History TearJerker / Encanto

** With Isabela's reveal in mind, try looking at Mirabel from her view: Mirabel has never had to deal with living up to Alma's sky-high expectations while Isabela herself has to constantly put up an act and barely have any agency for herself. When Mirabel humiliates the whole family in front of the whole town and (apparently) started causing the magic to fade, she gets no punishment; when she comes to apologize to her, Mirabel doesn't even try to be nice, even insulting Isabela in the process.

*** And probably Isabela's most hurtful comment comes from how a Madrigal child's gift day is the most important day in their life, making them a full Madrigal member...unless your [[BlackSheep Mirabel]]. Just the thought that Isabela's antagonism towards Mirabel runs so deep, that she believes her own baby sister isn't a true Madrigal.

*** A small moment, but when Alma angrily asks Mirabel and Isabela what happened after their duet, Isabela goes from confident and happy to [[OhCrap scared and ashamed]]. She even tries to brush off the dye caked on her dress. This small act shows just how ''frightened'' Isabela truly is of making her grandmother upset. When Alma points out their problems (Luisa's powers failing and Isabela going wild), Luisa and Isabela shamefully looks at Alma then shamefully looks down. [[NotSoDifferentRemark Realizing that Alma]] ''[[NotSoDifferentRemark doesn't]]'' [[NotSoDifferentRemark view her sisters any different from the way she views her, Mirabel defends them by saying that they will never be good enough for her, even with their gifts.]]

* Some of the inner monologue between the titular sisters in the tie-in book, "A Tale of Sisters":

** The second story is a tragedy about a girl named Emilia whose father could heal people. Her brother could command the weather while she worked to control fire, but he accidentally put out the flame she created while making it rain...and then one day her fire catches near hay and a gasoline can, sending it up in flames and shrapnel from a nearby truck everywhere. The father exhausted himself saving Emilia first and had no energy left to save her brother, and Emilia felt he only saved her because he didn't know Tito was dying too.

* An understated one but the reactions of the guests and Mirabel's family when she goes to help Antonio to his door when asked by him. There's no smiles at how cute they are or even smiles. The guests make surprised gasps and glances -- It's not stated outright, but it's implied they feel Mirabel's presence will only act as a "bad" for him. No wonder she grew up with self-esteem issues.
** The expressions on her family, while not outright cruel, isn't any better -- Julieta is concerned about Mirabel's wellbeing; Agustín, Alma, Pepa, Dolores, Camilo, and Félix are shocked; Isabela's face goes from shocked to actual annoyance, as WordOfGod confirmed her expression was due to worrying that Mirabel was going to mess it up; the only one whose reaction is arguably the least sad is Luisa's, as her face goes from shock to quiet understanding, as having a BigSisterInstinct for Mirabel herself, she most likely knows why Mirabel is doing what she's doing.

** Luisa’s song, "Surface Pressure", is pretty sad. She is willing to help her community and her family, but she feels the need to hide her insecurities and worries just because she wants to please her family. One of the few people to see her anxieties is Mirabel and Luisa is doing everything she can to convince her sister that she’s fine when she’s obviously feeling crushed by the family’s expectations of her. Her lyrics also reveal that she has built her entire identity on being "TheReliableOne", which is clearly exhausting and overworking her, but she has no idea what she would do if she doesn't dedicate her entire life to just helping others. You really can't blame Mirabel for hugging her sister after the song.

** When Luisa agonizes over her gift fading, Alma doesn’t go running after her granddaughter to comfort her. Instead, she blames Mirabel for trying to make things easier for her sister. Also, during the proposal dinner, she doesn’t offer Luisa any support when she’s asked to bring the piano into the dining room nor when Luisa is struggling and crying over being unable to lift the piano.

** The revelation of Bruno’s peephole into the dining room, where all the family's verses merge implies that Bruno heard everything. More than 20 years later, his sister still resents him for ruining her wedding day, his nephew thinks he’s the boogeyman, and his youngest niece (for whom he went into self-imposed exile to protect) knows nothing about him other than no one should ever talk about him. It’s fortunate this is a Disney film, because this would drive anyone to the edge of self-hatred.
** Given how quickly the family welcomes Bruno back into the fold in the epilogue, it’s clear that they all still loved him very much in spite of being wary of his abilities. This implies a possible double meaning to “We Don’t Talk About Bruno;” his mother and siblings didn’t want to talk about him because they were actually deeply sad that he was gone (and possibly feeling guilty for not trying harder to understand/help him) and were trying to bury that pain by pretending that nothing had changed.

--> '''Isabela:''' '''Selfish?!''' I've been ''stuck'', being ''perfect'', my whole entire life and ''literally'' the only thing you've ever done for me is '''''MESS IT UP!'''''
-->'''Mirabel:''' '''Nothing is messed up!''' You can still marry that ''big dumb hunk''!
-->'''Isabela:''' [[WhamLine I never]] '''''[[WhamLine wanted]]''''' [[WhamLine to marry him! I was just doing it for the]] '''''[[WhamLine family!!]]'''''

----> '''Alma:''' Luisa is losing her powers, Isabela's out of control because of ''you!''
----> '''Mirabel:''' Luisa will ''never'' be strong enough. Isabela won't be ''perfect'' enough.

---> '''Mirabel''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion I will]] '''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion never...]]''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion be good enough for you... will I?]]

** Within the same scene, Alma tells Mirabel, "I don't know why you weren't given a gift, but it is ''not an excuse'' for you to hurt '''this''' family!" Not only is she blaming Mirabel for the loss of Casita's magic (again), but she's also implying Mirabel’s trying to deliberately hurt the family out of envy because she doesn't have a gift.
*** And look at Alma’s wording- she doesn't say ''“your”'' family like you’d expect, but ''“this”'' family”. To her, ''Mirabel isn’t even part of the family.''

*** Note that this follows with Alma's expectations still. He's not asking ''how'' he is but rather, what he can do (ie; what about his gift that has defined every other member of the family).

* While Mirabel tries to make sense out of Bruno living in the walls of the house for nearly a decade, his best excuse is that there’s free food. The man is clearly malnourished, and the reality is that the free food is ''his'' food, that he has every right to eat because that is the house that his father built by shedding his blood for him and his sisters. It’s terrible to imagine what Pedro would think of his only son slowly starving to death and that Bruno felt so estranged he had to scavenge food from his own home. Sadly, Bruno never knew of the circumstances of his father’s death, since Alma’s grief was so great it prevented her from sharing the details of Pedro’s death with her children.
** Bruno also mentions that his room in the walls is kitchen adjacent. Julieta spends most of her time in the kitchen preparing her healing food for the family and the town. She’s also one of the few people to speak about Bruno in unambiguously sympathetic terms. Bruno spent most of his time near the one person he felt still loved him.

* An understated one from the dinner scene itself. A frightened Dolores reveals Mirabel's secret to the family (starting with Camilo who then tells Félix who then tells Pepa who then tells Julieta). And each of them give a scared and confused look in Mirabel's direction. And until the news reaches Julieta, the former family members don't seem to stop and think to save the discussion for later, so Mirabel can properly explain. It further gives the impression how subconsciously the family tend to isolate the giftless member

* One of the kids sadly remarks that they haven't found her yet, as all three are clearly worried. It was in the evening when Mirabel ran away, and no one had found her yet by the next morning.