the gossip chain scene in encanto is so fucking funny. like dolores apparently can’t keep a secret to save her life and she takes the chance to say it the second mirabel’s not making eye contact with her which is funny enough ok. so she says it to her younger brother but she had like five seconds so you know she just said what she said later - “Mirabel broke into Bruno’s tower, found his last prophecy, she’s gonna destroy the magic, and now we’re all doomed.” Camilo didn’t seem to notice his sister’s distress earlier in the scene so imagine you’re having a nice dinner and then your sister drops on you that your cousin (who you’re p close in age to) is unintentionally(?) going to kill you all
camilo then whispers this to. his dad. i dont know any kids who talk to their fucking parents so good on félix for letting his kids know they can tell him anything. but also ok so camilo tells félix while félix is drinking water so of course he spits it out and Alma looks like she wants to kill him but he could have said the same thing Dolores did but this is also “seven foot frame rats along his back” theatre kid Camilo so he could’ve embellished a little in the heat of the moment with emotions running high.
ok so Félix knows and then he. tells Pepa. Like he loves his wife so much he’ll tell her anything but also the fact he thought it was a good idea to tell his anxiety-ridden wife who summons thunderclouds when she’s stressed in the middle of a high-stakes dinner is hysterical. you’ve lived with her for at least twenty years, probably known each other for fifty seeing as félix likely grew up in the encanto. you don’t think this could wait til after dinner.
but yeah he tells pepa and that goes as well as you’d expect and she’s desperately trying to chill the fuck out but it’s not working because she was just told that her niece found her brother’s prophecy of doom and it says the lil niece is gonna destroy their home which is the only thing keeping them from invading murderers who killed her dad
so she tells julieta, and julieta is like “MY DAUGHTER’S GONNA DO WHAT” and you can see her immediate concern but there also must be that same fear pepa has of we’re all gonna die
anyway if mirabel hadn’t kickstarted the proposal do you think julieta would’ve carried on the “no braincells gossip chain” and, without thinking, leaned over to whisper to alma. can you fucking imagine. alma just stopping halfway through dinner like “i’m sorry you’re telling me this NOW??”
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