#mcogsancho

Although he’s one of the main 6 characters, Sancho is one of the most underrated. And that’s unfair! So here are some of my favourite things about Sancho cause yeah no one talks about him enough.

1. Out of all the Spanish characters, he’s probably the kindest one

When Mendoza brings Esteban and Zia on the Esperanza, Sancho seems to be the one that looks after them. For example, when Esteban is playing and walking on his hands very close to the side of the ship, Sancho tells him to be careful. Compare that to esteban almost falling off the crow’s nest while Mendoza laughs at him.

We also see Sancho bring Esteban and Zia their food. He’s such a mom ❤️

When they meet the old man in that cave, Sancho is the one to carry him around. And when the cave starts collapsing in on itself and everyone is trying to escape, Sancho goes back for him and offers to carry him out. So sweet.

2. Calls out Gaspard’s injustice

When Esteban steals water, Gaspard gets really angry at him because they only have a limited amount of resources. Sancho, on the other hand, is like: “Well we’d have more food if YOU didn’t eat so much…” and he’s right! I find it funny that he’s the one saying that and not, say, Mendoza. Instead, Mendoza tries to get Esteban exempted from punishment because he’s a child and doesn’t know better. He does not point out the root cause (probably so as to note escalate the situation).

3. One of the first to define the main team’s relationship

In season 2, Esteban clearly states that he already has a family (his new friends), and he calls Tao his brother. The others also love their friends but don’t outright say they’re all a family. But in season 3, when the adults are reunited with the kids, Sancho hugs Tao and says “it’s nice, the family”. Don’t tell me that’s not adorable

4. The only character with a disability

So I was curious and did some research. Stuttering can be considered a disability if it interferes with your everyday life. And I think in Sancho’s case it lowkey does. It takes him longer to share his ideas and he struggles to make himself understood. Sometimes people might guess what he’s trying to say before he actually says it, instead of waiting.

Esteban and Zia: They do an activity together. They go on picnics. They paint. They swim. They play a new sport together. They go from one thing to another, never stopping, always trying something new

Esteban and Tao: Tao mostly teaches him stuff, cause he loves explaining things to people. He probably teaches him Atlantean, and then stuff about Muan culture. And Esteban ends up getting really interested

Zia and Tao: They talk. They stay up late, for hours, just talking and talking. That’s what I do with my sisters when we don’t have to wake up early. Talking and talking and laughing. Usually, Zia ends up laughing the most and the loudest

Mendoza and Esteban: Esteban just lowkey follows him around everywhere, begging him to tell him a cool story about previous adventures. Unlike Pedro and sancho, Mendoza doesn’t embellish stories with extravagant details that didn’t happen. He just tells it as realistically as possible. And sometimes that’s a lot more cool than listening to a fun made up story

Mendoza and Zia: They enjoy each other’s company in silence. Sometimes Mendoza likes to be alone, or at least be somewhere quiet. And Zia understands that, and sits with him. They like to just breathe and absorb their surroundings. Zia likes having with Tao and Esteban, but sometimes it’s nice to just relax and not do much

Mendoza and Tao: Tao loves talking about science and exchanging ideas with others, which is something he used to do with Ambrosius. Now that he’s gone, he’s kinda got no one to talk to. Good thing Mendoza is here. Sure he’s not really a scientist, but he’s knowledgeable on a lot of things, like astronomy, and the two are able to have lots of interesting conversations about it

Pedro and Sancho: well we know they spend every second of their waking lives together, but I think their most favourite activity ends up being fishing. They’re really bad at it. But they like to challenge the other in a fishing contest

Mendoza and Pedro: Yeah so they go commit petty crimes together. Even though they’re “good guys” now, they still miss the high of doing illegal stuff. So every so often Mendoza is like “hey do you wanna rob this guy” and Pedro’s like “whatever, sure”. Do they get arrested. Yes. But escaping jail is even more fun then getting in in the first place

Mendoza and Sancho: whenever the team is staying in a new place for some time and they need to restock on supplies for the condor, they go shopping together. Idk it’s just their thing. Mendoza’s got the money and Sancho tells him what they need to get

Pedro and Esteban: they pretend to fight each other. With wooden swords or just plain wrestling. They’re not very good at it but it’s very fun. Esteban wins mostly cause Pedro is too confident. They also have a lot of inside jokes that everyone else is tired of

Pedro and Zia: whenever a new episode of a show comes out, one that they’re interested in, they have a watch party together, full with snacks and everything. Then they have an obligatory post episode debrief and prediction session

Pedro and Tao: ultimate therapy session. Tao often goes to him when he wants to complain about something (or someone). Pedro is there to listen and give him advice better than a therapist could. He’s just a lot more chill and laid back and Tao lowkey wishes he could be like that sometimes, to be less of an over thinker

Sancho and Esteban: they’re both bad at singing but for some reason, they’re the most excited when it’s karaoke night. They get half the lyrics wrong, they’re out of sync, but they ARE having a lot of fun so it balances out

Sancho and Zia: they’d have tea parties. Sancho likes the food and Zia likes the company and the fake gossip. It’s perfect

Sancho and Tao: I like how in season 1 you can see Sancho really looks after Zia and Esteban on the Esperanza, like a mom. For example, he brings them their food, and also tells Esteban to be careful when he’s playing on the ship. So what I’m saying is. When Tao is busy working on his latest invention, Sancho comes in with some freshly cut up fruit, like a mom. Tao is like “ugh no I’m busy” but he eats it anyway

BONUS:

Isabella and Mendoza: fighting. Not just sword fighting, but arguing. A lot of arguing. And shouting. But they really enjoy it, for some reason

Isabella and Gaspard: They go to the gym together. Yeah that’s it. They for sure helped each other create their workout routines

Mendoza and Gaspard: rage bait each other and make their lives a living hell. And they have fun doing it

Also I can’t post more than 10 pics so I’ll do a part 2.

If you want my explanations for each choice, click the alt text

Immediately after the show ends, Esteban and Zia go off to that weird dimension with the naacals and the cities

Meanwhile, Tao, Mendoza, Isabella and Gaspar get ready to leave for Patala. They say their goodbyes to Pedro and sancho, who stay in Zimbabwe.

Obviously they take the condor, but Tao has never driven it before (no one has. I mean Mendoza did once, in season 1, but he immediately crashed it, so…). It takes some time getting used to (Tao almost crashes into the wall. Again), but they make it in one piece.

When they arrive in Patala, Tao announces his idea of building the new order of the condor in the raja’s palace, who likes the idea (although the last time he let a scientist conduct his research it ended badly, he trusts Tao and his friends cause they saved him and his village from said scientist). Furthermore, Tao plans to make the order like a sort of hub for scientific research and knowledge. He also wants to share the knowledge of Mu with the rest of the world (cause what’s the point in having so much advanced scientific knowledge if you can’t use it?). And of course, he wants the world to appreciate and respect his ancestors just like he does, and make sure the knowledge is used for good.

Mendoza and Isabella are 100% behind his project (even Gaspar helps, not cause he wants to, but Isabella kinda forces him so yeah)

Once Esteban and Zia are finished running around the 7 cities and chatting with the naacals, they go to Patala to join Tao, who’s extremely happy to see them, obviously.

And so, slowly but surely, they begin establishing the order of the condor and blabla.

Tao remembers the old order of the hourglass, and how its basically been defunded by the king. And so, he offers Athanaos and Nostradamus to come continue their studies in Patala. Athanaos immediately accepts cause 1) he likes it there and 2) he gets to be with Esteban (finally, it was long overdue). Nostradamus on the other hand, doesn’t really wanna go cause he’s lived at chambord for so long, it’s hard to just leave everything behind. But once Tao tells him about his plans for a huge observatory, he immediately packs his shit and joins him

So yeah the rest of this is just slice of life moments of everybody chilling in Patala and of course setting up the order of the condor

Unfortunately not everything can be cute and fluffy. Because uhhhhh. Ambrosius is still out there. And he’s got a flying machine with like,,, lasers and stuff? And he’s like immortal now?? Or at least very hard to kill. So yeah we don’t get to relax just yet

Isabella and Mendoza essentially decide they have to figure out where tf Ambrosius is, if he’s planning anything and how to stop him. They’re even more worried cause they know how much Ambrosius wants to have tao at his side, and that now he’ll really stop at nothing cause he’s lowkey immortal (fun fact: the name Ambrosius means immortal).

And soooo they get a ship. Just like they wanted. And of course Gaspar just has to come cause 1) I love their trio and 2) they need all the help they can get

So yeah they periodically go on missions and stuff but they always come back home (to the kids in Patala)

Meanwhile, Pedro and sancho are in Zimbabwe and set up their tavern just like they wanted. Pedro gets married to Nyamita and maybe they’ll have a kid soon, maybe? (Fun fact: I didn’t like their relationship at first but it grew on me and I think they’re cute)

Back in Patala, Mendoza obviously misses his old friends, even though he doesnt say it. I mean, sure he’s really happy and proud of them for starting a new and healthy chapter in their lives, but they are his first and dearest friends. Zia immediately realizes that he’s upset, and the kids offer to periodically fly him to Zimbabwe to see them (and the kids obviously wanna see them too! They’re the kids’ uncles after all!)

And I can just imagine like. One day, they receive a message from Zimbabwe that Pedro and Nyamita are soon having a baby and they all cram into the condor, fly to Zimbabwe to see them 😭

Esteban, Zia and Tao are super excited about having a cousin. Pedro is freaking out cause he never imagined he’d be a dad one day. sure, he wanted to but now it’s actually happening and he doesn’t know if it’s all gonna work out. Esteban, Zia and Tao reassure him that he’ll be great, since he’s already so good with kids. And of course, Mendoza couldn’t be happier for his friend

Esteban:

- a silly pun

- but still something uplifting and cute

- his colour palette (white) and also yellow for the sun

Zia:

- Sun and moon vibe for her and Esteban

- artsy and aesthetic

Tao:

- science pun cause duhh

- green and yellow = his colour palette

Mendoza:

- blue cause….. idk it’s his colour

- extremely simple cause he doesn’t care about how it looks

Pedro:

- silly goose

- idk it’s goofy I like it

Sancho:

- peak phonecase I have nothing to say

- probably eats it by accident sometimes

Isabella:

- red cause yeah

- lots of pockets to hold her credit cards cause she’s rich bro

- it’s got a strap = easier to hold on to = like how she has a bunch of weapons on her belt for easy access

Gaspar:

- needs something that WON’T break

- but also that looks cool and though

Ambrosius:

- old man case for an old man

Gomez: