#rojas mendez ranch

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TLALLI: Baby, I'm sure Esmeralda wants to settle in and catch up with Lupe.

CARMEN: What? What'd I say??

ISAMAR: Forgive your Tio, Lupe. Subtle, she is not.

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VETTE: How's it going? U happy?

ES: Hell yeah, I got my girl back 💖 Thanks for this

LUPE: Uh... yeah. So we're gonna go...

LICHA: Pro tip - stay hydrated. I got some extra gatorade and protein bars in the laundry cabinet upstairs.

LUPE: Wow.

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LUPE: You good? I hope my family didn't scare you too much.

ESMERALDA:

Scare me off? From you? Please. This is the best day of my life.

I can't believe I'm actually touching you right now.

LUPE: Me either. Were you scared on the plane?

ESMERALDA: A little. Ok, a lot. But I wasn't gonna let nothing keep me away from you.

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CARMEN:

Ok, listen y'all - Esmeralda will be here soon, and I really y'all to squash your beef. Don't embarrass me and act up like you did when Lupe got here.

I cut y'all some fresh prairie grass as a peace offering, Every day you're good, I'll bring you some more.

Remember, Tialoc, Mami ain't gonna be able to play with you as much like she usually do - Tia Licha's gonna check on you; Tio Manny too.

I ain't forget about you, La Llorona. I got some grass for you too, girl.

You welcome. You gonna be good, right?

ISAMAR: Here we are.

ESMERALDA: Are we walking from here? Where's your house?

ISAMAR: (Chuckles) This is the house. Don't worry about your bags; our ranch hand will bring them up to your room.

ESMERALDA: Man, nobody told me y'all were rich. I promise no tto break anything.

LUPE: Es?? ES!

ISAMAR: Aww... que linda; I love love. C'mon Lupe - everyone's dying to meet your girl.

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The Rojas - Mendez Ranch 🇲🇽🐎

Now that Esmeralda is finally here, I thought it’d be cool to give y’all an exterior tour of the Rojas Mendez ranch. 🎩 tip to the beautiful build from (Origin ID: Bookdragon4ever) , it took me three weeks while I was waiting for the horse ranch pack to renovate it in the style of the Rojas Mendes family, but it was worth it.

In my mind, I pictured what their ancestral home would look like and incorporated those features into the ranch.

There’s a second house to the left of the main where the ranch hands stay  during the busy season. There are extra beds when they need to hire extra help, as well as extra room for storage.

The ranch hand quarters lead straight into the courtyard, which lets them stay close to the horses.

Behind the quarters are the stables where their horses, Tialoc & La Llorona live. On the other side is the training area where they can stretch their legs, play and train. 

Definitely one of my favorite places; the back courtyard of the main house is perfect for barbecues, and a popular spot in the warmer weather. It leads right to Isamar’s garden, but you’ll see more of that pretty soon in the next Rojas - Mendez posts. 

I’ll be showing off more of the house soon; I don’t wanna show too much because I want you to enjoy it organically as the story unfolds.

Hope you enjoyed it!

🖤🤘🏾 

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LUPE: They won't embarrass us - will they, Tia?

ISAMAR: You know big sisters; Tlalli's been in my business since I was born. But don't worry; you'll be fine.

ESMERALDA: I still can't get over this place! I don't know why, but I was expecting like a cowboy kind of thing. This place looks like the pictures Vette showed me of back home.

ISAMAR: Gracias, Esmeralda. That's exactly what we were going for. While you're here, it's your home too.

Don't be shy - come on, let's show you around.

We come from a long line of afromexicana championship horse riders and breeders.

Our Mami's familia had a large hand in keeping the Azteca and Galliceno breeds alive.

ESMERALDA: Your papi... is he a breeder too? What does he do?

Lupe: Hmm.

ISAMAR: He prefers to breed children. All over the worlds.

ESMERALDA: Damn. 'Nuff said.

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Character analysis (because why not)

Hi friends! I hope you’re enjoying WEIRD & WONDERFUL / SEASON 3 so far - thought it’d be fun to stop in and talk about some of the newer OCs, starting with Carmen & Tlalli Rojas - Mendez:

If you missed it, Carmen is the younger sister of Lorna (aka Connie’s spouse/Cora & Lupe’s aunt)

Don’t want to give too much away, but Carmen moved away years ago to get away from some of Del Sol’s rougher elements. she got a job as a ranch hand at the Mendez ranch, and kinda sorta fell in love with Tlalli Mendez, the oldest daughter of the ranchers and eloped (I mean, look at her).

The Mendez family comes from a long, albeit rarely heard of line of Afro Mexicano horse breeders of Aztecas and Galiceños. When Thalli’s mother passed away, she left the ranch to her (as is tradition, since she’s the oldest). Unfortunately, it was failing and in disarray. So she and Carmen came back to run it. Shortly after, her sisters came back to help.

Thalli took all her winnings from her competitions with her champion horse Tialoc and renovated the ranch.

ℹ️ More on Afro Mexican history here

✏️ Free to ask any questions about any of the characters, new or old. If I can’t tell you something due to spoilers, I’ll let you know. 

Hope you enjoyed learning about them; will tell you about some of the others soon👌🏾

Xoxo,

Spinster 🖤🤘🏾