#hws cebu

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PHtalia dump! (been long time since ive updated--)

In order:

1.) baby piri in his pre-colonial days

2.) cebu and iloilo in their contemporary filipiniana

3.) pre-colonial cebu

4.) pre-colonial butuan

5.) headshots of some of the tagalog sibs

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some old drawings of piri's relatives!!

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"For you!"

Baby PH and Cebu

Honestly, I draw baby! PH with Cebu a lot. I would like to go about it more, but in my headcanons, Piri was definitely born in Cebu and spent a bit of time being raised by her. 

Cebu was quite important to him at this part of his life, as a lot of the events at the beginning of Spanish colonization centered around her. From Magellan's expedition to her being his first capital city, allying with the Spaniards in invading Luzon, and being considered as "PH's Cradle of Christianity", she played quite a significant role in his early beginnings. I remember listening to a talk by a Bikol historian who was also an expert on Cebuano history. He got asked a lot why he's an expert on Cebu of all places, and he answered that in order to understand what happened in 1521 and the events after, you have to go back in Cebu. Manila later eclipsed her importance, but her impact on him remains undeniable.

I think while they only spent 44 years living together, that time spent was engraved in Piri's mind. He looked at that time as what was "ideal" and a "what if" if Spain hadn't come. Of course, this comes with a lot of romanticization on his part.. and sometimes at the expense of her,, Honestly their relationship, while definitely not hostile, can get pretty complicated sometimes. o)-( she's kiiiind of a hater on some of Piri's life decisions that's all I can say lol

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mnl/ceb dump and other things

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quick cebu painting! her accessory is based on traditional lagang shell art made out of nautilus shell from southern cebu (which both the craft and the shell being sadly endangered these days..)