Watching Elemental it was obvious through the movie that Fire people represented Asian people
Things like how important their tradition was to them, or the bow of respect and lastly how their food was "too spicy" for the rest of the people (specifically water)
(There were probably other things too but yeah you get the point)
And at the end of the movie, when they show this picture
This is what screams that all the metaphors were real
And I can't stop thinking that the real "Ember" wanted to be an artist, a cartoon artist specifically (or a writer? Something in the filmmaking industry)
And then made this movie to tell her story and how she felt about continuing her father's dreams and feeling the burden of their sacrifices and how she dealt with racism and fell in love with someone from a different race (which her father hated) and in the end chased her dreams
Like ok- maybe, she didn't include her whole life in the movie as a metaphor but I can't stop thinking that this was personal