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alice margatroid and shanghai doll (touhou) drawn by midori_(misuriru8)

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    https://twitter.com/midori14/status/1358350582839271428

    Drawn as Skeb-requested by Waruikao:


    https://skeb.jp/@midori14/works/4

    The request:

    Thank you for your hard work. I'm always sucked in by the bewitching eyes you draw.

    Please create a situation where Window Alice switches places with Old Alice in the mirror and leaves her behind. You can say it's a substitute situation.

    ・Alice in her old form is in the mirror.
    ・She cries and gasps from inside the mirror, but no one can hear her scream. Just like how a character would shout "...!!" or "...!?", etc...
    ・She places one hand on the mirror while pounding it with the other hand.
    ・The mirror is on a large dressing table, and the table is located against a wall.
    ・The room looks a little messy with magic books everywhere.
    ・The Shanghai dolls are placed near the mirror, drooping down lifelessly.
    ・The real Alice is standing in front, her face closes up with about half of it outside the frame. She's giggling with a slight grin.
    ・You can't see much of Alice's face because of that, but one of her eyes is visible and shining.

    A really strange request indeed. Thank you for your commission.

    Client's words:

    I have seen the PSD. It's great and just as expected, especially the despaired expression.
    Thank you very much for your dark work 💝

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    Andy00
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    Prinz_Poigen said:

    Is this dual_persona? I'm not familiar with PC-98.

    Edit: I don't understand what was wrong with the question. Usually when alice_margatroid and alice_margatroid_(pc-98) appear together, it's tagged dual_persona and I'm merely curious if there's a story/gameplay reason why that's not the case here.

    Serious answer, we don't know. There's an Alice Margatroid in the pc-98 games (the one in the mirror) and Alice Margatroid in the later ones. They share the same name and many of the same aspects, but are too different in others. Most speculate that PC-98 Alice became modern series Alice, but it is never said in-game.

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    blindVigil
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    Andy00 said:

    Serious answer, we don't know. There's an Alice Margatroid in the pc-98 games (the one in the mirror) and Alice Margatroid in the later ones. They share the same name and many of the same aspects, but are too different in others. Most speculate that PC-98 Alice became modern series Alice, but it is never said in-game.

    Nope, ZUN confirmed that it's the same Alice, there's little room to speculate. She also isn't called Alice Margatroid in PC-98, just Alice. She also pretty much confirms it herself in her first Windows appearance.

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    blindVigil said:

    Nope, ZUN confirmed that it's the same Alice, there's little room to speculate. She also isn't called Alice Margatroid in PC-98, just Alice. She also pretty much confirms it herself in her first Windows appearance.

    Yeah it was noted in her appearance in perfect cherry blossom but of course Reimu and Marisa can't even tell (since Alice looks different)

    so this speculation is null void at best.

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