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You know, I’d like to think that the first time Gabriel had to take Nathalie to recover in bed, it was a frantic affair (pun intended) as he carried her as fast as he could, stumbling through the door, tripping on slippers etc. before unceremoniously landing her on the bed rofl

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this is a few days into her recovery, and on grateful whim, Gabriel felt the need to give his best secretary ever a friendship hug.

both are good

PS I have NO idea why the quality is such hot garbage. Apologies. This is the first time I’m using Procreate, and it’s on my roommate’s ipad. I clearly need to find another method of exporting, then I’ll re-upload it.

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Yeah, I’m just as confused as you are

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I've queued a post with some insight regarding Gabriel that touches on some of these points, but you've done it so well (and way better) that I’m obligated to reblog.

I started to losing faith in Gabenath (Bc Gabriel is more crazy with each season) but in the other hand, I feel that their dynamic is one of the most important in the show and their scenes are going to end in something good

I do throughly believe that the relationship between Gabriel and Nathalie is one of the subtler and more compelling aspects of the show, and it’s had an immense amount of development with very, very little screen time. I do believe they are meant to parallel Marinette and Adrien (even if that parallel isn’t perfect), and I feel like that is supposed to bode well unless they intend Gabriel and Nathalie’s story to end in tragedy. 

When I say tragedy, I mean genuine, hard-hitting tragedy, because it would be lazy and bad and boring if things just didn’t work out because, oh no! they were thwarted and thrown and prison and that’s the end of them! The dilemma a lot of us Gabenath shippers are facing is not with the pair, because the pair continues to be framed as a positive thing for not only Gabriel, but for Adrien and the Agreste household as a whole - even as a positive thing for the entirety of Paris, because canon Gabenath would mean no more magical terrorism. The dilemma is with Gabriel and the rather flippant way the show likes to portray the extent of his villainy. I still think the Chat Blanc characterization is dismissible with the right analysis, which I attempted, but from what I hear about the special (that I have not watched) is that Hawk Moth almost starts nuclear war?? and yes, that’s less explicable when there's no super symbolic eraser lucky charm to make everyone forget that ever happened. 

So the difficulty is reconciling Gabriel’s over-the-top atrocious acts of evil with the actually heartfelt and authentic and comforting depiction of his relationship with Nathalie. I don’t know how I’m supposed to be receiving the characterization - am I meant to take it seriously or am I meant to think it as absurd and inane as I do that Hawk Moth has akumatized Mr. Pigeon 51 times? Where does the moustache-twirling cartoony nonsense end and the actual depth of character begin? That’s the show’s problem with Gabriel and it’s making it a problem for Gabenath even when Gabenath has a positive connotation and fantastic development and depth. 

The show keeps telling me to ship Gabenath. And in good faith I will continue to ship Gabenath in hopes I won’t be made a fool of by some absolutely irreverent and shallow conclusion to their storyline. 

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*brushes off grave dust*

I'm only interested in three things:

-Gabriel has a moment with Nathalie before he leaves to New York

-Hawkmoth is forced to help the good guys because there's already a titular bad guy hogging the spotlight (Typical comic plot twist - Hawkmoth and Chat Noir get along phenomenally; better than they ever have as either civilian or their alter egos. This is mega confusing, and they have a difficult time reconciling their spectacular teamwork once they relinquish their respective roles at the end of the special)

-Gabriel has a moment with Nathalie upon his return

*returns to tomb*

The Miraculous New York Special be waking the fandom like:

Time to revive the blogs on hiatus!!!!

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I know what dance scene I wanna see in Season 4 👀

No, I still don’t have access to a tablet, but I did have:

a leaky pen, crappy scrap paper, a broken scanner, and PS Elements to throw on a low-fi gradient

Should I occasionally post pen and pencil works or just stfu until I get my tablet back? Pester me and help me decide fam

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Why We Love Cats

(Via)

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My kids are gonna have parents that are madly in love with each other thats my plan

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It just occurred to me how many times team supervillain/assistant have that weird, comically unnecessarily massage scene that shows up out of nowhere-- usually interrupted by the heroes-- just to emphasize the villain's paranoid reliance on his assistant, and because the creators really want you to see how unexpectedly ripped he is.

Can you imagine if we had a scene like this between Gabriel and Nathalie at this point in the show? 😂😂😂

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👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

GabeNath - “Love Letter” by Aurora Lynne

This piece was commissioned by the lovely @tear22 and it made me so happy <3 I missed drawing Gabriel and Nathalie, and after so much angst this wedding scenario was a breath of fresh air. I hope you like it, and I hope this scene comes true someday <3

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Buy me a Coffee!

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Adrien and Marinette are that couple who get married and have kids like a week after graduating high school

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nothing wrong with a little silliness

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