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* ForWantOfANail:
** Since his gift is completely different, Bruno has no reason to leave the family when Mirabel doesn't get her gift.
** Since Isabela is not the Golden Child and Alma's [[TheUnfavorite least favorite grandchild]], Dolores and Mariano are a couple from the start.
** In canon, it's implied that, even though Mirabel didn't get a gift, Alma preferred Julieta's side of the family to Pepa's due to Isabela's golden child status and Luisa and Julieta's extremely useful gifts. Here, due to the gift swap, Alma is implied to prefer Pepa's side since they got the more useful gifts, combined with Isabela's rebellion and Mirabel being giftless.
** In canon, no one believed Mirabel when she said she saw cracks in the house. Here, Julieta overhears it and Isabela already knew it was possible, so both believe her.



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* WhatIf:
** Since his gift is completely different, Bruno has no reason to leave the family when Mirabel doesn't get her gift.
** Since Isabela is not the Golden Child and Alma's [[TheUnfavorite least favorite grandchild]], Dolores and Mariano are a couple from the start.
** In canon, it's implied that, even though Mirabel didn't get a gift, Alma preferred Julieta's side of the family to Pepa's due to Isabela's golden child status and Luisa and Julieta's extremely useful gifts. Here, due to the gift swap, Alma is implied to prefer Pepa's side since they got the more useful gifts, combined with Isabela's rebellion and Mirabel being giftless.
** In canon, no one believed Mirabel when she said she saw cracks in the house. Here, Julieta overhears it and Isabela already knew it was possible, so both believe her.
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* {{Foil}}: Mirabel and Isabela are the family outcasts, but how and why they are like that are completely different. Mirabel, for whatever reason, never got a gift, yet she still does her best to prove herself and be seen as helpful to both her family and the town. Thus, while she's still considered to be something of an outcast, she's overall well-liked by the townspeople. Isabela, on the other hand, ''did'' get a gift. However, said gift ending up causing her constant problems as she couldn't control the visions she had, meaning she was often giving out bad ones even when she didn't want to, leading to her getting shunned by Alma and the townsfolk over something she had no control over. In response, Isabela took a long, hard look at the family's dynamic and saw just how toxic it was, leading to her becoming a feared rebel who is only really liked by her parents.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Isabela is a rude, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], lazy troublemaker who would rather be doing anything but actually be helpful towards the family, but when push comes to shove, she truly does care, as shown by her still being happy over Dolores and Mariano's relationship and protecting her sister by shattering the prophecy of her in front of the broken Casita even when she had nothing to gain from it.


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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Isabela and Dolores used to be extremely close, with the latter even comforting the former whenever she had a bad vision. However, as Dolores got more praise and respect for her gift while Isabela continued to get shunned, it led to them drifting further and further apart, leading to Dolores tattling on Isabela when she tried to sneak out to attend a party.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: When Mirabel goes into Isabela's room and finds the shattered vision, Isabela was attending to explain things to her, but her tone of voice as well as them not having the best relationship led Mirabel to believe Isabela was angry with her and flee.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: When Mirabel goes into Isabela's room and finds the shattered vision, Isabela was attending attempting to explain things to her, but her tone of voice as well as them not having the best relationship led Mirabel to believe Isabela was angry with her and flee.
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** Instead of the ability to [[{{Seer}} see the future]], Bruno receives canon Antonio's [[SpeaksFluentAnimal animal-speaking ability]].

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** Instead of the ability to [[{{Seer}} [[{{Seers}} see the future]], Bruno receives canon Antonio's [[SpeaksFluentAnimal animal-speaking ability]].



** Instead of her GreenThumb[=/=]PetalPower ability, Isabela has Bruno's ability to [[{{Seer}} predict the future]].

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** Instead of her GreenThumb[=/=]PetalPower ability, Isabela has Bruno's ability to [[{{Seer}} [[{{Seers}} predict the future]].
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* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: Alma, while still be a ControlFreak who all but shunned Isabela and Mirabel when they were unable to live up to her standards for whatever reason, is not homophobic. She had no problems with Bruno marrying a man and Isabela being a lesbian is one of the few things that Alma doesn't dislike about her.

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