#kamatayan

[uselessalexis165]

it’s been another year, so it’s time for another obligatory kamatayan post 👻

[aeshnalacrymosa]

Pandaguan and the Shark

"Once upon a time, people never died. One day, a fisherman named Pandaguan caught a shark, which died. He became distraught and cried loudly in confusion. The god Kaptan became annoyed by his noises and struck him down with lightning. Pandaguan became the first man to ever die."

I first read this story when I was 6. The art is inspired from Adarna Books' illustrated book of the tale. I first drew it for the Legend prompt of Inktober 2019. Pandaguan's clothes and tattoos are copied from an illustration of tattooed Visayan men on the Boxer Codex .

The Aswang Project has used this art for their article on Pandaguan's wife Lubluban. Check it out!

[italasatala]

Lamay

Nanahimik si Karmina sa sulok ng kwarto. Maigi niyang pinagmamasdan ang kanyang kapaligiran. Nanuot ang kanyang noo at tila di makapaniwala sa mga pangyayari. Malakas at maingay. Maraming tao ang nagsasalita. Ito naman ay kanyang mga kamag-anak na walang tigil ang pagkukuwento.

Silang lahat ay may sari-sariling mga mundo at di mawari ni Karmina ang kanilang mga mukha. Anong klaseng ekspresyon nga ba ang kanilang ipinpakita? Iiyak. Magagalit. Malulungkot. Ngingiti. Magbibiro.

May mga nagtatawanan habang nag-iinuman, naghahalakhakan sa pagsusugal at mga nagdadaldalan sa kanilang pagkain. May mga humahagulgol sa iyak at lungkot, mga hindi makakibo na tila ang mundo'y gumuho, habang may galak na galak sa muling pagkikita ng mga magkamag-anak.

Ang gulo.

Hindi niya sila maintindihan. "Para saan ba ang lahat ng ito? Ano ba talaga ang sinadya nila?? " pagtanong niya sa sarili.

Siya ay nainip. Tuluyan nang di kinaya ang pakikisalamuha sa mga kasama. Inilayo nang husto ang sarili. Lumabas ng kwartong pinaroroonan bago niyang tiningnan ang bahay mula sa malayo.

Tunay na di masabi kung ito ay isang lamay kung saan ang patay ay nirerespeto o isang party na napagtripan ng mga taga-barangay. Hindi niya alam. Siya ay nadismaya.

Mula sa malayo siya ay nagmasid. Nalulungkot sa katotohanang hindi niya pa tanggap... sa kasalukuyan... hindi pa katanggap-tanggap.

[psjamcruz]

May liwanag sa dulo ng madilim na pinagdadaanan mo

Tiwala lang, Maniwala lang

[lagingdrunk]

Pagod at gutom.

[uselessalexis165]

obligatory kamatayan drawings cuz i haven’t made that much content of her 👻

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I caved in and made myself a SRMTHFG sona! 👻

Meet Kamatayan! (she/her)

She’s seen as quiet and reserved, keeping her thoughts to herself. It takes her a few tries to be loud enough for others to hear her when she wants to say something. When she spends more time with others, she becomes more loud and outspoken. Being quiet helps her listen to things around her, both physical and spiritual.

She spent her entire life not knowing of the Hyperforce, waking up alone and far, far away from Shuggazoom. She woke up in a small escape ship, on a planet in the Corola Dawn galaxy. But instead of the planet being coated in shades of blue and green, it was coated in grays, seemingly almost lifeless. The planet was surprisingly inhabited by a kind named, The Verron Apparitions. They were a fraction of the Verron Mystics, but instead on focusing on life, they focused around the afterlife. They found her unconscious in her ship and took her to their main habitats. She had no memory of why she was in that ship or where she came from. All she knew was her name: Kamatayan (Death in Tagalog). There, The Apparitions cared for her like their family and taught her most of her of abilities.

She discovered she had inbuilt weapons, scythe like blades that she could use to cut her opponents from a distance. She learned that she had the power of Death Whisper, meaning she could hear, talk and see the dead. While under the Apparitions, she learned about the ability of Death Sense, meaning she could sense when someone is about to die. She can’t pinpoint an exact date of death, but she can tell if it’ll be sooner or later. Then, she learned about the ability of Danger Intuition, meaning she can sense incoming danger. Lastly, she learned about the ability of Supernatural Detection, meaning she could sense when a spirit is near. She senses them when she gets a headache, the worse the headache, the closer the spirit is.

She learned about the Hyperforce when she sensed the upcoming death for someone, that being Antauri. This power felt strangely familiar to her. She wanted to see if this power could tell her who she was or were she came from. So, she asked her surrogate family if she could leave home to find this power. They said she could, helped her repair the escape pod she arrived in, and set off to find the source of the familiar power.

While traveling she got herself a black jacket and two simple pink earrings. She never had clothes these simple, she always wore the outfits the Apparitions gave to her. She saw other beings wear clothes like these, so she wanted to try it for herself. When she finally arrived to Shuggazoom, she was too late to properly meet the one behind the familiar power and the rest of her unknowing team. Instead, she met Jinmay, who was protecting Shuggazoom City while the Hyperforce were away to stop Skeleton King. She would finally meet the rest of the team when they arrive back home during Valeena’s attack on the city.

[uselessalexis165]

Crystal Ball

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K: Whatever you do, never EVER leave it uncovered when you’re not around.

S: Oh, wow, because of spirits?

K: …What? No, you fucking idiot. It’s because if the sun hits it weird it’ll set your room on fire.

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Was rewatching a r/witchesvspatriarchy video and I thought one of the posts would fit perfectly for the dynamic I want between Sprx and Kamatayan ⚡️👻