Pure and utter bliss.
Of course, reading the title you should figure something's gone terribly wrong. Well, it's not extremely terrible, just extremely annoying as the site is currently changing servers and is experiencing an extended amount of downtime.
So the best I can really do is read the archives. Problem is that I'm a fast enough reader to do so in the time it apparently takes to change a server. Now I'm reverted to the sad habit of clicking on the link on my favourites bar, waiting for it to load and reading in disappointment the somewhat irritating Oops! This link appears to be broken. message.
If for some daft unknown reason you are reading this and have no idea what I'm talking about, let me give you an explanation.
Touhou Project is a series of Japanese shoot 'em ups which involve you as a girl to go out and shoot fairies. Now take that unpromising premise and jam the AWESOME meter up to as far as it will go. You will get a series with:
- Hard Difficulty
- Mediocre to Non-existant storyline
- Bad art
- Absolutely Incredible Music
- And the most creative fanbase that is mathematically possible
Yes, unlike so many pieces of fiction, the fans do not ruin it, they enhance it. Great fan art, kickass remixes, memes by the bucketload...
When a fanbase gets powerful enough, they start to write fanfiction. Usually, it's horrible. Could the almighty Touhou fanbase writefags break the trend? A person now known as Gensokyo Man started a thread in the 'infamous' image board 4chan. The thread gave Anonymous the responsibility of controlling the main character as he traveled the land of Touhou known as Gensokyo. Apparently, this proved so popular that it got kicked out of 4chan, and it had to move to a new home with the address 'Touhouproject.com'.
This website would go on to hold a series of stories where the fickle will of anon were the actions of the protagonist. Most failed, but some rose to glorious heights. That's why it's bliss.
...if it wasn't down.
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