Commission of Mirabel and Elena for @prophetic-hijinks​! My commission info is here!

Elena Ruiz is a fancharacter from the comic series Prophetic Hijinks.

Drabble under the cut:

Whoops, the link got messed up!!! I had a search and found the original story in my docs (entitled just, "elena drabble".) This is the little story I wrote to accompany this commission for @prophetic-hijinks, back in 2022!

i actually met hijinks in real life recently, it was so cool and lovely!! and it's so cool that encanto introduced us... thank you mirabel madrigal...

(fic under the cut)

I don’t usually do fic fanart but birds of paradise had me so hooked I had to draw something! So here’s some of my fave moments from the fic! <3

bonus mira with a machete!

@cheetee you got another one <3

WAHH I'M SO HAPPY!!! 2 YEARS SINCE I FINISHED BIRDS OF PARADISE BUT SOMEBODY STILL READ AND LIKED IT 🥺🥺🥺

i LOVE the second Mirabel with the machete, that's exactly how I pictured her ;____; I don't remember the lines I wrote terribly well, so it blows me away to see someone else illustrate them and I think.... wtf.... I contributed to this picture.....

Happy Valentines Day all and Happy Birthday to Elena. Hijinks has been a long road, and with it I made a story I am proud of and an OC I love. It’s nice to escape into happy stories with happy endings. I thank you all who followed along and loved Prophetic Hijinks. I may get the urge to draw these characters again, but as the pull of real life draws me away I feel I can be satisfied with this happy ending.

A happy Bruno who got more than he ever hoped for, and a woman who’s dreams came true.

large references for the Encanto’s size and town map. first map is a good indication of location/house types/streets and layouts/farming locations. The screenshot with dolores gives the indication there’s room for expansion so the town can become even bigger. (it also makes it seem less quaint and perfect.) the little abstract second waterfall next to casita that doesn’t lead to any river gives me a headache btw.

Chapter 8 Part 2 - The End!

Previous chapters:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8 part 1

The big finale!

Alright let's see if I can tag everyone in order of appearance:

Elena - @thecrazyashley-blog

Emilio - @seanettlles

Maria - @dororoxpenana

Coco - @coco_zz

Diana - @leggyegg

Noelle - @noellemadrigal

Angela - @overly-dramatic-artist

Nuria - @lord_madmyth

Armida - @pepa-brainrot

Karina - @unorthodoxtexan

Enrique - @teews_01

Ari - @inthishousewestanspiderpunk

Rosa - @rosa_santos928

Efi - @ursakursa

Elena - @prophetic-hijinks

Diego @redvelvetcookies

Claudia - @greenbeanguillotine-blog

Daniela - @kay_in_pigtails

Itzel - @meepxii

Javier - @sionnach

This closes the story my dears. It has been awesome to participate and to join the discussions on the forum. I will now disappear for a bit while I prepare my original story. If you want to know more just head over to @heyheynebula on instagram or tumblr.

Week 4 of OC-tober: Share the Love!

Yes I know this is half a month late, but this piece is huge and I wanted to do all the OC's featured justice. It's not everyone, and I'm sorry I couldn't squeeze in every OC that participated in this event, but I did as many as I could! @encanto-extended-edition

Featured OCs:

Does a building count? Because Welcome to the Café de Libros! The combined coffeeshop, bookshop, and bibliotheca of the Encanto in my fic, Among the Emeralds

Characters:

In the window: @meepxii's Itzel Fontana

Peeking through the blinds: @sionnaach's Javi Rivera

Holding Javi's arm: @seanettlles Milo Castaño

Admiring the hung embroidery in the corner: @lunathekahuna 's Sonia Ibarra-Mendéz

Warping above the door: @justaturtleindisguise 's Amelia Madrigal

Being yoinked by Amelia: My animal OC, Chacha the Fuertes' Parrot

At the far table: @redcookies-bestcookies Diego Orozco Murillo and Lulo,

@luciernagadelencanto's Nina (and a goat), and @encantoisawesome's Greenie the duck

At the corner bookshelf: @unskilled-dabbler's Edith

At the near table: @seanettlles Gildardo (Gil) Castaño, (Milo's dad)

@aeshnalacrymosa 's Aya, (Áurea) Lombroso @inthishousewestanspiderpunk 's Nadja Demetriou

Rubbing his neck: @coolunclebruno's Miguel Herrero

Reading: @sharknadoslutt's Nayelli Ramos

Laughing at the story: Instagram UrsaKursa's Efi (Ophelia)

Trying not to laugh: Instagram ossuritaart's Diana

Vibing behind both: @overly-dramatic-artist's Angela Moreno

Giggling in the corner in green: @noellemadrigal Noelle

Giggling in the corner in pink: Twitter @UnorthodoxTexan's Karina

Poking her head in, loaded with books: @neon-green-eyes' Fifi

Staring into space and smiling: @elliee-doodles 's Armida Peréz Madrigal

Sewing at the counter: Instagram lord_madmyth's Núria Delgado

Behind her: @dororoxpenana's Marìa Garcia

Chatting with Marìa: @egofan4evr's Conney

Repairing a watch beside Conney: @justaturtleindisguise 's Érika Madrigal

Laughing and showing off her shoes in the blue ruana: @encantoisawesome's Elisa, Greenie's owner

Listening to Elisa: Instagrams @iahammie's Adelita Madrigal

Behind the counter comparing cups: @inthishousewestanspiderpunk 's Ariadne (Ari)

Behind the counter getting shoved and laughing: @prophetic-hijinks' Elena Ruiz

Behind the counter, doing the shoving and failing spectacularly to run the madhouse show, my own OC, Elena Pascual!

Becoming Madrigal

Ramiro was adopted at eight years old, and was given a normal room. However, when he saw Elena and Bruno as his parents and spoke the words, he became a true Madrigal.

Casita immediately had a rapport with Ramiro, the child enchanted by a magical house that helped him navigate the world. However, when given a chance Casita bestowed a power that made them able to communicate emotionally/telepathically with Ramiro. Ramiro can also feel the emotional history of objects.

Elena and Bruno are great parents, even though they sometimes forget they have to be more descriptive with their blind child.

Master comic list

Start from the beginning

One shots

A very late happy birthday to Elena Pascual! (Her birthday is actually July 20th, same as Colombian Independence day!)

Ft. The Brood.

In order of appearance:

Gustavo,

Baby Inez,

Pedro,

Marisol,

And Rosa.

Thr triplets are about 6 here, Gusito about 3, and Inez is still fresh.

Bruno, of course, being a good esposo and supplying torta negra with dragonfruit and a smooch.

Elena was a happy little girl with two loving parents. Her mother a seamstress and her father a guitarist and songwriter too shy to be a head performer.

When she was 12 she lost everything in a house fire. She was really lost for a while, if not for the kindness of a Noviate named Sarah who helped her navigate her grief. She introduced her to her brother Ramon who was a busker and performer in the town square. Every few days, Sarah would leave them to sing and Ramon, voice husky from cigars would train her to be a performer saying the tips collected was payment of the lessons. But really, he saved it all and gave it to her when she left the orphanage. Ramon would be a lifelong mentor, friend and father figure to Elena and walk her down the aisle twice.

Elena married Carlos at twenty and he is the one to convince her to sing at seedy clubs to work her way up to the goal of the Chia lounge. Here Elena learned how to use humor to get out of uncomfortable situations. Carlos and Elena were in love and wanted a big family, but Carlos always went into it with a possessive attitude. And when Elena started to make more money then him, became a local celebrity, and had her first album. The resentment grew. His ego couldn’t handle her being the breadwinner, and he began to stay out late and drink more, affecting his ability to keep jobs. This was compounded by Elena and Carlos being unable to conceive and Carlos couldn’t handle the idea as a man he was infertile, even refusing to adopt as he saw it to mean to admit defeat.

The copper engagement ring reflects their economic state when they married, but also how their love will eventually tarnish and her future ring would be green.

Elena met Bruno at 39, they married a month or so after she turned 40 and had the kids at 41. This is the timeline of Hijinks and where our story starts.

And Elena at 75 is just a happy grandma surrounded by grandchildren. Bruno has evolved into his final form of cranky old lovable man, who pretends to be cantankerous to amuse his grandchildren and get eye rolls and gentle admonishment from Elena as the children laugh.

Hijinks isn’t a complicated story. It’s meant to be a simple Disney happily ever after. Of two characters with great capacity of love and kindness, being discarded or not appreciated. And how stigma isolates. whether because of misunderstood God like powers, or the more mundane sexism of women working, women in “improper” jobs and the stigma and stain of divorce. And how two drastically different people on paper, come together and love each other in the way both deserve, because their hearts match in all the right ways.