MilfFucker69

I think it’s super fair to say that Pepa associates physical touch with love and her love language is physical touch and not just with her husband but her children as well

She’s a physically affectionate person, and she won the lottery with a husband whose as physically affectionate as she is like he’s always putting his hand on her waist, she’s always touching his shoulder or chest… Even when he wants to get rid of her clouds he knows words don’t work as well as doing something to physically get rid of them like shooing them away with his hand when they’re mild or trying to literally beat the snow cloud away with his hat.

Even when she needs to self soothe what does she do? She starts doing her clear skies chant AND stroking her hair, something physical bc she knows that physical touch is what can calm her down quickest.

What does this have to do with Alma apologizing? Well let’s take a look. Here we see Julieta 100% being ‘okay this is real, she means this, this is genuine’ and Pepa has no reaction hardly besides worry and fear, bc she doesn’t know if she can believe this is really happening, that her mother is really sincere with her apology.

But then…. then look what Alma does with Pepa. What she doesn’t do to any of the grandkids or her actual kids; she touches her face. She uses Pepa’s love language to communicate with her that this is genuine and real. It’s about as sincere and intimate a moment a parent can have with a child and THATS when Pepa looks relieved and happy because now she KNOWS it’s real, that their mother loves her

There's an almost-universal truism in kids' movies that the hero can't kill anyone. Not even the Big Bad, no matter how warranted it is in the moment or how much the audience wants it. You simply can't do that. Heroes don't kill.

There are exceptions, but this truism is especially universal in the studio that's practically synonymous with kids' films: Disney.

That's why so many Disney villains end up accidentally killing themselves. Usually by falling off of something:

I can only think of four heroes in the entire Disney catalog that deliberately, intentionally choose to kill a sapient, intelligent villain, and all of them were self-defensive and in the heat of the moment, where sparing the villain wasn't an option:

(Note: I have seen most Disney movies, but not all of them)

....and then Dreamworks came along, said "fuck that," and had their goofy, lovable Jack Black character ice a motherfucker just 'cause.

Po has already completely won the fight. The day has been saved. He has Tai Lung at his mercy. Tai Lung is terrified:

And Po's not even reluctant about it. There's no burden of responsibility. He doesn't even give his thoroughly beaten opponent a chance to surrender or be banished or something. They didn't just have Po kill, they had him enjoy it because his method of murder is so wicked cool.

Po is a hero in a kids' movie who not only kills his villain, but fucking executes him. All with that signature Dreamworks smirk on his face:

Note: I don’t know if the two books I read are considered entirely canon, so take all of this with a grain of salt. I read the Encanto Deluxe Junior Novel and Encanto: A Tale of Three Sisters to find these little things. (Now has a part 2 here!)

• Bruno’s room has a picture/sculpture of him with the eyes scratched out.

• Señora Guzmán is Mariano’s abuela, not his mother, and she has a reputation for being very proper.

• Isabela actually broke Mariano’s nose during the proposal.

• Bruno carries a gilded case of matches in his ruana (and the book actually called it a ruana!)

• I’m slightly unclear on this one, but the junior novelization seems to imply that Bruno’s gift can be physically painful for him to use.

• Pedro was a shopkeeper when he met Alma.

• Pedro could sew.

• The candle is Pedro and Alma’s wedding candle.

• Dolores ends up marrying Mariano.

• Mirabel eventually gets a door, which the whole family has decorated with something that reflects them.

• Mirabel owns and can play an accordion.

• The horsemen were apparently bandits.

• Isabela secretly wishes that her gift was more useful.

• Mariano often sent presents- chocolates, trinkets, and bouquets of flowers- to Isabela before he proposed.

• Pepa sometimes worries about the fact that Antonio doesn’t talk very much.

• Everyone loves Luisa’s hugs.

• Isabela made Luisa a flower crown to wear when she had her Gift ceremony.

• Antonio used to hate baths.

• Antonio has a river dolphin in his room.

• The candle never melts or drips, as well as never going out.

• Isabela doesn’t like messy foods, in case she spills them on her dress.

• Abuela’s room is very basic, not like the magical ones.

• Luisa’s room has weights, pulleys, ropes, and bars in it.

• Luisa likes hummingbirds.

• The townspeople refer to Abuela as “Doña Alma.”

• Camilo loves playing football with Casita. (Note: football in Colombia is what Americans call soccer.)

• Antonio has a box full of seashells.

• Julieta has a favorite hat that has peacock feathers on it.

• The fish lady’s name is Señora Osma. (Maybe Pezmuerto is her last name?) Update: Señora Osma/Ozma is actually the lady who asked Luisa to reroute the river. The fish lady is Señora Pezmuerto.

• Camilo often shows up at meals as someone besides himself.

• Bruno’s ruana is three sizes too big.

• Antonio used to have nightmares, and Mirabel would sit on the edge of his bed and put her hand on his arm to calm him down.

• Antonio can be a tiny bit scary- Bruno asks in Antonio’s room if the jaguar is going to eat him, and Antonio’s reply is a shrug and “not today.”

• Bruno doesn’t wash his underwear. (Update: this has been confirmed to be a joke.)

• Antonio likes to catch and release butterflies.

• Isabela thinks Mirabel is Agustín’s favorite.

• Félix can get fed up with Camilo’s shapeshifting into him- he’s described as looking “ready to box Camilo’s ears” in one scene.

• Isabela’s room has fireflies in it.

• Isabela doesn’t like to have anything in her room out of order.

• Luisa is afraid of the dark.

• Abuela used to call Pedro “Pedrito.”

• Camilo doesn’t like it when Pepa and Félix get mushy in front of him.