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twilight-zoned-out · 6 months ago

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Theory: The reason Mirabel didn’t get a gift is because she is Julieta’s child.

Abuela places more responsibility on Julieta’s side of the family. Julieta is the responsible triplet whose gift helps give the Madrigals a good standing in the town. Julieta’s children are given much more responsibility than Pepa’s. Luisa’s gift is easily adaptable to helping the town with physical work, and Isabela upholds the Madrigals’ good reputation. Compared to Pepa’s side of the family, Julieta and her children fit much better into Abuela’s view of what the Madrigals should be like. Mirabel not receiving a gift is an extra harsh blow to Abuela because she shatters that image expectation.

#look below for a whole tag essay #or maybe a tangent haha #encanto #encanto headcanon #encanto theory #mirabel madrigal #julieta madrigal #alma madrigal #pepa madrigal #encanto mirabel #Encanto Julieta #luisa madrigal #isabela madrigal #dolores madrigal #camilo madrigal #encanto abuela #encanto alma #encanto pepa #ok tangent started #or just some thoughts #it must be extra hard for mirabel because she's from that expectation side of the family #dolores helps around the house but probably not necessarily to the townsfolk #camilo is the exception because he does a lot to help with both physical work and the good reputation in the town #OH #but #him and Mirabel are the same age #or if he sort of has taken over the role and expectation Abuela would have had for Mirabel #I don't know if that implies that he might be doing extra to try and pick up what she can't help with #these are less concrete theorizations but I wonder if that's part of why the roles are the way they are #it's interesting how pepa's side has the more wonky gifts

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