I'm not a Parsee fan but i can kinda understand why some people would like her. Maybe they just like her design or feel bad for her, because at the end of the day Parsee doesn't really have a choice in being a jealous jerk, she IS the embodiment of jealously after all, and it doesn't seem like she can control it that well. And if Satori's words in the SA cross-review are true, Parsee might have an heart deep down, who knowsYes, quite so, for Parsee fans, or at least symphatetic,with her and her situation, ... sympathetic it is very likely both due to a mixture of symphaty, interest, pity and similar. fo Parsee being "among the mostly-despised or hated Youkai"... "sundering and comparing to a certain extent her jealousy part of her nature from the rest of her nature as a character".... parySatori's experience, talent, point of view in. https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Strange_Creators_of_Outer_World/Introduction_of_Previous_Works/Subterranean_Animism/Cross_Review... her interaction with Yamame in https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Foul_Detective_Satori (Subterannean Animosity-Part IV)
(https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/b/be/LoT2_Chara_Parsee_Stand_HD.png)
Patchouli is the only Touhou character I like based on her personality. Unless someone is earth-shatteringly evil, I tend to make up my mind about video game characters based on their appearance and theme song (where applicable; both originals and fan interpretations). These two combined push the left side of the Like/Dislike seesaw way up for Parsee
...given that i'm a very empathetic and sensitive person who has little patience with unpleasant peopleOh, that's the reason you don't like some characters then, I see then.
Oh, that's the reason you don't like some characters then, I see then.
Yes, that's why you can sometimes see me get very emotional and angry when talking about some characters, most notably Reimu. I'll admit that my reactions can be very excessive and stupid sometimesI don't really blame you though. There are times where Reimu had gone overboard (like threating Reisen to peel her skin)..... (^^;)
I don't really blame you though. There are times where Reimu had gone overboard (like threating Reisen to peel her skin)..... (^^;)
This image goes hard.(https://en.touhouwiki.net/images/b/be/LoT2_Chara_Parsee_Stand_HD.png)
(funnily enough, the wiki file history for that image contains discussion of Parsee being tsundere... how about that)
i'm a very empathetic and sensitive person who has little patience with unpleasant people
You are contradicting yourself. Someone truly empathetic would understand that behind every unpleasant person there is a relatable story that made them that way and would be tolerant to them.
Look at Parsee. Her jealousy comes from untold years of watching people have the kind of fun she never could because of being stuck around the bridge and a very understandable desire to have that eating at her all that time. And if you take her species origin into account (which is not a big stretch in Touhou because, for example, Kaguya is THE Kaguya, after all), she is stuck there in the first place due to lover abandonment. If that doesn't give you even a spark of compassion for her then you probably aren't nearly mature and experienced enough to judge people, fictional or real.
Look at Reimu. She has lived her whole life forced into a position she has no say about. Her frequent hostile attitude stems purely from the importance of it, "enemy until proven otherwise" is a stance that comes with the job. Her more senseless hostility moments come from earlier in the series, where you could take it as her still working out how far she has to go. In her idle moments she want nothing more than just being left alone, and during incidents she just wants the wrongdoers to stop their wrongdoing and nobody else to get in the way. And the incidents usually have to do with GENSOKYO'S SAFETY, mind you, so it should be understandable she's on the edge about it. Also, again, don't just ignore the times when she cooperated with and acted nicely to the youkai, which far outnumber her more questionable moments.
Look at Aya. ...Actually, your estimation of her is correct. She's arrogant and extremely ambitious, which makes her quite rough around the edges. But again, hating her is missing the point. She comes from tengu society where such attitude is intentionally cultivated, but she's about the only one of them who, instead of also being very isolationist, has a huge interest in what happens outside of it - the rest of Gensokyo. (Hatate being a very occasional distant second in that regard.) She's worth appreciating for giving her own differing insight into life out there. That is, after all, exactly why she was added to the series in the first place. Actually, think about it. She's kind of an outsider that is very interested in Gensokyo and its characters, and is very vocal about her own opinions and biases. Isn't she very much like, y'know, all of us Touhou fans? So maybe if you feel hate for her then it's just you raging at the reflection in the mirror.