#Isn’t bc I’m filipino

[watanabes-cum-dump]

I saw someone somewhere say that not all the Aphrodite kids are “conventionally” attractive AND I WILL STAND BY THAT!!!!

Because yes!!! They’re not all white and skinny there’s gotta be some variety. They’re the children of the goddess of love and beauty, self love is a given. Confidence makes the most beautiful people.

Like even if some of them have braces or acne or whatever, I know they’re all beautiful and charming like it’s the vibes you know? People try so hard to make braces seem awkward but some of the prettiest girls I know have braces and they LOVE to laugh and show them off.

I also just know the Aphrodite boys are ACTUALLY CLEAN. They all actually wear chapstick, put on deodorant, brush their teeth and T A K E B A T H S. Nothing is more attractive than a man that actually washes his ass let me tell you.

What makes all the Aphrodite kids beautiful is that they’re all confident, there’s no way all of them have pretty baby blues or the metabolism of fucking cheetahs. And I just know they’re supportive like come on. Hot bitches don’t gate keep

[strawberry-milkbunny]

I have no one to talk to about Tokyo Rev so here r my random hot takes that I need to say:

- Emma and Hina r boring and used as romance plot devices it’s okay to admit that Wakui can’t write women idk I don’t expect shounen/men to be able to write girls well (still cried when Emma died tho bc she didn’t deserve it!!!)

- lol I LOVE Yuzuha and Senju tho

- I actually do like Emma and Draken together but I also firmly believe Draken is in love w/Mikey and was just projecting onto Emma LMAO

- Yuzuha is a lesbian

- Controversial: I don’t think Shinchiro was THAT great of an older brother. Like he was cool but he still introduced Mikey and Izana into the world of gang life/normalizing violence and yeah OG Black Dragons isn’t like that but….what do u expect when u form a gang??? .obviously there’s a high chance that it’s gonna develop into LEGIT gang activity

- As an adult and someone who was basically raised by an older sibling w/a big age gap (my sis is 7 years older) I kinda don’t blame Takeomi for being a bad older brother??? Realistically he’s a 17 yr old in charge of raising 2 toddlers like NO SHIT he did a bad job. At least Shin had his grandfather to help out but Takeomi actually had no one. Doesn’t explain y he’s a brokey LOL buttttt again I don’t FULLY blame him for being a bad sibling still hurt my boi Sanzu 😤😤

- I HC that Mikey is used to having a caretaker (Draken and later Sanzu) bc when Shin died he was so depressed and genuinely couldn’t get out of bed

- Takemitchy is also lowkey boring/typical shounen protagonist and canonically stinky like Hina could do sm better. This is personal preference so I find myself wanting more chaotic/dumb protagonists who are slightly morally ambiguous like Denji, Gintoki, hell even Naruto at times. Takemitchy didn’t get character development until BD arc and that’s just a bit too long for me….

- Koko and Inui r gay and dating 💅🏻💅🏻💅🏻

- the Haitani brothers r the kardashians of the TR universe they’re so embarrassing Deadass show up and pose/do absolutely nothing I LOVE THEM SHKSKSKSK

- I love how it’s universally agreed that Mitsuya and Chifuyu r the best bois

- I have mixed feelings about Izana. I genuinely do like him and DESPISE how he’s whitewashed by fanart

- I get it u genuinely just wanted to not be alone and found out ur adopted in the worst way possible but…..idk how that justifies killing ur own sister but u do u ig 🤷‍♀️ and u have KAKUCHO AS UR FAMILY WTH

- don’t listen to me tho I’m a Mikey and Sanzu stan LMAOO 🤭🤭🤭

- Izana is the definition of mommy issues and 100% had crunchy hair lik mans was homeless

- if I saw Izana IRL I would RUN 🏃‍♀️idk he looks a lil crazy

- also this man does not know Tagalog he didn’t even know he was Filipino until he was lik 12

- idk the Tenjiku arc is so funny to me bc Izana is deadass: imma kill everyone in Mikey’s life for revenge and Mikey is lik: bruh I didn’t even kno u existed until last week and now ur killing our sister UNPROVOKED ???

- Bonten!Mikey is a virgin/no libido mans is DEPRESSED

- wished the Bonten arc was longer simply for the outfits bc Wakui KNOWS FASHION but that shit was DEPRESSION

- 3 Deities Arc was amazing and also funny/serious at the same time. It literally was an all out brawl in an AMUSEMENT PARK

- fr tho wtf was Benkei, Wakasa and Takeomi doing there??? Like they’re canonically 27 GO GET A JOB STOP FIGHTING 15 YEAR OLDS SHKSKSKS

- U cannot tell me that Sanzu WASNT sad when Baji and Mucho died.

- Baji was straight up his childhood friend and the only one other than Senju who knows about the plane incident/Mikey’s possessive side. And In the OG!timeline I’m pretty sure Baji was the only friend Sanzu DIDNT attack. While with Mucho he was pretty much his older brother, Sanzu just decided Mikey was better

- Tbh if the dark impulses/Shin thing wasn’t real I would’ve firmly believed Mikey had DID or something. Which again made only worse by the fact that violence and death is such a regular thing in his life (GET THIS MAN THERAPY LIK WTF IS SHIN AND GRANDPA SANO DOING???)

- Kazutora going a lil crazy is lowkey expected and I hate how we only find out about his home life in the character books. This kid grew up in a physically and mentally abusive household (gaslight to pick between parents and as s/o who has experienced that shit it’s fucked up) and I rlly don’t think prison helped out his mental stability either no shit he tried to kill Mikey

- I don’t ship Mikey and Takemichy (despite the IMMENSE gay ness btwn them) firmly bc I think everyone can see how much power Takemitchy has over Mikey idk it has a weird power dynamic like if Takemitchy tried he could 100% control Mikey (platonically or romantically)

- Baji, Chifuyu and Kazutora r a throuple

- I HATE how Sanzu is reduced to this crazy drug addict. Sanzu is canonically smart, manipulative, and formally trained fighter. He also REMEMBERS the OG timeline, he had to experience Shin dying twice and everyone else die no shit he’s a little bonkers/needs drugs to take everything away. Plus his relationship to Mikey which tbh is a whole separate post

- controversial !!!: I ship Mikey and Sanzu or Mikey and Draken. Sanzu only bc this man has a big ass crush and deserves some niceness for once

- ppl write Kakucho as this shy, nice guy like ur not wrong but mans is also running UNPROVOKED into Yakuza offices like it’s the gym while dragging Rindou wit him 😭😭😭

- the haitanis r the best sibling duo

- It lowkey makes me mad in fanfics where Ran is depicted as cheating w/Rin’s gf like??? This man raised his younger brother himself u cannot tell me he doesn’t love his brother and would actually do that to him

- Ran would 1000% do anything for Rin and i firmly believe he kinda regrets not saying anything in court to prevent Rindou frm joining him in jail. Like saying he forced Rindou to kill someone w/him, abusing his brother at home, etc especially in the Bonten! tl he def thinks about wtf he dragged his brother into

- I also don’t think they’ve slept w/ the same person before. Idk I feel like they have diff types like Ran goes for more motherly/mature types while Rindou goes for sweeter/shy types

- Draken has road rage

- Yuzuha should’ve been taller like AT LEAST 5’7 bitch is related to Hakkai and Taiju for gods sake

- OG BD 100% thought Wakasa was a girl for at least a month. He’s canonically 5’3 and pretty.

- Characters who r 100% bisexual: WAKASA, Senju,maybe Hina, Draken (def in denial), Rindou, Ran (he’s a whore as long as ur pretty he’s down), Sanzu, Koko, Kazutora, Chifuyu

- Mitsuya had a crush on Draken

[atsuwiee]

ushijima “diba sinabi ko umuwi ka na?” wakatoshi.

⋆.✧̣̇˚. | hindi mo rin alam ba’t siya ganito e, basta nalang sumusulpot pag nasa school ka tas late na.

genre: senior!ushijima wakatoshi au, short oneshot, fluff warnings: grammatical errors, not proofread, written in filipino/tagalog

xian’s note: senior ushijima brainrot bc i’m missing my senior crush na mag graduate na hay

“hindi ba sabi ko umuwi ka na?” you hear the familiar voice and look towards it. “oh ikaw nanaman?” oo, siya nanaman. “uwi ka na sabi e, tignan mo mag didilim na tas nandito ka pa” sabi ni ushijima. nasa organization room ka pa, inaayos yung gamit para sa next event, kaya napa-late ka nanaman na uwi.

“eh ikaw ba’t nandito ka pa?” “may training kasi ako, alam mo na ‘yun”

daming eme naman neto sa buhay, you sighed and cleaned up the room muna. “y/n sabay na…” napalingon ka uli, ay org-mate mo lang pala. he stopped sa entrance ng room, standing next to ushijima, he was small compared to him.

“…tayo” he finished what he said napatingin lang so ushijima sainyong dalawa. “sasama na siya sakin,” sabi naman ni ushijima. “huy—?” sabi mo naman tas tumango nalang ‘tong org-mate mo. “ay oh sige, ingat kayo!” sabi niya, tas umalis na rin.

“ba’t mo ba sila tinatakot?” “‘di ko man ah, not my fault they get intimidated by me”

nga naman, ‘di kasalanan ni ushijama ba’t sila natatakot sakanya, napatawa ka nalang. “hatid na kita,” sabi ni ushijima at tuluyan pumasok sa room. “hindi na kaya ko na ‘to, may training ka pa diba?” sabi mo na patanong, he didn’t mind what you just said, acting as if wala siyang narinig.

“akin na bag mo,” sabi niya. “‘di kaya ko na nga ‘to—“ sinabi mo sabay kuha sa bag mo. “sabi ko akin na, ‘wag ka na makulit, hahatid na kita.” sinabi ni ushijima sabay kuha sa bag mo na hawak hawak mo kanina. “dilim na nga eh tas gusto mo umuwi ka pa mag isa” he muttered pero rinig na rinig mo pa ‘din. “sorry po,” sabi ko sabay tawa na rin habang palabas na kami ng school.

“‘wag ka nga nag p-po sa’kin, you’re making me sound old” kontra ni ushijima. “eh mas matanda ka naman talaga sa’kin ah?” sinabi ko, kasama na rin ng tawa. “senior ka na kasi… sus,” you say with a little ‘tsk’ sound.

“you’ll just miss me once i graduate,” sabi niya sabay tawa, he isn’t like this always, pero moments like this always get you hooked onto him. “ma-feeling!” you say with a small laugh.

tinignan ka lang ni ushijima, but his gaze— it was a sweet gaze. mas bumilis pa pag tibok ng puso niya pag nakikita niya ang ngiti mo.

corny niya ‘no? lakas maka haitd sundo sa’yo kala mo jowa mo na. eh wala siguro pakipot lang ‘to o gusto niya pa ng pogi points para makuha naman puso mo.

the laughter died down pero one question stays im ushijima’s mind and that is,

“y/n, pwede ba kita ligawan?”

[struwberrii]

hiii! i would like to request a match up please 😚🙏🏻

romantic matchup

she/her + matched up w a guy

terushima

someone with good humor, more extroverted than i am, and isn’t afraid to show me off. i also love smart and tall guys!

i’m pretty adventurous, i love learning and trying new things even if it is out of my comfort zone. i’m also very attentive to others and i love listening to people talk about their passions and hobbies to learn more about them. one downside about me is that i tend to get very engrossed in my studies (i take a lot of advanced classes), so i tend to put my own needs and others aside.

i love shopping/going out in general, and i also play softball competitively. i like watching sports in general, but mainly volleyball and tennis. i find it more enjoyable when i’m actually participating though (even if i suck 😭). i like doing self-care things too like skincare, & getting my nails and lashes done. i like photography, and taking pics w my digicam

giving: acts of service, gift giving. receiving: acts of service, quality time

a fair/festival/amusement park

i’m 5’3-5’4, and i have long dark hair, i’m filipino+chinese. i tend to switch styles between abg/streetwear, stockholm, and coquette bc im indecisive! i also wear glasses and contacts, normally contacts when i’m playing and practicing or when i’m just out of the house in general. my glasses are oversized and i normally just wear them when i’m at home.

INTP

thank you sm!!! have a nice day/night 🫶🏻

match up: kuroo tetsuro ⋆˚🐾˖°

hope u likey :3

there’s no doubt kuroo is a very smart man. i mean he ended up being pretty successful being a sports promoter at like 22 or something which i can’t imagine would be easy for any normal person. also he gets real creative with his scientific insults in the show quite often 😭.

kuroo also has a way with his words. he’s very outspoken and would definitely be the kind of guy to stand up for you if someone’s ever rude to you or if they put pickles on your burger despite you asking for no pickles. he’s the type of guy to say what you’re thinking for you. i can also imagine him constantly bragging to his friends about you to the point where he’s actually obnoxious 😭

like “we get it bro ur in a happy relationship”

but he’s only obnoxious when it comes to you. i can also see him being like your #1 fan, everything you do he’s literally praising you for.

[andromedavwrites]

For when your rewrite actually gets turned into a series, what are some characters who you firmly are like ‘they’re *this* race/ethnicity’ ?

SCREAMING!! i love talking about this bc fan casts are something i spent… an unhealthy amount of time on-

some characters ethnicities that i will not budge about

Briar is black. she can be mixed black and something else but there is no way around it she is of african descent in my silly little brain

Sparrow is as well!! this one isn’t as hard and fast but as my current cast goes, he is black

same with Humphrey. again not a RULE in casting just, the actor that i think would do the best as him happens to be black

holly and poppy are black/white mixed the actors i have cast as them are actually twins irl as well!

Ginger is Pakistani!

Kitty is Japanese!

Bunny is hispanic!

Lizzie is hispanic!

Cerise is currently cast as Filipino, but i see them as any sort of east/south asian

Cedar is black!

Maddie is currently cast as Japanese, but i’m not particularly set on the casting for her, my secondary choice is mixed hispanic/white sooooo, yk!

And i have Raven cast as hispanic-asian!

keep in mind, these are all based on their current casting based on who i think would do best as their characters but some characters races are immovable(ie, briar, cedar, etc) others i’m willing to bend them from my original casting but-

these are the ethnicities they will appear as in the comic

[cosmicheartz]

Ramblings abt what I think the tadc cast looked like as humans

these aren’t like super concrete and I have more ideas for some than others but I wanted to get it out there

Pomni

- short

- I go back and forth on if I want her to be skinny or chubby/fat but I do know that she’s relatively flat chested either way.

- I see a couple humanizations that make her Filipino and i think that’s a rlly neat hc so I’m thinking I’m making her Filipino too

- Has moles/freckles and sharp canines

- probably wears glasses

- haven’t decided on a name yet but I’m thinking either Penny ( with her full name being Penelope ) or Polly

Ragatha

- has a glass eye ( mimics her button eye in her digital circus form )

- tons of freckles

- average height

- chubby

- haven’t decided on a concrete body type

- I feel like her name would be Ann/Annie/Annabelle

- I like to think she worked at a craft store ( think Jo Ann’s fabric ) before ending up in the digital circus

Gangle

- really fucking tall

- kinda scrawny too

- has bad posture

- long hair that she almost always has in a braid/s or ponytail bc she doesn’t rlly know how to properly take care of her hair but doesn’t wanna cut it either. It’s a bit greasy but it’s not too bad

- has a couple acne scars

- mainly wears oversized clothes and/or anime merch

- name was Angelica

- was a freelance artist before joining the circus

Zooble

- has a prosthetic leg

- bc they were canonically a tattoo artist before ending up in the circus I think they have a bunch of tattoos

- definitely has a couple of piercings too ( possibly was into heavier body modification too )

- dyes their hair a lot so their hair is dry/fried from it

Kinger

- ik a lot of ppl see him as like a scrunkly old man but tbh he isn’t rlly that old ( like he’s late 40s ) and it’d be rlly funny if he was like some insanely hot dude that you wouldn’t expect to be in his late 40s but rather like in his 30s

- tbh I don’t have much outside of that lol

- go white boy go

Jax

- tall ( shorter than gangle )

- scrawny

- has acne/acne scars

- honestly I think he’d be unconventionally attractive in a “ I can fix him “ way

- commissioned Gangle/Angelica before he ended up in the circus ( definitely was some kind of big boobied anime girl art or some weird shit )

[bluelizze]

Some Sero Hanta HCs bc I love him even tho I’m not in the bnha fandom anymore

despite experiencing the latina sero phase, ive always hc that sero is half filipino

sero is pretty proud of his south-asian culture and he is always happy whenever people are interested

sero is panromantic demisexual

sero goes by he/him but he doesn’t mind if people uses any other pronouns on him

it’s pretty canon based on what ive seen but his wardrobe is full of oversized and baggy clothing

besides his elbow, it’s mainly bc whenever he visits the Philippines, it always get hot and hates the feeling of his clothes sticking onto him and getting sweat on them

he does speak a bit of tagalog but mostly around his Philippine relatives

he loves watching ghibli films with his little cousins

his fav ghibli films are my neighbor totoro and howl’s moving castle

he has an older sister who moved out of japan to study aboard, they get along pretty well

he’s great with lil kids, that because of that, he is the mom friend of the bakusquad

sero is a bit of a hopeless romantic, which is partly why he never gets bored of rewatching howl’s moving castle

if he didn’t plan on being a pro-hero, he’d probably be a farm boy, like he would want to move out to the countryside and live a domestic life

he wanted to be a pro-hero to boost up his confidence

he was always kinda in the background and didn’t have very many friends (due to his elbows + being a plain looking guy)

sero is very close with his mom (kinda like nick and sarah nelson kinda way)

speaking of which, sero reads alice oseman bc he can somewhat relate to them

sero isn’t much of a video game guy, but he does enjoy playing of those cozy games

he mostly plays them in the cooler season, specifically autumn

sero does get homesick once and a while

he face time his little cousins every friday night

going against everyone who headcanon this but i personally hc that sero does not like to smoke not just because it’s bad for the lungs but he generally hates the smell

[koishiro]

Saw a post that was lowkey hating on your moodboards for using cosplay of the characters and because everyone in them was thin and pale. Like... isn't that most anime characters?? And cosplay is literally as true as you can get to visualize them?

We all love your moodboards, they are cute, soft, and creative!! Idk if these haters who got nothing going on in their lives have reached out but just in case- heres some love n support✨ 💕💕💕✨

Heh ye that did kinda sting a bit when I saw it… I understand that particular character they were talking abt was Filipino but do you know how hard it is to find a specific picture, I do try my best to get a pic as close to the character as I can but sometimes that just isn’t possible 😀 I deleted the comment (I think) cus it just made me sad (I’m literally doing this bc it seems to make a lot of u guys happy which makes me happy) I just don’t understand people who go out of their way to say things like this :p but when I see comments and asks like this it makes me forget abt the mean ones so thank u I do rlly rlly appreciate u and thank u for reaching out!!! 💕🤍✨

[speechlessxx]

my move has been so stressful that I must rant.

I mean please read if y’all have some advice

I highlighted all my issues.

To preface this, I moved bc I got a job in my dream city. But rent is so expensive there, I got an apartment in a city near it.

I chose an older apartment complex bc the apartment itself was really nice but the outside is old af. And it’s near a lot of areas

I also chose it bc the leasing agent was Filipino and clicked with me and my folks (bc we’re Filipino duh) & even waived fees for us. He’s important to this story

Mind you i apartment hunted in March because it was spring break and the only time we could fly out.

Most complexes actually turned us away bc I planned to move in July so it’s a liability for them to promise me an apartment and have it be vacant for months (aka not making money)

From March all the way to end of June, I was in contact with this Filipino leasing agent. He made several promises to me and my parents: apartment will be renovated to have wooden floors, it has a microwave installed, it’s near the exit (bc i have a dog).

I called 2 days before I left TX (June 26 AND 27) to ensure that the apartment was ready

Filipino man swore up and down everything was ready to be moved in.

My family and I drove from TX to location (appx. 22 hr drive) with a reactive dog. We traveled for 3 days.

Only to find out Filipino man does not work there any more.

Filipino man did not finish my move in paperwork despite promising me a move in date AND me signing all kinds of paperwork and sending deposits etc.

On top of that, the apartment he swore was mine and was signed to me wasnt even ready to be moved in to.

His replacement had been working there for 3 days and didn’t know shit on what to do. She tried to turn us away but my parents stood up for me while I had a mental breakdown (bc I was arguing with her for 1 hour)

They eventually got the apartment “move-in-able”

Guys. This place is literally falling apart.

I’ve lived here 2 days (moved in July 1st), the shower doesn’t work, the dryer isn’t working, the lightbulb in bedroom is dead, the bathtub/shower is clogged.

To add onto Filipino man’s web of lies, nothing he promised was fulfilled. This place is carpeted, there’s no microwave. It is at the end of a long & dark hallway. I have to pass through 10 apartments plus the lobby to get outside.

On top of that, the aforementioned reactive dog is struggling with the move. Since the family spent 3 days on the road right by each other’s sides sleeping in motels together, etc.

he’s developed really bad separation anxiety to the point that we can’t leave him by himself because he will cry and bark and whine (which he never did before since he was kennel trained). And I’m afraid that they’ll kick us out 😭

Y’all I am so stressed beyond belief. But I’ve signed a lease now and I’ve paid HELLA MONEY to be here now.

I am stuck and depressed all over again.

[timogsilangan]

ik this probbaly isn’t the best time to be saying this but those names u were like “white trans men never want these bc they just want jp or kr names” seem super pretty how do u pronounce them just so i know if i’m getting them wrong in my head

im like filipino/chinese/etc and Not indian/thai/malay so take these first 2 with a grain of salt JKLDFSMALKHMHSDM but im prettyyyyyy!??!?! sure aroon and umar are pronounced like . pronounced like as theyre spelled? arun and umar! and isagani is also pronouncd how its spelled ^_^ /ʔisaˈɡani/

[farmersliga]

you asked this question like 2 days ago and probably don't care but ill explain why spain's anthem only is instrumental: there are several ethnic groups in spain other than spaniards/castilians who have their own native language (basques,catalans, galicians, etc), so it would not be fair to have an anthem sung only in spanish and not those other languages

this is so incredibly fascinating im obsessed!!!!!!! it does makes me wonder though, how come that isn’t the case for more countries, considering i’m sure there are similar situations in other places. was there an attempt to put lyrics at any point or was it always just instrumental? also do the other ethnic groups still speak castilian spanish? also also don’t some regions (at least, catalonia afaik) have their own anthems anyway?

very interested in this bc okay just for comparison in my country we have a heck ton of local languages in the provinces, but nearly everyone knows how to speak filipino and does so as a lingua franca. of course, considering filipino is mostly just a variant of one region’s language, there Was significant opposition by all the other provinces when they made that our national language. so yeah just wondering if similar stuff has happened with the groups in spain

(forgive me if any of this is like. offensive btw sjhdjd im just genuinely curious but idk there might be sensitive issues around this topic & like i know with catalonia at least it’s kinda a big deal so. yeah. lmk if anything’s wrong)

[daisyvisions]

yay i’m glad you remember me! and i saw your sangyeon fic, i’m so glad i convinced you to write it bc it was perfect hehe 😆 actually i’ve kinda been keeping up with your fics bc i check on the tbz smut tag like once a week to see if any new stuff is out but i haven’t had the time to visit anyone’s blogs and send asks like i usually do :/ so i have no idea what the lore is on your blog now lol i’ve been scrolling down just skimming through stuff quickly and saw y’all talking about fruit and i was so confused for a bit lmao

also i saw someone say kamusta to you and omg i didn’t realise you were filipino!! i am too but i don’t live in ph anymore tho i moved abroad like 15 years ago 😢

also i wanted to tell you i actually started a writing blog on here and i saw that you liked my first fic on your main!! but actually i lost access to that blog and it discouraged me a lot from continuing my writing 😭 it’s a long story but i can explain more if you want

also writer’s block sucks! i hope you find a way to overcome it so we can continue reading your awesome writing :D and it sucks to hear that life isn’t going as smoothly as it should be for you, you deserve a lot of happiness and i hope things get a lot better from now on <3

🥺 thank you for the kind words and the support! dont worry there's not much lore that went on just moments like the great fruit debate honestly hahaha but omg you wrote?! WHICH ONE?! 😭 and you're filipino too?? 💕

yeah the writer's block got to me especially with all those things going on in my life but I had a sudden realization over the weekend so hopefully it helps me improve! thanks for checking up!

but babe omg dont get discouraged in fact, I always believe that when you lose something it's actually a sign of manifestation happening in your life so maybe at the time something was happening? idk that's just me haha but please omg you should continue dont get discouraged! if you must repost them go I'll support it again! 🥰

you, me, and everyone here deserve happiness and feeling better about ourselves! ✨

[survivor-north-sea]

Episode Three: "I’m gonna get served up a big ol’ plate of blindside butter beans" - Tyler

Trinica

ALL RIGHT JINX I'm so sorry for my doomsday confession earlier. It worked!! I still think we wasted an idol but whatever, chaos rules again and AJ is still here and that's all I care about

Hairie

Seeing the first one voted out from Hidra gave me a shock. And especially the idol play to save the target by majority. It’s literally 7.30am here for me and waking up with an Energizer

Tyler Frazier

So AJ is still here which is SO awkward. Anyways on another note Esteban just casually mentioned a theory of an “all non mens alliance” which isn’t something he floated around to me ab all before so like I’m interested to see his reasoning. I think that there could potentially be some backing to it though because apparently the people who were originally throwing my name around were AJ, Trinica, and Tori. Obviously Jinx is working with AJ and Trin bc they played an idol on AJ so that’s 4. But Im still not entirely sold based on the vote count.

Esteban

damn why not aj and why not me?

Thats a very good game though. I already knew by gut feeling that jinx had an idol. I just have no time to turn the votes away and actually idk. Nut i know the votes are fake! Trinica and jinx and aj voted clefford. But the bethany and toni vote is jus tto cover there assess to pretend that there is no Non-men alliance. Like seriously? Im not that dumb or maybe a bit.

Sorry Clefford that you are the first casualty. My bad.

So after that i told trinica and AJ (on a freakin groupcall) that i am sorry if i hurt there feeling but not sorry for voting AJ out (coz why should i?) then i told them i was played by cleffords lie. (Sorry again clefford) lmao. It was a good conversation. Everyone is faking and everyone is trying to cover their assess (counte me in). As much as i wanted to be the villainish again though i know i am not coz my actions are just a counter attack coz i discovered their lieees!

Toni assuring me that we are tight i’ll take it til no more ( i love her genuinely but i know she is a smart queen)

Bethany atleast she didn’t sealed it with a kiss YET. But i am pretty sure her loyalty is with the power puff girls.

(Ohh my i miss the rowdy rough boys) lol

I thought i will seal this last VL with a 💋 and sorry to pedro but we are still baby!!! Lol. At least for another round.

Now azri, tyler and I are in the bottom

Now i feel like a disposable bag ready to be 🗑 disposed.

Lol. Fun cheetos fun! Till the next crazy tribal

Trinica

NOT A TRIBE SWAP!!!! I'm screwed if I end up with any of the guys at this point, even Esteban. AJ asked me if I thought we should campaign for one of us for captain and I told her no because it would make it seem like we're playing too hard, but she immediately said in our pink venom (Jinx, me, Toni, AJ, and Bethany) chat that she wants to be captain... I went to Jinx and Toni in our vecepia/WOC alliance to see what they think. Jinx would probably pick Toni and I first and second, and I *think* Toni would do the same. I know AJ is my #1, but she's very vocal in every chat we're in and I think she shows her cards a little too soon sometimes. Also, I don't want her to have the most coins out of any of us lol.

Oh shit just realized I can vote for myself byyyyyeeeee maybe that's the move???

Zach🤠

This whole voting for captains thing is not a slay. Especially if our votes are revealed. I didn’t vote unanimously with my tribe for the other captain so if that’s revealed then my tribe will know that Jinx and I were able to talk and then the jig about our game is up. Um was also not expecting Jinx to play the idol that quickly. This game is already turning up.

Hairie

Jinx finding an idol that fast is impressive! She’s someone to keep a lookout for

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I knew a swap was potentially coming but this soon? Jay stop :’)

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I have a huge plan for this tribe swap and I want to be captain. It’s for my long game.

Arvin Bentonon

I was so sad to see my fellow Filipino going home.

Jayjay

So this game is starting to get really interesting! I’m more invested in it then I thought I’d be.😅 I’m so ready for the results in this next challenge, id like to think that my answers were pretty unique to where they don’t cross with anyone else’s. Fingers crossed! As far as alliances go, I have made one with Hairie and Champ considering we’re newbies to the game and have to stick together. My first thoughts and go to were Raffy since he knows what’s he’s doing and could coach me a bit, however when I asked him if he had anything going on he completely ignored me so that was a red flag for me! I feel really confident in the two I chose to align myself with though. Champ and I went on an idol hunt and received 10 coins each. We also found out Hairie has 10 coins as well. We decided to go with him as our team captain so that will also give him another 25 coins in our favor! We banking over here! Lol we’ll see what’s to come with this challenge and our tribe swap. We’re planning on just picking off Hydra one by one after splitting the team on both sides. Hope it all works out in our favor!

Hairie

Okay potentially being a captain is harder that I actually thought it would be. Especially when there’s so many thinking and so much time space to let my thoughts sink and in. I’ll be like okay this is what I wanna do and the next hour okay maybe not and I should do this Gahhhh!!

Raffy

Jinx is an icon and I can't wait to try and work with them. I am just vibing here with my two alliances. I would prefer an AJ and Hairie tribe leaders since AJ seems at the bottom of their tribe and Hairie I trust. If we do a one world, I am hoping to get out someone from Hidra. Maybe Esteban based on my own bias. Other than that, I really am just rolling with the punches here. I feel like I'm in a good position and don't need to do much in this game atm.

I am concerned that people are already seeing me as a threat, but there is nothing I can do. I don't like throwing challenges, so I won't change who I am to cater to anyone's preconceived notions of me. So far, I am letting Hairie take the reins in terms of strategy talk as I want someone else to take the lead.

Trinica

I was lowkey campaigning for AJ NOT to get tribe captain, but I feel....middling to okay about my odds of surviving this tribe swap now that she is. I'm just seeding doubts in my vecepia alliance with Jinx and Toni, suggesting that AJ is closer to Tyler than we know, that she's playing hard, that she makes emotional decisions, etc. (Am I the drama??) I want them to still think I don't talk to AJ much and also when I inevitably have to vote AJ off (because I just can't sit next to her at tribal) hopefully I'd have Toni and Jinx's votes.

AJ

I survived another day, and a very tense tribal council. Honestly I worry we're heading back with this 30% disadvantage but yeah. I've done all I can and enjoyed a nice day off, found a fun 5% advantage for my next challenge so that's nice. Also I got elected tribe captain for the tribe swap which is great! Stay tuned, fingers crossed we somehow manage to win this one

Toni

Theme: "Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice."

Hello world,

A LOT has happened. With the last tribal came the realisation of party lines. So let me catch you up. *DEEP BREATH*

Last time I was here I was firmly with my girls Trinica and Jinx! I still am and we're doing well. I was unsure about Esteban but I hesitate no longer. I was initially very open to Esteban and pretty sure I had a good read of him but Jinx alerted me to the idea that he may be working with Clefford. He came to me with a suspicious question asking whether I did an Idol hunt with AJ to which I responded honestly as I trusted him at that point. He then proceeded to make a really big deal of the fact that AJ lied and said she didn't Idol hunt with anyone else. He then asserted that Trinica and AJ were close and that we needed to break them up. We need to break up an alliance of TWO people out of NINE?! something wasn't adding up. It seemed so extreme so when I floated the Idea of working with Clefford saying he's probably misunderstood (we'd previously been talking about how Clefford was playing HARD already) and he agreed to work with Clefford my suspicion grew. Jinx suggested an alliance with AJ and Bethany to me and after feeling them out I decided it was a good idea to align with all the girls so I suggested to Trinica that we make a girls alliance group chat so I could stay under the radar. Clefford and Esteban all this time I believe thought they were playing us. Clefford suggested a POC alliance to me but excluded the two other black women. :') In the end I made up my own mind that Clefford and Esteban were both playing pretty hard and that it was better to cast my lot with the girls who i'd been able to build some genuine trust with. Yes! That's right ALL THE GIRLS WERE IN ON THE CLEFFORD BLINDSIDE! I'm not convinced that the boys bought the idea that we all voted with them but at least we have plausible deniability. I heard every version of everyones plan but Esteban and Clefford never earned my voice (vote). I think that's it for the recap. Bye Clefford hope to play with you again lovely!

Moving on to today the twist is really going to shake things up I may potentially need to create new alliances and build new connections so I need to read the other tribe's intros. On the current alliance front Jinx, Trinica and I are solid though I have noticed that Jinx can bulldoze a decision in her favour so I'm trying to set clear boundaries. Jinx playing so hard may cost her so I've started creating contingencies to strengthen our alliance in the event of that. Bethany and AJ are great and really trustworthy so far. AJ practically fell on the sword and put her life in our hands last tribal so we could vote Clefford out. I'm really vibing with AJ which is funny given I didn't think we would get on at all. In the event Jinx is eliminated AJ is the backup plan. Additionally, if I am moved to play with a whole host of other people i'll be checking to see who else I can pull into our alliance.

I can't currently think straight because I haven't slept properly since Friday so i'll sign off now with a migraine. buhbye!

Arvin Bentonon

I am very happy that we won again, it gives us more number in the tribe swap, but I'm still nervous about it.

Trinica

We lost the challenge, as was to be expected, and now Esteban is scrambling, as was also to be expected. I stayed up way too late the last several days working alliances and doing challenges, so I'm trying to just take a moment to myself tonight before things get nuts tomorrow. Hopefully an easy vote for Esteban, though he said something about "doing whatever I can to stay" which made me a bit nervous. Still, we don't have the numbers to split a vote so all we can do is stay 5-strong in the pink venom alliance with Jay, Toni, Bethany, AJ, and myself and try to get Esteban gone.

I did raise voting Tyler out with AJ-- mostly because I've now tried to chat with Tyler twice and he's put up a pretty clear wall both times-- but AJ doesn't want to get rid of him because "he seems to trust" her. And I think an ally of my kinda-ally is my enemy, so I may need to work a Tyler vote out with Jinx and Toni separately. But we'll see what happens with tomorrow's tribe swap!

Brandi

Legit have decided I have an undying alliance with someone due to both of us loving Taylor swift. I stand by this decision and even if they voted me out later…… I’m not gonna regret it

Esteban

i know this is kinda sound villain idea but… I told azri to rally the cote to aj again and ask bethany, toni and tyler (which i know it wont work bcoz of the black widowws or whatsoever non-men Alliance name is)

Then i will tell bethany , toni if someone mentioned a name. And play it their to plant a vote to azri. (I am so sorry!) just to save my ass.

I will tell tyler about this plan about azri

I will tell trinica and aj about azri rallying a vote against AJ.

I hope that works. 1 in a million shot. But maybe this will be a bob part 2 scenario.

Hairie

Winner winner chicken dinner! Now Tromoya is 9 strong against 7 Hidra

Tyler Frazier

Okay. So I’m in 0 alliances and starting to believe the non men alliance theory (I’ve become the type of man I hate to see on the show 🥰) so im really not slaying this game. Anyways the plan is to throw Azri to the wolves to keep Esteban and I safe so hopefully that’s what happens 😄

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So regarding the plan to throw Azri to the wolves he’s actually doing a lot of the work himself by targeting AJ, if the theory is true and he’s openly targeting a non man that incentivizes the alliance to target him and not me or Esteban. However, Esteban is getting really paranoid so he could mess it up for himself. And if I get voted out that’d be goofy

jinx

i must confess my loneliness and relentless internal dialogue is killing me

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wait …i literally got a britney spears lyric wrong im such a bad zilennial 😭😭😭

my loneliness is killing me (and i) i must confess i still believe (every conspiracy!) when i’m not on skype i lose my mindddd give me a signnnnnnnnn (that’s not the relentless angel numbers omg) hit me (telepathically) one more time!

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missing my shitpost one line confessionals that i used to make sure i even submitted on this thing. i HATE THIS THING I NEVER REMEMBER!!! would rather have the whole VL in my confessional than have to submit to this 😭 even though it’s really useful like WE GOTTA DO SOMETHINGGGGGGGGGGGGG DIFFERENT

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anyways thank u for doing an amazing job hosting i appreciate it ty to the cast for being very lovely ppl and thank u for coming to my horrible spoken word confessional poetry jesus DIED FOR OUR CYNTHIAS!!!!

Azri

https://youtu.be/Jb83IApa4Dc

Chelsea

yessss! Perfect! We got picked into our new tribes. 3rd pick from original Tromoya, right in the middle of the pick list. And three of the alliance on our team. Although I have a feeling Raffy and Hairie were kinda the leaders and they’re both there now, so we’ll just have to go on without them….alas…

Hairie

Honestly I felt that the tribal swap went perfect!

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Me making the tribe guess a movie where with a weird made up phrase and getting 2 tribe mates to respond is giving me anxiety.

Julia

This swap is so going to fuck me I just feel it in my bones. We are easily the weaker tribe when it comes to overall challenge performance and it isn't even close. I can definitely see us losing every single swap challenge, especially when there is for sure going to be a video challenge or something along those lines. I feel good though that I'm guaranteed to have at least one of jinx or aj which is chefs kiss so hoping we can get them to flip

Champagne

Nervous for the tribe swap! I feel like I’m in a decent position! Just tying to keep reaching out to everyone on my tribe

Raffy

What a morning! Brandi told me that Hairie was trying to find an idol by saying a secret phrase in the tribe chat. He needed people to reply to his message. Brandi, also, had the same task so she put her message in the tribe chat. They both got the replies that they needed around the same time. However, neither will admit that they received the idol. So, now I know one of them doesn't trust me. I am inclined to believe that Hairie has the idol. He seems like he wants to play this game very strategically. However, he should get better at his lying if he has the idol. At the very least, I know where my tribe idol is. Now, I just have to play around it. It helps that both of them are working with me, so I don't have to worry about the idol being used against me for now.

My swapped tribe is... not ideal. Bethany, Tyler, and Esteban know how I tend to play Survivor. For all I know, they could be plotting to turn my allies against me at the swap. I want to change my gameplay genuinely, but will they even give me that chance? This is what worries me. I've managed a good position thus far, but it could all come tumbling down. At least I have Champ and Hairie. Though, with JayJay, I remain unsure if she trusts me. I'll put my trust in her though. I really want to connect with her, but I've been having trouble keeping conversations going. Hopefully by tonight we can bond.

Tyler Frazier

So the plan to target Azri seems to be in motion and unless I’m gonna get served up a big ol’ plate of blindside butter beans then he will be leaving tonight. It almost felt too easy but I’m not gonna get overly paranoid bc not everything needs to be complicated and things do get complicated when people start to get paranoid.

Chelsea

The more I think about it, the more I’m like….Raffy’s gotta go. I don’t want him getting too far. We will be on separate tribes now for the time being, so I’m biding my time but this needs to happen. I will be very sad if I go before he does…

jinx

jinxcast for round 3: on being of heart and fearing nothing (local queer cries NOT CLICKBAIT)

https://voca.ro/18yq35wmiyP7

Bethany

kay so sorry this confessional is so late, i was extremely busy yesterday/today!! but basically, the last vote went perfectly. jinx had their messy moment with the idol play and our non-men alliance was kept under wraps as far as i know!!

unfortunately, i contributed to our tribe having a 30% challenge disadvantage this round, so there were basically 0 chance of us winning. thankfully, that didn't seem to make anyone feel any sort of way about me. and today i got a 10% advantage for the next challenge so that's a slay!! so we are back at tribal because we had lit rally no chance of winning that unless the other tribe decided to throw on purpose.

going into this tribal, a lot of the people from pink venom wanted esteban gone, for painting targets on aj and trinica's backs from the first day. this was not ideal for me, as i do think esteban trusts me and i can continue to work with him moving forward. but i also wasn't going to put my neck out for him as i'm sure there is already the perception of us being a duo just from playing the same season together before. however, thankfully the target changed!!! honestly idek why it changed but it changed to azri which is perfect because i have pretty much 0 relationship with him and he's more inactive with me than other people.

the swap is a little scary but i'm also excited for it!! i know champ from another org, so i am excited to talk to her and then just excited to meet all the other new people. i need to be more social on this swapped tribe because i've kind of dropped the ball so far on hidra because i've been so busy and i'm just thankful there are a bunch of girlbosses who welcomed me in because otherwise, my game hasn't been great.

as long as i can make the merge, i think i will be in an amazing position being the only one from pink venom to come to this tribe. AJ told me that she told hairie to protect me (slay) and i am going to have an advantage over them by forming new connections. if everything goes according to plan, azri will go home tonight, tyler will receive votes, i will play dumb, and my game will improve moving forward!! i plan to be a lot more active in both the game and confessionals and i promise to deliver on that <3 ttylxox

Tyler Frazier

I didn’t know Toni was british that’s so fun

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3 weeks an 129 layers and I think I’m finally done

[marahuyos]

All the Filipino things I noticed in the Neon Agent trailer

no one asked for this except my filo ass. but fr i found out a lot of different filipino cultures that’s been integrated into neon (but literally mostly her room alsdadl) so heres a post showing (most) of them!

Dying and bleaching your hair is a huge trend here in the Philippines to the point that you can go to a college down to the streets and you’re guaranteed to see someone with bleached hair. Since we have naturally black hair, majority of my generation risks the bleach just so they can color their hair in different colors that weren’t limited to brown and red. My personal headcanon is that those yellow bits in Neon’s hair isn’t dye, it was a bleach job that was prolly botched so she had to live with it lol

When she falls down on the bed, she says “Ay, buhay...” which if you directly translate it, it means, “Ah, life...” which is wrong in this context? “Ay, buhay” is used when someone is tired or exasperated. The only thing I can compare to this is the American “What a day...” expression? aosjdiosa

Aspin!!! so Aspins (previously knowns as Askals or Asong Kalye (Street dogs)) are a dog breed here in the Philippines. The boat behind her is a bangka (which is literally boat in Tagalog). Since there’s a lot of different seaside places here in the Philippines, I can’t pinpoint where she comes from exactly

A lot of things to dissect here! To start, you can see the scenic sunset at the beach on her wall so she definitely was raised in a seaside environment

The obligatory the guitar that almost every single Filipino learns and plays because I don’t know why. The entirety of my intermediate school to college, there’s at least two people who know how to play guitar and Neon is a sadgirl guitar player asldlsdf

THIS SPECIFIC LIGHT RING I SWEAR ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE A LIGHT RING LAIDJALDLH,,, like it doesn’t matter what profession you do, whether makeup or video recordings, you will see this light ring!!

The patterns on the rug is a traditional pattern that’s been used on carpets, clothes, and bandanas. I don’t know the name of this type of pattern but I just know that there’s gonna be a housedress/shirt/shorts that’s going to have this pattern lol

The sidetable is made out of bamboo and with a bit of searching, Cebu has a bamboo market as well as a beach. So I’m positing that Neon is born and raised in Cebu.

The basketball hoop and jersey aaaaa-basketball is like,,,, our biggest sport to the point that it’s practically culture now. All boys will play basketball and will watch the NBA religiously. There’s so many basketball teams here that I don’t doubt that Neon joined a women’s basketball team (either an actual national team or her college basketball team)

When she loses her powers, she says “Kontrolado ko ‘to.” Which means “I can control this.”

THE WALIS TAMBO AIOSJDLASDJALSL I WONT LIE THIS SHIT MADE ME LAUGH BC DAMMIT LITERALLY ALL FILIPINO HOUSEHOLDS HAVE WALIS TAMBO OR WALIS TINGTING

so walis tambo (if u translate this directly it’s “sweep tambo” but walis means broom in this context bc “walis” can be used as both a verb and a noun asljdsl) is a broom that uses reeds as the brush. There’s like so many vendors who sell these things because, well, people who make these need the money. It works as well as a broom it’s just that it may mold and rot because it is made out of natural products.

aand that’s all the stuff i found in the trailer! this is prolly not all and i may get some info wrong but i cant wait for her to be live!

[benhargreevesmylove]

After the Chaos

By: Ean

Note: MC's powers are like Wanda's, and she can manipulate nature, and stuff. Don't expect too much i guess. Slowburn? I also used some line from wandavision bc I love wanda sm JHDSGHAHAHAH. I changed Bicol, to Ibalon since it was called Ibalon in pre-colonial times. Reader is called by a name

Tags: Eternals, Druig, Fluff, Filipino Mythology

Warning: Unedited! Errors ahead. Angst ? Fluff too ig. 6000+ words. i dont know how to make the songs compact so it might be a bother. Spoilers ahead!!

Present

“Long ago, the good and evil Gods lived in harmony. There was an understanding among them as they created balance in the world. Two, lived opposite one another. Gugurang – the good God, lived inside Mt. Mayon. Asuang, the evil God, inside Mt. Malinao. Gugurang controlled fire and thus controlled the people. When he was displeased with them, he would make the earth rumble from within the depths of Mt. Mayon. If he felt the people’s behaviour was unforgivable, he would make the volcano erupt and wipe them out.

Asuang had no control over the people. Jealous of Gugurang’s power, he begged for fire. Gugurang refused. He was well aware that Asuang's goal was to earn favour by offering it to the people. They argued for what seemed an eternity, but Gugurang stood strong. Asuang really wanted the flame, so he made himself invisible, and found the fire. He was able to distract the guards using gold. As he managed to get a grasp of the flame, he placed it inside a coconut shell, and went back immediately in Mt.Malinao

When the throne room fell dark, Gugurang realized what Asuang had done. Asuang lit the world ablaze because he couldn't control his new power. Every area that Asuang passed through was engulfed in flames. Gugurang who followed the flames soon caught up with Asuang. He took back the flame and returned it to Mt. Mayon and cried for the Gods to help him control the spreading flames and it began to rain continuously. When the fire was stopped, he took revenge on Asuang by ordering lightning and thunder to attack Mt. Malinao. The people never forgave Asuang for the evil and destruction he had bestowed upon them…” I smiled to the children after telling the story.

I looked at my phone to see a picture sent by Sersi. It was an artifact she turned to gold when they first arrived on Earth. It was probably 8:16 in London, since it was 17:16 here in the Philippines, she’s probably late again, "Aren’t you supposed to be teaching right now?" I messaged her. She didn’t reply. I assume she's rushing to class now. I looked at the Ghost Orchid she brought to me five years ago, her reaction was funny, finding out I was living with gods, goddesses, creatures, spirits, deities, and guardians.

5 years ago….

"Hi" Sersi smiled, and you smiled, and greeted her back. "Come inside," you told her. We were walking along the path in the forest, the place is hidden, humans would just assume it's a private property. "It’s quite hot here, isn’t it?" Sersi chuckled, trying to start a conversation with you. "Well, it is, it’s a tropical country after all", you replied. "So how did you end up here?" she asks, "This is where I belong, Sersi," I said, and she remained quiet. "I’m one of them. I was born here, but all of the past stories, and birth stuff doesn’t matter now, does it?" I continued, and smiled.

When we arrived, small laughs can be heard. As we stopped at the gate, they all look at us. "Uhm Nev what are those?" Sersi chuckled nervously, and pointed at engkantos. "Sersi, those are engkantos," you said, "Uh haha, what exactly are engkantos?" she asked as you walked away."It’s a race of magical creatures, they’re called engkanto because of the influence of the Spanish colonization," you answered, you felt no one beside you and turned around, Sersi was stuck there, and couldn’t move, " Oh come on, don’t be scared, look, it's so full of nature here," you said again.

We sat down, and I know Sersi could feel the stares of the others. "So, I brought you this Ghost Orchid,", she said. "What the fuck? You were carrying that on our way?" you exclaimed, "Uhh yea haha" she replied. "So, you can turn something into another form of matter?" The two of you heard a voice, "Hanan" You sighed, and smiled, "Don’t scare her like that, okay?". "Huhh! Our kind Nev, are you implying that I look scary? " Hanan dramatically said. "Anyway, don’t mind Nev, she has always been like this," you cut Hanan off, "I think I should be the one saying that," "Oh, come on," Hanan replied, "I’m Hanan, the Goddess of the Morning. Nice to meet you," she continued and smiled at Sersi. "Nice to meet you too," Sersi replied, with a smile. Sersi turned to you and said, "What’s your number, or even just your social media account? Uhh you know, to keep in touch with each other, "I smiled, and gave my number and social media account.

You knew the engkantos were there to try to scare Sersi again, so you used your powers to put them aside. Sersi, looking shocked, asks you, "Your powers…You can control them now? ", you looked down and smiled, "Yeah, I can now. They have been a great help, so I can remember who I am, where I came from, and learn to control my powers." "That’s great, Nev. I’m proud of you," Sersi smiled.

Babylon 525 B.C.

"Go there!" shouted Ikaris. Blood was on my hands. It's funny how I'm not the one to be on the battlefield since I'm responsible for the safety of the people. Yet there I am, covered in blood, unlike the other eternals. Which way was it? To listen to him or to save myself? I love the people of this planet. Their curiosity is beyond the galaxies. Their evolution is slow, but it'll take them somewhere.

"What are you waiting for?!" Ikaris then again shouted, interrupting your thoughts. You were moving, helping the people get to safety, yet your mind was captured - captured by an unknown creature. What could it be?

Deviants were everywhere, but that was not my concern. I ran to the people, to get them to safety. I couldn't get a glimpse of the creature that appeared a while ago, maybe I was just hallucinating. It doesn't matter anymore. "Hey that one was mine!", says Kingo when Thena slayed the deviant, "Never mind", he continues happily.

"You are so useless!", Ikaris said to my face, pushing my shoulder. I didn't feel anything, aside from the fact that I'm already numb from his scolding. It's stupid that I don't act like an "eternal." Why was I put on this earth if I was only to be of no use in helping humans throughout time? For now, I don't know who I am. I'm still figuring that out. I'm an eternal, though Druig doesn't acknowledge that. "You're not gonna talk?" Ikaris said. I couldn't bother to answer, I heard singing, felt much stronger winds, and that was my only focus: to find out where it came from. I looked around. "Just let her be Ikaris" I heard Gilgamesh say.

After the deviants attacked us, we all went inside to make sure no one got hurt. I stared at Ajak, probably talking to Arishem. You went to her, "What did Arishem say?". Startled, Ajak turns to you and sighs, "It doesn't matter, all we have to do is stick to the purpose of our mission." You didn't say anything. You understand, when the time comes, she'll probably tell you all the reasons why you were sent to this planet.

Tenochtitlan 1521 CE

War... Between humans, we can't stop it. We're not allowed to interfere with human conflict. Me, Sersi, Ajak and Phastos were walking in the forest. Makkari comes back, and Ajak asks "Where are the others?", in which Makkari signs, "We had to split up."

"There were more deviants than you said," said Thena. "Well, I'm sure that was a lot of fun for you," Phastos says. "It was" Thena replies with a smile.

"Once the others kill these last deviants, we would eliminate most on the planet", says Phastos. All of you turned to the war happening when you heard louder gunshots. Druig steps forward. All of you always knew what Druig thinks about humanity, how they fight, and the purpose of helping these people. Druig starts to mind control them, "Don't," Ajak says, appearing to his side, stopping him. "We don't interfere with their wars", Ajak continues. More gunshots were heard, I see Thena looking restless, and is trying to calm herself? My attention went to Druig as he replied to Ajak, not even looking back at us. "It's not war; it's genocide," he turns around and continues, "their weapons have become too deadly; maybe it wasn't such a good idea to help them advance Phastos." As you walk towards Druig, "technology is something part of their evolutionary process, Druig. It's not exactly something I can stop, " Phastos replies. He continues "No, you can't, but I can." You held his shoulder, and looked at him in the eyes. He turned his gaze to Makkari, "Stay strong," the girl signed to him. He removed your hand from his shoulders. You did nothing but sigh.

You stumbled upon something. It looked like a coin. It had something engraved on it, and the words, 'Anitun Tabu: Isenev,' were written on it. It was pretty unusual since it was a different language, yet t'was very familiar to you. You took it with you, and felt close to it somehow. "Everyone is going to die, " you and Sersi turned to face Thena. You and Sersi shot a look at each other, "Thena? Are you okay? " Sersi asks. Everyone then turned to her as she unleashed her weapon. Makkari runs to us for us to avoid Thena's attacks. She managed to stab Phastos though. We saw Thena preparing to hit Phastos again, but was stopped when Makkari ran to her, but also got wounded by Thena. Ajak appears in front of her, the woman who seems to not know what she's doing. "Don't listen to your head Thena, listen to my voice", Ajak managed to calm Thena down, "You are safe, you are loved, you are Thena" Ajak continued, but it didn't last long. As Thena heard more loud gunshots, she fought Ajak. Gilgamesh hugged Thena from the back, preventing her from attacking Ajak once again. "Thena..Thena stop.." he said. He couldn't stop her; she had attacked him too.

"Watch out!" Kingo and Ikaris have finally arrived, I turned around only to see another creature. It wasn't a deviant, it was something else. This might sound ridiculous, but it looked like a gorilla that just got out of the swamps. They don't allow me to fight alongside them, because I can't control myself, but this time, I have to take the risk, I have no choice but to use it. I created a barrier, between us and the gorilla-like creatures. "What are you doing??" Phastos shouted, "Nev!", I heard Druig calling me. I felt like I was going to pass out. I need to keep this up, I have to, so they can be safe from whatever this is, and deal with Thena. Sersi and Druig ran towards me, I felt my body drop to the ground as I heard my name being called, and the words, "Los pongos y orangutangs, La miraban con horror, porque las aguas del Bicol, con su sangre coloro. "

"Ajak they both need help", you hear Gilgamesh say, where Ajak replies, "This is too dangerous, we need to keep her safe," you get up, and walked where they were, but stayed hidden to listen to what they were talking about. "I thought mahd wy'ry was a myth", said Sersi, you saw Thena laying down.

When Thena regained consciousness, she asks what happened, Ajak replies "You attacked everyone". "I don't remember" Thena says, "You have mahd wy'ry, your mind is fracturing under the weight of your memories" Ajak replies, "We need to erase your memories, alongside Isenev, I have to inform Arishem, and we'll take you both back to the ship" she continues in which Thena replies "I want to remember... I want to remember my life". You walked in, assuming you have heard the conversation, "Isenev...". Ajak tells Thena and you, "Trust me". Druig, looking down said "Why should they trust you?", "You're asking them to let you erase who they are, wait Isenev doesn't even know who she is, if she's even part of this group, if she's an eternal" Druig continued. "Druig stop", Ikaris said, Druig scoffed and stayed silent.

"And you Nev, we've told you to stop using your powers" Ajak said, I replied "But there was something out there, not a deviant, something else, and you guys were busy with Thena so I had no choice but to use it, you know it wasn't that bad-", I got cut off by Druig who was now a few steps behind me, "Wasn't that bad huh? Nev, you passed out, you were turning pale while using your powers" he sounded angry. I looked down, he sighed and said, "Okay look, I worry about you, don't do that again" and kissed my hair.

"I heard someone talking to me when I passed out", you said, looking uncomfortable. They all looked at each other, "What did that 'someone' say?", Phastos says as he shot a look at Ajak. "It was something like 'Los pongos y orangutangs, La miraban con horror, Porque las aguas del Bicol, Con su sangre coloro.’, which was unusual because none of these people speak that language.", you answered. "The pongos and orangutans, watching the fight filled with horror stung, with color due to crocodiles’ blood, he tinged the Bicol River red.", Ikaris says with his hand massaging his chin, and turning his gaze to us.

They remained silent, until Druig spoke, "You need to tell her about this Ajak," in which Ajak replies warning him "Druig no...", "What do you mean?" I asked confused, "Why not huh? Are you afraid of her? Or are you afraid of defying Arishem?", he says, and looks at Ikaris. No one dared to talk, and just stared at the upset man in front of them, Druig walks away, and looks at the people, fighting each other, and continues, "We're just like the soldiers down there, pawns to their leaders, blinded by loyalty, it ends now". Druig starts mind controlling the people, stopping them until he was slammed to the wall by Ikaris "Stop this now", "You're gonna have to make me" Druig replied, "Stop" Ajak stepped in between the two men. Druig came down, leaving the eternals there. I thought we're all going to be together, I guess not.

"I'll take care of her, let Thena keep her memories" Gilgamesh said. "What about me? What about the others? What happens now?" I said, tears forming in my eyes. "You may all go," we looked at Ajak in worry, "the deviants are gone, there's no reason for you all to stay with me, this is where we say goodbye, you're free to go, I want you all to go out there, and live a life by yourselves, not as soldiers, not as the purpose we were given, find your own purpose," she continued, "find your own self" she looked at me, she continues "and one day, when we all see each other again, I want all of you to tell me what you've found".

Present

“So, you’re talking about me, eh?”, you heard someone behind you say, you turned around and looked at the man. “Gugurang…” I smiled, “Why not? Maybe someday your story will be more known than mine” I said, teasing him. “Oh, come on”, the two of you turned around to see Asuang, “You’re making me look bad in front of the children” he said, smiling. You couldn’t help but to tease the both of them, “But that really happened, didn’t it?”. Before the two of them could even reply, Bulan appeared “Our Nev, you really like teasing people, don’t you?” he smiled. Before all of you can even say something, he disappeared, “He’s really weird, appearing and disappearing just like the wind”, Gugurang said. “Now why don’t we continue our conversation about you two?” They both rolled their eyes at you, turned their backs, and started walking away, while waving “See you later!!”, you shook your head and laughed.

I turned to the children playing near the river. I heard something coming from the river, I shrugged it off. The Gods, and you just realized that it could be an Agalon Hayopan or an Angongolood. All of you rushed towards to the children to bring them to safety, you created an enclosed space so they wouldn’t get hurt. Waiting for the creature to arise from the water, you remember something, “The pongos and orangutans, watching the fight filled with horror stung, with color due to crocodiles’ blood, he tinged the Bicol River red.”.

Angongolood’s can be scared off using noise… “Onos! Kaptan! Kidlat! KiLat! Revenador! As soon as an angongolood comes out, create noise using thunder, and lightning” I called out. Onos, the Bicolano God of storms, who brings massive floods. Kaptan, Bisaya supreme God of the sky who controls the wind, and lighting. Kidlat, and KiLat, Gods of lighnting. Revenador, Ilocano God of lighting and thunder. The angongoloods came out, thunders were heard all over the place. As it gets disrupted by noise created by the thunders, me and the others continue to attack it. I touched the ground, and roots came out, crawling into the angongoloods’ bodies.

We were shocked when I heard lightning coming from the sky, striking the last angongolood, turning it to stone. I already knew who it was, Diwata Magbabaya. Asuang punched the angongolood that was turned to stone. I chuckled, “We didn’t ask for your help!” All of us shouted. “Well, it looked like you guys needed it”, we turned around when we heard him. We were about to walk towards him when we heard the other gods say, “Hep hep, clean that first” they pointed at the dirt, blood, and leaves around the place where the angongoloods attacked. You along with the other gods rolled your eyes.

“Isn’t it weird? They’re suddenly back, I mean they’ve always been here, but this kind of situation didn’t really occur that much. Is that why some of you came down here?” I asked. “Actually yes, the gods of earth, land, and sea, have felt something, we don’t know it yet, its none of our doing so we have to find out” Diwata Magbabaya replied. Gugurang and Asuang butted in, and said “There is also some weird activity around Mt.Mayon, and Mt.Malinao”. You sighed, “Sa tingin mo Oghep, anong nangyayari?” What do you think Oghep, what’s happening? “Nev, I’m only a god of mountains and hills, I don’t know either” he replied while peeling a rambutan. “It’s probably the birth of a Celestial-like being” Agui said, the God of fire. We stared at him, “It’s not possible, a high being was already born centuries ago, and she’s here right now” Anagolay refuted, the Goddess of lost things, and memories. “Well, it’s a possibility –“ Agui was cut off by the ground shaking. You guys ran towards the children, created barriers, protected the other creatures present.

When the earthquake stopped, you saw Amanikable, the ill-tempered god of the sea, woken up from his slumber, mutters “What just happened?”.

1521

"You may all go," we looked at Ajak in shock, "the deviants are gone, there's no reason for you all to stay with me, this is where we say goodbye, you're free to go, I want you all to go out there, and live a life by yourselves, not as soldiers, not as the purpose we were given, find your own purpose," she continued, "find your own self" she looked at me, she continues "and one day, when we all see each other again, I want all of you to tell me what you've found".

Later that night, after Druig left, I saw a bright light moving. I stood up slowly and caught it. "Hey! Chill, don’t be suspicious of me." A fairy? "What are you?" I whisper, "Oh yes, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Sam. I’m a Diwata" the small creature replied. "Hmm, a Diwata?" I asked, "Uhh yea, Diwatas are like fairies, and nymphs. Some of us can be deities, gods or goddesses. We reside in nature." She replied. "How come..."Why are you here? " I asked, confused. She has a serious look on her face now. "We need your help," she said, "And we need to go now," she continues, "Who’s we?" I asked. "No more questions! You’ll know when we get back to our land, " she said, "And what makes you think I’ll go with you?" I said. She sighed. "Please Isenev… For your people", "Fine, I’ll go with you, but how are we going to-" I got cut off by her, "Remember what I said? No more questions. "You went inside the domo to tell the others you were going to leave. “That early? Isenev, Druig just left, and you too?” Kingo asks, “Uhh yeah it’s an urgent matter, see you when I see you!” I shouted as I was rushing outside.

“What’s happening?” I asked, we had already arrived. “It’s the Spaniards, they’re starting their colonization here” Sam, the Diwata replies. “Where are the other gods? Creatures? Deities? Why are they not – “ I was once again cut off by her, “We can’t interfere that much”, “So what was I here for?!” I asked, “You’ll know”.

When we arrived at the exact battlefield, the gods of water were helping the people, the gods and goddesses of the sky, fire, and earth were helping them. Though they were strong enough, the people were still defeated by the Spanish Conquerors.

“Welcome back Nev” We arrived in Mt.Panit, its beautiful, it felt like home. They all looked at me. “Hi” They all smiled, and one of them said “It’s okay, you’re probably still shocked, I’m Anitun Tabu, the Goddess of the Wind and Rain” the woman smiled. “I saw your name engraved on something that looked like a coin back in Tenochtitlan” I said, she smiled again, “We have been trying to reach you for years, when you felt strong winds when the others couldn’t, that was us, when you heard music that others couldn’t hear,-” she was cut off by someone, “Ako yun!” That was me! Anitun Tabu continued, “And that’s Pasipo, the God of Music”.

“I thought you guys brought her here to make her remember, what’s will all of these chit-chat” We turned around, and I saw a man, “That’s Amanikable, God of the sea, he’s pretty ill-tempered, don’t worry about him” another man said ,and continued “I’m Bayoa, God of pacts, blood oath, and bond, Nice to meet you Nev” he extended his hand in front of me, and I gladly took it to shake his hands.

The others started introducing themselves to me, though I had a question in mind, I wouldn’t want to ruin this moment. “What are you thinking about”, my thoughts were interrupted when I heard Apolaki, the God of War, Sun, and Wisdom. I sighed, “How was I born, why didn’t I remember you guys?”, he looked down, and sighed.

He looked at the others and said “Tell her already” the others remained silent until Oghep, the God of Mountains, and Hills spoke, “One day Daragang Magayon strolled down near the river. While crossing the river, she stumbled down on a rock and fell quickly in the water. She was swiftly swept down the stream by the current.

"Help me! Help me!" she cried. Fortunately, her cries was heard by Panganoron (the proud one) and his body guard Amihan. Pangaronon jumped into the river and saved Daragang Magayon.

"Thank you for risking your life to save me", she cried. "How can I repay you? My father is the chief of our tribe. Surely, he will reward your heroism whatever it takes."

Her beauty immediately captivated Panganoron. He realized that he finally met the perfect woman for him. At the same time, Daragang Magayon was attracted to him. Panganoron asked

Makusog's (Magayon’s Father) permission to marry Daragang Magayon. But makusog could not permit them to marry. Tribal law forbade marriage outside of the clan. As tribe leader he had to enforce the law. Yet, as a father, he wanted to make his daughter happy.

Meanwhile, Patuga learned about Panganoron's intention. Patuga was the most ardent suitor of Daragang Magayon. For years he had been convincing her to marry him, but to no avail.

One night, Patuga and his cohorts kidnapped Makusog. Then, he sent word to Daragang Magayon that her father would die if she did not marry him. Without a choice, she acceded. Only did Patuga release Makusog. Soon Patuga and Daragang Magayon were wed. But in the midst of merrymaking, pandemonium broke out when Panganoron and his tribe arrived. Fighting ensued between the two tribes. In a few minutes, Panganoron fatally struck Patuga. However, during the skirmish, a poisoned arrow shot from nowhere fell on, Daragang Magayon's chest.

Panganoron rushed to her aid as he kneeled over the dying Daragang Magayon, an enemy hacked his head off. The Ruler Makusog witnessed it all. He followed the warrior responsible for what happened and killed him to avenge his only daughter and Panganoron's death.

After the battle, Ruler Makusog brought his lifeless daughter's body back to their village, and so is the body of Panganoron, her daughter's lover.

"Dig a big hole. Big enough for my beloved daughter and her love," he ordered his men. "I know how much they loved each other, and so they deserve to rest together."

And so, Magayon and Panganoron were buried side by side in a grave. Both their villages mourned for the two. They offered flowers and fruits on top of the grave

The villagers noticed that the grave of the lovers had risen after few weeks. The grave continuously rise. Up and up it went higher, shape as a cone. It was so pretty and looks like a perfect cone. Where they were put to rest, a mountain mysteriously appeared. And because of the beautiful daughter of their ruler, the villagers started calling it Mayon.

This mountain is now known as Mayon. It is said that even death and, in another form, she still haunted by the men who loved her. When Mayon is said to erupt, this is Patuga challenging Panganoron. But when Mayon is calmed, Panganoron is embracing her. The tears of Panganoron are shed as rain at time in his grief.

And you were born there when the Volcano first erupted, the gods were startled, some even went down from the sky, gods from different places came to see what happened here, Nev.”

You stayed silent, and so the others. “Isenev…” You looked at Anagolay, the Goddess of Lost things, and memories, “Wanna know what happened?”. Though I was still shocked, I said yes, Anagolay touched my hand, and I fell in a trance.

I was walking around the place, “Our Nev!!” I turned around; they were preparing food already. The sky darkened; it was Arishem. They ran to me and hid me behind their back. “You know, I had a hard time getting to this kid, a lot of you seemed to be protecting her, why is that?” said Arishem. “You can’t take her!” I saw Anitun Tabu saying, “I need to, her powers are unstable, she won’t be able to control it, she’s seventeen already, she’ll grow up thinking she’s an eternal, don’t ever come to ruin my plan. By the time, she won’t remember any of you. I’ll have her memory erased” Arishem replied. I saw myself pass out.

I got up quickly, they were trying to calm me down. “It’s okay, it’s okay, you’re here now, you’re safe” Dal’lang said, the Goddess of Beauty. “We’ll teach her how to use her own powers. It’s not her powers that she has a problem with, its knowledge” we turned to Agui, the God of Fire.

Present

I felt my phone vibrate, it’s a message from Sersi, “There was attack here in London, from a deviant, I was with Dane, Ikaris, and Sprite, we’re going to Ajak to tell her about it”. I sighed, I don’t feel so good about this. “What is it” I was startled when I heard Pasipo’s voice, “There were deviants... Sersi told me” in which he replied, “Ah that, its on the news” I turned to the television, it was a man shooting lasers from his eyes, I chuckled. “I believe that’s your friend Ikaris?” he asked, I replied “Yeah that’s him, cocky little bastard”.

“What are you going to do?” Amanikable asked while eating, I looked at him and said, “I don’t know, it’s best to stay here”. “But they’ll need you there” Apolaki raised his eyebrows, “It doesn’t matter anymore, this is where my life is”

South Dakota, Present

They had already arrived at Ajak’s. Sersi came in first, followed by the two. The house was silent, no signs of Ajak. Sersi went out through the back door, and saw a body on the ground. She and Sprite ran to the cold body of Ajak, with Ikaris following them.

Sprite and Ikaris were inside already, mourning over their leader’s death. However, Sersi was still outside, shocked. Something came out of Ajak that went into Sersi… She talked to Arishem…

Mumbai, Present

The three arrived in Mumbai to see an old friend, Kingo. He was a movie star now. They were watching him behind the scenes while he was dancing in front of the camera.

When the filming of that scene ended, Kingo saw them. "Ahh, my friends from college are here!" he screamed. "Boss!" Kingo shouted again as he hugged Ikaris, "Welcome to the set of the Legend of Ikaris, I’m playing you! Do you like the costume? " he continued happily.

Once the news of the death of their leader was passed onto Kingo, he couldn’t believe it and was engulfed by sorrow. They started travelling to get the others. Their first stop was Thena and Gilgamesh who reside in Australia.

Amazon

It was now time to visit Druig. When they entered the community, Sprite asked one of the people, "Hey, Estamos buscando a Druig. ¿Dónde está?" Hey, we’re looking for Druig. Is he here? The man turned around and asked, "Yes, how do you know Druig?" Sprite replies, "Somos Amigos de la Unibersidad" We’re friends from college. The man’s eyes went golden, and said, "Hello, Sprite" while smiling. It was Druig.

"I missed all of you. Please, make yourselves at home," he said. After Sersi told him about the emergence, Druig said, "You’ve given me a lot of bad news in one go, m’lady", "Can you help us?" replied Sersi. "I am glad-" Druig was cut off by Sersi’s phone ringing. It was her boyfriend, Dane calling. After a while, an argument happened between Druig, and the other eternals present.

Druig was seen sitting down alone. Sersi went to him, and asked, "So how’s life here?" to which he replied, "It’s okay, it’s peaceful." "So, about Isenev…" Sersi starts again, "Why are we having this conversation?", Druig asks. "I thought you would want to know what happened. She left just a few hours after you had gone", she said. "Sersi we met each other after WWII, I already know that. She probably has found her way already, where she belongs. She might have her own family now, you know, a husband, and a child." Druig chuckled. "You love her, don’t you? You were always worried about her-", Sersi was cut off by Druig, "Why bring up the past now, I don’t like her anymore." "Are you sure? You sounded bitter when you said she might have a family now" Sersi laughed.

There was silence. Sersi spoke again, "Have you ever felt like your soul isn’t where your body is? Like it’s constantly searching for its home, for its own comfort? That you lie awake at night, thinking about this restless feeling. You know what is missing, you know what you long for, but you keep on removing those thoughts of yours? Am I right, Druig?". Druig sighed, "Yes, you’re correct, Sersi. I do, every time I think about her."

Their conversation ended when a deviant attacked. Another eternal again was lost, Gilgamesh.

The last stop was in the Philippines. Isenev…

While Thena was pouring the ashes of Gilgamesh into the river, Sersi and Druig are once again having a conversation. "When I left, I thought about taking over the minds of every human on this planet. Violence, fear, greed, all gone" said Drug, "Why didn’t you?" Sersi asks, "Because without their flaws, they wouldn’t be human.". They were now on their way to get Phastos.

"What are you guys doing here?" I stood up when I saw them. The gods, goddesses, and others were staring at the foreigners in front of us now. "Hi Nev, that’s a nice-looking Ghost Orchid you got there," Sersi said, smiling. "You gave that to me," I said, looking at them up and down.

You said, "You need to leave. You guys won’t get anything from me." They all looked at each other, and that man who left you there steps forward, and says, "We won’t, my darling Nev" while smirking. "Leave now." You said, "Why are you very ill-tempered today, my Nev?" Druig says. "I said leave!", your eyes were turning red. "Ajak’s dead, and we need you to stop the emergence." Sprite says that made you turn your attention to her, "What do you mean she’s dead?". You continued and looked at Ikaris, "She can’t be, and why would you even want to stop the emergence, Icarus?" . "Where’s her body?" you continued. "We need you please" Sersi says, "Where’s her body?" I ask again, "If you can’t bring me her body back, I won’t go with you guys" I continued. "Can we at least stay here?" you were about to say no when Pasipo butted into the conversation, "Yes, you can stay here" he smiled. You gave him a look that says "Really?", he laughed and replied "Why not? They were your family", I remained silent. “So, are you going with us” We’re eating dinner now, “I told you, I won’t go unless you gave me Ajak’s body”, Sersi just sighed and smiled. “We’ll get going tomorrow for Makkari, we won’t be able to give you her body Isenev” Ikaris says. You stayed silent and hummed.

Druig saw you sitting down, looking at the sky, “Did you get over me? It’s been a long time since we last met”, you laughed at his statement. “Fuck you, and your pride Druig, and mind you, the last time we saw each other was after WWII”, he chuckled, and replied “We didn’t had a good experience together after WWII”

WWII

“Hi Druig” You ran to him, and hugged him. He laughed, “Hi my love”, “Why are you here?” he continued. “Obviously to help you guys??” you said, “It’s dangerous, you can’t do it-“, you cut him off. “Are you implying I can’t do it? You just met me now, and you think nothing has changed?” you said while chuckling so that the mood won’t go sideways because of you. “Nev, I’m just worried” he looked at you in the eyes, “Date? Later?”, “Sure” you smiled at him.

You were waiting for him, it’s been 10 mins already. Maybe he’s just late, yeah maybe he was.

16 minutes…

23 minutes…

31 minutes…

No sign of Druig. You sighed; he didn’t go again, just like before.

It was morning, you saw them talking. “Druig, didn’t you have a date with someone last night? How did it go?”, he laughed, “I didn’t go,” he replies. Kingo didn’t know who the date was, so he just kept on asking “Why didn’t you?”, “Meh, it was stupid, I don’t even know why I asked her out. I was just bored you know”. You looked down; tears were forming in your eyes.

“So, that was just something stupid huh? I was just someone to get past of your time? Wow Druig, that’s so pathetic of you,” you started clapping. They turned their attention to you, “Nev no” he says, “Enough, I have forgiven you when you left us there in Tenochtitlan, when you got your anger through your head. Druig just stop” you used your powers, lifted him up, letting your powers suffocate him. You stared at him; you knew what you’re doing. You felt more power, it was like you’re getting his. “Nev! What is this” when you saw Ajak walking towards you three, you dropped Druig, and disappeared just like the wind. “I felt human, up there” Druig mutters.

Present

"My love, if I said I was sorry, would you accept it? Or will we live as friends, as if nothing happened to us? I love you… so much, those three words is not enough to describe the feeling. I’ve never been in a situation like this where I’m restless, so I’m pretty scared that all of this is just an imagination, I don’t know what I’ll be if I go out of my own world, and wake up to not see a glimpse of you. You’re fantastic – you’re so beautiful, that it hurts to look at you sometimes. You’re pretty stubborn too, and that made me like you more.” He says.

“Druig, maybe someday, but not now” he looks down as tears were streaming down his face, “I understand. I want to be your air, your heart. I want everything I don’t deserve to have, but is that the best thing for you? Am I the best thing for you? Unfortunately, I know I’m not. I’m a lot to take on, I know that, but that didn’t change the fact that I would try to be, just for you. I’d let you break my heart more than a thousand times than live another day without you in my life. I want to be the kind of person that deserves someone as beautiful, selfless, and kind as you. It might take my entire life to achieve that kind of goal, but as long as you’re by my side, I’d consider it a life worth living.” You nodded, and smiled. He continued “Every time I look into your eyes, I feel tensed. I feel vulnerable. I feel uneasy, and I don't like to feel those things, but you make me feel them somehow, and it is quite nice to be drowned in your eyes.”

They were now going to leave to get Makkari, I’m not going. I have made myself clear about how I need Ajak’s body. “We’re going Nev!” Kingo shouted, they all smiled. I waved them goodbye. “You have a plan, don’t you?” Apolaki says behind me. I turned around, smiled and said “Of course”.

They have found out already that Ikaris was the one who killed Ajak. Kingo left. Sprite went with Ikaris. Even without Kingo, they need to stop the emergence.

In the Philippines

“Hey” Makkari appeared in front of you, carrying Ajak’s body. “Hey” you smiled, “Go back there now, I’ll continue this”. Makkari runs back to the other eternals, you brought Ajak’s cold body, and laid it down in front of Maguimba, the God who lived among the humans, provided all the necessities of life and cures for all illnesses, and is able to bring the dead back to life. Maguimba starts on doing something to Ajak. After a few minutes, her body starts to go back on its original shade, she was alive.

As Ajak regained consciousness, you smiled at her and said, “Let’s go?”. You already knew Ikaris was the one who let her get killed. That’s why he kept on insisting to not bring her body back, he knew you were going to do something.

Indian Ocean

You and Ajak arrived there, they all smiled at the two of you, except for the angered Ikaris up in the sky. “Well, oh dear, the boy who flew too close to the sun has now gone out of control”. You flew up at the same height Ikaris was at. You dodged, and dodged his lasers, “What’s wrong Icarus! Not done yet?!”, you brought your hands together, created heat, and gathered the wind around you. “Go feel the sun now…Icarus” and threw the ball of heat at him. Makkari, and Thena were busy with Kro, Ajak is with Phastos, Druig with Sersi. You went down, as Ikaris was thrown to the ground. You looked at Phastos, and signaled at him. Phastos uses his creations to pull Ikaris down as he tried to fly again. “I’ve always wanted to clip your wings, Icarus!”

Ikaris still managed to break free though. You had no choice.

I created my own dimension, my own space, trapping Ikaris, and me. Phastos, Ajak, and Makkari looks at you worriedly. You looked at them and mouthed “It’s okay, I got this”. You let Ikaris’ lasers hit you, he looks at you angry, and confused. He keeps on trying, and trying, until he spoke, “How…How are you doing this?” You put your hands up, and hit him with lots of energy to drain him out, as roots from the ground started flying up to bring Ikaris down. You go back down, to face Ikaris, and said “How?” you smiled, “In a given space, only the person who casts them can use her magic” The roots, and vines, grip Ikaris’ body harder, as you let the barrier down.

You guys managed to put Tiamut to sleep. It was over. Sersi had turned Sprite into a human. You all went back to the Philippines to take a break from all the happenings.

Druig saw how you interacted with the other gods, it was the same as how you talked to him, smiled at him, and all, but he was very stupid to push you away. He just wanted you to find this, where you came from, and that. If only he could stay with you, he already had. He could only wish that your heart stays with him, because it is already guaranteed that his heart is in your hands.

It was night already. You went to Druig who was staring at the children. “Hey”, he immediately turned his head to you when he heard your voice. “What are you thinking this late at night?” you ask. “I remember Sersi asking me, ‘Have you ever felt like your soul isn’t where your body is? Like it’s constantly searching for its home, for its own comfort? That you lie awake at night, thinking about this restless feeling. You know what is missing, you know what you long for, but you keep on removing those thoughts of yours?’ I answered, ‘I do, every time I think about her’, I know I don’t have any rights to ask this, but please, don’t fall in love with someone else while my heart is still locked up on your hand. I already made you feel comfortable around me, I’m greedy, it’s pathetic of me I know,” he chuckled, we remembered the time I told him he was so pathetic.

He continued, “But I want more than this. I already managed to peel all your hard exterior, yet your soul, and heart, are cold, locked up, they have not broken yet to let a person inside again. And I’m sorry for that. I love you… Mahal na mahal kita (I love you so much)”

I was crying and laughing at the same time. “Where did you learn that phrase?” I ask, he smiled “The children taught me that, I asked them some phrases to say. Actually, I’ve kind of learned the language too?”. “Can you tell me some sentences then?” I said, smiling. “Wala na ba akong pag-asa? Di ko na pipilitin, ang hindi pwede, at tayo yun. Baka hindi nga tayo ang para sa isa’t isa. At baka pagdating ng araw, matatanggap ko din yun. Baka kasing-laki ng kalawakan ang ating pagitan, at hindi tayo ang tinadhanang magkasama habang buhay.” Do I still have a chance? I won't force the impossible, and that's us. We may not be the ones for each other. And maybe when the day comes, I'll accept that too. Our distance between each other maybe as big as the galaxy, and we are not destined to be together, for eternity.

You were shocked, you didn’t know what to say. He continued, “Are you impressed?”, and chuckled, we were both crying. “Mayroon akong libo libong salita na nakaukit sa aking isipan na nais kong maiparamdam sayo, sa kay daming tula, kanta, na maiibigay ko sayo, ikaw lang – ikaw lang ang paksa ng mga ito.” I have thousands of words engraved in my mind that I want to say to you, in all of the many poems, songs, that I can give you, you only – you’re the only subject of these.

You nodded, still crying, you said “Be my home, Druig. You can come back to me, tatanggapin kita ng buong buo, mahal na mahal kita…” (I’ll accept you wholeheartedly, I love you so much) as the boy heard those words, he engulfed you in a hug, “Why are you so warm?” he asks, chuckling. We both found our safe place, our home, we found each other after the chaos.

You looked at the boy who just kept staring at you. “Staring is bad, Druig” you smiled. “Is it?” Druig said as he went closer to your face, you didn’t flinch, and stared at him back. “You’re getting good m’darling. Not affected by me anymore, eh?”, you chuckled at his remark and walked away, and he followed you like an excited puppy with a smile on his face.

“Guess they’ll finally end up together” Kingo says to Ajak. She looks down, and smiles “Yes, after centuries, finally.”

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Note: LMFAO PLS MF ASKED THE MC TO A DATE JUST AFTER WWII “Druig, maybe someday, but not now” marupok ka anong someday but not now ka jan. Where did he get the face to tell that to the mc. Man the plot is so messy forgive me, It doesn’t make sense but yea. IDK ABOUT YALL BUT I CAN IMAGINE DRUIG SPEAKING FILIPINO FLUENTLY AND ITS MAKING ME CRY

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Also sorry, if yall find this weird somehow, im a filipino who's pretty obsessed with myths, and the mcu so :DD