#gwendala

[piandaoist]

I couldn't choose...

Name ten female characters you like, you get zapped if it's jsut a male character you call a babygirl or other feminine nicknames because I can't see people calling Lestat coquette again

[defconprime]

Star Trek: Prodigy - "Temporal Mechanics 101"

Dal and his pals decide to follow Chakotay and the Protostar into the wormhole to save time and maybe even their lives. Meanwhile Voyager is ok because of temporal shielding and Gwendala has a lil case of the Marty McFlies.

RATING: 68%

[pega-chan]

so! i read the tiger burning bright previews and since Alex is in Jakarta there i've decided, as an indonesian, to analyze it for kicks

for context i am not a jakarta kid by any means so i can't tell you much about the supernatural vibes of the city much (most superstitious folks are usually village elders tbh) but i do live in the greater jakarta area so i know just enough hhh

nothing much, i just appreciate all the food stalls. martabak my beloved

language nerd time! a kutukan does mean 'curse'. apparently you guys call it a sumpa? that's a one letter difference from the malay/indonesian word sumpah, which ALSO means 'curse' (though for us it's a verb)—in indonesian, sumpah is means 'curse', as in the synonym for 'swear'. in malay, sumpahan (the noun derived from sumpah) means an actual 'curse'. that's my language trivia of the day 😂 we love lingual similarities

i haven't heard of an everflame in our folklore so perhaps it's a made-up thing in the story, but what i do know is that the Banaspati are a race of fiery ghosts/spirits originating from Java. that's geographically accurate at least, since Jakarta is on Java island. the Banaspati can appear either in a humanoid form, a ball of fire, or a fire tornado. sort of like Santelmo's cousin. they terrorize and attack locals just for the fun of it, or to suck their blood. in addition to being made of fire they're also vampires lmao

the Banaspati can be enslaved too, usually to put a curse on someone. there are three types of Banaspati:

Banaspati Geni (fire): Banaspati who draws power from air/wind. they feed off human fear to increase their power and suck enough oxygen to create huge fires.

Banaspati Tanah Liat (earth): these usually hang out in forests and jump on humans to suck their blood. they can't touch someone with direct contact to the earth, so if you wanna be immune to Banaspati tanah liat you gotta walk barefoot

Banaspati Air (water): will target people in bodies of water. suck their blood first then leave them to drown

i can't be sure which one Farah (the Banaspati shown here) is, but probably Banaspati Geni.

Ahools are Javanese bat-like cryptids, described as having a 12-feet wingspan, a body the size of a toddler, the head of a monkey and the face of a human. they reside in caves on mountainous rainforests and are nocturnal

dunno why these ahools would like to kidnap humans, since they eat fish, but Farah's right, they aren't soul eaters.

also i am LIVING for ITC SNBDJDBD

okay ITC might be labelled a mall, but it's more of a department store if you ask me. it's all retail, and different floors have different services. staples are fashion stores, jewellers, a salon maybe, gadget sellers and gadget repair shops, and there's always a food court with food stalls scattered around. we do have actual malls though, ITC is a popular chain of department stores throughout the country. i love this depiction in Trese, it looks just like the one in my city. they really are all just cookie cutter 😂😂

side note, pencuri means 'thief'. wonder why he's called that

aww there's an indonesian phrase in there. terima kasih banyak means 'thank you very much'. also, 'Joko'? did Tan and Baldisimo name the kid after our president (Joko Widodo)? JDJHD

perhaps they just mispelled it, but i'm gonna assume 'Gwendala' is Gundala, a superhero character in the Bumilangit superhero comic universe. Bumilangit is a local comic book company most known for introducing the first superhero characters in the Indonesian comic industry, and they've produced movies based on their comics as well in a series called the BCU (Bumilangit Cinematic Universe). if you ask me they're trying too hard to imitate Marvel and DC and they should stop

anyway Gundala is this guy (left is the comics version, right is the live-action movie version):

scientist who gained powers to control lightning and also superspeed. arguably the most famous local superhero comic character.

and that's all i got, hope this was an interesting read :D

[acathea]

Women of Drakensang - Part 1.

Drakensang: The Dark Eye (2009) is a german RPG developed by Radon Labs and based on The Dark Eye’s ruleset. The main character receives a letter from an old friend, Ardo, asking them to come visit him in Ferdok, as he needs their help - but when they get there, it turns out the situation is more complicated than initially anticipated.

Drakensang is a very dear game to me, being one of the first RPGs I’ve ever played, and its colorful atmosphere and characters - not to mention great story with amazng dialogue - have greately influenced what I look for in a game.  The game - while admittedly having more male characters - also has a roster of amazing female characters that I love greatly. From left to right, top to bottom: Rhulana the Amazon (companion); Barla Borkensmith, Captain of the Guard; Auralia the Alchemist (companion); Regent Dariana; Mountebank Queen Salina, Gladys Shladromir (companion), Archivist Loisane, Gwendala Sunbreath (companion).

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[PART 2]

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