…trying to make sense of the manananggal. For those wondering, this is a manananggal:
By The original uploader was Rodsan18 at English Wikipedia
(Original text: Original illustration of Dragonbite (copyright holder ©)’) – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.
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It’s a vampire-like monster from the Philippines, and I simply cannot figure out how the hell it manages to get that shirt on.
It’s probably a completely open-back design, similar to what cheaper funeral homes use on corpses.
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Yes, I’m serious.
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Lay the body in the coffin, drape the “suit” or “dress” over the body, put the arms through the sleeves, tuck everything else under, done.
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In the above picture, imagine the shirt has a button at the back of the neck, the rest is just draped .. rather like a short snuggie.
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Mew
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p.s. if you want to consider real horror .. the snuggie ..
Does it occur to no one that they can just slip on a bathrobe backwards for a third of the cost and infinitely less facepalm?
Sewing on a second tie at the neck would be required, and .. have to get one without a hood.
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Yes, some bathrobes have hoods.
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Mew
I find it hilarious that the best Wikipedia can do to illustrate this creeping horror is a child’s drawing.
Any practiced artist who contemplated the beast soon went insane. Only the comparatively innocent and resilient mind of a child can process the horror. Even then, the child who drew this image was never “quite right” after wards.
Ah, I’m perfectly safe then. No artistic talent whatsoever.
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Moe, on the other paw …
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Moe? Are you there, Moe?
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Mew