Bruno Madrigal/Relationships

The relationships of Bruno Madrigal.
==Alma Madrigal==
Alma is Bruno's mother, and sole parental figure due to his father's death when he and his sisters were only newborns. Bruno's relationship with his mother as he was growing up remains unknown. However, when Alma learned of Bruno's powers, she constantly pressured him to frequently look into the future for threats and dangers to the Encanto. Thus, it is implied that Bruno is probably the first casualty of Alma's unresolved grief and fear. Due to this, Bruno became more of an outcast in the family and his relationship with his mother became strained over the years. Despite this, Alma still turned to Bruno and asked him to see what was happening to the magic after Mirabel didn't get her gift. However, when he saw an uncertain future with Mirabel either dooming or saving the magic, he decided to hide from the family in Casita's own walls to avoid telling Alma and the rest of the family about the cryptic vision he saw since everyone always assumes the worst in him and fearing the same would befall Mirabel if they saw it. 
Over the years, Alma would hold a grudge against him for abandoning the family to the point of making Bruno's name a taboo in the entire Encanto, though her argument with Mirabel, whom she blames for his absence, implies she both resents and misses him. Hiding away from everyone, Bruno would be averse to facing his mother, afraid of what would happen if they reunited. Despite their estrangement, Bruno still loved his mother, subtly implied by one of his superstitions (stepping on a crack, breaks a mother's back). When he came out of hiding briefly to find a solution to save the house, he decided to go back into the walls out of fear that Alma would see him. After the house collapsed as his vision foretold, Bruno revealed himself to defend his niece from further persecution and strongly proclaimed that he didn't care about Alma's opinion of him but is genuinely surprised when Alma greeted him with a hug and kiss on the cheek. When they return to the family, Bruno quickly reconciles with his mother once she apologizes for the stress and hurt she had caused him and the rest of the family. In "All of You", Alma is very affectionate towards Bruno and lovingly guides him to reunite with his sisters when he is afraid to do so.
==Julieta and Pepa Madrigal==
Bruno's relationship with his older triplet sisters growing up is unknown. But it is clear that his relationship with Pepa became strained when he joked that it looked like it was going to rain on her wedding day. This comment upset Pepa, and because her emotions control the weather, her emotions started swirling out of control and created a hurricane which led to her and Félix's wedding day being not as much as a happy day as Pepa expected. Julieta, meanwhile, never really held ill will towards Bruno for anything, implying they had a better relationship than he did with Pepa prior to him leaving. Their brother's disappearance made Julieta more concerned in keeping their family together, sharing this Mirabel, whom she sees much of Bruno in, whilst Pepa would be most adamant on not speaking of him. When Bruno sees his sisters for the first time in ten years, they are overjoyed and immediately run to give him a hug. Bruno apologizes to Pepa and Félix for their wedding, and assures Pepa that he never meant for his joke to get out of hand. Both sisters ignore his attempts to apologize, simply happy to have him back.
==Isabela Madrigal==
Isabela is Bruno's first niece. Although he was distant with some of their family members when he was still around, Bruno has a clear fondness for Isabela even before she became the golden child of the family. He had some impact on his niece's youth as when Isabela was a little girl, Bruno had a vision where he told her that she would live the life of her dreams and that her power would grow, trusting that she will be happy in the future. Even when this vision years later would also cause Isabela to increase pressure to meet Alma's expectations of perfection, she doesn't say anything negative about Bruno or remember him badly. Since Isabela was old enough to remember Bruno before he left, she is clearly aware that, contrary to what many people say, he is a good man. As Bruno makes another vision to find a way to save the miracle and the prediction shows Mirabel hugging Isabela, he is very happy that the two sisters could settle their differences. When he returns to the family, Isabela is surprised but nonetheless happy by his return along with the rest of their family. After the magic returns to the Encanto, Bruno smiles seeing Isabela having fun and experimenting with her gift in the reconstructed Casa Madrigal. 
==Camilo Madrigal==
Camilo is Bruno's first nephew. Before separating from their family, Bruno was keeping to himself and had very little contact with him, because to this Camilo would have no memory of Bruno when he disappeared. Knowing very little about Bruno due to the fact that nobody liked to talk about him and that the family believed that he ruined his parents' wedding, apparently the only thing Camilo had to be able to establish an idea of Bruno were the rumors that others told him. In the present, Camilo enjoys dramatizing him as a creepy and evil monster, but given the teen's joking nature, it is possibly not out of any truly malicious feeling towards him, although it is ambiguous if Camilo is upset with Bruno for abandoning the family. During "All of You", it is revealed Camilo is the only of his siblings who had no idea that Bruno actually never left and still lived in the house within the walls. While Bruno meets with his sisters, he hears Camilo say that the family needs to talk about Bruno, to which the latter agrees. Despite the way his nephew described him, Bruno does not hold any resentment or hatred towards him since Camilo was just a child when he left, having quiet conversations with him and praising Camilo's ability to shapeshift in the books.
==Mirabel Madrigal==
Mirabel is Bruno's fourth niece. Even before moving into the walls, Bruno cares for her. When Mirabel didn’t get her gift, Bruno, at Alma's request, looked into the future and saw that the house was cracking, the magic fading, and that Mirabel was at the center of it all, but the vision was different and there was no clear answer. Accustomed to people assuming the worst in his visions, Bruno feared Mirabel would be blamed for destroying the magic and face the same mistreatment as him, and kept his vision to himself by shattering it and going into hiding to avoid having to tell anyone about what he saw. Years later, Bruno would finally meet Mirabel when she discovered his hiding place when his pet rats retrieved the glass pieces of his vision. He also saved Mirabel from falling into a hole in the floor behind the walls of the house after initially attempting to run away from her. He agreed to help her save the magic by having another vision, despite initially not wanting to, after more persuasion. When Mirabel runs away after the fall of the house, Bruno gets a horse and rides out of the village's valley to find her, even confronting his mother to defend Mirabel unaware that she and Alma had already made amends a few minutes before.
==Antonio Madrigal==
Antonio is Bruno's second nephew. Since Antonio was born five years after he went into hiding, Bruno, compared to his nieces and other nephew, never had any interaction with his youngest nephew before the events of the film, but, as with the rest of his family, loves and cares about him nonetheless. Bruno finally meets Antonio when his rats tell the child about him once he receives his gift and lead him to his uncle. Bruno quickly forms a minor bond with his nephew, partially due to their similar interactions with animals (Bruno's rats even establishing friendships with Antonio's animals). Bruno had taken up Antonio’s offer to use his room for the big open space so he would be allowed to have his vision and was clearly touched when Antonio offered him his stuffed jaguar to hang onto to calm his nerves. After the events of the film, it is even confirmed that Antonio considers Bruno his friend and that the two have a good relationship. In "All of You", Antonio is happy to see Bruno return to the family and embraced by his sisters. After rebuilding the Casita, Bruno smiles when his nephew takes back his gift and has fun with his animal friends. In the graphic novels and comics, it is confirmed that Antonio considers Bruno his friend and that the two have a close relationship.
==Agustín and Félix Madrigal==
Agustín and Félix are Bruno's brothers-in-law, as husbands of his sisters. Though it is unknown what their relationship was like when he was still around, Bruno presumably had a distant relationship with them prior to leaving since he began spending time away from the family. With Félix, things were seemingly complicated since Bruno ruined his and Pepa's wedding by unintentionally causing stress to his sister. After Bruno left, both men agreed with the rule against speaking of him, though Félix would be willing to break that rule, and dreaded his vision of the magic dying once it was discovered, with Agustín fearing for his youngest daughter who was depicted in the vision. When Bruno finally came home, both were happy to see him after a decade, not only for their wives, but also out of genuine love and care. Agustín rejoices that the triplets are reunited before pulling the three in a group hug. It is also likely they view him as a brother as well. As Bruno apologized for ruining his wedding, Félix agreed with Bruno that Pepa should be more expressive of her emotions rather than bottle them up, calling him "bro."
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