#Father Gabriel is the worst

[herebutnothere]

Negan is the worst. Absolute trash. And because I'm currently in my first viewing of TWD and haven't got to his ✨redemption arc✨ yet (currently in S8), the thought that they will turn him into a "good guy" is just... wow. Wow.

BUT...

His reactions to Father Gabriel make me cackle because he's right!!! Gabriel is a creepy ass dude who just keeps popping up!!! Put some bells on your shoes!!! Announce yourself!!! 🤣

(And don't get me started on his cowardice. Rick and them might forgive. I don't.)

[astroarcane]

Miraculous Writers trying to convince me these three ugly bitches who look like they snuck on on earth are redeemable fathers/characters but the girl who was literally just a mean 14 year old with an abusive mother is "irredeemable"...alright.

[alteanroyals]

the way i have absolutely no expectations for gabriel agreste and yet he manages not to reach them

[spoks-illogical-art]

surprise fanart you would have never expected from me

[sapphicgoblinblog]

And the worst villain ever written award goes to...

Gabriel (Hawkmoth) Agreste! He's also won the worst father award.

[shortmexicangirl]

miraculous tiktok cannot be saved. just saw someone say gabriel isn’t even top 3 worst parents in the show

like they actually think gabriel’s “good parent” act is legit and not just a way to emotionally abuse and control his son

[makerofmadness]

making this right in the middle of class before I can rethink my decisions

[thisbuildinghasfeelings]

This didn't even register for me while I was watching the episode last night, but it's honestly hilarious the way that terrible detective just handed her investigation over to Gabriel and TK. Before the episode, I was sure they would be going rogue and investigating in a way that was not officially sanctioned by the police. But no, they basically just said, "You suck at this, we'll take over." And the detective apparently did not put up a fight. It was the first thing she did right.

[overworkedunderwhelmed]

Imagine not knowing your child’s own well-established food allergy.

[aurorarose2112]

It’s Father’s Day and it’s no surprise no one is wishing that on ol’ Gabe.

[the-glass-is-actually-full]

Gabriel Agreste: I know you snuck out last night Adrien. Plagg: -whispering- Play dumb! Adrien: Who's Adrien? Plagg: NOT THAT DUMB!

[stardust-and-blades]

I swear to god if Gabriel agreste does not die a horrible death I will MAKE IT HAPPEN

[murtaghs-thorn]

Every Single freaking TIME I think that I can't HATE Gabriel Agreste EVEN MORE, he manages to make me hate him EVEN MORE. It's unbelievable. (I hope that the horrendous head-to-toe white ootd is going to be the final nail in the coffin, but I doubt it)

Btw, If that look doesn't SCREAM "EVIL", I don't know what does.

[charliewrites99]

Me describing characters from Supernatural without ever watching it, based on what I could put together from random tumblr posts

Dean Winchester:

older brother

bi and the closet is glass

psycho-sexual relationship with his car

has a doctor kink

divorced married divorced married widowed by an angel

DADDY ISSUES

don't do this cas

was in hell at one point

shoulder hand print

red-blooded all american hunter manwhore

Sam Winchester:

younger brother

flannel

straight representation (except Gabriel I guess)

Third wheel

dropped out of uni

was engaged to a blond woman (RIP)

a literal walking death sentence to anyone who kisses him

party city wig

was possesed???

the one with common sense???

Castiel:

gay angel

world's saddest eyes

wet soggy orphan beagle

victim of the trench coat epidemic

powerful, but idk about where he lands on the scale

was brainwashed???

the daddy-est of issues (is his father god?)

YOU CHANGED ME DEAN

fish out of water

ditched heaven for the beauty of humanity (Dean's dick)

Jack Supernatural:

destiel child

may or may not be a new god

something celestial

floppy sad boi hair

Gabriel:

just here to have fun do drugs and flirt

trauma

Loki?

Sam's Man Crush Monday

had his lips sewn together at one point

is he dead-dead? or just dead to the writers?

Daddy Winchester:

did not know what he looked like until I went to google the pictures

the worst person to ever exist despite having god and the devil on this show

left the sons the trauma factory that is the family hunting business which killed their mom

doesn't know what hugging looks like probably

Various female-looking objects:

dead girlfriends

beards

that one redhead that called Dean a pussy for not knowing what fifth base is (she seems fun)

another redhead that played Poppy in The Magicians and almost killed Quentin (that I for some reason thought was from Doctor Who)

evil angel girlboss??

This was my contribution for this years November 5th celebration

[zoe-oneesama]

Just want to say that I've loved reading your Scarlet Lady AU. It's been amazing to see your story grow and unfold in real time. It's the highlight of my day whenever I see that you've posted.

Just because it's been a while and I can't remember, did Adrien find out that his father didn't make his scarf or did Marinette just out Gabriel in a moment of righteous rage.

This is pretty much her accidental confession, but Adrien's opinion of Gabriel is at it's worst anyway, so, why not throw that on top?

[buggachat]

Honestly I think my take on the "Chat Noir was not there in the final battle" comes down to the fact that I kind of just don't think a satisfying final battle between Chat Noir and Monarch was actually possible.

I read a lot of fic, for example, and I've read the scenario play out a lot of times in a ton of ways and I've never been fully convinced of it tbh (and not because they weren't great fic!!). It seems just completely traumatic for Adrien in a way that the scenario inherently cannot properly focus on, because it's all happening in the middle of an action scene and Adrien is too busy being Mid-Battle to properly have a cathartic breakdown about it all. I mean, Chat Blanc already showed us what would happen if he did have a breakdown mid-battle (and why wouldn't he?). And though it'd be fun to have a big triumphant moment of him defeating his abusive father, Adrien simply isn't a character who would find that scenario triumphant, or cathartic, or anything other than viscerally traumatic.

Also, I agree that it's unfair that Chat Noir was not present— like it was unfairly tilted in Ladybug's favor— but I don't think it'd be fair if he was present, either. Because Marinette is, in fact, the main character. The main character whose character arc is primarily focused on her finding her footing as a hero and discovering all the responsibilities that come with that power (as opposed to Adrien, whose character arc is moreso about freedom and identity). And let's face it, in a fight between Ladybug and Chat Noir and Monarch, nobody would be focused on Ladybug at all. It's not about her. It's not her fight. She'd just be there as moral support and an extra set of hands, which really doesn't work for her character arc at all and is completely unfair to her!

Basically, it would just be Chat Noir temporarily acting as the main character and having the worst time of his life in the most un-cathartic battle for him possible left completely traumatized with Ladybug in the background awkwardly trying to comfort him after the fact? And then the season ends? And then the next season presumably goes back to Ladybug being the main character? After a time-skip to the new school year? It's just an ending that I feel like is a lot better in theory than actually on paper. And you can probably make an argument for ways that it could be made to work, where it would enhance Ladybug's story in a meaningful way where she still feels like the main character, and would somehow be triumphant for Chat Noir despite it probably being the worst moment of his life, and somehow not make the rest of the series following feel like bonus content as opposed to a continuation of the story...... but, I dunno. I think it's a lot easier said than done.

The fact of the matter is, I've always been waaayyyy more interested in how the aftermath of Gabriel's defeat affects Adrien than the battle itself. Post-Hawkmoth defeat is one of my favorite types of fic for a reason, and it's because the aftermath can be so juicy, especially for Adrien as a character. I think whether or not Adrien is actually there in the battle itself has always been kind of irrelevant to me, because no matter how Gabriel is defeated, his defeat will have immense repercussions on Adrien's life going forward. And the way they did it, Marinette is now a part of it in a more active way, too. Which is good for her character!

( Also, if he was there to triumphantly defeat Gabriel, would that mean he would just.... watch his father die? of cataclysm? a-and.... nathalie would just.... die, too? so he'd have three dead parents after all that? who he watched all die (or, in emilie's case, saw her corpse)? or is this a scenario where MONARCH BEATS CHAT NOIR and still makes the wish? is that cathartic? for Adrien to lose to Gabriel? Frankly, I loved seeing Gimmi and The Wish, it's been teased for so long that I was expecting it, and I loved the fact that Nathalie got to live as her narrative reward for coming to her senses and trying to murder Gabriel with a crossbow. I like that we got to watch a full season of Gabriel painfully dying to a cataclysm— poetically inflicted on him by Adrien, but of Gabriel's own doing. I like that Nathalie has presumably adopted Adrien after having an arc of her trying to be a parent to him once she realized nobody else would, that's so much more interesting than any other alternative. I just don't see how all of these things, some of my favorite things that season 5 gave, can still all exist at once with Chat Noir present in the final battle in any way that's satisfying. )