#like in encanto with casita? i love that i love that shit

[cinnabeat]

i fucking love stories where houses are like alive and subscribes to the take care of your home properly and your home will take care of you via sentience idea but its so hard to find stories with premises like that

[hashtagboykisser]

LOVE LANGUAGES P.2 !!

ENCANTO KIDS !!

part one

also reminder! this is in terms of how they like to give their love

part one was how they like to receive it if you wanna check that out!

characters included: mirabell madrigal, camilo madrigal, luisa madrigal, dolores madrigal, isabela madrigal

MIRABELL MADRIGAL: words of affirmation

mirabell constantly felt as if she wasn’t enough throughout the movie

so she knows what it feels like to be all self conscious, so she wants to be your constant reminder that you are <3

she’s also very cuddly and she likes to kiss your cheeks almost every five seconds, but it’s cause she loves ya so :)

she also loves doing things for u! breakfast in bed - which i can see her getting julietta to help cook, helping you with basic chores, taking care of you when you’re sick (unless julietta is around so she can just cook you betta xD)

she also LOOVES making u little homemade gifts (doodles, cards, jewelry, etc)

quality time: 9/10

physical touch: 7-8/10

gift giving: 10/10

words of affirmation: 10/10

acts of service: 9.5/10

CAMILO MADRIGAL: physical touch

camilo (like i said in p1) is a damn love machine, he will give all the love he can, but also (like i said in p1) he CANNOT keep his hands to himself lmfao

he’s constantly holding you, in some way, he just loves feeling your guys skin touch. it makes his heart melt <3 he also may or may not do it to make pepa cry about that her little boy is growing up

he loves telling you how much he loves you, especially in flirty cheesy pickup lines 😭

“mi placer, i think i need a map, cause i keep getting lost in your eyes?~”

“oh my gosh, camilo..”

also yes, i headcanon he calls you “his pleasure” !!

i think he’d like gift giving - but the only thing he can give you is juliettas cooking and isa’s flowers cause this boy can’t make shit without setting the casita on fire 😭🫶

he also loooovesss seeing u all the time (he kinda stalks u when ur away😭) so quality time is a must!!

quality time: 9.5/10

physical touch: 12/10 !! lol

gift giving: 6/10

words of affirmation: 8/10

acts of service: 8.5/10

LUISA MADRIGAL: gift giving

luisa is the damn QUEEN of gifts

she likes to make them most of the time, but she does buy you things a lot too

she’s also very cuddly, but she’s careful becuz she worries she’d crush you when y’all cuddle🥺 (let’s be real, she’s probably taller)

she’s not so much words of affirmation, becuz she doesn’t know what to say a lot of the time

and she does like doing things for u, in terms of acts of service, but she’s a very stressed girl n she needs to focus on herself a lot yk :)

she also love love loveeeees to spend time with u so quality time is a go lol

quality time: 9/10

physical touch: 9.5/10

gift giving: 10/10

words of affirmation: 7.5/10

acts of service: 9/10

DOLORES MADRIGAL: quality time

dolores would hang out with you till the end of time if it were her choice

she loves spending time with you, and it doesn’t matter what ur doing

she also love’s physical touch (as mentioned in the last part) any touch can make her heart go 👆👈👉👇🫵👈👉👇👆🫵 XD so she loves to touch you so she can make you feel the same way :)

she loves words of affirmation too! pet names just make her internally explode lol

and as previously mentioned she loves gifts🫶🫶both making them and getting them

quality time: 10/10

physical touch: 9.5/10

gift giving: 9.5/10

words of affirmation: 9/10

acts of service: 8.5/10

ISABELA MADRIGAL: acts of service

isabela loves doing things for you and loves it when you do things for her

she loves cuddles too, and forehead kisses, whether she’s giving or receiving

she loves little handmade gifts - but she constantly needs ideas because she doesn’t wanna only give you flowers, and she grew up really only knowing her flowers, but she wants to give you so much more <3

quality time: 8/10

physical touch: 8.5/10

gift giving: 9/10

words of affirmation: 9/10

acts of service: 10/10

this took a lot longer than i wanted it to, and i am so sorry about that!!

i have been stressed out, finals coming up for me and all

but my schools just about out for the year, so i’ll be more active!

thanks!

-hermy <3

[kumezyzo]

i just rewatched encanto, and i can't stop thinking about a world where bruno had himself a lil gf/wife, and she was the only one who didn't think his gift was evil. and they had kids (maybe like twins or sum), and when he disappeared, she stayed in la casita, and everyone kinda pittied her. and la familia was like, "bruno really didn't love his family. especially if he abandoned her" or some shit. and like, he left right as his kids were getting their gifts, but like, watched it through the walls or something. or he left after they got them. but then his wife is just so sad cause he left, and she has no idea where he is (she lowkey thinks he's dead but doesn't wanna come to that sort of realization). and when mirabel asks her about bruno, she's just kinda like "tu tio bruna was the kindest person i ever met. and his gift was truly a gift... no one else could see that." and then mirabel is like,"But 'we dont talk about bruno'.' He told me something else...." and then when she finds out bruno is alive and was watching them the whole time, its super cute and heart felt. oh, and his kids get a cute lil song on their own talking about how amazing their dad was....

im mentally ill

[lilietsblog]

something about hysterical women

Encanto has invaded my brain again and I just want to talk about how it's pretty clearly implied that the hysterical, anxious, loudmouth Pepa has done a MUCH better job of protecting her kids from Abuela's bullshit than the nice, peacable, ideal mom Julieta.

All three Mental Breakdown Songs are from Julieta's children. Now this could be argued to be because they're the protagonist and her immediate siblings, but no - Mirabel goes to DOLORES for intel, it's Dolores who sends her to Luisa. And Antonio, a little child who grew up after Mirabel in a much more anxious environment of "WILL the next kid get the gift?", loves Mirabel and doesn't think less of her and is only a little scared but gets his gift just fine!

(Now, I personally subscribe to the theory Mirabel only "didn't get" hers because it 100% overlapped with Abuela's - her gift was the Casita itself, subtly illustrated by the way Casita listens to Abuela and Mirabel in a way it isn't really shown to listen to others. All the kids got their gifts from what they most wanted and loved, and to Mirabel the thing she loved most was her family and what she wanted most was to be useful and helpful to it. But anyway)

Camilo is a little shit whose gift has no clear useful applications, but he displays 0 signs of any kind of inferiority complex or being pressured the way Julieta's kids were pressured. He does what he does, and it's Fine. Dolores is a keeper of many secrets and seems to be pretty scared of ending up like Bruno, but she doesn't. (She is also my favorite most beloved blorbo in the movie, but anyway)

Something about - conflict aversion vs conflict very much non-aversion. Julieta speaks softly and backs down when Abuela insists. Pepa doesn't hold back from yelling at her when her demands are insufferable from Pepa's point of view. Julieta's gift is immediately useful and easy to share with the community, she fits into Abuela's ideal vision easily; Pepa's gift is a problem for people around her as much as it is a boon, and it looks like she's waging a lifelong war for her right to have emotions at all. I can only imagine Pepa's reaction if Abuela tried to talk shit to any of HER kids (thunder and lightning included).

Just - conflicts and protection.

[salubriwrites-blog]

A Weird Dive into my favorite ships

This started as an answer to an anonymous question but... it grew a little bit. I have no forward except to please drink water today! Love you!!!!

I'm actually pretty new still to writing fanfiction. I've been an avid writer since I was 10 and was even working on getting my own book published. From there I springboarded into TTRPG design where I wrote world building, lore, and characters for IPs like Call of Cthulhu and Vampire: The Masquerade. I only really just got into writing *fan fiction* in the last 2 years.

My first fanfic/ship was actually pretty silly. I was on the Encanto hype train when that movie first came out (can you believe its been 3 years???) and I loved, loved, loved Bruno Madrigal. He was the traumatized, distraught uncle living in the walls of Casita trying to fix the internal damage that came from Abuela's treatment of La Familia. His intentions were pure, and he obviously had gone through a lot to drive him to the point where we see him in the story. This was the first branch I would hit falling down the "I can fix them" tree.

The story is cute and has a happy ending, but as we all know in the real world, unlearning toxic behavior and overcoming life long trauma takes time. So I wrote a BrunoxOC story about it. I ended up orphaning it because I veered the story off in a direction I didn't like because the group I was part of were heavily influencing my creative choices. Boo, hiss I know, but I was still pretty new within the fanfiction genre so I buckled.

Moving on!

My second fiction that I put a lot more love into - sorta I may go back and rewrite parts of it now - was my YorickxOC fiction.

Yorick was my first ever League of Legends love. Fucking love that haunted beef cake. The Ruined Event did him dirty, the Ruined King Game did him dirty, and the book probably did him dirty too (I haven't read it). My Gravekeeper needs ALL THE LOVE because he is absolutely going through it in sheer solitude (though the Illaoi story where he goes to help destroy Viego's amulet gave me hope that now he gets visitors sometime on the island).

Remember Yorick Mori: Before the Ruination This was my first completed and quite hefty fiction weighing in at 153k words: it followed his story where he starts out on a lonely little fishing island called Portia (it doesn't have a name in Lore). He ends up on a slightly busier island that is situated off the coast of Helia (Blessed Isles capitol) and begins his journey to understand why he can communicate with the Dead. He meets a cast of charming monks that want to both see him thrive and maintain status quo. He even meets the owner of the bakery that barters with the Order of Dusk - whom he naturally falls in love with immediately. Rosalie McKahn is not a self insert. I don't make self inserts when I write OCs because I hold myself to a weird standard - also I don't see myself being compatible with most of these characters. Would I still like them to do unspeakable things to me? Oh shit yes. But from a story standpoint, I don't do self inserts. So Rosalie was not one of those. The story follows a young Yorick through his years of servitude to the Order of Dusk, uncovering dark secrets, finding confidence to become the man that he will need to be when the Ruination comes. Rosalie was not the only person who helped to build Yorick up in this story, but their love is what gives him the strength to keep fighting when the rest of it was bleak. This love eventually passes on to the Maiden of the Mist in the epilogue I have yet to write ^^;.

Then we got into the Heartsteel arc, and this was where I really found my love for the "I can fix them" dynamics. I have no shame in saying that I wrote all of "Making of Paranoia: Off Script" in a week's time while the music video played on a loop on my second monitor. I'm just not. That was where the neurons wanted me to go, and off I fucking went. I knew I liked Aphelios when he first debuted in League, but I was scared of him because he's an ADC with 5 guns. Skill Expression was not something I was confident enough in to pursue that character. But he was hot! He ha a backstory that excited me and had a lot of potential. I really wanted to explore Aphelios' dynamic with his sister and the Lunari elders - pigeon holing him into being a weapon of faith only.

I also knew I liked Yone, but was fearful of him for similar reasons. In the end I just nutted up, typed /mute all in game chat, and hit my head against the wall until I got M7 on Yone. His story is by far my favorite of all the League characters (rivaling Yorick's, of course). A man who spent his whole, short life trying to save someone who he thought was in danger of falling off the path of virtue? Only to come back and KEEP DOING IT but with extra steps??? WAITER ANOTHER PLEASE.

But I didn't really anticipate putting these two characters together within the canon sense. I didn't see a way that they could meet (though one of my friends has since written a beautiful fiction where it shows how they do meet, and how they do connect! https://archiveofourown.org/works/52384363/chapters/132517315 )

BUT THEN. BUT THEEEEN.

I was watching Paranoia for the 69th time that day and I saw THIS VERY SPECIFIC CLIP where the only person who looked the most remote bit of concern for Aphelios' well being was YONE. Boom, Off Script was born.

Off Script was definitely the first FanFiction where I really jumped into my current dynamic. It follows after the filming of that day, cut short after Aphelios fell into a water tank with one of the drones. Yone is going to check on him, and Aphelios is lamenting that no one else has come to see if he's alright. Not even his boyfriend, Sett.

This infuriates Yone because that's just not good boyfriend behavior, and he promises Aphelios that - should he be given the chance - Yone would treat him 10x better than Sett has, is, or ever will.

Also who wouldn't want to be treated like a princess by this specimen? Let's not fool ourselves. Anyway - Paranoia gave me a chance to explore this dynamic in a new way. Yone had issues of his own - I had to find a way to implement his Arzakana nature into a modern AU so I opted for "intrusive thoughts" that encouraged him to do some generally not nice things. In Yone's backstory he was a toxic person, used people up, whored his way through most of his opportunities, and was a bad brother to Yasuo. Yone initially followed Yasuo into the music making industry because he wanted to help his baby brother succeed - and he didn't really know what he wanted to do with his own life. Yone then got it into his head that maybe he and his brother could make music TOGETHER. Yasuo didn't want that because True Damage was doing it's own thing and - for just once in his life - he wanted something that only he had made, not with his older brother. Yone takes his poorly, and being the toxic brother that he is, makes a scene at an industry party and gets booted out. Yasuo cuts him out of his life. On his drunken, staggering tirade through the streets of Valoran City, Yone gets into an accident. He dies. But then suddenly gets resuscitated! I'm not a doctor so I just literally chalk it up to a freak accident that Yone comes back. While Yone believes that it's a second chance. He wakes up in the coroner's office in a cooler, and bangs and screams at the door the whole night until the coroner ME comes in the next morning to fetch the John Doe. Yone doesn't know who he is anymore, but he knows he can't be the asshole now cause that's what got him killed. So he spends time reflecting, soul searching. He knows he still loves making music, and though he gets a desk job and lives this semi-stable life, he still dreams of making music.

Enter Heartsteel.

Aphelios' twin sister is already a multi-platinum artist who runs her own record label - Lunari Studios. Aphelios is on the other side of the story - he's just kind of following Alune around and standing back as she shines. He knows he's talented - he knows a million instruments and helps Alune with her production, but he doesn't think that he could do it all by himself. When he and Sett start dating, it's more of the same. Sett is big and loud, people are drawn to him and his style, and it gives Aphelios someone to latch onto that isn't his sister for once. In Off Script, Aphelios' fate would have been the silent lyricist and musician for the band. He would have told himself that he was happy with standing back.

Except after the events of the music video, Yone won't let him. Yone encourages him to sing, to write bolder lyrics, to voice his opinion. Yone helps Aphelios find confidence, and in return Aphelios lets Yone help him. All Yone really ever wants in any AU is to help, but helpful people can be toxic too. Aphelios allows Yone to do that, but with his own confidence can help draw boundaries on when Yone is being too supportive, or investing too much of his own energy. In the Heartsteel AU I wrote, they are happy together ^^

I finished Off Script around the time of Worlds 2023. Which was when they announced my Babygirl!

And boy what a journey THIS CHARACTER HAS BEEN.

Hwei has it all. The trauma, the growth, the setbacks, the hips, the style, the potential. Surprisingly though - I am not a huge fan of the JhinHwei ship. Maybe cause I see too much of myself and who I used to be in its dynamic. I've been both of those characters in my past relationships, but this isn't the place for that kind of deep dive.

Hwei is neat because he introduced a new idea to my ship dynamic. He's not broken, just lost. He's looking for himself and every person he meets is just a stepping stone on his journey to peace of mind.

I wouldn't call Hwei self assured, because he doesn't know who he wants or what he wants to be, but he knows he has all the tools to reach that end. I like shipping him with multiple characters with Hwei in different stages of his self-realization because he is an inspiring character. He can terrify and and awe in the same breath, depending on which version of him we're visiting.

For this last one we're departing League completely.

I got into HSR after Genshin got a little stale for me. Also I got a fancy new phone that I could actually play Hoyo games on, and HSR is the best for mobile play.

I got into HSR in the middle of the Penacony story, but my friends warned me that I'd love Aventurine when I met him. I spoiled myself by looking at pictures of him and OOH BABY

You can fit so much trauma in this baby.

Aventurine is another fun one because yes - he has a tragic fucking story and I would single handedly help him repopulate Sigonia if given the opportunity. But once again, Teeeechnically not broken.?? He has ghosts he faces throughout the story, and must address each aspect of himself before crossing the river, but by the time he's come out, I like to think he's at peace with who he had to become in order to survive. From fighting in pits, murdering his former owner, tricking the IPC, I don't think Kakavasha would have done any of that stuff. Aventurine, on the other hand-

It's a common theme when you are in survival mode because of trauma. Is he fully cured? Fuck no, but will he continue to strive to be the kind of person he wished would have saved him when he was a kid? Fuck yes.

Which is why we need to impregnate him.

My friends warned me I'd love Blade. I was determined to not, but then I went through the Jingliu story and learned about the High Cloud Quintet and it was over.

I just think this guy's hot. I know a lot of people ship him with Dan Feng and Jing Yuan (it's pretty hot, ngl), but I kinda like Blade/Kafka or Blade/Stelle. The Kafka angle is not so much romantic as it is a mutual understanding that they are both going down this journey together and it can get lonely sometime. So more convenience than romance.

I'm working on a Blade/Stelle story right now where - Best I Am, Prey You Become. It explores Stelle abandoning the trailblaze to join the Stellaron Hunters, and as part of her initiation Blade if voluntold by Kafka to train her. Their relationship is mentor/student and she is obviously hot for him, but Blade is an immortal, tired old man who doesn't have time for that. Except Elio has other plans, as Blade's script reaches a conclusion - he finds something worth dying for. When it comes to HSR Fanfictions I take a lot more creative liberty because I didn't follow the lore to the letter. Also I love world building so!!!! I also built Sigonia-IV for that story, I just gotta get the neurons to activate x.x

[flos-ficblog]

flo's masterlist of fics

• Descendants

[W.I.P]

- Descendants: Rise of Red, Rewritten

rewriting the whole movie, glassheart endgame.

[FINISHED]

- "i love you with my body, soul and heart to death."

It's really sad, tw: suicide attempt and selfharm, also includes my three oc's- Astrid, Ashar and AQ. It's CharmingHatterHearts (Chloe x Red x AQ)

- these are the words i held back (I was enchanted to meet you)

glassheart, really cute, basically pure fluff and it's a getting together fic

● Carmen Sandiego

[W.I.P]

- The Story of My Life (i take him home)

florian lafayette-meadows' backstory

- fool me once, fool me twice...

carulia/chasejules au

- Take Me Back To The Night We Met

carulia post-canon meetup, includes my "the devil wears prada" oc and slightly mlb crossover au?

- i wanna walk with you (in the low light)

florence meadowes' backstory

[FINISHED]

N/A

● Encanto

[W.I.P]

- maybe the friends are the enemies we made along the way

Isabela Madrigal x f!oc enemies to lovers, señorita perfecta vs the town sweetheart (the oc was mentioned in the Trauma Chronicles series)

[FINISHED]

- Take Me To The Lakes Where All The Musicians Went To Die (Trauma Chronicles)

post casita falling down, slightly runaway mirabel au? twin sisters mirabel and marabela (oc)

- And Those Encanto Peaks Look Like A Perfect Place To Cry (Trauma Chronicles)

the next day after mirabel disappears but no-one can find her. marabela and carlos confront abuela

- What Should Be Over Burrowed Under My Skin (Trauma Chronicles)

the family makes up, pure fluff continues.

● The Devil Wears Prada

[W.I.P]

N/A

[FINISHED]

- and everyday you surprise me more (why does it always have to be straight women I adore?)

what if Andy 'accidentally' impressed Miranda? canon divergence au, mirandy

● Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Catnoir

[W.I.P]

- The Masquerade Ball

chloenette, inspired by another fic. not gonna post this one cos of copyright 🫤

- Well, this is Miraculous

also chloenette, chloe's redemption basically

- Zoe Sings a Song

part 4 of Karaoke Confessions, might finish this... might not. we'll see. The entire series is shit since a beginners thing and rushed asf and I don't have time for rewrites

[FINISHED]

- The Story of Us (Adrien's a Swiftie?!) (Karaoke Confessions)

chloenette, chloe redemption, basically me forcing my love for taylor swift on these oblivious fools (plot holes on plot holes tho)

- The Way I Loved You (Marinette doesn't have a crush on Adrien?!) (Karaoke Confessions)

part 2 of Karole Confessions, clears someeee stuff up

- Uh oh... I'm falling in love. (Karaoke Confessions)

rushed a bit, the whole entire of KC is shit but read if you want- pretty sure chloenette kiss in this one

● Supergirl

[W.I.P]

- Lena Luthor: Boarding School Stories

basically an au if Netflix did a series on Lena's boarding school life, live action, kindddd of x fem oc? idk it was supposed to be this big ass fic but I forgot abt it

- might share a face and a last name (but we are not the same)

Luthor family angst, kara/supergirl being a good girlfriend

- I can't be your midnight love

Lena and Kara had a fight, supergirl came over and helped Lena. this one's basically finished but I forgot abt it so imma post it soon

[FINISHED]

- i didn't mean to say 'i love you' (i love you, but i don't want to)

supercorp angst, pretty shit like the rest of the fanfics cos it's one of the first ones I've ever written

[thefourchimes]

🍎🍍🫐🍐

🍎: Is there anything you straight-up won’t write?

Oooh, well, overall, bashing of characters (especially the ones that lead to complete OOCness because bruh), proshipping (fuck that shit), and smut (I'm uncomfortable with writing and reading this personally)

I'm not sure if there are others I forgot to mention but those are the ones off the top of my head

🍍: What kind of AUs do you like? Are there any AUs you hate or just generally have beef with?

I generally like all AUs as long as the premise and summary of the fic is interesting!! As long as it hooks me in some way, I don't mind

Don't really have beef or hate for any particular AU, not unless the AU's aim is to only bash characters in some way

🫐: What’s your favorite underrated thing in your fandom? (A ship that only you seem to write for, a character there’s almost no fics about, a trope that criminally hasn’t been written yet, etc.)

Ooooh, this is a tough one, hm...

What does one consider as underrated in Encanto?

I'm blanking so hard, omg

Characters and various things probably considered underrated in this fandom are not considered underrated in my head because of how I think about them so much, so I'm not actually sure HASFUHASF

Plus I don't think it helps that I never really was in the fandom when it was in an all time high, and my hyperfixation only skyrocketed around three to four months ago

Oh well, I guess I can mention Casita, love Casita sm <33

🍐: Is there anything in canon that you absolutely hate and love to fix in fics? A wrong choice made, a fuck-up in characterization, a misunderstanding never cleared up, a conversation never shown onscreen, etc…

Well, this is another tough one, considering how Encanto is from Mirabel's pov which means it makes sense that some things aren't shown on screen, but even then, I think I still would have loved to see more dynamics and relationships between all the Madrigals, like a conversation between Isabela and Luisa for example (we saw them individually with Mirabel but not with each other—their moment in All of You is not enough 😔)

So it's less fix and more of explore in this case, especially since the only concrete canon we have are the movie and some comics and books

Though another thing I would love to fix are the misunderstandings, not in fics actually but rather with other people's perceptions and takes with the movie, because so many people miss several points completely in some way that it physically pains me every time, the "media literacy, where are you" type of thing

But I digress

Thanks for the ask!! :DD <33

[neko-naruto]

Me, Myself and I (she's not real, it's not true)

Summary: Your gift is a curse, is it even yours? Or is it simply being passed from person to person, you don't even know what you like anymore; just a curly haired teen? A giddy child? A confused girl who can't get out? In essence, they're all you, everyone is.

Warnings: Identity Crisis, check tags for further warnings.

Authors Note: Watched Encanto again, forgot how much angst potential was packed into this boy, convinced to actually write it by @sobredunia who has the magic touch when it comes to making me write shit, and the direction I was going with the gender bit was less on the transgender end of the spectrum, but more of the, what you could've been end of the spectrum, reblogs are always appreciated.

You look in a mirror, you don't know what you see.

You don't know who you see, every morning it's different, 'me myself and I' the therapist said; the therapist is wrong.

You're not her, you're not it- you're not Mira, you're not Camilo, you are Camilo, but Camilo is not needed, like Mira.

You aren't needed, Abuela is needed, Pepa is needed, Julieta is needed, even Bruno is needed; but you aren't, who you can become is what's really needed. You'll be given a list of everyone elses chores, and you'll do them under the guise it really is Mira playing with the neighbor kids, it really is Julieta washing the dishes even though it never is.

It's you, it's you, it always has been you. Has it really?

Felix gives you chores, you, she, it, 'me, myself and I,' one of whatever exists within will do it, but all of it is you, and none of her is you; you've lost yourself. If yourself even exists underneath the never ending life of lies you uphold for The Family Madrigal, for The Encanto and for the love and respect of those you hold so dearly despite knowing they only need you for what you can be- not for what you are.

And each morning you know it to be truer and truer as you look in the mirrors, none of them reflect you anymore, they only reflect what you're supposed to be, meant to mimic. The local seamstress, a mother in need, anyone and everyone but you, and then there are faces you don't recognize from the town, and faces that aren't human.

You see yourself, eyes emerald, hair curly, frame thin, everything so close to the same except for the fact you aren't wearing what you always do; you're wearing a dress that you've memorized. The top piece is white, the sleeves are short, the waist has a sash with chameleon sigils, the skirt is sunflower yellow, and you look so good in that dress, but she isn't you (Is she, was she supposed to be?). In another mirror you see a distorted child, crouching down to be at eye level, pressing hands together, knowing it is you, it was you, knowing it could still be you; grinning and failing the family so blissfully. You tell the child everything will be fine, nothing will go wrong and too never stop smiling despite knowing that child has a future that will change it forever for the worse- and the child can only stare at you, knowing its fate despite being so young.

This room, this cell, and this prison is all yours, everyone of the Family Madrigal resides in it, its everyones all at once, yet Casita doesn't treat them like prisoners. You know its not on purpose, you know your gift reflects in your room, you're far too aware of the fact that no matter how many mirrors you smash you're only making more. Shards of broken glass swept up as glass reforms, pulls together, lets you to see into your soul and to see nothing left but a hollow vessel that's bursting at the seams with how much of nothing fills it. It's just you, whatever components of what you really are left over, that's what there is, the girl, the child and you, she's not real, it isn't the truth.

You, Camilo Madrigal, the shapeshifter who makes everyone smile, have an empty purpose because they don't want you, and you know it chips at your self esteem every time you think that, but its true, its true, its true. Nobody needs Camilo, they need everyone but you, you're everyone but Camilo at this point, you fill roles when they can't be there to do it themselves.

'Me, myself and I,' you'll never know them, not if they never existed in a way you could understand.

You're just a chameleon, but a chameleon knows itself.

---

Waking up, you find yourself not even bothering to glance in the mirrors, none of them show what you think is you, nor will they ever because you don't exist. Why should you exist if no one wants you around, you're just a fun-house mirror that shows everyone what they want to see, and no one wants to see you anymore.

Breakfast is slow, you stay quiet, giving your two cents here and there like you always do, dread sinking in even further because breakfast is almost over and you haven't asked you of anything. You refrain from grabbing seconds, you'll get in trouble if you do that, you simply stay seated and wait for Abuela to give you a chore as she lists off tasks for everyone, skipping over you. Luisas dealing with the donkeys, Isabella has to help a farmer, Mirabel is babysitting a group of kids, and you're left without anything to do.

"Abuela?" You pipe up, tone firm, tone sharp, tone unwavering, you've become used to picking and choosing your favorite parts of everyones voices.

"Yes Camilo?" Abuela asked, turning to you.

"What about my job?" You ask, fork migrating to Dolores plate, she doesn't seem to notice as you nab some of her food.

"You don't have one today, theirs nothing the town needs from you right now," Abuela answered with, cracks in your vessel spread as she confirmed your fears, you refrained from tearing up.

"Okay, what should I do than?" You ask, unable to help the pleading tone in your voice, guidance direction, you don't know much of what you're supposed to do when theirs nothing your gift can do for you, for everyone else.

"You should help Bruno for the day," Dolores said, perfectly repressing her expressions, the Madrigal in question perked up at the mention of his name.

"Lovely idea, Dolores," Abuela said, smiling softly as she stood, everyone else following suite and filtering out of Casita, Bruno swift in his attempt to leave, you followed like an orphan duckling, still unaware of who Bruno needed for the job.

And so you followed Bruno, patiently waiting for instruction as you scaled stair after stair, he was simply mumbling to himself. The top of the stairs was to say the least, the most welcoming sight of the week, you took a seat. It was weird, doing anything and being yourself, whatever part of yourself you liked to reflect, and you weren't sure if you liked it.

"So, Tío Bruno, who do you need on the job?" You asked, stretching out your arms a little bit.

"Ah, you followed me up here, of course you did, I don't need help, but you can help if you want to," Bruno said, you quirked a brow.

"Okay, but, who do you want on the job?" You asked again, changing your words ever so slightly, this man, one generation before you, surely understood the question.

"I want you too help me drain my Vision Cave of sand so I have somewhere to give visions," Bruno said again, adding more information, you still didn't understand it entirely.

"Right, so... Luisa?" You asked, shifting your form to your older cousin Luisa, Bruno groaned.

"No, guess again," Bruno said, you shifted to Mira, he shook his head, Isabella, he shook his head, Dolores or Tonito, two shakes of the head, you give up.

"Just tell me who you want help from so I can help," you practically begged, unable to just trust that anyone out there could want your help, not someone elses.

"Come back once you figure it out, and bring a broom, there is a lot of sand up here," Bruno said, pivoting on one foot before heading further into the cave, his rats following close in line, leaving you alone, "talk to Julieta, she might be able to help."

You tried to stutter out a response, but nothing wanted to come out no matter whose voice you picked. So stubbornly, you turned to leave, pivoting on foot like Bruno, huffing a bit as you started on your trek back down all those fucking stairs.

---

You're panting when you make it to the kitchen, finding your Tía Julieta prepping a meal, she takes note of your existence by calling you over. You follow, gripping the edge of the counter for support, legs numb and shaking, a bruise here and there from when you tripped, a small cut on your face. Julieta hands you an arepa, fresh off the heat, you take it gratefully, trying to eat slowly despite how tempted you are to just wolf it down; be polite, don't be crass, you wipe your hands down on a stray towel.

"Aren't you working with Bruno, sobrino?" Julieta asked, turning to face the food on the counter, back to prep work, but you know she's at least half listening.

"He sent me off when I couldn't guess who he needed for the job, I have to bring him a broom soon," you explained, nibbling away at the morsel in your hands, delicious as always, "he said you might be able to help me figure it out."

"I don't know how much help I can be, but I'll try sobrino," Julieta said, flipping a few of the arepas on the stove before turning to you.

"He just kept saying that he wanted my help, not someone elses, which is not only estúpido, but confusing, no one wants my help, they just want copies," you explained, hoping that Julieta could even attempt to get it, to make sense of what Bruno was saying, she didn't respond right away.

"Well, Camilo, have you considered he could actually want your help?" Julieta asked gently, you gave a tilted look before responding.

"No ones wanted my help since I was five, all everyone has ever wanted in this town is everyone elses help when they can't be around, no one wants my help Tía Julieta," you explained, her expression sunk a bit, you spoke again before she could try and comfort you, "I know everyone in this town better than myself, I could be your perfect pal, be everyone in this town, but it'll never be me."

"Camilo, that's not true," Julieta said, you raised a brow at her, as though waiting for her justification for such a bold statement, "it feels that way, but we do want you around, we promise."

"This isn't even me, I look in a mirror and I don't know who I see, it's not me I know that much, I see what I'm supposed to be, what everyone needs, and no one needs me," you unraveled, trying to make it clear, trying to make your Tía understand, she wouldn't get it though, no ones gift was a curse in the same way yours was, "I don't even know why I'm telling you this, you aren't even mamá."

"That's because you're supposed to be everyone, you are everyone, you're one of the strings that keep this village held together, more so than some of the other Madrigals; you're a mirror," Julieta explained, trying to comfort your case of mistaken identity, your case of just not knowing anymore, "thank you for telling me."

"That's the problem, I'm the mirror, the truest mirror in town, and because of that, no mirror can reflect myself back at me, mirrors just show me everyone else I'm meant to reflect- I'm no chameleon, just a piece of broken glass," you said, pace hastening, heartrate picking up, digging deeper into your twisted psyche of never knowing what they'll need but knowing it won't be you, Camilo Madrigal.

"Stay here, watch the arepas," Julieta instructed, you nodded before she left, snagging a second arepa, regretting not having eaten enough this morning.

Her footsteps receded further and further until you couldn't hear her anymore, leaving you to yourself to stare at your own broken reflection of a curly haired girl in a dress looking back at you from the flattop. You smiled a little bit, you liked her, the child started to look back at you next, you had to refrain from holding out a hand to it like you always did, not wanting to get that many burns. Soon enough their reflections faded out, what you could've been and what you were, leaving only you behind; footsteps, rapid footsteps, you looked up to find Pepa clearly distressed, carrying a small hailstorm with her.

One moment your getting ready to say high the next you're no longer on the ground and the air is being squeezed from your lungs by Pepa, and you wish you were confused as to why. She doesn't let go, even why you try to nudge away, hail stinging as it hits, like ice against your neck, and she's crying a little bit. You know exactly why, Julieta told her everything, hail turns to a drizzle and she doesn't notice.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry we let you feel like that," Pepa sobbed out, continuing on in a similar fashion as she let you down, using her forearm to wipe her tears.

"No, mamá, it's perfectly fine, deep breathes," you said, trying to reassure her and ease her frayed nerves in one go, somehow managing one of the two.

"It's not fine, Abuela caused this, she let everyone use you, I'm so sorry Camilo," Pepa said, sniffling a little bit as the rain cloud started to fade just barely.

"Mamá, I promise you, everything is okay," you said, she gave a questioning look, you nodded a little bit.

"I'll make sure the rest of the familia knows," Pepa said, already determined to make sure her boy could smile earnestly once again, you shook your head.

"Please don't, it's fine if they don't need my help," you said, she went to speak again, you spoke first, "I don't want them to worry."

"Alright, I won't tell anyone except for Bruno," Pepa said, pulling you in for one more hug before turning to leave you alone with your reflection again.

And when you looked at it, looked at the hollow reflection, you saw a part of yourself you always did, the two looked a little bit better though; a bit more alive. You didn't know why they looked healthier, you weren't sure if you ever would be able to perceive your 'me, myself and I' the way everyone else does, but it doesn't matter. They don't looks so forlorn, and the childs distortion has begun to fade and its just a little bit of your own miracle.

You smile and wave as though they're separate people.

And you see the you that everyone else does smiling and waving back at you, colors stuck in sepia and grayscale, distortion strong- but it's you.

[casitafallz]

Shifter AU | Taken from Home

“There’s no divergent-born in this AU, at least not one that I can tell.” the man spoke, examining his data tablet with a frown to the new dot that appeared “but we need a gifted. Should we just do a flash and grab one of the younger ones?”

“Flash and grabs doesn’t work in magical rooms, dipshit.” The second man spoke, “The Casita will raise the alarms immediately as soon as we step foot out the short-ranger teleporter anywhere else. Have you seen the Casita be creative in the name of defence?”

“No?”

“You don’t. I once watched one Casita fire a tile off like a bullet to take out a man who had a Molotov. It didn’t just kill him, they had to bury the poor soul with the tile in his back.” The second man shook his head, “Look, the best option would be to go to the nursery.”

“We don’t need a Mirabel. She’s useless.” The first one complained, “Nothing special about her in this world. There’s an AU that had baby triplets, we could get them? Leave the red-head baby behind but the healer and the seer would be more useful for Mimic and Sway.”

“I’m not dealing with new-born babies.” The most likely case was he’d probably end up dropping it on it’ head given he wasn’t at all paternal. Babies were easy targets but delicate and these sorts of missions there would bound to be mess; he didn’t need infant-blood on his hand…or puke or shit on him either. At least kids had some control over themselves.

Kids were useful for Mimic and Sway.

The man knew this would ruin the family but… he didn’t feel too much to care. The Watchers had pruned his own world into nothing. Few survivors. It wasn’t fair some worlds got a proper evacuation or… that the magic just protected madrigals. So what if a child or Madrigal went missing for the greater good? No worse than what the Watchers did to recruit for their numbers. He had seen how a loving warmth of motherly love: Julieta Madrigal was turned into a soldier—a weapon of war. The Watchers were far worse because they made their new recruits think they had a choice.

This was kinder.

“So what? We use that world? This world isn’t fully registered yet; it’s unsafe to travel to and from without proper configuration of the quantum signature.” They did have a short window to intercept before the Watchers sent their own data collection done for Intel on the nature of this AU.

“I know,” the second man replied, “We use a portal entry way to get assess and get reconfigured to leave which will take time, I can do that since it’s my speciality. To get the gifted, you use a short-range teleport into the nursery, grab the kid and be out back to our spot before anyone else gets to the door.”

“Which kid would it be?”

“Hopefully the shifter kid, that’s an incredibly versatile gift to have in our job.” He couldn’t stop the slight envy in his voice; the Madrigals got to have magic and gifts; he wished he could have that as well. “He and Mirabel are twins, so it’s likely they still share that space”

“We don’t engage the strong girl at all.”

“Agreed.” The near-adult with super strength was the one they knew to avoid; it wasn’t worth it without the appropriate weapons.

The first man rose to his feet, setting the tablet down and plucked up the rifle before putting it back down in favour of the glock. Far smaller and didn’t need both hands. He pulled out the magazine, double checking the bullets before securing it back in and clipped the security back on.

“Let’s go and set up.”

  -

 It was a dark night in Casita, lights were blown out and the Madrigals were all asleep before the clock hit 3 am. Casita didn’t move in almost a form of slumber itself, the candle twinkling in the night and barely the wind shifted the shutters. Encanto was dark as well, a few lights on for those still awake but not uncommon.

In the nursery, Antonio’s bed laid empty with his blanket half off the mattress while the toddler having escaped his new bed in favour of his cousin’s; enjoying the warmth of her arms and the comfort of being held that kept him in the world of sleep.

Peaceful.

Normal, even. It was often his mother would find him in Mirabel’s bed and take effort to untangle the thirteen year old and three year old away before she had to get him up for the day but it was always an adorable sight to behold, even if the wake-up made the toddler grumpy.

The peacefulness didn’t last for much longer before a bright flash filled the nursery before heavy feet landed upon the wooden floor and immediately went to the smaller bed before realising the owner was not in it and spun unevenly as Casita’s floor began to rattle at the intrusions, tiles shifted and  doors began to clatter.

“What-casita?” The voice of the girl pulled the man’s attention around to see the thirteen year old siting up awake and alert before she gasped out. “No!”

Mirabel dove from her covers towards the direction the opening door, a younger child in arms that was the target but the man reacted faster to his holster, his gun raised and his finger squeezing the trigger before the echo clapped like thunder making the intruder’s ears ring… but the girl dropped off the end of her bed, barely getting far at all. Blood pool from her head and lay unresponsive as the toddler began to scream

“No you don’t!” The man yanked the kid up into his arms, impressed at the toddlers attempts to wiggle free before he shoved the kid head first into the bag he had over his shoulder and grabbed his ticket out of there.

“ANTONIO!”

“MIRABEL!”

The dual cries of the first two to reach the nursery were gone as he threw down the teleporter and was swept away before they could make it two steps in.

[thequeenofthedisneyverse]

Ideas I got so far (most of these are copied and pasted)

More comedic moments and family interactions to illustrate different dynamics. Moreover I think there should be different types of episodes cause they convey the story in different ways. (by @teawizard)

More interactions with the family. A look into the past where the parents and alma tell stories from when they were younger. And Mirabel getting a possible love interest (by anonymous)

Make it like an animated sitcom. (The parents and alma go away for a weekend and poor Bruno is stuck babysitting the kids as a possible episode) (by @jacarandaaaas)

@riathedreamer (a scene where Mirabel and Isabela are quietly arguing back and forth about a problem they need to solve before their parents find out, and then, poof, they gasp as the innocent storekeeper behind them turns into a smirking Camilo butting in mid-conversation - possible episode)

@a-streetcar-named-fitzwilliams (First few episodes centering on the actual healing through casita's collapse. Reaction to Bruno coming back and how they all felt. Mirabel's parents, sisters, and other family reacting to Mirabel's disappearance. I also think the town's adjustment to the world outside the mountains has the potential to be a whole other series in and of itself. like...do people have family outside the mountains that they want to find/get in contact with? what do they think about the technological changes? hell, two world wars have happened in that time frame. Colombia is also going through some shit. at this point historically and I feel like that has a lot of potential for conflict between Alma's generation and the grandkids')

Ideas of my own -

The madrigals start loving the outside world more and more and are starting to drift apart. Alma (and possibly Mirabel) feels as if time is going by too fast and the family just got together again.

So, she tries to spend more time with her family but unknowingly forcing them to be around each other more when they have things to do. This causes the family to think she's trying to control them again and this obviously causes conflict.

Possible episodes addressing the trauma of Mirabel literally having a house fall on her. The fear that the house is going to fall again, her hallucinating cracks, the fear of being pushed behind the scenes again, etc.

Time skip into the future where the grandkids and some of the adults have jobs and lives outside of the Encanto - possible last episode of the series.

Not much of a storyline idea but more of an animation style idea: I've been watching videos and reading comments of people wishing for the Disney's Renaissance era/style to come back (Like the lion king, Tarzan, Treasure planet, Atlantis, hunchback of Notre dame, Princess and the frog, Brother bear, etc) and I'll try my best to convince Disney to animate the show in that specific style. I'll do that because 1. That's what everyone wants, and I agree 2. That style will be the only thing saving Disney at this point and 3. CAN YOU IMAGINE ENCANTO ANIMATED IN THAT STYLE??? IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.

If the show ever launched I'll credit all of you for the ideas in the credit scenes. That's a promise!

Encanto TV series

Soooooo, let's just say Disney was making an Encanto TV series-

what would you like to see in it?

what would you like to see being discussed in it? (like everyone actually talking out their problems instead of singing kumbaya)

Do you want it to be action and adventure packed? (everyone ventures outside of Encanto for the first time maybe?)

Would you still like the music to be Colombian pop influenced?

Would you like wholesome familial bonding? (inside and/or outside encanto)

(Totally not asking because I'm planning on writing the first season and I need a foundation)

reblogs and comments are appreciated

[dos-oroguitas]

carlos madrigal headcanons

Carlos was born a few minutes after Camilo and unlike his brother who had given his parents a smile once he was born, Pepa and Felix received a glare from the younger twin.

Him, Camilo, and Mirabel were close whilst growing up and would often hang out with one another.

Even though he’s the youngest, Carlos would be the one who acts as if he’s the more mature one.

“Camilo, Mirabel, don’t get yourselves into trouble.”

“We won’t, Carlito.” Eye twitching because he doesn’t like nicknames but he’ll make exceptions.

While Carlos was Carlito, Camilo is Camilito. It was cute. They matched.

Upon getting his powers, he wouldn’t be like Camilo who was eager to help the town. He had developed a dislike for the townspeople of Encanto after shunning his Tio Bruno.

He doesn’t do Camilo’s little twirl when he shifts into someone else. He just stands there menacingly. It’s a bit unnerving.

While Camilo is a theatre kid, Carlos is more of a sportsy type of kid. Often he excels in sports related activities but his lack of motivation to do anything plus his short temper makes it hard for him to play team sports.

Regularly gets into fights with boys his age because unlike Camilo, he isn’t the type to make people smile with his gift. He’s the type to create chaos.

That being said he once tried to blow out the candle for not giving Mirabel a gift.

He sticks close to Mirabel just in case someone teases her for having no gift.

He would pull a knife on them.

“Mirabel? Delivery! I gave you the “special” since you’re the only Madrigal kid with no gift. I call it the “not special” special. Since uh, since you have no gift.”

Cue a click of a pocket knife.

“You want me to remove that gut of yours, Osvaldo?”

He’s definitely Alma’s least favorite because he doesn’t help as much and doesn’t use his gift much to honor the miracle. He could care less though.

Carlos deemed that the townspeople weren’t worthy of helping after knowing about his Tio Bruno from his sister Dolores.

He would still often get mistaken for Camilo which he isn’t thrilled about no matter how much he loved his brother.

He would wear more darker colors, heavily contrasting Camilo’s bright yellows with dark or burnt oranges.

The two slits on his eyebrows weren’t intentional.

After getting into a fistfight with someone who bullied Mirabel, he had acquired a wound on his eyebrow from the impact of their punches. Which he had returned tenfold. Rather than letting Julieta heal it, he allowed it to heal naturally despite many protests.

This would later become the two slits you see on his eyebrow and a way on how to tell Camilo and him apart.

Carlos has a beauty mark on the left side of his chin next to his lower lip.

He also has heterochromia. His right eye is brown while the left eye is green.

Unlike Camilo who is more into acting and plays, Carlos is more into musical instruments and plays the tiple.

He doesn’t get into fights often but when he does he’s giving it his all. If you say some shit about his family, best watch your back.

He loves his family but he has his own way of showing it.

BONUS INFO

His voice is Camilo's Italian VA

Definitely knows about his uncle inside the walls because Dolores babbles about his Tio's telenovelas.

Cries along with Dolores when the main character rat he was rooting for gets killed off.

Probably the least pressured of the Madrigals since he could care less about helping the town.

Has the tough guy exterior going on but he does care.

Definitely gets on Alma's nerves.

After Casita gets rebuilt, he may be helpful at times.. only if he's up for it.

Still a menace.

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[biographydivider]

Pre-Movie Encanto Headcanons

I was inspired by @sketchnwhatevr sharing some HCs last night, and there’s been a few things that I’ve been bouncing around in my Writer Brain but that can’t find a full story. So, here you go!

1. Camilo absolutely knew Isabela wasn't into Mariano. That's why he's taking the piss every time he gets brought up; because he knows Isabela hates the idea of being with this guy and he thinks it's hilarious to remind her that that's her booooyfriend 💕 I like to think they have this big sister/little brother relationship that they can’t have with their own siblings; Isabela is distant from her littlest sister and Camilo feels like he has to be strong for Dolores.

2. (this one came into my head as I was getting ready to sleep last night, haha)

Pepa got married first, and that's why Bruno had no idea how to act. Hey, we always pick on each other and try and get a reaction, right? She'll think it's funny, she'll bite back like she always does. That's why I'll turn up to the wedding in my ratty-ass ruana instead of something formal.

You KNOW he thought this shit was hilarious. His nice clean clothes were folded up in his bedroom, ready to put on, he wasn't actually going to wear these almost literal rags...but any excuse to pick on Pepa. "What? Whats wrong with what I'm wearing?? I think I look great, Pep!" Pepa starts going off at him, already nervous for her big day, we get the "looks like rain" comment on top and BOOM ⛈

3. Agustín was the one who needed to adjust to being ‘unceptional’ - Félix just turned on the charm and he was fine, everyone loved him. But Agustín, at the beginning, was desperate to help out and ‘prove himself’ - constantly offering to carry things, set the table, repair things around La Casita. As he grew older, he just stopped caring as much, and now he just does nice things for his girls, like chopping wood for Julieta’s oven. He still likes to be useful, but he’s not desperate to be liked anymore. Because Julieta likes him, and that’s all that matters. 😭

4. Every single child in La Familia Madrigal has broken a bone trying to slide down that main staircase’s bannister. At least once. It’s just too wooshy to resist. Camilo has done it multiple times. Isabela broke her arm when no-one else was in the house and had to go to town to tell her Mamá in secret so she could get fixed up before Abuela found out.

[akindlylittlesoul]

Apparently Encanto have taken over my whole life :)

I have watch it over 10 times (I mean gotta milk that Disney plus subscription, it ain't cheap hahahaha) so here's some little details that I love:

Pepa picking Bruno up when she hugged him.

How insanely in love Felix's is. We all deserve a Felix in our life.

Agustín's "miércoles" which is usually how in Spanish we deflect the word "mierda" that means "shit".

During "the family Madrigal", outside of it being part of the choreography, Mirabel instead of knocking super hard Dolores's door, she just lightly knocks her door with her hip. I like to belive that it's with the intention of not bothering Dolores.

I don't know, haha I just really like how Isabela uses her powers. And besides I love the animation in her flowers (those bugambilias are gorgeoussss)

Camilo's little moments of worrying and taking care of the family. Like when casita is destroyed one of the first things we hear is him worried about his baby brother.

Little personal thing, but the orquids that Isabela has on her bed are exact same flowers that my dad grows for me, every year on my birthday they bloom.

This is a post that I guess that I will be editing and adding more things with time hahaha.

Edit #1:

Is that... Did y all see it??? Isabela and Mariano together during Antonio's ceremony.

This whole picture is so great.

Felix pulling up his pants hahaha

Abuela dancing

The marimba, if you haven't heard marimba music for parties, you are really missing out. It is such a huge part for the Latino culture, I think is one of those things that are almost in every Latin American country and I personally really love it, for me it means weddings, festivities and celebration. It can be super active, it can be romantic, it can be background music, it can be the main instrument, I love whenever media includes it, because now that I think about it is not really that feature in movies/series.

Luisa, always the protector, taking care of abuela when casita was breaking down.

[shuinami]

Got any Encanto unpopular opinions that you’d like to share? 🙈

No, damn it, but since you want to draw me out, here I go 😭😭😭:

(Also, if I get proven wrong on any of these, I'll fully accept the L 😫)

Starting off with my staple, I don't think Isabela and Dolores are true besties. I think they're close, but not besties, at least not at the time the movie was taking place, but maybe when they were younger.

In the same vein, I have the exact same feelings about Mirabel and Camilo, except I think they'd be less close than Isabela and Dolores.

I don't think Mariano was intended to come across as unintelligent as the fandom has made him out to be. I feel like everyone took Mirabel name-calling him a "big dumb hunk" wayyy too literally, but the creators are probably gonna run with the fandom take now.

And I think his poems and songs would be good. This is meta but Maluma (Mariano's VA) started out songwriting because he wrote ghost-wrote love poems for his friends to impress gyaldem and it worked, and then he went on to become a global popstar (purr). Disney has based little details off of the VAs in the past so... 🧐 Like, put some respect on my man's name, he may be stupid in love but he can write a banger for sure

I think Bruno - rightly - grew a bit bitter towards the Encantownies for always blaming him for everything.

I don't think Dolores knew for sure that Bruno was still in Casita, just had a suspicion (because, as well, who tf would guess they have secret corridors and rooms in the walls of their house?)

This one is a bet, but I'm a gambling gyal: I don't think Isabela will be able to grow fruit and veg post-rebuild 😬 (not that I know of some scientific difference, I just don't think that's the metaphor)

I think Camilo's VA might get recast if they do a series instead of a sequel 💀 Love Rhenzy but I get the vibe that it was just a bag and a cool opportunity to him but not something he's invested in

I don't think Antonio would go vegetarian or vegan or anything like that, I think he becomes really mature to the madness within the animal kingdom so a lot of stuff wouldn't bother him as much as it would other people.

I don't think Dolores' power is as bad or overwhelming for her as the fandom makes it out to be. She looked fine with the fireworks, all she did was cover her ears, but was still smiling and enjoying herself. Fireworks are LOUD, I even cover my sub-par ears for fireworks, christmas crackers, party poppers, etc. Ole girl is fine, especially considering her gift.

I don't think the family were that tight before the house crumbled. I think they were mostly wrapped up with their own shit cause when I think of 'dysfunctional family that lives in the same house', I think of the drama series, Greenleaf. If you've never watched, it's basically pure unadulterated mess, secrets, lies and drama. Sure the family have their moments, their bonds, but in general everyone's got their own bs to deal with. So, whilst, of course they do a lot together, (and it's a Disney family so it won't be as intense) I feel like they don't really pour their hearts out and support each other in a very genuine way until they start working on changing the family dynamics when they rebuild Casita.

Okay, that's all the hot takes that I could think of for now...

[bellathechildbitch]

Pepa Madrigal Married Life Hcs:

Be happy that im blessing you with these Hcs.. I BARLEY SEE ANY WORK FOR PEPA.. SO YOU GET MORE PEPA CONTENT ... 😡🔪

A continuation of the last Hcs

🌞You two didn't really uh ... Let's say.. HAVE A GOD DAMN HONEYMOON because like where would you go knowing that abuela literally needs Pepa to work for the encanto... LIKE SHIT LET YOUR DAUGHTER SPEND TIME WITH HER NEW SPOUSE JEEEZ 😡

🌞But hey you manage to snag a few moments with her where you would actually enjoy being newlyweds..

🌞Before she does her chores for the day you make sure she spends atleast ten minutes with you in bed.. enjoying the relaxing setting before she has to go and work all day :(

🌞But she is just overjoyed that she married you. Dating you was one thing... But marriage? Oh boy she couldn't be any happier to be your wife..

🌞(I saw some other fanfic of Felix being like a surrogate for Pepa and the reader when the reader is a female and we are just gonna stick with that...but you of course can have other thoughts of how this happens.. and that is completely fine) When thinking of starting your family you could barely wait.. but Pepa was such a nervous reck. Before even having the conversation of starting a family... Pepa had a head start and read books and books about parenting. But she was still nervous.. what if she ain't a great mother? what if something goes wrong? WHAT IF HER KIDS HATE HER????

🌞You finally come to an agreement that she will be the one carrying your children. As the process begins she finally get pregnant... OHHH BRUHH she is in so much discomfort because of the morning sickness 😭😭😭

🌞Like bro you need... NEED to be with her while the morning sickness is kicking her ass. Hold her hair up while she gets sick.. COMFORT THE WOMAN

🌞Jesus her emotions are.. CRAZY one minute she happy and the next she's on the verge of flooding the entire Casita because you forgot to put away one small item.. but my dear reader.. you just have to deal with it.

🌞But once the nine terrible months are over with.. and labor kicks in... You better buckle up because ... When Pepa feels any type of pain wether she stubbed her toe, gave herself a paper cut, fell, etc there is a 100% chance that she will either cause thunderstorms to happen.. or .. cause it rain to pour... Like badly... SOO her going through labor is.. scary.

🌞Contractions cause her to start drizzling.. honestly there isn't much you can do but be there for her and comfort her through all of contractions. Even though you will get drenched later on.. it's great 😃👍

Pepa would groan as she held her stomach anxiously as the rain would be lightly drizzling from the cloud above her head. You sat by her bed side as you would be rubbing her back humming a small tune. She would look over at you and sighed "Mi amor.. you're going to get wet.." she whined as she leaned twords you, resting her head on your shoulder

"And what about it..? Didn't I tell you that I love the rain.. and plus I'm not missing a second of this" you laughed as you rested your chin on top of her head

She would groan more as she somewhat glared at you "This is your fault.. when will it come out already!" She yelled as lightning would strike on the floor shocking your foot a bit you winced

"Aye mi princesa.. no need to yell.. everything will be fine.. " you nervously said as you gently continued to rub her back

"Oh like you would know how it feels.. so don't even talk to me " she whined as she would pull away from your touch. She would fold her arms as she pouted a bit

You did as she said.. all you needed is for her to get mad during a time like this. But as you sat there she would be constantly glancing at you and then back at the wall.. and then back at you.

"Ugh are you just going to sit there and do nothing or are you going to hold me..I'm sorry for the way I acted just please.. I cannot bare this pain any longer.. I need my wife/husband to care for me.." she said dramatically

You looked at her as you smiled "does that mean I can talk to you again..?" You teased as she rolled her eyes "Yes ... For the meanwhile.. until you get on my nerves again.." she said as she fidgeted with her wedding ring.

Laughing a bit you would scoot closer to her gently embracing her "Oh my poor Pepa.. I'm sorry.. for making you mad.."

Pepa would grumble quietly "it's fine..I didn't mean to snap at you.." she said as she would rest her head against your shoulder again as she wrapped her arms around you.

🌞It would be time to deliver the baby.. Pepa was anxious from all the pain and discomfort.. but you were nervous because you were literally going to have a child with the one you love most.. like.. so many things could happen..

🌞As labor went on..Pepa almost broke your hand.. and she stuck you with lightning a few times.. but heyyy you now have a beautiful daughter!

Pepa would be laying down on the bed as she tiredly looked up at you. You held your new born daughter as you smiled down at Pepa "Good job princesa.. she's perfect.. now I have not one but two princesas " you teased which caused her to let out a soft giggle "Oh you flatter me.. " she said quietly.

You would gently lay your daughter on Pepa's chest as she gently drapes a towel on top of her. You admired the two "So my dear.. what shall we call her?"

Pepa stayed quiet for a few minutes before speaking again "I always liked the name Dolores.." she said as she would glance up at you. "Oh that would be a wonderful name.. it suits her very well.. " you stated as you leaned down and placed a kiss on Pepa's cheek. And then leaning down to place a kiss on Dolores head "Ah.. mi princesas.. I adore both of you.." you said softly as you admired your new family

🌞 Parenting.. is hard.. Dolores was a calm baby.. but waking up in the middle of the night and barley sleeping drained the both of you. But Pepa having to work and take care of a baby... Just killed her.

🌞When she came home one day she was going to do her daily routine. Change Dolores, feed her, wash her, get her ready for bed. But you stopped her before she could even do anything. You demanded that she went to bed and rested. And that you will take care of everything. A rainbow would appear above her head as she gladly went to bed with no hesitation.

🌞Years would pass and Camilo and Antonio would be born as well. Your little family soon became a rather big family. But you didn't mind it. You were just happy that you finally had a family that you could call your own.

🌞You and Camilo would pull pranks of Pepa and the others. but you bet that Pepa would prank you back.. so don't think that you'll get off that easy!

🌞Overall Being married to Miss Pepa Madrigal was the best thing that you ever did. She's a great wife, you may have some ups and downs but I can assure you.. everything will be alright..

[stormy-nights-are-best]

Things my parents (a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist) said after watching Encanto which might give you ideas for angst fics

dad & mom: “Bruno is not okay. He looks happy he’s back, but that man’s been through a lot. He’s not okay.” They didn’t give me further explanation on this, but I guess they didn’t really need to

dad: “If you related so much to this movie’s characters, then there’s at least one who’s gotta be non-binary.”

dad: “It’s interesting that they developed that whole “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” thing, because it actually does happen a lot in real life families out there when someone passes away, for example. Omitting the truth or making up stories - it’s the least recommended thing to do. As it passes through the generations, the oldest people won’t have had the opportunity to properly grieve and the youngest people, who don’t get told why they’ll never see this one person they loved again, will start theorizing reasons for why they left, like “maybe if my cousin’s mommy left, mine will leave soon too”, which can be really scary for little kids. The “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” technique is dangerous.”

dad (he talks a lot): “This pressure Abuela put on them to be the perfect happy family is harmful in so many aspects. Whatever trouble anyone has, it won’t be said, because if anybody finds out then they’ll be imperfect. But we all get new little problems every day - if a family keeps that many secrets, they’ll build up some sort of “elephant in the room” that everyone avoids but keeps getting bigger. No wonder Casita broke down with such a giant elephant inside it.”

mom: “Pepa has anxiety.” no shit sherlock (affectionate). Pepa was just professionally diagnosed with anxiety, y’all