#philippine fiction

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Cort Martin - Blood Jungle - Triumph - 1968

[biinthecity]

When Love and Law Collide (WIP)

DEMO HERE

In this game, you are a newbie police officer.

And as a police officer, your mandate is simple. Apprehend those who don’t follow the law.

But what if you get caught in the rivalry between two warring clans - and two people who make you ignore the laws and follow your heart?

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Features:

Be an honest / corrupt police officer.

Cultivate 2 friendships - or not.

Get to know 2 of these clan people - and decide whether to follow one of them or your mandate.

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[lamenthria-if]

The Unwilling Sword of Lamenthria

Link to the DEMO Fantasy, Romance, with a sprinkle of humor

As far as you know, you're only a regular 21-year old Cebuano call center agent, traversing through life as it goes.

So how did you end up being called "Sugo", with a sword in your hand, and expected to lead an army that will vanquish an evil emperor --- in another world?

Get ready to have your known world be flipped upside down as you travel to the Empire of Lamenthria. Learn the truth about who you really are - and how this seemingly other world is connected to you and your real family.

Current Word Count (including code) : 1126 words

FEATURES:

Customize your main character.

Romance your way to one of three characters with different temperaments.

Improve your stats so you can defeat the emperor - or the emperor will defeat you!

Make decisions that will affect you and those around you.

ROMANTIC OPTIONS

Silvanus / Selene

A brooding, magic-wielding warlock/witch whose powers are amongst the top of the empire.

Kellan / Kira

A happy-go-lucky warrior who brags a lot - but can definitely walk the talk when it comes to combat.

Cedric / Charlotte

An attendant who is wise for their years.

......still in progress......

[botaniqueer]

Anyone who denies the Holocaust is a nasty bigot who erases and invalidates the suffering countless marginalized groups, but the Holocaust (very much real!!) is talked about in a propagandic manner, in that the US and its allies set the narrative in such a way that portrays them as the unambiguous heroes and objectively good.

If the Holocaust was taught honestly, it would be mentioned that the US and Canada turned away refugees including Anne Frank's family. The Allies were also all fine with marginalized people getting killed; eugenics was very popular at the time with all of them. They got involved when the Axis started encroaching on them, and not to save vulnerable populations. "Saving the Jews" was just a side effect, and unfortunately something they use to justify the ongoing Nakba, slaughtering countless Palestinians over the past century.

If the US actually respected the story of the Holocaust like it very pleadingly claims it does, it would have mentioned all this, alongside all the other genocides it and its now-allies have been involved with. (It structurally cannot do this, for it would invalidate its own existence if done in full.)

Along with being Jewish, I am also Filipino so I have another genocide under my belt that the US has involvement in. The Philippine genocide (TW for old BW photos of death, destruction, descriptions of war crimes) is rarely taught, probably because the US can't (falsely) claim to be the hero, and also because it's geographically removed.

"Kill everyone over the age of ten [and make the island] a howling wilderness" is a quote from a notoriously bloodthirsty US army officer involved with the genocide and who may have killed up to 5,000 people.

This is partially a late night stream-of-conscious post on genocide and how the US and its allies frame it, partially some longer-stewing thoughts I had been wanting to write on for a while.

[maya-chirps]

Was able to watch episode 1 of Pulang Araw on Netflix and it's heavy which is absolutely appropriate for a drama set during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.

There's a lot of violence and gore from the start and a lot of awful things just happening to our main characters, the siblings Eduardo and Adelina in their backstories before the war but it doesn't feel forced or too heavy-handed and feels pretty time appropriate to have happened during depression-era American colonial Philippines.

I loved a lot of the direction that the story has been going to so far as well as the tragedy it's building up and especially between the siblings but if you do want to watch it, it's very heavy in violence, gore, and heavy topics like poverty and illness. There are so many characters that die in the first scene alone and there's a heavy emotional death scene at the end of the first episode.

Though if you want a historical war series, go check out Pulang Araw! It's really good and it's meeting my expectations so far!

[alexatiu]

Hello, guys ! so I decided that I wanted to write a fanfic about Satoru because I miss him ;)

Here's the link if you guys wanna read it ! just a reminder, I am new to writing so I will take any criticism but please be nice o⁠(⁠(⁠*⁠^⁠▽⁠^⁠*⁠)⁠)⁠o

Anyways, this story is about a fem!readerxgojo (I'm really sorry if you want this to be a gender neutral reader but just as I said, I am new to writing and I don't know how to do some things you guys normally read (?))

Also, this story is taglish but it will be translated, dw (⁠◕⁠દ⁠◕⁠) it will also be like some type of isekai thing but isn't actually close to that 😅 it will take place on a modern day and goes back into time? Something like that ! (⁠٥⁠↼⁠_⁠↼⁠)

That's all ! You can always ask me about this fic if there's anything you guys want to clarify :)

If you do support me with this fanfic, I truly appreciate it ! Thank you ! ♡⁠(⁠˃͈⁠ ⁠દ⁠ ⁠˂͈⁠ ⁠༶⁠ ⁠)

[shirpowbra]

It's that confession scene from Pride and Prejudice but set it in 1800s Spanish colonized Philippines

I really wanted to redraw this scene, but I didn't know which pairing I could use, since most of my ships already have this redraw.

Then someone on twitter mentioned that Filay (Fidel and Klay) would fit this scene and I couldn't agree more. So here.

Also English version:

Okay, you can leave here, I'm just gonna ramble again over here

I never liked the duology back in highschool. I never read em, but I kinda know what happens and you wanna know why?

The teacher I had, don't get me wrong, she was a lovely person, and I learned a lot from her. However, when it came to discussing these two books, no matter how many notes I've studied/memorized and read future chapters, she'd never include them in exams or quizzes and you're all left in the battlefield making up bs answers as you go. Like What???

Then this show (or teleserye as the locals would call it lol) came along, which is basically an isekai to the first book and boom, historical Philippines brainrot. The protagonist is, well, essentially sort of a Mary Sue, but I am in awe by how progressive some of the episodes are to the point I even cried which is ironic considering this takes place in the past wow. This country, as that one article said it, treats progression like the plague and it was refreshing to see it on television for the first time.

Kinda regretted that I never took these two books seriously now, and whenever I look for them in bookstores/libraries I can no longer find traces of the books, which is a shame, you'd think that when a show with such huge production would have the money to republish/reprint the books as some sort of promotion, but oh well maybe someday I'd be able to finally read them.

[miyamiwu]

The Grave Diggers by Edilberto K. Tiempo

[ilaw-at-panitik]

He has seen more impressive stone arches in the peninsula, but the rivers there, even the Manzanares, were reduced in the summer to mere trickles, too weak to leave their banks or to dig a new bed. While the Pasig swelled without the tide, floated high and wide with the slightest rain and regularly overran its banks. He ran his fingers over the bridge railing which marked a part of his life and realized that all the past he knew was linked with España.

Linda Ty-Casper, from "The Three-Cornered Sun" (First Published in 1979 by New Day Publishers)

[jc96]

hello there! this is jean, the author of the interactive fiction, pearl of the orient.

first of all, i would like to apologize for disappearing and deleting everything.

you must be wondering, why the new name? where's the original blog where the story is posted? what happened?

well, to be honest, i don't know exactly how to explain this without sounding like i'm making excuses but the main reason i deleted everything is because i don't know whether to continue writing it.

re-reading everything i wrote just made me so critical of everything. i didn't like how this scene went. that scene should be like this. this and that and this and that until i didn't even want to see it anymore.

if you were there a few weeks ago, i mentioned how i've finally returned to writing the story after practically months of no progress. i was in a good place then and writing seemed to flow.

until it didn't.

it could be better. it should be better.

and then, it just spiraled out of control. as it always does.

and so i made the decision to scrap everything.

so where do we go from here?

i honestly don't know. but pearl of the orient has a special place in my heart. it's a story i really want to write.

and i really do want to write it.

the only problem is i don't know how to. but i will write it.

maybe not now, but in the future.

for now, i'll be focusing on other stories.

and maybe in the future, we'll all see a version of pearl of the orient that i would be proud to show the world.

thank you for all your support for pearl of the orient and once again, i apologize for everything.

[gameofthunder66]

Station Eleven (2021) miniseries

-(finished) watchin' Season 1 (miniseries)- 11/14/2024- 3 [1/2] stars- Max

98% Rotten Tomatoes

I really liked this miniseries and it had a great ending, but a few episodes were bizarre and out of sync with the telling of the story.

[janjanenrico]

Stella Trans 58841

Coach Builder: Santarosa Motorworks, Inc. (The Philippines) Model: Daewoo BV115/SRMWI Jetliner Coach

CTTO: @techno2025 (a.k.a. Wristwatch collector) Livery by Renato (pantranco_bus)

[unreachablevoice]

虎が花見に行く (Tora ga Hanami ni Iku) 

“A Tiger Goes Flower-Viewing" 

Henlooooo!

As we are now in the month of March and spring is just around the corner,, we are nearing a special special date: OUR BELOVED YUUJI'S BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳

As I've previously already posted,, @27_mswi on twt/x and ig is hosting another birthday celebration event in the Philippines called HANATORA: A Spring With Yuu (her official post on twt/x)

and because I love love loveeeee Yuuji!!!!! I wrote an interactive fic!!! since the first part was already psoted on @27_mswi's twt and the poll is already done,,, I will instead post just the text here and also the results of the poll,, don't worry tho!!! the next part is soon to come so you can just vote for how you want the story to continue there ;)

Enjoy! ^^

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PART ONE | NEXT

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The rays of the midday sun seep into a familiar room’s willowy curtains, gently hitting the chiming phone atop the desk near the windows. 

—multiple message notifications pop up on the lock screen under the name “sakiii”. 

A hand quickly grabs the device and deft fingers immediately swipe at the notification block, typing up a reply as the phone unlocks.  

While the phone continues to chime and replies and chats are exchanged, a mop of pink hair flutters as the owner of the mobile opens the room’s door, a happy skip in his step as he exits the dorm and walks out of the campus dormitories. 

Yuuji had made plans with Kugisaki, Fushiguro, and Gojo-sensei last week—more like he was suddenly ordered to clear up his schedule without any preamble, but Yuuji didn’t care and just happily obliged because he originally didn’t have anything planned anyway. He wasn’t told why he needed to do so, though, so he was left to wander over to their meeting place without any context. 

With a hum, Yuuji exits the chat interface and opens his phone’s map, finally reaching the exit of the campus.  

As the warm outside air brushes over tan skin, his phone’s map then loads up directions to the place Yuuji inputted on the search bar. A series of left and right turns that looks akin to a maze pop into his view, and Yuuji prays that he won’t get lost following the guide. 

When he takes a turn for the third time on the fourth intersection he’s passed, Yuuji is met with… a minor inconvenience: an old lady sprawled on the floor with fruits and vegetables littered around her. 

With the time on his phone turning 1:05 PM, slowly nearing the supposed meeting time, Yuuji tilts his head in contemplation and takes a step. 

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What should Yuuji do next? 1. Walk up to the old lady. OR 2. Turn around and look for another route.

POLL RESULTS: [Option 1] - 100% [Option 2] - 0%

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PART ONE | NEXT

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That's it for the first part!!! It's not much yet but,, well you will technically determine how the story goes so 🤷

ANywhooo go check out the event and alsooo @27_mswi has a funding system called TORA Mileprint,, you can donate any amount of PHP to help fund future events and it also has a stretch goal in which, if met, those who will buy the merch bundle that the event offers will be able to have the corresponding items!!!

anywayyyss that's all and I hope I can see everyone on the day of the event!!!! ^^

[maya-chirps]

I just saw the teaser for Pulang Araw and honestly I hope it's good.

We need more historical series and especially ones that aren't just centered during either precolonial Philippines or the Spanish colonial period.

More stories focused on the American colonial period these past ten years had been cool to see like Heneral Luna, Goyong, and Ang Larawan among other titles, but we don't really have much movies or shows that focus on the Japanese colonial period.

Hope it's a good show and a good hit too like Maria Clara at Ibarra was.

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.

[ya-world-challenge]

YA Pacific WW2 Books

Today marks the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, 3 days after the bombing of Hiroshima.

I've had a list of WW2 books in a file for a while. I noticed the Pacific side of the war is much less represented in fiction, but there are still many promising-looking books out there. These range from stories in Japan-occupied territories, to Jews in Shanghai, bombs in Australia, and stories of the atomic bombs in Japan and internment of Japanese-Americans.

Let me know if you've read any of these!

When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park (Korea) The Hundred Choices Department Store by Ginger Park (Korea) The Songbird and the Rambutan Tree by Lucille Abendanon (Indonesia) [releases in 2024] Anya's War by Andrea Alban Gosline (China) Little Paradise by Gabrielle Wang (Australia - China) The Forgotten Pearl by Belinda Murrell (Australia) The Sky We Shared by Shirley Reva Vernick (Japan - United States) Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa (Japan) [manga] The Girl with the White Flag Tomiko Higa, Dorothy Britton (Japan) The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw (Japan) Hunt for the Bamboo Rat by Graham Salisbury (United States - Philippines) [more in the series] Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey (Japanese-American) They Called Us Enemy by George Takei (Japanese-American) [graphic novel] Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata (Japanese-American) We Are Not Free - Traci Chee (Japanese-American) Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman (India)

🕊️🕊️ Prayers for peace. 🕊️🕊️