Hi Ate! I hope you don't mind me bringing this up, and you don't have to answer this either way, but—50 years na ang nakaraan mula unang idineklara ni Marcos ang Martial Law sa Pilipinas. Kamusta ka? How are we feeling?
Ever since the results of the 2022 elections were announced, galit na galit at takot na takot ako para sa mga kapwa nating Pilipinong nakatira sa Pilipinas, lalo na kung iisipin ko nandon ang karamihan ng kaibigan at kamag-anak ko. And I can't even begin to imagine kung anong pinagdadaanan ngayon ng mga biktima ng panunupil ng rehime ni Marcos at ng mga pamilya nila. There's just no words that can fully encompass this heavy-heartedness.
I've been playing your game periodically these past few months to cope, so I wanted to thank you for that as well! I just hope that you and any other Filipino who might be reading this are also doing what you can to survive in this period of struggle, regardless of how much it directly impacts you. And despite everything, patuloy ang pakikibaka laban sa tiranya, and I think from here on out lalakas lang ng lalakas ang pagtindig ng sambayanang Pilipino 🇵🇭❤️
it really lightens my heart that you play eye of the moon to help soothe. that's really what it is for me too, a way to just appreciate and imagine our culture and history and geography without the real life consequences of spanish colonization and us imperialism. admittedly my writing process for eotm is slow because while i'm researching and creating, i'm unpacking a lot of these feelings too and intently considering what i want to say and how i want it to manifest and resonate with the contemporary audiences engaging with the work.
heavy-heartedness is definitely the right word to describe my sentiments towards the election results as well. it seems like every time i see the marcos' name i discover some sort of new historic atrocity. i have relatives in the philippines that were speaking up about how the marcoses stole fishing land from our family and then when they were done completely ruining it they just abandoned it completely.
though despair weighs heavily in our hearts, so can our solidarity and our will. i think ma'am leni said it best:
