Ok, time to share some scenes I would’ve liked to add to Encanto’s story to add some extra kick to the angst of familial pressures and not feeling good enough.
I’ll start with Luisa’s music scene and how off-putting it felt for me. The other music scenes feel treated with respect, taken seriously, showing valuable imagery to get their emotional points across. Luisa’s to me felt like Disney needed its quota of ‘quirkiness’ and so they have our girl sing about her understandable and heartbreaking problem with being labeled the 'strong’ sister all while she smiles and dances with donkeys. Idk it just felt jarring to me and like such a missed opportunity for some stuff that could’ve hit me harder.
Like maybe they could’ve kept her 8n reality as she sang, doing the jobs around town as more people keep piling on her, and we progressively see her getting more and more tired, her reflexes getting slower to reacting to stuff (like a runaway cart coming their way). When she starts talking about wanting 'simple pleasures and relaxation’ maybe her staring longingly at people her age hanging out, drinking, implying her isolation because her responsibilities keep her from having a social life. And as the music goes to its emotional drop, we see it cut from that to a memory of a time as kids where both her and her sibling (maybe Mirabel) got hurt as kids but the attention is on Mirabel and treating her while Luisa can only pick herself up and keep running to go help Abuela, trying not to cry as little her runs and goes by flashes of other memories of her doing work.
And then she’s back in the real world, with renewed vigor finishing the jobs she was getting tired of, but with an anger behind her movements. The song ends as she shuts the door behind the last donkey with a harsh slam, and her shoulders quake not wanting to face Mirabel.
Mirabel I felt could’ve had a bit more to do with Luisa dropping her guard too, instead of Luisa hugging her first and telling her that maybe she has a problem. Something softer. Mirabel slowly hugging Luisa after the song as Luisa flinches and tries not to cry. Mirabel reassuring her that she’s human and that she deserves a break and Luisa taking in a sharp breath and we see her MELT into her little sister’s embrace. That’d be powerful, man.
…. OK next up, scenes I would’ve added to Bruno’s past.
When Abuela got the candle, the Casita was her gift. The reason Mirabel didn’t get a gift like everyone else, and is also the first person on the door of the new Casita is because she is replacing Abuela’s place as the head of the house.
When Dolores tells Isabela that “he wants five babies”, and the little flowers pop up, Abuela picks off the one flower that is a different color, leaving only the perfect pink ones.
When Camilo gets zapped and he turns into members of the family is because, just like the rest of the Madrigals, his family is always what is the first thing on his mind.
Me: *just trying to enjoy my recent Encanto movie high*
Encanto weirdos: *posts about proshipping, whitewashing, shit talking Latino culture, art porn ON MINORS, putting stereotypical labels that are deep rooted in racism and sexism like calling Luisa a transwoman etc etc*
Switched up Bruno’s outfit in that one drawing I did earlier and now I can’t stop drawing him in it lol I liked the idea of him wearing normal, non-tattered clothes once he gets re-adjusted to being outside the walls again.
Sidenote.. well, more of a major note. I shouldn’t even have to say this, but I’m gonna say it anyway (and I prob won’t say it again because my hope is that everyone who sees my page will understand) All of my art is P L A T O N I C.
I can’t control where this ends up or how people see it or interpret it, but let it beknown that I.. the original artist.. would rather eat an entire leather sofa than ship any of these family members together. That is all lol
- So, I wanted to publish this Isabela Madrigal fanart here too, I hope you like it and give it a lot of support. ♥️♥️♥️
-(Entonces, quería publicar aquí también este fanart de Isabela Madrigal, espero que les guste y le den mucho apoyo.♥️♥️♥️)
- It is one of the few times where I like a character like Isabela from the beginning XD, and I am not saying this because of her “Transformation” and the empathy you can have for her when you know that she did not want to be perfect, even her attitude as “the golden girl "So feminine and super cocky it made me laugh. And her design is just gorgeous!
-(Es de las pocas veces que me gusta un personaje como Isabela desde el principio XD , y no lo digo por su "Transformación” y la empatía que puedes tener con ella cuando sabes que no quería ser perfecta, incluso su actitud como “la chica de oro” tan femenina y súper engreída me hizo reír. ¡Y su diseño es simplemente precioso! )
- This was a drawing in which I wanted to experiment a lot and I was afraid that it would not turn out as I expected, but in the end I am very happy with its result. Transforming a “flawless” drawing into the beautiful and colorful imperfection she becomes was so much fun because… I love staining things with paint and destroying that perfection XD and I’m so glad I did it with these two versions of it fan art
-(Este era un dibujo en el que quería experimentar mucho y tenía miedo de que no saliera como esperaba, pero al final estoy muy contenta con el resultado. Transformar un dibujo “impecable” en la hermosa y colorida imperfección en la que se convierte fue muy divertido porque… Me encanta manchar las cosas con pintura y destruir esa perfección XD y estoy muy contenta de haberlo hecho con estas dos versiones de fan art.)
- on my instagram there is also the drawing and the practice sketches, and on tik tok you can find the same video with the procedure that you will see here uwu ♥️
-(en mi instagram tambien esta el dibujo y los bocetos de practica, y en tik tok pueden encontrar el mismo video con el procedimiento que veran aqui uwu ♥️)
