Encanto Fan

Does anyone wanna talk?

Please...

This probably sounds stupid.

So this is a request to talk and debate about The Bad Guys for everyone with an open mind.

Doesn't she feel kinda...

Too correct?

Like nothing human really stuck after her switch to legality.

You know, with how she only trusted The Bad Guys to stop more criminals?

Or how she became a cop because she crushed a piccolo and discovered law enforcement?

Or how she never really sees criminals as people with their own motivations other that 'do more crime'?

And pretty much worships the law until she breaks one just to get some ex-criminals in jail?

Or does it just feed his insecurity that he has to prove he belongs?

Does Diane actually make things better? Or unintentionally worse?

I grew up believing that if I cared about what everyone says about me, id drive myself insane and as I grew I realized that I was right.

Wolf constantly cares about what people think of him, and instead of learning that what people think of him doesn't matter.

Why do people assume that Diane is the one who would have the most connection with Kitty Kat?

Yeah, I get it, they were friends in the books. But the final version has them barely interacting beyond physically fighting.

Like, in universe wise, they don't know each other like that. Even if Diane would try to connect, I don’t see her interacting with someone, who in her perspective, has shown no signs of redemption.

And it said:

That uncertainty makes sense, especially with the way The Bad Guys and The Bad Guys 2 frame their relationship.

A lot of Diane’s love for Mr. Wolf is expressed through belief in his potential:

“You can be more.”

“You can change.”

“You can do good.”

That’s caring. But it’s also directional. It points toward a future version of him.

So it can leave open the question:

> “Would she still love him if he stopped trying to prove himself?”

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Why this feels emotionally unclear

You’ve been focusing on the difference between:

loving someone as a person

versus loving the possibility they represent

And with Diane, the movies often blur those together.

Her empathy tends to sound like:

> “I see the good in you.”

Which is beautiful in one sense.

But it can also imply:

> “The most lovable part of you is the part moving away from who you were.”

That’s why it feels uncertain.

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Compare that to the kind of love you’ve been describing

The dynamic you seem drawn to—like Husk and Angel Dust in Hazbin Hotel—isn’t centered on transformation.

It’s centered on recognition.

Not:

> “I love who you could become.”

But:

> “I see who you already are beneath all of this.”

That feels safer. Less conditional.

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The tension with Diane

I don’t think the films clearly answer your question.

Because Diane does care about Wolf genuinely.

But the story keeps tying that care to:

growth

reform

proving goodness

becoming accepted

So it becomes hard to separate:

> “I love you”

from:

> “I love watching you become better.”

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Why that matters so much for Wolf

If Wolf already fears:

> “I have to perform to be accepted”

then a relationship built too heavily around potential can accidentally reinforce that fear.

Even unintentionally.

He may start to feel:

> “The most lovable version of me is the version that succeeds at being good.”

That’s a painful pressure.

And honestly, the fact that you can’t tell is probably because the movies themselves don’t fully distinguish:

loving someone’s humanity from

loving their transformation arc

Wolf knew how to treat people.