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Dolores is so elegant and graceful (Isabela better watch out).

Meanwhile Mirabel is just vibing even though she has no idea what the heck is going on. A whole mood, sis

Yeahhh move them hips girlll, throw them petals 🌸

Pepa and Felix are like perfection. If my marriage isn’t like this I don’t want it.

I swear, they both have what in Colombia we call “sabor.” Their moves got ✨flavor✨

Can I just say, the way Camilo’s ruana cooperated with his moves was just 🤌🏽 perfection??? Also them hand gestures, yes boy!

What about Mirabel?! She was just vibing to everyone’s parts and there are too many instances of her dancing that I wish I could fit them all ahhhh

The Colombian-ness is just beautiful. Get it, Luisa 😩🙌🏽

No matter how old you are, the groove is in your DNA. Abuela Alma ain’t joking

Agustín, ily

Pepa and Felix again cuz why not. Pepa’s side of the family is somehow particularly gifted. They got MOVES.

Antonio is on a whole other level of cool rn. Own it, king 👌🏽

Of course, the most iconic musical number 👏🏽

That lady be twirling her dead fish around 😭

And again, Pepa’s kids are SO talented. Look at Camilo moving those hips—Shakira who???

My mami gonna catch me aggressively placing the glassware on the dinner table as I attempt the choreography and quite possibly break the glass

You didn’t think I was gonna forget about best man Bruno, right??

⏳ Madrigal Apologies⏳ "Let's all talk about Bruno!!"

He may be able to predict the future, but he sure couldn't predict this! Since they didn't apologize to him in the movie, this is my Head canon.

the flowers on Isabela’s dress - cattleya trianae orchids (may lilies), national flowers of Colombia

Camilo snapping his fingers when he is excited

Mirabel using her lips to point

flowered balconies (like in Cartagena)

ruanas (ponchos) that Bruno and Camilo wore

Dolores’ “squeaks”

inviting the whole town/neighbourhood to a party

sombrero vueltiao - traditional Colombian hat

Isabela being covered in the colors of Colombian flag (🇨🇴) during her song

and many many more!

Not to mention the arepas.

When the Madrigals are eating breakfast, they also eat huevos pericos.

the flowers on Isabela’s dress - cattleya trianae orchids (may lilies), national flowers of Colombia

Camilo snapping his fingers when he is excited

Mirabel using her lips to point

flowered balconies (like in Cartagena)

ruanas (ponchos) that Bruno and Camilo wore

Dolores’ “squeaks”

inviting the whole town/neighbourhood to a party

sombrero vueltiao - traditional Colombian hat

Isabela being covered in the colors of Colombian flag (🇨🇴) during her song

and many many more!

The member of the family that is talked about in The Family Madrigal being more saturated than the rest in the wall painting

The embroidery on Mirabel's clothing

Every gift somehow being represented in the family's clothing: Herbs and hearts in Julieta's apron, suns in Pepa's dress and little lightning bolts on her headband, hourglasses on Bruno's ruana, flowers on Isabela's dress, soundwaves all over Dolores' blouse and skirt, dumbbells on Luisa's skirt, chameleons on Camilo's ruana, butterflies and a lot of other things on Mirabel's clothing, (not so sure about Antonio-)

The butterfly symbolism all over the movie always in connection to Mirabel

Agustín's little flower

Félix never being mad at Pepa with her clouds and being a supportive husband: (To Antonio): "Look at you all grown up!" - "Pepi, amor, you're gonna get him all wet!"/ (To Alma): "I'm doing my best!" - "Yes!" - "You're lucky it's not a hurricane!"

Dolores' little squeaks

Dolores covering her ears whenever it gets loud

Dolores hinting multiple times that Bruno is still in the house

Félix giving Antonio a thumbs up for telling his animal friends to warm up Abuela's seat

The metaphorics in Surface Pressure

Luisa being a softie

Luisa fixing Mirabel's glasses

Pepa covering the stuffed animals' ears when saying "when I heard the name we don't speak of"

The way Félix lights up when talking about their wedding day

The umbrellas the characters in the background have being in the colors of the Colombian flag

Isabela indicating that the apparent perfect life she has now is not the one she actually wants/not the life of her dreams in WDTAB: "He told me that the life of my dreams would be promised and one day be mine."

"He told me that my powers would grow like the grapes that thrive on the vine" - Foreshadowing

The hand movement during Isabela's part of the background characters and Camilo being the only one to look at his hand either for more dramatic effect or in a "what the heck am I doing" kind of thing- can't exactly tell both is perfect for him

THE CHOREOGRAPHY WHEN THEY ALL SING TOGETHER

Agustín just stuffing Bruno's vision in his pockets

Bruno knocking on wood, throwing salt over his shoulder and avoiding the cracks on the floor as Mirabel is talking about his vision to prevent bad luck that he thinks he and his visions bring :(

Antonio giving Bruno his stuffed jaguar he got from Mirabel, proceeding to lean on an actual jaguar with the sentence "for the nerves" - what a chad

Agustín saying he was trying to protect Mirabel when confronted by Alma with the vision

Julieta's development of standing up for Mirabel to Alma. From her gently asking Alma to be more gentle to Mirabel before Antonio's gift ceremony to saying "You were always too harsh on Mirabel"

Isabela's melody in WDTAB being reprised in What Else Can I Do by Mirabel

Isabela being ashamed when Alma sees her - in a "ruined dress" and messier hair - with Mirabel after What Else Can I Do

The metaphoric with Alma's "The cracks started with you" to Mirabel because the family did start to crack (more) when Mirabel didn't get a gift.

Camilo and Isabela trying to get the candle but loosing their powers mid air and being caught by Casita

Julieta and Agustín fighting Casita to get to Mirabel as Casita is crumbling and trying to get the family out

Julieta yelling "Mirabel leave it!" as Mirabel is still trying to get the candle

The entire encanto breaking along with Casita as it is part of the miracle too

Pepa's "Antonio don't cry, don't cry" afterwards

Camilo's incredibly easy to overhear line: "My powers they're gone I don't- what about Antonio? What's he gonna do?"

Dolores trying to use her enhanced hearing to find Mirabel only to realize she no longer has it

The difference of Alma and Pedro's story in the beginning and towards the end

The constant reoccurring of "open your eyes" between Alma and Mirabel. Abuela Alma opens the movie with saying it to five year old Mirabel, Mirabel sings it to Alma in Waiting On A Miracle in a desperate, frustrated tone, in the flashback scene at the river Alma says "I lost sight of who our miracle was for", shortly after Mirabel says "I finally see" after recognizing the butterfly from Bruno's vision, Alma singing "Open your eyes - Abre tus ojos" to Mirabel in All of You

Pepa being the first of the sisters to hug Bruno

Not reduced to Encanto, happens in musicals all the time but the melodies of Isabela's part in WDTAB and Surface Pressure and The Family Madrigal reprising in All of You

Camilo trying to spin the shovel Mirabel gave him, dropping it and checking if Mirabel saw it

The doorknob

The M on the doorknob can stand for both "Mirabel" and "Madrigal"

Mirabel standing in the middle in the front door as she is the one holding the family together

Isabela and Mirabel being Dolores' wingwomen

A deep blue being the main color on Isabela's colorful dress making her fit in more with her parents and siblings

Pepa's and Julieta's love for their children

 special thanks to @sanktnikolais ​ for editing my messy thoughts, i adore you

  As a Colombian woman, it really warms my heart to see how many people are loving Encanto—all the positive reactions and the praise the movie has received not only from the critics but from the audience in general make me happy beyond measure. I, as well as pretty much everyone in this country, have always resented the negative representation we have had in the media. 

  For instance, “Narcos” is one of the best examples of this hurtful representation that continues to profit from some of the darkest moments of recent history, events that we all would like to bury in the past.

  Nonetheless, the discourse I have seen about Encanto, especially on Tumblr, has disappointed me greatly. Most people have focused on coming out with headcanons about the characters’ sexuality and gender, or writing Camilo x reader fics (do you realize he’s a teenager? please stop) shifting completely the real focus of the movie. Listen, I am not going to tell anyone what to do or to gatekeep these characters. The fact that you think Isabela is a lesbian doesn’t bother me; what I’d really like to remind people of, specially queer white folks, is that this movie isn’t for you. 

  This movie was made first and foremost for Colombians and Latinos. Therefore, when a movie like Encanto, which excels in every aspect and has finally given us the representation that we have been dying for, gets its every valuable aspect outshone by these woke and for the most part ridiculous takes (Bruno is autistic bc the knock on wood thing? Tell me you are white without telling me you are white.)  It is expected that people like me won’t feel happy.  

  That being said, in this post I want to tell you about the amazing job Disney made at representing the armed conflict in my country and what this representation and the song “Dos Oruguitas” mean for Colombian people.