#project oracle

[lemonlimestar]

save me 90s bats…. 90s bats save me….

[anueutsuho]

I love it. Reimu made all these fortune telling slips because she didn't want the youkai of Gensokyo to change, let alone vanish from existence. And she has extended this kindness as far out as forgettable beings like Daiyosei and Koakuma, to beings as horrible as Yachie, Jo'on, or Seija, to even beings actively harming Gensokyo with their very existence like Mizuchi and Chimata.

And Zanmu has so much respect for Reimu that she calls her the Ruler of Gensokyo. While the fanon idea of Gensokyo destroying itself upon Reimu's death is inaccurate, it can truly be said that Gensokyo would fall into chaos and despair without Reimu being the person she is.

Not an all-destroying malice, but an all-accepting kindness. That is what Reimu is. Gensokyo accepts everything because Reimu accepts everything.

[syllogical]

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[fishfission-dc]

Batfamily Powerpoint Night! (Part 9: Barbara)

<<Part 8: Duke    |    Part 10: Alfred >>

[Masterlist]

Barbara: Alright, my turn!

Tim: Frankly I’m terrified for what’s about to happen

Dick: Oh Babs will be nice, don’t worry :)

Dick: I stand corrected

Steph: Oh god

Bruce: [sighs and puts his head in his hands]

Barbara: I organized it roughly from newest vigilantes to oldest, since more patrolling means more room for spectacular failures

Duke: It was a bad day for me

Jason: HA

Steph: Been there, done that. Not on TV though that really sucks man.

Steph: NOOOOOO

Tim: ONE SQUARED?

Steph: I GOT CONFUSED

Jason: [Hysterical laughter]

Damian: One multiplied by one?!

Steph: I THOUGHT IT MADE TWO I UNDERSTAND MY MISTAKE

Duke: From this mask view footage Batman is just watching this go down

Bruce: He said he didn’t want help. Felt like a teaching moment.

Damian: (muttering) I was fine.

Dick: Damian we were not going to drive you to 5th grade with a knife in your liver.

Steph: You’ve had this footage for four years?!

Barbara: I keep a file for blackmail. Cass doesn’t really have much, though.

Cass: (signing) I did learn the dance. Eventually.

Tim: WILL THIS TORMENT EVER END

Jason: YOU CRASHED THE BATMOBILE INTO A WALMART, TIMMY.

Steph: You deserve every joke we make about this

Damian: Your idiocy must be remembered

Dick: Yeah Tim this is pretty bad

Jason: Can I have that mask view footage

Barbara: I got ya

Tim: I hate it here

Jason: I really can’t defend this one

Dick: Why...? Did you shoot the trashcan?

Jason: I thought it was looking at me funny

Damian: The trashcan?

Jason: I was up for 52 hours give me a break.

Barbara: Do you want to tell them why you pulled two all-nighters in a row? Or should I?

Jason: You are an evil, evil woman. How do you even- nevermind. Of course you know everything, why do I even wonder. And for the record, the first night I stayed up for a case.

Barbara: And the second night was for Animal Crossing.

Jason: ...perhaps.

Duke: Oh my god.

Steph: And you laughed at me?

Bruce: (sighs)

Steph: Stop you were adorable in high school

Barbara: Thank you, but the braces? The acne? The bangs? 15 year old Barbara had no idea what she was doing.

Dick: I for one thought you were very cute in high school.

Jason: Stop flirting or I will leave

Bruce: Why were you both on a roof at night in your school uniforms?

Dick: I think let’s move on

Dick: Nevermind nevermind go back

Tim: Oh my god, Dick.

Duke: ”Purposely” ?!

Dick: I was nine

Damian: I knew better by age 9.

Bruce: Lessons were learned. I hope.

Jason: I’m starting to think I was one of the better Robins

Dick: I felt like I see sounds for three days...

Bruce: All traces of this were wiped from the internet.

Barbara: Oh Bruce, you know I’m better than that.

Dick: Hold on, hold on, we need an explanation.

Alfred: (as he walks by) A little too much to drink goes a long way...

Tim: YOU WERE DRUNK? ON PATROL?

Jason: No way. Even I haven’t been that stupid.

Duke: What did you buy at CVS

Bruce: ...apparently... I bought lollipops.

Steph: “Apparently” as in the next morning you didn’t remember putting on the Batsuit, going to CVS, buying lollipops, and talking to a guy with an audio recording device?

Bruce: ...yes.

Cass: (signing) Very bad. Very funny, but very bad.

Damian: Also an ineffective use of a smoke bomb if this civilian saw you walk away...

Bruce: Barbara, you have made your point.

<<Part 8: Duke    |    Part 10: Alfred >>

[Masterlist]

[pan-de-torao]

Computers everywhere 🤖

[kurovaki]

Thing I did for fun, I fw the oracle project sm

[sannyo-appreciation-posts]

Zanmu’s meta commentary?

This is metaphorically true in the real world for Touhou Characters. The less we interact with them, the more they disappear or get changed due to disconnection leading to simplified fandom interpretation.

[yanadhyana]

Cup of Danger

[kozachenko]

Ok so I'm still thinking about the new stuff the fortune slip book revealed about Zanmu, and I was just casually thinking about it today when I thought of something. Zanmu's overconfidence is often unfounded, but how many of the characters in Touhou 19 thought that in their encounters with her? In the world of Touhou, the human's perception about any given Youkai, if widely accepted, can change who that Youkai even is. I remember seeing a post talking about how what Zanmu says in the little manga section of this book kinda addresses this, and that made me wonder.

She probably knows this fact and this is probably the reason she is so comfortable with bluffing and having unfounded confidence. She knows she can get away with it because she knows how people's perception can shape her own nature. Her apathy is also kind of scary as well because it shows that she has nothing to lose. In a way, this kinda makes her more untouchable because you literally can't hurt her in a way that matters.

A lot of the stuff in her fortune slip also comes across as just straight up nihilistic, especially the comment of "Doing anything at all by now is pointless. Soon everything will be covered by nothingness." I remember mentioning in a reblog how Zanmu literally doesn't care when people find out about her plans because she knows everything that person tries will be pointless. Back then I kinda saw this as a supervillain thing, but now it's recontextualized as Zanmu just straight up not caring. Like, not even in a "haha you're so below me I don't care" kinda way but in a "ok so what? I'm still gonna do it, nothing matters to me at this point that you figuring out isn't gonna stop me."

Also, this opens up a whole new avenue for writing any ship with her because I have a feeling that once she does start genuinely caring about a person she is with them until the day they fucking die. Like, it probably takes a lot for her to break out of her nihilistic apathy and start genuinely caring about people (it's probably why she likes Reimu so much) so that opens up a whole new range of dynamics to explore.

[that-oracle]

This one was by far my most viewed video and still is lol (i doubt ill ever top it on that front.)

Unfortunately, I had to revoke comment priveleges from everyone because it reached the wrong crowd. Aaand this is why we can't have nice things.

Despite that though, i remember having a lot of fun making this video. ^^

I made a few other Milgram tiktoks but this one is my favorite

This one was posted December 13th, 2022.

[itspurvis]

You know, I wonder if this is relevant to the recent romantic fortunes in the new book?

[tarotforsale]

Tarot zine and tarot/oracle deck creators! If you’re based in the US and are looking for US deck printers in the coming months, I’ve spoken to several about pricing, looked at samples of cardstocks, box, and finishes, and toured the production facility of a major printer nearby. Primarily, I spoke to printers that do low order quantities (15-100+). So if you’re looking for prospective printers state-side and want to talk over options, I’d be happy to discuss.

[art-in-progressosoup]

Oracles of Ages and Seasons double post!

These were interesting to try to think of designs for but I feel like I did these travelling animals justice

Only two more Zelda games left to post for this series!

[analog-autistic]

describing all my fave analog horrors but really badly

this is my special interest therefore you are legally obliged to listen to me

Gemini Home Entertainment - that planet is alive and so are the fucking trees

Mandela Catalogue - religious trauma: the series

Vita Carnis - WE HAVE THE MEATS.

Greylock - your thoughts can kill you

Tangi Virus - icky water. Also the government sucks

Monument Mythos - the moon is angry and our monuments are alive. Also the government sucks

The Sinkhole - evil sinkhole cult. Also money as a form of manipulation

Local58 - moon will kill you. Also don’t watch the news

White Stag Education - therians if they were evil

Happy Meat Farms - animal testing but worse somehow

Smile Tapes - don’t do drugs kids

The Man In The Suit - radioactive fursuit

[inversionimpulse]

[cherubinym]

Insurgence art??? In the year 2025???

These sketches are part of hopefully a series of bs w my insurg rewrite/au (named REsurgence)

I will never forget my multiple years of being #1 oracle fan and orazen pioneer tho. Meow