#giftless dolores au

[evostar]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MA GIRLL!!!🥳🥳🩵 I DREW HER IN ONE OF MY AU’S BC YEA 🤷‍♀️

(Also yes if she may use too much power her eyes glow 👀)

[gamerbearmira]

ART WOO WOO

YRAHHHH. I know I've been inactive. But I'm doing all the shark Madrigals, and then I was writing for Mama Isa. BUT ART‼️‼️‼️ MOSTLY NEW STUFF‼️‼️‼️

This AU. Take a WILD guess what. Jkjk but uhhh basically these guys got gifts, and they hide it from the family. Because why not.

Candy girl 🗣️🗣️🗣️ no butttt uhhhh. Basically like a reverse Hansel and Gretel, and whenever anyone mentions “the witch” they’re like “oh that’s Abuela”.

Also yeah, their clothes are made of candy and their hair is cotton Candy🤠

BUGS 🤓🤓

The disappearance of the Madrigal Family⁉️⁉️ basically an AU where the Madrigals, one by one, from Antonio to Alma, just. Disappears, seemingly without a trace. And Mariano is the only one who seems to remember or care. So, he’s gonna find em. Cause he’s gangsta.

[brave329]

The Vally of the lost

This is basically my idea for a massive crossover of a lot of @toaverse au’s

Many of the casitas in different universes are interconnected and have ways of sharing memories

In most universes the madrigals are a good and loving family

Unfortunately in others some members are cruel and abusive

So some of the casitas who are forced to watch their favorite Madrigals suffer because of an entitled village and so called family members plan prepare and bide their time

This all comes to a head when one of the casitas collapses

It rebuilds itself in a world where non of the madrigals survived the raid and the Encanto does not exist taking its favored madrigals with it

The other casitas then abandon their worlds merging with the first casita and taking their madrigals with them as well

It’s pure chaos and confusion as everyone tries to figure out what happened

In the shitty Pepa au most of the family lost their gifts cause casita took them and then gave them to the family members that deserved it

The other casitas like that idea and copy it

They eventually calm down and start talking about their respective worlds and what it was like

Basically like a giant bonding/group therapy session

They all have some trouble at the beginning with expecting people to act like their counterparts but they work through it

Found family but it’s better versions of your actual family

The village gets started when yellow butterflies start leading refugees of la violencia to the vally

Nicknames

Giftless Julieta

Julieta-Julia (seeing the future from Bruno and Pepa swap)

Augustine-Gus (weather control from his universes Pepa)

Bruno-Verde

Isabela-Isandra

Dolores- Lolo

Luisa- Lisa

Mirabel-Mariana (has gift of healing with food)

Green Dolores

Mariano-Diego (weather control)

Dolores-Sophia

Bruno-Ezmereldo

Fish lady-Ozma (strength from shitty Pepa)

Senora Guzman-Rosá (healing from shitty Pepa)

Sophia and Diego’s sons Hugo and Pedro (1 year old)

Papa Augustine

Augustine-August (healing with food)

Isabela-Bella

Dolores- Carmen

Luisa- Amelia

Camilo-Carlos

Mirabel-Mariposa (weather control)

Antonio- Augustine Jr (he picked it himself)

Bruno and Pepa swap

Pepa- Tempest

Felix-Feliz (super hearing)

Isabela-Isa

Mariano-Sol (weather control from shitty Pepa)

Shitty pepa au

Bruno-Oscar

Alma-Corazon (shape shifting)

Augustine- Música (super hearing from his worlds Dolores)

Mirabel-Marigold (gift of plants from her worlds Isabela)

Antonio-Milagro

[toaverse]

Giftless Julieta AU

Here's another giftless AU!

Or basically Julie and Mira swap gifts!

Enjoy!

Alma didn't expect three magical doors to appear for her children, but here they were.

And not only that, the triplets also got gifts.

But while Pepa got the gift of controlling the weather with her emotions, and Bruno could see the future, Julieta's door vanished in front of her, and she didn't get a gift like her siblings...

And unlike her siblings who both got their own magical room, Julieta was send back to the nursery...

The girl cried all night, simply wanting to be special like mamá and siblings...

From that day on, Alma treated Julieta like a burden, ignoring her and pushing her aside for her siblings.

While Julieta was obviously the scapegoat, Bruno became one as well, as Alma forced him to give the town visions and everyone blaming him if the vision was negative. Pepa however, was Alma's golden child for being the most like her and providing perfect weather.

As a result, Pepa didn't bother interacting with her siblings, snapping at them whenever they're "in her way", and gossiping about them with the townspeople.

Obviously, Julieta and Bruno grew closer, as they understood each other when it came to being neglected and scapegoated for something they couldn't control.

As the years went on, Julieta continued to sleep in the nursery, even when she was an adult.

As a way to cope with her lack of a gift and being treated badly for it, Julieta started to cook meals for the family, wether it would be breakfast, lunch or dinner. While Bruno appreciated his sister's hard work, Alma didn't acknowledge her while Pepa rolled her eyes and scoffed.

It went on like that for a while, until , when she was 23 years old, Julieta met Agustín.

He was the only person aside from Bruno who was nice to her, appreciated her for what she did and who she was. Agustín saw her for her, not for her lack of a gift.

The two became friends, and quickly fell in love and started dating.

But Julieta was too ashamed to tell him that she still slept in the nursery at 23. She even told Gus that she had a normal looking room in Casita.

But when Julieta finally introduced her boyfriend to her mother, she didn't approve...

"He'll be an embarrassment to the family." Alma told Julieta after Agustín left. "Besides, I wouldn't be looking for a husband if I was you."

That comment saddened Julieta quite a bit, especially when her mother did approve of Pepa's relationship with Félix, but that didn't stop her from being with Agustín.

Their wedding was a quiet affair. Only, Alma, a begrudged Pepa, Bruno and Agustín's parents attended.

Pepa's wedding however, was grandiose and huge. The whole town attended, and it was held outside instead of the church. The only person who wasn't invited was Julieta, who was forced to stay in casita.

"I don't want any giftless Madrigals at my wedding." Pepa said at a dinner before her wedding, to which Alma agreed...

Unfortunately, Bruno made a joke that "it looked like rain", causing a hurricane. It ended up with Pepa and Alma screaming at him, the former even striking him with lightning before being send back to Casita while the rest continued the party.

It was afterwards that Agustín finally saw Julieta's "room", and he was horrified. His 27 year old wife was still sleeping in a nursery?! No! Just no!

Agustín had a huge argument with Alma about it, saying that Julieta deserved her own room in this house, but Alma just brushed it off, doing nothing.

In the end, Julieta often slept at her in-laws' house with her husband, and having to do cooking and chores at Casita when it was day...

But that ended when Agustín's brother and his wife moved back in with their parents, taking the spare room and forcing Julieta and Agustín to sleep in the nursery for a while until the spare room was free.

But then Julieta and Pepa both found out that they were each expecting their first child.

While Alma was happy for both of her daughters, she focused more on Pepa than Julie...

"It would be best if you don't have any children." Pepa remark to her older sister. "We don't want them to end up giftless like you."

That comment broke Julieta. In the end, Bruno heard it and called Pepa for her awful behavior.

But on the 7th of August 1928, Julieta and Agustín's baby girl was born, who they named Isabela. (In that time, they had the spare room at Gus's parents' house back).

Pepa and Félix's daughter, Dolores, was born about 3 weeks later, and Alma clearly paid more attention to her than to Isabela. Obviously because Alma thought that Pepa's children had more chance of getting a gift than Julieta's...

That would be proved wrong when the girl's ceremonies arrived. While Dolores got the gift of super hearing, Isabela got the gift of growing flowers and plants.

This utterly surprised Alma and Pepa. They didn't expect Julieta's child to get a gift.

So, after the ceremonies, Alma and especially Pepa tried to steer Isabela away from Julieta and Agustín, and tried to take over raising her, saying that they're so glad that she had a gift and that she didn't end up like her mother.

Isabela however, saw through her Tía and Abuela's bullcrap.

"Mami is awesome! She doesn't need a gift to be special!" Isabela told her Tía before going to her parents.

Julieta and Agustín were proud of Isabela for that, and the two considered leaving the Encanto in search for a better life.

But they couldn't. It was impossible to leave the Encanto, every house in the town was taken, and there wasn't enough room at Gus's parents' house.

"If you walk out this door and take Isabela away from us, you are dead to me!" Alma yelled at Julieta after Agustín threatened they'd leave.

But it was to no avail. They were stuck...

It was then that the first cracks appeared...

[miracles-and-butterflies]

How do you think the giftless grandkids reacted to Antonio getting a gift?

On one hand I think they would feel like "Why not me?"

But on the other hand, I don't think they would care and would just be happy for him.

All of them would be a mix of both. At varying levels, sure. But all of them would be really happy for Antonio but also wanting it for themselves.

Before Antonio, it just hadn’t seen like the miracle was intended for anyone besides Alma’s immediate children. And that was fine. If the grandkids weren’t meant to have gifts, then there is nothing wrong with them. Antonio then getting a gift proved it was possible and subsequently the other grandkids were then pushed aside.

[queenofthedisneyverse]

MY ASKS ARE OPEN!!!

Feel free to ask me anything about these au's

Most recent:

El santuario de los padres

Addams family au

Travelling circus au

Angelic au

Encanto God au

Mad house au

Twins of mischief au

Older:

City life au

Star children au

Past life au

Giftless sisters au

Wolfwalkers au

Protector madrigals au

Rich kid au

Mafia au

Some of these will be edited/rewritten but feel free to ask me about new or old ones in the meantime!

[adventure-oc]

I Don’t Want A Miracle

Camilo watched as his family stood proudly around Antonio, all displaying their Gifts. He was furious that they didn’t wait for him, even when he called out to them. Bruno mustn't have heard him, and Antonio was having the time of his life, so he could understand them.

But for the rest ? No excuse. They wanted to exclude Camilo because he was “ungrateful” and “didn’t deserve to be in a picture with los Madrigals”.

They haven't grown up since his ceremony at all. Still stuck in time apparently.

Time slowed down, and the song began as he slowly walked to them with a mirthless smile.



I’m not upset, or even mad

I don’t regret, or feel sad.

I chose this path among the Madrigals

That doesn’t mean I am not special

Yet they don't seem to feel the same

I love them, there’s no shame



Moving all the mountains

Making cloth or flowers bloom

Not for me, I can stay in my room

Without aaaa-ny miracles.



I can’t heal injuries

Making visions or prophecies

I love to be seen as me, for all I do

I don’t want a miracle, I don’t need to



I am not all aloooone

I am not monotoooone…

I shine with all my colors

I’m an actor, a painter, a tailor



I can show my talents

If you give me the moment

So give it to me right now

Look at me now, look at me now, look at me noooow !



Seeing the future

Healing what is broken

I’m already pure

But all you see is a bad omen



I don’t want any magic

I have enough magic

Under my mask, I am enough

I don’t need you, any of you



I am me, can’t you just see that ?!

I am special when’ver I’m on my own

I don’t want that Miracle that

Everyone is depending ooooooonnnn !!!



Why would I want a miracle ?

[tboycamilo]

in the spirit of the season (mutuals posting about their encanto aus) i wanted to post about mine bc i love them and am not active enough on here and wanna change that bc sharing my stuff is fun! so without further ado here they are lol

next gen au

pretty self explanatory. the story outlines what all the madrigals (mostly the grandkids) are up to in the years following the movie. mirabel gradually takes on more of a leadership role as time passes and eventually becomes the matriarch after alma's death and with enough time to prepare for the role. under her leadership, the madrigals are less shoehorned into roles and are encouraged to express themselves more freely, but being the leader still isn't easy and things still aren't perfect - while alma is still alive, mirabel often finds herself going to her for advice and repairing their bond further in the process. she also gets a gf (lorena), i've been playing around with the idea of her being an outsider that finds her way into the encanto but i would have to flesh that plot out a little more before i make it official. dolores eventually marries mariano, but only on her terms - she realizes quickly after the movie that though she loves mariano, she wants to take things slow, and mariano is more than happy to respect that. he puts in a lot of effort to understand how her gift works and help her out with it whenever he can, and for once, she feels like the one being heard. isabela, now free of her old role as the golden child, begins to let her more adventurous side out, exploring the outskirts and forests of the encanto to observe the plant life. she hones her gift and is able to bring even more exotic plant species to the encanto and starts up a very successful garden. she also ends up marrying two village women - lilli and rosa - and the three of them adopt a daughter, jacinda, together and spoil her rotten. lilli runs a flower shop and isa helps her out immensely with this. luisa finally learns to take it easy, prioritizing rest and relaxation after so many years of working hard to serve the community - though she definitely still loves to lift and hang out with the donkeys in her spare time bc old habits die hard. she probably takes over the care and raising of the donkeys as a whole bc they love her. she marries a village woman, inés, and they adopt two daughters, valentina and ciela. camilo is actually the first grandkid to settle down - he marries his childhood best friend and love of his life marco, and the two of them have six children together - amelia, imelda, brunito, ignacio, felipe, and sofia. they have their hands quite full with fatherhood but on top of that marco works as a teacher at the encanto's school while camilo continues to volunteer in the community, eventually becoming the drama director and soccer coach for the school. antonio grows up and starts his own animal sanctuary in the encanto that becomes wildly successful. he enlists dolores' help to scope out any injured or sick animals in the forests and nurses them back to health at the sanctuary, and he often accompanies isa on her trips to the forest to keep taxonomy records of the encanto's diverse wildlife. he never had much of an interest in romance - though plenty of people swoon over his kindness to the animals - but he is very fulfilled nonetheless and couldn't be happier helping take care of his animal friends. i have a more detailed timeline and bios for the kids that i'll be posting eventually but this is the main rundown of where the grandkids are at years down the line!

swap

essentially follows the plot of the movie but the sides of the family swap roles. instead of alma, pedro is the head of the family. pepa has the gift of healing food and felix is her clumsy husband, camilo is the golden child with the wonderful floral gift, dolores is the middle child with the gift of super strength, and antonio is the baby of his side of the family, cursed to a giftless existence (and being the main character of the storyline). on the other side of the family, julieta's emotions control the weather while agustin keeps her calm, luisa is the eldest with the ability to hear a pin drop from miles away, isabela is the mischievous shapeshifting middle child, and mirabel is the youngest member of the family and gains the ability to speak with animals. bruno is still bruno.  did i make this au entirely to put camilo in pretty pink outfits and make him a mean annoying gay? maybe.

pirates

the warm color family is a fearsome and renowned pirate crew descended from the notorious husband-wife pirate duo alma and pedro madrigal (the latter is dead and the former has long since retired), with pepa as the captain and felix as the first mate. pepa was estranged from her mother and siblings in her youth as she attempted to learn more about her parents' past, and she soon set out on her own to live the pirate life that alma tried so hard to keep her children out of. in the meantime, julieta and her family form their own rival crew and set sail in search of pepa to take their vengeance. bruno tries his best to be a good mama's boy and stay home, but he is soon taken hostage by the fearless captain hernando, a legendary pirate who has feuded with both madrigal sisters and their crews for a while now. he grows rather fond of his bargaining chip over time and bruno eventually becomes the captain's lover and first mate. when the sisters finally put aside their squabbles and unite to save their brother from their enemy's clutches, it's a very awkward family reunion. also everyone has their gifts and uses them to help their crew in one way or another. eventually when the two sides of the family unite, the grandkids take up a ship of their own with mirabel as the new captain. 

roommates

marco and camilo are college roommates with luca and alberto. that's literally it no linear plot just vibes. luca is a first year astronomy student, alberto is a second year student and undeclared, marco and camilo are third years and marco is majoring in education while being on the soccer team and camilo is majoring in theatre (🤢). alberto and camilo despise each other but also camilo is lowkey crushing. camilo and marco are already dating and alberto and luca are also definitely together but heavily in denial about it. they fight over dishes being left in the sink and decorate their dorm all cute

the fall 

wrote a ten chapter fic about this one so read that if you wanna know what it entails but tl;dr au where the family never recovers after the fall of casita and they go their separate ways, with dolores camilo and isa fully moving out, their whereabouts unknown - until, ten years later, mirabel takes it upon herself to track them down, reunite the family once and for all, and save the miracle for real this time. will she succeed? what have the runaways all been up to over these past ten years? read it and find out i'm not telling you! also this fic/au is quite old compared to the others so no marco 😔 fly high king 

mamma mia 

the silliest dumbest most self indulgent au ever. camilo centric of course. the storyline is literally just mamma mia but with camilo. he has twin daughters and one of them (ima) is getting married and wants to invite her other biological father to the wedding - the only problem is she doesn't know who that is, and if camilo's old diary describing all his old hookups in detail is to be believed,  there's three possibilities - marco osma, dante velazquez, and nicolas sorelli (the latter two are ocs, i'll probably post their bios at some point lol also nicolas is trans so he's definitely not the other dad but he's stealth so he's just going along for the ride). she invites all three of them to her wedding and they reunite with camilo for the first time in twenty years. drama ensues. camilo marries marco at the end regardless of if he's the dad or not (but he probably is - they never find out for sure). isa is tanya (so lilli is pepper ofc) and mirabel is rosie (except she doesn't end up with one of the dads at the end bc she actually respects herself). ima's fiancées identity is yet to be determined bc i don't have a partner oc for her but i do know she's a lesbian so. gay greek weddings! camilo in overalls! love wins!

runaway camilo 

this one is a rewrite of the canon plot to a degree but not really enough to be considered a full on au. plays with the scrapped concept of camilo looking completely different after the fall of casita that didn't make it into the final movie, which is like one of my favorite concepts ever especially because of how easily it plays into trans camilo. in this rewrite, camilo has basically used his gift to masculinize himself perpetually since his ceremony, which all but cures his dysphoria - that is, until casita falls, he loses the gift he had become dependent on, and it all blows up in his face. he's unrecognizable when the dust clears, and rather than be seen in such a state, he flees the scene and goes missing just around the same time as mirabel. the family is split as pepa and felix go looking for their son while the cool color family goes looking for mirabel, and both are found within a few days - camilo in the depths of the forest, skin scraped and clothes ragged from running into the forest with reckless abandon, practically digging his own grave and ready to give up for good. when he's found, it takes a LONG time for him to allow anyone to see him, much less recover from the trauma. the rewrite basically involves these events and the aftermath. luckily camilo does get his gift back when casita is rebuilt but the scars are forever and he probably still has nightmares about losing his gift well into adulthood and has to learn to become comfortable going without his gift for short bouts of time in order to get more comfortable lest the worst case scenario happens again! more or less a transmilo angst fest add-on to the main plot of the movie. mimi needs a hug 💔

[ohlookanothercartoontofallinto]

Linked Universe Encanto Au?

Kind of dumb, but kind of fun linked universe au. Were the boys plus others are a magical family protecting the secret village of Hyrule, and have a magical house.

We have Hylia as Abuela  And her three children 

Time, Skyward Sword Zelda/Sun, and Warriors 

Times power is what he does in MM, were he puts a mask on, he transforms into that creature. He can create new mask if he wants to, but considering his room  is just walls of mask he doesn’t really need to. (He reflects Julieta) 

Sun’s powers are just her zelda powers, can defeat evil, wisdom, protector of light you get it. (She reflects Pepa) 

Warriors powers is he can time travel, however, whenever he does a not so great outcome happens. So everyone assumes its him. Little do they know he stopped tragedy after tragedy but can never quite fix everything. (He reflects Bruno, and yes he does end up living in the walls.) 

Now for the children! 

Time’s married Malon and together they have.  Twilight, Wild, Wind, and Aryll 

Twilight’s, gift is turning into a wolf, so he can guard the town better then almost anyone. He’s also just naturally super strong so he helps out with the farms a lot. 

Wild’s gift is he can carry almost anything. If he has a bag with him, somehow he can fit an entire house into that bag and then carry it wherever it needs to go. Since he’s also a great cook he often uses his gift to carry around a pantries worth of food and start cooking.  (Both Twilight and Wild reflect the characters of Isabela and Luisa. With a lot of the town seeing them as golden children, but also having so much pressure put on them.) 

Wind is our giftless boy, but loves his family more then anything, and do whatever it take to protect them. (He’s Mirabel) 

Aryll, would be getting her gift soon. When she does she be able to talk to animals. Mainly seagulls. (She’s basically Antonio) 

Sun/Zelda is married to Sky (He married into the family). Together they have.  Legend, Hyrule, and Four. 

Legend’s gift is weather manipulation, he can divide a area into a sperate season if needed. Or switch season at a snap of his fingers. He’s also dating Marin. 

Hyrule’s gift would be healing, and having fairy wings. That way he could get to people faster. 

Four’s gift would be like the games splitting into four separate people and shrinking. He’s also the towns main blacksmith so he’s under a lot of pressure to get things done.  (These three boys are kind of like Dolores and Camilo, but really they see their cousins as brothers so ah. Really Legend be the the most like Camilo, because he have fun singing about his uncle warrior.) 

Basically all of their gifts reflect the games in some way. Also I’m very aware Wind is connected to magic, I just think he’s the closest in personality to Mirabel, and is just a great hype man. 

Just a fun idea I thought of when I was listening waiting on a  miracle and thought of wind. Anyways hope you enjoyed! 

[unabashedtheoristflower]

Beauty and the beast au tidbits @gamerbearmira

*Antonio is basically the chip of the household. As the baby of the family, almost all of the members have their ways of entertaining him.

Camilo and Bruno tell him stories and act them out with Bruno's rats. Felix also helps by doing shadow puppets. He acts as a stage light.

Julieta makes him treats and teaches him how to make some. Isabela has been keeping them alive for the ones who are still capable of eating by learning to grow crops instead of just flowers. She lets him help harvest them.

Luisa has tea parties with him and Pepa tries to do cloud watching with him.

Agustin taught him how to play piano and Dolores tells him about animals in the jungle.

Also because of the curse, some of the gifts have been limited. Dolores can only hear loud things at night, Isabela can only grow on Casita's property

Also on the 6th of the month they're completely giftless

[evostar]

Dolores feels like she’s being watched 👀…

[gamerbearmira]

heya

so.

i may have tried something? HASIFUHASF it was something i had thought about while going about my day today, so i wanted to try writing it

hope it makes sense and i got a grasp of the voices and characters right LMAO

but anyway yes here you go

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Camilo quietly breathed out as Mirabel’s question hanged over them all in that moment.

…are we too late for a miracle?

All six of them just stood in silence, in the middle of the common area of their shared bedroom—or more accurately, the nursery. 

He grimaced. They were all still in the nursery, even after so many years had passed. Not that it was bad. It was actually fun to be with his hermana, hermanito, and primas in the same room. They were all together, supporting one another. They were never alone with each other.

But they couldn’t deny that they were lucky that the nursery kept expanding as they all grew older. Camilo didn’t know what would have happened if the nursery stayed the same size and space it had been before. He could only imagine what it was like for his hermana and primas back then. 

They were lucky with this, since they were already unlucky enough in all other aspects of their lives.

Camilo bit the inside of his cheek, looking up to see everyone looking at each other. He met each of their eyes himself, seeing a glint in all of them—one that he intimately knew was reflected in his own—and understood instantly.

This was one of the perks of rooming together for years, of being each others’ main encouragement and support system everyday, of just being together through it all.

A single glance could hold an entire conversation.

They all want to get away.

No words needed to be said.

Camilo nodded at the same time as everyone else did, watching all his primas and hermana start shuffling towards a certain wall, and was about to do the same himself, when he found his hermanito reaching out and gently tugging Luisa’s skirt.

His prima mayor looked down at Antonio, who was biting his lips. “Toñito? What’s wrong?” She tenderly placed a hand on top of his own.

Antonio looked up at her, allowing Luisa to take his hand into her own. “Wouldn’t Mama, Papa, Tia, and Tios come looking for us?” he asked quietly, as if to make sure nobody else but them could hear his question, even when the party noise outside was already drowning everything else out. 

Camilo couldn’t stop the snort that escaped him at his hermanito’s question. “Don’t think we have to worry about that, Toñio.” He sounded a bit too dismissive, maybe, but…well. A quick glance at the rest told him what they thought too.

Luisa kept staring at her youngest primo, an awkward smile slowly forming on her face as her eye twitched once. Dolores made a surprised, quiet but high pitched ‘Hm’ sound. Mirabel just winced, subconsciously rubbing her arm.

All of them already knew the answer to the question.

Isabela had snorted too, shaking her head as she placed a hand on the youngest’s head to gently ruffle it. “Milo’s right. They’ll be too busy entertaining the guests right now.”

Dolores nodded, stepping forward to stand next to her older prima, smiling at him gently as she took his other hand. “It’ll likely be a while before they try to find us.”

If they even would, Camilo found himself thinking, before blinking rapidly. Hey, no. No. No bad thoughts, stop thinking that, Milo. 

Camilo swallowed. Everyone in the 3rd generation knew that their padres loved them. They always tried their best. They cared. They always cared.

It was just…their Mama and Tia and Tio were always seen, always perfect, always in the spotlight, rarely able to step away—if they ever stepped away at all.

Even Papa and Tio Agustin were seen in the light, despite them not having gifts themselves.

It was always how it was ever since then.

The Perfect Magical Triplets. Always seen. Always shining. Always perfect.

How could they step away from the light they’ve known every day to follow after the kids who had always been standing on the side, shrouded in darkness all their lives?

Camilo shook his head. Not something he wanted to think about right now.

He watched Antonio stare at them all for a moment longer, before slowly nodding at their words. 

"Don't worry, Toñito. We'll be fine." Mirabel sent a gentle smile at her primo, the smile brightening a little when he gave a small, subdued smile back. Isabela went to ruffle his hair again as Luisa and Dolores chuckled quietly, both keeping a gentle but firm grip on his hands.

Camilo watched them, wanting to commit this moment to his memories forever.

Mirabel stared at them softly for another moment as well, before breathing out, her smile dropping slightly. She stepped right next to Camilo, bumping shoulders with him and gesturing towards a certain painting in the room. “To the den?”

Camilo chuckled wearily, lightly bumping her shoulder back. He looked at the rest of his primas and hermana and hermanito for a moment, all of them looking at the painting with tired and resigned eyes. 

He turned back to the painting too, a quiet sigh escaping his lips. “To the den.”

Away from the light.

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asked my friend to choose a grandkid randomly and he had chosen camilo, so...camilo pov! WOOOO AHSFUAHf genuinely hope this is alright hehe

also, its not really clear, but the painting on the wall is still in the nursery, and behind said painting is the entrance to the walls, since i was thinking it might be hard for the kids to sneak to the painting past all the people there if it was outside and the party was still going on, plus easy access to the den yknow HAHAHA

but we can also still keep the painting entrance to the walls right next to dolores' room (or at least...where dolores' room should have been HASFUASUF) if you want hehe

but anyway yes, hope you enjoy AAAAAAAA <333

Away from the light NOOO COME BACK <\\\333

Not but. Mic coming in clutch with the peak writing as always??? Love this so much, no matter how sad it is <33

It does make me feel bad for the kids. I mean it's Antonio's literal birthday, but since he didn't get a gift (not that anyone was expecting him to at this point), he's not even the center of attention. The triplets are. And they know that, so they know they'll be fine in the walls just to get away. And how Antonio has to accept that fact 😭😭

AND? The fact that they know that no one will look for them for a hot minute and the fact that they can go to one of their many hiding places. Like bro 😭😭 someone give these guys a piece of cake and hug 💀💀 at least the dads are there for them. Most of the time ＼(;´□｀)/

Julieta meant so well, but in the end they still ended up unhappy in some way. And it's cause she never really got rid of the root of the problem: Alma's mentality

[brave329]

Giftless Julieta: vally of the lost

Isandra is an artist

Gus and Julia have a hard time adjusting to getting gifts as adults

Julia in particular is very emotionally conflicted about it

Isandra tries to bond with Marigold by teaching her how to use her powers

She’s honestly a little hurt a version of her baby sister is so scared of her

Tempest teaches Gus Diego Sol and Mariposa how to use their weather powers which is much more chaotic

Mariana and Señora Guzman get along very well they’ve basically adopted eachother as grandparent/grandchild

Mariana is surprised that the two other versions of herself used to be Giftless but doesn’t actually care and appoints herself their big sister and takes care of them dispute them all being the same age

Lisa and Amelia bond with shananagins that result in them adopting a pet donkey together

Lolo confidant in her ability to judge character and starts bonding with all the others first

[toaverse]

Okay but in gifted mira/giftless isabela au just imagine

She’s made each family member a plush toy that’s alive and a little companion

Camilo- chamelon

Antonio- the jaguar from the movie duh

Luisa- unicorn donkey

Idk on others

Aaaw!

And a unicorn donkey for Luisa! Aaaww!

as for the others...

Mira would definitely make a bee for Agustí! :D 🐝

Maybe Pepa gets a living cloud? that would be cute.

I can see Julie getting a bird companion from her youngest, to help her with cooking :D

Maybe Dolores' companion would be a cat?

Alma's would be a butterfly, maybe?

When he came back, Bruno's would definitely be a rat :D

Idk about Félix's is though.

[miracles-and-butterflies]

For the giftless grandkids (minus Antonio) au-

Luisa works as a construction worker? (Or something that has to do with building things.)

Isabela is a botanist and/or owns a flower/paint shop. It’s up to you. 

Dolores could possibly be a librarian. It’s simple, quiet, and doesn’t require much work. Unless you think she would be fit for something else.

Mirabel is learning how to be an embellisher. (reference to your HC). 

Camilo is a theater kid, always will be. Probably learning how to be an actor and make costumes and such.  

Camilo used to drag Mira into helping him finish up detailing his costumes and outfits. Or just ask her about what she would put here or there and do it himself instead. After a while he bothered her less and figured things out himself but they still hang out. 

(And sorry if this doesn’t align with your perception of Camilo but I HC that he likes making clothes. Especially outfits for his family and costumes for his plays. Yes, he’s lazy. He will give up if a project it’s a bit much too much. But if buddy can chase kids around all day in canon I do think he can have energy to make clothes in an au)

I’m not entirely sure what to do for angst. Do you think Alma would still pressure Isa into being perfect/marrying mariano?

I’m assuming we’re dropping the royalty idea then? Because obviously none of them would be working in that case. And I’m going to assume we’re in the canon setting as well for this.

Completely agree!

Luisa would definitely work in construction. She’s a huge construction nerd in canon, so getting to do that right off the bat? Amazing! She probably still helps out a lot around town, especially without a gift, I can imagine she still is a bit of a workaholic.

Mirabel, once old enough, would definitely be hired by a local seamstress as an embellisher. She wouldn’t be getting any of the credit, but I think she would rather it that way. She wouldn’t want to be swarmed by people or anything. Probably unintentionally lets herself be treated unfairly by her boss subsequently.

The other three? Not so much. People forget that this is a small, rural town, that hasn’t modernised beyond the 1890s:

Flower shops weren’t a thing in such areas yet. (Flower shops originated in 1875 and only got popular in later years). There may be a small market stand or two for bouquets in Encanto, but that would be about it. Most people would just pick flowers or grow their own in their gardens. Besides Isa would rather work with more interesting plants than flowers anyways

Though libraries have been around for thousands of years, the chances of Encanto having one are very slim. There would just be bookshops. And it would be very different from what we know in the present day. Bookshops were fairly small and just ran by the owner, there wasn’t a need for more employees

Encanto probably has a small, local theatre (that is probably used for other things in the “off season”), but it wouldn’t be active so frequently. Jobs would be few and far between, as it would only be used every so often. Costume designers wouldn’t really a thing as there would be much budget for it. Costumes and props were just collected from people’s own belongings, things rarely would have been specifically made

If Isabela were to have a vaguely nature related job, she’d most likely work as a fieldworker on another family’s farm. That would be the best source of pay and most in demand job. If we don’t force her into a nature related job at all, I could see her being a dance teacher for children. (As dance was a lot more common practice back then). She wouldn’t overly enjoy it the same way Luisa and Mira would enjoy theirs because teaching children isn’t something I think Isa cares about, but dance is something within her skill set.

Considering how musical she is, it is fair to say that Dolores would definitely pursue a music related career. Either joining a local band/orchestra or being part of a choir or playing the church organ, etc. There would be a lot of option. I can imagine that she takes one of the aforementioned jobs, but secretly would rather be out and composing her own music than doing this. Not that she dislikes it per se, but she would want to make something herself.

Camilo would probably still be an actor, but definitely would need a second job to keep himself going. Looking at his skill set and interests, working with children is something he’d really enjoy. It’s already canon. He probably still does a lot of babysitting; people are always going to have children, so he’d always be needed. He is the Mary Poppins of Encanto, if you will.

In question to Abuela marrying them off? I think she still would - more children may equal more gifts. But I don’t think she’d be as set on making it happen right now. I’m sure she’d be convinced to wait a few years before trying to marry Isabela (and later the others) off. Antonio would be the only one she’d want to make a truly spectacular marriage.

[queenofthedisneyverse]

I love your giftless sisters au, and I have my own little ideas for it if you don't mind. I like to believe the miracle saw how overworked Julieta was and decided her first daughter wouldn't get a gift, hoping it would show Alma the pressure she put on her, obviously it didn't work so the miracle tried once again to show she was overworked by not giving her second child a gift either, that didn't work either, so the miracle stepped back to think of another strategy, it saw how now there was even MORE pressure on not just Julieta, but Pepa and her children as well, and after seeing how the pressure increased on Camilo after he got his gift, the miracle made a decision, NONE of the children would get gifts from now on, I know it's implied that Antonio will get his gift, but I love the idea that the miracle sees how the gifts are causing so much stress and the giftless sisters are happier then their cousins, so the miracle decides there will be no more gifts given until Alma lays off the pressure, I also like the idea that when Antonio doesn't get a gift and Alma inevitably starts panicking, pointing fingers and overworking everyone even more, the gifted Madrigals gradually start losing their gifts, not like the house is breaking and the miracle is dying like in canon, but the miracle has finally had enough of Alma's bs and realizes it will need to take extreme measures to make her see what she's doing to her family, I really like the idea of the miracle consciously deciding to withhold and take away gifts instead of the magic getting weaker, once all issues are resolved the gifted Madrigals will get their gifts back, but I'm not sure if the sisters or Antonio should get gifts too, I like the idea of one or two people (possibly Bruno because we all know he'd be happier without his gift) remaining giftless and the Madrigal family continuing to have a few giftless members (although without the traumatic door fading, they would still get rooms) through the future generations as a reminder not to overwork the family and that their gifts do not define them as people, although the sisters all getting gifts as a reward for their perseverance and helping the family would also make sense, but I do like to believe at the end of the day if they don't get gifts they at least get magic rooms. I'm not sure if that's how you want the au to go, it's your au and you can do what you want with it, but I think it would be a cool way for the au to go

ooh, these are great ideas! I'll probably use some of them.