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I was morally obligated to make this. Behold: The Victor smile moodboard: The Lightning Warrior Edition.

[Image ID: A 4x4 collection of pictures of Victor Delgado from Elena of Avalor smiling. The different smiles have various levels of happy, joyful, and pleased energy. End ID]

Elena of Avalor Appreciation Week 2020 -  Unforseen

I just hope something like this happens in the show.

[Image ID: A three panel paper and ink Elena of Avalor comic. Comic script: Panel 1: Victor: Oh look, it's the “People who I loved and trusted and then they stabbed me through the heart club!” Panel 2: Ash & Esteban: VICTOR!?! Panel 3: Tziloco: Umm...Who is this guy? Chatana: I'm not sure but apparently he won something. Pili: And how could he have survived being stabbed in the heart more than once? End ID]

Elena of Avalor Appreciation Week 2020: Stars

The baby Jaquins are stars in their own rights.

[Image ID: A watercolour painting of Zoom, Mingo and Estrella. They are flying through a dark blue background covered in small white stars. End ID]

Elena of Avalor Appreciation Week 2020 - Beach

There is one episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender called "The Beach", and this and this prompt reminded me of it, so the pose is based off a scene from that episode.

 [Image ID: Pencil and ink picture of Ash, Chatana, Pili, Esteban and Tziloco.  End ID]

Elena of Avalor Appreciation Week Tuesday: Darkness and Light

I decided to paint a watercolour picture of the spirit tree for this prompt because unlike most afterlifes, the EoA spirit world transitions from the place where the dark spirits live to the light all on the same giant tree.

I made a moodboard of Victor's smile.

[Image ID: A 5x5 collection of pictures of Victor Delgado from Elena of Avalor smiling. The different smiles have various levels of chaotic, smug and happy energy. End ID]

I drew this back in January of 2020. I was feeling in an angsty mood about Carla being in jail all alone, but then I re-watched “To Save a Sunbird” and realized that she wouldn't be alone, because this little guy is in the dungeon too. So I drew this and I felt a lot better.

[Image ID: Two pictures,The first is a pencil and ink drawing Carla Delgado from Elena of Avalor with a Xolo dog. The second is a screenshot from the EoA episode “To Save a Sunbird.” End ID]

I did the the “Six Fanarts” challenge again, this time using recommendations given to me by my friend, @lilystar244 ! I had a lot of fun drawing this one, and technically it's a crossover because they're all wearing Mabel-made sweaters.

Here's a list of the characters in order from left to right:

First Row: Naomi Turner - Elena of Avalor Mabel Pines and Waddles - Gravity Falls Alya Cesaire and Trixx - Miraculous Ladybug Second Row: Peridot - Steven Universe Little My - Moomin Stitch - Lilo & Stitch

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of all the above-mentioned characters. In the first row, they are all taking a selfie together. In the second row, Peridot is distracting Little My so Stitch can set up a prank with a fire extinguisher. End ID]

Victor reminds from one of those old film Noir movies, and I just love that style of of suits and hats. I haven't done a grayscale pencil drawing in over a year, and I think this turned out very well.

I love the lace on these dresses, and when I remembered that I had fabric with baby ducks and turtles on it I couldn't resist making a dress out of it. 🐢

[Image ID: Two pictures of the same handmade, felt doll of Carla Delgado from Elena of Avalor, wearing different dresses. The doll is made of light and dark brown felt for the body and hair, with an embroidered face. The first dress is Light blue with pink and white flowers on it and a pink and white lace raffle. The second dress is baby blue with bubbles, green turtles, and yellow ducklings on it. End ID]

These are the second two dresses I made for my doll. It took me awhile to make a pattern that actually worked for making doll dresses with a bit of help from friend I was able to perfect this pattern. 😀 [Image ID: Two pictures of the same handmade, felt doll of Carla Delgado from Elena of Avalor, wearing different dresses.The doll is made of light and dark brown felt for the body and hair, with an embroidered face. The first dress is black with bits of gold and purple on it and a big red flower in the middle. The second dress is white with pale pink and blue flowers. End ID]

This is a doll I made of Carla Delgado, back in March 2020, out of felt, thread, and patterns I designed. I designed her hair so that I can put different braided yarn through to match the different dresses I made for her. These are the first two dresses I made for her! 😀

[Image ID: Two pictures of the same handmade, felt doll of Carla Delgado from Elena of Avalor, wearing different dresses. The doll is made of light and dark brown felt for the body and hair, with an embroidered face. The first dress is dark blue with abstract white flowers. The second dress is solid dark purple. End ID]

Chatana with Pili  (Based on Leonardo da Vinci’s “Lady With an Ermine”)

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of Chatana and Pili from Elena of Avalor. Chetana is a woman with dark blue hair, light brown skin, brown eyes, and light blue wings. She is wearing a long green and blue dress as well as large golden earrings and a golden diadem. Pili is a large orange-brown weasel, with a dark brown stripe running down his back and dark brown points on his paws and muzzle. Chatana is sitting down holding Pili in her arms. They are both looking to the right. The poses and composition of the drawing are based on Leonardo Da Vinci's “Lady With an Ermine.” End ID]

Today is Friday, June 19th, 2020, which means it is the 250 day anniversary of the premiere of “The Magic Within.” In honor of that I created this sonnet:

Two hundred and fifty days it has been Full of waiting and thinking and moping Since the premier of The Magic Within All that I have been doing is hoping

Hoping that the plot threads will all end well Even though current prospects look quite bleak How the future will go, no one can tell And I can hardly wait another week

When will Carla be released from the jail And when will Victor be brought back from stone Will they forgive Esteban’s betrayal They may not, the answer is still unknown

But in a month, new episodes will start So I will be patient and not lose heart

This is a picture of Charoca and Charica I made using watercolor paints.

I noticed that Elena’s dress (post “The Magic Within”) turns orange when she's mad, light blue when she's calm, and pink when she's feeling love, just like Charoca and Charica do when they feel those emotions. 

That thought inspired this comic.

I was re-watching “A Spy in the Palace” and noticed two things which I hadn't noticed before.

First of all this is adorable.

Second of all, isn’t it weird that Victor just happened to have this picture of Queen Lucia’s tiara in his coat?

Now it doesn't seem like something that he could have just found in the palace when he went there, or gotten from someone in town. It also seems unlikely that Shuriki had it, because why would she store a picture of the tiara in some secret place to retrieve later, when she could have just done the same with tiara itself.

So my theory is that Victor drew this himself. (It would explain where Carla got her artistic talent from).

It is definitely a very good drawing (In some ways, it's more detailed  than the actual tiara)

Here's my drawing for the discord weekly challenge of Princess Rebecca, Princess Chloe and Princess Valentina! They're having an ice cream party.

I drew this picture for the Elena of Avalor 2019 Secret Santa, it was really fun to draw and colour!

Close-ups under the cut

Mingo, Zoom, and Estrella ⬆

(I colored Elena’s hair flowers to match the baby Jaquins. Also, she is wearing globe earrings that were given to her by Mateo.)

Queen Camila: Marzel, when was the last time you had a bath? Prince Marzel: Umm..Recently…. Queen Camila: If by recently you mean 2 weeks ago. Prince Marzel: Mom, I don't need a bath! Queen Camila: All right, you won't have a bath or dessert today. Prince Marzel: Fine, I'll take a bath! But I'm not going to like it!

(I Watched a nature documentary, and my brain produced this)

On the planet Ahch-To, Jedi Master Mateo travels to find the first Jedi temple. He takes his Padawan, Olivia with him. On the way she gets to meet some of the planet's native wildlife.

Just a little bit of Elena of Avalor Star Wars AU! (Yes, it is a Porg she's holding :D)

Here it is, the Gabe Facepalm Moodboard.

Armando, as a Jaquin for the EOA discord weekly challenge, week 2!

Can i copy your homework? - the Elena of Avalor edition!

Welcome back to Avalor, Esteban! It's great to see you are alive and well! So where have you been for the past four decades and a tenth?

“I didn’t realize just how much time had passed…”

In honor on Valentines Day, I made these Elena of Avalor Valentines! 

(I came up with most of these while sleep deprived)

The ones under the cut are technically spoilers for episodes after “The Magic Within” so view at your own risk.

Victor Delgado Headcannon

(I originally posted this on the Elena of Avalor Discord but I wanted to share it here) 

In the episode “Sister of Invention” Gabe says this about Victor to Elena: “He says he'll talk but only to you.”

This Implies that Gabe and/or other guards tried to interview Victor but didn't get any useful information out of him. I like to headcanon that Victor trolled them massively when they tried to interview him.

Every interrogation would go something like this:

Gabe: All right Victor, it’s time that you start talking.

Rico: Tell us what Ash and Carla are planning!

Victor: Well.. I could tell you, but you might not understand… 

Gabe: Just explain it to us, we will be able to understand!

Victor: Well...It depends, how many Star Wars  movies have you seen?

Gabe: ...I've seen all 9 main movies...

Rico: I've only seen A New Hope, but I'm planning on watching The Empire Strikes Back this weekend.

Victor: Okay then can you understand it when I say…  that Darth Vader's actually Luke's father! 

Rico: WHAT, no way, that can't be true, you're just saying that! 

Victor: Am I just saying that Nunez?

Gabe: Well errr... this has nothing to do with anything, tell us about Ash and Carla!

Victor: Alright, I'll tell you...  that Princess Leia is Luke's sister!

Rico: What, NO!

Victor: And You'll never guess what happened in Avengers Endgame! Time's up! Here's what happened...

Gabe: THAT’S IT! THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER!

Elena of Avalor Live text reaction: Giant Steps

I enjoy reading other people's posts where they watch episodes of shows and write reactions to things in the episode while they're still watching it. So I decided to make one for this new episode: Giant Steps. 

Reaction starts under the cut (Spoilers for the episode since this is a reaction)

She needs a crew 

Wait has she gone to Australia 

Also I love that fish on the wall 

To bad it wouldn't be able to sing most likely

Is that a wanted poster for the bat on the wall?

And it looks like she's selling Esteban’s hat as well 

oooooh I think I feel a song coming on

 also the letter text is so clear I could probably translate this

if I felt like it 

Man, Elena is a fast writer 

I really like the accordion in this song but so far it's been pretty casual 

I don't know, I guess I was just expecting a big old villain song 

What a cute parrot! Naomi should get a parrot

Oh that's a sword for a second I thought it could be a chainsaw 

Don't mind him that's just casual Joe, casually showing off his casual sword to his casual friends Casually 

Wow there's a lot of lens flares in this song, was it directed by JJ Abrams?

Maybe it's not even a big threat Naomi's coming to warn them about, maybe she's just going to come back to say hi at this point, she seems like she's really missing Elena 

This is why she needs a crew, then she wouldn't be lonely 

Having a good cry together?! All of the hurt comfort and angst fanfiction possibilities! 

Oh look there's the not-Ash little girl 

yes the Elena and Naomi feels are strong with this one 

Ship does not rhyme with fate! this is the second time a line hasn't rhymed and it bugs me 

And she's broke

Maybe she should have asked for some money along with a ship eh?

The Bat Wanted poster Is hilarious 

And so starts her career as a bounty hunter 

“So how much gold are you giving for his capture?” “heaps of it.” “But how much gold exactly?” “HEAPS. OF. IT.”

Yeah when you just draw bags of money on the poster it's probably a scam 

Naomi unrolls the wanted poster, Me: *Gasps out loud* They all look so good!

 I wonder if you captured those three along with the bat if they give you an extra gold for that or if they just only give you a reward for the bat

You probably wouldn't get any gold though cuz it's probably a scam

Sudden zoom in on the poster while there's a bell in the background like what

 reminds me how they always always seem to do that during dramatic moments in Star Trek

What's in the bag a knife, a phaser, or is she just giving her the bag 

Maybe a special knockout powder?

Oh cool it's one of those endless Space Bags 

also what a cute red bird 

This episodes giving lots of birds 

But the Winged being I want to see most is Chatana

Oh look she sells harpoons! What does the store not have?

The necklace, of course she wants the necklace, I was thinking about was oddly noticeable with Naomi wearing two necklaces so of course she's going to have to give one away

Will she give it to her, Probably

Yep now she has the Magic Bag

And she got the take the wanted poster as well?! Wow !

It's not illegal to take down wanted posters?

Boy there is probably some kid out there who has fifty wanted posters just up decorating their room because they are very well drawn 

I mean if I lived in that world and knew I couldn't get punished for it I would totally have a few of them up 

Ash and Chatana just look so snug in their pictures, when why was Esteban just looks so innocent compared to them 

Wait so ash gave Chatana the diadem off screen? okay...

I've been waiting months for this, yes, YES team Ash team Ash team Ash YES!

Now I finally get to see more of Chatana

 I will finally get to see what her personality is really like yes

~~ but now I have to eat supper so intermission

Sarah give me spoilers Darn it ~~

 Anyway

 the bat can shape-shift!? wow I always thought that Esteban’s teleportation powers would take them to Vestrella but I was wrong

Of course they're seen immediately, probably because of Ash’s yelling

Wait if you Caught the Jaquin babies, what would you do with them Esteban?

He seems better at this villain stuff than I thought 

Also both Ash and Chatana seem way too confident about this 

I'm predicting it will be their Achilles heel 

Bold of Mateo to assume that she would be looking for her friend instead of the villains 

Probably spied on Naomi before 

It seems Mateo's more Curious boy Then I thought he's willing to spy on someone if they're a friend 

And she's right there, she probably ran past Armando and everyone else that's why they didn't get it notified of her arrival 

Like she always does 

Yay clumsy Mateo

And he didn't drop it!

No one expected you back this soon Naomi not even the audience 

Lesbians lesbians lesbians 

It's great other than the crippling loneliness 

Mateo asks the kind of questions that I asked on tumblr ask blogs anonymously 

“Ancient at least I thought she was ancient '' if she said that to Chatana’s face which you take it as a compliment or an insult I wonder?

Also continuity!

And of course she's only going to bring Gabe because he is the only guard She Knows by name 

Sarcasm aside though I'm glad that these four will get to have another adventure together 

They are the Ultimate Adventure team 

Well Isabel is always welcome on it 

But it is illegal for her to try to fight Esteban 

Or Witness Elena seriously killing him 

Wait is she going because she wants to be with Elena 

Or to get the prize money 

Probably both 

I sure hope Elena doesn't feel betrayed if Naomi tries to get that prize money I mean she has to make a living somehow 

Yes Elena, the team 

It is the only team strong enough to defeat the evil team 

Oh boy every time Chatana walks she looks like she's on a Runway! She is so poised and confident looking 

Also it seems that they have gotten past that cloaking spell 

And Esteban gets smacked in the face

They just love you using him for slapstick don't they?

I just love it how bat says casually that they're being watched 

And Ash and Chatana flip out like they're about to be caught by the thought police 

Okay, Esteban is hilarious 

*Ash Eyeroll*

I wonder who has done more eye rolls in the series Ash or Esteban?

And she blocked it again, I guess it wears off over time?

SOME kind of cloaking spell!? it looks like the same one they were using before!

I sure hope Philly wasn't conscious with Chatana all those years

She CAN fly!

And we finally get to see her make a monster and it's so cool!!!

Spiders spiders everywhere!

Flying spider tornado!

Ash and Esteban’s reactions are valid

BABY spider Eagles! that changes everything 

Now that means that they're really cute 

I would still be distracted by them though

Esteban sass 

Ash threats

If they weren't so evil they make a great sitcom team 

~~~break to watch final episode of Pride and Prejudice with my family~~

Gabe makes yet another strategy which will be most likely ignored or never brought up again 

Points for trying, Captain 

Oh good, that’s just webs, thought it was something else for a moment 

Down they go, too bad she can't use levaloop with that sceptre and they're going to have a hard Landing 

Woo he didn't use levaloop he's learning new spells 

Yay team Ash back views! I've been needing these for artistic purposes 

Did Phili just spit fire Let me back that up 

Wow I think he did

Awww,  “Little one”

They must train together a lot, Ash just needs to give Esteban a look and he does what they need 

That's the same unlocking spell as before

 do the Maruveians only have one kind of lock spell

Also wait did Chatana teach that to Ash at some point?

Because she certainly didn't use that on the gate before to unlock Chatana...

Oh nice unlocking effects 

some...BODY ONCE TOLD ME

MAMA <--May I also mention that my theory was right 

Wait all of Chatana's creatures are locked up here?

I guess there are the Sunbird jars 

True she was captured, (much better excuse than Pink Diamond’s)

And here is Esteban, the king of sucking up 

In a way, Kizin Reminds me of Sarah

He Likes the tall funny man 

Good recovery Esteban, you didn't make any snide comment that time 

And now everyone else sucks up 

Except Phili 

Chatana smile 

Kizin has other friends? AWW, he Just wants to help his friends! 

Ash has done nothing other than that spell so far except yell and complain to others

And there goes a bat

We will probably get him later... or maybe we will just leave him

Oh look will team Avalor attack him immediately or will they try and reason with him first 

If you needed more guards why didn't you just grab them in the first place 

I know Migs and Skyler are Guardians but couldn't you have gotten another Guardian to go and get reinforcements? 

Elena never planned ahead for things

Gabe the running LOL 

So you're going to just attack him instead of reasoning with him? okay 

I think that trip wire might be a little high Naomi

Wait Shouldn't Elena and Mateo wait on the other side of the tripwire so that they can surround Kizim just in case 

Naomi tie the tripwire you won't be strong enough to hold it up yourself 

Or maybe you will you are pretty strong 

Hey look there's the bat

No Naomi, no Naomi no tie the rope Naomi, and then go after him 

Tell Elena of your financial troubles don't risk it all 

(to quote Ash:) foolish child....

Looks like the bats in the bag 

Also why was he attacking ships in the first place, for the LOLs?

More Gabe running 

*Sigh* should have tied it...

She hurt him he hurt her 

Very good, Gabe protect 

See Don't Use Magic on Kizim, use Magic on yourself 

Oh yeah use the wizard to unlock the pots

And then an extra 

You know it seems like every episode where Elena could do a lot more she gets injured and then another character has to save the day 

It happened in the episode with the merman Prince 

Naomi just sort of stands there and watches 

Okay that scene is funnier in context than it is in the trailer 

First aid! Someone actually knows how to do first aid!

Mateo disobeyed a plan and now Naomi disobeyed the plan

When will they learn that disobeying plans always leads to bad things 

Sorry Princess I'm broke 

And Too Proud to Beg 

Okay, this is a complicated situation, on one hand Naomi is a big help in defeating villains on the other, why don't they just get a royal guard who is good with a lasso? 

I mean there are definitely some personal emotions running here 

But also it might have been better to wait to become a Captain until after the villains had been caught

I just think this might be both their faults

Although running out to the bat and not tying the Rope yeah

Little scared Mateo noise

I thought it was just going to run head-on into a wall 

LOL if one man can't do it get the other guy to do it

Gabe with magic well that would be interesting…

Well yeah, he's normally there 

Wait he's not going to attack Keatamos is he?

Gabe and Matteo wouldn't allow that 

“Hello friends” awww

Uh-oh is right, that many shaking pots is never good 

And now they're here to save the day 

When you forget you have an injury 

Although she Naomi should have felt the arm first to see how the sling should be set 

He likes one cousin and dislikes the other

Wait magic wands are handed?

Don't worry that Blaze probably didn't hit the wood that's everywhere around here 

How would releasing the bat help, I feel like he'd be on Kizim's side 

Couldn't you have just caught him in the bag with the bat still inside 

Actually no, the bat would get squished 

Well Gabe, you are bringing the burn today

Esteban reacts to waiting for things the same way I do 

Esteban knows he's the universe is punching bag 

Ash facepalm 

Chatana does care 

And Phili never will 

OOOOh Other allies!??!

It just seems like the Delgados inexplicably know about every different darkforce and possible magic thing there is 

She is angsting, Naomi, Which she always does alone 

Wow her arm is in a cast

Couldn't they just fix it with magic?

Does no one in this world know a healing spell? 

Actually that wouldn't surprise me.

Get a room you two! Oh, you do have a room 

now kiss 

They love each other 

You know you can hire your own ship crew at some point right?

I mean Captains classically command other crew members.

Wait is she coming back to the council

No Naomi don't ruin your life with politics! 

Get out while you still can! 

Wait, Naomi doesn't know she was replaced 

Well it would be easier on Julio if he didn't have two jobs… 

Which is the responsible thing to do 

She lives to serve 

Hugs 

Every episode with Chatana so far has had Elena Naomi angst 

That's the end of my reaction.

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So here's my Mini review. Overall I liked the episode, sure the big conflicts could have been avoided if people actually talked with each other about their feelings first before the disasters, but that happens so often in TV shows I'm almost used to it. I loved seeing the villain force again (especially Chatana). Hopefully we will see them again soon. I wonder what job Naomi will get now, (Maybe being the minister of ships)?