Zyx's El Fili things

it took so long for me to actually post a drawing in the el fili space sorry guys i was nervous

i am OBSESSED with pirates. i love pirates, i always have since i was like 4 or 5. pirates have always been such a special part in my life. im talking pirate movies, pirate music, pirate art, pirate ocs, pirate costumes, pirate history.

noli me tangere and el filibusterismo pirate au thoughts

ik its not much but the very thought of it is making me tweak out. the thing is that there WERE filipino pirates but, pls correct me if im wrong on this, they were called "moro pirates" meaning that they were primarily muslim pirates. the whole of noli and el fili is predominantly christian so, i believe for the sake of this au, we would have to settle for the characters as pirates inspired by the moro pirates but not directly bc i dont believe they are muslim.

there's canon endings and non canon endings. the canon endings are what happens in the actual story. for example, juli's canon ending would be her dying and the mc being heartbroken. non canon endings diverge from the canon, and are way happier. i like the idea that the mc is represented by an animal. like they're not a real animal but they're represented by one. i was thinking like a maya bird prolly??

also me and my friends were talking abt a secret ending called reign of greed which is js the polycule ending 😭

canon endings involve OPM songs pertaining to the ending and the feelings of the characters after (isagani might be tensionado by soapdish SHIT 💔💔💔)

(istg when I can I'll post real art 💔 I can't promise that it'll be absolutely jaw dropping tho)

i was joking earlier today abt how i can see this as an inside joke for the tropang nerds

basilio, the med student, says it unironically. if someone's panting or needs a breather he instinctually goes, "hinga! bitaw!" and the other tropang nerds think it's HILARIOUS.

pelaez, whenever placido coughs or is breathing hard, always yells "PLACIDO HINGA! BITAW! WAG KANG MAMAMATAY DITO 💔💔". it becomes and inside joke and the others find themselves muttering "hinga! bitaw!" whenever they're coughing 😭

on a slightly angsty (?) note, basilio likes that it caught on bc it makes him feel like the others truly care abt him and the silly things he does sometimes

"In the echoes of my past, in the deep recesses of my mind, in the warmth of the sun that reminds me of your love, I see you more than I ever had."

basilio angst bc Jose Rizal has a chokehold on me RELEASE ME KUYA RIZAL