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hearttohaato · 7 months

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Encanto OC Event Week 2

Part 2: Tomás Herrera & Others

(Part 1 Here)

The second half of my OC relationship info post - this'll include some info about Tomás's bonds with my other OCs, as well as those background OCs' relationships with each other and canon characters.

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Tomás in regards to his natal family:

Tomás is the youngest in a family of four, born to Lucía and Horacio Herrera.

Lucía was a schoolteacher and volunteer in the town library, who passed away when Tomás was still a child. Tomás loved and admired his mother, considering her to have been a saint in life. The memories he has of her are fond ones, recalling her as being a kind woman without a bad word to say about anyone. He thinks highly of her optimism and humility, and her ability to make anyone feel understood and listened to.

Lucía as well as Tomás's older brother, Mateo, are both canonically deceased as per the events of the story the Herrera family is introduced in. This leaves Tomás and his father as the last living of their family within the Encanto.

Horacio used to be a mason, having to retire early due to weakness in his legs. Between this and the loss of his parents, his wife, and eventually his oldest son, Horacio sometimes thinks he's cursed - but his one silver lining is his remaining son, Tomás. Horacio has zero qualms about being openly affectionate with Tomás both physically and verbally, and though he's a little oblivious at times, he only wants the best for his boy. Tomás in turn is a loyal and protective son to Horacio, willing to put up with a little embarrassment if it makes his father happy. It doesn't matter how old Tomás gets, he'll always be his papá's conejito.

Art by cringecanto (right)

It's a bit self-indulgent of me, but I'm of the mind that when Tomás marries into the family, Casita springs up a small in-law suite for Horacio so he won't have to spend his days in an empty house. I also am of the mind that in their youth Horacio and Bruno were quite friendly with each other, due to both more or less being underdogs with not a lot of friends between them.

Horacio likely approached Bruno before his wife's passing, just on the off chance he saw her make a miraculous recovery. That isn't what he saw, of course. But though devastated, Horacio accepted the result with as much grace as he could and didn't blame Bruno or his visions for the bad news.

They ended up losing touch when Bruno became more withdrawn and eventually "left", but upon Bruno's return to society their friendship ends up picking right back up where it left off. When Tomás marries into the family and Horacio tags along, he and Bruno spend a good amount of their time having tea and playing cards as old men tend to do.

The rest under the cut to spare the poor dashboards out there!

The Patch:

The Patch, or El Parche, is the group name I use to refer to Camilo's small group of older friends, including Tomás (as introduced in the previous post). They're childhood friends; as a unit and individually they're all well-liked young men within their peers and the community as a whole, decently popular in different ways. They initially were meant to be unnamed background characters whose designs were pulled from random Encantownies, but I accidentally got attached to them and now they all have proper designs and development. Such is my life.--

Cristián Vargas, Rafael Molina, Santiago Torres, Tomás Herrera

Santiago (22) is the oldest not only of the friend group but of his own siblings, of which he's got 6 younger sisters and brothers. He's the designated 'mom friend' by nature, easily slotting into leadership positions and able to keep a handle on multiple goings-on at once. That said he very much is a mother hen type, a bit fussy and prone to scolding his siblings and friends (usually Rafael) whenever they start steering towards bad decisions.

Tomás and Santi are usually on the same page when it comes to caution and forethought, contrasting with Rafa and Cris's more go-with-the-flow attitudes. Santi's compassionate nature makes it easy for him to pick up on what Tomás is feeling without him voicing it, taking it upon himself to either make decisions based on what Tomás would most prefer or urging the others to do so instead. Tomás appreciates Santi looking out for him, feeling it alleviates pressure off of his own shoulders when he's unsure of what to do.

Rafael (21) is the most boisterous of all of them, the beacon of activity and extroversion to balance out his more subdued companions. He's a risk-taker and extremely liberal-minded about topics that usually wouldn't be openly bragged out, often leading to Santi urging him to keep it down (which will inevitably be ignored or expanded upon specifically to make Santi flustered).

His loud and brash personality clashes with Tomás's reserved ways, but the two have a unique bond despite the expected incompatibility; Rafael is not at all discouraged by Tomás's quietness and Tomás isn't put off by Rafael's brazenness. They both think the other is easy to communicate with - Tomás never has to guess what Rafa's feelings are and Rafa likes Tomás's predilection for being a listening ear.

Cristián (20) is far old enough now to have an identity and social circle separate to those of his twin brother César, but when he was a young child he used to be very shy and hesitant to leave his brother's side. When Santi and Rafa became his friends it was the first time he felt comfortable with something (or someone) that was more or less his own - so when his new friends started chatting with Tomás he felt a little threatened. Fears of abandonment were unfounded though, as not only did his friends not dump him in favor of the New Kid, but he very quickly realized why they liked Tomás and ended up getting attached to him too.

As adults they have similar mellow temperaments and get along quite nicely, though Cris's vastly improved self-assurance has made him a lot more laidback and unflappable than the more organized and prim Tomás. Tomás admires Cris's ability to be both steadfast and considerate, unwavering in what he believes in but knowing when to handle situations with delicateness and care.

When Camilo entered the picture and turned the Patch into a five-man-band, all four of the older members collectively decided that he was more or less their joint little brother. Santiago attempts to provide Camilo with proper advice and look out for him in ways an older brother should, which often means trying to make sure Rafael keeps his crude language in check around him. Rafael usually does not, taking a completely different approach to being and older brother and totally enabling Camilo's mischievous nature. Cristián is somewhere in the middle, oftentimes siding with Santi or Rafa purely based on what he think would have the most entertaining result.

Beyond this though Cris is a unique source of understanding for Camilo, as Cris is the only other person he knows who doesn't experience romantic attraction for anyone and has no interest in dating. He could have asked Bruno, of course, but solidarity feels a little better coming from someone close to his own age rather than his quirky hermit uncle.--

Cris, Santi and Rafa are the older brothers to Cecilia, Alejandra and Juancho (the town kids) respectively.

Other relationships to Encantownies include:

Santi and Alejandra have five other siblings, and José (the tall fellow Camilo shifts into near the start of the movie) is their tío. Osvaldo is a tío to Rafael and Juancho, as well as their teenaged sister. Cris's parents are seen bringing Cecilia into Casita before Antonio's ceremony, and his twin brother César is the young man who asks Luisa to help upright his leaning house.

Other OCs:

Claudia Reyes (19) is the young lady with the drum seen during The Family Madrigal, whose family owns the music shop they're playing in front of. Beside her are her brother-in-law on the left and her father on the right.

She's Rafael's long-time girlfriend, on his same wavelength of open-mindedness and free spirit. They've been in a strange will-they-won't-they situation since they were teenagers, with Rafael playing it off like they're not all that serious and just messing around. Everyone knows Rafa's totally full of it and is head over heels for her though, including Claudia who's more or less just waiting for him to finally get around to proposing. They're going to have at least 4 kids together.

She knows the rest of the Patch more or less as her boyfriend's friends, but there's still rapport between them and Claudia's more than welcome to hang with the boys whenever she wants. On top of that, she's also Luisa's good friend who oftentimes will suggest Luisa try out outrageous things in an effort to push her out of her comfort zone.

The town librarian, usually referred to as the Maestro, is an enigmatic yet helpful figure in town whose mission in life is the sharing of knowledge. They can be considered everyone's friend, though like Horacio they have a kinship with Bruno that goes back quite a few years. All perfectly platonic, mind you! Additionally, given Lucía's history of volunteering in the library, the Maestro also is on good terms with the Herrera family and still keeps in touch with Horacio pretty regularly.

And I think those are the most notable relationships to get into for now! Up next will be the AU posts, and... boy, do I have a lot of those. 🫠

#encanto oc event #encanto oc appreciation #encanto ocs #haato art #friend art #tomás herrera #cristián vargas #santiago torres #rafael molina #claudia reyes #encanto librarian #horacio herrera #lucía herrera #also there's hints of my headcanon that camilo (and bruno) are aroace in here

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alainapaloosa2 · 2 years

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Guess who’s back with another one of these

#violetta #violetta castillo #natalia vidal #Andrés calixto #leon vargas #maxi ponte #camila torres #ludmila ferro #federico paccini #francesca caviglia #diego hernandez #broduey silvia #Tomás Heredia #marco Tavelli #alignment chart #accurate enough lol

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dosestrellasbinarias · 2 years

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auditions watching:

tomás' x diego's

#violetta parallels #violetta #season 1 #season 2 #violetta castillo #ludmila ferro #francesca caviglia #camila torres #tomás heredia #diego hernandez

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anadelacalle · 2 years

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EL DUELO: SUBJETIVO Y PROPIO, DESDE LA TANATOLOGÍA EXISTENCIAL. "LA HABITACION VACÍA"

EL DUELO: SUBJETIVO Y PROPIO, DESDE LA TANATOLOGÍA EXISTENCIAL. “LA HABITACION VACÍA”

Aún estando en tiempo de descanso de publicar en el blog y teniendo en cuenta que hay eventos que tenía comprometidos, me parece de sumo interés compartir con vosotros la presentación que el Dr. Oswaldo Loera hizo de su libro “La habitación vacía”. En este Loera desarrolla su tanatología fenomenológica existencial, o en términos más sencillos, su percepción de cómo acompañar las experiencias de…

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#Ana de Lacalle #ESPECIALES CLUB MUNDIAL DE FILOSOFÍA #FRANCISCO TOMÁS GONZÁLEZ CABAÑAS. SANDRA MASSIERI #JOEL ROMAN #Jorge de la Torre #LA HABITACIÓN VACÍA #OSWALDO LOERA #SANDRA MASSIERI #TANATOLOGÍA FENOMENOLÓGICA EXISTENCIAL

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thecubanartobserver · 1 year

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Exposición “Las once mil vírgenes”, Colectiva

Exposición Las once mil vírgenes Colectiva 10.12.2021 Galería Taller Corral Falso 259 14 Bienal de La Habana La obra pedagógica de Antonia Eiriz marcó una generación de artistas plásticos cubanos. Esos mismos, a los que imagino, se les apretó el corazón cuando recibieron la solicitud de Tomás Nuñez-Johny de crear obras sobre una base de papier maché. Me ubico entonces en aquellos años donde…

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arcane-yet-mundane · 2 years

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#Tomás Hernández Torres #Élan Vital #graphic novel #oc art

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angelofviscera · 30 days

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in every lifetime

1, 5, 8 & 13b we're in love, boygenius / 2 & 11 untitled, li hui / 3 & 17 hold my hand, wild pink & julien baker / 4 untitled (cropped), lee kyutae / 6 untitled, @/_dagou / 7 untitled (cropped), li hui / 9 queer love forever (cropped), thea elder / 10 nature loves diversity; society hates it, li hui / 12 & 14 love train, tomás q. morín / 13a & 13e untitled, @/_dagou / 13c untitled, li hui / 13d & 19 last forest, torres / 15 untitled, Фотограф Казань / 16 I love you - nyc, justin lee jamison / 18 untitled, zoe cavaro

#my web weaves #web weave #web weaving #web weaves #paralells #boygenius #torres #art #photography #lucy dacus #julien baker

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elbiotipo · 6 months

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Viajaste de 2023 al Buenos Aires Biopunk de 2143? Uy, que garrón. Dejá que yo te guío, no te preocupes.

Esa cosa que ves en todos los souvenirs? Es la Torre del Tricentenario. Es como una torre de biocristal en forma de hebra de ADN montada en el Río de La Plata, un kilómetro de alto tiene. La más alta de Sudamérica. Bueno, aparte del ascensor espacial de los brasileros.

Toda esa gente rara? No seas malo. Ah, vos decís las escamas, las plumas, las colas? Sí, ponele que es medio como los tatuajes en tu época. Es la moda. Bueno, vas a ver más que nada a la gente vieja que quedó del biopunk original, y algunos pibes de ahora con eso, a mucha gente no le gusta joder con esas cosas ahora. Que es biopunk? A ver, como te explico...

Sí, casi todo el centro es peatonal. No hay tantos autos. Ah, esos coatíes? Las cotorras y los carayá? Son personas, moreaus, animales con inteligencia por modificación genética. No les vayas a decir animales. Son ciudadanos de la Confederación, chamigo. Sí, el delfín también.

Confederación? La Confederación Argentina, obvio? Ah, a ver, como te explico. Bueno, por allá por los 80, cuando reprimieron la comuna porteña, el Buenos Aires carmesí, la gobernadora Alegre... che, estás escuchando?

Obvio que se vende Guaraná Antártica por todos lados. La Coca Cola? No la hacen más desde el Ecocidio. Creo que hay una fábrica que quedó en Córdoba, pero no sé si es el mismo gusto...

DESPUÉS TE EXPLICO LO QUE ES EL ECOCIDIO CHE UN PASO AL VEZ

No, no es gendarme, es GENEdarme, porque están con todo el tema de la genética viste. No les digas Robocop. Son los del SENA. Servicio Ecológico Nacional Argentino. No, a los perros no les gusta que les acaricien, te lo van a decir. Sí, también son ciudadanos. Sí, son bien yuta.

Esas lianas y los árboles están para decoración y para las cotorras, sí, pero también limpian el aire de patógenos. Tranqui, vos estás en área segura. Buenos Aires es una de las ciudades más seguras del planeta.

Igual, por las dudas, comprate un barbijo. Tomá, 20 australes te deben alcanzar, no?

La UBA? Que, un vino? Ah, la UNBA. Sí, mirá, en los 80,

Esos bichos son las langostas del SENA. Y son como mitad helicóptero, mitad bicho. Claro, claro, algo así como los del Half Life! Juegazo. Salió la parte 5 hace poco, sabías?

Era todo avenida esto, podés creer? Mirá lo que es el Parque 9 de Julio ahora. Acá están todos los biopunks, bueno, para los turistas. Uy, mirá, mirá, los coatíes están haciendo una coreo! Dejales un par de australes.

Había un McDonalds en el Obelisco? Ah, como en las pelis viejas? No, no existe más eso.

El grafiti? Sí, son Evita y CFK. Las otras dos? La Dra. Alegre, obvio, y la del casco es Valeria Martínez, primer argentina en el espacio. El Dibu? Ah, me parece que es la nieta che.

La bandera esa es del Tawantinsuyu. Unión Andina, si no te sale el nombre. No, no son los incas, bueno, tienen esa onda... a ver, antes eran Perú y Bolivia. Son de izquierda, me parece. Sí, los equipos de fútbol siguen existiendo.

Independiente no gana nada desde el siglo pasado, pero creen que esta vez sí. Cuantas copas tenemos? A ver, si contamos el mundial de Cataluña, s-MIRÁ EL YACARÉ, siempre quise tener uno de mascota!

No, no podemos ir a Boulogne. No existe más.

No me importa si tu casa estaba ahí. Mirá, ya sé que lo de las "áreas restrictas" parece de película, pero en serio, no vayas.

Ah, no, está bien si le decís Capital, muchos se confunden. La nueva está en el sur. Sí, antes era Viedma, como sabías? Manejas toda la data vos, eh?

De que laburo? Ah, yo hago hormonas para mantener el sistema de lianas municipal. Sí, está bueno. Mi novia estudia astrobiología. A ver, si te digo que encontramos aliens te vas a desmayar también? Jajaja. No, es joda, joda. Pero sí. Los encontramos. No, están, como a 1000 años luz, no te preocupes. Bueno, dicen que en Titán...

Bueno che, te dejo que descanses acá. Este es uno de los mejores árboles de la ciudad, ombú bien pampeano y seguro, vos tranquilo. Lo atiende un par de cotorras super buena onda. Deciles que te canten algo de tu época, tipo los Wachiturros, por ahí te agarra la nostalgia.

#cosas mias #soft biopunk #nada de esto es una parodia todo es lore y canon (excepto que no sé si son australes o otra moneda)

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ohmotherwhereartthou-if · 5 months

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NSFW ask dear author (for when you return)

RO Reaction to MC sending a courier to their home or work with a private letter, a sexy yet scandalous portrait of MC with it saying “missing you rn;)”

The courier doesn’t know they’ve been used as the first iMessage for dirty text😭

Congrats,

This made me laugh so hard it's going to be part on the actual story.

Here's a snippet of how I think the RO's would react.

Slight NSFW Ahead. Better safe than sorry.

We are going to assume all sexual activity happens a few years into the relationship and everyone is an adult at that point.

Cassandra: Excitedly opens it as soon as it's given to her by a maid.

Has the portrait of MC's posing all scandalous facing towards her and her smile drops.

She turns stone cold and calmly places the photo faced down on a table, she then tells the maid she's excused. Once she's out of the room she proceeds to melt and let out her pent up groan of frustration/flusteredness.

She lives with her dad, where tf is she supposed to put this???

Valeria: She foolishly told her mom to open the package and tell her what the letter said because her hands were dirty from baking and she was excited to see what MC had written/gave her. Her mom excitedly opened the letter and first started reading with enthusiasm; only to sound more confused as she opened the package and then just abruptly stop functioning.

When Valeria asks what wrong, her mom asked if sending risque portraits was a norm for you two and Valeria screamed out "HUH?".

Expect an awkward conversation the next time you meet Mrs. Torres.

Tomás: Opens the letter and then the package, he proceeds to have a silent conversation with God to please help him not get a instant boner in front of a total stranger. He will be placing this portrait in a large locked box; to which he will be revisiting, often.

Ludovica: Happily opens the letter and package; seriously, words cannot even begin to describe the sound that leaves her. Her face is bright red and she stutters uncontrollably when her maid asks her if she's okay.

Only she sees the portrait too and gets ushered away out of the room quickly when she stares a little too long at the image of MC.

Aurelio: Is working in his study when a servant brings the letter and package, he leans back in his chair and happily opens it. Makes an 'Ooh~' sound and waves the worker off, he pops the portrait into a frame and puts a label on it called 'Motivation'.

He then makes haste to call in some favors, MC should know better than to start anything with this man. Everything becomes an instant challenge of who can out-do who; and he's about to send you what's the equivalent of 1890's nudes.

This is why we can't have nice things.

Elio: Put's the package in the attic because it's too big to actually put in the effort of opening it; takes the letter and puts it on his desk.

Where he forgets about it until you come back and ask him if he got your letter and package. To which, this asshole remembers he never read or opened it and says "You sent me something?"

MC now gets to worry about a lost portrait of them posed all scandalously, somewhere out in the world.

#omwat #ask #ludovica #aurelio #cassandra #elio #tomas #valeria

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the-masked-artist05 · 3 months

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I sometimes had the urge to pat Nyx in the head also hugging them too, but I am short even though I'am in a average height.

(I wanna pat Tomas too but I am much sacred he'll possibly chase me with a weapon. As for Katherine I don't think she's ever going to allowed it soo-)

Anyways I gonna eat your art now :)

Lmaoo same but this did give an idea! Also- MY ART!!

Nyx:

Tomás:

Kathrine (+ a new character, "Clementine"):

#art #my art #digital art #cowboy #blood moon lagoon #oc #my oc #nyx evander #tomás torres #kathrine cawthorne #clementine <<???>>#western #wild west #comics #web comic #uhhh what other yeehaw tags are there??? idk #anyways backgrounds are fun and painful :'D

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hearttohaato · 11 months

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Happy pride month! Had this done for a while but decided to post it right at the very end--. Featuring a few of my Encanto OCs who fall somewhere under the umbrella 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

Bonus:

#haato art #encanto ocs #santiago torres #cristián vargas #rafael molina #claudia reyes #encanto librarian #tomás herrera #I've finally settled on Santi being a biromantic homosexual - he could feasibly fall in love with a lady but physically he's into guys #Cris is an aroace king #Rafa and Claudia are bi for bi #and the Maestro is neither man nor woman #Tomás is just there to support his friends :]

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beardedmrbean · 2 months

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A mayor was shot dead at a restaurant in Mexico on Saturday, the regional prosecutor's office said, the latest politically related killing in the country plagued by violence and organized crime.

Guillermo Torres, 39, and his 14-year-old son were attacked at a restaurant in Morelia, the capital of western Michoacan state, the prosecutor's office said in a statement. His son survived.

He was elected mayor of Michoacan's Churumuco municipality as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 2022, but recently quit the party and publically voiced sympathy for the ruling Morena, according to local media.

Torres is the latest politician to be murdered in Mexico in the run-up to the presidential elections on June 2, in which 20,000 local and federal positions and the entire Congress will be voted on.

Two mayoral candidates were murdered on February 26: Miguel Angel Zavala Reyes and Armando Perez Luna of the Morena and National Action Party, respectively.

Last month, prosecutors in southern Mexico said that mayoral candidate

Tomás Morales was killed in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero.

Between June 4, 2023, and March 26 this year, 50 people have been murdered in "episodes of electoral violence", 26 of them aiming for popular seats, according to a report by the Laboratorio Electoral think tank.

Mexico's drug cartels have often focused assassination attempts on mayors and mayoral candidates, in a bid to control local police or extort money from municipal governments.

Michoacan state, Mexico's main avocado-producing region, is the scene of constant fighting between organized crime groups, including the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

Last month, a state police officer was reportedly decapitated and her two bodyguards were killed in a highway attack in Michoacan.

Also in March, three farmers were killed by a bomb apparently planted in Michoacan. That came just days after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged that an improvised explosive device killed at least four soldiers in what he called a "trap" likely set by a cartel in Michoacan.

Killings and abductions are daily occurrences in Mexico, where nearly 450,000 people have been murdered since 2006 in a spiral of drug-related violence, according to official data.

#nunyas news #thanks obama

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eusouevangelica-eusouevangelico · 8 months

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A Bíblia e o Suicídio

Tema 3: Rei Zinri (1 Re 16:18)

Zinri era um dos comandantes do exército do rei de Israel Elá. Elá estava na cidade de Tirza e fazia o que era mal aos olhos de Deus. O Senhor enviou o profeta Jeú para dizer-lhe que não permaneceria no poder porque não O obedecia, mas afastava ainda mais o povo DEle (1Re 16:1-4). Zinri foi o servo usado para cumprir a palavra de Deus. Pois quando o rei Elá estava em uma festa na casa de um de seus servos na cidade de Tirza, embriagando-se, foi surpreendido e morto por Zinri.

Zinri não somente assassinou seu rei, como também ao chegar no palácio matou toda a descendência de Baasa, pai de Elá, assim cumprindo toda a profecia dita por Jeú, servo de Deus. Depois disso o exército ouviu o ocorrido e a autoproclamação de Zinri como rei de Israel, e foi à Tirza para tomá-la e matar Zinri. Pelo que vendo que a cidade foi tomada correu para a torre do palácio e ateou fogo nela com ele dentro. Zinri reinou somente oito dias em Israel, pois embora tenha sido usado para cumprir a vontade do Senhor não foi aprovado por Ele.

Zinri não foi aprovado porque sua intenção não era para cumprir a vontade de Deus e sim para cumprir o desejo de seu coração que era ser poderoso na terra, visto que não era para o bem da nação, mas para si próprio. A ganância que possuía era usada para diminuir o vazio de seu coração e quando percebeu que perderia o que mais amava, ateou fogo no palácio e se suicidou, pois se não fosse para ele não seria de outro.

Zinri é o exemplo de que se você colocar qualquer coisa ou pessoa no coração para ocupar o lugar que, na verdade, pertence a Deus assinará uma carta para a ruína. Isso ocorre, muitas vezes, em situações de luto, carência, falta de amor próprio ou de medo, em que a falta daquilo que se quer é maior do que o entendimento da grandeza do amor e do zelo de Deus. Por isso se você estiver perdendo algo ou alguém, não temas, mas confie no Senhor que te sara e consola.

Quando Deus é a base, você não perderá a alegria na vida porque ainda que sua perda seja irreparável, a alegria virá sempre ao amanhecer na esperança de que o problema não significa a ausência de Deus.

Se você ajustar seu foco em direção aos céus, suas emoções não serão baseadas nas circunstâncias externas e sim na vontade de Deus. E mesmo que esta vontade seja diferente do que você planejou, agradecerá por ela porque saberá que ela é boa, perfeita e agradável para você (1Ts 5:18; Rm 12:2). Ela resulta em sua salvação porque a vontade de Deus é esta: que Cristo não perca nenhum de todos aqueles que Lhe foram dados, mas que Ele o ressuscite no último dia (Jo 6:39).

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Upcoming series: Ena

In September, the filming of Ena began, a biographical series that will focus on the life of Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, queen of Spain through her marriage to Alfonso XIII between May 31, 1906 and April 14, 1931, after being the monarchy deposed later by the proclamation of the Second Republic. Great-grandmother of the current king Philip VI of Spain, of whom she was godmother at his baptism. Throughout six chapters, the series will tell the life of Victoria Eugenie and at the same time offer a portrait of a time that changed the world, the first half of the 20th century, from 1905 to 1945. Born on October 24, 1887 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Ena was the daughter of Henry of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her godmother was Eugenia de Montijo, empress consort of France as Napoleón III's wife. The name of the series comes from what her friends and family called her since she was little, Ena.

The fiction is based on the novel of the same name by Pilar Eyre. Javier Olivares, who was behind the acclaimed Isabel and El Ministerio del Tiempo, will be the showrunner and plot manager for Ena. In addition to Olivares, the script is written by Isa Sánchez, Daniel Corpas and Pablo Lara Toledo. The series will be directed entirely by women: Anaïs Pareto, director of the series as a whole, in addition to four episodes, and Estel Díaz, who will direct two episodes.

“Ena is the portrait of historical moments that seem distant but are not so far away, because without them we would not understand the times we live in now,” Olivares declares in the press release sent by TVE. The writer and screenwriter remembers that Victoria Eugenie “fought to be happy in a bitter time, in which she witnessed two world wars, a civil war and a great pandemic, the tortuously called Spanish flu.”

For Pilar Eyre, author of the novel, she was "an extraordinary woman: cultured, supportive, liberal-minded, modern and very loyal." And she is excited because "finally all Spaniards can know" the story of a "misunderstood" woman. in their time, which they will always consider foreign." It is a fiction co-produced by RTVE with Ena La Serie AIE, La Cometa TV and Zona App. José Pastor, director of Film and Fiction at RTVE, has pointed out that "it is a "RTVE is proud to be able to portray this interesting historical character, from the point of view of two women directors and with Javier Olivares as showrunner, in one of its best series."

The Spanish actress of Anglo-Danish descent Kimberly Tell will play Ena and Joan Amargós will play Alfonso XIII. For her part, Elvira Mínguez will play Maria Christina von Habsburg-Lothringen, mother of Alfonso XIII. The cast is completed by Lucía Guerrero (Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Raúl Mérida (Alfonso of Orleans and Bourbon), Juan Gea (Álvaro Figueroa y Torres, Count of Romanones), María Morales (María del Carmen Angoloti y Mesa, Duchess of Victoria), Pedro Mari Sánchez (Rodrigo de Saavedra y Vinent, Marquis of Villalobar), Luisa Gavasa (Eugenia de Montijo) and Joaquín Notario (José de Saavedra y Salamanca, Marquis of Viana)

Mariano Peña will play Miguel Primo de Rivera; Jaume Madaula will play the anarchist Mateo Morral, author of the attack committed at the royal wedding; Tomás del Estal will be Emilio María de Torres y González-Arnáu, and Ángel Ruiz will once again give life to Federico García Lorca, a character he already played in El Ministerio del Tiempo, among others.

The series will be filmed entirely in natural exteriors and interiors, like the Royal Palace of Madrid, the Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia), the Palace of Santoña (Madrid), the Palace of Fernán Núñez (Madrid), the Fort of San Francisco (Guadalajara) and the Magdalena Palace (Santander), built in 1911 by the City Council as a tribute to the monarchs and where Ena spent a good part of her summers in Spain, accompanied by the Royal Family. Filming for the series will continue until the end of December.

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So, the Magdalena Palace is going to be an important location during the series as a summer palace, the main filming location in Gran Hotel, and in that series Ena appeared in the episode 3×13, played by Aída Filx.

Apart from that, are we getting an Olivaresverse (XD)? Most likely not, and it's just references about his previous works as a showrunner, but there are connections between Isabel, Emdt and Ena: Michelle Jenner starring Isabel as Isabella I of Castile, then appearing in a couple of scenes in Emdt episode 1×04 and being an important figure in the lore as the foundress of the ministry (& Eusebio Poncela playing as Cisneros in both series, and also he played Cisneros in the film La Corona Partida and the Carlos Rey Emperador series); Alfonso XIII is a descendant of Isabella I of Castile; Ángel Ruiz appeard as Lorca in Emdt in 4 episodes and now he is on Ena playing as Lorca again, we don't know yet how much screentime he will get or which will his role be (secondary character most likely), but it's great to see more about him!

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