#That also features the Bakunawa a dragon like serpent that eats moons.

[quitealotofsodapop]

I'm going to take a chip out of my own AU and say that Xci Nicco was born from a star. Specifically a star from a bird constellation. Which bird constellation? Idk !! :'D

Back to the topic, this leads to Xci Nicco having bird-like features that they simply hide via glamours.

Nicco's harpy form (as I like to call it °×°) is a whopping 7'11 ft tall. In their harpy form, she also has talons! Also she has very big wings (similar to those of Peng's, but not golden and much bigger.)

Xci Nicco trills in her harpy form when she's pet. That's canon, shhhh...

When the grandparents found out about Hua Jiao's lover actually being a 'monster' (by society standards), PIF went: "just like his grandmama.."

When the traffic light trio found out, Mei definitely said "it runs in the family I guess—"

All the other siblings were shocked. No one in the 12 people said anything. It was awkward but they supported it.. because let's be real, their grandfather is a damn bull demon, their other grandfather has a war form, their other, OTHER grandfather has a smoke monster and their grandmother is a fallen celestial. Oh yeah, and their father (MK) is a demon monkey who ALSO has a war form... their other father is also a bull demon but hides it with glamours, and their aunt is a literal dragon.

Off topic, Xci Nicco found out that Mei was a dragon and sometimes calls her a Bakunawa. (a dragon in Philippine mythology often represented as a gigantic sea serpent; a dragon-like snake that eats the moon. ba·ku·ná·wa. “moon eater”) Mei was confused about this at first and searched it up, before delving deep into Philippine mythology and laughing along (-ish /j).

I love all these details about your OC! You should really post about them on your own blog at this point /positive

The first bird constellation that came to my mind was Aquilla (the Eagle), and that Harpy form just sounds glorious.

Hua Jiao comes from a long line of brave men, women, and monkeys who went; "Wow you're terrifyingly powerful monsterous entity/god - marry me?" and succeeded.

I love all these details about Phillippine mythos you provide.

#others ocs #spicynoodles being parents #lmk fan children #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk au #shapeshiftershipping

[koorinohebi]

Tell us about a myth/folktale/urban legend of your culture. / Would you rather explore the face of the moon or the bottom of the Mariana Trench? / Vampires or Werewolves?

A) Tell us about a myth/folktale/urban legend of your culture.

"Everyone believed that he was a monster; they believed in the awful things that he had done, believed in the reputation that preceded him. Everyone believed that he was death; they believed that all he could do was take without ever giving back. Everyone believed that he was terror; they feared what they couldn’t understand. Yet all I could call him was love; because he has enchanted me with life."

I'm just gonna shamelessly plug a blurb that I wrote for that one book that featured my story about this.

I'm quite sad though that these particular pieces of myth aren't as prominent as Greek myth... in OUR OWN COUNTRY, but what can you do when schools hardly teach them anymore?

That being said, in our culture, we have a God of the Skies who is also technically the God of Death called Sidapa. He's the one who is in charge of overseeing humanity's existence; their lifespans carved onto a giant tree. Sidapa descended from the heavens and made residence in Mt. Madjaas, living most of his life in isolation-- if you dont count the mountain dwelling sprites and animals. Back then, it was said that the Philippines had seven moons and Sidapa was in love with them. However, it's not just him. There are other gods who also feel the same way about the moons, wooing them with songs and such. So he too did what he could, and in his own way (frightening as it may have been for those who did his bidding) garnered the help of others to try and gain the moons' favor.

Some of the things that he did:

- Asked the birds and mermaids to sing his endearments to them.

- Ordered flowers to bloom and perfume the surroundings so much that it reaches the heavens.

- Asked fire flies to light the way so the moons could find their way to him.

Despite the sweetness of this gesture, only one of the moons came down to him, and it was the youngest of the seven, a boy named Bulan. He was the complete contrast to Sidapa who was tall, muscular, and quite scary. Despite this difference, Sidapa gave Bulan much gifts. Doting him with affection and up to this day, it's believed that both of them are still together.

(I made a short story about this for one of the local books who produced a mythology anthology...and since my contract with them is through, I'll post it somewhere here.)

B) Would you rather explore the face of the moon or the bottom of the Mariana Trench?

I'd have to go with exploring the surface of the moon for this one. I absolutely love space and other heavenly bodies and I've always wanted to go to the moon and explore its craters. Maybe have a nice view of the Earth while I'm at it. Definitely want to study the components and materials that make up the moon too. ALSO! Since this mentions "moon" in general, nothing is stopping me from going for other moons too! If technology would allow it I would like to go to Titan, one of Saturn's moons, because of what Cassini had observed during its expedition.

C) Vampires or Werewolves?

Definitely Vampires. I remember doing a whole thesis on vampires in pop culture back when I was in high school. One which focused on Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, and on Vampire: The Masquerade. That was pretty fun. My brother couldn't believe I passed a thesis whose foundation (half of it) could pass for something remotely close to dungeons and dragons. But hey, we did pass the subject. Although to be honest, my love for Vampires stem more from Vlad. Which is why works that detail his life both in the historical and fictional sense are things that I enjoy. Hellsing for one, is so good. Historically however, I do admire the way he handled his enemies. It sure as hell is not a very humane thing to do (specially the impalements) but it was effective. Specially that forest of impaled bodies. I too, would have been appalled if I was part of the Ottoman army and I had to see THAT.

#|| Breaking the Ice || Answered #Raichoose #This was a pretty fun ask! #Thank you for sending this in. #I'll share the Sidapa and Bulan story later. #That also features the Bakunawa a dragon like serpent that eats moons. #I wish we could go to more and more moons. OR discover more of them. #I wonder what it'd be like if Earth has more moons. I'm thinking that it may not be as good a thing tho...pretty as it sounds. #I think one of the people I'd love to talk to from history is Vlad. I wanna hear stories from himself. #And get lessons on how to impale things. You know. For research.