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THE THIEF AND THE PROPHET  CHAPTER 2: 【 THE DEVIL'S HANGED MAN 】

「 The celebrations have begun! It's a joyous time of laughter, reminiscing, and preparation in the days leading up to the wedding of Dolores and Mariano. Well...for everyone else, at least.

Bruno finds himself a little overwhelmed by all the festivities, feeling a lot of pressure to not make accidentally 'ruining weddings' a tradition of his.

It doesn't help that the strange talisman he won in a dice game is attracting a lot of unwanted attention when it's revealed that the jewel merchant is said to be a 'gold thief' who lures people in with stories and 'fools gold' in exchange for real gold. 

Meanwhile, the mysterious jewel merchant, Chel, returns home, where she mopes in a bath after finding another gray hair. Thankfully, her sister, Inés, is there to boost her spirits, as are the magical charms of her youngest nephew, Vito.  」 ✨| CHAPTER 3:  A flashback to almost 12 years ago right before Mirabel's ceremony and Bruno's disappearance. Chel returns to The Encanto with her family and has a conversation with a mysterious stranger. 

Thank you so much for waiting patiently for this chapter! There's a lot of information leading into the next. Everything has meaning and nothing is a mistake. Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback! HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13th!

Encanto Symbolism: Pearls

Was looking up Colombian Wedding Superstitions for reasons and found something.

This Specifically:

"Pearls on the wedding day? Do not do it

Let’s start with the omens of weddings in Colombia that are bad luck, the bad news first is better. Although you don’t have to see it from the negative side but as a way to prevent not so good things.

Wearing pearls on your wedding day is not a good omen, it is said that pearls symbolize tears and suffering, (emphasis mine) pearls are known as mermaid tears, which is why we recommend you not to wear them for any reason, only if you believe in superstitions for weddings."

But we see 3 women wearing pearls in the movie: Alma,

Isabela:

And Señora Guzman

Think about it.

Alma has never stopped mourning Pedro, so her wearing them makes sense. She cannot heal from what happened, and she wears a reminder of her sorrow for all to see.

Isabela is suffering from the expectations put on her. mourning the loss of her freedom and having little to no say in her future, (and maybe subconsciously trying to foil her wedding.)

And Señora Guzman? Given her age, she is most likely a widow. She may also be sad to see her grandson moving on in life, but since weddings are happy occasions and she is really enthusiastic about it, I'm going to go with the first one.

Now, in a regular film I wouldn't think anything of this, but every choice in an animated film is a deliberate choice, and given how closely the dev team focused on the Madrigals and their clothing, making them color coded to family sides as well as distinct enough to stand out from the highly colorful town, as well as the fact that they made the conscious decision for Bruno's vision tablets to be made of emerald due to it's esoteric link to divination, adding pearls to these three women specifically makes a good bit of sense.

I love this movie!