#Filibusterismo

[prcg]

Trump no puede descarrilar la seguridad social, pero los planes obstruccionistas de Harris sí pueden

En el “Nuevo camino a seguir” de su campaña documento de políticaKamala Harris afirmó que “no permitirá que (Donald) Trump y sus aliados le quiten los beneficios de Seguridad Social y Medicare que las personas mayores se han ganado”. Pero las afirmaciones de Harris adolecen de múltiples verdades incómodas. Para empezar, según la ley actual y las reglas del Senado, Donald Trump y los republicanos…

[gomillust]

YOOOO IS THAT MARIA CLARA AT IBARRA

—Klay, probably

A LITTLE BREAK FROM OC CONTENT!!!! I've been obsessed with this story recently, Klay is literally the character ever man I need a Klay in my life. I only listened to like 60% of my lectures for el noli but when I do recognize something that happens in the story I go like THAS THE THING!!!!

[razornioccam]

part of liking elibarra is acknowledging the uncomfortable truth that they would never work out in their universe. not just bc of the obvious real world implications but bc they simply clash too much. ibarra may try to look past that (as seen in him inviting elias to run away with him abroad) but elias knows its simply not possible. they are worlds apart.

ibarra has caused elias so much pain, even if he had no intention of doing so. he hurt him by being part of the eibarramendia family, by thriving at his family's expense. he hurts him by being dismissive of his pleads for reform, by siding with his oppressors, by chiding those who he deems below him- people that are just like elias, reduced to criminals. and he will hurt him again by being capable of change, by being someone worth saving. if ibarra continues down the path of violent retribution, he will hurt the many eliases of the country. elias knows this, and jumps off the boat anyway.

ibarra will hurt elias again and again and again. but elias will always choose to save him. because it's the right thing to do. because he has a real chance at sparking the revolution, even if their ideas of how it should happen differ massively. because unlike elias, ibarra was not made to suffer.

what im saying is jose rizal was a pioneer of toxic doomed yaoi

[skrimblo]

LCB sinner Simoun

bonus non-sinner doodle

[mildlyscentedsmore]

I think he's neat

[nikonaks]

His Simoun is showing

[kinocakez]

This is how i cope managing our frickin filming project and presentation💀💀😭 BRUH I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO YET SO LITTLE TIME😭😭😭

[maryhanaae4]

to the 5 people in the el noli fandom is this worth finishing this is basilio

[cskyes]

Since they left Basilio and Isagani's fate up for doubts, you ever wonder if Rizal ever planned to turn Basilio into a full parallel of Simoun and Isagani into a full parallel of Elias?

Like imagine, in the middle of Makamisa it's suddenly revealed that Basilio, who was somehow not implicated in Simoun's plot, finished his degree and is now ingrained within the community of San Diego. He works as a community doctor, giving free treatment to the poorer people.

Imagine Isagani, realizing that trying to reason with those in power never works, decides to join the more underground militant groups, hell maybe we can even sneak in Penitente, Penitente family lore, and a little Penilaez angst.

Maybe we could get a quick look back at the other students too, Sandoval turns into a mini Don Custodio; maybe Makaraig follows Sandoval, or maybe serve as a rival to the Pelaez family in the world of business; Pecson enters the legal world, following Senyor Pasta's philosophy of "Bah! Who cares? All that matters is that you have a good life!," and Paulita? Paulita turns into a kinder version of Victorina, sure she's still somewhat matapobre, but her opinion on Indios are better, no doubt thanks to Isagani.

And maybe at the end we could see Isagani and Basilio meet up again, ending the Elibarra/Basigani angst by finally having a happy ending. They begin the revolution, but this time without the flaws Simoun's revolution had. This time, it was a revolution founded on justice; truth; equality, and not founded on rage; hate; and angst.

[stephending]

There I was, feeling like the end of the world was neigh when I looked up to be greeted by the glistening lights that shone through the window of a store. Delighted, I asked my mother to enter. Approval!

Entering the establishment I searched around for a familiar figure. I didn't plan to buy it again yet but what I had discovered brought more joy than anything that I could've imagined.

Hey guys so what should I do with two Rizal "book buddies" from papemelroti?

[mumuntingmund0]

I will not excuse myself

[prcg]

Si bombardean el obstruccionismo, los demócratas superarán todo esto

La campaña de la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris promete que si Harris es elegido presidente y los números en la Cámara y el Senado son favorables, eliminarán el obstruccionismo del Senado con un propósito altruista singular: consagrar Roe contra Wade como la ley del país. Ignoran las encuestas que sugieren que hay otros temas que ocupan el primer lugar entre las preocupaciones diarias de los…

[siiiopao]

Sketch of the last post + Elias if he lived till el fili!!!!!

Aughghfh i just know they'd get freaky as hell (they hate each other)

OKAY BUT SHIT WOULDVE BEEN WILDD IF ELIAS DID LIVE TILL EL FILI (coming from the perspective of someone who hasn't fully read el fili and only knows a few chapters rn, so im sorry if my characterization of simoun in my head is kinda messed up!!) like if elias were to see what ibarra had become, he'd obviously be fcking horrified and he knows he should kill him but he FUCKIDNGCANTTT BECAUSE HES HOPING THAT THE WHOLE SIMOUN THING ISNT WHAT IBARRA HAS BECOME, BUT RATHER IS STILL JUST SOME ACT THAT HE'S VERY COMMITTED TO 😭😭😭

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elibarra comic with 19k likes on twitter LETS GOO ELIBARRA NATION!!! this just reactivated something dormant in my brain

you guys dont get how important elibarra is to me personally. filipino has consistently been my lowest subject since elementary and i rarely ever spoke tagalog (typical 'englishera' lol got teased for it relentlessly). you know what sparked my love for the language??? fucking elibarra . OF ALL THINGS .

i got so invested in them that i started to seriously learn and speak my native tongue because i wanted to fully analyze their interactions. i wanted to have enough knowledge to be able to compare the filipino texts to their english translations, to see if there was any nuance lost (or gained) in their conversations with each other. i hunted down every translation i could find of the boat scene and when i found the one that translated one of the lines to "because you are not made to suffer" i went batshit insane. i had all of their scenes together (and all of the elias scenes bc i love him) fully tabbed and annotated, highlights and side comments and everything. read my first fic written in tagalog because i desperately needed more of them.

got my highest grade in filipino in grade 9 and have since gotten better at speaking the language both formally and casually. from there, i learned to love the overall history and culture because it stopped feeling like a chore. because thats what elias wouldve wanted for me!!!

tldr doomed yaoi so good it sparked a personal revolution within me

now we wait for the annual boost in popularity whenever the grade 9/10s reach their 3rd and 4th quarter. noli me tangere is an incredible book you guys!! if focusing on elibarra is what it takes for yall to lock tf in and really get into it (like i did) then do it! you'll eventually learn to appreciate what jose rizal had to say in the story (and that he really Really loves elias LMAO)

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Crisostomo Ibarra coming back to the Philippines as Simoun

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i think i hauv e covid