I understand your point, but I personally have a gripe with Miko here. You see that? When I wake up tomorrow. Dandelions. Dandelions EVERYWHERE. All over my tidy-ass garden.
On the bright side, these don't seem to be Western Dandelions. Byakuren, open your eyes before it's too late...
Like BlindVigil said, it's not like a limb, but it is part of her, try seeing it as Banki's heads, you can take them away but it doesn't really hurt her. She does, "feel" it? I suppose, I don't how far can she feel her umbrella, I'm sure that if for example, you were to fight Kogasa, Why would you?, your best bet is attacking the umbrella since it's her main body, but I don't know if she can feel touches or let's give an example, you tickling the umbrella.
Umbrellas don't usually have nerves, but to become a youkai they demonstrate they do have feelings, so it's possible they also 'feel' physically; Kogasa is 'an umbrella come to life with a detachable cute girl' more than she's 'a youkai holding an umbrella', after all, so... it might be like a Soul Gem.
But perhaps the girl is the 'gem'?
Anyone's guess whether separating them too far/too long would have consequences though. If Sekibanki can generate extra heads, can Kogasa multiply moéblobs?
Because people who aren't even fans are changing things other people like. I mean, I think it's pretty damn reasonable to be upset that tourists are ruining something that brings you joy. Should people just give up on the things they enjoy while other people destroy them just because "it's just lines on a screen"? It's a lot more than that to a lot of people, or they wouldn't be paying money for it, and it's ridiculous that people that don't even fund the hobby can dictate how that hobby operates.
"People who aren't even fans" haven't changed a thing. It's the company doing it, the same company and people that have been in charge all along. This mindset is how you get dipshits on twitter calling Gary Chalk a tourist. The Custodes references to being all male were always hand in hand with them being a mysterious organization that we knew next to nothing about, Aaron Bowden said years ago that it wasn't intended for there to be the impression of absolutes in whether Custodes were male exclusive, but that he was told not to write about female Custodes for the sole reason that they hadn't yet produced a relevant line of miniatures to sell along with characters. On that note one of the commonly cited passages about their recruitment is even followed by the in universe admission that the person writing doesn't actually know anything for real, because the Custodes do not talk to anyone about their practices. For almost the entire Imperium they are a collection of gold-clad warriors that defend the Emperor, and they know nothing more. Even those who chanced to see one would never know more than that it was a Custodes.
This whole thing is ridiculous. Entire factions have come, gone, or changed their core characterization with less than a shit given. The culture warriors who openly admit they'll abandon Warhammer unless GW throw in the towel and follow their political allegiance to the letter aren't the people who like female custodes being introduced, they're the ones complaining now, quitting now, and wishing for the downfall of something they claim to love now, because it introduced an infinitesimal detail to a handful of characters in a vast universe. And they join in with a pile of genuine non-fans who are making YouTube video after YouTube video to grift off of it.
Frankly if those people want to portray it as an "outsiders come in" problem, which is patently ridiculous given that many on the opposite side have been around for decades, buying figures, books, playing games either in person or digital, being fans of the work rather than toxic on twitter for clout; then even in their own version of events THEY have fucked themselves over by spending years screaming that they'll gatekeep and slam the doors shut on anyone else, which makes them utter dead weight to a corporate entity. Corporations love growth. They love fans that make other people want to be fans. They are categorically going to tune out a bunch of fans that scream to the heavens that they want the opposite.
