May 16, 2025
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There So Cute
Who’s your favorite princess 👑
Peach 🍄
Daisy 🌼
Rosalina ⭐️
Becuase Im not very good at getting things finished, but get lots of ideas, Im putting this rough sketch up with an AU idea(infact I have another for Owl House I should do soon too).
I read a fanfic based on a “Tangled” AU and it gave me the idea for this one.
Encanto-Royal AU
In this au “Encanto” is a magic kingdom with a magical royal family. Queen Alma is the matriach living with her entire family. Everyone was blessed with a gift, except for Princess Mirabel.
Its a diffrent kind of distance however regarding Mirabel in this one. Its more overportective. She has no gift and so her grandmother sees her as more vulnerable, as if she were made of glass. And that people would hurt her or use her to get to the kingdom. And so Mirabel is smothered and wrapped up in cotton wool.
Shes almost always shadowed by guards, her sisters and cousins are encouraged to watch over her or make the hard chioces. She finds Isabela annoying becuase shes so smug, still Grandmas favourite and the “older sister”, Isa always saying stuff like Mirabel should try and act more ladylike and listen to her big sister. She thinks Isa is a sneaky tattletale.
Dolores sometimes feels conflicated about telling on Mirabel(able to hear of course if she’s up to things Grandma has not permtited), but is mixed up to think “Its for her own good”.
Shes not even allowed to ride horses, Abuela goes into conniptions thinking she’ll be thrown off or hurt, despite the fact even little Antonio is permitted to do so(BECAUSE like the others he has a gift).
Her parents are still basically good well meaning and perhaps due to worry, a natural instinct to protect, they sort of go along with Abuela’s ways much like the canon movie. They just dont want her hurt.
The only ones to truly see Mirabel as herself are Bruno, Camilo and Antonio(though hes still a little young to understand the situation fully). There the only ones she can really talk to.
Amongst the diffrences, Bruno is not missing, hes been with the family all these years. He had his own pressures as the only son of the Queen, trying to mold him into a future leader, perhaps even a minature version of his father. Pedro was a good man but you cant mold people into a copy of what you want? Its not fair. And of course he dissapionted her with his odd ways and mannerisms(I do believe like a lot of fans Bruno is neuro devergent, on the Autistic Spectrum.) Trying to get him to behave a certian way, pair him up with ladies of court(I also belive canonly he’d be aromantic). But nothing worked and eventually she gave up. In a way he’s lucky, she pretty much leaves him be now. A bit like how yes Mirabel might get ignroed but on the other hand shes not under constant pressure to behave a certain way like the rest of her family? She has more freedom.
He has his own tower but its not a ridiculous million stairs luckily like his movie room :P. Mira Cami and Antionio visit it constantly, Dolores and Julieta occasinaly(usually checking up on Bruno). Others tend to avoid it as its musty and full of Bruno’s rats.
Thats where Mira is right now visiting her Uncle. I dont imagine Bruno likes the clothes they havta wear but only hasta for special events. Otherwise he can go in more comfortable things. I think his ruana is oversized partly due to sensory issues, its for comfort? I myself cant stand the feel of silk or velvet, I cant desrcibe it but it makes my nerves prickle? Or tight clothes, I like loose.
Other diffrences are ages. Noticable ones would be Isabela and Dolores who are 19, Lusia who is 17, and Cami and Mirabel are 12. I suppose the adults would be younger too, at least ten years or so than there canon selves perhaps?
And a lot of the family still has problems. Mirabel might be swaddled but.
Dolores has been dating the stable boy Mariano for two years in secret. They often meet up to talk, books and poetry and such, she loves how kind and gentle he is and he in turn her shyness and sweet nature. BUT, he is a peasant, grandma will never approve of them getting married though thats what they want. Much like the pressures of the film, the “Madrigals” have an image to uphold, havta be a certain way, Dolores will be expected to marry a prince.
Isabela has similiar frustartions, grandma is constantly trying to press eligibale prince’s on her, a bit like Jasime from Aladdin? Except unlike her Isabela cant say or do what she really thinks, she hasta smile and pretend, be the perfect angel. Really she finds them boring stuffy and horrible. And like her film self is sick of being perfect, she really wants to be herself, for that matter, figure out who the real her is. Still Abeulas favoruite she’s eager to get her married off, contuine the royal line and produce great grandchildren.
Luisa with her magnificent strength is part of the Royal Guard, often leading the troops and something of Mirabel’s bodygaurd. She worries constantly over her baby sister, meaning well as anyone else but nevetheless smothering her. However, Luisa does not want to be part of the gaurd. She hates fighting and going into battle, understanbly its scary and stressful? She has a gentle girlish heart and would rather do things the other ladies do. Walk through the gardens, tea partys, dances, pretty dresses, all the things they get to enjoy, she actually likes all that stuff. But does not get to innact in such things very much at all(infact very little.)
Something will come along of course to open up eyes to everything going on, and make a change for the better, so everyone is healthier and happier. As to what, well, nothings set in stone yet. Though there are a few inklings in my head, such as Mirabel accidently revealing secrets, or running away, or captured. Like what they were so worried about happened anyway and heck they pushed her into it? They overprotected her that she ended up running and in danger? Heck if she just left, and they didnet know where she was, how would they know shes safe? Creating the problem they were trying to avoid by being TOO much.
If anyone would like to see doodles on this, well... Well sometimes I wouldent mind if people asked cuz, I feel like “I wanna draw summin on this... But no ideas”. So sometimes I would apprieciate a suggestion. But im also fickle and like “Ohh I have enough going on my brains gonna burst” XD Any creators out there Im sure you know that conflicting feeling? But, maybe. Anyway, becuase I know what im like, thats why Im putting this up now.
Lip syncing is the key
Beauty and the Beast 2017 and Les Miserables 2012 both suffer from a case of 'must cast famous actor for the prestige but they can't sing so we'll pray to the auto-tune gods' and both suffer for it. And with even more live-action remakes coming from Disney and with the success of The Greatest Showman and Bohemian Rhapsody we're not gonna see this problem disappear any time soon. But it could. We can fix it. And it's one word too: Dub. That's right. You heard me. Have the actor lip sync the lyrics and then have a professional singer who sounds as similar to the actor as you can get sing the song over them. "But that's stupid." "It's too hard for the actor." "No one will buy it." Well let me blow your little mind. Jasmine, Mulan, Pocahontas? You remember their gorgeous songs? Right? All have different actresses then their speaking lines singing for them. That's right. (Same with grown up Simba and Scar in the last half of Be 'Prepared'.) Disney has been doing this from the start. There's plenty of other smaller roles they've done dubbing with that I can't currently recall. (Check the IMBD’s if you don’t believe me.) "Well, that's all fine and good for animation, there the actors don't have to match up with the singing. The animators do all the work. In real life it's so much harder." You're right. But let me turn your attention to The King and I, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music and West Side Story. Some of the most famous musicals-turned-films of all time. The two female leads of The King and I and My Fair Lady BOTH were dubbed. And in My Fair Lady they were dubbing Audrey Hepburn! In The Sound of Music Christopher Plummer was dubbed over. Another famous actor. And West Side Story, one of the most amazing musicals ever, BOTH leads are dubbed! BOTH!!! And this was done when you can REALLY hear the difference between the song and dialogue with the quality of the recording. And it still really works! Imagine what we could do today with our technology, you'd never be able to tell. And if this could be done back then, our current actors should certainly be able to handle it now. (On a much more meta note and unrelated, the film “Singin' in the Rain” which revolutionized the movie musical to what it is today, is about a girl who dubs for a famous actress. But in real life, the dubb-e had a much better voice then the dubb-er so the dubb-e dubbed the dubb-er dudding herself. What a world.) Now, this is not to say we should stop casting singers. As it's certainly preferable to hire one actor then it is to hire two. But it's an option so we don't find ourselves stuck with unskilled singers butchering wonderful songs.
Guess how I spent my Thanksgiving?
By thanking Disney that I could get to watch all the Disney Princesses in the same film for ten bucks!
She’s putting on the clothe that will protect her hands from skin-burns cause she’s going rack climbing!
(The thing on her wrist will be explained in a few days)
I started crying on the public bus today cause I was listening to A Big Strong Man in Need of Rescuing and hearing all these Princess themes made my heart runth over with gladness.
I can identify: You’re Welcome, Part Of Your World, Do You Want To Build A Snowman, I Have a Dream and Colors of the Wind. (In that order)
I think I also heard I’ll Make A Man Out Of You and recognize other melodies but can’t identify them. It all sounds SUPER princess-y, in a good way.
I know they played A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart makes in the film but its not on the OST for some reason.
And those bagpipes get me EVERY time!