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toaverse · 1 year
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Second generation sisters AU
An AU where the blue sisters are the original siblings and have the triplets' gifts!
Kinda similar to the matriarch Julieta AU, but a bit different.
Note: So as I was writing this, the family tree kinda turned into a mess (Julieta being Alma in here, but Pepa and Bruno being the Isabela and Mirabel role respectively). So…😅
Enjoy!
Julieta remembered having a different life with her late husband. Back than, they got married, and had Isabela and Luisa. But everything got destroyed when the village got raided and Agustín was killed, the day their third daughter was born...
But that day, the miracle was born.
Julieta raised her three daughters in a living house called Casita, while she dealt with her grief in the background. Tho that didn’t mean she wasn’t there for her kids.
The sisters also got gifts. Isabela could control the weather with her emotions, Luisa could heal with her food, and Mirabel could see the future.
As the years passed, the three sisters served the town using their gifts.
The town however, pressured Mirabel to constantly do visions for them and get mad at her when they turn out negative…
Growing up, Isabela and Mirabel never had a good relationship. The former often gossiped about and bullied the latter, yelling at her when Mira got an uncontrollable vision, or whenever she’s “in her way.”
So, you could imagine Luisa being caught in the center of the conflict.
Over time, Isabela and Luisa met their husbands, and got married.
But, on Isabela’s wedding day when she was getting wed to Mariano, Mirabel got an unexpected vision during the ceremony, which resulted into Isabela causing a thunderstorm out of anger.
Yeah, it didn’t end well, and Isabela held a huge grudge towards Mirabel about that…
But another few years went by, and Isabela and Luisa started their families, making Julieta a grandmother.
Isabela and Mariano got three kids; Pepa, Camilo and little Alma.
Luisa and her husband got two kids; Dolores and Antonio.
And Mirabel had a son from a short relationship in which the father immediately ran out. She called him Bruno.
The next generation of Madrigals all got their gifts as well; Pepa could grow flowers, Dolores got super hearing, Camilo could shape-shift, Antonio could talk to animals, and Alma would soon get a gift as well.
But Bruno, the second oldest grandchild, didn’t get a gift. And worse, the day after his ceremony, his mamá disappeared…
The now 5 year old boy didn’t understand why his mamá would leave the family, as Tía Isabela liked to say it, but Abuela Julie and Tía Luisa were sad too…
But life went on…
Since he didn’t have a gift, Bruno had to stay in the nursery, and Pepa made sure to remind him of how useless he was because of his “giftless-ness”.
Yeah, Bruno’s and Pepa’s relationship was pretty much the same as Isa’s and Mira’s, especially given that Pepa was the golden child…
And being her golden child, Isabela paired her daughter up with a nice man named Félix, setting up an engagement.
While Pepa was happy and excited about this, Félix wasn’t. He didn’t want to be forced to marry someone he didn’t love, let alone someone who bullied her primo.
And Bruno? Well, he had to live in the shadow of his amazing family on a daily basis, all while having a missing mother and his Tía and Pepa constantly reminding him how unspecial he was compared to them.
Sure, Bruno had his Abuela Julieta and Tía Luisa who were always there for him, but he missed his mother, even tho he couldn’t remember her all that well…
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delizbin · 2 years
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Julieta is the ONLY component of the family that does not have a “dancing moment” and this makes me so M A D , they better fix that somehow
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millylotus · 2 years
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Madrigal Batfamily
I've only seen a few posts using this comparison but Holy Fuck! It's fun!
In my head the characters wouldn't match up perfectly so I'm going to take most of the comparisons from the songs, and then make actual character comparisons through the talking.
Alfred/Julieta: The food obviously but also the fact that everyone relies on Alfie the most emotionally.
Bruce/Alma: I feel like Bruce would fit well in Alma's position of leader, and the fact that he holds steadfast on the traditions and norms that saved him as a child and later on.
Barbara/Camilo: It may seem strange at first but I think that she has a similar feel as Camilo with Luisa added in. She acts as a support network for Cass in the same way Camilo acts for Pepa. But also has enough humor in her to scare the crap out of her siblings with stories about Jason/Bruno.
Dick/Luisa: Dick is always under a form of emotional stress because he's the oldest aside from Barbara. Although in cannon he takes out this stress in more violent ways than Luisa did he still feels like if he doesn't measure up and take care of his siblings he'll fail them like he did Jason and Steph.
Jason/Bruno: He's the outcast of the family, like Bruno, but unlike Bruno, he was removed because he died and came back and one the first thing he did was beat up Tim. Which is not cool. He intentionally keeps himself separate because he cares and he knows he could hurt his family. Even better is like Bruno he left because he felt threatened and scared of Bruce/Alma and didn't want to hurt Tim/Maribel more.
Cass/Dolores/Isabela: Now I think that Cass would have powers like Dolores and serve the plot in the same way but I don't think she'd be the Forgotten Child in the Family dynamic she'd be put in the Favorite Child part. With the Mariano plot as well because it just makes sense for Bruce or Alfred to unintentionally pressure her into marriage.
Steph/Pepa: Steph is a very emotional person but because she expresses them so freely compared to the others she's told to calm down a lot much like Pepa. She also seems like the type of person to hold a grudge long enough to talk so badly about Jason/Bruno.
Tim/Mirabel/Dolores: As I said before on Jason's part Tim would be put in the role of Mirabel. Because I feel like he would always doubt his place in the family and feel more like Bruce's temporary Band-Aid over the gaping wound that Jason left after his death. But he isn't the Black Sheep like Mirabel but more of the Forgotten Child overlooked because they are seen as more self-sufficient than the other children.
Duke/Isabela: Now I know what your thinking, 'how can Duke be Isabela he's more like Camilo', and I hear that but I don't think that would work in every way. I like to bring out Duke's differences compared to the other Bats and his powers are a good way to show it (he keeps his powers, by the way, no flower-power). If he were Isabela he would be made the Perfect Child the one you brag about. He'd use light-related powers for the most part. But then when he discovers his shadow powers he'll realize just how far his reach is. And that he shouldn't limit himself to what is conventionally pretty when the dark is as just or more alluring than pure light.
Damian/Antonio: Personality-wise these two aren't extremely similar but that's mostly because I can't see Tim acting as Mirabel for Damian during the gift ceremony. Jason on the other hand would work very well as silent support in the background for Damian. While Dick would be the one to walk him to the door physically. Arc wise they are similar Damian wants to make his family proud and for them to love him and stay with him. He's a bit more snarky compared to Antonio but aside from that, it works.
Mariano: I don't think there's a good Marino that I would choose but Conner would work in-between Tim and Cass, though I don't really ship him with anyone in the Batfamily. Bernard could work as well if I want the Mariano to end up with Tim. But I more want Cass to treat the Mariano as a step in her realization that she is not straight which would be very fun. I also like the idea of Duke being pressured into finding someone to be with and has a love interest or two but he never fully commits to one person, he's more avoiding the situation through flattery more than anything.
Felix: I want Felix/Pepa to be Dick/Barbara. It feels a lot more right than paring Steph with somebody who isn't Cass, either way, I don't ship her with anyone anyways. And Dick is such a simp to everyone he dates or flirts with. Now the process of Barbara creating a hurricane is still up in the air for me. But if Steph is just off to the sidelines and hears this she would probably subconsciously create a storm. Even so, she wouldn't be a part of the family yet the wedding would be public because Encanto/Gotham is kinda small here. And yes Barbara is in her wheelchair but not during the wedding
Agustin: Agustin/Julieta could be Selina/Bruce, Selina would easily be put in a role to help Tim because here she would have just married into the family and is just now realizing that she cares deeply for the kids.
SONGS
The Family Madrigal - Tim/Mirabel, Dick/Luisa, Duke/Isabela, Cass/Dolores, Damian/Antonio, Jason/Bruno, Bruce/Alma, Alfred/Julieta, Steph/Pepa, Babs/Felix/Camilo, Selina/Agustin
Waiting on a Miracle - Tim/Mirabel
We don't talk about Bruno - Babs/Pepa, Dick/Felix, Cass/Dolores1, Steph/Camilo, Duke/Isabela, Tim/Dolores2, Maribel/Damian [minus Duke talking down to Damian]
Surface Pressure - Dick/Luisa
What Else Can I Do - Duke/Isabela, Tim/Maribel
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jackcliu · 3 years
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On tokens, markets, and a path to a real-time economy
Two years ago on March 1, 2019, I posted a Letter to my future self to the Bitcoin blockchain. This is the story of that letter, one where I didn’t write a word, and how two years later, the dream is still alive. There is an actual path with tokens and markets to make utopia a reality, and my case for what that might look like. 


About a month prior to March 1, 2019, I had privately begun telling my close friends, colleagues, and family that I was going to be making a significant career and life change and dedicate the next chapter of my career towards building exclusively for the Bitcoin SV blockchain. You can guess the confused looks and concerns people had about what it was I was doing. Did I lose my mind? To be fair, I still get those messages today. I knew what I had envisioned when I first read the white paper back in 2013 and somewhere along that journey, the crypto industry had taken a path that veered dramatically from the one I had imagined. With Bitcoin having course corrected twice already via hard forks, I wanted and needed a guiding compass - a North Star. That’s when I had the idea to write a letter to my future self.
I confided in one of my best friends, Jackie to help me write it. It was a busy month for me, my mind was all over the place and I needed help. Over two afternoons, I shared with Jackie what I wanted to say, what was the possible world that I imagined. To her I must have been repeating myself since she and many of my friends had heard this for a decade. The future would bring Proof of Work from a term to describe a computer science thing to one that would describe the workings of the entire global economy and drive a seismic shift in how value was created and how we humans would interact and cooperate with one another. I wanted her to include a thank you to some people who helped me along the way - titans of the industry whom I was fortunate to cross paths and work with. Jesse Powell, gave me my first job at Kraken. CZ hired me to OKCoin in 2014. Star believed in me and gave me so many growth opportunities. At Circle, I worked with my long time friend Dan, who would go on to create CMS. A few days later, Jackie sent me a draft. I was pretty shocked at first, thinking hey this doesn’t even say Bitcoin in it. Where are all the names I wanted to include. Then I read it another time and when she asked if I wanted any changes or if the approach was right, I said, “Let’s not change a single word”. It was different, it was exceptional, to me it was perfect. I sent the letter internally as part of my Circle resignation email, flew off to San Antonio with my parents to watch the retirement ceremony of my favourite basketball player Manu Ginobili, and then a month later on April Fools Day, RelayX was launched.
Having this Letter out there has served me well. Nobody could have expected the course of events of the past two years both within BitCoin, and the world at large. Politics, COVID-19, money-printing, delistings, court cases, you name it. Without it as an anchor, I might have lost sight of the bigger picture. If you would have asked me then what BitCoin would look like today, I would have predicted a 100x rosier picture than the current situation. Despite most of the boom in the cryptocurrency industry having not occurred on the Bitcoin SV blockchain, the rapid adoption of blockchain and digital currencies from NFTs to DeFi, to institutions putting BTC on the balance sheet shows the underlying movement is in full force. Just this week, I watched sharpshooter JJ Redick utter the words “non fungible token, and blockchain technology” on his podcast talking about NBA Topshot. That’s incredible.
In the letter are the words - “Your world will be frictionless and marked by truth, freedom and fairness. Your world will truly be one that is defined by human imagination and honest work.”
I am making the case for tokens as the critical solution to a real-time economy. I want to break the spell of the narrow definition of tokens that has bounded the Bitcoin SV ecosystem. For much of the past two years, there appears to be two camps in BSV when it comes to tokens. The dominant one being we want only regulated tokens, security tokens, tokens backed by real assets, with real utility, that real businesses and enterprises can use to make their businesses more efficient. The other, perhaps out of jealousy for what’s going on in other blockchains being let’s just port those Ethereum ERC20’s over and let it run wild for it might pump the BSV price! Funny thing is neither has happened as developers are busy debating whether tokens should be on layer 0 or layer 1 or layer 100 but that’s a topic for another day. Both views are myopic. 


Tokens are going to be a much bigger deal on BitCoin than anyone might imagine. 

How many websites are there on the internet? I looked it up recently and the answer is 1.7Bn. How many token contracts are there on the Ethereum chain? The answer is 350,000. 


Websites are kind of hard to set up - you have to purchase a domain name, at least use a website template creator, and there isn’t that much use for getting one for the average person. Not when you can have an Instagram page, a Facebook account, a Twitter handle, a Medium blog without having your own site. Yet there are 1.7Bn of them! Ethereum tokens are prohibitively expensive mining fee wise to generate. Out of interest, I asked one of the devs who minted the original USDC contract during my days at Circle to find the transaction. It cost 0.44 ETH. At today’s prices that’s well over $500 to create a token. Yet there are 350,000 contracts!


I would wager there will be over 100Bn unique tokens on BitCoin and I’d guess higher but I don’t want to be outside the bounds of the very Overton window I’m creating.
It takes a few seconds to issue a token on BitCoin and at current mining fees, less than a tenth of a cent to issue. If I’m a store owner, I might issue a different gift card a week for the various deals I have going on. If I’m an artist, a different NFT for each piece of artwork. Neither the store owner nor the artist needs more than one website and you start to see the math.
If reading this, you still think tokens are going to be contained to some narrow definition of ‘security’ tokens, or NASDAQ like tokens, or fiat currency tokens, realise it’s like saying the internet will only have The New York Times or CNN or some licensed officially approved site. It’s ok if not every account on Instagram is world class photography. Not every Twitter account is going to be insightful (that’s clear) and that’s ok. In a world of 100Bn unique tokens, You bet there’s going to be a great deal of useless ones and a pretty large number of scams. Just like there are websites that are phishing for your passwords, websites with illegal content, and websites with viruses in them. Over time, services emerged to protect you by blocking, or warning you about potentially dangerous websites.
What’s the bigger picture and what do tokens have to do with a real-time economy? I’ve made the case for there being a ton of tokens. Does that mean it’s just going to be a Coinmarketcap with a lot more pages? An exchange with a lot more trading pairs? No, a lot more exciting than that.
A world with 100Bn tokens means every single asset, service, good, company, project, video, post and many more abstract things than one can imagine is going to have a dynamic, live price. It’s not about the tokens, it’s about the markets. Today, you visit a restaurant and you check Yelp to see if has a good review. BSV entrepreneurs are making some new review site but with reviews posted on the blockchain thinking this is the problem that needs solving. “Immutable reviews”. Much more valuable than a review or immutable review however is if this particular restaurant’s loyalty token is trading at a premium to the other one next door. There’s actually money on the line. Then after eating, instead of being a foodie with a blog and an Instagram to hype up such restaurant, if you’ve got that talent for knowing what’s going to be the next hot restaurant, you can just buy on the open market more of the restaurant’s tokens. Yes, a local foodie just became an crypto trader. Now you profit when you promote the restaurant on your blog. The chef who started that restaurant instead of using Groupon to attract an initial set of customers who have no loyalty to you, can instead issue 10,000 tokens, where each dish costs 100 tokens. Pretty soon if your food is delicious, those token prices are going to jump. Think Global, Live Local is not just going to do good, it’s going to now make you rich. 


I grew up in a lower middle class first generation immigrant family. I remember being a teenager in those years where oil prices were very volatile as the world approached the idea of “Peak Oil”. We would sometimes drive by a gas station one day where prices were a few cents cheaper than the day before, and even though the tank was half full, we filled up. Other days, the warning light would be on, but we held off for another day to fill up the tank in hopes prices would come down. Is this speculation on oil prices bad? Another fun memory I had was going grocery shopping with my folks and my favourite cookies were the Chip Ahoy Crunchy chocolate. Eating those with milk is probably half the reason for my height. Once in a while they would be on sale but next to them were the No-Name brand versions of the same cookies. Chip Ahoys were definitely better but were they $2/100grams better? No. We would calculate every time to decide which we would buy. Is this speculation on cookie price bad? How come other goods and services in the economy didn’t fluctuate in price? That’s what’s always fascinated me. I knew they would if they could. With Bitcoin, it was possible.
Tokens on Bitcoin with the perpetual scaling design of Bitcoin where it isn’t the holder that’s rewarded (Proof of Stake) but rather those contributing to scaling the network (Proof of Work) will lead to the formation of markets where markets were too inefficient to exist - unlocking trillions of value in the process. 


A fully tokenised economy makes everything efficient, fair, honest, and real-time. I don’t mean efficient like fast transactions or cheap mining fees. It’s the economy that will be efficient. You won’t need to be a big grocery chain or a big oil company or big tech company with financial analysts, and big data and machine learning folks in order to know what to set the price of a Chips Ahoy or a Gallon of oil or surge pricing on a taxi ride. It’ll be orders of magnitudes better than that and for every person on earth because it’s all going to be open, issuable, transferable, tradeable. You won’t be checking page 978,950 of Coinmarketcap. You won’t be scrolling to AHOY/USDT on an exchange. I predict all of this will happen without you realising that it did and all our lives will improve as a result.
For those who immediately think of the regulatory ramifications of this, I’ve thought the same. In 2015, while leading OKCoin, I led our initiative to become the first international benefactors of Coin Center - the industry body working with regulators and governments. I am a minority seed round investor in Chainalysis which looks for criminal activity onchain. I look forward to working with all those who would like to embrace innovation while having an eye on ensuring an orderly, legal transition to this future.
I could not be more excited to support the emerging token projects on BitCoin, through building products, investment, advice, or even in spirit. 

Bitcoin is plumbing - just plumbing where billions of trades and speculation down to the satoshi will be happening every second.






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