Flandre Fanon vs. Canon - [ Touhou Sprite Animation ]

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Flandre Scarlet, probably one of the most polarizing characters transitioning from canon works to the flanderized version from the fanbase. One side of her is a reserved, nice, although a bit disrespectful girl, and the other side of her is a psychopathic slaughterer who won't hesitate to destroy anything that moves... that just so happens to like Ronald McDonald.
Huh, no wonder why they say "Flandre-ized."

And there it is. The last Fanon vs. Canon video that will ever appear on my channel. I'll explain in greater depth in the pinned comment, but to keep things short, I want to move on to other content and continue to experiment, just like how my channel used to be.
I will say one thing, this video is essentially a wrap up of everything I learned during the last 9 or so months of making content.
(oh yeah this video also introduces MMD stuff into my vids, I might learn more about the program in these upcoming months)
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[lunaPrism]

this video is old please do NOT treat anything presented here as fact, people had ALREADY pointed out the inaccuracies in the video
do not base your understanding of a character based on a dumb video on the internet omg

[NeoKesha]

While reading Foul Detective Satori, a lot of people missed nice detail - Flandre tried to strangle Meiling, playing "I thought shes a culprit". But in fact, it is clear that she was just playing and didn't want to strangle Meiling for real and was able to control her strength enough to not break Meiling's neck. Thats a character development for Flandre.

[muhammadsoleh]

Flandre: only appears in like 3 games
The fandom:

[KodoqBesar]

Waiting for canon Junko.
Canon Junko : A vengeful mother wanted to revenge her child. Never underestimate the power of a grieving mother.
Fanon Junko : Interested on one particular moon rabbit because why not

[InktheImpassive]

From what I currently gathered:
In canon, She's not insane, just unpredictable. It's not like she hates being kept inside alone, she actually doesn't mind it and appreciates some visitors to play with her at times.

[miyuki-sama]

Cannon: She has traumas but she can destroy you ir you make her anger.

Fannon: She will destroy anything and everything

[belfordk]

Canon Flandre sometimes doesn't even seem canon because of how she's always portrayed, change my mind.

[ben_d]

I love when the fandom do this to the majority of the characters like koishi in the fandom she is like a insane murder its kind funny

[Jazkal-V]

I imagine Cannon Flan would be as destructive as Fannon Flan if she gets really really upset, with most of the destruction being accidentally done.

[Mr.Happiness_man]

flandre in fanon is a lover of disaster (like koishi in fanon) but in canon she is nice and reserved

[ciberkid]

Canon Flandre: A little self reserved but won't hesitate to use her powers if angered enough

Fanon Flandre: Self-Aware TF2 Pyro

[jvts]

You know Fanon Flandre's been around for a while when the Ran Ran Ru alone inspired a character in the Fate/Extraverse.

As for Canon Flandre it's harder to say given how friendly she is has varied depending on which sage she's talking to, making me even more convinced that Okina brainwashed her during 17.5

[Tulipia]

Flandre is interesting due to the fact that she almost never appears. But we do have some bits of information:

She never goes outside because she doesn't usually feels like she needs to. But she will go to "play" with people.
I don't think that she hates her sister, but she probably doesn't adore her either.
She has killed people already, but it's not like she is actively searching for victims every day.
She wants to have friends to play with, but it's not like she will play with them everyday (so I guess she is an introverted?).
She is "a little crazy", but in Gensokyo who isn't?

I guess she is kind of like The Collector in The Owl House: a little kid with too much power who can't fully understand the consequences of their actions. Both of them also have sibblings issues and problems to make friends.
And don't forget: children are pretty chaotic and unhinged, sometimes even cruel.

[ponikoTV]

Fanon flandre: cool and badass

Canon flandre: cute and sweet

[justsomesimplenuclearbirbs]

Yep, pretty much accurate for the most part.

Fanon Flandre is one of the most unhinged people you'll ever encounter and Canon Flandre is one of the more chill folks in the SDM who is a bit naive at times but is still technically smarter than you'd think.

Also, I find it funny that Touhou Lost Word, a mobile gacha game that is filled to the brim with fanon variations of every character, actually references how unhinged most of the fanon depictions of Flan are by having Relic Flandre act somewhat similar to how she is in the games and printworks and acknowledges the fact if she kept acting the way most variations would act she would get stereotyped.

[spellposting]

"Canon" Flandre? Maybe you mean The Memories of Phantasm Flandre? Many people still go for two extremes in their perception of Flandre: either she is a crazy bloodthirsty monster, or she is a silly innocent baby who just can't control her powers and doesn't want to harm anyone. And the first vision is actually closer to the truth relative to the second lol (but still incorrect). There is not a single reason to think that she can't use Destruction well, but there are several reasons to think the opposite that was shown to us in canon. She really loves her ability and she is pretty skillful at this if she can kill such powerful yokai like Yuuma, or destroy objects of very different sizes, whether a door lock or a meteorite. And why are people still thinking that she's a child who doesn't understand many things and just stupidly wants to play? Yes, she clearly loves to have fun (just like her sister and many other youkai-chars in Gensokyo lol), and sometimes she finds funny pretty cruel and violent things, especially she gets excited when she has to obliterate someone, which has already been shown twice in the manga (when she happily choke Meiling and when Yukari asked for her help in destroying Mizuchi) and in 17.5 when she went to annihilate Yuuma. Is it because she called the duel with the heroines in the extra stage a "game"? Then maybe let's call Yuuka a child, she called genocide a game too.
Don't go to extremes, Flandre is obviously a girl who is sometimes cruel and violent, she is well aware of her power and desires, but at the same time she does not kill everyone in her path and remains sane. And if saying about her behavioral age, she is not much different from her sister. A lot of information has been given over the last three years to begin to understand this character better, after all.

[MayhemEverFree]

Fanon Flandre: McDonald girl locked up in the basement and can never leave the mansion because she's too dangerous. Psychotic and murderous, eager to destroy whatever and whoever she encounters. Death incarnated, madness made material, doom itself manifested into reality, and her wings are perfect for fishing.

Canon Flandre: Aloof and regal. She can leave the mansion whenever she wants to (she literally couldn't be stopped if she actually tried) but doesn't have a reason to "escape" since she already is given everything she wants inside the mansion anyway. Somewhat childish and perfectly aware of what she's capable of.

And just like Flandre 495+ years ago, the time has come to bury the "Fanon vs Canon" series in the basement XD
It has been fun :v

[lordyatagarasu]

It’s pretty interesting to see the canon and Fanon depictions of this weird but adorable character. On one hand, you have her commonly being depicted as an absolute little menace. But on the other hand, in FDS, she literally straight up tells Sakuya that her motivation is primarily comfort. She wants for nothing while in the basement and so she doesn’t feel any compulsion to leave, even though she’s perfectly capable of doing so, the big locked door being purely symbolic. She does choke meiling a bit, but that’s less her being violent and more so her “playing around”,

[charyster]

The end frame is very scary, be warned

[CDR]

It's interesting to see how everyone has vastly different interpretations of Flan. It's also interesting how ZUN wrote her in her very few appearances. She's not exactly an ultra bloodthirsty source of destruction, but neither is she a sweet and friendly misunderstood girl.

She's kind of a belligerent, bratty child who likes to fight imo. Her aggressive behavior isn't helped by her being a socially awkward shut-in, since in Foul Detective Satori, she can clearly leave, but she's been bribed to stay inside all day with everything she needs (and perhaps some other factors I haven't thought of or are conpletely sure of, like her relationship with her sister could be one reason) so that she doesn't go outside and bring attention to herself or cause massive amounts of damage. And it only causes her to lose out on socializing with other people, thus infantilizing her and keeping her from understanding how to control herself. Her sister seems to keep having to assert control over her, so she's become a wannabe bully, especially when she's in a playful mood. If Marisa's extra stage ending was at least in some way canon, then maybe she could help mediate between the two.