#back in azteca

[make-dragonspyre-great-again]

FUUUUUUCK

[thedeceasedgod]

Holy shit tis one of the Centzon Tōtōchtin

[steve-brules-rules]

Brb busy getting my heart fucking ripped out by the ending of Novus

[extravalgant]

playing arc 2 feels like this

[kitkat13001]

if i was in jjk they would make so many brat edits of me to 365

[jingler]

Wizard101 Pov: you're scrolling on spiralblr some point around arc 2

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👀 lail-brighteyes Follow

I'm never going on a field trip again THEY PUT ME IN A FUCKIBG ZOO

🌈 gayrizzleheim Follow

A field trip to a zoo doesn't seem too bad??

👀 lail-brighteyes Follow

No you misheard me. I'm not at the zoo, I'm in the zoo. As in, I'm in one of the cages and people are taking pictures of me.

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🏡 chillin-like-a-titon Follow

Can there stop being attacks on the spiral for FIVE FUCKING MINUTES????

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✅️ wiz-polls-daily Follow

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🪦 is-malistaire-dead-yet Follow

YES.

🪦 is-malistaire-dead-yet Follow

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

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🌋 spawnofhellhound Follow

Idk if I'm just dumb but I truly don't understand colonization in the spiral. Like you travel through time and space and through the stars and find an entirely different world doing just fine and you say, "that's mine now" ???????

🕶 beyondbonetts-deactivated

spiralblr simplifying and overexageratting other worlds' problems. why am I not surprised.

🐠 luckyhooker Follow

🕶 beyondbonetts-deactivated

NOT WHAT WE'RE CALLED

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⚰️ wolf-deathsinger Follow

stopped by the back of ravenwood for the first time in a while and malorn ashthorn was there still lmao I guess it makes sense for the younger students to be taught there so they don't have to go all the way to nightside but what a flashback

☠️ malice-and-ash Follow

If you think I'm mentally prepared to take on the real world after Ravenswood you got another thing coming. I'm guarding that pit til I die.

⚰️ wolf-deathsinger Follow

ok first of all didnt know you have spiralblr hi second of all does....does ambrose know you're still squatting there teaching the younger students?

☠️ malice-and-ash Follow

Titan knows. I don't think that man leaves his office. I get a sack of gold each month but I think gamma is in charge of finance.

🧙‍♂️ wizardstrong456 Follow

The owl? That's why my student loans got fucked up 🤦‍♂️

🪸 coral-oceanswimmer Follow

ew, what is a specieist doing here

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🕶 beyondbonetts-deactivated

I am sick and tired of all you pretend activists calling me marleyboner. It's literally a slur. Idc if you think it's funny to shit on worlds you deem ~problematic~ but disrespecting an entire world's name like that is unacceptable.

🪩 spiral-gayte Follow

this you?

👑 amul3twh0re Follow

i love posts where you can see exactly why the op is deactivated

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🦀 underdaseamen Follow

listen i have nothing against wizards visiting celestia but if you do can you please use a mount that makes sense for the area. yall have no idea how terrifying it is when you leave your house with your crab friends and a fucking horse starts swimming toward you.

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🐷 randolf-spellshine Follow

about to go fight this wizard in the spiral cup ill post the video later

🐷 randolf-spellshine Follow

i got my ass beat bruh im not posting that shit

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🦋 ladyorielfan23 Follow

Why we should have expected the y**ng w*z*rd destroying Azteca (part 1)

yw crit under the cut

i have to put something here but i do not have the energy to write an entire essay from ladyorielfan23's perspective so imagine a super angry rant here about how problematic the young wizard is omg why would you say that ladyorielfan23 also my apologies for fucking up the lore in the last dashboard simulator i have no idea what this game's plot is

[writingoddess1125]

Got some Bite

Alejandro Vargas x GNReader

Weird Funny Idea I had lol 😆 Sorry

Support me on Kofi

⚠️ Warnings : ⚠️ Nonthing really? Bad language-

Let's see..

Pushing 120$ and in for the last 2 hours-

You grunt to yourself, Not the worse but can certainly do better. Shoving the cash in your apron as you restocked it with a few other pens and napkins- However the smell of Bath and Bodyworks perfume smacked your face and you bad to suppress the want to make a smart comment.

Eli one of the waitresses who had the front section leaned over grabbing some napkins and looking at you with her fake smile as normal.

Silently praying she would just shut the fuck up and leave you be-

However your prayers were never one to be answered-

"You know~ If you werent such a.." She waved her hand as if to find the words.

"Raging Asshole" You hear Bruce say as he walks past the two of you with his trays, Glaring at him sharply as he slipped by.

"Ah thank you Bruce, Raging Asshole- You would have way more tips. I'm already pushing 300 tonight" She says with false sweetness, You roll your eyes and look to her.

"Well I don't show off that tramp stamp everytime you bend over or giggle at every dirty joke like you, Guess that work as a stripper really paid off- no?"

She gave you some side eye as she pulled down the back of her shirt a little.

"Well you can a least smile a bit, You're cute afterall" Eli chimed, Tapping under your chin which you pulled from her touch quickly.

"Shove it up your ass-"

You grumbled as Eli laughed and walked off- You glancing around to make sure your stations were filled and no one needed anything at the moment.

That’s when you spotted him.

Seated in the far corner, close to the window, was a man who didn’t quite fit in with the usual crowd. He wasn’t here for the food you could tell just by the way he sat, back straight, eyes scanning the outside more than the menu in front of him.

You knew he was military- They were easy to spot afterall.

Still, he was in your section, and you had a job to do.

You grabbed your notepad from your apron and made your way over, stopping infront of his table. "Hey there, what can I get you?"

He barely glanced at you, waving a hand as if to brush you away. "Not now, cariño." His voice was low, distracted, as if you were an afterthought.

You stared at him for a second before your lips curled into a frown.

Oh Hell No-

You smack your notepad on the table hard stance shifting as you leveled him with a look. "You sit at my table for the last 30 minutes, in my section, and think you can brush me off like that? Either order something or fuck off"

That made him blink in surprise and even jump a bit at both the loud smack of the notepad and your stern voice. For a second, he just blinked at you, caught between irritation and… something else? But clearly surprised by you and the rather- interesting customer service you provided.

"Well?" you prompted, tapping your pen against the notepad quickly.

He straightening in his seat a bit like what he is infront of his superiors "Steak. Medium rare. And uh a beer?"

A slow, satisfied smirk tugged at your lips. "See? That wasn’t so hard, was it?"

You turned on your heel and walked off to put in the order. Alejandro, sat there genuinely confused- Blinking a bit as he had never been snapped back to when he first enlisted and being scolded and honestly- He didn't know how to feel?

Was it refreshing?

Absolutely-

He knew he should be mad?

Yes- But he wasn't?

He couldn't help but let his eyes follow you now- Seeing how you worked with efficiency and clearly sharp. That bite of yours clearly for everyone, which he found oddly attractive.

Alejandro had only been here to track- Having gotten info of a group Barrio Azteca moving chemical weapons throughout the country- Having come across it when on a extraction of a trafficking ring, seemingly a front of what the deeper issue was.

Once informed of the deepening issue of shipments ranging from the United states and over seas- Kate was quick assigning him with TF 141 once more, which lead them to El Paso of all places-? Seeming somewhere in this city was shipping ot even possibly making weapons. Now TF 141 were also scattered to different parts of the city to keep a lookout. However he was fairly sure his targets was closer to this side of town so had requested the team to meet him here as soon as possible.

Weapons like that were always a delicate issue, One wrong move and it could mean wiping whole cities off the map.

However who knew that a little resturant worker would catch his eye this early on- Speaking of...

You march over to him after around 20 minutes setting his food and Beer down infront of him, your hand on your hip as you point at his plate.

"You didn't specify the cut of steak so you got the New York, You didn't specify your side so you got fries and you didn't specify your beer so you got the House Beer"

Alejandro blinked, then a slow smile spread across his face.

Damn. He really liked you.

He locked eyes with you amusement flickering in them as he leaned forward slightly. "You always this decisive, cariño?"

You smirked, crossing your arms. "Only when customers don’t know what they want."

He let out a low chuckle, shaking his head. "Fair enough."

A chuckle leaves you as you pivot to walk off to help your other tables.

"Enjoy your meal soilder" You chime, Alejandro stopping when he prepared to cut into his meal as he looked up at you sharply.

"Wait- How do you know I'm military?" He questioned a bit quickly, You looking back to him with a raised brow. Before pointing to him like a teacher abojt to scold a child.

"First your posture, second your clothes are too neat and well fitted something only military do, the haircut, how your rolled your sleeves and your overly alert. No one picks a corner seat by a window with their back to the wall unless they want to look at everything- And seeing how forward you're seated your likely armed and most likely on Duty"

Alejandro felt like you just stripped him naked and laid him out for everyone to see, Shifting uncomforbly at being so easy to point out.

"Am I wrong?" You ask, Alejandro shaking his head 'No' softly.

"Good- Cause I already applied your military discount. So eat up"

You nod and walk off now, Alejandro couldnt help but let a laugh leave him as he shook his head- Damn you were Good.

Tucking into his meal he kept that smile on his lips, It didn't take long for TF 141 to enter. Walking to his table and taking a seat, Price raising a brow at the happy look from Alejandro.

"You ordered?"

He nodded, Gesturing to you with a fry. "Had to, or I'd be kicked out- or beat up. One of the two it seems"

"You sound way too happy to have been treated like that" Simon gruffed out as he glanced to you, Which made you snap your gaze to them and narrowing your eyes at the group- Clearly throwing Simon off a bit as he jerked his head back a tiny bit and making Soap laugh at the LT micro reaction.

"I am- Won't be surprise if I marry that scary little Server too"

They all look at Alejandro in utter confusion as he smiled to himself like an idiot and ate his steak with a shrug.

"I like when they got a bit of bite to them"

[destiny-dreamwielder]

my classmate just looked at the task bar on my computer and said "wizard101! i used to love that game!" and it took everything in me not to interrupt this class and force her to tell me everything about her experience. what school were you? did you beat malistaire? what was your wizard name? come back and play arc 2 and let me watch you finish azteca.

[thedeceasedgod]

Do you want us to stab dictators like what

[dyvimkisser]

OOOOOOOOH BOY TIME TO YAP ABOUT MY BLORBO

I LOVE Dyvim here. It's just *chefs kiss* fucking perfect. The line? top notch. The VOICE??? The LITTLE COUGHS????? I'm in love.

I remember when I first played through this YEARS ago, I was gobsmacked at this part. Like I could not believe this mouse was already gonna die. Like, I was expecting the narrator to be like "you can't leave him here," or "you need to get help!" No. It's "the wasps are surrounding." Your friend is dying on the ground and the enemy is approaching, you need to run or you'll both die.

and Dyvim is SO READY to give up his life here!! He wants the wizard to go and save himself! Sending him to his people to save them!! His last thoughts here are of his people and who will save them 😭😭😭😭 It's such a good encapsulation of his character. He's determined, compassionate, and a soldier.

OH! And how Diego didn't give a shit. He's like "damn that sucks, go follow that mouse." If the wiz hasn't already started to dislike the Council of Light this is absolutely where it starts.

I don't remember how he gets rescued, I'm sure I'll make another screaming post about it when i get to it, but I think my wiz go back for Dyvim the moment he can. Like, Azteca was a huge turning point for my wiz, and so soon after he's just like "I refuse to be the cause of any more deaths" and does everything to help him. PLUS HE'S A LIFE WIZARD. Bro knows healing, so even if he's at death's door, he thinks he can bring him back, even if he only thinks that because he's coping.

GAHHHH I love this game. It's so good. Krysalis best world.

[extravalgant]

forgot again

i forgot i was paying for a membership .

[veldfulharth]

I love when the devs just say stuff about the lore like it's all casual when it completely reframes how the spiral as a whole is seen. Like the most recent live they showed the demo for ravenwood academy and the camera panned over to the blackboard and it had the magic wheel thing with all of the schools and they said The game takes place before balance magic was discovered which was already wild cus the drakes are supposedly in ravenwood already but the wild thing is that they said the game takes place 50-60 years ago. I'm sorry what? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? I can accept balance magic can spread across the spiral quickly as the spiral likes gossip but.. how does Azteca have balance magic? The world was thought to have been lost in the early spiral but there are enemies and bosses that are of the school. That could be the Aztecasaurs Also discovering it but there's still one thing, the old one's doomed situationship. How on Bartleby's green spiral did quartermane get balance magic? He's been on ice for aeons but still can cast spells like judgement? I know some spells are added to increase the decks, looking at you dyvim, but his whole school couldn't have existed back when the spiral geographic society was founded. I don't know

[ravenwoodalum]

on karamelle, why it sucks, and redeeming azteca's reputation.

I just got to Karamelle for the second time, and good lord. I hadn't forgotten how much I hated it, but it hit me like a wall of bricks. And I'm already preparing myself to marathon it and be fucking done questing here for at least a year.

I think it breaks down like this.

Baby's first workers rights movement/sugary-sweet surveillance state Listen. I know this is a game that doesn't allow for player characters to have much individual impact on the in-game narrative. I know we've had to do errands for cops. I know we work for a war criminal. I KNOW there are flaws in the system. But there's something about the way that Karamelle's set up that makes it all feel so. much. worse. And that's the fact that Karamelle has such a stellar reputation within the Spiral before this. The happiest place in the Spiral, the sweetest treats in the Spiral. Everyone seems to fucking love this place. Almost no one outside of those actually working there seem to understand how corrupt it is. And so the YW is talked down to at every turn, like this is their first exposure to a corrupt environment. And sure, maybe it is within, canon. YW gets isekai'd at a very young age and then made into a child soldier, maybe this is actually the first time in canon that they've been introduced to these concepts. But (and this may just be me) it feels really rude to the player -- who might actually have experience with these ideas -- to make them feel like a fucking idiot with the dialogue options. Karamelle's characters just feel rude.

Oh, so the Gobblers were a fatphobic, Roald Dahl type thing from the start. Cool cool cool. Any of you ever read Roald Dahl's book "The Twits"? It's a very unremarkable story all things considered, except for this bit.

Aside from Roald Dahl's unavoidable history of antisemitism, does this remind you of anything? Honestly, this reminds me of the Gobbblers.

We first meet the Gobblers around level 10 in Wizard City -- creatures driven by consumption. And then we get to Empyrea and hear that the Alphoi -- skinny "civilized" creatures -- can become Gobblers if they eat too much or are unhealthy in their eating habits. Which makes one of our oldest running enemies a loop-around fatphobic thing, ESPECIALLY when we get to them in Karamelle, the home world of the Gobblers. Rosina, especially, just oozes fatphobia and diet culture. The literal vilification of being fat isn't even subtext, it's just text.

The Old One, The Cabal, and what to do when your escape from the world ends up shoving what you were escaping from right back in your face. When I was in sophomore year of college, fall of 2019, I had one of the worst mental health periods of my life. Antisemitism was fucking everywhere, I was always a moment away from a panic attack, and it felt like no one understood. While I'm lucky in the fact that I was able to get an official diagnosis for genetically inherited PTSD, alongside the reassurance that I wasn't fucking crazy, there was a period when I just needed to go home for a moment. So when I was going back to my dorm from the dining hall to make sure all my stuff was ready to go, I opened up tumblr and made a post on a long-gone RP sideblog I had for the Swedish Chef (y'know, from The Muppets? long story), and before I'd even gotten halfway across campus, I'd received threatening and violent messages from someone RPing as Borat, which only got worse when they realized they were talking to an actual Jewish person.

That escape from reality didn't even last five fucking minutes before the horrors I was trying to avoid found me.

Now, Wizard101 has always been a source of comfort for me. I made my account fourteen years ago, and I do not know what my life would look like if I hadn't done that. There are flaws with this game, yes, sure, but over the past five years (since I got a wiz compatible laptop) I've developed a bit of a reliance on it to get me through the horrors. No better form of escapism.

But no art form is free of the horrors.

And Wizard101 has the fucking Cabal and Old One.

The Cabal within the fiction of Wizard101 is a secret, nefarious organization pulling the strings on events across the Spiral, controlling history from the shadows. This term literally originates in antisemitic conspiracy theory, with the term 'cabal' originating from the term for Jewish mysticism, 'kabbalah'. And I promise you, you've heard plenty of applications of this conspiracy theory in real life too. It feeds into the idea that Jews (or 'global elite') control the government, the media, the banks.

And then, we get to the man in control of it all. The Old One. Whether or not this was intended, he's a walking, talking antisemitic caricature. The octopus as a symbol for the mythical Elders of Zion is a longstanding dogwhistle (see attached for a guide to this and many other visual dogwhistles). "Oh, he's based on H.P. Lovecraft-" So he's based on the works of a famous racist and antisemite, cool cool cool.

It's just exhausting, walking through a world that is so clearly modeled after Germany and other parts of eastern Europe, and finding antisemitism around every corner. And even more exhausting considering it's almost impossible to tell if they meant to do it. Antisemitism is so fucking ingrained in the world at this point that I don't actually know what they meant to do here, what they did maliciously or out of ignorance, or if any of it was put in with the purpose of turning it on its head. Over the past few years, it has become glaringly obvious that a lot of people don't realize when they're running across antisemitism, or even taking part in it. Including people I really thought would know better.

Side note. For those of you who know I see Dasein as Jewish, you may be wondering how I balance that out with the antisemitic nature of The Old One, since they share a physical form. I think of it like this. Dasein did not choose The Old One. He did not choose to resemble that, but he can attempt to reclaim it. Dasein's Judaism comes not from the resemblance he holds to the hatred that haunts us, but from the love that keeps us going. He questions authority and longstanding tradition, chooses to do what's right instead of what's expected, and is kind in the face of hatred. He literally makes himself, and a world, out of nothingness. Something out of Nothing. He's so Jewish you guys.

The Spiral's "Worst World Award" goes to... I know we all say "fuck Azteca" pretty often on this website, but I don't think it deserves to be deigned the worst world in Wiz. My main gripe with Azteca is how inaccessible it gets after Xibalba strikes -- the flashing lights aren't exactly photosensitive friendly. Which further lends frustration to my completionist nature, meaning I have to finish all quests, badges, and fishing before I finish the world (making it take forever to finish). Aside from that, there really isn't that much wrong with the world (and if you argue that it sucks because you can't save Azteca, I get it, but some tragedies are inescapable by their very nature). It's a problem of gameplay, versus a problem of plot in the case of Karamelle. And maybe its just because I'm a writer, but problems with plot feel much more egregious. I really do think Karamelle deserves more vitriol than it gets.

G-d, I can't wait to get to Lemuria.

[mariacallous]

MADISON, Wis. — A bombshell report this morning from Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel revealed that Banco Azteca, a bank reportedly tied to the Mexican cartel flew $26 million of cash across the U.S.-Mexico Border to Eric Hovde’s bank in California.

As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel detailed, Banco Azteca was cut off by several other U.S. banks over “risk and compliance concerns” after reporting linked it to cartel activity. An executive of the bank was recently implicated in a federal indictment detailing his attempts to bribe a member of the U.S. Congress to get U.S. banks to once again do business with the bank. Despite this, Eric Hovde’s bank flew $26 million of cash from Mexico City to Irvine, California as part of a deal with Banco Azteca last December.

This shocking revelation comes as Hovde has refused to disclose which foreign banks and governments his bank has done millions of dollars of business with. What else is Hovde hiding?

Read more below:

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Bice: Democrats question Eric Hovde over his bank’s $26M deal with a troubled Mexican bank

By: Dan Bice

Banco Azteca, the 10th largest financial institution in Mexico, has had its share of problems in recent years.

Accused in past news stories of having links to the Mexican drug cartel.

Dropped as a financial partner by some U.S. banks because of “risk and compliance concerns.” 

And now caught up in a Texas bribery scheme with an American congressman.

But Sunwest Bank, the Utah-based financial institution run by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde, doesn’t mind doing business with it.

In December, Banco Azteca sent $26.2 million in cash to Sunwest on four airplane flights as part of a massive currency conversion called “repatriation,” records show. Hovde, who is running against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, is chairman and CEO of Sunwest.

Now Democrats are questioning the deal, saying it gives voters a window into how Hovde runs his businesses by putting personal financial stakes above other issues.

Arik Wolk, spokesman of the Democratic Party, said Sunwest’s transactions with Banco Azteca are “extraordinarily concerning,” especially given the alleged past ties between Azteca and the drug cartel. He added, however, that Democrats were not suggesting Hovde or Sunwest had done anything illegal.

“Hovde is willing to do anything to enrich himself, even flying cash across the border for a bank suspected of working for criminal groups that are pouring deadly fentanyl into our state,” Wolk claimed.

As recently as 2021, Banco Azteca had no correspondent banks in the U.S. with which it could transfer U.S. currency.

Over the past decade, several news accounts, including two by Reuters, have drawn links between Banco Azteca and Mexican gangs, which are the leading suppliers of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and other illicit narcotics to the U.S.

In 2023, a Reuters reporter wrote that drug cartels are using remittances – money transfers favored by migrant workers – to send illicit earnings back to Mexico. 

The Reuters reporter said he witnessed five individuals on motorcycles collecting cash from people leaving branch offices of three banks, including Banco Azteca. Locals said these were couriers for the Sinaloa Cartel picking up drug money sent as remittances.

In a 2014 story, Reuters quoted a prominent anti-kidnapping activist saying Mexican gangs involved in kidnapping migrants ask for the money to be sent to Banco Azteca. Also, the Yale Journal of International Affairs reported that Banco Azteca was one of four banks that the Mexican cartel was using to process extortion payments.

A little more than a decade ago, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency investigated Banco Azteca’s ties with its then-correspondent bank in the U.S., Lone Star National Bank of Pharr, and turned up money-laundering concerns. Repeatedly cited and fined, Lone Star soon ended its relationship with Banco Azteca.

Other financial institutions, including Fifth Third Cincinnati and CBW Bank, soon followed.

According to a May story in the Wall Street Journal, Banco Azteca has struggled doing business with U.S. banks since regulators began enforcing rules cracking down on money laundering from drug trafficking, kidnapping and extortion. Many U.S. banks have cut ties with Banco Azteca because of “risk and compliance concerns.”

For years, that left Banco Azteca holding onto large sums of U.S. currency with no place to offload it.

[lapetitemortarts]

Odile de Schwilgué, 1952 | Pintora figurativa surrealista

Imagínate a Odile, una chica nacida en el corazón de Alsacia, en un pueblecito cerca de Estrasburgo. Allí pasó sus primeros dieciséis años, rodeada de la belleza de la región. Pero su pasión por la pintura no fue algo que surgió de la nada.

Su talento, en realidad, tiene raíces profundas en su familia. Su bisabuela materna, una mujer que vivió en una época donde las artistas femeninas no tenían muchas oportunidades, dejó un legado increíble. A pesar de su vida corta, creó una colección de obras que incluía unos frescos maravillosos en la casa familiar.

Odile heredó esa chispa creativa. Todo lo que veía era una oportunidad para dibujar y pintar, tanto que las clases en la universidad, que le parecían aburridas, pasaron a un segundo plano. La pintura era su verdadera vocación, una pasión que fluía por sus venas, un regalo de su bisabuela.

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Imagine Odile, a girl born in the heart of Alsace, in a small village near Strasbourg. She spent her first sixteen years there, surrounded by the beauty of the region. But her passion for painting was not something that came out of nowhere.

Her talent, in fact, has deep roots in her family. Her maternal great-grandmother, a woman who lived in a time when female artists did not have many opportunities, left an incredible legacy. Despite her short life, she created a collection of works that included some wonderful frescoes in the family home.

Odile inherited that creative spark. Everything she saw was an opportunity to draw and paint, so much so that college classes, which she found boring, took a back seat. Painting was her true vocation, a passion that flowed through her veins, a gift from her great-grandmother.

Sigue imaginando a Odile, una chica con una pasión desbordante por el arte, pero aún muy joven. Su profesor, viendo su talento, la animó a presentarse a un examen de ingreso en las prestigiosas «Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg». ¡Y lo logró! A pesar de su juventud, quedó entre los diez primeros.

Durante cinco años, Odile se sumergió en el mundo del arte, aprendiendo de artistas alsacianos que la ayudaron a pulir su talento y a encontrar su propio estilo. Se graduó con su diploma bajo el brazo y, llena de sueños, se mudó a París.

Allí, se unió a un grupo de pintores llamados «Figurations critiques», que exponían regularmente en el Grand Palais. Para ganarse la vida, Odile sacó su lado más práctico y comenzó a dibujar retratos en Montmartre, el corazón artístico de París.

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Keep imagining Odile, a girl with an overflowing passion for art, but still very young. Her teacher, seeing her talent, encouraged her to sit for an entrance exam at the prestigious “Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg”. And she succeeded! Despite her youth, she was among the top ten.

For five years, Odile immersed herself in the art world, learning from German shepherd artists who helped her hone her talent and find her own style. She graduated with her diploma under her arm and, full of dreams, moved to Paris.

There, she joined a group of painters called “Figurations critiques”, who exhibited regularly at the Grand Palais. To make a living, Odile brought out her practical side and began drawing portraits in Montmartre, the artistic heart of Paris.

Odile, sintiendo la necesidad de un cambio profundo, se alejó de su vida anterior. Fue un impulso nacido tanto de su corazón como de su deseo de independencia. Este nuevo capítulo en su vida se reflejó en su arte, que se volvió más audaz y lleno de fuerza.

Unos años después, la llamada de la naturaleza, la luz del sol y el anhelo de aventura la llevaron a explorar nuevos horizontes, lejos del bullicio de París. Cruzó el Atlántico en yate, navegó por los ríos del Amazonas y se maravilló con los templos aztecas de México. Estas experiencias vibrantes se plasmaron en sus obras, llenas de orquídeas sensuales, contrastes impactantes y mujeres ataviadas con los misteriosos bajorrelieves mayas.

Cuatro años más tarde, con el deseo de compartir su visión a través de sus cuadros, Odile decidió establecerse en Antibes, en la luminosa Costa Azul francesa. Allí, encontró su hogar y su estudio, un lugar donde su creatividad florece desde hace varios años.

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Odile, feeling the need for a profound change, moved away from her former life. It was an impulse born of both her heart and her desire for independence. This new chapter in her life was reflected in her art, which became bolder and full of strength.

A few years later, the call of nature, sunlight and a yearning for adventure led her to explore new horizons, far from the hustle and bustle of Paris. She crossed the Atlantic by yacht, sailed the rivers of the Amazon and marveled at the Aztec temples of Mexico. These vibrant experiences were captured in his works, full of sensual orchids, striking contrasts and women dressed in mysterious Mayan bas-reliefs.

Four years later, eager to share her vision through her paintings, Odile decided to settle in Antibes, on the luminous French Riviera. There, she found her home and her studio, a place where her creativity has been flourishing for several years.