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thefridayfive 25.09.05
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1. When did you "lose your innocence"?
The first time I got into an internet fight as a teenager, the clique of white American girls I was fighting with devolved into wildly racist remarks and threats. I was too unaware of the world to be hurt by this behavior, but it was certainly eye-opening for someone who didn't even know that racial stereotypes existed. I guess it's true that you never forget your first. XD

2. Would you say you have an accent?
Yes, and there isn't any single language where I pass for native. Schoolmates have pointed out oddities in my Tagalog pronunciation; parents have laughed at how I pronounce some Cebuano words (I think I don't pronounce vowels hard enough?);

superborb has ID'd my English as having a Filipino accent. This kind of thing used to bother me when I was younger because I have social anxiety and identity issues and people IRL are so weird about accents and languages... but now that I have a stronger sense of self, I've realized that... people are just stupid lol.

3. Do you hope to be married (married again if divorced)?
Every time I see my married/soon-to-be-married friends with their SOs, I think, awww, I might want they have. Marriage is conceptually hard for me to see myself in, though, especially since divorce is illegal where I am. I just want someone to take care of me haha.

4. If you could take one technology to a desert island (the obvious satellite phone excluded), what would it be?
My first thought was some kind of water filtration system and then I realized I am too dumb, lazy, and un-resilient for survival to be worth it.

5. What is the last activity you bought a ticket for?
A staged concert for Les Miserables in 2026. I'm not actually that hyped about it since I've already seen a full production and also ~outgrown~ my love for Les Mis (and all formative fandoms), but I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy it when I'm there. The last FINISHED activity was a bus ride a couple days ago for an errand. And a few days before that, another musical.

This week:

Boosting

geraineon's post on how to support Indonesia through Grab.

Trying to do Yoga With Kassandra's latest 30-day challenge which is 10–15 mins of yoga and pilates. On one hand, it takes away any exercise-related decision-making. On the other, I'm NOT enjoying it. As a very un-fit person whose activity is mostly mobility work, I'm suffering lol. But I have an accountability buddy so I haven't fallen off. Yet.

Picked up I Am Setsuna again since I got a notification that Nine Sols is 40% off which reminded me that I have a Switch. It's been four months since I held my Switch so I have completely forgotten what I'm supposed to do and where anything else is, but thankfully the game is super linear and the world relatively small. I'm at the point where I have 15 Orichalcum and I am experiencing decision paralysis on what to spend them on (as if it matters with the casual way I game!). And I think I'm on my way to the last leg of the main story? But I'm worried there won't be any more item/spritnite shops from hereon out so I've just been procrastinating. XD Favorite combos for revisiting previous dungeons are Blowbeat (Endir / Nidr - physical attack VS all enemies with a chance of afflicting Stun/Paralysis) and Astral Bloom (Aeterna / Julienne - AOE damage with all elemental attributes)... There's also one with Endir, Nidr, and Kir that targets all enemies but I forgot what it's called.

Terrible week for SEA: 1) Flooding for those of us who are affected by the southwest monsoon, which obviously sucks more when your country is poor; 2) SEA once again being exploited by the US; [exhibit A, exhibit B]; 3) Border clashes and war (TH-KH)

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Bits and bobs:

Legend of Hei 2 started showing in China and I'm manifesting a quick digital release.

The Lovers (also known as the Filipino fish yuri short film) has updated to announce that they're hoping to hold a test screening for backers on Q1 2026. It will be another year before they post it publicly on Youtube as they're planning to premiere it in a bunch of international festivals first. I hope I don't miss the Kickstarter screening omg.

Gongsam, the creator of my fav manhwa Goldiluck, has been serializing a BL manhwa called Killer Whale Protocol. The English translation is set to come out next month on Manta (which sadly no longer has a monthly subscription option, maybe because it was too unprofitable).

Ever since Wingspan launched its Asia expansion last month, I've been playing it again and I'm even beginning to understand the game, or at least the goals. XD I can't express how much joy the Asia expansion has given me—I'm not one to care about cultural representation in media, but this one made me feel all the things, so I guess I feel represented by... birds. 😂 I learned from the Chinese audio track that hummingbird is 蜂鳥, which is cute, and mourning dove is still the same, 哀鴿. I'm actually considering getting the other expansions now that I'm playing for more than the bird noises and music.

Umamusume: Found out from Bluesky that Cygames "literally made yuri on ice before Yuri on Ice aired". Here is the GIF of Symboli Rudolf dipping and kissing Oguri Cap and looking smug while Oguri Cap just vibes to their romantic ice dance.

I have been SUPER obsessed with this artist's NieR: Automata art: https://bsky.app/profile/reimei-swd.bsky.social

On itch.io shadowbanning/deindexing games with NSFW content: someone made a great meme

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