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I loved reading “The Choas Codex of Ultimate Doom”! It was so cute once you understand that these were Isabel, Esteban, Elena and Victor playing together as children! And I was just smirking at all the irony and foreshadowing. Little do those four children know just how many real, magical adventures they’ll all have together in the future. I hope you’ll write more young Flores cousins and Victor fics! They’re all just too cute!

Thank you so much! 💗

I'm glad you enjoyed the cuteness as well as the irony, it was fun to balance those out.

I do have a couple other ideas for possible childhood stories, so hopefully I'll get around to making those in the future.

Hi there! Who do you think Elena wanted to choose before chosing her grandfather to dance with her?

I think Francisco was her first choice from the beginning, and if she didn't choose Francisco she probably would have chosen Isabel or Luisa. (Or possibly Esteban, but I feel like she probably decided who she wanted to dance with long before she had forgiven him).

Being crowned was a very important moment for Elena and while she cares about both her friends and family, she just gave her friends job promotions, which means she'll probably get to see them all for work-related things. But she probably won't get to see her family quite as much being Queen, so it was quite a nice gesture dancing her Abuelo instead of one of them

And even if none of her family members were there, I don't think she would have chosen Mateo, Gabe, or Naomi for a very certain reason. You see, in the song “Fit to be Queen” Gabe & Mateo both seem very keen about dancing with her. But the thing is whether you believe that either of them or just one of them or neither of them have a crush on her, the fact is they both wanted to dance with her. And they seem to view her choice as a choice between the 2 of them (when it wasn't).

It seemed to me like a resurgence of their rivalry from "Party of a Lifetime," where they were fighting over who was her "best" best friend. And I know they've fought with each other about other things since that episode but never about how much Elena liked them. I mean Elena just cringed away from both of them and put their hands together instead of holding either one of them. Because whether you believe she has a crush on either of them or neither of them, she recognizes this could become a point of contention between them.

If Elena had chosen Naomi, Gabe and Mateo could possibly have also taken that personally and added Naomi to their rivalry. (Don't get me wrong I don't think that they would be annoyed about it forever, but they might make a rash decision in the short term because of it.)

I do Headcanon that Elena probably danced with all 3 of them at some point during the coronation. It's just that since the “most important” dance was the first dance, she dedicated that one to her family instead.

I got the idea for this fanfiction back in June 2020, but now I was finally able to finish it!✨

What is it about? Well let's just say that it’s about Esteban and Isabel saving the world together. (Any things that may seem odd at first in the story are cleared up by the end).

MY VERY CONTROVERSIAL ELENA OF AVALOR OPINIONS

I try to stay neutral on many of the big issues about the show, but the time has come for me to finally share with you some of my deepest darkest opinions about it. I do not apologize for any of these, and you will not be able to change my mind on any of them. 

Esteban did nothing wrong… except for all the things that he did wrong. 

The flowers in Elena's hair are an immortal being, and will outlive everyone else in the entire show by at least 10,000 years. 

Princess Isabel could probably take over the world with her incredible inventions. Although there's only a 1.94962% chance that she'd actually try.

GUITAR!

Luisa could beat any one of us at olaball, without even breaking a sweat.

The real reason for Naomi's face and hair changing mid season 1 is either because aliens with advanced technology visited Avalor to offer free plastic surgery trials and she accepted their offer, or it was due to the daily stresses and successes of politics. (Also she definitely sings sea shanties all the time off screen; it's just that none of them are appropriate for a Disney Junior show).

Gabe has nice arms that are reminiscent of a cannon. 

A very serious opinion now about Mateo in Coronation Day during the final song “Guiding Light.” Near the end of the song I realized something very important and earth shattering while watching it… Mateo is singing amazingly in it! I mean have you heard the soundtrack edition of the song? I think all of the songs that Mateo gets in the show are very good, although in group songs you normally can't hear people individually, but in this one he is just rocking it! 

I would pay an enormous amount of money for an entire episode that's just Armando’s puppet shows. 

Zuzo has a great fashion sense, and he probably gives his human clients good advice on their own fashion choices.

I think one day, despite the criticism given to him, Skyler would make a very good king. Although he might have some trouble calculating proper taxation rates for his subjects, but let's face it, we all would.

The Question: Why does Carla have purple eyes when Ash & Victor have blue and green eyes respectively? The Answer: Why don't any of Migs & Dulce’s cubs have either of their parents eye colours? 

Luna's spots almost look like crescents, but not quite, so they don't perfectly fit her name! They only sort of fit, and yet they still look absolutely fantastic! 

Most importantly, I have figured out which ship in the show is unquestionably the best ship. After much deliberation and scientific research I've discovered that the best ship in the show… is the Alegria. It has survived for hundreds of years, it is magic, and the crew is fun-loving and immortal! Sure, Sea Blasters are very fancy looking, but you can bash a hole in them by throwing a stick at them! And Elena’s sailboat isn't big enough to officially be considered a ship, even though it has a very nice kitchen. 

So in other news…  Happy April Fools Day y’all!

i, for one, would enjoy if you talked more about your future!Avalor ideas *eyes emoji*

Then I will deliver! *magical carriage being pulled by velociraptors emoji*

I mentioned that political stuff in the last post but somehow I forgot to mention Naomi! Since she’s Chancellor, she's in the middle of the kingdom's politics, so she'd be at Elena's side for all those possible incidents, giving her advice and support. 

Naomi finally getting to travel around as Chancellor and visit the other kingdoms on political business would be nice. Because then she could live her dream of sailing around the world even more, but she'd be earning money while doing it. Plus, she has Elena by her side so it's a win-win-win!

Also, I want to see her hire a staff and establish more government positions in the Kingdom. I mean who's even maintaining Nuva Vista now that Cristobal is gone? So she sets up a more detailed federal and municipal government systems that are still ultimately ruled by Elena but now the people can be heard even better. Because the Queen just can't be everywhere at once, even if she has magic. (Now that I'm thinking about it, she would probably try an “everywhere at once” spell first before they did this). I would find it entertaining, but most people probably wouldn't so it would likely be done in the form of multiple upbeat musical montages, or off screen. 

For Mateo, I'd like to see him teaching his magic classes. Maybe him leading the guards in a training exercise on how to properly use magic against villains, monsters, or natural disasters. (More of Mateo fighting stuff with cool magic). Plus Mateo training Olivia, Carla, and Victor on how to help people using magic. Just a whole episode where they're just going around town and solving problems with magic, (and at one point they sing a cool theme song they've made up for themselves in an 80s style montage)!

 It would also be fascinating to watch Mateo learning more complex Master Level spells. Maybe even the most elusive one of all, a healing spell! Perhaps he could go through an arc where he finds more permanent solutions to some of their monster problems. Keeping the monsters in jars & books only means that eventually they might escape, and then you'll just have to hunt them down again. So why not find a way to safely reform them? Kizin could get to see his friends again!

That’s an amazing chart you have of everybody’s tomborita colors! Though would Victor and Carla’s tamborita colors have changed since they now practice good magic instead of dark magic?

      Thank you! And about their magic colours, well we cannot truly know for certain.      The only spells that we see them do after they switch to good magic is that sparkly flourish spell they cast along with Gabe and Mateo at the end of The Lightning Warrior, and the spell that Victor cast in the finale at Ash. For the first one, I don't think it really counts towards showing their true magic colour because some spells like Conglari are always the same colour no matter who casts them, and that was probably one of those kinds of spells (I mean none of them even had to say anything before they cast it so it was probably just for show).       The spell that Victor does in Coronation Day is still that dark blue/purple colour that he normally uses (Although out of all the tamborita users his colour seems to be the one that fluctuates the most). But we never got to see Carla cast another spell so we can't really be sure whether it was just a coincidence or not.

     In my personal opinion though, I headcannon that they stayed the same. I like to think that there aren't really any colours that truly mean good or evil. It’s how the person decides to use their own magic, whatever color it may be, that makes it good or evil.

Here’s my piece for the @guidinglightzine featuring Victor and Carla! I made it alongside @lostbutterflyutau‘s wonderful fanfiction: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29487672. It was so much fun to be part of the zine!✨

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of Victor and Carla Delgado in the palace kitchen. They are both wearing green cooking aprons, and Victor is comforting Carla, they are both smiling. On the table in front of them are many small food dye bottles, a bowl, jars, a butter dish, and a crumpled paper bag. Behind them is a window with phacelia and nasturtium flowers behind it. End ID]

Okay so I compiled a bunch of different screenshots of each of the different Tamborita users to see what their magic colours are, for reference and for theorizing about how the magic system works. These are the results. 

[Image ID: 12 Images with multiple screenshots in each of them of the characters as follows. Above: Carla, Victor, Fiero, Ash, Zopilote, Bronzino, Princess Valentina, Olivia, Mateo, Alacazar. Below: (fig.1) The royal guard group spell, Gabe, Rico, and Antonia. (fig. 2) Elena and Rafa. End ID]

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❤️= Favorite ships? ⚔️ = Unpopular opinion? I'm going to answer both at once, because why not. 

One of the things that really sold me on the show in the first place was the fact that it didn't have any of the main characters constantly pining, like most other shows in it’s genre do. Don't get me wrong, I still love those other shows, but I feel like most of the romantic subplots with the main characters were the weakest parts of them. Only occasionally does Elena of Avalor have episodes on romance as the focus and that was always with grown ups and/or side characters. I feel like shows should do that more often.

That being said as far as ships go, well… I like all the cannon married & dating couples, I don't have any problems with any of them. But as far as most fan-made ships go, I'm pretty neutral about most of them (or I am a big multishipper with them). I see a nice piece of art/fic for them and I'm like “Oh that's a nice piece of art/fic” but I wouldn't live or die for that ship. 

But I have to admit I do absolutely love Rafictor, it's definitely a favourite, but I like some other ships that have either of them in them as well. Ixlan/Antonia is another favourite, (although I guess the show was the one that suggested that ship in the first place). And I really like any of the possible combinations of the four Amigos with each other, I'm just very glad that the show didn't explicitly say that any of them are cannon, because that makes them all equally valid. (Although I guess I'm biased towards a certain one of them if you look at a couple of certain posts of mine).

If Mateo was able to make the Jaquin potion in the show, then his grandfather probably did as well decades beforehand. So maybe “Shapeshifters” wasn't Elena's first time being a jaquin...

Her parents were pretty startled when she knocked the potion onto herself but she still had a nice day spending time with her cousin while Alacazar made the reversal potion.

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of baby jaquin Elena and baby Esteban. They are both happily napping. End ID]

I was once asked what I would look like if I took the Jaquin potion, I came up with this result.

[Image ID: A watercolour painting of my Jaquin S.I. OC. Her fur is sky blue with light and dark purple spots shaped like lilacs. She has light pink and purple wings. End ID]

I just think they would get along very well.

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of Carla and Tomiko from Elena of Avalor. Carla is pointing excitedly at a drawing of her that Tomiko drew and is now holding up. End ID]

In “Team Isa” we are shown that Gabe's family has a dog, and it is a very good dog.

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of Gabe from Elena of Avalor, holding his family’s dog. End ID]

I'm so thankful that I was chosen to be a contributor to this Zine! All the people working on the Zine are so talented and their contributions all look amazing!  Here's a tiny little piece from the background of my contribution:

The flowers are Nasturtiums & Phacelia.

Our team of contributors has been working diligently and everyone’s hard work is paying off! The Zine will be going live for purchase via Blurb dot com in just a few weeks! More details coming soon!

This is a Secret Santa gift I made for someone on a Discord server. 

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of Sofia, Elena, and Luna from Sofia the First/Elena of Avalor. End ID]

Flores Cousin Bonding ft. Baby Jaquins

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of Esteban, Isabel and the baby jaquins from Elena of Avalor. Esteban is on the left holding a basket full of anoki berries with one arm and holding out a berry to Estella with the other. Zoom is reaching over his arm towards the basket of berries. Isabel is on the right holding Mingo in her arms while Estella is sitting on her head. They are all outside by a berry bush. End ID]

Victor is definitely the type of dad who would wear a baby carrier.

[Image ID: An ink drawing of Victor and Baby!Carla from Elena of Avalor. End ID]

Full disclosure, I didn't make this llama. 

[Image ID: A photo of my felt doll of Carla Delgado from Elena of Avalor, riding a small, fluffy, beige, llamas stuffy I bought at a carnival. They are on a brown table with a white wall in the background. On the table there are various semi precious gemstones and a small metal duck. End ID]

A Monstrous Encounter

I had this crazy Elena of Avalor dream on August 28th, so I decided to turn it into a fanfiction. This is 70% what happened in the dream and 30% dialogue I added for context and jokes for levity.

Note: I have the trigger warnings in the tags, this Fanfic does have a bit of violence and blood in it so I would give this a PG-13 / T rating. Reader discretion is advised.

Note 2: For some reason when I had the dream the entire landscape was in various sunset colours, the trees were purple, the sky was red & yellow and the grass was orange & pink.  So if you want, you can imagine it like that.

Note 3: In the dream I wasn't exactly sure when it was set, so I just decided to set it after the final. 

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  A few months after she became Queen, Elena was touring the kingdom. She was making stops in all the different towns so the citizens could see their new Queen and she could make sure the towns were running smoothly. Elena had brought along Naomi, Gabe and Mateo, as well as a few of her Royal Guards and servants. So far, the tour had gone on without a hitch, but that was all about to change.

  In a small country village, Elena and her friends were about to go to Village Hall for a meeting with the Town Council, when a horse ran up to them at full speed and stopped. On it were Lieutenant Felipe and a young Private. Felipe looked exhausted and the Private was crying, and they both looked very bruised up.

  Gabe ran up to meet him. “Felipe, what happened!?”

  The Lieutenant tried to give as coherent a report as he could. “General, I have to report there's a monster at the edge of town. It was huge and round and slimy. Last time I saw it it was on the north corner of the pig farm owned by the Estrada family. It's been eating the livestock of the townspeople. When Private Fuentes and I went to evaluate the situation, it attacked us. I tried to use some spells to stop it but it seems to be immune to magic. Then it attacked Fuentes and… I was able to pull him out of the way in time but the monster killed and swallowed his horse.”

  The private looked at the General, his eyes filled with tears. “I'm sorry General, if I had been faster, Peanut would still be…”

  “It's alright private you did all you could do. All you need to do now is get your injuries checked.” Gabe assured him.

  “Yes Sir.” Fuentes replied, his voice still shaking

  Then Gabe continued on in a slightly more military tone, but you could still hear the intense concern he had.  “Lieutenant Felipe, take Private Fuentes to have his injuries taken care of, have your own injuries checked, and then call for backup.”

  “Yes sir.” He saluted then rode off towards the medical facility

  The other three who had watched this scene unfold were shocked, they knew something had to be done.

  “By the time backup gets here someone else could be attacked!” Exclaimed Mateo.

  “He's right, we should deal with this monster right now!” agreed Elena.

  “I second that.” Added Naomi with a nod. “We must avenge Peanut!”

  Gabe looked at how the three of them were just raring to go, he hesitated for a moment and then sighed. “I guess it's yet another mission for just the four of us.”

  “Maybe we need a name like Team Ava-four.” said Mateo trying to lighten the mood.

  Gabe just sighed and continued, “We know that this creature is immune to magic, so we will all need to equip some physical weapons before we go find it.”

  They went to their supply carriage and each got equipped with a sword, a dagger and a crossbow. Then they got on their horses and rode to the farm. Once they arrived at the south corner of the farm, they didn't tie the horse's reins to a pole. Instead they  just told their horses to wait for them to come back, they did this just in case the monster tried to attack them, the horses would be able to get away unhindered.

  Then they carefully made their way to the north corner, making sure to keep watch as they approached it. Then they saw an odd shape in the distance. They carefully stepped behind a large boulder and looked out at it. There was no mistaking it, this was the monster.

  It was sitting on the ground, its eerie black eyes open and ever staring forward.  It was at least 3 meters tall while at rest. It had a round body with a huge mouth, bigger than the mouth of any creature should be. It was bright purple and yellow and covered in clear oozing slime. It was blob shaped and looked like some kind of hideous melted frog.

  “I've never seen a creature like that in any of my books before,” Whispered Mateo, “At least not that I can remember.”  

  “What do you think we should do?” Asked Elena.

  “I say we try shooting it with our crossbows. If we get a little closer the bolts would probably do some major damage.” Suggested Naomi.

  “That sounds good, we will move to that area over there behind those trees where we will get a much clearer shot.” Said Gabe readying his crossbow “We should approach it with caution.” They moved closer to the monster until they were as close as they could get, while still being behind cover. “All right,” ready your crossbows and...NOW!”

  Four bolts shot straight into the monster's head and lodged deep, although it didn't seem very disturbed by it.  The monster looked at them with it's bulging eyes for a moment before it suddenly hopped up in a burst of speed and began to chase them. They were just barely able to start running away from it when it jumped at them.

  The monster chased them down the hill towards a pond, quickly gaining momentum on them. “Let's split up around the pond and regroup behind those trees!” Yelled Naomi, pointing across the water at the other side.  

  The group split to run around to the two sides, Naomi and Elena going to one side, Gabe and Mateo on the other. But the monster continued its chase, now with a target in its focus.

  Mateo was a slower runner than the others and they all realized it too late. He dropped his crossbow and grabbed his tamborita ready to cast a speed spell on himself. But before he could he tripped on a wet clump of grass at the edge of the pond, dropping his tamborita as he fell to the ground. The monster leapt behind him and with one fast movement gulped him completely into its mouth.

  “MATEO!” They screamed as their friend disappeared from view.

  “LEVALUQ!” yelled Gabe aiming his tamborita at the monster's mouth, but it was no use, Mateo was completely inside it and there was nothing that the spell could grab onto. It just seemed to be absorbed into the monster's slime. So without a second thought Gabe ran at the creature and started slashing at it with his sword. Naomi and Elena joined him, desperate to save their friend.

~~~   Mateo was surrounded by oozing darkness. He tried to breathe but got a nose full of noxious smelling slime instead, so he held his breath. The monster's mouth was closed in all around him and he barely had any room to move. He started to struggle but it didn't feel like it made any difference to the compressing walls around him.

  Then he remembered the dagger. He grabbed it with one hand and plunged it into the monster's tongue. The walls kept moving around him but they didn't feel any less constricting, and he was running out of air. He continued to stab but he could feel his strength draining away from him. His thoughts became a flurry of panic “I need to get out of here, I can't die like this, please!!!”  He continued to stab until he didn't have the strength to hold on to the dagger any longer. ~~~

 The three of them continued to slash their blades into the monster’s flesh. It still held its mouth shut even as blood splattered out from its wounds. It tried to jump into the nearby pond, and that's when Gabe leaped up into the air and plunged his sword deep into its back, determined to save the wizard before it was too late. That was the mortal blow. Finally the monster stopped moving and fell To the ground, finally defeated.

 Naomi and Gabe each grabbed one side of the fallen monster’s mouth and yanked it open. Elena lifted Mateo out. He wasn't moving. She started hastily brushing the slime off his face while using her other hand to push on his chest trying to resuscitate him.

  “MATEO WAKE UP, PLEASE!” She cried.

 Suddenly he began to cough and blink his eyes open. Tears continued to stream down the young queen's face but now in relief rather than despair. “I thought I lost you.”

  “Thank goodness you're alive.” Said Gabe who is now kneeling beside them.

  “We need to make sure all the liquid is out of the throat, if he's able to talk that means he can breathe properly.”  Naomi then she turned to Mateo and asked “Do you think you can talk?”

  He nodded, then he breathed and said “Well that became a pretty slimy situation!”

  There was a moment of silence, and then they all laughed (in spite of the pun being terrible). They were all just so happy that Mateo was alive. They moved into a big group hug.

  Suddenly Naomi broke out of the hug and jumped up. “The meeting!”  Shouted Naomi, “We never told them that we were going to be late!”

  Elena sprang to her feet “Oh no you're right! Quick, if we move fast we might be able to still make it in time!”

  “But Elena, you-” Gabe started saying but was interrupted.

  “Don’t worry Gabe, I trust that you will be able to take Mateo back to town and report to the townspeople that the monster has been defeated.” Then she whistled for the horses. All four of them came running and Elena's horse, Canela stopped right in front of her.

  “Elena I think he meant-” Started Mateo.

  “You can tell me later Mateo, just go get some rest, you need it!” And with that, she jumped on her horse and she and Naomi rode off at a thundering pace.

  “So,” said Mateo turning to Gabe “Do you think they'll notice that they're covered in monster blood before they get to the meeting, or after someone screams and faints at them?”

  “I'd say the latter.” Said Gabe, as he watched them ride off into the distance.

  “Probably, wait a minute we're ALL covered in... blood…”

  Gabe caught Mateo right as he fainted.

  He checked that Mateo was okay and then smiled “Well Elena did say you needed a rest.”

  Mateo blinked open his eyes and groaned a little in disgust as he looked at his clothing. It would take some major spells to get these stains out.

  He found his tamborita lying near him, brushed the dirt off it and put it back in its holder. Then Gabe carefully helped Mateo on to his horse, then the two of them both rode back to town.

@saraahsapphire Was the one who came up with the Original AU idea, and it was so cute I just had to draw it. After we re-watched “Realm Of The Jaquins” together she said: “What if Victor and Carla became friends with Marimonda?” To which I replied “YES!” and drew this.

They are either plotting to take over the world with plants and friendship, or they have been reformed by this point, who knows?

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of the above-mentioned characters from Elena of Avalor. On the left in the background, Victor is relaxing in a giant leaf hammock. Underneath in the foreground there is a large spiral rose vine with two large roses on it. On the right in the foreground, Marimonda is gifting a flower crown to Carla. On the far right there is another large rose vine with two more roses. End ID]

[Uncolored line art under the cut.]

A while ago me and @lieutenant-amuel Talked about how since Gabe and some of the other guards know magic now, maybe they should get more ‘wizard robe-like’ uniforms. I started designing it but then I realized “I could add a whole bunch of other things to this is well!” And I ended up with this.

Here's an explanation of some of my redesign choices: -Rank insignia.  I'm using a system of Pips because I am a Star Trek nerd. But instead of circles or diamonds, they are five petaled flowers, since that symbol is on the emblem for the show as well as a few banners in Avalor.

-Royal guard badge. So that everyone can tell he's a royal guard of Avalor.

-Tamborita badge. Above his left pocket you can see a small golden tamborita. Gabe and any other guards trained in magic would have this to signify that they have been specially trained in magic.

-Pockets. Because pockets are amazingly useful and every modern military uniform has them, so I just decided to throw them in as well.

-Longer coat. To make the outfit look a little bit more wizard like.

-More gold. Well, it's not actual gold, but gold colours look really good with red and blue, so I just had to add it.

So for one week of the Discord weekly challenge, the prompt was “Night On The Town,” so that inspired me to make these sketches & a drawing, and a tiny fanfiction. Where together, Victor and Ixlan went out for a night on the town, (since he hadn't been out for this kind of stuff for around 9 months, and she hadn't been out for something like 3009 months.

[Image ID: Ixlan and Victor standing together playing music. Victor is playing a green & gold accordion and Ixlan is playing a Tambor Trueno. End ID]

[Full disclosure, I drew this before “Elena's day off" came out, and this would be set before that].

[Image ID: A 3 panel pencil sketch drawings.The scenes in the images are described below. End ID]

 -First, they both rode horses through town, Ixlan was both excited and nervous about this (although that was hard to tell from just looking at her). Victor helped her with horse riding tips, and then later she helped him not get captured by a group of citizens who remembered this face from a wanted poster. The horses got pretty scared by that event, so they decided to go to Doña Paloma’s Emporium and leave them with her. She could return them to the palace later. They could just continue on foot for the rest of the night. (I'm assuming by this point they’ve probably met the whole Grand Council).

-After they dropped off the horses at the emporium, Doña taught Ixlan about different kinds of fans and which one is the best to buy, while Victor tried out every accordion in the emporium as loudly as possible. He eventually found one that he liked (which also happened to be the first one he'd actually picked up and tried out) and bought it. (Don't worry, Elena had given them some money beforehand). 

-Then they went out for dinner and drinks at Cafe Angelica, (Since Julio had recommended it to them). Afterwards they walked back through the city playing music, Victor on his new accordion and Ixlan on her Tambor Trueno. 

-At the end of the night they rode the Hydro-Gondola back to the palace, although Ixlan rode it a bit differently than intended (by siting on the roof on it). Victor not-so-calmly asked her why she was doing that, and she replied, “I can see the stars much better from up here.”

Ever since “The Lightning Warrior” came out, I've been thinking about how Mateo now has a student who is three times his age, and this would probably cause some...misunderstandings.

[Comic script: Panel 1: Visiting Royal wizard (Talking to Victor): Ah so you must be the Royal Wizard, and those three must be your apprentices. Victor doesn't say anything but he has a shocked expression. Panel 2 Mateo: WHAT! But I’m- Carla (Interrupting Mateo): -Oh, don't worry, I'm sure you'd be a great Royal Wizard if you got the job! Olivia: Maybe if you grew a beard it would be easier to tell...]

Since we have seen Elena, Gabe, and Mateo as Jaquins, I decided to draw Naomi as one too!

[Image ID: An ink and pencil crayon drawing of Naomi from Elena of Avalor as a Jaquin. Her fur is light turquoise with little pink and green spots reminiscent of tulips. She has light blue and green wings.  End ID]

[Image ID: A meme with four pictures and some words. The first two pictures are of Esteban Flores and Victor Delgado from Elena of Avalor, the second two are of Stan and Ford from Gravity Falls. The text says: Just a friendly reminder that these two disaster old men, are the same age as these two disaster old men. End ID]

a-Lilacsng’s Live text reaction: Elena's day off

I Drive up to you in my sports Corvette and take off my sunglasses. “Hey so I heard Ixlan’s in this episode, and I want in.” 

((I know I haven't done one of these in forever, but I knew I had to do one for this episode. Spoilers under the cut.)

Sneak 1000 Only 3 days?! Dang. Well it sounds like she's going to invite King Hector, “Definitely can't put him with Abigail” It can't be anyone else 🎵 Who knew they owned 1,000 salad plates 🎵 Oh and there's a cello, Hello cello This is why she needs more secretaries and planners “And we have I don't know how many bad guys out there, building an invasion Squad!” Even Elena's Gene Savvy enough to know that they will crash her party She's been standing behind the plates all day waiting for her cue Doña Isn't even trying to be subtle at this point Oh that's so cute, Mini Royal chairs Put Hector next to Alonso, at least it would be entertaining to everyone else at the party And they all just magically stick to the table I love it, she's actually making a battle strategy, finally! “I made their figures look like Stone because that's the form they're going to be taking at the end of the final battle Hahaha.” Isabel is very disturbed by it as well Holy moly it's like know your friends but know your enemies even better She was probably just using farsight to like see all their features and carefully carve them out And there's no mini Stone Chatana!  But I get it though, wings are hard. Naomi is completely right, you have staff so let them do their jobs!!! She keeps telling Isa to rely on her team and Trust in her team, Because deep down she knows that she's exactly like her. Elena's finally cracking I love the mini Jaquin on the chocolate fountain At this point I'd say put that Fountain out of its misery, you really just don't need it He just cringes at the mention of fireworks, I wonder what happened with that … That ladder is not securely put up,I just feel like she'll end up falling off if it's like that… But wait, don't you already know Elena? They lured her out now quick, Tire her down and force her to relax! Elena, this is an intervention Doña just looks so smug and happy to be the party planner now and you know what, at this point she deserves it. it wouldn't hurt for Elena to just make some battle strategies but I guess if they've been training for a while... And Julio is wearing his fancy vest! Hello darkness my old friend And Francisco's using the gavel now! “-a relaxing stress-free Girl's Day!”  I have Never seen a greater look of concern than the one on Ixlan’s face At this point Isabel can't help but laugh at the irony of it all The jokes in this episode though I see that Sleeping Beauty reference Ixlan is not amused by the silly hats I'm surprised she knows that much about Alonzo (I can just hear the fanfiction being written) Just punch it! Although it's probably an illegal move… It's like they need to carefully quarantine Hector from everyone else, Ixlan picked her up! She can ride a horse! Jaquin water skiing is best sport Beach outfits! Also it's really nice to see Dulce, Migs and the kids again Whoa, she's doing a sacred Meruvian thing No Isabel. You're going to snap her out of the Peace! Well I mean she does seem the super flexible she probably would beat you at any pose Yep, she wins I wonder if the Meruvians did had wars and conquered people, I mean there probably weren't only monsters to conquer That's interesting in the second episode they were trying to emulate that culture, and now she's worried about being culturally offensive  Mingo you're just too Precious That's good, if you bury her in mud she can't escape and grab the sceptre That mud has the consistency and sound effects of jam. “What is wrong with me?” “ I have been compiling a list” Naomi and Isabel are the true villains of this episode They have no sense of Gene savviness whatsoever The ultimate chase scene! Oh no emotion Magic! Ixlan just has the best lines ever Also that's a major fallacy not telling one of your main allies about the whole dress emotions thing, maybe they haven't trained enough. Elena Hated ballet as a kid... let me just write that down for fanfiction purposes... It's just like when everything glitches out in g-mod! Mingo being adorable Everyone gets dropped down gently except for Ixlan “I am adding this to my list of things that are wrong with you!” And everything goes to chaos Then again that's what happens when you make a cake 3 days before the actual coronation, It would probably have gone hard by the day And of course all the decorations have to fall down, of course!!! Poor Octavio, He didn't deserve this He's holding a torch for no other reason other than for things to get lit on fire You don't jump up when there's going to be an explosion you get on the ground! Oh boy they're lucky the bridge didn't blow up Spoke too soon about the bridge Isn’t Someone going to comfort the princess? Good Naomi good Fix the bridge with magic Wait no Octavio could come and save the day! Just fill the bridge with broken fountains! Or just use the crystals, that works too Eek! Doña and Julio Are finally working together! Well that's one way to pave a road Armando and Marlana! It looks like Octavio stayed on after all, now that is true dedication IXLAN PICKED UP DONA! She definitely wins, Without a doubt. Oh Julio

That was a pretty great episode. It was hilarious, We got to see a bunch of characters we haven't seen in awhile and it was nice to see them again! And Ixlan Is officially the best. And of course I've learned as an audience member not to get worried about the party the characters are planning when I'm watching the show because I know ultimately it's all going to be fine. Yes it will all be fine I keep telling myself. It. Will. Be. Fine.

I noticed that all the very young royals in EOA have one thing in common: the colour green. So I decided to draw a picture of them all together! 💚 Isa, Caterina and Ari all like building things, and Nico likes flying, so they're all building a glider together.

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of Prince Ari, Prince Nico, Princess Caterina, and Princes Isabel from Elena of Avalor. Ari and Caterina are in the foreground holding some light purple fabric for the glider’s wing. Nico and Isabel  are holding the glider steady. End ID]

I'm still not over The Lightning Warrior, so here's a picture of young Elena, Victor, Esteban and Isabel cooking together.  (Whatever it is they're making, it's going to end up a lot more peppery than the recipe originally required it to be).

[Image ID: A coloured pencil and ink drawing of the above-mentioned characters from Elena of Avalor, cooking together in the palace kitchen. Elena holds a large mixing bowl while Victor mixes it with one hand and shakes pepper into it with a pepper shaker. Esteban is holding up Isabel so she can reach a high shelf to retrieve a jar from it. End ID]