[ SECRET POST #5589 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5589 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

SA

Sorry, sent before I was finished!

** Also, why would Isabela using her gift to grow crops make her more of a target in the way you’re saying than say, Pepa causing havoc with her weather powers, or Camilo shapeshifting?

[(Anonymous)]

Because being able to feed thousands of people with no fieldwork, no dependency on weather, no harvesting, is the kind of power that can transform a society into a superpower. Plus an army marches on its stomach and is dependent on supply lines. Not if they have someone with them that can grow crops like that. It's literally a game changer.

They are isolated, but there are clearly unfriendly forces about it the original town wouldn't have been attacked. All it takes is word to spread, and even with limited communication that can still happen.

[(Anonymous)]

The whole thing about Encanto is that what you’re saying isn’t really true as far as the canon goes. And that’s because of the specific magical force of the miracle. In real life, sure, I’m not arguing about anything you’re saying there exactly, not that there is a real world equivalent of actual magic. But the movie and creators have been clear about how this all works. The mountains keep it isolated, and they’re completely self-sufficient. They are that way without Isabela helping grow crops, and it would remain that way if she does decide to. Same with the rest of the gifts.

There’s a status quo in Encanto, and everyone is shown to be happy with it, as far as not wanting anything to do with the world outside the mountains, even if they’re not all actually happy themselves all the time(thanks, Alma). So even being as self-sufficient as they are, especially with the magic of the miracle helping, doesn’t mean they’re going to turn into a superpower. Again, this goes against the way the town and miracle work, as well as the people, because this type of real world logic isn’t really compatible here. They’re fine with being isolated, and there’s nothing in the canon that suggests anything to change that so far, especially if people outside the mountains don’t even know they exist, as the creator states. The miracle makes the mountains less impossible to climb(and thus leave) at the end, but that still doesn’t mean what you’re saying is any more likely to happen in the context of the canon. It didn’t send out a signal to the rest of the world that Encanto is there.

“All it takes is word to spread, and even with limited communication that can still happen.”

Anything could happen, theoretically, but it’s very unlikely for it to. No one in the town would spread the word, they’re extremely loyal to the Madrigal’s, and very happy with how things are. And there’s nobody to spread word to. They aren’t isolated in the real world sense, they’re isolated in a magical sense.


There are unfriendly forces, but they were a parallel to real world events. Wars and bandits ravaged villages. This had nothing to do with the magical gifts, which only came about after Alma and the remainder of her village fled, and Pedro sacrificed himself. And these unfriendly forces are still not the “kidnap and experiment on abnormalities” that you’re referring to. And they also still don’t know Encanto exists, the miracle made sure of it. This could change in a continuation, but it’s all theories for continuations that haven’t been made yet at this point.

This still doesn’t answer my question about why Isabela is being singled out just because she could grow crops. The villagers aren’t an army, and aren’t going to turn into a superpower or sociopolitical game changer just because they are magically self-sufficient. Encanto is supposed to be a hopeful utopia, brought about by a miracle during the most traumatic period of these villagers lives. Just because it’s not an actual perfect utopia as far as everyone being happy, especially the Madrigal’s, doesn’t mean the community itself is that dark and complex under the surface(reference to the song not intended). And it still doesn’t answer who will kidnap Isabela. Nobody outside Encanto knows about her or her family and village. And if they did, it would probably result in confusion and possible fear, not Area 51 kidnappings or government assassination attempts, or anything that dark.

I just don’t get where you’re coming from, especially where referring to Encanto as a possible army comes from just because they could have magically self-sufficient crops. That feels like a big leap to me. As does saying Isabela is in danger of being kidnapped for said magical crops, in and of itself, and more than any of the other members of the Madrigal family that have gifts. Sometimes lighthearted works meant for children have startling real world implications that the creators didn’t intend. But in this case, I don’t agree that this is even remotely one of them.