#bruno's visions

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[waitingonavision]

Random thing that (still) kinda “bothers” me about Encanto:

The wind and sky going all windy and wonky (darkening further) during, or at least at the start of, Bruno’s vision. Enough that Alma notices.

The reason it bothers me is because it feels like such a conspicuous/external sign of Bruno’s Gift. It makes me wonder if this happens every time he has a vision (*Bruno voice* evvv’ry time). Do the people in the Encanto just... have to deal with strange weather phenomena not only from Pepa but also Bruno? Is this what accompanied Bruno’s visions when he was a child/in his heyday as a seer? The sky going wonky some 10, 20 times a day?

Or is this only occurring because it’s the “ultimate vision”—perhaps even the first vision Bruno’s had in ten years? Maybe it’s just there for dramatic purposes (I wonder what Alma is thinking in the scene above).

Previously I’d wondered whether this happens with involuntary visions too, but, as fans have speculated (the directors have confirmed?), there seem to be differences between involuntary visions (unlooked for) and “prophecies” (looked for)—even though the two words are used interchangeably in the film. ...Because if the sky also went wonky during involuntary visions, and Bruno still had them while he was in the walls (e.g., wasn’t able to suppress them), then there would be a major tell.

So let’s just say that the sky doesn’t change and Bruno’s door doesn’t glow when he has involuntary visions. The other thing is that Bruno having involuntary visions is “extra-canon,” confirmed outside of the film and not mentioned anywhere in the story-proper. It’s probably the case that Movie!Bruno doesn’t get involuntary visions at all (like, someone just watching the movie and not perusing Jared Bush’s Twitter wouldn’t assume Bruno gets them), and so the sky changing doesn’t create a “plot hole”/the point is sort of moot (again).

Knowing this, does it still bother me? Maybe. 😅 I think that in the end I just don’t particularly love it as an external sign (unlike what happens in the immediate vicinity with the swirling sand, etc.—I do like that). Or find it really... necessary to have in the film, other than for dramatic purposes/Alma’s reaction* (actually, the sand and Bruno’s ritual aren’t required either, but at least they matter for his character/character building).

*I think it was Jared Bush who tweeted about trying to watch Encanto from Alma’s POV/what she knows/witnesses and seeing how it’s an entirely new story.

[anotsomysticalnight]

Hmmmm ok so I know one of the Encanto creators said that Bruno’s visions are made of emerald, but my brain still considers them to be made of glowing green coloured glass.

Because, y’know, you put sand under heat and pressure and it makes glass?

And Bruno’s ritual uses sand and fire?

... I’m probably the only person that thinks this 😐