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Toyosatomimi no Miko is a character in the Touhou Project series introduced in its 13th installment, Ten Desires.
Miko was once Prince Shoutoku, a Japanese leader in the 600s known for promoting Buddhism and streamlining the Japanese government. In the Touhou lore, she was visited by Taoist hermit Seiga Kaku, who had heard about Miko’s longing for immortality. Seiga introduced her to Taoism, but she rejected it as a religion unfit for placating an entire country. She was intrigued by its promise of immortality, however, and privately converted to it, advocating for Buddhism to keep Japan stable. After drinking an “immortality elixir” (mercury sulfide), however, she was forced to let go of her body and become a supernatural hermit like Seiga, notably taking on the form of a woman, making her a canonically trans character (
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After convincing a hermit from a rival clan (Mononobe no Futo) to sleep without decaying, Miko followed in suit, waiting for a time where a Taoist Japan would revive her in search of guidance. However, Buddhist monks were able to keep her mausoleum sealed, and the legends surrounding her were slowly brushed off- which led to her transportation into Gensokyo, where the folklore of old is a reality of everyday life.
When she awoke in Gensokyo, it was right after Buddhist monk Byakuren Hijiri opened her own temple, however, leading to a surge of divine spirits across the realm, setting up the events of Ten Desires.
What look like headphones on her are canonically earmuffs- Shoutoku was allegedly able to discern between ten questions asked at once, an ability carried by Miko (although with her enhanced abilities, she can also analyze each person and determine their inner desires (thus the title of the game))- although it means her hearing is highly sensitive and has to be muffled to prevent pain.
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Ever since coming to school I've challenged myself to come up with a fun new outfit every day, and most of them have had corresponding make-up looks. I'm taking more pictures of myself than I ever have before. A lot of that is because I'm planning to start a personal fashion blog, and I'm building a backlog of looks to post; but also, it's the fact that looking at myself is no longer a constant exercise of dysphoria, when I'm inhabiting the form of gender expression that I feel most happy in (aka my weird goth-ish punk-ish maximalist look.)
Unfortunately, I do find that make-up is kind of a key part of being able to enjoy the way my face looks in photos. I generally do very dramatic eye make-up; because I wear a mask whenever I'm out, I do not really do much related to my lips or cheeks. (I tried to do some lips the other day and immediately wiped it off, I hated it lol.) I feel like, weirdly enough, my eye make-up has the effect de-emphasizing the femininity of my face. Tbh I do not like this new shift in my relationship with make-up; I started using make-up in 2022 as a form of queer self-expression and I've always tried to consciously stay away from using it as a tool to make myself look "better".
I'm wondering (hoping) that once I start T I will feel more comfortable in my skin, and I will no longer need to get all dressed up to feel gender euphoria. Of course I think I will always love getting dressed in elaborate weird outfits, but it would be nice to also feel euphoric when I'm in my plain grey sweatpants and sleep shirt.
I call this my warpaint c: but I love the self expression element. Lipstick I found it hard too, I also feel a little uncomfortable with it but like I love my make up, I narrowed it down to trying to find the correct shades, I did pick up one that's just a smidge lighter than my natural lip colour (plus a bright red one because well I want to try it again and I know it will look dramatic when I do because I'm pale as fuck and have dramatic black hair and black eyeliner with tons of mascara, I know I can rock it basically.. but I do feel some weirdness with it for whatever reason, I'm always using lip balm so my lips are soft etc not hard to slap on some gloss with the lipstick.. anyway I'm rambling
I would suggest maybe trying some tinted lip balm instead of lipstick itself, it's what I started using because lipstick didn't really work for me (until now) but it gave me the same kind of satisfaction and worked well with my look.. maybe it will do the same for you and help you feel a little more comfortable.
Oh ty, I'll look into tinted lip balms. My lips are always kind of dry, all year round.
All my lipsticks are basically my mom's old lipsticks (and I think one that belonged to my cousin?) and I think we have very different tastes in terms of shades, haha. I definitely want to get some black lipstick at some point, as well as dark green/dark purple. But because I always cover the bottom half of my face, it's not been a top priority purchase. Honestly I love the way my masks look with my eye make-up anyways, especially my MSA Advantage brings a really fun punk look.
Hopefully find it helps and yeah I get dry lips too hence always having a ton of lip balm at hand c:
I'll maybe try black at some point but I like having the little burst of colour
Yeah we mask up so I have been mainly focusing on my eyes but I thought to pick up lipstick since were were already doing some makeup shopping today c:
The Mask would defo give you that punk look, or going to that underground rave ^^
I’m scared of losing my lip balm so I just put it on at night and in the morning lol.
I go through tons during the day, especially because I drink a lot too and keep hydrated so it would come off lol I usually get a few cbeap sticks that can be kept in a zip pocket or purse c:
When newly applied stuff sticks to the cup or whatever :(
I carry wipes to wipe off balm if need be, I usually put it on when I'm done though
That makes sense. I already carry a ton of stuff like that so I do not feel the urge to add to my pile of daily care items.
I think I’d prefer black lipstick to pink too, but Im not really goth enough. I don’t even dislike my face but I like how I look in a mask.
I can’t turn off my need for a cool new outfit everyday lol. What I’m wearing today I’ve never worn as such and it’s totally femboy-core and I like it. I probably don’t do “enough” makeup tho. I mean that I have stuff that I barely use. I too subscribe to “just do cool stuff, not to “improve” your face.” Lipstick doesn’t work under my mask and most of my stuff I don’t like that much. I like my natural lip tone. Some eyeliner’s nice tho. Good for you to find looks you like even if there’s a little dysphoria. Good luck!