This is how we hunted down witches in middle-age: -if they're shitheads, then they "deserve" tortured to death. -if they're actually niceheads, then they're still tortured to death anyway.
That's why I don't like abusing threads much. Surely there're situations I also get angry, but sometimes, it's far too much.
There's a Chinese novel that Keine Kamishirasawa in the village describes the yukkuri-torturing villagers as "it (the torturing) is even more evil and cruel than the devils in the Scarlet Devil Mansion (SDM)". I agree to some extent.
Skribulous said: He's going to be very disappointed then if they do turn out to be niceheads.
This is clearly a test for the yukkuri to prove themselves worthy pets.
Although if it's abuse he's into, he might end up just smashing them anyway and out of his disappointment. Really wondering how this is going to develop, updates can't come fast enough.
heptoct said: This is how we hunted down witches in middle-age: -if they're shitheads, then they "deserve" tortured to death. -if they're actually niceheads, then they're still tortured to death anyway.
That's why I don't like abusing threads much. Surely there're situations I also get angry, but sometimes, it's far too much.
- "Shithead" is a catch-all term for extreme murderers, rapists and extreme thieves.
- "Nicehead" is a term thats been laughably diluted to the point that it makes no sense whatsoever. It was originally supposed to define a yukkuri that was abnormally kind, but people have taken it and basically slapped it any yukkuri that isn't a "shithead". (Protip: Don't tag things nicehead if theres no translation and cannibalism is involved post #9695)
heptoct said: This is how we hunted down witches in middle-age: -if they're shitheads, then they "deserve" tortured to death. -if they're actually niceheads, then they're still tortured to death anyway.
That's why I don't like abusing threads much. Surely there're situations I also get angry, but sometimes, it's far too much.
There's a Chinese novel that Keine Kamishirasawa in the village describes the yukkuri-torturing villagers as "it (the torturing) is even more evil and cruel than the devils in the Scarlet Devil Mansion (SDM)". I agree to some extent.
I don't think you understand what a shithead is, it's the type of yukkuri that would attack a baby just to steal it's bottle, it's the type of yukkuri that would brake into a persons home kill his pet and than tr to make it there own and try to turn the owner into there slave, it's the type of yukkuri that would kill a parent and still it's child, it's the type of yukkuri that would kill another yukkuri to steal it home and food, it's the type of yukkuri that would rape another yukkuri to death, and after doing all this stuff that we know is wrong it'll still find away to justicfy what it did no matter how much of there logic is used agenst them.
You are close, but not all of what you said is true. While some of the most extreme cases people did get tortured and killed, these were done as a way to attain their properties or remove an undesirable person by accusing them of witchcraft, or just a scapegoat for a bad harvest/disease.
In same cases, a person could be found "not guilty" of witchcraft if they could feel pain in all their bodies, weight a reasonable amount (a large scale was used, and not a single person was found guilty with it), could not float in water or could not drink holy water, etc etc.
Just how in the Salem witch trials was nothing more than a noisy hissy fit with no actual executions.
I said it once, the impression I get the from the Yu world is that the majority of Yu's that get abyused are the bad ones, not because of them being the main population bulk of the yukkuris, but because everybody aims to them or at least get provoked or attacked by the bad yu's. Goods ones aren't persecuted by the main bulk of humanity since they have a more "I prefer the nice ones and rather leave yukkuris alone unless they provoke or attack me." the only source of good yu's deaths (at least intentional) are full fledged abyuses, haters and extreminators, but the last ones doesn't happen often, and they don't do it out of pleasure or spite, but out of pest/population control.
Another thing, I wouldn't quote a Touhou's opinion about yu-abyuse, since they turn around so much, on some stories they cry foul and in some stories they engage on it gleefullly, I personally rather have them having a neutral "leave them alone unless shithead bothers and needs a smack" position, not a fan of the Abyuse interpretation of yukuko and akyuu or those "Yukkuri Avengers" versions of the Touhous.
ukshadow said: You are close, but not all of what you said is true. While some of the most extreme cases people did get tortured and killed, these were done as a way to attain their properties or remove an undesirable person by accusing them of witchcraft, or just a scapegoat for a bad harvest/disease.
In same cases, a person could be found "not guilty" of witchcraft if they could feel pain in all their bodies, weight a reasonable amount (a large scale was used, and not a single person was found guilty with it), could not float in water or could not drink holy water, etc etc.
Just how in the Salem witch trials was nothing more than a noisy hissy fit with no actual executions.
Yeah, Overall it's a bit off to compare the Witch Trials with any potential "Shithead Hunting" or whatever those could be called. Basically It's more a Test of Character derived of behaviousr, reactions and answers on a controlled enviroment than a flawed semi dogma based test of "humanity" through flawed physical methods. Kinda like going "Shitheads taste bad, So If I eat you and you taste bad you are a shithead and you die as one, but If you are tasty you'll not be a shithead and instead you'll die a noble yu!" many of the witch trials used that logic (sometimes death being optional)
In all seriousness, this discussion made me want Anon here to be fair in his handling, to truly approve and reward the nice ones, while dealing accordingly with the shitheads. Cool points if the shitheads still remain cute looking, since that's something we don't see often "undeniably cute shitheads".