17 Bookmarked Items in Coco Locos Discord's Angst Off 2018
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Héctor believes that Imelda deserves better than someone like him- someone who remembers the little details about her, someone who can interact with their children, someone who isn't afraid of his own shadow.
Imelda, thankfully, would beg to differ.
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Imelda finds out when exactly Héctor died, soon after her own death. This changes everything.
Except that she can't share this knowledge with the living side of the family.
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Poisoning his friend would provide a few songs and would deny that woman victory, but Ernesto halted his hand instead. He wanted Héctor beside him, writing more songs and sharing the adventure. That was how it was supposed to be. It was what he’d wanted from childhood. Ernesto discarded that dark and impulsive plan. He would not punish Héctor when his family was truly the ones to blame.
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Years after that fateful Día de Muertos, Ernesto de la Cruz has reserved himself to an afterlife spent alone. But then, something happens.
Someone knocks on his door.
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His words died as he saw her face, and the horrible truth struck him. It was his Coco, staring up at him with large familiar eyes in a skeletal face, bright purple swirls on each cheek.
All he could think was, 'you shouldn’t be here.'
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The Final Death comes for everyone, eventually. Héctor knows it better than most; he came within moments of being forgotten, a very long time ago. He’d thought it was the worst feeling he could possibly experience in his afterlife, but he had been wrong.
He hadn’t counted on having to watch his family fade around him, one by one.
He hadn’t counted on finding himself alone again.- Language:
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The final death
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The hardest part of being dead is different for everyone.
Every time you think you've figured it out, something worse happens.
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Some have a lot of different ideas about the hardest part of being dead. But after nearly a century of being unable to cross the bridge; being turned away from your best friend, hated by your wife, barely remembered by your daughter; and watching the only family you have left fade away, you can now say for certain:
The hardest part of being dead is that no matter what you do, you will always, always end up alone.
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Being held hostage by a house isn't the weirdest thing Imelda's had happen, but it's up there.
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heartbreak. closure but heartbreak
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"If you can bear to stay away from your familia for an extra week, then one more night won't hurt!"
He never thought she would kick him out when they were first married. But then again, he never imagined he would be hiding in a closet recording his last message as he waited for Death to claim his soul.
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Héctor and Imelda rebuild their relationship in the land of the dead, but nothing they can do will stop him being forgotten.
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Ernesto has always been good at making the best of bad situations. It's helped him survive, even get ahead. His partner hasn't been cooperating lately, getting homesick and talking about quitting. It's a tough situation to solve, but not as difficult as figuring out what to do after.
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Héctor absolutely doesn’t belong in Shantytown. He’s not being Forgotten.
It would be easier to ignore if this grumpy old skeleton would just leave him alone.(summary written by PaperGardener)
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Finished
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Taking responsibility can be downright painful.
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"huh..weird, i don't see them anywhere--mama coco? did you fall asleep?...mama coco..?wake up, mama coco!....mama coco? ...wake up, please!! please wake up, mama coco,please-!!"
but she never woke up again....
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Hector's dream finally comes true.
Entry for the Coco Locos Angst Off 2018.
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Coco might have clung to her father, a fading memory. But unfortunately a four year old can only remember so much, and as she grows the memory just... slips away. AU/UA
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Sometimes you just gotta doodle stage designs, adopt chihuahuas, and murder your best friend for his lullaby. #Relatable #Mood #Relationship goals
(For a 4,000 words or less contest)
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