Pepa Madrigal/Relationships

The relationships of Pepa Madrigal.
==Romance==
===Félix Madrigal===
Félix is Pepa's husband and the person closest to her. She and Félix are practically opposites, Pepa being overly emotional and dramatic while Félix is laid back and calm. Despite their opposite personalities and sometimes disagreeing, Pepa finds it impossible to stay angry with Félix for long. She always smiles when he supports her, melting in Félix's arms while dancing with him. Félix is also affectionate with Pepa, as he is the one who manages to calm her down through her emotional temperaments. He loves to tease her and enhance her storytelling with his commentary and sound effects and playfully defers to her when she gets annoyed with him for doing this. It is unknown when or how they met, but it is known that he was always very good at helping her calm down when she was in a bad mood, causing her to fall in love with him at some point in her life. To Alma's joy, the two married and, over the years, started a family, having three children (Dolores, Camilo, and Antonio) together.
Pepa was always angry with Bruno for ruining their wedding day, showing her love for Félix because she cared that their marriage would go well and wanted it to be a special day for both of them. Félix, despite the fact that the wedding was ruined because of Pepa's nervousness over Bruno's joke, he remembers their wedding very fondly and describes it one of the best days of his life. In the film and various printed materials it is shown that they are the most affectionate couple in the Casa Madrigal since they are almost always together. 
In "The Family Madrigal", Pepa carrying Félix to kiss him and smiles when he flirts with her. As they watch their youngest son Antonio walk to his new door to receive his magical gift, Pepa clings to Félix, nervous that the ceremony will go wrong. When Antonio receives his gift, Pepa and Félix calmly look at each other, happy that their son's ceremony was successful. Although she is annoyed that Félix interrupts her during "We Don't Talk About Bruno", she happily dances with him when they talk about their wedding. After everyone rebuilds the house and the family becomes closer, Félix encourages Pepa to be open with her feelings and dancing together in the rain when the magic returns to the Encanto, hugging as they pose for the family photo.
==Family==
===Alma Madrigal===
Alma is Pepa's mother. It is unknown what kind of relationship that Pepa had with her mother growing up, but since Alma was quick to approve of her affair with Félix and was happy for the two to marry, the two were on good terms in the past. However at the beginning of the film, it is clear that Pepa's relationship with her mother is quite strained due to Alma constantly forcing her to keep her emotions in check and denying her to express herself freely, in addition to her mother keeps a tight grip on her and her siblings to make them perfect. Although she respects Alma as her mother and the matriarch of the family, Pepa is not afraid to contradict her or yell at her when she puts too much stress on her, responds to her when she cannot keep her temper under control. Alma often negatively criticized Pepa for her emotional tirades, not supporting her when she needs it, never tries to talk to her and often pesters Pepa to keep her emotions under control, normally because of its negative impact on the people around her. 
When Pepa was anxiously looking for Antonio for his gift ceremony, Alma told her that she had a cloud following her and she yelled at her annoyed. During dinner with the Guzmán family, Pepa had storm clouds hovering over the table because of what she found out about Bruno's vision, and Alma reminded Pepa to get rid of the clouds, and when the Casa Madrigal started to crack, she tried telling Pepa to calm down. Despite the multiple run-ins she had with Alma, it's clear that Pepa loves her mother. In "All of You", she easily forgave her mother along with Julieta when Alma sincerely apologized for her mistake of caring about the magic more than the family.
===Julieta Madrigal===
Julieta is Pepa's older triplet sister. Both are very contrasting in personalities, Pepa is loud, anxious and prone to dramatics while Julieta is more quiet, realistic and calm. Their relationship growing up is unknown, but in the present they are both very close and treat each other's children as if they were their own children. Although in the film they do not interact much, in the graphic novels it is shown that Pepa has a close bond with her sister, hugging her several times and enjoying cooking with her. In contrast to the negative opinion she initially had of Bruno, Pepa thinks highly of Julieta trusting her in times of crisis and stays near her. At Mariano and Isabela's marriage proposal dinner, Pepa immediately tells her sister the secret of Bruno's vision and the miracle was in danger. After the Casa Madrigal collapses, she desperately calls Julieta to help her check if any family members were hurt. In "All of You", Pepa and Julieta listen to her mother's sincere apologies and running to hug Bruno happy to see him after more than a decade.
=== Bruno Madrigal ===
Bruno is Pepa's younger triplet brother. Their relationship growing up is unknown, but after he suddenly disappears from the Casa Madrigal and abandons the family, Pepa did not initially have a good opinion of Bruno and would get angry several times when someone mentioned his name. Apparently Pepa's disdain for her brother is largely due to the fact that on their wedding day he told her that "it looks like rain". This caused Pepa to become extremely worried that rain truly was going to ruin their wedding and she freaked out so much that her gift went crazy and made her and Félix get married in a hurricane. It is implied that another, if not the actual, reason Pepa was upset with Bruno was for abandoning her and the family without saying anything, as she was worried when he disappeared. Although she harbored resentment towards Bruno for years, deep down Pepa really missed her brother despite everything that happened between them, her resentment likely being her way of coping with his absence. 
When Bruno finally returned to the family, Pepa and Julieta were on the verge of tears of joy to see him again, and Pepa was the first of the sisters to run to welcome him with a hug. She listens as her brother begins to apologize to her and Félix for ruining their wedding, but immediately after she silences him, telling him that he's just happy that he's okay and hugs him. In the graphic novels, Pepa's relationship with her brother becomes more loving and close, showing that she has forgiven him for everything that happened in the past. She is also no longer afraid of his visions as before and enjoys the works of theater that Bruno's rats perform.
===Dolores Madrigal===
Dolores is Pepa's first child and only daughter. 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, Pepa generally has a good relationship with her daughter and enjoys spending time with her. In a deleted scene during the party after Antonio's successful ceremony, Pepa happily dances with Dolores 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 she 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 approves of her daughter's romance with Mariano, showing Dolores that she supports her.
===Camilo Madrigal===
Camilo is Pepa's second child and first son. Since they both have dramatic personalities and have powers connected to their emotions, their mother-son relationship is described as very close. Although their interactions in the film are minimal, Pepa loves her son and cares a lot about him. Unlike how he constantly teases Félix, Camilo never teases Pepa and is very sweet to her, affectionately calling her "Mami" and being nicknamed "Mama's Boy". After Pepa is upset about Mariano and Isabela's failed proposal dinner and nervous that the Casa Madrigal is in danger, Camilo escorted her to her room to try to calm her down with a cup of tea and attempted to lead her through calming breathing techniques while talking to her affectionately, with Pepa watching in horror as she accidentally hurts her son with lightning. When she realizes that the Miracle Candle is about to fall out of a window as the house was collapsing, Camilo in response rushes to save the candle in an attempt to save the magic despite the danger. As Pepa held a grudge against Bruno for ruining her wedding day and abandoning their family, Camilo is visibly confused when she, along with most of the family members, run to greet him when he returns after a decade.
===Antonio Madrigal===
Antonio is Pepa's third child and second son. Being her youngest child, Pepa treats Antonio with great affection and still sees him as her baby, calling him "Toñito" and "My baby". On the day of Antonio's fifth birthday and gift ceremony, Pepa wanted Antonio's party to be the best day of his life and she anxiously spent the better part of the day agitated over whether her son's gift ceremony that evening would go perfectly, being afraid that Antonio will not get his magical gift and be humiliated in front of everyone. Before the ceremony began, she expressed how proud she was of her youngest son and touched his cheeks lovingly as she crying with pride at how he is "all grown up", only turning away from Antonio when one of her clouds threatened to wet him. As Antonio walked to his magical door, Pepa and Félix were visibly scared that the door would fade like Mirabel's did and were overjoyed when Antonio received his gift. As Antonio was riding his jaguar into his new room, Pepa expressed great concern for his safety and was shown approaching him to congratulate him on his gift. After the house collapses, she immediately rushed to Antonio who was crying over the loss of the home and his gift, where in the graphic novels and comics Pepa carrying her son on her shoulders to calm him down and smiles when Antonio regains his gift after rebuilding the house.
===Isabela Madrigal===
Isabela is Pepa's first niece. Despite their limited interaction in the film, Pepa and Isabela are shown to be incredibly close to the point of appearing to be mother and daughter. Pepa worries that Isabela's proposal will go well and treats her as if she were a second daughter. Isabela is affectionate with Pepa, helping her calm down when she gets stressed or nervous. On the night of Antonio's gift ceremony, Isabela does the same dance that Pepa would do after the reconstruction of the Casa Madrigal, implying that Pepa has taught Isabela some of her dance steps. When Pepa’s stress threatens to ruin the floral arrangements for Antonio’s gift ceremony, she immediately calms down when her niece makes her entrance and Isabela happily gave her a bouquet of roses, with Pepa and Felix thanking her. Pepa's closeness with her niece is best seen in "We Don't Talk About Bruno", where she and Isabela dance and hold hands while smiling. This is the only moment that Isabela doesn't have a fake smile about her proposal with Mariano, so for a moment, she forgot about the proposal because she was having fun dancing with Pepa.
==References==
Category:Relationships
Category:Encanto relationships