Stars don't shine they burn ✨️

Thanks @encanto-extended-edition for inspiring me to finally organize this blog and make an introduction/masterpost!

I don't have a fanfic or anything solid like that. Mostly headcanons and some art. She and Bruno are my metaphorical dolls I make kiss in my head.

No dignity here. Just silly, fun, indulgent self-insert zaniness.

Links Below the cut!

I also Added my own version of Bruno TTS style. Sonia's Little Brother, Emilo, is revealed as well as Sonia's Twin Girls!!! I was Really hoping it turned out the way I wanted. I Hope You All Love Them as much as I Do!!💞🌹⛅⌛🕒⏩🎨

Felicia's gift would've been the Power of Luck, both good & Bad. She can give people small amounts of Good luck when they need it or Bad luck when they deserve it. She also gets to experience both as well. You can tell by her dress, She has small four leave clovers to present Good luck as for the white sprinkles scattered around the Middle is symbolizing salt to ward off bad luck. Sadly, Sonia had miscarried Felicia before she got to announce her pregnancy, She would've been the first child of the next generation madrigals.

-**If You don't already know Milagros's Gift, He can show visions of a Memory, Good or bad, similair to his Papa's gift. Although, Miles has to wear Leather gloves everyday preventing him to accidentally creating a Red ruby Slab of a memory.

-**When the twins turn 5, Aroa will have the gift of freezing & Unfreezing Time Like a Pause Button. As well as Novi, She will get the gift of Rewinding or Forward through time, however It has a limit, She can only Rewind time for 12 hours Max while She can fast forward time Every hour to several Hours.

Aya la bruja shows Julieta Madrigal a Psilocybe columbiana and a limón mandarino to make lemon tek with.

“I think mamá gave Tío Bruno mushroom tea. She learned it from Aya la bruja when she was younger. In very small doses, it can ease melancholy.”

Aya la bruja started out as just a name. I had no intention of developing her. When I wrote that for Chapter 6 of "Viñetas," this was the kind of image I had in mind. Julieta's gift is one of the most captivating ones for me because of its resemblance with the magical element in the Mexican novel Like Water for Chocolate. Whereas Tita's emotions affect her cooking and the people that eat her food, Julieta heals physical injuries and presumably illnesses with her food. I wondered how Julieta developed her gift. Since Alma does not have her own gift and is busy running the Encanto, did anyone teach Julieta how to attend to people's health?

I recalled the Clarissa Pinkola Estés' interpretation of Vasilisa the Wise in Women Who Run with the Wolves: that in the title character's stay with the witch Baba Yaga, she learned the ways of the wizened ones from the crone. I thought perhaps there was a witch in the Encanto that could guide Julieta. Much like the Cut-Wife and Vanessa Ives in Penny Dreadful:

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. 🥰

Part One: The Happily-married with-children AU

In this AU, Angela and Bruno come to their conclusive feelings far, far sooner than in ‘canon’ upon discovering that she is pregnant. She is 25 at the time, traveling up around in Cartagena, when she realizes something is not right. She comes back home much sooner than anticipated after missing two of her cycles, and when she is able to get Bruno alone, she breaks the news of her suspicions.

At this point in time, the two of them have been ‘sneaking around’ for about six years now, and their families are somewhat aware of the things they get up to, and similar to how many families handle improper issues, they’ve tried to ignore it so it wouldn’t cause problems. But now there is a ‘problem.’ Bruno and Angela’s feelings for each other are…love, not that they really recognize it as such, but they are extremely domestic and compassionate with each other, and Angela pretty much lives with the Madrigals when she isn’t off gallivanting across the continent. The news of Angela’s pregnancy takes Bruno by surprise, and he is overcome with a whirlwind of feelings, including panic and fear and excitement, but above all, deep deep love. If he had absolutely no self control when she had very timidly told him, he would have swept her up into his arms and told her how much he loved her. But he is settled by the fear of ‘oh no, her father is going to kill me.’ Angela wants to be entirely sure of her situation before they tell anyone else, so he vows secrecy, and the two don’t end up telling his mother or her family until another month has passed.

Alma is…trying to keep her composure when the two of them tell her. She’s a little upset, mostly because ‘these damn kids keep dancing around their feelings while messing around, now look at what they’ve done,’ and she has the responsibility of being a positive and righteous example for the rest of the town, and how can she do that with these two running around having babies out of wedlock?? But at the same time, she is overjoyed that her son will ‘finally’ have a child, and Isabela and Dolores have already been born to his sisters. Alma has considered Angela a daughter for many many years now, and she knows how her son looks at Angela. It’s love and it has been for so long now, and she wants nothing more for them to just get their heads out of their fears and hang ups and just get married already goddamnit!

The two of them briefly bring up the idea of marriage, but Bruno does not push it as he doesn’t want ‘propriety’ and the fact that she is having his kid to determine what she chooses to do with her life. In fact, for much of her pregnancy, Bruno does not try to impose his own feelings on her. He makes it clear from the beginning that he will be by her side no matter what, unless she wishes for him to leave her be. Any decision she makes, he will stand by her choice and support her. Alma initially tries to push them to get married as quickly as possible, but Bruno all but begs his mother to not force his Angel into something she doesn’t want, as he is still not quite sure what her feelings are towards him.

On June 26, 1929, Enele Pedro Delmar Madrigal Morales is born. Angela’s pregnancy with her son was difficult to say the very least, and the extreme prolonged labor almost did her in. After many many hours and a shoulder dystocia, he finally came into the world, a healthy happy baby boy with a head full of wispy dark curls. The name Enele comes from Angela’s great uncle, who had taken Guillermo (her father) in when he was young and had passed away before the refuge of the Encanto was formed, and Guillermo had revealed to her that if she had been born a boy, that’s what he and Anamaria had decided to name her in that situation. Pedro is used as the second name for the boy, and Angela had almost insisted that it be his first name, but Bruno, again, did not want to have too much influence on if Angela indeed want to go through with marrying him. About a year and a half later, Angela and Bruno are properly married. Though Bruno was entirely certain and confident in his feelings towards Angela, she was very lost in her emotions through her pregnancy and was scared to impose herself on Bruno, and following the birth of Enele, she too finally felt certain that she loved Bruno with everything in her heart. Enele’s gift is the control of water. He is the most extroverted and outgoing of his siblings, and is a very protective older brother over his sisters. He loves to feel helpful, and primarily uses his gift to alleviate some of the emotional pressure Pepa is under in regards to irrigation and potential destruction caused by heavy weather.

On February 1, 1932, Esmeralda Leilani Alma Madrigal Morales is born about a month premature, very very small with bright green eye just like her father’s. She was a far easier pregnancy and birth for Angela, and the woman had joked a few times about doing cartwheels and cliff diving when she was 6 months in, much to Bruno’s panic and anxiety. On her fifth birthday, she is gifted with tactile empathy and manipulation of emotions. She uses her gift primarily to ease and mediate tense situations between the family and the people in town. Struggling with nightmares and anxiety? She can calm down your overactive thoughts. Are you angry with someone and don’t know how to peacefully articulate how you feel? She can relieve some of the tension. And with her tactile abilities, she is able to feel the emotions tied to people and objects when she touches them. This gift comes at a bit of a cost to her own emotionally stability, and for that reason, Angela and Bruno are large advocates of their daughter to protect her wellbeing. For this, Esme also tends to wear long sleeved clothing and occasionally gloves to protect herself from unwanted contact.

And their last baby, Evangelina Remedios Anamaria Madrigal Morales, is born on July 30, 1934. She is blessed with a pair of wings on her gift ceremony. Her gift is within a similar vein to Antonio’s, in that it is a bit more indulgent than out of being ‘useful.’ While she does occasionally use her gift to travel quickly and relay messages and delivers to people across town, her wings are more so for her own enjoyment, flying up into the clouds and fluttering up through the tall canopy tree tops of the jungle. She is not quite as introverted and withdrawn as her sister, nor as outgoing and wild as her brother, but a happy medium between the extremes of her siblings.

The reason this AU is called the ‘happily-married-with-children’ AU is because it is happy. In this universe, Bruno does not leave his family or go into hiding. His issues regarding the pressure from his mother and his less than incredible reputation in town is buffered by the fact that he is surrounded by the love of his beautiful wife and three children. This is not to say that anyone’s self esteem issues can be fixed with having a romantic partner and kids, but I truly do not believe that Bruno would be a man who would abandon his partner and children if he had that. So, yes, this does ‘retcon’ the canon, and I am still working out some of the details, but in the end, this is a happy universe for these characters that have gone through so much hell already. In the words of @sharknadoslutt who encouraged this AU…“AU where Bruno knocks Angela up and he never goes into hiding. Happy AU where they admit feelings early on and have a family theater thing going on”

Me: I'm not in the Encanto fandom anymore, I've moved on

Also me: hehe Shepherd oc go brrr

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Anyways! I've needed a Shepherd in my story for a while, just never had the drive to design one- until today I guess! I don't know what came over me but I do really love her.

She's friends with Armida because I always said Armida would be friends with whoever had sheep, they work together to make Encantos fabric after all.

I don't have much else on her yet, besides the fact that she really loves her sheep, and she's kinda inspired by that one girl who shears sheep on social media (Katie form right choice shearing I do believe!)

Hey fun fact- exactly 3 years ago today I made Armida

Rough sketch to celebrate. She's still very much living rent free in my head

A well deserved nap 🌸

The Madrigal boys 💚 (Part 3/3) @encanto-extended-edition

Week 1: Introductions

César Madrigal: The oldest of the trio, he's very introverted and lacks a lot of social skills. The only person he's close with is his little brother whom he practically raised and is very protective of. Coming from a very rough household, César doesn't trust many people due to his biological parents abandoning him and his brother. Upon meeting Bruno and María for the first time, he was very standoffish, especially from Bruno. He worried he would leave them due to his 10 year disappearance. He felt very intimidated as well being adopted into the most respected family and felt very undeserving of it. Upon arriving at his door, he felt excited possibly receiving a gift and hoped that it would give him a purpose for existing (he'd struggled greatly with his self worth for as long as he could remember).He does not receive a gift but instead, his brother does. It makes him distance himself from everyone dor a few days, even his brother but it is then revealed that he is to help Mirabel to care for the miracle. She is excited to become his mentor being 2-3 years older than him, along with helping him get closer with his new family and discover who he is as a person.

Oliver Madrigal: César's younger brother and best friend, he is much more extroverted and loved making friends at the orphanage whom he still visits whenever he gets the chance. He also loves making jewelry for everyone he meets, thus creating many bracelets for everyone at the orphanage (but has very specially designed ones for him and César). He doesn't remember much about his biological parents and upon being adopted he was very quick to attach to María and Bruno. He couldn't understand why his brother acts the way he does and worries for him a lot, and was even a little upset he got a gift and César didn't. But once César was enlightened about why he didn't by Mirabel, he supported Oliver with his new ability and even got the first brand new bracelet made from his crystals. Everyone else in la familia Madrigal also got lovely bracelets of some sort 💕 Oliver loves his family and feels beyond blessed to be a part of it.

Macario Pedro Madrigal: A very big surprise for Bruno and María, he was born a few months later after the boys are adopted and was welcomed with warm arms. He was a very quiet baby until he learned his first words and became very chatty for a while. As he got older he admired his parent's relationship and upon receiving his gift (seeing relationship compatability between individuals), his gift gets mistaken often for finding soulmates.Frightened that he might be treated differently like Bruno did with his gift, his parents are very protective of Macario and so is Alma. Macario wants to help the towns people but gets overstimulated very easily. He learns from the family how to take care of himself and to not feel the dire need to help everyone.

Fun facts:

- César and Oliver weren't created out of love but instead were treated as poor bandages in a broken relationship. César became very aware of that at a young age and kept it from Oliver since he felt he should never feel the way he did growing up

- César was very insecure at the idea of Bruno and María having a baby, scared he and his brother were going to be forgotten and not loved as much since they weren't biological. Oliver on the other hand was excited at the idea of a new playmate and was confused as to why César wasn't as excited

- Oliver at some point finds Bruno and María's lovey dovey relationship 'gross' (and Camilo encourages such a mentality since he is the same with his parents when they show affection lol) while César is content to see them like so and how happy they are. Later Macario joining as he becomes a little bit of a hopeless romantic as he grows up

- Oliver became fascinated with his crystal growth ability and began looking into books to learn more about them, bonding with Isa as they both can create many varieties of their gift

- César never had many hobbies at first, often focusing on just his brother's well being he never had time on himself. He grows close wirh Mirabel and his cousins as they try a variety of hobbies to see what he likes. Later to be revealed: creating outfits, writing stories and acting

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Start from the Beginning

To celebrate 1500 followers on Instagram and 1250 followers on Tumblr, I wanted to create a DTIY and writing challenge! 🗓️Entries due by March 31st ❤️

Please tag all DTIY entries as #hijinks_DTIY

Please share Writing challenge by DM and on ao3 or similar site.

Update: All writing prompts must be Hijinks universe and Elena and Bruno related.

Only followers can participate!

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Writing Submissions

Week 1 of @encanto-extended-edition: Inspiration & Voice Claim

Young Sonia's Voice Claim- America Ferrera

Older Sonia's Voice Claim- Salma Hayek

Miles(M.J)'s Voice Claim- Diego Luna

Ciel(Sonia's papá)'s Voice Claim-Andy Garcia

Karmen (Sonia's mother) Voice Claim- Maria Canals-Barrera

For the @encanto-extended-edition event!

I mean, would it even be me if I'm not late?

Meet Ana Julia! She's Diego's (my main OC) daughter.

Quick facts:

14 years old

Birthday May 10th

Later self-discovered bisexual

1.53 m tall

Read more about her under the cut! With some CW like child abandonment? Trauma.

🌸 Name: Lorenzo Takayama

🌸🌸 named after San Lorenzo Ruiz, protomartyr of the Philippines; and Beato Dom Justo Takayama Ukon, former samurai that sacrificed his title and assets to flee to Manila with 300 other Japanese Christians

🌸 Ethnicity: Japanese

🌸 Country of Origin: Philippines

🌸 Age: 20

🌸 Signature colors and symbols: pale pink, sakura (cherry blossom), calachuchi (plumeria)

🌸 Languages: Tagalog; a little Japanese; a little English; some Spanish

🌸🌸 Spanish was a lingua franca in the Philippines at the time before being completely overtaken by English in 1987.

🌸🌸 Living in Colombia would force him to speak almost exclusively in Spanish.

🌸 Traits: personable, hardworking, enjoys making, sharing, and eating food

🌸 Character bio:

The Takayama family came to the Encanto in 1950 shortly after the events of the film. Anti-Japanese sentiment after WWII had driven them out of their home in Manila, Philippines, where they were descended from Japanese Christians that relocated to Manila to escape persecution in Japan in 1614. They kept moving until they end up in the Encanto, where they build a home and restaurant showcasing Japanese cuisine. Luisa helping to build their home brings her and Lorenzo close together.

🌸 Relevant fics: primarily Luisa-centric fics featuring Lorenzo as a minor character. I would like to build up on this in the next month, for @encanto-extended-edition .

Armida Peréz Madrigal!!

(To any of you who have seen the old ref, or even the first one- no you didn't. This is the only ref she's ever had ok)

Week one (part one) of the encanto oc appreciation event @encanto-extended-edition

More info about her below <3