This Is What ACTUALLY Caused Casita To Crumble (It Wasn’t Mirabel!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- What, or WHO, caused Casita to break apart in the first place? One thing to note about this movie is that, interestingly enough, there is no main antagonist, or bad guy in the film. The only thing that could be considered a form of an antagonist would be the unknown threat to the family's magic. Which is very interesting because despite there being no actual villain in the film, there WAS something they were all fighting against, and it ended up stemming from one particular, and very surprising, family member. And in order to understand who and what was the ACTUAL cause of this devastation, we need to trace the series of events that led to the downfall, as well as reinterpret some of the events that took place prior to Castia’s ultimate demise. Because contrary to popular belief, it was NOT Mirabel’s fault!
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I assumed Mirabel's Gift was her connection to Casita. When she's happy, Casita is. When she's upset, Casita starts to crumble. When she's devastated, Casita falls apart. When she regains hope, Casita is revived. She didn't get a door because all of Casita is her room. Hence the front door when she puts on the doorknob. I dunno. Just my theory on this movie I can't stop thinking about.
I think the same. Casita and the candle are connected and Mirabel is connected to both, that's why before opening the door Bruno said "You're the real gift"
I thought this too - especially when her, Isabella and Camillo try and rescue the candle - Casita does it's best to get Mirabel up there to get it, but doesn't do the same for the other two - instead pushing them all out of Casita and then sheltering Mirabel.
That was I was thinking
@@YouGiveMeWings that could also be because they had no experience not using there powers Mirabel was powerless her whole life so casita keep them safe since she knew Mirabel could reach it with her assistance
True very true I think
I've heard a lot of criticism that Abuela Alma is the villain of the story, or that she was easily forgiven for what she did. It's true that Abuela Alma did gas-light members of her family, but I believe she did it not so much to have power over them but simply to make things convenient for her and her household. In other words, she was gas-lighting not out of malice but out of ignorance, which is different from those gas-lighters who know how to use these psychological tricks to manipulate people for their own ends. Mirabel naturally does not gas-light members of the family. If the idea about the candle being the embodiment of the house and magic are true, and Abuela Alma as the co-creator of it, then it follows that the candle needs another steward for when Abuela Alma dies. If that is true, then Mirabel's gift that casita gives her is to be the next matriarch of the family, taking care of the candle, the casita, and the family. The door that Mirabel opens at the end of the movie thus symbolizes her place as next in line to inheriting that power. Or to think about it another way, Abuela Alma's house and powers died, and Mirabel's house and powers were born.
Beautifully said. The trouble with family is what some see as hurtful, others see as necessary. People seem to think if you talk about someone being ‘well-meaning’ you’re excusing their faults. Rather, I see it as a way of coming to terms with how they see the world. Sometimes you learn that they truly aren’t at fault, or are truly unaware of the impact of their actions. Or perhaps it’s a learned defense mechanism for trauma - like with Abuela. My grandfather was a rigidly prejudiced man when I was younger; I’m thankful my mom never allowed me to hate him for that, as over the years I watched his opinions evolve with circumstance. He was never ‘perfect’, but he did learn to open up and appreciate people beyond their race. Mirabel’s confrontation of her grandmother was well-orchestrated, she expressed herself, but rather than hold on to the hurt, she listened as Abuela told her story and was able to make the connections between what happened and how it affected things.
@@trenae77 Yes, Abuela was traumatized, and then her behavior turned into a defense mechanism. Of course, that doesn't excuse her behavior, but Abuela learned that what worked earlier when she was a young mother wasn't now working as a grandmother. She created what she thought was a reasonable emotional boundary for Mirabel, but when it encroached unreasonably on Mirabel's emotional boundary to the point that it was causing her trauma, something had to give. Abuela's boundary setting caused a couple of her family members to be evicted from the family circle, but the casita was like, "Nah-uh, I need them. Don't break me apart."
Dido💞 although through out the whole movie a wanting to slap both Alma and Isabella. As for Dolores she was able to keep the secret of Bruno living in the walls of the house, yet she couldn't keep his vision about Maribel a secret.
She wasn't a gas-lighter. It was simply having too much control over the house due to being the parent first and the grandmother second and being the only one running the show. She had too much say, too much on her too, with no one there to hold **her** grounded as she was a refugee too afraid to lose her home. She should not have had all that on her either but she was madre and abuela. In our eyes, she had no choice but to take everything on her back too.
Her family had a lot of respect for her so no one was willing to speak up for real except Pepa or Augustín, they simply did what she asked, especially since they all knew her intentions were to keep the home together. However, that much control took over Abuela, causing her to lose sight of why she has the house and her family in the first place. She only thought the miracle gave refuge and catered to it rather than fully enjoying why it was given to begin with. She was too busy being scared to lose everything, it was causing harm to everyone (including casita) by overburdening their gifts and accidentally causing her family to believe their worth is in the gifts because of the miracle. She put too much stress on everyone by accident through asking them to use their gifts to help their town. Basically, she was losing her home to fear that time. She caused casita to crack because after seeing Mirabel without a gift, Abuela fell apart. She feared the miracle was dying, and instead of realizing it started with her fearing that the miracle was dying because Mirabel didn't have a gift, she instead blamed Mirabel since "the cracks started with her." It's hard to see yourself ask the problem when you don't see the evidence yourself, you know? So really it started by abuela seeing the moment Mirabel was doorless and she panicked. So while Abuela started falling more and more apart or when the family fell more and more apart, the casa fell apart. When Mirabel helped her family or when the family was enjoying each other, casita stayed together. When Mirabel was excluded in the family, casita fell apart. It also wasn't simply abuela that broke the house, everyone did but if you noticed at the end during the argument scene, the cracks ran towards abuela more. That's why mirabel shouted at her what she did because she noticed the cracks running under/around abuela's feet. There were even moments casita fell apart on its own. It too was afraid of Bruno's vision and the cave broke.
So Mirabel wasn't the cause of the crack, she was only meant to save casita to hold it back together like and by holding her family together. Her door was casita itself because soon abuela will die and she will need a replacment, it had to be someone capable of keeping the family together and could in turn keep the house together.
Also Casita helps Mirabel because her gift of empathy wasn't going to get her to the candle in time like everyone else probably would have. No one else needed it like she did... Plus she asked. But eventually, I noticed even casita tried to stop Mirabel from getting the candle to protect her. She kept jerking backwards when she tried to grab it. So casita had no choice but to protect her with its doors in the end.
Everyone has a theory but I noticed these moments after washing the movie over and over again.
@@mastermoonlightvariety Thank you for responding. Your comment has given me some food for thought.
I agree with you that Abuela Alma is not a gas-lighter in an intrinsic or clinical sense (that would have made her a villain like Mother Gothel in the movie _Tangled_), yet I disagree that her problem was simply a matter of having too much power. If you mean too much responsibility, then, yes, that would make sense given her trauma of losing her husband and raising children as a single mother, which would lead her to put so much of it on herself and her family. But too much power? No, the problem was that she was losing power (or control over the magical properties of the house through the candle), not knowing how to get it back or maintain it, and holding on "too tight" of whatever was left remaining, which led to her to having a myopic view that her family members' worth rested solely on their gifts. Because of her position of power, age, and experience, one would reasonably expect that she should have been the one seeing the problems with her family and with casita, but we see Abuela using gas-lighting tecniques or manipulative tactics in trying to maintain an image of control instead, in front of the family and in front of the village folk, understandable as they may be. Those actions however did not grant her the right to treat her family members, especially Mirabel, the way she did.
Her treatment of Mirabel, or putting pressure on family members, was not accidental. Was it accidental that she asked Mirabel not to help with decorating the house and stay out of the way? Was it accidental that she kept Mirabel in the nursery when she could have had a bedroom constructed for her, albeit not a magical one? Was it accidental that she didn't include Mirabel in Antonio's ceremony initially, or didn't include her to pose with the family while getting their picture taken? Was it accidental that her actions led to Bruno hiding behind the walls of the house? Was it accidental that she dismissed and humiliated Mirabel in front of the whole crowd of guests when Mirabel tried to go to her for help when she saw cracks forming in the house? Even though I don't see Abuela as a villain, Abuela still gas-lighted members of her family.
I don't follow you when you say that even casita was trying to stop Mirabel from getting the candle. Casita lifted the roof tiles so that Mirabel's feet wouldn't slip as much when she tried reaching for the candle. Mirabel then grabbed the candle, and then casita placed her back on the floor and protected her from falling debris using the doors. Then it "died" when the candle went out in Mirabel's hand. So, how would impeding Mirabel from getting the candle protect her?
Thank you again for responding. _Encanto_ has so many things to talk about.
I like to believe that when the golden door went “away” from Mirabel during her gift ceremony, it actually flowed /into/ her, blessing her with being almost the voice of the house, like Abuela Alma was when the house was first built
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@@alexlol6542 ?? What’s that???
i had a thought..what if somehow, in a way, casita has the spirit of abuelo pedro within it, which is how the house gained a personality of its own and genuinely showed much care for the family. doing exactly what pedro did by using the last of its abilities to save mirabel from getting killed or injured, like pedro did all those years ago, using the last of his life to save his wife and kids
My thoughts exactly. The more I watch this movie, the more I'm convinced this is an anti 'Monster House' situation. ¡Casita totalmente contiene el espíritu de abuelo Pedro!
I agree, and I also believe that when the candle went out, the "miracle" of Abuelo Pedro went into Mirabel - so now there is no need for the magic candle becuase it is now inside of Mirabel.
I think so too. But they (disney) said its not sadly.
@@5af1y64 I don't believe them! Mentirosos. 😆
@@dont_be_a_marder you have to believe Disney
I believe it was actually a passing of the torch. Many say that Abuela Alma gets no gift, but her gift was the candle, the Encanto and Casita itself. She was the matriarch of the candle and her children and family were thus blessed with its gift. However, this really could only go on for so long. Mirabel was thus chosen to be her successor by the power to become the next matriarch of the Madrigals. Thus, so long as she was under the previous matriarch, she could not receive her gift. However, when she stood up to Abuela Alma, the powers began transfering over. The Encanto crumbled, the house collapsed, and the powers of the Madrigal temporarily disappeared as Abuela Alma lost HER gift and only when Abuela Alma accepted Mirabel as equal to her did the powers return, but this time with Mirabel as the source and matriarch.
I have some evidence for this, first of which being Mirabel and Abuela Alma both having a deeper relationship with the Casita. Second, the powers first began waning when Abuela Alma's faith in the magic was shaken, signaling that her time of controlling it was coming to an end. Third, the Casita continues to obey Mirabel down to the last moment of its "life", above and beyond Abuela Alma.
Finally, when the house is rebuilt and comes back to life, it is Mirabel's touch. When the house comes back to life, the entire family, including Mirabel, front and center, is on the front door, and all of the doors inside are no longer personalized. I believe this is to symbolize a "refresh" state to prepare for the next generation of Madrigals to get their doors, with Mirabel as the new matriarch of the Encanto.
Wasn't Abuela unintentionally being the problem established in the movie during her and Mirabel's fight?
yup
Yeah because she’s selfish
@@basil5690 not exactly selfish, just she lost sight of what really mattered because their whole community depends on them and their gifts that it overwhelmed them
@@XGrantLorraineX Basically most of the Gacha Encanto community hates Aubela tho they don't mention that her husband just died Infront of her and she was good at the ending they just rub it off and continue to hate on Aubela
i never thought it was mirabel
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Same , i actually was confused as to the why they thought it was her. Well that is until I saw the Bruno song.
The theory of her being the hope of the house does make sense thou cuz everytime she loses hope the house cracked or ended up destroyed so I can see her power being hope or being the spirit of the house maybe
Same
I see casita as Abuela putting up her walls after losing Pedro, and when she realizes she’s the reason her family is falling apart, her walls crumble and the mountain cracks. But when Mirabel puts the new doorknob in the front door, the magic doesn’t just cover the casita, it covers the entire town. So it’s symbolizing everyone has their own special gift.
Also when she looks in the doorknob and says “I see me, all of me” and looks at her family, it’s because she can relate to every single one of them in a way.
I think Mirabel needed to hug Isa and Aubela both - she needed to open everyone up to what was going on. The problem is expectation. The Aubela had expectations, the townsfolk expected the family to fix all their issues. Look at Luisa.
The Casita needed a voice to share what was going on and it chose Maribelle
I think that the reason the miracle began to die in the first place was Abuela’s fear of losing the miracle. When Mirabel’s door disappeared the candle flickered because of Abuela’s own doubts and disappointment.
i like to think abuelo pedro was watching over them and was like "i looked away for one (1) second and you broke the magic!"
1:15 Mirabel wasn't the first to notice the cracks, it was our boy Bruno
Exactly
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Yeah and Luisa she said she saw the cracks too
YEAHHHH BOIIIIIIIII GO BRUNOOOO
@@skykidstarscales AYYEEEE!
Mirabel is unconditional love
And so is Bruno
Despite their mistreatment from Abuela, they loved their family
It actually goes a lot deeper then that. All of the characters are suffering from Intergenerational trauma.
Actually Alma, Bruno and Mirabel could be considered the accidental villains.
Due to Bruno’s vision he left taking his gift away. This caused Alma to focus on the remaining gifts which cause pepa and julieta to install that same thinking. In the movie we can see that the bond between Mirabel and julieta is starting to crack. I think Bruno’s vision was right. I think Mirabel had to cause the collapse and the dying of the miracle. So healing can begin
Abuela Alma before her redemption is the very embodiment of "A road to hell is paved with good intentions"
Wow this is deep... you literally just took the plot that was spelled out VERY plainly in the movie itself, and presented it like its a big surprise! Mirabel LITERALLY says to Abuela (right after the scene where she helps her sister to create new plants for the first time) "none of us will ever be good enough for you! Luisa will never be strong enough, Isabela will never be perfect enough! its you! you're the reason the magic is dying"... then she runs away, Abuela finds her, and they talk and she gets her grandmother to realize her flaws and then insert happy ending.
I have to disagree that it was hopelessness that caused the house to crumble. It was misunderstanding and miscommunication among all of them. The cracks in the house are metaphors for the problems in their relationships. Bruno's already fixing the cracks in the house caused by the other family members' misunderstanding of his intentions and gift. Bruno's vision about Mirabel and Isabela hugging meant that everyone needed to connect and understand each other. The family needed to heal and repair the hurt and traumas that they all are causing each other. Also, Casita finally broke down because Mirabel misunderstood Abuela's intentions behind why she was doing the things she is doing. Mirabel saw Abuela's actions only as means to control and dominate the family but she failed to see that Abuela is doing it because Abuela thinks it is the way to protect her family. Only when Mirabel understood this and empathized with her did the magic start to return as symbolized by the return of the butterflies. So Mirabel did indeed cause the destruction of Casita but she was not the only one who caused it. They all did. It's all their fault. Mirabel was just the catalyst.
I always thought that the house was alive because of their family bond. Isabella and Mirabel didn't have the best bond, and so did Abuela and Mirabel, so the house cracked a little. When Abuela got mad at Mirabel, the bond between them shattered, and since nobody had much hope for Mirabel, the house broke because it was built on their family bonds.
We already knew it was Abuela. Mirabel pointed this out during her argument with Abuela. She also apologised to the family. She was only afraid of losing her family and she soon realized that the miracle is the family themselves, not just about their gifts. You can infer so in the song, "All of You".
For me, Mirabel IS the candle, or at least the embodiment of the "new" casita's candle. Loved this movie and also liked your video here, thanks!
I don’t think it was ever believed by the audience that Mirabel was the cause of the cracks. My belief is that the candle, casita and the gifs are all a manifestation of Abuelo Pedro’s spirit, he sacrificed himself to save his family and was allowed to continue doing so after death. The cracks started when the family took a family picture without her and they didn’t become clear to others until abuela bluntly blamed mirabel for them. This was Pedro’s way to make them understand by showing the cracks. Also, the gifts were taken or messed up only with the grandchildren because, unlike the tios, they saw their gifts as more of a burden than a gift, so their grandpa tried to help them. When they all came together, the casita came back and brightly displayed an image of the entire family with mirabel at the center. How it should have always been. That’s my theory.
I like that it's not necessary only one person or a person with malicious intent, but rather shifting their focus on what they thought mattered most for their Family and Community.
And if you pinpoint an enemy, it's fear and hopelessness.
The scene where her door disappears could be her door was absorbed into the house she was the house or candle keeping the family together
2:54 you can see in abuelas room, there’s nothing there.
You see just black. No desk, no bed, only the candle and black
Ngl casida has alot of butterlies which mirabel do and i just realsed abuela has a butterfly-
Something I love about the movie is that it also represents healing. When you heal, you wanna build something new in yourself. But before you can build something new, the old needs to break down first. That's litteraly what happened here, which is how healing often goes
I think the magic of the house represents the love between the family. It was created by the love between Abuela and Pedro and continued on with the love of everyone else. I think the house started crumbling over time because of the secret feelings of each sibling (luisa and isabella) and their views on Abuela who created the magic in the first place. Without the love there it was impossible for the house to continue on as the main reason it was created was being destroyed. I believe the door at the end of the movie represented the love being restored along with the magic and that nobody had any expectations anymore or any framework of what they should be
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Literally no one thought it was Mirabel everyone thought it was abuela
Since the candle was born of Hope and Sacrifice for the love of family. The gift I noticed that isn't seen but a gift is the gift of Hope and Love. Making family. Hence the gift Mirabel got was actually Hope and Love that the Candle embodied. Mirabel is like the voice for the candle in a sense.
I love how Disney is taking more of a stance of people who have been hurt by others often indirectly, directly, or unknowingly cause hurt to others.
Her;"Mirabel was the first one to see the cracks "
Bruno"MiRaBeL wAs ThE fIrSt OnE tO sEe ThE cRaCks"
The thing I find interesting is the fact that Abuela herself doesn't have any magical powers (though it was her love that caused Casita to appear), but Mirabel is treated like the only member without magical powers. I always thought: just because she doesn't have magical powers, doesn't mean she doesn't have a gift. I believe her gift was being able to see who needs help and what needs to be done and doing it. Not exactly powers, but still a gift. And they act like she's good for nothing, but she's clearly skilled at embroidery and sewing, cause she made Antonio his little stuffed tiger. Plus, the husbands don't have any powers, but they also exclude her from the family picture in Antonio's room. The people who killed Abuelo Pedro are the bad guys in the film.
9:50 That lady is GORGEOUS
Fun fact: mirabel isn't the only one in her family that didn't get a gift
This if great reading everyone interpretations of the film. Thank you for the video😄 sorry this is really long.
I think Mirabel's gift was to save Encanto and bring the family together. She didn't get it at her gift ceremony because she was too young and wouldn't understand but when the time was right she started to notice the cracks. I think Abuelo Pedro's spirit is Casita because he protects the family. Bruno was the first to notice the cracks because he's been behind the walls patching them up. Bruno was misunderstood by everyone. His gift was to see into the future out wasn't his fault people didn't like what they saw and thought it was bad. Bruno told family members how to make their gift shine and how to be happy but they didn't understand at the time and thought he was causing trouble.
Abuela Alma was acting out of fear trying to keep everything under cover/control and the family 'perfect' to keep Encanto safe. She didn't want to lose Encanto which she worked so hard for and went through so much for. She lost Pedro so it was like a part of him was in Casita. She even admitted at the end that she lost sight of what family was really about. When Abuela Alma was speaking to Abuelo Pedro, Mirabel got up and saw the cracks which I think was Abuelo Pedro showing Mirabel.
Moral of the story.....Casita started falling apart because Abuela Alma and the family had been living their lives to please family. They were living a false pretence to 'help the family' when what they needed to do was be true to themselves and their family in order to be happy. It's a lesson for everyone to speak up for yourself and be true to yourself then you can be happy. Don't hide and do things to please others because eventually the cracks will appear and things will start to crumble....
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Actually I did think it was Mirabel because since she was the next candle holder the house understood her and the theory that i heard many people say is that casita crumbled because Mirabel felt “crumbled” inside too!
When mirabel was getting a gift she touched the candle so she had the magic in her hands but she wiped it on her shirt before her door disappeared
My prediction when watching the movie which is based on my own interpretation is it wasn't Isabella who Mirabel had to embrace to save her family, it was her grandmother Alma. I that found in Alma's flashback that when she was a young woman she actually resembled Isabella, and she was quite free spirited and positive until her husband was killed, after that she became serious and controlling, which she remained until Mirabel confronted her over her treatment towards the family, which allowed her to see the error in her ways and realize her mistake. After she did embrace Mirabel it mended the bond and relationship between the family. That's my prediction.
Every time i watch theese kind of video its so sad
I always thought Mirabel didn't get a gift because she had the same love and heart her grandfather did. I thought the cracks were caused cause the miracle was made through the love abuelo had for his family and due to the toxic family dynamic the love in the family was fading and the family was silently falling apart, sort of like the Casita. It wasn't on purpose definitely. I love this movie and I agree with you on a lot. Never once did I blame Mirabel though since all she ever did was her best.
Whenever Mirabel was sad the house started cracking and whenever Mirabel was happy the house was too I noticed
It's true she could have embodied the candle, but there's a few clues that made me believe Mirabel's gift was actually something else. It all started at her cousin's ceremony, where time seemed to stop during her "waiting on a Miracle", solo. It could have been just a creative expression of time standing still for her. But something Bruno said about the fate of Casita, going in two different directions - all depending on Mirabel. Was she given the power to capture moments in time, and recreate them?
Think about how the door disappeared when she had her ceremony. Then the magic in the door reappeared again, when she decided to recapture that moment in time - when Casita was her family's home. Its Mirabel's ability to recapture moments in time, that was her gift. When Casita was first destroyed, and her Grandmother came to find her, Mirabel caused her to remember those moments in time, when she and her husband first met. Mirabel never embodied the hope in the candle, Abuela did. That's why Bruno said the fate of Casita could go in two different directions, and Mirabel was the key. Only she could transport the magic from that point in time, from the source of the river when her grandmother was old, to the doorway of newly rebuilt Casita.
If this is the case, and Mirabel learns of her powers - can she bring her grandfather back from the dead, like she did, Casita? When you think about it, she already brought her uncle Bruno, back from the dead
What if.. when the flame on the candle was shrinking at Mirabel's fading door.. is the Sign of mirabel get's half of its magic and Light....
4:15: One of the things I hated most about Encanto: NOBODY POINTED THAT OUT. Nobody came to Mirabel's defense by reminding that there were actually TWO people without gifts, the other being Abuela herself. And Mirabel's room was the nursery, in which she (would have) spent time as a second mother to EVERYONE.
But back on Casita... Click "read more" for a really, REALLY dark interpretation of what happened to it.
CASITA COMMITTED SUICIDE
As you said, Abuela only viewed her family members for their gifts. But not only that, she set expectations for those gifts that all of them struggled more and more to live up to. We learn in Isobel's musical number that she actually felt trapped by her magic -- by her never-ending pressure to be perfect, and actually envied Mirabel for the complete lack of any expectations that had been placed on her.
In essence, Casita started to feel less like a home and more like a prison.
Even Bruno, after exiling himself from the family, still remained trapped within its walls.
I do agree that Casita foresaw that a new family center needed to be appointed, but I think the reason it withheld a gift from Mirabel (at least at first) was because it was trying to set her free. It knew that, if given a gift, she would become trapped in the same cycle of endless stress and misery as all before her and tried in vain to spare her.
So why did it crumble? Of its own accord.
It's worth noting that, despite Casita dying, it still constantly acts to protect the family, straight up until the very end when it forms a shield around Mirabel right before it all falls on top of her. This is because Casita, I genuinely believe, is actively and deliberately destroying itself.
Why? To free everyone. Like Mirabel said, none of them would EVER be good enough for Abuela. And Casita was listening just like everyone else, and realized that it was Abuela's enabler. Abuela let her family feel trapped by their magic -- magic that Casita not only provided to them, but did so along with special magical rooms within its walls, effectively saying "You are worth nothing unless you are right here in this home".
The solution? Take away the magic that bound them and the prison that contained them.
If Mirabel can embody the candle and restore hope to the family: Good. But if not, at least Casita's final act was to set them all free.
When Antonio got his gift and Mirabel saw Casita cracking, I originally thought it was because there wasn’t enough magic throughout the house since everyone was in Antonio’s new room.. but, then when Abuela and Mirabel started arguing, I sort of began to think it was Abuela.
What's confusing is that Bruno "disappeared" after Mirabel received or did not receive, her gift. Personally I think the candle could tell Mirabel wanted to make her family proud so it gave her the magic that controls not only the gifts, but Casita.
Actually, Dolores's cursed gift, Pepa's cursed gift, and Abuela's fear was what caused Casita to Downfall
My view is that the candle became the shelter for Pedro's soul and his effort to protect his family made the Casita and the gifts of the family. Mirabel's gift was taking over for pedro as a candle/life can only last so long so her door dissolving was pedro passing his gift of hope and power to her though it is an invisible force. It hurts to watch family fight and the cracks that are normally invisible that form between family members were becoming visible through Casita cracking from the family stresses. Mirabel being the new hope which can only be found when "the dust settles from tragedy" which is why her power appears at the end as the new Casita comes to life from her inserting and turning the door knob to the front door or the "door of hope" At which point Pedro's soul might still be in the brick work watching over the family while Mirabel gives a bit more direct reminders of what hope and love is to the family by being the light that guides hope.
6:55 is when they finally reveal after repeating a lot🌸
What popular belief? I haven't heard anybody saying it's anybody except for abuela.. I didn't know anyone believed it was Mirabelle... Except in universe... But even in universe abuela alma accepts she is responsible...
My analogy is that Mirabel's door disappeared because she was never meant to have a singular purpose. She was meant to be the personification of the miracle, she doesn't have a room because the door that she was meant to hold was Casita's. She is to home, maintain, and survive the miracle that was given to their family. She has the biggest responsibility of them all. Nobody saw this because she didn't have her own room lol. Furthermore, it was her who gave Antonio his gift... that's why in the beginning scene, the box that she gave to Antonio as a present has animal prints on it, and what's inside is a stuffed animal (cheetah). When Antonio received his gift the main Animal to take him away was the cheetah. In the ending scene, Casita's door showed Mirabel with Antonio behind her, and Abuela Alma just a couple of steps away with the rest of the Madrigal family at her back signifying the new generation of Madrigals to be Mirabel's duty to provide a gift to until another comes along to serve as a carrier of the gift. Mirabel had the most beautiful gift of them all without them realizing it because they were too focused on themselves. This is more of a self vs. self situation. There's no physical Antagonist because they were fighting the antagonist from within them.
The movie shows that everyone else has defects and we should accept it the way they are I just noticed that 🙂
I interpreted Bruno's profecy not as that Mirabel was going to be the downfall of Casita, but more as she was going to be the one that fixed the family
In my opinion, the closest thing to an antagonist is Abuela. The pressure and expectations she placed upon her family caused the family to crumble. Casita, I believe, is just a representation of the family. If the family is well and whole then Casita is as well. Through most of the movie Casita, like the family, is fine on the surface but is crumbling and cracking underneath. Bruno was patching the cracks in Casita as best he could, but until Maribelle fixed the cracks in the family it was just delaying things.
I thought it was the family breaking apart. Because of Abuela's abusive relationship with all the members of the family.
I don’t think anyone thought it was Mirabel or Bruno…we all knew it was the grandmother…the movie says it. This video took forever to get to the point. This could have been a short really.
Bruno knew about the cracks first. He's been plastering over them.
I do not like this video, for 3 straight minutes she keeps saying, Mirabel is thought to be the problem and solution. But she was not the cause but in fact the solution. :/
Mirabel holds the miracle within her so when she loses hope the Cracks begin to form. They hadn't broken before because she was the only one who still had a bright outlook on everything but Antonio receiving his gift and being left out of the family picture caused her light within to dim. That caused the intial cracks since mirabels power is more within and has something to do with how she affects people. Casita would have shattered instantly if it hadn't been for Antonio being the light that he is. But the darkness mirabel feels in the end combined with the loss of hope her sisters feel overwhelms all of that and causes the house to crumble. Just my take cuz the house didn't start showing signs of crumbling until mirabel voiced her pain and only cracked when everyone started discovering Brunos prophecy. Hmm so its actually a combination of stress and sadness and loss of hope from the entire family in the end but mirabel might have been the catalyst . . .
Mirabel is the gift ( her power is her love for her family and seeing the best in them )
This is by far the best explanation I have ever heard ❤
Thanks!
So she is the only blood related member who doesn’t have a gift. The two dad’s married in and don’t get gifts.
Clearly Alma had favorites in the family; even without powers herself she approved of Felix and Augustine. Mira was the 4th family member without powers, Alma didn't think of her as family. Just like Bruno became the brunt of every joke, pushed aside or at fault of whatever happened. I do agree that Bruno's vision showed that without Mirabel the family would break apart yet, with her the family would stay together. Its interesting that Alma and Mira are the same when it comes to determination it's like Alma disapproves of her because she see herself in Mirabel.
My theory is Casitas original soul was given life by the selflessness of abuelo. His last wish was for his loved ones to remain safe and that plus his sacrifice gave life to casita/the land. But abuelo had his own faith in himself plus abuelas faith in him to fuel him. As abuela grew accustomed to the gifts she received she then began to grow greedy, as most do with such powers. She became blinded by greed, which in turn allowed her faith in abuelo ( which is now Casita the candle) to decrease. Feeling as if none of the gifts were enough ofc her faith would decrease. In comes mirabel, born "without" a gift. But in reality her gift is her OWN faith in herself and her selflessness to protect her family no matter the cost( in this case her growing sadness and low self esteem, while in abuelos case it was his life and not being able to see his family again), they BOTH had nothing to essentially offer apart from their unwavering loyalty and selflessness and THAT is the greatest power one can ever have. The desire to protect your loved one's can create miracles.
In my book, it said that mirabels gift is respecting and supporting , loving her family
This makes sense. That's possibly why Mirabel was so sensitive to the building cracking. With the idea of receiving the next in line as a candle holder was her.
When Abuela flickered the miracle it sent shock waves at Mirabel, for she was connected to the miracle. It's possible this is more Abuela to understand what to do to keep the miracle for the family, sacrificing and passing down the responsibility to a new anchor. Since nothing lasts forever the miracle would have possibly vanish once she passes away with no one knowing why.
Mirabel happened to be a fluke on finding the link to strengthen before it was too late. They would possibly be fine as they live like free people as Abuela fades off their shoulders, but they would grudging her some way while connecting Bruno back in her place of void.
I knew it wasn't mirabel. It was just abuela that hated her and blamed things on her.
That explained why Mirable didn't have powers which ended up making her different from the rest of her family with extraordinary superpowers.
Abuela is so selfish
She wants to keep things perfect the way she likes it and not caring about how others feel
nope.
house = spirit of abuelo, not mirabel or abuela
candle = the family's bond
abuela is the cause for division and the crumbling - she is breaking her late husband's heart by treating the family as property, not people.
mirabel's gift is "seeing" people for who they are, not what they can offer. the glasses drama trope is the dead give away.
and then there's the cracks... bruno was the first to see the cracks, and was patching the cracks from literally "behind the scenes" from inside the walls of casita, long before mirabel ever saw them.
I want to really know how Casita and Pedro are magical.
Bad vibes killed the house
I think in vision Mirabell hugging her abuela and to make that she must start with Isa.
Isabella
@@PetalsIris mirabel called isabella "isa"
Considering Antonio was known to be an animal guy, and consequently got that very gift, The gift probably is tied to their most wished feature. Mirabel probably wished for the best of Madrigal family above else, the candle basically transferred the source code to her instead of giving a gift door.
I took Bruno’s vision as them mistakingly seeing Isabella when it was really a younger Abuela/Alma in the vision. And that Mirabel needed to not only reconcile with Abuela, but to then take her place as the matriarch, or glue that holds the family together. This is supported by the butterfly in the vision that reappears when Mirabel and Abuela are by the river. The cracks in the casita are caused by Abuela seeing only the gifts and not the people, but Mirabel truly sees the people, and thus, can heal the family.
Never thought it was Mirabel either, the problem was a tad more complex
Mirabel was always meant to succeed Abuela, but Abuela was afraid of losing her own sense of purpose that she unintentionally disrupted Mirabel's ceremony. When Mirabel called Abuela out for not caring about the family, it broke the magic. As the candle died, it directed Mirabel to the place where her grandfather died because that was now the only place where the ritual could be completed.
If mirabel is the embodiment of the candle . You could say that why the candles flame shrunk when she never got her gift. As if it was transferring the magic to her
Not sure why Alma was so hard on Mirabel for not having a gift when Alma herself is giftless too.
Mirabel of House Madrigal...you have great hope in your heart. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.
I dont know anyone that watched this movie and thought Mirabel was the cause or even part of the cause. Also do not see Mirabel as the candle. I saw it more as Mirabel was going to be the next matriarch and guardian of the magic. This can be assumed from the Dos Mariposas song and that Casita only listened to Mirabel and the Grandma.
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I really think that Mirabel is actually the embodiment of the candle. She was born when things had just started to go wrong with the family and she was the savior not the cause, it is shown in many ways throughout the movie
First, the talked to Luisa and interestingly she was able to make her say all about her problems and the stress she was going through.
Secondly, Dolores never told Bruno's secret to anyone all those years but Mirabel didn't even need to ask.
Then, when Antonio was getting his gift she was the one who supported him when he felt uncomfortable.
As we all know, Senorita Perfecta Isabella and Mirabel never got along but surprisingly Mirabel was able to do what no-one ever could, she was able to teach Isabella an important lesson-to be herself, just by talking to her.
After that, she found Bruno and even convinced him to return home with her
AND AT LAST, everyone knows that Abuela and Mirabel's relationship was kinda...umm...complicated but she was even able to embrace her of all people and that is truly mind blowing.
*Mirabel truly is the gift herself🔥*
I watch this animation more than 100 times already. Love the stories, songs and symbols
i was shook to hear it
Casita crumpled because Abuela held on to Pedro she never moved on.
It was abuella's fault that merabelle did not get a gift.the reason of that would be that when merabelle met bruno bruno said that abuella begged bruno to see what would happen.and she begged bruno the day merabelle was supposed to get her gift.
The candle has a butterfly, and Mirabel likes butterflies. Maybe she has something to do with the candle like ablela?
5:11 is when they get to the point
A theory I had thought of (that led me to this and the previous video) is very similar to this theory, and potentially could even support it from the correct angle. The reason that Casita started crumbling at that point in time was actually it responding to Mirabel asking for a miracle. Casita was showing Mirabel that she had the gift to bring everyone together, or as you put it to restore hope to the family. It was a way to show Mirabel that it was not only listening to her, but that it had bestowed a gift onto her, the magic of the house
Pretty sure the vision was of her hugging a young abuela
I have to agree with film theory on Delores is the hidden antagonist in Encanto. Her body language and the secret she keeps apposed to the one she instantly blabs says it all.
Despite your valid points, Mirabel is not without fault. In fact she and Abuela Alma had many qualities in common. Both were overbearing and single minded. When she focused on her goal, Mirabel is very much a bully. Alma feared losing the Encanto, Mirabel feared irrelevance. Both drove them to bad decisions and cracking the Casita.
I have a theory that Mirabel doesn't have a gift(in the beginning of the movie) But why that's because when there's the scene of when she was younger she touched the candle and she was about to open her door BUT she wipes her hands on her dress So it's like she didn't touched the candle! That's why she don't have a gift just in the end of the movie she got another chance and she didn't wipe her hands!
No that theory has already be debunked.
I think Casita started breaking because Bruno left
I disagree, the first time cracks were seen in Casita was when Mirabell started to feel misplaced and distanced even more from the family when Antonio received his gift. When he got his gift she started to believe that there was something wrong with herself. I mean how would you feel if everyone in the family before you and the next person after you got gifts but it looked like you did not receive one. Mirabell's spirit was crushed and the house started to fall apart at that moment. Abuela was in great spirits because her fear of the magic dying was taken away when Antonio got his gift. I am sure it has been mentioned previously that Mirabell has a mutual, if not for a better word, relationship with Casita. Casita reacts to and with her throughout the entire movie and it gave its last bit of life to protect her. Now I don't think she embodied the magic until she and Abuela hugged at the end of the movie. Did anyone else notice, and I haven't heard anyone else mention this but the butterfly scene looks alot like a candle when they are circling the pair and I believe it was that moment when the magic was passed from Abuela to Mirabell, basically handing the torch off. What does anyone think about this viewpoint of such a wonderful movie?
Something just came to mind, if they make encanto 2 would they reveal some OTHER magical famliy?
I'm just wondering if it's possible for there to be more then one famliy of magic, cause the madrigals can't be the only famliy with magical powers. What if there's a magical famliy that's opposite of them? 🤔
I'm actually more interested in knowing more about the madrigals than having other magic fams. I still haven't seen all of their magical rooms! Hahah
Its pretty strange..
Mirabel is the only one that talks too casita
Maybe thats her power!
Yea but in the last song elma said I'm sorry and I heald on to tight I was just afraid that I'd lose you to but when mirabel didn't get a gift she acted like mirabel was not important and she only like the gift that will help her with the Village
Had to find a video with the comments still on.
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The witches book was adapted into now two movies by the same name.
You'd think you'd do more research on your topics. This implies you are an untrustworthy source.
Some of these comments are not okay... :/
i just noticed the boot plant from wall-E in the background of bruno room in the walls.
I thought her power was to make people sing about their feelings 😕
Mirabel shouldn't get blamed anyway