#also throughout luisa's whole song she protects mirabel from hurm

[layla-carstairs]

I haven't seen anyone else mention this but I don't think Isabela and Luisa's situations in encanto can entirely be contributed to Abuela's high expectations. it's definitely apart of, but nobody else in the family is held to the same standard they are, not even Dolores or Camilo. Only they are described as "One strong, one graceful/Perfect in every way" in The Family Madrigal.

I think the reason for this unique pedestal that only they exist on, is that they created it.

why did they do this, you ask? because when they were 11 and 9 respectively, they watched their baby sister receive no gift and no one knew why. they heard what people in the town said, about her and what it meant. They saw how it was effecting their family, how their Tìo left and how worried everyone was. how helpless everyone was.

and what do you do when you baby sister is caught in a spotlight for all the wrong reasons? you redirect the spotlight.

#why do I only make encanto posts at 1am?? 💀 #no because this makes me so sad especially isabela #because the whole reason isabela because the perfect picture was for mirabel #*became #but like abuela she lost sight of who it all was for because it was crushing her #also throughout luisa's whole song she protects mirabel from hurm #*​harm #and also fixes her glasses at one point like??? #mirabel feeling like she doesn't belong because shes not perfect #but the whole reason their perfect is for her #and she doesn't know that so it's all so tragic #yes im rambling but I have so many thoughts about them #they were perfect so she didn't have to be 😭😭 #but they kinda all got lost in translation #encanto #isabela madrigal #luisa madrigal #mirabel madrigal