okay so this might just be a me problem but the fact that he attempts to villainize dolores makes me deeply upset. she’s by far my favorite character in encanto and to see her being mischaracterized to this degree is SO AGGRAVATING.
also (slightly off topic but still relevant) this isn’t just something matpat does (though he is a giant contributor) but i’ve ALWAYS hated the ‘darker’ theories about children’s media. the only thing they do is ruin it to whoever views it and, in most cases, throws away the entire point of the media in the first place. matpat does this a LOT, and we’ve seen how his shitty but popular theories affect how people view certain children’s content. (a big example is how his evil mario theory made a huge chunk of people hate mario for a long time)
i know it’s not a big deal compared to matpat’s other offenses, but taking something that’s catered to younger audiences and going “hey! here’s how your favorite character is actually fucked up and evil with irrelevant details that i claim to be evidence!” always rubbed me the wrong way. i get that he has to pump out a bunch of theories at a time, but maybe steer your focus to content that has much more theory potential and can benefit from critical analysis? no one in the encanto writing room went “okay so dolores is actually evil but we’re not gonna explore that and just give vague hints” because OBVIOUSLY??
anyways aaa sorry that this is all over the place, but it’s something that has always irritated me hfhshdhs
