#reyes.hc

[nexility-sims]

reposting these fashion reference collages here from disco because, well, why not and also it was effortful and deserves to be seen !!!

okay, i went through pinterest and threw some stuff together … i don't have enough brain power atm to do Good Quality commentary but: 1) i did notice that the references i use for leonor strictly are, like, year-specific catwalk and fashion imagery whereas, for renzo and for the pair as a unit, it's more inspired by … vibes-forward celebrity fashion (specifically a certain persona non grata in his case but, well, what can you do); 2) leonor vaguely wears what's ~fashionable~, in terms of silhouettes and such, but i imagine she finds herself in a common bind of liking certain styles but then having them fit her body, well, differently than they do the models; everything ends up looking more sexy and less chic when ur ass is too fat, and everyone's divided as to whether that's a good or bad thing, smh; 3) leonor doesn't carry much of what she'd worn in the 80s into the 90s because it was all impersonal teenage attire and business clothes, whereas renzo very much accumulates elements of style that reflect, mainly, the transitions in the music scenes he's part of and his desire to be at least a little grungy and unkempt at all times. it is fun, that he encompasses aesthetics from the 70s, 80s, and 90s; 4) my sense is that he'd have become very aware of aesthetics and actively interested in self-fashioning once he left arkansas, so it's all purposeful, from the jewelry to the layering. perhaps surprisingly, i don't think leonor is nearly as thoughtful or intentional about what she wears or why. there's a difference between understanding style and having it, i guess, and not everyone checks both boxes.

[nexility-sims]

⭐ For Leonor & Renzo! What’s their song?

What do they tease each other about?

What is their favourite non-sexual activity?

ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP TAG  /   accepting !

thank you !!! excellent picks ...

what’s their song? whatever was playing through the wall in this scene, obviously !! ksdfjhsdf i have been chewing on this (and listening to various playlists), and i think there are a few that have the right vibe. my first thought was “it has to be a chili peppers song, clearly,” and i think “don’t forget me” is a good contender—sure, it’s about drugs like all of their best songs, but it always makes me think of relationships that are thrilling and raw and perhaps not the wisest in the long run; another one that stood out to me is “after dinner” by unloved, which just feels like a very leonor pov song; relatedly, maybe an even better fit but listed last because it just occurred to me, would be “french kiss” by sleep thieves. exhibit a: "i want to fall with you, fall faster, fall closer now, see the world and fuck all of that and let it go / along with you" ... perfect? perfect (EDIT: lana, obviously ???? alexa play "burning desire" … no, alexa play “peppers” ???)

what do they tease each other about? i’ve shown this a bit, but i feel like the biggest source of teasing must be how different their backgrounds are. that’s part of what i find interesting about them, that there’s a veneer of mutual understanding, but their upbringings and worldviews and ways of moving in the world are so disparate. so far, leonor’s on the receiving end—which, yeah, she is very much a pampered princess who doesn’t know anything about anything and acts snotty, which is funny if you’re a Normal person in comparison. renzo is also, in comparison, much more coarse and rude, which i think leonor finds amusing. plus, there’s the fact that it’s easier to joke about something dissonant than, like, treat it seriously. 

what is their favorite non-sexual activity?   surely anything can be a sexual activity if you're just Like That but i digress sdfsg i like this one because obviously there’s a whole bunch of hanging out and such that’s happening off-screen ! my first thought was that they must go to non-den events together—you know, open mics, music or performance art shows, things like that. renzo’s always alert to low-key, intimate goings-on that he can slip into and just vibe; i feel like leonor must enjoy the same, too. aside from that, going to bookstores and watching movies at home—hers or his, doesn’t matter. leonor has not seen a lot of stuff, and it’s probably in part a compromise for the fact that he refuses to watch anything he’s been in. it’s either go-go-go or just sitting around quietly for them, imo, and it's usually leonor following him around and doing whatever he's up to.

[nexility-sims]

this is literally two years old but: when i was gonna do that voice claim thing that was going around then, i decided rowena’s is kim novak. if anyone was curious what she sounds like, that’s it !

[nexility-sims]

For the ⭐️ ask, pick the 3 questions that you yourself would be most excited to answer about Leo and Renzo!

ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP TAG  /   accepting !

i haven't answered an ask meme since december ??? omg ... anyway, i was promptly overwhelmed by the possibilities and dumped the entire post into a random picker dfkjsfg turns out that surprise random prompts are the most exciting option. here's what it spit out:

who leaves the most marks? i'm going to say leonor on the grounds that perhaps she's inclined to get overzealous and perhaps renzo bruises easily, etc. all fine and well, everyone is happy.

who are the children more likely to learn their first swear word from? wow, hypothetical leorenzo baby … obviously from renzo, who has the potty mouth of the two. idk man, what's cuter than a grumpy four year old saying "fuck you"? my brother did this and it was, unfortunately, very cute and funny

who mows the lawn? leonor vc: sorry um what is ... "mowing the lawn"? is that a sex thing or— i'm sure she's vaguely aware of how gardening works, but that's a job people do professionally, not something you do yourself at your own home. would you cut your own hair? would you wash your own clothes? would you unclog your own toilet? would you stock your own pantry? exactly. trained professionals only. Meanwhile, It's Summer 1973 … one pint-sized lorencio ledford is busy cutting grass with a pull-start push mower in sim arkansas, one of his 1278174 part-time jobs—

[nexility-sims]

🎶 for Julián?

OC DETAILS  /   accepting !

oh hell yeah finally kdfjdf thank you for asking, i had a lot to say !

🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

music is julian's main interest, which is unsurprising considering he comes from a musical family ! his mother and father are professional musicians (his mom is kind of a joan baez/stevie nicks/ann wilson figure, and his dad is a carlos santana-esque guitarist). since they were not around much during his childhood, music was a way to connect with them—both when they were around and in their absence. his formal occupation is working for the crown, and he spends a not-insignificant chunk of his free time partying, but listening and playing music is a big part of his life. he had a little cousin band with his brother, damian, and german when they were all teenagers. i don't think they play much together anymore, but julian has enough musician friends that it doesn't matter much (including, of course, their bancroft cousin). if you want him to have more then let me know, open call, give him more friends and such djfdf

the kernel of inspiration for julian as a character came from the fact that i like incubus and have always thought brandon boyd circa the early 2000s was hot. so, anyway, i associate julian with the alternative rock genre, with acoustic guitars, with vulnerable songwriting. he likes folk music, which is the genre his parents got their start in. but, he really is someone who appreciates every genre, from those to hip hop to electronica to jazz and blues and everything else. he goes abroad a lot for fun and leisure, and part of those trips are definitely attending concerts and open mics and things like that, to enjoy the local music scenes and popular venues.

julian collects records and guitars, and he will probably inherit all of his parents' someday. he has a good singing voice, picked up instruments easily as a child, and plays multiple well; that’s just as fun for him, practicing with different ones, as stringing together lyrics or listening to music. i don’t think he really likes using headphones or earbuds if he can play songs from a speaker instead. i assume he has a publicly available spotify account or whatever with just hundreds of playlists. he's never released any music of his own, but there are lots of videos circulating around of him performing, usually with friends or on his son's social media. his house is full of music anytime he’s home, and his son—though more inclined to visual art—shares his love of listening to it.

[nexility-sims]

🖊 Fernando hasn't always been faithful to Zurine

Zurine has never been unfaithful, but maybe would have liked to be

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒   /   accepting !

oof, this is so spicy ! aaaaaand, surprise, it's not actually a headcanon because there's photographic evidence, smh. this is from the zuriñe prequel i need to finish. i have no idea who the hussy is but ... she does not have a happy ending, lmao. obviously the whole situation isn't all her fault, but still !

as for zuri herself, that's interesting ... she definitely has never, but she was once young and vivacious, so i'm sure there were plenty of compelling opportunities for her to pass up. honestly, i think she just likes having something to hang over nando's head for decades and decades. it loses its power if she doesn't maintain the higher ground, in her mind. plus, she loves him (ew), and he loves her (ew). re: the above, i actually didn't want to commit to making it canon for them, so i kind of played with the idea in part ii in the most oblique passing reference manner possible .... :^)

thank you for thinking of them ! subject matter aside, lol, this made my day 🥰

[nexility-sims]

I return with a question for both Rowena and Beatriz! For both women, what are some things that they regret in their lives versus what they're grateful for

oh damn ... this hurts my heart already. it’s hard to answer with much specificity without getting into spoilers, since i think the question cuts right to the core of what i’m building toward for them each. i’ll give it a shot anyway !

rowena does something in part iii that she will regret for the rest of her life. it's arguably her biggest regret, for a person who has a lot of regrets about the sort of wife, mother, daughter, and friend she's been. what she's grateful for is the fact that she's eventually forgiven for it by some people. other things she's grateful for would be: her grandchildren, all of whom i think she loves in a more pure sense that her own children; the sense of existential belonging in the world that living in uspana for so long gives her; the fact that she was born into a wealthy and powerful family, married into a wealth and powerful family, and has the security of knowing her descendants will also have wealth and power at their disposal. at a smaller scale, ro regrets that she never really learned how to cook even her most favorite foods, and she’s grateful for peaceful things like being barefoot on soft, warm ground and seeing bunnies in the backyard on quiet evenings. she’s also grateful for alfonso, although i think she always harbors a shadow of a doubt as to whether or not she regrets marrying him. 

for beatriz, it’s a little different on account of her fully subscribing to the zuriñe-and-baltasar school of regret … beatriz does a lot of massively messed up things that anyone ought to regret at least a little bit, but the only thing she truly regrets is the one (1) significant selfish decision she ultimately refuses to make. yet, for her many flaws, i wouldn’t say she’s an ungrateful person. she has immense gratitude for the family she creates, full of people who are much better humans that she ever wanted to be. she’s grateful for the wonderful childhood that her father created for her—and she does, one hundred percent, credit him with every good thing about it. in a way, i guess what she appreciates both the least and the most are people, the feelings they inspire, the memories they help create. material things don’t have the intrinsic value for her that they do for her mother, which you might call a virtue. you might also call it a lack of gratitude or entitlement, and that would probably be right, too.

[nexility-sims]

Ask and you shall receive! ❤️

Does your country have any interesting landmarks or tourist attractions?

me: begs you to send me asks also me: doesn't reply until the next day

anyway, thank you, you absolute sweetheart ! our angel of asks, sprinkling joy by being generous with your time. i've been wanting to lightly borrow @bridgeportbritt's travel brouchure idea, but for now i'll just name a few. EDIT: i wrote a whole ass essay, and i am so sorry for everyone akddfsgds shoutout to that anon that asked me to tag long posts lmao 

[slips into tour guide costume and voice]

uspana is an international travel destination. public policy has almost always been geared toward keeping it a beautiful, bountiful place that belongs to everyone. for uspanians themselves, obviously that has direct sustainability and spirituality implications. for foreigners, it means the kind of natural beauty that “development” and “modernization” tend to destroy or undermine in other places. uspana probably has the oldest trees in the world in which it exists, for example. its beaches are pristine. there’s a diversity of climates and biomes, from the tropical coast and jungles to the interior desert-y landscape to the forested provinces in the northwest. a significant portion of the land is managed locally and open to the public. it’s a pretty place with lots to do!

some things i’ve mentioned in posts: 

nakawe, the capital city: in zurine’s intro episode, a group of students are visiting nakawe palace. nakawe has other palaces, including the actual king’s residence (where alf got bitch slapped by his mama), but nakawe palace is both the heart of the government and a historical site. so, people like to visit and see the throne room, the historical displays on various floors, the politicians and chambers in which they meet ... you might catch a glimpse of the royals themselves if you’re there at the right now. i think the palace has been there for much longer than nakawe has been the capital. you can also see parts of it in the wedding reception posts and in this dumb boys outtake, among others. the royal mausoleum is in nakawe, along with others belonging to clans with history in the area. the public can visit the royal one when it’s not in use by a family member. alfonso and rowena’s wedding took place at the royal sacrarium, which was built like seven centuries ago to hold the ancestral bones brought from yaas. (later, family members were buried in the mausoleum, and the bones are moved to the sacrarium when the mausoleum runs out of space.) it’s sort of their equivalent of a church, i guess, although there aren’t really “services” there.

canaris is the big beach destination, although zoning codes keep it from being particularly urban. it’s where alfonso and rowena lived for the first few years of their marriage, and it used to be the capital of uspana. when rowena visits him there in this episode, it’s essentially a montage of some sites. they ride horses on the beach, go to the old square that’s the main shopping center, and visit one of the national museums focused on the area’s history. the museum also hosted the mother’s day exhibit decades later. alfonso takes rowena on a tour of the old palace ruins in this episode; i think it’s seasonally open to the public for private tours, since it can be a bit treacherous to walk around. the 1980s babies turn canaris into a party town in the 2000s, for better and for worse skdflkdsg

alam palace is in yaas, and it’s the ancestral seat of the house of tecuani. i think they do tours when the family isn’t in town, but it’s attached to a village of sorts that people can visit and tour year-round. there’s lots of cool stuff to see in yaas because it’s the first site of uspana’s national origin story. the palace itself is several centuries old, although the space where it sits has been a home basically since time immemorial. creator’s mount is also in yaas; it’s a sacred site, where alfonso and rowena were married and a place that beatriz liked to visit with him. relatedly, the penalties for taking things from this province are particularly steep, like stones from ruins or ceramics or so forth.

this hasn’t come up in part iii, but beatriz establishes another family holiday location in intizara as an adult. it’s mainly because she doesn’t like going to alam palace after alfonso dies, or really yaas in general. this place doesn’t have much connection to the reyes family; it’s an ancestral home of her husband’s family, i think. it becomes more of a tourist destination during her lifetime, although i imagine it was always a quieter and more temperate alternative to the coast around canaris. the royal house is not open to the public, but you can drive by on a nearby hill and see the front yard pretty well. bea cultivated olive trees on the property because of a special reason i shall not divulge, and my new headcanon is that she gives reyes brand olive oil to both random commoners she encounters and foreign royals who visit uspana.

thank you for indulging me !!!!!!!