I’m aware that Touhou downgrades have historically received more quicker reception, and while I don’t have an issue with downgrades on principle, there’s a pattern here that’s discouraging. Many of these downgrades arrive with an exhaustive “50 reasons” approach. Certain people have framed previous debates to appear like major inconsistencies, when they’re often rehashing topics that have already been repeatedly debunked or rejected entirely.
Thorough review is not the issue—it’s often the level of scrutiny applied. The sheer volume of these proposals, combined with the speed of acceptance and minimal discussion, feels dismissive, especially when the contributors defending the verse have invested significant time and effort. It’s disheartening when those who ultimately decide these outcomes don’t appear to give arguments the balanced consideration they deserve.
This is a series that spans over 25 years, with 19+ main games, countless spin-offs, interviews, official manga, spontaneous WoG statements from ZUN, and an extensive global fanbase. Indexing this takes days, even weeks, of dedicated review. And within each year, there's often a chance of new content rearing it's head and causing entire pages to need to be re-written. Did you know that Gensokyo is a Non-euclidean space? How about Hell being infinite in size?
Well, ZUN didn't tell us this in 2016. And a lot of pages are in a predicament of "we didn't know at the time", rather than "we overlooked this."
Going on tangent here for the sake of speaking truthfully; I do feel like association with this verse is treated like a pejorative label here. In fact, it’s become so skewed that even being associated with the verse can be treated with outright disdain. I've even been called a “Fuji sock” behind the scenes just for speaking up and arguing for certain feats. What's worse is when there's a meritocratic element of former staff members wielding their connections to current staff members to speak in favor of them, at their beck and call, when any 2hu CRT wouldn't receive attention otherwise. It does feel like nepotism to a degree, coupled with the already preexisting politics that you have to bear. But such is the way of debating online, I guess?
EarthBound
