#latine stuff

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some Encanto details you might have missed!

i know many colombians have already talked about these details but alskdalsdkal i’m passionate about this movie so i am gonna talk about this too

when Bruno quitly sings “sana que sana colita de rana“ (i assume he sang this to Casita bc it was falling apart :’)

M IÉRCOLES (apparently a ton of people didn’t understand why agustin was saying “wednesday”. basically miercoles is a kid-friendly way to say mierda, aka shit)

the food!! during the proposal scene, the family is eating ajiaco santafereño, we also see things like buñuelos and arepas

during Abuela’s flashback, when she’s meeting Pedro, they reference Dia de las Velitas which is a holiday that takes place during the 7th of december where people light up candles and pray. afterwards Alma and Pedro are eating buñuelos which are a must-have christmas holiday food (but they exist all year long ofc)

the yellow butterflies: now, i know they are supposed to represent Alma and Pedro, especially considering the song Dos Orugitas, but i want to add that yellow butterflies are a very important and relevant theme in Colombia as they are a reference to magical realism and García Márquez. i don’t know if they intentionally picked yellow butterflies because of this reason but i made the connection anyway

the biodiversity was also a huge theme but i could make a whole post on that so i’ll just say that Colombia is the second most biodiverse country per square meter in the world and it was really nice to see this

at the start of the movie, what Mirabel receives is a maceta valluna

the clothes have different inspirations but Mirabel’s dress specifically is based off of the traditional clothing of Velez in Santander, and we see characters using ruanas, ponchos and sombreros vueltiaos

Pedro died in Caño Cristales

the movie seems to take place in Quindio (specifically Valle del Cocora)

side note: Caño Cristales is located in Meta, which isn’t that far away from Quindio but they are still different departments, so basically they just took the inspiration from different places in Colombia to create the space in which the movie takes place but it’s not like they are EXACTLY in Quindio or Meta or whatever other real place because it wouldn’t make sense that way

Abuela’s backstory is truly heartbreaking, especially when you know what it’s about. many people think it was just a random attack on hers and Pedro’s town. but it’s a lot more than that, there’s a lot of historical context going into it and the fact that they showed the forced displacement that is still a huge issue was just....shocking and unexpected, but a good surprise (here is a twitter thread that goes through Colombia’s history quickly to explain some context to you)

finally i wanted to say that Alma’s backstory likely took place around 1902 and the present time is around 1950, but they intentionally left the time ambigious so it’s a bit hard to know exactly in which year the movie takes place

any colombians are invited to add stuff if you want!

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Friendly reminder that Encanto, for as much research went into it’s creation and there is a sincere appreciation for colombian culture, was still made mostly by white gringos, approved by Gringolandia Disney, distributed by Yanki Disney and is not, has never and will never be a more authentic expression of Latine/Colombian culture than the productions made by actual Colombians/Latines, none of you would even talk about.

You all look so fucking obtuse protecting this movie like it was meant to be a fucking gift we latines are meant to be grateful for, as if we don’t know already that Disney tried to trademark Día de los Muertos and does not care one fucking lick about the cultures they use for their money grabbers called movies.

I loved Encanto. I loved the characters and the music and the story just as much as any other guy. BUT BY GOD, you all must seriously STOP treating it like it deserves the bullshit ass gatekeeping you have been doing and your whole ass posts of “Encanto is not for you” look pretty fucking RIDICULOUS when you end up excluding queer latines, white latines and neurodivergent latines of just TALKING about enjoying seeing themselves in a fictional ass character.

Let’s not forget either that the only reason that some of you think that white is mutually exclusive from latine is a fucking ass gringo notion, born out of racial profiling, NOT the reality that we live in any of our countries.

Encanto was always meant to be for fucking everyone because it’s a fucking production of fucking gringo Disney, they don’t give a flying fuck! You aren’t defending absolute fucking shit that is worth that much. For the love of whatever, stop licking the ass of the imperialist mouse and realize how silly you actually are. Do you really want to support latines so badly?

Then for once actually do that and uplift OUR creations, OUR words, OUR WORKS, not the one made by outsiders who visited one country for vacations during a few months.

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Good video talking about inclusive language/gender neutral Spanish from the perspective of an actual native Spanish speaker.

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When you are latine and also like anime

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the last thing i expected from Encanto was to see the violence and forced displacement in Colombia being represented (and in such a heartbreaking and clear way, too). the fact that they decided to base Abuela’s story and arc on this very real issue, and talk about how this then lead to the generational trauma that the movie is about.....god, it’s rough and it’s amazing

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"gringo is a slur against non-latines buahahah" shut up

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something about gringos seeing anything colombian or even just latin american in general and going "this is like in encanto" or "this reminds me of encanto" just rubs me the wrong way