Fellowship of Freelancers
joined Oct 11, 2010
Lol - Ok so - it's complicated. I was gonna say I've got not clue what is going on and I thought I knew touhou pretty well!
I'ts got multiple times and places crossing and swapping dimensions in dreams lol? And I don't recall seeing Sumireko before. But I liked her character. Does she actually physically move to gensokyo when she dreams of it? Otherwise someone there couldn't interact with her physically. Can she stay as long as she wants? Was she dreaming herself into their cupboard across time too?
I think the author could of done a much better job explaining things - I feel only a small niche of even touhou fans will not be confused.
Sumireko was introduced in the last fighting game, and she really hasn't been given much attention by the fans. I always figured that when Sumireko or Maribel go into dreams, it's like a Nightmare on Elm Street thing where whatever happens to them there transfers to real life. And I think she can only stay there as long as she's dreaming. Though I don't think she's been given time-traveling powers in canon, she is a powerful psychic who can at least teleport, so that might have been made up to get some sexy time in — plus a nice way to show her in the closet.
I've always found reading Touhou doujin to be a learning experience. At least a quarter of the things I've read made me go consult the wiki. The world and characters are fun, though, so after learning my first 30 or 40 characters, going to the wiki to try to see what's happening became more a bonus than a chore.