Shii is in the boondocks so he couldn't respond, but basically he says to follow the rules. We've had too much mudslinging and personal attacks over nothing as of late. He gave me admin privileges so I went ahead and did some clean up.
Also Anelaid, you're banned until august 1. Strike 1.
Yeah, I recall the previous incarnation of this pic had a summary of the story... Should probably be more careful about saving comments in the future...
Actually, I was going to see if I could find the source of the engine (Shimmie-2.2.2) but the site seems to be down :| I have some ideas...
Reimu was really well-behaved, cleaning up her own stuff, being very independent. Heck, she even likes to drink canned coffee. However, there was a yukkuri disease going around, and because of a chance that the disease could mutate and affect humans, a city-wide extermination was conducted. Even pet yukkuris weren't spared.
Anon receives a syringe which is meant to put down pet yukkuris peacefully. Reimu is initially fearful, but when Anon lies to her for the first time, telling her that it's for the disease (which she knows about), she says she'll bear with it, in exchange for coffee afterwards.
After he injects her, Anon bids her goodnight as she's falling asleep. Reimu looks up at him, smiling tearfully. "Yuyu! Onii-san! Goodbye... easy." Anon wonders if she actually knew what the syringe was for.
Later, Anon finds himself buying coffee even though he never drinks any. He holds it so long that it warms up with his body temperature, and it reminds him of the warmth he felt with Reimu, the warmth he'll never feel again.
JusticeItEasy said: A Yukkuri disease that could mutate to affect humans? now that's weird.
Not weird, just uncommon. Most "serious/dangerous/concerning to humans" plot devices pops up from time to time but never really gets fully developed/explored to avoid the "YOU CAN'T HARM HUMANS!" mentality.
PathOfAbuse said: We do things then make up reasons we're killing all the yukkuri we'll make up a reason later it doesn't need to make sense
You are missing the point of the story by far PoA, it isn't one of those stories. Besides considering that the reason was stablished BEFORE the killing you are also rather wrong here PoA.
yukiyuzen said: Not weird, just uncommon. Most "serious/dangerous/concerning to humans" plot devices pops up from time to time but never really gets fully developed/explored to avoid the "YOU CAN'T HARM HUMANS!" mentality.
I don't think it has to do with the ability of yukkuris to harm humans, specially when the disease is the one harming and if, theorically mutated, it would kill both anyway. But I honestly can see why it could be weird, aside of parasites or fungus based stuff, it's hard to picture a magical pastrie getting any form of viral or biological illness and those are the only ones that could mutate to affect humans.
Wrathkal said: Remember the anko about yu-syphilis?
I don't recall if that one had the implications of mutating to spread to humans, I recall thinking of it as a "magical illness" like yukkuritis/anti-yukkuritis, basically it's just something in their "magic" that kicks in when they aren't doing well. At least if my memory of the story is right and only the yu's had yu-syphilis.
Of course you are free to correct me if I'm wrong, I have a hazy memory of that story and I don't remember the anko number like to search for it.
in the words of the iron giant "Be good" for that is the only way you'll see her again, your soul must be painted white as hers maybe even whiter. Saying things like that make me feel better when I read theses sad stories.
JusticeItEasy said: I don't think it has to do with the ability of yukkuris to harm humans, specially when the disease is the one harming and if, theorically mutated, it would kill both anyway. But I honestly can see why it could be weird, aside of parasites or fungus based stuff, it's hard to picture a magical pastrie getting any form of viral or biological illness and those are the only ones that could mutate to affect humans.
JusticeItEasy said: I don't recall if that one had the implications of mutating to spread to humans,
But thats my point. Artists/writers toy with the idea but they never go all the way and actually introduce negative implications for humans. A LOT of pictures/stories have hinted at it, but never fully explore it. Even kiriraitaa hinted at it once but didn't actually explain it post #39866.
Urgent extermination is also necessary due to health concerns...
JusticeItEasy said: Of course you are free to correct me if I'm wrong, I have a hazy memory of that story and I don't remember the anko number like to search for it.
JusticeItEasy said: You are missing the point of the story by far PoA, it isn't one of those stories. Besides considering that the reason was stablished BEFORE the killing you are also rather wrong here PoA.
um what I was trying to say is: killing all yukkuri seems like overkill although the reason for it was established before the killing the reason is immaterial we will kill them
looking back I realize that none of this is in my original post. I was just thinking about some scientific thing I'd heard about. The rational part of your brain only activates after you act even though you experience yourself coming up with a reason first in reality you come up with an explanation after
As I suspected It wasn't the story I was thinking, I recalled one that had also a "Yu" version of a human disease (not mutated it was like Yu-Syphilis, basically a "Yu-disease name" kind of thing.), I think it was a sexual one, that only affected yukkuris, supposedly it was a very rare disease, but it started to spread more and more because of Yu's becoming more sexually active or rapists rolling in (or both.) again my memory is hazy at best in this one.
yukiyuzen
I think that the case of House-Yu is more about a pest like creature that roams the nastiest places of the house coating itself with unhealthy stuff like trash bacteria and being 100% ani hygienical, parasites and similar stuff, It's basically some of the concerns with Dirty Stray Yu's, but using Cockroach implications, basically it's more about nasty unhuman friendly bacteria, than having a disease ala Mad Cow that could mutate to affect us.
Basically the weird aspect for me was the idea of yukkuris actually suffering a viral or non "fungus" based disease that could "mutate" to affect humans, but that Yu-Syphilis Story at least proved the idea was done once.
JusticeItEasy said: I think that the case of House-Yu is more about a pest like creature that roams the nastiest places of the house coating itself with unhealthy stuff like trash bacteria and being 100% ani hygienical, parasites and similar stuff, It's basically some of the concerns with Dirty Stray Yu's, but using Cockroach implications, basically it's more about nasty unhuman friendly bacteria, than having a disease ala Mad Cow that could mutate to affect us.
Basically the weird aspect for me was the idea of yukkuris actually suffering a viral or non "fungus" based disease that could "mutate" to affect humans, but that Yu-Syphilis Story at least proved the idea was done once.
Perhaps, but the ambiguity is simply my point. No one wants to fully explain it because it comes off as either "Thats IT? Why react so harshly if it was something so minor?!" or "You're insane if yukkuris are actually a threat to almighty Anon!"