You guys ever wonder if Plagg never shows any enthusiasm for Adriens feelings towards Ladybug because he secretly ships him with that one girl in his class who has a very obvious crush on him?
adrien agreste loves ladybug so much. so much. do you know how much he’s going to love marinette when he realizes that they are the same person? that the girl in his class who is brave and clever and passionate is the very same as his beloved ladybug? do you know/??? listen. do you understand this right now??
Now let’s go to sleep, I have a feeling I’ll be late for school tomorrow…
(spoiler alert, she couldn’t even sleep, she squealed in her bed until her alarm went off… and so did he)
it took me…. so long…… to finish this….. it wasn’t supposed to get this long, holy shit……….
ANYWAY, ANON WHO REQUESTED A REVEAL, I hope you like this… I know this isn’t exactly what you asked for but it’s what i could do. also please pretend you can’t notice i had no idea what i was doing
Adrien Agreste has my full respect and love because his life sounds like a villain origin story:
Dead mom (?)
Neglectful, cold, abusive father
Girl he loves won’t return his feelings
Lonely and isolated rich kid
Powers based around rotting and destruction
But he’s not a villain. He’s not even the angsty, brooding antihero. He’s a pure, wonderful cinnamon roll who makes bad puns and is totally loyal to Ladybug and that’s why he’s wonderful.
when is plagg gonna give adrien his kwagatama? a black pendant he wears as a bracelet? the yin to marinette’s yang? and they see each other’s kwagatama one day? and it suddenly clicks?
Adrien really has a crush on Marinette and here’s wHY
ADRIENETTE INTERACTIONS
so, i wanna start this post with Horrificator, bc it really caught my attention.
in that episode, Adrien plays the role of an agent, and Mylenne plays the role of his partner (i think). but she’s scared, and ofc, Chloe takes her place bc of a specific scene: a kissing scene. and Marinette looses her shit bc she didn’t want them to kiss. so, when Chloe leans on Adrien to kiss him, the boy dodges her.
i mean, look at his face. he looks scared and his body posture just sCREAMS “i don’t want to kiss this girl”.
then, our savior Nino intervines and takes out Chloe, leaving Marinette in her role. when they get to that part, there’s a thing that caught my attention: when Marinette is almost finishing her lines (“i’m not scared, agent Jones” if i remember right), Adrien literally places his hands in her waist and he pulls her towards him so they can be c l o s e r. he doesn’t even let the girl finish her lines properly.
now, look at Adrien’s body posture. he leans to Marinette, his face is calm.
this boy was eager to kiss Marinette.
so, lets move on to Gamer, an episode that Adrienette stans loved, i’m sure.
we all know what happened in that episode. Marinette and Adrien are paired up to go and compete in this cool video game competition. and to practice, Marinette invites Adrien to her house.
we get this scene where they touched each other’s hands bc both of them were going for the same remote (is that how’s that called?)
and Adrien gets nervous, for some reason. i was expecting it from Marinette, but Adrien? i was thinking he would do something more like “*smiles and passes her the remote* take this one Marinette” bc that’s how he is. a gentleman.
then they just stare at each other. bc they’re in love.
later, Max gets akumatized, looking for Marinette, that happens to be with Adrien at the park.
and that’s the look Adrien gives Gamer. if you look at Marinette, she’s just surprised, Adrien in the other hand looks angry.
c’mON. YOU CAN’T TELL ME HIS FACE ISN’T SCREAMING “STOP RUINING MY DATE YOU IDIOT”
in Frightningale, we get a cute moment between them:
Marinette is being,, well, Marinette. Adrien has his hand on his neck. this is a gesture that’s commonly used in a character that is next to/ is about to confess to their love interest.
MARICHAT INTERACTIONS
in The Evillustrator, we get some Marichat scenes.
this scene in particular (which i found it very important, bc he’s tying to look cool in front of Marinette)
the part where i’m focusing on is Chat’s attitude. he acts flirty with Marinette, something that he wouldn’t do if he was Adrien. plus, he doesn’t do it when he sees other people, like Chloe. in that very episode, our duo goes to Chloe’s place to protect her. well, if Chat was acting like THAT with Marinette, why wasn’t he doing the same with Chloe? maybe is bc he doesn’t like her, but he interacts with other civilians, like Alya, and he doesn’t get flirty either. he’s just like that with Marinette.
there’s this other part: Adrien shows a different way of being when he is Chat Noir.
he does and says things he wouldn’t say being Adrien, like when he yelled at his father in Simon Says. or the puns, bc he doesn’t say many puns when he’s a civilian.
when they *tried* to outsmart The Evillustrator and get themselves in that glass box, Marinette suggests an idea to get out. Chat thanks her for the idea, but i screamed when he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her towards him.
was it really necessary to get that close? it wasn’t, honestly, bc Chat could keep his distance when he got them out. however, he was very close to Marinette’s face. hm?
and ofc, to finish this horrible theory post, Glaciator.
the Balcony Scene ™ was very important to me, not just bc of my Marichat ass, bc as i said earlier, Adrien allows himself to be vulnerable when he’s a superhero. when Ladybug rejects him, where does he go for comfort? Marinette. he tells Marinette about how he feels, allowing himself to be vulnerable, with another person.