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Happy Amphibiuary!

[ID: A watercolour painting of a happy green frog surrounded by yellow, orange, red, and purple flower petals. /ID]

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.

By popular demand, I give you all the sixth and most horrifying thing that could happen to Zagreus! The dreaded Pact of Paperwork!

(Also, since I could not get all the potential drama of these possibilities out of my head, I turned them into one shot fanfics that you can read of my AO3 right here).

Honestly though, I love all of the happy theories where Zag is just living his best life in the sequel, but so busy with something else he can't be the main character of the game. But at the same time I also want some angst to start with and then have the happy Zag and Mel sibling moments. (Feel free to use and expand any of these ideas. Frankly, I want to read 10,000 word fanfictions of all of them.) (Credit for transparent Melinoë: here and Moros & Dora: here)

Chthonic siblings with the good dog, and good frogs.🐕🐸

Honestly though, I love all of the happy theories where Zag is just living his best life in the sequel, but so busy with something else he can't be the main character of the game. But at the same time I also want some angst to start with and then have the happy Zag and Mel sibling moments. (Feel free to use and expand any of these ideas. Frankly, I want to read 10,000 word fanfictions of all of them.) (Credit for transparent Melinoë: here and Moros & Dora: here)

Pied Piper of Artazon

My (Tumblr) Year in Review:

I posted 51 times in 2022

42 posts created (82%)

9 posts reblogged (18%)

I tagged 51 of my posts in 2022

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#small warning though if you're afraid of spiders and how they move there are a couple scenes in the movie that might freak you out

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Some quality time with a few animal friends! 

[Image ID: A watercolour fanart of Antonio Madrigal from Encanto. He is petting Chispi the capybara, in his other hand he is holding a hummingbird. Pico the toucan is sitting on his shoulder. End ID]

37 notes - Posted January 13, 2022

#4

Since your still taking requests can you draw Rebecca? If you can you draw her celebrating Passover (no pressure)

Of course, here you go!

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#3

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

39 notes - Posted July 2, 2022

#2

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!

50 notes - Posted July 6, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

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If you make a whole bunch of headcannons, but then add a little bit of dialogue and some scenery descriptions between them, you get yourself a little fanfic. It's like when you only got a little bit of cheese and a little bit of salsa, but you just grab a tortilla and boom, you got a Satisfactory burrito. Not the most amazing one in the world, but like. It's probably better than the cheese and the tomatoes by themselves.

But I also sometimes grate cheese into my mouth. So who knows at this point?

I just want Felix to be happy. (Also that one part of that one scene reminded me of Singing in the Rain, hence his pose).

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink fanart drawing of Esteban, Isabel and the baby jaquins from Elena of Avalor. Isabel is on the left with Zoom sitting on her head, she is reaching out towards Mingo who is sitting inside a gift box in the middle of the picture. Esteban is on the right holding a purple bow in one hand and putting in on Mingo's head, Estrella is on his shoulder. End ID]

New Flores cousins fanart and fanfic just in time for the holidays!

Strange World spoilers out of context

(Extra spoilers under the cut)

“Ash let out a shriek of frustration. She felt so alone, more so than she had ever felt in her long life. She wanted so much. She wanted to be back in the jungle, bickering with Esteban over what passed for morals between them. She wanted to feel Victor’s strong arms around her as he taught her to dance. She wanted Zopilote to take her under his wing again, the only time she’d ever truly felt safe in her entire life. Most of all, she wanted to hold her baby girl, rocking her to sleep, and to get to know the woman her daughter had become.” - The Past Is Prologue by Nontacitare, Chapter 28: The One and Only.

This paragraph has stuck with me for months after I read it so of course I had to draw it. In Nontacitare’s post-Coronation Day, Elena of Avalor fanfiction, The Past Is Prologue, Ash gets a character arc that is just superb. Her emotions and motives and drive are explored, and it shows how she's done evil, horrible things in her life but despite everything, she's still human and can choose what she does next (and is still capable of doing good).

[Image description: A pencil sketch fanart drawing of a scene from the Elena of Avalor fanfiction The Past Is Prologue. In the center of the picture Ash is crying while holding one hand up to her face. Around her are five moments from her past she’s remembering. The five scenes are as follows, going clockwise from the bottom left corner: 1. Ash as a young girl looking up at Zopilote who is in vulture form and has his wing stretched out, sheltering her. 2. Ash is rolling her eyes at Esteban who is standing behind her, looking smug. 3. A woman whose face is not pictured holding a smiling baby in her arms. 4. Ash dances with Victor as they look into each other's eyes. 5. Ash gently holds Carla’s face with one hand as Carla smiles up at her. End description.]

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.)

Just finished the new chapter of my Coronation Day missing scene fic! This chapter has action, drama, sports, and puns so bad that I put a glossary at the start of the fic for the sake of clarity.

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.

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You've heard of a screenshot redraw, now it's time for a screenshot repaint!

[Image description: A watercolor fanart of Ms. Croaker from Amphibia. She's sitting in a saddle riding on a giant ladybug. Her small pet spider, Archie, is sitting beside her. End description.]

(Screenshot under the cut).

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.

October can’t come soon enough

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.

Superfriends style Batman Painting! Done in acrylics.

(The skin tone looks better in different lighting)

Acrylic painting I finished yesterday of Kara Zor-El/ Supergirl from DC Super Hero Girls!

I made a cover of Dialtone (Original by Toby Fox of course) on my clarinet :)

It’s a little janky and my mic isn’t the best, but I had fun with it

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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