Mirabel Madrigal/Relationships

The relationships of Mirabel Madrigal.
==Julieta Madrigal==
Julieta is Mirabel's mother. Of her sisters, Mirabel is the one who interacts the most with her mother throughout the film. Julieta is very affectionate with Mirabel and pays more attention to her than to Luisa or Isabela. Mirabel greatly admires Julieta as the town's healer because she constantly praises her and looks at her with remarkable admiration when she helps others. Although her mother can embarrass her by showering her with kisses, praises, and compliments, Mirabel is very affectionate with her as she constantly hugs her. On the day of Antonio's gift ceremony, Julieta tries to offer words of comfort to Mirabel in an attempt to make her feel better about not having a gift and after she interrupted Antonio's party. Mirabel thanks her several times when she tries to cheer her up, but usually doesn't believe or ignores her because she thinks she doesn't understand her feelings. Although she initially ignored her multiple times, Mirabel loves her mother deeply and would do anything for her. The next morning, after the fall of the Casita, Mirabel immediately runs to hug Julieta upon seeing her.
==Agustín Madrigal==
Agustín is Mirabel's father. Although she does not interact as much with Agustín as she does with her mother Julieta, it is clear that she has a good relationship with her father. Mirabel loves her father very much and affectionately calls him "Papi". Mirabel describes her father as a bit clumsy due to his frequent accidents, but she knows that he always means well and will always try to help. After Agustín discovers Bruno's vision, Mirabel, instead of trying to lie to him, quickly tells him the truth, showing that she can come to trust him. On the day of Antonio's gift ceremony, Agustín tried to offer words of comfort to Mirabel in an attempt to make her feel better about not having a gift by telling her that sometimes he tends to feel the same as her, although Mirabel politely ignored him. When she runs to hug Julieta in the ruins of the Casita, Mirabel smiles happily as Agustín joins her embrace.
==Isabela Madrigal==
Isabela is Mirabel's oldest sister. When they were younger, Mirabel and Isabela were very close but drifted apart as they got older due to their respective statuses in the family. By the start of the film, their relationship had become so strained that they have a mutual contempt for each other. Mirabel's dislike of Isabela is shown several times throughout the film, such as having a visibly annoyed looked on her face during Isabela's verse in the "We Don't Talk About Bruno", and describing Isabela as a "selfish, entitled princess" during an argument when she demands an apology from her. When it appears she must embrace and hug her sister according to Bruno's vision, Mirabel is vehemently annoyed, stating her belief that Isabela hates her and describes her sister as "annoying". Despite her initial dislike of Isabela, Mirabel does harbor some admiration for her and sing her praises during "The Family Madrigal", describing Isabela as "perfect", "graceful", and "the Golden Child", although she also calls her a "prima donna". Mirabel's relationship with Isabela dramatically improves during "What Else Can I Do?", when Mirabel was able to see how her sister actually felt about being perfect and encouraged her to embrace her imperfection, and the two hug, causing the magic to strengthen and the candle to burn brighter, fulfilling Bruno's vision. Realizing how Isabela's problems were actually no different from her own and that their grandmother’s favoritism of her stemmed from being someone she wasn’t nor wanted to be, Mirabel stood up for her and Luisa against Alma in an argument.
==Luisa Madrigal==
Luisa is Mirabel's second older sister. Between her two older sisters, Mirabel proved to have a considerably better sibling relationship with Luisa than initially with Isabela. Mirabel is very close to Luisa, who is protective of her and the two get along very well. During "The Family Madrigal", it is shown that Mirabel holds Luisa in high regard, describing her as "the brawn" who "does no wrong". Mirabel loves and cares about Luisa, this being shown in "Surface Pressure", when Mirabel was visibly worried about the pressure that Luisa was under, and giving her a hug afterwards, telling her that she thinks she carries "way too much". Her concern for Luisa is shown again during "We Don't Talk About Bruno", when Mirabel was saddened to see that Luisa, who could previously lift a church with little effort, was now struggling to lift a flower pot. In "All of You", Mirabel reassures Luisa she is more than just her gift, and, along with Isabela, gives her a comforting hug when Luisa admits that she sometimes shows weakness such as crying despite believing she should be strong while her sisters admit that they cry too.
==Dolores Madrigal==
Dolores is Mirabel's first older cousin. Although throughout the film they have small friction, in general Mirabel has a good relationship with her cousin and the two get along well. Mirabel has great confidence in Dolores' super hearing as well as her power capabilities. When she was looking for answers about why the magic was dying, Mirabel approaches Dolores during breakfast to get information from her and listens when Dolores tells her to ask Luisa. When she discovers that Dolores overheard her conversation with Agustín about Bruno's vision, Mirabel points out that she will tell everyone, trying to stare at her during dinner with the Guzmáns in an attempt to keep her from revealing anything, but in the end everyone knows about the vision and her role in the destruction of the house. In "All of You", when she sees Mariano depressed while they rebuild the house, she introduces him to Dolores and is clearly emotional and happy for Dolores when she proclaims her feelings for Mariano and they become a couple.
==Camilo Madrigal==
Camilo is Mirabel's second older cousin. While the two don't interact as much in the film or show a rapport parallel to their older sisters Isabela and Dolores, the two seem to be on good terms given that they shared the nursery together for their first five years before Camilo received his own gift and moved out. Mirabel has a good opinion of Camilo and describes him positively to the Town Kids in "The Family Madrigal", calling him someone who likes to make others smile while Camilo for his part never treats Mirabel badly and does not show irritation towards her at any time like Isabela does. Despite the good opinion she has of her cousin, like much of the family, Mirabel is annoyed by Camilo's antics or jokes as seen during breakfast or in "We Don't Talk About Bruno" when he tries to gleefully scare her with his monstrous impression of Bruno. Mirabel joins Camilo and Isabela in trying to save the Miracle Candle when the house was collapsing and as they rebuild the Casita in "All of You", Camilo and Mirabel are seen happily working together.
==Antonio Madrigal==
Antonio is Mirabel's younger cousin. Having shared the nursery together, Mirabel is very close to Antonio, this being shown when she comforts Antonio when he was nervous about his gift ceremony, thinking that his ceremony will fail like Mirabel's did. During his gift ceremony, Mirabel reluctantly walks Antonio to his door when Antonio insisted that he needed her for extra confidence, which also causes Mirabel to remember the night of her gift ceremony. When done rebuilding Casita, Antonio walked Mirabel to the front door to put the doorknob, just like she did with him.
==Alma Madrigal==
Alma is Mirabel's maternal grandmother. As a young child, Mirabel and Alma were close, with Mirabel enjoying Alma's stories of how their family's miracle came to be. However, after Mirabel didn't get her gift, their relationship grew distant. At the beginning of the film, Mirabel does value Alma's opinion on her, doing her best to try to measure up to the rest of the family, but her attempts to help were often ignored by Alma, who tells her to step aside, which frustrates her. Mirabel was visibly hurt when Alma blames her for everything because she was denied a gift and belief that her actions to be out of jealousy. Finally fed up with this treatment, Mirabel angrily snaps back at her as one really damaging the family's miracle, insisting that she and everyone else will never be good enough for Alma, no matter how hard they try. However, after the house collapsed due to the heated argument, a heartbroken Mirabel runs away to the river and tearfully releases stress until Alma finds her. Mirabel and Alma have a heart to heart where Mirabel expresses empathy and understanding towards her grandmother for the sorrow she endured as a young woman and never healed from whilst Alma also realizes her mistake of caring about the magic more than the family. After the two reconcile and embrace after ten years since Mirabel's failed ceremony, becoming close again as they were in the past.
==Bruno Madrigal==
Bruno is one of Mirabel's uncles and the only one by blood. Since Bruno was reserved when he was still in the family and disappeared when Mirabel was only five years old, she has little to no memory of her uncle when she was a young child. In the film, after discovering a vision of her destroying the Casita and the horrible way he was described by much of the family during "We Don't Talk About Bruno" when seeking information about her uncle, Mirabel became visibly scared of Bruno and regretted asking about him. Despite that, when she met Bruno, their meeting was somewhat awkward but friendly, with Mirabel quickly learning he was not a malevolent person as everyone described him as. Mirabel empathizes with his problems and convinces Bruno to have another vision so she can see how she's supposed to save the magic. Mirabel grew to care for Bruno, this being shown when she reassures him that she doesn't believe that he makes bad things happen, as well as promising to bring him back into the family after saving the magic. During a heated argument with Alma (who blamed her for his absence), she defended Bruno when her grandmother accused him of not caring about their family, stating the contrary and that her and everyone only seeing the worst in him was what really drove him away. She also paused from saving the candle to make sure that he made it out of the collapsing house safely.
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