“…[all the] kids in the orphanage, every year, travel with Papá Héctor across the bridge. It’s one of the favorite times of the officers who check ID- to see their former scapegoat corralling the mass of children while Imelda scolds and fixes newly sewn blouses and starched shirts and tells them to be on their best behavior while Héctor signs them all out.” – @humanityinahandbag
@humanityinahandbag and I pitched in to create a Héctor Tour Guide AU in which tour guide Héctor takes extra special care of all the children who pass over into the land of the dead. After Ernesto-the-trash-monster is out of the picture, the Riveras turn the palace mansion into a home for all the dead children who don’t have families to care for them.
[Also there’s a couple easter eggs in this illustration if you can find them. 🙂 ]