Hua Cheng Book 1: *afraid To Touch His Highness, Believes He’s Unworthy Of Xie Lian’s Kindness And

gods the soft LongJun moments in S2 E5 is just… good shit good shit

In Philippine Mythology, Mayari is the one-eyed moon goddess of war, beauty, strength, and revolution. By @porkironandwine on twitter

I've made this post like six times but it still fucks me up the China's mountains just look like that. Like I spent decades thinking it was stylistic but no, they just have different mountains over there.

i'm procrastinating so here are notes instead

so in ph mythology we have this moon god called Bulan (and for this post we'll look at him from Bikolano myths perspective).

Anyway.

Bulan is very good-looking, and kind, described as 'comely' and 'docile' which is very much how you feel when you're looking at the moon: tranquil.

And you'd think this Precious Boi™️ will be a prey to the hundreds of monsters prevalent in PH mythology but aCTUALLY he befriended most of them including:

the Magindara (Bicolano mythology) - described as vicious mermaids

Asuang (also Bicolano mythology) - considered as a dark and evil god, father of monsters

... and other vicious creatures that seemed to become tame in his presence. He also earned the admiration and favor of most gods, even the Big and the Bad, like:

Magindang - powerful god of the sea and sea creatures

Bakunawa - the deity of the deep and the underworld, who later on tried to eat him (the moon) and was believed to be the cause of lunar eclipse.

Sidapa - god of death, showered Bulan and his sister with gifts after the whole debacle with Bakunawa

There's some parallelism with Visayan mythology, where some stories say Bulan is another form of Libulan, or there's just Libulan and Bulan is a whole other different deity, but there he's also admired by:

Luyong Baybay - deity of the sea and the tides, and this was believed to be the reason why the tides rise to greet the moon

Bakunawa - in this particular version, there are seven moons, all of which Bakunawa desired, and had managed to swallow the other six except for the seventh, which is Bulan.

also Sidapa - I can't remember where I read this version, but there's something about Sidapa rescuing Bulan from his other admirers (who can get a bit aggressive; case and point, Bakunawa).

Don't ask me why versions are different, the Philippines is made up of a lot of islands and divided into regions, hence the differences

I just find it a point of interest how Bulan is so pure he literally overcomes creatures with the power of friendship and kindness, when all the other legends describe physical strength and brutality. He's amazing.

And also it probably helps that anyone messing with him would mess with his fierce protectors, esp his sister Haliya

TL;DR

Bulan is precious and in this house we love and appreciate him.

Character Motivations

I tried to go for more external, concrete motivations in this list, but motivations can also be abstract, such as to become brave. If you’re struggling with writer’s block, try combining some of these to see what you come up with.

Your protagonist might desire:

* To rescue/protect a person

* To end a war/conflict

* To find a hidden treasure/location

* To defeat their nemesis

* To solve a mystery

* To fix a dystopian society/expose a dark truth about society

* To break free from captivity

* To return home

* To outwit the devil/make a deal with the devil (or another powerful force)

* To become wealthy/famous/powerful/immortal

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Omg I shall read this! I love jjk and my country and this combination is just <333

I wrote a jujutsu kaisen fanfic that’s set in the Philippines

redrew my girls last year for this year’s maynananggal!

Sometimes I wish that Armin was written and illustrated as a girl instead of a boy in SNK

Change nothing else but his gender and Armin would immediately be seen as a love interest for Eren 🤧

My bad I pulled a “Mikasa” for a bit there, imagining an idealized world and all...

If the current Eren answered (?

Gen was scared but not anymore

I looked back at all scenes with Gen in Tsukasa Empire and I noticed interesting thing. Gen would never stay on Tsukasa’s side because he NEVER felt comfortable there. He looked actually scared and always with his guard up. He never smiled in genuine way. He kept his distance. He wasn’t fine with Tsukasa’s plan. I actually think Gen wore bags with fake blood not since he found Ishigami Village but since he noticed how messed up Tsukasa is. He wore that to protect himself in Tsukasa Empire and it just happened to be more useful against Magma. I really feel bad for Gen. He looked miserable around Tsukasa only looking for chance to escape.

But then he joined Senku’s group in permanent way and his whole attitude changed. He started to smile in genuine way. He felt comfortable and that let him enjoy spending time with people. He started to mess around without fear of getting hurt by some meathead who wouldn’t understand the joke. Gen himself even said that Senku’s side is the safest place on the world. He is really happy now.