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3 AM Thoughts
Per my toddler, I genuinely think Esteban is better at being creepy than Cedric.
Like, my toddler is genuinely creeped out by Esteban in ways they never were by Cedric even as a 2-ish year old when we started watching Sofia the First.
Yet, Esteban giving my kid the creeps was a big part of the reason why we have only JUST started watching EoA. And, even now, they have to be in a "brave mood" to watch it.
So, I just have to go on record of saying Esteban is way better at actually being bad than Cedric. But, I still like him!
However?
Armando has my whole flipping heart! So does Fransico!
I could write so many Don Quixote // Man of La Mancha based adventures for those two nutters.
My children ... My babies ... I love them.
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Armando: Well, I'm here if you want to pick my brain.
Esteban: Armando. maybe we should leave it alone and let it heal.
A fanfiction in which Armando saves Avalor
“Armando! Marlena! You have to help us!” exclaimed Luisa as she and Francisco ran into the room. “Huh? What’s wrong!?” Marlena replied, almost dropping the Danaus plexippus she was holding. “Oh, sorry to interrupt you two from your caterpillar counting, but we have an emergency at the palace!” “That’s alright,” replied Armando “there’s still a few days until the next caterpillar race, we have time, what’s wrong?” “Well, I was looking out the telescope at the observatory earlier today,” Francisco explained “when at exactly 4:44 in the morning, on this day on the 4 months of the year, on the 4 year of the decade-” “I think they get the point about the date, how it lines up with the prophecy.” “You’re right mi amor, I just never thought I’d live to see this day…the day a giant meteor that shown bright as a star fall from the sky, gently bounced off several clouds, and landed directly on the palace.” Armando stiffened, out of all the legends he’d ever heard it his life this one inspired the most fear and awe in him. Marlena noticed his anxiety and took his hand in hers; it made them both feel mildly more at ease. “And we don’t know what to do, I’m from a chocolate making family, I don’t know much about this. But with your family’s background you are the expert on this kind of thing. So, we need your help” said Luisa “or else according to the prophecy…” “…It would vaguely become a big nuisance.” “Si.” Armando nodded “Then I’ll give it my best shot!”
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Summary: Armando and Marlena enjoy their first date after the events of Sweetheart's Day. Prompt: Sweetheart's Day.
Shipping for me is very much about the sandbox aspect of it - exploring different characters and their different dynamics, seeing what happens when you toss different people into the same locked room, etc. - so even though super romantic stuff is normally outside my comfort zone for writing, I really like doing these ship week events since it gives me an easy opportunity to practice writing characters I don't normally write in situations I wouldn't normally come up with.
I kinda took that to its logical extreme this year - whereas last year I was focused on rearranging the amigos half a dozen times over, this time around I've decided that to both ensure I'm trying out new stuff from last year but still have a cohesive theme (and to also try to sell people on more ships! There are so many good options out there!), I'm going to exclusively do rarepairs, my criteria for which is that the ship has to have one or fewer fics tagged with it in AO3.
So naturally I started with a pairing that's actually canon lol. It's one of those ships that I was just kinda like "oh okay" when I first saw it in the episode, but now I think there's a lot of cute, unexplored space with them both being creative types and I can really see how that relationship could develop in the long term. I like to think they designed the puppet show from the beginning of Coronation Day together.
Elena z Avaloru - Najlepszy dla mnie ktoś, to Ty S03E22 - Dzień Gorących Serc
Elena of Avalor - The Perfect Guy for Me (Polish song)
S03E22 - Sweetheart's Day
EoA Ship Appreciation Week | Day 1 | Valentine's Day
"You are the perfect girl for me."
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"You are the perfect guy for me."