Finding a story you really enjoy, whether on here or IRL is always a pleasure.

Things that make me smile?

Very cute pictures
Seeing a story hit its climax
seeing people enjoy my updates
thinking of my story
playing a really good game (FF6,SotN)

The very fact this thread exists makes me happy.
Talking about all my ideas for stories with my friends makes me happy.
Hearing about my friends ideas makes me overly joyful.
Helping people who asks for it gives me a nice warm feeling and a smile.
Discussing a vote in a thread and lose the argument (Because then I've learned something).
Watching new writers make an attempt. Seriously, this makes me so darn happy because I still remember the feeling of just starting out.

Seeing a story I really like being updated.

When my readers manage to solve a puzzle/enigma I spent a lot of time and care to lay out. Especially when they do so with almost no clues, before when they were supposed to be able to solve it.

It makes me realize my readerbase are not just a bunch of dumb goldfish, and that underestimating their intelligence could backfire horribly. Also, the mere fact that they put effort to solve the puzzle means they are interested enough in the story to care about seeing all the loose ends tied up.

Well, either that, or I suck horribly at creating puzzles.

Happy Mokou makes me all sorts of happy in the pants

Images where Yuuka or Yukkuris are happy.
That chill in your back when a story is getting too awesome for you
Playing a Bioware game

>>19364
I liked it. And it took us quite some time anyway. NOW UPDATE.
(unless you are not who I think you are, then ignore me)

That feeling of giving a story you passed on the first time a second chance and finding yourself charmed by it

I wish all of you some positivity in your day. Be well, THP.

>>19375
Take it easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_wt0AyljXg
Well this is one form of joy.

How are you today, THP? I wish you all good things and hope you're doing well.

Thanks for this thread. It improves my mood just by looking at it.

I wish I could be friends with each and every one of you.

Even if you don't feel the same way right now, I'm happy you're alive.

This adorable official Shinmyoumaru makes me happy.

>>19421
is that from WaHH or FS?

For some reason the touhou wiki hasn't updated with download links to new chapters.

>>19422
I think it's from FS, but I'm not too sure.

When my girlfriend takes the initiative and asks me out, I get like (see pic).
Even more so when she's the one who brings up a discussion about THP stories.
It also makes me quite happy that she, not just accepts the fact I write on here, but also wants to help me when she can.

Might have been a bit personal, but who gives a fuck. It makes me overjoyed.

>>19436
So endearing! Congrats for such an awesome girlfriend.

Even in times where everything looks grey, smile. You're alive and somebody out there is glad for it.

I'm too busy to play many games nowadays, but it always gives me a certain joy to just play something fun for five minutes at a time in those lulls.

My readers are cool people.

>>19476

Agreed. My story's gimmick lets me interact with them a lot more often, and I will defend to the death the awesomeness of my readers.

>>19476
>>19479
Same here. My readers are a quiet bunch, but I know that they're there and I still appreciate them.

>>19479
Reader here, your gimmick is ingenious. I really like it.

That said, I wonder why it isn't more popular. Maybe some people take themselves too seriously?

>>19481

What story is this? The fact that it relies on a cheap gimmick to draw its viewers is probably why it's not popular.

>>19483
Why are you making judgments like that when you don't even know what story is being talked about?
A gimmick isn't necessarily a bad thing, and it doesn't automatically mean you rely on it. That's not what the word means.

>>19484

"Gimmick - a trick or device intended to attrack attention, publicity, or business."
Gimmick as a word has a poor connotation - I don't know enough about the story to make a judgement, but that you both are praising the gimmick but not the actual story does imply things.

This is the joy thread. Watching people talk shit about someone's story without even knowing which one it is does not fill me with joy.
Take that shit else where.

>>19485

Then could you tell me what story this is, so I can move my complaints, if any, there?

>>19486
Never fear, the Flan Brigade is here!

>>19494
And now returning to our regularly scheduled joy.

>>19495
Wait wait, one more.

>>19488
Yay~

Flan Brigade strikes again! Godbless.

Hazuki Ruu's Catchouli always fills my heart with fuzzy feelings.

>>19488
You're doing Kanako's work, anon. Bless you.

This doesn't have anything to do with Touhou, but fuck it.

If you've been following Twitch Plays Pokemon for some amount of time, and you were around in the last stretch, I'm sure you'd understand when I say there was never a more joyous and euphoric moment in the history of Internet than when we finally defeated Blue at the Pokemon League.

It was a long, wild ride. The best ride. It was a pleasure watching and playing this adventure with you.

>>19515
It was quite the journey. A true testament that humans can work together! Take that, Shingeki no Kyojin...

I updated! And I hit my third thread in the process! Hooray~!

I just hope my characterizations don't cause yet another shitstorm.

Even though I still have a long ways to go as a writer, I'm making headway in rediscovering myself as an editor.

After today, I will finally have time to re-read my stories, work on rebuilding my notes that I lost due to computer failure, and eventually update! After weeks of writing college essays, and defining extremely vague and almost impossible topics, I will finally be able to get things going again! Writing for THP is one of my few joys in life, so I can't understate how excited I am!

>>19524

Whoa. You're still alive?

Imagining raiko and iku having a dance off makes me smile.

Life makes me happy. I'm alive and that's a wonderful thing.

I hope you have a wonderful day, THP.

>>19529
I, too, enjoy being alive. Happy living, everyone!

Thanks for cheering me up, thread.

I've made a Seija folder. This marks the third touhou I like enough to save pictures of.

And it was good.

Listening to a mix I haven't heard in a while brings back so many memories. They're long gone, but I'm happy to have been there. Here's to fond memories of times gone by.

>>19535
SS of the thumbnails? I want to compare.

>>19550
What, this? What the hell for?


I went through all her pages on Pixiv for these. Lotta shitty pictures there, lemme tell you.

>>19551
Holy shit. The devotion is unreal.

>>19553
Is it? My Mystia folder's 220+ pics strong, and I don't even like her that much.

>>19551
that's the nature of Pixiv, while there's some great stuff, there's also some crap. in general Danbooru gets 99% of cream of the crop on it.

>>19561
>danbooru gets 99%
hahahahahhahaha Maybe it's different for Touhou, but that's far from the truth in general.

Not that it matters if you don't enjoy wading through shit.

After over a year of reading CYOAs, it feels good to be writing one, even if you feel a bit sloppy off the start.

>>19562
the exact number might have been wrong but I feel my point stands: Pixiv's crap is filtered out for the most part.

>>19565
I assume you're talking about yourself, so congratulations! I'm always glad to hear about new writers around here.

>>19573

The idea I had been fermenting for over a year ended up losing out to one I cooked up around 30 minutes before dinner time. Somehow it ended up becoming more than just a semi-gimmicky idea thought up on a whim.

Spring has come, and it fills me with joy~

>>19601
Lily, contain yourself.

>>19601
Ey yo man screw you it snowed here today, Letty pls go and stay go

I dreamed my readers sent me chocolate.
I was happy until I realized that meant someone found out my mailing address.

>>19604
That's because we're always behind you.

Your hair smells nice.

>Spring has come, and it fills me with joy~

Surrounded by warmth,
the rain comes softly down.
I watch the leaves fall.

April showers bringing May flowers is a joyful thing. Though I can't say we're getting much rain in my locale.

I got to go outside without a heavy coat for the first time in months today and it felt indescribably good.

Today, it actually started raining, which felt so nice even if it was a little cold. I had to stand out in it for a bit just to feel a bit more alive.

My flytrap's flowers just started blooming. They're rather charming.

Last night I had a dream of my story, fully animated. I can't remember the voices, but it was so clear in my mind that when I wake up, I immediately check my TV to see if it's real.

And I got another Sunday morning cartoon.

The dream was only a moment, but it fills me with happiness. I hope I could see dream another this night.

I came across this quote from George R. R. Martin today. It made me laugh for at least ten minutes straight.

“So I need to write faster. The last two books took a really long time, so I’m hoping this one [the Winds of Winter] will go a little faster. But I make no promises. I found out long ago that when you look at the overall task, the cathedral you have to build, it looks so daunting that you just give up and sit down and play a video game.”

>you just give up and sit down and play a video game

>>19652
I don't know, that makes me feel a bit disheartened. Learning that one of the most respected and acclaimed authors of our times indulges in procrastination whenever he is overwhelmed by the scope of his work, like the rest of us fanfic writers... On the one hand, it shows Martin is as human as we are, but on the other, it kind of stains the image of the hard-working, methodical writer I had of him.

It's raining again. Feels so refreshing to hear and watch.

>>19652

ONE OF US

ONE OF US

>>19652
Not surprised as there's also Berserk's maker who takes increasingly long amounts of time to publish a chapter due to his Nico and Idolmaster addictions.

After a month of work, I churned out an update. Hell yeah.

>>19661
You deserve a break. A two-months-long one.

>>19663
>Shitposting

It's YAF, shitposts are all he does nowadays.

>>19663
That's not what Ironic means you fucking retard.
Oh I'm sorry, this is the joy thread isn't it?
That's not what Ironic means, you fucking retard~

>>19663
>>19664
>>19665

Oi, rage thread is thataway; >>18777

Now, let's get this thread back on track, courtesy of the Underground crew and a couple of special guests.

Now sit back and relax as we return to our regularly scheduled joy~

All this love for the Underground crew fills me with joy.

This was just the amount of joy I needed to make it through the last day before a vacation.
Thanks Komeiji sister~

>>19682
>>19683

Your appreciation fills me with joy~

>This was just the amount of joy I needed to make it through the last day before a vacation. Thanks Komeiji sister~

All in a days work for a satori! Now, have a joy filled vacation~!

This tilde stuff is seriously GAY.

>>19686
But what brings you joy, anon?

>>19687
To crush my enemies, to see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

>>19688
Very good Conan, that is good!

>>19686

>This tilde stuff is seriously GAY.

>gay
>adjective, gay·er, gay·est.
>1. of, pertaining to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple.
>2. of, indicating, or supporting homosexual interests or issues: a gay organization.
>3. having or showing a merry, lively mood: gay spirits; gay music.

Well, I guess I can't really argue with that~!

>>19691
Dictionary'd

I'm coming close to finishing up a side project. After that, Infiltrator will get back in gear. Stealth action Touhou CYOA is on its way again.

OFFICIALLY BEST DDC COMING THROUGH, FINALLY GOT THE SPOTLIGHT SHE DESERVES

>>19694
And even with the most accurate title for a Touhou game ever! Amazing. Seija dun good.

>>19694
This made me joyful as well. Seija love so good.

>>19695
>And even with the most accurate title for a Touhou game ever!
I'd give it a tie with Story of Eastern Wonderland.

...For being both accurate and specific to the game, DDC probably wins out, though.

After several months of careful planning, back and forths with my proofer and loads of test writing, I’m finally able to see the end of the prep-work for my next story. It fills me with excitement to know I’m almost ready to start another story.

Which reminds me. Have you, dear readers, taken the time to appreciate the writers? And you, writers, taken the time to appreciate the readers?

>>19700
Fuck those reader guys, yo. They're all "man we got expectations and shit". Fuck the writers too while we're at it. They're all lazy and shit.

<3

>>19700
Ahh, yes, I love my readers. I don't say that nearly enough to them, but without them my story wouldn't be the beast it is today... so, for that, I'm glad.

I am getting so much discussion on my story it's nuts. It's even spilling out of my actual story thread! WHOO HOO

>>19704
“If tomorrow I tell my readers that, like, a girl's route will get locked, or a truckload of characters will be killed off, nobody panics, because it’s all ‘part of the plot’. But when I say that one little Touhoe is a prostitute, well then, everyone loses their minds!"

>>19703
>>19704
>>19706
Marisa pls go

The rain cleanses my spirit and brings me peace of mind. Listen to the rain whenever you get a chance. You'll be much better for it.

>>19706

I was just as surprised as you were by that negative reaction. Judging from past examples, one would think that including the LP would be a good thing.

I still trolled and counter trolled during the shitstorm though.

>>19751
Only thing to do is to keep pushing for more MAlice!

>>19706
Joker, you're so crazy.

...I panic whenever a truckload of characters are going to get killed off. I don't give a darn about routelock, but that's because I don't give a darn about routes in the first place.

No Aya in the joy thread? I'll overlook it just this once.

>>19771
This offering of Aya makes me quite joyful. Thank you!

Weekends make me happy~! More time to write and train Pokemon and stuff like that.

>>19771
There is no Aya here because you don't have updates. You know what I'm talking about

Tsunamayo's drawings makes me all tingly inside.

>>19822
Was he the one who made the Primsrivers on Drugs video?

>>19796
A Dead Thread for Aya?
Big Brother Tree is Watching You Fap?

>>19822
[x] Clean the Kyouko.

Concepts like time travel and alternate universes makes me really happy.

>>19830

Speaking of time-hax, a fic about a non-op Chronomancer would make me happy.

>>19831

We had one of those. It made me happy until it died.

>>19830
I want to see happylight Gensokyo duke it out with grimdark Gensokyo for supremacy.

I’m overzealous right now, and I need to just dump it somewhere before it becomes too much.

I dropped an application about a trainee contract (I believe that’s what it’s called), into the chain of one of my favorite shops. I literally just (like 10 minutes before writing this) got a phone call about an interview with them. Considering I missed an earlier call they made, I’ll assume my chances are high. And I’m just so fucking excited.

>>19890
I smell a flag, but I don't know if it's the bad or the good kind.

good luck.

>>19890
Glad to hear it! Good luck!

>>19890
Best of luck, mane. I'm on the job hunt myself, so I know that feeling all too well.

There's nothing better than going to bed and knowing I'll wake up to votes for my new update.

>>19914
There have been times where I had such expectations with my stories, only to find out nobody voted in the 8 hours I was asleep. Usually because other more popular stories pushed mine out of the Latest Bumped Threads list.

I need a hug.

>>19915
Are you in IRC at all? Say what you want about them, there's always at least somebody who will have a peek if you bug them enough.

Hugs, bro.

Hugs for everyone!

>>19918
Hugs fill me with joy~

Today it's Patchouli Day! (6/9 = mu/kyu)

Let's show some love for our favorite librarian!

Dear YAF,

You're welcome. faggit.
"This Shrine" rewrite pls.

Love,
The CABAL

>>19987
I am ashamed that I missed such a day.

>>19989
This Shrine, a rewrite
It’s too much to bite
There’s no Satori, to make a cute story
It just wouldn’t be right

>>20007
Hey YAF.
I enjoy your blog.
Also you're a faggot.

>>20008
You know what? Fine. I’ve fucked up my deadlines anyhow. Something short won’t hurt at this point. One catch, though. You decide which character(s).

So give my nigga ass somethang ta werk wit, yo.

>>20010
>>20042

Jeez some guys get all the luck. You better pick something good.

>>20042

Youmu.

>>20042
Yukari

>>20042
YAF.

All the Y characters?

>>20042
Yuuka

>>20042
Yumeko.

Sheesh, there are a lot of toehoes' names starting with Y.

Yamame.

Cunts. You forgot Yamaxanadu.

>>20042
Yatsuhashi

>>20042
Alice.

You faggot forgot what is important. Shame on you YAF.

>>20042

Yorihime

>>20054
>>20055

C-C-C-C-Combo Breaker!

>>20054
Welp, looks like we have a winner. I will see about procuring some ideas for Alice, then.

Unless someone persuades me otherwise.

>>20057
Seija Kijin! The adorable rebel!

>>20058
second
She can have a chainsmoker's voice and be a seasoned drinker.

>>20058
>>20059
Seija a shit.

A S H I T

>>20060
u fuckin startin m8 im ready to go any time COM AT ME BRO DUKES OUT NOW

>>20065
VERY WELL. NO ALICE THEN. YOU MADE ME DO THIS, MAN.

This is what happens when YAF gets involved in a thread, there is no joy here anymore...

Now ignoring false promises and annoying tripfags, why don't we talk about something fun?

Like smiling Touhous?

>>20068
Screw you m8, you better keep your promises you made to me to write Alice.

I bet Alice has a lovely smile.

http://danbooru.donmai.us/pools/8562

This entire pool.

>>20084
Dai-chan makes me happy

>Dai-chan makes me happy

Of course she does. Dai is love.

Dai-chan is love, Dai-chan is life.

>>20070
I wrote. Some. Check /shorts/.

People are lovely. There are a lot of people who make me happy.

I finally started the story that I spent months hemming and hawing about!

>>20097
Congrats~
I'm almost there myself. It's gonna feel so great when I finally post it.

I prodded a friend into reading my story. When he finally got around to it he loved the characterization and style. Hooray for self-esteem boosting!

>>20100

Not to burst your bubble or anything, but he's you're friend, of course he is going to say it's good. Go find one of your enemies and ask him/her to read it. That way you have someone who isn't afraid to point out the flaws.

Or maybe go find this Wiseman fellow, since he seems to pretty much be the enemy of all THP.

Fairies fill me with joy!

>>20101
Depends on the friend. Ask Deme. He knows I'll tell him something that is shit is shit and why it's shit.

Buuuuuuuuut not everybody's like that.

>>20105
I'd like to fill a fairy with joy.

>>20101
A good friend will warn you of issues s/he notices and not be a yes man. Friends don't let others write shitty fanfics.

The rain has come again, washing my soul clear of things that worry me. I am joyful again.

>>20060
>>20068
YOU TALKIN SHIT ABOUT EDGE-LORD TOUHOU?! CAUSE SHE IS WONDERFULLY EDGY. IT'S PRETTY CUTE.

Hey, anon... you're pretty good.

Saturdays make me joyful~

A track for the occasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDywRDwiVYU

I'm putting in special effort for the opening post for my next story here on THP.
Because of a decision I made shortly before I started writing it, I knew it was going to be long and take time to write.

It really makes me happy to look over what's written already, and know how much closer I am to posting it. I can't wait.

I finally managed to update my story and people weren't completely mad at me~

>>20951

Nope. I was completely and utterly mad at you. I just didn't say anything because low self-esteem writer isn't conducive with getting more updates.

>>20952
I sense no joy in your post, and I don't appreciate it.
Picture because cute

>>20953

You're right. Sorry for bringing the thread down, I forgot this wasn't the rage thread.

>>20951

I'm sure RL must have been kicking ya in the behind, so thanks for remembering us poor readers.

>>20956
My problems are very small when I have people to share a story with, so thank you for being amongst them.

Cirno Day fills me with joy because fairies are the best~

https://warosu.org/jp/thread/S12269822#p12451013

Why did this happen to that poor thread?

JOY

>>20959
the sad thing was once upon a time that was true before attitudes started changing. After all such an attitude prohibits growth.

>>20961

I always say something when I see someone being an elitist jerk.

>>20959
This doesn't really belong in this thread considering it's not joyful in the least.

To balance it out, have a Momiji.

>>20963

I think remembering the joys of days gone by should be acceptable.

This has nothing to do with touhou but
this makes me very happy~

>>20959
>After all these years, Hartmann is still salty
>Not just salty, but saltier than the black sea salty
>And we got a bunch of new stories and Glen finally recovered from "Trucks Hate THP" syndrome and finished his story
>And BSD wrote a new short

I am a happy man

>>20978

HOLY JOY, BATMAN.

>>20982
I'm not Hartmann, god damn it.

>>20978
Holy joy, Batman. This is still going on?

A guy likes my story! This is great and I feel happy!

>>20987
I'm glad for you, friend! It's really a wonderful feeling, isn't it? ~

I find joy in the pain and suffering of my readers as they watch their waifu get buried under other waifus.

The story I help with is finally getting a little bit more activity again after a couple of pretty quiet votes~

>>20992
This makes me happy too... the site is moving again

After several weeks of pure chaos, I think things have finally settled down that I can actually write again.

I'm glad that people have stopped making fics featuring the Watatsukis or the Lunarians in general since most of them ended up being thin-veiled bashfics.

>>21047
Y-yeah, friend, I feel you! Sure it's good to see the Watatsukis have stopped being the villains in fanfiction, hahahahaha... haha... ha...

I feel so New today. All calm and refreshed and carefree.

I'm getting over my other (IRL) issues and finally getting motivated to write. The update's going to be later than I ever wanted, but it will be finished, goddammit.

listening to miko miko nurse on repeat while you write

for several hours

that makes me a happy camper

>>21048
It's okay. I'm sure we'll choose the Enclave route.

R-right?

I'm spending the weekend out in Bosque. I kinda needed it. I've been cooped up too long at college and it's been slowly driving me nuts.

Also the lighting was absolutely perfect today morning so that made things even better.

I was finally able to enter my zone again and I managed to write over 3 pages without having to force myself. It's just the greatest feeling.

Have a kappa.

>>21070
Blub blub.

I consumed several days worth of calories at one sitting.

Mission: Success.

Started reading lost bees quest.

Joy was had.

>>21102

I JOIN YOUR CELEBRATION AS A FELLOW NEW READER

>>21102

As someone who plays TSW, all the joy was upon me.

>>21106
What the fuck is TSW? Please don't answer 'a MMORPG'

Also, JOY because Bees Quest seems to be good! Unless it isn't!

>>21115
A story about how all myths are true and secret societies of humans are using ancient and powerful magic and fucktons of guns to fuck up eldritch horror from before time itself. If only said societies could stop bickering among themselves.

>>20978
Bionicle story when?
In all honesty I've thought of several ways to start a story about that, but its making them worthwhile that would be the issue.

>>21117
Well, lost things have a certain tendency to end up in Gensokyo. And the Toa Mata were lost for at least a thousand years.
Something where you play as a seven-foot robot walking around Gensokyo could be fun, maybe. You could also make it a bit of an Incident, depending on how you decide that their welcome would be. I could see Tahu getting attacked by a youkai and accidentally starting a forest fire in his retaliation, for instance, or the Toa in general acting hostile towards youkai in a way that would threaten to shake up the status quo.

Personally I'd maybe do something with Kopaka and Team ⑨, but that's entirely just because of my personal preferences.

But yeah, that seems like something that would be hard to make actually worth it. There's a pretty big difference between a setting and a story, after all.

Not to mention that it's a crossover, and with something relatively obscure to boot. If I were the one writing it, I'd be worried about whether or not I'd actually get any readers at all!

>>21118
If a crossover story is good, people will read it even if they have absolutely no familiarity with the source material. I've never played a KH game, but thoroughly enjoyed High Contrast. Similarly, I've never played Killing Floor or The Secret World, and yet I'm quit enjoying both the untitled Killing Floor story and Lost Bees Quest. You just need to be careful about who you cross over and how you do it to make sure that you don't end up with either source material's characters being disproportionately powerful with the other's.

It started raining and I slept so soundly because of it.

Ikr

>>21118 It's conceivable the Toa could see the youkai much like they see the Rahi.

In other news, I have home internet now, but I've been abusing it and not focusing on my writing.

>>21156
Welcome to being a typical THP writer.

FREEMAN'S MIND IS OVER.

HAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I finally kicked myself to finish and put up the first post to a story I've wanted to run after a month and a half of procrastination. Feels good, man.

Also, Happy New Year in advance guys. I'll drink to a year of more stories and fun.

>>21179
He's gonna continue with HF2, right?

...right?

Played gekokujo(mount and blade warband mod), and through careful positioning and cavalry skirting, I managed to defeat a much superior armies of three lords.

Feeling like a badass now.

>>21182

The regular or the 2hu edition?

It's raining again~

Even in the chill of winter, a smile warms the soul.