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The Madrigal and Their Shared, Familial Habit of Tender, Affectionate, and Loving Cheek Touches

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Iβm probably the last person to notice this photograph of Julistin outside Isabelaβs room but I am CRYING, look at his goofy lil face π
ENCANTO (2021) Dir. Byron Howard & Jared Bush
It really means the world to me that Mariano wasnt for a moment seen as a villain or bad guy in any way, every scene that they talk about him every scene that he's in he's always a handsome caring generous respectful loving man and it is seen as completely okay that Isabela doesn't want to be with him not because she likes someone else or there is anything anything at all wrong with him she just doesn't want to be with him and that's it they don't even explain why, they don't give her a different love interest, it's just that she doesn't want to be with him. I honestly cannot think of a single piece of media in which that happens, that a girl does not want to be with a guy who respects and loves her not because he's a villain or unattractive or she likes someone else but just because she does not want to be with him and that is painted as completely okay and she's not seen as a b**** for it
Hola, Casita (de jengibre)! π¦
Over two years later and this movie still has my entire heart.
Feliz nochebuena, warmest wishes to you and yours this holiday season, and may the new year bring you happiness and prosperity! π―οΈ

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Bruno was probably the first of her babies Alma held.
Usually right after birth the baby is given to the mother. But when Julieta and Pepa were born, Alma was still giving birth to the next baby and couldn't very well hold the first baby at the moment. The midwife probably gave Julieta and Pepa to Pedro or another midwife or whoever.
But when Bruno was born, the birth was finished, and Alma was able to rest, and finally hold one of her babies.
Now I'm wondering how Alma managed to hold three babies at once while fleeing for her life. They would've been smaller than average, but still.
Not burst the bubble here but I (not medically trained) think when youβre having a multiple birth, vaginally that is, you donβt have continuous contractions.
Like how with the placenta, thereβs a small break in the contractions after each babyβs birth (not sure how long but it seems to vary birth to birth tbh, but one lady had time to birth the baby and walk down, out and into the ambulance and be driven halfway to the hospital before they pulled over to birth the placenta). I know of one woman who held her eldest twin immediately after birthing it, then handed it off to birth the next one.
So Alma probably held Julieta first, Pepa second, and Bruno last. Unless there was a medical issue with the babies or herself that prevented this, or if she just didnβt want to hold the babies at that moment.
i know you are in your Wish Criticism and Analysis Era (love to see it, very interesting takes!!), but i was wondering if you could spare some thought as to why you thought that the moral/lesson of Encanto was not great? in my eyes, it was always mostly about forgiving and moving past generational trauma... even if the movie didn't fully execute on that hah
I can try! I haven't gone over it in my brain in a while. Sometimes answering questions helps me verbally do it, though.
I guess I should clarify. The message in Encanto isn't outright evil...it's just a little tricky to try and teach in the story that they used, without also saying a bunch of stuff that is problematic. I'll try to explain.
The main point in Encanto seems to be something like: "You don't have to be perfect: just being yourself is special enough."
Easy enough. When anyone in the Madrigal family tries to meet Abuela's super-high standards, it turns out to be hurtful. The more Pepita holds her emotions in, the more tense and stressed she gets. The more Luisa tries to carry, the more tense and stressed she gets.
But the problem is, the movie so often gets TOO CLOSE to portraying the opposite of "just being yourself is special enough" as "give your life for others." It tiptoes too close toward the "self-focus is beneficial" line.
The Madrigal family occupation, the thing Abuela is pushing them all too hard to do, is not something bad. She wants them to use their gifts to help others. But Abuela is a (sympathetic) antagonist in the movie.
And it's explained. You feel for her. She apologizes and there's forgiveness, like you said--I'm just saying, it's tiptoeing up to a line that isn't always the most responsible line to show to kids, in a kids' movie. Kids do not generally need help questioning whether or not their parents are being too controlling, or too pushy, or wanting too much--kids usually already lean too far in that direction on their own.
But like. The problem is, there's an equal-opposite lesson each of the character could learn that I think is better for kids, when they're kids.
Pepita should be free to feel, genuinely --> yeah, but Pepita also shouldn't let her emotions get so out of control that they hurt others.
Luisa shouldn't be expected to carry every family burden --> No, but in general it's a good thing to "bear one another's burdens in love" and do whatever you can to help, even if it's heavy.
Isabella shouldn't have to act happy & pretty constantly, and marry for the good of others --> Of course not, but it is good to be able to find joy and act genuinely joyful in all circumstances.
Mirabel shouldn't have to have the same level of accomplishments and abilities as everyone else in order to feel loved --> No, she shouldn't at all, but also, it is never a good idea to say to yourself "there's no room for improvement in me because I'm already enough and perfect; no flaws that need apologizing for or changing."
Abuela shouldn't focus so much on controlling what her family does even if it's for their own good --> No, absolutely not, but in general, an older woman who guides and teaches her family on how to selflessly serve others is considered wise, not controlling.
Bruno shouldn't have to only tell people what they want to hear to be accepted --> no, obviously not, but he shouldn't be so constantly negative that he's causing everyone around him to be anxious (I know that simplifying it because he had a literal power to explain the future and they asked him to, but I'm talking about the lessons kids could glean.)
And that's my main beef (it's not even that big a beef; I thought Encanto was so well-done.) My main beef is that it's a movie kids will be influenced by, but the themes and lessons are really more helpful for an audience of college or even high-school-aged people. People who are old enough to have that level of discernment to say:
"Yeah, it's good that Abuela is trying to teach her family to be selfless and safe, but she goes too far by being fearful and controlling; yeah, it's good to control your emotions, but not if you go so far that you're not allowed to be vulnerable at all; yeah, it's good to want to help others by lending your strength to share their loads, but not if you go so far that you get your sense of worth from your success; yeah, it's good to stay positive and be a light to others, but not if you go too far and become a faker; yeah, it's good to be able to recognize your flaws, but not if you get your sense of worth from making up for them."
Those are the sort of sub-lessons Encanto teaches: "don't make decisions based out of fear (fear that you're losing your worth, your identity, your loved ones, your future, the love of others.)"
I'm just saying, kids aren't going to be able to pick those sub-lessons out as easily. What will probably stick with them is the idea of grandmother = wrong; spending your life helping others = stressed and losing your superpowers etc.
But ultimately, it's a movie with a lot of heart, and this idea of grace and unconditional love, so it is not a big mistake or a loss or anywhere near what I'd rank Turning Red and Wish. It's just a little...reckless for a kid's movie. π€·ββοΈ
Why I think the Madrigals believed Bruno to be dead
The adults only speak about him in past tense. "Bruno didn't care about this family". As far as she knows, if he's still alive and not back it means he actively still doesn't care about the family, so why not say that? FΓ©lix also speaks in past tense ("You better figure it out, because it was coming for you"). Julieta's "My brother Bruno lost his way in this family" makes sense regardless of whether she thought he'd died or not, but to me it does sound very final. Pepa cannot even hear his name without thundering. With the amount of love she has for him, the thought that he might have made himself a happier life in a town that does not shun him should bring her at least a bit of comfort, but she's inconsolable even after so much time. I'm sure there are more examples of this and if I can think of them, I'll add them in the replies.
The door going dark. Now, we know it stopped being lit because he had decided not to use his power anymore, but it makes far more sense for it to be because he couldn't use his power anymore (because he was dead). Casita, much like Bruno, can tell the future, so she knew he was going to use it again, the vow did not really count for anything. Are you telling me that anytime a family member leaves their room and considers not using their power for a while their door goes black?? It makes a lot more sense for the family to have thought he had died. The same applies for Casita not being able to help inside the room: it sounds like a metaphor for the Madrigals not being able to help Bruno anymore.
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itβs my own personal headcanon that brunoβs room used to be full of lush greenery and waterfalls but the angrier/sadder/more frustrated he got at himself and his powers, the more it started to die and once he left his room, intending never to return, everything dried up completely and turned to sand.
the shower of sand when mirabel first walks in? waterfall.
all of the walls surrounding the stairs leading to his vision cave? covered in ferns and flowers and vines and other native greenery.
iβd like to think that his room was his own personal oasis and that after the house gets rebuilt, his room returns to its former, healthy state.

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πππ Happy birthday to the Madrigal Triplets! πππ
Also for Encantober Day 17: Home. Bruno's homecoming + the triplets's togetheness being "home" π₯Ί
Gunpowder sent me this and I had to redraw it. Lolol
I want to draw all Sibling Shenanigans.
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What the Jose's workers have to deal with when Jose and Chepe comes back from Encanto. π
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