Dolores Madrigal/Relationships

The relationships of Dolores Madrigal.
==Romance==
===Mariano Guzmán===
It is unknown at what point in her life Dolores fell in love with Mariano, but thanks to Bruno's vision it may have been at least since her teens. Despite the negative view her uncle gave her when she was young that the man she would fall in love with would be out of her reach, thanks to her gift Dolores was listening to Mariano over the years and getting to know his tastes and friendly personality, to the point of falling in love with him. Because Mariano was engaged to and in love with her cousin Isabela in the present, Dolores never dared to talk to him or confess her love, believing that Mariano could never be by her side and she lost hope. In "We Don't Talk About Bruno", Dolores briefly sings about her crush on Mariano and tries to hide her feelings to the point that she constantly tell herself that she is okay with Isabela and Mariano's engagement, even though she was clearly suffering from the idea of losing the man she loved. 
However, thanks to Isabela never loving Mariano and eventually cutting off their engagement, Dolores was finally able to joyfully confess to Mariano that she loves him during "All of You". As Dolores begins to sing about the things she likes about him, Mariano seems puzzled at first, but then his eyes widen in surprise and he falls in love with her. Eventually Dolores and Mariano start a relationship and when Mariano says they should get married, Dolores gently telling him to 'slow down' but she looks clearly happy to be by his side.
==Family==
===Pepa Madrigal===
Pepa is the mother of Dolores. Although the two do not interact in the film, their mother-daughter relationship has been described as complicated as Dolores cannot stand loud noises because of her sensitive power and Pepa is an emotional woman who is always causing loud storm clouds with her power, there have been several times when the two have had a hard time interacting. Despite this, Dolores generally has a good relationship with her mother and enjoys spending time with her. In a deleted scene during the party after Antonio's successful ceremony, Dolores happily dances with her mother before the party is interrupted. In the graphic novels, the mother and daughter can be seen next to each other many times. Pepa is very affectionate with Dolores, hugging her on several occasions and treating her with affection. Although Pepa, like Alma, was previously excited by Mariano's proposal to Isabela, after learning that Dolores and Mariano have become a couple after the reconstruction of the Casa Madrigal, Pepa is happy for the couple and Dolores smiles at her mother's approval her romance with Mariano and support her.
===Camilo Madrigal===
Camilo is Dolores' younger brother. Unlike their similarly aged cousins Isabela and Mirabel, the two get along quite well and have a healthy sibling relationship despite their opposite personalities and different ages, showing that their different roles in the family have not negatively affected their close bond. Being her younger brother, she is very protective of Camilo and immediately prioritizes his safety over her own in dangerous situations, showing how protective she can be of her younger brother. Dolores also sometimes trusts him to tell him the gossip that she hears with her super hearing and she doesn't get upset when Camilo performances with them to fun, showing that she enjoys his theatrical and dramatic personality. In the film, most of their appearances are side by side, with rare occasions when the siblings are not seen together. After Antonio's ceremony is successful and he receives his gift, Dolores happily exchanges glances with Camilo and together looking proudly at their little brother, joining the family for a family photo. 
When Félix catches Camilo posing as her to get seconds at breakfast, Dolores appears next to Félix. But unlike her father, she doesn't seem upset or irritated by her brother's actions and just silently watches her father scold him, which implies that Dolores doesn't care much with Camilo's pranks unlike much of the family or that she is used to his antics. At Mariano and Isabela's dinner proposal, Camilo is the first person Dolores trusts to tell the secret of Bruno's vision and the magic was in danger, either this or she told him cause she sat between Antonio and him, and thought he would have a better understanding. During the fall of Casa Madrigal, while it's very quick and a bit blurred out, Dolores' first instinct is to put her arm around Camilo to try to protect him, although she can't stop him from running off to try to save the candle that was about to fall from a window despite the danger this represented. In "All of You" when everyone gathers in the ruins of the house and Bruno returns to the family, Dolores punches Camilo in the shoulder when she reveals her knowledge of their uncle Bruno's whereabouts, earning a befuddled look from him at his bewilderment, either for the blow or her secrecy.
===Antonio Madrigal===
Antonio is Dolores' youngest brother. In the film the two don't interact as much, but the two are shown to get along well due to their more introverted personalities (in contrast to the outgoing personalities of their parents and brother) and enjoy each other's company, sitting together during meals. Dolores loves her youngest brother and tries to support him when he needs it. Before his gift ceremony began, she smiles warmly at Antonio and encourages him along with the rest of her family as she wishes him luck. When he does get his gift, she claps her hands in joy as she feels relieved and very happy for Antonio. Dolores is also quite impressed when Antonio mounts his jaguar around in his new room for the first time and looks at it with pride along with Camilo. During "All of You" when Bruno rejoins the family after a decade, it is revealed that, with their gifts, they both already knew/discovered that he was hiding in the house for all those years and are happy to see their uncle back with the family. They then work on rebuilding the house along with their father Félix, where Dolores is seen jumping off a platform onto a pulley and falling to the ground, while the other end holds Antonio being boosted up to the same platform.
===Isabela Madrigal===
Isabela is Dolores' older cousin by a few weeks. Being younger than her, Dolores grew up being overshadowed all her life by Isabela to the point of being nicknamed "Isa's Shadow". Although their relationship is described as complicated, in the film that both are very close and it is clear that they love each other very much to the point of looking like sisters, implying Dolores formerly possessed some envy that she was forgetting throughout the years. Dolores never ever showed jealousy or hatred towards Isabela for being their family's golden child, unlike Mirabel or possibly Camilo, and neither treats her badly or hate her because of her commitment to Mariano, the man she had fallen in love with and even seems to have some admiration and possibly understanding for how much her older cousin does for the family. Isabela for her part proves to be very close to Dolores and treats her as if she were her third younger sister.
In the graphic novel, she's smiling alongside her parents when Isabela makes her entrance before Antonio's gift ceremony and during the ceremony, Dolores was affectionately hugging Isabela and they held hands with her. Despite that, Dolores can also play pranks on Isabela like Camilo does, if not on a smaller scale. At breakfast, Dolores gives her a snooty look after freaking Isabela out by saying Mariano wanted to have five babies with her. However, after learning of Isabela never wanting to marry Mariano, Dolores was able to enter a relationship with him, thanks to Isabela and Mirabel's help while remaining on good terms with her older cousin.
===Luisa Madrigal===
Luisa is Dolores's first younger cousin. Although their relationship is unknown because in the film the two do not interact, like the rest of the family, Dolores has Luisa in high esteem and trusts her super strength. Due the important role of her cousin in the family and that she is constantly under pressure for the expectations of their grandmother, Dolores cares about Luisa and realizes when she is stressed. During Antonio's party, Dolores heard that Luisa's eye was trembling all night and the next morning at breakfast she inform this to Mirabel so she could talk to Luisa. In the magazine, it is shown that Luisa also trusts the super audition of Dolores and approaches her when she needs her help. When her cousin approaches her to ask her to listen to a group of donkeys who had been lost in the town, Dolores accompanies her to look for lost animals and is happy to help her.
===Mirabel Madrigal===
Mirabel is Dolores's second younger cousin. Although throughout the film they have small friction, in general Dolores has a good relationship with her cousin and the two get along well. At breakfast, when Mirabel was trying to get information out of her about the death of magic, Dolores told her to go ask Luisa since she had heard her eye twitching all night before. When she listens to Mirabel and Agustín talking about Bruno's vision, Dolores became uncomfortable when Mirabel stared at her during dinner with the Guzmáns and, afraid of what the vision would mean for the family, she told everyone that Mirabel was in Bruno's vision about the destruction of the Casa Madrigal and that it would destroy the magic. After the house collapses, Dolores helps search for Mirabel when she runs away, visibly saddened at being unable to find her and presumably guilty for revealing her role in Bruno's vision.
===Alma Madrigal===
Alma is Dolores' maternal grandmother. She has a good relationship with Alma, respects her a lot and treats her with affection. Even though her gift seems not very useful to the community as Isabela or Luisa's, Alma relies on Dolores to hear anything for her and others' needs, trusting that she will properly use her power. Dolores in turn seems to try to please her grandmother and be useful, to her because on several occasions she uses her enhanced hearing when she asks her to know or find out something. She is quite obedient to Alma, obeying her grandmother's orders without hesitation, like when she asks her about the date of Mariano and Isabela's proposal. As important as Mariano's proposal dinner was, Alma doesn't seem angry with Dolores when she reveals to the family that magic and the house were in danger at dinner with the Guzmáns, indicating that she knows Dolores was worried about safety of their family . After the Casa Madrigal collapses, Dolores takes care a frightened Alma and sits her down on a small piece of rubble to calm her own. Realizing her mistake of caring about the magic more than the family and everyone coming together to rebuild the house, Alma currently has no problems with Dolores and Mariano's romance, forgetting about her wish for the man to marry Isabela. In the graphic novels, Alma supports Dolores' relationship with Mariano and is excited by the idea of the two getting married in the future.
=== Bruno Madrigal ===
Bruno is one of Dolores' uncles and the only one by blood. Like Isabela, she was old enough to remember Bruno even though he was reserved when he was still in the family and knows that he is not a bad person as many of the people of the Encanto describe him. Dolores also apparently received a vision from her uncle where he told her that the "man of her dreams" would be out of her reach because he would be engaged to someone else, causing her a great fear that would haunt throughout the years. While it is unknown what Dolores thought of her long-lost uncle when he left the family, even when Bruno gave her a vision that caused her insecurities since she was a child, Dolores never had a negative opinion of her uncle and still loved him. in the film, unlike the rest of her family, Dolores knew that Bruno never disappeared and was really living in the walls of the Casita, but never gave him away despite her nature of exposing secrets. During "We Don't Talk About Bruno" while describing Bruno, she seems genuinely sympathetic about his powers compared to much of the family and doesn't portray him as a bad person like her parents or brother Camilo do, as well as protecting him from being seen by Mirabel when he, for reasons unknown, walked in the halls of the house. This sympathy is likely because she understands Bruno has no control of what future he sees anymore than she has control over what she hears. In "All of You", when Bruno returns to the family, Dolores is genuinely happy to see him come out of hiding and proudly reveals that she always knew he never left, accepting him back.
==References ==
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