its so funny to me that the rats have nothing to do with his powers, theyre just there. they're his friends

See, my opinion about Camilo's verse is that he heard all that stuff from other kids in town. The townsfolk built him up to their kids as some mythical demon-like figure capable of ruining everything, and the other kids passed that knowledge to him.

I'm autistic with OCD, as is my dad, and from the time they were singing that song I was thinking "so... he picks up on stuff others miss and doesn't know what's inappropriate to say in normal conversation?" and immediately I loved him. Then, we actually see him on screen, and everything about the way he moves and has to keep looking away to keep a conversation going and has no idea how to end a conversation made me think "That's Me!" I was so excited. Even the way he narrates his OCD things as he does them is exactly the way my dad and I both do it. And of course, there's his autistic body language being misinterpreted as villainous skulking that was super relatable. Being seen as a threat to others when really all you want is to play with your beloved pets is maybe the most autistic OCD thing I know. Bruno is my patronus.

The moment I saw Bruno and how he was characterised my immediate thought as an autistic persona was "oh, he be me". And yeah, while the fact he was shunned by the towns people and his family is likely a huge if not _the_ reason for him being single, I was already in projection mode so Bruno is asexual now. He's an asexual who loves to drown himself in the thoughts of hectic romatic storylines where the "bedroom dancing" is just a plot point used to create more tension and drama bétween characters. That's just who he is to me now.

A fact we _need_ to talk about: The official script for Encanto *_confirms_* ND Bruno! He has OCD, and some of the superstitious behaviors (knocking on wood is the biggest one) are actual compulsions. Of course, this is set in roughly the 1950s, in a town that's been next to impossible to leave and harder to find for 50 years, so technology is more 1890-1900s, plus a distinct lack of medical science outside of eyeglasses and Julieta's cooking. Any neurodivergency is far more likely than not to be undiagnosed, and probably viewed as a sign of a possession or fairy changeling or something. On a side note, a common theory is Camlio saw him and his rats late at night as a small child after Burno hid, Burno yelped his name in surprise, and Camilo fainted. Hence, the story behind: ♪ seven foot frame ♪ ♪ rats along his back ♪ ♪ when he calls your name, it all fades to black ♪ Edit: fixed a important typo. Thank you everyone for the likes!

"I am aware of my flaws, thank you" Liking the best kind of men in fiction is not a flaw but sure

I agree that Alma started the whole not talking about Bruno thing after he left -- considering that the root cause of all the family's intergenerational trauma is her not being able to face her grief at the loss of her husband in order to heal properly, it's very in-character for her not to be able to face losing her son either. Also, I think it's noteworthy that Bruno's response to Mirabel's "After I save the miracle, I'm bringing you home" is to go into his knock on wood ritual -- a superstition meant to keep bad things from happening, but sometimes also used when someone says something good that you want to happen. Bruno wants to be fully included in his family again.

As a neurodivergent queer from Colombia, I truly love your analysis about this movie

When I first watched this, I cried. I’m neurodivergent, and a lot of Bruno’s manerisms are similar to my quirks (including being the fun older relative, ritualistic Behavior and talking to myself). And my diagnosis has been a long road and hard on my family. But as I was watching it, what hit me the most was my six year old little sister’s reaction. When she saw Bruno’s character, she looked up right me and just smiled. This wasn’t her first time watching a neurodivergent character (Entrapta takes that honour). But it was the first time she truly understood what exactly I am in my head.

If Bruno told his vision to Abuela... Bruno: Mami. I had a vision of Mirabel. Now, please bear in mind that she's just a kid. So, don't force her to follow any impossible standards, okay? Abuela: *sighs* Alright, tell me. Bruno: Okay, so the vision is unclear; the future of Mirabel could make or break the Encanto and/or the casita depending on how you treat your loved ones. Abuela: So, what you're saying is that I should kick her out of my home for being a jinx? Bruno: *eye twitching* Bruja, what did I just say?! Aye Dios... This is the Maldito goldfish all over again!

The fact that “noodle shaped rat man gifted/cursed with supernatural sight” is even a category speaks for itself honestly. I’ve been watching a bunch of your videos recently and been really enjoying them haha

Just noticed how he’s putting his finger up as if to say something to whoever is talking, but he just keeps getting cut off while his family reunite and hug him: 18:10

So, is Dolores' super hearing a disability? I've heard of some people whose hearing is so hightened, it qualifies as a disability. I assume because super hearing can be quite overstimulating.

after listening to "what else can I do" its revealed that Isabella's verse in "we don't talk about Bruno" is also her damning him for making her life "perfect" when it is revealed later that she gets the 'life of her dreams' happens after rebuilding the casita but Abuela had been trying to force the dreamlife the entire movie.

Bruno hit especially hard for me. I'm autistic and mexican, and Ive suffered greatly at the hands of my family who has maligned me ever since I was a young child. I'm also queer, so you can imagine I didnt have the happiest childhood. When Bruno revealed who he was, I couldn't contain my tears. Just like Bruno, I have minimal contact with my extended family while they remain united as ever. I'm baffled at how accurate encanto's representation of Latin american families is. They did such an amazing job.

Thanks for mentioning Bruno may be queer because somehow I hadn't thought of it. After watching a movie about the importance of family and how amazing Julietta and Pepa's relationships with their husband and kids are, I felt bad for Bruno who 'never got to experience that' and I just assumed he was a very lonely heterosexual guy. I now like to think he might be asexual, like me.

"Awkward noodle of a man" is a perfect description for Bruno

finally a review that makes it clear Pepa is just bottling up her emotions (like, always and ever) and the song was perfect for letting it all out and such the "oh we don't talk about it but then she did, how does tat make sense lol" people either just love to point it out as joke or just really have the fact of her bottling up and trying to bring clear sunny skies flying over their heads

I'd really love to see Encanto get a good quality tv show to further explore the family and the town. I imagine it kind of flipping the dynamic Tangled had, being more slice of life with occasional adventures. It'd be great to see how Bruno and his family reconcile on a deeper level.

Since they're making an Encanto miniseries on Disney+, I'd love to see some flashbacks of what Bruno was like before he became the town boogeyman

So glad I'm not the only person who saw Bruno and immediately thought of popular Jon Archive Sims fan designs!

Tbh you are one of my favourite youtubers right now and I loved this reading and analysis of Bruno! You mentioned at the start that you could probably do these kinds of videos about every person in Madrigal family and I can't lie, I would really like to hear those analysis'!

I think that Dolores purposely talked about Bruno’s vision in order to ruin the proposal because she just couldn’t bear to see Mariano marry Isabella, especially since she probably heard Isabella say something about not wanting to get married

GOD I love Dolores' verse so much, it is just absolutely perfect. She just sums it up so well but so fast that it's hard to catch the first time through, especially when it goes straight to Camilo's after.

Aww, you made me fall in love with Bruno all over again! Big agree on neurodivergent/queer readings too. Excellent work, thanks for sharing!

One thing that really bothers me about a certain subset of the fandom, is people saying that the fandom's queer and nd headcanons take away from the poc rep. But i don't see why it would. being poc and queer or nd isnt mutually exclusive. And not to mention both nd and queer ppl are vastly portrayed as white, so seeing an nd queer character is good. i've seen some arguments along the lines (in particular to nd headcanons) about certain nd traits as being cultural traits. Once again, they are not mutually exclusive. For example, people like to bring up the fact that bruno's superstitious routines are cultural superstitions as an argument as to why his rigorous following of them aren't related to autism or ocd, but if these superstitions are something that he was raised with, it could very well be a routine he finds comfort in as an nd person. all of this being said, even if all the characters are straight and nt, i don't think there's anything wrong with relating to certain aspects of their character as a queer and/or nd person, and it's okay to feel seen thru that character whether they were actually meant for that.

Thank you so much for voicing exactly how I view Pepa's feelings on her brother. It can be so much easier to get mad at someone you love. I honestly assumed she had to bottle up her feelings- not stick up for him because HER powers make her the second most chaotic family member after Bruno. Once the "worst" person gets banished, people who are overly critical, like Alma, will start to criticize the second to last person, who then becomes the new scapegoat. I saw this as self preservation on top of the frustration and sadness over the loss.

This characters are so real, and have such real feelings, reactions and emotions to the situations that they go through. God, I might start crying just from watching this video. Encanto is truly one of my favourite movies of all time

I love Bruno. And I also love the song we don't talk about Bruno. He's one of the best Disney characters. Because his story is so real even though this is based in a fantasy.

As the Bruno of my family... I appreciated this movie so so SO much. Even though a part of me physically *RECOILED* at his mother hugging and kissing him as if everything was *suddenly* fine (my rage is ... burning) - it's still a wonderful movie that took so much care to really explore these family roles and I love it so much.

It's probably really obvious but I never actually heard anyonr talk about how the stuff the townsfolk complained about would have been really easy to tell anyway, even without future vision. Growing a gut? Looking at family, age and lifestyle can tell a lot. Just like with the hair loss. hair loss is really not at all uncommon. As for the fish, fish don't live that long.

bruno makes me want to fucking cry. i can't even begin to explain how much i relate to him. i'm not a forbidden family topic, i just can't fully explain it and it absolutely terrifies me, how seen his character makes me feel. it makes me so completely uncomfortable, solely because i haven't truly felt that pure unspoken understanding with anyone, character or real, in so so so long. bruno is hands down my favourite character and became so immediately. from the very first mention- it's that instant connection where you just *know.*

I want any sequel material to have Bruno be a person someone in town is crushing on. Like, he can say no to the relationship for any number of reasons, but the man deserves to have someone who looks at him and goes: I want that one.

Camilo is older so yeah probably might have had a tiny bit more to go on but also I believe that he would remember Bruno a little better because as you said he's totally the funny uncle who entertain the kids and this one is a theater kid and Bruno was an actor don't tell me there isn't a connection And did a theory that I love that he like saw Bruno after he left and didn't realize it because he liked fainted or something and that's what his song lyrics are about because he's tricked that experience into like a fever dream or something and it's just it's great Camilo analysis please please please I mean after you do Peppa since you've done the other two triplets

Saying “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” and then dedicating an entire song to said character with his name verbally said out loud is the most Disney thing Disney has ever done.

Oh God yeah that's who Bruno's design made me think of. Jon. I couldn't put my finger on it, but now I can.

GASP! I just noticed that Pepa yeeted the bear whose ears she protected from Bruno’s name! Teddy no!!

just wanna say real quick that as a native spanish speaker, your enunciation of words like Bruno and tío are amazing

I love that Pepa was the first one to hug Bruno.

Bruno is probably my favourite character from Encanto but I love the entire movie. Nice video about him

The fact that you also have a soft spot for JArchivist Sims raises my respect for you so much.

IMHO, "noodle shaped rat-men gifted and/or cursed with supernatural sight" is a highly under-appreciated demographic. Having appropriate appreciation for them is not a flaw.

This was a great analysis! I've been following you for rather a short time but I'm loving your content so far, keep up :)

Man oh man do I feel this obsession. This entire video lines up dead-on with my thoughts.

I am so glad KZfaq recommended your channel to me! I love this video so so much! Bruno is my son! He might be almost twice my age, but he is my son dammit! I will protect him till I die! He deserves all the love in approval in the world! The man put himself in isolation for 10 years to protect his niece, and, when he thought his mother was chastising his niece again, he threw himself as the scapegoat again! I love him so much! Also, I really really love fanfictions that explore what happens after the movie with him and his relationship with his family. I especially like ones where his family, obviously outside of Dolores Mirabel and Antonio, learn where he's been for the last 10 years. So many feelings! I love it! 😀🤗🤗🤗 Again awesome video! Fucking love in your contacts! ❤️😀

Huh, Bruno reminds me a bit of me, I can relate to his depressive reclusiveness after his banishment away from his social environment. Cool analysis, subbed.

Watching this I only know noticed that Bruno is in the background of Dolores’s section

A entire fucking song is dedicated to why we don't talk about Bruno

I really love this video, also I found it interesting that when you were talking abt Bruno's big innocent eyes that you mentioned not being a big fan of eye contact b/c of being autistic, only because I am also autistic but I've never had trouble making eye contact with cartoon characters like I do with real people and I never considered the possibility that I was an outlier, actually I think the only time I have trouble making eye contact with characters on TV is when it's a character I hate in a live action show (like Walter White) I wonder why that is :0c

"I am aware of my flaws, thank you." That's not a flaw, that's just GOOD TASTE. After watching this video (and the "healing around disability one", I think I actually started there because of my own disability and just thought the title of this one was funny) I had to go pick up a copy of Encanto...and watch it two more times in a span of two days. I've become obsessed with this weird little rat prophet, and it's at least partly your fault. Thank you 💜

So many great characters in the movie, but Bruno is my favorite. I want him to be happy and have a successful career as an actor/mouse theater pioneer. I don't know how you go through everything he has and not be screwed up in some way, whether or not you were neurotypical to begin with. And I don't believe he was ever neurotypical. It's equally wonderful and heartbreaking to see that it didn't destroy his kindness, courage and compassion. He is a very good, misunderstood, horribly traumatized man who deserved better. It would be interesting to see him re-enter the community. That is going to be so much harder than making up with his biological family (not that it should be easy either, some people were worse than others). I loved his defense of Mirabel too. He sees so much of himself in her. His confusion, shyness, and need to apologize for just being him almost brought me to tears. The line people only remember when a prophecy doesn't go the way they want and then blame me hit so hard. Eventually people just assumed any misfortune was his malicious doing. So not fair. I liked Mirabel's mom, but I did not like the other sister nor their mother. Part of that was how they treated Bruno. However, you made a good point. They didn't hate him. They missed him and were sad he left. They didn't know if he would ever come back. The sister didn't understand what had happened. The easiest way to deal with those feelings was to be angry at him, blame others and convince themselves they were fine/better without him. I can 100% see this as a real coping mechanism.

Huh, I didn't know Bruno was the youngest triplet, but it makes sense now that I think about it. He was the shortest

Wait, wait, wait.... liking noodle shaped rat men blessed and/or cursed with magical sight is a *flaw*!?!? Man, I'm gonna have to rethink a lot of the romance isekai manga I read....

I find Bruno's story very, very relatable as a neurodivergent transgender man from Russia, who loves his family deeply, but is shunned by them. They will never accept me as who I am, I'm something to be ashamed and not talk about, no matter how many school competitions I won and how successful my job is. After watching "Encanto" with me, my mother said that it's *me* who does everything in his power to distance myself from the family and make them cross me out. It hurt me deeply, because I love them, and it's a shame they would never love me back the same way. Being trans and having a differently wired brain is not something I had chose. But I *do* choose to make my life as free and fulfilling as possible, and if it includes cutting ties... Then I think I'll have to do it eventually.

One tiny detail I love is that when Luisa directs Mirabel to Bruno’s tower, she instinctively refers to him as “Tio” Bruno. It’s probably the first time she’s said his name in years, but instead of just saying his name like her cousins, she still uses the name she would have addressed him by. 🥰

Amazing! I love your analysis! ✨

Me to dude, me to. Jon from the Magnus archives woke something up in me and not just my urge to read as many horror stories as humanly possible

Okay but... if you like Jon, you're gonna like Bruno. They're the same frickin character. It's fate. To this day, I stand by the fact that we have no proof that Bruno WASNT based off of the fanon Jon design. All this to say, can I please get an Encanto 2: Bruno Finds His Martin? For... science

Almost completely unrelated to the video but I'm watching this a year later, I saw it when came out, but now with a special interest in tma and god the mention of the best rat man made my adhd do a thing.

Yep! You nailed it! You seriously did talk about Bruno! I enjoyed every minute of it! Well done!

As a Hispanic lgbt ND man, it annoys me that many Latino ppl forget that while YES things that characters do is common within Latino communities, Latino people can be ND and STILL HAVE THESE HABITS

I actually think Bruno wasnt lying when he said that he doesnt care what his mother thinks In that moment all fear of her hatred was gone purely just to be the blame and not have them shune Mirabel

It's kinda ironic my very Christian family states Bruno as their reason for not liking encanto when they were fine with everybody else's powers.

Detail: Isabella praises him, but only based on the stuff he said about her. It fed to her sense of "you're the perfect one"

Your take in the video really gives a good articulation of what things might feel like from the other family members' POVs.

he's such a skrunkly little rat man and i love him with all my heart

I love that everyone that loves Bruno also loves Jon

hello I am back here watching this again, and would like to add that, (at 15:50) I suspect part of why Bruno caves caves immediately when Antonio offers up his room for use as a vision space, is just. Meeting Antonio in person, an entire five-year-old, walking, talking, surprisingly wise and resourceful child, who is one of his sister's children and yet he's never really met before, helped change his mind a little bit. Maybe Mirabel is right, he might've thought, he would really like to get out of there.

I also love the ratman.

I'm neurotypical (think that's the right word? I don't have any mental health things diagnosed), but a part of me really related to Bruno's anxiety and awkward personality traits. Idk, just seeing a part of me that made me feel weird was nice to see in fiction ^^ And I know his anxieties is from his OCD, which I want to say is AMAZING representation!! Edit: Idk if this is considered neurodivergent or if it's still neurotypical, but I got diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, so if anyone knows which thingy that fits in I'd appreciate if someone could let me know

Ok, the we don't talk about Bruno song is good, but have you heard surface pressure, it is just the best representation of what it is like to live with invisible disability (ies) but to be asked/expected to live like an able-bodied person and pretend like everything is fine. Edit: Ok, ok, ok you convinced me, Bruno is a great song, but I also still like surface pressure a lot.

Old skrunkly man with dark hair and somehow affiliated with the color green??? my favourite!

Somehow the bye part reminds me of my sister cause she’s an introvert so meeting people is stressful for her more then me even tho I’m shy, but in case he is a mood 100%

Bruno is my favorite character in the movie. That said, this movie makes me cry every time I watch it. I also relate to Isabella as far as the perfectionist stereotype and Luisa when it comes to my penchant for overworking myself for the sake of others. But I see Bruno in myself as well...

God yeah, you have such a good read on Bruno and all the reasons for why he is absolutely wonderful! He knows trauma intimately and he works so hard to protect his family from it. ;u;

This is a very good analysis even if I'm not the biggest fan of Bruno! Good job! :)

It's ok Oak(is it Oak or Oakwyrm I got no idea-) rat men with magic sight is a valid type-

AYYY Jon and Bruno fan!!! :D

I honestly am so torn because I loved Bruno but the way he was treated in the movie made me seriously dislike Encanto - they seriously played him off as comic relief where he should have had as deep a story as Mirabel, if not deeper. He barely plays an actually helpful role, and nobody apologized to him, they just "forgave" him. For what?! I thought it was pretty disgraceful that the "happy" ending was him returning to a family that was downright abusive.

either he can fix me or i can fix him idk which

With Isabela's line there's a bit of a bittersweetness to it that I think if genuis. Because Bruno promised her the _life of her dreams_, but right now she's preparing to marry Mariano, someone she does NOT want to marry. Not to mention the constant facade of perfection she has to put up in order not to upset Abuela. If her dream will come true, why is her life so horrible at the moment, she wonders.

0:19 don't worry we all do 😏

I hope you do a video on the other Encanto characters! They are so interesting.

"I know my flaws" boy what flaws

Liking rat-men it's not a flaw, it's just good tastes

Dolores last line actually is "I'm not fine!"

0:17 same, I also love eye based rat men

I highly recommend you do analysis on shera

I somehow managed to watch a few of your videos without really hearing an accent at all, but your pronounciation of "Encanto" rly outed you as Finnish lmao. Impressive accent that it took me this long to realize ur not a native speaker :0

Okay so now I need to know, who is that sexy man with the glasses at 0:22?! I can confirm btw that five year-olds don't have very good memories, in case that was in any doubt. I was four or five when my uncle went to jail and my parents purposely didn't speak about him (though they didn't exactly hide his existence either or lie about it) and then when he came back when I was older I was so confused because I had no idea my dad had a brother. I legit thought my dad was an only child lol. Suffice to say, my uncle is also the black sheep of our family. However unlike Bruno, my uncle really is a colossal asshole that ruins everything whereas Bruno is a misunderstood cinnamon roll that must be protected. Also I've heard others echo your sentiment about Bruno purposely being given big eyes to emphasize his innocence and make him sympathetic and I totally agree but I also want to propose another explanation that they gave him big eyes to make him look slightly crazed (his irises and pupils are kinda small compared to the whites of his eyes) and unhinged which he is, and also to emphasize the thousand yard stare he does whenever he has a vision. I love Bruno so much, he's also my favorite character. I can relate to him so much it's actually kinda painful, I too struggle with anxiety and OCD and feeling like a burden to my family even though I love my family and would do almost anything for them. I have two nephews that I adore and there's nothing I wouldn't do for them, including putting myself in harm's way to protect them if need be. I want nothing more than to protect them and ensure they do not suffer the same way I suffered growing up (I'd rather not go into details but suffice to say I'm pretty sure I also have C-PTSD even though I haven't been formally diagnosed with it). If I have to sacrifice my own well-being to protect them from that, then so be it. It's too late for me, but it's not too late for them. I'm also incredibly awkward and shy and constantly apologizing for things like Bruno, so yeah I relate to him in a lotta ways. Edit: I edited this so it'd be easier to read for people with dyslexia, I hope this helps! I tried to keep it 30 - 50 words per paragraph but some run a teensy bit longer because they were impossible to split without splitting in the middle of a sentence.

Just found your channel some days ago. Like your commentary and analysis from your perspective. I came to prove 100% true that Abuela made Bruno a taboo. Mine did that too with my father who never recognized me, (familias latinas.... we are a case) to the point that being a 30 year old woman I still don't know his name, how he looked like. Nothing but 1 detail. He was a doctor. And that's all. She died some years ago but my mom can't talk about him cuz too traumatized and I don't blame her. So, can you spend your whole life without talking about someone who's supossed to be on your nose? YES

Love this video almost as much as I love Bruno! Given the immense popularity of this movie, I'm quite sure they'll make a follow up project on it and all I am hoping for is that they don't give Bruno a lovestory. For me as an aromantic asexual I can relate to him being the only one of the triplets without a family of his own so I'd be so glad if they'd left him like this. Bruno needs to be loved by his family as much as he loves them for sure but apart from that he does not need a romantic relationship to be happy! Not everyone does and the way I feel it, he doesn't.

In this house, we Stan Bruno

You love the rat man, I love the rat man, the fandom loves the rat man. We all love the rat man

What's the intro and exit music that you use in your videos?

The one thing i strongly disagree with is making his story about just being queer, i myself am both queer and latino and his story is meant to repesent the side effects of genortional trauma within brown latine families not just about being queer (Just to note; queer hcs are valid, but please dont eruase struggles poc go though n shift it to queer ones)

Neat

Honestly, Oakwyrm, you are a lot like me.

I think he’s aro and/or ace (Any/all)

We know a lot about awkward noodle men Most of us who identify with this body are because it's been underweight and bony our whole life And that Camilo verse definitely gives me in particular some good feelings -Bael