before i write anything else: let it be known that i know this might sound stupid and overreacting and "omg why do you care about this fucking loser" but listen here pal, this is my webbed sight and i'll write whatever the hell i want.
I've been into touhou for a very very very very long time. Actually it's more accurate to say I've been tangenitally (lol genital) aware of touhou for a very very very long time. It wasn't until around 6th grade that i really got into touhou, and around 7th grade i was playin the games n shit. Anyway i got into touhou fumofumos around this time and started reading the fumo general on 4/20/18 my very first fumo arrived, alice margatroid~! Fun fact if you go on my archive page you can find the entry i wrote about alice fumo!! Anyway, yeah i got into fumo around this time and fumo became one of my hobbies because 1) i like touhou and 2) i like dolls. And so for many years (like four but whatever) i would read the fumo general take it easy with my fumos and everyone else would take it easy with their fumos and everyone was comfy and could take it easy. Fast forward to this year, and fumos are becoming more popular, and its like, okay well i'm glad more people are welcoming a soft girl into their life, but that's not really what's happening. Fumos are becoming the "funny meme touhou doll" on places like tw*tter and d*scord (yeah yeah yell at me for putting my discord on here but that username is outdated nd i never even use discord anyway) and so people will see a fumo and think "lol funny meme doll" and want to buy one just for teh memez or just for """"clout"""", not even knowing what touhou is. And so these people will buy the funny FoTM meme doll and show all their internet friends and then they'll want to buy a funny meme doll and so on and so forth, and then a majority of people who buy fumos are doing it because they want the funny meme doll. And so as more people buy fumo with the idea of "lol i have the funny doll now", they discover places to talk about fumos but don't bother lurking to learn the culture and how not to act like a total dumbass. Like holy shit in the recent fumo threads, you can pick out who's there because of the funny dolls based on the way they type, and they stick out like a sore thumb using their outsider memes. So when these people (and i use that term lightly) who post mindlessly without lurking to learn how to act, it's obvious they're only here for the FoTM meme doll, making everything uneasy. Like someone posted that they were excited they were getting their first fumo, which is great, but then announced they weren't really familiar with touhou they just liked the doll...... if you're going to buy a fumo without knowing touhou, please please please at the very least don't say "lol im not really familiar with touhou". If you're new to fumofumo or touhou, please please please don't bring in outsider memespeak. The fumo threads over the past month or so have been full of outsiders, and it's very easy to tell who they are.
And now people are gonna say "omg are you really gatekeeping fumo dolls fucking loser" yes i am. Actually, let me clarify: I have no problem with newcomers to fumo. If you want to buy a fumo, please go for it and welcome a fumo into your life!!!! Fuck it, even if you're just buying a fumo because she's cute, that's fine as long as you behave yourself in fumo threads and don't bring in outsider speak. HOWEVER, if you're buying a fumo just for the memes and the clout of having a funny FoTM meme doll, and you then proceed to shit up a community you have no knowledge about, you need to fuck off ``please". Why the hell would you spend good money on an expensive doll when you're just buying her for teh funni memz?? They lack love for fumo and love for soft...... Anyway I really hope the meme dies off and we can take it easy again.