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i said this in the tags of my previous post but people who say that mirabel deserved to get a gift are probably the same people who say that eugene shouldn't have cut rapunzel's hair that short.

the point of both these movies is that these people should be valued for who they are, not for what they can do.

rapunzel was kidnapped because of her hair, and mother gothel was using her for her hair, for what she can provide. eugene was the first person to treat her as a person and see her worth, apart from her hair and magical powers. (also he was literally DYING you fucking doofuses, did you expect him to get a pair of stylist's scissors and give her a professional blowout? use your braincells for god's sake)

similarly, we see how in encanto, everyone's worth was placed on their gift, and mirabel was treated as worthless simply because she didn't have a gift. the solution here is to not give her a gift so that she'll be valued, it's that she deserves to be treated with love and respect regardless. and that's what happens in the end. it could be an allegory for many things — disability, neurodivergence, or simply people who don't have amazing skills or talents.

either way, it baffles me that people can lack media literacy this much. both these movies pretty much spelled out their messages for us, and y'all still missed it.

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Pressure

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In spirit of the one year anniversary of Encanto's release, here is an older touched-up drawing I made last year of Mirabel Madrigal! What a wonderful story with wonderful characters and a beautiful message. Here’s to many more rewatches 🦋

You can find more of my art on Instagram @isa.inspired :)

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i’m rlly glad with the way luisa was portrayed in encanto. bcus she is strong, she is built muscly and broad and tall. BUT she also wears dresses and doesn’t have a ‘boyish’ hairstyle. she isn’t masculine. she’s feminine.

yk a lot of women in fiction who are portrayed as strong are always immediately made to be masculine as well. and obviously this solidifies the “men are strong” stereotype. women in fiction who are muscly, or who are fighters or who are strong are almost ALWAYS portrayed as masculine but luisa isn’t.

women can be strong and feminine. women can be muscly and wear dresses. and that strength that’s “all so masculine and man like (/sarc)” doesn’t take anything away from their womanhood/femininity.

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Mirabel swears confirmed 💀😂

i love the writing of this screenplay💀

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I've always seen fanarts of them with long hairstyles. But, what about the short ones? ✨

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Birthday Reminders!

Reminder that we’ve got the two August birthdays coming up!

Isabela’s birthday is on Monday, August 7th!

And then there’s Dolores’ birthday on Thursday, August 31st!

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Headcanon Time!

Félix has an older sister who thinks Pepa is not good enough for him, and hasn’t liked her ever since they were dating.

Augustín is the last out of 8 children.

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Luisa Madrigal drawing based on the painting "The Gleaner" by Jules Breton

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Love Isabela making flowers on Abuela’s head.

Also, Pepa and Dolores 🥹

La Familia Madrigal 

(From the Little Golden Book)

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If I had to guess which Madrigal snooped into Bruno’s tower after he left and spread the rumor about his last vision, I’d say it was Félix: he is prudent enough to warn the others about it, but also smart enough not to reveal Mirabel was in it. Everyone else would have.

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Madrigals I would DIE to see interact:

1) Julieta & Isabela

2) Julieta & Luisa

3) Julieta & Camilo

6) Julieta & Antonio

7) Just give Julieta more screen time

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Considering the context behind Isabela and Camilo’s names, I’m willing to bet the writers of Encanto named Dolores that as a reference to the pain she constantly goes through because of her gift.

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Mirabel Madrigal & Julieta Madrigal

Happy Mother’s Day (May 8th, 2022)

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Happy mother’s day to our favourite moms!