@inthehands I haven't seen it yet and my brain is a little frazzled and can't remember the plots of the Disney movies I _have_ seen to be able to synthesize anything. Looking at a list to refresh my memory, in Encanto the villian is the matriarch who loves her kids and grandkids but needs to resolve her trauma before she destroys her own family. The only way they could have gone harder and still had a happy ending is if they didn't regain their wealth/prestige but were happy together with less