#I know I can not really call myself an Encanto blog

[acewithapaintbrush]

I really can't decide what I should be insulted by the most: the fact that I haven't yet received the 'in your honest opinion what's the best Encanto blog' anon ask or that none of my mutuals have answered ME!!!

[fireroll]

Hello!!

Basically redoing my pinned post but better lol. Welcome and here’s where you can know more about me!

First of all, a basic introduction of myself and my blog!

My name is Fire! Close friends can call me Fifi, Icarus, Gus, or Benny.

I am a MINOR.

Still questioning my sexuality, but identifying as Omniromantic/under the Bi umbrella on the AroAce spectrum as of now!

I’m Genderfluid! They/Them works fine most of the time, but I like He/Him pronouns as well. Ask before using She/Her if we’re talking in DMs please! I mostly don’t really mind otherwise, open to all pronouns. It’s kind of hard to show on Tumblr as my preferred pronouns always changes around, so I’m alright with any.

It’s probably obvious after all that, but this blog is a SAFE PLACE for ALL LGBTQIA+ folks!!

Open to asks, always c:

This blog is mainly just me reblogging stuff and being annoying about hyperfixations. Occasionally some art 😭

DNI NSFW, Proship, and any hate/discrimination.

Under the cut are my fandoms! Feel free to take a peek :)

MY MAIN FANDOMS:

OMORI

GOOD OMENS

Pokémon

The Owl House

Glitch Techs

The Dragon Prince (up until Season 4)

ATLA & LoK

Carmen Sandiego (Mainly the Netflix series)

Encanto

Warrior Cats (NOT up to date. I’m in the fandom just for the silly little RPs and animations)

Probably left out some other shows I enjoy. These are just my main brainrots (: Feel free to ask/talk to me about fandoms!

[brunitofindshappinessfanfic]

Father Madrigal & the Pagan

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Writing from inspiration from another blog. Bruno Madrigal fled all those years ago and decided to join the church. He returns to the Encanto a fully fledged man of the cloth. But a newly arrived pagan tests his patience and sanity.

CW/TW: religious themes, adult content, etc

I was delighted to find a cave while I wandered. I'd just have to remember where to bring the builders tomorrow.

The problem of Father Madrigal tangled up my thoughts. He looked so damn miserable. But, really, was there anything I could actually do?

I returned to the Guzmon's home, but what I really wanted to do was return to the confession booth.

My brain analyzed it over and over as I sat at the kitchen table, waiting on the kettle again for another brew.

That is, till I heard a knock at the door.

I went to answer and found myself face to face with Father Flores and altar boy helping a pained Father Madrigal. His eyes were pinched closed again, it must be another "headache."

"Father Madrigal insisted we come to you for your tea," Father Flores spoke under the strain.

"Oh, yes, of course, come on in. You can sit him down in that chair there. I actually had the kettle going anyway. It won't be too long this time," I was going to turn on my heel back to the kitchen, but I wanted to ask more questions about the nature of these headaches.

"The remedy takes a while if there's anything you need to attend to, Father. I can look after him."

Father Flores looked at me like I was an alien from another planet. But the altar boy was reminding him of some obligation or other.

"Let us know if there's anything we can do to help," he said on his way out.

I watched through the window as they parted and made my way to where Father Madrigal sat.

"Is it another one of your headaches, Father?" I kneeled down next to him to get a better look.

"Yes, the same," he opened his eyes to let me see the flickering neon glow.

"What is this from? Does this have anything to do with... your past gift? Er, ability?"

"It does. Julieta, my sister, you met briefly yesterday, the one in blue, said it was because I... I'm trying to stop the spontaneous visions."

"Why do you suppress them?"

"I don't want to see them," he nearly growled.

"I'll get the tea then," I said backing up away from him.

He closed his eyes, face in on hand.

He hadn't moved when I returned with the tray with the same remedy in the tea pot. I poured out a cup for him and placed it in his hands.

"Thank you, bless you, my child," he took the tea remedy.

There were those damn knots in my stomach again.

"Father, if suppressing the visions causes these headaches, wouldn't the antidote to be to just let them happen?"

"I told you, I don't want to see them."

"Would it help if someone was with you? To help you through the vision?"

He didn't respond immediately.

"I've not had these headaches occur so frequently before," he finally admitted.

"I had another one last night. After I made sure you got home safe. Barely made it to my cell."

"Cell?"

"A sort of bedroom," his facial expression changed, "Brigid..."

"(Y/N). My real name is (Y/N). But in front of others, if you don't mind continue calling me Brigid..."

He opened his eyes to look at me.

"Much more fitting," his hand cupped my face.

I was surprised at the physical contact, but a part of me didn't want it to end.

"Well, if you aren't going to let the vision happen, I suggest you take your medicine," I guided his hand back to the tea.

"You've been so kind, mija," his gaze drifted away.

"I don't like seeing people in pain. Especially if there's something I can do," I rose from my seated position, "I'm going to brew some for myself."

I felt his grasp around my wrist as I passed him. I looked back at him, less shock and more annoyance.

"Please don't leave. These headaches are nearly blinding."

It finally clicked.

"Okay," I returned to my seat, "Are we going to talk about what's going on with you?"

"What do you mean?"

"You said these headaches have increased in frequency. What's changed?"

"Well, I returned to the Encanto. And you." He had a sly smile on his face.

"Do you think I have anything to do with your headaches coming on more?"

"I... I didn't consider that."

I sighed. He wasn't going to budge with this problem.

I encouraged him to continue drinking the tea and remained silent.

"What are you thinking?" He asked aloud.

"I want to help you, but I don't know how," I responded as blatantly as possible.

"Some men can't be saved from themselves," he commented.

"Is that what you think? You can't be saved from yourself?"

He grumbled.

"The teas will only treat the symptoms. I have no idea how your Visions work or how my plants could possibly help at the source," I started explaining. He was finishing his second cup and finally able to pour his own for the third.

I placed my hand on his wrist and his eyes fluttered up to mine.

"This is serious. What if it causes permanent damage?"

"It hasn't caused permanent damage before," he withdrew his hand, "though they weren't always this intense."

I crossed my arms, looking at him with the most disapproving look I could muster.

"What would you have me do, then?"

"Let me help you through a vision. The next time one of these headaches rears its ugly head, find me, and I'll help you through it."

He nodded, thoughtfully.

Señora Guzmon came in the door with Abuela Alma of all people in tow.

"Visiting us again, Father Madrigal?" Señora Guzmon asked as she came in. I watched Abuela Alma stay back a ways.

"Father had another headache and came for the cure," I gestured to the tea set.

"Father," Abuela Alma must be holding some contempt for him.

"Mamá," Father Madrigal responded with the same amount of contempt in his voice.

The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Wonder what that's about.

"It's getting late, and I've already taken up more than enough of your time," Father rose, and I followed.

"Are you okay to walk back on your own?" I was worried he hadn't had enough time to recover.

He looked back at me through long lashes.

"Would you mind accompanying me? I need to get back," sly fucker, making it sound like a request.

"Of course, Father," I followed him, not bothering to attend to the tea set. We were out the door in a matter of seconds.

[kia-aac]

First Post

Serena - this is an alt page for my headmates and I'm just doing the intro, my original tumblr is https://www.tumblr.com/blog/serena-l-wood

Kat - Hello! Uh, welcome to our blog, I guess. We made our own Tumblr account so that we could make posts for ourselves without having to use Serena's account. So yeah...

Isabela - Hi! Ignore Kat, she's bad at this. I'm the expert here. I'm joking of course. But anyways, this is a shared account so the six of us will be sharing it (the KIAA AV is actually an acronym for our names) and honestly it will probably be the four of us that makes up KIAA that will make the most posts because Agatha and V don't talk a whole lot. But anyway, everyone's gonna do a little intro so I'll let Alex go now.

Alex - Hello, I'm Alex, I'm one of Serena's oldest headmates, I've been in the system for probably the longest out of all of us (Serena wanted to mention that she's diagnosed with schizophrenia so she doesn't really know if we can technically be called a system but it's whatever, that's what I'm gonna call it.) Anyway, there's my little intro, I'll let the next person go.

Artemis - Hey, my name's Artemis... I dunno what else I'm supposed to say, am I supposed to describe myself? Well, I have like white hair and white eyes and a scar over my right eye and I have "Elf ears" as Alex calls them...

Kat - Wait, if we were supposed to be describing ourselves, I should probably mention the whole cat thing right?

Artemis - I dunno, you kinda cut me off though.

Kat - Okay, well I'm gonna cut you off again because I didn't get a proper introduction and I want a redo.

Artemis - Ugh, whatever...

Kat - So like I'm Kat, I'm Serena's guardian (which is like a guardian angel) and I'm also one of the oldest headmates, I was around the same time period as Alex. And since Artemis was talking about appearances, I have dark hair and cat ears and a cat tail (and yeah, everyone makes that joke because my name is Kat, my full name is Kathy I just go by Kat). Okay, I feel better now. Carry on.

Alex - Since we're talking about appearances should I say that sometimes I have fairy wings?

Isa - Oh, I wanna say that I'm from the movie Encanto, so that character is what I look like. (I'm a soulbond)

Artemis - Okay, is everyone done interrupting now?

Isa - Yeah, I'm good.

Artemis - Okay, as I was saying... hell, I don't even remember now. I'm just gonna let Agatha and V finish this up.

Agatha - Hello, I'm Agatha Moon. I'm a witch/sock monkey. I'm married to my lovely wife V...

V - Hi, I'm V. I'm a voodoo doll. I have a little green hat on my head and a pink heart on my chest. I don't really have much else to say...

Serena - So that's everyone! Sorry if this was a really long post but yeah.

[thisismisogynoir]

Fuck all of the trolls who drove @carlaerosie to suicide, seriously, she was such a darling but you people no no bounds. She was just a teen and yet she acted with more grace and maturity than most of the adults on here. Truly disappointing to see just how racist and sexist the Encanto fandom is. I don’t know what other way to say it but...ENCANTO IS NOT FOR YOU. If you’re white and queer/neurodivergent than this movie is not for you. 

Isabela didn’t want to marry Mariano because she didn’t love him and because she was under pressure to be perfect, NOT because she was a lesbian. 

Mirabel’s rainbow on her dress may resemble the bisexual flag and her voice actress may be openly bisexual, but it’s more so to represent the warm-colored family. NOT bisexuality. 

Dolores squeaks because it’s a common trait of Colombian women when hearing or sharing gossip and was actually developed as a coping mechanism so that European colonizers wouldn’t know what they were saying, it is NOT a tic! 

Luisa is NOT trans, women can be buff without having been assigned male at birth and this is obviously just a way for racist transphobes(the type who are too scared to say that they see trans women and Black/brown women as men) to come up with an excuse for her strength and buffness by deciding that she is buff because she’s “male” and thus masculinizing her. 

Camilo shapeshifting and suffering an identity crisis is NOT because he’s genderfluid, he has only ever been referred to as a BOY, and this one annoys me the most because at this point I honestly feel like the obsession with him being “so gender uwu” is just a tactic to hide or deny the fact that he’s male because that is the main reason you fuckers chose to obsess over HIM over the female characters, so you project traditionally feminine or gender non-conforming traits onto him so as to ignore the positive messages the female characters--as the center of the story--send about femininity! Y’all don’t care that Luisa can be both strong and feminine or that Isabela learns to embrace her own form of femininity by the end of the movie rather than the typical “not like other girls” form of female revolution, and is the pretty character of the story while also being a dark-skinned indigenous woman. No, it’s more crucial to try to force the animators to admit that Camilo might be wearing eyeshadow. I would be laughing if it weren’t actually so damn sad. 

Why am I saying all this? Because the minority of the fandom who gets it, particularly Latines and other people of color, have been saying it for ages, trying to call out the Encanto fandom on their blatant, blind-sided ignorance, but they didn’t listen. @carlaerosie was one of those people, and they decided that because she was fifteen they could talk down to her and take advantage of her! And what do you know, they took her life with this stupid bullshit. Why am I saying this on my main blog which is about Black women’s issues and not my Isabela Madrigal sideblog? Because the fandom racism, sexism, and misogynoir that is so present in this fandom is fucking gross and I am tired of it. You literally killed this young Afro-Colombian teenage girl because you couldn’t handle that this movie was not for yo pasty asses and because she had the ovaries to call you out on your blatant erasure and protect and defend her culture, so you decided she deserved to die. And it makes me sick. That’s why I won’t be associating myself with the fandom for now. I am truly just so repulsed and bothered and annoyed. 

I don’t have anything to say...I just need someone to talk to. If anyone’s DMs are open, I would really appreciate that. If someone else needs to talk to me, that would be a pleasure, too. 

But I don’t even know what to say now...just...yeah. 

I’m lost rn. 

[carlaerosie]

you asked so I will answer

things I hate about you and your blog:

1. you are using the fact that you are latinx to be racist

2. your whole blog is about you being latinx and how latinx Encanto is (bitch this is so annoying)

3. you are extremely rude to non latinx people

4. you use racial slurs

5. you are in other people’s business telling them not to ship something because you don’t like it

6. you think that only your opinion matters

7. you disrespect everyone who is not latinx

8. you are homophobic (I mean if you really have problem with people headcanoning Encanto characters as queer maybe you just hate queers?)

9. you are acting like a victim and harassing white and non latinx people

10. you are latinx (but I don’t actually hate y’all it’s only you)

I’m not the anon who you asked for the answer but I thought someone has to let you know how stupid and annoying you are

I’m also not white if that matters to you (it clearly does lmao)

wow that’s like a whole essay and it’s kinda aesthetic

okay so

1. I am not being racist to anyone

2. but like that’s what Encanto is…? It’s about Latine people you know

3. nope only to the white ones (in fact I am not - if I am tell me where because I really don’t see it)

4. gringo is not a slur

5. I mean okay you are kinda right but I am doing this on my account? I am not commenting it under some random proshippers’ post. I am talking about it on my blog and my blog only

6. I really do not I don’t know from where you got this

7. again not true. it’s only the white ones

8. i am queer myself (I know it doesn’t mean I can’t be homophobic. but I am really not and I’ve never said I have a problem with queer Encanto headcanons maybe read my blog again)

9. I actually think I may be the victim here but you know it’s only my opinion

10. how you gonna say that I am racist to white people by calling them gringos but then you hate me because I’m latina? weird

I am actually so tired of this but when I see stuff like this I just can’t do nothing. I was raised like that you know to always stand up myself and defend myself from people who want to put me down. So you can write thousands of messages like this. And I will answer

[strawberrystar7]

Information about me and this Blog:

I've been thinking about this for a while now and came to the decision that I should give some information on what types of post you guys can expect from me. So here's some information about me and a list of shows, movies and games I really like.

So first things first: If you're a proshipper unfollow now and don't even think about interacting with me! I do not want to see you on my blog. Anyway, I'm known as StrawberryStar however I also go by the name Starberry since it's shorter and a combination of strawberry and star. I'm a 20 year old female. I speak both German and English relatively fluently I also am able to speak a bit Spanish however my Spanish really isn't taht good. I draw in my freetime. I don't usually call myself an Artist because I don't do it very often and I honestly don't think I'm good but I do draw when I feel like it because I like doing it even if I may not be very good. So I may or may not post a drawing in the future. Don't expect it to be very good or anything tho and don't expect it to come for sure tho. I usually don't tend to upload a lot of my drawings. I usually don't think about uploading them and if I do it usually only comes months after I've drawn it. There are some pics of my drawing on my Instagram (which also can be found when looking for StrawberryStar) and my old DeviantArt Account (which I'm not gonna name since I don't use it anymore) but I'm not very reliable when it comes to art posts (or posts in general). Right now I don't have much time on drawing things anyway but I may or may not post something if I find the time. Who knows. Even I can't say for sure. Anyway, I love analysing my favorite shows and talking about details and such so you can expect stuff like that. However just like with the artposts don't expect them to come often. They'll probably come more often than the artposts (those may as well never come it depends on how I feel) but I generally do not post a lot on social media. Most of my posts probably will be random junk like me complaining about proshippers or stuff like that.

Now about my favorite movies: I generally love watching Disney/Pixar movies and superhero movies. However I haven't watched a lot of them. My favorite movie right now is Encanto. I just love the themes and how it focuses on following the only family member who doesn't seem very special at first glance but in actually may as well be the most special in her family for not needing a supernatural gift to be talented. I also like the movie Turning Red a lot. It just reminds me a lot of when I was that age. And just like with Encanto I really like the themes here. I've also really liked the movie Inside Out when it came out back then and I still like it to this date. Tho I haven't watched it in quiet some time. I also like both Frozen 1 and 2 and I like Tangled. I do like the original Spider-Man movies from 2002-2007 (I think that's the time they came out?) And the The Amazing Spider-Man movies from 2012-2014 (if I remember correctly). As you probably can guess I really like Spiderman. I also like the Iron Man movies from 2008-2013.

Now here's a list of my favorite shows so don't be surprised if I ever post about them: Miraculous, My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, Little Witch Academia, Lost Song, My Little Pony, Amphibia, The Owl House. Both Amphibia and The Owl House actually take the top spots when it comes to my favorite shows. Funny considering how at first I tried avoiding these because the giant bugs in Amphibia and the horrifying fantasy world of The Owl House creeped me out. I actually only started watching Amphibia after season 3B started airing but I'm happy I did end up giving both of these shows a chance since they're so great.

A short list of my favorite games: I love playing games however I get some kind of motion sickness really fast when I start playing certain types of games and I don't know what's up with that but it's the biggest reason why I don't tend to play a lot of games. Anyway, I really like playing Hollow Knight, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, A Hat In Time and Minecraft. I also like the Pokémon Genre a lot. I did notice that I can play Zelda, Hollow Knight and Pokémon without problems however as soon as I try playing A Hat In Time or Minecraft? Well let's just say I get sick really fast. There's also some games I really like but can't play myself because they're horror and I would end up breaking/throwing something valuable. Like I really like Bendy and the ink machine and the FNaF franchise. However if I'd try playing them myself I would definitely end up breaking something.

And well of course here's a list of my favorite ships: I actually don't really care much for shipping because I'm usually happy as long as the characters are happy don't end up in a toxic relationship but that doesn't mean there aren't certain ships I do prefer. First things first my most favorite ship of all time is Lumity. Those two just are the cutest. They're my OTP. I can never get enough of those two. Then there's my favorite MLB ships. Lukanette, Marichat and pretty much every side of the love square because every single one has a different dynamic and makes it so interesting, Julrose and Marcaniel. My favorite MHA ships are Izuocha, Todomomo and Kiribaku. I don't really like Bakudeku, Tododeku or Bakutododeku. I find the Izuku x Bakugo ships toxic however I don't really hate any of those ships. I just don't care for them and would prefer other ships over them. Tho I guess I'd prefer Tododeku over Bakudeku.

Now my favorite characters: As you might have guessed it Amity Blight is my absolutely most favorite fictional character. Mirabel Madrigal is close tho. However I also like Luz Noceda, Anne Boonchuy, Sprig Plantar, Polly Plantar, Dolores Madrigal, Isabela Madrigal, Zoé Lee, Fei Wu, Juleka Couffaine, Luka Couffaine, Alya Césaire, Ochako Uraraka, Izuku Midoryia, Diana Cavendish, Nezuko Kamado, Tanjiro Kamado, Shinobu Kocho & Kanao Tsyuri.

Anyway, as mentioned above don't expect me to post often but what you can expect from me is random posts about either one of the movies, shows or games I mentioned. Most of my posts probably will be about Miraculous tho. So if you don't like that show I should warn you that most of my posts are about that.

[ashdreams2023]

Hello, may I please have an Encanto matchup?

I am a biromantic and demisexual cis white woman in her early 20s. I know that I'm quite short at least about 5'0 and I have short brown hair with dyed dark blue highlights. I wouldn't exactly call myself chubby, but not skinny either. I'm near sighted, so I have to wear glasses most of the time. I was diagnosed as on the Autism spectrum at a very young age, I have ADHD (My mind often wanders during the day) and anxiety. Oh, and I'm also an INFJ 😅

I'm told that I'm a very kind and creative person by my friends and I care very deeply about those closest to me, enough to want to fight anyone that so much as says one cruel thing to them. I like to draw, write, read and I also enjoy movies and various shows. I kind of like to sing too, but I'm incredibly shy and embarassed about letting other people hear it. I'm also quite stubborn at times, as I've been told, and can be extremely chaotic once I feel comfortable enough around someone. When I get excited about something, I can get really loud and I sometimes feel kind of silly about it. As for my love language, I'm personally a very big fan of words of affirmation and expressions of affection and love.

That's about all I've got, hope this all helps! I love your blog, btw 💜

Delors

Delors is the type to quickly notice if you’re having an anxiety attack since she can catch on your breath change super fast

She doesn’t fight but will not stop you if you did unless she really think it’s unnecessary

She definitely would read to you, her voice is so soft and gentle you’ll feel so sleepy

Doesn’t mind that you’re loud just be careful to not do it directly next to her ears

She takes it after papa, girl will me make you blush and giggle with her sweet talkin

She notices the smallest details about you, from the way you smile and sound to the way you like to dance

[thoughtsbylotte]

Not being enough

You know these random situations that make you so uncomfortable and anxious? Even if it is such a simple thing. Nothing to loose your mind about. But it still makes you scared and you put the fault onto yourself even though it's clearly not your fault? Oh yeah. That's what happened to me the last couple of days.

grammer mistakes as english isnt my first language. be warned.

It's about a washing machine. so really nothign that important. i haven't had one since september and my room mate is not really behind us having a new one and sucks as communicating. like he never communicates with me. i finally got our landlord to send us a new one. it doesn't fit. my roommate and i had a miscommunication and afterwards i felt like crying. I didn't cry but called my parents while upset. But my dad got mad at me for being upset about such a trivial thing as i just turned 25. after me being scared about a little break in the window of my room. As they are just things. He told me nothing bad would happen so i should really just get over it.

It made me think. Like really think. Don't get me wrong. I love both of my parents but it really sucks sometimes. I noticed one specific pattern. Since I was a little child i always felt responsible. I only have one sibling. My twin brother, yeah we are fraternal. I always felt like I had to be in charge, talk to people because he was more calm and sat back. So i stepped up and always got told that i am so much better at talking to strangers and my parents wont worry about me. Its so clear to me know that i stepped up because i didnt want to disappoint my parents, not to be a burden and protect. In many ways i connect to Luisa from Encanto. That song really hit me deep. My brother and i are so different and he seems to be so much better at knowing what he needs and wants. I envy that. I do but then i also find him annoying sometimes. like every sibling does.

As a child i was such a daddys girl and always wanted to see him be proud but thanks to my family i have now a bad body image, hate myself and feel like i can never be enough. Especially my eating habbits are bad. I know how to eat correctly but I binge alot. Because it helps with my emotions. Having a curvy body doesnt really help me with my confidence and my dad once told me how he thinks i would be even more beautiful if i lost some weight. thanks dad.

But back to the thought that i should just get over it. I live in another country, away from my parents and i dont have many friends. so in many ways they are the only people i can call when i am distressed. so i do. but i know i need to stop that as it clearly only annoys them. and then they react that way and i feel liek i suck, i am so immature ect. I probably am immature and still got a lot to learn but that doesnt mean my feelings arent valid. i am allowed to feel these things if it helps me to get over them. i know next time i wont be as anxious about it.

After thinking about it I realised i feel so emotional about it because it brings me back to my childhood and my fear of letting other down while not having the emotional support from my parents that i needed. which then turned into anger which i hid deep inside of me. these feelings bubble up and make me so much more emotional. i feel some sort of anger towards my dad especially because he never really acknowledge my feelings. I have always been an child that cried easily and needed lots of hugs. but i always have been told quickly to get over it. So i never really learned how to handle my emotions. I learned how to hide them and then blurt them out when they get to much. It isnt healthy. Thats why i decided to use this blog to write my emotions down whenever i need to let it out. feel free to just ignore the post. but it feels better for them to be out in the world.

[brunitofindshappinessfanfic]

Father Madrigal & the Pagan

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Writing from inspiration from another blog. Bruno Madrigal fled all those years ago and decided to join the church. He returns to the Encanto a fully fledged man of the cloth. But a newly arrived pagan tests his patience and sanity.

CW/TW: religious themes, mention of the witch hunts, etc

"Mother Goddess, I've been called here for some reason. That reason remains a mystery to me. This place is Catholic, I'm surrounded by Catholics. The very people who hanged us for our ways centuries ago, sending us underground. Although, they are kind enough. Mother Goddess, you have one hell of a sense of humor, having me arrive with a priest of all people. I just can't see this ending well.

In the name of the Mother, the Maiden, and the Old Crone..."

I ended my morning prayer. More like a plea. What I was pleading for, I don't really know.

Fucks sake, I can barely grasp Spanish! Read, no problem. Speak, a bit of a problem. Hear? And comprehend? Forget it. You must be getting quite the kick out of this.

I felt my bones and flesh summoned here. A pull at my very being. The pulling stopped when I found myself dead center of the town. That's when Padre Madrigal parted.

Apparently, this is his hometown, and he hadn't been back in many years. He welcomed me to visit the church anytime (cue internal laughter).

Like the rest of the people here, he was kind, but I wasn't about to share much about myself with him. No sooner, and I'd probably find myself tied to a stake in the town square.

I made plans to have a small cabin constructed up in the mountain cliff faces. I never cared much for crowds or people. I was actually hoping to find a nice cave up there somewhere and maybe have the cabin back up onto a cave entrance. Wouldn't that be nice? I can carry out my own practice isolated in the hills and even in an earth womb...

I'm lodging with a kind old lady for now, and I have to keep my cards close to my chest. The tools of my trade are unassuming enough.

"Señorita?"

I nearly jumped out of my skin. I wasn't listening.

"Ye-yes?"

"It's Sunday. I thought you might like to come with me to mass."

How do I politely decline? I don't want to raise suspicion, especially just having arrived.

Oh goddess, give me strength...

"I'll be ready in a half hour, just enough time to change and freshen up."

She smiled and teetered away. Damn it.

Oh, well. One mass won't kill me.