YESH

So, I have seen many people in the fandom disliking the fact that Poppy can be a little blind and spontaneus. And people especially don't like that they can't see many hints of Poppy showing Branch that she likes him romantically.

Now
This is what I think
Branch is open with his feelings
You can basically see right through him and see all his feelings super easily.
While with Poppy, she is good at hiding her feelings
I think this could be cuz she is queen and are supposed to show love, bravery and spread calmness.
Trolls can easily get panicked so Poppy need to controll her own feelings in order to help other trolls, and she has such a big heart that she does anything for her people.
I think hiding feelings is a reflex in her cuz she has grown up to be a leader and always been this way. So when she is with Branch it is kind of the same thing, but she is still waaaaay more open to him than any other troll cuz he doesn't always freak out and he listens to her, and she trusts him very VERY much and feel comfortable with him.

Sooo this chap is gonna be about Poppy's signs of liking Branch back :3
Let's Jump into the most obvious thing first :3

The sweet smile

So, we all have noticed the sweet smile she gives Branch, right?
It is one of the easiest things to notice.
I think this is something she can't control, her feelings just shine through when she does this smile towards Branch.
This smile is super sweet, happy and soft. She really shine when smiling that way towards him, and she doesn't smile like that towards anyone else.
That is a big sign that she loves him, I mean just how lovestruck does these smiles look to u:

I mean
The gurl's in love
Hwjehehehjshssgdhshshdg

Now let's go through why I think she made this smile so much during the smooth jazz scene.

So, in the smooth jazz scene Poppy, Branch and Biggie got totally paralyzed by the music and they seemed to relax a little too much.
So my theory is that since Poppy were so relaxed she showed all her emotions and reactions both towards Branch and the other things around her.
Like, all the emotions in her face during that entire scene, u could see right through her, but Branch didn't feel too different cuz he usually shows his feelings.

Poppy were reactive the entire scene, being amazed by narwhals, wonder why the phone rang, but mostly, since Branch was there, she reacted flirtily and happily and lovestruck. She giggled, made the smile and just lovingly and flirtily looked into his eyes.
One of the best scenes from the movie🤌

And the halluzination was made out of the three troll's minds and desires.
So, Branch AND Poppy's desire was to be together and flirt, being able to show their feelings, joke around and just be together. While Biggie appears to have a desire to be with narwhals and be at the sea? So Biggie weren't inside of Broppy's own halluzination bubble really. They just saw eachother at distance.

And we got fizzy drink (probably referring to alcohol but cHiLdReN's MoViE hAvE tO cEnSoR) and Broppy drank it together. That is a thing u can connect with love.
And now symbolisms of stuff in the scene's background:

We saw a white tiger in the beginning of the scene:

Thank u random information source that popped up in google.

So fearlessness, courage, willpower and instinct huh😏
1. They don't wanna be scared of the other not liking them the same way back.
2. They wanna have the courage to tell they love eachother.
3. They want to be with eachother romantically.
4. They instinctively go to eachother and wanna be with eachother.

Thank u tiger

And now narwhal

Freedom
Yes
No fear, no insecurities just being free to love
Hsbskdndk

We also have a tropical island by the sea with nice food, a sea filled with bubbles and lit candles, plus a beautiful sunset sky filled with planets
Also a romantic scene
And now that I think of it, the planets might symbolise in this moment that they had the world, or they mean the world to eachother, OR they are eachother's world
HSJDBSKDHDJ EEEEEEEEEE-

And the phone, where they called even though they were right next to eachother, hm?
I think this symbolises the struggles they had to communicate through the movie.
Branch wanted to tell Poppy his feelings but it was hard, and he wanted to be heard but didn't feel like she listened to him.
Poppy had problems listening to anyone but herself
So ye it makes sense to me :3

I might have missed something from this scene
Tell me if u noticed anything else :3

Now
Lets briefely look at the other smiling pics

The ones where they lay on the beach after almost drowning Poppy says "I'm REALLY glad you came with me"
Might just be spontaneous, but her face shows she means it.
In a deleted scene Branch rescued Poppy out of the water, maybe she wanted to thank him by saying this. But again she still means it, and this loving look just shows that she loves him a lot.
Then I also think she realises that they are lying beside eachother pAnTiNg-

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SAID THEY HAVE SEXUAL TENSION NOT ME-
AHeM-

NEXT PIC N' SCENE😀

During the "Perfect for me" song Poppy did this smile more excitingly and dragged him into the water to dance.
It feels like Branch knows that this smile is special. She also did this smile when giggling as he sang "and everytime you laugh, you make that little sound".
This shows that she has shown him this smile quite some times before this adventure, and he loves that special smile. Don't we all?🥺

At the end of the movie after the scrapbook story for the kids Poppy let her hand out for Branch to put his hand in hers. "Cuz.. you can't harmonize alone"
She meant that even though they are different they are perfect for eachother and are totally in harmony. Just as with the tribes, but I feel she tells it through her bond with Branch.

Now
The happiest of these smiles
The one she makes after Branch told her he loves her.
What do I even need to say?
SHE WERE SO HAPPY HE FELT THAT WAY TOO AND SHE COULD'T HOLD IT BACK, SHE SHOWED ALL THAT HAPPINESS, LOVE AND ENERGY
I believe the energy she got from it came out to show in the high five, and then also how she jumped into his arms as this damn camera flies away from THE SCENE SO WE CAN'T SEE THE KISS GOD DAMN IT DREAMWORKS-

But ye
That is all for this part

Hope u liked it and hope we meet in the next chap :3

Ly baiii
20/07/2021