Casita DID Give Mirabel A Gift, (Her REAL Powers REVEALED!)
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- Casita DID Give Mirabel A Gift, (Her REAL Powers REVEALED!)
As you know if you’ve seen the movie, in the end, though things were happy and looking up for the Madrigal’s. Mirabel, our hero, still seemed to be lacking magic of any sort, which surprised most fans because this is usually not Disney protocol when it comes to endings. At least, not magical happy endings that it. It was particularly surprising because even though Mirabel was the one who basically saved her family and their magic, she was still left without any. Or so it seemed at least. All of her family got their powers restored, and Casita was built anew. And Mirabel with no magic was still, Mirabel with no magic.
But here’s the thing. We actually think Mirabel DID in fact get a gift. And specifically, powers for that matter. And no, we’re not just talking about the gift of family, or the power of friendship, or anything like that, although those are important and amazing things to have. No, we think Casita actually did bless her with an authentic capability that no one else in the family had. And you have to look at some of the hidden clues in the movie in order to understand what magic Mirabel held throughout the movie. And if we are right, it would actually have something to do with the way that ALL of the Madrigal’s got their gifts in the first place, specifically in the creation of the candle with Abuela Alma and her husband Pedro.
In today's video we look at how Casita DID Give Mirabel A Gift, (Her REAL Powers REVEALED!)...Keep watching to see how exactly Mirabel gets her gift, and what Mirabel powers actually are! Because contrary to popular belief, we think Casita did give Mirabel a gift, further disproving the Encanto theory of why Mirabel doesn't have a gift. It's all about the finer details, like in Mirabel and Isabela argument, Mirabel and Abuela fight, and so much more.
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Mirabel’s lack of a gift was meant as a wake up call to Abuela. The Miracle was trying to test her by presenting her with a child who lacked a power. Abuela needed to learn to see her family as people and not as tools, so she was given a child who was not useful to her as a tool.
That makes the most sense, cause Abuela asked for her eyes to be opened and for the answer to be presented to her. She later said mirabel was sent to her for that reason, she was sent to open her eyes and get her to love her family for themselves and not their gifts.
Wow, good thinking!
Even more so if it's Pedro inside Casita; that would have been the sort of thing that he would have did for Abuela in life when she had a problem: guide her down another path.
This is a dick move by Casita. Select a child to basically emotionally abuse. Make feel lesser than, unwanted, doesn't even give her a bedroom, she has to stay in the nursery.
@@TheSyncos Casita fr acting like God with Job, if ykwm
Mirabel's gift was pretty clear even from the start of the movie. She's the next Matriarch. She prepared Antonio for his ceremony like Abuela did for her, at the end of the movie she waves at Casita like Abuela did when Abuela first greeted Casita, her door was the front of the house with her in the middle of the family and she guided each of her family members to better things, therefore, strengthening their characters. She is the gift for sure.
same thoughts. no gift for her for she herself is the gift ❤
It's not a fully-formed theory but I want to believe Abuela was unconsciously also Casita: her gift -- the first gift -- from the candle, the miracle of her and Pedro's love. The cracks in the casita, the physical manifestation of Abuela's need to protect the family, seem to mirror Abuela's growing fear and doubt. The candle then manifested within Mirabel, so Abuela could let go.
and also, her outline on the front door was more prominent than the family members around her
Yeah, abuela and mirabel are the only ones who are seen controlling the casita. They have the same power, I.e being able to command the house. So she will inherit abuelas door I guess.
Of course not her real power is stopping time to sing a song😂
Mirabel's actual gift is sweeping people up into spontaneous bouts of extremely well-choreographed song and dance.
That's the most Disney gift ever
Her gift is music videos lol
You could say that she brings people together. Mirabel can be seen as "unity". Of course Disney would give her princess powers.
Best gift ever 😂
Also supporting your connection between Mirabel's outfit and the butterfly on the candle, we see Abuela and Mirabel surrounded by butterflies at the exact moments when Dos Oruguitas changes to Dos Mariposas. Two butterflies - two matriarchs. Mirabel is the next matriarch. Her gift was everything - la Casita, the family, the candle - all of it. She isn't given a room in the house because she is given the entire house, which we see evidenced by her door being the front door at the end of the movie.
Also in the movie when the house started to fall apart. Casita legit kicked and pushed everyone out the house except Mirabel. Tho casita protected Mirabel so she wouldn't get hurt.
Näp
That's what I thought too since Mirabel talked and interacted with Casita. She could also see what others could not such as cracks etc. and what was coming.
@@katcrooks1780 his name is Antonio
@@katcrooks1780 don’t think she controls the gift of a family member, really. It was implied that Antonio was an animal loving kid before his gift, so Mirabel likely just made him a stuffed animal of his favorite animal. However I do think the gifts are catered to the interests and personalities of the Madrigals.
Luisa: seems like a busybody, very protective, very active. She gets super strength and implied impervious skin.
Isabela: When her powers are growing she lists off a litany of plants off the top of her head, implying that she is a fan of botany as a whole at heart. In the song “All of You” she’s visible excited to grow plants the old fashioned way.
Dolores: Super hearing, but is noted to enjoy gossip, which she can’t help but hear.
Camilo: Likes making people laugh and brightening up their days, so he can shapeshift, and play up acts and make modpodge caricatures, like his dad but 3 feet shorter, or a grown man with a baby head.
Antonio: loves animals, can talk to animals
Julieta: very nurturing, she can heal with the food she makes
Bruno and Pepa evade me a little, but I’m sure the connections are there.
I think Mirabel is next in line to take over as head of the Madrigal household and liaison to the community at large. It could be surmised that once Abuela passes she’ll inherit that room, but catered to her needs.
This would also explain why Mirabel's door disappeared. Everyone's room was made to be specialized for their gifts, but if Mirabel is the gift itself, her "room" would be the entire Casita.
Yeah, in the end she’s in the front on the front door, she put the doorknob on the door and gave the house it’s magic, your statement would be right. Her room is the whole casita.
Ya
She got the best room
Exactly! I also noticed how deeply connected to Casita she was. The rest of the family simply interacted with Casita to fulfill their needs. She treats Casita as a being with feelings, thoughts, etc (she apologizes when the banners droop, she asks the house for help introducing her family, and again when she needs to reach the candle. She asks Casita what’s wrong when the roof tile falls). Furthermore, she’s the only Madrigal who isn’t removed from Casita when it falls apart. They were all moved aside to make room for the gift-Mirabel-to do its/her thing.
thats why casita and mirabel are bffs
Can we say that the Casita is the real MVP. Even as it's dying it focuses on protecting the family and helping Mirabel
Yes it was so touching
A protector Down to the very end
I agree!! The scene where it protected Mirabel and covered her when the house collapsed was so incredibly touching, and I pointed that out to my brother multiple times when I first saw the movie.
Takes after the spirit of Pedro when he created the Candle.
yes i love casita
yes i agree
When she opens the door to the repaired home, it suddenly lights up and glows like the magic gift doors. It seems implied that Mirabel's door wasn't a bedroom, it was to the entire Casita, which reignited her family's powers, without a new candle, thus her gift was always the living source of their power.
It is true, but I wonder what happened to Abuela. Her gift was basically a candle, but it's gone now and the house is controlled by Mirabel. Is it an Abuela's 'punishment for treating her granddaughter as a scapegoat and now she doesn't have a gift?
@@CattyLoveKittenLove I don't think Abuela had any 'active' gifts, but some say her gift was the 'creation of the miracle' from herself and her grief (as well as her fallen husband). Which is why she was so protective of the candle and their power. So she was preserving what she thought was her own gift, which were the more super power gifts her family obtained.
@@thetaytheist ohhh.. yeah, that makes sense. :)
I’ve been telling people that Mirabel’s gift the entire time was Casita itself and that the gift was more of a passive one that no one in the family or village had noticed but there were always clues that Mirabel was using her gift the entire time and everyone didn’t notice because it wasn’t an obvious gift like the rest of the Madrigals. Casita has actual conversations with Mirabel and responds to her more actively than anyone else including Abuella who just asks it to do a few tasks or help out with something where Mirabel thanks Casita for reminding her about the time so she can do tasks and chores when she is distracted and it actively help her get ready each morning while it doesn’t do the same for Antonio despite him sharing a room at the beginning of the movie with Mirabel. The door didn’t actually vanish into nothingness as it can be seen fading away from the top down and goes into a he floor which doesn’t make sense if Mirabel was granted no gift because if that were true then the door should have vanished either instantly or slowly fade away from the floor up and into the air.
@@kenthuang436 Her gift seemed to be the same as what the candle was doing. Casita was more of a placeholder. Considering that without the candle, they all regain her powers, she became the source of their power. That was Mirabel's gift.
Throughout the movie they hint it when her sisters feel stronger doing what they want, or weaker, when their family fights.
It's all an analogy for being special or talented, or gifted. Her entire family has very outward gifts, and she doesn't. And the story was trying to shine light on gifts you don't see.
At first It seemed as Bruno’s vision was about embracing Isabella but, I realized the vision was about the family EMBRACING MIRABEL. Notice how Isabella embraced Mirabel, casitas cracks were reversing and the candle got brighter. At the end when the whole family embraced her…Casita came back and everyone got their powers.
If you pay close attention, like in many of Bruno's visions, the content shifted a bit even as it was ongoing. Mirabel, Casita and the candle stay mostly the same, but Isabella and Abuelo are superimposed on each other during the hug...
I thought it was so unfair how she never got her own door. Now I think it was because her door was always meant to be the front door of the casita
With the nursery’s window facing out towards the town, she was just like the candle how it faced the entire family.
IK why she didn’t get her gift cause she wiped her hands if you re watch teh screen you will understand
@@premarald6053 That she wipes the magic from the candle off onto her dress instead of the magic onto the doorknob? That’s definitely possible.
Mhm
@@premarald6053 i was thinking about that too after i first watched
I felt that her gift was pretty clear in the movie, she was the only person in the family that had a relationship with Casita, everyone lived there, but she seemed to have more control over it, being able to use Casita as an extension of herself in multiple situations. I felt like she was the next chosen Matriarch.
Well said!
Yepp, I totally agree.
100% agree with this. I feel like being the next Matriarch is a huge deal and too many people gloss over that.
Agreed!! That role is so important!! I witnessed how important it was when my Meme passed... with society turning to a more independent and nuclear family emphasis, i think we lose a lot of those ties that ultimately, we yearn for as we get older.
Abuela 🤝 mirable
No gifts at all but has the control over the Casita.
Mirabel's outfit has more than just butterflies, it has EVERYONE'S symbols! It has the candle, flowers, it has rain drops, it has sound waves, it has herbs, it has a jaguar and a macaw, and it has a strong fist raising a dumbbell to the sky.
Pedro was Casita. His spirit took hold of the candle and became Casita, hence his picture falling so dramatically as soon as the house began to crumble. The cracks started when Mirabel, the key, voiced her pain, as the house itself and its spirit of her grandfather were hurt by Mirabel's dismissal, and Abuelas abuse of the gift she was given and how this impacted her loved ones.
who’s pedro
@@crazyrobloxjj Abuela’s husband (Mirabel’s grandfather)
Mhm
@@crazyrobloxjj Abuela almas husband
@@crazyrobloxjj *peppa pig's boyfriend* 🐷👌🏻
I also love how Mirabel is the only one who actively communicates with Casita during the whole movie. She feels like the home is part of the family, but the rest of the family basically ignores the Casita.
This fits with my idea as well, I think Casita IS Mirabel’s gift
This was my theory too. Notice how in some scenes, casita slides Mirabel her shoes. She tells casita to lift her up and it does, casita seems to BE Mirabel and/or Mirabel’s mental state. And the fact that you said the rest of the family seems to ignore casita, that is symbolism for the family ignoring Mirabel for having seemingly no gift. But during one scene when Alma and Mirabel were fighting, the house starts to crumble as Mirabel reaches her climax, and then once she hits her lowest, so too does the home.
Also some might argue that the cracks were forming way before the meltdown Mirabel and Alma had together. That’s because Mirabel ALWAYS felt useless to the family ever since she was 5 and found o it she was given “no gift”. The cracks would build and build and build until finally, it crumbled along with her emotions.
Such a great message for “broken families” who feel that they have no safe space to talk about their feelings, children feeling like they have to repress their emotions and keep it all in, mothers such as Pepa trying her best and dealing with her gift of heavy emotions so much so that they manifest as the weather. I feel Pepa’s gift represents emotional/mental illness and dealing with the struggles of having to constantly compose yourself or else you’re a “danger” to the family.
Isabella representing the “perfect” and feminine child who can’t afford to have one imperfection, this goes without saying.
Bruno being the “strange/weird” family member who had to cut his own family out simply because they couldn’t accept his gift or who he was and associating his strangeness as a flaw or sore thumb in the family.
And then there’s Mirabel who is the middle (youngest)child that everyone seems to ignore/forget.
Edit: Mirabel is not the middle child. I meant to say Luisa is the middle child dealing with all the stress and having to be the strongest one and not being able to cry, otherwise she will be seen as “weak”.
That being said, I believe Mirabel’s door disappeared because her room/door was literally the ENTIRE house itself. Casita itself. Which is why the front door is HER door.
Edit: I would also like to add I feel as though Dolores may also represent “autistic” kids. One common symptom with autism is being overwhelmed with incredibly loud noises. Her covering her ears constantly gave me those vibes. As someone with adhd and autism I mean this not as an ableist comment but just that I related to Dolores simply because of that. Maybe I am just projecting my own experience but my god I honestly just feel like this movie is disneys positive way of exposing toxic family households dealing with “issues” such as these.
@@pbj4142 Didn't he cut his own family out and hide away because he was afraid of them asking him what Mirabel's future was? I mean, he did say that, he saw the vision after being asked what her future was and then broke it and hid away. He didn't seem to care about how people saw him, he was just wanting to keep her safe because of how it would look to them if they saw the vision.
@@pbj4142 Right?! That was what I was saying while I was watching the movie!
THAT'S WHAT I SAID!!
ITS NOT THAT MIRABEL DIDN'T GET A GIFT
HER GIFT *WAS* THE WHOLE HOUSE!
AND THAT'S WHY THE DOOR DISAPPEARED BECAUSE IT *FUSED* WITH THE HOUSE
*Ahem* anyway-
Did anyone else notice that when casita was falling apart, everyone was basically thrown out by casita except Maribel? Instead Casita helped her to get to the candle
The casita went out of it's way to try to help her there with the railing ladder, the shingles becoming level to prevent her from falling, and finally moving furniture and doors to shield her from debris.
Yessssss!!!
Exactly
Yes
I noticed that too. And how everyone who had magic powers lost it in the middle of casita falling apart. Since they always relied on their powers and now had lost it they couldn’t do much to help so casita pushed them out. Mirabel didn’t need powers to get things done, had a good relationship with casita, and casita knew that she was the only one that could save the family as a whole.
Mirabel's gift is not just hope, it's the ability to see and value people for who they really are. That's what she does for everyone in the family, and that's why she causes so much disruption, because she sets people free to be their real selves, which messes up the controlling, perfectionist dynamic Abuela has unwittingly set up. So the family sees her as dangerous but in fact she's fixing things, not breaking them. It's a super interesting story in a lot of ways.
I felt Mirabel’s gift also had to do with her obvious talent, embroidery. She was the thread that kept the family together. Abuelo Pedro was the embodiment of the candle and he burned brightly when the family felt their unity breaking. In the end Pedro became the butterflies when the family found that they could do more when they worked together with or without magic.
This. Mirabel would absolutely be considered the talented person of the family if she wasn't born in the Madrigals who have literal superpowers.
Lemme save y’all 12 minutes: Mirabel’s gift is better communication with the house, being the source of the candle, and hope. Mentally though, the gift is just support and existing.
Thank you!!
I don't know why the person making this vid didn't just sum this up at the beginning and THEN went into the details... especially since the details are mainly known anyway.
@@KyuubiSam Because they want people to watch the whole video. UA-cam doesn't count it as a view if someone watches it for 30 seconds then leaves.
So basically being everybody's therapist an emotional Dumping Ground
I think all 12 minutes was definitely worth my time as she summed it up well. I liked hearing her discuss the symbolism and despite watching it several times already I missed the designs on everyone’s clothing
Thank you - this video needs to get to the point quicker
I believe Mirabel IS the gift. Plus, the fact that she did indeed get her own door at the end. She was in the center of the whole family as it showed on her door which clearly says that she's destined to lead the family when the time comes. I watched the movie 3 times to finally understand everything
I watched it 8 times- for fun
Me too
I thought she was chosen to save the gift when it's time but what u said explain alot
@@primedaddy5991 I believe u're right too. Mirabel was indeed chosen to save the magic. And Bruno's vision of Mirabel was a perfect example.
Not only that, but its foreshadowed when Maribel stand in front of the mural on the wall ...that she is the center.
I think that Mirabel's gift is in getting people to communicate - especially via the fantastic and impossible song and dance numbers. Luisa didn't want to talk about how she felt, but she sang about it ONLY with Mirabel. No one wanted to talk about Bruno, but they sang about it with Mirabel. Bruno wanted to hide away, but he couldn't resist Mirabel. Mirabel even got her own song singing about what she was hiding even from herself.
I like this theory and it makes sense. It actually does look like she is more in touch with Casita than all the others and she is the hope they all need when things get rough. She was able to help Antonio on his day and she gave Bruno hope to see a good vision.
I thought maribel helping both Antonio and Bruno feel at ease was a thoughtful moment pushing past the negative side and helping them both see the positive side.
At the end of the movie my take on it was similar, that Mirabel became the next Abuela and that Casita chose her to lead the family once Abuela passed on. She was given the gift of leadership, which worked so well with her naturally hopeful disposition that there really wasn't a change. Mirabel acts like a leader for the family in how she sees what's wrong and takes charge fixing it. She is the matriarch that Abuela should have been.
In the future, when Mirabel nears the end of her days, there will likely be another child who 'doesn't get a gift' but this time they will know what it means.
Or Mirabel's gift is not just the embodiment of hope(as the video said) but also longevity 🤣 she will be the one to guide the next generations. She is now the "candle" and without her, there will be no more magic and no more Casita. I'm not saying she's immortal but I think she has the power to live longer than anyone else, but just like a candle, there is no forever.
I agree. And that time, Mirabel will teach her how to be a good leader.
@@itt3649 my theory in the beginning was that she was immortal, but she’d only figure out as an adult. she would grow to full size but then completely stop aging at like 25
@@zimbim7562 Ooooooo I like that idea
this makes more sense than the theory in the video in my opinion because how could Mirabel "fuel" the family when most were born before she was?
Another thing I seem to treat as symbolism is that Mirabel's name is almost sounding like miracle.
Fun fact: her name means wondrous
@@camilla4079 and miracles certainly are wondrous.
Miracles are the impossible becoming reality. Wonder is usually the response to miracles, curiosity and confusion and amaze at something that is so.... impossible but so.... well, wonderful.
😘you
Yes! I noticed that too! Also I love how her cousin Camilo is the shapeshifter who is often associated with chameleons.
I think it’s because miracle bell she re summons the miracle
Mirabel also has a design for each member of the family on her dress along with the butterflies that you mentioned.
I really thought her gift was social skills. The way she comforted people and the child asked her to come with him. And how she could make people feel better even when it's tough in the movie etc...
I feel like some people missed the symbolism of the line: “Look at this home
We need a new foundation”
The old regime of how Abuela ran things had to be torn down to make way for a new way of running the family. I felt like maribel’s gift was to become the new matriarch of the family. She was seen nurturing and helping each family member discover their true worth.
Exactly, the needed a new foundation that was more individual and people didn’t have to be their gifts
This is the theory that we have in our family!!! She is the new foundation to lead the next generation
yes I agree. She is the new keeper of the flame, chosen by the Encanto to become Alma's true heir when the times comes.
Agreed. I figured the house destined her as the new matriarch
@@onlyadream223 Alma and Mirabel are the only two Madrigals who can speak with the house after all.
I always thought that Merabel's gift was "ownership of the miracle", a Matriarch. She didn't get a room to fit her gift, because, her "room" was the entire Casita. The cracks only show up when Merabel is heartbroken or scared. BUT, the casita had been cracking on the inside for years. Casita is Merabel.
My thinking was more that Mirabel is abuela's counterpart (notice how their rooms are directly opposite each other) and the heir to the miracle. It seems that she would become the matriarch of the Madrigal family when abuela is gone.
Same, I thought her gift would be the successor to Abuela to keep the candle alive
And it would go in hand with the very end, when the family presents her with the new front doorknob-M, for Mirabel. And the casita comes to life when she accepts it. I love the idea that she’s being accepted as the new future matriarch of the clan and “owner” of the miracle.
The house helps everybody, but Abuella and Mirabelle specifically seem able to command it.
My exact thoughts!
Mirabel is like the family glue, a listener, a peacemaker, one with a kind heart, indeed she was the gift herself as one in the comments said ^^... At the end of the day, it is not the gift that defines one person but their heart♥
I noticed In the scene where the younger version of her grandmother sees her future husband for the first time and their eyes meet, a gold monarch butterfly is flying by above them.
If I’m being honest I’m glad that Mirabel didn’t get a gift in the end, I feel it’s a fitting ending for the movie, showing that you don’t need to have a special talent to be loved and valued.
Yup! A gift would've defeated the purpose
@@austinjoseph2881 I'd agree if not for the fact that everyone else got their powers back the very next scene. if the point was that "you don't need to have a special talent to be loved and valued", why give everyone their powers back? Don't they not need those to be loved and valued?
@@angelousmortis8041 Personally, I think that's because in life we usually have some things we are better at (gardening, writing...), that might be seen as gifts or talents. Once they lost their "talents", they truly saw each other for who they were. So I think the purpose of keeping their powers in the end was to show that relatableness of having some gift that we are recognized for, but still being more than that. It does not truly define us. It's just a part of us, who are the miracles ourselves. It's a part of our magic. Just as Mirabel had the connection to the house, which could also be a way of mentioning empathy. She glued the family together by doing something as seemingly simple as that. That was a power she didn't lose, just as the entire family hadn't really lost their powers because they still had themselves. They still were.
This movie truly is beautiful!
She IS the miracle. She IS the gift. That's why she didn't get a gift
@@angelousmortis8041 I agree that it takes away from the message a little, but at the same time a return to a facsimile of the status quo is what helps to mark the end of the conflict, and the story. It probably would have fit better if if they had changed the gifts, maybe made them a bit more subtle...
But, on the other hand, the gifts are a part of the Madrigals, as much as their limbs. Losing them entirely would have undercut the happy ending, the idea that everything can be fixed in the end...
Which is, of course, utterly untrue, but some lies are worth perpetuating.
Okay but also Bruno says at the end “you’re the real gift kid, now let us in” FURTHER proving that she is an extension of the candle and just how in the beginning the candle made the house and lead Abuela and the kids in. Now Mirabel is an extension of the candle letting everyone in again and thus brings the Casita back to life when she opens the door.
So, if she dies, the madrigal family is f*cked?
@@veekgames7780 Yes, unless a Mirabel V.0.2 gets born.
@@sarah-zt8he Lol, it feels like Mirabel is just an object, that's sad🤣
I’d like to add to this! Abuela also says she asked Pedro for a miracle and he sent Mirabel. So yes, not only is she “the real gift” but she was literally the miracle that Abuela prayed to Pedro for.
When I first watched the film, I saw Abuela and Mirabel as the carrier’s of the gift. Abuela performing the rite of gifts for each member of the family and Mirabel being the next to do so. Thereby they wouldn’t have powers of their own because their power was the ability to channel the magic out to the rest of the family.
Also...Mirabel sounds like MIRACLE just how Madrigal sounds like MAGICAL
Great video. I feel like it also explains why when Casita came back to life once Mirabel added her door knob, the candle itself did not reappear, but instead on the door it shows Mirabel with the candle. She was truly the embodiment of the magic, her family and Casita itself.
And bonus we can see Mirabel has everyone's powers on her dress. This already gives us a very big spoiler to understand that she is already a wonderful GIFT to everyone. Even she has a good connection with the Casita this another bonus to make us understand that she is already has place of Abuela. When I was watched the movie for the first time I already understand the topic. Mirabel is like a secret miracle and gift to her family but nobody wants to understand that because everybody only thinking their powers but not sticking to the family and being hopeful.
She also gave Antonio a animal toy and later he began talking to animals after receiving his gift. Also Casita started cracking hearing after Mirabel's song.
Casita was cracking long before that, but Bruno tried to repair the cracks and hide them. The implication is that the cracks were going on for some time, at least as long as Bruno’s Disappearance since he was the first Madrigal rejected, then Mirabel, then Mirabel’s Sisters were burdened under Abuela’s and the encanto’s expectations (funnily enough no expectations seem to be placed on Antonio’s immediate family; but since their Gifts are far more chaotic than Mirabel’s Side I get the impression that nothing’s expected of them. Kinda ironic that Isabel takes out her frustrations on Mirabel instead of her cousins…except Abuela established Mirabel as an Approved Target.)
But when Mirabel and then her sisters couldn’t take it anymore…that’s when the cracking accelerated exponentially, and spiking in earnest at every major fight between Abuela and Mirabel (as Mirabel’s Exclusion from the family portrait…was caused by how Abuela treated Mirabel for over a decade.)
@@anonymousfellow8879 I see, thank you for correcting me.
@@draganapetrovic3178 it’s a pretty subtle detail when Bruno shows up + Mirabel I think mentions it when she confronts Abuela about her tearing into Isabel (when Isabel is finally happy) but there’s a lot going in that scene especially that it’s super easy to miss
But the biggest and most destructive cracks? Yeah those are caused by how Abuela treats Mirabel and essentially keeps her away from the rest of the family (including Mirabel’s sisters) and Mirabel finally having Enough
Well Antonio already had a connection with animals before that.
Yes
Being the source of the power she is able to sense the “disturbance in the force” within each family member. The songs were therapy sessions and with each break through their gifts evolved.
Wow
But Luisa didn’t evolve?
Nah her only power is being a licensed therapist
Yes, you touch on so many can not be missed story lines, and symbolism. There are butterfly's everywhere during the movie. We really needed this video.
I believe that Mirabel is the most gifted as she’s kind of the heart of the home and family and will take over as the Matriarch of the family after her Abuela. She seems to have more of a control over Casita. She is the connection between the family and La Casita.
Actually, Abuela's powers are protection. She got her powers through the prayer and the candle's first light. She raised the mountains that protects them! She's very protective, over protective actually... and her dress has mountains on them! :3 So she is the protector and that's why she herself has a door. If she didn't have a power, she wouldn't have the door. She protects her family, the village and the candle.
That’s a good point, I kind of always thought hers was the candle, as the candle started with her, and the candle is on her door.
I was thinking the same thing! Mainly because delores has a power to hear from a mile away but had no idea about the house falling apart and how vulnerable the power was even when abuela spoke to the candle about it at night with mirabel listening. She should have been the most suspicious of the cracks over anybody but somehow, she never heard her, only mirabel when her and her father found out. After that, I though either delores room is completely sound proofed and her bed inside is too far to hear anything because her room was large enough for it, or its abuela protecting herself from accidentally sharing her secrets, but mirabel being an extension of the candle, can cancel out that kind of protection because she is the gift itself, hence why she knew and was suspicious of what was going on the moment she saw the crack while everyone else besides bruno was oblivious to it, luisa only knew because she uses strength and carries the families burdens, which is why when the crack appeared, she felt herself getting weaker, while with almost everyone else, its not a matter if physical capabilities, but telekinetic abilities or hearing. Luisa uses her gifts constantly while everyone else, its either they dont feel that their hearing is becoming normal, or they dont use it as a constant thing.
They knew that the Casita is falling apart, it's just that they are very denial that the magic is not strong anymore...Luisa hinted that she felt weak on Antonio's party and that was exactly when mirable had first witnessed their Casita crumbling. Abuela was also asking for her late husband's guidance since she probably sensed that there is something wrong with their Casita.
@@Saliah834 Abuela started worrying about the power of the magic when Mirabel did not get a power, so she went into protective hyperdrive. When parents become over protective, it is often restrictive and causes more damage to the relationships. Aubela specifically said she was so worried about losing the miracle that she forgot what the miracle was for, to protect the family.
Bruno also said he would have left the Encanto but the mountain was too high, meaning Abuela did not want him to go and was still protective over him.
You notice casita only followed orders/direction from two people. Abuela and Maribell. Obviously Maribell is the next matriarch of the family and keeper of the magic. That's why she didn't get a gift. And since the miracle is still in it's infancy they wouldn't know this. So I wonder now if every other generation a child gets chosen by the magic to be the next matriarch by not receiving a gift.
I like this explanation.
Interesting
Her name is Mirabel. Not Maribell.
@@cupcakebakery8820 yes and.... the fact you knew who I was talking about makes not a huge deal.
@@kesna8 actually it is a “big deal”
What an incredible explanation and now it's much clearer.
Many thanks for your video
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I saw a lot of the things that your mentioned before this video. I was going back forth about Mirabel and what her gift could possibly have been. I was thinking that she was possibly linked to the magic of the house and she was the hope/glue of the family, but I wasn't sure. I totally missed them symbols. Thank you for pointing those out.
I read this comment somewhere and it was hilarious:
“Mirabel’s gift is to turn people’s emotions and feelings into full fledge fantastic 3D music videos”
I saw this too!!! XD
Wow
lol
Tbh I'd actually see that as a hint towards something real. Like not literal music videos, but a representation of how Mirabel is seeing others and their true emotions, like she "sees" Alma's traumatic memory of the first miracle and her losing Pedro. Like she didn't literally see it, it's just a visual representation of her coming to a true understanding of it. It's in her name "mira", which means "look/see", the movie is about Mirabel seeing what's broken in her family and understanding them, until she finally can see herself
of course I should've looked at the comments first cause I just posted a comment close to this lol
Bruno said it. “The fate of the miracle itself”. And, “You’re the real Gift kid”. She was the real gift.
This explained a lot I love how much effort u put to this and how much detail u put ty for telling us Mirabels gift❤️:D
The song at the end literally says "The miracle is you" and " you're the real gift kid, let us in" Mirabel is the miracle and most powerful. ♥️
When I watched the movie I felt that Maribel was the gift to her family, she understood all of their struggles and tried to help them to be the best version of themselves and as they were falling apart she brought them back together. I also felt like for the most part the was the main one that interacted with Casita verbally, so I thought it was fitting that the main doorway of the house ended up being her door in the end.
When I watched it I said mirabel got the gift of “therapist”
I still wonder if she got her own room or if she's gonna be babysitting kids forever in the nursery. Her room could be a butterfly haven or something idk. Nothing crazy like the other rooms but still butterfly themed
Mirbelle*
Have you ever noticed about the main entrance of the door at the end it had butterflies around it. This also points out that Mirabel has the gift of hope which brings the family together.
I didn't know it was her door I thought it was the whole families.
I believe her gift since she " didn't get one " when her door disappeared, was that she could communicate with the house. She seems to be the one to understand Casita the best, which is why she's the one who talks to Casita the most.
I agree she was made to be the caretaker of the casita and her family.
I have watched it but I’m so behind on the characters names... WHO IS CASITA??
@@Sxmply_Nxchos the house
I agree. My theory is that her door dissolved not because she didn't have magic, but it just means the house is her room.
My husband said that after the very first time of watching it. We definitely agree that was clearly her gift.
Never noticed the clothes! Like the symbols of each power on them! So yea confirms that the butterfly on the candle was a gift and a butterfly on maribel means she was a gift to the madrigals and abuela says that too that she prayed and realized marbel was the gift the family needed! 🥰 that’s why the end door shows maribel got the front door cause she was the gift to the family and the whole house is her room!
I always thought that whilst her gift was almost like being chosen by casita, as she’s the only one that can utilise and fully understand and communicate w it, as well as her being the glue that kept the family together, that she was almost meant to be a vessel of sorts. The candle went out in her hands and I saw that as the magic choosing her to hold it until a new casita was built so that it never truly went out. The only one without powers would have enough space to store all of it yk? But reading all the comments about being the next matriarch as well makes a lot of sense! She was a trailblazer and managed to create a brand new system, healing old wounds and creating a better dynamic, seems like she was always meant to lead.
Bruno LITERALLY confirms that Mirabel IS the gift
Also Mirabel’s door is the door to the whole Casita. The house is her room.
Listen to the official audio book. At the end they say that mirabels gift is “the gift of holding the family together”
What a crappy room to have a big hole In the middle (it's a joke)
My house my rules
Do you mean Bruno cause Pedro is the grandpa who sacrificed himself to save the grandma
Im pretty sure the whole family is on the door not just mirabel
I think Mirabel *is* the candle, at least symbolically. The candle's brightness and the cracks in the casita always mirror Mirabel's state. Also, Antonio receives a gift that matches Mirabel's gift to him (the jaguar stuffed animal and Antonio's jaguar companion). At her ceremony, Mirabel's outfit visually echoes the candle (gold butterflies on a white dress). Abuela says that Pedro sent her Mirabel, and we know that his sacrifice also created the candle.
The candle created the mountains, the living casita, and gives the gifts. Mirabel gives Antonio his gift, reshapes the mountains around the encanto, and revives the house and magic. The candle burns out in the climax only when Mirabel is in her lowest emotional state.
It even explains why the door disappeared. Casita made the door to prepare for the gift the candle would give Mirabel. Then Mirabel became the candle, which has no room of its own. Being the candle would also require Mirabel to bond with the family members before they received their gifts, so she stays in the nursery. She gave Antonio the jaguar toy and then walked him to the door, and Antonio's gift wound up matching Mirabel's intuition of him perfectly.
Also, if Mirabel is the candle and Abuela is the candle's keeper, it makes perfect sense that the magic starts to fail when Abuela begins to mistreat her as a 5-year-old, gets worse when she feels like she isn't part of the family, and completely implode when Abuela yells at her that she caused all of the problems in the family.
She is the candle. When mirabel touches her door the light of the candle started to flicker. The candle. Doesn't have any powers since then but it represents mirables emotional state. All of the magic changes infront of her.
Luoisa told mirabel she wanted the pressure to be remove so she could finally relax. She started losing her powers and rest.
Mirabel always see isabela as perfect and beautiful. But when isabela told her she doesn't want to be always perfect. A cactus appeared. Because mirabel realize isabela isn't perfect she allowed isabela to create something new.
Bruno always gave the badnews to everyone. And doesn't wanna use his Power anymore. Mirabel forced him to see to the future. And for the longest time bruno. Finally saw a. Good news infront of him. Mirabel saving cassita.
Antonio love animals and mirabel knew about it. Soo the powers he got is being able to talk to animals.
Lastly the only reason the magic is gone is because. Mirabel doesn't believe in her family anymore. She accepted that compare to her family she is useless. And all the other powers are gone because the magic became more of a burden to each one of them rather than a gift.
But she was the human form of miracle. She didn't get a door bcause she was already in her room. Her door is the front door. The only reason the magic became unstable was because she doesn't know that she has control over everyones power. She was raised believing she has no gift. Making the magic doubtful and flicker
@@rainierterucha8907 And the cracks disappeared since mirabel finally felt she was apart of the family
I thought something similar. I thought she isn't necessarily the candle, but the miracle itself, for similar reasons as you. The candle and the cracks always seem to be tied to her emotions and mental state. The cracks started patching up when Mirabel finally connected with her sister whom she's always fought and argued with, then immediately after that scene with Isabella, the cracks start coming again but bigger than ever because of Abuela telling Mirabel that she's hurting her family, and Mirabel's realization that she'll never be good enough for Abuela no matter what.
Abuela and Mirabel do mirror each other a lot, especially when it comes to gifts. If you think about it, Abuela is the one who gives everybody their gifts. She's waiting at the door each and every time. Mirabel walks Antonio to his door and is there with him as well. And as you said, he gets a gift that mirrors the gift Mirabel gave him.
I do think Mirabel will be the next matriarch of the family, and it would make sense that she has the ability to give the gifts as well, even if she and Abuela aren't exactly aware that they are the ones who basically decide the gifts.
@@kellybechtel3803 agreed! In of itself, the gift is the miracle, abuela said it herself about Mirabel.
I remember reading abt behind the scenes stuff that said children by blood arent the only ones that can get Gifts. Regardless if youre their biological kid or adopted, you still get powers at the age of five as their bond as a family is found within both blood and love.
Though, it was left ambiguous as to whether or not said adopted child could still get a Gift if they were adopted past the age of five.
I like the two theories of mirabel basically being the new candle, aka, the source of the magic, and the other theory of her basically taking abuela’s place. I mean, when it comes to families, there’s always bound to be someone similar to an important family member. Sort of like when you’re similar to your grandmother or uncle. Plus, I always felt like mirabel had a special connection to the casita, she seems like she talks to it and interacts with it more than the others do.
I just love the scene where casita doesn't let anyone get to the candle and helps Mirabel get to it. Casita throws everyone out and protects her when she can't get out in time, almost as if she is part of the house and that she needed to stay behind when the house fell completely.
I wouldn't say that's quite the case. We see Isabella and Camilo both attempting to reach the candle, but their powers fail them and leave the two shocked and frozen. After saving them from a nasty fall, the casita only evacuates them because they realize they can't help Mirabel without their powers and so are no longer trying to reach the candle. Meanwhile Julieta is of course trying to stop Mirabel, so the casita does stop her.
The casita is shown to not be all knowing about the magic, Mirabel asks what's happening and it basically shrugs. It likely also thought the candle needed to be saved and so tried to help everyone rushing to grab it, but then two of the three people trying to save it were stopped by the magic failing. While Mirabel does seem to have a deeper connection with the casita, it isn't like it only was going to let her grab the candle.
What I do want to know is why it didn't dump the candle off the windowsil and just throw it at Mirabel
@General Codsworth i dont think they were going for the candle i think they were trying to save mirabel
@@generalcodsworth4417 i've contemplated this for a while now and I think I've got an explanation that makes sense. We know that casita can't manipulate anything inside the magical door rooms right? Well, the candle was in abuela's room.
@@patasdfghjkl2961 Well abuela's room wasnt magical either like the nursery all that was special about it compared to the nursery was the door glowed with her on it. Since she didnt have powers the room wouldnt be an interpretation of her gift and is most likely a normal room. but perhaps since the candle is basicly the source of its magic that it didnt toss the candle to her because it could go out if mirabel failed to catch it and hit the ground or that the house was unable to move the candle simply because it is the source and there is something preventing the house from interacting with the candle in any way.
something I haven’t seen anyone else mention yet is the significance of the candle dying in mirabel’s hands, I think it needed to happen that way
Now I notice that according to this theory of the “embodiment”, when infant Mirabel comes to the door to get her gift, the door “vanishes”…I think the door didn’t vanish, the power of Casita passed on to Mirabel when she touched it. And it totally makes sense with the whole theory and the fact that Mirabel holds a very special relationship with Casita.
Can't agree more. When Casita was falling apart, she only responded to Mirable's will. Mirable wanted to grab the candle but all of her family out in safety, so Casita didn't help any of them reaching the candle but Mirable, instead forcing them out and protected Mirable.
Everybody is thinking the same idea lol.
When Mirabel walked towards the door, she was wiping her hands off of her clothes after touching the candle, another clue
I love this! It didn't vanish, it's that the house door is her door. :)
I agree that she was the embodiment of the candle. This is why her door was the front door of casita. She embodied all the doors/gifts and had access to them all. Stars don’t shine they burn. She was indeed the flame 🔥 that kept the miracle alive. Great movie!
Also I believe mirabel too but when at the ending when bruno says "you're the real gift kid" and you're theory is also right
Mirabel's gift is controlling the house and everyone's gifts. When she's happy everything is okay but when she's sad the house cracks and their gifts are affected. In the end when she was utterly hopeless, the house crumbled and they all lost their gifts. It all depends on how she feels. She's a gift herself.
AGH DISAGREE
She literally controlled Casita, made it do things for her, even Luisa had to move her things, she didn’t.
Not to help her in Bruno's tower though
No it’s not at the start the house moved by it’s own and mirabelle wasn’t alive
And not to mention Bruno's door shone again once more after Mirabel told him to use his power.
Can we also acknowledge the fact that Disney noticed how much people loved the ocean in Moana as an amazing character, said "Hold my Cerveza," and made Casita
Inanimate objects that are alive and that have caring personalities is, for some reason, just very endearing. I can see why people love it so much, and why it's such a reoccurring, yet subtle thing across so many stories.
@@NighttimeDaydreams that is absolutely true!
if magic is real i would really REALLY like a casita😘💛✨
@@yellowprxmroses987 me: Casita, do my homework, chores, etc, and let me watch TV.
Both hold energy - the sea and homes
@@ITZ.URGIRLNIMA this comment gives me alexa vibes
I personally felt like her gift was connection and empathy. Like whenever she's seeing someone for who they are she's going along on the ride in their "Music Videos". With Isabella she starts out disconnected and can't keep up with her at first until she sees her truly and then she's with her all the way!
When I first saw the movie I knew immediately that she had a connection, and that in a sense she was the light giving life to the gifts,a human version of the candle if you will, or the bridge that keeps everything connected. When she had finally lost her composure, and snapped at her grandmother,that's when everything literally fell apart. She was a representation for those whom felt outcasted because of them thinking they aren't special or seen to those in their family. I read like a writer and watch movies like one too, I had also guessed,that bruno's visions didn't give the full picture and I was right! I love,love,love this movie and I'm an 25 year old!
One of the most amusing lines is when the village kid says, "Maybe your gift is denial." 🤣 But it's very telling. Mirabel wasn't living in denial. She was living in hope, but skeptics would call it denial. We need people like Mirabel who hope against all hope.
agreed
mirabel had the gift of time control
Despair rules eternal!hope is way too overated
@@landocross4083 she was refelcting, in her own little world as the party went on because the day pained her,
@@4ng3l35.x i know i was jokin
At the end of the movie, they literally tell her she's the REAL gift. She is a gift to the family. Love it!
She was also meant to take abuelas place. Both her and abuela are direct ties to the fate of the magic in the family
I said the same I agree, notice how in the end the candle disappears and never reappear, its because Mirabel became that candle that sustains the home, the family, and everyone powers. notice how when mirabel lost a little hope because of abuela not having hope in her, the candle started to die out the more mirabel was broken and angry, the house fell apart and everyone lost their gifts, but when she had that hope back, abuela giving that hope as well then everything went back to normal, even better. and the butterflies on the candle and on Maribel clothes is so obvious lol. and Maribel didn't get the gift of her being the candle herself (the source of the magic) when she was young because the clothes she wore had a caterpillar on it, it just wasn't her time that's all for her to show this cause its not as obvious as the other gifts, but whos to say she didn't receive it. when she touched the door knob everything disappearing hinted at her gift to me, its cause it couldn't be seen, hope can't be seen you just need to believe and take action, also her being the source of their magic can't be seen as well lol. her gift isn't by sight its by faith. she had it in her all along. its like the saying faith without action is dead.
The thing that I like about Mirabel true gifts is actually reminds me of what I always do recently: inspired actions! What I mean is your action is driven by the intuition that gives you the answers from God directly and prayers when you know there's still hope inside you. Sometimes, God answers your prayers through inspirations around you: birds chirping, people talking about the topics they like, etc. Whatever it is that makes you inspired and you take actions from there, that's how God answers your prayers 😊
I almost immediately asked what the grandmother's power was during the intro song and since she didn't have one, said "I bet Mirabel's the next matriarch." And when we see all the extra interaction between the house and her (it just seemed affectionate), "The house totally chose her. She doesn't need extra powers when she's got the house." And when the kid gets his animal room and it became apparent that the power was representative of what was important to them/a reflection of who they were, I said "Oh, she's definitely getting the house, because the house holds the family and family is what Mirabel holds most dear." Lol. Great movie.
I was immediately reminded of Cecelia in the Castle Glower series 😂
Me and my mom where thinking the exact same thing while we watched it lmao!
This was my interpretation too. That, and because Casita is only seen moving magically for two people: Abuela and Mirabella. When Abuela tells Casita to move the chairs, the house listens. It also helps Mirabel set the table, makes music with her, and follows her requests to get to the candle when it's crumbling. The house doesn't listen to anyone else in the movie; it pushes Mirabel's parents out even as they try to protect her as the walls collapse around her, but it doesn't stop Mirabel from trying to get the candle. I think in that scene, the house was listening to Mirabel's commands to get her family to safety and help her get the candle.
When the door disappears during her gift day, I think that's the moment where the house gives her powers over the home. The door is vanishing because her "space" isn't just one room; the entire house is her sanctuary.
When she touched the candle, she didn’t touch the door. She touched **HERSELF!** Maybe she accidentally got her own magic, just not from the door. She could’ve changed her destiny from having a gift, to making the gifts POSSIBLE. She also held the candle in its last moments!
That is actually possible 🙂
YESSSS I actually thought that the reason why she never got her powers was because the touched herself first and THEN the door, meaning maybe the candle gave the own powers to her as the embodiment of the candle as it also reflects on her emotions!!! YOU ARE A GENIUS!!
That is possible since when after Antonio's door is completely physically created, his gift came out.
Yes Bruno also said in another scene that the first time he had the vision, he saw how Mirabels future was uncertain and it was still changeable or something in this direction so this would fit
That’s what I’m saying
Mirabel is the door, the casita, and the candle. She is a born leader because of her humility, perseverance, and compassion, and her ability to communicate well with all the others. . These qualities are part of her even without magic, but with them she also can be the most responsible person to cultivate the magic. When she brings together the family, reconciles all of it's parts, and repairs the magic, she also has brought together the entire village held within the mountains of the Encanto.
This is confirmed when she is presented with her own doorknob by the family, and the new house, built by unity due to her own actions, comes to life again, like a second generation miracle.
such a great review, love it~!❤️
Mirabel's gift is that nothing bad ever happens to her glasses
Edit: As someone who wears glasses I envy that power
Edit 2: Omg!!1!1! Thanks for likes! But really, first comment on a video I've made in a long time and 4k likes? Dang, you people sure are swell.
Underrated comment
This must also be my gift 🤔
Right, like when she picks up her glasses from the air in the Surface Pressure song.
Lol true though
Fr... I just stepped on mine and broke them so I understand what a true gift that is
Mirabell has also the Gift of sight. She SEES her family, each member and helps them to find their voice of (self)doubt to finally surpass that with the help of the others. She is the one who gets told what bothers them and that they are not alone. She's the one who listens and hears them out. She is the best embodiment of what a familymember should do for one another.
It's called empathy, that's what they said was Mirabel's 'gift', it was always there and never had to be earned.
She’s also the only one with glasses
@@sup_a4097 actually her father also has glasses but Mirabel was the only one like how the commentor said she’s the only one that sees their doubts
Disagree, wrong theme, each of the three pairs of family in the movie have an arching theme. The triplets are past (healing, rewinding wounds) present (the weather) and future. Dolores is hearing, camillo is sight, Antonio is speech. Luisa is brawn, Isabella is beauty, Mirabelle is Brains.
@@peachycamy7582 right! And “mira” means to watch or see in spanish
and someone commented this I agree , about casita being abuelo spirit cause even with the house falling apart etc his picture would appear and would never crack or tear it stayed intact. you can tell abuelo holds Maribel dear through that house and the relationship it had with Mirabel, to help and protect just as he did before he died. abuelo saw himself and the grandmother in Maribel from the start and chose her to be the candle, having it power and taking grandma place of keeping the family together. cause that's all he wanted and that's why he died.
She is the gift and the one thing that would bring the magic aka the family back together again. The house saw how too depended her grandmother became the house and her families abilities, thus treating some more favorable than others. Her gift was making her grandmother realize she's putting to many expectations on her family and that their more than just their gifts.
Something else to consider is Mirabel's relationship to the house, that goes back at least to the day she was supposed to get her gift. She is the only one who names the house and speaks to it like a person. In return, the house literally bends to serve her. This might suggest that the disappearing door didn't disappear at all. It was always the front door. The entire house is her room.
PURRRR BESTIE
I saw all those things but it’s only tide at all in together once the front door was done with her with The most outlined spot. That was clear that the whole house is hers.
Guys get out of my room
The Casita doesn’t help her with Bruno though
@@Andyatl2002 I think its either because the Casita wanted Mirabel to do it on her own
OR
Casita doesn't have any power in the family members rooms because it's their own "realm". But if you notice the Casita can still interact with Mirabel in her room.
And like some people said the whole house could be her "room" since the front door has her but also the whole family.
I really feel for Bruno. His situation was the classic "conflate the prophecy for the cause" trope. All he did was tell people what was going to happen. It's not his fault if it was good or bad.
And knowing what was going to happen didn't mean he caused it. He was giving warnings, not cursing people
Yes
The very fact he did not turn evil considering how he was shunned and feared by his friends, family and community, especially his own mother, tells me he is actually the best of all of them. He is so good that even when vilified and having to live in the darkness to stay close to his family, he does not turn to darkness himself. THEY EVEN MADE A DAMN SONG ABOUT IT!
What confuses me is that they refuse to talk abt him after he left- then when he comes back it’s like nothing happened?
And it was pretty unfair they were singing a whole song about bad things of him.
(Also in we don’t talk about Bruno the song it was only Dolores that didn’t say anything bad about him because she can hear him and she knows Bruno isn’t a bad person😏)
thanks 4 explaining i was so confused
Mirabel already had a gift , the difference between her and her family is that she had to figure out what her gift was. She is the light and the magic of the house that's y she gets the main door of the whole house.
I have a theory...
Mirabel received a gift when she came of age. She is able to adapt/influence the gifts of those in her family. She doesn't have a door because she needs to live in the nursery with the children before they come of age in order to assign a gift that suits them for who they truly are.
Evidence-
Antonio - Mirabel makes and gifts Antonio a stuffed jaguar and tells him "he's an animal guy" right before he received the gift of being able to talk to animals.
Luisa - After "Surface Pressure" when it becomes clear to Mirabel that Luisa is struggling under the weight of expectation surrounding her strength she hugs Louisa and says "I think you're carrying way too much". The next time we see Luisa, she isn't able to carry anything, she has lost her strength
Isabel - After Isabel admits she doesn't want to marry and that she's only doing it for the family, Mirabel comes to the realisation that she is not the "perfect golden child" that Mirabel thought she was and instantly, Isabel is able to create plants that she's never made before, things that are more representative of how she feels inside and not just what people expect.
If Mirabel's gift is to assign/influence the gifts of those in the family, it makes sense that whenever Mirabel feels like she isn't part of the family the magic fades. (When they leave her out of the photo, when she sees Bruno's prophecy, when her and abuela argue)
This theory also makes sense of the duality surrounding Bruno's vision, as part of the family, Mirabel can keep the gifts and the magic strong, if the family reject her, the magic will go with her.
That was a bit of an essay but I can't find anyone saying the same thing!
And to add to this, when Mirabel touched the candle at her own ceremony the candle went out for a sec, that's when the candle basically said she is me and I'am her, saying that they don't need me anymore because they have Maribel.
Thank you! This really helped.
yep!!!! I agree and I love your evidence!
I agree when she gave antonio his animal he became able to talk to animals
I 100% agree and had been telling my family the same thing haha
Same evidence
Great minds.
I think that Abuela's power was literally a 'head of the household' type of power. We see Casita respond to her commands throughout the movie, especially in the scene where Casita moves Mirabel to the other end of the table at Abuela's command. I also think that Mirabel inherited that same power bc she's the only other character that Casita seems to respond to directly, even helping her get dressed in the mornings. The reason she didn't get her own door is bc she is meant to inherit Abuela's room and take her place as the head of the house when that time comes. It might even be part of Abuela's power to help bestow the powers onto each family members as they come of age.
"it might even be part of Abuela's power to help bestow the powers onto each family members as they come of age." this also makes Antonio asking for Mirabel to lead him by his hand during the ceremony, a beautiful bridge for her to futurely be the one taking over this exact role that abuela has
@@phae_c I was thinking something similar. I wonder if Antonio would have even gotten his power off Mirabel hadn't been there 🤷
@@collinallen9730 ooh that's an interesting theory. Maybe a secondary reason for Mirabel not getting a door was bcos abuela wasn't doing the job of passing down the magic properly. She'd started to focus on the wrong things, meaning she couldn't have given a gift to Mirabel, leading to the casita taking matters into its own hands and granting that power to Mirabel instead.
This kind of explains what Abuela means when she and Mirabel are talking by the pool, and she blames herself for Mirabel not having a gift. I think all along she knew it was her fault subconsciously and was in denial. It was only after she admitted this to herself and went back to where pedro died and got closure that she was finally able to move on from the toxic person she used to be, and reconnect with the magic. I really love how there was no one villain of that movie and everyone got a redemption arc, it was really nice :)
Then was Abuela or Mirabel that ordered Casita to be a electric treadmil to Luisa at the beginning of the movie?
@@bluedarkdarklin2552 I think Casita has it's own initiative in things and was wanting to be helpful. I might be wrong or thinking too much into it, but there's only 2 times in the entire movie that Casita was given an order 1st-Abuela 2nd-Mirabel.
Her gift was obviously super athleticism, endurance, super confidence, high powerful singing voice, high jump,speech giving, hope giver...etc...yk.
She also had the ability to get the truth out of everybody… Truth with set you free✨
Her gift was insight. She could see her family members and what they truly needed.
Yes, she could see "under the surface" what was really needed. That's her magic power. Then she had desire to help that person GET what they really needed/wanted.
That would be bruno
@@samthefunnyman3944 Bruno had foresight.
Simple and Sweet, great explanation.
That’s why she’s wearing glasses. She’s the only female main character in a disney movie that wears glasses. That meant something.
It's also very symbolic and interesting that in the final song Bruno himself sings: "You are the real gift, kid, let us in" as Mirabel is about to place the new doorknob therefore assuming her place as the next Matriarch of the Madrigal's. The new main door shows a drawing with all the Madrigals with Mirabel at the center holding the candle!
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Yes I recognised that.
Well said!!!
I can’t believe how many times you said “hope” but great video!
NO, she got magic. At the end the door lights up for her, so that shows she did have a gift. It was a strong connection to casita and the family in a way no one else had. It's not as flashy, but she was the glue holding everyone together and helping everyone grow and be themselves. She's the future matriarch of the family, and leader of the village.
Mirabel internalized the candle at her gift ceremony. She holds it, then wipes her hands on herself before reaching for the door knob. Mirabel's clothes have symbols for everyone in her family. She is the center. She is a bridge from the past to the future. There are many bridge images throughout the story. She also projects Antonio's gift in the decorations she made on the box, plus the jaguar.
Wow !! Yesss
I'm glad you brought that up--about Maribel internalizing the candle. Another thing I noticed about that scene was that the colors of Maribel's dress plus the "gold-like" butterflies on her collar at her gift ceremony as a child are the same colors of the candle. Thus connecting Maribel to the candle.
Yes
I’ve seen it alr hehe so this is great
Another thing that leads me to believe shes the next candle holder is because she handed that little boy a stuffed animal before he recieved his gift (influencing his gift). Abuelas candle was based on losing her mans (family) and mirabels is basically based on the same thing, her family falling apart due to bad leadership. Shes the next leader of the fam.
She has the gift of “emotional intelligence” - which was much needed by all of her family members. Her “door” was the “front” door.
I agree. I immediately thought that communication and emotional intelligence was her "gift".
that’s a shitty gift, like its not magic in nature just a common skill
@@OblivionNova479 hey, not everyone is able to comfort people
@@OblivionNova479 what’s the point of having magic if you’re a shitty person, especially in a family setting like yeah it’s cool that they all have their own special magic powers but at the end of the day for a family to survive you need communication, love, and hope and they would’ve lost their powers at the end anyway if it wasn’t for Mirabel‘s emotional intelligence noticing the problem and how to fix it. So in the end, magic didn’t even help the problem, a normal person did
@@frankmendez7142 what's a point with impressing the family and pretending to be something they're not then? That is completely pointless if you ask me. Bad person or not, they shouldn't be keeping the family happy when they're not happy themselves.
I’ve noticed that butterflies seem to be a big theme in this movie, the house has butterfly prints and tiles and Mirabel has them decorated all over her. They seem to be her symbol and may also be a sort of connection to the house. What’s also interesting is in the Greek myth of Pandora’s box, after all of the world’s evil leaves the box what flies out last is a butterfly named hope. I think that Mirabel is like that butterfly, the hope in the family during their dark times, and that is her gift.
Actually the butterflies are also a nod to García Márquez’. A famous Colombian author
@@emberbirdnerd Why not both?
@@LeilaAMMartin yeah I only knew the Gabo reference for the butterflies but Allison’s explanation makes it even better! I have the feeling that they (the creators) probably knew they would include the yellow butterflies anyway and then someone pointed out the hope meaning and they gave them more importance 😄
I thought the butterfly was the grandfather
@@BelArtist in the book '100 Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Yellow butterflies symbolized infinite love and hope. Marquez might have drawn that symbology from the tale of Pandora's box, perhaps, but the movie 1000% took inspiration from his book. Yellow butterflies became a major part of Colombian culture specifically because of '100 Year's of Solitude',
I so agree with you!
I personally think that mirabel has the power of controlling time. She sung a song after a picture was taken and everyone was frozen. Then, there was near the end of the movie, where she had a look at the past, when Pedro was alive. Anyone agree?
I actually think Mirabel became the miracle herself. They always touch the candle before opening the door, right? My theory is that Antonio was able to open his door not because of the candle but because of Mirabel. Remember, Mirabel walked Antonio while holding his hands. Also, the cracks were not responding to her family's problems but to her own emotions.
They all hold the candle… and get the “magic” on their hands.. but if you look close.. she whipped the magic of on her dress.
My friend and I thought something similar. Also, if you watch the moment back of Antonio about to reach for the doorknob, you will see Abuela being nervous, but then the camera focuses in on Mirabel, who is standing right behind Abuela. And right after that, Antonio gets his gift.
Also, I noticed that during her door ceremony, Mirabel touches the candle, then herself and THEN the door which disappears because the whole Casita is her door. Just as you said… she IS the gift.
I love how you've explained it ~ I remember thinking much of the same things, but the way I understood it in my head was; She didn't get any magic, because she IS the magic.
But I knew if I tried to say that online, many people wouldn't understand. I think your way explains it much better.
For a while - before it was officially debunked - I did think that her glasses, and the colour of them, may have been clues about her "power" and her link to Bruno. That maybe she was also given a gift of "sight" - but in a different way. Not prophecy, but a way of seeing people's "truth". How she got Luisa to tell her about the pressure she felt, and not just that - she understood what Luisa meant. (Little sisters - especially 15 year old little sisters - don't always get it.)
She got EVERYONE to talk about Bruno, and once she spoke to him in person, she understood his loneliness and that part of the reason he "left" was to protect her.
When she saw his vision with him, she made him look deeper.
She also got Isabela to open up, and not only with her true feelings, but with her magic, making Isabela realise that things (and that *she*) didn't need to be perfect, they could just •be•.
One of the things that touched me the most, was the two times Abuela and Mirabel talked about how the miracle began. At the beginning, she is telling 5yo Mirabel, and we see it through Mirabel's eyes. As Abuelo Pedro turns to the men chasing them, and is killed - we see him vanish, and Alma sadly reaches out, crying.
When Abuela meets Mirabel at the stream, she has not been there since that night, and as she talks about it, again Mirabel "sees" it. But this time, Mirabel sees the absolute anguish young Alma experiences, (the animation in that scene is beautiful, and horrible, and heartbreaking.) The first time was sad, it was a child's understanding But the second showed Mirabel's true comprehension - and her immediate forgiveness, and compassion, because of it.
Even though we have been told that the glasses have no bearing on the story - I still think that I was (am) onto something about her character.
It's something that will make her a worthy guardian/custodian of the candle, and therefore, of the Encanto.
A “madrigal” is a small group of people singing in harmony. The Madrigals were definitely not in harmony. The more friction there was between them or isolation because of their gifts or lack of gifts, the more their home fractured! Bruno had been trying to patch the casita for years by his absence because of his family’s resentment and misunderstanding against him. Then, when Mirabel opens up the new casita, the front door has the united family on it, picturing their togetherness. They are no longer isolated but are a functioning family working together to reach their goals. Inside the house there are magic doors, but none have names on them!
Also worth noting that, for all the other powers being considered “gifts”, they ranged from being annoying (hearing everything) or a burden (poor Luisa), to being the reason their lives were destroyed (Bruno), so not quite a gift. Mirabel’s freedom from those restrictive identities allowed her to move freely to help her entire family, which is actually a gift, not just a magic power.
Exactly. When that kid jokingly said that maybe her gift was denial, he was right. Mirabel's gift was that she was denied a "gift", enabling her to see clearly what was really going on in the family.
The "gifts" are metaphores for inter-generational trauma and how it manifests. Luisa was "Burden." Bruno was "Blame." (Like Bart, on The Simpsons.) Blame allows a family to direct their attention to some sacrificial individual so that they don't have to deal with their actual dysfunction. And especially blame gets directed to someone who sees what's going on, as Bruno did. Pepa, with the ever-changing weather, is emotional dysregulation. etc. Camilo is a shapeshifter. Someone who can blend into different situations by sacrificing his own identity. Hypervigilance "Hearing everything" is a trauma response. Patrick Stewart talks about being very attuned to situations as a child because of his abusive father. Or being 'perfect' in order to validate the family. (Like Isabela or Lisa, on the Simpsons.) Trauma alters people's responses to food. There are people who eat because of trauma. And there are people who express love to their children with food as well, especially those who have been through starvation themselves. Many Chinese families with parents who went through famine talk about food being used to express love. Amy Tan recounts something similar in The Joy Luck Club. Mirabel is like Maggie from the Simpsons. The Simpsons was also modeled on a dysfunctional family. She's the 'baby' who isn't able to grow up and lives in the kids room even after she's a young adult.
So yes, the 'gifts' aren't really gifts at all. They're trauma.
How long did you take to write that?
@@ryanwise50 why reference The Simpsons??
@@raspberrylily7091
1.The Simpsons were modeled on an archetypal dysfunctional family.
2. Lots of people are familiar with The Simpsons.
Every Madrigal family member has an outfit that matches their gift (Dolores with soundwaves, Camilo with chameleons, Luisa with weights, etc...). Mirabel's outfit has butterflies which represent change and hope, yes, but her outfit also contains one thing that represents each family member: flowers, rain clouds, toucans, herbs, and a candle. Even her shoes have some symbolism. Technically her outfit was designed so she could stand out as much as her family, but I also think it represents her *being* the magic of the family. just something i noticed :)
I actually loved that! At first I didn't really noticed that kind of detail Disney added! I guess the moral is you don't have to fit in, you can stand out. Also the moral to this movie is, whatever gift you have, don't let that bring you down. I mean look at Isabel for instance, at first she seems like those characters who thought they are perfect, but they are, she is doing that to impress Abeula and her family. Honestly she is probably one of my favourite characters!
When she was getting her powers she wipes her hands on herself before touching the door. The candles powers went into her. That's why when she admits she's not ok the house cracks.
And why she didn't get a door
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