Some Ramblings!!! - Tumblr Posts

ooc. the thing is, i am generally on the camp of portraying post-colonial nations as having histories prior to the introduction of european (or any other really) rule; it's the route i take with amihan for example, because you know, banish the idea that we weren't anything before europeans came in and drew the borders that exist today and giving us messy issues that come with suddenly threading groups of people who identified differently as one nation

and singapore definitely has a precolonial history--even back then, singapura was a central hub for trade, and that alone is enough of reason to have a singular, consistent entity for precolonial and modern-day singapore

but i'm also very much interested in the way modern singapore as it exists today is also very much a construct caused by european colonialism; it's a bit of a unique case in a way, a nation-state where the majority/dominant population aren't indigenous to the land, but aren't white europeans either; the way the chinese-singaporean identity is so dominant as much singapore tries to be a multi-ethnic state, the messy and complicated issues tied with the history of how the marginalization of the orang laut is connected to that history of european colonialism as chinese (and also indian) laborers settled in the new colony, how all this results in the multicultural flavor of singapore's cultural identity, how what singaporean is happens to be the result of all these different cultural connections crossing paths with one another in a manner that was at least exacerbated the moment raffles landed

and it's kind of why i have will so young, why i have the precolonial singapura be a separate entity he's interested in continuing the legacy of; his neighbors are the older ones, and when it comes to exploring what's survived and lives on despite colonialism, they're definitely all apt for exploring that narrative; but i'm also interested in how these nations that exist today are also products of that same colonialism, and when it comes to exploring that process of destruction and creation in maritime seasia, i feel it's best explored with singapore and its personification

Well, I'm writing a skz x aot for fun. I'm excited to see how it will turn out! This is totally not me trying cope with the ending of attack on titan :')