“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.]
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]
Roland II and Lorelei during their wedding in the palace garden.
This is a picture of Charoca and Charica I made using watercolor paints.
What a stunning collection of reactions I saw on this post! I simply have to share it with the world:
I am pleased. Thank you @brickwhartley!
“Armando! Marlena! You have to help us!” exclaimed Luisa as she and Francisco ran into the room. “Huh? What’s wrong!?” Marlena replied, almost dropping the Danaus plexippus she was holding. “Oh, sorry to interrupt you two from your caterpillar counting, but we have an emergency at the palace!” “That’s alright,” replied Armando “there’s still a few days until the next caterpillar race, we have time, what’s wrong?” “Well, I was looking out the telescope at the observatory earlier today,” Francisco explained “when at exactly 4:44 in the morning, on this day on the 4 months of the year, on the 4 year of the decade-” “I think they get the point about the date, how it lines up with the prophecy.” “You’re right mi amor, I just never thought I’d live to see this day…the day a giant meteor that shown bright as a star fall from the sky, gently bounced off several clouds, and landed directly on the palace.” Armando stiffened, out of all the legends he’d ever heard it his life this one inspired the most fear and awe in him. Marlena noticed his anxiety and took his hand in hers; it made them both feel mildly more at ease. “And we don’t know what to do, I’m from a chocolate making family, I don’t know much about this. But with your family’s background you are the expert on this kind of thing. So, we need your help” said Luisa “or else according to the prophecy…” “…It would vaguely become a big nuisance.” “Si.” Armando nodded “Then I’ll give it my best shot!”
Clippity-clop Clippity-clop Clippity-clop Clippity-clop (they rode on horses to the palace) Now the universe is vast and unfathomable, everything we see is but a fraction of its majesty. There is so much out there beyond human understanding, even within the understandable, from the forces which dictate the movements of electrons, to what truly happens to matter inside a blackhole. Humans have not yet discovered the answer to these mysteries, and maybe they never will. But one thing is certain, when confronted by the answer to one of these great mysteries, everyone will have a different reaction. When our heroes arrived at the palace, a spectrum of reactions is what they saw.
Cheese was everywhere, people were running around screaming, casually chatting with each other, twirling around, touching the cheese, not touching the cheese, and doing ever more noticeable things as well. “Who needs sea shanties when we can sing cheese shanties!” yelled Naomi, who proceeded to sing nothing, for she did not know any cheese shanties. Victor was standing with one hand over his heart, the other in a fist he shook at the sky “Way must the sky tempt me so? It knows that cheese is the best thing of all to steal, and yet, if I were to steal it I would rid myself of everything I hold dear! And yet, temptation remains, way cruel fate, WHY?!” Carla was facing the wall, with the air of a teacher educating the masses “Did you know that on the planet Skelecki, they put their cheese into orbit so it can become fluffy from zero gravity?” she said. Gabe was standing beside her also looking at the wall, “I did not, did you know that in the delta quadrant, a creature called a grakel produces a milk was called schplict, which can be used to make a green colored cheese?” “I did not, did you know that did you know that-” this conversation had probably done on like that for a while. Mateo was on the floor, touching the cheese. He was constructing a terrible effigy into the cheese, it looked reminiscent of a cartoon electric mouse, but it the shape on a man. It was unsetting. Ixlan was just standing there, expressionless “As you can see, I am filled with a sense of awe in the universe.” (Anyone I, the narrator, have not specifically mentioned has ether yet to be mentioned, or just wasn’t there at the palace that day, it was a pretty slow Saturday after all, minus this main problem.) “Wow,” said Marlena “I never knew people could have such strong reactions over cheese from outer space.” “They where here when it collided with the palace, so it’s probably one of these ‘you had to be there’ situations.” “That makes sense.” Dr. Crabington, the palace’s beloved doctor was walking in a straight line past them. Their eight tiny, exoskeleton covered legs moving them straight forward instead of sideways! “Oh no!” exclaimed Francisco, “Even Dr. Crabington, the palace’s beloved doctor is affected! Will no one be able to escape the influence of the majestic space cheese!?” “How did this cheese even get here, where did it come from?” asked Marlena. Armando put his hand on his chin, “If I remember correctly, its because our galaxy…” She nodded “The milky way galaxy…” “Is made of mostly milk, and when there’s milk there’s often…” “Cheese!” “Yes, and when the stars and calendars are in alignment, the celestial cheese will intersect with planets and cause glitches with reality.” “And who better to fix those glitches than the royal glitch fixer.” Said Francisco. Armando smiled.
“Hay where are our nietos?” asked Luisa “normally they are in the middle of problems of this magnitude.” “Oh I know where they are” said the ghost of Lucia “Hi mom, hi dad.” “Hola mija,” replied Luisa “it’s good to see you aren’t affected by the cheese power.” She nodded “Well ghosts are immune to the effects of galactic cheese, so it makes sense, but both my hijas and sobrino certainty are not.” She pointed at Elena, Isabel, and Esteban, who where in the corner. Elena was doing stand up comedy “What do you call a cheese made out of cheese? A cheese!” Then she laughed at her own joke. “Oh Elenita, what has happened to you?” said her concerned mother. Isabel looked up, “Hi mom, I’m testing how much cheese can be put in a sock before it explodes, for science!” she was throwing socks at the cheese. “Isa you’re supposed to use your science powers for good, not this!” she told her, “But I do have to say I am very proud of you for getting that science degree, and you always making such brilliant inventions, and for always being your wonderful self. I love you.” “Thanks mom, that’s always good to hear, I love you too.” Said Isa, as she through a purple argyle sock onto the cheese. Meanwhile, Esteban was gazing at the cheese in awe “Cheese-chan you are so amazing; I feel inspired enough to maybe do a traditional Satu fan dance for you!” he exclaimed. “I’ll help you find them Ex-Chancellor!” exclaimed Higgins, who was also there. Luisa shook Armando’s shoulders “Oh no, Armando, you have to do something before he finds where I hid all his fans!” “Right, this is pretty serious, but I have a plan, but we need one more thing to complete it, and there’s a special sale on at the store for it, vanilla extract!” “Vanilla extract? Are you sure?” she asked. Yes, in ancient times the Maruians gathered together a counsel of their most trusted wizards, and rowdiest citizens, to vote on what would be most likely to safely get rid of space cheese, and Vanilla extract won the vote in an overwhelming majority.” “Then it must be true!” “What are we waiting for? Let’s save the world!” said Marlena.
Sparkly-Clippity-clop Clippity-clop Clippity-clop Clippity-clop (they rode on unicorns to the store and back to the palace, because they are faster then just running there) “It’s time, are you ready, should I go over the lyrics again?” said Armond as he stood in front of the palace. Marlena held her guitar in her hands, “No, you explained them really well on the unicorn ride back here.” “Okay great, are you both ready?” “Guitar!” yelled Francisco, summoning a guitar out of thin air because his guitar servant was on vacation. “He’s ready and I am too.” Said Luisa. “Great, then we start in three, two…” he poured the bottle of vanilla extract on the space cheese to make the song effective. “One…NOW!” “Cheese, cheese, go away on the moon is where you’ll stay.” They all sang, with guitar accompaniment. It began to float upwards. “Cheese, cheese, go away on the moon is where you’ll stay.” They sang ever louder, and it lifted completely off the palace. Even you, the reader, sang it in your head “Cheese, cheese, go away on the moon is where you’ll stay!” It was going, it zoomed off the palace, into the sky, and landed on the moon, where it would live the rest of its days in peace and tranquillity. After that everything at the place returned to normal. “Let’s make cookies for a celebration party!” exclaimed Isabel five minutes later. “How many?” asked Lusia. “More than you can shake a click at-I mean stick at!” she replied. Everyone had a good time at the party, Armando was given a medal of problem solving, but the biggest reward of all for him was the felling on a job well done.
(Author’s note: Raul was not at the palace because he was being the dungeon master at his ghost table-top roleplay group, and cancelling would have been a let down for everyone, but he arrived for the cookie party afterwards.)
Here's a commission I recently did for my friend @a-lilacsong
Thank you so much for being the first person to purchase a commission for me! I really appreciate it :)
Superfriends style Batman Painting! Done in acrylics.
(The skin tone looks better in different lighting)
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...]
Hark! Today is the time for true celebration! For it is the anniversary of the birth of the world's most powerful, darkest, (and hammiest) hero!
Happy birthday Owain!
Hi A-Lilacsong. Can I tell you just how much I enjoyed “Encarcelado”? I have completely fallen in love with the Delgados and their animals. I also love how Victor had an honest talk with Carla about his relationship with Ash. Yet, even so, he and Carla have no idea just how dark things will get with Ash. And just how dark Ash is.
Thank you so much, I am so happy you liked it!!!! I had a lot of fun writing Albahaca & Nieve. Cute animals for the win! 🦎🐕💖
Yes! I always thought that was something that they needed to talk about. It's just so hard for each of them to talk about their problems with each other since they don't want to make each other feel bad. Plus, he was still holding back a little bit when telling her about it, but at least they covered the main bits.
Oh boy do they ever. Frankly the red flags are there, but Carla is very in denial/hopeful thing will become better. And Victor, despite everything, still cares about Ash enough not to make an effort to leave, and at this point still has a glimmer of hope that things could get better. (We even see how he reached out to give Ash a hug when she was put in the cell in The Magic Within, but she ignored him to just acknowledge Carla. He looks disappointed for a second before he starts talking to Elena and Esteban instead). Which makes her betrayal all the more heartbreaking.
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.
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