The Psychology of a Caretaker in Encanto: Félix - Therapist Reacts!
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What I love is that not only does Felix loves and supports Pepa, he constantly woos her. A kiss, a thouch, dancing. Even in the table scene, he doesnt say much but just calls her "amor" or "darling/love". Awsome husband and Dad along with Augustin.
He is a true romantic isn't he
I love how the two dads are both great fathers and husbands, and ordinary guys in totally extraordinary circumstances. Felix is the bright and energetic energy and Augustin Ina little quieter but they are both such awesome characters who do their best to take care of their family
The great thing about Felix for me, is how positive he is. He supports Pepa and he's always there for her. And is also a great dad. A great character.
he does always see the light
@ Georgia Dow Can you react to camilo Dolores and Antonio ?
I adore Felix. He’s adorable. While in that one situation it looks like he’s over-caretaking, he’s probably had to over the years. Abuela running such a tight ship, and unfortunately poor Pepa is the most obvious problem. She’s probably under SO much stress. At least others can pretend to be perfect, Pepa is constantly criticized, and that probably magnified the problem. I love how he glared at Abuela for putting so much pressure on her in that difficult situation.
Both Felix and Mirabel's father (I suck at names) have this strong, determined attitude where they will always side with their wives and support them when they think Alma is out of line. And that's just so beautiful, especially because they do it without once disrespecting her, or anybody else around them. Even when others are being overly harsh to Mirabel, Felix and her dad are both just kind and wholesome figures in her life.
Yeah, and in that one scene, even though he is trying to dissolve the cloud for Pepa, when Pepa yells about how she's trying, he immediately agrees, seeming annoyed with abuela, not Pepa. He sees that she's trying, and is there as her unwavering support, and I think that is beautiful.
Yeah, i love those two stand their ground when facing Abuela.
I can say from experience mothers put a lot on their daughters. And husbands and boyfriends should be the Felix in their life when it becomes too much for them.
I want a man like Felix ☺️ 🥺
I feel like the only time Felix really gets over protective is when Abuela steps in being harsh, which is usually also when Pepa struggles the most to calm her own emotions
he is very protective of Pepa
I think everyone deserves their very own "Félix", whatever that may mean in a particular case. Naturally - not everybody can be the same way and that is good and proper. Everybody has very strong qualities and just deserve to find that other person, whose qualities reinforce their own and bring out the best in them. That does not always mean, that you have to be positive and only ever supportive. Sometimes people need the exact opposite and it is up to us to know when that time comes. That's the beauty of relationships, I guess. :-) Aaaaanyways - what was I on about? :-D Oh right - Félix is the best character ever! :3
exactly their puzzle piece =) well said Jan
Felix is one of my favorite characters. I adore how he supports Pepa, and how he seems so close with the whole family. Like when the house is falling, he's one of the ones yelling the loudest for Mirabel to get out, really showing how much he notices and cares for everyone in the family.
I also think it's neat that it hails at the end, because we see that Pepa has rain when she's flustered/frustrated/generally upset, and that it turns into snow when she's spiraling. So it seems like hail is what happens when she accepts and is able to release those emotions without fear of judgment, and I think that's really beautiful.
I alsl personally don't think he was being an over-carer in the scene where Pepa was snowing. I think he just recognized that having snow falling on Pepa wouldn't help her calm down so he's trying to dissipate the cloud so she doesn't get cold and wet. We later see her shaking and Camilo giving her a cup of tea, which we can infer is because she is stressed, but since she was just being snowed on, it could also be that she's shivering and cold and Camilo got her tea to simultaneously help warm her up and calm her down. He takes a lot after his dad, it seems
Me too felix is wonderful and the dancing in the hail was delightful
My absolute favorite part with him is when he showed his awesome parent reflexes, saving Antonio from falling debris. Kind of like my dad whenever my brother or me did something stupid.
yes that was a great moment also
@@GeorgiaDow thanks for the answer.
Do you think it would be possible to make a reaction video for Casita? It's not human, but does have a personality of sorts, and I think it could be a really fun video.
Pepa and Felix are like the non Gothic version of Gomez and Morticia Addams, and it's so wholesome and cute. Also, shoutout to Brenden Frazier and the leading actress (ahhh I always forget her name) in the Mummy 2 for being so loving and supportive of each other. Cinema needs more genuinely loving couples like these few.
4:30, I actually did catch that one. It’s one of the best Felix bits in “We don’t talk about Bruno” the other being when despite the hurricane he still remembers it as “what a joyous day”
*Felix and Pepa* : marriage goals
*Georgia-San* : outfit and soothing explanation goals
Aww thanks Danger
I'm glad you did one about Felix! With all the larger than life powers in the family overshadowing them, it would be easy to ignore Felix and Augustin. But yes, Felix is great! I picture him as the first person in Pepa's life to tell her, "It's okay! It's not as bad as all that!" and actually make her believe it! Everybody needs one of those in their life!
"That's what I'm always saying, bro!" I imagine Felix being the first person to really tell her not to bottle up her feelings, not caring if he gets rained on.
He validates her *so much* and it's obvious she needs it.
I think Encanto would work as a television series. So many awesome characters, however, most of them only play small support roles. A television series would cover the characters in more depth.
It could definitely make a great slice-of-life drama/comedy series, but unfortunately I doubt Disney could resist turning it into an action adventure superhero thing with the kids battling villains or whatever, which would spoil what makes it so good.
I have a take at the end, generally about their powers not about the mental health of anyone but extremely important all the same:
I think, Under Mirabel's front door, they all have more control over their power. So instead of Pepa controlling the weather with her emotions, I feel like she's making it hail on purpose.
I'd like to think that like, Dolores' hearing got the ability to tune out things she doesn't want to hear (imagine hearing everyone in the town's intimate lives since you were five. poor girl.), maybe Bruno's visions got clearer, etc. I'd like to think, under a healthier family dynamic where everyone is healing, the powers got to a point where they weren't actively harming the users. Pepa and Dolores both got really short ends of the stick in terms of magic. I think Mirabel got off easy in not getting a power because if I had super hearing where I couldn't tune out things within a mile, I wouldn't want it. Nor would I want a depressing raincloud following me around all the time when I was sad! It'd be perpetual because the rain would make me MORE sad and I'd get frustrated and upset. So seeing Pepa HAPPY and dancing in the hail-- because clearly she's happy in that animation by her facial expression and the love and support of her family and getting her brother back, I think it means she has more control over her power and I can only hope that also extends to Dolores.
In that situation, I think Felix is looking at her happily because she FINALLY no longer has to live with the burden of the rainclouds above her head when she was upset and he knew her struggles with those things intimately.
The scene is SO sweet, no matter how you slice it. Felix is such a good person and he gets brushed over a lot being a husband of who is basically a side character.
I'd argue that the main characters are Mirabel, Abuela, Bruno, Isa, and Louisa.
Isa and Louisa getting their own songs, Mirabel being the "Main" Main Character, Abuela being "antagonistic" inadvertently, I don't think the story has an antagonist but she kind of messed things up without meaning to even if she came to in the end, and Bruno being the one Mirabel seeks out and returns to the family.
Everyone else seems sort of sidelined. Putting it into perspective, even if you consider, let's say, Dolores a "main character" because we see her interact with Mirabel a handful of times and she also has her own arc with Mariano and we get to look deep into her longing for him before she gets with him at the end. She has an arc and is the catalyst for the family knowing about the magic being destroyed, so despite not having a full song maybe she's a "main character" (a fan favorite too tbh), we rarely ever see Pepa in a meaningful way.
We don't get to see Pepa interact with Mirabel directly outside of We Don't Talk About Bruno. We see her freaking out in the background to express how her power is such a pain in her butt, then we see her in the beginning of the group song. I wouldn't say she has an "arc" other than being able to sort of control her powers at the end and reuniting with Bruno, but she shares that with Mirabel's Mom. That doesn't mean she isn't important, but it means she sort of got the short end of the stick not only with a shitty power, but in the plot of the movie, too!! I would've loved to see an internal struggle with her power and talking to Mirabel or saying "I HOPE THE MIRACLE DIES" out of frustration and thundering as she says it before breaking down and having her husband comfort her. I wish we got to see more about how much her "miracle" effected her mental state and caused her to spiral. The movie tackled Louisa's cracking under pressure really well, so I think they could've tackled that, too. I wish Pepa got a song about Emotional Management and always being forced to suppress your feelings so other people aren't inconvenienced, and about mentally spiraling down a bad path. Lots of weather themes like when she says "Great! Now I'm thundering.. And a thunder will lead to a drizzle, and a drizzle will lead to a sprinkle---" I want a weather based song about her emotions and how controlling them is so unhealthy but she's terrified not to or it'll effect everyone around her negatively. She's traumatized, afraid of another hurricane or a tornado or something that will affect the Encanto and the family catastrophically, but she isn't allowed to feel and process those emotions for exactly that reason, until the end of the movie where the burden is lifted off of her and she's freely able to dance around in the hailstorm. If we got a parallel to that in her song where she was dodging giant blocks of ice/hail as her heavy thoughts come crashing down around her and corner her I think that would be a really great callback as at the end, all of the hail is just bouncing off of her as her worries faded due to her control over her power.
Everyone needs a Felix in their lives 🥰 (but let's remember to check in on them as well, and not take advantage of them!)
Edit: also I would love to hear your thoughts on "Toxic Positivity." As important as it is to have people who bring positivity in our lives, we should also acknowledge when people are trying to bring positive emotions out of us when we just need them to listen to us be sad/upset
I love the reference to Colin Robinson from What We Do In The Shadows for the Energy Vampire bit; such a great character in his own right.
hes hilarious love Colin hahah
my boyfriend is the felix to my pepa to the point where we were laughing while watching it together. he’s even shorter and stockier than me! we really look and act like them haha
aww that's wonderful
7:11 Felix isnt actually trying to make her happy here, he is just trying to keep her dry and get Aubuella off her back while shes upset
Omg, your nails...Is a Jinx Act 3 reaction coming?!?!?
I was wondering too if she's working on another or if it was left over from doing one of the past ones if it was recorded around the same time as this one. It's possible she didn't want to remove it because it was still newly applied.
YES !!! you noticed yay
At this point I just wanted to thank you for your work. Not only because it is entertaining, but also because, as an aspiring actor, the analysis of an actual psychologist helps me understand characters on a whole different level. This deep connection is really valuable. Especially your takes on Vander and the relationship between Viktor and Jayce.
I'm loving this series of videos so much! Maybe there's not enough actual content from the movie, but are you going to do a quick video on Agustín Madrigal? He seems so concerned with what his wife Julieta is saying or doing that he repeats her words verbatim or even copies her facial expressions.
Felix is indeed a delightful character, always supportive of Pepa. Notice that they always wear the same colors, too. We get to see him in interplay with both of his sons, but I don't recall that he interacts much with Dolores. But then, consider: his name means "happy," while hers means "sorrowful." How did that happen?
By the way, Georgia, I know you from your occasional appearances on "This Week in Tech." I also enjoy seeing your therapist side here.
My "Encanto" count, as of last night, is eight.
According to the creators, Felix is a few years older than Pepa and the others, and I wonder if that plays into the caretaking/protectiveness as well. He would have been 8 or 9 when the triplets got their gifts, and I could definitely imagine him seeing Pepa getting distressed about the weather and thinking, "This kid needs a friend."
I clicked right away
One of my favourite characters, and I'm glad that you picked up all the amazing things he did "under the radar"
I personally find him to be the "playful role model"...and I can relate to his caretaker behaviour
I would love to see a breakdown of Augustin next...and then all of the Madrigal (can't wait!!!)
so happy you enjoyed it and I will place that down
I love how part of the plug for your website at the end was "Therapy is too expensive for some" and the price tag for all of these lessons seems to be around 60$. Wow that really seems reasonable.
Thanks for the video! Honestly, Felix and Augustin raised my standards for seeking out a partner. Thanks for pointing out now Felix says Mirabel needs to know about Bruno. I didn't even notice that at first.
How I see the scene that was maybe him being over-supportive was that Felix got annoyed or angry with Alma there and was supporting his wife, while in his own way, telling Alma to back off. The whole family was spiralling in that scene with their gifts glitching and the miracle under threat. And Alma's anxiety-driven controlling behaviour here was not helping. I loved this scene with Felix. Felix reminds me to enjoy things, enjoy myself, and enjoy the people around me.
I love your costumes for every character!! It's lovely to hear how happy Felix is overall -No wonder his name literally translates to Happy-. I do have to wonder, with such a supportive caretaker, where was Felix for Mirabel through the movie? Did he try to help but mostly unable because of the hold that Abuela had on the family? Or did he only focus on his family and didn't have enough to give to Mirabel?
If you watched other translations of “We don’t talk About Bruno”, all of them retain Felix’s sweetness, up-beat ness, and supportiveness of Pepa. And his next-to final line of “what a joyous day but anyway” is rephrased to fit the music but keeps his personality of trying to calm Pepa and focuses on more than just the negatives.
And I loved that all the translations kept that despite the difficulties of keeping in line with the beat and matching the animated mouth movements
Felix is such a sweet guy, he is exactly what Pepa needed in her stressful life where she isn't allowed to express her emotions freely otherwise things get messy for everyone because of her powers.
That said there is one scene where I felt she was unnecessarily being mean to Felix, in "We Don't Talk About Bruno" when he kept interjecting to add more details to the story she angrily told him to stop it as if saying "Shut up or I'll leave", also she called it "my" wedding instead of "our" wedding despite Felix being right there with her, it's understandable that Pepa is always on edge because of the pressure she is under, but I just didn't like seeing a nice supportive guy like Felix getting a bit mistreated by her.
I would like to point out the part after the dinner, Felix is trying to get rid of the snow cloud as she is shivering. He lets her get her emotions out towards her mom, and vocalizes that he is on his wife’s side in this situation
*flails* another Georgia-video! :D With a cosplay! YAAY!
Would it be possible to be like Felix, always seeing the positive in every situation - except for yourself? Like you can see the positive side for everyone else, but when it comes to your own life and your own situations you just can't?
I think Felix trying to help Pepa calm down her emotions in the beginning of the movie is because it's what she wants to not upset Abuela. If Pepa had said she wanted to just let it go and not care about Abuela, Felix would've probably been all about that too. He's such a bean
yes it is possible often people are hardest on themselves but not others. Be kinder to you for me please
@@GeorgiaDow I'm trying really hard! Today was a rough day, so it was extra nice to have a Georgia-video to watch
I LOVE FELIX ! He is such a likable guy !
Felix and Agustin are the unsung heroes of Encanto.
Felix is a person who brings happiness wherever they come. Then there are others who bring happiness wherever they go.
Ha that Is very well said
One thing that absolutly got me about Felix (and I loved him before) is when Mirabel is trying to get the candle and people are yelling for her to get out. Though the captions listed it as Augustin, it was actually Felix who yelled 'The House is going to fall', and you can hear him, Pepa, and Mirabel's parents yelling for her. I think it's something that really defines all 4 as caring and loving parents and Aunt & Uncle.
I think all of this is why people have attached to/liked Felix so much. He's a genuinely nice and kind person, while not treading into 'nice guy' territory and being creepy. He's so supportive of his loved ones and very protective of them without overstepping their boundaries. He's a really good character tbh.
The timing of this video was perfect, I have really been working on my positive thinking to being a bit more like Felix.
Really awesome 👌 video always enjoy watching, and is that a bit of foreshadowing with the nails or am I read to much in to it?
thank you grimm =)
I initially was wondering why Georgia was cosplaying as Misty from Pokémon for this video... It took me a solid minute to realize the obvious.
HA now I have to look up what she was wearing
Felix is what we call a certified KING 👑
I love the outfit and Felix is adorable
Felix reminds of so many of uncles I love him so much💕
aww
I Love Felix, he is the hidden MVP in the Movie. 😊
I want a Felix in my life.
Felix is my favorite character. Just a purely good father and husband.
As an empathetic person, I get so much of what you said! When I was younger, no one understood why I was so overly emotional(even myself). I grew tired of wearing not only my own emotions on my sleeve, but everyone else's as well. It ended up with me burying everything so I wasn't mocked.
Now, I don't care what most people think, because carrying that weight was actually causing me physical health issues for a few years. I've recently come to accept that it is a part of me, and while I'm still healing in many ways, it's been a long time since I've felt so light.
I'm a Felix myself but honestly I'd love a soft place to fall. In this troubling time, it's rough finding someone, but honestly I am not giving up, even if some people think I'm 'too old' to start a family of my own. Being a caretaker of my parents was a huge sacrifice, but it was actually very rewarding. I've long since forgiven my parents for their criticial/narcissistic nature and know that I'm stronger because of that upbringing, not weaker.
I hope you remember to take care of you. We need all our felixs to not burn themselves out and not know they need to be take care of also. Please know you are never too old to start a family and I hope you find your person to do that with
@@GeorgiaDow Thank you and bless you. I’ll get there eventually. Nature finds a way.
He is a wonderful husband and partner! And he loves his wife and knows how to best interact with her.
He is quite lovely and they are so nice together
Finally! Someone talk about how AWESOME Felix is!!! I just simply love this characters who are so madly in love of their couple
When I saw this movie, the first thing I thought is please gimme a scoop of that beautiful man that is Tio Felix. What a husband and partner
I love Felix. You can tell, he didn’t care about no hurricane. He just cared that he got to marry his Pepa. I hope when I marry that I marry a man like him.
It blows my mind that these songs where coached via Zoom O_o (the actors plaing Felix and Pepa lives in Colombia)
I love these deep dives on all the characters, though I would've loved a deep dive on Pepa and Félix's kids too. I know they didn't get as much attention as Maribel and her sisters, but I couldn't help but notice how Camilo and Delores's characters had developed in a way that would've lined up living in an overall dysfunctional family, and especially if you have a mother whose spiraling moods affect everyone else in the house. Obviously this is just my interpretation:
Camilo, to me, seems like the jester, the one who tries to make everyone smile -- he makes jokes to make Antonio feel better when Maribel brings him out of hiding, and you see him trying to calm down and comfort Pepa after the proposal dinner is ruined, perhaps as if he felt it was his job to help diffuse tension caused by his mother's volatile moods. He literally and figuratively adapts in a chameleon-like way, becoming different people to play different roles, for example, turning into "another Jose" to put up a banner, or changing into an unidentified mother in the intro song to let the mom take a break from taking care of her baby. As someone who grew up constantly being aware of my own mother's volatile moods, I took on a similar role, trying to keep her in a good mood to diffuse tension, and agreeing to help and adapt with any role without question to help keep her happy. Also, I only very recently made the connection between the similarities between "Camilo" and "chamelon," lol.
With Delores, she is very quiet and softspoken. We can definitely attribute her personality to her powers, tho honestly this could be true of a lot of the characters, as these powers are excellent metaphors for the roles each family member plays in dysfunctional families. Being especially sensitive to sounds probably means her own voice would be much louder to herself, hence her speaking in near whispers. But in "We Don't Talk About Bruno," her lines explain how she "grew to live in fear" of hearing all the sounds of Bruno in the house, putting her on edge. When the cracks start forming during the proposal dinner, she is seen covering her ears as if she is totally overwhelmed by the sound. In addition, her having a mother like Pepa, who can speak very explosively and creates thunderclouds that would be extra jarring to someone with super hearing (I myself hate thunder because I'm very easily startled), I could see how Delores could be inclined to stay quiet and out of the way, and might be living on edge. It makes me think of the more sensitive people in dysfunctional families, who often notice things others in the family don't and who are often overwhelmed more easily by tension and who can only do what they can to stay out of the way.
I don't think Antonio even got a chance (or maybe was just too young) to reveal any sort of quirk or character growth, so I got nothing for him. I'm just super jealous that his power is being able to have an emotional support jaguar who accompanies him everywhere.
Obviously Félix plays such a huge role in helping Pepa regulate her moods and perhaps even neutralizing some of the effects they would have had on the family without him and I absolutely love his character, but there's no doubt Pepa and her gift would still be a source of tension for the kids.
truly the ideal man
The relationship between Pepa and Felix honestly reminds me a lot of Morticia and Gomez in the sense that both couples were so perfectly entuned with each other and how they play off each other.
Yes I feel the same. They are wonderful together
Great vid as always. 💜💙💜💙💜💙💜 those Jinx nails!
Thank you! 🤗 You know what's coming
I love your Pepa + Felix combo look!!!
My partner is my Felix for sure, and I remind him whenever I think about it ❤️
let him know he needs to take care of himself too and im happy you have a Felix
@@GeorgiaDow He does thankfully! 🥰
Felix is perfect for her. He’s calm and gentle with her.
I don’t know how, even though Camilo has only 6-7 minutes of screen time, but I’m sure that the video analysis about him will explode faster than everyone else (I really hope so🤞)
maybe i will
Lol at how long it took me to notice that you're wearing the same shirt as Felix.
Fate: The Winx Saga has a storehouse of juicy patterns and behaviours that I would LOVE to see your take on, Georgia
I'll check it out! thanks
I have a Felix in my life. I'm so happy and grateful!
My husband is Felix for me. He just has to touch me or hold my hand and I can’t help but smile because he’s near.
they have perfect animated husbands
Love your "Felix" shirt. I thought that top was familiar.
Yes! Thank you!
Felix has strong Gomez Addams energy.
I like to think that Abuela planned the marriage of Julieta and Pepa, choosing Félix to Pepa for being the most happy and optimistic men in all the encanto, perfect to calm and make Pepa happy
I have been waiting all my life for this video.
here it is =) just for you
I always assumed Felix didn't have an issue with Bruno, even in the song he never said anything bad about bruno, he just stated facts. Pepa said "bruno came in with a sinister grin" did he really? More than likely at the end brunos story was "didn't mean to be upsetting. that wasn't a prophecy, I could just see you were sweating" so he wouldn't come in with sinister intent, but in pepas memory of the event she was so mad that that's how she chose to remember him. But Felix just said thing like "it was a nightmare" referring to the day not "he was a nightmare" referring to Bruno and "he would see something terrible" then "it would happen" never "he would make it happen" the only negative thing he said about bruno was "why did he tell us?" So he was understandably upset but even in his memories of bruno he never villainized Bruno like Pepa did... So I don't think he held a grudge even if he was upset or mabie just hurt... He was literally the only one that didn't cast Bruno as someone to fear
I love these Encanto videos, but could you make some videos about Turning Red? I feel like there’s so much to uncover in that movie.
yes many layers
Being the Felix can get exhausting after a while.
yes you need to be balanced also, remember you matter
@@GeorgiaDow the Disney Felix has two children. That means he survived two pregnancies from Peppa with THAT "gift" to control the weather with her mood and he's still there smiling. Felix truly is a role model!
@@cstyles419 Actually they have THREE children. Dolores, Camillo and little Antonio. He survived THREE pregnancies with that gift. He's the real OG.
@@marcellacassab4331 you're right! I forgot about Dolores! He has the patience that I aspire to have. That's a role model!
I kinda have a problem with the sentence that "he's always gonna be that warm, happy, safe place to land".
Like you said in other videos about Luisa, when you're always there for other people, they start expecting you to always be there. As well as when you're really good at something, they'll always expect excellence. I hear such a great weight of expectations in this sentence - not that I think you intended it that way, to be fair you did also mention that it's important that Pepa learns how to deal with her own emotions and for Felix to take care of himself but I think it kinda shows how automatic it can be to built high expectations for someone we admire.
Maybe I'm just projecting my experiences with emotional parentification and there isn't enough screentime to judge this but I feel like there are actually some areas where you could question weather Felix's relationship with Pepa is 100% healthy that people completely overlook... And Antonio too!
You can see both Felix and Antonio take on a caretaker role towards Pepa but you never see her doing the same towards them on the film. This seems like a quite one sided relationship, as it comes to taking care of each other and it's important for the caretakers to also be taken care of by their partners equally. It is a difficult role to be support person of someone neurotic and often spiraling, to always be calm and calm them down, always be kind and understanding. When it seems easy on the outside it can also create quite a lot of pressure for other people close to this person to behave similarly. It's interesting for me that they chose shapeshifting as Antonio's gift. Like with the baby, he literally turns into a someone that a person he helps needs the most. When he was calming Pepa down with tea and she accidentally struck him with lightning, he turned into almost every adult person in the house. I think it might be understood as a metaphor of a person who also, like many of the characters there, is limited to his role as a perfect caretaker - taking on different faces depending on someone else's needs and hiding his own. And also shows the reality that while it's not Pepa's fault that her emotions affect her surrounding and she can't help it sometimes, nonetheless they can hurt her loved ones, people who take care of her.
Notice that Antonio is in many ways very similar to his father - cheerful, warm, caring, joking around and dissolving the tensions. I think about how it must feel growing up with a mother who can struck you with lightning when she gets too upset and a father that plays the role of a perfect caretaker all the time. Implicitly it sets a standard of expectation as it comes to interacting with Pepa that could be very difficult for a kid. Both because otherwise he would be worse than his father, so wanting to uphold the image of a good person and also out of fear, how Pepa's moods might affect him is he adds his own difficult emotions to her spiraling.
It potentially doesn't leave much space for Felix's and Antonio's difficult emotions and expressing them in relationship Pepa freely. If they're seen as always this positive, warm, safe space it takes away some space for making mistakes too, getting mad, being authentic with their feelings and thus being able to allow Pepa to take care of them too, equally.
And I don't mean it in a way that Pepa expressing her emotions is toxic but in relationships like these it is extremely important to pay attention to reciprocity and also not feeling responsible for someone else's emotional states - it is just a matter of good communication, setting boundaries and creating healthy mechanisms of dealing with difficult situations. Which can be oftentimes overlooked, because we assume that is someone is very loving and optimistic they must feel equally loved, happy and healthy which is not always the case.
especially that the caretakers sometimes may be so used to often reassuring a person with neurotic personality, that they can express their emotions freely and that they're not a problem, that if sometimes they do experience difficulty or be hurt by them, it might be completely buried in unconscious to make themselves believe that it's never ever a problem too.
Honestly, to think about it, Pepa did blame Bruno for "making her" spiral and causing hurricane at her wedding with his observation that Pepa looked anxious and Felix was angry at him for it too - "why did he tell us?". Which shows that there might be this expectation, that you cannot tell Pepa some upsetting things or observations or you'll be held responsible for the emotional outcome. Although Felix does tell her about Bruno's prophecy at the dinner party nevertheless, so maybe I'm wrong and it was more about blaming Bruno for everything
Felix is one of my favorite characters in Encanto.
you know, there's a theory that the dads in this movie knew about Bruno's prophecy and kept it a secret along with him
Cool thing is that the name Félix actually means "happy". Nuff said.
perfect name
If they add a Felix actor to Disney I will go just to get one of the best hugs of the century. 💛🧡♥️
my boyfriend is the felix to my pepa, he’s the best at comforting me :,)
wonderful
Felix and Augustin are the best husband's in Disney history. Also will you do Camilo?
maybe if there is interest
(After being told to calm herself down)
Pepa: “I’m doing my best.”
Felix: “Yes.”
Me: “Awww”
Pepa: “You’re lucky if it’s not an hurricane!”
Felix: “(My hat)”
I love your series of video about Encanto! Please, do Agustin and Dolores, I think they have a lot to say!
i may do so
@@GeorgiaDow Thank you! 😍
Felix is seriously husband goals. Get yourself a guy like Felix, Augustin, or Bruno everyone. Pedro, too. If your man's is not standing for you the way they stand for their family, forget it!
Awsome video Georgia 😊
thanks Victor
So as summary: Felix is what Mr Peanutbutter couldn't be.
How dare Disney make me emotional with both Encanto and Turning Red? I hope you’ll watch that movie and make a video on Mei and Ming 😭👉👈
I really hope you react to dolores someday .. even if she doesn't really gets much screentime :(
We need someone like Felix but maybe a girl version too.
I find wemon put a lot more importance on weddings whereas guys don't (mostly because wemon are always pressured to get married) so when she says "my wedding" vs his "our wedding" it kinda makes sense since others are usually like "the bride's big day"
Are we getting another Jinx related video? 'Cause the nails... 👀
Oh yes you noticed =) we are
yes we are and wait till you see the shirt i made
@@GeorgiaDow very excited about it now!
Felix is the best husband everrrrrrr i love him so much
he is so wonderful and kind
How long until you look at Levius?
Felix reminds me of Gomez Addams
I hope you cover Turning Red! 🍁
I will!
I would like you to react to Tenko Shimura in my hero academia season 5 episode 23.
Please do a video about ‘Turning Red.’
I am going to yes
so what's a care taker definition please
someone who enjoys caring for others and will feel bad if they dont. They even care for others over themselves and feel guilty if they dont
@@GeorgiaDow I take care for others a lot it is something that has grown on me because my sister has a disability and I am the older child of two but I don't really enjoy it nor do I feel bad if I don't take care of others there it better to fight your fights alone win them or lose them
Felix reminds me of my Tio Jimmy, interestingly they're both Columbian
Hope you’ll talk about the new Disney, Turning red ! 🐼🔴
i am watching it today
you look like pepa. you should have cosplayed as her!
I think Felix is moving beyond deference to his wife and moving toward subservience. Almost an edge of fear.
His position relies entirely on his wife, who's a Madrigal. His position relies entirely on her good will, giving her an exceptional amount of power over him.
I like the relationship between Julieta and Agustin. The power dynamic seems more balanced, or at least he's a lot calmer about it.
You still have Jinx's nails~!
there is a reason for it =)) you'll see
@@GeorgiaDow oooh~ another jinx vid!
I’m sure you’ve probably already been asked this but can you PLEASE review the characters from Turning Red now that its out? Thank you in advance! Love your channel💕💕
Sure thing! Happening
@@GeorgiaDow Yayy! Thank you so much! Much love from Texas!
He's my favourite character in the movie!
i made it just for you