The thing Dolores does is a thing that Latinos and Hispanics do when they're gossiping. My aunt, my mom, my sister and even me do it when we're shitting on someone. It's not a tic, it's a detail they added.
I KNOW! I HATE THIS FANDOM SO MUCH. THEY ARE SO DISRESPETFUL AND THE HOUR A MOVIE COMES OUT THEY ALWAYS NEED TO ADD UNECESSARY LABELS. LIKE JUST LET US ENJOY THE MOVIE??
@@squiddyft.insecurities3549 the commenter literally just said they do it 💀 my mom does it too. I guess it also depends where you're from or what area of that country.
@@mmahaney0911 yeah she does have reasons for her character, it is well explored how the trauma goes deeper than just to her and is really just a great way to start the true issue of the movie, not an antagonist, but a danger within the very family
As a girl who's extremely self conscious of my broad shoulders and over all larger frame, I loved Louisa. She was adorable and (although overworked) loved by her family. The whole trans Louisa thing made me wonder if I'm even supposed to be a girl.
Don’t worry you are supposed to a girl, don’t let others sway your path or get you confused because that’s why so many people are stepping over as well because society makes them confused.
nope, you are supposed to be a girl, several women can actually get those if they work a lot all their lives, or maybe you just grew bigger than most, my mom has broad shoulders and she certainly isn't trans, so, they're just dumb for assuming-
fun fct: the little rainbow is actually used to represent pepa, mirabel has something on her dress to represent everyone in her family, and im really getting tired of people assuming its a sexuality thing.
You might call me homophobic, but why did lgbtq People had to choose a rainbow as their simbol? A rainbow is a very general thing, i think they should use more specific symbols, ive seen the symbol of a girl chained With another girl symbol to represent lesbians and i think this is much better and imo People should stick with it more than a rainbow which is something general
@@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043 i put some research in cuz i was curious too actually! turns out its a rainbow bc the colors reflect the diversity of the LGBT community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender. source:rainbow flag wikipedia page, but yeah thats why :) not homophobic in my eyes to be curious
@@microwaveableomelettes7258 Well i allready Kind of knew that, i said it more to express the fact that they could try to come up with another way to represent diversity without using a symbol thats sooo general?
@@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043 the rainbow flag was created years ago, changing a symbol that has been going around for so long is not something easy. Besides, what is your problem with it? Is not like queer people have a monopoly on rainbows?
@@FafaElania my problem is that its confusing, id actually say that lgbtq+ People would benefit from having a more unique logo, im not sayibg they have a monopoly on the Rainbows but rather that it would be better to change it, i Know it is Hard to change it, but for me at least it would be a benefit to everyone in general so that its not confusing
Yeah but it’s ok to have headcanons without adding in an extensive disclaimer reiterating the point and message of the film. I think people are like “hey, this isn’t explicitly queer? 😠 why aren’t you talking about the actual movie?” And it’s like no one cares, let people do what they want. They don’t have to repeat what we all already know, they are having fun beyond the canonical context of the movie.
@@hellofriend545 That's what fanfiction is for. (Not shaming fancontent here, I both enjoy and on occassion create it.) It lets people expand on the canon how they see fit, sometimes adding traits that are not confirmed in the original source. But there are people saying "OMG, why isn't anyone talking about Dolores being neurodivergent??" as if it was actually canon. It's not phrased as a headcanon, it's phrased as if it was true. Instead of saying "Camilo is genderfluid, you can't convince me otherwise" you can say "Being genderfluid would be so much easier with Camilo's powers. What do you think he would do in such a case? Maybe he would [...]", etc. It's just, you know, not trying to sell your opinion as fact.
The whole “Luisa is transfem” is strange to me because why does every masculine woman automatically have to be trans in media? That’s a bit offensive/playing to stereotypes on its own isn’t it?
i know right why do they have to be trans just because they are strong or muscular in a way? does it change anything about a woman? and its always those people who say "stop steryotypes" that say those
I heavily disagree with this because Bruno was canonically intended to have OCD. There are literal scripts from the movie itself where it was stated he had OCD and was intended to have OCD. He can still have latino/latine and hispanic behaviours be present in his every day life and play a huge role in how his OCD presents. Sometimes cultural, spiritual, superstitious, and religious values and beliefs play a role in people's mental disorders.
@@akirakhan4790 did I mention Bruno? No, I haven't even watched the movie and I never will, I just said that I don't like how people are treating this movie
God, all of this stuff is just ridiculous... I'm compiling all of the bad headcanons into one comment so I can try to make sense of this all Luisa being a buff woman does not make her trans (also playing into racial stereotypes of masculinizing women of color) Luisa being a buff woman does not make her a lesbian Isabela not wanting to marry ONE GUY does not make her a lesbian Bruno not being married because he was LIVING IN THE WALLS does not make him aro/ace Bruno being superstitious does not mean he has OCD Camilo being able to shapeshift does not make him genderfluid because THAT'S NOT HOW GENDER WORKS Dolores making those little squeaks when she knows something she shouldn't is a CULTURAL THING, it's not a tic Thank you for coming to my TED talk
The amount of "this character is XYZ" in so many fandoms are astounding, and the best thing I've learned through my hobbies is to never lock down thoose things at the start, leave the charcter blank and only fill in as needed so that as the character grows you can make it seem more fitting. Also some people will throw away legit canon reasons as to why two characters wouldn't, couldn't and shouldn't be couples purely for the "ship".... I'm looking at all the Baku x Deku shippers.
Arguable, most head canons are in fact “crack”, basically non-canon, and people are fully fine with that. If you don’t go looking for things it won’t present itself to you. “Keep it to yourself and those who enjoy the same ideas” is how you survive in fandoms. It’s odd how people are so opinionated about head canons these days since they’ve always been neutral. Don’t force head canons onto other people as “right” but don’t feel ashamed for having head canons either as long as you know they’re not-canon and people can disagree and still be right.
i for one find it quite refreshing to have a story where characters just exist and are not explicitly defined by who they’re into or their romantic relationships and such. sexuality just isn’t part of this story and that’s okay
Before I saw Encanto and saw all the LGBTQ+ stuff being said about the movie I was thinking "OH wow that's cool that this movie is showing LGBTQ representation" And then I watched the movie and saw that there was absolutely no signs of canon LGBTQ characters within the Madrigal family Don't get me wrong I love the movie I've watched it at least five times this week, but seeing people immediately trying to change the story or characters into something it's not really upsets me. The movie is amazing as is! It doesn't need any LGBTQ rep to be good! As someone in the LGBTQ community I feel this stuff has been taken a little out of hand. just because Camilo can shape-shifting, doesn't mean he's gender-fluid, just because part of the pattern on mirabel's dress happens to be the colors of the bisexual flag doesn't automatically make her bi (Saying this as a bisexual person), and just because Luisa is buff doesn't mean she's a lesbian! Cause I've been seeing that go around. Not everything has to be gay my dudes, if you have these headcanons or whatever you can! Just don't try to make your thoughts and headcanons about the movie canon! I like the movie as is and I don't think anything needs to be changed about it! It's a fantastic movie with a good message, don't try changing what it's trying to say
Yeah I've had people vehemently say that if someone didn't sense gay vibes in it, that their gay radar is broken or they're not gay. And saying that it's queer coding. I'm like what? 🙄
yeah when i watched this movie i was expecting a lot of lgbtq stuff in it because of what i saw before watching it so i was sorta surprised lol it’s a great movie as it is and it is all about family so we should think about that aspect of it
I think some people just expect a movie to have lgbt characters all the goddamn time. As a gay male I just think well yeah maybe but they don’t have to be gay just because gay. I think people immediately assuming luisa is trans or a lesbian just because shes strong but when people say the same thing people will say “well you can’t assume” idk I just agree so much with what you said
This is what gets my blood boiling. Why can't Luisa be masculine and also straight why does she have to be lesbian. They say they fight stereotypes when they are literally following the stereotype where tomboys are lesbians.
You are allowed to make headcanons. It's your imagination so let it run wild. But it becomes a problem when: -When you start claiming that your headcanon is canon -Your headcanon can be easily debunked because of multiple reasons (creator saying it isn't true, something about said character's childhood, etc) -Your headcanon is completely based on stereotypes ...and etcetera.
One of the most frustrating things about forced representation is it really can veer into fetishization. Not just for gay people or mental illnesses, but for culture, race and everything else. Encanto feels organic, which is why I think so many people from so many different cultures can enjoy it. It's not diversity for diversity sake it's just a fun movie with fun music that has Latino/Latina characters.
I've noticed something that's marked in Encanto that I just like... consciously choose not to do. I won't expand on it, but it does relate to your point about forced rep and then fetishization. I suppose the explanation you give about Encanto being organic is why?
what I hate the most is people making every fucking thing about sexuality and the lgbtq community its a kids movie can we just enjoy the movie without bring sexuality into just let the kids movie b a kids movie
I hate how Isabella was labeled as a lesbian by the fanbase, her arch with the marriage is to show that even if the guy is pretty and kind it's not what what she wants in life as she wants her freedom first and to find someone for herself. It's the same story for Merida in Brave, female character doesn't want to get married when she has a chance of freedom, and the fanbase says she's a lesbian. Honestly they managed to do it to Elsa too even!
I agree. Just because you don't want to marry someone does not make you homosexual. I mean, you can be asexual, aromantic or even homosexual, but my point is that homosexuality is not the only reason that these characters didn't want to marry
it's pathetic projection. The simple fact of the matter is that the characters have more going on. All 3 women had something to prove for themselves before anyone else and deal with that baggage. Merida wanted to prove she was as capable as her father, and the men around her. Had NOTHING to do with lesbians. Elsa had an uncontrollable power she wanted people to be safe from so she fled. She had no time for ANYONE be it man or woman. Isabella has been forced to be the picture perfect stunning flower of the madrigals, she didn't want that and the pressure was supresseing her. Nothing to do with lesbian.
At least in Elsa’s case, she just doesn’t have a love interest like Anna does or even shows any interest in romance in general. She’s probably more likely to be aroace or something.
@@siorganism I headcanon Merida and Elsa as aroace too, but for Isabela I think she's straight because there was a deleted scene of her making out with a nerdy guy
@@OzCroc Encanto wasn't about LGBT+ anyways, it was about the struggles of a Family and Latino/ Columbian Representation, Stop erasing the precious message this movie is depicting, This isn't a movie about Emma and her Two moms.
@@OzCroc My fellow Hooman , my point is, Forced representation IS A HOMOPHOBIC thing, just not the way you interpret it, forcing a message that the LGBT community is always depressed and a battered Community. social media makes the LGBT community look like a fandom instead of a community of people fighting for their rights and that annoys me, because it even went to the point where everything started becoming Homophobic, such as the word "trap" people started calling it transphobic, when in reality, what the OP meant was the medieval trickery of leading enemies to a "trap" Or Genshin twitter saying that if you wish for *insert attractive female*, that its for lesbians only and if you wish for it, you're lesbophobic. What im saying is that Social media makes everyone look like they're homophobic through homophobic means.
About Dolores, she only makes the squeaks when she knows something. Squeaks are in some parts of Hispanic/latino cultures meaning someone knows something they aren't supposed to know
Yeah, I never got the feeling that Bruno was OCD at all. If you know ANYTHING about superstitions, then you'd know that everything he was doing was an effort to ward off curses or jinxes. Making sure not to step on cracks, knocking on wood, throwing salt over your shoulder. I have a degree in psychology, and my first thought was "Oh, he's really superstitious." Not every character personality trait has to be a disorder, and frankly, I don't think disorders should be glorified like that anyway. Having severe OCD is not 'cool' or 'quirky.' It's something that heavily impacts a person's way of life and, in some cases, almost makes life unlivable. If Bruno really did have OCD, then all those people would effectively be saying "I'm so happy that Disney put a man in their movie who has been suffering every day, in horrible isolation, from severe and untreated OCD!" Very cool and quirky.
As someone who has suffered from OCD most of my life, seeing people pushing that Bruno has OCD and almost glorifying it has me really miffed. None of his behaviors--none--are consistent with OCD. They're superstitious behaviors. And frankly, it's quite offensive to people who actually have OCD to be pushing a crippling mental disorder onto a character that doesn't have it, especially when the evidence is false and doesn't line up with the disorder at all.
It makes perfect sense that he'd be more stressed and superstitious by his life in the walls, too, so whatever might be normal would be exacerbated because he's under stress.
I have severe depression/anxiety, and it’s NOT a cool thing to have. It effects how you learn in school, how you develop relationships at work and home, how you perceive and react to stressful situations, etc. You struggle to focus and remember things. It’s hard to keep in check. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone, much less glorify it and treat it like one of those identities.
Ocd is way more complex than that and that isn’t how ocd looks like. Ocd is something internal and is constant rumination. You actually can’t tell easily someone has ocd just by looking at them. Having quirky habits isn’t ocd. There’s more to it. Ugh I wish I stayed away from the fandom and I didn’t know about these disability or mental health headcannons. They seem more as stereotypes and caricatures, and it makes me feel like I’m living in the dark ages. As a person with adhd I feel second hand embarrassment from this and it just remind me of the annoying things adults would say to me like “ your special” no Karen i have a disability not a superpower.
It’s in the script look at the bottom of page 61 it’s right there you can’t argue with the script itself. deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Encanto-Read-The-Screenplay.pdf
as someone who kept getting label as asexual because i haven’t had a partner yet, putting a label on something is harmful to both people in real life, and harmful to creative decisions/exaggerations. and exaggeration in media is common. it’s been a theatrical treat seen greek times. it shows character. so, yes bruno is superstitious, it’s just exaggerated.
I'm so sorry that's been happening to you, that's awful. Nobody should have any labels forced on to them. As an aromantic asexual I hope you realize it's totally okay to not want to be in a relationship and your orientation no matter what it is should not be questioned because of that choice. Whatever labels or lack thereof you use is valid and it's nobody's business if you want to marry or date or whatever. Do whatever you want!
Tbh putting those labels on asexual people are also harmful as well- I’m asexual myself and I’m not interested in dating but I don’t MIND it. So seeing other people force asexuality on other people just cause they don’t have a partner is annoying /: and just offensive to the asexual community since asexuality means that we’re NOT sexually attracted to people (obviously there’s different umbrellas in the asexual community.) but yeah, we can still have a partner if we want to. That just enforces stereotypes :/ sorry you went through that :(
the luisa being trans headcanon is so backwards for something that's supposed to be representation. you can't say 'that buff woman MUST be someone who was biologically born a male, look at her!' in any other context without sounding out of touch and kind of bigoted. she's a woman with a large frame and that in itself is good representation for girls who feel self-conscious about being taller or larger.
exactly!!! im a WOC whos mom has broad shoulders, is tall, and her voice is kind of deep? my friends make fun of me calling me a man bc im tall, have broad shoulders, and i grow a normal amount of hair, i manage. it's so harmful to cis/trans people to label someones gender cause they dont fit the stereotype of being cis or trans, its transphobic to trans women because its saying all trans women are masculine, and im pretty sure (cannot speak for all trans women) being called masculine makes them dysphoric about being AMAB.
Tbh this is really the only fair criticism of peoples head cannons I have seen. I can see this def being a problem but for gods sake let people relate to stories. If people want to hc Isabela as lesbian they can do that. As long as they aren’t forcing their head cannon on you, piss off and let people enjoy media. You can just scroll by someone’s art or fanfic or whatever that makes her lesbian, or Camilo gender fluid or Bruno asexual. Many people just want to see themselves in the story and as long as they don’t try to make you interpret the character the way they do, return the favour and don’t try to make them see the character the way you do
And besides, Luisa being trans would undermine her gift as well... Basically going against that point as well. It'd actually be more special if Luisa a cisgender woman that has that frame. I don't want to say that a trans woman should look like that, especially as this would be dysphoric as hell and it could also stereotype men as being buff, where small men could exist.
Perception that muscles are ugly and masculine leads to even cis women getting discriminated against in their own spaces. She may not be trans but I think she’s an important point of connection for some trans women who are more likely to relate to that
The salt over the shoulder comes from an old belief that it sort of "cuts" any bad luck that may come to you for any reason. They did an amazing job of picking a lot of cultural details. Totally agree with you.
Bad luck comes from a demon on your shoulder, back, or in your shadow. Salt is holy and demons flee from it. Throwing salt over your shoulder literally forces bad spirits attached to you away. Salt on the windowsill or doorframe keeps bad spirits out of the house. Salt water or sea water purifies the body and removes bad spirits from objects, but running water like a stream is the best deterrent for bad spirits and is purifying of evil thoughts. Knocking on wood is a ritual for asking the wood's spirit for good luck, or alternatively, getting rid of pesky wood spirits (they're like faries, tricky and may be nice or mean) who might make bad predictions come true as a prank. Finishing knocking on wood by knocking your own head demonstrates respect for the spirit. "See, i do it to myself too! No hard feelings" Anyway. Mi abuelo was very superstitious. He kept spiders on all the windows to keep out bad spirits and bad dreams. He kept a rosary above his bed but the crucifix had to be above the fireplace. I still don't know why he did that lol.
Bruh, I saw Camilo as like a chill and relaxed dude that uses his powers for fun little moments. Reminds of the chill and funny friend in high school who isn’t very athletic but a very good and caring people person. Not for one second did I ever think he was gender fluid.
What I hate the most about people who make headcanons, is the way that they try to force OTHERS to believe in what they believe in, and if they don’t accept that head canon, the person who doesnt accept it gets disregarded as a Homophobe or a Transphobe, and it angers me SO much.
@@Loifey yeah thanks. Most people make headcanon just for themselves. It's like fanfic. Thoses are fictionnal caracters if someone is happy to think a character is bi or gay or trans or anything it's generaly not meant to be insulting and it only concern the people thinking that.
saying isabela is a lesbian just because she rejected a man is pretty misogynistic. as if the only logical explanation for a woman to reject an attractive man is that she's not attracted to men at all? women don't owe men anything despite how attractive or rich etc the man is, women have the freedom to choose
It's amazing to me how people see attractive opposite gender character rejected = gay, like people don't have have socializing experience that sometimes look isn't everything, especially when it's obvious when they're a bit of a prick
@@yoshidaaimi34 Yeah, but that 'dumb hunk' (forgot his name) wasn't a bad dude. Isabela just wasn't interested. and the headcanon of Isa being a lesbian cuz she didn't like ONE MAN ain't even solid on it's own. we don't even know what she's into cuz it wasn't about that at all! kinda weird how people project their wants onto something that isn't there.
I feel like this is what happens when you're obsessed with diversity and inclusion as a concept but not a reality. It's not enough that we hace a latino family with a great deal of culture and wonderful characters. They also have to identify as every sexuality and they need to represent every individual on the planet.
Exactly! It's like they think every character has to be a person of color or anything except heterosexual and cisgender or it doesn't count as diversity.
@@klonoafan2012 Ok trans See? See how bigoted I sound now that it's against LGBTQ? Except I'm saying the exact same "hurtful" comment you made, just in the other direction.
@@kelaarin but cis isn’t offensive, it’s about the equivalent of someone being called trans, it basically just means your not trans, it’s not offensive I promise lol
I also think some people think he’s gender fluid because apparently one of the creators of Encanto tweeted the Camilo is still trying to discover who he is as a person…but…trying to find your identity and where you fit in the world is not something that only gay/genderfluid/trans people struggle with imo…
Here is something people, specifically those who headcannons everything to the point they miss the entire point, need to understand. Isabella isn't lesbian. The basis for why some people headcannon her as one is because she didn't want to marry Mariano. What they conveniently forget is the reason why she didn't want to marry him. It's not that she didn't want to marry him because he was a man, or that she found women attractive. The reason she didn't want to marry him is because she felt like she is being forced to, in order to appear as the perfect Isabella her abuela wanted her to be. What really annoys me is that not only does this headcannon makes it seem like not wanting to marry immediately makes you LGBT+, it also completely ignores one of the themes the film is trying to show. Louisa is not transmasculine, or transgender. She is simply a beautiful woman who happens to be big, buff and strong. I'm not saying that it's wrong to headcannon her as such, but it perpetuates a certain stereotype towards other women who happens to be big, buff and strong, that they must be transmasculine or transgender, otherwise why would they have such a physique. And again, this headcannon focuses so much on her gender, and not on what she represents, a woman who feels like she's carrying the pressure of the entire family and village, and is trying her best to carry it on her own. Camilo isn't gender fluid. He just happens to be a person who can shapeshift. Seriously, it's like saying a woman is lesbian simply for her love of cactus, or a man is gay simply because of his love for style and fashion. Dolores doesn't have tourettes. Her usual squeaks, at least according to the comments from people of Columbia, is a sound made usually when people hear something they aren't supposed to know. This is a cultural thing. The people who headcannons it, at least the ones I've seen so far, doesn't have that as part of their culture, and I can see why they didn't understand it. Now you know. Same with Bruno. The basis of the headcannon that he has a mental illness is because of the tapping of wood he usually does. It's not due to a mental illness. It is due to superstition. The constant knocking on wood, the throwing of salt behind him, that all comes from superstition, he became superstitious, and those who watched the movie can understand why. The whole point of the movie is to showcase the theme of how intergenerational trauma affects everyone inside their home, how different the outcome of the trauma is, an how culture can affect it. It's supposed to show that you can heal that type of trauma instilled inside you. But instead of focusing on that, there are people who decided that their gender is a more important topic. That the fictional label is much more important than the story all in all. It's frustrating to watch this happen over and over again.
Every single point u've made is right on the bullseye and I completely agree with u 100% I'm so tired of seeing so many fandoms falling into the same pit over and over and over again and pushing the lgbtq+ representation onto every single little thing and ignoring the important message of the show or movie characters aren't defined by their sexualities or gender, they're their own ppl and personality traits aren't always directly correlated to their sexuality and gender especially in camilos case where he is literally given a random gift that he never chose, it was given to him by the miracle and he's just vibin with it and yet ppl keep pushing their headcanons onto other ppl for no reason
I feel like Disney should give the LGBTQ+ community some actually good representation so they'll shut up about the stuff that's not about them. "Hey, you have your movie now! Can you let Colombia have its spotlight back please?"
I'm from the LGBTQ community, and I can't be more ashamed of how my community "interpreted" this movie. This movie is a representation of- like you said- intergenerational trauma, and nothing more. Sure, some of these are harmless 'headcanons' but its not cute or fun to tamper with a message that can be deeply emotional or even scarring. I assure you that we wouldn't like it very much if someone were to take coming out as LGBTQ and turning it into a headcanon that contradicts the entire purpose. I have no idea why we see it safe or even okay to do so to other concepts and messages. All I'm saying is this movie- along with others- should be left at it's own meanings and we should let it represent what it's *supposed* to represent. I wish I could apologize on my behalf of the LGTBQ, but it's not my place to do that.
You don't need to apologize. Half of your community is consist of children who want to be a part of something. They're just following the "trends". I feel so sorry for *actual* LGBTQ+ sometimes...
The community I'm in has almost ruined the movie for me. Because the Madrigals were my family. Growing in a latin American family isn't easy because of generational trauma.
I always found super weird how some Disney fans always *insists* that every woman that doesn't want to get married to a random man their family picked for them is automatically a lesbian. And don't get me wrong, i love me some good LGBT+ representation I'm bisexual myself, but I'm also Hispanic and I'm aware that in many Hispanic cultures lots of women were forced to marry for convinience and seen as nothing more than a baby making machine. Isabella is not necessarily queer coded, you could interpret her like that for sure, but it's not okay to force that headcanon on other people specially when the character is supposed to represent a totally different topic. Also, those kind of headcanons in particular, the "she doesn't wanna marry this awful man/ man she has no interest in whatsoever means she must be a lesbian" kind of makes it seem like women who like men are going to want to endure mistreatment or fall for every man that crosses their path when it's not the case.
in the deleted scenes of encanto theres a part with isabella who goes in the woods late at night to meet with her secret boyfriend, this proves it was never the intention of the creators to make her a lesbian in the first place
@@mariacat3123 exactly, and i think they didn't use that story bc they wanted to make Isabella find her own worth outside of what she was taught, that she was just a pretty face meant to get married and have babies
Yes, exactly. As if only lesbians can be strong women. It also makes Disney and media companies look better than they are. My logic is that if kids can’t interpret the meaning to be LGBT, it’s not LGBT enough to count
“Forcing Sexualities and Mental Disorders to make it something it's not” I'm so happy I know now that there are a lot of people that think the way I do, it's been such a problem in every movie/show that has a huge fanbase recently and honestly a few things were ruined for me because of how much there was like Luca.
It CAN be a problem, but I think if they're not pushing their headcanons on others, they're fine to do what makes them happy. Example, my headcanon that Elsa is ace. How does it harm anyone? I don't have much positive ace rep, and there's no evidence that she isn't, I'm not pushing it on anyone, I'm not sexualizing her or shipping her in a weird relationship(fuck elsanna shipping, that's gross). I'm not hurting anyone. So WHY is my headcanon labelled a "problem". God I am so fucking SICK of the term "problematic". You know what's problematic? Not letting people live their lives.
And the Luca thing, my goodness 🙄🤦🏾♀️ The director LITERALLY said that he based the story off of he and his friend. That community needs to have their own show that they can talk about and leave the straight shows for straight people
Wait, what s the problem with Luca? I mean yea, they aren t canonically together but you could interpret the movie as lgbtqia+ coded, so I think it makes sense that some interpret it that way and others don t
@@Nakia11798 It's one of the problems that is specific to a certain type of person, but is sadly roped in as a whole. I mean, your headcanon is fine, but the issue is like you stated, people forcing it onto others. I thankfully haven't run into those kinds of problems in any of my fandoms, but I have seen and heard them get a little out of control. Liked getting accused of being homophobic because I don't ship a gay or lesbian relationship (which isn't even canon). So, I'm sorry you have to put up with this sort of thing. It's not your fault, it's the fault of everyone who decides their opinion and their headcanons are superior and anyone who disagrees with them is a "monster" -_-
Oh for god's sake lgbtq+, seriously? I've been a lesbian all my life, and you know what held me back from accepting that? The community. It is so unbearably toxic the way SOME people hate on straights and try to force lgbtq+ on everybody. It makes me feel sick seeing these kind of posts because I think oh no the lgbtq+ community is being annoying again, great everyone is going to hate us. I don't want to be hated, I've done nothing but like girls, but why has the community always got to let me down...
And it’s honestly the same for Christians. I’ve been a Christian my whole live and live with a heavily religious family, but I think we all agree that hating on people is disgusting just because they believe in something else. People who claim to be a Christian and then gaslight and shame people in the lgbtq+ community are the only people who seem to represent us and it sucks that now we all have to be against eachother because the wrong people are representing both sides.
Know? Same thing happened to me- Today I realize that being bi or lesbian was not for me (in the sense that I do not feel anything deep for women and I realized later) but at the time, it was very difficult for me to accept me BECAUSE OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY ITSELF, I mean, I was embarrassed of the community (and I still am) and I always said I was bi but I wasn't included in the community, so they didn't put me in the same bag.
okay stop right there. Girl good on you for being a lesbian n all but as a bisexual and part of the lgbtq community please do not blame all of us 💀 not all of us in the community is bad, like all fandoms&communitues there's always a good and bad side so please just mention or say "a fair amount" is annoying rather than call us all annoying - I'm just as annoyed that encanto to having forced sexualities onto them but pls give us good people in LGBTQ a break from the pointing 💀
@@ceceqr I shouldn't have said all of you im really sorry. I was just really angry at that time and blamed it all on the community. Majority of the community are nice people :) I'm really sorry
The LGTBQ community is my personal enemy because of their toxicity. I’m not part of it but just by seeing what these people do is sickening and sad and makes me wonder… why? If you wanna be accepted, then don’t force us, because you’ll be creating more enemies than allies. But now because of how big they’ve gotten, the only option for everyone is to just be their ally because if they don’t and call out some of their bullsh*t, then they’ll be the ones hated on (I’m referring to all LGTBQ people but am referring to a lot of them who act this way, just to clarify)
people see buff women and just automatically call them gay or trans or something. that’s doing so much more harm than good. it’s saying you can’t be a cis or straight buff/“masculine” woman.
As a dude I actually love muscular women, she hulk was one of my first muscular woman crushes. It's a shame to see people automatically labeling them and in a way putting a subconcious canon about characters like that just being gay or trans.
Thank you, being one of the people who reached out! Even though I'm not Latino, it's so annoying that people say someone is trans because they are muscular, because especially Latino women have more muscular bodies. I hate it so much, it's so rude and disrespectful. And plus, it's her gift. She probably looked "normal" when she was 5 and below. She's such a pretty character and she doesn't deserve to be called trans. I hate it so much for good reason.
Honestly it’s kind of sickening to see everyone boil down the characters to disorders, sexualities, or race ONLY. That’s all I’ve seen on it, and it’s quite upsetting. Especially since its still a kids movie
in a way it's kind of hypocritical, don't you think? like, they're always saying not to be racist, sexist, ableist, etc. etc. but then they boil everyone down to their race, sex, and disorders. p.s. like saying luisa is trans just because she's strong and muscular. that's basically sexist, something they're saying is bad.
@@macaronandcheese1811 my thoughts exactly! The double standards here are UNREAL. I’d say to call them out on it, but if you pointed it out then “you’d be the one making it ___ist” or whatever
I just feel like people are getting too caught up in this stuff. Yes, awareness about these issues is absolutely amazing, but forced representation of it and diagnosing characters like you are a psychologist or doctor is just sick. I just feel like people are getting worse and worse. People use mental diseases as fetishes now and think it's "quirky" (not saying everyone who is doing this does). And when you point these things out to people they label you as homophobic or against mental disease awareness. I am bisexual and have diagnosed anxiety so I am pretty sure I'm not either of these. People are just not focusing on the big picture anymore.
There is definitely a difference between relating to a character and seeing yourself in them versus labelling a character based on those feelings. I personally relate to Bruno a lot and his superstitious behaviors reminds me of my OCD. I feel comforted knowing this popular character can do these seemingly random things (to most people they're random anyway) and not be laughed at or ridiculed. But that doesn't mean he has OCD. And since that's not hinted at or expressly stated in the movie, he's not meant to have it. For me, it's fine to show parallels that are respectful as long as they don't overshadow the real aspects of the character. If someone relates to Camilo because he can shapeshift and it reminds them of their genderfluidity, that's one thing. But labelling him AS genderfluid because you relate to him isn't right. And labeling any of these characters' sexualities, genders, or neurodivergence completely takes away from the points the movie was trying to make. I've never seen Luca but from what I've gathered it's like you said, it's about two boys who have to hide who they truly are. You can headcanon these characters as LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent because it doesn't overshadow the original message of the film. In fact, they pair together really well. For lots of movies, labeling the main characters is fine because it can fit into a story really well and/or lots of movies don't have any diversity in them. For example, I recently learned lots of people headcanon Bella from Twilight as autistic based on her mannerisms and behaviors. This actually adds to the story (not that I think it's a GOOD story) because it creates depth in the character and explains why she does half the stupid crap she does. Also there's basically no neurodivergent representation in the films. Almost all actions in Encanto stem from the generational trauma. I can't think of one action that isn't based in anything else. Besides maybe Mirabel making Antonio a stuffed animal and Julieta healing Mirabel's hand (since those are both based in simple kindness). But even during those scenes the main focus is on the stress caused by having to be perfect. And this film has LOADS of representation for POC. I was so excited to see a movie where the main cast was majority NOT white. As a white person who loves learning about different cultures, it's really boring seeing all white characters all the time. I was SUPER stoked to see the movie because of that and it's really sad to see how everyone is focusing their attention on other minorities instead. I personally think it's fine to headcanon characters but people seem to make a sport out of it now. "There's 10 characters and they all have to be something on my checklist". It's kind of sad. They are so focused on "creating more representation" that they refuse to let the characters speak for themselves. Everyone just becomes a collection of traits that can fit into a box. Which is ironic because people aren't supposed to fit into boxes and that's the whole point of highlighting queer and ND characters in media. If we focused more of our energy shining a light on what IS in the movie and less time labeling things that AREN'T, then we'd all be able to appreciate the representation that is THERE. Also, by putting all of our energy into labeling characters as queer and ND ourselves, we're telling Disney that we don't care about the representation they gave and that we will continue to be happy headcanoning people as queer and ND instead of SEEING QUEER AND ND CHARACTERS!! I'd much rather SEE a movie about queer afro-hispanic people (sorry if that's the wrong term feel, free to correct me) then PRETEND I saw one. This movie is fantastic and I will continue to love it for what it is: a movie about a black and Latinx (once again let me know if this is wrong. lol I try) family who struggle to overcome their generational trauma together. When a minority gets a movie, we should focus on lifting THEM up instead of trying to insert ourselves. In the meantime, we should keep fighting for movies that represent us. Sorry this was so long, I got carried away 😅
I do agree with you. As for the "latinx" you can just say hispanic or latinos, because even though the "o" is usually used to refer to men, it is also used as neutral to refer to as "everyone". We, spanish speaking people, cant pronounce the x in latinx as you do, and we didnt even invent the term ourselves. So yeah, latinos or hispanic people is ok :). Also, its been one month, so im sorry.
He literally was canonically shown to have it via the scripts for the movie. They said he had OCD. This is the only thing I can't agree on because factually he was intended to have OCD.
@@akirakhan4790 I wasn't aware of that at all. If he was intended to have it, it was written in the script, and he's purposefully written to display those traits then honestly that's awesome!! I'm glad to get some form of representation that isn't just "and he counted his steps and cleaned his kitchen every five minutes". I was working under the assumption that he was written that way because he was extremely superstitious because of his gift, which is what most people say. I just wish they could've SAID THAT like IN the movie. "Why is Bruno acting so...weird?" "oh well he has OCD.....and he's lived in the walls for basically 10 years". Sometimes it would just be nice to not have to second guess if I'm reading too far into behaviors or if it's ACTUALLY meant as representation. I just rewatched a show I saw as a kid. For 2 and a half seasons I was thinking "you know, this character is giving me bisexual vibes like she SEEMS into these girls but also she's had a male love interest". But it was literally just a feeling I had based off some vague dialogue and behavioral choices. Halfway through season 3 she had a female love interest (for literally only one episode but that's not the point lol) and had an on screen kiss. They could've just saved me the trouble and had some random dialog mention that she's had a girlfriend in the past or that she likes more than one gender. Like I'm not complaining about her being bisexual but they could've just mentioned it sometime before the MIDDLE of season 3. My point: love the representation, wish they would just state it in the movie or hint at it via dialog. It's sad that I'd have to research "is Bruno meant to have OCD?" in order to find out if he's written to have OCD. Although I guess in their defense, they were following the cardinal rule of "show don't tell" but for once it would be nice to be told AND shown. Edit: typo
As the saying goes “if your only tool is a hammer, every problem becomes a nail.” People are so obsessed with representation that they will find ways to seek it out, even if it’s not there.
@@stormcloudsabound figh harder but dont force it,if you force it it becomes...well forced and forced representation is bad for everyone,wanna represent them? go a head,but dont force them to be just a representation give them personalities,flaws,problems,growth they are humans like all of us,ppl are more than just sexuality or their appearance
@@stormcloudsabound I think that there already is a lot of attention to lgbtq people now a days are forced to accept things the lgbtq community says else it’s homophobic or anti gay. Especially when you compare it to 30 years ago
@@Witsie Sure, on the United States or the UK there is, anywhere else and it's a different story. Besides, what do you think the LGBTQ community have said that is so unnaceptable? Hopefully it isn't that Trans men aren't men and vice versa! Wouldn't that be a bummer...
@@pieofchart they already did that, there was (I think it’s still there) a group of trans hating lesbians out there saying that trans women are real lesbians and that they shouldn’t be accepted
Saying Camilo is genderfluid because he can shapeshift is literally defining one's gender because of their appearance and biology. Saying Luisa must be trans because she's strong and "manly" is misogynistic So is saying Isabela must be lesbian because she rejected ONE guy. I mean, *maybe* they could be, but so could any other character, as it's a kid's show that barely touches those subjects. This only reinforces an obsession with diversity for the sake of it and, frankly, a very shallow tier analysis
Ikr they are DISNEY CHARACTERS!!!!!! they aren't actual people in real life. They are characters made for kids. I dont think 1-11 year olds should be worrying about what their sexuality should be so why look through adult eyes and turn this into a M13+ rated movie that isn't for kids when actually it's a kids movie that anyone can love but it dosent mean that you can show kids that you have to question you gender or sexuality at a young age! It's sickening!!
@@mira...477 It’s strong prejudice against women. Like “oh you’re a strong-built woman? You must be a man. You are unattractive. You are lesbian”. Google it it’ll give you a better understanding
My friend calls this the SpongeBob effect Context: You see in the years since SpongeBob SquarePants aired there has been controversy surrounding the main character and his alleged homosexuality but Steven Hillenburg confirmed that SpongeBob is not homosexual but in fact asexual and that everything such as his lustful expressions to his friends and pretty much everything in existence is platonic love. Unsurprisingly even after the creator himself made confirmation on Spongebob's sexuality years ago, people in fan groups don't consider the creators claims as fact and consider Spongebob an icon of something he's not and ship him with other characters because "they can". Hence why he called it the Spongebob effect.
I even heard once that "Isabella is lesbian because of her song and this is canon"...like damn, not every problem that people go through has something to do with lgbt+
I can’t believe people think throwing salt or knocking on wolf is a sign of OCD…. It’s literally a superstitial belief to ward off the bad spirits bro, it’s not necessarily OCD lol
I mean dude can see the future and has been living in the walls, of course he is superstitious, we don't mess with ghosts around here. Bruno got the right idea.
exactly! just because he does things often that might seem weird and extraordinary, like knock knock on wood and throwing salt, doesnt necessarily mean he is diagnosed with OCD
People who aren't psychologists should stop diagnosing everything they see (including themselves) it's really annoying and insulting to people who actually have mental illness
@@pissapocalypse I think you should check out "Georgia Dow" shes done videos on all the characters and its really interesting, she is a licensed psychologist.
The fandom is kinda making me mad at times, as a Latina I really want people to focus on the purpose of the movie, colombian representation. Not mainly focusing on head canons on things like sexuality and gender.
I mean tbf people can, y'know, both be really jazzed about columbian representation AND also be interested in potential other kinds of representation too. Representation isn't a zero sum game, people talking about potential for gender or sexuality based representation doesn't 'steal away' the columbian representation, it can happily exist alongside or enhance it.
@@beadotwitter8868 I dunno how to say this any plainer than gender=/=sex or sexuality. If you can't understand that, consider if you saw a child in a dress. Would your first thought be about that child's genetalia? If so I think that says more about you than about the people making headcanons.
Your sexuality isn't a personality type, and I feel that this mindset is just contributing more to stereotypes about being gender fluid, trans, gay and etc., which is something we should try to avoid as a culture.
As someone who is trans and gay, I don’t go out of my way to put this on blast and make it my personality. I don’t see why that has to be the case. I’m just me. If someone’s only personality trait is their sexuality or gender identity, then maybe they just aren’t interesting outside of those aspects? But honestly my identity is not a big deal to me and it’s just another aspect of my being. You’ll find out if you ask but I don’t find the need to advertise, y’know?
I think people are thinking he is genderfluid because he never expresses discomfort when he shapeshifts into other people. It is entirely possible he is, but that's not what the movie is about, and its written by Disney so even if he is they would never admit it. So long as it doesn't hurt anyone I think its ok to speculate. Shapeshifters generally are genderfluid, such as Loki. But its not for sure he is or isn't.
The "knock on wood" thing is also related to superstitions. Here, in some Central and South American countries, when someone says that something bad is gonna happen, we say "toca madera" and proceed to knock on something made of wood. This is done with intentions of attracting good luck and distance the bad, wishing that everything goes well.
Yeah and in the Danish dub they said "knock knock knock on wood to pretend its a table" in denmark when you say smth and wanna like do the knock on wood thing. You knock under a table or wood table to like- erase it. So bruno saying "pretends it's a table" still made alot of sense
How do people not understand that close to *all* of Bruno’s “tics and compulsions” are just common superstitions? It’s not even just Colombian or Latin culture, throwing salt, knocking on wood, that’s everywhere! I know Polish people who do it… And it is so incredibly hypocritical that the very same people who are against stereotypes and are stereotyping these characters! EDIT: OK guys, I get it. Tics are common in OCD too, and I shouldn’t have dismissed it, but I didn’t want to talk about it because I don’t know enough about it. Thanks for telling me, I wanted to reply to all of you, but I’m really lazy, I hope this cleared done things up. I know he has OCD too, thank you, I didn’t know, but you guys have told me.
Oh, and if Bruno were to actually have a mental disorder, his symptoms look more like paranoia disorder than Tourette’s; but even that’s quite the stretch!
The rainbow on Mirabel isn't even the bi flag colors, the blue and purple are way too light, it's almost like blue, pink, and purple just make pleasant color scheme. Disney is a mega corporation trying to appeal to everyone for the most sellable movie possible, they're not gonna bother with LGBTQ representation in a major motion picture if they don't have to. If they do it's with a minor character that can be easily ignored. Edit: apparently there's a headcanon that Luisa is trans too, and while headcanons are fine this one rubs me the wrong way a bit. Being big, strong, and having a deep voice are things cis women are capable of having too (plus I'm sure the magic beefs her up a bit). Headcanoning her as trans for these factors borders on stereotypical to me. Edit 2: Been informed the rainbow is an Easter egg to the VA of Mirabel, who is bi, which is neat! But I don't think the confirms or denies Mirabel is bi, though I don't have issues with people headcanoning it as such.
That take also affects afab women who have deeper, huskier and even more deadpan voices, like myself. I usually hate my voice because I don't sound feminine enough to my ears. But these idiots don't care because I'm CIS so I don't matter. Plenty of CIS women also enjoy bodybuilding and such. Headcanons are one thing, but honestly people go so gung-ho over them to where they believe their fanon is canon.
I just want to say that I am trans. Specifically non-binary but I use trans as a label too. Anyways… I also would agree that saying she’s trans is really iffy in my opinion. Sure, a trans woman can be buff, but Cis women are also capable of being buff. Honestly by saying that someone that isn’t conventionally feminine or masculine is trans is enforcing gender norms, harming both Cis and trans people
Btw i heard most of the things on mirabelle's dress were representing people from her family (to symbolize how much she loves them) so the rainbow is for pepa, but even so i don't understand how people saw a lgbtq flag in this
So now '' a woman can't be strongly built if she is not trans'' 😂. Do these kind of people see women in their life. It's not a common shape but there is definitely women built like Louisa! And for what I saw it is pretty rare to see trans women with this shape either. It is a rare shape among people in general 😂. Edit : Quotation marks because sarcasm was not clear enough in the first sentence.
I hate how a character will wear certain colors that just happen to be the same colors as a pride flag, people think that means they're LGBT. That's not how sexuality works.
Especially as the movie has a very intricate color symbolism: Julieta's side is blue, Pepa's side is yellow and Bruno is green, while Abuela's color is pink. The color change Isabela goes through (from pink to a mixture of yellow and blue) also shows the changes in her inner attitude.
For anyone looking for a simply put version: 1. Headcanons are fine as long as you accept they are just that, headcanons. (This goes for sexuality and mental illness) 2. Headcanons are fine as long as you realize those headcanons aren't the point of the movie. Example: headcanoning Bruno as autistic/OCD/gay is fine as long as you understand that isn't his point in the movie, it isn't the reason he was shunned from the family. 3. Headcanons are fine long as they aren't based on (harmful) stereotypes. Example: Luisa being a trans woman because she's big and strong. Cis women can be these things. Example #2: Isabela being lesbian bc she didn't want to marry Mariano. Women rejecting a man doesn't make her a lesbian.
its not inherently harmful though, some trans women are big and muscular and some lesbian women really see themselves in isabela (didn't mean that in a sexual way lmao). otherwise i agree
Camilo: he never changes his outfit in the entire movie so saying he changes how he looks because he's genderfluid is just talking about his shapeshifting Luisa: SHE'S JUST STRONG AND A BIT MASCULINE THAT DOESN'T MAKE HER TRANS OR A LESBIAN Isabela: While I'll be the first to admit that What Else Can I do? TOTALLY sounds like a coming out song, just because she doesn't want to marry Mariano doesn't make her automatically a lesbian, it was an arranged marriage, and she really didn't have much choice Bruno: He's incredibly superstitious which makes sense because he sees the future and what happens, and he's always been treated like his power only gave bad omens, that does NOT make him neurodivergent. Dolores: Her little "hm"'s are not tics she just does that because she either heard the tea or spilled it I can get behind a little head canon or two as much as the next person, but you cannot and should not force them upon a whole fandom, and you have to consider what culture, religion, etc. that the movie or tv show is based on.
@@randroid1019 Genderfluid means you change genders every now and then. Like for example, one day you can identify as a girl, then the next you can identify as non-binary or a male. Now you might be wondering "but how do their parts change?" They don't, because it's changing their gender, not there sex (their sex is how they were born). And gender is what they identify. Do you understand now?
EXACTLY and once you tell people this they get mad and say stuff like “just say your homophobic”, “oh so you hate gays!???”, “It’s just a head canon”, etc.
At the end of the day, if you have a headcanon, that's totally fine. Just don't be annoying about it, don't try to insist it's canon when it hasn't even been confirmed, and don't bully people who have a different headcanon than you.
The Encanto fandom is full of these people. "Bruno has OCD", "Isabela is gay", "Camilo is genderfluid". Character traits are being boiled down to sexual identity or mental disorders now.
@@Sener I'm not saying that either. But I've seen people claim that because Isabela doesn't want to marry Mariano, that must mean that she's gay. She COULD be gay, sure. But there's no proof of it in the movie.
@@Sener Its not that... their randomly saying their gay like 1. Was it confirmed just bc Isabella didn't want to marry that one specific guys doesn't make her lesbian, just bc camilo doesn't know who he is, doesn't make Gender fluid, Just bc Mirabels actor is bi and has a so on so "Bi rainbow" on her dress doesn't make her bi, like theses were never confirmed. people are saying it likes it's a fact. As a Pansexual Girl, this is getting truly annoying
@@AdelioNightstorm that’s not what people mean when they headcanon her as gay, it’s gay people relating to having to be perfect in front of homophobic family and fearing being your true self and feeling the need to live a lie because of you come out as gay you might get disowned or kicked out, similar to how Isabella is hiding her true self and marrying a guy she doesn’t even like pit of fear of disappointing her family. They are relating to her trauma not to her not liking a man.
@@rinsinplays3461 Then don't headcanon her as gay like some people are? You act like only homosexuals have to act a certain way or be the perfect child in a family. This extends to all races, sexes, age, religion, and sexual preferences as people of every creed has experienced having to be the image of the perfect child despite not wanting that. Your comment does absolutely NOTHING to disprove the fact that people headcanon her as gay, aka liking the same gender, just due to her not wanting to marry Mariano and how she doesn't act like a stereotypical woman via wanting other things than perfection/how she ended up with a rainbow like design of colors when she finally broke her facade of perfection.
“Forced representation is not _good_ representation.” This is a fantastic point. It’s odd how the same people who will get very angry over things like queerbaiting and neurodivergent coding and tokenism will engage in such things _themselves,_ constantly, in their own “headcanons.”
The toxic side of the lgbt community (aka 60% of it) Forces things to do with the community (be it two guys portrayed as friends being gay for no apparent reason) Try to make everything about them, call people whatever phobic just because, and lots more, but as soon as it’s called out, they act defensive, call you whatever phobic, and try to make you look bad.
@@Sp3ctralI I don't think it's that amount of people, but there is definitely a very vocal part of the LGBT community that ruins the taste for everyone else.
Listen. I have absolutely no problem with LGBTQ+ or Neurodiversity. I absolutely have a problem with trying to force it into a whole other topic when it’s not even part of the picture, really. It’s unnecessary and generally kind of obsessing over both topics and it’s so annoying. Especially the Luisa transgender situation. They’re basically saying, “Oh, this female is very strong and has a generally masculine body type and doesn’t fit all of the feminine standards, she must be a biological male, because god forbid there’s a physically(and mentally, love you Luisa you’re doing amazing sweetie :D) strong female.”
I hate it when people force sexualities/disorders onto characters. It's ALWAYS based on stereotypes, and it's just wrong. I think a character is way more than their sexuality alone. It's just really sad to see that a lot of people base characters on stereotypes, it's actually really harming. I also think Bruno is just superstitious? Like doing those things doesn't mean you have OCD, he just seems constantly paranoid after basically being told by everyone in town, including his family, that he's bad luck. That's literally the reason he went into hiding, because he loved his family but he didn't wanna ruin anything. Camilo being genderfluid can't be right, because if he wasn't a shapeshifter, nobody would've said anything. That's literally the only reason people make him out to be genderfluid, because he has the ability to be anyone he wants. That's also EXTREMELY harming for the genderfluid community, because just imagine how everyone could think that a genderfluid person could be any gender they want depending on how they feel, which is just another stereotype. Stereotyping is very hard for any community, I don't care if you are part of any of these communities, because it's still wrong. EDIT: I've been getting a lot of replies from genderfluid people, and I would just like to say that I am very sorry if I have offended anyone! I've had conversations with people who headcanon Camilo to be genderfluid based on stereotypes VS actual genderfluid people who just relate to Camilo as a character. Thank you for all of the corrections!
For me I feel like those people are only thinking of the characters sexually if they're worrying about the characters sexuality. I hate how people take complex characters with interesting stories and only think of them as, oh they're gay, or oh they're lesbian. Like come on man, Their sexuality doesn't define who they are And as someone who makes plenty of characters, I almost never focus primarily on their sexual orientation because I feel it doesn't matter.
The thing is, everybody assumes that people who are shapeshifters are genderfluid and that's frustrating because while it's great to see that kind of representation where the character's genders aren't their assigned sex/just one gender, putting every shapeshifter into that category is just kinda.....I don't know the word. Wrong? It's just that, even though you can change your form to be anyone, your gender doesn't have to change. It kinda seems a little transphobic. It's like saying that, "you have to change your body to be trans." And the other way, too: "If you change your body you're trans." Both of these things are just not true. I made a shapeshifting OC who is a girl. She's not genderfluid, even though she can shapeshift. Could Camilo be genderfluid? Yes. Is it definite because he's a shapeshifter? Absolutely not. And the fact that people are saying they will be mad if he's not genderfluid is completely ignoring what this movie is about and ignoring the fact that shapeshifting in fiction does NOT equal genderfluidity. A similar thing is happening with Isabela. Just because she doesn't want to marry one specific guy suddenly means she's a lesbian? That's not how that works. Plus, again, it's ignoring what the movie is about. It's ok to have headcanons but don't force them and insist they are definitely canon. Just let these characters be themselves and see where it goes. Create headcanons if you want but don't be mad if they don't turn out to be true. And stop stereotyping! I see it so much! It's completely ignoring what this movie is about!
i truly hate it... shapeshif is not the only example of this unfortunately. And i find this although understandable and probably natural still incredibly annoying and wrong. It may not be methaphor at all, it may be methaphor for so many other things... the first coming to mind - existencesial crisis and trust issues, manipulation and all but no... it is all about LGBT... i am honestly surprised this topic survived for so long. And it will still be wrong to blindly assume things anyway and sometimes even pressure the writers into confirming your head cannons. For some reason recently people are literally obsessed with "representation" and thanks, i hate it... I just want diversity and actually good writing... I mean... where is the sympathy for sociopaths or incest? i will say you where, in fanfiction and there it should stay. The big screen is for original and interesting ideas, stories, plots... not for hours long commercials. Ah, and just for the possible hypocratical people... i will save you the time to write about how i know nothing and would never understand the lgbt people's struggles so apperantly i can't make such comments. Joke's on you, i am into that shit and i prefer actual discussions.
I really don’t like when people are always messing up with some kind of vision that a person have. I hope you guys know that the director said clearly that Camilo is finding his true self. I don’t see anything bad if people wanna see him as genderfluid or not. Stop putting transphobia everywhere just because you don’t agree on someone point of view. From all of this, it IS bad to sexualize a character of course, but please leave people have their own perception of a creation and stop being so negative about it! Being transphobic is something else in my opinion, something much more heavy than just making suppositions about a character that DOES have some struggles about finding himself.
@@deerinheadlights7179 We are not talking about making headcanons real, because that’s not my problem honestly. I’m just saying that this is are fictional character with no real background whatsoever. It is obvious that people will make supposition about a fictional creations, I’ve been in many fandoms that was a constant thing. And also making up some specific characteristics about a character it’s not generalizing. Who is saying that every shapeshifter is genderfluid? No one. People are talking about that because they have material to do that. Apart from that I agree with the video, but not on the final part. A fandom is free to make headcanons freely if I’m correct, as long as any character is NOT sexualized or hypersexualized. You guys are just trying to be the paladins of something that there is no way it could not happen.
MAN, FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT! I mean, it would be pretty cool to have some representation in movies, but like, WHY to assume that only the shapeshifter is a genderfluid? Soooo wrong!
The more important thing is that she is not wearing the color of her close family (blue), but Abuela's purplish pink, showing she internalized her values the most. After What Else Can I Do, the colors she wears change to blue and yellow, representing both Julieta's and Pepa's side of the family.
it pisses me off that people think luisa is trans as a headcanon just because she's buff. like what the fuck. for what reason do you have to say a _woman with muscles_ is trans? muscles isn't a masculine feature!
I'm gonna add to the Isabella's dress thing, just something I noticed is that Isabella changed her dress from pink to blue bc Abuela's color is pink too but Isabella changed the color of her dress to blue bc she broke out of Abuela's mold and also is now matching her family
@@alexandraeagle2825 I saw this theory where someone speculated that her dress might be purpley because she wants to emulate Abuela but also wants to be connected to her family and pink and blue can make purple, idk how accurate to canon it is but I think it’s an interesting idea
@@alexandraeagle2825 I think her dress is suppose to be based around Columbia’s national flower which is a light magenta color I believe. The Cattleya Trianae.
@@wordswarsandsymphonies of course there is a chance that she is lesbian and that's ok. But the people who made those head cannons reasoning "ShE rEjEcTeD oNe GuY, sO sHe MuSt Be LeSbIaN", is just wrong on so many levels.
@@wordswarsandsymphonies but like, why does there have to be a reason or explanation for her to be disguised Guy Fieri? maybe she just is. If this comment does not make any sense, so does yours.
@@wordswarsandsymphonies i agree. she could be, she could not be - it was never said. people who assume heterosexuality are doing the exact same thing... (personally, i haven't really thought about any of these headcanons so i'm not saying "she's absolutely, 100% a lesbian" because that just isn't realistic)
Thank you for a video with such gentle music I love it and the topics are so much easier to ingest especially when you've seen them reflected in your own family thank you
As an LGBTQ+ person, people who try to force LGBTQ+ representation on things are so annoying. I mean, Isabela could be lesbian and Camilo could be genderfluid but they don't have to force their headcanon. Also I think people saying Camilo is genderfluid just because he can shapeshift is stupid.
I thought I was going against the community because I too believe that it’s really annoying when people do that, but I’m happy I’m not the only one who feels that way
I have a colombian friend and im mexican, so i was talking about bruno's “compulsions”. he explained that many people on Colombia do this for good luck, the wood's touching, the salt and sugar he throws in the air (the left is for the salt and the right is for the sugar), and the things he mumble are part of the superstition as you said! Also the modisms of Camilo and other characters are tipical of different regions of Colombia. Pepa mood's, how felix talks, Camilo movements of hand. It's all about colombian manerisms of different regions. Which was super interesting to me and that's why i really enjoy the effort Encanto did in representing a bit of Colombia. (Srry about my english if it has some errors)
Yes, people do things for good luck like that, but when its obbsessive it crosses a line. Idk if colombians do this always and like this, but it doesnt seen healthy. Im not saying that it for sure is a disorder, but when someone is suffering from so.ething like this and see it in a movie they will be less likely to get help. It would just be better if someone adresses it in the movie and when they didnt i was happy the fandom has. Idk about other things people are saying, tho.
@@Name-ch1fm glad to see someone else thinks this!! its the only point of contention i hold with this video. as someone with ocd who is currently pursuing a psychology degree brunos level superstition made me go “hmm.” folks with ocd (including myself) can often have compulsions developed around superstitions (for instance, obsessively not stepping on cracks). theres certainly not enough evidence to diagnose him, and i dont think some message about ocd in particular should eclipse the meaning of the film or the awesome cultural representation, but what we saw is enough to make me go “hmmmm”
Can't you be superstitious and OCD at the same time? Can't you have ticks and be colombian at the same time? Can't you be genderfluid and have intergenerational trauma at the same time?
Honestly, the idea of Camilo being genderfluid literally makes no sense. Yes, his power is shapeshifting, but does that ever tie into his feelings for his gender indenity/expression?
Spot on. The movie was about celebrating colombian culture and looking into family dynamics and trauma that goes across generations. Let's see the movie as it is
As a bi person, I hate the people saying that's a bi flag on Mirabel's dress. It doesn't even look like a bi flag. It is such a massive stretch and this is more than just headcannons, I've been in full arguments with people who firmly believe its canonical.
I’m pretty sure the rainbow with the bi colors is for the voice actress who is bi, other than that yeah, head cannons are fine as long as people don’t get upset when someone else disagrees
And I think blue, purple and pink has always is a common colour palette to use since they go together well since it’s like using red orange and yellow. And that combination of colours can represent more than just bi, some people use that colour combination for unicorns or galaxies.
I find it hillarious these are the same people who usually go beserk over different cultures not being represented in media, only for them to instantly try to give away with said cultural elements to forcibly adapt their own archetypes and standards. Being from Colombia, one of the things i liked the most about the movie was how it was actually able to show the country in a way not entirely related to the cartels or armed conflict (with the latter being used in a very appropriate way), which is usually what we get in all Colombia related media, so seeing all of that get reduced to sexualities and disorders is just sad
I think these people just have too much time in their hands and spend it all on themselves, so all the knowledge about random things (like "how to identify this mental disorder") comes through when they see something unusual to them, but they don't stop to think that they might be wrong for 2secs, when I watched the movie, the first thing I assumed from the salt throws Bruno does, etc... Was that it had to do with colombian culture, cuz that's what the movie's about
Yeah this is one of those classic white woman moves. Heavily engaging in the activist/representation discourse around a subject while also managing to make it all about them.
I watched a movie reaction of someone from Colombia and she basically had the same thoughts about how they represented it. It was a really great reaction, she gets emotional about the representation and shares how much it means to her. If anyone like reaction videos and wants to watch hers her channel name is Once Upon a Reaction
@@theodorecreager3752 They can't stand when something isn't all about them. They make new things to complain about so they can get in on the oppression.
this is going to be controversial, however, why yall have to bring sexuality into everything and ruin the fucking movie. the amount of times i have seen debates that Spongebob is gay is insane.
You implying that sexuality ruins a movie is kinda bigoted, but i kinda get what you mean. It's just that people want to relate to someone, and in this time an age where lgbt is becoming more common in media, they seek more of it. Also there's a limit on what people should say to others, for example if someone thinks "it would be cool if ---- was gay" it does no harm. But if someone said "they are gay and you have to agree with me" then yea that's harmful.
Not Gay but Stephan Hillenburg did declare before he died that SpongeBob was somewhat asexual which many people get confused and include him still in the LGBT community.
@@xxmushisushixx1049 asexuals are a part of the lgbtq community. It’s just that people didn’t like that he was asexual (yeah acephobia within the community) and just called him gay for whatever reason.
“If disney doesnt make camilo gay and genderfluid i swear to god ill be pissed.” Why? Is someone’s sexuality more important then themselves? What does him being bi or genderfluid change about him? What does bruno not having OCD or anxiety change about him? They would still be good loveable characters because that’s what they are.
This is why I hate these kinds of people , they want to be represented in every aspect of the entertainment world and even in real life , like bro shut up YOU HAD BEEN REPRESENTED ENOUGH , not everything has to be gay/bi/genderfluid what ever the fuck
Honestly I feel like actual lgbt reps in movies can be pretty annoying, as often they are either blatantly offensive, a PR tool, or it's their entire personality/shoved in for no reason
There isn’t anything wrong with making a headcanon for a character, but when you focus on just your headcanon, and ignore the movie’s message about trauma and the representation of Columbian/Latin American culture, it just comes off as being rude and insensitive :/
i was very sad when i found out people ignored their trauma and just went full on with headcanons for why they are like how they are as someone who is latino, not neurotypical and apart of the lgbtq, i could really tell the small things that people seemed to ignore and go for "they are mistreated because they are gay 😥" i like the headcanons but sometimes they can be insensitive and rude, bruno only says all those things because they are superstitions in latin culture, and with his gift, you can see why he does that.
Pretty much. I keep this in mind when making my own headcanons. And I even like or share some headcanons opposite to my own! Bc the more different headcanons something has, means more people love it :)
@@etiam9473 well, I am from Brazil and I find this movie very accurate to me too. Of course there are much things from Colombia culture but it do representate other places of latin-america too
Representation isnt gonna solve racism Representation isnt gonna solve homophobia Repreaentation isnt gonna cure mental illness People who are actually faced with turmoil for being who they are are getting very sick and tired of the fakes who just do all this for attention and making a god damn fool of themselves Making a character all of a sudden different to give someone a hero or character of their own isnt the things that people want People want change and making characters this or that isnt the change people want Instead of capitalizing on shit like this why dont companies like Disney put more money towards organizations that want to help with change Such as organizations that help trans people with their transition Organizations that want change for the black community Organizations that actually want change and not some interest group that only want to hurt us From a bisexual Puerto Rican who wants actual change
That’s what bothers me about this representation obsession in media. When I looked at hero’s I didn’t obsess over them if they were the same as me but rather what they believed in and also how interesting they were. They felt human, not a caricatures or stereotypes or generalizations. Which is crazy cause that is what media is pushing to give representation but it’s most of the time generalizations. Like for example, media portraying black teens having to like rap or Nike sneakers or always mentioning police brutality in almost every movie. Then in the same breadth so many people liking it cause representation. I was so uncomfortable cause all those skin deep things is what the media thinks a black person is and a black person can’t be their own individual. It reminds me of the episode of Carlton being called a sellout. He is basically told he is an Oreo. That episode showed how internalized racist stereotypes was in the black community. That internalize racism I can see it still in the community and in the media.
Straight up facts, but I still feel some kind of joy every time I see someone who's aroace too. Honestly it longs for a while but then I just don't care
Disney has to make better shows & movies. LGBT/abortion is NOT Disney's business! That has already being pushed everywhere. That's NOT normal, and it's NOT healthy. Disney doesn't have to help any "transitions". They should pay their female employees! Not forcing them to abort or lose their jobs. Enough of this closeted neonazi wokism.
I’d just like to imagine that these characters aren’t straight, gay, trans or anything. They are each unique and amazing, and adding a sexuality to them doesn’t add anything to the already beautiful character.
I agree. Some people can see themselves on a character and identify with them, there is no problem with that. But forcing it in wrong ways is not good.~
@@yynwi Why is it seen as forcing when it's just one person's opinion or headcanon? Why can't people post on social media with fanfiction about their favorite characters? Why is only "forcing" when lgbt or neurodivergent people apply their lived experiences to fictional characters? It's never "forced" when people assume everyone in a piece of fiction is straight or neurotypical. EYEROLL.
@@natalyrausch Because when cis people "assume" the character is cisgender too, it's usually because they aren't even actually assuming shit and just watching that character be themselves, watching how they develop themselves, and without assuming they are a lesbian 'cuz she ain't wanna marry that one man
“Isabela rejected a man. That means she MUST be a lesbian!” Oooor maybe she just wasn’t attracted to that _specific_ man? They never said she was gay. Head-canons are fine, as long as you remember that they are still just head-canon, not what the people who made the movie intended. This is Pixar’s Luca all over again.
idk, it hasn't been confirmed that she is straight either edit: i was just saying that i don't agree with the whole "disney didn't answer any lgbtq related questions so she must be straight since being straight is normal" trope. a lot of people in the comments prove that they think you're automatically straight until proven otherwise. being straight shouldn't be the automatic assumption and that's what the lgbtq+ community wants to change. that's all i wanted to say with this, i wasn't trying to justify forcing a specific sexuality onto someone, i apologize
@@hwtvi3466 yeah and we can move in circles about this all day mate. People saying she MUST be a lesbian are neither more right, nor more wrong than you when you say "Oooor maybe she just wasn’t attracted to that specific man?" Isabela being lesbian ain't canon. Isabela being straight ain't canon. So just assume whatever you want, literally there's no way to be wrong.
@@someoneyouprobablyknowandl9964 that wasn’t the point. They were talking about the fandom or people who have watched the movie saying that Isabela is a lesbian and forcing that thought a little too much that’s why its become a problem. Like how’s it’s explained in the video, you can say it’s hc but you can’t say it’s canon because it isn’t mentioned in the movie nor confirmed by any of the makers.
This whole issue wildly confused me. Why do ppl have an issue with young lgbt Latino people headcanoning their favorite character to be LGBT like them??? Those ppl (children) aren't ruining or ignoring the message???
its ok to have head cannons but not in the way it changes what the character is supposed to b like. its starts to become a problem when ppl start forcing these head cannons onto the characters when its not confirmed or has anything to do w the movie. for example j bc isabella doesnt want to marry a guy doesnt make her lesbian. she COULD be but ppl r forcing it when lgbtq has nothing to do w the overall theme of the movie. its turning the movie into something its not
Overall, I don’t mind fanmade headcanons. If fans want to believe some character is LGBTQ+, they of course can believe it. But forcing on it and proving that it’s canon with ridiculous arguments is just not right.
I had no idea that people saw "Sana, sana, colita de rana" as an indication of neurodivergence. I too have been hearing it for as long as I can remember and, despite me being almost 18 now, my dad _still_ says it to me when I get injured. So, despite me being both Hispanic _and_ autistic, my reaction to hearing it in the movie was excitement due to recognizing the phrase from my family's culture. The thought of neurodivergence didn't even cross my mind for the entire movie.
It just shows how much Americans can't even be bothered to do a little bit of research about what does that even mean. It's just a funny phrase we say when someone gets hurt (specially children), it's not a sign of neurodivergence
My dad (mexican) never let us be in touch with our culture or even taught us Spanish so I had never heard the phrase before. But even then, I never once thought it was a neurodivergent trait. I also have autism as well as adhd and not once did it seem like he has any kind of neurodivergence or disability. I did like the fact that they showed how superstitious Latinos are, though
@@binglesnort Agreed with that last part. My dad hates American superstitions and calls them "stupid-stitions", yet he treats "sana, sana, colita de rana" like first aid despite being a doctor.
as a latin american that has lived my whole life here, it makes me so mad how people have transformed the message of the movie. Generational trauma is still such a prominent thing here, specially since it hasn't been alot of time since the end of dictatorship imposed on the Cold War by the US. The dictatorship, at least on my country, ended on 1990, but just one month ago, media recognized and announced that it was finally the end of the transition period and we are finally a complete democracy. The experiences shaped the generations of out grandparents and parents, those fears imposed in us and Encanto shows the healing and letting go of the past, so we can shape a new future.
I agree, it surprises me a lot that the fandom isn't more focussed on this message, i've barely seen it discussed. However, i will say that just because a character is gay or has a mental disorder that doesn't 'change' the meaning of the film. A gay character doesn't make the film about sexuality, and it would be good if disney included more [obvious] representation in their movies, without just making the movie 'about' that. (also 100th like!)
@@MrMoon-pp8xv I know, it is just a comparison of how it can relate to the newest traumas from latin american families. In the 50's people were extremely poor and there was alot of child mortality (40% of kids died before the age of 5). Also really corrupted government and inequality. That is also still a trauma for the older demographic of our people.
@@goatsmilk Yeah, I agree. The characters preferences or disabilities wouldn't really change the story, I meant that people are changing the focus completely. I used to like other media were the same happened, they would strip away the main meaning of the story and concentrate on random thing that were mostly headcannons
honestly when i saw the movie it didn't tell me much, i knew it was a good movie, just not for me, but you made me notice a lot of intresting details i didn't notice and the entire point of the film whitch i somehow missed entirely, overall you've helped me understand and appreciate the movie more, and for that, i thank you.
finally someone talks about this, i hate when every character is ruined by saying "they are ___" or "they have ___" like no, they are not bi or trans they dont have ADHD or OCD
The whole frase of bruno is “sana sana, colita de rana, si no sana hoy, sanara mañana” which in English is “heal heal, little tail of a frog, if it doesn’t heal today, it will heal tomorrow” here in Latinoamérica they tell us this so we feel better when we get hurt. You could say those were magic words to calm down a child , or at least it worked on me.
That's very true. When my older sister and I was watching, she got excited hearing Bruno saying that because our mom used to say that to her and my brother when they were young and would get hurt sometimes
as a person in the lgbtq+ community, i think we need to stop. people are ignoring the very real theme and representation of this film and its extremely disrespectful.
I agree. What's the point of this if it will cause nothing but chat wars. Disney has the right to decide on their characters. We don't have the right to assume what they are supposed to be and insisting it to be real.
As a Colombian it’s really sad and frustrating that the “fandom” seems to focus more on this headcanons than the actual Latin representation and the showcase of our culture, not to mention how incredibly deep the movie strikes for some Colombian (and Latin American) people because the roots of the problem in the movie, which is in some sort of way the problem the Abuela faced in her youth, is something that happened in the past and STILL HAPPENS here in our country. Look, we get it, you don’t have to be absolutely in love with our culture or know every little thing about our political and society problems, but when you make this movie seem like it’s about your headcanons more than it is about the culture and showcase of our conflict, that’s what’s messed up for me. This characters are so beautifully written inspired by our country and how some people actually are here and in Latin America that making it all about their gender or sexuality just feels wrong. I’m not saying don’t have this headcanons, but don’t reduce the incredible work behind this to just that.
true!! I'm Filipino and relate to the intergenerational trauma represented in the movie. Then the fandom completely ignored that, and went straight for headcanons. They didnt even acknowledge the awesome Colombian (or Latin American) rep. :((
TIENES TODA LA MALDITA RAZÓN, cuando salió me sentía muy feliz porque nos iban a comenzar a dar representación y no como lo típico que es "México", no olvides el hecho de gente que tiene acendencia hispana se siente con derecho a imponer su pensamiento en la película sin saber nada de cultura latinoamericana, ni saber porlomenos dónde se ubica, o saber que compartimos el mismo continente... Lo cuál es muy hipócrita y un poco ofensivo. Por ejemplo lo del white washing por la piel de pepa, o que en el arte conceptual a pepa la pintaron con una ruana que era bastante parecida a la lgbt y comenzaron a decir que iba a ser gay (especulaciones que no tienen nada de malo pero que al volverse excesivamente repetitivas e imponentes es un poco molesto), sin saber que los colores llamativos, y la diversidad genética no son solo de Colombia si no de latinoamericana y es un aspecto cultural bastante grande...
Omg same!! I felt the same thing when Luca came out. I’m Italian and I was so excited that we were FINALLY going to get a movie based in Italy but, people were too obsessed with saying how gay Luca and Alberto were instead of actually watching the movie and enjoying the message for what is is. ( I’m not saying that I’m against that point of view, I’m just saying that people are trying to force it down other peoples throats.) And to be honest, I was actually very sad that they didn’t say more Italian words like not calling their grandma “nonna” and their uncle “Zio”. I still love the movie but it just felt like a letdown that they didn’t incorporate more from the culture😞😞.
I'm fine with headcanoning, but if it's not confirmed by the writers, don't get upset because someone disagrees or brings up ACTUAL canon. In other words, shape-shifting ≠ genderfluid and not wanting to marry a particular man ≠ being lesbian. Like I said people can headcanon all they want but they need to STOP acting like that's ACTUALLY what's happening in the story
I agree with what you said. Like it’s okay to have headcanon’s and make videos about said headcanon, but in a setting we’re people are talking about what’s happening in the story you don’t need to bring it up. (Also with the “Camilo is genderfluid” thing I can get were people are coming from because it’s an extremely popular trope in fiction for genderfluid characters.)
Shape shifting could be a symbolism for the feeling of having to be whatever people need him to, wich could be explored on a sequel. But genderfluid? What the actual fuck???? He shapeshifts for second or even minutes only, since it's never specified of he has done it for more than an hour, or even a day
I don't really see the issue. If people can identify with the story or characters through their headcannons, how is it an inherently negative thing? We barely even got to explore Camillo's issues in the movie to the point where a lot of people headcannon his issues as being an identity crisis (not knowing who he really is) or gender dysphoria. Who cares? I don't feel like it takes away from the core of the movie. You guys are also forgetting that LGBTQ+ people exist in Colombia too. Don't they deserve to feel represented in the movie just as much, even if it's not over canon info?
I agree. I don't even know how they got to some of the conclusions you showed. for example Camilo being gay/bisexual/genderfluid, there nothing to suggest that it was the case.
The thing Dolores does is a thing that Latinos and Hispanics do when they're gossiping. My aunt, my mom, my sister and even me do it when we're shitting on someone. It's not a tic, it's a detail they added.
I KNOW! I HATE THIS FANDOM SO MUCH. THEY ARE SO DISRESPETFUL AND THE HOUR A MOVIE COMES OUT THEY ALWAYS NEED TO ADD UNECESSARY LABELS. LIKE JUST LET US ENJOY THE MOVIE??
literally i’ve never heard any latinos or hispanos ever do that
@@squiddyft.insecurities3549 the commenter literally just said they do it 💀 my mom does it too. I guess it also depends where you're from or what area of that country.
also almost every single people have certain mannerisms they do without it being a tic...
Yup. My aunt is a gossip and this is definitely a thing.
The fandom is basically treating Encanto like Abuela, forcing the movie to be perfect for them by being what it is not meant to be
wow, perfect way to put it
That's a very clever way to see it
...dang, that's deep
@@mmahaney0911 yeah she does have reasons for her character, it is well explored how the trauma goes deeper than just to her and is really just a great way to start the true issue of the movie, not an antagonist, but a danger within the very family
yes
As a girl who's extremely self conscious of my broad shoulders and over all larger frame, I loved Louisa. She was adorable and (although overworked) loved by her family. The whole trans Louisa thing made me wonder if I'm even supposed to be a girl.
Don’t worry you are supposed to a girl, don’t let others sway your path or get you confused because that’s why so many people are stepping over as well because society makes them confused.
nope, you are supposed to be a girl, several women can actually get those if they work a lot all their lives, or maybe you just grew bigger than most, my mom has broad shoulders and she certainly isn't trans, so, they're just dumb for assuming-
Do not let ANY form of media sway your will. No one can tell you what you are. That is something for you to learn, and you have to learn it yourself.
Thank you to everyone in the replies. I really can't put into words how much your words meant to me ❤
And she got some fire music.
fun fct: the little rainbow is actually used to represent pepa, mirabel has something on her dress to represent everyone in her family, and im really getting tired of people assuming its a sexuality thing.
You might call me homophobic, but why did lgbtq People had to choose a rainbow as their simbol? A rainbow is a very general thing, i think they should use more specific symbols, ive seen the symbol of a girl chained With another girl symbol to represent lesbians and i think this is much better and imo People should stick with it more than a rainbow which is something general
@@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043 i put some research in cuz i was curious too actually! turns out its a rainbow bc the colors reflect the diversity of the LGBT community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender. source:rainbow flag wikipedia page, but yeah thats why :) not homophobic in my eyes to be curious
@@microwaveableomelettes7258 Well i allready Kind of knew that, i said it more to express the fact that they could try to come up with another way to represent diversity without using a symbol thats sooo general?
@@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043 the rainbow flag was created years ago, changing a symbol that has been going around for so long is not something easy. Besides, what is your problem with it? Is not like queer people have a monopoly on rainbows?
@@FafaElania my problem is that its confusing, id actually say that lgbtq+ People would benefit from having a more unique logo, im not sayibg they have a monopoly on the Rainbows but rather that it would be better to change it, i Know it is Hard to change it, but for me at least it would be a benefit to everyone in general so that its not confusing
“It’s okay to have headcanons” and “It’s not okay to erase the meaning of a piece of art for those headcanons” are two statements that can coexist :)
And that's the simple truth, thanks op
Yeah but it’s ok to have headcanons without adding in an extensive disclaimer reiterating the point and message of the film. I think people are like “hey, this isn’t explicitly queer? 😠 why aren’t you talking about the actual movie?” And it’s like no one cares, let people do what they want. They don’t have to repeat what we all already know, they are having fun beyond the canonical context of the movie.
@@hellofriend545 That's what fanfiction is for. (Not shaming fancontent here, I both enjoy and on occassion create it.) It lets people expand on the canon how they see fit, sometimes adding traits that are not confirmed in the original source. But there are people saying "OMG, why isn't anyone talking about Dolores being neurodivergent??" as if it was actually canon. It's not phrased as a headcanon, it's phrased as if it was true. Instead of saying "Camilo is genderfluid, you can't convince me otherwise" you can say "Being genderfluid would be so much easier with Camilo's powers. What do you think he would do in such a case? Maybe he would [...]", etc. It's just, you know, not trying to sell your opinion as fact.
@@hellofriend545 except there’s little to no evidence for these headcannonnings- making it forced, finding things that aren’t even actually there
@@nollypaetra931 No offense but that’s literally what headcannons are for.
The whole “Luisa is transfem” is strange to me because why does every masculine woman automatically have to be trans in media? That’s a bit offensive/playing to stereotypes on its own isn’t it?
i know right why do they have to be trans just because they are strong or muscular in a way? does it change anything about a woman? and its always those people who say "stop steryotypes" that say those
lmao fr especially when its a woc or masculine woman like thats really .. stereotypical.
Also trans people in 1800’s seriously
@@karsgaming69 Well they did exist, but this isn’t one of them. Here’s the history of it; en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_history
That’s the problem about many people in those communities are ginormous hypocrites
It's insulting how they take Latino & Hispanic behaviours as mental disorders
Pathologizing other cultures. How original.
@@OmoyeUduehi what?
I heavily disagree with this because Bruno was canonically intended to have OCD. There are literal scripts from the movie itself where it was stated he had OCD and was intended to have OCD. He can still have latino/latine and hispanic behaviours be present in his every day life and play a huge role in how his OCD presents. Sometimes cultural, spiritual, superstitious, and religious values and beliefs play a role in people's mental disorders.
@@akirakhan4790 did I mention Bruno? No, I haven't even watched the movie and I never will, I just said that I don't like how people are treating this movie
@@akirakhan4790 source??
God, all of this stuff is just ridiculous... I'm compiling all of the bad headcanons into one comment so I can try to make sense of this all
Luisa being a buff woman does not make her trans (also playing into racial stereotypes of masculinizing women of color)
Luisa being a buff woman does not make her a lesbian
Isabela not wanting to marry ONE GUY does not make her a lesbian
Bruno not being married because he was LIVING IN THE WALLS does not make him aro/ace
Bruno being superstitious does not mean he has OCD
Camilo being able to shapeshift does not make him genderfluid because THAT'S NOT HOW GENDER WORKS
Dolores making those little squeaks when she knows something she shouldn't is a CULTURAL THING, it's not a tic
Thank you for coming to my TED talk
*Applauds*
There's probably a headcanon about Pepa having bipolar disorder, just because her mood is shown to control the weather.
*cheering and clapping because you said this*
"Bruno being superstitious does not mean he has OCD"? what the fuck, people actually thought that? as someone with OCD, thats ridiculous.
I mean they are called headcannons for a reason lol
"Let's not mold something into something that's never meant to be"
I think every Fandom should know this bruh
wdym by that..
Try telling that to any anime fandom
The amount of "this character is XYZ" in so many fandoms are astounding, and the best thing I've learned through my hobbies is to never lock down thoose things at the start, leave the charcter blank and only fill in as needed so that as the character grows you can make it seem more fitting.
Also some people will throw away legit canon reasons as to why two characters wouldn't, couldn't and shouldn't be couples purely for the "ship".... I'm looking at all the Baku x Deku shippers.
Arguable, most head canons are in fact “crack”, basically non-canon, and people are fully fine with that. If you don’t go looking for things it won’t present itself to you. “Keep it to yourself and those who enjoy the same ideas” is how you survive in fandoms. It’s odd how people are so opinionated about head canons these days since they’ve always been neutral. Don’t force head canons onto other people as “right” but don’t feel ashamed for having head canons either as long as you know they’re not-canon and people can disagree and still be right.
@@boi2805 I'm pointing this out because some fandoms are so "passionate" about specific headcanons that you can't avoid Them. Trust me I've tried
i for one find it quite refreshing to have a story where characters just exist and are not explicitly defined by who they’re into or their romantic relationships and such. sexuality just isn’t part of this story and that’s okay
Is that pfp from Strawberry Shortcake
@@senboy9002 yes
*Angry Twitter noises intensify.*
If you haven't seen Shang-Chi, you might like it for said reasons.
I just wish more movies weren't about romance or it ends in romance, it feels overplayed and uncomfortable.
Before I saw Encanto and saw all the LGBTQ+ stuff being said about the movie I was thinking
"OH wow that's cool that this movie is showing LGBTQ representation"
And then I watched the movie and saw that there was absolutely no signs of canon LGBTQ characters within the Madrigal family
Don't get me wrong I love the movie I've watched it at least five times this week, but seeing people immediately trying to change the story or characters into something it's not really upsets me.
The movie is amazing as is! It doesn't need any LGBTQ rep to be good!
As someone in the LGBTQ community I feel this stuff has been taken a little out of hand.
just because Camilo can shape-shifting, doesn't mean he's gender-fluid,
just because part of the pattern on mirabel's dress happens to be the colors of the bisexual flag doesn't automatically make her bi (Saying this as a bisexual person),
and just because Luisa is buff doesn't mean she's a lesbian! Cause I've been seeing that go around.
Not everything has to be gay my dudes, if you have these headcanons or whatever you can! Just don't try to make your thoughts and headcanons about the movie canon!
I like the movie as is and I don't think anything needs to be changed about it!
It's a fantastic movie with a good message, don't try changing what it's trying to say
Yeah I've had people vehemently say that if someone didn't sense gay vibes in it, that their gay radar is broken or they're not gay. And saying that it's queer coding. I'm like what? 🙄
yeah when i watched this movie i was expecting a lot of lgbtq stuff in it because of what i saw before watching it so i was sorta surprised lol
it’s a great movie as it is and it is all about family so we should think about that aspect of it
I think some people just expect a movie to have lgbt characters all the goddamn time. As a gay male I just think well yeah maybe but they don’t have to be gay just because gay. I think people immediately assuming luisa is trans or a lesbian just because shes strong but when people say the same thing people will say “well you can’t assume” idk I just agree so much with what you said
Yesss, thank you
This is what gets my blood boiling. Why can't Luisa be masculine and also straight why does she have to be lesbian. They say they fight stereotypes when they are literally following the stereotype where tomboys are lesbians.
You are allowed to make headcanons. It's your imagination so let it run wild. But it becomes a problem when:
-When you start claiming that your headcanon is canon
-Your headcanon can be easily debunked because of multiple reasons (creator saying it isn't true, something about said character's childhood, etc)
-Your headcanon is completely based on stereotypes
...and etcetera.
One of the most frustrating things about forced representation is it really can veer into fetishization. Not just for gay people or mental illnesses, but for culture, race and everything else.
Encanto feels organic, which is why I think so many people from so many different cultures can enjoy it. It's not diversity for diversity sake it's just a fun movie with fun music that has Latino/Latina characters.
FR. i hate it when people headcanon characters as gay just to fetishize them. its disgusting.
@Hi There I know. Its terrible what people these days think.
I've noticed something that's marked in Encanto that I just like... consciously choose not to do. I won't expand on it, but it does relate to your point about forced rep and then fetishization. I suppose the explanation you give about Encanto being organic is why?
Encanto is when there's a movie, and it happens to represent a culture. Unlike some other content
what I hate the most is people making every fucking thing about sexuality and the lgbtq community its a kids movie can we just enjoy the movie without bring sexuality into just let the kids movie b a kids movie
I hate how Isabella was labeled as a lesbian by the fanbase, her arch with the marriage is to show that even if the guy is pretty and kind it's not what what she wants in life as she wants her freedom first and to find someone for herself. It's the same story for Merida in Brave, female character doesn't want to get married when she has a chance of freedom, and the fanbase says she's a lesbian.
Honestly they managed to do it to Elsa too even!
I agree. Just because you don't want to marry someone does not make you homosexual. I mean, you can be asexual, aromantic or even homosexual, but my point is that homosexuality is not the only reason that these characters didn't want to marry
it's pathetic projection.
The simple fact of the matter is that the characters have more going on.
All 3 women had something to prove for themselves before anyone else and deal with that baggage.
Merida wanted to prove she was as capable as her father, and the men around her. Had NOTHING to do with lesbians.
Elsa had an uncontrollable power she wanted people to be safe from so she fled. She had no time for ANYONE be it man or woman.
Isabella has been forced to be the picture perfect stunning flower of the madrigals, she didn't want that and the pressure was supresseing her. Nothing to do with lesbian.
At least in Elsa’s case, she just doesn’t have a love interest like Anna does or even shows any interest in romance in general. She’s probably more likely to be aroace or something.
@@lightyearpig12 i headcanon all 3 as aroace
you can disagree with me and Im fine with people not thinking the same
@@siorganism I headcanon Merida and Elsa as aroace too, but for Isabela I think she's straight because there was a deleted scene of her making out with a nerdy guy
Women: *Had to fight to show that they can be masculine too*
Twitter: “skedaddle, skidoodle, you’re now trans.”
“Stop stereotypes!”
Also them: luIsA iS BuFF sO shE’s TrAnS
"Forced representation isnt good representation" that is so true.
thats just common sense
What's forced representation? Just sounds like something homophobes say to dismiss gay characters.
@@OzCroc Encanto wasn't about LGBT+ anyways, it was about the struggles of a Family and Latino/ Columbian Representation, Stop erasing the precious message this movie is depicting, This isn't a movie about Emma and her Two moms.
@@Kiyoshi-Gacha0_0 What? I never mentioned anything you said I was just asking a question. Sounds like you're the one who's mad.
@@OzCroc My fellow Hooman
, my point is, Forced representation IS A HOMOPHOBIC thing, just not the way you interpret it, forcing a message that the LGBT community is always depressed and a battered Community. social media makes the LGBT community look like a fandom instead of a community of people fighting for their rights and that annoys me, because it even went to the point where everything started becoming Homophobic, such as the word "trap" people started calling it transphobic, when in reality, what the OP meant was the medieval trickery of leading enemies to a "trap"
Or Genshin twitter saying that if you wish for *insert attractive female*, that its for lesbians only and if you wish for it, you're lesbophobic.
What im saying is that Social media makes everyone look like they're homophobic through homophobic means.
About Dolores, she only makes the squeaks when she knows something. Squeaks are in some parts of Hispanic/latino cultures meaning someone knows something they aren't supposed to know
I have never seen anyone go like that in my country Chile maybe it’s not in that country
Especially in Colombia.
i love that little detail
As someone who comes from a Columbian mixed Venezuelan family, can confirm
"He wants 5 babies"
no squeak
Yeah, I never got the feeling that Bruno was OCD at all. If you know ANYTHING about superstitions, then you'd know that everything he was doing was an effort to ward off curses or jinxes. Making sure not to step on cracks, knocking on wood, throwing salt over your shoulder. I have a degree in psychology, and my first thought was "Oh, he's really superstitious." Not every character personality trait has to be a disorder, and frankly, I don't think disorders should be glorified like that anyway. Having severe OCD is not 'cool' or 'quirky.' It's something that heavily impacts a person's way of life and, in some cases, almost makes life unlivable. If Bruno really did have OCD, then all those people would effectively be saying "I'm so happy that Disney put a man in their movie who has been suffering every day, in horrible isolation, from severe and untreated OCD!"
Very cool and quirky.
As someone who has suffered from OCD most of my life, seeing people pushing that Bruno has OCD and almost glorifying it has me really miffed. None of his behaviors--none--are consistent with OCD. They're superstitious behaviors. And frankly, it's quite offensive to people who actually have OCD to be pushing a crippling mental disorder onto a character that doesn't have it, especially when the evidence is false and doesn't line up with the disorder at all.
It makes perfect sense that he'd be more stressed and superstitious by his life in the walls, too, so whatever might be normal would be exacerbated because he's under stress.
I have severe depression/anxiety, and it’s NOT a cool thing to have. It effects how you learn in school, how you develop relationships at work and home, how you perceive and react to stressful situations, etc. You struggle to focus and remember things. It’s hard to keep in check. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone, much less glorify it and treat it like one of those identities.
Ocd is way more complex than that and that isn’t how ocd looks like. Ocd is something internal and is constant rumination. You actually can’t tell easily someone has ocd just by looking at them. Having quirky habits isn’t ocd. There’s more to it. Ugh I wish I stayed away from the fandom and I didn’t know about these disability or mental health headcannons. They seem more as stereotypes and caricatures, and it makes me feel like I’m living in the dark ages. As a person with adhd I feel second hand embarrassment from this and it just remind me of the annoying things adults would say to me like “ your special” no Karen i have a disability not a superpower.
It’s in the script look at the bottom of page 61 it’s right there you can’t argue with the script itself. deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Encanto-Read-The-Screenplay.pdf
as someone who kept getting label as asexual because i haven’t had a partner yet, putting a label on something is harmful to both people in real life, and harmful to creative decisions/exaggerations.
and exaggeration in media is common. it’s been a theatrical treat seen greek times. it shows character. so, yes bruno is superstitious, it’s just exaggerated.
I'm so sorry that's been happening to you, that's awful. Nobody should have any labels forced on to them. As an aromantic asexual I hope you realize it's totally okay to not want to be in a relationship and your orientation no matter what it is should not be questioned because of that choice. Whatever labels or lack thereof you use is valid and it's nobody's business if you want to marry or date or whatever. Do whatever you want!
Tbh putting those labels on asexual people are also harmful as well-
I’m asexual myself and I’m not interested in dating but I don’t MIND it. So seeing other people force asexuality on other people just cause they don’t have a partner is annoying /: and just offensive to the asexual community since asexuality means that we’re NOT sexually attracted to people (obviously there’s different umbrellas in the asexual community.) but yeah, we can still have a partner if we want to. That just enforces stereotypes :/ sorry you went through that :(
the luisa being trans headcanon is so backwards for something that's supposed to be representation. you can't say 'that buff woman MUST be someone who was biologically born a male, look at her!' in any other context without sounding out of touch and kind of bigoted. she's a woman with a large frame and that in itself is good representation for girls who feel self-conscious about being taller or larger.
That hc also has a racist layer to it because the "latina/poc women are more masculine than white women" stereotype
exactly!!! im a WOC whos mom has broad shoulders, is tall, and her voice is kind of deep? my friends make fun of me calling me a man bc im tall, have broad shoulders, and i grow a normal amount of hair, i manage. it's so harmful to cis/trans people to label someones gender cause they dont fit the stereotype of being cis or trans, its transphobic to trans women because its saying all trans women are masculine, and im pretty sure (cannot speak for all trans women) being called masculine makes them dysphoric about being AMAB.
Tbh this is really the only fair criticism of peoples head cannons I have seen. I can see this def being a problem but for gods sake let people relate to stories. If people want to hc Isabela as lesbian they can do that. As long as they aren’t forcing their head cannon on you, piss off and let people enjoy media. You can just scroll by someone’s art or fanfic or whatever that makes her lesbian, or Camilo gender fluid or Bruno asexual. Many people just want to see themselves in the story and as long as they don’t try to make you interpret the character the way they do, return the favour and don’t try to make them see the character the way you do
And besides, Luisa being trans would undermine her gift as well... Basically going against that point as well.
It'd actually be more special if Luisa a cisgender woman that has that frame.
I don't want to say that a trans woman should look like that, especially as this would be dysphoric as hell and it could also stereotype men as being buff, where small men could exist.
Perception that muscles are ugly and masculine leads to even cis women getting discriminated against in their own spaces. She may not be trans but I think she’s an important point of connection for some trans women who are more likely to relate to that
The salt over the shoulder comes from an old belief that it sort of "cuts" any bad luck that may come to you for any reason. They did an amazing job of picking a lot of cultural details. Totally agree with you.
Bad luck comes from a demon on your shoulder, back, or in your shadow. Salt is holy and demons flee from it. Throwing salt over your shoulder literally forces bad spirits attached to you away. Salt on the windowsill or doorframe keeps bad spirits out of the house. Salt water or sea water purifies the body and removes bad spirits from objects, but running water like a stream is the best deterrent for bad spirits and is purifying of evil thoughts.
Knocking on wood is a ritual for asking the wood's spirit for good luck, or alternatively, getting rid of pesky wood spirits (they're like faries, tricky and may be nice or mean) who might make bad predictions come true as a prank. Finishing knocking on wood by knocking your own head demonstrates respect for the spirit. "See, i do it to myself too! No hard feelings"
Anyway. Mi abuelo was very superstitious. He kept spiders on all the windows to keep out bad spirits and bad dreams. He kept a rosary above his bed but the crucifix had to be above the fireplace. I still don't know why he did that lol.
What amazed me is even with English British grandparents, they still throw salt over their shoulder in these cases, or at least mime it!
@@extrules in here it's also really common to put las tijeras open right in the door or under a baby's head because it supposedly resembles a crucifix
Knocking on wood and throwing slat over ones shoulder are surprisingly common, it seems obvious that it is superstition on brunos part.
I always heard that it was throwing salt in the Devil’s eyes, because he likes to linger over the shoulder of mortals.
Bruh, I saw Camilo as like a chill and relaxed dude that uses his powers for fun little moments. Reminds of the chill and funny friend in high school who isn’t very athletic but a very good and caring people person. Not for one second did I ever think he was gender fluid.
What I hate the most about people who make headcanons, is the way that they try to force OTHERS to believe in what they believe in, and if they don’t accept that head canon, the person who doesnt accept it gets disregarded as a Homophobe or a Transphobe, and it angers me SO much.
Okay but that’s not everyone who make headcanons
@@Loifey yeah thanks. Most people make headcanon just for themselves. It's like fanfic. Thoses are fictionnal caracters if someone is happy to think a character is bi or gay or trans or anything it's generaly not meant to be insulting and it only concern the people thinking that.
saying isabela is a lesbian just because she rejected a man is pretty misogynistic. as if the only logical explanation for a woman to reject an attractive man is that she's not attracted to men at all? women don't owe men anything despite how attractive or rich etc the man is, women have the freedom to choose
It's amazing to me how people see attractive opposite gender character rejected = gay, like people don't have have socializing experience that sometimes look isn't everything, especially when it's obvious when they're a bit of a prick
i mean sure but kinda a reach, nothing wrong with lesbian isabela headcanon
@@yoshidaaimi34 Yeah, but that 'dumb hunk' (forgot his name) wasn't a bad dude. Isabela just wasn't interested.
and the headcanon of Isa being a lesbian cuz she didn't like ONE MAN ain't even solid on it's own. we don't even know what she's into cuz it wasn't about that at all! kinda weird how people project their wants onto something that isn't there.
@@B0BBYJ4CK Mariano?
@@spectrumforthesoul6322 yeah, that's his name. I used the nickname dumb hunk cuz that's what Mirabel called him.
Let's be honest, the capybara is the REAL star of this movie. Just chillaxing, no Fs given, livin the life
YES
Literally, I strive to be like that someday.
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Capybara representation pog
I feel bad for the jaguar. He probably starve to death offscreen.
I feel like this is what happens when you're obsessed with diversity and inclusion as a concept but not a reality.
It's not enough that we hace a latino family with a great deal of culture and wonderful characters.
They also have to identify as every sexuality and they need to represent every individual on the planet.
Exactly! It's like they think every character has to be a person of color or anything except heterosexual and cisgender or it doesn't count as diversity.
Ok cisgender
@@klonoafan2012 you don't have to be LGBTQIA+ to make a point, you saying that makes you come off as immature and immersed in only what you believe
@@klonoafan2012 what the hell man 💀
Whats wrong with being cisgender you guys using gender as an insult now
@@klonoafan2012 Ok trans
See? See how bigoted I sound now that it's against LGBTQ? Except I'm saying the exact same "hurtful" comment you made, just in the other direction.
"Forced representation is not good representation."
Let's face it, this is a lesson Disney simply refuses to learn.
Oh, but this time it's not Disney themselves doing it. It's the infantile activists who pretend to be fans.
You probably think disney is a gr**ming company cause they have lgbt rep in their shows and movies cisgender karen you
@@g-coalitionbrother1729 EXACTLY
As a genderfluid, Just because he can shapeshift random people it dosen't mean that hes automatically genderfluid i seen camilo as a male cis gender.
Yeah, not all shapeshifting people are trans or anything, I mean Double trouble is but someone like Toga isn’t
Please, please, PLEASE stop using the EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE and pejorative term "cis"!!!!!
@@kelaarin but cis isn’t offensive, it’s about the equivalent of someone being called trans, it basically just means your not trans, it’s not offensive I promise lol
I also think some people think he’s gender fluid because apparently one of the creators of Encanto tweeted the Camilo is still trying to discover who he is as a person…but…trying to find your identity and where you fit in the world is not something that only gay/genderfluid/trans people struggle with imo…
@@cynicalbutterscotch6581 That word was literally created to be an insult. It's VERY, VERY OFFENSIVE! STOP USING IT!
Here is something people, specifically those who headcannons everything to the point they miss the entire point, need to understand.
Isabella isn't lesbian. The basis for why some people headcannon her as one is because she didn't want to marry Mariano. What they conveniently forget is the reason why she didn't want to marry him. It's not that she didn't want to marry him because he was a man, or that she found women attractive. The reason she didn't want to marry him is because she felt like she is being forced to, in order to appear as the perfect Isabella her abuela wanted her to be. What really annoys me is that not only does this headcannon makes it seem like not wanting to marry immediately makes you LGBT+, it also completely ignores one of the themes the film is trying to show.
Louisa is not transmasculine, or transgender. She is simply a beautiful woman who happens to be big, buff and strong. I'm not saying that it's wrong to headcannon her as such, but it perpetuates a certain stereotype towards other women who happens to be big, buff and strong, that they must be transmasculine or transgender, otherwise why would they have such a physique. And again, this headcannon focuses so much on her gender, and not on what she represents, a woman who feels like she's carrying the pressure of the entire family and village, and is trying her best to carry it on her own.
Camilo isn't gender fluid. He just happens to be a person who can shapeshift. Seriously, it's like saying a woman is lesbian simply for her love of cactus, or a man is gay simply because of his love for style and fashion.
Dolores doesn't have tourettes. Her usual squeaks, at least according to the comments from people of Columbia, is a sound made usually when people hear something they aren't supposed to know. This is a cultural thing. The people who headcannons it, at least the ones I've seen so far, doesn't have that as part of their culture, and I can see why they didn't understand it. Now you know.
Same with Bruno. The basis of the headcannon that he has a mental illness is because of the tapping of wood he usually does. It's not due to a mental illness. It is due to superstition. The constant knocking on wood, the throwing of salt behind him, that all comes from superstition, he became superstitious, and those who watched the movie can understand why.
The whole point of the movie is to showcase the theme of how intergenerational trauma affects everyone inside their home, how different the outcome of the trauma is, an how culture can affect it. It's supposed to show that you can heal that type of trauma instilled inside you. But instead of focusing on that, there are people who decided that their gender is a more important topic. That the fictional label is much more important than the story all in all. It's frustrating to watch this happen over and over again.
ya she was being forced and also i feel like she just wasnt interested in getting married yet
Nothing but FACTS!!
Every single point u've made is right on the bullseye and I completely agree with u 100%
I'm so tired of seeing so many fandoms falling into the same pit over and over and over again and pushing the lgbtq+ representation onto every single little thing and ignoring the important message of the show or movie
characters aren't defined by their sexualities or gender, they're their own ppl and personality traits aren't always directly correlated to their sexuality and gender especially in camilos case where he is literally given a random gift that he never chose, it was given to him by the miracle and he's just vibin with it and yet ppl keep pushing their headcanons onto other ppl for no reason
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I feel like Disney should give the LGBTQ+ community some actually good representation so they'll shut up about the stuff that's not about them.
"Hey, you have your movie now! Can you let Colombia have its spotlight back please?"
I'm from the LGBTQ community, and I can't be more ashamed of how my community "interpreted" this movie. This movie is a representation of- like you said- intergenerational trauma, and nothing more. Sure, some of these are harmless 'headcanons' but its not cute or fun to tamper with a message that can be deeply emotional or even scarring.
I assure you that we wouldn't like it very much if someone were to take coming out as LGBTQ and turning it into a headcanon that contradicts the entire purpose. I have no idea why we see it safe or even okay to do so to other concepts and messages. All I'm saying is this movie- along with others- should be left at it's own meanings and we should let it represent what it's *supposed* to represent.
I wish I could apologize on my behalf of the LGTBQ, but it's not my place to do that.
You don't need to apologize. Half of your community is consist of children who want to be a part of something. They're just following the "trends".
I feel so sorry for *actual* LGBTQ+ sometimes...
@@qwq843 bro that ain't even LGBTQ that's just kids 😭
@@ceceqr Well... that's exactly what I've told 👀
The community I'm in has almost ruined the movie for me. Because the Madrigals were my family. Growing in a latin American family isn't easy because of generational trauma.
@@ceceqr offended kid
As someone with OCD, seeing people speculate about Bruno's mental health without knowing anything about OCD is just very annoying and discomforting.
I always found super weird how some Disney fans always *insists* that every woman that doesn't want to get married to a random man their family picked for them is automatically a lesbian. And don't get me wrong, i love me some good LGBT+ representation I'm bisexual myself, but I'm also Hispanic and I'm aware that in many Hispanic cultures lots of women were forced to marry for convinience and seen as nothing more than a baby making machine. Isabella is not necessarily queer coded, you could interpret her like that for sure, but it's not okay to force that headcanon on other people specially when the character is supposed to represent a totally different topic. Also, those kind of headcanons in particular, the "she doesn't wanna marry this awful man/ man she has no interest in whatsoever means she must be a lesbian" kind of makes it seem like women who like men are going to want to endure mistreatment or fall for every man that crosses their path when it's not the case.
Yes! There are some women who actually doesn’t wanna get married, and *maybe* they just wanna live their life or other reasons.
in the deleted scenes of encanto theres a part with isabella who goes in the woods late at night to meet with her secret boyfriend, this proves it was never the intention of the creators to make her a lesbian in the first place
@@mariacat3123 oh that scene- I wanted to forget that- there was a part I needed to forget 😭
@@mariacat3123 exactly, and i think they didn't use that story bc they wanted to make Isabella find her own worth outside of what she was taught, that she was just a pretty face meant to get married and have babies
Yes, exactly. As if only lesbians can be strong women. It also makes Disney and media companies look better than they are. My logic is that if kids can’t interpret the meaning to be LGBT, it’s not LGBT enough to count
“Forcing Sexualities and Mental Disorders to make it something it's not”
I'm so happy I know now that there are a lot of people that think the way I do, it's been such a problem in every movie/show that has a huge fanbase recently and honestly a few things were ruined for me because of how much there was like Luca.
It CAN be a problem, but I think if they're not pushing their headcanons on others, they're fine to do what makes them happy.
Example, my headcanon that Elsa is ace. How does it harm anyone? I don't have much positive ace rep, and there's no evidence that she isn't, I'm not pushing it on anyone, I'm not sexualizing her or shipping her in a weird relationship(fuck elsanna shipping, that's gross). I'm not hurting anyone.
So WHY is my headcanon labelled a "problem". God I am so fucking SICK of the term "problematic". You know what's problematic? Not letting people live their lives.
Exactly
And the Luca thing, my goodness 🙄🤦🏾♀️
The director LITERALLY said that he based the story off of he and his friend. That community needs to have their own show that they can talk about and leave the straight shows for straight people
Wait, what s the problem with Luca? I mean yea, they aren t canonically together but you could interpret the movie as lgbtqia+ coded, so I think it makes sense that some interpret it that way and others don t
@@Nakia11798 It's one of the problems that is specific to a certain type of person, but is sadly roped in as a whole. I mean, your headcanon is fine, but the issue is like you stated, people forcing it onto others. I thankfully haven't run into those kinds of problems in any of my fandoms, but I have seen and heard them get a little out of control. Liked getting accused of being homophobic because I don't ship a gay or lesbian relationship (which isn't even canon).
So, I'm sorry you have to put up with this sort of thing. It's not your fault, it's the fault of everyone who decides their opinion and their headcanons are superior and anyone who disagrees with them is a "monster" -_-
Why do these people have to make everything about themselves?
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@@nucleardino8992 thanks :v
Oh for god's sake lgbtq+, seriously? I've been a lesbian all my life, and you know what held me back from accepting that? The community. It is so unbearably toxic the way SOME people hate on straights and try to force lgbtq+ on everybody. It makes me feel sick seeing these kind of posts because I think oh no the lgbtq+ community is being annoying again, great everyone is going to hate us. I don't want to be hated, I've done nothing but like girls, but why has the community always got to let me down...
And it’s honestly the same for Christians. I’ve been a Christian my whole live and live with a heavily religious family, but I think we all agree that hating on people is disgusting just because they believe in something else. People who claim to be a Christian and then gaslight and shame people in the lgbtq+ community are the only people who seem to represent us and it sucks that now we all have to be against eachother because the wrong people are representing both sides.
Know? Same thing happened to me-
Today I realize that being bi or lesbian was not for me (in the sense that I do not feel anything deep for women and I realized later) but at the time, it was very difficult for me to accept me BECAUSE OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY ITSELF, I mean, I was embarrassed of the community (and I still am) and I always said I was bi but I wasn't included in the community, so they didn't put me in the same bag.
okay stop right there. Girl good on you for being a lesbian n all but as a bisexual and part of the lgbtq community please do not blame all of us 💀 not all of us in the community is bad, like all fandoms&communitues there's always a good and bad side so please just mention or say "a fair amount" is annoying rather than call us all annoying - I'm just as annoyed that encanto to having forced sexualities onto them but pls give us good people in LGBTQ a break from the pointing 💀
@@ceceqr I shouldn't have said all of you im really sorry. I was just really angry at that time and blamed it all on the community. Majority of the community are nice people :) I'm really sorry
The LGTBQ community is my personal enemy because of their toxicity. I’m not part of it but just by seeing what these people do is sickening and sad and makes me wonder…
why? If you wanna be accepted, then don’t force us, because you’ll be creating more enemies than allies. But now because of how big they’ve gotten, the only option for everyone is to just be their ally because if they don’t and call out some of their bullsh*t, then they’ll be the ones hated on
(I’m referring to all LGTBQ people but am referring to a lot of them who act this way, just to clarify)
people see buff women and just automatically call them gay or trans or something. that’s doing so much more harm than good. it’s saying you can’t be a cis or straight buff/“masculine” woman.
When I see buff women I automatically go "hell yeah" because A) Buff women are hot and B) It just gives me more motivation to work out harder
I know! It's really bad to say that women can't be buff/work out/play sports/have short hair unless they are trans or bi!!
Seeing so freaking many irony nowadays lol
As a dude I actually love muscular women, she hulk was one of my first muscular woman crushes. It's a shame to see people automatically labeling them and in a way putting a subconcious canon about characters like that just being gay or trans.
Thank you, being one of the people who reached out! Even though I'm not Latino, it's so annoying that people say someone is trans because they are muscular, because especially Latino women have more muscular bodies. I hate it so much, it's so rude and disrespectful. And plus, it's her gift. She probably looked "normal" when she was 5 and below. She's such a pretty character and she doesn't deserve to be called trans. I hate it so much for good reason.
Honestly it’s kind of sickening to see everyone boil down the characters to disorders, sexualities, or race ONLY. That’s all I’ve seen on it, and it’s quite upsetting. Especially since its still a kids movie
in a way it's kind of hypocritical, don't you think? like, they're always saying not to be racist, sexist, ableist, etc. etc. but then they boil everyone down to their race, sex, and disorders.
p.s. like saying luisa is trans just because she's strong and muscular. that's basically sexist, something they're saying is bad.
@@macaronandcheese1811 my thoughts exactly! The double standards here are UNREAL. I’d say to call them out on it, but if you pointed it out then “you’d be the one making it ___ist” or whatever
@@macaronandcheese1811 EXACTLY
@Daniel Jaramillo can I get an amen
I just feel like people are getting too caught up in this stuff. Yes, awareness about these issues is absolutely amazing, but forced representation of it and diagnosing characters like you are a psychologist or doctor is just sick. I just feel like people are getting worse and worse. People use mental diseases as fetishes now and think it's "quirky" (not saying everyone who is doing this does). And when you point these things out to people they label you as homophobic or against mental disease awareness. I am bisexual and have diagnosed anxiety so I am pretty sure I'm not either of these.
People are just not focusing on the big picture anymore.
I've encountered so many Camilo fangirls and my god. They are atrocious. Encanto is the next My Hero Academia.
yup and thats why people will shy away from this community just like how everyone did with mha
pls noooo
Vira essa boca pra lá
Lol
FR The Mha fandom is toxic as
There is definitely a difference between relating to a character and seeing yourself in them versus labelling a character based on those feelings. I personally relate to Bruno a lot and his superstitious behaviors reminds me of my OCD. I feel comforted knowing this popular character can do these seemingly random things (to most people they're random anyway) and not be laughed at or ridiculed. But that doesn't mean he has OCD. And since that's not hinted at or expressly stated in the movie, he's not meant to have it. For me, it's fine to show parallels that are respectful as long as they don't overshadow the real aspects of the character. If someone relates to Camilo because he can shapeshift and it reminds them of their genderfluidity, that's one thing. But labelling him AS genderfluid because you relate to him isn't right. And labeling any of these characters' sexualities, genders, or neurodivergence completely takes away from the points the movie was trying to make.
I've never seen Luca but from what I've gathered it's like you said, it's about two boys who have to hide who they truly are. You can headcanon these characters as LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent because it doesn't overshadow the original message of the film. In fact, they pair together really well. For lots of movies, labeling the main characters is fine because it can fit into a story really well and/or lots of movies don't have any diversity in them. For example, I recently learned lots of people headcanon Bella from Twilight as autistic based on her mannerisms and behaviors. This actually adds to the story (not that I think it's a GOOD story) because it creates depth in the character and explains why she does half the stupid crap she does. Also there's basically no neurodivergent representation in the films. Almost all actions in Encanto stem from the generational trauma. I can't think of one action that isn't based in anything else. Besides maybe Mirabel making Antonio a stuffed animal and Julieta healing Mirabel's hand (since those are both based in simple kindness). But even during those scenes the main focus is on the stress caused by having to be perfect. And this film has LOADS of representation for POC. I was so excited to see a movie where the main cast was majority NOT white. As a white person who loves learning about different cultures, it's really boring seeing all white characters all the time. I was SUPER stoked to see the movie because of that and it's really sad to see how everyone is focusing their attention on other minorities instead.
I personally think it's fine to headcanon characters but people seem to make a sport out of it now. "There's 10 characters and they all have to be something on my checklist". It's kind of sad. They are so focused on "creating more representation" that they refuse to let the characters speak for themselves. Everyone just becomes a collection of traits that can fit into a box. Which is ironic because people aren't supposed to fit into boxes and that's the whole point of highlighting queer and ND characters in media. If we focused more of our energy shining a light on what IS in the movie and less time labeling things that AREN'T, then we'd all be able to appreciate the representation that is THERE. Also, by putting all of our energy into labeling characters as queer and ND ourselves, we're telling Disney that we don't care about the representation they gave and that we will continue to be happy headcanoning people as queer and ND instead of SEEING QUEER AND ND CHARACTERS!! I'd much rather SEE a movie about queer afro-hispanic people (sorry if that's the wrong term feel, free to correct me) then PRETEND I saw one.
This movie is fantastic and I will continue to love it for what it is: a movie about a black and Latinx (once again let me know if this is wrong. lol I try) family who struggle to overcome their generational trauma together. When a minority gets a movie, we should focus on lifting THEM up instead of trying to insert ourselves. In the meantime, we should keep fighting for movies that represent us. Sorry this was so long, I got carried away 😅
I do agree with you. As for the "latinx" you can just say hispanic or latinos, because even though the "o" is usually used to refer to men, it is also used as neutral to refer to as "everyone". We, spanish speaking people, cant pronounce the x in latinx as you do, and we didnt even invent the term ourselves. So yeah, latinos or hispanic people is ok :). Also, its been one month, so im sorry.
He literally was canonically shown to have it via the scripts for the movie. They said he had OCD. This is the only thing I can't agree on because factually he was intended to have OCD.
@@quepedo1089 Thanks for the insight! Also don't worry about it being a month. I'm here even later lol
@@akirakhan4790 I wasn't aware of that at all. If he was intended to have it, it was written in the script, and he's purposefully written to display those traits then honestly that's awesome!! I'm glad to get some form of representation that isn't just "and he counted his steps and cleaned his kitchen every five minutes". I was working under the assumption that he was written that way because he was extremely superstitious because of his gift, which is what most people say.
I just wish they could've SAID THAT like IN the movie. "Why is Bruno acting so...weird?" "oh well he has OCD.....and he's lived in the walls for basically 10 years". Sometimes it would just be nice to not have to second guess if I'm reading too far into behaviors or if it's ACTUALLY meant as representation. I just rewatched a show I saw as a kid. For 2 and a half seasons I was thinking "you know, this character is giving me bisexual vibes like she SEEMS into these girls but also she's had a male love interest". But it was literally just a feeling I had based off some vague dialogue and behavioral choices. Halfway through season 3 she had a female love interest (for literally only one episode but that's not the point lol) and had an on screen kiss. They could've just saved me the trouble and had some random dialog mention that she's had a girlfriend in the past or that she likes more than one gender. Like I'm not complaining about her being bisexual but they could've just mentioned it sometime before the MIDDLE of season 3.
My point: love the representation, wish they would just state it in the movie or hint at it via dialog. It's sad that I'd have to research "is Bruno meant to have OCD?" in order to find out if he's written to have OCD. Although I guess in their defense, they were following the cardinal rule of "show don't tell" but for once it would be nice to be told AND shown.
Edit: typo
As the saying goes “if your only tool is a hammer, every problem becomes a nail.” People are so obsessed with representation that they will find ways to seek it out, even if it’s not there.
Maybe we need to fight harder to get actual (LGBTQ+) representation in mainstream media. (As if folks aren't fighting as hard as they can...)
@@stormcloudsabound figh harder but dont force it,if you force it it becomes...well forced and forced representation is bad for everyone,wanna represent them? go a head,but dont force them to be just a representation give them personalities,flaws,problems,growth they are humans like all of us,ppl are more than just sexuality or their appearance
@@stormcloudsabound I think that there already is a lot of attention to lgbtq people now a days are forced to accept things the lgbtq community says else it’s homophobic or anti gay. Especially when you compare it to 30 years ago
@@Witsie Sure, on the United States or the UK there is, anywhere else and it's a different story.
Besides, what do you think the LGBTQ community have said that is so unnaceptable? Hopefully it isn't that Trans men aren't men and vice versa! Wouldn't that be a bummer...
@@pieofchart they already did that, there was (I think it’s still there) a group of trans hating lesbians out there saying that trans women are real lesbians and that they shouldn’t be accepted
Saying Camilo is genderfluid because he can shapeshift is literally defining one's gender because of their appearance and biology.
Saying Luisa must be trans because she's strong and "manly" is misogynistic
So is saying Isabela must be lesbian because she rejected ONE guy.
I mean, *maybe* they could be, but so could any other character, as it's a kid's show that barely touches those subjects.
This only reinforces an obsession with diversity for the sake of it and, frankly, a very shallow tier analysis
Couldn’t have said it better
Exactly. Also whats misogynistic?
Ikr they are DISNEY CHARACTERS!!!!!! they aren't actual people in real life. They are characters made for kids. I dont think 1-11 year olds should be worrying about what their sexuality should be so why look through adult eyes and turn this into a M13+ rated movie that isn't for kids when actually it's a kids movie that anyone can love but it dosent mean that you can show kids that you have to question you gender or sexuality at a young age! It's sickening!!
@@mira...477 It’s strong prejudice against women. Like “oh you’re a strong-built woman? You must be a man. You are unattractive. You are lesbian”. Google it it’ll give you a better understanding
@@johnadams4807 oh thanks for definition
My friend calls this the SpongeBob effect
Context: You see in the years since SpongeBob SquarePants aired there has been controversy surrounding the main character and his alleged homosexuality but Steven Hillenburg confirmed that SpongeBob is not homosexual but in fact asexual and that everything such as his lustful expressions to his friends and pretty much everything in existence is platonic love. Unsurprisingly even after the creator himself made confirmation on Spongebob's sexuality years ago, people in fan groups don't consider the creators claims as fact and consider Spongebob an icon of something he's not and ship him with other characters because "they can".
Hence why he called it the Spongebob effect.
Nothing quite like a fandom to completely destroy the original meaning and purpose of a work of art.
I even heard once that "Isabella is lesbian because of her song and this is canon"...like damn, not every problem that people go through has something to do with lgbt+
exactly people are just going crazy over lgbtq+ and forcing it on the characters in the movie
Ik with the excuse like “because I said so” “what I say goes” and/or “they’re gay Bc I’m gay”
It’s honestly so annoying
Agreed. Unfortunately, they don’t like this opinion. They shut you down immediately when you say anything that they don’t agree with. It’s ridiculous.
Agree!! It’s like ppl can’t accept girls being single if they don’t want to do anything with a guy. Not all girls go lesbian if she has no man
@@spongebobmiscellaneous once I got told I am homophobic then, because I don't accept Isabella being lesbian. I'm omnisexual myself.
I can’t believe people think throwing salt or knocking on wolf is a sign of OCD…. It’s literally a superstitial belief to ward off the bad spirits bro, it’s not necessarily OCD lol
I mean dude can see the future and has been living in the walls, of course he is superstitious, we don't mess with ghosts around here. Bruno got the right idea.
exactly! just because he does things often that might seem weird and extraordinary, like knock knock on wood and throwing salt, doesnt necessarily mean he is diagnosed with OCD
People who aren't psychologists should stop diagnosing everything they see (including themselves) it's really annoying and insulting to people who actually have mental illness
@@pissapocalypse I think you should check out "Georgia Dow" shes done videos on all the characters and its really interesting, she is a licensed psychologist.
you're totally right! He clearly has some sort of mixture between psychosis and Tourettes🥴
"Forced representation isn't good representation." Amé esa frase, por que es la pura verdad, saludos desde Argentina!
Greetings from the US!
Me not having watched Encanto at all and having no interest but still watching a video of it anyways:👁👁
The fandom is kinda making me mad at times, as a Latina I really want people to focus on the purpose of the movie, colombian representation. Not mainly focusing on head canons on things like sexuality and gender.
I mean tbf people can, y'know, both be really jazzed about columbian representation AND also be interested in potential other kinds of representation too. Representation isn't a zero sum game, people talking about potential for gender or sexuality based representation doesn't 'steal away' the columbian representation, it can happily exist alongside or enhance it.
@@Rvrstyx 4:39
I really don't get why people have to put this topic over everything. Specially these characters that are kids.
Honestly...
@@beadotwitter8868 I dunno how to say this any plainer than gender=/=sex or sexuality. If you can't understand that, consider if you saw a child in a dress. Would your first thought be about that child's genetalia? If so I think that says more about you than about the people making headcanons.
Your sexuality isn't a personality type, and I feel that this mindset is just contributing more to stereotypes about being gender fluid, trans, gay and etc., which is something we should try to avoid as a culture.
so true
This is 100% the truth! It’s insane how unintentionally homophobic and transphobic these theories can get, not to mention misogynistic!
As someone who is trans and gay, I don’t go out of my way to put this on blast and make it my personality. I don’t see why that has to be the case. I’m just me. If someone’s only personality trait is their sexuality or gender identity, then maybe they just aren’t interesting outside of those aspects? But honestly my identity is not a big deal to me and it’s just another aspect of my being. You’ll find out if you ask but I don’t find the need to advertise, y’know?
Only one of the things you mentioned is a sexuality
I think people are thinking he is genderfluid because he never expresses discomfort when he shapeshifts into other people. It is entirely possible he is, but that's not what the movie is about, and its written by Disney so even if he is they would never admit it. So long as it doesn't hurt anyone I think its ok to speculate. Shapeshifters generally are genderfluid, such as Loki. But its not for sure he is or isn't.
The "knock on wood" thing is also related to superstitions. Here, in some Central and South American countries, when someone says that something bad is gonna happen, we say "toca madera" and proceed to knock on something made of wood. This is done with intentions of attracting good luck and distance the bad, wishing that everything goes well.
Yeah and in the Danish dub they said "knock knock knock on wood to pretend its a table" in denmark when you say smth and wanna like do the knock on wood thing. You knock under a table or wood table to like- erase it. So bruno saying "pretends it's a table" still made alot of sense
This is literally what they did to MHA
*Rr!* 😂
How do people not understand that close to *all* of Bruno’s “tics and compulsions” are just common superstitions? It’s not even just Colombian or Latin culture, throwing salt, knocking on wood, that’s everywhere! I know Polish people who do it…
And it is so incredibly hypocritical that the very same people who are against stereotypes and are stereotyping these characters!
EDIT: OK guys, I get it. Tics are common in OCD too, and I shouldn’t have dismissed it, but I didn’t want to talk about it because I don’t know enough about it. Thanks for telling me, I wanted to reply to all of you, but I’m really lazy, I hope this cleared done things up.
I know he has OCD too, thank you, I didn’t know, but you guys have told me.
Even my mom does it and she’s not Columbian. (We are Latin though)
Oh, and if Bruno were to actually have a mental disorder, his symptoms look more like paranoia disorder than Tourette’s; but even that’s quite the stretch!
We do it even in Russia... Aren't everyone knock on wood and throw salt n stuff
@@Currentlyprocrastinating37 tbh most of the stuff he does looks like stimming to me than tics
Me and my family do the knock on wood thing and we live in Brazil
The rainbow on Mirabel isn't even the bi flag colors, the blue and purple are way too light, it's almost like blue, pink, and purple just make pleasant color scheme.
Disney is a mega corporation trying to appeal to everyone for the most sellable movie possible, they're not gonna bother with LGBTQ representation in a major motion picture if they don't have to. If they do it's with a minor character that can be easily ignored.
Edit: apparently there's a headcanon that Luisa is trans too, and while headcanons are fine this one rubs me the wrong way a bit. Being big, strong, and having a deep voice are things cis women are capable of having too (plus I'm sure the magic beefs her up a bit). Headcanoning her as trans for these factors borders on stereotypical to me.
Edit 2: Been informed the rainbow is an Easter egg to the VA of Mirabel, who is bi, which is neat! But I don't think the confirms or denies Mirabel is bi, though I don't have issues with people headcanoning it as such.
That take also affects afab women who have deeper, huskier and even more deadpan voices, like myself. I usually hate my voice because I don't sound feminine enough to my ears. But these idiots don't care because I'm CIS so I don't matter. Plenty of CIS women also enjoy bodybuilding and such. Headcanons are one thing, but honestly people go so gung-ho over them to where they believe their fanon is canon.
I just want to say that I am trans. Specifically non-binary but I use trans as a label too. Anyways… I also would agree that saying she’s trans is really iffy in my opinion. Sure, a trans woman can be buff, but Cis women are also capable of being buff. Honestly by saying that someone that isn’t conventionally feminine or masculine is trans is enforcing gender norms, harming both Cis and trans people
Btw i heard most of the things on mirabelle's dress were representing people from her family (to symbolize how much she loves them) so the rainbow is for pepa, but even so i don't understand how people saw a lgbtq flag in this
The employees whicj are diverse there, mightmakeit more acessable thou. And they would care.
So now '' a woman can't be strongly built if she is not trans'' 😂. Do these kind of people see women in their life. It's not a common shape but there is definitely women built like Louisa! And for what I saw it is pretty rare to see trans women with this shape either. It is a rare shape among people in general 😂.
Edit : Quotation marks because sarcasm was not clear enough in the first sentence.
Anyone else notice the missing audio from 0:52?
Muted for copyright
I hate how a character will wear certain colors that just happen to be the same colors as a pride flag, people think that means they're LGBT. That's not how sexuality works.
It's just a label to be different to most people
Especially as the movie has a very intricate color symbolism: Julieta's side is blue, Pepa's side is yellow and Bruno is green, while Abuela's color is pink. The color change Isabela goes through (from pink to a mixture of yellow and blue) also shows the changes in her inner attitude.
For anyone looking for a simply put version:
1. Headcanons are fine as long as you accept they are just that, headcanons. (This goes for sexuality and mental illness)
2. Headcanons are fine as long as you realize those headcanons aren't the point of the movie.
Example: headcanoning Bruno as autistic/OCD/gay is fine as long as you understand that isn't his point in the movie, it isn't the reason he was shunned from the family.
3. Headcanons are fine long as they aren't based on (harmful) stereotypes.
Example: Luisa being a trans woman because she's big and strong. Cis women can be these things.
Example #2: Isabela being lesbian bc she didn't want to marry Mariano. Women rejecting a man doesn't make her a lesbian.
¡Exactamente! Exactly! Yes! Thank you for saying it!
THANK YOU!
Exactly, I feel like a lot of people in the comments are using this video to be openly homophobic
its not inherently harmful though, some trans women are big and muscular and some lesbian women really see themselves in isabela (didn't mean that in a sexual way lmao). otherwise i agree
@Kai Tøga ♌ "gracias arigato"😭😭😭
Camilo: he never changes his outfit in the entire movie so saying he changes how he looks because he's genderfluid is just talking about his shapeshifting
Luisa: SHE'S JUST STRONG AND A BIT MASCULINE THAT DOESN'T MAKE HER TRANS OR A LESBIAN
Isabela: While I'll be the first to admit that What Else Can I do? TOTALLY sounds like a coming out song, just because she doesn't want to marry Mariano doesn't make her automatically a lesbian, it was an arranged marriage, and she really didn't have much choice
Bruno: He's incredibly superstitious which makes sense because he sees the future and what happens, and he's always been treated like his power only gave bad omens, that does NOT make him neurodivergent.
Dolores: Her little "hm"'s are not tics she just does that because she either heard the tea or spilled it
I can get behind a little head canon or two as much as the next person, but you cannot and should not force them upon a whole fandom, and you have to consider what culture, religion, etc. that the movie or tv show is based on.
Literally what the fuck is gender fluid? I'm sick of this
@V-J-S M-C imagine if Mirabel does shoulder shrugs and people start calling them muscle spasms.
I can see that happening
@@randroid1019 Genderfluid means you change genders every now and then. Like for example, one day you can identify as a girl, then the next you can identify as non-binary or a male. Now you might be wondering "but how do their parts change?" They don't, because it's changing their gender, not there sex (their sex is how they were born). And gender is what they identify. Do you understand now?
@@randroid1019 me
Thank you the LBGTQ+ need to calm down🙄
EXACTLY and once you tell people this they get mad and say stuff like “just say your homophobic”, “oh so you hate gays!???”, “It’s just a head canon”, etc.
At the end of the day, if you have a headcanon, that's totally fine. Just don't be annoying about it, don't try to insist it's canon when it hasn't even been confirmed, and don't bully people who have a different headcanon than you.
This!
The Encanto fandom is full of these people. "Bruno has OCD", "Isabela is gay", "Camilo is genderfluid". Character traits are being boiled down to sexual identity or mental disorders now.
Could you explain what you're saying better? I don't understand why a character can't be gay and also have character traits.
@@Sener I'm not saying that either. But I've seen people claim that because Isabela doesn't want to marry Mariano, that must mean that she's gay.
She COULD be gay, sure. But there's no proof of it in the movie.
@@Sener Its not that... their randomly saying their gay like 1. Was it confirmed just bc Isabella didn't want to marry that one specific guys doesn't make her lesbian, just bc camilo doesn't know who he is, doesn't make Gender fluid, Just bc Mirabels actor is bi and has a so on so "Bi rainbow" on her dress doesn't make her bi, like theses were never confirmed. people are saying it likes it's a fact. As a Pansexual Girl, this is getting truly annoying
@@AdelioNightstorm that’s not what people mean when they headcanon her as gay, it’s gay people relating to having to be perfect in front of homophobic family and fearing being your true self and feeling the need to live a lie because of you come out as gay you might get disowned or kicked out, similar to how Isabella is hiding her true self and marrying a guy she doesn’t even like pit of fear of disappointing her family. They are relating to her trauma not to her not liking a man.
@@rinsinplays3461 Then don't headcanon her as gay like some people are? You act like only homosexuals have to act a certain way or be the perfect child in a family. This extends to all races, sexes, age, religion, and sexual preferences as people of every creed has experienced having to be the image of the perfect child despite not wanting that. Your comment does absolutely NOTHING to disprove the fact that people headcanon her as gay, aka liking the same gender, just due to her not wanting to marry Mariano and how she doesn't act like a stereotypical woman via wanting other things than perfection/how she ended up with a rainbow like design of colors when she finally broke her facade of perfection.
“Forced representation is not _good_ representation.”
This is a fantastic point. It’s odd how the same people who will get very angry over things like queerbaiting and neurodivergent coding and tokenism will engage in such things _themselves,_ constantly, in their own “headcanons.”
The toxic side of the lgbt community (aka 60% of it)
Forces things to do with the community (be it two guys portrayed as friends being gay for no apparent reason)
Try to make everything about them, call people whatever phobic just because, and lots more, but as soon as it’s called out, they act defensive, call you whatever phobic, and try to make you look bad.
@@Sp3ctralI I don't think it's that amount of people, but there is definitely a very vocal part of the LGBT community that ruins the taste for everyone else.
@@Sp3ctralI blame projection and blame them "claiming" it as their own.
then they call you a -phobe when you disagree
It's always easier to find flaws in someone else than in yourself, and the flaws you'll recognize best are the ones that you, yourself, have.
@@10superpower ok buddy
I’m so fucking agree with you 😭
finally normal people in this strange world
Listen. I have absolutely no problem with LGBTQ+ or Neurodiversity. I absolutely have a problem with trying to force it into a whole other topic when it’s not even part of the picture, really. It’s unnecessary and generally kind of obsessing over both topics and it’s so annoying. Especially the Luisa transgender situation. They’re basically saying, “Oh, this female is very strong and has a generally masculine body type and doesn’t fit all of the feminine standards, she must be a biological male, because god forbid there’s a physically(and mentally, love you Luisa you’re doing amazing sweetie :D) strong female.”
I hate it when people force sexualities/disorders onto characters. It's ALWAYS based on stereotypes, and it's just wrong. I think a character is way more than their sexuality alone. It's just really sad to see that a lot of people base characters on stereotypes, it's actually really harming.
I also think Bruno is just superstitious? Like doing those things doesn't mean you have OCD, he just seems constantly paranoid after basically being told by everyone in town, including his family, that he's bad luck. That's literally the reason he went into hiding, because he loved his family but he didn't wanna ruin anything.
Camilo being genderfluid can't be right, because if he wasn't a shapeshifter, nobody would've said anything. That's literally the only reason people make him out to be genderfluid, because he has the ability to be anyone he wants. That's also EXTREMELY harming for the genderfluid community, because just imagine how everyone could think that a genderfluid person could be any gender they want depending on how they feel, which is just another stereotype.
Stereotyping is very hard for any community, I don't care if you are part of any of these communities, because it's still wrong.
EDIT: I've been getting a lot of replies from genderfluid people, and I would just like to say that I am very sorry if I have offended anyone! I've had conversations with people who headcanon Camilo to be genderfluid based on stereotypes VS actual genderfluid people who just relate to Camilo as a character. Thank you for all of the corrections!
i love you and your luca pfp
For me I feel like those people are only thinking of the characters sexually if they're worrying about the characters sexuality. I hate how people take complex characters with interesting stories and only think of them as, oh they're gay, or oh they're lesbian. Like come on man, Their sexuality doesn't define who they are
And as someone who makes plenty of characters, I almost never focus primarily on their sexual orientation because I feel it doesn't matter.
lets say someone thought Camilo was genderfluid, but not because he could shapeshift, would that be ok?
@@ladifrogger7422 but there is no reason to? Literally nothing he said or how he behaved hints that he maybe gender fluid
@@blackbangtan8943 still, some people could get vibes
The thing is, everybody assumes that people who are shapeshifters are genderfluid and that's frustrating because while it's great to see that kind of representation where the character's genders aren't their assigned sex/just one gender, putting every shapeshifter into that category is just kinda.....I don't know the word. Wrong? It's just that, even though you can change your form to be anyone, your gender doesn't have to change. It kinda seems a little transphobic. It's like saying that, "you have to change your body to be trans." And the other way, too: "If you change your body you're trans." Both of these things are just not true. I made a shapeshifting OC who is a girl. She's not genderfluid, even though she can shapeshift. Could Camilo be genderfluid? Yes. Is it definite because he's a shapeshifter? Absolutely not. And the fact that people are saying they will be mad if he's not genderfluid is completely ignoring what this movie is about and ignoring the fact that shapeshifting in fiction does NOT equal genderfluidity. A similar thing is happening with Isabela. Just because she doesn't want to marry one specific guy suddenly means she's a lesbian? That's not how that works. Plus, again, it's ignoring what the movie is about. It's ok to have headcanons but don't force them and insist they are definitely canon. Just let these characters be themselves and see where it goes. Create headcanons if you want but don't be mad if they don't turn out to be true. And stop stereotyping! I see it so much! It's completely ignoring what this movie is about!
i truly hate it... shapeshif is not the only example of this unfortunately. And i find this although understandable and probably natural still incredibly annoying and wrong. It may not be methaphor at all, it may be methaphor for so many other things... the first coming to mind - existencesial crisis and trust issues, manipulation and all but no... it is all about LGBT... i am honestly surprised this topic survived for so long. And it will still be wrong to blindly assume things anyway and sometimes even pressure the writers into confirming your head cannons. For some reason recently people are literally obsessed with "representation" and thanks, i hate it...
I just want diversity and actually good writing... I mean... where is the sympathy for sociopaths or incest? i will say you where, in fanfiction and there it should stay. The big screen is for original and interesting ideas, stories, plots... not for hours long commercials.
Ah, and just for the possible hypocratical people... i will save you the time to write about how i know nothing and would never understand the lgbt people's struggles so apperantly i can't make such comments. Joke's on you, i am into that shit and i prefer actual discussions.
I really don’t like when people are always messing up with some kind of vision that a person have. I hope you guys know that the director said clearly that Camilo is finding his true self. I don’t see anything bad if people wanna see him as genderfluid or not. Stop putting transphobia everywhere just because you don’t agree on someone point of view. From all of this, it IS bad to sexualize a character of course, but please leave people have their own perception of a creation and stop being so negative about it! Being transphobic is something else in my opinion, something much more heavy than just making suppositions about a character that DOES have some struggles about finding himself.
@@deerinheadlights7179 We are not talking about making headcanons real, because that’s not my problem honestly. I’m just saying that this is are fictional character with no real background whatsoever. It is obvious that people will make supposition about a fictional creations, I’ve been in many fandoms that was a constant thing. And also making up some specific characteristics about a character it’s not generalizing. Who is saying that every shapeshifter is genderfluid? No one. People are talking about that because they have material to do that. Apart from that I agree with the video, but not on the final part. A fandom is free to make headcanons freely if I’m correct, as long as any character is NOT sexualized or hypersexualized. You guys are just trying to be the paladins of something that there is no way it could not happen.
MAN, FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT! I mean, it would be pretty cool to have some representation in movies, but like, WHY to assume that only the shapeshifter is a genderfluid? Soooo wrong!
I was just writing a comment about this very subject but I gave up in the middle
I’m so sorry, I’m just hung up on the fact that Isabela’s dress is very much not pink, it’s light purple-
I made this video so long ago bro it doesn't matter anymore.
@@cacheches ok transphobic apologist ciswoman
The more important thing is that she is not wearing the color of her close family (blue), but Abuela's purplish pink, showing she internalized her values the most. After What Else Can I Do, the colors she wears change to blue and yellow, representing both Julieta's and Pepa's side of the family.
it pisses me off that people think luisa is trans as a headcanon just because she's buff. like what the fuck.
for what reason do you have to say a _woman with muscles_ is trans? muscles isn't a masculine feature!
I'm gonna add to the Isabella's dress thing, just something I noticed is that Isabella changed her dress from pink to blue bc Abuela's color is pink too but Isabella changed the color of her dress to blue bc she broke out of Abuela's mold and also is now matching her family
It's bugging me that people are saying it's pink bc it looks way more purple to me lol
@@alexandraeagle2825 Its bugging me, too. Her dress is very clearly more on the purple spectrum.
@@alexandraeagle2825 I saw this theory where someone speculated that her dress might be purpley because she wants to emulate Abuela but also wants to be connected to her family and pink and blue can make purple, idk how accurate to canon it is but I think it’s an interesting idea
@@alexandraeagle2825 I think her dress is suppose to be based around Columbia’s national flower which is a light magenta color I believe. The Cattleya Trianae.
@@alexandraeagle2825 yeah, its purple
how is Isabela not wanting to marry Mariano gonna make her lesbian? it doesn't, honestly i've lost faith in humanity
but like, why does there have to be a reason or explanation for her to be a lesbian? maybe she just is
I lost my faith once sexualizing animated animals became normal
@@wordswarsandsymphonies of course there is a chance that she is lesbian and that's ok. But the people who made those head cannons reasoning "ShE rEjEcTeD oNe GuY, sO sHe MuSt Be LeSbIaN", is just wrong on so many levels.
@@wordswarsandsymphonies but like, why does there have to be a reason or explanation for her to be disguised Guy Fieri? maybe she just is.
If this comment does not make any sense, so does yours.
@@wordswarsandsymphonies i agree. she could be, she could not be - it was never said. people who assume heterosexuality are doing the exact same thing...
(personally, i haven't really thought about any of these headcanons so i'm not saying "she's absolutely, 100% a lesbian" because that just isn't realistic)
this commatary was perfect! the music, your soft voice and the accuracy is just immaculate! 👏
Thank you for a video with such gentle music I love it and the topics are so much easier to ingest especially when you've seen them reflected in your own family thank you
As an LGBTQ+ person, people who try to force LGBTQ+ representation on things are so annoying. I mean, Isabela could be lesbian and Camilo could be genderfluid but they don't have to force their headcanon. Also I think people saying Camilo is genderfluid just because he can shapeshift is stupid.
I thought I was going against the community because I too believe that it’s really annoying when people do that, but I’m happy I’m not the only one who feels that way
I’m genderfluid and I agree 100%
Don’t forget people saying Luisa is transgender all because she’s a strong muscular woman with a deeper voice 🙄
yeah exactly- i do have my headcanons, but i do recognize the fact they have trauma, and other stuff. im not forcing my headcanon on everyone
I think most people with these head cannons just do it for fun but sometimes they definitely get out of hand
I have a colombian friend and im mexican, so i was talking about bruno's “compulsions”. he explained that many people on Colombia do this for good luck, the wood's touching, the salt and sugar he throws in the air (the left is for the salt and the right is for the sugar), and the things he mumble are part of the superstition as you said!
Also the modisms of Camilo and other characters are tipical of different regions of Colombia. Pepa mood's, how felix talks, Camilo movements of hand. It's all about colombian manerisms of different regions. Which was super interesting to me and that's why i really enjoy the effort Encanto did in representing a bit of Colombia.
(Srry about my english if it has some errors)
how did you not know about knocking on wood and throwing salt? I'm Mexican-American and I grew up with those
Yes, people do things for good luck like that, but when its obbsessive it crosses a line. Idk if colombians do this always and like this, but it doesnt seen healthy. Im not saying that it for sure is a disorder, but when someone is suffering from so.ething like this and see it in a movie they will be less likely to get help. It would just be better if someone adresses it in the movie and when they didnt i was happy the fandom has. Idk about other things people are saying, tho.
@@mischr13 I knew about the salt but about the other things i didn't know. Maybe because of my family believes and traditions :))
@@Name-ch1fm glad to see someone else thinks this!! its the only point of contention i hold with this video. as someone with ocd who is currently pursuing a psychology degree brunos level superstition made me go “hmm.” folks with ocd (including myself) can often have compulsions developed around superstitions (for instance, obsessively not stepping on cracks). theres certainly not enough evidence to diagnose him, and i dont think some message about ocd in particular should eclipse the meaning of the film or the awesome cultural representation, but what we saw is enough to make me go “hmmmm”
Can't you be superstitious and OCD at the same time? Can't you have ticks and be colombian at the same time? Can't you be genderfluid and have intergenerational trauma at the same time?
Honestly, the idea of Camilo being genderfluid literally makes no sense. Yes, his power is shapeshifting, but does that ever tie into his feelings for his gender indenity/expression?
Spot on. The movie was about celebrating colombian culture and looking into family dynamics and trauma that goes across generations. Let's see the movie as it is
As a bi person, I hate the people saying that's a bi flag on Mirabel's dress. It doesn't even look like a bi flag. It is such a massive stretch and this is more than just headcannons, I've been in full arguments with people who firmly believe its canonical.
I’m pretty sure the rainbow with the bi colors is for the voice actress who is bi, other than that yeah, head cannons are fine as long as people don’t get upset when someone else disagrees
Yeah, it seems to be symbolic of her family members, with all the colourful differences between them and what she loves about them.
@@Kalani_Saiko also the color palette of her dress
@@Kalani_Saiko Yeah.
And I think blue, purple and pink has always is a common colour palette to use since they go together well since it’s like using red orange and yellow. And that combination of colours can represent more than just bi, some people use that colour combination for unicorns or galaxies.
I find it hillarious these are the same people who usually go beserk over different cultures not being represented in media, only for them to instantly try to give away with said cultural elements to forcibly adapt their own archetypes and standards. Being from Colombia, one of the things i liked the most about the movie was how it was actually able to show the country in a way not entirely related to the cartels or armed conflict (with the latter being used in a very appropriate way), which is usually what we get in all Colombia related media, so seeing all of that get reduced to sexualities and disorders is just sad
I think these people just have too much time in their hands and spend it all on themselves, so all the knowledge about random things (like "how to identify this mental disorder") comes through when they see something unusual to them, but they don't stop to think that they might be wrong for 2secs, when I watched the movie, the first thing I assumed from the salt throws Bruno does, etc... Was that it had to do with colombian culture, cuz that's what the movie's about
Yeah this is one of those classic white woman moves. Heavily engaging in the activist/representation discourse around a subject while also managing to make it all about them.
@@theodorecreager3752 I've seen other racial groups do it too. So annoying
I watched a movie reaction of someone from Colombia and she basically had the same thoughts about how they represented it. It was a really great reaction, she gets emotional about the representation and shares how much it means to her. If anyone like reaction videos and wants to watch hers her channel name is Once Upon a Reaction
@@theodorecreager3752 They can't stand when something isn't all about them. They make new things to complain about so they can get in on the oppression.
Bruno doesn't have ocd, he's legit just paranoid (which makes sense, considering he can see the future)
this is going to be controversial, however, why yall have to bring sexuality into everything and ruin the fucking movie. the amount of times i have seen debates that Spongebob is gay is insane.
You implying that sexuality ruins a movie is kinda bigoted, but i kinda get what you mean. It's just that people want to relate to someone, and in this time an age where lgbt is becoming more common in media, they seek more of it. Also there's a limit on what people should say to others, for example if someone thinks "it would be cool if ---- was gay" it does no harm. But if someone said "they are gay and you have to agree with me" then yea that's harmful.
Not Gay but Stephan Hillenburg did declare before he died that SpongeBob was somewhat asexual which many people get confused and include him still in the LGBT community.
@@xxmushisushixx1049 Asexuals are part of the Lgbt+ community
True.
@@xxmushisushixx1049 asexuals are a part of the lgbtq community. It’s just that people didn’t like that he was asexual (yeah acephobia within the community) and just called him gay for whatever reason.
“If disney doesnt make camilo gay and genderfluid i swear to god ill be pissed.”
Why? Is someone’s sexuality more important then themselves? What does him being bi or genderfluid change about him? What does bruno not having OCD or anxiety change about him? They would still be good loveable characters because that’s what they are.
This is why I hate these kinds of people , they want to be represented in every aspect of the entertainment world and even in real life , like bro shut up YOU HAD BEEN REPRESENTED ENOUGH , not everything has to be gay/bi/genderfluid what ever the fuck
It’s like saying “ kristoff from frozen is represented as a furry because of his lifestyle let’s go furry community “
Im starting to really dislike this community. Not everything has to be lgbt
Honestly I feel like actual lgbt reps in movies can be pretty annoying, as often they are either blatantly offensive, a PR tool, or it's their entire personality/shoved in for no reason
@@formodius fr
There isn’t anything wrong with making a headcanon for a character, but when you focus on just your headcanon, and ignore the movie’s message about trauma and the representation of Columbian/Latin American culture, it just comes off as being rude and insensitive :/
i was very sad when i found out people ignored their trauma and just went full on with headcanons for why they are like how they are as someone who is latino, not neurotypical and apart of the lgbtq, i could really tell the small things that people seemed to ignore and go for "they are mistreated because they are gay 😥"
i like the headcanons but sometimes they can be insensitive and rude, bruno only says all those things because they are superstitions in latin culture, and with his gift, you can see why he does that.
Also when you harass others for not believing in your headcannon or saying that is canon when it's not
Pretty much. I keep this in mind when making my own headcanons. And I even like or share some headcanons opposite to my own! Bc the more different headcanons something has, means more people love it :)
I just need to say that is a clear representation of Colombia, not all Latin American
@@etiam9473 well, I am from Brazil and I find this movie very accurate to me too. Of course there are much things from Colombia culture but it do representate other places of latin-america too
I never understood why people thought Dolores had tics. She was making those noises VOLUNTARILY.
Representation isnt gonna solve racism
Representation isnt gonna solve homophobia
Repreaentation isnt gonna cure mental illness
People who are actually faced with turmoil for being who they are are getting very sick and tired of the fakes who just do all this for attention and making a god damn fool of themselves
Making a character all of a sudden different to give someone a hero or character of their own isnt the things that people want
People want change and making characters this or that isnt the change people want
Instead of capitalizing on shit like this why dont companies like Disney put more money towards organizations that want to help with change
Such as organizations that help trans people with their transition
Organizations that want change for the black community
Organizations that actually want change and not some interest group that only want to hurt us
From a bisexual Puerto Rican who wants actual change
That’s what bothers me about this representation obsession in media. When I looked at hero’s I didn’t obsess over them if they were the same as me but rather what they believed in and also how interesting they were. They felt human, not a caricatures or stereotypes or generalizations. Which is crazy cause that is what media is pushing to give representation but it’s most of the time generalizations.
Like for example, media portraying black teens having to like rap or Nike sneakers or always mentioning police brutality in almost every movie. Then in the same breadth so many people liking it cause representation.
I was so uncomfortable cause all those skin deep things is what the media thinks a black person is and a black person can’t be their own individual. It reminds me of the episode of Carlton being called a sellout. He is basically told he is an Oreo. That episode showed how internalized racist stereotypes was in the black community. That internalize racism I can see it still in the community and in the media.
Representation is important, the issue is that there isn't any and so people have decided to make shit up
Straight up facts, but I still feel some kind of joy every time I see someone who's aroace too. Honestly it longs for a while but then I just don't care
Disney has to make better shows & movies.
LGBT/abortion is NOT Disney's business!
That has already being pushed everywhere.
That's NOT normal, and it's NOT healthy.
Disney doesn't have to help any "transitions".
They should pay their female employees!
Not forcing them to abort or lose their jobs.
Enough of this closeted neonazi wokism.
I’d just like to imagine that these characters aren’t straight, gay, trans or anything. They are each unique and amazing, and adding a sexuality to them doesn’t add anything to the already beautiful character.
You are a good person.
I agree. Some people can see themselves on a character and identify with them, there is no problem with that. But forcing it in wrong ways is not good.~
@@yynwi Why is it seen as forcing when it's just one person's opinion or headcanon? Why can't people post on social media with fanfiction about their favorite characters? Why is only "forcing" when lgbt or neurodivergent people apply their lived experiences to fictional characters? It's never "forced" when people assume everyone in a piece of fiction is straight or neurotypical. EYEROLL.
@@natalyrausch bc they are straight. LGBTQ are trying to force their own desires for the character even tho their not
@@natalyrausch Because when cis people "assume" the character is cisgender too, it's usually because they aren't even actually assuming shit and just watching that character be themselves, watching how they develop themselves, and without assuming they are a lesbian 'cuz she ain't wanna marry that one man
“Isabela rejected a man. That means she MUST be a lesbian!”
Oooor maybe she just wasn’t attracted to that _specific_ man? They never said she was gay. Head-canons are fine, as long as you remember that they are still just head-canon, not what the people who made the movie intended. This is Pixar’s Luca all over again.
idk, it hasn't been confirmed that she is straight either
edit: i was just saying that i don't agree with the whole "disney didn't answer any lgbtq related questions so she must be straight since being straight is normal" trope. a lot of people in the comments prove that they think you're automatically straight until proven otherwise. being straight shouldn't be the automatic assumption and that's what the lgbtq+ community wants to change. that's all i wanted to say with this, i wasn't trying to justify forcing a specific sexuality onto someone, i apologize
@@nickvraxx I know. It’s just that just because she turned down one man doesn’t automatically mean she likes women.
@@hwtvi3466 yeah and we can move in circles about this all day mate. People saying she MUST be a lesbian are neither more right, nor more wrong than you when you say "Oooor maybe she just wasn’t attracted to that specific man?"
Isabela being lesbian ain't canon. Isabela being straight ain't canon. So just assume whatever you want, literally there's no way to be wrong.
Luca only lasted 2 weeks, this is lasting 2 months.
@@someoneyouprobablyknowandl9964 that wasn’t the point. They were talking about the fandom or people who have watched the movie saying that Isabela is a lesbian and forcing that thought a little too much that’s why its become a problem. Like how’s it’s explained in the video, you can say it’s hc but you can’t say it’s canon because it isn’t mentioned in the movie nor confirmed by any of the makers.
This whole issue wildly confused me. Why do ppl have an issue with young lgbt Latino people headcanoning their favorite character to be LGBT like them??? Those ppl (children) aren't ruining or ignoring the message???
its ok to have head cannons but not in the way it changes what the character is supposed to b like. its starts to become a problem when ppl start forcing these head cannons onto the characters when its not confirmed or has anything to do w the movie. for example j bc isabella doesnt want to marry a guy doesnt make her lesbian. she COULD be but ppl r forcing it when lgbtq has nothing to do w the overall theme of the movie. its turning the movie into something its not
if ur confused read the top comment in this thread
Overall, I don’t mind fanmade headcanons. If fans want to believe some character is LGBTQ+, they of course can believe it. But forcing on it and proving that it’s canon with ridiculous arguments is just not right.
I had no idea that people saw "Sana, sana, colita de rana" as an indication of neurodivergence. I too have been hearing it for as long as I can remember and, despite me being almost 18 now, my dad _still_ says it to me when I get injured. So, despite me being both Hispanic _and_ autistic, my reaction to hearing it in the movie was excitement due to recognizing the phrase from my family's culture. The thought of neurodivergence didn't even cross my mind for the entire movie.
Si no sana hoy, sanará mañana
It just shows how much Americans can't even be bothered to do a little bit of research about what does that even mean. It's just a funny phrase we say when someone gets hurt (specially children), it's not a sign of neurodivergence
As a fellow Hispanic person, I’m just as confused.
My dad (mexican) never let us be in touch with our culture or even taught us Spanish so I had never heard the phrase before. But even then, I never once thought it was a neurodivergent trait. I also have autism as well as adhd and not once did it seem like he has any kind of neurodivergence or disability. I did like the fact that they showed how superstitious Latinos are, though
@@binglesnort Agreed with that last part. My dad hates American superstitions and calls them "stupid-stitions", yet he treats "sana, sana, colita de rana" like first aid despite being a doctor.
as a latin american that has lived my whole life here, it makes me so mad how people have transformed the message of the movie. Generational trauma is still such a prominent thing here, specially since it hasn't been alot of time since the end of dictatorship imposed on the Cold War by the US. The dictatorship, at least on my country, ended on 1990, but just one month ago, media recognized and announced that it was finally the end of the transition period and we are finally a complete democracy. The experiences shaped the generations of out grandparents and parents, those fears imposed in us and Encanto shows the healing and letting go of the past, so we can shape a new future.
I agree, it surprises me a lot that the fandom isn't more focussed on this message, i've barely seen it discussed.
However, i will say that just because a character is gay or has a mental disorder that doesn't 'change' the meaning of the film. A gay character doesn't make the film about sexuality, and it would be good if disney included more [obvious] representation in their movies, without just making the movie 'about' that.
(also 100th like!)
This takes place in the 50s
@@MrMoon-pp8xv I know, it is just a comparison of how it can relate to the newest traumas from latin american families. In the 50's people were extremely poor and there was alot of child mortality (40% of kids died before the age of 5). Also really corrupted government and inequality. That is also still a trauma for the older demographic of our people.
@@goatsmilk Yeah, I agree. The characters preferences or disabilities wouldn't really change the story, I meant that people are changing the focus completely. I used to like other media were the same happened, they would strip away the main meaning of the story and concentrate on random thing that were mostly headcannons
same, this comment should be pinned omg
honestly when i saw the movie it didn't tell me much, i knew it was a good movie, just not for me, but you made me notice a lot of intresting details i didn't notice and the entire point of the film whitch i somehow missed entirely, overall you've helped me understand and appreciate the movie more, and for that, i thank you.
finally someone talks about this, i hate when every character is ruined by saying "they are ___" or "they have ___" like no, they are not bi or trans they dont have ADHD or OCD
The whole frase of bruno is “sana sana, colita de rana, si no sana hoy, sanara mañana” which in English is “heal heal, little tail of a frog, if it doesn’t heal today, it will heal tomorrow” here in Latinoamérica they tell us this so we feel better when we get hurt. You could say those were magic words to calm down a child , or at least it worked on me.
That's very true. When my older sister and I was watching, she got excited hearing Bruno saying that because our mom used to say that to her and my brother when they were young and would get hurt sometimes
My mom says it to me sometimes and when we saw the movie we noticed it
My mom says that when I am sick
Yup
Omg I totally forgot my mom always told me that when I got hurt, you just unlocked a memory
as a person in the lgbtq+ community, i think we need to stop.
people are ignoring the very real theme and representation of this film and its extremely disrespectful.
I agree. What's the point of this if it will cause nothing but chat wars. Disney has the right to decide on their characters. We don't have the right to assume what they are supposed to be and insisting it to be real.
@@twstroast9891 Couldn't agree more
thank you
seriously though. like, a young woman doesnt want to marry someone she isnt in love with? oh, such a lesbian... i mean come on
what’s harmful about head-cannons though?
These type of things can be applied to all fandoms 😪
Wow her first video has 2.5m views the gods have blessed her
As a Colombian it’s really sad and frustrating that the “fandom” seems to focus more on this headcanons than the actual Latin representation and the showcase of our culture, not to mention how incredibly deep the movie strikes for some Colombian (and Latin American) people because the roots of the problem in the movie, which is in some sort of way the problem the Abuela faced in her youth, is something that happened in the past and STILL HAPPENS here in our country.
Look, we get it, you don’t have to be absolutely in love with our culture or know every little thing about our political and society problems, but when you make this movie seem like it’s about your headcanons more than it is about the culture and showcase of our conflict, that’s what’s messed up for me.
This characters are so beautifully written inspired by our country and how some people actually are here and in Latin America that making it all about their gender or sexuality just feels wrong. I’m not saying don’t have this headcanons, but don’t reduce the incredible work behind this to just that.
dilooo
true!! I'm Filipino and relate to the intergenerational trauma represented in the movie. Then the fandom completely ignored that, and went straight for headcanons. They didnt even acknowledge the awesome Colombian (or Latin American) rep. :((
TIENES TODA LA MALDITA RAZÓN, cuando salió me sentía muy feliz porque nos iban a comenzar a dar representación y no como lo típico que es "México", no olvides el hecho de gente que tiene acendencia hispana se siente con derecho a imponer su pensamiento en la película sin saber nada de cultura latinoamericana, ni saber porlomenos dónde se ubica, o saber que compartimos el mismo continente... Lo cuál es muy hipócrita y un poco ofensivo. Por ejemplo lo del white washing por la piel de pepa, o que en el arte conceptual a pepa la pintaron con una ruana que era bastante parecida a la lgbt y comenzaron a decir que iba a ser gay (especulaciones que no tienen nada de malo pero que al volverse excesivamente repetitivas e imponentes es un poco molesto), sin saber que los colores llamativos, y la diversidad genética no son solo de Colombia si no de latinoamericana y es un aspecto cultural bastante grande...
🇨🇴 - Asi es! Gracias!! Con esto explica sufficiente, Gracias!!!!
Omg same!! I felt the same thing when Luca came out. I’m Italian and I was so excited that we were FINALLY going to get a movie based in Italy but, people were too obsessed with saying how gay Luca and Alberto were instead of actually watching the movie and enjoying the message for what is is. ( I’m not saying that I’m against that point of view, I’m just saying that people are trying to force it down other peoples throats.)
And to be honest, I was actually very sad that they didn’t say more Italian words like not calling their grandma “nonna” and their uncle “Zio”. I still love the movie but it just felt like a letdown that they didn’t incorporate more from the culture😞😞.
I'm fine with headcanoning, but if it's not confirmed by the writers, don't get upset because someone disagrees or brings up ACTUAL canon. In other words, shape-shifting ≠ genderfluid and not wanting to marry a particular man ≠ being lesbian. Like I said people can headcanon all they want but they need to STOP acting like that's ACTUALLY what's happening in the story
I agree with what you said. Like it’s okay to have headcanon’s and make videos about said headcanon, but in a setting we’re people are talking about what’s happening in the story you don’t need to bring it up. (Also with the “Camilo is genderfluid” thing I can get were people are coming from because it’s an extremely popular trope in fiction for genderfluid characters.)
Thank you! I have literally gotten into fights about this.
Shape shifting could be a symbolism for the feeling of having to be whatever people need him to, wich could be explored on a sequel. But genderfluid? What the actual fuck???? He shapeshifts for second or even minutes only, since it's never specified of he has done it for more than an hour, or even a day
I don't really see the issue. If people can identify with the story or characters through their headcannons, how is it an inherently negative thing? We barely even got to explore Camillo's issues in the movie to the point where a lot of people headcannon his issues as being an identity crisis (not knowing who he really is) or gender dysphoria. Who cares? I don't feel like it takes away from the core of the movie. You guys are also forgetting that LGBTQ+ people exist in Colombia too. Don't they deserve to feel represented in the movie just as much, even if it's not over canon info?
@@fabplays6559 well the problem is they make their hc as facts
I agree. I don't even know how they got to some of the conclusions you showed. for example Camilo being gay/bisexual/genderfluid, there nothing to suggest that it was the case.
This video was just relaxing to me, ur voice is soothing and so is the music in the background