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A huge happy birthday to Bruno and his sisters Julieta & Pepa! 🥹✨
The art piece is by artwork.ns & is based on a moment that’s gonna be from chapter 3/4 of the fic La Rata y el Profeta by myself 🐀⏳✨ Bruno celebrating his 49th birthday in the walls with his amigos. 🧡💚💙
In 1945, Valentine's Day was also Ash Wednesday. This is how Bruno and Aya would have celebrated this special day.💚❤
Chapter 5 now up!
Mind the tags. Plus, I made minor changes to the previous chapter.
Chapter 5 now up!
Mind the tags. Plus, I made minor changes to the previous chapter.
I may not be able to write anything for a while, but I do have some ideas that I don't know how to put down. So I would like to know: What do the cards hold for me? Thank you and stay inspired!
Thank you! I hope you stay inspired, too! ✨️
Here you go!
Ah, thank you! 🥰
Normally I don't upload unfinished fics, but I'm happy with these finished chapters. Please don't hesitate to comment. I've been struggling with this fic for months, and the AU and side stories theme of Week 3 of @encanto-extended-edition has been a great time for me to start sharing this. I am open to ideas.
This fic is inspired from the tarot card prompts by @empty-cryptid.
Bruno and Aya at 19 for Week 2 of @encanto-extended-edition
Bruno's reputation was deteriorating in his adolescence along with his mental health. With his sisters also struggling with their own gifts at this age, he turned to Aya for support.
By this point, Aya had long come to terms with her own loss and was continuing her family's work. This was the time that her earliest patients began to call her "la bruja." She didn't mind; she liked the idea that she was making her own kind of magic.
With this reignited sense of purpose, Aya helped anyone in need. People came to her for treatments that Julieta can't give. Some of these treatments include administering substances that would be classified as illicit drugs in most parts of the world. (I was inspired by the documentary Have a Good Trip and recent psychiatric research about the potential benefits of hallucinogenic substances for mental health management.)
But because some of these medicines are safer to give to adults, Bruno was actually too young to take them when he first came to Aya complaining about intrusive thoughts and reporting self-harm. So Aya made herself a safe place for Bruno, which did improve his moods. They became closer than before by age 18. By age 19, they were exchanging "I love you's". He shared with her his visions of his future sobrinos and told her how much he loved them.
Meet My Encanto OC, Lucía Moreno from Just Your Ordinary, Everyday Miracle on ao3!
Full Name: Lucía María Moreno-Hernandez
Age: 41
Birthday: December 13th
Height: 5'3"
Eye Color: Brown with amber/gold flecks
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Appearance: Medium brown skin. Long wavy dark brown hair, worn in a braid down her back or wound into a bun at the back of her head. Long thin nose and brown eyes set into a friendly round face. Usually wears a white or cream blouse with a brown, green, or blue skirt and practical shoes.
Memorable Quotes:
“I suppose we should be thankful for small miracles, eh?” Ch. 2
“I don't want an out, Bruno. This may come as a surprise to you, but I actually like you.” Ch. 9
“I want to move forward, but I don't want to forget. Sometimes it feels like everyone else is forgetting.” Ch. 16
“You’re allowed to forgive yourself for the things you regret. You know that, right?” Ch. 26
General Information/Personality: Lucía is a kind, practical, 'do-what-needs-to-be-done-with-as-little-fuss-as-possible' type of person. She tends to see the best in people, and her upbringing by two loving parents in the safe and protected Encanto has given her a fairly optimistic view of the world. She's very aware of the pain that can come in life - she is a widow and losing her husband in a tragic accident broke her heart - but she tries to focus on the good she sees in the world instead - and to be some of that good herself. If she sees a need and can meet it, she does. She'll step into a situation without question if she feels she can help, but if someone is antagonizing her directly she avoids them (and conflict) like nobody's business. Her desire to be helpful often directly contradicts (and overpowers) her desire to mind her own business. She's a dreamer and a writer, and her favorite stories are ones that include pirates. Her favorite place to go when she needs time to herself is beneath the old cedar tree in the center of her neighbor's corn fields. Her biggest worry and greatest responsibility in life is raising her daughter Josefina well without her husband Alejandro, but she has a loving family that supports her in her efforts.
History: Lucía’s parents were present at the founding of the Encanto, but Lucía and her younger sister Sofia were not born until around a decade later. Her father is a printer and does his best to keep literature of both the fiction and non-fiction variety alive in the Encanto, and Lucía followed in her father’s footsteps. She grew up helping her parents set type and bind books, and reading and listening to various stories and informational texts. She helps run her father’s print shop and makeshift library and took on a larger role in the shop after her mother died when Lucía was in her early thirties. Half of the shop houses the printing press, typeset, ink, and paraphernalia associated with printing and bookbinding, and the other half holds several shelves filled with books that her parents either printed or salvaged over the years. She helps set type and print orders and helps maintain the small library they have. She also hosts a story time for the village kids a few times a week. Her sister Sofia married Lorenzo Rojas, who runs the stables in the Encanto.
When Lucía was in her early twenties, she married Alejandro Moreno, an up and coming artist who went on to paint a mural of the Madrigals in town. After they married, they worked together on printing and illustrating a large book of fairytales, legends, and fables, which Lucía still uses during her story times. They also had one daughter together – Josefina – before he died while roaming the mountains around the Encanto in search of materials for his paints and inspiration for his work.
Alejandro’s death devastated Lucía, and she spent over a month afterward deep in shock, grief, and depression, pushing her family, friends, and even her young daughter away. It was only with the help of her family that she slowly began to heal from his loss and the mistakes she made while grieving him. She does her best to be a present and loving mother to Josefina and does her best to keep Alejandro's memory alive by speaking of him frequently with her daughter. Three years later she is still in the cyclical process of grieving and healing. The night Casita falls, she's helping clean up her sister's barn when Bruno Madrigal shows up with the hood of his ruana thrown over his head, demanding her ‘fastest steed’.
Though Lucía is quick to befriend him, their romance is what you would definitely consider a slow burn. It takes both of them time to open their hearts to the possibilty of second chances.
The wonderful art at the top of this post is by the lovely @starfangssecrets. ❤
The rest is mine as I attempt to teach myself to draw. Please excuse variations in appearance and shading as I figure out what the heck I'm doing, lol. 🥰
Thanks so much for hosting this fun event @encanto-extended-edition
The schoolhouse and the area immediately surrounding it were blanketed in brilliant, sparkling white. Snow had frosted the bougainvilleas and bowed the fronds of the palm trees. It gathered in drifts against buildings and turned the main street into a snowy hillside. Esme could see her breath in the chilled air as she gave a startled laugh of pure amazement. "Snow days are pretty rare in these parts," Bruno said, grinning cheekily, "but they happen from time to time."
Verde Visión, Chapter 22
They didn't have those rolling AV carts in 1950, so when your teacher girlfriend has a hangover, you have to call in your weather-manipulating sister to lay down some powder.
First of all @teawizard, thank you for your patience because Tumblr just straight up hid your reblogs from me for some reason?? I only discovered your tags by accident just now. (It's not even letting me tag you in this post, so hopefully you'll still see this? 😬)
Anyway, thank you for your lovely comments!! To answer your question, I worked on this one off and on for about a month, Procreate says 26 hours total:
It's definitely the longest I've ever spent on something, but I took a lot of time finding reference, working on the sketch (I'm still new to figuring out backgrounds), and trying to get as close as I could to the Disney Encanto Storybook style. I spent a LOT of time studying the illustrations from those books to see how they do line work, textures, shading, etc.
(I love the storybook style so much. It was fun and I'm really pleased with how it came out.)
Hope that helps!
