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[gale-gentlepenguin]

Gale Rewrites the season 5 Finale

Now personally I really didn’t like the way this finale went. It did have some great ideas and concepts. But then the problems come in.

(As requested by the poll)

So the question is Where do I start?

I guess let’s start with Conformation.

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To be completely honest the plan that Gabriel and Tomoe came up with was smart. Making a magical illness that the alliance could help counter making tech addicts.

But I think what I would have made some tweaks.

1. The whole having Ladybug and chat noir supposedly kidnap Adrien and Kagami. It is unnecessary. Just have the rings Lock onto their fingers once a certain percentage of users hit and the simply have the rings transform them having them be locked on bots while the user is stuck in bliss of the peace. It’s a lot less convoluted and still accomplishes the goal without needing an additional few minutes to explain what’s happening. And then bam. Less opposition, and less need for explaination.

2. Felix gets involved. He decides that he can’t simply rely on Ladybug to confront his Uncle and kagami's mother. also these Alliance rings have gone too far. He breaks out Kagami and Adrien. Getting the rings off of them and getting them out before the alliance activates phase 2. This also helps Adrien get out of his slump. Because an argument would ensue and Felix let’s it slip that Marinette is going to confront his father. Which has Adrien decide he needs to go to. Even without Plagg. So they head to Paris.

Also the sentimonster he created was named Rescue, and it has a design similar to Feast (before akumatization), but instead of being Blue, he is green and the symbol on him is not the guardian symbol but the Japanese character for Freedom. Felix plans on Rescue being his last sentimonster and letting him live freely after.

(Also Felix’s and Kagami’s nightmares get revealed. Felix is seeing his father return and take his freedom. Kagami’s is being alone with no friends again)

3. Nathalie doesn’t just stop moving when telling Ladybug. She urges Ladybug to go and hurry. So Nathalie doesn’t just drop, not yet. Though she is on deaths door. (This is important for later.)

4. Alya and the resistance agree with Mylene and take the rings off before that little announcement, especially after Mylene points out how weird the rings are for being a perfect counter to the night torment. Thus saving everyone but Ivan who is too scared to take off the ring and it results in the similar scene.

5. Tomoe tries to warn that the kids escaped but Gabriel but is busy

With all these changes it still results in Bug Noire vs Monarch. But Adrien is outside and goes in

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Now for Recreation.

Monarch and bug noire start their fight and it gets intense like in canon.

Thanks to the security measures, Adrien can’t get in normally. So Argos suggests the window.

The iconic windows Monarch looks through, and he goes through it with them.

There Adrien sees all of the enslaved Kwami. He is horrified. And Felix seeing what his deal has brought is equally horrified. This means that Monarch was Gabriel.

And Adrien gets furious at Felix for knowing and making the deal. Which Felix ADMITS was wrong. Kagami keeps the peace.

Meanwhile, Tomoe reveals her back up plan. A Super miraculizer armor. Basically a Red version of it and puts it on, she is going to track down her daughter.

Cut to Lila still doing Lila things.

Kagami and Felix managed to shut down the miraculizer. So they all go inert. Meaning everyone is frozen. Except then Tomoe shows up. And her has a unique set up with her powers. Not linked to the other Miraculized. Argos and Rescue fight against Tomoe/ Kiseki Gozen.

And cut back to Gabriel fighting for his life, And everything is near checkmate.

Which causes Monarch to freeze, cause the hand has Adrien’s amok on it.

And there she detransforms just like in canon. Trying to talk him out of it.

Adrien rushes down to confront his father, and arrives just as Gabriel goes to use venom.

But Adrien calling out to him caused a stall, just enough for Marinette to avoid the attack but the movement caused her to drop the cat miraculous.

Adrien drops down and confronts his father. Then sees Marinette there and asks what she is doing down here?

But Gabriel smiles, his feint may have failed but now he has a back up.

“Adrien, I order you to get her miraculous.”

Adrien looks at his father angry but suddenly felt his body move on its own. What’s going on? Why is he not disobeying his father. He’s the bad guy!

Marinette pleads with Adrien, telling him not to.

Adrien picked up the ring.

“I… can’t stop myself… I’m sorry Marinette.”

He transforms revealing he’s chat noir. Ladybug was absolutely stunned

Shocking monarch too, but he laughs saying of course fate would have the ring under his nose the whole time.

Marinette transforms with tears in her eyes. Ladybug vs chat noir.

Argos and Rescue losing to the different powers of Tomoe, and is about to end Argos. But Rescue takes the hit and is killed in his place. Argos cries for Rescue, which Tomoe dismisses saying it was just a monster. Kagami snaps back and breaks all the kwamis out of their containers. They attack Tomoe and her powers gone. Tomoe orders Kagami to help her. To which Kagami tells her.

“You can’t control me anymore.”

Ladybug pleading with Chat noir/ Adrien to stop. Adrien saying he wanted to tell her he was chat noir but not like this.

Marinette telling him that she wanted to save him, that she wanted him to be free. That she loved him.

Adrien tears in his eyes activates cataclysm, but in some act of defiance hits himself with it. Causing him to scream and stun Gabriel.

Chat noir falls to the ground.

Gabriel screams asking why he did that.

“I’d rather die than hurt Marinette. I’ve done that more than enough times.”

Gabriel starts backing up. He got all his rings back and tried using them, but it’s no good. So he falls to his knees in defeat. It’s over he’s going to die. Nathalie is going to die, and his son will be alone.

Argos and Kagami drop down to see the aftermath. Marinette and Adrien are detransformed. Felix and Kagami are glad they are okay. The Kwami behind them.

Marinette and Adrien look at him. Wondering what to do.

(Now here I have 4 options)

1. Marinette uses new ladybug power because power of creation is limitless and cures Gabriel. Then Nathalie. Saving them both.

2. It’s too late for Gabriel and he turns to ash. But Marinette remembers Nathalie, and using the Rooster miraculous have create a power of healing which fixes Nathalie.

3. There is no powers that could fix it, so it ends with both Nathalie and Gabriel passing on.

4. Ladybug’s power can save Nathalie but Gabriel it’s too late because Ladybug awakens the power only when seeing Nathalie again.

For the sake of trying to keep things as consistent with the season 5 finale. I will say 2 or 4 happened

Nathalie gets cured, Adrien gets his amok rings. And Ladybug casts miraculous cure. Fixing all the damage done by the miraculized.

Cut to the time skip weeks later.

Tomoe was arrested for conspiring with Monarch. Gabriel Agreste was revealed to be monarch. The Graham de vanily family seized all the assets regarding Gabriel Brand.

The alliances were scrapped and recycled. Bustier is mayor.

Nathalie was healed and took over as Legal guardian interestingly for both Adrien AND Kagami. Turns out those contracts Tomoe and Gabriel had signed was that should anything happen to the other, the legal Guardian would fall between her or Gabriel. And Nathalie was named in that agreement as the 3rd party in the case of both being lost.

Marinette fixed up the miraculous and explained what happened to Suhan and Alya. Alas She, chat noir couldn’t find the butterfly for some reason.

Emilie was given a proper grave. The garden area was turned into a pool area. And things are in a way like they were from the aftermath.

(Also show some clips from the fights around the world and that can be the miraculous world cameos)

Argos earned his role as a hero. Amelie moved to Paris as she is in charge of rebranding Gabriel. Also we get to meet the Graham de vanily Family.

Adrien and Marinette get their cute fountain scene with twists. Adrien being afraid of ending up like his father, but Marinette telling him she will be with him always. Even if it’s just the two of them against the world.

Then they kiss (also their miraculous reacts so it has all the lovesquare flash. So Marichat kiss, Ladrien kiss, and Ladynoir kiss. Because All sides of the square resolve)

(I know I skipped the wish, and yes I know we miss Gimmi and the true forms of kwami. But tbh it’s not that important and could be shown later)

Lila also gets her miraculous and gets to be the villain of season 6.

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MLB SEASON 6 FELINETTE'S BIG TRACK IN JEREMY ZAG'S VIDEO (new Miraculous scenarios via Instagram) ANALYSIS AND FELINETTE CLUES FOR S6 PART 6 marinette's balcony :TRAY part2

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In this chapter the focus is Thomas Astruc, and the PV, therefore, felix, felinette, adrien and adrigami.

This chapter is the definitive proof that the felinette will become canon and that Félix will be one of the main protagonists (both as argos and chatnoir) of the series for S6 onwards...but also of the adrinette breakup.

also that part of the PV WILL COME TO LIFE, but logically with some changes (for example: clearly the animation is not the same)

And through Thomas they tell us about Felix!! and the little attention given to this character, making a subtle reference to the fact that as fans we love Adrien more than Félix, (something that is quite real) the fact that he akumatizes himself and wants everyone to pay attention to it, it is a reference to the fact that in S6 Félix will be a very protagonist and we would like so much that Adrien was forgotten, let's go for the steps, to begin with, all the animations of Animaestro are connected with something related to FELIX/ARGOS

BUT HERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ANIMATION:

HERE THEY LITERALLY TELL YOU THAT FELIX IS THE REAL CHATNOIR, THE REAL HERO, AND YES, he is a dog, they changed him, why? So that the clue was clearer, this animation is a reference to Felix the cat, who carried the dog's miraculous? Felix (flarmidable) so the clue was clearer, otherwise it would become confusing, but this is not It only confirms him as a chatnoir, otherwise part of the ideas of his powers in the pv would be recovered, for example, this one we see, the BLACK HOLE (if they do this I will love them forever, because it will be very fun to see the villains fall ahahahaha).

So with this we can verify that Felix will be the authentic hero, and true companion of Ladybug, that competent chatnoir for which the fandom has always asked and asked Thomas and his team, and Adrien's chantoir will be forgotten.

Now as for her civilian role, she will also be her great companion and friend and we can see this through the role of Marinette, she IS A WAITER, but this is not her role, she is a baker, so what does this refer to, clearly the cafeteria, the coffees, the tea and therefore Felix, do you remember that in the first post we analyzed that the cafeteria would be Félix's workplace?

Here is the full post where we analyze it in detail.

This CONFIRMS, while Marinette makes cakes, HE SERVES THEM, THEY ARE THE PERFECT TEAM. Surely we will see something like this in the series, it will be seen that Felix really enjoys the sweets and macarons that she makes, that is why they play such an important role in this chapter, and that is why we also see the cup and the iron teapot in this chapter:

Now, as we have said, the breakup of the Adrianette is confirmed, and this is seen with the presence of Kagami and Chloe,

This does not imply that Kagami is clearly going to get in the middle of Adrianette's relationship, this will be little by little starting in the middle of S6 or a little later, she is bad and will hurt Marinette.

Adrien will choose Kagami and abandon Marinette, possibly being unfaithful to her, this not only premonizes the fact that yes, they are paired as we saw in S5 but that in the future they will get married, not just because Tomoe says so, If not because Adrien really loved her.

They are preparing a Miraculous World special as we said about Japan, so it is possible that this special will be very important and they will give us adrigami clues, maybe the iconic tea ceremony between Adrien and Kagami, whatever it may be, yes Or yes, Kagami is going to get into the relationship and break it, maybe the protagonist's lies will help that breakup, because Adrien HATES LIES.

I honestly don't think there is a kidnapping, but Marinette can understand that, without knowing that Adrien wants to be with her, believing the idea that Adrien would never be unfaithful to her or that he would never lie,...she says again that she is bad, so kagami confirmed all the villain ballots.

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Who uses it? Sabine, confirms the adrigami on the one hand because through Sabine they tell us about Kagami (because her way of being and customs, painting) implying that Adrien really feels at peace with Kagami, that he really loves her because she is sincere, unlike Marinette, and on the other hand the felinette, because through her she tells us about Marinette and that she will feel better with Félix, because he will really be there for her, this can be confirmed because at the moment in which she He is having tea, that is when Tom looks for help with the tasting, to serve and Marinette offers to be a waitress, there we have the reference to Félix's work and how he will help Marinette with tasks related to the bakery, etc. .

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In this chapter the focus is Tom's father, but there are also slight references to RENA ROUGE and therefore to KAGAMI.

This chapter is to clarify that ADRIEN DOES NOT LOVE MARINETTE, as she is, HE ONLY LOVES HER PERFECT SIDE, LADYBUG AND THE CREATION OF THIS CHAPTER IS TO PREPARE THE GROUND IN S6 ONWARDS, BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES ON ADRINETTE, Adrien does not He loves Marinette and when he finds out who is behind the mask, HE WILL BE DISAPPOINTED, SO? What happens as Ephemeral? And Origins? ETC...ALL THOSE CHAPTER SCENES, WHERE HE SAYS: "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO IS HIDING BEHIND THE MASK, I LOVE HER AND BLA BLA BLA", it's not Adrien, it's Félix, HE WOULD LOVE HER FOR WHAT SHE IS, IN THOSE SEQUENCES THERE IS A FELIX HINT INCLUDED TO ENSURE IT IS THE:

NOW, we understand that her father wants to protect her from all harm but above all, FROM LONELINESS, HOWEVER, WHO FINDS THE SOLUTION? AHA MARINETTE, MARINETTE LEAVES THAT PRISON OF "LONELINESS".

WHICH MAKES US UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE HAVE SAID, IN THE END SHE WILL KNOW HOW TO LOVE AND ACCEPT HERSELF AS IT IS, TO LOVE ANOTHER FIRST YOU HAVE TO LOVE YOU, RIGHT? SHE SAVES HERSELF....THIS CHAPTER IS A CO-SIGNATURE OF THIS FOR s6 GOING ON, it is neither Félix nor Chat who saves her, but it will be Félix who supports her in that process,

Here they tell us clearly, CHATNOIR IS NOT THE CHOSEN ONE, HE WILL RATHER MAKE THINGS WORSE, AS ALWAYS, but when using the WORD "charming", it comes from charm and that comes from spell, spell = magic, and this is a reference to Félix (he is the WIZARD), so he will be the one who in some way helps in her rescue, BE CAREFUL, HELP, NOT RESCUE, we can all have a friend to help us, we can't always do everything alone, now, then another girl occupies the well, she is kagami and we see this in the volovales that they eat, which indicate to us that chatnoir really DOES NOT LOVE HER.

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WHO USE IT? Sabine when Tom is preparing the volovanes, through SABINE talking to us about Kagami and Marinette, this is seen both in her style and in what she does in her day (she is a baker and paints, reference to Kagami) the fact of The fact that she is using it tells us that Adrien's love for Marinette is definitely an illusion and that he does not love her, and this is confirmed when at that moment TOM TALKS ABOUT HOW EXCITED HE IS BECAUSE CHATNOIR IS WITH MARINETTE AND THAT HE LOVES HER, THAT EVERYTHING THE WORLD LOVES HER, TO WHICH THE MOTHER TELLS HER THAT HE HASN'T SAID YES YET!! THAT HE'S RETURNING... TOM MAKES VOLOVANS WITH CANDIED ORANGE WHICH IS A CLEAR REFERENCE TO THE LIE...and that it will hurt Marinette to discover the truth, but she will take that moment for herself and find her inner peace and accept herself, which we said above. Adrien really loves kagami and not marinette.

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[immaturityofthomasastruc]

Something I wish a Miraculous reboot does (if there ever is one) is having seasonal villains like Ninjago or Kirby.

Those series kept their main villains (Dedede and Garmadon) till their used all their history potential at the time and decided to redeem them and change them for other stronger and iconic villains or just become a second show for the main new attraction (for example Dedede in the dark matter trilogy being replaced by said evil race and Garmadon in rise of the snakes being replaced by the Serpentine and Pythor) yet Ladybug has been reusing Hawkmoth for way to long (he should have been defeated in 3 seasons like Garmadon or how dedede only had 3 main antagonistic roles till he became a hero) this Can also help the world building like the previous two (for example Ninjago made the serpentine which tied with Master Chen and the cursed realm which tied with Morro which tied with Nadakhan which tied to master Chen right hand man. Or how the dream fountain connected with the ancients which tied with the nova comets which connect with Haltman which connects with Magolor which connects with the ancients. This kind of things make the world more grounded and make feel useful for the old viewers for giving attention in previous seasons).

And is not that hard,I can give 3 villain concepts to replace Hawkmoth for a pair of seasons each.

1-a bunch of evil Kwamis which caused the creation of all miraculous for selfish wishes escaped from their imprisonment made by the good kwamis and order of the miraculous.

2-a mercenary organization tries to get the miraculous using high technology able to manipulate the miraculous Powers.

3-undead hunters which got a sinister fate in hands of miraculous users have been hunting down miraculous users for revenge.

Now let’s connect all:the undead hunters were created by the most evil kwami which got trapped by both Good and Evil kwamis for wanting extinction of existence,the evil kwamis once had plagg as their second in command till he betrayed them after seeing he’s been using the power of destruction wrong,the criminal organization is using the same material the miraculous are made of to power their machines but the leader of that organization also gave the peacock and Butterfly miraculous to Gabriel in the past so Gabriel asks them to get the miraculous till the reveal to Gabriel of Adrien being car noir which undoes the deal but the leader of the mercenary organization becomes pals with the leader of the evil kwamis making a parallel with plagg and Adrien and making a stronger connection between cat noir and the villain and at the end the leaders of the undead hunters were the victims of old creation and Destruction users (which worked with the evil miraculouses) at the time plagg was evil which was also the time Tikki redeemed plagg.

I just expanded the world of miraculous by making them their Pure evil villain,their ancient enemy villain them and modern villain which also connects into the first villain Hawkmoth. Which is more than astruc ever did in 4 seasons!!! And that’s just Some of the ideas I have without including the Minor recurring villains Rhino,Electro,Vulture,Sandman and Scorpion style or the new villains created by the old villains. There’s so much ground yet so little use to it

It's clear to almost everyone in the fandom that Gabriel has long overstayed his welcome as a villain. To the show's credit, the writers have at least tried to introduce other antagonistic characters (Nathalie, Lila, Chloe, Felix, and Tomoe), but all of them are connected to Gabriel in some way or another, and it's painfully obvious that the show prioritizes the "Akuma of the week" formula over focusing on any of those other antagonists.

Also, the ideas you came up with sound really interesting, anon.

[rosesmith18]

Credit for Photos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfZzyanTqPc

Me and my friend watched a video on all the Miraculous Ladybug Transformations from Seasons 1-4, and ranked them based on three main criteria; Presentation of the Transformation, Creativity of the Costume and Iconic-ness. Feel free to comment your own opinions down below(be nice and respectful-of course)and try this out for yourself if you would like. It was pretty fun!

[foxwitchaine]

Which is your most hated character in Miraculous Ladybug?

I wouldn't say hate so much as strongly dislike, as it takes a lot for me to outright loathe a fictional character. More often than not, I have better things to spend my energy on than hating a fictional character.

But if I were to answer that, five take the top spot:

1.) Lila Rossi

I know. Surprising, isn't it. Well, it's all fun and games until you actually meet one in real life. And it's frustrating as hell getting those with the wool over their eyes to listen until it's too late. I have to emphasize that it wasn't originally part of the plan to redeem her in the early drafts. It was thanks to Rafe that I even considered doing a Lila redemption.

Lila had a lot of potential in the early seasons. Of course, that was before she was turned into a one-dimensional villain with little in the way of making her interesting. It says something that I got the feeling the showrunners were trying to make her hateable without actually putting in the effort while reading the Chameleon transcripts. (I had to stop reading to settle my blood pressure)

All in all, Lila is just a symptom of a bigger underlying issue regarding the show's writing. I personally think she has a very nice design, but it looks better in 2D than 3D.

2.) Gabriel Agreste

He's a severely underwhelming main villain. At the start, he had potential. But as the series drags on, it's become painfully clear that the showrunners don't actually know how to make a compelling main villain. He was surprisingly much more intimidating and better-designed in the pilot PV.

Gabriel also lacks the charisma you would find with iconic main villains such as Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII, the rogues gallery in the first Powerpuff Girls, Batman's rogues gallery, and so on. I could make a whole post about how to write Gabriel better, but I don't feel like resurrecting a dead horse.

3.) Adrien Agreste

The poster boy for wasted potential. When Rafe and I first started watching Miraculous Ladybug, Season 2 hadn't been released yet. He was nice, if a bit bland. Could have used some flavorblasting in both design and personality (he's a fashion model, for crying out loud. Where's his fabulous wardrobe?)

And then all the red flags in Seasons 3-5 started popping up.

As it stands, he's nothing more than a plot device to humiliate poor Marinette. And a mouthpiece for the writers' very skewed morality. We weren't going to redeem him at first, but then it occurred to me a fantastic way to strike a devastating blow against Gabriel. I won't say anything more since they're spoilers.

4.) Alya Césaire

Ohhhh boy. Where do I even begin with this one? Disregarding the racism allegations towards the writers regarding her character, Alya is just an awful best friend, plain and simple. While it's true that she's a go-getter who isn't afraid to go for what she wants, that same trait has pretty much been solidified into a toxic trait courtesy of her refusal to question Lila later in the show. Even after Marinette broke down in front of her and confessed her secret identity in Gang of Secrets.

I will forever hate that episode just for how entitled everyone was about Marinette's secrets.

When Rafe and I were brainstorming who to use as our civilian antagonist to fill in for Lila, it was rather telling that Alya was among our first choices. It wasn't our intention for her to fall as hard as she did in The Wolves in the Woods, but honestly? It was inevitable.

5.) Caline Bustier

She's a non-authority figure who coddles the troublemakers in her class. I'm restraining myself at the moment because I've had teachers just like her in real life. Who look good on paper and are the sweetest people on the outside. But their inability to discipline a class regardless of behavior does a lot more damage in the long run than many would care to admit.

Bustier is a character who I could have grown to understand if the writers handled her better. The biggest brat of the school is the daughter of the city mayor. That right there is a beautiful setup for interesting conflict. We could have gotten a plot where we had a good, caring teacher trapped in a terrible situation by her superiors. Which is unfortunately something that can and does happen in real life. Instead, we got an airhead who can't for the life of her understand this simple thing called nuance.

I find it very telling the fandom prefers Mendeleiev over her.

Honorable Mentions:

Principal Damocles: Too much of a spineless noncharacter to really care about

Tom and Sabine: I try to understand the parents' side of things given parenting is far from an easy task

Bustier's class: A mixed bag here, since I don't think they're necessarily bad kids

Mayor Bourgeois: Again, another mixed bag here since he's another spineless "parent"

Zoé Lee: Too much of a blank slate to have an opinion on

Félix Fathom: What kind of a name is that?

Master Fu: He was done so dirty in his backstory

Chloé Bourgeois: Another with wasted potential

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Caryl Callbacks

There weren’t nearly enough of them in the show’s final season, but maybe there’s room in whatever’s still in store for Caryl’s story. If so, these are the ones at the top of my list.... 

1. Cherokee Rose 

Don’t get me wrong, the flower Daryl left on Carol’s tray in 10x04 counts for a lot, mirroring the first time he offered her hope in the wake of losing a child. But for fans, the Cherokee rose symbolizes more than that. It stands for Caryl’s entire relationship, which was meant to be the heart of the show going into the last  season, so it isn’t unreasonable to expect it to crop up again somewhere before the end. 

2. The Prison Bus 

The shoulder massage. Screw around? I’ll go down first. So much good material to refer back to should Daryl and Carol start to explore physical intimacy with each other again. I can’t be the only one who misses Carol’s raunchy side... 

3. Sophia 

There were plenty of opportunities for Daryl and Carol to talk about her in an impactful way, so it’s really a shame S11 chose the one anecdote in 11x18 that barely scratched the surface. The character might be long gone, but she was the catalyst for the most iconic relationship on the show. Daryl and Carol suffered her loss together, like co-parents, and miraculously found hope in each other. 

4. A friend thinks you’re perfect when everyone else thinks you’re broken 

Jerry planted that in my head, and I haven’t been able to get it out ever since. Imagine hearing Daryl tell Carol she’s perfect, effectively putting her insecurities to rest. I don’t even care that it’s on the nose. 

5. Bracelets and Acorns

I’ve already talked about this at length, so I’ll keep it brief. Where is Carol’s friendship bracelet? Where is Daryl’s double capper? Seems like they’d make pretty strong visual cues now that Daryl and Carol have to spend more time apart -_-

6. The Grove 

This is arguably the darkest memory Carol’s been forced to carry with her throughout her journey, doing enough damage to her self image to prevent hers and Daryl’s relationship from taking its natural course into romance. A confession seems like the most logical way to get back on track. Daryl could serve as her long, hard look in the mirror, letting her know--with words-- he sees her for who she really is, not who she thinks she is. 

7. Man of Honor

Back in S2, Daryl asked Carol what she wanted and she made it explicitly clear. A man of honor. How is it that the series is now over, and she still hasn’t gotten what she wants?  

8. I know where I’m supposed to be

The subtext seemed pretty clear. Not a doubt to be had. But then S11 happened, and now we’re stuck with the sexy clown spinoff no one asked for. To pour salt on the wound, Daryl floundering around in France is supposed to stir feelings of uncertainty about where he belongs...again. Maybe though, just maybe, the tenth time will be the charm and he’ll realize he needs to be wherever Carol is. Forever. All the time. 

9. The “No Sanctuary” Reunion

How to top one of the most iconic scenes of the whole series: Step one, needlessly separate Daryl and Carol for an extended period of time. Check -_- Step two, put Daryl in danger. I mean, that’s probably going to happen. Step 3, send Carol on a rescue mission. The woman knows how to sail. Step 4, have her blow something up. Step 5, let Caryl run into each other’s arms and kiss. 

10. Start Over

Daryl has told Carol multiple times that they can start over, meaning they can start over together, and we know what that’s supposed to look like. It’s the two of them on the bike, exploring parts unknown whether it’s New Mexico or somewhere else. Not France though. You can’t cross the ocean on a bike -_-

[irinanonyme]

I love how Felix steals everything from Gabriel and I don't necessarily mean this in a material sense (as in, the ring, the peacock miraculous, etc) but mostly in a meta sense.

Gabriel is the main villain of the show and a common consensus is that he's a dumbfuck, a loser and a prick.

While Felix shows up once in a blue moon (2 to 4 episodes a season) is a fan favorite, everyone encourages his "evil" mostly because it unconveniences Gabe AND even after being the reason why Ladybug lost most of the miraculouses, Felix is STILL A FAN FAVORITE. DESPITE MAKING THE MAIN CHARACTER ALMOST FAIL.

Not to mention how that song in emotion was a reprise of what Gabe did earlier in the season. However, while Gabe's singing moment is mostly seen as cringe or straight up ignored by the fandom, Felix's singing was so theatrical and iconic, it's already considered to be one of the most memorable moments this season.

Felix just took everything from Gabe, best villain/antagonist, best drama queen, best singer, one of the smartest lads in the show if not THE smartest and most cunning.

Felix is a hit. Gabe is the biggest flop known to Paris and humanity.

[ilikekidsshows]

I found your ML meta and analysis posts by accident (i think i saw ur latest post abt adrien) and just noticed you have changed your icon into something matching the current spooky month so that's really cool! 😀I didn't think June's hair could be used for more pokemon but it fits haha and it's cool to see a familiar blog on my dash change their icon like this ^^ I'm also curious - have u seen the recent "ML Paris" special or are you thinking of seeing it? I know everyone is now more and more experiencing multiverse fatique from so many franchises doing their own episodes/movies w this theme, but I just find it a curious way to do character exploration. No spoilers but the special was imo kinda fun and also brought new questions into the fore, especially abt the kwami. Anyway, just wanted 2 comment abt the icon but then realized I could ask somerhing about Miraculous as well.

Thank you! My mutuals noted the same thing about Juniper hair going well on a surprising amount of Pokémon, so now I actually have a collection of pink-striped Pokémon icons to choose from. I’m glad other people liked the change too.

I haven’t seen the Paris special and, before people started posting about it, I was pretty sure I was going to skip it. I’m very suspicious about anything the show crew puts out for this franchise with what they ended up doing with seasons 4 and 5. I even ended up losing enthusiasm for the parts of the franchise I do enjoy, like seasons 1-3, and so I haven’t even seen the Shanghai Special yet despite intending to do so while season 4 was still picking up steam.

However, based on what everyone has been saying, it seems that the special managed to avoid everything I was worried about. With the way the show’s been treating Adrien, I had a lot of concerns over how an EvilAdrien take was going to go, but it seems it's not used to villanize Adrien and Adrien actually gets to influence the story of the special and his feelings are brought up and validated? We haven’t seen that since the Christmas Special. If I ignore all the nods at the seasons I despise and pretend this special doesn’t take place in the same timeline, I might be able to make it through this special.

Basically, I'm on the fence about watching the Specials.

Multiverses have been a superhero staple since All-Star Comics issue 3, which came out in 1940. It’s just that companies have only recently gained enough confidence in the superhero genre to go with the more outlandish genre staples. I’m trying to say that, as a superhero connoisseur, I don’t know the meaning of the term multiverse fatigue.

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10 Reasons Lila Rossi Is an Iconic Disney Villain

Many Disney Villains have become iconic over the years. Of course, these are mostly classic Disney Villains from animated movies. However, there's one character who has turned an entire Disney Channel series into something truly dark by season five. This article will talk about Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir's true villain, a girl named Lila Rossi. Disclaimer: this article contains spoilers!

1. Skilled Liar: The first thing viewers learn about Lila is how she's a chronic and compulsive liar. She'll lie about the simplest of things to creating elaborate and believable stories. Thus, Lila lies about anything and everything to everyone who crosses her path. What's worse, she's quite the actress as almost everyone believes her claims regardless of what she says.

2. Skilled Manipulator: Being an actress and a liar makes it easy for Lila to manipulate people's words against them. Thus, she's also capable of manipulating any situation to her advantage. Lila is most notably known for gatekeeping, gaslighting and guilt tripping. Viewers see her do this with civilians and villains alike.

3. Why lie?: No one knows why or what led Lila to start lying in the first place. The only thing viewers know is she actually enjoys doing it and has no remorse for her actions. There's a speculation where Lila feels lonely and neglected by her mother, Mrs. Rossi, because she's always working. However, she gains plenty of love and attention from other loved ones in her life.

4. A True Villain: There have been several villains throughout the series. Although Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth is the main bad guy, he's quite wimpy and a bumbling mess in comparison to Lila. This girl isn't afraid to go the extra mile to get what she wants. In addition, Lila doesn't let her emotions get the best of her, thus she's hard to defeat.

5. One Step Ahead: Lila is incredibly intelligent. She's organized and detailed in her plans. This means, Lila is always one step ahead. When one scheme fails, she has another one up her sleeve. Lila doesn't waste time sulking. Instead, she moves onto her next plan of action.

6. Master of Disguise: The most horrifying thing about Lila is how she's a master of disguise. She's thorough in her looks as she'll change her hair, skin, eyes, clothes and eyebrows to become a completely different person. The only thing viewers know about Lila for certain by the end of season five is she has messy pixie cut styled brown hair and hazel-brown eyes. This is because she's seen removing one of her wigs and discarding it in the trash. Which means, Lila can't be wearing a bald-cap underneath her hair.

7. Identity Unknown: Many people drastically change their appearance to become who they truly are. Individuals even change their name to suit themselves too. What makes these things acceptable in society is how said people stick to their new identities. However, Lila does this for deception. As such, in addition to frequently changing her looks, Lila also has many analias too. When she changes her appearance, Lila introduces herself as "Cerise". Meaning, no one knows what this girl truly looks like or what her true name is either.

8. Multiple Lives: It's obvious to viewers Lila has multiple identities. But no one knows she has spread these identities far beyond herself. In fact, Lila is living multiple lives at the same time too. She has multiple different women in her life who she calls "Mother". It's unknown which of these women are the legal or biological mother. Or if any of the women are the biological mother at all. For all viewers know, Lila is an orphan who went to multiple adoption agencies. In which, she lied about her name and age to be adopted by multiple people on separate occasions. Otherwise, a woman or two could be her foster mother. This scenario is possible as there have been very few cases of this occurring in real life.

9. More Privileges: Regardless, since Lila clearly has multiple mothers, it means she has different separate homes and bedrooms to herself. Living separately from each woman allows Lila to take advantage of their love, care and support. She lies to each of them and the trio easily believe the stories which explain why their "daughter" spends much time away from them in order for her to be with another one of her mothers instead.

10. Young Monster: Despite everything, the most scary thing about Lila is how she's managed to achieve all of this at the age of fourteen. Technically, considering how perfected her skills are at such a young age, it's obvious Lila turned into a beast in human skin as a little girl. After all, no one knows how young she was when she planned to have multiple guardians in her life.

What do you think? Is Lila Rossi a character worthy of becoming part of the famous Disney Villain line? If not, why? Please share with me!

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Hi Cat! May I ask you to rank S5 episodes aired so far? and what did you like the most about each of them?

Finally getting around to answering this now that s5 is officially over. Overall, I'd say s5 was definitely not as bad as people have made it out to be, and I'll share my full thoughts on it later and go over some of the notes I took upon rewatching, but I'd say this season on average was pretty mid? Adrinette hard carried a lot of episodes that otherwise were just okay. Again, I've said it a bunch, and I'll say it a bunch more times, ML's biggest problem is pacing. S5 is probably the most ambitious season of this show by far, and they crammed a shit ton into this one season that would have been more digestible if it were spread out I think.

But anywho, I'll discuss more later. For now, here is my episode rankings for season 5! The ratings are rough, and I will likely adjust them to be a bit more specific when I eventually do my complete episode ranking with all the other seasons, but for now these ratings correspond to how I relate just the s5 episodes to each other. None of them got a 10, and tbh most of these eps sit around 6-7/10, so ranking them was actually kind of hard because as I said, Adrinette hard carried some of these eps, and I just did not care for the other things going on in them. Okay, here we go:

Protection: 9.5/10

Anyone who knows me or is in any way familiar with me probably knows why this episode is here. The picnic will go down as one of Adrinette's iconic moments. The whole set-up was incredibly sweet, and I could stare at that scene for hours.

2. Emotion: 9/10

Outside of thinking that Felix should have come back sooner and that perhaps this should have been the mid-season conflict rather than the Kwami's Choice eps (I'll talk more about why in another post eventually), I really liked this episode. I love how much Marinette has grown. I enjoyed Felix being a lil gremlin man. Idk, I liked it.

3. Elation: 8.5/10

"Cat, but you always shit talk MC-"

Incorrect. I shit talk toxic stans. I'd be lying if I said seeing those two losers kiss didn't make me feel things. I also appreciated the realness of this ep on why they couldn't be together, and that Chat Noir/Adrien had enough respect for Marinette to realize that there was a power imbalance between them. It was very sexy of him.

4. Revolution: 8.5/10

This one honestly surprised me being this high, but so much shit happened in this episode. Like I needed to sit for a sec after watching it because it was a lot to process. While I was rewatching it, I had moments where I was like wait, is this a new episode? But then I'd remember, nope. It's still the same one where all this other shit happened. And weirdly, it didn't feel too rushed? A lot of episodes this season felt like they were moving a million miles a minute and rushing to get to the point, but I felt like for as much shit as went down in this episode, it flowed pretty well.

Also, I'm Adrinette trash so of course I'm gonna rank their first kiss high fucking sue me

Also, hardly anyone talked about the LadyNoir power up! Like hello???

5. Deflagration: 8/10

I know I just dunked on the Kwami's Choice arc, and I will probably do it again because these two episodes were HARD carried by Adrinette. I didn't care about Kitty Noire or Scarabella at all. Their fight was lame, why the fuck did they start talking like that, just, ugh-anyway. I felt like part 2 was the stronger of the two episodes, and not just because of the Ladrien crumb! (though the ladrien crumb was v nice) I enjoyed the Resistance swooping in to help. I enjoyed Marinette outsmarting Gabriel. I enjoyed Adrien ripping the earrings off his dad like how dare you touch her things, you crusty eggplant. I liked the Adrinette scene in the cafeteria. I dunno. I don't think giving up their Miraculous was really necessary, but I appreciated several of the moments in this episode.

6. Passion: 8/10

So, in prior seasons I came to really not care for Nathalie when she was simping for Gabriel, but I gained a lot more respect for her this season. I just kind of wish she'd been like that from the beginning. There to make sure Gabriel doesn't go too far, someone to love Adrien and carry out his and Emilie's wishes. I wouldn't have minded even if GabeNath happened as a result if they were able to talk Gabriel down from his madness and truly let Emilie go in the end. But alas, we didn't. I loved the Adrinette moment in this episode where Adrien just immediately tells her what's wrong. It was such a huge step for him as someone who usually just buries his feelings. And the kwami swap was much better this go round.

7. Jubilation: 7.5/10

My cat is sleeping on my notes, but I remember enjoying this episode. A thought that I had in regards to the fantasy that they saw is that the gift sees beyond the masks, even if they don't. Like, yes, of course they want a life together because they're soulmates. They just can't quite see the whole picture yet. Idk how to explain it, but anyway, it was a cute episode. The nightmare children need to be burned at the stake, but overall, it was nice.

8. Transmission: 7.5/10

Listen. I did not give a single fuck about the new heroes, and their battle was very anticlimactic and lame, but god dammit, the Adrinette in this episode! Adrien audibly recognizing he shouldn't have played with her feelings as Chat Noir. Him seeing his photos in her trash can and telling her he loves her! The motherfucking hand game! Nothing else happened in that ep. It was just them.

9. Determination: 7.5/10

I absolutely loved seeing Adrinette go all pink sparkles when he looked at Marinette, and how Kagami was like stop being a fucking wuss and ask her on a date. As much as I cannot with the statue scene, I loved that Adrien was just like lol yeahhh you kissed me, it was kind of awesome. Like baby boy XD I liked him being lowkey jealous and wanting to be more with Marinette and trying his damnedest to get closer to her when she was freaking out. His patience with her this season has been so sweet.

LN stans can roast me all they want, idc, but I have a lot of thoughts about her switching her affection to CN. Not to say that she doesn't genuinely have feelings for him because I think she definitely does deep down, but I have always seen her pursuit of him this season as a means to run away from her problems. (i.e. her feelings for Adrien) Because she never got over Adrien, and that much was obvious. And Alya even called her on her bullshit. Marinette was trying to force herself to stop loving Adrien by throwing herself at Chat Noir, and while her feelings for him might stem from a genuine place of love for him, she was trying to love him for the wrong reasons. Rather than it being a natural thing, it felt very much like she was only doing it because she thought it would be easier, and she was refusing to face and process what had happened as a result of her loving Adrien. I just wish that the reversal were handled differently. She can and absolutely does love Chat Noir, but in this context, it just felt a little cheap to me. Not as genuine because she was still clearly hung up on Adrien and avoiding that.

10. Multiplication: 7/10

We have reached 6-7/10 territory. A loooot of eps are in this range, so it was actually pretty difficult to rank. I went solely on vibes for this section. Any single scene that sticks out in my memory for each episode were the breaking points on these.

Idk why, but I liked this episode. I loved the scenes of Adrien trying to greet Marinette. I loved everyone getting progressively more bored with waiting for Monarch to show up again. It was cute.

11. Derision: 7/10

Do I think this backstory should have come way, way, way, WAY sooner? Yes. Like s1-s2 sooner. Did I still slurp up all of the Adrinette anyway? ...Well, I'm only human.

12. Evolution: 7/10

I actually skipped this episode in my rewatch to save time because I know it's solid. Bunny Cat was cute. Seeing Gabriel fucking wreck himself because he's an idiot was funny. Alix being the GOAT was fun. Yeah. It was a nice start to the season.

13. Pretension: 7/10

I'm not a Feligami hater like some people. I think it was a bit rushed, but I think that's more of an issue with ML's general struggle with pacing rather than a reflection on the viability of their relationship. I liked seeing how Felix has a softer side because he was always meant to be morally grey. Emotion talked about that a little bit. He had no dog in the fight between Gabriel and LB/CN. He has his own motives for doing what he does, and he's not a bad person, just has done some questionable things to get what he wants. And I think Kagami would be good for him. I loved her roasting him and kicking his ass (and he loved it too).

14. Confrontation: 6.5/10

As the pilot of the Lila downfall plane, you'd think this episode would rank higher, but like, listen. Was Marinette's plan very sneaky and big brained? Yes. Did I enjoy seeing them get caught? Yes. Did this shit need to happen way sooner? Yes! The fact that Alya said with her whole chest in the episode before, "You know we're always ready to believe you." When she fucking wasn't? Like, bitch, your bestie is LADYBUG. Perhaps if she doesn't like someone, recognize that it's for a good ass reason? And I hated how dismissive they were of Adrien when he tried to speak up in that scene too. My honest reaction to Lila being outed was just fucking finally. I rank this one lower as well because they cut a small moment that I wish they fucking hadn't where everyone apologizes to and hugs Marinette after they're exposed. Because they fucking gaslit her for months about this bitch, and she absolutely deserved that apology!

15. Collusion: 6/10

Ya know, I'm not much one to care about Andre. They really tried to paint him as a victim this season, and I just was not there for it. It's okay for him to just suck too. They're all rich, sucky people. It's okay to just say that.

A note I did make that I might talk about later is on the topic of Chloe and her alleged redemption that everyone is mad about and how Astruc just hates Chloe, and I'm not going to say he doesn't. I just think that overall what happened there is when they started planning out future seasons, it was more plot convenient for her to be mean than it was for them to put in the effort to redeem her fully. And looking at some of the other redemptions they've done in this show, we know they would have botched it anyway. They kept her mean because it served their purposes for making things happen. That's it.

16. Revelation: 6/10

For reasons mentioned above in Confrontation, I ranked this episode lower because I wanted to fucking strangle everyone. Everyone in that god damn class knows Chloe is a bitch and always will be. The fact that they all turned on Marinette, including fucking Alya who knows she's FUCKING LADYBUG just ugh. Honestly, when their future plans got fucked in the next episode, I was lowkey like GOOD. Suffer, dumbass bitches! It's what you get! But I'm also just really petty, and I wanted to see Lila finally get shut the fuck up.

17. Adoration: 6/10

This one was fine? Let's go lesbians, I guess. Idk, in comparison to the myriad of other shit going on in s5, this one just felt like filler. Gabriel is an asshole, what else is new? I kind of wish Marinette got a better confession, since, ya know, we've been waiting for it since s1. I wish it were a bigger moment and more heartfelt, but like, eh, I guess.

18. Intuition: 6/10

Seeing Gabriel fuck himself over was nice. Other than that, it was just okay. Get dunked on, you moldy cheeto dust of a human being.

19. Perfection: 6/10

"Cat, did you rank this episode this low because of Adrien's cringy-ass song?"

AND I'D DO IT AGAIN! And the fight was kinda boring. I love Kagami, and she deserved the love in the end, but like c'mon.

20. Illusion: 6/10

A big thing I noted from this episode that became kind of a recurring thing throughout s5 is the illusion of choice. I'll talk more about it in my s5 analysis, but I think that illusion of choice extends to Gabriel's wish too in the end. I did love Nathalie fucking bodying him the second Adrien walked away. It's what he deserves.

21. Destruction: 6/10

This one was fine, I guess. I wasn't super into the format of it being a flashback that Marinette was explaining to Alya at their sleepover after the fact? And that it kind of just glossed over them Cataclysming Monarch, since that was kind of an important thing for this season. ML made some weird choices for big moments throughout this season that kind of cheapened the impact, imo. Idk. Baby girl is smart and all that, we been knew.

22. Representation: 5.5/10

Adrien fighting his dad was the highlight of this episode. You go off, king. The play was incredibly info-dumpy, and I feel like this information should have been spread out more organically. Rather than hinting at all of this shit in s3-4, they should have just sprinkled in these details as actual confirmation back then rather than dumping it all in our laps now.

23. Reunion: 5/10

Listen, this episode wasn't bad, and Adrien being a horse girl is funny, but in the context of this season and compared to the other episodes, this one is honestly just filler. Like, it's cool lore, but feels a bit out of place in this season, especially because she didn't call on her past holders for advice on how to like, idk fight her villain, she called on her for love advice. Just felt very unserious in the context of this season.

24. Conformation: 5/10

This one was fine-ish? The whole finale is definitely the weakest finale we've had. And I've ranked Miracle Queen in my bottom 10, yall. This is saying something. I'll go ahead and continue in my next point because

25. Re-Creation: 4.5/10

Both of the finale eps were just... They happened? I feel like they were pulling at too many threads bringing in everyone the way they did. I feel like the perfect alliance thing was an okay choice? I kind of dislike that Adrien was just no where to be fucking seen for most of these episodes. I know a lot of people are upset that he doesn't know about his dad, and there was no reveal between him and Marinette. Which, no identity reveal, I can live with, but I feel like letting Gabriel make his wish was such a weird choice. I'll talk more about it later, but we've been following this show since s1 and rooting for Ladybug and Chat Noir, and they just let the villain get what he wanted? And you can argue that he didn't really get what he wanted because he died or whatever, but like he got the Miraculouses and made a wish. Stop being obtuse about it. Like what is the ultimate lesson here? What's the message? I'm willing to give s6 a chance, but my future with this show is going to depend on how they unpack some of the fallout of this finale.

And for those arguing over Emilie v Amelie in the ending scene, it was Emilie in the original script and storyboard, and her memorial statue is gone, meaning they no longer have to memorialize her because she's not dead, so unless they randomly decided to not bring her back last minute, that bitch is his mom. Also, they removed a scene where she and Adrien smile at each other, but I digress

26. Migration: 4/10

I'm not going to explain this one, but anyone that knows me, knows why this one is here, and why I didn't care about this episode.

Anywho, my biggest takeaways from this season were that it was a bit too ambitious at times, and I think in general it lacked a lot of the heart of ML. Big moments we've been waiting for fell flat because they got lost in the mess of them trying to cram storylines we should have been getting this whole time into one season. It's not a bad season, and I think it is definitely a step in the right direction. ML just needs to get better about pacing its story arcs so that it maximizes its time and doesn't have to rush through shit to get their point across.

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The Love Square Reversal Is The Best Thing To Happen To Miraculous Ladybug

The Love Square is one of the most unique and iconic aspects of Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. It’s actually my favourite part of this show and the reason why I watch every episode I can access, regardless of how infuriating some of them are. And obviously, even from the title alone, you should know that this review will contain spoilers for Miraculous Ladybug seasons 1 – 5.

For those of you who don’t know this show (but for some reason, are reading this review), the love square is the title given to Adrien and Marinette’s strange love triangle (or square) with each other. You see, Marinette is actually the superhero Ladybug and Adrien is actually the superhero Cat Noir. And unfortunately for them, they do not know each other’s secret identities despite being classmates. And even worse … Adrien is in love with Ladybug while Marinette is in love with Adrien. Which means, they cannot be together because they … mutually love each other?

It’s confusing, I know. And it certainly creates the opportunity for comedy gold but it’s also incredibly infuriating. You see, the love square’s main purpose is to show the audience just how compatible these two characters are. They are, quite literally, made for each other. And I say literally because Ladybug holds the miraculous of Creation while Cat Noir holds the miraculous of Destruction. The are the yin and yang of this universe.

But the other interesting dilemma that happens is that they are both in love with the other’s ideal version. While Marinette Dupain Cheng is clumsy and forever late to everything, Ladybug is a calm and collected superhero who always knows what to do. And while Cat Noir is flirtatious and careless, Adrien is the kindest and sweetest person you could ever meet. And so, in order for this show to capitalise on the fact that they are MADE for each other, they must also be in love with the other’s chaotic version. They cannot simply fall instantly in love by just knowing the other’s true identity. That would be disingenuous.

Chat Blanc And Ephemeral Failed For A Reason

Season 3’s Chat Blanc provides a glimpse into the alternate timeline in which Adrien Agreste discovered Ladybug’s true identity and so entered into a relationship with her without her knowing who he really is. In this universe, Adrien only saw Marinette as a potential love interest due to her secretly being Ladybug.

And though it can be argued that Adrien cares deeply for Marinette, he didn’t “fall” in love or pursue her until after discovering she’s Ladybug. He also entered into a relationship with her without informing her that he knows who she is. Their entire relationship was built on a lie and it almost seems as though Adrien would be willing to accept anyone so long as she was Ladybug.

Ephemeral, on the other hand, explored Marinette discovering Cat Noir’s true identity and having a panic attack until she eventually sees his similarities with Adrien Agreste and pursues him. In this situation, it appears as though Marinette is freaked out by the idea of Adrien being Cat Noir. Even though she clearly loves Cat Noir (and he is her best friend), she is so against the idea of dating him that even his being her crush isn’t enough. She is terrified.

Clearly this isn’t the reaction you want from the person you’re meant to be with. Marinette should whole-heartedly love Cat Noir, not just tolerate him because he’s also Adrien. Cat Noir is who Adrien truly is just as Marinette is who Ladybug truly is. In order for this to be true love, they both need to accept the other’s true version. And this is why both Chat Blanc and Ephemeral failed to conclude the love square. Neither of them were good enough to justify the idea that Marinette and Adrien are destined to be together.

The Love Square Reversal Proves They Truly Love Each Other

At the end of season 4, Adrien comes to the conclusion that Marinette has always been there for him. Not only has she continuously advocated for him, she is also the only one who has truly ever understood him. While his friends are excited at his chance to tour the world, Marinette understands his true feelings and VALIDATES them. Adrien, sweet doormat that he is, has never really had this before.

Meanwhile, Marinette finally realises that her crush on Adrien makes her a danger to society. She hyper-fixates on him and this prevents her from making good decisions. And so when her life falls apart due to her blind faith in Adrien, Cat Noir is the only one there for her. And this makes her realise that he is the only one who could ever understand her.

They both fall out of love and in love with each other after realising that only the other understands them (my god, the love square creates convoluted sentences). This is the ideal. They’re now in love with each other’s chaotic (authentic personality). They’ve fallen for each other twice. You can’t get more “they’re made for each other” than this.

It makes their love for each other seem genuine rather than simple hero worship. I don’t want to see a love story between a teenage girl and her idol or a teenage boy and his superhero crush, I want to see two people who were created for each other to get together. And in order for that to happen, the love square had to be reversed.

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Something Bad is going (or Has) happened to Luka Couffaine

 a theory!

Listen. Few love Luka Couffaine as much as I do. And there’s been a Good Deal of foreshadowing that something Bad is going to happen to him. Or, since we already have episodes 16 and 18, something already has. It begins in season four, and I think, most accurately, his downfall begins after Wishmaker. 

My theory here is that something bad happens to him in season five, and I’m predicting it’s going down Episode 15, which is ‘Intuition’, named after Sass’s powers, iconically, the only miraculous he ever used (he should’ve gotten one in the kwami swap i will die on this hill, regardless of their reasoning). As of right now, all we have of this episode is the name and the rest is mere speculation. Could happen later, could happen not at all (doubtful), but this is what I’m predicting, and if I am wrong, well, I’ve been wrong before lol.

This ended up a Bit longer than I anticipated, with the pictures (there are pictures for evidence under the cut lol i’m not one to do a CHUNK of text) and ngl overwhelming number of ominous signs pointing towards him, so it’s under the cut. I do also acknowledge my biases- I think he’s a much more main character than the creators are allowing him to be. In my defense, I love him?

Now, when I say something bad, I’m preparing myself for them just killing him (they wouldn’t, right?) but it could be a vague injury or sending him away, just something that keeps him off my screen, which is, arguably as bad as death? The thing is, everything points to something ‘vague bad’, and from that I can’t predict more, so I’ll keep it vague.

Season 4, Episode 22- Ephemeral

Ephemeral is the First Time we get to see him after discovering their identities in Wishmaker (a moment I have written separate essays on before). As far as I interpret the episode, his initial plan is to tell Marinette he knows she’s Ladybug (eventually) and accepts he’s instead going to ‘know’ Chat Noir’s for everyone’s benefit. 

I’ve written other posts on the Importance and Luka’s positioning in Ephemeral (and how the whole thing could’ve been solved with a simple conversation or. believe it or not. the Truth), so I’m not going to say much here, but the One point to be considered is:

It’s not safe for one person to know both Ladybug and Chat Noir’s identities.

Which is why she can’t know his, and he can’t know hers. And Luka finds himself knowing both. From this very moment I knew something bad was doomed to happen to my favorite blueberry. He got put in a bad situation after, honestly, a very bad season for him. 

Season 5, Episode - Determination

 This one is. A Reach but someone rb and tagged one of my posts so I cannot just move on from this. We know there’s a Viperion wax figure, we see it covered and also lined up to fight (BUT THEY DOn”T aCTUALLy FIGHT HIM), and he’s just straight up not included on the poster. Seeing the wax figure it’s clear that they Know of his existence, but he’s just...not there.

Some attempt at foreshadowing? I personally, do not know, but have been, without my consent, told it might be. (don’t write bible spoilers in the tags of my posts i read them okay???????) I am simply acknowledging this.

Season 5, Episode 12- Perfection

Luka has been in two (2) episodes so far in season five (LESS THAN WAYHEM MAY I ADD), and Perfection he’s bARELY there. (in his defense if I was in his exact situation, I would Also keep my distance), but he Is playing when Adrien’s singing, and they focus on him....at an interesting point.

(first. funny bc he was silencer lol) First for real. Lukanette fans are always allowed to mourn the ridiculously short dating time on my posts- the emphasis on him and Adrien using the melody talk that’s taken verbatim from Wishmaker is also another essay for another time.

Second, he knows. Which, in general, makes most of his appearances in the show post Wishmaker (only twice in season five so far) hilarious, but in this situation, why they chose to emphasize him on the heart beating line. The silence one I get, but why would they linger so long on such a line? Foreshadowing. that’s my answer. They’re going to kill him. /j

I could also point out how far apart he stands from everyone but I’m also aware his animation budget is like $5 and half a pbj so I’m not looking too much into that, but here:

Season 5, Episode 16- Protection

This episode is the first After when I think things are going to happen, immediately following Intuition, and Luka is...very oddly not there.

It’s clear they had Every Intention of Luka being there when they planned this date, even including him in the comic, but he was replaced by Nino at last minute (Luka and Nino are the same person truthers really got a +1 on that line lol), which is...a choice but more on that never.

Luka was obviously abruptly replaced, which continues to lend to the idea that something in the immediate past (previous episode- oh! That’s Intuition!) and based on the leaked ideas I’ve stumbled across for episode 14, I really don’t think he’s in that one. 

What gets to me in this scene is that, yes, they’re uncomfortable (with every right to be), put on display by their friends, but they look at each other right when they say his name. Like they know something happened. This scene adds more fuel to my ‘vague bad’ idea than straight up killing him (they wouldn’t), where likely, Ladybug and Chat Noir know More as to what happened (as well as Juleka, but she has no reason nor desire to speak up regarding her brother).

The Tweets

I, cannot for the life of me find the tweet that this is originally mentioned in (in my defense i did screen shot it and i have over 1200 images in my miraculous folder, but it might be in my screencap folder? we’ll never know). But I do have the Gloob post regarding it:

[translation: who was that phrase for? ‘Your heart has been broken, you will never use the power of second chance again’]

Oh, he’s never gonna use the power of second chance again, that’s for certain, but I do have reason to believe it’s not because they don’t get the miraculouses back (haven’t read the bible spoilers on that I’m just assuming that’s how it all ends), it’s rather that he doesn’t get to use them.

Luka has a lot of potential built up as being so important to the plot, with the ideas of the four being foils to each other (Kagami is getting plenty of screentime for this (in a good way)), but because he knows. I can’t fathom when this is going to play out, or why they would make him know unless something important comes from it. Then again, between seasons they could’ve just changed their mind about his role in the show (*cough* the Couffaine’s always *cough*).

Then again, they also could have them find out each others identities before Luka gets/wants to tell them and then it’s just a waste but. I’ll write another essay on that if it happens.

I keep saying ‘I can’t believe they’re going to kill Luka Couffaine’ to prepare myself that something Very Terrible is going/has happened to him, but I honestly don’t believe that Fully. The people I have discussed this with have all, for the most part, agreed they’re likely going to send him away at least until the end of the season, and with this idea there’s so many different reasons they could use. Go on tour with Jagged? Sure. Let him learn more about being a luthier? I could see that. Study abroad? I’m still confused as to what type of school he actually goes to but why not. Something involving Monarch based on that last idea? God I hope not, but it’s a reason.

also, since I began working on this, this was revealed:

Which is something I personally have been saying this whole time, but also Big Yikes, I’m just worried for my favorite blueberry. I hope he’s okay.

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An Introduction to Irish

Modern Irish, also known as Gaeilge (in Irish) or Irish Gaelic (in countries like the USA where Irish is uncommon), is spoken by over a million people in and out of Ireland today as a first or second language. It is recognized as the official language of the Republic of Ireland, taught in schools, used in Irish broadcasting and news reporting, and spoken in everyday social situations. It can also be a lot of fun to learn! (x)

Here are some basic phrases in Irish* 

*There are three major dialects in Irish– Munster, Connacht, and Ulster. This post will be using the Munster dialect, as that is the one my teacher uses and I am more familiar with. Other dialects may vary in spelling, pronunciation, or use different phrases.

Dia dhuit       Hello

Dia dhaoibh      Hello (Plural form)

Dia is Muire dhuit      Hello (Reply)

Dia is Muire dhaoibh   Hello (Reply, plural)

These two phrases literally mean “God to you” and “God and Mary to you” respectively, but they are used as greetings in all contexts, religious and nonreligious.  You can also use “heileo” (hello), which tends to be more informal.

Conas atá tú?         How are you?

Conas atá sibh?     How are you? (Plural)

Tá mé go maith, agus tú féin?     I am well / I am good, and yourself? 

Tá mé go dona.     I am not good

Slán            Goodbye

Oíche Mhaith        Good night

Más é do thoil é / Le do thoil        Please

Go raibh maith agat / agaibh        Thank you / Thank you (Plural)        

Tá fáilte romhat     You are welcome.

Tá brón orm          I am sorry.

Gabh mo leithscéal        Excuse me

In Irish, there is no single word for “no”. Instead, to say no to a question, you rephrase the statement to be negative. For example:

Aon scéal?        Any Story? / What’s up?

Níl aon scéal agam.     I have no story.

There are also a few Irish phrases that are commonly recognized outside Irish-speaking circles, such as: 

Sláinte         Cheers (Literally, “health”)

Fáilte            Welcome

Céad Míle Fáilte    Hundred Thousand Welcomes

Éire go Brách        Ireland to the end of time / Ireland forever

Póg mo thóin         Kiss my ass

For help pronouncing Irish, there are many resources online where you can find text-to-speech audio, IPA notation, and recordings of real speakers. Here are a few:

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With what little of what we saw of The Goat Miraculous, we all assumed it would be a death/rebirth power cuz a goat is the main animal used for sacrifices cuz it vaguely resembles the devil. Instead, it had a very similar power to what Nathaniel had when he was Evillustrator. The power to create any object! Although, it just makes the object, it doesn’t actually possess any magical property. It’d be smart if the holder, like Caprikid, cleverly used it to make people think it’s effective like making them believe the “magic” wand is actually magic! (“Penalteam”). If let’s say, it were in the hands of an evil genius, then we’re all f**ked! Was it given to one? Let’s see:

*Passion-Ok, so uh, last we checked, the love square is now in reverse. Marinette/Ladybug is done w/ Adrien and now wants Cat Noir and Adrien/Cat Noir is done w/ Ladybug and now wants Marinette. Even if that’s the case, they still can’t be together cuz as Alya pointed out, it would be revealing their identities which as Plagg pointed out would cause trouble *cough*Cat Blanc/Ephemeral*cough*, but Tikki reassured us that the love square won’t happen cuz both their holders are are too shy and awkward to confess! Phew! (or at least ‘til the last minute hook up thing since it’s obvious they’re endgame).

Another thing! Adrien is pleased to see that Gabe is now “Mr.Sunshine” (“Illusion”) and actually in his company more often. Nathalie, whom I was wondering why the f**k she was back in the mansion since she quit (“Evolution”) and it turns out, she’s only staying to protect Adrien from Gabe who’s gone mad despite the “Mr.Sunshine” act. Gabe is now more desperate for the heroes miraculouses cuz the cataclysm he endeared (“Destruction”) is getting worse, just like Nathalie’s condition from the formally broken Peacock Miraculous, and that they need to act fast before it’s too late.

Nathalie convinces Gabe to akumatize her as a villainess that always hits her target and she becomes Safari! A purple skinned huntress/explorer/adventurer with the power of the Goat Miraculous! Don! Don! Don! She creates her weapon as a crossbow that Monarch has shoot at least 5 different miraculous powers! Like The Bee Miraculous! Fortunately, it’s only targets are the heroes, so it was safe in their civilian forms and their miraculous switcher-roo like before (“Reflekdoll”). Ha! Ha! Guess that power didn’t really end up in the hands of an evil genius after all! Even if it was Nathalie! Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!

From this moment onwards in the reverse love square, we’ll be seeing flirty Marinette/Ladybug w/ Cat and dreamy Adrien/Cat Noir w/ Marinette. However, Marinette is still awkward around Adrien despite “moving on” and still wants to avoid him to not get distracted if Monarch gets the upper hand. Yeah, distracted, we’ve seen how that went *cough*Desperada*cough*. Today she was no better! (whispers) She tried to ask out Cat Noir to the movies and got paralyzed! Literally! Stick to your duties Ladybug! (Maybe she shouldn’t be in love?). Finally, Adriens seeing Marinette for the extraordinary person she is after all she’s done in the show to be semi popular and Marinette sees there’s more to Cat Noir than just puns and goofiness. She’s more at ease with him and despite her big f**k up in the Season 4 finale, he still stayed by her side! Also, she thinks she’s not worthy enough for celebrity icon Adrien whereas she thinks Cat is just “some average Joe in a mask”. Oh if only she knew! Alya doesn’t need to jump ship, more like, “change the color of the sails”. It’s still the same boat! 😂. Here’s what I found out! Gabe isn’t bullsh*ting being “nice” to get Adrien to stay on his side, but because his days are numbered from his weakening of the cataclysm mark on his arm and if he does end up dying, he wants Adrien to remember him as a “loving and caring” father. Same goes with Nathalie who’s risking working with a madman and also slowly dying from the formally broken peacock miraculous to protect the little sunshine boy! If they don’t get the dynamic duos miraculouses asap, they’re goners and Adrien will be left all alone. What about his bodyguard? The gorilla? Is he not around? We get a brief flashback to a young Gabe, Nathalie and Emilie dressed as Indiana Jones expies and it’s how they looked when they were on their miraculous search. Wonder if we’ll get a more deeper flashback to that? In a heart wrenching moment, Emilie had left behind some video messages telling Nathalie that if “anything” happens to her, Gabe should move on and not try anything “drastic” to bring her back cuz the important thing to do is just be there for Adrien’s sake with or without her. She believed Nat would do the “motherly” part ღ. Unfortunately, like Ems predicted, Gabe is more stubborn than a mule and refuses to accept this as Emilies last wishes and thus the start of darkness happened! :P Gabe! YOU FAILED EMILIE! BIG TIME! Then again, we never would’ve had this tv show.