Post movie Mirabel still has a long way to go, just like everyone else in the family. Sadly, her repression issues make it hard- after all, everything is ok now- shouldn't she be as well..? Luckily Tía Armida knows all too well the feeling, and is able to talk to her about it
Using some of encantober prompts to do more oc and canon interactions that I don't normally but should- starting with our beloved mirabel- that hug is long overdo 💛
“The words tightened around her body with a vicious, unforgiving intensity. She felt like a weakened prey animal, slowly succumbing to the vice-like constraint of a boa constrictor.
As she slipped back into a fitful sleep, the nightmare's words continued to haunt her with sadistic cruelty.”
Mirabel finds herself haunted by nightmares in the aftermath of Casita's downfall, often depicting what was, what could've been, and what could follow.
I’m sure someone has probably said this better, but I just re (re re re re re re re re re) watched Encanto and had an epiphany during the song, Waiting on a Miracle.
Everything that Mirabel lists in that song? All those things she “can’t do?”
She does them, one by one, over the course of the movie. Everything she lists, whether it’s some power she wishes she had or something in her life that she wants to change, it all happens. Check it out:
The most obvious part, and what I noticed first, is how she describes the Gifts.
-I can’t move the mountains
-I can’t make the flowers bloom
-I can’t heal what’s broken
-Can’t control the morning rain or a hurricane
The language here is deliberate, and although it’s easy to write it off as lyricism or poetic phrasing for the sake of the song, this is a list of things that are caused or influenced by Mirabel’s actions in the movie. The crack down the center of town causes the mountains to split in two, Isabela’s power reaches its full potential during What Else Can I Do, and at the end of the movie Mirabel plays a big part in healing the rifts in the family. The part about the weather is less obvious, but because Pepa’s mood is tied to her Gift, I’d argue that there were probably some weird weather fluctuations when Mirabel gets Pepa to finally talk about Bruno. Mira also expertly avoids a storm by rephrasing her question about Bruno’s Gift and causes Pepa to hit Camilo with lightning when she bumps into the wall, but those are more situational than results of deliberate actions.
In other parts of the song, Mirabel talks about the things in her life that she wishes would change and things she wants to change about herself.
-I can’t take another night up in my room, waiting on a miracle
-Can’t keep down the unspoken invisible pain
-Always walking alone, always wanting for more
-Like I’m still at that door longing to shine like all of you shine
-Show this family something new
-Who I am inside, so what do I do?
The night after Antonio’s party Mirabel is lying in her room, presumably alone for the first time since Antonio was old enough to be away from Pepa for the night. She can’t sleep, and it isn’t a huge leap to conclude that she’s waiting for something to happen, whether it’s for the cracks to appear again, or for someone in her family to come talk to her, or even for the candle to finally give her a Gift because Antonio got one and maybe the magic was just a little bit delayed. The movie could have ended right there, except then Mirabel gets up. She decides to take action and comes up with a plan, no longer content to just wait for a miracle to change her life.
Everything that happens after that is related to her and her family’s catharsis and self-actualization. She stops pretending she’s ok and indirectly tells her family how hard she’s been trying to earn Alma’s love when she realizes that they’ve all been doing the same thing, and that none of it will ever be enough. Mirabel cries and screams and yells at Alma, stomping her feet and making it very clear that she isn’t content with keeping her pain hidden away. By that point the audience knows that Mirabel isn’t the only one who feels this way. Almost everyone in the family feels like they’ve been walking alone, and everyone wants to shine as bright as they think the others do. This includes Agustin and Felix: “It was easy to feel… un-ceptional.”
When the movie concludes, Mirabel’s the one who brings them all together. She reunites Bruno with their family, shows Alma the effects of her actions, and then brings about changes. She teaches the family a new way to shine, and that they’re brighter when they work together. She’s the one who opens the door, both figuratively and literally, and as she walks up to put the doorknob in place her family tells her that they finally see her as she is.
Mirabel might not have the same kind of magic, but she’s able to do everything that her magical family members can do, and more. Everything she does is laid out in Waiting on a Miracle, presented in such a way that it seems like Mirabel is hoping for something impossible. That’s something the movie teaches us: that people are often more capable than they think they are, and when everyone comes together to work toward a goal, nothing’s actually impossible.
-Has extremely vivid lucid dreams that she tells everyone about at breakfast, soon realizing they’re absolutely nonsensical when said out loud
-Every night, without fail, wakes up in the middle of the night to get a glass of water
-Accidentally sleeps in late frequently
-Often times talks in her sleep, usually just quiet mumbles
Luisa
-Always needs to hug/hold something
-Easily disturbed by any sudden noises, she’s a protector at heart. Thankfully she can go back to sleep fairly easily when she knows there’s no danger
-When she wakes up, she’s got crazy hair frizz and her voice is so deep and raspy… and yes, it’s extremely hot
-She doesn’t snore but her breathing is very powerful, like listening to ocean waves
-Doesn’t really collect a whole bunch of stuffed animals, but has this one teddy bear from when she was little that she could never get rid of and she sleeps with it when she needs it
Isabela
-Won’t admit it but has the WORST case of snoring in the whole family.
-Sleeps super sprawled out with her limbs going in literally every direction
-Somehow wakes up with perfect hair
-Always needs earplugs and an extra soft sleeping mask or else she will riot
-Will only sleep on the SOFTEST of mattresses
Dolores
-Bedroom is soundproofed but wears earplugs every night for extra measure
-Loves essential oils to help her sleep
-Very easily woken up by any little noise
-Sleeps silent as a mouse and still as a doll
Camilo
-Takes second place for the worst snoring in the family
-Always has the funniest or wackiest dreams and entertains everyone in the morning by retelling them
-Antonio loves hearing about his silliest dreams
-Can fall asleep in 2 minutes or less. When he’s out, he’s OUT.
Antonio
-Always needs a bedtime story before bed and either Mirabel, Camilo, or Luisa are the ones happy to do it for him.
-Has every animal plushie imaginable. His goal is to find every kind of animal in the world
-Instantly comes to Mirabel and cuddles her when he has a nightmare
-Always needs a night light
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