There's been a lot of complaints from Tumblr users regarding the final design of the water dragon who is set to appear in Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon. Some said that she strongly resembles Elsa because of her big eyes, looks like a Kirin, has too much fur, her snout is short, lacks whiskers, etc.

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A plushie of Sisu from Raya and the Last Dragon is now available for pre-order in Shopee and I immediately added it to cart and placed my order. The seller is from China, so it's going to take several days to ship to the Philippines. But still, totally worth the wait! I can't wait to show it to you all. My Chryssi plushie is going to have a playmate soon.

User 1 said, "…are you really saying “how dare these people want accurate representation of their own culture”?????"

User 2 said, "im sorry that we wanted an accurate portrayal of our culture and myths in one of the rare movies that are about us???"

I replied to them respectively, saying:

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I’m currently taking up basic level 5 of Nihongo. Last week, Sensei gave us homework for the conversation activity which was to prepare 2 solo photos or 1 group photo of family or friends. It can be a dream/fantasy family.

I asked Sensei if the fantasy family can consist of characters from video games and/or animated series. She said yes and it got me excited as I already figured out who I was going to present in class: Balan as my boyfriend and Sisu as my older sister.

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