i said this in the tags of my previous post but people who say that mirabel deserved to get a gift are probably the same people who say that eugene shouldn't have cut rapunzel's hair that short.
the point of both these movies is that these people should be valued for who they are, not for what they can do.
rapunzel was kidnapped because of her hair, and mother gothel was using her for her hair, for what she can provide. eugene was the first person to treat her as a person and see her worth, apart from her hair and magical powers. (also he was literally DYING you fucking doofuses, did you expect him to get a pair of stylist's scissors and give her a professional blowout? use your braincells for god's sake)
similarly, we see how in encanto, everyone's worth was placed on their gift, and mirabel was treated as worthless simply because she didn't have a gift. the solution here is to not give her a gift so that she'll be valued, it's that she deserves to be treated with love and respect regardless. and that's what happens in the end. it could be an allegory for many things — disability, neurodivergence, or simply people who don't have amazing skills or talents.
either way, it baffles me that people can lack media literacy this much. both these movies pretty much spelled out their messages for us, and y'all still missed it.
