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A sideblog that's also an askblog for Carmen. Mostly an excuse to draw her all the time and doodle TBoL stuff more often. Tracking senoracarmen [askbox closed]

[mexopolis]

Lots of early Xibalba art by various artists from the film. Some are from when his beard was way longer. The last image is from a version where we showed Xibalba coming home to a furious La Muerte after a night of debauchery…

[9emiliecharlie9]

Sorry it took forever to upload this but here is genderbent Joaquin! 

Instead of having the most awesomest mustache in all of San Angel, I gave her fabulous hair! 

[bekksrich]

GET TO KNOW ME MEME : favourite female characters [1/?] → Maria Posada

       ”I believe I have lost my appetite. No, please, please, stay seated. Now, if you will just excuse me, I must go and check on Chuy. That’s my pig. I need to spend time with someone… civilised.”

[nadiaerre-deactivated20160324]

[littlefairylights]

Maria Posada

"I belong to no one."

[chichilittle-deactivated2022111]

Finally saw The Book of Life last night! It was SO AWESOME !!! Can I please hug everyone who made it?!! (´；д；`) ♥ ♥

Here’s my version of La Muerte in a cute poofy dress (*‿*✿) Dedicated to my good friends Mikee and Kaila, who are also huge fans of the film. :3

[mexopolis]

Designing Carmen’s grave.

[tench]

Finally, he arrived!

[sibillascribbles08]

KILL MY ASS THAT IS TOO FUCKING CUTE WHAT THE HELL

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[slytherinqueenofneverland-blog]

 The Book Of Life gives me life

[dailymantra]

So I’ll be bold As well as strong And use my head alongside my heart

[littlefairylights]

L a   M u e r t e

"Anyone can die. These kids will live."

[kathon]

The Book Of Life - The Apology Song

[diospyros-kaki]

Can we talk about this scene for a sec? Because I did not quite expect it to unfold like this (mind the spoilers).

Manolo loses the handle of both sword and guitar; he reaches out and, after some hesitation, picks up the guitar — alright, most people probably called it. So we know he’s going to sing to the bull.

Maybe I was naive and/or short sighted, maybe I underestimated the script, I don’t know. But I expected Manolo to pull a Hiccup and say he was not like the others, that he wasn’t going to hurt the bull. Or to tell the bull to just let go of its anger because it wasn’t worth it. Or even to explain about the whole bet thing and his love for Maria and say he didn’t mean any harm. Whatever the case, it seemed he would somehow get the bull to cooperate by surrendering, because he had already learned the lesson about not killing the bull earlier in the film and thus would be shielded by protagonist privileges (as in, no matter what he chose to do it would be okay because he was noble for refusing to kill).

I did not, however, expect Manolo to downright apologise. It caught me completely off guard. He acknowledged both the unfairness of the bullfights — I think possibly on an even higher level than earlier, because this time he had to confront the sheer number of animals killed by his family — and that the bull’s anger was justified; he basically understood his opponent(s) had been wronged and validated their feelings. So he showed compassion, established himself as an ally and protector, and  therefore offered the bull(s) a chance to intimately heal. 

And maybe it’s just me, but the song somewhat resembles a prayer in lyrics, wording, and melody, and as such adds a spirituality that contributes to the overall sentiment of the scene. So it goes right to your core. There were even some sniffles around the audience when I was watching the movie. I actually had a lump in my throat right then and there but shhhh don’t tell my friend.

That’s something we don’t see that often in media, in my opinion, specially if aimed at children. In a different movie such scenario would probably have been solved by the “hero is noble and thus always right” device I cited above; as it is, I think The Book of Life displayed more sensibility than usual, because it not only added layers to the main character, but also took the time to actually focus on the part that was mistreated.

[johnnybooboo]

maria is so cool

[bookoflifedetails]

Manolo’s knee slides.

[crowfishbodyguard]

"The Book of Life" + Meaning of Day of the Dead