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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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That’s a relatable experience mentioned in videos on the subject. It’s funny I see a lot of NDs asking for external pressure to help force them do things. Even NT procrastinators want the pressure. Personally, pressure means I don’t want to do the thing.
Yeah it can be hit or miss with me. Sometimes pressure can help me feel motivated to do something, but other times it can cause me to avoid it. Like not even a PDA I just get anxious and cope by basically ignoring what’s making me anxious
Huh, for me, anxiety about something feels like a demand I must subvert. The less I want to do something the more likely I am to do it often. At times I’ve even tried hard anxiously to convince myself to do something by worrying that I won’t. It didn’t work because I could tell I was still compelled to do it. I think I have OCD and often the things I want to do compulsively to get control feel impossible because they are demands.
Yeah, don’t you love it when your neuroses start fighting each other
You could say that. Or you could say my ADHD likes the thrill of doing something risky regardless of whether I should be doing it. My insides are at constant war. My combination of PDA and perfectionism means I usually do things that people ask of me eventually, just not how they are expecting and I annoy them in the process. Basically my way in the world is spiteful.
Also, it’s hard to get at the root of my anxiety when I just get a surge of pain every time I’m asked to do something or it feels like I’m supposed to.