#young madrigal triplets

[empty-cryptid]

Félix, Agustín and Julieta watching Pepa and Bruno arguing over something stupid:

Agustín: I think you stole all the braincells in the womb.

Julieta: That's what happens when you don't use them. They get stolen.

Félix: Pepa doesn't need braincells to be beautiful.

Bruno and Pepa hear them.

Bruno: Hey, I have braincells!!!

Pepa: What was that, Félix?

Agustín: I think you better start running...

Félix: Oops... *starts running*

Pepa: FÉLIX GET BACK HERE! *runs after him*

Agustín: Someone stole Félix's braincells too...

Julieta: *sigh* Let's go get lunch started.

Bruno, left alone in the room: ...I have braincells.

[hannahhook7744]

Family Secrets.

Summary: There are somethings Alma Madrigal will never tell her children.  Encantober 2024: Secret. Trigger Warnings: Grief/mourning, past character deaths, trauma, etc.

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“Mami, story? Please.” Little Julieta asked in her doorway, chewing on her bottom lip nervously as she tugged on her sleep braids. Eyes wide and pleading as she looked up at her in her little teal nightgown. “Bruno can’t sleep.”

Alma sighed, setting the candle down. “I’ll be right there, cariño.”

The five year old beamed at her, before bolting out of the room and to her room where undoubtedly her siblings were waiting to hear the news. 

“No running in the house, hija! You’re gonna hurt yourself!” Truth be told, Alma didn’t want to tell them a story. In fact, she wanted nothing more than to tell all three of her children to go to bed because it was late—so late that it was way past their bedtime—but the matriarch didn’t. Couldn’t. Not with the candle there to remind her that her husband, who’d been so excited to be a father, wasn’t there and that she was—that she was the only parent they had and they needed her to do all the things she and Pedro had planned.

Which meant that if the triplets wanted a bedtime story, they were going to get one. Even if Alma was beyond exhausted from trying to manage the town and three now superpowered children (one who could heal via food and needed supervision anytime she wanted to use her gift, one whose emotions controlled the weather, and one rat loving seer who saw things no child should) all by herself.

But nobody had to know that.

No, it would just be her and Casita’s little secret. 

One of the many secrets Alma would never tell her children.

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Alma would never tell the triplets how their father had written stories for them that they would now never get to read because they’d been left behind when their family had fled from the burning remains of what had been their home. 

Would never tell them how Pedro had run a shop that he had planned to hand down to them and their children and their children’s children, or that he’d had a brother named Benito who’d worked at the shop with him who had been so excited to be a tío that he’d fallen out the window and dropped a hammer on his foot when trying to make them their first toys. 

Alma would never tell Pepa how she’d gotten her red hair from Pedro’s mother, Rosa, and her temper from her own mother, Alba.

Would never tell Julieta how she could pass as her abuela Alba’s twin.

She’d never tell Bruno how he has his abuelos’ (Andre and Fernando) black curls and how he reminded her of his grandfathers, his grandmother Rosa, and both her brother, Raimi, and Pedro’s brother, Hernado. 

She’d never tell her babies of where they’d came from or how their father, Pedro, hadn’t been the only one to die so they could escape. 

Bruno, Pepa, and Julieta would never know what they’d lost. 

Who’d they lost. 

They wouldn’t know of their tía Alejandra, who’d turned into a giant red panda and grabbed her sword and screamed at Alma and Pedro and Bentio and Raimi to go and take the niños.

They wouldn’t know of their grandparents who’d fallen behind in the crowd or their tíos who’d run off with their primas who weren’t that far in age from them. 

The Madrigal Triplets would grow up not knowing what their mother had lost and the secrets of the family would die with her, if Alma had anything to say about it, and they would be safe. Even if Alma had to give smile and grit her teeth the whole way, and appease the village on her deathbed. 

They deserved that much.

They deserved more than that, actually, but Alma couldn't bring back the dead so they'd all have to settle for second best and hope that they were making Pedro proud.

[im-just-a-br0adway-baby]

To say that being a single mother of triplets was tough would be an understatement, especially for Alma Madrigal. Not only that her children would run circles around her whenever they could, but their development was visibly different, despite being the same age. It has become more apparent now that the triplets have recently turned three years old. Julieta and Pepa were saying so many words and even Pepa started reading the signs they saw on their walks in the village. Bruno, on the other hand, was not saying anything. Every time sound came out of his mouth, it was still completely incomprehensible.

While Julieta and Pepa both understand what Bruno was trying to communicate, mainly because he smiles or nods most of the time they are together, Alma still thought about what would happen when they started school the coming fall. She did not want to hold Bruno back, she wanted him to go to school with his sisters. At the same time, she was concerned about the fact that none of the preschools in the Encanto was going to enroll him unless his language improved.

It was not until one day when Alma’s fears would begin to shrink. She picked the triplets up from daycare one Friday afternoon and the mother and children walked through the village together. One of her friends, Rosa, saw her and she stopped to talk to her. 

“Hola, Alma! I know you told me about how concerned you were about Bruno’s language, but I found someone that I think would help!” Rosa said.

“You did?” Alma responded.

“Si; there’s a speech and occupational therapist that just transferred to the Encanto, Dr. Valeria Martinez.”

Rosa then handed Alma a small business card with Dr. Martinez’s name and address handwritten on it. She looked at the business card and smiled before putting it in her dress pocket.

“Gracias, Rosa! I hope to get to see her on Monday with Bruno and talk to her about what’s been going on.”

“De nada, Alma; and good luck!”

Alma hugged her friend with a smile and continued walking with the triplets. They continued walking in the village square until they got back to Casita and the triplets dropped their backpacks on the couch. The three went into the living room to play with their toys and Alma sat on the couch in the courtyard and took Dr. Martinez’s business card out of her dress pocket. She stared at the card and smiled.

“I hope my prayers will be answered with you.”

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Once Monday rolled around, Alma took the triplets to Dr. Martinez’s office after picking them up from daycare. They walked into the office to see Dr. Martinez sitting at her desk and sat in front of her.

“Hola! You’re here for a consultation?” Dr. Martinez asked.

“Si; my friend gave me your business card and I wanted to talk to you about doing a session with my son, Bruno. I have triplets and I’ve been noticing he’s not meeting the same language milestones as his sisters and now that they all turned three, it’s beginning to concern me. I don’t want to hold him back when they start preschool next year, but I know none of the preschools in the Encanto are going to enroll him unless he can at least acquire some language skills,” Alma explained to the therapist.

Dr. Martinez took the notes in her pad. “How long has this been going on?”

“Since Julieta started talking. Pepa started talking super early and even started saying three and four-syllable words before their second birthday. I originally figured Bruno was just going to be a little bit delayed since Pepa and Julieta started talking at different times. But now that they’re three and he’s still not talking, it’s worrying me.”

Dr. Martinez continued writing what Alma was saying in her notes. “Would it be okay if I took Bruno into my office so I can get to know him a little bit more?”

Alma nodded and Dr. Martinez and Bruno made their way to her office as Alma waited in the front with Julieta and Pepa. They sat at a little table together and faced each other. Bruno looked at Dr. Martinez and studied her as she smiled at him.

“Hi, Bruno! I’m Dr. Martinez. Would you like a toy?”

Bruno stared at Dr. Martinez and reached out for her arm. He squealed in excitement and began feeling her arm until he started to hold her hands. He smiled and Dr. Martinez gently removed his hands and got up from the table. She came back with a shape sorting cube and gave it to Bruno. She took out the star toy and showed it to him.

“Star,” Dr. Martinez said as she showed the toy to him. 

She then put the star inside the star hole. Bruno smiled and tried to repeat her, and sound was coming out, but he could not get the syllables. Instead, he grabbed the circle toy and put it in the circle hole.

“Circle,” Dr. Martinez emphasized.

Bruno made another noise that was incomprehensible. He tried as hard as he could to say “circle”, but all he could do was make the same incomprehensible noises he’s been making this entire time. Dr. Martinez continued writing notes in her pad as Bruno continued playing with the shape sorter and making noises.

For the rest of the session, Dr. Martinez brought out more toys and said more words associated with the toys as Bruno attempted to say them. He continued playing with the toys until the hour they had together was finished.

Bruno and Dr. Martinez came back to the front after their session to see Alma, Julieta, and Pepa waiting for them. Bruno ran to Julieta and Pepa and they hugged him as tightly as they could. Dr. Martinez took out her notes to review the session to Alma.

“During our session, it seems to be clear that he’s trying his hardest to repeat what is being said to him. The sound is coming out, but he’s having trouble with the syllables. My best suggestion would be to focus on very specific syllables before having him speak full words. I have a couple of exercises that could help him in this folder,” Dr. Martinez explained as she gave Alma the folder she mentioned.

Alma went through the folder and found several sheets with specific syllables for Bruno to work on at home. “Gracias, Dr. Martinez; this should help Bruno with the first step in speaking.”

Dr. Martinez smiled and shook Alma’s hand. “I hope this will help him. I’ll see you next week.”

Alma and the triplets left the office and walked back to Casita. Julieta and Pepa asked Bruno lots of questions about Dr. Martinez and if she was nice. While Bruno could not answer with words, the girl still knew that he liked her.

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Several weeks have passed, and Bruno has made progress with pronouncing one syllable at a time. While he has not said a word just yet, Alma was feeling optimistic about his speech because of the progress he was making. It was not until one early spring day when the triplets were drawing together in Casita’s courtyard when Alma’s prayers would be answered.

“Look what I drew!” Pepa exclaimed as she held up her drawing of herself, Julieta, and Bruno together outside on a sunny day under a rainbow.

“I love that picture!” Julieta replied.

The girls expected Bruno to make another noise to show how much he liked the picture, but instead, he pointed to where Pepa drew herself. He did not remove his finger from the paper and opened his mouth to try and say what he wanted to say.

“Pepa!” Bruno said in a way that was still a little bit slurred, but still pretty easy to understand.

Julieta and Pepa looked at Bruno simultaneously in shock as their mouths dropped open. Before they could run to their mother, Bruno pointed at the picture again, but this time, to where Pepa drew Julieta. 

“Juli!” Bruno said as he smiled.

Julieta’s and Pepa’s smiles grew wider as they screamed in excitement. Alma overheard her daughters’ screaming and ran into the courtyard from the kitchen, originally assuming somebody got hurt.

“¿Qué está sucediendo? Is everyone alright?” Alma asked as she saw her triplets still on the floor together.

“Did you hear Bruno?” Pepa asked, still smiling.

“He said our names!” Julieta added.

“I… I showed him my drawing and he pointed to me in the drawing and said my name! Then he pointed to Julieta and said her name!”

Alma looked at Bruno and he pointed at Pepa’s drawing of herself again! “Pepa!” he said again and smiled. Alma put her hand on her mouth and cried tears of joy. Bruno pointed at Julieta on Pepa’s drawing and said “Julieta!”

Alma continued crying and picked Bruno up and hugged him. She cried more in his ruana and Bruno hugged her back. Julieta and Pepa ran up to Alma and hugged her and reached for Bruno to give him a hug.

“Mama!” Bruno said as he went back to hug his mother.

Alma’s eyes widened and she looked at Bruno when she heard him say “mama.” She held him closer and tighter as she cried more. “Asi es! Mama! I’m Mama, Brunito! Mama!”

Alma put Bruno down and Julieta and Pepa gave him the tightest hug they possibly could. Bruno hugged his sisters back and they sat back on Casita’s couch together. Alma went back into the kitchen, still crying tears of joy, as the triplets continued drawing their pictures together while waiting for dinner to be ready.

“Bruno talks!” Pepa pointed out as she and Julieta hugged again.

“Bruno talks!” Julieta repeated.

“Bruno!” Bruno repeated when he heard his sisters say his name.

Julieta and Pepa looked at each other, and then at Bruno. They screamed again and looked at Bruno in excitement and hugged him once more. “You’re saying more words, Bruno!” Pepa yelled.

Bruno smiled and hugged his sisters back until Alma came back to the courtyard from the kitchen. She saw her triplets still celebrating Bruno’s milestone and sat on the couch until her children were finished screaming.

“Dinner’s ready, mijos.”

The triplets ran into the kitchen for dinner and to tell Alma about how Bruno just said his own name. 

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The months following the triplets’ first official day of preschool saw much more progress in Bruno’s language. Ever since he said his sisters’ names for the first time, he was pointing to more objects and saying more words. Dr. Martinez has noticed this progress during every one of Bruno’s speech sessions since. At his first session after the triplets’ fourth birthday, Dr. Martinez noticed he was much closer to being on par with the rest of his peers in his language development.

Bruno was talking more to his classmates and Julieta and Pepa could even have more conversations with him. This also helped Bruno build his confidence over time. In their toddler class, his teachers did not think he was going to meet the same milestones as his sisters because of his language delay and he was not verbally telling his teachers anything. Now that he is speaking more, his teachers have noticed he understood what they were saying the entire time, he was just having trouble verbally expressing himself.

Bruno left his session with Dr. Martinez, feeling more confident than he ever was before. He not only was saying more words, but was also saying short phrases.

“How was your session?” Alma asked as she and the triplets started walking into the village and back to Casita.

“I liked it!” Bruno responded with a smile.

“Was it fun?” Julieta asked.

“It was!”

The Madrigals continued walking and talking about Bruno’s session. The fact that Alma could have a conversation with Bruno now made all of her fears disappear. She could finally understand him and she felt like she could have a stronger relationship with him; and Bruno loved having a better relationship with his mother and sisters.

[dragoneyes618]

"Pepa!" Bruno's voice was hushed, urgent, eyes wide. "I foresee great pain in your future!"

"Really?" Pepa asked worriedly. "Did you see when? How? What-"

Bruno kicked her in the shin and immediately ran for it.

"OW!"

"See, I was right!" Bruno called over his shoulder to her, only to be followed by a yelp, which was accompanied by the smell of singed hair as a lightning flash blinded the three of them.

A clap of thunder was almost, but not quite, loud enough to drown out Julieta's  shout of "I'm not giving you two any more cookies! Not again!"

[orchidlatteart]

More of the teenage Madrigal triplets aaaaa!!! They had to have been lovable chaos and I live for it

[usedtobeguest123]

The sea was wet as wet could be, the sands were dry as dry. You could not see a cloud because no cloud was in the sky.

The Walrus and the Carpenter were walking close at hand; they wept like anything to see such quantities of sand: 'If this were only cleared away,' they said, 'it would be grand!'

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You guys, I'm really proud of this one. I worked real hard on the shadows 💚 I learned so much.

Excerpt is from The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll. I like to think that kid Pepa would like the part about the clouds, and kid Bruno would like the part about the sand. Pepa does NOT like the part about the oysters. Julieta is overworked and indifferent.

[orchidlatte]

aaaaa!! thank you so much <3 i love it more than anything on the planet!!

triplets in a trench coat for a trade w @orchidlatteart!!

[magicalmadrigals]

Nah because why did I just now remember about my Alma fic where she falls in love with one of the villagers and he and the triplets are little chaotic besties and the whole thing is just a pure fluff-fest 😂😭

[captaintrips999]

It's been a while since Bruno was in charge of all of the kids at one time, sure, but he's not worried. They're good kids, and he's an awesome uncle, so what could possibly go wrong?

Written for Tumblr's We Don't Talk About June challenge @wdtajn

(I know I already shared this, but my og account got deleted)

[jacarandaaaas]

in terms of the encanto council discussion heres my headcanon on how mirabel fits into all this!

we know from the movie she loves helping out and whilst her primary motivation was to prove herself she also just really values her community and loves helping!

Post movie: i feel during the rebuild alma and mirabel had a lot of conversations, we see how alma does trust her in the rebuild scenes and seems to value her opinion! after the rebuild i feel with Madrigals not wanting to be as heavily relied on there’s a change in how the encanto council is! more members! some people not wanting to be there anymore trying to integrate the voices of all generations and not just one! Mirabels still a young teen so I don’t think she’s given any important position I feel she more just offers to help alma from time to time! does little deliveries is asking how the community feels (especially her generation)! i feel like Alma at times might not know how to deal with certain conflicts and would want a fresh perspective! she might ask mirabel for bits of advice on minor issues to try see another way! mirabel is also just very open minded! mirabel of course is happy to help and she’s not overwhelmed by anything as she only helps from time to time still has time to herself to focus on her hobbies, friends and school!

young adult: ok so as a young adult I feel naturally mirabel wants a bit more agency! gonna assume the triplets are in the leadership position at the moment and the council has probably had some adjustments! I feel gradually mirabel is asked more for her opinions maybe even sent out to discuss with the townspeople themselves! i also feel that during this time she would become a council member and be a representative for younger people of the encanto!

adult: as an adult I feel like mirabel is highly valued in the community! they’ve seen how she’s learned a lot and grown over time and feel she’s a great addition to the council! as she’s probably a lot older now I feel the triplets want to step down from leadership position and mirabel would most likely offer to take up that position as she feels prepared now! like Alma she would have her own council but change it around! new ideas new adjustments I feel it’s likely she would want someone younger on the council too so she can get the voices of all generations! I feel she’s very involved in the community and very open minded! She’s willing to listen and wants to help!

I’ve been thinking about this for months lmao and rewatching the movie just fueled it more😭

[aeshnalacrymosa]

This is delightful! 🤣

Finally got to see Encanto this week, and as someone who works with kids under 10, I can promise you the Madrigal kids did a LOT of dumb shit with their powers growing up. And also did the usual weird kid stuff, but weirder ‘cause they have magic powers.

Please imagine the following:

Six-year-old Dolores having dinner with the family. She pauses and tilts her ear toward the window. There’s a lull in the conversation and she asks, “Mamá, what’s a quickie?”

“CAMILO! Stop pretending to be an adult so you can get alcohol!”

Julieta’s working in the kitchen. She sees Luisa running past the window at top speed, carrying a rocking horse over her head with 2-year-old Mirabel riding it. Julieta drops her pitcher running outside to stop them.

Dolores: “Mom! Camilo keeps calling me estupida!” Camilo: *inaudible* Dolores: “YOU DID TOO! I CAN HEAR YOU, ESTUPIDO!” Pepa: *thunder intensifies*

Bruno hears a commotion from the nursery and opens the door. The kids immediately freeze and stare back at him, clearly in the act of throwing fistfuls of flowers. There are flowers covering everything, petals and pollen floating to the ground. The kids are wearing sheets and pillowcases instead of clothing. Bruno closes the door.

Dolores listening to her tía’s pregnant belly with wide eyes and describing all the sounds to Isabela and Luisa. Julieta asks “Why don’t you go tell your mother what her baby sounds like?” and Dolores replies “I did. She started raining.”

Two identical Antonios run up to Felix Camilo: “One of us only tells lies, the other only tells the truth.” Antonio: “Ask us only one question or you’re doomed!”

“LUISA! Put your sister down!”

Abuela sitting alone on the porch with a cup of coffee. Hears arguing from upstairs. Sighs and says “Dolores, go tell your cousins I said to stop or nobody’s getting flan tonight.”

Mirabel pretending she’s allergic to Isabela whenever she’s annoyed with her.

The adults and Dolores are sitting in the living room quietly. Dolores looks up from her book, listens for a moment, and says, “Mirabel and Camilo are going to see who can jump off the highest branch in the tree by the river.” There’s a pause, then every adult runs out of the house.

“So help me, Camilo, if you turn into a zombie to scare your brother one more time…!”

Augustín: “Okay, does anyone wanna tell me how the donkey got on the roof?” Kids: *avoid eye contact* Augustín: “Luisa?” Luisa: *covered in hay* Uh…….it was Isabela.

Dolores: “Señor Rivera is a horse.” Isabela: “No, he’s not.” Dolores: “Is too! Señora Rivera called him a pot-bellied stallion last night and asked him for a ride.” Bruno: “…have we tried earplugs yet? Like really good earplugs??”

“LUISA! Put that tree down!”

“MOOOM! Camilo’s copying me!”

Pepa and Felix give up on telling Antonio he can’t bring all of his animals to church and compromise by letting him bring only one each week.

The kids lose Mirabel playing hide-and-seek outside and because she’s the oldest, Isabela has to go inside and tell all the adults and she opens that announcement with “Hey, uh…remember Mirabel?”

[gamerbearmira]

Crypted madrigals au -

I find the thought of Casita being an anti-social house hilarious. Casita gives "PISS OFF" energy so strongly that it just urges villagers to stay away from it, hence why some houses are so far away from the house.

Also, Casi functions as a labyrinth to intruders, the house thinks it’s funny too. On a regular basis, people don’t even STEP near the house, let alone come in uninvited. So, if you do find yourself inside you're in for a ride! 

If you’re just a curious kid, the house will play with you for a few minutes and let you go. Casita is more friendly with youngins. 

But if you’re an adult with obvious bad intentions Casita is going to have a fun time “playing” with you. And the house lets you in just because you have bad intentions, so it knows whatever it does to you, it’s justified.

The halls get longer, doors, even the none glowing ones, can’t be opened. Not to mention Casita plays tricks on your mind and makes scary obstacles for you (like in poppy playtime chapter 3 and monster house.If you didn’t know; The player that somehow didn’t cover themselves in time to not breathe in poppy gas starts to have hallucinations from the gas.)

But let’s say the gas is light orange or yellow in this au (the color of the candle A.K.A Pedro). After about 30 or 40 minutes of straight up torturing the intruder the house will shove them out. Everything they went through was basically a warning. 

Just to be clear, Pedro gets a kick out of the whole thing too. He takes part in scaring people by becoming a monstrous form of himself. The gas helps the intruders see him better, which he loves. Also, you know the funny gag where the eyes in a painting follow you? Yeah he does that before he comes out the painting to chase you.

You come back in? It’s your life. 

A few adults in the triplets' young adult years made the decision to intrude and they were the last. Some of those men caught glimpses of what the madrigals actually looked like and were convinced they were creatures that needed to be killed.

Something along the lines of “they’re probably just playing nice until they get close enough to hurt us”

After Casita was done playing with them they ran to the village to basically be tattle tales. 

When they told the villagers what happened a small part of them did believe them. That house has always been creepy and so are the people who inhabit it. 

…but there was the question of WHY they were in their house in the first place. They weren't invited by what the triplets and Alma told them. And it was a little suspicious that they wouldn’t answer why they were in their house…at 3 o’clock in the morning. 

So to be fair, the house acted in defense of the people that lived there. It was a very sick and weird kind of defense but it was still defense nonetheless. 

Also, the gas helps the other family members see him too so he’s more involved in their life. He does that little painting trick to chase the grandkids. No matter what age they are, they love playing tag and just having fun.

After that, those men do not receive help from any madrigal. Their spouses and children? Yes, they get help, they have nothing to do with their fathers’ stupidity. And Alma surely gave those men a good talking to to make sure they never step in their house again.

I forgot to add, the gas helps the other family members see Pedro so he’s more involved in their life. He does that little painting trick to chase the grandkids. No matter what age they are, they love playing tag and just having fun.

The kids that Camilo babysits don’t find him creepy. Is he odd? Yes, creepy? no. He’s still silly, funny, and kind. And the way he can distort his face makes them laugh.

However, he can’t laugh like a normal person. It sounds like several people are laughing at once and it’s kind of just all over the place when it comes to sound. It can go hilariously high or demonically low, no in-between. 

When he tries to control it it's less weird, but it's still weird. I also like to imagine when he's not trying to hide his voice, he sounds like he has a voice box sometimes. Like everything he says is pre-recorded even when he gives instant responses.

Also, the old au with Dolores, Mirabel, and Antonio is called “Encanto cryptic duo au”

Now for ceremonies, Casita is much more jovial and overall, a happy house. But there's still a threatening feeling in there, it's as if the air is saying "Try something and you'll never be seen again"

Mirabel does have a room but no gift, not like she really needed one. She did feel bad but was told by abuela that he didn't have a gift, her abuela doesn't have a gift, and neither does her papa and Tio yet they are still special.

Seeing as she's a moth, her room is very soft and comfy. Pillows and cushions and such. Just real soft and relaxing place.

Lastly, my inspiration for Cryptid alma was slender man. Like him, she's capable of causing something called "slender sickness," with symptoms that include nausea and vomiting blood. she can induce madness and an affliction known as "scribbling in," which causes people to draw and write nonstop.

Both parents, who were so far into insanity at that point, actually confessed that they were abuser and caused their children to run away.

They confessed because they kept having hallucinations of the twins. Their "corpses" just staring at them any time of the day. She can do this to anyone by just touching them, and at the time, she "accidentally" bumped into the mother and later the father.

ANTI SOCIAL CASITA YEAHHHHH

No but it is pretty funny when you think about it. Casita isn't even anti-social to other houses, it's with people too which is INSANE 👩‍🦲 the fact that it doesn't mind kids though is cute, like it'll just play with them, whereas with adults suddenly it's a whole menace.

Like kids are talking about how fun the house is. At worst its like a haunted house, but they aren't necessarily scared. Meanwhile the adults are like??? That thing is more than just haunted.

Pedro doing the painting trick is so funny 💀 I think that, at least in the day and when Casita is up for actual visitors, Pedro's painting is covered. Sometimes, if Alma doesn't do it, the kids will go up to take off the covering at night and Pedro will scare the crap out of them and start chasing them. It's all in good fun though.

Even the triplets do it sometime, who cares if they're 50?? They can still have fun 🦀🦀 Shoot, even the husbands fall for it sometimes. The only person who has yet to fall for being scared by Pedro is Alma. Is just doesn't work on her.

At least the kids aren't scared of Camilo. Anyone with two eyeballs and some brain cells could see tgere's something wrong with him but the kids? As far as they know, is strange and off appearance is just him using his gift in a funny way. Which good for him, because I'm sure he means well when it comes to younger ones, especially ones similar to Antonio in age.

And his laugh makes so much sense, including his voice in general. What if his mouth rarely ever opens?? Like his voice sort of just projects, and he doesn't actually make the effort to sound out words; he can, he just doesn't.

W Pedro for being present in the family's lives even in death. Bro was not about to give that up 🙏🙏 good on him, even if he has to use what is probably similar to the fear gas that the Scarecrow uses 🌚 at least, that's what I imagined. It just doesn't affect the Madrigals negatively. Glad Mirabel got a room, who needs a miracle when you got cryptid powers 🪕🪕

Also you already know that some people steer clear of Alma even in her human form. They learned the hard way of what the aftermath is to sneaking into Casita unprompted 🥸🥸

And like she had every right, why WERE they sneaking in at that time?? Like sorry she defended herself and her family???

AND THE NAME!!! THANK YOU!! I had genuinely forgotten it 💀💀

[empty-cryptid]

Some episodes I want to see if an Encanto TV series is made:

Beach day

Family road trip

Young triplets

An episode focused on each grandkid- we get to see their rooms and their stories

Young Alma and Pedro

Rat sidestory

Madrigals make a play

Triplets doing something like baking or cooking together

Bruno, Félix, and Agustín have a guy's night

The first triplet birthday after Bruno returns

Christmas episode

Colombian traditions and holidays like Día de Los Santos Inocentes

So much can be done with this family. Not making a series would be a mistake.

Any more episode ideas to add to the list? 📺

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Encantober 2023 Day 13: Fear

The Madrigal triplets were each other’s biggest supporters in all of their moments. When they were happy or sad, they had each other’s backs. Their bond grew stronger after their gift ceremony, with adjusting to their gifts being more difficult than they would realize. But with each other by their side, their gifts would be a little bit easier to manage.

In spite of this, there were still some times that they would hide some things from each other. Just because they lived in the same house, shared the same birthday, and even shared the same womb, did not mean that there were still some things that they did not feel comfortable talking about with each other.

Alma walked through the Encanto with her triplets after picking up Pepa and Bruno from their speech session when the girls noticed Bruno trembling a little bit. The triplets just turned ten a couple weeks prior, so they would have thought they would share more things with each other than they used to. However, Bruno stayed silent their entire walk back home. He did not want to say a word to his sisters.

“Brunito, are you okay?” Julieta asked after tapping his shoulder.

“Si, I’m fine, Juli,” Bruno replied.

Julieta shrugged and they stayed quiet for the rest of the walk. Alma had to finish making dinner since she had to turn off the stove before picking them up so she did not burn the house down. Once they got home, Bruno ran up to his room before Alma went into the kitchen. Julieta and Pepa noticed how fast Bruno dashed to his room and followed him.

Julieta knocked on Bruno’s door to see if he was at least nearby, but Casita opened his door slightly, leaving Julieta and Pepa to traverse their brother’s room to find him. He was not in his bed, so the girls had to go through the sand to find him. They would eventually find him after falling to the first floor and seeing him through a pile of sand.

“Bruno? How are you doing?” Pepa asked.

Bruno jumped before noticing his sisters behind him. “I already told Julieta on our walk back home, I’m fine. What makes you think I’m not fine?”

“We noticed you trembling during the entire walk back and we wanted to know if there was something that was bothering you,” Julieta explained.

Bruno relaxed himself and got up from his sand pile to walk to his sisters. “Okay, I’ll tell you, but before I do, do you mind if we sit in a circle over here? I would rather talk if we sit together, just like we used to.”

Julieta and Pepa agreed and sat in the sand with Bruno in a circle. Once they got themselves situated, Bruno started in his explanation.

“Okay, so, Pepa, remember during our speech session a few hours ago when Dr. Martinez was talking about how the future will sometimes be scary?”

“Si, I remember when she was talking about that.”

“Well, when she mentioned that, I felt a little bit… tense. I mean, I know that I can see the future, but that doesn't mean I can’t be scared of it.”

“What makes you so scared about the future?” Julieta asked.

“Just, the fact that we were going to be getting older and how we were going to have to make more adult decisions and leave our childhoods behind.”

Julieta and Pepa leaned over to hug their brother once he said that. They could not believe that he wanted to hide that from them.

“Why were you scared to tell us that?” Pepa asked.

“Because I thought it would be too much for you to handle. The conversation was already too much for me to handle.”

“Brunito, you know that even if we can’t handle something, we will never judge you for anything you say,” Julieta explained.

“Besides, you know we can handle anything you might talk to us about, even if it sounds difficult,” Pepa added.

The triplets hugged each other once more before letting go of each other. One thing that the triplets loved the most about having serious talks with each other was the fact that they got to give each other a group hug afterwards.

“Think about it this way, Bruno, the future may be scary, but there are also a lot of great things to look forward to too,” Julieta mentioned.

“Yeah, like the fact that we will have more freedom,” said Pepa.

“Or the fact that we will be more in control of our gifts.”

“Or even getting married and having kids? Like being with other people that will love us no matter what and for the rest of our lives?” Bruno asked.

“Exactly; there are lots of things to look forward to in the future,” Julieta reminded.

The triplets hugged again before Alma called into Bruno’s door. “Mijos! Dinner is ready! I know you might have a bit of a walk, so I’ll make sure it’s still hot.”

The triplets split from their hug once they heard their mother call for them for dinner. They got up from their circle to begin making their travel out of the tedious mountains of Bruno’s room.

“By the way, Bruno, gracias for coming to us and telling us what you were so scared of. That alone was very brave of you,” said Pepa.

“De nada, hermana; I promise I will tell you anything that’s bothering me from now on.”

The triplets made their way out of Bruno’s room after the tension that was the talk they had ended. Bruno has been tense the entire time he, Julieta, and Pepa were talking about what was making him feel scared. But when the talk was over, everything that was tensing him up was released. Knowing that his sisters had his back was enough to relax him.

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Alma. You just gave birth. Today. To triplets. What are you doing out of bed?

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Quick Madrigal triplet sketches! They’re 15 here :)