I'm sorry if this is a strange question to ask but what are your thoughts on the fat Yuyuko headcanon? I personally like it (as I do with any hc that gives more body diversity to the touhou cast) but I know its origins are questionable/fatphobic. I'm sorry if this is unwelcome or if I'm overthinking things or if it turns out this headcanon is only a thing in the part of the fanbase that i interact with (<-my biggest fear in writing this)

On a similar note would it be bad to draw Urumi as plus sized? I personally hc her to be bc of the people she reminds me of but im scared of the connotations that some parts of her design have (Her species, the cowprint) (But yeah I'm sorry for the long ask I tried googling this and instead i got some gross reddit threads)

no dw ive thought about this too over the years!! like ive been into touhou since i was about 11 and the hc about yuyuko being fat was around online even back then! but like u also said it did originate mostly through jokes about her eating all the time and being a glutton, so there was often an element of fatphobia to it. but that being said i always felt attached to the headcanon anyway since you know. as a kid i liked the idea of my favourite touhou character being similar to me in some way. and i actually often used the fact that she IS a glutton and lazy to justify the idea when people made fun of it, even if i had to rely on fatphobic stereotypes.

so like its a bit complicated right, because while the hc is more widely accepted it still plays into negative stereotypes. but that being said i did always like the idea that even while being a fat woman yuyuko was widely held as incredibly beautiful in story, and ethereal and a princess and a tragic complex character and whatever else. like her being those things while fat always overpowerd the negatives in my mind.

so like im not the authority on fat headcanons lol and certainly not fatphobia but i think that generally you can headcanon any character as fat, as long as they have positive traits too that the hc would further highlight (ie yuyuko being a serious character and also being considered insanely pretty even while fat!), AND maybe even more crucially, you dont only hc gluttonous and lazy and comedic characters as fat. same with urumi in my opinion, like its completely fine to hc her as fat as long as she and yuyuko arent the only characters you do that with. then it would feel a bit stereotypical in my opinion, but otherwise i think its not really an issue! :)