lucianajellyfish:

Watched Road to El Dorado again last night and I have feels and new headcanons.

Tulio: I think he’s from a VERY poor family.  He is the eldest child and became privy to their financial situation.  From a very young age he helped scrimp and save and penny pinch and this is why he’s so fixated on money as an adult.  Also, since magic is canonically real I’m feeling the idea that he’s a demigod of luck but doesn’t know it.  He spends a lot of time making his own luck (loaded dice, staged arguments, etc) but when he really needs it he gets super, ridiculously, improbably lucky (a seven when all the winnings are bet against a map, a volcano tease that stops when he yells stop, etc). 

Miguel:  Comes from a huge family.  He’s one of the youngest but not the baby.  He got lost among the other kids and had lots of time to daydream and play adventure.  He dreams of leaving a mark, of being noticed.