#Filipinx!reader

[viceroywrites]

purely self-indulgent thought...

if stan were to marry a filpino/filipina/filipinx, i feel that stan would greatly enjoy the money dance tradition at weddings.

pretty much guests come up to dance with either person (bride/groom) and pin money on their clothes as a sign of generosity.

i just know this man would be grinning from ear to ear, beckoning ppl to come dance with him.

[honestlywrites]

its been a long, long, time. but i desperately want to write for miguel. there’s something about this damn movie that has all my creative juices flowing.

ideas:

- miguel x spider! reader (reader absolutely adores mayday and is the one who makes her little hat and miguel falls head over heels—and gets a little baby fever if you know what i mean)

- miguel x alchemax! reader (i’m a sucker for science my guy so maybe something having to doing with his like injections or formulating or something—biochemistry for the win)

- anything tbh i’m madly, deeply, forever in love with this man (i have a soft spot for filipinx! reader because of the language similarities/differences)

feel free to chime in! <3 ✨

[dearlawdimasimp]

Moon Knight Masterlist

Legend:

♠ - oneshot ♣ - prompts 🍋 - Mature

🥰 - comfort 🤪 - crack

💞 - fluff 🤩 - request

~🌙~

Marc Spector

` Somebody's Watching Me - 💞♠🤩

~🌙~

Khonshu

` Just your luck - 💞♠♣ (AO3)

` Devotion for the Moon under the morning sun - 💞♠

` Stupidly handsome bastard - 🍋💞♠ (AO3)

~🌙~

MK System

` As universes collides ( + Khonshu) - 💞♠🤩

` Master Sorcerer of Kindness and Humility (+ Khonshu) - 💞♠️ (AO3)

S e r i e s

` Aimed to Kill - Status: on hold

Parts:

` Prologue: As the sun meets the moon

` Mission Failed: Successfully,

Drabbles: [ • ] [ • ]

[halfwaythereroyalwrites]

{SNIPPET W/ LINK} Mahal Kita (Part 2 of Javier Peña x Filipina!Reader Kilig Series)

A/N: I loved writing the one-shot so much, I wrote a sequel.

Out tomorrow 7/10 at 7 PM EST!

UPDATE: Here is Mahal Kita!

Tumblr often doesn’t show my posts on tags, so I gotta link it here 😬

General: @peppermintvanillaa @fantasticcopeaglepasta @panda-angela

Kilig series: @multifandomlife22 @princeabomination @thottiewinemom @svetlana-beilschmidt

This fic: @mxndoscyarika

[kageyamavibes]

Haikyuu boys with a Filipina s/o pt.1

Tsukishima Kei

he was quite fond when he found out you were a filipino.

BUT Tsukki being Tsukki, he would pretend he’s not interested even the tiniest  bit.

When you started sharing how your language had different dialects, oh boy he was listening attentively even if had his headphones on he turned off the music

Tsukishima was smiling the whole time when you started talking in Filipino when your mom called you

So He started searching filipino words so he could surprise you with him speaking it

“Oi, Y/N”

“What?”

“Mahal kita” (I love you)

You almost lost it since it was the first time Tsukishima told you he loves you and HE SPOKE IT IN YOUR LANGUAGE

He was so proud of himself when he saw you blushing madly

Ever since then, you would teach him basic filipino words also trying hard not to laugh at his cute accent or else you won't ever hear him talk in Filipino again

Tsukishima also did tons of research about your culture and you were stunned when he went to your home then performed “mano po” to your parents who were impressed (mano po is a sign of respect for the elderly where you would ask for their hand and proceed to touch your forehead with the back of their hand)

Kageyama Tobio

baby boy literally was stunned that he stopped functioning

Oh I’m dating a filipina? Not a japanese? Okay

He asked you if Filipino was harder than English 

Kags almost lost it when you spoke 2 Filipino dialects it almost made him asked your hand in marriage

“So you know 4 languages?”

“Yes”

He was so amazed at you he got more interested and asked a lot.

You told him about your favourite volleyball star, Alyssa Valdez so when you two watched a few of her games, he instantly idolized her too.

The Adlers setter literally bought airplane tickets for the both of you so you two can watch her live

Tobio sheepishly asked you to teach him a few words along with your traditions since he thought he also had to live and know about your lifestyle as a filipina too.

“Hey Y/N”

“Yes?”

“Some of twitter users say putangina mo means I love you”

You laughed your ass off and baby Kags was so confused 

When you told him it was a curse word, he instantly slapped himself in shame

Mans gonna be lowkey proud when he understand a little bit of Tagalog while your parents were speaking it

When you two decided to go to Baguio, he instantly loved the place especially of it’s weather and scenery

You showed Kags how to eat using your hands, he grew fond of it and started practicing eating using only his hands. He does not admit it, but he loves eating with his bare hands.

He particularly loves adobong baboy (pork adobo - a cuisine)

Kageyama also proceeds to curse Hinata using tagalog words( i.e bobo meaning baka)

Bokuto Koutarou

“You’re a Filipino??? I LOVE Filipinos!”

Man was down to visit Philippines so he could study your culture

Bokuto was so dedicated learning your culture he even bought a barong tagalog (a traditional clothing worn by men especially in weddings)

“Y/N! I’m wearing this in our wedding!”

He learned about harana which was where you will serenade your lover. He instantly called the gym 3 gang, to surprise you later at night when he was performing the harana with his gang even if Bokuto wasn’t that great at singing, you still managed to fall in love with him the second time around.

He likes learning Ilokano dialect instead of Tagalog, he thinks the Ilocano dialect was more intense than the tagalog 

Cue Bokuto trying to say hoy hoy hoy! Instead of hey hey hey!

He definitely got hooked at the volleyball players, praising them with their talents

Also claims that Jollibee has the best chicken in the whole world

“I really like Ara Galang, she’s great.”

Bokuto was down for sorbetes aka dirty ice cream

Kenma Kozume

Ah this man was only interested with what Filipino people usually plays

Tries to play mobile legends

Climbs to Mythical legend after 3 days of playing then quits saying some of the players were too toxic

(His first pick was Guision and Fanny)

You were incredibly shocked when you saw Kenma being idolized in the Filipino gaming community since he was a really famous live streamer in League of Legends

“Y/N, what does Lodi mean?”

“Why do you know that?”

“Someone kept on calling me Lodi while I was streaming”

Also buys a bahay kubo, a traditional filipino home since he thinks a bahay kubo is a good place to relax 

Turns the bahay kubo in to his gaming area respectively

WAS TOTALLY HOOKED WITH FILIPINO CUISINE!!!

When he tried Menudo, he instantly liked it, he kept on asking to have Menudo for dinner

Also proceeds to order lechon baboy once a week since he loves how crispy the skin was and also how tasty the gravy was

Kenma loved Siargao island, saying the scenery and the place was peaceful and hopes to live there once you two have already settled down

You were totally shocked when you found out he already bought an estate in Siargao yes Kenma you are such a sugar daddy

[kamithyst]

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[third-broparcelicito]

the second time i watched it in theaters, when ned’s lola started speaking tagalog, my white friend started shaking me like a fucking maraca going: “LOOK LOOK LOOK SHE’S SPEAKING TAGALONG” and many, many people in the audience looked at her like she was being racist.

she wasn’t.

I've just been lying to her about what my language is called. she genuinely thinks i speak a language called tagalong.

i don’t know if i should break the news to her.

Oh to be a Filipino and a Spider-Man stan rn...

To watch Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield get scolded by a lola in Tagalog while Ned magicks up portals is honestly the best thing ever.

[rokuhoku]

more namor x filipino!reader brainrot lets goooo

not to sound patriotic or whatever but i really am one of those filipinos who feel an inexplicable amount of rage and frustration that so much of our art and literature were burned or even worse; used as cleaning stones for the feet of our colonizers causing irreperable damage to what little we had left so basically they took our 5% and halved it to 2% 😀

also how they regularly tortured, burned our houses, burned our cultures, and raped so many women yet called US FILIPINOS the barbarians.

i just want a filipino reader to just bottle up all this anger for their ancestors but then consequently blows up when namor keeps pushing them to feel the *anger* and *vengeance* bc hes namor,,,

and namor being namor fuels the fire even more and urges reader to embrace all of this and the reader has a dilemma of "the ones who killed my country are dead, yet their kin remains alive yet they have no blame in this" BOOM MORAL DILEMMA

also philippine mythology elements 👁👁 (atleast whats left of it...)

so much of our language has also borrowed words from spanish and that makes me so angry lmfao i wanna channel that so bad into this trope

and this can honestly still be seen today by how ppl use "filipinx" or "filipina" when filipino is alr a gender neutral term .

WE DONT EVEN HAVE THE LETTER "F" IN OUR ALPHABET WE'RE ACTUALLY CALLED PILIPINOS

[ksfoxwald]

Recently I've been thinking of someone I've been calling the unexpected reader...By unexpected reader, I mean someone who was not remotely imagined - maybe not even imaginable - by the creator of that artwork or anyone in its scope; someone who was not included as the "people" of a certain book or certain author...When I read a book or watch a television show and someone, in passing, mentions "Filipino houseboys"; inevitably, there's always the sense that those people and their expected reader or viewer are talking among themselves, that I am walking in on a conversation I wasn't meant to witness, that they never really expected an actual Filipinx person to hear them...When white readers claim to be made uncomfortable...by the presence of untranslated words in fiction, what they're really saying is: I have always been the expected reader.

Elaine Castillo, "Reading Teaches Us Empathy and Other Fictions," in her collection How to Read Now

[mythos-blogs]

—Sec A. 001. About Us !

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Mythos, formerly known as 'Tears R Us', is a Discord-based server collab of the mythic and awed, led by our new creators— Selene ( @saudade-mayari ) and Roannie ( @roanniee ), made to continue a wild ride of content creators, from writers to artists, as well as readers and consumers of fine art. In joining, you can fill up the google form found here.

Fair warning, we archive your tears and string your fate— welcome any mortal or godling of any age, but be warned, oh heroic one. There are certain treacherous paths only for those of great age (18+). To attempt these roads, you must first present an ID to any of the creators or Olympians (mods), blacked out everything except your date of birth. Once that is settled, rejoice little hero! For you are welcome to the path of bacchanalia.

If you're not ready for such, you are welcome to walk a flowery path.

Are you ready to meet your gods?

If so, here's your invite. 💌

*Collab Events presented in this blog is different; you can join without limits, just follow the rules and guidelines of each new event.

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[rockislandadultreads]

AAPI Heritage Month: Cookbooks to Check Out

The Honeysuckle Cookbook: 100 Healthy, Feel-Good Recipes to Live Deliciously by Dzung Lewis

The Honeysuckle Cookbook is stuffed with exciting ideas for easy, approachable, Asian-influenced cooking at home. With 100 recipes, from the breakfast favorites that consistently rate the highest in views on the author's popular YouTube channel (like her Overnight Oats, 6 Ways) to original twists on one-pan and pressure-cooker meals, this book is for those of us who want feel-good meals made healthy, delicious, and quick. Dzung's recipes take the familiar and turns it ever-so-slightly on its head: Marinara sauce gets extra umami with the addition of fish sauce, while mac and cheese becomes more than an out-of-the-box staple when made fresh with kimchi. Lattes get an extra kick from bold Vietnamese coffee and sweet, floral lavender, and quinoa pilaf is mixed with a creamy curry-miso dressing. Dzung also teaches readers how to stretch groceries so they spend a little less money, how to plan meals seasonally, and how to match main courses with sides so plates look impressive and taste great. With quick snack ideas, recipe hacks, foolproof instructions, and genius tips for pretty presentation, The Honeysuckle Cookbook will be the friendly hand busy young cooks need to hold in the kitchen.

Cook Real Hawai'i: A Cookbook by Sheldon Simeon, Garrett Snyder

The story of Hawaiian cooking, by a two-time Top Chef finalist and Fan Favorite, through 100 recipes that embody the beautiful cross-cultural exchange of the islands. Even when he was winning accolades and adulation for his cooking, two-time Top Chef finalist Sheldon Simeon decided to drop what he thought he was supposed to cook as a chef. He dedicated himself instead to the local Hawai‘i food that feeds his ‘ohana—his family and neighbors. With uncomplicated, flavor-forward recipes, he shows us the many cultures that have come to create the cuisine of his beloved home: the native Hawaiian traditions, Japanese influences, Chinese cooking techniques, and dynamic Korean, Portuguese, and Filipino flavors that are closest to his heart. Through stunning photography, poignant stories, and dishes like wok-fried poke, pork dumplings made with biscuit dough, crispy cauliflower katsu, and charred huli-huli chicken slicked with a sweet-savory butter glaze, Cook Real Hawai‘i will bring a true taste of the cookouts, homes, and iconic mom and pop shops of Hawai‘i into your kitchen.

Filipinx: Heritage Recipes from the Diaspora by Angela Dimayuga, Ligaya Mishan, Alex Lau (Photographs)

Filipinx offers 100 deeply personal recipes—many of them dishes that define home for Angela Dimayuga and the more than four million people of Filipino descent in the United States. The book tells the story of how Dimayuga grew up in an immigrant family in northern California, trained in restaurant kitchens in New York City—learning to make everything from bistro fare to Asian-American cuisine—then returned to her roots, discovering in her family’s home cooking the same intense attention to detail and technique she’d found in fine dining. In this book, Dimayuga puts a fresh spin on classics: adobo, perhaps the Filipino dish best known outside the Philippines, is traditionally built on a trinity of soy sauce, vinegar, and garlic—all pantry staples—but add coconut milk, vinegar, and oil, and it turns lush and silky; ribeye steaks bring extra richness to bistek, gilded with butter and a bright splash of lemon and orange juice. These are the punches of flavor and inspired recipes that home cooks have been longing for. A modern, welcoming resource for this essential cuisine, Filipinx shares exciting and approachable recipes everyone will wholeheartedly embrace in their own kitchens.

My Shanghai: Recipes and Stories from a City on the Water by Betty Liu

Filled with galleries, museums, and gleaming skyscrapers, Shanghai is a modern metropolis and the world’s largest city proper, the home to twenty-four million inhabitants and host to eight million visitors a year. “China’s crown jewel” (Vogue), Shanghai is an up-and-coming food destination, filled with restaurants that specialize in international cuisines, fusion dishes, and chefs on the verge of the next big thing. It is also home to some of the oldest and most flavorful cooking on the planet. Betty Liu, whose family has deep roots in Shanghai and grew up eating homestyle Shanghainese food, provides an enchanting and intimate look at this city and its abundant cuisine. In this sumptuous book, part cookbook, part travelogue, part cultural study, she cuts to the heart of what makes Chinese food Chinese—the people, their stories, and their family traditions. Organized by season, My Shanghai takes us through a year in the Shanghai culinary calendar, with flavorful recipes that go beyond the standard, well-known fare, and stories that illuminate diverse communities and their food rituals. Chinese food is rarely associated with seasonality. Yet as Liu reveals, the way the Shanghainese interact with the seasons is the essence of their cooking: what is on a dinner table is dictated by what is available in the surrounding waters and fields. Live seafood, fresh meat, and ripe vegetables and fruits are used in harmony with spices to create a variety of refined dishes all through the year.

[dearlawdimasimp]

okAyy i've been meaning to post this as a whole but since I cannot construct anything past this scene atm, i'll share this to y'all. I want to share this bc why not, and i am still a lil reluctant on the deity i chose bc it might affect me along the way bUT! I am willing to take the risk atm and say that Filipinx!Reader is the warrior of the Goddess of War and Poison, Ynaguinid, of the Visayan region.

They became the deity's warrior bc their ancestors were one, but ever since Magellan's arrival, the tradition and acceptance of reader's bloodline of Ynaguinid's blessings stopped. But after dear reader found out, they did not hesitate to pick back up the mantle and be the warrior Ynaguinid needed.

The fic below is just the snippet of the fic..and idea of a scene of how reader and Marc would interact now that they are maskless after figthing side-by-side w/o fully knowing each other and who's under the mask....and idk what to do past this bc i wanted this to be a Khonshu x Filipinx!reader at first but now i think im gonna make this one into a Marc Spector & Steven Grant x Filipinx!reader(might also be Jake Lockley but we'll see if i can squeeze out ideas from that)

OKAY ENOUGH ABOUT ME LMAO UNTO THE SHORT FIC

"Do they have meanings?" Curiosity laces Marc's tone. 

Your head slightly tilted to the side, brows furrowing as you wait for him to clarify his question. Did he meant your mask-

"The tats..I mean.." He clears his throat as he shifts in his seat,  "You don't have to answer if it makes you uncomfortable." He quickly adds, raising his palm a little as he reassures you.

Ahhh..of course, what else would it be? It is the most distinctive feature on your face after all.

"It's okay, I'm comfortable to answer that. To you, anyways. You know my side-job, which would make explaining this-" you gesture your tattoos- "a whole lotta easier to talk about." You offer him a smile as you carefully sat up, feeling a little better now. 

Marc was about to reprimand you from doing so, but you dismiss him with a smile, "It's fine, it doesn't take me too long to heal." You cross your legs and face the gwapito*.

"So, uh..in my region's ancient culture- like pre-colonial and all- the tattoo generally used to be accessories for women. For men, however," you glance at the back of your hand, "it signifies their bravery for killing an enemy. The placement and amount tells how many they have killed in their lifetime." You look up at him through your lashes, and his brows are slightly raised as his eyes roam on your exposed tattoos, you can see the gears in his mind turning as he connects the dots.

"Once you've killed a foe, you will be tattooed manually by an assigned and skillful person and it usually starts from the ankle up to your leg." You tug your shoes off and show him the inked skin, thick black inks running straight up your leg, less thick ones beside it and thin ones that are zigzagged in pattern. "I forgot what each line was called but uh..yeah they have names." You continue as you show your other leg. 

Marc studies the black streaks and patterns on your skin, it is old and has healed quite beautifully. You didn't realize that you have stared off at the far distance as memories flash before your eyes. It took you a while but when you felt that small tingle when you feel eyes on you, you came back to the present. You glance at Marc, his worry might not be oozing but you were able to perceive it.

"I'm fine-" You huff, raising your leg and placing your feet on the couch to rest your chin on your knee.

"You're clearly not." 

"I am. I really am. I'm just…reminiscing is all."

"Reminiscing something painful equates to, not fine."

"Yes the memory was painful but it was also satisfying on my part so, I'm fine."

You were remembering your family's faces after they saw the tattoo. Tattoos are a big taboo in present times in your country. They called you cruel names and hurtful words were thrown and the end was you were thrown out of the household. All of these horrible things happened in less than an hour but you were smilling. Because damn did it felt gratifying to be the "disappointment" in the family when you were the pride of your ancestors.

"I'm fine. I assure you." You give him a sincere smile and even reach out for his hand. An offer for comfort, for him or for yourself or for you both, you did not know.

He looked utterly unconvinced but still took your hand, in which you gave a gentle squeeze. Thanking him for how considerate he was before continuing the Visayan ancient culture lesson, awkwardly letting him go since you really didn't want to make him uncomfortable and make him think you were a creep. 

Marc didn't want to let you go too, but he did not say it, afraid of severing the tiny bond you two were making as you spent time together. Maskless and vulnerable. Away from danger and in the comfort of his home. Not facing enemies as you spoke. 

"The face tells the same story, but, face tatts are 'restricted to the bravest and toughest heroes', a direct quote from Yna herself."

"Yna, you mean..?"

"Ynaguinid. Yes."

It was silent. Marc gives you a thoughtful stare as you return it with a neutral one, leaning back to the couch as you let him process the information you just gave him while waiting for his reaction.

"Is it still applied traditionally in your case or does Ynaguinid just.." he waves his fingers in the air, "-magically put it on you after you killed someone?"

You chuckle, "That's what I was thinking when she told me that I have to get tattooed, just like my ancestors- the warriors before me- to show my bravery and truly embrace that I am a descendant of Ynaguinid's warriors. But nooooo.." you laugh out the vowel, "I have to actually get it traditionally which is using a needle that is lodged in stick, dip it to the ink then hit the back of the needle-stick to the imprint the ink to the skin." You scrunch your nose as you feel the feeling of the process at this moment as you talk about it.

Marc can only imagine how it feels as he had never got any tattoos in his life. His brows were scrunched as he tried to picture out the process. 

"It kinda looks like you're nailing a wall but instead of a wall its skin-"

"Okay, okay. I get it. I get it now." He took a deep breath and exhaled, nodding as he crossed his arms. "Did- does it hurt?"

"Like a bitch. The first time I received one," You uncross your legs, raise your right foot and rotate it, showing him the drawing on your ankle, "I cried when the needle first hit my skin, it was my very first tattoo after all, and fuck did it feel like I was getting crucified or somethin." 

You chortle seeing the man's eyes widen a smidge and lean back, "I also got a very high fever after the whole process, which was not done by one sitting, and thought I was going to die at that moment. Although my ancestors and Ynaguinid were by my side the whole time, I did not stop sobbing and was about to run away from Apo Whang-od and never return again." You laughed at the end of your sentence, seeing the ridiculousness now but you were actually terrified for your life when you did get your first tattoo. Your warriorification as Gen-Z-ers would say.

Marc, although chuckled along with you, was worried about hearing the hurtful process and aftermath of the tradition. But seeing as you laughed it off, he just shakes his head with a conceding laugh.

"Overtime, the pain has lessened," gesturing your leg and bicep, "but when I received this snake jaw tattoo?-" you point at your jaw that has the said tattoo. It ran from the bottom of your ears down and met the middle of your chin, resembling the lower jaw of a cobra, "Nah!* I really thought I died then came back to life." You shake your head and look to the side, trying to contain your laughter seeing the raised brows of Marc after hearing your hyperbole, biting both your lips with a lopsided smile.

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*gwapito = handsome

*Nah! = a Cebuano expression that is kinda like a scoff, but it could also be used for other things. In this scenario, it is used like a "You won't believe it!" expression.

~~~

Yeah... i rlly wanted Filipinx!reader to have tatts akjsjsjs Sidapa was a cool idea too, being the God of the Dead and (based on some stories) the god that courted Bulan, one of the God of the Moons, bc..ya know..yeah you get it.. But what i wanted my reader to be kinda didn't align to Sidapa's character....I KNOWWW i could've like..made something up but it didnt really sit right for me so I changed him to Ynaguinid. plus she's a badass too so :)

If you guys have any ideas you want to share or suggestions or just wanna chat, feel free to comment or talk anonymously (if you want to) in my ask box. I rlly need some creative juices

ALSO IDEAS FOR TITLE PLEASEEEE😭

[halfwaythereroyalwrites]

Love Teams (Finn x Filipinx!Reader Kilig One-Shot)

GIF credit: I don’t know, but it’s not mine. 

Pairing: AU Finn x Filipinx!Reader, Poe Dameron x Filipinx!Reader (Platonic)

Warnings: Cringe. Cursing. Drinking to get over secondhand embarrassment. 

Word count: 1,148 words

A/N: Kinda ironic how I can write and read kilig, but I can’t watch it. Anyway, this was based off when my friends and I decided to watch “She’s Dating the Gangster.” Here is the link to the specific scene they talk about. 

Requested by: @princeabomination​

Kilig is a Tagalog word to describe the feeling of excitement and exhilaration and possibly embarrassment from anything remotely romantic.

Masterlist

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“Whose stupid idea was this?” you asked, placing a second bottle of wine on the coffee table before snuggling in between Finn and Poe.

“Oh come on! We had to watch it after you showed us the trailer!” Finn exclaimed. He was currently snacking on the grapes and cheese you had set out. Poe, the eternal third wheel of your relationship with Finn, grabbed one of the wine bottles and got to work on popping the cork.

“I told you guys, I can’t watch this stuff. The secondhand embarrassment is too much. We’re going to have to pause the movie every ten minutes, so I can get up,” you huffed, crossing your arms. It was your brilliant idea to hang out and watch a movie. In your defense, you were joking when you showed them the trailer to a Filipino rom-com called “She’s Dating the Gangster.” Finn and Poe, however, insisted on watching the cheesy movie, partly because of genuine interest, but mostly to watch you cringe for two hours.

“However long it takes, we are going to watch this movie!” Poe finally popped the cork on the wine, pouring all three of you equal amounts. He then swirled the glass and sipped it, making a show of smacking his mouth to really get the taste.“Ahh…that’s..disappointing.”

“You chose that wine,” Finn remarked.

“This movie is in Tagalog!” you interrupted. You were ready to pull out all the stops to not watch this movie.

“We know how to read, Y/N” Poe replied. “Ok so can you explain everything again from the top?”

You groaned. “Ok so in Philippines, they have love teams. Think Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato. Nick Jonas and Selena Gomez. Nick Jonas and Miley Cyrus…you get it. Anyway, these love teams make a whole bunch of movies and commercials together because their chemistry sells. Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo have been a love team for years now, and they’re actually dating in real life. Filipinos looooove a good rom-com. The more kilig, the better.”

“Do they always have to be dating to be a love team?” Finn asked.

“I don’t think so, but the most successful ones are dating,” you answered. “In the movie, there’s two couples played by the same actors, but in different times. Modern-day couple is the one going on a crazy adventure. 90’s couple is the one who pretends to be in a relationship but then the girl falls in love for real. Oh noooooo.” You took a significant swig of your wine in preparation for the cringe you were about to feel.

“Damn, babe. We could have been a great love team.” Finn remarked. He put his arm around you, and you snuggled into his side, reveling in the warmth he provided. He tilted your chin and placed a sweet kiss on your lips. “Do you think they’d make a love team name for us?”

“Oh god and have to do these movies?!” You grabbed the blanket and curled it around your hands, ready to act as a shield when the movie gets too kilig. You felt something heavy settle across your lap. You looked down and saw Poe had made himself comfortable by sitting sideways, resting his legs and feet across your lap and Finn’s, respectively. “You’re way too comfortable sometimes, Dameron.”

“That’s because you guys are my number one love team,” Poe toasted his cup to us. Finn burst out laughing at his best friend’s remarks while you rolled your eyes and started the movie.

Approximately an hour into the movie, 7 pauses, and a bottle of wine later, it was safe to say Finn and you were tipsy while Poe was wine-drunk. If it wasn’t apparent from your wine-stained lips, it became really obvious through Poe’s and your live commentary. On the screen, the modern-day couple were dancing in the bed of a moving truck, sharing headphones, having a cute moment, while a romantic song that completely mismatched the tempo of their dance played overhead. The modern-day couple’s truck dancing scene would switch with the 90’s couple’s club dancing scene. The truck from modern day stopped in the middle of the road. The couple was oblivious to the halt in movement, caught up in each other’s eyes. The truck’s driver exits with a shit-eating grin on his face, looking at the couple who were holding each other in the bed of his truck, lost to the world around them. The driver asked, “Ano nangyayari diyan? Okay lang kayo?!” (What’s happening there? Are y’all ok?).

You paused the movie once again. Grabbing the second bottle, you poured more wine into your cup, yelling, “This ninong-looking-ass motherfucker! Agh I can’t take this! It’s cute but so cringe.” You drank a huge gulp, begging your body to let go of the embarrassment that you were feeling.

“They really love each other, don’t they? Their love even inspired a young couple years down the line.” Finn muttered, invested in the movie while you could only scrunch your face in return. Poe remained quiet, still sitting sideways. He was scanning your cups of wine together with the intense concentration that only a wine-drunk man could possess. You were about to play the movie when Poe suddenly got up, moving his legs off your lap and his feet off Finn’s lap, nearly knocking Finn’s drink in the process. Poe got on his knees in front of the coffee table and pushed both your cup and his side-to-side, sloshing the dark burgundy liquid around. He brought his face level to the cups, studying the meniscus, which were at the same level. Meanwhile, Finn and you remained snuggled on the couch, watching Poe as he took your cup and poured more wine into his cup then downed it.

“Poe! Babe did you see that?” You looked up at Finn, who couldn’t hold in his laughter and was clutching his stomach from having previously laughed so hard from Poe’s and your live commentary throughout the movie. “Babe! He took my wine!”

Poe rolled his eyes. He settled sideways against the couch again, placing his legs into your laps and his feet into Finn’s. “Yeah she deserved it,” Poe slurred.

“Finn!” You whined. “He took my wine!”

“Babe, it’s ok! Look.” Finn comforted. He leaned forward and grabbed the bottle of wine, refilling yours generously. You grinned, sipping from your cup. You lifted Finn’s arm, placed it around your shoulder, and burrowed yourself into his side. Finn happily obliged, kissing the temple of your forehead. You grabbed his jaw in return, giving him proper kisses that tasted of wine and cheese.

“You.” Kiss. “Are.” Kiss. “The.” Kiss. “Cutest.” Kiss.

“Awwww you guys!” Poe cooed then gagged. “I think I’m gonna go throw up.”

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[whimsymanaged]

Hi, Tumblr friends! 💞

At the start of May, I created a Substack newsletter called Romance, Represented.

This newsletter comprises short stories (original romantic fiction) featuring people, situations, and relationships that I would love to see more frequently represented in romantic fiction.

This includes, but is not limited to, characters who are neurodivergent, who have disabilities, who have religious trauma, who are fat, who have chronic illnesses, or who come from underrepresented cultures and ethnicities experiencing sexual dysfunctions, unconventional relationships, communication frustration, and more.

So much of what I’ve learned about romance has come from reading, and it just made sense to try to represent romance for as many different communities as I could.

It would mean the world to me if you signed up for a free subscription (access to SFW stories) or a paid subscription (access to SFW and NSFW stories for US$5 per month). It’s like a Patreon for writers! (Except it’s all original fiction, of course—don’t worry, I know the rules! 😅)

Here’s a link to the first story from Romance, Represented (there are 2 more free ones and 1 paid one at this point):

https://romancerepresented.substack.com/p/the-fine-line-between-love-and-hate?r=i3n3h&utm_medium=ios

[ofstarsandvibranium]

Oh, and we don’t use “latinx” because it’s clunky to say in Spanish. “Latino” is gender neutral in Spanish in a grammatical sense but progressive people and feminist collectives have asked us to use “latine” as a gender neutral term because screen readers can’t read the x in a way that’s easy to understand for people who need them.

Yeah. I’ve seen a lot of Filipino-Americans use Filipinx, even though Filipino is already a gender neutral term. but like you said, progressive people are like “the o implies masculinity” which I understand. But yeah. This is all just new to me and I’m trying to wrap my head around all the different perspectives. 

[mrsjaycaycapz]

I think this has been the most creative I’ve been all social distancing! I’ve been mostly in my bed in PJs taking three online classes, get a certificate for public health, finished my internship and trying to keep up communication with friends. Coloring and reading has been my safe haven. My goal is to read 100 books this year. 

I at first was hesitant doing this “books as outfits” challenge, but when my friend send me the challenge and thought of me, I felt very touched and inspired to combine my love for Filipinx literature and what I think is good fashion taste LOL. Most importantly I hope people are inspired to read these powerful stories AND to purchase some of the clothing and accessories I’ve added onto here, each picture has an article of Filipino hand-made accessories or clothing (support local). I never really saw myself as “fashionable” but my friend Mory has always pointed out that she likes my style. Maybe I just don’t think about it a lot since I try not to shop clothing because it’s too much money LOL. 

Lumad coloring book- A project by Salupongan InternationalLumad refer to the indigenous peoples of Mindanao which accounts for 61% of the indigenous peoples in the Philippines. Like the indigenous minorities across the world, they continue to suffer from poverty and landlessness. The impacts of extractive industries and climate change challenge their survival.This project aims to raise awareness about the lumads whose life and ardent struggle are beautifully expressed in the patterns woven on their clothing and jewelry, etched on their knives and wooden carvings, and whose brave defense of their land and life have inspired the images in this coloring book.The proceeds of this project will be wholly dedicated to the education of lumad children who yearn to be able to read and write, save their community schools and strive for the survival of their people.

Everlasting Nora - An uplifting young reader debut about perseverance against all odds, Marie Miranda Cruz's debut Everlasting Nora follows the story of a young girl living in the real-life shantytown inside the Philippines' Manila North Cemetery.After a family tragedy results in the loss of both father and home, 12-year-old Nora lives with her mother in Manila's North Cemetery, which is the largest shantytown of its kind in the Philippines today.When her mother disappears mysteriously one day, Nora is left alone.With help from her best friend Jojo and the support of his kindhearted grandmother, Nora embarks on a journey riddled with danger in order to find her mom. Along the way she also rediscovers the compassion of the human spirit, the resilience of her community, and everlasting hope in the most unexpected places.

Patron Saints of Nothing -A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin’s murder. Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall. But when he discovers that his Filipino cousin Jun was murdered as part of President Duterte’s war on drugs, and no one in the family wants to talk about what happened, Jay travels to the Philippines to find out the real story. Hoping to uncover more about Jun and the events that led to his death, Jay is forced to reckon with the many sides of his cousin before he can face the whole horrible truth — and the part he played in it. As gripping as it is lyrical, Patron Saints of Nothing is a page-turning portrayal of the struggle to reconcile faith, family, and immigrant identity.

Magdalena - Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's second novel, Magdalena, presents the stories of three generations of women in the Philippines against the backdrops of the Philippine American War, World War II, and the Vietnam War, but Cecilia doesn't spoon-feed extensively-drawn out narratives about the horrors of war. She relies instead on offering intimate personal profiles of individual characters. The novel has received favorable reviews from critics and academics, and it has been reprinted by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House.

Kalinga Dinayaw Necklace

 Vinta Butterfly sleeves top is no longer avaialble but please take a look at Vinta’s clothing, all hand-made/woven in the PH. 

Up-cycled bracelet and necklace 

Pink Earrings Currently out of stock but check out their store anyways