#damulag

[sigomaru]

family photo

(more about the pink haired girl under the cut + bonus doodles at the end)

“keika tatsuya” (as her intended vtuber name goes) is an indonesian trans girl in a southeast asian purgatory who has the power to shapeshift! only, she hasn’t fully mastered it yet, and the most she can do without overexerting herself is to stretch her arms out to reorganise bookshelves.

in the living world, keika was a huge fan of vtubers and japanese pop culture and wanted to become a vtuber herself, drafting up whole designs of her vtubersona, names for her fans and entire lore. she grew up in a rather conservative neighbourhood so the only person who knew keika as a girl was her best friend. eventually, driven by dysphoria, she tries a ritual she read online that could supposedly summon a wish-granting demon. it does summon a demon, but it ends up dragging her into purgatory alive. it does grant her wish of wanting to change her body though, by giving her transformation powers she struggled to control.

being in purgatory ends up being better for her, as the few permanent residents there are more accepting and help her control her powers just enough to settle into a form comfortable for her, specifically the vtuber design she drafted in the past. it’s not completely perfect though, and she gets a job in the local court’s library sorting records to help her get used to the mushy tentacle-arms she got out of her powers. one day, she won’t need the seal to help her control her powers and she can finally match her full megabat-inspired vtuber design.

purgatory also happens to have an internet connection, for some reason, and as keika is the only one who knows how to use the internet (everyone else is either from the 1500s, the 1800s or is a nature spirit who doesn’t concern herself with modern human technology) she’s been abusing her Internet Privileges by streaming on youtube. the only reason no one realises that she’s streaming from the afterlife is because everyone thinks the whole purgatory thing is just a lore-related bit.

[comparativetarot]

Seven of Pentacles. Art by Martin Malabanan, from The Southeast Asian Myths & Stories Tarot.

Featuring rice deities of the Sambal people of the Philippines.

Damulag: God to protect the flowers of the rice plants against the elements; Damolag: God to protect the flowers while they transform to fruits; Kalasakas: God which is aiding early ripening of rice stalks; Kalasokus: God of turning grain yellow and dry; and Dumangan: God of good harvest.

Rice is a very important staple in Southeast Asia.

From the sowing to the ripening and harvesting of the crop; it would take 90-200 days.

The Sambal People of Philippines reverend the rice crop and knows that it would take patience for it to grow from seed to crop.

The 5 gods of the rice shows each an aspect of the life cycle of the rice growth and transformation.

[sigomaru]

‘i love you’ in their native languages

otherwise known as an excuse to apply some of my research on various scripts in my drawings. happy valentine’s

[sigomaru]

i’ve never been this attached to a set of oc designs i’ve made before so here’s them in sort of a manga cover style

[princelabracebu]

I know you’re Facking lying. 💀😭🤣

[michaila-ponce]

Ako ay may lobo, lumipad sa langit, di ko na nakita, pumutok na pala 🎼🎶🎵 (imaginin nyo nalang yung boses ko ;p) #Damulag #michailamon https://www.instagram.com/p/BzVkTLFj5rQ/?igshid=eor59xo4adwg

[vhanne]

Papa, Mama, I wish you were here with me right now and tell me that everything is gonna be okay. Please send me your virtual hugs and kisses. 😭 #damulag #butakal #crybaby #sickandtiredofbeingsickandtired #awayfromhome https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqef54iFmsp6q4CmNNsKH7UOKkZ48IWUdc-GLI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9zlwls3wp1pd

[bielers]

Aaaannnnddd we're off!!! 😄 #2017Goals #PowerRangersBike #Damulag #BigBoy (at Toys R Us)