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>>46691490
I think people are using the Lotus Eaters example to emphasize how the Dream Self isn’t actually all that different from the real self. If the Lotus Eater scene happened in isolation, yeah it would just be Aya being Aya… but I doubt ZUN would make that very specific callback to AoCF without making a point about Byakuren true intentions.
And again, ZUN really nails the point home that the religious leaders aren’t entirely selfless people doing good for the sake of it, they want fame and power over the village as much as everyone else, they are fine with literally lying to their own followers about shit as petty as a Buddha statue actually being a Youkai (massively blasphemous) because they want visitors to bring money to the temple.
Kasen ain’t exactly much better, she’s a lot of talk yeah, but it’s clear her actions don’t often match her words and she’s pretty bloodthirsty when she wants to be. She’s also one of the people totally responsible for trapping the villagers in Gensokyo in the first place, so I dunno I don’t think it’s “edgy” to point out she’s at best a hypocrite.

>>46518346
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that how they’re presented in Touhou? Even down to needing to burn off their sin to be reincarnated
>>46518371
Even Komachi points out that she shouldn’t be doing that, she’s literally permakilling them even when they can be redeemed… which is beyond hypocritical for little miss unit 731 over here.