Thugish didn't shut down Asura - Asura ALLOWED itself to be shut down, you can't completely shut down a move as potent as Asura.
Btw, great Asura game to play vs. Xianghua if they're lazy - stop at the second hit - block the delayed 4A+B then asura the second hit - funny shit to watch XD
Asura is easy to shut down if it isn't used correctly. I think the point that Laser was trying to make was that you can't use it as a mixup (Which you can't).
Back to Redpanda:
Xianghua is definitely the best out of those three. That's not to say you can't use talim or tira, but X outclasses them by a lot. To summarize:
Talim has a lot of built in mixup that isn't actually mixup considering most her stance changes can be shut down easily with one answer by most the cast. Online, Talim can be a huuuuuge beast, considering the fact it's harder to react to her stances due to lag. Offline, her stances are pretty easy to react to, and the player has to be incredibly smart to do well with her. (Watch Zeroeffect's talim if you want to see some of how she should be played. His talim is great.)
Tira can unleash boatloads of damage from pretty much nowhere. (Try out the combo JS
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iWS
to see what I mean) Despite what others will tell you, she doesn't hurt herself more than her opponent. I actually think tira's way better than people give her credit for, but she still sits near bottom of the characters. She'd be much better if she could change stance at will, but unfortunately that keeps her from a LOT of her potential.
X is incredibly solid and has a lot of cool stuff. Watch some of the videos of Mick at FSAK, I love watching that guy play her. :P
