Friday, 24 December 2021

Encanto

Disney’s Encanto (A.V. Club review with trailer links) stars a magical family where everyone has a unique power. Well... almost.

Feeling like the odd child out makes for clear identification and some very understandable angst.

(Being able to extemporise musical numbers as written by Lin-Manuel Miranda is not a magic power in-universe.)

With a large and not all heavily featured cast and relatively small stakes, I imagine more stories might follow.

Like a Wizard School, and due to the unique powers a bit X-Men, the family dynamic gives it a different feel. I’ve thought about doing something similar in a game but never gone for it as it would require a bit of extra player buy-in.

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