Im so glad you figured out of this around yourself
I dont feel this on gender but do on identity, like Ive got a gender i just dont have an identity a lot of the time yk?
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Yeah it just took a load of years lol
Yeah I understand ^^
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Self understanding, the longest and most fullfilling journey (imo)
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Mhm I feel free now of it like a light bulb moment of clarity and now I don't worry about it any more c:
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The weight of gender lifted,
The light of clarity gifted,
When understanding self,
That understanding shifted
spoilererered
That's really nice <3