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Ask game! List five of your favorite or top songs, then send this ask to the last ten people in your notifications
Okay sure! Hard to narrow down top five of all time, so have five songs I love that are all Canadian Folk music!
The Dreadnoughts - Polka Never Dies
Rum Ragged - The Thing About Fish
Stan Rogers - Witch of the Westmoreland
Great Big Sea - Donkey Riding
James Keelaghan & Oscar Lopez - ¿Buddy Where You Been?
(All of these are YouTube links).
Soooo I saw you're taking requests for mini fanfics 👀 Could I request something with Elena and Skylar? I really love their friendship :>
“¡Hola Reina!”
Elena knew that voice, she looked up from the scroll she'd been reading. “Hi Skylar-” But the words were cut off with a gasp. Instead of the blue and gold macaw jaguar she expected to see, before her stood a somewhat shaggy looking fellow with dark hair, bright eyes, and a golden & blue outfit.
“Wait, Skylar is that you!?” She exclaimed.
He shrugged his shoulders, looking around. “Skylar, who's Skylar? I'm uhh, Tylar, yeah, Tylar the totally normal human!” But the goofy grin on his face betrayed his attempt at a prank.
Elena leaned forward “Really? Hmmmmm, you certainly sound like him...are you SURE you're not Skylar?”
“Oh, come on I didn't recognize YOU when you were a jaquin!”
“Ha, well you still gave me a shock!” she replied, getting up from her desk, the paperwork could wait, this was important. “So, Mateo made you a human potion?”
He nodded “Yeah, I thought that if you could have such a great time being a Jaquin, then it's only fair that I try out being a human to see how fun it was. Come on, you can show me how to do human things!”
“Sure, I have some spare time, what kind of ‘human things' do you want to do?”
“Well, I’ve never gone shopping before, and if we go then I can get stuff for even more human activities! I saw some really cool looking musical instruments being sold at the market. If I got one for my own, then you could teach me how to play it!”
Elena clapped “Sounds like a plan!” They both walked out of the room and down the hall together. “The mercado gets pretty busy in the afternoon, so we better get going.”
He smiled “Then there's no time to lose, right?” They were at the top of a staircase, but instead of taking the stairs, Skyler climbed over the banister and jumped.
“SKYLER NO!” Yelled Elena, her fear magic kicking in and pulling him back up before he could hit the ground.
“Whoops, I forgot humans can't fly.” he said, looking slightly shaken from the realisation.
Elena caught her breath, calming her dress back down to red. “Yeah, it's a pretty unfortunate part of being a human.”
“I'll just go down the stairs the way they were meant to be.” He said, climbing onto the railing and using it to slide all the way down. Then he waved at Elena from the bottom. She shrugged and took the railing slide as well.
A while later, Elena and Skylar were walking down the busy street, carrying over a dozen shopping bags between them. With Elena paying for the two of them, they had both gone a little bit overboard with their spending but they were having such a good time, they didn't even notice.
Skylar pointed at the one building they hadn't visited yet. “Let’s go there!”
“Are you sure? That’s Doña Paloma’s emporium, shopping there might be pretty intense compared to everywhere else we've been.”
“But we're royalty, so that'll probably make things easier, right?”
“Possibly?” She said with doubt in her voice, but Skylar was already running through the door.
When Doña Paloma saw them both enter, she turned away from two of the other customers she had been talking with to give them her full attention. “Hello and welcome to my emporium, Queen Elena. And hello to you as well, I don't believe we've met before?”
Elena gave a wave that was weighed down by her shopping bags. “Hola Doña Paloma, this is-”
“I am a Prince from a distant Kingdom, and I’ve come here to do some shopping!” Said Skylar with a big smile. Elena noticed the touch of mischief in his expression.
“A Prince!” Her eyes lit up with the light of opportunity. “Well, hello there, your majesty.” She said with a bow “You have definitely come to the right place, my store carries a grander selection than any other in the kingdom! Here let me take you on the grand tour.” She took him by the arm and led him into her store.
“¡Gracias!” said Skylar putting down his bag before walking along beside her.
Elena followed along behind, as she realized this may have been a bad idea.
After what felt like hours Skylar had been shown so many interesting things that Elena had to hold him back from buying the entire store. But in the end he had selected a fair number of things to get, including a harp, an extra large bottle of paprika, and a shovel.
“An absolutely wonderful selection, your majesty. Thank you so much for choosing to shop at my emporium.” Exclaimed Doña Paloma, personally ringing up the goods at the till.
“You're welcome, your store is really cool! Adios!” replied Skylar once he loaded the final bag into the waggon he had also just bought and began to walk towards the door.
“Haha, wait a minute, Your Majesty, you have forgotten to pay for those.” She reminded him with a very forced smile.
He stopped “Oh, well I don't have any money.”
“You don't have any money!?” She looked shocked, but she quickly regained her composure. “Ah, so I see, His Majesty doesn't carry around any money, that is wise, you wouldn't want to get robbed. So, I assume you have a line of credit you could use?”
“What's credit?”
“You…you don't know what credit is?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll pay for the stuff.” said Elena,
But she ignored her “How do you not have any money or know what credit is?”
“Well, back in my kingdom we don't need to buy anything, so it's not necessary to have any money. Honestly, I'm not even sure I understand what money is. Why is it considered valuable in the first place?”
“You don't know what money is!? I can’t believe it; no, I refuse to believe it!” She looked personally insulted.
“Here Doña Paloma, this is all the money for the stuff, we’re sorry if we offended you.” She put the money on the counter “Okay, Skylar, let's go.”
“Wait a minute, Skylar! You are that jaquin prince, aren't you? You have a lot of nerve to pull a stunt like this after what you did four months ago!”
“What do you mean?” he asked.
She scowled at him “Really? You don't remember how you knocked over my entire display I had in front of the store. Then you said you had to leave on “royal business” before you could help clean it all up?”
“Oh yeah.” He looked at her sheepishly “Well, in my defence I was trying to get home fast, my dad gets really grumpy when I’m late.”
“Hmph, well, since you don't have those wings to knock things down anymore, how about you make it up to me now. I need the tops of the shelves dusted.”
Elena stepped between the two of them, “Look, Doña Paloma, I can pay you back for any of the damages he caused.”
“No, it’s okay,” Skylar insisted “I want to do this, it’s the responsible thing to do and I've never dusted a shelf before, could be fun!”
“Good, you can start with that one.” Said Paloma, pointing to the nearest shelf with her fan.
He walked confidently towards it, then turned back with a confused look “So, do I just put dust on the shelves? There's plenty of dust outside I could get, the Mercado has some really good dust.”
Paloma smiled smugly “No, that's not quite how you do it, but I'm sure Queen Elena would be able to show you how.”
Skyler looked at her hopefully and Elena sighed, they were probably going to be here for a while.
I would be delighted if you wanted to show off your pokemon scarlet team
Sure! Here are my lil'buds :
Group photo! (Not all are shown here because I consider my full team to be larger than seven, since I can just rotate them around whenever I want.)
This is Fern, my starter! I didn't actually know what she'd look like when she evolved, since I tried to avoid any spoilers for new Pokémon in the game, so I was a little nervous at first with how she would look and what type she would become, but my fears were unfounded in the end. I just love my magician cat.
Skully the Clodsire, and Mariza the Finizen
These are the cute little guys and I absolutely 100% needed to have on my team as soon as I saw them. Scully is named that because of those little crossbones he had as a Wooper (By chance, he is the only male Pokémon on my team). Mariza is all I've ever wanted in a Pokémon ever since I was 8, she is adorable and sometimes she glitches on buildings and starts to fly into space ("So long, and thanks for all the fish").
Trenza the Dachsbun, and Imentet the Espathra
Trenza carried my team with a lot of type coverage and also carried it by being a very good girl, good dog, good bunbun. Imentet is here to fight enemies with the power of the setting sun (and a psychic laser she shoots from her mouth).
Anguila the Wugtrio, and Hawlucha (the currently unnamed)
I love garden eels so much I needed the garden eel Pokémon so much. Hawlucha is the newest member of my team, she helps me beat normal types into the dirt. (I'm looking for name suggestions for her so feel free to suggest any).
Chien-Pao (exuberant ferret) and Chi-Yu (the sensible one)
I don't normally nickname my legendaries, so these two just have their regular names. Chien-Pao is the only member of my team fast enough to keep up with me while I'm riding Koraidon, so they follow me around the most. They will sporadically stab things then fall asleep at my feet. Chi-Yu is very pretty and melts things with fire.
Muffin the Naclstack, and my noble (and very goofy) Koraidon
Muffin is probably the strongest member of my team, she's got me through some tough fights with her salt powers and is so powerful that my files of direct pictures of her kept on going corrupt and refused to be transferred to the computer, so here’s a glitched overlaid picture of her instead. And finally, my very, very eccentric motorcycle dragon and my favourite box art legendary, (I'm so proud of them).
mateo and quita moz for the writing requests please :D
(This story is set after "Spirit of a Wizard” and before "The Lightning Warrior")
Mateo paced back and forth in the wooden hallway. “I shouldn't be worried about this… this is going to be fine. All I have to do is go in there, say hi, then maybe we can talk, and if he's busy I can leave. No big deal right?” He said to himself. His clenched fist lingered near the mass of roots which made up the door, hesitating. He had only ever talked to Quita Moz once when he was with Elena, and he felt like he hadn't made the best impression.
The first thing he’d asked the Oracle was “Can I call you Quita?” He shook his head as he remembered. What was he thinking!? It was one thing to be awkward around nobility or the palace staff, but it was another thing entirely to give a bad impression to an all-knowing ancient magical being who might be one of the only beings who he could really discuss Maruviain magic with! He desperately wanted to, but he was afraid that his questions would sound childish to someone so old and wise. So the only time he'd ever really met the Oracle was when Elena insisted he come along with her for her crystal tamborita lesson. (A tamborita made out of crystal! It was just as beautiful as he'd imagined. He even got to hold it at one point!)
Sure, he’d visited the other Sunbirds with Elena, and they were welcoming to him, but they weren't as interested in magic as Quita Moz (If you could even get them on this subject when talking with them). But now that he had his new tamborita from his grandfather's secret library, questions about it had been gnawing away at him and he finally mustered up enough courage to come here and try and ask those questions himself (after a little convincing from Elena, Luna, and Skylar). Maybe if they were here, they'd be able to help him, but they’d encouraged him to do it on his own. So here he was, he was going to walk through that door and say hello, no more hesitation.
Or maybe not. “No I really shouldn't bother him, he might not even be here right now…” He told himself. He turned to leave when suddenly the massive roots parted in front of him surprising him so much he fell backward onto the floor. Now that the door was open, he could see the giant Oracle inside, awake and looking down at him.
He quickly stumbled back up to his feet and tried to brush himself off while making an attempt at a wave. “Hello uh hola, hi there Quita Moz, it’s me Mateo! Hi! Sorry to make a surprise visit like this. I just…”
Quita Moz slithered towards the door “Greetings Mateo. It isn't a surprise to see that you're here.”
He looked up at him in awe, “Were you able to foresee my visit?”
“No, I did not get any visions about it, I just heard you talking to yourself in the hallway for the past 10 minutes.”
Mateo turned red “Congratulations me, you messed up your introduction yet again.” he thought. But he couldn't turn back now. “May I come in and speak with you? Por favor?”
He gestured with his wing “I don't see why not, you may come in.”
As Mateo walked through the door he looked at the roots that had been pulled away. “I'm glad to see that your door grew back after Kizin broke it. Maybe I should think about getting a door made out of living material for my wizard nook at the palace.” An anxious thought occurred to him “I'm sorry about not stopping Kizin before he got in here.” he apologized “But at least we stopped him before he released the other monsters, so all’s well that ends well right?” he awkwardly laughed and did a thumbs up.
Quita Moz's expression remained neutral “I agree. It's actually quite impressive that you were able to stop him so quickly. The last time he escaped, much more was destroyed than a door.”
“Oh well, it was mostly Naomi. She was the one who did all the stuff with the magic bag that day. Also, Elena and Gabe were there to stop him too, I was just sort of, you know, being part of the team.” He said pacing back and forth while flexing his fingers.
“You shouldn’t sell yourself short, Elena told me how important your research was in defeating him.”
He stopped pacing and made eye contact “She did?”
He nodded. “Yes, she always speaks very highly of you, you are evidently quite good at your job.”
He could feel the excitement rising in his chest. He took his tamberita out of his holster and held it so that his hands didn't just flail around with enthusiasm. So, Quita Moz didn't think he was a total joke after all! “Well, thank you. Thanks. That's good to hear!”
“You're welcome.” Then the sunbird looked puzzled and seemed to stare at him more closely. “Did you paint me on your tamborita?”
Oh no, he'd meant to ask about this more tactfully but now that the Oracle had seen it, the words just burst out of him all at once. “No, I mean, maybe? I mean, I didn't paint it! I found it in my abuelo's library, along with some old robes of his and I decided to start using it because it's so cool! And I realized it looks like you, and I didn't know that my abuelo even knew that you existed, so I didn't know if it was coincidence or if it was on purpose! And I wanted to know if you ever met my grandfather Alacazar before?”
The sunbird spread his wings and furrowed his brow “Whoa, slow down Mateo, deep breaths. You look like you're about to fall over again.”
“Right. Yes. Yep. Deep breaths.” Mateo breathed in and out for a few counts before Quita Moz continued.
“So Alacazar was the one who made it? That makes sense, he was quite the artisan when it came to crafting tamboritas, and he did quite the handsome job on this one. May I see it more closely for a minute?”
“Yes, of course!” Said Mateo, handing it to him. “So you did know him! That's so cool, but I thought that everyone assumed that the sunbirds had disappeared since before he became the royal wizard?”
Quita Moz Held the tamborita in his tail feathers like they were a hand. “We had disappeared, it was a calculated decision. There were certain things that needed to be dealt with before we made our presence known again, and you never know when it's the right time to come back after being gone for so long.” He turned the tamborita over. “Hardly anyone knew that we were back, but Alacazar was curious to a fault and eventually found us. He visited me a few times before humans were banned from visiting Vallestrella.”
“Wow, that's amazing! You must have had a lot of time to talk with him and get to know him, right?”
“Well, yes, we discussed things, monsters, magic, the future…”
“So you told him prophecies about the future? His future?” Mateo was becoming ever more excited. The whole concept of prediction magic was fascinating, and yet with all he had read up about it he felt like he had barely scratched the surface of understanding it.
“Well, the flames can be pretty finicky at times, they didn't always show things every time he came to visit.”
“Is there anything specific you can remember?”
“Hmm.” He handed back the tamborita. “Yes, this is a very good wand.” Said the Oracle, not answering his question. “I'm surprised you didn't start using it sooner.”
“I only found the library last week. Before then, I had just been sleeping on top of it without ever knowing it was there. Although it was supposed to be a secret library, so I guess that makes sense.”
“I see…so Alacazar didn't even tell his family about it?” It was hard for Mateo to read the sunbird’s expression. Was he just curious or was he concerned?
Mateo shook his head “Oh no, my mom didn't know about it, and it wasn't in any of his journals either.”
“Then it's quite lucky that you found it.”
“Well, it wasn't quite luck….” Mateo replied, hoping Quita Moz wouldn't ask him any more about it. He could barely talk about it with his own mother, let alone an ancient Oracle he just formally met.
“Either way, it does fulfill a prophecy.” Quita Moz replied.
“Wait, it does?”
“Yes, you'd asked if I'd ever told Alacazar any prophecies in regards to him. Long ago in the flames I saw a young wizard with brown curly hair, wearing red robes, casting spells in his name. Now that I recall it, yes the wizard in the vision was wearing the same robes as you are now.”
Mateo jumped up “You saw me?!”
“Well, at the time neither of us were sure who it could be. After his daughter Rafa was born, he told me it must be her and that he was planning on teaching her magic when she was old enough. He said that he planned on surprising her with robes and her own tamborita as soon as she was ready.”
“So then…He must have made these robes for her.” Mateo said. He had wondered why they fit him so well when the rest of his grandfather's robes had such wide shoulders. Some old people in town said he looked a lot like his mom, so it must be true of visions of the future as well.
“Yes, although the flames' picture was unclear. Now that you're standing here before me I see that it must have been you all along. I'm sure that he'd be glad to know you’d found them and could wear them.”
“That's just what Elena said! I mean, Elena was there, when I found the robes and the tamborita and she also thought that I should have them. I mean, otherwise they'd just be sitting there collecting dust. But now that I know this was foretold, that makes them even more special!”
“Indeed, although It is a surprise to me that he would choose to paint me on the tamborita.”
“Well, I can see why, you were friends! You're the one who told him this prophecy in the first place, and you're majestic looking so why not paint you on it to honor you?”
“Honor me?”
“Of course! You deserve to be honored as much as anyone else I know. You've always helped Elena with her scepter, you taught her spells that were essential for protecting the Kingdom, and you told her about the darkness so she can prepare for it; even if we're not sure what it is yet. You're so amazing! Ha, that's why I was so nervous to meet you and I guess I still am.” He saw the sunbird’s expression was one of apprehension. “Wait, you don't feel that way?”
He shook his head “It's apparent that Alacazar as well as yourself held me in quite high regard but I did not do much to earn it.”
“What do you mean? You've been helping us out a ton!”
“Well, I've been helping Avalor in the present, but back then it was different. Over four decades ago I had visions of some kind of danger coming to Avalor, a dark force that would be hidden from view until its time had come...but I decided not to go through the portal to warn Alacazar about it. I decided that keeping my existence a secret was more important than seeking him out, and I just assured myself that it wouldn't be a big deal. That whatever it was, the kingdom of Avalor could defeat it and I wouldn't need to worry about it. But then it turned out that the threat was Shuriki.”
Mateo stood still, taking this all in.
“I only found out what happened when I overheard a jaquin patrol talking about the devastation. Now you are the last wizard left in Avalor.” he sighed “If only you had the chance to meet him. It's funny that you were afraid to meet me, because I've always been dreading the day that you would all learn this.”
Quita Moz bowed his head, he voice going quiet: "I'm sorry for my inaction, and all the horrors that caused and I’m sorry that you were unable to meet him. You really are a lot like your grandfather, curious, kind, and eager."
After a long moment of silence, Mateo replied, barely any more than a whisper. “I did meet him, and I-I wasn't able to save him either.”
“You...did?”
“Yes I-I-I—” he stuttered as a pain he'd been trying to bury in his heart shot to the surface.
“Mateo…” Quita Moz spread out his wings towards the young wizard. With eyes full of tears, he ran over to him and accepted the hug.
~~~~~~~~~~
Three weeks later…
“Hi Quita Moz!” said Mateo as he ran through the door of the cave.
Quita Moz looked over at the young wizard, who was carrying a very large backpack and wearing an even larger smile. “Hello Mateo, did you bring those potions you wanted me to look at?”
“Yes right here!” he said, holding up a few of the shimmering bottles.
“Great, those look- wait, is that your Maruvian spellbreaker potion?”
"Yep, it's from the latest batch where I added raíz de estrella to help restore the equilibrium of a target's inner magic after the potion has broken the initial effects of the target spell. It worked well on my plant tests. But umm, what do you think?"
"Mateo, that's…really clever, I hadn't considered that before, but that plant is a natural counter to the effects of hojas azules de frambuesa, so that makes sense it would balance it out."
“That's what I thought! I mean, it just sort of came to me one day when I was helping my mom pick berries for Sunday dessert. Then when I tried it out on Monday, whoosh, instantly more effective!”
“You'll have to show me then.” Said Quita Moz.
“Of course, I brought along a whole bag's worth of things to test it on. Let me just set up.”
As he watched Mateo set up, Quita Moz smiled. The young wizards' zest for magic was contagious. A memory flashed in his mind of many many summers ago when another young man had come to show him some plants that he’d discovered in caves around the valley. He hadn't realized how much he'd missed this, knowing someone who loved magic with all their heart and wanted to share their discoveries with another.
When Mateo left hours later, as the sun began to set, Quita Moz watched him leave, thinking about the apprentices of his past who eventually he never saw again. But he was content that he would see Mateo again in two weeks' time. No disappearing, and no pacing.
Thank you so much for the sketch! It’s wonderful as always. The costumes are wonderful. I love Victor’s sombrero and Carla’s flower wreath. What style is her hair in? Is it down? And I’m certain it is emotional for them. We don’t know much about Victor’s family or his relationship with them, but regardless, I can see Dia Muertos being emotional for them. Though I also think that Victor would love telling Carla stories about his parents/family, and that she would love listening to them.
You're welcome, I'm so glad you like it!
Yes, her hair is down, I was trying something different with the line style, so it's a little hard to tell. So it's basically styled like a regular hairstyle, except without the braid so the back of her hair is down. I love his sombrero too, Victor in hats is a very good idea.
I have no idea what Victor's relationship would be like with his family (Well, no one does because it is never clarified in the show, but that's besides the point). I've always sort of headcanoned that he had a strained relationship with them. Not abusive or anything, but just that his parents were probably really busy with other stuff and couldn't really pay too much attention to him as a kid and that could be one of the reasons for why he started doing troublesome things, to try and get attention. So the most common times they would focus on him was when he got in trouble and they would give him punishments and be annoyed at him. He resented that and they never really patched that up.
I mean, yes, Victor specifically references his father being royal treasurer, and yet he never mentions him again. It doesn't seem like he's in contact with him at all, and it could be because he's dead, but then why wouldn't he ever reference any other relatives? In the song Way Back When, it seems like other than Ash being there at some point, Victor and Carla were living alone.
Victor specifies that Shriki banished “[him] and [his] family” and he must have been referring to his birth family because Esteban didn't recognize Ash or Carla when he first saw them. I've always thought that Victor's father must have been loyal to the King and Queen of Avalor, and when he realized his son had a hand in the assassination, Victor was disowned. Their relationship was already strained and Victor presumably got them banished as well, so that was the last straw.
So then when Victor has a kid, he's like, “OK, I'm definitely going to pay a bunch of attention to her and make sure that she always knows that she's appreciated.” Which, you know, he mostly succeeds at, but he's not entirely perfect, no parent is.
Although it could be closer to what you say and he actually had a really good relationship with his family. But then I have to wonder why he wouldn't ask them for help raising Carla when he was on his own. Or why they wouldn't try and stop him from doing crime. Who knows, maybe his parents didn't disown him, but they couldn't survive being banished, and maybe that worsened Victor's resentment of Esteban? So yeah, then he would say nice things about them to Carla, but they wouldn't be there to help him raise her.
Or maybe he was in a similar situation to Esteban, where he projected that he had a worse relationship with his family than he actually did and it was only after he got older that he realized it wasn't that bad? And it could be like either one of the other two scenarios, but would he say nice things about them to Carla once he realized that. But there are probably even more different possibilities than this that I'm not even thinking of right now.
I know you already voiced your opinion on Carzel (Carla x Marzel), but what’s your opinion on Elena x Marzel?
Elena x Marzel seems cute. They're both stubborn, they both love their families, and they both are learning how to be good rulers and doing a pretty good job so far. All the scenes with them interacting are always pretty fun, so they seem compatible. They both had their biases about each other at first, but they became good friends pretty quickly. Elena taught Marzel a lot about land stuff (and those scenes were always hilarious). Plus, he gets along with Francisco, which is an added bonus.
Politically, it probably would be beneficial? It would likely strengthen human Serena relations. Although geographically I don't think they'd be able to merge Avalor and Coronado, so they'd have to figure out which of their possible heirs would inherit each Kingdom, but that probably wouldn't be too much of an issue. I definitely don't think either one would have to move to a new location permanently. (Elena is so magical now I feel like spontaneously getting water breathing powers would be expected at this point.)
Hi! I hope you don’t mind, but I am back with another request. I loved the request you drew of Carla riding Vestia from a few months back, and have only been inspired to ask for another. I have always loved your artwork. The way you draw the characters, and even clothing, makes it look like it comes straight out of the show. There is nobody I would trust, or want to ask to draw this, but you. I know you love Victor, so I hope you enjoy. Could you draw him and Carla in Dia de Muertos outfits?
Día de los Muertos is a very emotional time for them.
(Thank you for your kind words they mean so much to me, and I had a lot of fun designing the outfits!)
Thanks for replying to my asks! I know I didn’t mention this before, but I actually look at that picture more often than not. Carla looks great with her hair down! The way it’s drawn in motion is fascinating. And the purple dress and white earrings look great on her. I am personally a huge fan of Carla’s outfit in the show sand love her complex hair style, but, I like seeing her I. Different outfits too.
Thank you so much, I'm so glad to hear it!!! 🌟 It took me a while to choose the colors. The dress was the first thing I coloured, then I left the details blank, trying to choose what colors I should add to them, but then I realized that they looked good just the way they were. It was really fun to draw the hair, letting the stretch flow like fire or water.
Do you take requests?
Yes, I do take art and writing requests, but when I get them, I am not obligated to complete them. I may choose not to do a request for whatever reason, with no explanation given. And if I choose to do them, it normally takes me a week to a few months to complete them.
Also, I just decided in order to prevent any spam or requests that wouldn't be appreciated when completed, all anonymous requests must now start their request with a reason why you like my art/writing and/or why you think I could do a good job at your specific request and/or an emotional reason why you want what you’re asking for.
The request must also but for a fandom I have posted about here on Tumblr. Otherwise, the request will be disregarded.
(You don't necessarily have to do this if you ask non-anonymously, but I would still appreciate it.) Also, asking politely with a “please” or “thank you” makes me much more motivated to complete requests.
I love your story “Peabunnies on Coronation Day.” Contrary to what the show showed us, I refuse to believe that Julio, Dona Paloma, Carla and Victor just disappeared into thin air. I love stories like these. I’m so excited for the next chapter of your fic. Knowing what’s going to happen to the Royals, I already worry for Julio, Victor and Carla. I’m so excited to read the rest of your story!
Thank you so much, I'm so glad you like it! ❇
Oh yes, I felt the same way about their places in the episode. I've been ruminating on these headcanons ever since the episode first came out and it's great to finally get to share them.
What's there to worry about? It's just a nice little game of croquet. A nice little game of croquet in the wake of the upcoming apocalypse. What could possibly go wrong?
[Quick fun fact about chapter one: I was originally using the word car, instead of coche, but I changed it last minute because it just seemed too out of place in the story. Although the original version of the line: “‘Can I have a turn holding the bunny wizard now?’ Hector asked as he got in the car.” Never failed to crack me up.]
Hi! I don’t remember if I ever properly thanked you for the Carla and Vestia drawing that I requested from you a few months back. Knowing how the show pairs Jaquins with the humans, I would say that Vestia and Carla are a perfect match for each other in the same way that other humans and Jaquins in the show are paired together. Vestia was a rogue Jaquin who became a Gaurdian of Avalor again and was reaccepted amongst her kind. Carla is a Malvago turned Wizard who was accepted in Avaloran society
Well, you didn't message me or put anything in the tags at the time, but you did like and reblog it, which I felt was a thank you, but it's nice to hear directly that you appreciate it as well! (I am curious though about what you thought of her hairstyle and dress since I was experimenting a bit with style for it.)
Yes, they do fit pretty well together. And they both seem to be really clever and determined so that would also match up if they were on a mission together. Plus, together they could probably make some of the sassiest comments you've ever heard!
I think you make a good point about Carla giving up her life on land. I’d say the same thing for anybody who ships Marzel with Elena or Naomi. They also have hobbies, friends and family that they would miss. Unlike Ariel, the girls never show dissatisfaction with their lives on land. Ariel can be transformed into a mermaid to visit her friends and family under the sea whenever. If one of the girls chose to give up their legs, they would become a Sirena permanently.
Exactly. Plus, they have Master Royal Wizard Mateo, who I believe would 1000% be able to create a shapeshifting spell/object that was only temporary if it were so desired.
It's interesting you bring up “The Little Mermaid,” I believe Ariel would have chosen to live a life on land whether she had a crush on Eric or not. It's just that everyone both in and outside of the movie assumes that she ONLY did it for the romance, which just isn't true.
Do you think Carla and Marzel (Carzel) is a good ship?
Thank you for being so patient with me, anonymous, I shall finally provide you with an answer.
TLDR; It's a nice ship, they seem like they'd be cute together, I ship it mildly. But I would not accept any version of the ship that forces Carla to permanently become a sirena for the relationship to function.
Personality wise, they match up pretty well. Marzel can be pretty stubborn and doesn't know a lot about land yet, but he's curious and willing to learn, he’s also fairly heroic and caring. Same with Carla, although I would say she's a tad more chaotic than he is, but that's only because she spent most of the series as an antagonist. Both of them have a similar sense of humor, which is always good for a relationship, and their color schemes go well together, so aesthetically they work too.
The one problem I have with this ship is that some people insist Carla would have to permanently become a sirena, like Marzel's mother did, if they wanted to truly be together. That is absolutely ridiculous and frankly, it's a very unfair power dynamic.*
Marzel can walk on land as well as swim in the water, so he doesn't even need to permanently stay in the water. The magic kelp is easy to get access to and allows humans to breathe underwater just fine. Even if they can't wear it for long term, we've seen plenty of different things in the show that cause temporary shape shifting. The Amulet of Avalor was able to transform Sofia into a mermaid whenever she wanted. Yes, I know the amulet is unique, but now with access to the crystal well they could definitely make something similar. Mateo is able to turn humans into jaquins temporarily for goodness sake.
There are so many things that Carla loves on land that she wouldn't be able to do anymore if she was turned permanently into a sirena, like dancing and cooking (and they're her only canonical hobbies besides doing crime and sitting waiting for things)! Plus, it would be much harder to see her father and land friends.
What if her and Marzel's relationship didn't work out? Then she'd be stuck all alone underwater and she'd be miserable. I don't think she'd take that kind of risk considering what happened with her own parents. So yes, I believe the relationship could work, but only if she wasn't turned permanently into a sirena.
*[It seems kind of fishy that some people automatically expect Carla to give up her life on land for this relationship, while no one has said that Marzel should give up his life underwater to be in a relationship with her. And don't say it's just because he needs to take the throne because his sister is just as capable of ruling as he is.]
Do You Have any Ixlan and Antonia Headcanons ? 🤩 Please🤩! And also I did read you Ixlantonia Fanfic called Translation 🤩and it was so Freaking cute 🤩!!!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed my story! 🤩 I do have some headcanons about how they met and how their relationship grew, here they are (I use they/them pronouns for Ixlan here):
The first time that Antonia saw Ixlan was during that scene in “The Lightning Warrior” episode when Victor and Carla apologize to Elena. (We can see briefly that the guard that led them in was Antonia, so logically that was the first time she saw Ixlan.) When most of them leave to go talk to Quita Moz, Antonia begins to ask the Delgados about Ixlan. (“What is Ixlan like? How strong are they? How are they so amazingly good looking?”). The two tell her what they can, but suggest she go and introduce herself and get to know them personally. Antonia is too nervous to do it that day.
She doesn't get to formally meet them until a guard training session a few days later, when Ixlan came by to see how strong the guards were. They are not very impressed by the guards drills, and decide it would be best to test a guard’s strength in one-on-one combat.
Everyone is intimidated by Ixlan’s strength and personality, but Antonia accepts the challenge. Ixlan is impressed by her tenacity and fights her fists vs sword.
The fight goes on for longer than expected, Antonia is able to hold her own with the sword and make clever quips during the fight. Eventually, though, Ixlan is able to disarm her, but is quite happy to have found a worthy opponent (Plus some of those quips were quite…intriguing to the Lightning Warrior, they definitely wanted to get to know Antonia better now).
They start having regular meetings whenever Antonia is not on guard duty. They do things like talking a bit about their cultures, sparring, and having witty banter with each other, enjoying spending time together
Antonia began to see the depths of emotion and wit within the Lightning Warrior. They weren't just good looking, they had a noble heart, and strength of will. Antonia's feelings grew much deeper than just a crush.
Occasionally Ixlan spoke about their past to Antonia. Previously they were able to work out some of their feelings of grief and regret with Quita Moz, but having Antonia leaning beside them listening to everything warmed Ixlan’s heart. She said such comforting things and even in the times where they were bott quiet it felt reassuring. Ixlan hadn't felt that in a long time. That's when Ixlan began to consider asking Antonia if they'd like to be their girlfriend.
But in the end it's Antonia who decides to finally ask Ixlan if they could maybe start dating each other. They respond:
“Isn't that what we were already doing?” “No, I mean like not just friendship dates, but romantic dates.” “Oh yes, I was going to ask you that myself.” Antonia laughed, “Well, it looks like I've just stolen your thunder.” Ixlan smiled.
From that point on, they were a couple.
Indeed. I think under the guidance of a Master Wizard like Mateo, Carla would only thrive as a Wizard and become even more powerful. I wouldn’t be surprised if she ends up becoming a Master Wizard herself. She has the power and the talent. She just needs the guidance of a Master to get there.
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What are your thoughts on Carla’s magical ability? I can never be sure, but seeing her use magic throughout the show, it seems to imply that she’s very talented.
I agree, think that she must certainly have some talent to be able to do the magic we see her cast. By "To Save a Sunbird" she can do a clothing altering spell, a sleeping spell, a blasting spell and even a spell that creates a small tornado. She seems to be at about season 1-Mateo levels of magic.
But we don't have very many examples of other tamborita users to compare her to. She can cast blasting spells more reliably than Victor, but he was able to cast a teleportation spell once and we have never seen her do that. I think she's pretty good so far, but could become much better after more training and practice.
Hi there! I saw your drawing of Mateo and Olivia as malvagos and thought to myself, Wouldn't it be funny if there was an AU where Mateo wasn't Alacazar's grandson, but instead he was Fiero's grandson? What do you think?
Heh, well technically he could be both Alacazar's AND Fiero's grandson depending on circumstances!
Anyway, what you're suggesting sounds neat. You'd have to rearrange some things but it would definitely provide a logical explanation for why he might become a malvago. It isn't the reason for him becoming a malvago in any of my AUs, but it's interesting to think about.
I loved your fic “The only time Esteban ever beat Victor in a race.” It hit me emotionally just there. And seeing Victor comfort Esteban was perfect. I hate all the fics where I see him as a willing conspirator in Shuriki’s takeover who expressed little to no care for the tragedies that occurred that day.
Thank you so much! I was using a stark, show-don't-tell style for it, so I'm glad you liked it!
I've always thought that Victor would be horrified by the death of the Avalor royal family, just not quite as personally affected as Esteban. And of course he would try to comfort Esteban afterwards, give him support when he needed it most, making sure he was still eating and sleeping. (Victor probably wasn't very good at saying consoling things, which made it seem like he didn't care).
As long as Esteban had someone showing him kindness, he was harder to control. I think that's the main reason why Shuriki banished Victor. (Plus it would be easier having one teenage assistant and Esteban probably knew more about Royal politics anyway.) So one day she just lied to Esteban, saying that Victor knew about the assassination the whole time, and that he was happy the royal family was dead. Esteban's emotions were running so high that he believed her. So he agreed when she declared they would banish Victor. (Besides, if he went against Shuriki’s will she might kill him, so he didn't try to stop her).
In the end, both of them had been reckless and greedy, making a plan to take over the kingdom (no matter their emotional motivations), but neither of them wanted anyone to die. At least that's my interpretation of it.
Peabunnies on Coronation Day?
Ah yes! It is a missing scene fanfic for Coronation Day I have had in mind ever since the episode came out. It details what Carla and Victor were doing before during and after the attack on Avalor.
I just released the first chapter and am finishing up the rest!
for the fanfiction ask game, I'd be interested in hearing more about "Science + Magic = Chaos"!
Well, it's less of a "story" and more of a vague collection of ideas and headcanons I have about the wizards & and the scientists working together.
We see Isabel teaching Mateo about science back in the “Sceptre of Light” and I've always headcanon that it probably went the other way as well. It's not like he'd teach her as much as Olivia, but she'd ask him questions about how magic could work as a power source or as a scientific tool to help with studies. In “Team Isa” Isabel made the super chair for Christina and it seems to have some kind of automatic motor and the only power source that makes sense for it to have is magic. (Because there's no exhaust pipe for coal or gasoline, no hand cranks or keys, electricity doesn't seem to have been harnessed for batteries yet and it couldn't be nuclear, which leaves magic.)
It makes sense that Isabel & Mateo have been working on ways of incorporating magical elements into technology to assist with its functioning. As long as he's directly involved Mateo would love to test the limits of magic in innovative new ways. For Isabel this helps make her gadgets that otherwise wouldn't be able to function a reality. A perfect little creative team!
The whole chaos part comes from when you add even more scientists and wizards into this. As soon as Carla, Victor, and Olivia learn about this inventing stuff they're going to want a piece of it, and I'm sure that Tomiko and Professor Ochoa would also want to give their input. Now things have a much higher chance of being very creative or going terribly, terribly wrong.
if i’m not too late and you still accept requests may i ask you to draw gabe’s parents? thanks in advance if you’ll make it!
Sure! We don't see them much but they have a nice relationship.
Hi A-Lilacsong. Can I tell you just how much I enjoyed “Encarcelado”? I have completely fallen in love with the Delgados and their animals. I also love how Victor had an honest talk with Carla about his relationship with Ash. Yet, even so, he and Carla have no idea just how dark things will get with Ash. And just how dark Ash is.
Thank you so much, I am so happy you liked it!!!! I had a lot of fun writing Albahaca & Nieve. Cute animals for the win! 🦎🐕💖
Yes! I always thought that was something that they needed to talk about. It's just so hard for each of them to talk about their problems with each other since they don't want to make each other feel bad. Plus, he was still holding back a little bit when telling her about it, but at least they covered the main bits.
Oh boy do they ever. Frankly the red flags are there, but Carla is very in denial/hopeful thing will become better. And Victor, despite everything, still cares about Ash enough not to make an effort to leave, and at this point still has a glimmer of hope that things could get better. (We even see how he reached out to give Ash a hug when she was put in the cell in The Magic Within, but she ignored him to just acknowledge Carla. He looks disappointed for a second before he starts talking to Elena and Esteban instead). Which makes her betrayal all the more heartbreaking.
So since you said I can still take a request and you said you kinda know about this show, how about Zee Zatara bonding with her dad? Maybe something with cooking and/or magic?
They're practicing magic and making blueberry pancakes at the same time!
A certain person asked me how I paint with watercolors so I guess I'm going to tell you all! Now I'm not professionally trained, I just learned what I know from experimenting, asking questions, and looking up tutorials. So this may not be what the experts do, but it's what works for me.
How I paint:
Materials: I have a watercolor palette, a little jar full of water, my paint brushes, some paper that is thick enough for watercolors, pencil, and some paper towel to help mop up excess water. I always put down some kind of rag cloth or newspapers down on the table first so I don't get any paint on the table. Watercolors don't stain as much as other kinds of paint but it's best to you be careful.
I always use a watercolor palette to make my paintings. This is a very different system from oil paint or acrylic paints or even liquid watercolors or watercolor pencils, so you need to keep that in mind with the rest of the things I tell you
Step 1 (Start): I decide what I'm going to paint and make a little pencil sketch of it on the paper, It doesn't need to be detailed it just needs to give me a rough idea on how big it will be and where various shapes will go. (I sketch it very light so that you don't see the pencil lines on the finished painting but you can make it dark if you still want to see the lines).
Step 2 (Layers 🧅): I decide which colours would be best to be put on the bottom layer and which colours should be put on the top layer and then begin painting accordingly. For example I painted Mirabel's skin before I painted her hair, so I could have bits of her hair going down on top of her skin. I mix the colours together on a scrap piece of paper first just to test how they look.
Step 3 (How to apply paint): I dip my paint brush in water and then swirl it around in the needed colour until I have my desired amount, then I begin to paint in the shape that I want. Whenever my brush needs more colour I put a very small amount of water on it and then rub it gently against the paint palette then brush it again on the paper. For dark colours I swirl it around longer in the paint to get more paint on it and then lay it on thick. For lighter colours I put more water on the brush and less paint on it and then use the water to spread the paint even further across the paper. Important tip: Never press your brush too hard against the paint palette or the paper when you're painting, otherwise the bristles could be bent out of shape or fall out. Use the same amount of pressure you'd use if you were petting a kitten with the paintbrush. (You shouldn't actually do that, it's just a metaphor.)
Important tip: If you ever have too much water on your paintbrush, use a paper towel to mop some of it up. You can also use a paper towel to help get unwanted paint off your brushes.
Step 4 (Waiting): After filling in one shape with a specific colour, I move on to the next colour. If I don't want the colours to mix together I wait a minute or two for the first part to dry before I continue on to the next part. But if I do want a gradient then I start adding the new colour and brush them together a bit with water.
Step 5 (Small details): Watercolours mix together really well but that means to get good looking light colours you have to apply them directly to the paper, where there isn't any paint, otherwise if they are mixed with a dark-colour they could become muddy looking. For things like Mirabelle's glasses I painted the skin around them first, leaving a white blank space and then once the paint had dried I very carefully added the light green, making sure not to get the brown paint wet again. (I also use this process for the butterfly on the accordion and the earring.)
Step 6 (Optional Final touches): Sometimes I used paint for the pupils of eyes but they never seem as detailed as I want. So instead what I do is I leave the eyes as blank white circles, and then once I'm finished painting everything else, and everything is completely dry, I use a small pen or marker to draw the black outline around the eyes as well as pupils and pencil crayons to colour the iris. I also use pencil crayons for the eyebrows, lips and dress butterflies.
Repeating these steps for a very long time eventually leads to a finished painting. If you have any questions let me know.
Are you still taking requests? If so, can you please draw a crossover between Elena of Avalor and Encanto?
They are having fun making music together!
Hello! I wanted to share a headcanon that I had. I headcanon that post-Coronation Day, Carla will be good frienss with the 4 amigos. What do you think?
Sure, I can see that happening. I doubt that she would be able to become as close to them as they all are to each other, but they would all hang out with each other sometimes. I like to think that Carla also became friends with Antonia and Tomiko, they would get along well.
If you are still taking requests can you do li’l Flores cousins (like in Día de Madres)
They're having so much fun at carnival! Queen Lucia even let Elena wear her special tiara! :D
If you’re still taking requests can you draw a reformed Carla riding a reformed Vestia into battle?
Flying together / with magic, might, and moxie / fighting for better
Hello!! If you're still taking requests and don't mind drawing it, may I ask for Gabe wearing the Royal Guard uniform under Shuriki's reign? 👀
Of course! Have to say, I think this is an interesting look for him.
I felt this was the only way to capture the emotions of your request and the fear it requires.
[Lineart & edited version under the cut]
