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[steadfvsthearts]

just a reminder that if you were rolled out the test roll-out with the new post headers without floating avatars/icons to provide feedback to staff (original post in source).

i know there's already 3rd party fixes going around, but please take the time to send feedback to staff to get at least icons back in some capacity in the headers while this is still in beta testing mode.

[m3tth4ws]

[dailydemonspotlight]

Hello! Is there any chance you could do Nahanananggal? One of my favorite designs in the series :3

Day 18 - Manananggal (Request)

Race: Femme

Alignment: Neutral-Chaos

April 15th, 2024

Admittedly, I had no idea what I was getting into with this design. Having never played V, the game in which she first appears, I wasn't expecting to find much from a demon this late in the series, yet the Filipino influence in V gave birth to a strange, freaky, and frankly sick looking demon.

A witch from the Philippines, Manananggal is a strange, almost vampire adjacent bit of mythology typically used as a boogeyman of sorts. The strange folklore surrounding this being goes that it's a witch who takes the form of a beautiful young woman at day, yet shifts into a hideous form at night, typically infiltrating homes and villages to feed when the sun goes down on clueless families. Her name means remover, and that is exactly what she does, as the witch will typically target families expecting a baby and, when the sun goes down, will suck the blood of the fetus with a long proboscis, typically killing it.

My personal theory about this is that Manananggal may be a sort of explanation for stillbirths, as the idea of killing a baby while still in the womb coincides heavily with a stillbirth, as well as an early pregnancy, as some myths say that the witch may deliver the fetus far earlier than expected as well.

Typically in Filipino folklore, when it turns to night, the Manananggal will separate its torso from its chest, sprout wings, and the way to kill one is also connected to this hideous transformation.

At the left-behind torso of the witch, in order to kill a Manananggal, one must spread cloves of garlic or salt all over it. When the witch is to return when the sun rises, this will apparently remove the spell, causing the monster to burn alive in the sunlight, and be unable to rejoin with its body.

In terms of design, Manananggal is very faithful, appearing with a separated body from her torso in the sheen of a beautiful woman. The batlike wings and proboscis-esque tongue are very common in depictions of this monster, and overall, she has a very unique yet faithful design. Unfortunately, I cannot give a gameplay overview on account of not having played V yet, but this demon is shockingly well designed, and connected to a very underrepresented bit of mythology in the SMT series. 10/10 for me.

Now, I have to wonder, would a Manananggal find a lucrative business in abortion?

[paranoid-radio]

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[shkika]

aightbronormalyimakeajokebutifuckingcantcauseyourjustactualyreallygood You are very talented and creativeeeeeeeeeeeeeee thethings you draw is coollll uhmm!!!

stay gold Dogboy

Ahhh!! Wow thank you so much The dogboy will do his best o7

[moonshine999]

This is the Tumblr hug 🫂🤍Please pass it on to 5 mutuals to brighten someone's day!

Me when you post another old money hc

Omg KEN

no but thank you!! You’re literally the reason I got into posting modern AUs in the first place so to get this is just woah. I will definitely keep posting, I can’t even believe I had forgotten about it 😭

[sun-marie]

ppl comparing Gale to Solas....bro......what

[not-so-rosyyy]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnzsJ5UOrGH/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

i just love seeing the asian community support each other in the industry whenever one is nominated. it doesn't happen often, but when it does everyone just come together making sure we're all behind them 🥹

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an Asian-American icon celebrating other Asian-American icons! we love to see it!

[nerdpoe]

Danny's found a way to dodge GIW trackers, as well as his parents. Their equipment hunts ghosts, ghosts run on emotion; so as long as he keeps his under a tight lid and doesn't feel anything ever, they won't be able to track him.

It works!

He's able to run from them, and goes as far as New Jersey. The plan was to stow away on a ship, and go to literally any country that wasn't America. He goes to Gotham, which hosts the one harbor he knows where no one will ask any questions.

But because of how weird he acted (completely emotionless during a Joker attack), he was fingered by police immediately.

He's handed over to CPP. CPP doesn't know what to do with a teen literally so traumatized that they don't show any emotion at all, ever. He keeps just...walking out of his placements. Just leaves without a sound.

Luckily, he's always caught, due to those placement houses having quiet alarms and him refusing to run.

They call the one foster parent they know who does.

Bruce Wayne takes in the strange, nameless kid who refuses to talk.

On paper, they gave him the filler name of 'John Doe', for lack of anything better to do.

Bruce does everything he can to make the newest arrival feel at home. Damian, for as territorial as he is, actually breaks out of his shell sooner than expected just to try to get the new kid to speak. To emote. To do something. Duke tries the open approach, then tries the 'no one will ever know, everyone thinks I'm an innocent goody-two-shoes' approach. Nada.

Tim even tries to trick him into talking, but nothing works.

Enter Dick; Dick heard about Bruce's new ward, about the situation, and decided to see if he could get the kid to open up.

Danny though. Danny's in trouble.

The Wayne Manor is weirdly secure, and he can't just walk away like he did his other placements. He can't use ghost powers or the GIW and his parents will immediately know where he is.

He really, really wants to take Bruce up on his offer and just spend the day relaxing. Respond to Damian's attempts to provoke him. Overshare about space facts with Tim.

But most of all, he really, desperately wants to get in a Pun Competition with Dick. He wants to laugh at Dick's jokes, and learn coolass gymnastic tricks!

But he can't!

If he relaxes with Bruce, he'll be content, which is an emotion. If he argues with Damian, he'll get annoyed, which is an emotion. If he sneaks out with Duke and breaks the rules, he'll get happy, which, again, emotion. If he overshares with Tim, he'll get excited, which is, yet again, an emotion!

The worst sin of all, he can't even show proper appreciation of the food the Butler keeps making him!

And now there's even more people coming over!

There's a quiet girl who keeps reading his body language and trying to get him to dance ballet, a blonde girl who keeps trying to kidnap him to take him to BatBurger, a guy with a stripe of white who wants to take him to a shooting range, and it just...he really, really wants to!

He wants to do all these cool things with them!

But he fucking can't!

[afterthelambs]

currently reading this haikyuu AU fic which is actually so stellar i cant believe it only has 7k hits??? this story is like an epic, ive cried like 3 times already. easily in the top 10 hq fics ive read so far 

[pkmndaisuki]

for @yamujiburo 's hanamusa au, i just thought doing a silly thing with tracey would be funny

[squidpedia]

I think they should interact that is all

[akimojo]

I've seen how they interact in the remake and by god that is Fruity

[kaereth]

Some good good Farcille for a kofi request!

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

ok but zedaphs hc9 pov is hillarious bc he gives ZERO context for the crossover. hes just doing his thing and then hes suddenly like "and i have the perfect guy for this zedvancement. pixlriffs." precedes to not explain anything. iconic. man really does not care about ANYTHING going on outside whatever hole hes building in

[maybmila]

Uh oh...

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