#i love eoa

[magicwithineleteo]

i can’t believe it’s been 4 years since my pride and joy ended happy birthday my forever princess queenie beloved baby elena <33333

[raptorladylover6969]

Again back to my last EOA post, and a comment I saw on a repost of it, I am 1000000% on board with the idea of the whole plot of Elena of Avalor, and some of the things in it, being a whole metaphor for Elena trying to keep herself from being driven to insanity aka becoming an evil dictator. Based on the personal research I’ve done, and connecting the dots to Elena’s character, I’ve noticed some key things in the show that sort of represent many “symptoms” of what a “clinically insane” person goes through.

Elena witnessed her own parents death right in front of her eyes. This alone should be traumatizing enough, but not even like 5 minutes later, Shuriki blasts her, but the amulet pulled her inside of it to save her. (Or at least, I like to think she did die, but her soul was sucked into the amulet, thus her possessing it, Five Nights At Freddy’s style). Elena is now sitting in the amulet, in what I think was a sort of state like Locked In Syndrome? Because when she did get out the amulet in Secret Of Avalor, she looked like she was sleeping, AND she forgot how to walk, hell even move around. So I think since she was in there for so long, she started “fusing” with the amulet, thus falling into a sort of coma, but still highly aware of whats going on around her + outside the amulet, but thats besides my point. She spends 40+ years, isolated from the world, with no one to talk to, no source of brain stimulation, no form of movement, just NOTHING. Shes trapped in a void. (*Void by Melanie Martinez starts playing*). Now looking at irl facts, there is no absolute way Elena didnt go insane in the amulet.

Looking at neuroscience, and the world of EOA, we can see the way Elena interacts with the world, and apply those statistics to Elena herself. In an article from The Royal Society Publishing, The Article titled “Perceived Social Isolation, Evolutionary Fitness and Health Outcomes: a LifeSpan Approach.” Written by Louise C. Hawkley, and John P. Capitanio states: “A sampling of recent studies shows that socially isolated housing of various social animal species at various stages of life and for various durations results in altered behaviour (e.g. anxious, depression-like, aggressive, passive, cognition/memory), physiology (e.g. changes in basal or stress–reactive corticosterone, blood pressure, inflammation, immune responses, hippocampal function) and mortality (e.g. post-stroke outcomes)” In the show, we can see Elena suffer through majority of these affects. Especially when it comes to her cognitive ability and critical thinking skills. We see her struggle hard in the show to solve problems, regarding the kingdom, and when communicating with other people.

I will also talk about the fact Elena can see ghosts, and Spirit Guides. I know, she has this power because “The amulet gave it to her.” But think of it this way: The amulet; her trauma, and Elena had to face “the trauma” for a LOOOOONG period of time. Another key factor when it comes to isolation, hallucinations. An Israeli adventurer/author Yossi Ghinsberg spent 3 weeks stranded in the Amazon rainforest (they actually made a movie about him‼️) Ghinsberg stated, due to him being isolated from society without any social contact/interaction, he experienced hallucinations. So what if metaphorically, Elena seeing the Spirit Guides, and ghosts, are her having hallucinations from spending 41 years away from society?

Elena’s dress. That goddamn dress. Its mentioned earlier that isolation can affect the brain’s cognitive abilities, and emotional health. So you basically would have trouble regulating your emotions, and your emotions would be all over the place. RING ANY BELLSSSSS⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️ Her magic dress is a metaphor for her decline in her cognitive skills.

I now conclude my essay on how crazy I am about this damn kids show. I love Elena sm shes such a complicated character and I LOVE ITTTTTTTTT

[inamindfarfaraway]

Sofia the First is like if Superman were a Disney Princess and Elena of Avalor is like if Batman were a Disney Princess. Except the Disney Junior shows are truer to the DC superheroes’ themes and spirit than a great deal of media about the superheroes are. I will not elaborate.

[notmoreflippingelves]

[kaythefloppa]

You must believe the magic Within you

[blueflyingturtleontheway]

I think the reason I'm so soft for Elena and Skylar's relationship is because Skylar is both, a friend to Elena and a giant support animal

I mean she can't exactly scratch her other friends behind their ears when she tells them about her awful day, now can she

[drzone]

carla and mateo headcanons i doodled out todayyyyy

[youruinedmylifebynotbeingreal]

In my mind Elena of Avalor and Tangled the Series/Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure are shaking hands

[acacia-may]

Can we talk about how Naomi sings a whole song about wanting to be “someone special” and then in Norberg Peace Prize, Princess Chloe tells Gabe that he should share the Norberg Lights with “someone special” and he shares them with Naomi?!

Yes, I realize that "Something Special" is Naomi's "I want" song and about how she wants to prove herself (setting up her great character arc), so she didn't mean it like that, but…it’s the exact same wording.

She is “someone special” to him. I’m gonna cry 😭😭💖💖

[lieutenant-amuel]

Elena of Avalor is genuinely such a good show.

[locitapurplepink]

I love these kids 😘

Left top : Jacen Syndulla, Ahsoka series

Right top : Isabel Castillo Flores, Elena of Avalor

Middle : Leia Organa, Obi Wan Kenobi series

Left bottom : Melissa "Missy" Cooper, Young Sheldon

Right bottom : Omega, The Bad Batch

[magicwithineleteo]

anyways fun update my sister and i are watching winx club for the first time and we r OBSESSED

[raptorladylover6969]

I was looking at some scenes of Elena, why the actual HELL is she so tall⁉️ No kidding her and Gabe are like the same height, and comparing her to say Isa who I’m guessing is like 5’0 ELENA LOOKS LIKE A HP LOVECRAFT ENTITY COMPARED TO HER 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏

I need to see this fact incorporated in more fanart. I wanna see Elena TOWERING over her fellow compatriots like they’re just mere ants to her. MORE TALL ELENA FANART ‼️‼️🗣️🗣️🗣️ I WANNA SEE MY BBG AT NBA HEIGHT ‼️‼️‼️ I WANNA SEE HER DUNK ON SOME HOES 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[elena-of-avalor-polls]

[deeply-unserious-fellow]

My favorite bit of foreshadowing- probably ever but ESPECIALLY in EoA, is during the two part Syrena special in season 2, when Elena is on the float and uses vanish to get away from Shuriki. It's established early on that she can't use it fully yet, and one part of her always remains visible. During the scene where she's trying to escape Shuriki and co, she uses it(as previously stated), and her necklace, given to her earlier in the special by her cousin Cristobal, remains visible, giving her postion away to the bad guys and costing her her escape. In the next part, it is revealed that Cristobal actually sided with Shuriki in order to gain more power. The necklace betraying Elena's location was a brilliant bit of foreshadowing to her cousin that gave it to her doing practically the same.

[dinoco51]

anyways meet my new nephew