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Finally saw the somewhat controversial film Quezon (2025), the fourth movie in the Bayani (Hero) series of E.A. Rocha and Fernando Ortigas, Executive Producers of the films. The controversy arose when one of Quezon’s grandsons Ricky Avanceña questioned the director during a Q&A forum on the film. He asked if the film was a satire, and the director said yes. He then said that for the filmmakers to…

Vinzons, Quezon, Aguinaldo and the Young Philippines Party

  While browsing the ‘Net, I came upon an article by Emmanuel Dooc for his Telltales column in the Business Mirror newspaper. It is titled: ‘Wenceslao Q. Vinzons: The Hero the Nation Forgot’  He described Vinzons as “the biggest political thorn on the side of President Manuel L. Quezon during the pre-war years?” He wrote that Vinzons actively campaigned for Emilio Aguinaldo against Manuel L.…

Alright further development of this. Space monster mode is mostly the same, floating around in a sparkly pearl cloud looking like a galaxy. 

For the humanoid body, I really want her to be regal but monstrous. I don’t really want it to be so clear-cut between her two “modes”, but I’m not really sure how to go about making her scarier. Maybe a scary personality will be enough. Though I would like her to have a creepy mouth, mollusca don’t have much by the way of mouths (based it a bit on an octopus anyway, she has really straight uncanny valley teeth).

Anyway I based her outfit on 1600′s fashion just because I love this totally unrelated theory. It works really well for incorporating things like the wide conch headpiece (kinda like hairstyles of the time), floopy snail flaps (cuffed sleeves), scallop eyes (jewellery) and “lips” (neck ruff). Brought snail antennae into her eyes just for kicks, not really based on anything. Her bodice is based on a crab’s stomach just cuz it worked with her multiple arms. I wonder if she should have eight arms like an octopus? But that might just over complicate the design.

I changed the oyster to look more like a Pinctada. Pearls are born from its shiny walls rather than the womb thing I had last time. More accurate to how nacre actually works, though I still like the idea of them coming from her body. I couldn’t get that idea to work the way I really visualized it though. I imagined her whole torso splitting open vertically and this tiny pearl floating out.

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At least one senator is dissatisfied with Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima's explanation on how he acquired his wealth. Critics also noted inconsistencies in his senate testimony.