chief requirement to become a madrigal husband: chug a gallon of LOVE MY WIFE juice with every square meal
[ID: a series of drawings of various characters from encanto recreating the meme of will smith presenting his wife. each one is done in vibrant colours against a rectangular backdrop of solid colour, white hearts swarming enthusiastically over the characters’ heads. one: agustin, smiling widely, presents julieta, who swats at him as she leans away, one hand cupping her cheek and the edge of a bashful grin. the background is warm, bright yellow. two:felix, grinning, presents pepa, who throws her head back in laughter, one hand on her hip and the other over her heart, a rainbow arcing behind her. the background is vivid red. three: mariano, sappily smiling, presents dolores, who returns his adoring gaze, leaning closer to him with both hands clasped to her chest. the background is an intense blue. end ID.]
bonus: chief requirement to be a madrigal grandkid: want to be included in everything
[ID: grayscale drawings of the remaining madrigal grandchildren and an additional bruno recreating the meme themselves. one: isabela and mirabel enthusiastically present a flustered but appreciative luisa, who reaches up to touch the flower crown isabela has grown on her head.two: camilo (in the form of nightmare bruno) and antonio present a bewildered and alarmed bruno, who glances between the two of them, hands raised in surrender. antonio actually holds up a rat who strikes the will smith pose for him. three: camilo stands before the portrait of abuelo pedro, pointing at it with his thumb and saying: “do you think i should—” only to be cut off by another speech bubble which says, in all caps: “no, camilo.” end ID.]
After Bruno’s return, there are inevitably some people in the village who still call him creepy and spread rumors about him being a bad omen, sometimes saying awful things to his face. Bruno is quiet about it, but Dolores finds out immediately. The nieces and nephews unanimously become Bruno’s personal protection squad. Anyone who speaks ill of him or makes him feel bad will suddenly find lots of loud birds in the area when trying to sleep, and will find themselves tripping over roots and vines that seem to appear right by their feet. Luisa flat-out ignores any requests from those individuals and Camilo pulls pranks on them.
When Abuela finds out, she is furious. She gives all of her grandchildren a stern lecture on misusing their powers, and forbids them from doing anything of the sort again.
After that, she proceeds to march into the village and drag the people being mean to Bruno to the casita one by one and waits with arms folded while they apologize to her son.
I really loved how Encanto shows a family that loves each other while also being deeply flawed and in need of help. At the beginning, it’s easy to think that everyone is pushing Mirabel aside and ignoring her feelings but really, they’re just busy trying to keep up their own facades of being fine and hiding their own insecurities and fears. They’re so focused on trying to act like they’re okay, it’s hard to notice that others around them are doing the exact same thing.
Even Mirabel doesn’t realize that Luisa, her strong sister, is feeling weak and scared, or that Isabella, her “perfect” sister, is being crushed by everyone else’s expectations. Once the family starts opening up to each other and sharing the hurts they’ve been hiding, that’s when the love between them truly shines and they’re able to start healing.
I think a lot of families are like that: They love each other, but unwittingly create toxic environments for some or all of its members through too-high expectations, a need to seem fine when you’re not, and a fear of disappointing the people around you.
A lot of things about this movie spoke to me. I’ll probably make a longer post later, but that’s what I’m thinking right now.
I know I never talked about it, but I LOVED Encanto! Figured I get back into my old trad art roots again and dust off the old liners again to draw this fashionable icon~
Anyone guess which version of Isabella I’m coloring?
Lovely movie fell in love with the Madrigal family!
(+Also am I the only one who thought Bruno’s prophesy for Isabella sounded a little too ominous when listening ‘We don’t talk about Bruno’ for the first time? I thought it was foreshadowing some kind of super villain duo(pfff)
I’ve watched Encanto twice in the last two days and I’ve started developing this theory that Mirabel is actually the result of her father having an affair, and that’s why she doesn’t have a gift. And, out of pride the family hid it from everyone including Mirabel. The only grandkids who know are Isabella and Delores, Luisa was too young to notice what happened and that’s why she always treats Mirabel like a sister and Isabella doesn’t (until the end). And, the movie is actually about realizing that family is more than blood. But, the problem is
