#irupe

So, Irupé? Gorgeous, kind, a nice friend to Luka.

Well, in Guraní mythology, Irupé was the name of a woman who fell in love with the moon, and because of this love she was turned into a giant lily.

The Guaraní people are a culturally-related indigenous group in South America, and speak the Guaraní language. They also have a mythological legend about a HUMMINGBIRD!!! Mainumby "who transports good spirits that are resident in flowers back to Tupá [the chief god] "so he can cherish them"" (Wikipedia).

Maino'li, the name of Irupé's not-kwamii hummingbird friend, could be related to the Mainumby of legend.

The Guranaí also have legends of the Pombero, goblin/elf-like spirits who dwell in the forest, sometimes stealing children, and must be appeased with gifts like honey.

Don't get me started on Kurupi, yall can read about him yourself if you wanna know XD (apparently he's phallic)

I can totally see Miraculous Rio Special drawing from these legends. They say the villain isn't Chrysalis, maybe an evil group of Pombero are out stealing kids and Irupe's job is to rescue them?

I think it's cool they are including representation of indigenous people!!

Sources:

https://miraculousladybug.fandom.com/wiki/Irup%C3%A9

my season 6 favourite designs (+ baddies)

Hey so I decided to add Irupé (from the Mister Agreste episode) to the canon me, Weeby & Booksy have created. However here she isn't Luka's fake girlfriend.

Here, Irupé is Luka's old Brazilian penpal from elementary school. They've kept up a platonic relationship and whenever there's vacation, Luka will either bring his sister and his partners (and occasionally their friends) to Brazil where they'll stop along the way, or she'll go to Paris to hang out with him and his friends.

Also in the Animal AU she'll be a hummingbird who Luka speaks to via webcam that Fang met on one of his shows in Brazil.

Lemme know if you'd add anything.