For another question: what time period do you think Encanto takes place in? And P.S. I WOULD like to know Mirabel’s Abuela’s and the husbands reactions to being sick…though it’s completely up to you. It’s your blog, not mine. If you DO feel like doing it, you can do it on your own time. I won’t push it.
Gonna use this to answer the 2nd half! The first part is gonna be a seperate post I'll tag you for. I haven't written it yet (obviously since I just got the question lmao) but it is gonna be sorta long and rambly and most definitely veering off topic a few times. I just have a lot of thoughts
Mirabel and Abuela are much like Luisa and Camilo in which they'll still try to help, but for different reasons. Abuela still tries to help because she doesn't like staying in one place. She feels,,, bad? Wrong? When she stops. When she stops moving and helping her mind goes to when she and Pedro had to flee their home and his death and it forced her to actually acknowledge and face what she's been through and she hates it. Bc like, in my mind she throws herself into the encanto and all the work and trying to manage her family because she doesn't want to acknowledge what happened to her. And the moment she does she's going to break and she knows it. I figure when you're raising 3 kids on your own on top of building and managing a town it doesn't leave a lot of time for grieving.
Mirabel keeps trying to help because she's sorta just internalized the idea that if she's not helping to the best of her ability and more then she's useless. That she's doing something wrong if she's just "lazing around". Abuela did try her best with the family, and she went through a lot of shit, but she still messed her family - especially Mira - up bad. Because of all that, Mira has this idea that since she doesn't have a gift to fall back on or help "normally"? That to make up for that she has to help 24/7, no breaks.
Augustin tries to go about his day normally, but like 3 seconds atter waking up he sneezes and accidently throws himself over the balcony, breaking several bones and is instantly tied to his bed.
Félix doesn't get sick often, and when he is it typically isn't that bad, so he ususally just goes about his day doing the chores and the like. Though he does check out early to relax and rest.
This is like, more boring than the other one, but it was still fun. Maybe I like analyzing the characters of this disney movie just a smidgen too much lmao