#trese twins

[theanimeview]

[Trope Interest] Twin Bodyguards and Their Hunter Sister in Supernatural Works

Source: Promotional/Cover Art for Kyousougiga, Jiu Jiu, and Trese

By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting

For some time, I’ve been fascinated by the trope of twin bodyguards who can shapeshift from humans to dog forms and their accompanying female “hunter” character. I find it interesting that this trope appears with enough frequency to be noticeable, yet it lacks a specific name, unlike “Single-Mind Twins” or “Tag Team Twins.” There are several examples of this trope. To name a few examples, Kyousougiga (Japanese) features the character Koto being followed around by her “brothers,” A and Un; Jiu Jiu (Japanese) has Takamichi followed by her shape-shifting, half-demon wolf-dog familiars, Snow and Night; and Trese (Filipino) has Alexandra with her adopted brothers, Crispin and Basilio.

Upon further review, I think that the trope of twin sidekicks/bodyguards and female hunters in supernatural comics and animation likely draws from various sources of inspiration and cultural mythology. One possible influence is the traditional Japanese folklore of “Inugami,” or “dog spirit.” Inugami were said to be the spirits of dogs that were killed by humans and were often summoned and used for various purposes, including protection, curses, and revenge. In some stories, Inugami could take on human form and even possess humans and other animals. Interestingly, these spirits could become attached to bloodlines, following a family through their descendants.

Another possible influence is the Japanese mythology of Komainu, lion-dogs that guard the entrances of Shinto temples/shrines, or the Shisa, which serve a similar purpose. Both of these seem to have derived from the Chinese (or Imperial) guardian lions, which symbolize protection (one physical and one metaphysical). Either way, around the world and over time, dog spirits have often been portrayed as both guardians and harbingers.

While I’ve come to understand, at least in part, the dog-twins potential origins, I still struggle to understand or find a related myth to a singular female hunter-type character. There is Artemis, the famous greek/roman myth character who is goddess of the hunt, but her image and story rarely overlap with the hunter characters seen in works that have this two+one combination. Moreover, the close emotional bond that the three tend to share in the stories–often portrayed with familial-nature (adopted siblings with no romantic interests)–seems to be a significant factor in the continued use of this trope. Continuing in our prior examples, Koto is searching for the black rabbit/her mother; Takamichi is hunting demons, and Alexandra is after monsters.

The twin sidekicks are always depicted as “protectors” or “guardians” to a female lead, often with her occupying an adopted sister role rather than existing as a love interest. They are portrayed as loyal, fierce, and powerful, with the ability to transform into large, intimidating dog-like creatures to defend their master. Overall, the dog servants are depicted as essential members of the hunting team and play a significant role in the story.

Of course, the influences behind Kyousougiga, Jiu Jiu, and Trese may have come from other supernatural comics and anime that have used similar tropes in the past. They may also have combined these cultural sources with their own stories to create a unique take. Regardless, it is an interesting trope to examine, and I continue to wonder about its specific origins.

If you have any ideas about the specific source(s) for this trope, I hope you will share them with me in a comment or message as I really do not know and am very interested to learn about this idea. Thank you for reading!

[inamerlz]

headcanon that alex gets too tired to the point where sometimes she can't reach her bed, so she just flops down on a couch and passes out.

[jm-chrome]

Ever since I read in Trese Lite that Sinag would sometimes visit Alex in her dreams, I’ve been hoping that the twins would someday find a way to be able to talk to each other in reality 🥺

[best-underrated-anime]

Best Underrated Anime Group A Round 4: Symphogear vs Trese

#A6: Symphogear (Senki Zesshou Symphogear)

Sad lesbians sing while fighting monsters

#A8: Trese

Badass woman deals with the supernatural

Details and poll under the cut!

#A6: Symphogear (Senki Zesshou Symphogear)

Summary:

The world is beset by creatures known as the Noise. Nothing can touch them, and if they touch a human being, both turn into carbon dust. But, with the symphogear system-magitech battle armor powered by music and singing, humanity has a chance to fight back.

Propaganda:

This is the best example of music fights I’ve ever seen. They sing WHILE fighting. It’s amazing. The fight choreography, how the music plays into it, and let’s not forget the incredible character development. The entire cast is full of characters that would be the highlight of any other show. And last but not least, it is off the walls insane fun. You think it reaches its heights at the end of season 1, but no. It keeps climbing, and you are along for the ride.

Trigger Warnings: Drugs, Emotional Abuse, Graphic Depictions of Cruelty/Violence/Gore, Guns, Kidnapping, Nudity, Slavery, Suicide

All warnings apply to the main characters, some are for the later seasons (drugs, guns (especially S2)). Slavery and kidnapping are rather said than shown and are from a flashback.

#A8: Trese

Summary:

In Manila, where dark supernatural forces pervade the criminal underworld, it’s up to one woman to keep the peace—but there’s a storm brewing.

Propaganda:

It’s the first Filipino anime (at least, that I know of) to feature the country’s supernatural creatures, so if you’ve only watched Japanese anime up to now, you will find the magic in Trese very novel. I also like how the protagonist is a woman when the Lakan, in Philippine history, tended to be a man. She’s also quite badass. Although she has two bulky twin sidekicks who can serve as her bodyguards, she is in no way less than them when it comes to fighting. The show’s on Netflix with different language audios. If you’re gonna watch it in English, you can even hear Dante Basco (Zuko’s voice actor) voicing one of the minor characters.

Trigger Warnings:

Child Abuse – for the episode about a reanimated baby

There’s Violence from fight scenes. There’s also Gore for when the monsters get killed brutally, but because of the art style, it doesn’t appear that extreme.

When reblogging and adding your own propaganda, please tag me @best-underrated-anime so that I’ll be sure to see it.

If you want to criticize one of the shows above to give the one you’re rooting for an advantage, then do so constructively. I do not tolerate groundless hate or slander on this blog. If I catch you doing such a thing in the notes, be it in the tags or reblogs, I will block you.

Know one of the shows above and not satisfied with how it’s presented in this tournament? Just fill up this form with your revisions, and I’ll consider adapting those changes.

New: Starting round 5, screenshots will be included in the poll post. You can submit screenshots through the form linked above, or through here, via ask or dm.

Guidelines in submitting screenshots:

No NSFW or spoilery images.

Pick some good images please. Don’t send any blurry or pixelated ones.

You may send up to 9 screenshots, but not all may be used.

[dreamlandcreations]

The Other Trese

Maliksi x Alexandra's twin!Reader

It all started when Maliksi ran into someone who looked exactly like the Lakan. Intrigued, the Tikbalang prince couldn't resist trying to find out more about her...

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[sassmochi]

Fanfic idea (Crispin x reader x Basilio)

Team Trese has been invited to an Island resort near the coast of Manila. With what seems to be a chance for a long-needed vacation turns into an investigation surrounding the murders of both the owner and one of the groundskeepers. With the help of the wind girls, they were introduced to a person that might help with the mystery surrounding their untimely deaths. But how can anyone focus on the task at hand, when both of the twins are too busy vying for the attention of a fisherman’s daughter? And Alexandra still seems to be shaken from the events of Talagbusao’s failed take-over.

idk if i should write it considering I'm still in the middle of exams but I just wanted to post this before I forget about it.

[thaliajoy-blog]

I actually finally watched Netflix's Trese series and I need to vent about my immense disappointment at how terribly boring this show is like I genuinely feel as betrayed as Trese was by Nuno. All this potential wasted. It's full of gore but also it's written like it's for five years old. The murder investigation part is busted, literally no sensations. They had a show concept about a warrior-healer playing mystical cop in a fantasy Manilla and also she has twin bodyguards/foster brothers who are the children of a literal god of war - and they fumbled it so bad.

[justanother-fanficwriter]

Trese Spinoff Part 1 (NCIA agent.) (based on the Netflix adaptation.)

Genre: Action, Adventure.

Reader Profile:

Gender: Male

Age: 25/same to Alex

Relationships: Unnamed mother, Unnamed Father, Alex/Cousin, (S/N)/sister, (B/N)/Brother), Crispin and Basilio/ adopted cousins, and five more cousins (Alex's twin and her bros) just frickin research!

Home: Condominium at Makati, Safehouse at Batangas, safehouse at Baguio, safehouse at Sorsogon.

Cars: Gadget Equipped Secret Service Vehicle (Black Toyota Camry 2008 TRD), Signal Interceptor and Transmitter Van (White Toyota Hiace), white Mitsubishi L300.

11:30 Am, you were at NAIA Terminal 4, a man is asleep right at the Air Asia stand. Or is he. Your job is to frame the S.P.O.T. (Supernatural Paranormal ) terrorist group. You go into the airport and you need to find the profile of the person you need to frame. You can't simply ask them all, so you head to the tourist information and steal an ID. You take it to question the tourists, thank god there are only a few today. The profile you need is: Scientist, Beach, Cebu Pacific. After a few interviews, you found her. You need to get a passport to get a bag to place the dead guy on the bench in. You find the identical bag and take the name of the owner. You head to the check in and try to get the passport, you need one now. But of course, the girl behind the counter isn't stupid, she wont give a passport belonging to Linda Crisencia when you literally are a dude. You need to get that lady out of there. You bought a soda and pretend to spill it next to the counter.

"oops, sorry..."

You pretend.

"Ugh! Read signs! Bulag ka?"

You get to the computer and take the duplicate passport. As you do this, your sister powers off all cameras. You manage to get the passport and you take the similar looking bag, you take it and place the body inside, but one last touch, removing the stickers. Luckily, you always bring alcohol with you. You take the stickers off and replace the bag, you get into the van with your sister and drive off.

As you drive, your sister starts to make fun of you.

"If you were smart enough, you could've just slipped the bag away from the security without making a dumb passport."

She says annoyingly.

"At least I do things planned unlike you!"

You start trash talking and roasting each other.

You arrived at HQ where you finally head to your office. You've been secretly investigating a case about a specific person named Alexandra Trese. You believe she is your cousin as you remember your family roots involved babaylan, real ones. Not dumb-ass witch doctors. The story of your mother was that she had a brother who was a babaylan. She never mentioned any other details about that brother of hers. She said that she had no powers and her only way to be a babaylan was to learn how to do healing magic. Too bad she wasn't born with this ability. But she was smart in science, she constructed a kris knife after Sinag was created (similar to Alex's) that can control atoms and form powers and create heat and could do the same things the Sinag can. Her family didn't accept her work so she ran away and continued her work. The NCIA discovered this and with the help of the NBI, they took her in and recruited and trained her. Then she became an agent where she met my dad.

Soon I heard a terrorist group is about to attack another MRT train with aswangs. You head to the coordinates.

I stood with another bunch of agents and my sister calculated the speed and trajectory of the jump I will make to land exactly in the train windows. One mistake then we all fail this mission.

"I got the calculations!"

"Make sure that's right."

You tell her. And she frowned before side eying you.

I immediately jump off the building and I landed right in the train windows causing the windows to break. I kicked the aswangs and threw them outside the train. I held the heads of two aswangs before cymbaling their heads with each other. I grapple the other before i stab him with my kris kick him to another agent that finishes him off. Your sister took her gun and shot the aswangs. The train stops at Shaw Blvd. And I got off. I realise, Alex will show up because the lack of information regarding the attacks will lead people to relate this to the Aswang Clan.

Next morning me and other agents arrived in black cars with our suits on right at the site for the attack and i was right, Alex will be there.

"Who are these guys?"

Her short haired bodyguard asks.

"Gago! They look like the frickin men in black!"

"If you put glasses on both of you, you'll look like them."

Alex replied to her long haired bodyguard.

"Let the professionals handle this!"

I told the cops.

"Who are you!? Who do you think you are!!!"

Alex asks angrily.

"The professionals."

You reply. Before heading to the scene and start convincing everyone it's just the aswang clan. You do this to reduce panick. You head back to Alex.

"Sorry for interrupting, by the way, im (y/n)! And this is by sister (s/n)."

I say while gesturing to my sister.

"Im Alexandra Trese, an asset of the Manila police in supernatural cases. These are Crispin and-"

"Let me guess the other, its ummm... Basilio?"

"Yeah, stop by my bar sometime."

For now, thats all folks!

[obmessed]

Piri as Trese

You know I’ve received some asks about my supernatural headcanons with Piri, it doesn’t even limit to just ghosts it also involved his mythology. 

It’s starting to inspire me to give Piri a Trese AU. Where Indonesia and Malaysia are the kambal (twins) Crispin and Basilio while Piri is their bossing, Trese. 

Unlike Trese though, instead of being stoic he’s still bright and cheerful. Nothing wipes that smile off his face, whether it would be ripping out eyeballs off of aswangs for information or threatening other supernatural to stick by the rules or face brutal consequences. 

It gets to the point where even his two bodyguards are intimidated by him, it’s like he’s two faced without completely showing the other face. They find him all covered in blood with a pile of injured or dead aswangs, while he as the culprit stands there with that cat grin still on his face.

And judging by how he violently attacks and injure the supernatural before, it’s obvious to them that he had done these acts with so much anger and that they probably shouldn’t piss him off anytime soon.

In all honesty, they’re more confused than scared of him. He used to be such a pacifist who didn’t even want to wield sinag in the first place, so what happened to him? Why did he suddenly have this really darker side of him that shows when fighting? 

[uzuluna]

Besides Hetalia and Minecraft have you ever been fixated in the world of ✨ Trese ✨? I know I've been

I tried, but i got tired real fast :( especially the forced feeling on some pinoy accent was a big turn off for eng. dub..and the voice of twins feels off for me..cuz they look like daddies but the voice are twinks

[criminalmutantsins]

I finished Trese from Netflix and I adore it. The concept of using Filipino culture and mythology alongside supernatural/murder mystery. I love learning new mythology through a compelling story. The characters are great- Alexandra is a badass and the twins are lovable jokesters. I can’t say whether the Filipino representation was great or not, but I like that most of the cast was of Asian descent. 

I really hope this series gets a second season because I need more content. Maybe I’ll get into the source material soon. 

[notanothercharmedblog]

Ideas I have for Charmed Next Gen fics

A Urban fantasy with a "Trese" vibe. The Truce is over. One Charmed in a coma, another one possessed, and every other assasin in the Otherworld is trying to capture Leo in order to find the Grimoire and crown a new Source.

Piper's daugther, Paige's twins and Phoebe's two oldest daughters attending Magic school and creepy stuff starts happening.

San Francisco gets sucked into another universe or another world starts bleeding into San Fransisco (the rest of the world just believe it was a nuclear bomb or something).

[dezithinks]

Blogtober 2023: Day7

Book Update #1 We are already a week into the Blogtober, which means it is time for our first book update! Here is what I have read so far. Books: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone The Third Twin Haunted Mansion Storm and Shade Five Midnights Diwata The Gathering Dark Maeve Fly The Dollhouse Murders The Decagon House Murders Manga: Trese vol. 1 Trese vol. 2 Trese vol.…

[best-underrated-anime]

Best Underrated Anime Group A Round 1: #A1 vs #A8

#A1: Teens with special powers seek & protect other unique teens.

Certain kids in this world have supernatural powers, and the main character misuses his ability until others like him discover him. They have him transfer schools and join the student council, which seek out others with abilities. And now, he uses his ability for good.

#A8: Badass woman deals with the supernatural

In Manila, where dark supernatural forces pervade the criminal underworld, it’s up to one woman to keep the peace—but there’s a storm brewing.

Titles, propaganda, trailers, and poll under the cut!

#A1: Charlotte

Propaganda:

I would encourage anyone who enjoys shows that make you think to check this one out! Due to things revealed near the end of the series, a second watch-through is well worth it to see the clues towards the ending and foreshadowing along the way. Consequential drawbacks for these special powers are included throughout the series. Plot-twists keep the audience hooked through it all. There is character growth as the main character changes and as hard choices come up later. It does take you on an emotional roller coaster from light-hearted humor to hitting you right in the feels. (I totally did not watch this anime just because my favorite voice actor is in it lol)

Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Child Death, Emotional Abuse, Flashing Lights, Gender Identity/Sexuality Discrimination, Graphic Depictions of Cruelty/Violence/Gore, Rape/Non-Con, Torture, Mutilation.

The non-con warning is for female characters unwillingly having their underwear publicly exposed.

#A8: Trese

Propaganda:

It’s the first Filipino anime (at least, that I know of) to feature the country’s supernatural creatures, so if you’ve only watched Japanese anime up to now, you will find the magic in Trese very novel. I also like how the protagonist is a woman when the Lakan, in Philippine history, tended to be a man. She’s also quite badass. Although she has two bulky twin sidekicks who can serve as her bodyguards, she is in no way less than them when it comes to fighting. The show’s on Netflix with different language audios. If you’re gonna watch it in English, you can even hear Dante Basco (Zuko’s voice actor) voicing one of the minor characters.

Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Graphic Depictions of Cruelty/Violence/Gore.

The Child Abuse warning is for the episode about a reanimated baby, and the Violence stuff is expected because there are fight scenes. Gore is for when the monsters get killed brutally, but because of the art style, it doesn’t appear that extreme.

If you’re reblogging and adding your own propaganda, please tag me @best-underrated-anime so that I’ll be sure to see it.

[dreamlandcreations]

Rewatching Trese again... just to put on as background noise while I stop for my dinner break... not gonna distract me at all...

5 minutes later...

So *clasps hands together * Anyone interested in a Maliksi x Alexandra's twin!Reader fic? Maybe a series with short chapters or a miniseries with a few longer chapters? No? Too bad, it's on the WIP list now! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[ugh-tsumu]

What a normal convo is in Team Trese's gc. Special wash out to my enabler @bucciaratisbralette