Encanto Is A Masterpiece

[@curiousbat4923]

A small side note, but I really love that Mirabel never got a Gift at the end of the movie and it wasn't necessary for her family to see her value/ inherent worth as a person

[@kenthuang436]

I actually think Mirabel did receive a Gift but it was a subtle and latent ability. Her Gift was Casita and she’s the only one that it actually had conversations with. She could talk to it on a completely different level and no one thought it was anything special because Casita does communicate with others sometimes but that is usually if they ask it to do something. Mirabel had full conversations with it and could hear and understand what it was saying. Mirabel’s door actually was absorbed into Casita and she didn’t get her own room for her special Gift because a house is technically one huge room divided into smaller rooms. This is proven when Mirabel’s door appeared as the front door of Casita at the end of the movie.

[@juliatarrel1674]

The whole family can communicate with Casita to a degree, but Casita chats with Mirabel. Possibly Abuela as well. Abuela is getting up there in age, and Casita knows she (Casita) needs a person to inherit Abuela's special relationship. Mirabel can use a single word to have Casita play music with her. Well, three words, to explain the percussions she wants. They chat when Mirabel goes into Bruno's room. They talk to each other when decorating Casita. I hope (for Casita's sake) that Abuela starts working out how to teach Mirabel what she knows about caring for Casita AND the village. Abuela is the village elder, the matriarch of the whole village. Yes, it'll be hard for Mirabel to be matriarch at the age she's likely to be when Abuela retires, but she's inheriting the responsibility of the role. And I want Abuela and Mirabel to ask Casita to give Mirabel a room. Yes, Casita is technically her house, but surely Mirabel deserves her own private space.

[@GingerWizzard1994]

Speaking as someone with severe OCD, I squealed when Bruno acted out his "compulsions." I felt seen. I am weird rat woman. I know Colombian people have said it is just him acting out superstitions, but it's just my interpretation based on my personal experiences. The awkward speaking, the poor social skills, the general confusion and self doubt. It literally me. You inadvertently described what is pretty much the exact definition of OCD in the video lmao.

[@Oakwyrm]

That's fair, but seeing as I am not Colombian (I am, in fact, very white and European), I am not comfortable making that assesment or supporting that headcanon. It is so not my place as someone from outside that culture to come in and decide what is and isn't "normal" enough to pass muster. And as for feeling seen by Bruno? I did too, but I'm an autistic man with severe anxiety so really like... the spectrum of human experience is vast basically.

[@thegayghost872]

You've probably heard this by now but the movie's script describes Bruno as OCD

[@od3910]

I genuinely think it's both. Sure there is a culture of superstitions in certain countries including Colombia but culture can have a massive influence on mental well-being. So the superstitions could be playing on the OCD and vice versa.

[@Rowlesisgay]

I am columbian, and i know several people with OCD, and yeh, its both. no way around it. I have family members who exhibit a wide range of superstitious behavior levels from non to sports superstitions to Bruno. And uh, the OCD people i know (and all ND people i know, myself included) tend to act out the stuff their brains say to do through culturally available outlets. It's honestly just really nice seeing ND people represented so well in a freaking disney movie.

[@gailasprey7787]

He is relatable to me too. I’m autistic and his little mannerisms, love for cinema and awkward personality it speaks to me.

[@aazhie]

I like that Bruno was confirmed to have OCD by creators. It seems valid that the superstitious behavior could be due to culture as well, but plenty of people from cultures who treat superstitions ritually can have something like OCD and simply blend in easier than someone in a more 'secular' society.

[@Acidfrog475]

That's why I also feel comfortable calling Dolores autistic. I see her squeaks as a cultural practice she has adopted as a stim. Being neurodivergent and Latine are not mutually exclusive _(and I feel comfortable saying that, even though I have the exact same national identity as Oakwyrm)_ which is something people seem to forget.

[@area52ron]

Fun fact: Bruno’s name was going to be Oscar but was changed for the music And Luisa didn’t originally have a personality that’s when the song surface pressure was created when the song writer was reminded of their sister with Luisa

[@sofialu226]

Luisa* Is a spanish name.

[@area52ron]

@@sofialu226 sorry I’m not good at spelling some things

[@alexjewett7455]

That's how it always goes doesn't it?

[@briannenurse4640]

Amazing video! Just wanted to point out though that OCD is an anxiety disorder. Compulsions themselves are an attempt to control the obsessive thoughts (the anxiety) through ritualized behaviours. I think you're right that Bruno is highly anxious, but rather than negating the idea of OCD, that only further supports it as a possibility. It's possible that it's more superstitious than compulsive, but it's also possible that it's compulsive.

[@Oakwyrm]

yeah see the reason I feel so iffy about declaring it as compulsive is because I am Very White and also not even from the same continent as these folks but I know a lot of Latine cultures take their superstitions very seriously so I personally would feel real gross looking at that and going "oh that's too weird to be anything other than a compulsion" Also I do want to point out that OCD is not purely an anxiety disorder. I personally do not have it, but I have (separately) both anxiety and intrusive thoughts. My intrusive thoughts probably come more from my ADD than anything else? While they're deeply unpleasant and I feel the need to do things to mitigate them it's not usually anxiety I'm feeling. Depending on the thought it's either horror, revulsion, or an actual physical discomfort.

[@Fairygoblet]

@@Oakwyrm as a person with OCD, I don't think you entirely understand OCD everyone has intrusive thoughts, and everyone is somewhat freaked out by them. Most people are able to brush them and go about their day. OCD is an anxiety disorder, not because these thoughts occur, but because the response to these thoughts is maladaptive. A person with OCD will get extremely anxious about these thoughts, and wonder if they reflect anything about their own identity. They ritualize not to get rid of the thoughts, but to get rid of the anxiety. If you tap 7 times on a door to keep your family from dying, for example, it's not to keep yourself from thinking about your family dying. It is literally to make yourself less anxious about the idea of them dying. Treatment for OCD focuses on managing the anxiety, to the point where some treatments involve direct exposure to something related to the intrusive thought, to desensitize a trigger and the anxiety it creates. So the whole point of the ritual ization is anxiety management, and if you suffer from it long enough, thoughts will start centering around whatever you are most anxious about, even if what you are anxious about changes. I hope that clears a couple of things up. It's kind of cool that he actually did turn out to have OCD, huh? I get your point about not wanting to assume things about a person's culture.

[@fourleafclover2064]

OCD feeds off of anxiety, when I was religious, my OCD fed off of my anxiety based around my beliefs and superstitions. It is a cultural/ religious belief that you should kneels to pray before bed, and people that have those beliefs might do it every now and then, or once a night. I had to kneel, pray, get in bed, get out of bed and kneel and pray like 5 times each night to satisfy my anxiety that I prayed right and included everyone and everything when I asked for blessings. Bruno's actions might be based on superstitions, but as a latino person who also has OCD, his actions frequency are definitely not within the normal range of superstition/ belief.

[@suchendelokidottir5673]

Sometimes family weirdos get a bad rap. Yeah, as a bisexual aromantic demi femme pagan from a family of evangelical fundamentalist Christians, this movie is as close as I'll ever come to a happy ending, too. I doesn't fix it, but it helps.

[@quasi8180]

Also i love that line about family weirdos im the middle child of my family and an atheist so yeah that didnt go over well.

[@wrenreed9310]

Who let you have the cool identity?!

[@quasi8180]

@@wrenreed9310 idk

[@Cinderbloom]

One minor detail I love about this movie, is that all of the women in the Madrigal family wear earrings - Alma have this fairly modest pearl earrings. Both her daughters have some that fits them, the big suns for Pepa and the simpler, gold pearl ones for Julieta. Isabella's are the most similar to Alma's, being the same shape, but having a flower design for the top part, and the pearl is slightly purple. That, in particular, makes me think that they were actually gifts from Alma, but more on that later. Dolores has some fairly unique earrings, being gold and red, still moderately in the traditional shape, but very different and individual. I think this might be because Pepa and her daughter were less like Alma, and so their designs branch out. Luisa's is... Honestly heart breaking, if I am right. She wears a simple, round golden stud. Now, if she chose it herself, it could be an argument for how practically she has to live, but given how much she expresses femininity in her song, I feel like it might be chosen by Alma. Which, in turn, is a really damning show of how she sees Luisa - it's barely a decoration, it's simple, practical, and doesn't get in the way of her work. What she is valued for. But it's not quite so heart breaking as... Mirabel. The only woman in the family, who does not wear a golden earring. She wears her own, hand-made purple puffs. If I am right, she never got one from Alma. She was left out, and in order to feel like she fit in more, she made her own earrings. To be part of the family.

[@sapphicvampire8504]

I related to Encanto a lot especially with how the characters looked like. Mirabel looks like me as a character, we both have short curly hair,glasses, similar nose types,also I forgot but most importantly similar skin tone!!! I’m SEAian (south East Asian) and I’m not pale I’m brown bc of genetics and the damn equator is where my country is. Anyways I was really happy to see someone who looks similar to me even if we aren’t the same nationality, I also heard from friends say I look like Lisa too (that’s surprising and a compliment bc I love her, I think it’s on the hair a lot). All of the characters were so relatable,nuanced and felt like. Real people,ironic they all got powers and such but that’s the beauty of it. Mirabel hits way too close to home same with bruno as someone who is a queer ND aetheist who has sensitive hearing:’D. Being the black sheep was the role I had for a long time, might as well roll with it you know. Hell Dolores is very relatable with being sensitive to hearing so yes they are all great characters

[@tarniabook3076]

Even if I'm a big fantasy lover, my power fantasies are not about magic, powers or anything like that. They're about families healing and outcasts being accepted just the way they are.

[@alexjewett7455]

Luisa is the most relatable character in the entire movie. The lyric "I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service" pretty succinctly summarizes my entire childhood, and it hits like a fucking catapult every time I listen to the song.

[@insertcheesypunhere]

i also hc dolores as autistic, but i also think bruno is too. his social isolation was evident by the structure of his room, something created by the house as a reflection of one's psyche, and one not entirely within its control. he lives in a room that would require not only a lot of work to reach, but a huge leap of faith at the very end. his speaking patterns were also very similar to what i and my fellow autistic father do: rattling off about things one is excited about, withdrawing at the first noticed sign of being ignored, being socially awkward and not fitting expectations, simultaneous sensitivity and insensitivity towards others, etc. also, i hc mirabel as having adhd. i also have it, but wasn't diagnosed (i am currently seeking one now) and my life and hers line up very closely, not only in terms of family relationships, but having the feeling of being very talented (look at her art and embroidery) but missing something everyone else seems to have and disappointing others because of it. she's also very impulsive, can have trouble hiding her emotions, is very excitable, and has little patience.

[@lilithlucid6834]

I like this extension to the head cannon cause I know as an Autistic and also not yet digonsed but most likely ADHD person, these things usually runs in the family to have Autism and/or ADHD and I see that making sense for Brono and Marible (and possibly maybe Shapeshifter can’t think of his name but that one I’m not soild in so take that with a grain of salt)

[@Jay--13]

I completely agree with everything you said! Encanto is absolutely wonderful. Also nice to see a metaphorical disabled representation. Along with did you know Mirabel could be the first Disney Princess to wear glasses:) I do wonder. Do you think Disney would ever have a confirmed disabled /Nero-divergent main character? I only ask because of Encanto’s character themes.I just want to see a person who’s not able bodied . Especially because when I was little I saw no disabled representation. And if kids see disability normalized then maybe it won’t become such a taboo word because disability isn’t bad, isn’t supposed to be villainized. Disney can also impact so many disabled children by just showing someone like them. Similar to how the POC representation in Encanto touched so many lives .

[@Oakwyrm]

I don't know if we'll get a disabled Disney lead, but I agree that they could do massive amounts of good if they did give us that. They've been prooving, slowly by surely, that they can handle things other than a neuro-typical, able-bodied, white, anglo-american perspective so if they did anounce that a movie like that was in the works I'd be hesitantly hopeful.

[@Jay--13]

@@Oakwyrm We can dream and Hope. Believe in the people who want to tell diverse and well done tales.Everyone deserves to see themselves in others so they know they are not alone.

[@victoriakingeter4302]

We are getting a TV series on Disney Plus about a bunch of ADHD and dyslexic kids in the next couple of years. If you ever heard of the Percy Jackson book series, this is an adaptation of that. I personally am excited about it because I am ADHD myself.

[@bdariamihaela]

I am so so so so glad Mirabel didn't got a gift at the end, because that was not the point, the miracle is not some magic that you got the miracle is you

[@AnnabethChase123]

Encanto was literally the first thing my mom and I saw after my surgery to fix my endometriosis that was so bad I was essentially crippled from the pain for over a year and when "Waiting on a Miracle" came on I turned to mom, high as balls from my new surgery, and said "we discovered this song a day late didn't we?" Because it was exactly how I felt dealing with my endometriosis on a daily basis.

[@rakuranhawke8600]

Very late addition to this lovely synopsis. At 11:55, we basically agree that yes, Abuela was basically trying to find the Mariano for Isabella. It is equally more damning that Abuela, who is most definitely the matchmaker of most of the well-thought out couples of the other Madrigals; neglects Mariano being the perfect match for Dolores. She matched Julieta with Agustin, the healer and the accident-prone; Pepa with Felix, the emotional storm with the calming influence. Yet very little in terms of personality is shown to match with Isabella and Mariano, especially when most of the partners compliment ability-wise; to that of maybe the pin-drop-hearing constant-gossiping romantically-yearning Dolores, maybe wanting a poet who can just recite her 20 poems he just made up for her.

[@GhostKitten69]

hello I'm watching this again and I just. 13:09 You wanna talk about a million little details in this film? In the verse in Waiting on A Miracle where Mirabel switches from "I can't" to "I would", she actually DOES end up doing EVERY SINGLE THING she says she would do: Move the mountains? Check. Make new trees and flowers grow? Definite check. Heal what's broken, and show the family something new? Great, big, metaphorical CHECK. While checking the lyrics just now, I made the connection that she opens her abuela's eyes, too. Similarly, every SINGLE line spoken during Bruno's vision is relevant, from him somehow knowing "it's all out of order!" to their shared confusion about "am I fighting or hugging?!" (this works regardless of if you believe the hug in the vision was with Isabella or with Young Alma; Mirabel fought with and then hugged both of them)

[@elrohirshouldercheaptrick9452]

My interpretation of the story is that every few generations a "giftless" madrigal is born as a sort of test for the madrigal family, to see if they still deserve the magic of the encanto. Should they not be able to overcome family disputes, they would lose the magic permanently and if they are able to overcome the family shattering disputes or arguments, the "magicless" madrigal is then able to rekindle the candle through some sort of symbolic gesture

[@agobii3235]

we know because of antonio that their gifts are given to reflect traits and interests they already had before the ceremony, so i dont see how people might not get that dolores was already sensitive to sounds before she got her gift, as in was autistic before as well

[@ibbandflow]

15:52 I was just thinking about how the lack of a gift could be framed as a disability in the context of other magical worlds like avatar with non benders. Interesting to think about this across different media.

[@GiantPetRat]

A lesser film would have made Mirabel's character bitter and utterly resentful of her family, or have made the family lowkey ostracize her for not being "like them". But, miraculously, it doesn't. Mirabel may have disagreements with some of the members, but she still loves them anyway. She may have a rivalry going with Isabela, but her parents are unequivically on her side. The scriptwriters resisted the temptation to paint the characters with broad strokes and instead portrayed them accurately to so many dysfunctional families out there: imperfect and complicated, but ultimately at the end of the day still rooting for each other.

[@DieVorleserin-ok8zr]

I also relate to Encanto on a very personal level. I grew up with my grandma and my parents while visiting my cousins and their children quite a lot, and what really hit home in this movie was the family’s way of dealing with society. I grew up with a slight premise of always caring about and trying to understand others and that it doesn’t matter what this makes Me feel. Because the stuck-point of my family’s inter-generational trauma is something like: “it’s my fault and never the others, therefore, others always come first because we believe that they’re better than us but really, we also think that we’re better by putting up with this self-sacrifice thing because it’s the only way we are able to give ourselves value”. And since family is the advanced self, my father never stood up for me. If I was bullied, I should just bear with it. And I strongly relate to respectively Luisa and Isabella. Luisa because when my grandma had ANY task to ask help for, it was always me she called and had really high expectations on how I should deliver those. Yet I also relate to Mirabel to an extent because of how she always pointed out that my little sister had a clean and tidy room, how she was not fat like me, how she always practiced her instrument and honestly, the only thing preventing this from escalating was the fact that she didn’t get the grades I did in school. And until her death bed, this never really changed. I only got this perspective on her nowadays because she wasn’t there anymore. And I slightly hated myself for the (very rare but present) moments I felt relief out of that. Nowadays, it’s probably both my sisters who feel like Mirabel on certain occasions because they “had to learn in school”(honestly, the fact that they are actually able to make time for studying makes them the superior ones in my perspective) or because the rest of my family, including me, has a high philosophical interest which doesn’t really stick with my younger sister. I would like to make them feel more included but I simply do not know how. Yeah, I sometimes question whether my brothers don’t like the movie because it makes them think about the stuff they don’t want to face or something.

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Could you please edit your comment to add a few paragraph breaks? I am dyslexic (and hyperlexic, but it doesn’t help with this) and would like to know what you wrote, but I cannot manage a "wall" of text. 6-10 rows of text per paragraph and a row of whitespace between paragraphs would make it possible for dyslexics who have this same problem to read your comment. With the current # of subscribers, there likely are a few hundred of us here already.

[@DieVorleserin-ok8zr]

@@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 Ok, I edited, is it ok like that now? I‘m so sorry, not knowing when to make a break in text is really a weakness of me.😅 Thank you for pointing it out! Have a nice day! :)

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

@@DieVorleserin-ok8zr Thank you, this is perfect. I am sorry you had to go through all that. Putting too much responsibility on a child is often called parentification, and it really is not right, healthy or fair.

[@jadelinny]

I don't know if this will be helpful, but regarding wanting to make your siblings feel more included, here are a couple ideas that come to my mind: >Find the things that they are individually good at and point them out to them and your family. This can be a small step, said in passing during a conversation. For example: "What do you think of this outfit, [sibling's name]? Does it work? You have such a good eye for colors." >In family interactions, if you hear someone starting to be negative or judgemental of them, you could stand up for them: say that you don't see it that way, or divert the attention to one of their strengths. Make space for them to be themselves. >Depending on how close you are, you could get coffee or something together and sit down and just straight up tell them that you feel you haven't always been there for them and you want to do better. Ask them how they feel about things, and *listen* to what they say. It may be hard to hear, but remember that they are allowed to have their own feelings and perceptions, even if they are different than yours. Try to validate what they tell you as much as they can--that will show them that you listened and you care. None of this is easy. You know best what would work in your situation. Whatever you end up doing, the first step is noticing and caring, so you've already started! Good luck.

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Bruno hiding in the walls -- what all aspects of and truths about the family were in this pretty extreme closet with him? Yeah, you could talk about Bruno for at least one more video, if / when you have spoons. Pretty please?

[@Oakwyrm]

I might

[@bella_daze3092]

11:54 when you said he was dramatic I said “ This bro is totally a theater kid” AND THEN YOU SAID THAT TOO- OMG

[@lahlybird895]

Let's see where abuela catches Mirabelle decorating and that whole conversation just hurt so freaking much as a blind child to go to this s*** throughout because of everybody in her family Mirabel is not my favorite character but you're the one I relate to the most and see myself in

[@artloverivy]

It’s a small detail, but I appreciate you putting in effort with the pronunciation. It’s not necessary, but a nice gesture that we appreciate. Gracias hermano 💖

[@Shindai]

This movie was pretty special in a way I haven't felt about a Disney property in a very long time :) It was nice to feel the way it made me feel

[@cosmicvoidtree]

I’ve never heard the term, “Same face syndrome” in the context of Disney movies, but I’m glad I heard about it and I’m going to use it whenever I can.

[@bellringer53]

As someone who will also never have reconciliation with their grandparents (the worst of them died before 80% of the family articulated they even fucked up as much as they did. And the other two were doing better but have gotten so old and had strokes so they just, cant grow anymore) this movie was amazing and broke my heart in the best way as well. Also as someone who is non binary but is terrified to tell their father because I'm sure he wont accept it, I'm so in awe of you!

[@ZeldaWolf2000]

I wish I could give this movie review A heart instead of just a like, but that's what I can do. I love it so much! I relate so much to Bruno end Mirabel for the same reasons. I mean, my family didn't actively deny my blindness or anything, but they can be very belittling, and disregarding of my capabilities and what I need, and treating me like an adult. My brother wants asked me if I was capable of taking out the trash. This was last year! I am 27! I also learned last summer, because my mom told somebody right in front of my face, that she didn't think I would succeed in college. I believe I'm the best academically out of all five of my siblings and I. Still hurts a lot though. My dad's always thought that I can do anything though. Sadly though, my parents split up when I was eight, so I didn't grow up around him. I do have a relationship with him though. He's a person. Not perfect, but he believes in me more than my mom does. Anyway! Great review! I fucking love this movie too! I've seen it like six times, and I've watched multiple scenes outside of it multiple times. I love the soundtrack to death, and I just finished writing, or starting to write, not sure if it's going to be multiple chapters, a fanfiction for it. I love fanfiction! Have a great day and thanks for your awesome vids! 😀

[@Kevin15047]

We finally saw it last night. I was quietly weeping by the end of it. I thought it was beautiful. My father and grandmother both thought it sucked.

[@little_black_kookie4086]

Me just realizing now the Isabella was dancing with Mariano with the saddest face!

[@madelinebogle7475]

With my chronic stress (to the point that my therapist says it might be causing my chronic pain) plus my actual OCD, I have never related more to a character than I do to Bruno

[@lucialight2002]

I love Encanto but I can't watch it anymore because I am Colombian-American and I live in America and I can't go to Colombia because of the current political climate. America is so different families are less close and neighborhoods are just a bunch of strangers living near one another. The movie makes me so jealous of what I can't have here.

[@WinterPains]

I hope things have improved to the point where you can watch the film again

[@AussieGriffin]

19:31 This wasn't just you Oakwyrm. The comment that a person of Alma's age accepting and admitting that they hurt people? Most people said that's the unrealistic part of the movie for them. A.G.

[@Orphic_eunoia]

I was one of the VERY few people who hated this movie upon first viewing. In my defense, I hadn't had any coffee, it was the middle of first period of my Spanish Class, and the teacher just dropped the bomb that we'd be seeing this movie because it related to the class he was teaching, we weren't allowed to buy food at the theater AND I was going on about 3 1/2 hours of sleep.

[@Nitro89]

Here's something you may not have known Stephanie Beatriz the singing voice for Mirabel was in *ACTIVE LABOUR* when she recorded this song

[@quasi8180]

Its really hilarious that Encanto rose to one of my top favorites since i had a bit of a hard time getting into it on the first watch but i absolutely love love this movie

[@lostboy2056]

I never noticed Bruno dancing in the back during his song that is amazing

[@gabrielaildikozonda6210]

Yes, I can relate to mirabel. But do y'all know who I can also relate to? Isabela. I'm the only child my parents have. That means I have to be perfect at all times. If I feel something different from what they want me to feel, I have to suck it up. I'm afraid of coming out as a lesbian to any of my family members older than my parents, because I'm one of the last children in my family. So in a way, the family bloodline DOES end with me. And tbh, it's better that way.

[@emccoy]

I'm watching this video again, not only because its good but because as someone really bad anxiety I find your voice and the tempo of your speech soothing. Seriously, last night I was in so much pain I was crying, and your voice helped distract me and calm down while the heating pad did its magic.

[@statsy150]

This movie is definitely something else, I could watch it like three times in a row and not get bored (can’t watch it a fourth time, I would drown in my own tears from dos oroguitas)

[@Exas4000]

when the video is so good that you watch it twice a few months apart without realizing it.

[@NeNoItMe]

God you hit a nail in the coffin and I symphatise with u as much a I symphatised with Mirabel watching this movie. Not physically disabled, but possibly neurotypical and/or depressed. Why possibly? Cos I just only very recently started to try and get diagnosed, being treated as the weird, bratty or dumb kid since I can remember. I had so easy time learning new stuff up until certain point, and then some things just... stopped having sense. And me, knowing theres something wrong with me, thought it was my fault, feeling I should be good at stuff, why I am not, why am I failing. I was the odd one in my family, different views, always deemed lazy, getting so worked up about my granny shuffling stuff on my desk to the point i nearly broke my hand on the cupboard, then blaming myself becouse she wanted to help and my stupid ass always went ballistic becouse I physically couldnt calm down after that for hours. Always the one who should "forgive and forget" cos I hated confrontation and I always caved. For so many years I felt broken, but since noone helped me I needed to learn to somehow just go forward. And I am functional. I am getting nearly histerical while alone, but I needed to function so when outside of my home, I learned to keep appearances. I saw that in Mirabel so hard... her parents, telling her she's as special as everyone else so she will entertrain it even if she do not feel that. To not hurt them. When her song ended I waas bawling like crazy, for her to admit - but only to herself - that she indeed is not fine. But noone see it, noone was helping, for all the others she is "ok". It is awful feeling like there is something wrong with You, but not knowing what. Not even why, but what is wrong. I am amazed that so many people in so many different situations can relate to one character. And there is a myriad of people relating to others in the movie, like Luisa, Issabella or Dolores or Bruno. It was absoutely fascinating and so interesting to listen of Your perspective on this movie. I watched few of your videos while at work today and I really enjoy your insight! You are awesome /edited to break wall of text and fix some minor grammar issues

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Could you please edit your comment to add paragraph breaks? I am dyslexic (and hyperlexic, but that doesn’t help with this problem) and would like to understand what you wrote because the little I could discern felt touching and very real, but I cannot process a continuous "wall" of text to save my life. 30-50 words per paragraph and an empty row between paragraphs should make it possible for dyslexics who have this same problem to read your comment. With the current number of subscribers on this channel, there likely are a few hundred of us here already. Thanks in advance!

[@NeNoItMe]

@@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 sure thing! Hope now it’s better? :)

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

@@NeNoItMe Thank you!

[@jennybagby3745]

mirables's voice actress sang waiting for a miracle while waiting for her own miracle

[@somescottishlassie891]

I could agree more, this movie is wonderful and you can tell it was made with genuine care. Idk if this means anything from some rando on the Internet but i think what you do is very important, and you talk about the subjects with a lot of care and compation kinda like that one really good teacher that everyone likes.

[@airacummins5076]

Coodos to alma for not dropping one of those *3 infants* she was holding whiles watching her husband get *murdered* tho

[@dinadina2000]

16:29 it's ok you can say bipolar. You can say her mood swings border on mood disorder. Spoken as someone with with Bipolar II

[@GhostKitten69]

if anyone reading this needs a laugh, go to 6:30 and watch Mirabel kick down Bruno's "door" frame by frame 🤣 (using the , and . keys)

[@hospitalfood583]

Oh my gosh, you were very respectful and delivered such a great review, especially when talking about the cultural elements of the film! I'm a gay, neurodivergent, Latino dude and I've seen a lot of reviews about these movie which made me squint my eyes and get those forehead creases at the way they'd say some things, especially to their audience (which they assumed were not POC and talked in a rather exotic way of us?). This was a very comfortable review! ALSO, your Spanish is so good, you pronunciations were really well done!

[@astraamarante6233]

I can never understand sacrificing yours and others' quality of life just for the sake of your image and the way other people see you. Maybe it's cause I have symptoms of autism and adhd myself 🤪 but I'm also known to have a very logical mind. I probably also have an injustice complex because the creator's story about their dad doing everything to hurt them by trying to make the disability invisible for something he probably cared about more than anyone else made me feel like I was gonna explode. And the part about the mom not intentionally being mean, but ignoring asking them for help when they're obviously completely capable also rose my blood pressure. Maybe that's cause I have breathing issues, get faint easily, and am born female so generally I'm ignored when it comes to physical tasks in favor of my brother and 2nd oldest sister, but I'd like to think that I wouldn't have to share bad experiences to see the ridiculousness in focusing on looks, which have literally not one thing to do with quality of life or how healthy someone is or their potential, BUT FOR SOME GOD FORSAKEN REASON IS A CORNERSTONE OF HUMAN SOCIETY. My mom's spent the amount of a down-payment on a house just to keep her hair brown because it started going grey when she was 18. And we're struggling with bills, but she considers her hair color more important than doctors' appointments and physical checkups, even for herself! And she's admitted this to me. "Do you think I shouldn't get to do my hair?" No, not when you've intentionally ignored my health issues until you had more than your hair and clothing budget. This b wanted to be a "stay at home mom" with 10 kids. Obviously she was trying to live out some childish dream of PLAYING mom instead. And then she didn't want to be a failure and have to move back in with her parents, so instead we lived 8 hours by car minimum from our dad and 2 hours away minimum from our grandparents for half of my minor life while she worked, caking makeup on her face everyday as if it'd fall apart without the extra layers of chemicals. My mom wanted to pamper herself like a celebrity while being a child's idea of a perfect family mother, so I have a very niche understanding of the idiocy of focusing on image, so much so that it's wrecked me. Especially with what I believe to be hypersensitivity, which is a symptom of autism. (I'm extremely sensitive to certain cloth, almost all underwear is really uncomfortable for me, and don't even get me started on jeans and long socks!) I prefer to stay in pajamas all the time, I hate pink because it's what I wore most when I was a naive child trying to conform to the idea of a "perfect girl" and I wanted to be blonde and thin and a stay at home mom with a working husband and 2 or 3 kids and everything. I hate pink because I associate it with everything I hate about misogyny and the patriarchy pushing down on my potential in life through my mom and what she was trying to push me towards. And I hate being dressed in "day clothes" because for most of my life I just had uncomfortable clothes (which I was chastised for pulling at instead of being considered for something negative I was experiencing that wasn't "neurotypical.") And I prefer night, and I'm chronically tired, and I like to cuss and play gritty games and I love dark storylines and I'm almost constantly on a screen cause my mom couldn't bring herself to entertain/raise us with anything else so now when she wants company now that we're old enough to engage at the level she wants, I want nothing to do with her presence. Just her being in the house makes me more tired, more faint, more depressed, more unmotivated. I know this because every time she leaves, I feel free. And I realized I do the exact same things that I do when she's gone, except for isolating myself to my room, except for tiptoeing my way around conversations and the house to avoid negative reactions, except for constantly checking my behavior to give a checkmark to what parts of myself I can allow through for the sake of keeping my safety and sanity because half of what I am is improper or even devilish to my authoritarian religious internally misogynistic mother. I WISH I could be confident that even without this, I would understand, but I can't! I can never in truth say that without these experiences that I would be able to comprehend why sacrificing things for image is so destructive for everyone because these experiences are EXACTLY WHY I understand, and especially at the deep and intricate level that I do.

[@ArtsyNerd2319]

i have the same feeling when ever i hear at my gym that there kids with adhd and dyslexia are get the proper help they deserve in school but my mom can't help but feel hurt because me and my sister never had the option to have that help

[@b.g.4048]

Just discovered your work, and it's amazing. As a person who also struggles with sound sensitivity, I'd really love to hear more of your thoughts on Dolores if you ever feel an itch to extrapolate. She often feels criminally underappreciated to me.

[@kevinwingate8575]

Wow! What an amazing video reaction of Encanto! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your analysis and review. Thanks so much for sharing your story. Looking forward to hearing from you again. Well done! 👍🏾

[@nothingposted9056]

Pepa has BPD, or like, the type of ADHD where it is hard to measure how much emotion to put to things

[@blazebardgames5939]

I can't say Encanto has supplanted the LotR Trilogy as my favorite movie, but Encanto definitely stands alongside the LotR Trilogy in my estimation.

[@karentecott640]

Great video. I admire your fierceness, perceptions, and empathy. Glad I found the video.

[@eureka2694]

"math stopped making sense" You too! 🤣+1 suscriber

[@brookgordon1793]

I just realized something. My 2 youngest kids. I ask my youngest to help me allot. It's hard for my to get up, bend down or even walk so I ask allot of his. My daughter is a year older but she's more in her head than her brothers. I hope I'm causing any kind of issues with them.

[@569times9]

Now I'm going to share a funny story of mine, my family really being like everyone, and that means being flawed, but I a'm unfortunately not like them, they literally had a child that was self conscious, kind, caring, resourceful, creative, posh, likes being healthy, thoughtful, strong moral, uses deep words, and generally the most perfect child/person, then they all break it apart until the child lost all attributes and gain new ones, like It went as far as turning me suicidal and murderous at age 9, and the first ever murder attempt at age 9 too, and they'll be complaining that I say painful things about life and say that I'm so bitter which I might add is constantly laughing and unlike my past self which I still vividly remember.

[@569times9]

Like, what types of expectations do they have upon me? Or we're they just used to a punching bag who will still act the best version of themselves after getting abused, hurted and degraded

[@Twat_Dirt]

I relate to you so much it's crazy

[@soniwatts8128]

The end of this video touched my heart. ❤.

[@aggressivelyme9657]

This relates specifically to Dolores being autistic/being hypersensitive to noise, but I'm curious if you ever read the Warrior cats books growing up? They're a special interest of mine (even though a lot of their disabled characters are treated horribly, or get a great arc only for it to be fumbled right at their death -_-) (Don't even get me started on Harper Collins and their tyranny not allowing these cats to be the gay li'l gremlins they so clearly are) Growing up I was really into the books in large part because I found the sensory experience of the cats relatable (I am autistic, though I didn't know it at the time). In narration hearing and smell are set up as being just as important to the way they experience the world as sight, and it'll reference them as being very affected by bad smells, or physically /battered/ by loud noises (most commonly passing cars when they need to cross a road).

[@quasi8180]

Encanto is a masterpeice

[@wallywallace2184]

I headcanon that Pedro is the singer of Dos Oruguitas.

[@pretzelcat581]

I don’t have a good relationship with any of my grandparents either. In fact, pretty much everyone in my family except for my mom, sister, brother, and family friend, who we’re close with to the point of them being an extra parent/grandparent to me, is an asshole in some way. For the most part, I don’t feel any emotional attachment to any of them except for those four (who are my actual family). I think we can all agree that the ending Mirabel gets with my grandmother is so incredibly rare and this movie will stick in my heart forever.

[@stardust7104]

Encanto is my favorite Disney movie too

[@bdariamihaela]

When I first saw Encanto I thought it was Pixar

[@tinyfawngame5249]

you are smart, you fluently use words i do not see in general public and your pronunciation is immaculate. i am the youngest of a family of smart people and do not fell smart, until i look outside.

[@WillyWONT]

Super great video! I loved the analysis, well done

[@kareyonnadavidson6661]

Her holding hands to her ears is relatable I can't go to super loud black churches bc of my sensitive ears

[@2cat4life]

the only plot hole in this movie is how abuela knew it was triplets

[@khanolval9848]

An add came on well watching this- a Disney add for enchato

[@PKSunrise]

i actually had a theory that Mirabel's ceremony didn't work bc the magic came from the candle itself, and i noticed that she rubbed her hand off with her dress and i guess i made that connection? maybe the magic candle dust rubbed off and that's why she never got a gift, but i really like the theory that Mirabel is Abuela's successor so i'm content with that conclusion!

[@JustClaude13]

I liked Encanto,except for the songs. They were catchy, but I still stumble at the idea that the average town suddenly burst into choreographed numbers at the drop of a hat. And Mirabel reconciling with Isabel in just one song...No, it's a much longer process than that. There's a lot of pain on both sides to make up for. It was probably the best Disney movie, but favorite movies are currently The Mitchells vs the Machines (My favorite comedy) and Luca.

[@johnvinals7423]

Ever seen “Lilo and Stitch”, by the way?

[@rodentary]

I love Peppa. She has been told since she is 5 and was told to hide her emotions.

[@ThePinkDragon]

Antonio is cute that hair ;]

[@samcare8811]

im not normaly 1 for comments but your story bout y you loved the movie in my case i was the family house elf i knew i was the special 1 that i was brouno at first then became lousia that song hit so much with the lyric give it to your sisters stronger see if she can hang on alittle longer but 2022 is a fresh start im flying with the donkeys

[@NmbCatAnimatro]

Hey can you talk about Disney’s newest movie Strange World and the representation in it ,there is a biracial gay teen and a three leged disabled dog

[@quasi8180]

Ok i kinda wanna watch it again can you please do one on Turning Red

[@Turai12]

"Math stopped making sense." It stopped making sense to me immediately xD it never made sense to me, it's too abstract.

[@sortingoutmyclothes8131]

Do you have North American parents? Your English is so good I thought you were native.

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Oakwyrm has told about and also demonstrated some things about the role of different languages in his life. Check out these videos: Accent Challenge, Nov 22, 2018 How Do I Pronounce That? (Sick Day Ramble + Speedpaint), May 31, 2019 A Week In The Life Of Delphi | Dog Vlog, Jul 15, 2021 Reading With An Accent | Speedpaint, Aug 30, 2021

[@ostrichfm3244]

Please do arcane analysis.

[@Libbyowo]

Bruno is officially ocd. idk why you were against that but it's fact.

[@ThePinkDragon]

love it

[@COSMIC404]

have you gotten over it one year later? hm?

[@ThePinkDragon]

i'm Disabked too i agree sweet movie

[@nobodyofconsequence6522]

"when math stopped making sense". So what topic broke you?

[@themenagerie6455]

I'm 90% sure that Bruno in the scene where Dolores sings is Camilo.

[@fikamonster2564]

i think pepa is just a highly sensitive person, exxagerated for a cartoon movie

[@Sincorazon15]

👍

[@marijobaumgard2271]

✌️ P*R*O*M*O*S*M!!

[@nickbailey9784]

Look I understand how you like the "I want" song But.....i HATE it It's selfish Sure the family didn't notice her but.....its Antonio's special day And she asks for something that would ONLY be hers on the day that was supposed to be about him Also I agree with the blanket burrito statement

[@lilac3266]

how is it selfish when it only takes place in her mind? I feel like this is such a terrible take. Mirabel had every right to be upset she even left the room because she didn’t want to bring down the vibe. She has nothing against Antonio it’s evident she’s happy for him but that doesn’t mean she’s not sad . It’s not selfish at all for her to admit she’s not ok after putting on a facade for the sake of her family.

[@PeonyBrine]

I really liked Encanto for similair reasons that you listed, but the happy ending with abuela really did feel too sudden for me, and it left a sour note on my tongue . (I think mostly because she's seemingly coded to be a narcissistic abuser, complete with enablers, flying monkeys, golden child, scapegoat, gaslighting, ect., The hug it out trope will not usually work for someone who has narcissism and isn't already seeking therapy, and it will most likely lead to serious problems for a child who tries it on an abusive relative.) She passive aggressively bullied her grandaughter and the rest of the family for a very long time not shown on screen, and Disney saying to just forgive the gaslight gatekeep girlboss right away because she's family was... It was a big yikes for me. Mostly because it feels like bad advice a lot of the time. My father was an extreme version of the grandma, he refused to take me to the doctor or a phycologist because he refused to admit something could be 'wrong' with 'his genetics' as he put it. He encuraged me, a suicidal teen dealing with several undiagnosed mental issues to off myself so I wouldn't be a burden anymore. He treated me and my brother like burdens and even told us that we ruined his life on multiple occasions. I cut him out of my life last year after he began insinuating that he was going to cut off my comunication with my friends or anyone else outside our familly, and force me to move somewhere with him. He never apologized for anything he's ever done, but even if he did, I know that me accepting that apology would not change him or what he already did. I would not want a relationship with him as someone who continuosly and knowingly caused me pain for so long, and that is okay. He will keep hurting me and everyone else around him because he isn't going to change no matter how many hugs he gets. I know the situation was not nearly as extreme in this movie, but I feel like voulnerable people who are being abused for any amount of time might not see that there are varrying levels of forgivness in the moment, and that being 'family' does not excuse abuse. I guess that this is just a friendly reminder to anyone reading this that forgiveness is optional. You also do not have to be around your abuser just because they said they were sorry and you forgave, or your other relatives/ friends want you to pretend to be okay so that you don't 'ruin the atmosphere' or 'rock the boat'. It's okay to enjoy this movie, but please remember to keep yourself and others safe first and foremost and do not feel guilty if you cannot have this same ending irl or if you have to cut someone out of your life. (In that same vein, please show sympathy to those who reacted negativly to this movie, it usually is a case of them projecting their abuse onto the characters that so clearly depict it.) And in the case you do choose to forgive someone who hurt you, you don't have to smile and pretend it never happened or hug it out right away. It can be as simple as saying: "I forgive you but would not like to continue speaking with you" "I forgive you, but I will need time to heal" or even "I am not ready to forgive you, but I think I can in time." Not forgiving someone, even if they reveal they only hurt you because they themselves were hurting, does not make you the bad guy. Edit: fixed for paragraphs, wrote this during a mental breakdown at four a.m. lol.

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Could you please edit your comment to add paragraph breaks? I am dyslexic (and hyperlexic, but that doesn’t help with this problem) and would like to understand what you wrote, but I cannot process a continuous "wall" of text. 20-50 words per paragraph, an empty row between paragraphs and varied paragraph length should make it possible for dyslexics who have this same problem to read your comment. With the current number of subscribers on this channel (over 10k), there likely are at least 500 of us here already. Thanks in advance!

[@PeonyBrine]

@@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 Fixed it I think! Honestly I didn't think anyone would actually bother reading what I wrote, so I didn't think about spacing, guess it was more of a rant than anything else.

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

@@PeonyBrine Thank you! That was both heartbreaking and educational to read. I am so sorry that you had to go through all that, yet happy that you managed to escape. In some ways my kids and I got lucky (relatively speaking) -- as soon as my mother realized that I had failed to raise docile porcelain dolls and that my kids (then four and two) would rather run around outside getting sandy and wet than get dressed up in the silk and velvet finery that she brought, she lost interest and did not bother us (much) anymore. Best of luck with everything! (edited for some detail and to fix a typo)

[@PeonyBrine]

@@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 Thank you for taking the time to read all that, I''m glad that you and your kids are doing well! Sometimes people don't see children as humans, just little dolls like what you said. I'm glad that your kiddos are able to have such a great childhood and learn and play how they choose to! Keep up the great work, your kids will apreciate it more than you'll ever know!

[@cosmicvoidtree]

I’ve never heard the term, “Same face syndrome” in the context of Disney movies, but I’m glad I heard about it and I’m going to use it whenever I can.

[@PupkinPumpkin]

It's a very, very common term in the art community on KZbin, which I've been in since I was 9 (I'm 14)!! I never thought about the fact that some people don't know it. Dang, I live in a bubble 😆