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- Encanto (2021) (80)
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People—mostly the other children—often asked Pepa and Bruno about when they received their doors and gifts, long after everyone already knew all the details by heart. They didn’t ask Santiago, who wasn’t as fun a storyteller, and whose quiet healing wasn’t apparent until days later anyway. An involuntary vision and sudden storm were more exciting, especially when Pepa summoned a thunderhead for her audience and Bruno flashed his glowing eyes. They both left out the part where Bruno got so confused about what was happening, and Pepa so upset that he knew about her magic room before she did, that they both started crying.
Years later, they had also stopped mentioning the moment that Santiago best remembered: when the three of them looked at the embossed letters on the doorknobs and realized one was a P for Pepa, not a J for Josefa. Pepa—who was only ever Josefa when she was in trouble and disliked sharing a name with the unpleasant Josefa Venegas—had traced a fingertip over the letter and beamed.
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“You’re sure you don’t want to stay the night?” Agustín asked as Bruno slid into his sandals.
“Yeah.” A side effect of the magic was that, if one of the Madrigals did anything unusual, the whole town knew within the day. Bruno had enough of that without anyone wondering what he was doing all night with two men who may as well have been married to each other. And, oh god, what if his hermanas asked him? What if Mamá did? Nope. Not risking it. “Gotta- family breakfast, you know.”
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The man in the mirror was not the infamous el Brujo Loco, but he did wear the same dark blue jacket, claimed from the long-dead Señora Figueroa’s worldly effects and last worn by her longer-dead esposo. The stiff, boxy shoulders jutted out past Bruno’s actual shoulders, and he couldn’t decide if he liked the effect or not.
Last night, when Bruno planned this, the old jacket hanging in the back of his closet had seemed like a nice surprise. It wasn’t the sort of thing that men wore on dates to the cantina, or to have friendly drinks with other men, but he and José weren’t meeting at the cantina. And José had said he found it... intriguing, when they were younger. Attractive, even. Somehow.
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Had her Pedro looked so afraid, wading through the river away from her? She could not see his face as the machete swung. But she remembered the blood. Decades later, she remembered the blood.
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Set after chapter one of As they learn to see.Series
- Part 5 of As they learn to see + sides
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Alma stopped just within the treeline. When she arrived at the river, heartbeat clamoring like hoofbeats in her ears, she almost expected to find Pedro still there, lying where she left him. Instead, she found only her nieta, looking young and fragile where she huddled on the bank.
For a moment, Alma couldn’t move. Then she took a deep breath and touched the locket on her chatelaine, now holding Pedro’s portrait and a single pink thread. She would not lose them both here.
When Mirabel took her hands and pulled her into the water, she gained instead.
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- Part 3 of Encantober 2024
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Four and a half years after hiding in the walls, Bruno has an accident bad enough for Casita to call for help, and the family’s problems stop being ignorable.
aka: Bruno slips and knocks over about a dozen family crises on his way down.
As they learn to see is a self-contained story written in close third person POV centered around Bruno. All other works are close POVs of other characters to flesh out the things Bruno doesn't know about, and aren't needed to understand the main story. Snippets will be listed chronologically.
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One-shots for Encantober 2023! Official Encantober tumblr here, prompt list here, and quick link to the AO3 collection for everyone's works here!
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One-shots for Encantober! Official Encantober tumblr here, prompt list here, and quick link to the AO3 collection for everyone's works here!
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False Friends by IvyLee
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
03 Jun 2026
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In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that sounds similar to a word in your own, but differs significantly in meaning. No word in any Eridian language could possibly be mistaken for English. But Erid absolutely has false friends.
In his right mind, Grace would easily identify the mistaken assumptions inhibiting his integration on Erid. They are:
1: A molecular biologist and a sapient rock can cobble together translation software that reflects the etymological nuance of an entire alien language.
2: Eridians are enough like humans to have an area 51 and look forward to using it.Unfortunately, Grace hasn’t been in his right mind in years.
Or: a ‘Return to Erid’ story where Grace struggles to touch down alone.
Bookmarked by cannibalthoughts
04 Jun 2026
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4 drabbles for Madrigay Days pride month with and about various Madrigals
week 1 - Discovery
week 2 - Kiss
week 3 - Performance
week 4 - Magic- Language:
- English
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07 Apr 2025
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Bruno didn’t expect to make it out of the walls alive. But thanks to Mirabel — and no thanks to his wasted legs — he’s back with his family, staying with his old teacher Úrsula Grijalva. As they do their best to care for him, everyone grapples with their feelings about the wreck he’s made of his life and health.
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- Part 6 of Artificial Shortages AU
- Part 3 of Artificial Shortages Main Series
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30 Mar 2025
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Antonio is helpful. José is indulgent. Bruno wants to get this over with. The rats were told there would be snacks.
Prompted by RamblesandDragons.
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12 Feb 2025
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When Pepa experiences her first heartbreak at seventeen, Bruno comes up with a plan for revenge. As he ropes Julieta in to help pull it off, she faces a dilemma: maintain the integrity of the Miracle, or aid her sister in her hour of need?
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20 Oct 2024