#BFM oc: Elena

[butterfrogmantis]

I've been holding onto Matador since I got back from Barcelona months ago and here he FINALLY is. And also another newbie!

Matador Smurf:

-Ironically very anti killing. He just wants to show off more than anything. Can usually subdue large or dangerous animals into crashing into walls and stuff quite well but he's a noble heart, will never go for the kill. IS a skilled fencer for other sapient opponents when it's fair. Would fight Don more but Don's a swashbuckling kind of hero whilst Matador sticks to fencing rules and would probably lose in a real swordfight.

-The Barcelonian! From the Catalonia region of Spain. Knows both mainland Spanish and Catalonian but tends to use Catalonian to P off Elena who only knows mainland Spanish … bit of a cultural rivalry there XD

-As bad as Smooth for flirting with everything that moves. Actually that includes Smooth too. It's a flirt off. And by that I mean dating but not. It's similar to Smooth and Slammy, both are wayyy too non committal to settle down but after Smooth's 174758th rejection from Jokey and when Slammy is back to doing his part time dating of the band Smooth can usually be found crawling back to Matador

SmurfHemlock:

-Born SmurfSunflower (Sunny) was a shy kid who disliked the other typical grove activities like archery and dance. Thought she didn't really fit in with anyone and would usually just be found down by the swamp poking stuff with sticks. She had one friend tho, a friend she thought was just as weird. SmurfRafflesia was obsessed with the undead and paranormal, and through her admiration of her, Sunflower came to enjoy these things too, finding beauty in death and wanting to preserve it somehow.

-Teenage Sunflower takes on a goth not-phase and changes her name to Hemlock (Sunflower was so … preppy!) and begins to study the art of taxidermy. Still regarded as one of the black sheeps of the grove but she minds it much less now - she kind of revels in the solitude. Begins developing a fairly big crush on Rafflesia before one day … Raff just goes missing out of the blue. It breaks Hemlock's heart and she sinks further into the loner persona. Also some weird demon got out somewhere but Papa and Willow took care of that.

-Lol JK Raff isn't gone forever, she shows up one day as a ghost and claims some Archaeologist from the guy village found her and whoops she's been gone for a century what did she miss haha. Well Hemlock is PISSED. I mean who does that? Esp/ since Rafflesia admits she wasn't even trapped she was just vibing in the mausoleum Archie found her in (Raff and Archie are a bit similar in that way, they're both married to their work and can be a bit self absorbed in it at times)

-Anyway Hemlock's been doing great w/ her taxidermy all this time. She's very careful and only sources natural deaths or kills … but may adopt elderly insects with some ulterior motives. At least she's good to em and they get a very comfortable end of life before becoming art pieces. Go figure. She's made up w/ Raff, it is pretty cool to have a ghost friend after all, and apparently Rafflesia also made some new friends in the village - holy shit is that a talking skeleton?? That's pretty goth.

-Skelly groans internally. Yet more admirers. Will he 'ere be rid of his fans ("Shut up Skelly")

Smooth (c) The Smurfs

Matador, Elena, Rafflesia and Hemlock are mine

[butterfrogmantis]

Hi hello I am back from my Spanish adventure, booo I wanted to stay

I think I'm like … technically just in time for this since it's the night of Nov 1st-Nov 2nd but I think it depends where it is and also I was actually IN Spain yesterday so I couldn't draw - actually Barcelona are apparently holding their celebrations this weekend (4th) but the cemetery there was absolutely stunning as were all of the Día de los Muertos decorations, tributes and costumes going on that I was able to see in the short time I was there.

And you know, that said I love researching holiday's from other religions/cultures and I draw Tailor's family for Jewish holiday's so it feels apt to continue with character's and their culture who I believe it applies to (I know most franchises including Smurfs just use main characters on their posts but for mine I specifically wanted the Spanish/Hispanic ocs and also SmurfHoney who I hc as Mexican) Elena is European Spanish and SmurfGadget is Mexican (specifically from Jalisco) and there may be an upcoming Catalonian oc I brought back as an idea in my brain from Barcelona but he doesn't exist yet, fear not you may meet him soon teehee

Skelly is American (human AU wise came from Baltimore if that means anything) but is a skeleton and perhaps more importantly is technically dead. Well no technically he's undead and whilst that probably goes the 180 to the traditions of day of the dead which is more about remembering those not with you in person, it wasn't his fault, and his friends love him enough to want him to know he's appreciated and loved and remembered in whatever state of death he's in regardless - not to mention he has his own personal ties - everyone Skelly knew in life including his sister has passed on since and he's lost his memories of most of them - so I think Skelly would love talking to these 3 and even if he can't remember everything important about his loved ones he remembers his sister's face and knows she must have been dear to him, and believes holding on to that remembrance is the most important part ❤️

Elena, Skelly and SmurfGadget are mine

SmurfHoney (c) The Smurfs