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no no no but Bruno leaving not because he didn't love his family, not because there was a vision that would hurt his family, but leaving because his vision would change how the family looked at his sobrina is the most heartbreaking thing

if the vision had just shown the Miracle fading, Casita cracking, but had no one else, he would have stayed, and probably helped to figure out what that meant.

and i'm sure he thought about that as the vision was being created, he thought that he'd show his mother, and they'd figure things out.

but then Mirabel appeared in the vision, and all bets were off.

Bruno saw a grown-up version of his sobrina.

his kindhearted sobrina who wore glasses his color green so that she'd match everyone in the family in some way.

his little sobrina who spent the night after her ceremony crying in her room, all alone.

his wonderful sobrina who did her absolute best to light up every room she entered.

his precious sobrina, who was only five, and who was struggling to make her family proud.

If it was just the house, Bruno would stay.

But he refused to put Mirabel through more heartbreak, more ostracization.

and the fact that finding that out shocked Mirabel is so sad, because to her, she was the ungifted Madrigal. She was clumsy, always in the way, and nobody special.

So someone putting her first, someone doing something to take care of her, to protect her, is so out of the ordinary, so unfamiliar to her, that it takes a moment for her to actually understand.

And I don't think she really did understand.

The only people who truly loved her after her ceremony were her parents and Antonio. She couldn't fathom one of her gifted family members actually thinking about her and putting her in front of everything else.

Bruno's thought process of "protect Mirabel first, save the Miracle and the Family second" is so incredibly bittersweet, because Mirabel can't imagine why anyone would do that.

(it's the same with Antonio saying "I need you" during his ceremony because no one's ever needed just Mirabel)