#josé rizal

[ilaw-at-panitik]

[Y]our love and the one I profess for my country have melted into one... Could I forget you? [...] I called upon your name. I thought I could see you in the mist that rose from the depths of the valleys, I thought I could hear your voice in the whispering of the leaves, and when the folk songs the peasants sang as they returned from their work would reach me from afar, they only seemed to harmonize with my own interior voices, which sang for you and gave reality to my illusions and dreams. Sometimes I would lose myself on mountain paths, and night, which falls slowly there, would find me still wandering, searching for the trail among the pines, beech, and oak. Then, if the rays of the moon floated down through the openings in the thick canopy, I thought I could see you in the heart of the forest, like a vague, loving shadow, shimmering among the light and the darkness of the thicket. And if perchance I could distinguish the varying warbles of the nightingale, I thought it was because I could see you, and you were its muse. Did I think about you? The passion of my love for you not only brought life to their mists but color to their ice.

José Rizal, from "Noli Me Tangere" tr to English by Harold Augenbraum (First Published, 1887)

#José Rizal #philippine literature #novel #happy valentine's day!

[id0lpareo]

REPOST CAUSE I DIDNT DRAW RIZALS TIE CORRECTLY 😭

anyways i think their executions were kind similar tbh.....

#art #fanart #my art #history fanart #history fandom #history #michel ney #marshal ney #jose rizal #josé rizal #french empire #french revolution #napoleonic era #napoleonic wars #napoleonic #filipino #philippines #spanish colonial #spanish colonial period #kkk philippines #katipunan #kataastaasan kagalang-galang na katipunan ng mga anak ng bayan

[thepersonalwords]

To be happy does not mean to indulge in foolishness!

José Rizal

#José Rizal #thepersonalwords #Happiness #quotes #literature #life quotes #author quotes #prose #lit #spilled ink #writers on tumblr #writing inspiration #poets on tumblr

[quotelr]

To be happy does not mean to indulge in foolishness!

José Rizal

#José Rizal #quotelr #Happiness # happiness # doe # mean # meaning # means #quotes #literature #life quotes #author quotes #prose #lit #spilled ink #writers on tumblr #writing inspiration #poets on tumblr

[elfilipinismo]

JoLen: the mother of all Filipino breakups

Before Guy and Pip, Gabby and Sharon, AlDub, and quite recently KathNiel, there was José Rizal and Leonor Rivera or “JoLen”. Theirs can be considered as the “mother of all Filipino breakups”. Leonor and Rizal were distant cousins. Like Kathryn Bernardo, Leonor was quite young when she started a relationship with Rizal. The pretty lass from Camilíng was only 14 while the Calambeño poet was…

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#Bonifacio Day #Henry Charles Kipping #José Rizal #KathNiel #Leonor Rivera #loveteam

[al-sapore-di-sigarette]

"La gioventù è la nostra speranza per il futuro."

José Rizal

#José Rizal #La lunga strada tortuosa #t.j. klune #frase libro #citazione libro #frasi libri #citazioni libri #libri #tumblr italia #aforismi tumblr #citazione tumblr #citazioni #citazioni tumblr #frasi tumblr

[my-reality-my-rules]

hello! I am wondering why do u want to shift in El Filibusterismo or Noli me tangere? Just curious to know.

[thanks for this ask!]

HOLY FUCK HOLY SHITTING FUCK SOMEONE FINALLY NOTICED I'M SO HAPPY LMAO

i have so much to say about this oh my fucking god-

first things first, with the el noli fandom being very small, and the novels' author being very dead, i feel obliged to say that i have been desperately craving for content for the past how many years. much of this is due to the fact that the story itself is unfinished (don't even get me started on Makamisa)—but what really takes the cake is that i, along with my friends, have some thoughts on the two main novels.

[immediate apologies for this rant,, i tried to keep this short as i didn't want to get too into the topic lmao]

[TW: major spoilers for Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo by José Rizal]

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(1) character disappearances

basilio was a major character in el filibusterismo not only because of his involvement in the story, but because of his past. he knew simoun's true identity, and likely had an idea what happened with elias (there's no way he wouldn't know this—especially when the scandal with crisostomo was such a big thing with the nobility, not to mention basilio being taken under captain tiago's wing after). while i wouldn't yet call him an accomplice to simoun's formation or development as a character at this point in time, when he buries his mother and elias with crisostomo, it's one of the points of interest in his story because it's how he gets involved with one of the main characters in the first place.

moving on to the sequel; he becomes a main character himself. for his story, he could've used his position as a lauded student of medicine to his advantage, especially after julí's death. I'm of the opinion that even if his reputation was ruined due to the arrests, there's no way he couldn't have pulled a favour or two. basilio was angry enough to agree to simoun's offer of revolution, and we don't see much else in the last few chapters save for him trying to stop isagani from going to the party. we don't see him at all after that.

and placido ))):< mans had a whole chapter to himself and we barely ever see him again. the one time we do later in the novel, it's a mere footnote. we don't know the specifics of what he did under simoun's command, we don't even get to witness him in action. what happened in the time between his meeting with simoun and the botched explosion? what happens with his mother after the debacle? what did padre millon do after his outburst? i have so many more questions crammed in one of my oldest google docs lmfao. overall, i really like placido's character too. i felt a kinship with him when i read his chapter—so that factored into my interest in his character.

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(2) unfinished story + literature

i understand that the author died before the last novel was finished, but after getting so invested in the series, it left me wanting as a reader. don't get me wrong—i love reading about the theories being made on both official research and on fanfictions when it comes to the stories. but with the fanbase being so small, and some documents unavailable for perusal (at least for me), it's hard to cope with the knowledge that we won't get much else.

additionally, from what I've heard, the novels are being treated as homework, and just that. just research for a subject. perhaps it's my obsession with the stories peaking through, but i stand by that. as a fan of classic literature, especially of works that aren't as globally recognised, it kinda hurts my soul lmao.

alright, listen; material like Les Misérables, Crime and Punishment, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Pride and Prejudice, and et cetera—they deserve their acclaim. I'm not downplaying any of the author's successes nor the legacies that those kinds of works have earned. but stories such as Noli Me Tángere, El Filibusterismo, Wives and Daughters, The Setting Sun, Doña Barbara, and more—i enjoy reading lesser known literature. they have fewer analyses, lower recognition, and are generally more obscure. shifting for these classics is the true immersion, the true experience, in my opinion. it's a chance at finally getting the worlds I've only imagined fully come into life.

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(3) personal reasons

a few days ago, a friend of mine remarked that we (the three of us who's in the group) might have had a chance at being called attractive had we lived during the time period the novels were written. this isn't to degrade my friends or myself in any way—just simply stating that there are always better people when it comes to things like beauty. i agreed with her. growing up, i never really fit into that category of conventional attractiveness; and while I've often been told otherwise, i know i still had to grow into my looks, and earn my place into the middle hierarchy with peers, not like the people who've had the privilege of money and breeding to comfort themselves with to actually pay to be attractive.

I'm not saying that to sound misogynistic—i genuinely don't give a shit about the peers who gave me trouble in the past—but i do want to experience that too, you know? everyone's always dreamed of a better life, and what finer way than shifting to experience that?

#forgive me for the rant #but this was building up for years #i had an obsession with these books #and while some of that faded over time #it doesn't make me any less passionate about it LMFAO #shifting #shifting realities #reality shifting #desired reality #shift #shifting shenanigans #shifting to noli me tangere #shifting to el filibusterismo #noli me tangere #el filibusterismo #josé rizal #philippine history #Esther's shifting posts

[takipsilim-dapithapon]

i have never read the classics but i'm starting now! added these gems to my tbr, i just have to finish noli me tangere and el filibusterismo, they're both by josé rizal and are considered to be the classics of my country. the brochures are from the museum we visited on the same day. i highly recommend visiting your local museums as much as you can ^-^

#dark academia #history #philippines #museums #academia aesthetic #dark acadamia aesthetic #the illiad #the odyssey #classics #noli me tangere #el filibusterismo #josé rizal

[ilaw-at-panitik]

“I came to ask for advice and you tell me to lower my head before grotesque idols!” “Yes, I repeat it, because here you must either lower your head or lose it.”

José Rizal, from "Noli Me Tángere" tr Charles Derbyshire (Published by Project Gutenberg, 2007)

#José Rizal #philippine literature #novel

[shadownerdcandy]

Hi there. I'm back again...sort of.

Anyways, to celebrate Rizal Day (which is December 30), I present to you a hairstyle from my country's National Hero, Josè Rizal (a.k.a José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda).

Info:

José Rizal Hair

BGC (base game compatible)

Masculine Frame

LOD 10 K Polycount

24 EA Swatches

Hat Compatible

Original EA Mesh (Edit)

Download Link: V1 (With Hair Strands)- Simfileshare -

V2 (No Strands) - Simfileshare -

Let me know if there are any issues.

And by the way, I just got back because of this specific day. So I'm still not sure if I'm "really" back to make more cc hairstyles. See ya later.

#the sims 4 custom content #ts4 cc #ts4ccmm #ts4 hair #sims 4 maxis cc #sims 4 maxis match #ts4 male hair #ts4 male cc #s4 download #jose rizal #rizaldaybaby!

[onichuuya-yokai]

𝓑𝓼𝓭 𝓜𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽 - 𝓐𝓾'𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓞𝓬'𝓼 𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓣𝔀𝓸

comment/ send an ask if you have anymore I need to add!

this masterlist is broken up because of errors with all of the @'s I had

because of this being a part two post for this specific masterlist, other blogs will be in the first post of it

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αυ'ѕ

Younger au:

@just-a-lil-mackerel

@my-baby-boy-nikolai

@lilfyos

@littlelightsnow

@ruler-of-the-jungle-gym

@kingoftheplayground

@babyrintaro (7)

Fem au:

@chuusauce

@queenmackerel

Past au:

@ultradeduction

High school au:

@thesourceofsin

@moonovermountain

Model au:

@drowninginbeauty

PM au:

@wretched-man-of-ideals

@the-portmafias-tiger (swapped with Chuuya)

@dragons-pet-tiger (swapped with Elise)

Doa au:

@doatetcho

@doajouno

Dead Atsushi au

@akutagawa-the-mad

Swap au:

@laplabdog (swapped with Atsushi)

@heart-of-melted-metal (swapped with Fukuzawa)

Byakko

@byakko-beneath-the-moonlight

Stage Play Actors

@redmotorcycle (pm masterlist too)

@suicideenthusiast (idk if they're as the actor or what, but they're in the ada masterlist too)

@the-suicidal-maniac

Animals au:

@the-bunny-poet

@dazaiosamubutacat

Ada au:

@currentlyeatingrocks

Modern au/ college au:

@modernzai

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σ¢'ѕ

José Rizal - @reignofgreed

Kin Fukuzawa - @fukuzawasrealwife

#bsd masterlist

[southeastasianists]

The story Southeast Asia likes to tell itself is that, by the late 1990s, it had something like its “end of history” moment.

By 1999, the region was free of colonialism, with the last push made by Timor-Leste, which that year held a referendum to throw off Indonesian imperialism. With that development, the region’s national borders appeared to be finally decided and revanchism, although it was still voiced on the fringes, had ended. 

All Southeast Asian countries, except Timor-Leste, were members of ASEAN. Communist Vietnam and Laos were stable and internationally accepted. Anti-communist tyrants like Indonesia’s Suharto, Burma’s Ne Win and Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines had either resigned or been ousted. 

And the worst crimes of the Cold War-era, including the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia, were not just over but there was to finally be some sort of justice. In 1999, the holdout Khmer Rouge leaders finally surrendered and Ta Mok, its former army chief, was symbolically arrested by the local authorities. 

Today, however, Southeast Asia finds itself trapped by history. 

On the one hand, it became evident in February 2021 that not all of 20th-century history was over. The military coup in Myanmar that month awakened many to the reality that some elements of the pre-Cold War period had not been solved. 

Indeed, Myanmar has been trapped in the early 20th century since independence from Britain in 1948. Whereas all other Southeast Asian threw off their colonial powers and then resolved their internal battles over what form of government would follow, Myanmar did not. 

Myanmar as outlier

Anti-colonial struggles are conflicts against a foreign aggressor and civil wars at the same time. It is not enough to claim self-determination; it must be determined what sort of self you want once free. 

The partition of Vietnam was both things at once. Many historians date the Cambodian Civil War as beginning in either 1967 (with the Samlaut Uprising) or 1979 (with the Lon Nol “coup”) but those same political schisms were latent, though blanketed, under Nordom Sihanouk’s regime that ruled after independence. 

The People’s Power uprising in the Philippines in 1986 was essentially the answer to the question — constitutional or personalist rule — that was posed when the country gained independence from Spain in 1898, and, indeed, was the internal debate within almost all of José Rizal’s writings. 

But Myanmar never went through this process — or, rather, successive military juntas never allowed the question to be seriously explored. The 1962 coup effectively froze in time the question of self-determination of Myanmar’s myriad ethnic minorities, a remnant of colonial rule.

In two ways, Myanmar under the military remained a colonial holdout: The Bamar center colonized the ethnic periphery and the anti-colonial struggle was never allowed to fully run its course. The cataclysm of the 2021 military coup appears to be the event that will finally bring this historical question to a proper solution. 

The answer offered by the anti-junta movement, centered on the National Unity Government, is a revolutionary federal state, in which Myanmar maintains its same territorial borders but vastly more power and autonomy is given to the ethnic areas, while at the same time the national army, a product of anti-colonialism, will be dissolved and something (perhaps a network of militias) will take its place. 

The junta’s answer, the same that its predecessors offered, is devolution based on the permission of a central authority, implemented through peace talks. The problem with this answer, as has been the case in the past, is that it is dependent not upon rules or laws but the whims of whichever general is sitting in Naypyidaw, so essentially yet another delay in answering the post-colonial civil war question.

Yet, for now at least, according to some hopeful observers, the forces of revolution are prevailing over the forces of reaction in Myanmar.

Baked-in crisis

Alas, the rest of Southeast Asia seems unwilling to accept that a historical reckoning must happen in Myanmar for there to be any progress. 

One can put aside the fatuousness of permitting Myanmar entrance into ASEAN in 1997 before those civil-war conflicts were solved, yet ASEAN still doesn’t accept that by doing so it institutionalized those conflicts into the regional system.

In other words, by accepting Myanmar into the ASEAN bloc, the rest of the region (perhaps) unwittingly accepted a share of responsibility for solving those historical conflicts. This point is still not appreciated by ASEAN in its continued insistence that the solution to the current crisis is to return to a point in time: the status quo ante. 

Yet, even if that return was feasible, which it isn’t, ASEAN would still be left with the situation of Myanmar’s 20th-century conflicts sparking another similar crisis at some point in the future. 

ASEAN is, therefore, trapped in apparently thinking that Myanmar is unique in that it won’t have to go through the same bloody processes that the rest of the region did — a final reckoning of post-colonial civil wars — and clearly thinks that the region’s responsibility is to forestall, not assist, this process.

On the other hand, Southeast Asia is also in a history trap of believing that the post-Cold War era is still alive. 

It can be fairly said that the region, aside from China, was the biggest beneficiary of the world order left after the collapse of communism in Europe. A cursory look at how the region has developed economically, culturally and socially since 1989 is enough to make that argument. 

But what should we call the period between 1989 and, roughly, 2019? The “Chimerica Era”, that chimera when the United States and China thought they could get along and when the West thought that Beijing was playing by the same rules? Or, perhaps, the “Inter-Cold War Era?”

Nostalgia not enough

In any case, that period is now over. Yet, Southeast Asia’s leaders still think that they can deny its disappearance by repeatedly stating their opposition to what has come after – a “New Cold War” – as if denying something’s existence makes it not exist.

They hold onto the hope that Washington and Beijing will finally see sense and agree that because things were much better for all in the 2000s that should be their shared vision for the future. 

If there is a purpose to “hedging”, it is presumably to play both superpowers off against one another to extract the most benefits. Yet the downside is that you make yourself dependent on both sides, as has been the case: As a share of overall ASEAN trade, the United States and China have taken on a larger, not smaller, percentage in recent years. 

Hedging, as manifested today, is to take both sides, rather than to take neither side. That is problematic, to say the least, if there is a possibility of both sides going to war, when you will be forced by events outside your control and at a time not of your choosing to decide which side to take.

None of this is unreasonable from an emotional level; it’s only natural for Southeast Asian leaders, by 1999, to have been jubilant that the horrors of the 20th century were over and that their societies could finally have the stability to become prosperous – thanks to the Inter-Cold War Era. 

It’s only natural to want the good times to continue. Sadly, they’re over and the world is once again a far more unstable and unpredictable place, including in ASEAN’s northwest. Nostalgia for times past will only get you so far. 

David Hutt is a research fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS) and the Southeast Asia Columnist at the Diplomat. As a journalist, he has covered Southeast Asian politics since 2014. The views expressed here are his own and do not reflect the position of Radio Free Asia and RFA sister organization BenarNews.

#Southeast Asia #ASEAN #Myanmar #Burma #History

[incorrectbatfam]

Jason Todd’s book recommendation list? Or at least a list of his favorite Jane Austen books in order? Also, which Pride & Prejudice movie version would he prefer?

Jason's book recs besides Jane Austen and Willy Shakes:

The Catcher in the Rye – J. D. Salinger

Fun Home – Alison Bechdel

The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini

The Social Cancer – José Rizal

The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde

Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison

The Outsiders – S. E. Hinton

A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L'Engle

The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon

The Handmaid's Tale – Margaret Atwood

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou

Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – Sherman Alexie

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison

The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin

To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee

The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas

Maus – Art Spiegelman 

The Giver – Lois Lowry

The Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan

Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov

Chicano! – Francisco A. Rosales

My Sister's Keeper – Jodi Picoult

1984 – George Orwell

The Satanic Verses – Salman Rushdie

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee – Dee Brown

Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut

As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Ken Kesey

Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston

The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky

For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway

The Jungle – Upton Sinclair

Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury

#ask #jason todd #red hood #batfamily #batfam #batboys #batbros #batkids #batsiblings #batman family #dc comics #headcanon #book rec #banned books

[fuckmarrykillpolls]

#jose rizal #real life #fuck marry kill #polls

[my-reality-my-rules]

Hi! Idk if you've seen it but I'm just curious, what are your thoughts on the show "Maria Clara and Ibarra" on tv if you've heard and seen it? Just asking bc I remember seeing one of your posts back then about Noli and El Fili! 😄 And the concept of the show may not be totally related to shifting but it's interesting bc you know, the main character of the show travels to the fictional world,,,, or maybe a reality where the plot is taking place. 😄

[thanks for this ask!]

initially, i was stoked about the show. it's your classic isekai plot, added with the fact that it's about an obscure fandom, and it counts as historical fiction; i had been immediately head over heels for it.

i didn't watch it immediately, however. when a show I'm interested in comes out, i try to wait until it's finished (whether it's a season or as a whole in general). AO3 trauma should be counted as a real thing; i get so frustrated whenever i see a discontinued fic and find out it's actually really good. this factored in with my hesitance to watch shows i like.

and i disagree; the plot was totally related to shifting—while it's true that you're not necessarily creating a 'new' body that disappears while shifting [looking at you, 2020 shiftok], you're still shifting to a body that exists in a certain period of time. even if it's an isekai.

😭😭😭 don't be shy just list it as an isekai-

it's been a while since this ask was sent. I'm currently answering this just as the first part of the show is ending (the last episode for Noli was airing earlier), so i might finally watch it in full.

i might(?) update on this in the other blog, though. I've yet to finish my El Noli script, and the show just gave me some hot ideas.

#shifting #shifting realities #reality shifting #desired reality #shift #shifting shenanigans #shifting to noli me tangere #shifting to el filibusterismo #noli me tángere #el filibusterismo #josé rizal #Esther's shifting posts

[el-dritchknight]

Sharing Spaces [Elibarra NSFW]

Fandom: Noli Me Tangere & Related Works - José Rizal

Characters | Ships: Elias/Crisostomo Ibarra

Summary:

In a faraway, foreign land, Crisostomo Ibarra finds home in a man that smells like the sea.

"One room please," Crisostomo says in fluent German. Being a polyglot has uses - for instance, booking rooms at inns in order to escape the tyrannical clutches of the Spanish authorities.

Days of looking over his bloody shoulder as Elias dragged him to safety had turned into weeks of hiding from place to place. From the humblest bahay kubo to a rich friend’s abode, they sought mercy and compassion wherever it was found.

Unfortunately, such doesn’t seem to be found in Wilhelmsfeld. At least, not until Crisostomo fishes out silver coins. They were nearing the end of the supplies he’d brought, but it was no matter.

read the rest on ao3

#elibarra #crisostomo ibarra #elias noli me tangere #el noli #noli me tangere #el filibusterismo #el writes #im back baby