Did You Catch This Disturbing Detail In Isabela's 'Perfect' Room?

Welcome to our clan of Disney chaos! Anyone else obsessed with dissecting every detail of our favorite movies? Because we are! In today's video, we are going to be talking about Isabela, more specifically her room. Creators from Encanto have spoken out about some of the details in her room, and it turns out, they hid a disturbing detail amongst the golden child’s room that most fans did not pick up on!

Here's our deep dive into why Abuela was so obsessed with Isabela!

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[kathrose]

for me the curtains are more like a place where she can hide from her family and be her true self, rather than a cage. but i suppose hiding spaces and cages are kinda similar and are just a matter of perspective

[sam-cvyl]

also during “what else can i do” as her room turns colourful her curtains lift up and disappear from her bed which to me means since shes practically free now the curtains (or cage basically) are open letting her free

[woohoo.hima_]

Fun fact:
did you guys realize that Antonio was so soft before he got his gif but after he got his gif he tried to act brave and cool and then when he lost his gif he was soft again

[quinnofhearts]

I think Abuela pushed Isabella and Mariano together because they looked like a young version of her and Pedro.

[naomistarlight]

Isabella reminds me of a girl I knew in HS who had an eating disorder and a lot of anxiety bc her mother had such high expectations for her. She felt like she had to dance perfectly and get perfect grades and do everything perfect in her EC's to get into a good college bc that was what her mother wanted for her, and the pressure caused her to be so nervous she picked her skin, didn't eat/was actively afraid to eat sometimes, and had trouble sleeping. But when you see her you think "oh she's so perfect, she's so pretty and thin, smart, she must not have any problems whatsoever" and before I knew about her life, I thought she was stuck up.

[MB-nbyq]

Isabella is also the first grandchild. That’s something too.

[ambernsmith]

The flower petals she sheds demonstrate her extreme anxiety. They come up when she is told she is supposed to have 5 babies, when she is talking to abuela about the marriage and when Pepa is "tornading the flowers." Each time she was front and center and anxious.

[magi]

Did anyone else notice that Isabella‘s earrings were almost exactly like Abuela‘s. They are both pearls with gold on them and I think it really shows how Abuela is trying to turn Isabella into her perfect self

[Same_Local.Insomnic]

I also think that the vines she’s constantly shown holding her up may represent how she’s also hanging on by a thread or in this case a vine, especially her bed, even in the safety of her own room she’s always just barley hanging on

[agirlnamedkris]

I find it sad that Mirabell couldn’t see her gift was RIGHT in front of her. I was only 30mins in to the movie shouting “You’re the ONLY ONE the house communicates with!!”. Other family members talked to Casita (a little) but Casita ONLY spoke back to Mirabel. To the point where she can whisper to Casita and Casita would respond. Other than the pressure from Aubela, I feel like the house crumbled b/c Mirabel didn’t BELIEVE in the gift that was right at her fingertips. We all know, the secret to Disney magic is belief and faith

[suchendelokidottir]

What disturbed me most about Isa's room was the models of herself that she had, so she could practice being perfect. How many hours did she work, trying to appear perfect, knowing she wasn't and never could be perfect.

[hakianabenioni]

Not to mention the fact that her bed is literally raised in the air, further pointing out the isolation she feels by being raised on a pedestal

[kaoryakasaka]

Also someone pointed out that the very morning after Antonio got his gift, abuela Alma already said "I'm sure we'll put your gift to good use" without letting him just enjoy it. He got his gift because he loved animals a lot and Mirabel even made him a plushie. Maybe Isabela was also really into gardening and flowers as a kid, but didn't get to enjoy it, since it was "put to good use" pretty quickly. "What else can I do?" is probably her reclaiming her passion for plants she once had.

[ahstiasummers]

Isabela’s room is also an endless sea of pink and pastels. Pretty, but also lonely. A symptom of perfection is that one chases away others who fear judgement from you and your own seeming-narcissism towards anything slightly negative. A total opposite to Mirabel’s bed in the nursery, which is decorated with her many pictures of the village.
And there are other theories behind Isabela’s anger towards Mirabel. Isabela was jealous of her sister’s freedom of no expectations and angry Mirabel didn’t value that. Mirabel being the black sheep of the family, was a perfect vessel to funnel frustrations towards even when undeserved. Or whenever Mirabel messed up, Isabela was ever more pressured to be perfect in that sense of “learn from their mistakes and don’t be like (insert person)”
A theory behind Alma’s treatment of her family was that she focused on the candle and magic and giving back to the community as a coping mechanism for her trauma, until that became maladaptive. The candle became all Alma cared about as she forgot why her family received this gift

[spak]

What I like to think is that even though the curtains are a “cage” towards Isabella, I like to think that when she walks out beyond the curtains, I feel like it means that even though she in the ‘cage’ she’s still let out free but still trapped because her room is filled with flowers, I feel like it means that she still feels trapped no matter what she does.

[moonprincesst.s.h.ever]

What Abuela Alma did was still cruel, but it wasn't done with malice. Her good intentions were twisted by fear of lost and of the unknowable future.

[Nix]

did anyone else notice in "What Else Can I Do?" there's one more part that indicates to me that everything is just a show?

It was when Mirabel was trying to follow Isabela and was hanging from the tree about to fall while Isabela was singing the line "can I deliver us a river of sundew? Careful, it's carnivorous..." as she helped Mirabel up onto the top of the tree. Isa's voice softens just a little at the second part ("careful...") and you could tell she actually did care about Mirabel from that new tone.

It made me think that even her dislike towards Mirabel was part of the perfect show she was putting on because ABUELA disapproved of Mirabel

[ellevictor]

I love how in Isabella you also see the toxicity of a "Princess" character. Supposed to be pretty, graceful and in line...not a thing out of place and love who they want you to love.

[akinela]

I have a theory that Abuela focuses so much on the sisters is that, out of the triplets, Julieta had the most helpful gift. Bruno was seen as a curse and Pepa's was seen as a burden, being so unpredictable and all. Abuela expected her beloved Julieta's children would be just as amazing as their mother's gift.

[mylahanddaisy]

I love this movie because it really portrays the message that no matter how perfect someone's life looks on the outside, we are all flawed on the inside