Let's make up some stupid theories!

[Myschi]

The fifth dimension is hats.

But that's not a stupid theory at all.  :V

[Fightest]

Kaguya, Byakuren, Yumemi, Nue, Parsee, and Kogasa don't have hats either.

I'm probably forgetting someone.

EDIT: Yes, I'm counting ribbons as hats.

Don't be ridiculous, of course they have hats. A Touhou and its hat exist in a constant state of Hattian Entanglement - the Touhou-Hat Pair exists on the fundamental level of mutual Suika Node interactions, and any change done to the Touhou simultaneously occurs to the hat, and vice versa, regardless of spatial separation. Due to this peculiar property, a Touhou is entirely at liberty to be perceived without a hat, as long as the entangled state remains stable.

Curiously, no hat still counts as a hat, as Hattian Entanglement has been observed between a Touhou and the absence of a hat, which ultimately preserves the Law of Conservation of Hats despite certain Touhous being present in impossible Hat energy states in the solution to the Chen-Orin equation.

It probably needs no mention that, due to the probabilistic nature of their existence, Touhous both exist and do not exist simultaneously. Due to Hattian Entanglement, the same can be said of their hats. In this manner, every Touhou is in possession of, if you will, a Schroedinger's Hat.

Fightest is my new favorite scientist.

It's certainly true that my statements are 100% scientifically accurate, and the scientific community agrees with my every word. Uh, this is off the record, right?  :ohdear:

[Esoterica]

Curiously, no hat still counts as a hat, as Hattian Entanglement has been observed between a Touhou and the absence of a hat, which ultimately preserves the Law of Conservation of Hats despite certain Touhous being present in impossible Hat energy states in the solution to the Chen-Orin equation.

I can confirm this.

[Nobu]

Don't be ridiculous, of course they have hats. A Touhou and its hat exist in a constant state of Hattian Entanglement - the Touhou-Hat Pair exists on the fundamental level of mutual Suika Node interactions, and any change done to the Touhou simultaneously occurs to the hat, and vice versa, regardless of spatial separation. Due to this peculiar property, a Touhou is entirely at liberty to be perceived without a hat, as long as the entangled state remains stable.

Curiously, no hat still counts as a hat, as Hattian Entanglement has been observed between a Touhou and the absence of a hat, which ultimately preserves the Law of Conservation of Hats despite certain Touhous being present in impossible Hat energy states in the solution to the Chen-Orin equation.

It probably needs no mention that, due to the probabilistic nature of their existence, Touhous both exist and do not exist simultaneously. Due to Hattian Entanglement, the same can be said of their hats. In this manner, every Touhou is in possession of, if you will, a Schroedinger's Hat.

It's certainly true that my statements are 100% scientifically accurate, and the scientific community agrees with my every word. Uh, this is off the record, right?  :ohdear:

Man, I was just going to come back with "Hatless Touhous are the equivalent of flat objects in three dimensional space", but that works too.

[Hello Purvis]

To be fair, it's essentially the same thing, Nobu.

Zero is a legitimate value in the Hattian Entanglement. But, what happens if you have a negative value in Hattian Entanglement? Is this akin to having negative length?

[Lord Phantasm Satori]

Sariel is Shinki's sister... no, that one is actually possible... okay, how about this!

reimu is actually Alice's doll!

[Esoterica]

Patchouli works part-time as a Sheep in Trickster Online.

[Lord Phantasm Satori]

Shikieiki is actually a wedge of cheese in disguise!

[Drake]

I need some more of this hat shit.

[8lue Wizard]

Shikieiki is actually a wedge of cheese in disguise!

Okay, there are stupid theories, and then there are absurdist non sequiturs. Ricotta doesn't come in wedges.

[Hello Purvis]

I keep reading Hattian Values as Haitian values.

Okay, there are stupid theories, and then there are absurdist non sequiturs. Ricotta doesn't come in wedges.

Wow. That is one of the best saves I've seen in ages.

[Arcengal]

Jaimers and Baity, along with Usain Bolt and other personalities, are entities sent from the future to show us that we can surpass our limits.

[Forte Blackadder]

Because of the katakana, Alice's last name was horribly mistaken.
Her name is ALICE MADGARTROLL.

[Tengukami]

All this quantum theory as all well and good, as it pertains to Touhou characters, but what of Gensokyo itself? How do we explain the border, which is unseen to human eyes yet cannot be penetrated by us? Does the border extend into the atmosphere, and if so, how far? And what of geology - if there is a major earthquake in Japan, is it also felt in Gensokyo? And can one tunnel under the border?

I await the responses of the scientific community.

[Forte Blackadder]

It's underground.

[Ryuu]

Eirin is actually from the Wild West. She found Doc Brown's time machine and went to a time predating humanity and lived with the Lunarians.

This also explains why her theme sounds so much like Wild ARMs music. :V

[Esoterica]

It's underground.

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[Forte Blackadder]

SA is just the deeper underground.
And Tenshi is actually one of us.

[Ryuu]

SA is just the deeper underground.
And Tenshi is actually one of us.

One of us, prancing about Gensokyo like everyone should know her and bow to her will, and getting frustrated when it doesn't happen.


Tenshi is someone's self-insert Mary Stu gone wrong.

[Jiju]

Motk is a secret company trying to find Gensokyo :V

Kanako is a robot guncannon made by Suwako with the help of the kappas, maybe you didn't notice it but (see first frame)
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9868/stg6enmcopy.png  :V
see :3 in stage 6 you fight suwako controlling her (all credit go to Drake for the rips, and Zun because all touhou project is his creation)

The User Mary the Magician is a Spy from Yukari with the mission of Make Motk plan of finding Gensokyo Fail :V

[Mushyrulez]

Cirno's name is actually spelt Saruno.

In that case, ya'd pronounce it "Sarno" normally (Saruno if ya JAPANESE but TAUHAU ain't JAPANESE it's TAUHAU).


One day, she wrote 'Sa' backwards into a 'Chi', and so everyone thought her name was actually Chiruno; thus Cirno.

From that point on, she'd sometimes spell her name Saruno and sometimes Chiruno, but could never tell ta difference. Everyone said she spelt her name wrong when she spelt it 'Saruno' but it actually /is/ Saruno. Chiruno is ta misspelt version.

Then, she herself pronounces her name "Sirno" instead of "Sarno", and thinks that everyone else who pronounces it "Cirno" just has a weird accent.

:V

[Fightest]

All this quantum theory as all well and good, as it pertains to Touhou characters, but what of Gensokyo itself? How do we explain the border, which is unseen to human eyes yet cannot be penetrated by us? Does the border extend into the atmosphere, and if so, how far? And what of geology - if there is a major earthquake in Japan, is it also felt in Gensokyo? And can one tunnel under the border?

I await the responses of the scientific community.

The effect of the border could be approximated to a zero probability solution to the Chen-Orin equation which, barring specific exceptions, prevents the existence of all forces and matter in its presence. Considering the typically symmetrical wave-like solutions of the equation which can be presented as a circle in a polar frame of reference, it only makes sense that the border maps out to a sphere, which is also the lowest-energy configuration available, making other shapes increasingly unlikely.

An additional theory presents itself from the observation that no such border exists within Gensokyo itself, which suggests that the discussed border, also called the Great Barrier, is the first zero probability solution to the Chen-Orin equation when applied to the Gensokyo-Earth system. This, of course, suggests that a similar border exists beyond the bounds of the Earth itself, with more and more such borders existing beyond these until there no longer exists a possibility for a zero probability solution.

We should consider the Yakumo-Han effect, shown by the ability of certain individuals to cross this border in both directions. Alternatively, the effect is observed in certain geographical locations. It is proposed that the Yakumo-Han effect is, in fact, a form of tunnelling, which allows for matter to, essentially, ignore the border's zero solution.

Due to the high energy required for a wave-particle to tunnel through the border, it is only obvious that this is an exceedingly rare effect. It still remains in question as to why the Yakumo-Han Tunnelling is observed at all in the specific exceptions mentioned above.

[Savory]

Patchouli is part vampire.

[Phlegeth]

Fightest is my new favorite scientist.

I think this needs to be stated again.

[Tengukami]

We should consider the Yakumo-Han effect, shown by the ability of certain individuals to cross this border in both directions. Alternatively, the effect is observed in certain geographical locations. It is proposed that the Yakumo-Han effect is, in fact, a form of tunnelling, which allows for matter to, essentially, ignore the border's zero solution.

Due to the high energy required for a wave-particle to tunnel through the border, it is only obvious that this is an exceedingly rare effect. It still remains in question as to why the Yakumo-Han Tunnelling is observed at all in the specific exceptions mentioned above.

The best part about this bit is that it aligns with canon.

I have absolutely nothing to add to this, without sounding completely over my head. Let me know if we need any theories in how the different accents in the Gensokyan language evolved.

[Fightest]

Let me know if we need any theories in how the different accents in the Gensokyan language evolved.

The verbal tics that we see in Marisa and Cirno - merely endearing character quirks, or something altogether more sinister?

[Tengukami]

The verbal tics that we see in Marisa and Cirno - merely endearing character quirks, or something altogether more sinister?

As we all know, people arrived in Gensokyo at different times. There was a core population at the time the Hakurei Border was sealed, and the language spoken in Gensokyo remained more or less unchanged during this time. However, waves of immigrants have shaped the Gensokyan language. As is often the case when older generations pass on, but immigration continues, the language shifted to accommodate the verbal nuances of more recent arrivals (e.g., Lunarians, the Moriya Shrine crew et al).

Unlike most languages in the world, where immigrants contribute vocabulary but pronunciation changes gradually over centuries, in Gensokyo, the rules are turned upside-down: vocabulary doesn't change all that much (apart for obvious place name and proper noun examples), but pronunciation changes radically.

Marisa and Cirno, both residents of Gensokyo who were born and raised there, use verbal tics that were actually quite common back in their youths. Today, only Marisa - and a few very old humans - use the "ze" ending. Cirno's \ˈī\ sound was once standard Fairy Gensokyan. Today, she's the only one who uses this sound.

[Fightest]

Marisa and Cirno, both residents of Gensokyo who were born and raised there, use verbal tics that were actually quite common back in their youths. Today, only Marisa - and a few very old humans - use the "ze" ending. Cirno's \ˈī\ sound was once standard Fairy Gensokyan. Today, she's the only one who uses this sound.

That would then suggest that Marisa is quite a bit older than she lets on. Furthermore, that the fairies had their own dialect at some point in the past suggests that there must be a time when fairies were far more secluded, and only started integrating sometime after Cirno's birth.

[Tengukami]

Fairies were indeed separated. They were imported into Gensokyo very early on to do manual labor - construction, industry, sanitation; all the jobs that "proper" youkai wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. However, it wasn't long before their second-class status actually made them somewhat fashionable with younger, more rebellious youkai, who adopt the clothing, music, and yes, even the speech patterns and slang of fairies.

[Tamer Anode/Cathode]

No. Yuka is bald.

Bald + plaid = Yuka is actually Don Cherry