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illustration for zin 💜🩷

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I was watching freaky fusion and omg the conversation between Victor and Hexiciah is so fucking cool and interesting. Victor, making life with the thinking that humans (and monsters) are bones and flesh and electricity sending commands and just base intelligence vs Hexiciah making life based off emotions, and opinions and love (not just romantic love but love for family, for hobbies, for life) and how different the products of that thinking is. Frankie, who doesn't know everything about life, just very high academic intelligence and problem solving but learnings how to be alive, Frankie who is the perfect protagonist because she isn't the most emotionality intelligent person and has to grow and learn and show kids a model for learning to communicate and set boundaries and understand emotions. Robecca who has hard opinions and a passion for sports. Who knows and remembers and feels stories of the vampire courts that she's never experienced but is still part of her and knows and remembers old technology and has a preference for it. Frankie and Robecca who both have such extreme love and devotion and loyalty to friends and loved ones in completely different ways.

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too many ppl who know nothing about Filipino folklore n culture r talking shit about my ate. she’s based off of the manananggal, which you can compare to the European vampire, if that helps you understand it better. although, i’m reluctant to mention that becuz some ppl, who choose to be ignorant, currently hold the view that she’s just an Asian-colored vampire mishmash monster. she is not. other than the fact that she manages to exist at all, here are some details i appreciate about her.

first, she has a face that looks like my family’s. that’s my lola’s nose. that’s my mom’s birthmark. shit, those are my uncle’s cheekbones. the headpiece features jasmine, our national flower. the translucent petals are cool.

second, you can display her in two pieces, split by the torso. its not just a “cheap gimmick” you ignorant pos. at nightfall, the manananggal severs itself in two, leaving behind a vulnerable lower half while its upper half hunts for nourishment - blood, raw hearts, livers, fetuses. the red fringe represents her dangling intestines, hanging loose as she flies after ripping her body apart. the string detail is on the skirt for consistency, but also, intestines are long as fuck? why wouldn’t they also hang from the bottom, assuming they also get split in half.

while we’re on the outfit, the top is an extremely traditional (Spanish colonial, ugh) style in both fabric and shape. i have attire that looks exactly like it, minus the monster high red foil pattern. the tiny, “woven” sleeve cuffs are a nice touch. the earrings and bracelets look to be woven palm too, but aren’t as effective in plastic. the bottom half skirt is quite a bit shorter than is traditional, and the heels higher. it’s a monster high doll.

most accurate would be barefoot, tbh. but you guys would riot, and again, its a doll. actually, the shoes reference a lot from Filipino culture. the heel is a coconut tree overlooking a kubo, a one-room stilt hut built with natural materials such as bamboo and palm, and specifically made to be remade as necessary. the sole is “wooden”, also an accessible material of which some shoes were made with. it is attached by braid to what looks to be a straw strap. also not unusual for a shoe.

her fan and wings feature embroidery, and if you look closely at the latter, you will see a thin and delicate flora design in between the spider web pattern. this is extremely reminiscent of calado, a type of traditional hand embroidery akin to lace that is difficult as fuck. a dying art, btw.

i didn’t wake up looking to ride this hard for a plastic woman lmao. but if you’re gonna come for her, it better be because of the fluorescent green in her colorway and not because you don’t know what you’re talking about. honestly, a lot of Filipinos are just happy to be considered and celebrated. “wins” like this mean everything. maybe it’s not good enough for your collection, but now you know more about my culture than you would’ve gone out of your way to. and that’s good enough for me.

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short hair clankie ^_^

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Catty at 16; “wow this casta girl is so talented and cool! She has stage presence, experience, and skill!! Everything i’d need to succeed in the craft that I love. I can’t stop thinking about her. It feels like more than being a big fan. Like, she makes me frustrated. I must be jealous!! I need to work harder. Then she won’t bother me.”

Catty ten years later, in her first gay relationship, “ohhhhh…”

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i hit her w the butch beam

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A frankie in posca pens <3

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ghoulia ghouluxe ✨️

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Mattel doll hair designer Carole Rodney’s doll hair designs for Monster High Part 3

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Quick doodle of one of my Ghoulias 🩷💙❤️

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i don't have a caption for this I just thought it was funny

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Da Boolia Ghulps…

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Freaky Fusion Tournament

Round 1; Match K

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I'm back in America and I'm jetlagged so have a Frankie Stein ! I designed their outfit myself ~

✨💛🤍🖤💜✨

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July 29: Happy Birthday Robecca Steam (Monster High)!!!!

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furever fierce

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Miss catty 💅💋🩷