#encanto rant

[curiescuriousity]

I WAS BROWSING THE ENCANTO POSTS AND SCROLLED A LITTLE TOO FAR INTO FANFIC TERRITORY... WHAT IS THIS OBSESSION WITH MAMA MIRABEL AU???!? TF- SHE'S FIFTEEN. NO. No. LIKE THAT'S A LITREAL MINOR SO SHUT THE HELL UP.

"oH bUt In ThE fIcS sHe'S aGeD uP"

NO. STILL CANONICALLY A MINOR YOU'RE WEIRD. F OFF. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON ALL THE FANART IVE SEEN OF HER WITH BIG BOOBS AND SWOLLEN BELLY.

STILL A MINOR. F I F T E E N YEARS OLD. STOP SEXUALIZING HER. AND THE BOTS OF HER....NO.

[yellowcry]

List of extremely nonsense things from that Encanto negative review. Ranting because I'm genuinely mad.

Isabela and Luisa are the same characters in plot development. They should be made into one/one should've been cut off

Uhh... Should I comment anything on this?? The only thing that combines them is that they both are burdened. But it's not even the same! Isabela is burdened because of perfectionism which is caused by her being the firstborn of the family. Luisa is burdened with her gift and the need to be strong all the time

Abuela was right when she said the cracks started because of Mirabel

Did they watch the movie??? (They also said it about Bruno leaving and Isabela misbehaving, but I CAN at least let these slide.)

The whole family aside from cold sisters are completely okay and unbothered by the whole thing

Rip Bruno, who lived ten freaking years inside the walls because he was afraid to face his mother. Rip Pepa who was on the verge on mental breakdown half of the movie (and had mental breakdown the other half). Rip Dolores who was prepared to watch the love of her life marrying her cousin.

Luisa should've stand up to Abuela if she's protector of tye family

Should we tell them that Matriarch is way too respected figure in Latin families for this. ESPECIALLY taking the fact that movie takes place in (technically) 1900.

[bluefrostyy]

You want to know how Bruno looked as a kid? Look at coffee kid.

My evidence:

My conclusion: Coffee kid is the mold of lil bruno 🤣

[rat-withapencil]

!!Encanto spoilers!! Also long rant ahead

So, let's talk about Bruno (and much of his family while we're at it) As a neurodivergent Hispanic person, I have just been waiting to jump on the opportunity to sink my teeth into the generational trauma that the characters of Encanto face. Not only is it an incredibly important discussion to have as it is arguably one of the biggest conflicts in the movie, but I feel like I should address some things that many non-Columbian/Hispanic/POC viewers might be thinking right about now. So, neurodivergence, it seems pretty evident, right? You've got a character like Bruno who right off the bat, seems to check off every box. He's socially awkward, has a series of strange habits, and lives in the dang walls. However, as someone with neurodivergence, I would disagree, I would also argue that projecting a label like that on a character as a white person, without any context to his personality, would take a whole lot away from the generational trauma aspect of things. One of the most evident things you can see in every single family member is the theme of anxiety. Each individual has a reason or a motive for what they do, which is usually fueled by fear. Bruno lives in the walls and practices superstitious precautions because he doesn't want to hurt people, Isabella pushes perfection in order to meet the standards that everyone expects her, Luisa acts as the sole support beam in fear of being seen as weak. While anxiety is most definitely something that most neurodivergent people face, their fears are not the reason they display the traits they do. So it's pretty obvious that the theme of this movie might imply that the reason for their behaviors is a direct cause of the generational trauma and anxiety that has been passed down. In fact, I think the producers of this movie took the opportunity of many family members to show just how different generational anxiety/trauma can look from person to person. You can see hints of it in every character, from Antonio to Alma. Why am I even bringing this up in the first place? Many other people that also suffer from generational trauma might view this as stating the obvious, well, because I am. One thing that I truly honestly wish that white audiences might understand, is that while some characters might be relatable in their behaviors, their actions have most certainly had a root that a non-Columbian/Hispanic/POC viewer just cannot write off as a learning disability. Obviously, neurodivergent Hispanic, POC, and Columbian people exist, and they have absolutely every right to state their case in saying that these characters are neurodivergent! However when it comes to white people doing the same thing, it can often erase the root of the issue that these characters face, and indirectly just become something again, made for mainly white people to relate to, which was the exact opposite of this movie's purpose. This movie is a love letter to Columbians, I see it as finally an "I see you" for the Columbian/Hispanic/POC viewers similarly affected by the issues the Encanto characters face.

[o3o-aya]

can we stop with the lgbtq arguments and some of the slander for Abuela in Encanto??

like pls??

we can have headcanons yes but stop pushing that Luisa is trans, when she isn’t-

like dam we ain’t allowed to have big strong women who like to dress up??

or Isabela?? just because she didn’t want to marry Mariano doesn’t mean she’s a lesbian 

she was her family’s perfect golden child in a LATINO household. she was expected to marry someone as “perfect” as she was.

it’s a movie about generational trauma. not the alphabet mafia.

as someone who is part of the lgbtq community, i would love the representation yes, but that isn’t going to happen just overnight with Disney.

there are other shows and movies you can watch that have lgbtq representation in them.

also, stop acting like Alma was the true villain here. 

she literally saw her husband get macheted to death, she became a single mother to THREE babies, and she had the weight of an entire village on her shoulders.

she didn’t have time to properly grieve her loss or focus on her own trauma of watching her husband get chopped to bits.

i agree that they forgave her to easily but she APOLOGIZED

that’s literally the most that most Latino families will get from the head of the family. most of the time there is no apologize, just gaslighting and gatekeeping.

Alma admitted her wrongs, most Latinos don’t get that apology that they deserve or their trauma is just swept under the rug.

all of this nonsense is coming from white people who literally have nothing to do.

this was made for Latino representation and making everyone aware of generation trauma in Latino households, and that alone.

but hey, maybe a different Disney movie

so please stop, i beg of you.

sincerely, a queer Latinx

[xstarrydawnx]

Okay but like why are people acting like encanto was a mediocre film with shallow one note characters and a terrible message that was 'love your family,even if they are jerks to you' when in actuality it's a film about generational trauma,something alot of people (mostly latinos) face irl and with the messages 'nothing is broken that you and your family can't fix' and 'your special just the way you are'

[v-spirito]

Not sure who needs to hear this, but we only saw 1.5 days in the life of the Madrigals, excluding the time it took to rebuild Casita. It was also one of the most high stress days of the family's life, uncertain if Antonio would get a gift, uncertain if the Miracle could even bestow gifts anymore after Mirabel, not sure if the magic was dying all together.

The Madrigals aren't abusive monsters and they never were. They're a family who miscommunicates and suffers for it, ALL of them. Mirabel isn't some Cinderella story, every single one of the Madrigals were hurting in some way, shape, or form. The pressure that Alma passed down due to her trauma hit everyone, and was exacerbated by the fact none of them learned how to express their thoughts and emotions properly and were actively discouraged from doing so ("We don't talk about Bruno.").

In conclusion, some of y'all's hatred of the Madrigals is obtuse af lmao

[sicklittleeighties]

Going to make a post about Bruno from Encanto obviously because I have a necessity to analyze every single movie ever.

***** TW: Mention of dark thoughts from the deleted scene (also this whole post heavy and about family drama) *******

Not discounting what happened in the movie, obviously, Bruno became the way he was because of Abuela and the trauma that she then spread to him. So we all know that she, along with a lot of the family grew upset with Bruno over his prophecies because the magic is supposed to help the family and all it did was ‘hurt the family’ in their eyes. It’s very much giving the child who tries their best to make everything perfect and to be perfect but then no matter what they do, the parent will never be satisfied. Obviously that carries on to adulthood with them because, as a learned behavior, they start to doubt their choices and their ability to make good choices because they know that everything they do will be wrong in the parent’s eyes. I just saw a comment on tiktok today about how there was a deleted scene where they were talking about what happened between Abuela and Bruno and they had an argument. Abuela says something to the effect of ‘if you leave this family, you’re dead to me’ and he goes ‘I wish I was dead’. It’s another character telling Mirabel about this and it’s kind of just brushed off but it’s like— my GOD the complexity of this all. The pressure of loving your family but also wishing that you were anywhere but with your family. It’s the feeling of getting this wonderful ability and then no one sees it as a gift, they see it as a curse. What /literally/ defines him as a person is seen as a curse so what does that do to his self esteem? No wonder he’s living in the walls where no one can see or hear him. Also the part where he comes riding in at the lake ready to take the blame? He knows that she’ll blame him for it because they always do. Even though he’d take the fall for it, he wants to protect Mirabel. It’s just so complicated and I think that’s why a lot of people relate to Bruno. Listen, I know Abuela went through a lot of shit. I’m sorry for her about that, but I feel like they let her slide way too easy. Can you imagine how many nights he spent in the walls with literally just himself and the rats? All of the time to himself with nothing but his mind? He chose to leave, but she really gave him no choice at all. You can only take so much. Sure I think Abuela has redeeming qualities but she needs to build back the relationships with her whole family and put her words into action before I’m going to forgive her.