#ooc

Luisa is totally my favorite.

the magic saved them, yes, and helped them build that town

but it could go

I think the film absolutely rushed the ending.

the magic didn't NEED to come back!

Also, I am going to blame Abuela for this, but not giving Mirabel a room? Sure, no magical room but seriously, just give her a ROOM

I can see both arguments. Healing the family healed the magic.

YES

rude

Abuela Agnes -
Sallie Mae "I'm never going to be enough for you, am I?"

Agreed on the room. Seriously, you're callinnng a 15 year old's bed area "the nursery"?

In my world, new casita has a lovely room with mounds of pretty fabric and skeins and skeins of embroidery floss and lots of natural light

Ouch. Sally Mae might have winced at that scene come to thinkn of it

oh yeah

If Mirabel had a gift, I would see it as sewing related, magical threads and yarn flying and stitching and creating, bringing things together

Besides, we know the reason they got their magic back....merchandising and PR. Like Rapunzel is going to be shown with her long blonde hair even after the movie

Shady had a good point about Mirabel's glasses being green framed (Bruno's color)

What I thought was FASCINATING about Mirabela's lack of a room?

Did you notice her skirt is designed with patterns from her whole family? Animals, storm clouds, flowers

When Antonio was getting his gift.... she told him if he DIDN'T get a gift, he would stay with her in the nursery and they would have/be the best room mates ever.

Butterfly, a weight

THEY KEPT HER IN THE NURSERY.

hey, it was her room she lived in... she just didn't leave

Oh yeah, that family had ISSUES

She specifically calls it the nursery and she shares it with the youngest, who haven't gotten a gift.

I want to see Bruno having new visions

Cat's right, it would make a good show

"Wendy, this is your last night in the nursery!"

It WOULD make a good show.

And with the mountain split open, add in the possibilities of outsiders

The Conquistadors can come visit!

The only way to have adult privileges and responsibilities is to have a gift. There is a LOT to unpack there.

Oh yes

and Mirabel is also the right age for a quince

Do Colombians do quinces?

not sure

but 15/16 is pretty common coming of age

Isabella - she could end famine, grow materials, sprout medicines... BUT NO YOU HAVE TO HAVE PRETTY FLOWERS

now I want to rewatch Coco

Coco is a gooooood movie

I really should watch Coco

it's gonna make you cry

Arguably, plot wise, Coco is superior. More tightly organized, clearer arc. Encanto, it's all about characters

I really shouldn't watch Coco

you SHOULD

think of it as Fenix inspo

You said it would make me cry!

yes!

Crying cleanses the eyes and balances the humours!

Criers get eatten