![]() It is seeing Héctor's love for his family and profound suffering from being separated from them that teaches his descendant, Miguel, the importance of family. Even after he learned he was actually murdered, Héctor did not exempt himself and still carried the responsibility of his choices, which moved Imelda when he owned up to the pain that he caused their family. When left with nothing, Héctor's regret for his choice to leave developed into his own self-loathing and cynical outlook on himself. He carried a deep sense of shame for his actions preventing him from reconnecting with his embittered wife after she died. Before learning the true circumstances of his death, Héctor suffered the consequences of leaving and was incapable of telling his family, especially his daughter, how much he loved them. Even his tour with Ernesto was motivated by the desire to share his feelings with the world. In life, Héctor loved nothing more than Imelda and Coco. ![]() Héctor's most defining qualities are his deep love for family, especially Coco, and the profound regret he feels that resulted from his choice to leave his family to share his music with the world. Despite matching what his run-down appearance may suggest, Héctor, at his best, is a charming, creative, and deeply family-oriented man. However, these bad qualities stem from neither ambition nor malice, but rather absolute desperation to make up for the mistakes he made in life-leaving his family behind-and to make them right. Héctor has acquired a number of bad traits during his time in death, being deceitful, quick-dealing, and having the air of a con artist. Official Description Héctor is a charming trickster in the Land of the Dead who is forced to enlist help from Miguel to visit the Land of the Living. Shunned, he slowly started to be forgotten. Estranged from his family, Héctor spent his afterlife trying to cross over to the Land of the Living to see Coco again but was rejected as his descendants, having a low opinion of him for supposedly abandoning the family, wouldn't put his picture up. When Imelda died, she refused to welcome Héctor back to the Riveras and disowned him, as she believed him to have abandoned her and Coco for his music. After his death, Ernesto stole both the songbook and the guitar of Héctor, ultimately taking the opportunity and passing them off as his own in order to achieve fame and glory.ĭuring his time in the Land of the Dead, Héctor learned how Ernesto took credit for his songs, growing resentful. On his way to the train station, Héctor suddenly collapsed and died as Ernesto spiked his toast with poison earlier. ![]() Ernesto fumes at the decision of Héctor but quickly composes himself and seemingly accepted his friend‘s decision and offered to send him off with a toast saying he would move Heaven and Earth for his amigo. When he told Ernesto, they had an argument where Ernesto begged him to stay as he needed his songs but Héctor was unmoved. During the tour, Héctor began to feel homesick and came around to Imelda's way of thinking and decided to go home to his family. As they performed together on tour, Héctor wrote the songs and Ernesto sang them. So in mid-1920s, he set out on tour with his childhood friend Ernesto de la Cruz. While Imelda was ready to settle down and plant roots for their family, Héctor still wanted to give his songs to the world. Héctor was a loving father and wrote the song " Remember Me" for her. They fell in love, married, and later had a daughter named Coco in 1918. During his life, he met a woman named Imelda and their shared talent in music sparked a romance. ![]() Many years ago, Héctor was a passionate musician from Santa Cecilia, born there on November 30, 1900. Héctor singing " Remember Me" to his toddler daughter Coco. And one day he left with his guitar, and never returned.” ― Miguel, opening narration But he also had a dream: to play for the world. He and his family would sing, and dance, and count their blessings. ![]()
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