 |
DIO has declared that this article has stopped in time, and any or all information on it may be outdated. Help improve this article by checking and updating its info wherever necessary And now time resumes! |
|
| “ | I am no hero, or anything of that sort--I just wanna destroy the indestructible. | „ |
| ~ Flandre Scarlet |
| “ | I've been in the basement. For about 495 years. | „ |
| ~ Flandre Scarlet. |
Flandre Scarlet is the younger sister of Remilia Scarlet and the "dirty little secret" of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, serving as the extra boss of Touhou Project: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, the sixth entry in the Touhou Project series.
She knows little about the world outside due to her rarely leaving the mansion, and, until the heroines arrived during the Extra Stage of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, she had had no substantive contact with any humans other than Sakuya Izayoi. This is entirely of her own will, as she has remarked, quote, "Life down here is pretty cozy."
Appearance[]
Flandre has red eyes and short blonde hair, which is tied into a single ponytail on her left side. She wears a red skirt and vest, with a white shirt underneath. She also wears a white mob cap with a red ribbon attached. Her wings appear to be made of iron and crystals. She has a black metal spear, which is apparently the mythical Lævateinn. Arranged from her back to the tip of her wings her eight crystals are presented as follows: Light Blue, Blue, Purple, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Light Green, and Light Blue again.
Personality[]
Flandre is rather nice and quiet, but somewhat anti-social. She typically stays inside, thus worsening her social skills, leading to her staying inside more, creating a feedback loop of isolationism. She is said to respect her older sister a lot.
Flandre, unlike most vampires, is exceptionally bad at feeding herself. Due to her immense power, when she tries to attack a human, she vaporizes them completely, leaving their blood coating anything nearby and firmly inedible. She depends on the mansion's maids—primarily Sakuya—to feed her.
Powers and Abilities[]
Flandre Scarlet is one of the most powerful beings in Gensokyo. In addition to the massive physical and magical strength of a vampire, she possesses the ability to destroy anything by finding and crushing its "eye" in the palm of her hand. The "eye" is described as a sort of spiritual center present in anything. The limits of this ability are unknown. It is known that once she destroyed a meteor that would have crashed into the Scarlet Devil Mansion and She managed to destroy Yuuma's true body which is the "Mind" of the youkai. She doesn't seem to need to close her palm to use her ability, she can just touching a key lock alone destroyed it.
Flandre can turn into a bat to avoid dangerous attacks such as bombing. Interestingly, her bat form's wings are normal, rather than the crystal wings she normally has. And she capable of multiplying herself into four and attack at the same time, and has a vampire's bodily and regenerative ability. She somehow exceeds even her older sister Remilia Scarlet in brute force and durability.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Remilia Scarlet
- Patchouli Knowledge
- Sakuya Izayoi
- Hong Meiling
Quotes[]
| “ | Flandre Scarlet: I have a play toy over here... Reimu Hakurei: What do you want to play? Flandre Scarlet: The danmaku game. |
„ |
| ~ Flandre Scarlet to Reimu Hakurei before the boss battle. |
| “ | Flandre Scarlet: Will you play with me? Marisa Kirisame: What's it worth to ya? Flandre Scarlet: One Coin. Marisa Kirisame: One coin? You can't even buy a life with that. Flandre Scarlet: I meant you can't use a continue! |
„ |
| ~ Flandre Scarlet to Marisa Kirisame before the boss battle. |
| “ | Don't go thinking you won with that, there's still more to come! | „ |
| ~ Flandre Scarlet after being defeated by Reimu Hakurei. |
| “ | Flandre Scarlet: This can't be true, I can't believe I actually lost... Marisa Kirisame: Yeah, it might be less true than you think. I'm gonna go home for the day. Flandre Scarlet: Yes, I'm satisfied, but in the end I'll be all alone again. |
„ |
| ~ Flandre Scarlet after being defeated by Marisa Kirisame. |
Trivia[]
- A silhouette of Flandre occupies the front of the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil's jewel case.
- Her boss theme ("U.N. Owen was her?") and her second-to-last spell card ("Secret Barrage - And Then There Will Be None?") are references to Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None. It's more speculative, but still worth noting that the spell cards Forbidden Barrage "Counter Clock" and Forbidden Barrage "Starbow Break" may have taken their names from two different science-fiction novels; Philip K. Dick's Counter-Clock World from 1967 and Frederik Pohl's The Gold at the Starbow's End from 1972.
- Her theme song has gained tremendous popularity with hundreds of remixes uploaded to sites like YouTube and NicoNico.
- A remix of her theme uploaded on YouTube under the incorrect name of "John Stump - Death Waltz" gave the theme even more popularity and led to even more confusion, many people now believing "Death Waltz" is the correct name of the theme (or that "U.N. Owen Was Her?" was based on "Death Waltz"). In addition, the remix has become infamous for the utter impossibility of anything other than a computer being able to play it, so another popular upload of the same remix simply labels it as "the hardest song of all time".
- Her sword/wand Lævateinn is, or shares its name with, the sword/wand of Loki, Norse god of Mischief and Chaos. Her sister Remilia, in turn, uses Gungnir, the mythical spear of the Norse god Odin.
- One end of the Lævateinn that Flandre is seen holding in Shoot the Bullet has a very different appearance to the Lævateinn in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
- Her quote, "that means, you can't use a continue!", breaks the fourth wall by noting that the player cannot use a continue in Extra Mode.
- The "crystals" on her wings look somewhat similar to the crystals shown on Patchouli Knowledge's spell card, Fire Water Wood Metal Earth Sign "Philosopher's Stone" (Five Elements Sign "Philosopher's Stone").
- Strangely, if one uses a bomb against her while she's performing one of her spell cards in the Extra stage of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, she's shown to have normal wings while in her bat form.
- In Chapter 9 of Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth, Reisen Udongein Inaba and Tewi Inaba get lost in the Scarlet Devil Mansion and end up being chased by what looks to be the silhouette of Flandre.
- Fan art of Flandre Scarlet frequently crosses over with Marx from Kirby Super Star due to both of them having similar wings, and Yoshikage Kira and his Stand Killer Queen from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, due to then having similar destructive powers.
- Some people nickname her "Flan-chan Ufufu (フランちゃんうふふ)" due to her sinister laugh "ufufu", others shorten her name to "Flan (フラン)".
External Links[]
- Flandre Scarlet on the Touhou Wiki
[]
 Villains
| ||
|
Incident Solver PC-98 Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Perfect Cherry Blossom Imperishable Night Phantasmagoria of Flower View Mountain of Faith Subterranean Animism Undefined Fantastic Object Ten Desires Double Dealing Character Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Hidden Star in Four Seasons Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Unconnected Marketeers Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost Official Spin-offs | ||