The Psychology of a Perfectionist — Encanto: What ELSE Could Isabela Do — Therapist Reacts!

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  @GeorgiaDow · 4 years ago · pinned

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  @BobbyK19 · 4 years ago

  I love how when Mirabel sings “you just seem like your life’s been a dream since the moment you opened your eyes” she’s singing in Isabella’s melody from We Don’t Talk About Bruno. It’s like she’s talking to her in her own language, like she’s finally seeing how she’s struggling and then right after that they take each other’s hand and go up to the sky.

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  @faemonae · 4 years ago

  I always find it interesting that Isabela explicitly states &quot;Abuela was happy&quot; and &quot;The family was happy&quot; but never once does she say &quot;I was happy&quot;

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  @odile8701 · 4 years ago (edited)

  You know what I never caught that just made me really sad?<br><br>When Isabela first gets the colors on her dress, she kinda freezes for a moment, glancing instinctively at Mirabel for approval. Which Mirabel instantly grants, and you see Isabela relax and play, getting herself fully covered. Mirabel even helping, kicking the colors all over her as she dances. <br><br>As soon as Abuela shows up, and her disapproval is obvious, what’s the first thing Isabel does? Tries to brush the colors off. But she can’t, so she slinks away to hide 😕<br><br>I never noticed her trying so desperately &nbsp;to clean herself off and shed her new vibrancy

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  @ursulajoni15 · 4 years ago

  in the scene in isabella&apos;s room where she&apos;s talking about how things were &quot;perfect&quot; she doesn&apos;t talk about her or Mariano or really any of the things you would expect somebody could talk about in regards to &nbsp;their engagement instead she talks about how Abuela was happy &nbsp;i&apos;m not sure if i would call it foreshadowing given she makes the reveal very shortly afterward but it IS &nbsp;a really clever subtle character moment

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  @starscream319 · 4 years ago

  I also really like the use of the word &quot;embrace&quot; in Bruno&apos;s vision of Mirabel and Isabela. Not hug. Embrace. It&apos;s very specific. I definitely think it&apos;s meant to be a double meaning saying Mirabel (and the family) have to embrace who Isabela really, fully is, imperfections and all, in order to heal. After all, it&apos;s been shown that paying attention to the specific wording Bruno uses when giving his prophecies is very important.

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  @Shadow1Yaz · 4 years ago

  I also noticed that when Isabella noted that Mariano was hurt she said, &quot;Mariano&apos;s face looks like a smashed papaya!&quot; She didn&apos;t call him her &quot;fiancee&quot; or &quot;boyfriend.&quot; I find when someone hurts people we love, when we confront them, we remind them of that person&apos;s relationship to us. I remember in Avatar: the Last Airbender when Aang burned Katara, Sokka yelled, &quot;You hurt my sister!&quot; and I&apos;ve seen it in real life too where people I know say things like that. So even more insight that she wasn&apos;t into him at all

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  @bramslamm · 4 years ago

  I love the metaphor of Isabella&apos;s flower magic being a type of artwork. She had gotten so used to creating art for the sake of the town and as a job that it had lost any of the joy it had for her, and creating the cactus is like a flash of artistic freedom where she rediscovers the joy of creating something because she wants to

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  @eileensnow6153 · 4 years ago

  I like that Isabela is never actually shown to be perfect. She’s conceited, she’s dismissive, and she’s rude (mostly to Mirabel, but it shows in her other interactions too). But the family has assigned her the <b>role</b> of perfection, so everybody calls her the “perfect child”.

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  @alexsond3015 · 4 years ago

  I never noticed that the flowers disappear when Abuela is yelling and being upset about Isabela&apos;s change. It&apos;s like she&apos;s hiding away this thing she was so proud to discover just because Abuela doesn&apos;t like it. :(

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  @mitsunitaiko1742 · 4 years ago

  I think Mirabel is jealous of Isabela because it looks to her like she&apos;s living in a dream <br><br>And I think Isabela is jealous of Mirabel because as the one with no gift, she doesn&apos;t have to force a role on herself

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  @Nuadin · 4 years ago (edited)

  &quot;And I&apos;m fine, I am fine, I am fine, I am fine!&quot; -Isabella<br><br>&quot;Why would anything be wrong? I&apos;m totally fine, magic&apos;s fine, I&apos;m totally not nervous.&quot; - Luisa<br><br>&quot;Hey, I&apos;m still part of the family Madrigal and I&apos;m fine, I am totally fine...&quot; - Mirabel<br><br>Spoiler: They&apos;re not fine.

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