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Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Living an extraordinary life of adventure, Alvarado participated in separate expeditions to Mexico, Central America, South America, and finally, North America. He is best known today for leading the conquistadors who defeated the Quiché and Cakchiquel Maya.
Alvarado was Hernán Cortés' second-in-command during the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico in 1520. He then moved on to attack Guatemala and other parts of Central America before launching an expedition to Ecuador. Still fighting indigenous peoples into his 50s, Alvarado died in Mexico in 1541, having gained a life-long reputation for being one of the most ruthless and cruellest of all conquistadors, a highly competitive field for such a dishonour.
Early Life
Pedro de Alvarado y Mesía was born around 1485 in Badajoz, Spain. Alvarado first came to prominence when he voyaged to Spain's first colony in the Americas, Hispaniola (modern Dominican Republic/Haiti) in the Caribbean in 1510. In 1518, he was part of the expedition sent by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465-1524), the Governor of Cuba, to explore the Yucatán Peninsula. The group of conquistadors ('conquerors') was led by Juan de Grijalva (1489-1527), who Alvaredo did not get on with and whom he denounced to Velázquez.
Alvarado is given the following physical description by the celebrated Spanish chronicler Bernal Diáz (b. 1492) in his The Conquest of New Spain:
In every sense beautifully proportioned in body, noble in his gait…very pleasing features, and an amiable manner of expressing himself, so that there always appeared a smile on his countenance.
(Sheppard, 23)
In contrast to his pleasant physique, historians have been queueing up ever since to describe Alvarado's approach to conquest in far less flattering terms. The historian S. Sheppard gives a typical description of Alvarado as "impetuous, cruel, and utterly amoral" (ibid). Even his own men, largely ruthless cutthroats themselves, denounced Alvarado for his brutality.
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(Hi! Sorry, I was with a friend and she sent the message while I was still writing as a joke-)
The ask is if you could write Quackity x reader where Quackity's boyfriend is guatemalan (you don't have to know a lot about Guatemala, maybe just Quackity being interested in the culture bcs is similar to mexican but also very different)
That's all, thank you!! Hope you have a great day :>
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Ofc!!I don’t know much about Guatemala (as I’m irish) but I tried 🙏
QUACKITYX M! GUATEMALAN READER
-You and Quackity met whilst you were on holidays with your friend-group travelling all around Mexico.Your group decided to go and head to a big video-game shop you had all heard of and found a bus to take you there, but due to your group being made up of 5 people, you had to sit by yourself, though you didn’t mind as it meant that you got to play video-games on the way there.
Unfortunately, your plans of solitude and smooth sailing were crashed both due to the fact that the roads were extremely bumpy and due to the fact that a handsome stranger has decided to sit beside you.
You tried to continue playing and eventually tried to ignore the man staring holes into your 3DS and you turn to look at him, “Do you need something?” You inquire, raising an eyebrow.
He looks panicked and quickly replies with “oh sorry!!I was just curious about what game you were playing..”
“It’s Majora’s mask, I only got it recently” you added, smiling at him.
-am hour later-
You had learned that the man’s name is Alexis-though he prefers to go by Alex,he’s the same age as you and has quite a lot in common with you.
You feel quite sad that you have to get off the bus with your friends now, but before you can leave he quickly places his hand on your arm and goes “Wait!!Whats your number, I was uh just wondering if you’d like to hang out sometime…maybe..?” He looked at you, nervous and expecting to be rejected.
“Of course!Here you go!” You answer, trying not to sound too excited that a handsome stranger had asked for your number.
As you left the bus with your friends, Alex began texting you immediately, hoping that it was the right number.
You quickly replied back to him and you both began to text for the rest of your trip.
He began to ask where you were from, what is it like living in Guatemala?did they make good stew over there?What type of traditions did they have over there?what were your countries sports?
Once you arrived home he begged to call you and of course-you answered.
“Hey you said you’ve a pc right?Do you wanna play minecraft with me on my server?”he then invited you to a server ‘huh…Q-S-M-P…that’s an odd name.’ You thought to yourself.
You realised that there were a lot of people online that spoke Spanish, so naturally, when they started to speak to you in Spanish, you spoke back, which surprised alex “wow you can speak Spanish??” He asked, hoping to not come across as sound dumb.
“Of course I can!!Wait why’s your username Quackery?” You asked, before bursting out laughing at the name. “It’s Quackity!!”you could basically hear his eyes roll dramatically.
This was the same day you found out that “Quackity” was the name of his YouTube and twitch channel, you had decided to check it out and were amazed at how famous he really was, he was practically a celebrity!!You had began to tune into some of his recent streams without telling him and it was bizarre to you to see the same group of geeks you had been joking with not two hours ago, (along with Alex of course) bring in hundreds of thousands of views by just being themselves online.
Day after day, week after week, you and Quackity got closer, until eventually he pulled up at your house one day with flowers. “WH-Alex what are you doing here??Why do you have flowers??!”
He blushed and then hesitantly asked “do you uh, y’know, um, wanna go out?” “Of course I do!!” He stared at you, both in bewilderment that you actually agreed and the fact that he knew that he just couldn’t look away from your pretty face.
“I didn’t actually think you’d be gay or anything..”you smiled softly at him, inviting him in and gently taking the flowers from him. “Well you guessed wrong!”you replied, your face as red as tilíns bow.
You both decided to go on a date at your local restaurant, Alex hasn’t actually planned this far ahead as he thought you’d simply reject him.
You both couldn’t stop flirting with eachother-ignoring the looks some of the elders gave you.
Once the date and he was, yet again, back on your doormat; he wrapped his arms around your waist, kissed you gently on the lips and waved goodbye.
-Later that night-
*Quackity is live:IMSOHAPPY*
You decided to click onto the stream out of curiousity.
“GUYS GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?!!!”
Part 2?
#tumbleweedbee#ask box#ask me anything#tumblr#dsmp#fanfic#male yn#yn#quackity smut#quackity x gn!reader#quackity x male reader#Quackity fluff#Alex quackity#quackity x male reader angst#quavkity x m! reader#Mexico x Guatemala#guatamala#uhhh idk#Quackity x male reader fluff#quackity x male reader lemon#quackity x male reader lime#quackity x male reader smutt#quackity x male reader smut#quackity x male reader anything
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Quetzal feathers, emblems of kingship, decorate the lid of a Classic Maya funerary urn from El Quiche, Guatemala.
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Sueño by Rodolfo Abularach, c. 1969. Lithograph. Inter-American Development Bank.
#lithograph#printmaking#20th century#20th century art#museum#art#art history#contemporary art#art collections#art gallery#modern art#guatamala#guatamalan artist#washington#washington state#anatomy
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Mexico Miss Guatamala
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oh hey i made an Aiden edit btw
#total drama#disventure camp aiden#disventure camp#my edit#france#russia#guatamala#argentina#hell yeah#fuck yeah#fuck bitches get money#another day another slay
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In Guatemala
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The way to the stars
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(1,3) Justin Favela (2,4) Francisco Oller
#mexico#guatamala#puerto rico#chicano#chicano art#caribbean art#art#arte#latin american art#latino artist#arte latinoamericano#caribbean artist#mexican american#piñata#plantain#platano#banana#guineo
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Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Living an extraordinary life of adventure, Alvarado participated in separate expeditions to Mexico, Central America, South America, and finally, North America. He is best known today for leading the conquistadors who defeated the Quiché and Cakchiquel Maya.
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FUCK YOU DELIJZ
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I love VALDROXX
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-A Dry Sense of Humor-
#streetphotography#photographers on tumblr#photography#streetphoto#streetphotomag#cityphotography#streetlife#streetshot#guatamala#panajachel
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