I have a theory about the fish lady from Encanto.

She claims in “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” that “He told me my fish would die, and the next day, DEAD!”

But Bruno’s been gone for at least ten years. And she still has a fish. That just keeled over dead (or pretended to idk).

So my headcanon is that I’m pretty sure this lady has just had a long, long history of being a terrible goldfish owner. Bruno probably didnt need much vision power to predict her fish was gonna die because ALL OF THEM DO

Ya’ll know how Bruno’s room has, like, an UNREASONABLE amount of stairs? Even Bruno comments on there being too many stairs. Why would a room made specifically for him be so full of stairs?

My theory is that the rooms grow to reflect the mental/emotional state of the person who lives there. We see a glimpse of this with Isabela, who has a GIANT WALL OF FLOWERS that change perfectly in sync to mimic her dancing. Sure, you could say that’s partly her power, but I think it’s also partly her room reacting to her. It had been pristine and sculptural before because that was the way she felt she needed to be, but it burst into riotous motion as soon as she began to recognize her freedom to be creative.

So my theory about Bruno’s room and all those stairs is: there weren’t as many stairs to begin with. But as Bruno got more and more estranged from his family and the town - both from his own misuse of his power (we see his mischevious streak when he accidentally spoofed Pepa’s wedding, and he says himself that he has a lot of apologies he needs to make) and from people misunderstanding and villainizing him - the stairs grew. More and more stairs to signify his feelings of distance from those around him. A broken bridge at the top to indicate that final “severing” of contact when he “went away.”

We also see signs that the house was cracking long before Mirabel. All of the cracks Mirabel sees heal themselves as she returns to some kind of equilibrium or comes to a better understanding of a family member. Mirabel is trying to remain open and get closer to her loved ones (albeit begrudgingly in Isabela’s case).

The only cracks that have to be spackled over are the ones in Bruno’s hideaway. He is back there spackling all these cracks because there was no healing for them yet. Because he was avoiding his family and thus couldn’t resolve the “cracks.” That’s not to say it was all his fault; reconciliation is a two-way street, both sides need to be willing. But I think it’s a really good example of how cracks under the surface of relationships will stick around even if we “spackle” (hide) them, unless we find a way to deal with them.

Bruno needed to address the issue instead of hiding from everyone and wallowing in his misery. He needed to move forward to truly heal the cracks, and Mirabel opened the way for him to do so. Thankfully, in this case, that forward movement involved reuniting and reconciling with his family. For some people, it may involve forgiving those who hurt us and allowing ourselves to move on with our lives. (But even in those cases, it’s good and healthy to leave the door open for reconciliation in the future. Alma’s change of heart is a beautiful symbol of how even the hardest people still have the potential to soften and grow.)

All that being said: I have a feeling that now that Bruno and his family have reconciled, his room is gonna have significantly fewer stairs. =)

So I can’t be the only person thinking of a superhero AU for the cast of Encanto, can I? Well I’m gonna share my thoughts anyway before someone does, so if they draw them before me I can still say I thought of it XD

(P.S. Forgive me if any of the Spanish superhero names I come up with are grammatically incorrect, I am not a native speaker, blame Google Translate)

(P.S.S. And no I am not modeling them after Miraculous Ladybug, the name is for alliterative and thematic purposes only. Not that someone else can’t if they wanna!)

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DNI if you: eat jalapenos like pickles, listen to screamo, have never swum in a pond, drink grapefruit juice, condone female action stars wearing high heels, call alpacas llamas even after being gently corrected, claim to actually understand the lore of homestuck or LOST, prefer the ori over the goa’uld, hate marshmallows, have never owned at least one shiny rock for the sake of its shininess, eat macaroni like chips and dip, like coconut (but coconut macaroons are okay), claim any time travel story ever written makes perfect sense, prefer stick to automatic, can identify poison ivy on sight, and don’t know the chorus to at least one Beach Boys song.

(P.S. The macaroni one is a shoutout to @mumblesplash who I got this idea from when he did one XD)

In case you’ve wondered what The Armorer looks like under her helmet, Lego’s answer apparently is:

“I ain’t no snitch”

It has occurred to me that Thor and the Asgardians would probably get along great with the Flat Earthers.

I mean…

What would they find odd about it?

Would someone please caption this. There is gold here but my brain won’t do the clever words right now.