#ask-hws-philippines

[peonycats]

thoughts on philippines korea besties⁉️

they get drunk and shittalk america together ofc

[ask-the-pearloftheorient]

Calling all nations the humans are getting out of hand, there's a fake study that says if you get a nation to marry you, a human will become immortal too.

I've already locked my doors after some of my citizens attempted to kidnap me and marry me in a dark alley in Manila

[luderailing]

The 3 musketeers or something idk I never played it

[ask-hws-singapore]

Singa!!! Kuya needs your help, I'm so dead once Thailand finds out I didn't do my work— so uh do you have more copies of those documents we need?

- @ask-the-pearloftheorient

- @ask-thelandofsmiles (Is waiting I don't know if those emojis mean good or bad—)

"If you lose them again, I'll charge you 10 cents for using my printer."

@ask-the-pearloftheorient

Kiasu - It technically means 'fear of losing (out)' / being overly competitive, but people nowadays use it more as an all encompassing term for also being way-too-overly-careful(?)/over-preparedness for a 'just in case'(?)

[ask-hws-eire]

Uyyy nandito na sya! Can you handle spice? I brought some chili ice cream to share :D

- @ask-the-pearloftheorient

(trans: he's here now!)

@ask-the-pearloftheorient

[ironicorange]

✏️ a nation i would redesign

im fine with all of the designs lmao theres no drama

but have Piri as a female character instead

[askcardsuits]

Would maphilindo still be a trio in this au?

Can’t escape friendship

[ikalawang-perlas]

Bonjour, Lika. How are you?

- @ask-the-woodsman

I'm fine. But bored.

Made paper airplanes out of the maps lying around

But I don't know why all of Alfred's maps are just his own country

[netsue101]

Hamilton tour will first premiere tonight at the Philippines!

So here is an art to celebrate it AHSBAHSBAJA

If we premiere a play about the American Revolution here. Should we do a play about the Philippine Revolution + USPH war and premiere it on the US? 👀

[mintartem]

Do you take requests? If so can you illustrate Piri dressed in Jolibee's red suit and chef hat since Jolibee is his iconic fast food. Maybe even add America dressed as Ronald Mcdonald and when Piri saw him he started dying at how hilarious he looks.

This has been in my Ask box for a long time now. I didn’t answer back then because I wasn’t taking requests. Now though, I decided to finally do it considering it fits the month (October). I know you asked for an illustration but I don’t make fully rendered illustration requests. Simple shading for requests is what I’ll do at best. Sorry!

Bonus:

[peonycats]

Can you draw the historical character Majapahit Empire?

bruh i waited so long to answer this ask indonesia became canon

This is less of an attempt to depict Indonesia as he actually was during the Majapahit Era and more like a modern historical reenactment, thus explaining the historically inaccurate short hair lmao

BONUS:

[ask-the-pearloftheorient]

When you're always active on Twitter like yours truly, you're always seeing the weirdest crap humans come up with. Such as:

1) We nations have regenerating parts so those mummies in museums are actually just made out of our discarded body parts

2) We're spies of the government and tell our leaders everything the citizens do (Like, I don't care if I heard you're having another marriage problem, karen)

3) I'm?? Getting?? Married??? These people are planning my marriage without me knowing, oh my god. . . And the funny thing is, they say it's Mr. Brunei who's going to propose, HAHSISHISHSHS that's just unrealistic

4) Okay but like I was genuinely offended when the theory we were "unable to create children" (impotent for fucks sake—), why would these people care about that anyway???

[ask-thelandofsmiles]

The ASEAN meeting is so boring again~! Let's meet at a cafe instead, or the beach, or at Viet's house, maybe the park—

No, it's not because I wanna travel or anything (ﾟ⁠οﾟ⁠人⁠)⁠)"

- @ask-the-pearloftheorient

Oooooo~ I like the beach! Maybe we can play beach volleyball after the meeting? I have some spare lawn chairs we can use if we don't want to stand 😄😄😄

[hwspirilovebot]

I believe this has to be asked at some point, what is Antonio and Piri's relationship like?

Our internalized racism (thanking Spain for uniting the ethnolinguistic groups to form the PH, Islamophobia and prejudice against Indigenous people, desiring Western validation too much, viewing ourselves as not Southeast Asian enough due to Catholicism overpowering Hindu-Buddhism, etc.) toxic machismo (patriarchy and all its consequences and misogyny and the huge support for authoritarian politicians), hypocrisy (of the Church and everything else), and a lot more can trace its roots from the Spanish colonization of the Philippines

But for Spain, era solo otro día.

The Philippines was not Spain's most profitable colony, and there are even instances of people saying it's a waste of money. Credit goes to @sweaty-clouds for these excerpts:

With the constant typhoons that damage crops and the lack of spices which Indonesia is blessed with (to be fair, Mindanao had cinnamon but Spain failed to conquer most of it.), the Philippines was better off as a trading hub for Chinese goods bound for Acapulco and Europe. Ultimately, it was the missionaries that insisted on keeping the country (that's another can of worms), and in terms of foreign policy, and the Spanish empire needs to have a hold in Asia.

I can imagine Antonio comparing Piri constantly with his peers and being disappointed but still keeping him for Christianity's sake. He rarely visits him and leaves all the work to Mexico (Nueva España, then) until Mexico became independent and Suez Canal was opened which made travelling from Sp to Ph became faster.

Piri would ask how come his neighbors are productive and Antonio would blame him for being lazy rather than Spain's late industrialization and dependence on the mining of silver and gold in exchange for Chinese goods.

Jose Rizal criticized this Spanish style mercantilism: While we see all the walls of London covered with advertisements of the products of its colonies, while the English make heroic efforts to substitute Ceylon tea for Chinese tea, they themselves begin with the sacrifice of their taste and their stomach; in Spain, with the exception of tobacco, nothing from the Philippines is known: neither its sugar nor coffee, hemp nor fine cloths, nor its Ilocano blankets . . . . The most commercial and most industrious countries have been the freest countries: France, England and the United States prove this. Hongkong, which is not [equal to] the most insignificant [island] of the Philippines, has more commercial movement than all the islands together, because it is free and is well-governed.

But I am in no way an Anglo-Saxon apologist. They are fcked up too. This has to be pointed out because there were instances in PH history where some Filipinos would rather be a British colony in the belief that the success of Hongkong and Singapore can be imitated!

The PH economy did become less restrictive when Spain lost its colonies in the Americas (deserve!). Many were afforded the right to study in Europe, hence, the ilustrados and enlightened thinkers like Jose Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, etc. With enlightenment, comes the desire to be independent.

So, Antonio tries to be . . . more amiable with Piri. Piri appreciates it since he wants his respect but he wants equal status (as he should), equal rights, and often criticizes the church. Little Piri wanted to be the favourite and would often pray the rosary and the novena, hoping it would make him the apple of Antonio's eyes, but teenage Piri ain't taking any shit anymore because if God exists, they would favor David and not Goliath.

Then there's the Spanish-American war.

Now I heard Spain was more sentimental about losing Cuba (whether it's real life or Hetalia canon). There's the Generation '98, but it was never about Piri alone. It was about the fallen empire. Their relationship remains strained throughout the 20th century, especially when some upperclass Mestizo families in the Philippines supported Franco and were leaning towards the Axis powers, but the Philippines was trying to take in more Jewish refugees. Learning the Spanish language was also no longer required, and more attention was given to learning English since there's more job opportunities (and also, Hollywood).

Perhaps in the recent decade, Piri and Antonio are more cordial and diplomatic for the sake of trade relations and business. The Arroyo administration was active in that regard. Filipinos, nowadays, would joke about fighting Spaniards and while we do acknowledge the lingering colonial mentality and how fcked up colonialism is, we're not hostile to Spaniards. There's also this anecdote from a former teacher and her interaction with a Spaniard who said something along the lines of, "I learned about what Spain did to the Philippines, and I'm sorry. But it was the Castillans who did it! Not me, I'm from Catalonia."

But since Piri (and Filipinos) is canonically sassy, he would have visited Antonio in the midst of his financial crisis and asked, "Can I get a discount in Zara as colonial reparations?"

[ask-hws-guam]

Piri: Magandang araw :D Wanna try arnis? You just take two sticks and spar

Hell yeah! A chance to practice fighting in heels!!

Am I doing this right? I haven’t been to MMA practice in a while so I might be rusty.

(10/50)

( @ask-the-pearloftheorient )

[purplemistbutterfly]

If you're literate enough and can read correctly, it's called Stockholm Syndrome for a reason. Of course it is a series of torments.

And so what if I will represent America and the Philippines’ relationship in that way? Because if you're thinking of me sugarcoating their relationship, which I won't do because as much as possible I wanted the reality to represent what I write, then you're wrong.

I do not romanticise or condone such actions, and it is morally wrong to do it. But you have to accept the fact that America and the Philippines’ relationship is NOT and NEVER good, that their relationship is equivalent to that of a mere master-puppet stance. You need to open your eyes to the real situation of the Philippines.

If you expect me to give them all a bubbly, fluffy relationship, you're dead wrong. If the Fandom gets hated because of what I write, it's because they do not like the way I present the reality of our situation in a writing. Do not even interact with my account if you do not like what I write. It's that simple.