#gabriel innocent rouge

[spiritmoodboards]

Moodboard for Gabriel Sanson (Innocent Rouge) wanting to be a child forever/grubs/maggots/spiders/depression/pastel blue themes For an anon~! Hope you enjoy a bunch ^^

Send an ask, we're open~!

[unpunishablelamb]

Please, Subyss x Nicolas-Gabriel Drabble. We need to work on this!

frost (subyss x nicolas gabriel)

A/N: writing this was so much fun i really hope you enjoy reading it! also this fandom is ridiculously small and there definitely needs to be more content!

TW: mentions of (infant) death, hints of nsfw

the cold october wind was harsh, maybe even harsher than usual turning even the latest crops into rotting brown stems.

the first hoar frost of the year was interrupting the peaceful morning silence with the sound of cracking, bones grinding together, as Nicolas made his way through an alley in the middle of paris.

the faint cries of babies behind the greyish facades would bring death, he was sure of that.

many wouldn’t survive this years frost especially now that it came even earlier than usual and so unexpected.

he knew that his wife wouldn’t worry about his nightly absence nor question it, as also she was occupied nursing a baby who’s fate would most likely be as fatal as his own, maybe it was even worse than death itself?

and how foolish was he, finding comfort of his life’s horrors in the bed of a madman?

a bitter smile crept its way onto his cracked lips, not quite reaching his dull eyes.

subyss knew how much he hated the cold and yet there he was, accepting his fingertips turning blue from the early morning cold only for the sake of chasing vile pleasure in the night before.

and how vile it truly was, the oh so cruel man he devoted himself to, who reminded him so very much of the cold and cruel winters.

how, without shame, he would accept the carnal sin of daring to believe there might be more than just one god, flagellating himself for the man he lost his mind over.

the vampyre sucking on his pulse until he would be fully drained, icy and cold just like a harsh winters air carrying the scent of death.

[argentiniancharactertournament]

MUCHACHOS

Here it is, the long awaited ARGENTINIAN CHARACTER TOURNAMENT BRACKET!!! (more info on that at the bottom of the page).

Participants were assigned randomly to their brackets, consisting on the following matchups:

PLEASE WELCOME:

Maria Elena from Casados con Hijos VS Palermo from La Casa de Papel

Mama Corra from Esperando a la Carroza VS Susanita from Mafalda

Emilio Raverna from Los Simuladores VS Mafalda from Mafalda

Alejandro "Sandy" Stern from Presumed Innocent VS Pablo Lamponne from Los Simuladores

Violetta from Violetta VS Adrian Seidelman from Cybersix

The Narcoleptic Argentinian from Moulin Rouge! VS Karl Lykos from Marvel Comics

Oikawa Tooru from Haikyu!! VS Zamba from El asombroso mundo de Zamba

Gabriel Medina from Los Simuladores VS Miss Argentina from Beetlejuice

El ingeniero Bombita from Relatos Salvajes VS Felipe from Mafalda

Martos Santos from Los Simuladores VS Ace Visconti from Dead by Daylight

Manuelita from Manuelita la Tortuga VS Mion Takamine from Pretty Rythm Aurora Dream

Los Rayados from Metegol VS Gaturro from Gaturro

Lucas Amato from Cybersix VS Carmen Sandiego from Carmen Sandiego

Eva "Evita" Péron from Evita VS Julio Renato from Gundam Build Fighters

Mario Renato from Gundam Build Fighters VS Clemente from Clemente

Dardo from Casados con Hijos VS.... versus who?

Versus Headcannon round winner. Indeed, 3 characters not canonically argentinian, but who got enough submissions to qualify to the bracket, will fight to get honorary argentinian privileges. These charachters are:

Diego "Armando" Godot from Ace Attorney

Dio Brando from JoJo's Bizzare Adventure

Figaro Garcia from Mahoyaku/Promise of Wizard

The Preliminary poll will be up for 24 hours starting tomorrow, and the rest of the polls will be up for a week. All poll posts for this round will be tagged #poll round 1 , to make them easier to find.

HAVE FUN, AND DON'T FORGET TO VOTE

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

Sometimes I feel the kwamis lore is extremely wasted

For example we know miraculous have been part of history and religion. But this brings the question: what kinds of miraculous influenced what?

There’s multiple myth of persons turning into monsters so has nooroo been miss-used for thousands of years?

what kind of miraculous created Christianity? What kind of miraculous caused all mythology’s to involve snakes to some point (hydras, Chinese dragons, leviathan, jormungandr, etc) what kind of miraculous created the idea of demons and hell?

Then there’s the possibilities of them being concepts and how inconsistent it can be at times.

Like what’s the difference of genesis and Creation? The tiger miraculous power (which I can’t rembeber) and destruction? They are all very similar. So why can’t we just say “screw it” and we get creative with the miraculous

What about Modification? Demolition? Consequences? Translation? Manipulation? Regeneration? Infection? Fortification?

Why kwamis want to help mortals? Why all kwamis accepted being in a miraculous if things like Gabriel could happen? Why isn’t there a evil kwami? (If Plagg extinguish the dinosaurs then I see any other kwami doing despicable things like causing tyrannies, destroying country’s, murder or other evil things but everyone seems totally innocent but plagg)

If there’s a miraculous of illusion then where is the miraculous of reality? Whats the relation of the prodigious with the kwamis? if the kwamis are living concepts then what could their distant cousins be?

How can someone break a miraculous? How can someone absorb that power and put it in a piece of jewelry?

Imagine if Gabriel experimented with the miraculous to make permanent Akumas, imagine if someone used the miraculous to make weapons? We know the power of the miraculous can be transported through technology so why isn’t there Cataclysm/tiger miraculous powered canons yet?

The possibility’s are there but is a lot of wasted potential

My biggest letdown was knowing a single sentimonster destroyed the order of the guardians of the miraculous when their job is to defeat the miraculous yet a simple sentimonster they themselves have written in the book killed them all

Imagine if a rouge kwami escaped because of feast and then destroyed the guardians. We could have a potential antagonist which we know is dangerous since it killed all the guardians and we know how powerful kwamis are

Seriously a kwami has a villain is a 100% times more threatening and interesting has a final threat than Lila or Gabriel. It also makes sense to have has a final Thanos like threat to defeat if they want to make Gabriel relatable. Also lila is a kid so making her the unredeemable monster and not Gabriel would be like fuel for Chloe stans to point out the classic “adult? Redeemable. Teenager? EVIL” everyone is angry for since season 3 ended

With the concept of the Miraculous being used through history, you can do one of two things:

Use it to flesh out the mythology of the world and explain how the Miraculous affected history while furthering the story.

Just cut loose and connect Miraculous to all kinds of historical events, making it clear it was done to just have fun with the concept.

Instead, all the show does is occasionally mention that the Miraculous have been used throughout history while focusing on the modern conflict. I get why that's more important, but if you're going to introduce something like the idea of Joan of Arc using a Miraculous, do more to explain how history changed as a result.

The idea of a rogue Kwami could also be interesting, as most of the Kwamis are one-dimensional characters who do nothing but spout random advice and screw around when they're not being used. Too bad we needed to give Gabriel three different villain identities instead.

[artzychic27]

2000s Powerpuff Girls quotes?

Monarch: Splendidly evil, isn’t it?

Evillustrator: Evil? How about stupid?! Yes, thanks to your foolishness, we will be reduced to nothing! Nothing! Like the amount of intelligence inside your head! Nothing! Like the amount of respect I get after five seasons on this show!

—

Gabriel: No! You are not the more evil parent, you are the more stupid parent, which makes you unfit to control your sentimonster!

Tomoe: Is not so!

Gabriel: Is so!

Tomoe: Not so!

Gabriel: Is so!

Tomoe: Not so!

Gabriel: Is so!

Tomoe: Not so!

Gabriel: Is so!

Tomoe: Not so!

Adrien/Kagami: SHUT UP!

Adrien: We don’t care which one of you is more eviler, or more stupider, or whateverer!

—

Reshma: Hey, you haven’t lost just yet. You’ve just been attacking the problem from the wrong angle. Listen. What do boys fear more than anything in the world?

Sabrina: … Bugs?

Chloe: No, Sabrina. That’s what you’re afraid of.

Sabrina: Oh, yeah.

Reshma: Look, you girls have what boys fear most. Instead of fighting, try being nice.

Akuma Class Girls: What?!

Reshma: You know. “Nice”.

Rose: *Giggles*

Marinette: Oh! I get it!

Alix: Ew, gross!

—

Max: *After pulling the lever for the hundredth time, everything goes back to normal* Hmm… No. *About the pull the lever again*

Kim: NO! WAIT, NO!

Alix: That’s right! That’s right!

Max: *Cheekily* Hee hee hee.

—

Ladybug: We girls gotta look out for each other!

Ryuko: Oh, really? *She, Rena Rouge, and Purple Tigress step out from the shadows* Was Volpina looking out for me when she stabbed me with my own sword?

Purple Tigress: Was she looking out for me when she broke my arm?

Rena Rouge: Was she looking out for me when she stole my look? *Purple Tigress and Ryuko look at her strangely* … Well, she did!

—

Cosette: *Glaring at Lila* I can’t take another day of this!

Ismael: Yeah! And just look at what she’s done to Marc!

Marc: *In the fetal position* I’m not a lanky crybaby. I’m not a lanky crybaby. I’m not a lanky crybaby.

—

Simon: *After the Lie-based sentimonster shrinks* Well, I’m all out of lies.

Lacey: Me, too.

Simon: Your turn, Marc.

Marc: … *Whistles innocently*

Aurore: Come on! We did it!

Jean: Just tell the truth!

Denise: We’re counting on you.

Mireille: We can’t do it without you.

Marc: … All right! All right! I’m the one who accidentally poured salt in your coffees! I’m the one who drank the juice straight out of the carton! I’m the one who didn’t wipe up the pen ink! And I’m the one who left the toilet seat up and blamed it on Ismael!

Cosette: What?

Reshma: What?

Ismael: What was that last thing?

—

Ismael: Well, how do you know it’s a girl?

Alix: Squirrels eat nuts, stupid!

—

Austin Q: Don’t worry, M. Grotke. I was an accident, too.

—

Marinette: I guess we shouldn't judge someone by what they look like.

Rose: Even if they're as ugly as you.

—

Nathaniel: What are we gonna do?

*Later*

Nathaniel: *Wearing Austin Q’s clothes and some platform sneakers* Well, how do I look?

Austin Q: *In his underwear* Boy, do you look dumb!

Ivan: Need we say more?

—

Austin B: For a second there, I thought you were turning all sappy on us.

Austin A: Yeah, and “dumb”? Jeez, Quinny, if you’re gonna do graffiti, at least spell the words right. Sheesh! Talk about dumb.

Austin T: Yeah, what a dum-bee.

—

Adrien: So, that was actually you in front of the school?

Nathaniel: Uh-huh.

Kim: Which means you ate that cockroach?!

Nathaniel: Mm-hmm.

Austin A: Yeah, and it was really disgusting! I almost blew chunks!

Nino: *Runs into the classroom* Dude! I could barely contain myself hiding in the closet!

Adrien: Nino, Nath ate a cockroach!

Nino: *Gags* Dude. I am so sorry.

Nathaniel: That’s okay. It tasted like chicken.

—

*Guys Sleepover at Adrien’s house!*

Max: I’m sure it was just a one time thing, and everything will be back to normal tomorrow morning. Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going to get some rest. Goodnight.

Narrator: The City of Paris-!

*The guys stare at a wet spot on the bed*

Narrator: Oh, not again!

Kim: See, Ivan?! I knew it was you!

Ivan: Oh, yeah? How do you know it wasn’t Adrien?

Adrien: Kim, I bet it was you! You were the first one to point the finger!

Kim: Oh, yeah? Well Nino was the most distracted yesterday!

Nino: Oh, really? Well, Nathaniel has more problems than all of us combined!

Max: True.

Nathaniel: Oh, thats funny! Coming from the guy who slept right in the middle of the bed!

Nino: WHAT?!

—

Jagged: Uh… How do we do that?

Pigella: Well, how do you think?

Mme. Bustier: I would use my superpowers!

Jagged: Or a Mirage!

Nora: That’s stupid! Use Sublimation!

CapriKid: Oh my God. You people don’t have superpowers like us, so you have to use your own normal powers! Now, how do you get a sentimonster to stop destroying your town?

Jagged: Destroy him!

Citizens: Yes! Destroy him!

Roi Singe: Good. But how are you going to destroy him?

Jagged: … We don’t know!

Citizens: Yes! We don’t know!

Purple Tigress: Well, the sentimonster is stuck in the electrical wires, so what doesn’t mix well with electricity?

Mme. Bustier: Uh… Feet!

Bob Roth: Frankenstein!

Jagged: A rubber chicken!

Miraculous Heroes: *Facepalm*

Rooster Bold: This is going to be tougher than I thought.

Ladybug: Let’s try this another way.

Chat Noir: Got it. Hey! Why shouldn’t you put a toaster in a bathtub?!

Anarka: Well, duh! You wouldn’t be able to make toast in the kitchen!

M. Ramier: Yeah. You would have to go to the bathroom every time you you wanted toast. What a waste of time!

Viperion: … Why shouldn’t you put a toaster in a bathtub full of WATER?!

M. Ramier: Because your toast would get soggy!

Jagged: So! If we can get the sentimonster to take a bath… Then his toast will get soggy!

Mme. Bustier: Yeah! That’s how we destroy him! Get his toast soggy!

Carapace: NO! What would happen if YOU were in a bathtub when the toaster fell in?!

Nadja: Um, you, uh… Get shocked?

Miraculous Heroes: Yes! Now you have it!

Jagged: So! If we can get the sentimonster to take a bath, then he will get shocked!

Roger: But where are we going to find a bathtub to fit the sentimonster?

Nadja: And where do we get a toaster?

Mme. Bustier: Do you have a toaster?

Nadja: I don’t have a toaster.

Jagged: Does anyone have a toaster?!

Ryuko: There’s another way! You already have your toaster! It’s the electrical wire wrapped around the sentimonster! Now, what do you fill a bathtub with?

Citizens: Water?

Pegasus: Very good!

Firefighter: *Holding a hose* Where the heck are we going to get that much water?

Miraculous Heroes: Figure it out!

[depressed-teacup-inc]

It’s “assassinate Nino’s character” hours

Hey so you know how miraculous does this thing where it will release a whole bunch of episodes except one super fast, and usually the one unreleased episode holds important info for the plot or has something upsetting happen in it?

So this is this episode, they ruined Nino again

Ok first of all, before y’all ask, I’m not upset at Nino for saying that he and Alya used to be carapace and Rena Rouge. Literally everyone but Ladybug and Chat Noir were revealing identities AND LITERALLY ALIX INFORMED THE ENTIRE CLASS THAT SHE WAS LEAVING TO BE A SUPERHERO, so it’s fine that he’s talking about it, because frankly, if everyone in fucking Paris can know someone’s hero identity and still have them be a hero, then the identity rule doesn’t fucking matter and they should MOVE THE FUCK ON FROM THIS PLOT

Also the audacity of these two for getting angry at Nino telling Adrien his identity after he was already caught by Hawkmoth, WHEN MARINETTE AKA LADYBUG AKA THE ENFORCER OF EVERYTHING IDENTITY RULE REVEALED HERSELF TO ALYA

But I digress moving on~

I’m upset at Nino (or well. The plot assassinating Nino’s character for conflict) because he legit forced all his friends to try to akumatize someone he already knows is volatile and can hurt his friends, and said this to Adrien (which hey might be true ngl, but still dude, dick fucking move)

I understand that the show needed a conflict for this episode and a way to “uncover” how Monarch grants powers (which btw why the fuck was it magic lightning?! They could’ve literally just shown the akuma with an accent color corresponding to a miraculous and say he’s transferring powers using the butterfly miraculous, aka THE MIRACULOUS OF TRANSMISSION?! Literally that’s what they should’ve done in the first place with season 5 but I digress) but Nino seriously did not need to be such a cunt for this episode to work? Nino did not need to involve Adrien in this knowing he would get in trouble, or he could’ve tried to track all the parents, because parent-teacher conferences are already a big stress, and then when Gabriel catches them, he’d be “mad”.

Which speaking of, before I hear anyone blame Lila for why that plan didn’t fucking work, LILA DOES NOT KNOW GABRIEL IS MONARCH! The plan didn’t work because it was idiotic, and considering how her character is constantly made worse and worse and everyone is made dumber and dumber just make marinette look like a beautiful innocent victim in comparison(they reset the characters again, Adrien and Alya are not suspicious at all), I’m less angry at her and more tired of the writing of the show. She didn’t purposely say it to help monarch, but the show will just claim she did because apparently she’s worse then the terrorist now (and make her a spy for Monarch on the resistance, and again “marinette is always right because she’s the best and people should always listen to her”)

Everything else this episode was more or less alright or annoying, the rings are still idiotic and don’t make sense, Marinette stop making everything about yourself and acting high and mighty, YOU WERE LITERALLY THE FIRST PERSON VOTING FOR THIS PLAN, DON’T GO AND LECTURE NINO LIKE YOU WEREN’T A PART OF THIS! And also not everything is about your love life, Adrien got in trouble because you encouraged an idiotic plan that would hurt him, this has nothing to do with your “love”

Also Gabriel… fuck I’m scared of what the show is gonna do.

This episode finally addresses why Gabriel has been suddenly a housewife, but it still doesn’t make sense???? Like Gabriel says that the reason he wants to have more meals and quality time spent with Adrien is because he feels bad for neglecting him, and wants to make things better again, But when Adrien mentioned not liking the alliance, Gabriel half threatened him? Saying “hey if you want to go to how things used to be if you’re so unhappy with my invention, be my guest” like god I don’t trust you

And like? I still don’t understand Gabriel’s motive? Like I think they tried to address that with Passion saying it has something to do with him getting cataclysmed??? But what would that have to do with anything? Gabe finally acknowledged the inevitability of death and wants to be nice?

And the thing is, that implies that either:

A. This is some sort of big manipulative plan we don’t understand yet, or…

B. Gabriel, after what happened in this show, is getting a redemption arc.

And I swear to god. I already mentioned my fear of the show trying to redeem him and claim he’s innocent and really just did all of this for his family, but considering that fact he’s an actual terrorist that tried to shoot a missile in New York, and that he gets sidetracked from saving Emilie to just hunting all the miraculous and being a generic villain??

Like bro you had the chance to maybe redeem him for his actions in season 2, but now he’s just a bad abusive guy that ignored and abused and manipulated his son for the sake of power, AND IF THE SHOW IS TRYING TI WRITE OFF WHAT HE DID LIKE THEY DID TO JAGGED AND HAVE EVERYONE FORGIVE HIM I WILL START A MOTHERFUCKING RIOT (I STILL DON’T FORGIVE JAGGED)

But yeah that’s the episode, despite everything, I’m glad Adrien has the illusion of a normal family for one second.

[laura-apexart]

Day 11 7.18.23

Bike Tour 

Guide was a former journalist who had lived in South America for 28? Years and Bogota for 18? 

Probably 25 people on the bike tour were from Holland, Mexico, England, Ireland,–and at first what felt more dangerous than biking in the crowded streets with traffic and pedestrians was the bikers–us–all starting and stopping and having different skills…

Some landmarks that stand out: 

Fifth tallest building in South America crowd funded by public and never finished -is empty and in downtown Bogota 

Pablo Escabar -had a zoo outside of bogota with inbred hippos -now Colombia has a hippo problem–Overpopulated-movement to castrate them 

Bull fighting stadium, next to planetarium, built with Arabic architectural influence 

Testicles of bull who dies in the fight (or human -joke) - fed in soup –

Spectacle of violence in a city with such a violent history -stopped during pandemic-movement by younger generations to stop the tradition-stadium will likely turn into a concert hall or space for public activities etc. 

Street art-some officially sanctioned by city others done rouge or without permits

Cemetery where outlines of figures drawn to represent the hundreds of innocent civilians killed by paramilitary who dressed them up as gorillas to bring to government who promised them vacations or bonus as a reward. 

Fruit market —like monkey’s we gathered around the vendor who had a panoply of fruits and was cutting them all open for us to sample getting drunk off of fruit

Went back to Biblioteca Pública El Tunal Gabriel García Márquez to watch the film kings of comedy with Robert dinero -directed by Martin Scorsese -in English with  Spanish subtitles 

RD seems like a real icon here because of Scarface and he was such an irritating character-interesting because the theater was mostly filled with older men . 

On way home transferring between Transmilenio stops as I got off another bus on opposite side of road pulled up and as doors opened everyone started rushing out screaming and there was a man with a big knife waving it around and he rushed onto the platform-it was pretty scary and he was pretty close like 12 feet away initially so like everyone else I ran to get further away but didn’t know if I should leave the station because it was in an unfamiliar neighborhood-kept thinking of all the violence that happens in nyc subway stations (mental health crisis ) or any big city, but scary when it’s all so unfamiliar-the language, the station-I ended up standing close to the opposite entrance next to a very kind woman and we kinda comforted each other -the man with the knife was dressed like everyone else in street clothes—the station security guards and police came and I guess it was a fight between the guy with the knife and another guy who they were holding back. So not random, targeted at a specific person, who knows over what, but the lunging and not knowing is scary! Exhausted, heightened adrenaline, body shaking. 

Intense after two days of tours all around the city that emphasized the layers of violence and corruption and all the innocent victims who have been killed–but  that is different and everything is so layered and complicated with so many sides.

[mydrawndream]

[monsieur-de-paris]

Henri & Gabriel

[spiritmoodboards]

Platonic Moodboard for Henri Sanson (Innocent Rouge), Snow White (Snow, Glass, Apples), and Gabrielle Sanson (Innocent Rouge) siblings/being exposed to extreme violence at a young age/loving their father/red/violet themes For @neverendingsuburbia c: Hope you like the look!

We're closed for now, thank you!

[unpunishablelamb]

What are your Subulya (Subyss x Nicolas) headcanons?

Subyss x Nicolas Headcanons

-I feel like Nicolas cares more about Subyss than the other way around

-They probably started their dubious „relationship“ in their teens

-Nicolas was foolishly in love with them until he realised that he won’t be able to „fix“ Subyss and that he wouldn’t shy away from being abusive towards him as well

-Because he was so blinded by his feelings for Subyss he realised this relatively late

-I headcanon this to be the reason for why Nicolas is somewhat salty in the others presence

-Still he is just a man after all and he hooks up with Subyss infrequently when they get the chance to do so, hardly ever sober however so he can blame it on the alcohol

-Subyss does care for Nicolas to a degree but it’s not genuine in any way

-To him the executioner is a fun way to pass time and to get rid of the nagging boredom, plus he is pretty and Subyss horny

-Subyss knows that the other is enticed by his flamboyance and cruelty even though he won’t admit it, this only fuells the torturers desire to shock him and see how far he can push Nicolas boundaries

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

Finally ready to talk about the Grimoire. So in Volpina we see Adrien take the book, Lila steals it and throws it away, then Marinette takes it. In between episodes his dad finds out and comes up with his whole plan. He believes that if Adrien lost the book at school then someone will connect it to him and that Gabriel must be Hawkmoth. Makes sense so far. So he akumatizes himself so that people can’t think he’s Hawkmoth. Move to when Ladybug is telling Chat about that Gabriel is Hawkmoth. Gabriel apparently made his logo a butterfly even though he’s only been Hawkmoth for a few months, so that’s probably a coincidence. Unless Hawkmoth appeared and then changed his logo a few days later. We see Gabriel is watching them and goes keikaku dori. Funny enough the logic they use to fake his innocence is the same logic Light uses, except there L knew it was crap. Hold on though, Gabriel just watched Ladybug suspect him, she doesn’t give a reason why but the timing must mean that she has the Grimoire or at least saw it. Well if Adrien lost it while he was at school then that means Ladybug must have seen it there. Go back to Pharoah where Alya shows that Ladybug has the same book as her, which with a small amount of research, is only given to Francis Dupoint. Gabriel does watch the Ladyblog as we see in Feast, so it’s reasonable that he could suspect Ladybug at least goes there. Since Kwamibuster hasn’t happened yet we can let that whole thing go…for now. So that’s two dots that connect Ladybug to Adriens school. Cut to the end of the episode where Marinette returns the book to Gabriel. She tells him that she saw it at school and “borrowed” it. This teenage girl who goes to Adriens school has returned the book that connects me to Hawkmoth. Ladybug suspected me likely due to the book. Well better never think of this again. Like bruh what!? That’s three dots connecting you to the school, and to this girl. In Syren, Hawkmoth learns that the heroes are using elemental powerups, which he knows is in the Grimoire. Hmm what a coincidence that they happened to learn it after Marinette returned the book to you, it’s not like photos exist. Oh wait in Miracle Queen you learned that Fu has an iPad with photos of the books pages. But how could the Guardian only have a digital copy and not a physical like mine…oh wait. Another two dots. Then a few episodes later that girls best friend becomes Rena Rouge, which you don’t find out until later but still, another dot. In Gang of Secrets Ladybug even tells Lady Wifi that Alya is her close friend. Another Marinette connection. And if someone says that Gabriel can’t know that Marinette and Alya are close, Sentibubbler and Optigami beg to differ. That and Kwamibuster makes 7 dots. There might be more but you get the idea. From The Collector going forward Gabriel should have been suspicious of Marinette. He suspected Adrien for a lot less. Two times can be coincidence, but that many? Hawkmoth should have been jumping Marinette since Season 2.

I guess with Marinette and Ladybug, Gabriel didn’t draw some connections, like maybe he thought the power-ups were made by Ladybug since she has the knowledge of the Grimoire herself, or how someone else could have backed up the data on the Grimoire before Gabriel got it.

I do get that the show has a lot of plot holes regarding Marinette’s connection with Ladybug, but then again, Marinette just gave up looking for Hawkmoth’s identity after her first lead reached a dead end.

[gale-gentlepenguin]

ML Prompt: Snekmouse

So Ladybug is very suspicious of Gabriel due to some interesting coincidences and wants to investigate the Agreste mansion.

Chat noir is naturally apprehensive (pointing out the last time they tried to investigate)

Ladybug points out that if it IS dangerous, their miraculous would be in danger. 

Chat noir points out that they should pick two other people to investigate. That way they can have people look into the mansion with fresh eyes and no risk to the ladybug and Cat miraculous

Ladybug agrees, but also knows that there were a few people that Hawkmoth would know the identity of and that they can't be included.

“So that cuts out Viperion, Ryuuko, Rena Rouge, King monkey, Pegasus, and Carapace.”

“We need two people that have experience with the miraculous, and that Hawkmoth doesn't know the identity of.”

“Multimouse” Chat noir calls out.

Ladybug was about to immediately decline the idea, but this also works out. Since she would have access to the investigation and she would be able to use other miraculous should something go wrong.

“Okay, that works. Especially with Multimouse being perfect for stealth.”

“Awesome.” Chat noir smiles, happy that he can trust one of the heroes on the mission. He knows marinette will be impartial.

Ladybug thinks about who the other hero should be.

“Aspik.” Ladybug states.

“Aspik?” Chat noir says in confusion. Which works out since he isn't suppose to know who Aspik is.

“Remember how during our fight with Desperada I was looking for Adrien?”

“Isn't he viperion?” Chat noir lied. He knew it was Luka.

“No thats Luka. Anyway. Adrien has a ton of experience with the snake miraculous. Unfortunately he wasn't perfect for that situation. But I have a feeling that he could work with this. Since he knows the mansion inside and out.”

“But... would he agree?”

“I think if it helps prove his father innocence he would.”

Chat noir nodded. That was a fair point. His civilian identity was a perfect choice, this mission is about proving innocence not guilt. Plus, he did want to work together with Marinette again.

“Okay, so Aspik.”

“I’ll reach out to each of them tomorrow night. I will inform them of the details and if they are both willing to do it. We go through with the investigation.”

[lumienn]

A Recipe for Disaster- Part 1

This story is a part of my 3D Divergence AU, and continues directly after my oneshot for Felix month (which you can find here). I'm continuing with the same AU for @felinettenovember! I wrote this well in advance, so it doesn't exactly follow the daily prompts for this month. Still, I had fun writing this and I hope you enjoy!

First | Next

-------------

“Adrien, no.”

“Adrien, yes.”

“This is not going to work.”

Adrien pursed his lips, dabbing concealer under his cousin’s eyes. “Why not? You did it yourself last time.”

“Because last time,” Felix gritted out, “we actually looked similar enough without needing all this bullshit.”

The mirror confirmed Felix’s statement. The two boys used to be like two peas in a pod… before puberty hit. Well, more specifically- puberty hit Felix, with all the subtlety and grace of a bag of bricks. Adrien still had his soft features and his trademark round-cheeked, rosy look. Even though he’d grown some and his voice had deepened in the past year, he still looked like Adrien.

Felix was a different story.

He had gone from being Adrien’s twin, to someone who could now realistically be considered his brother, or even cousin if you didn’t look too closely. Not bad, just different. Different enough that he would not be able to pull this switch off.

“Stop frowning, you’re creasing the concealer.” Adrien chided.

“Why did I agree to this?”

“You owe me one. Now look-” Adrien turned Felix’s chair to the mirror. “What do you think?”

He looked exactly like himself, but without the dark circles.

“Unsettling. Still not you.”

“You will be in a bit. Stay still.”

Felix grumbled, but resigned to his fate. It was too early in the day to start fighting. Besides, as unpleasant as this was, even he had to admit it was fair. He meant his apology to Adrien last year and his promise to do better. And if it meant taking Adrien’s place in school for a day while his cousin got some much-needed sleep, well. At least it was for someone’s good.

Still, it was mildly disturbing that Adrien had a high-quality Adrien-wig lying around.

And a pot of peachy rouge called ‘Adri-blush’ which claimed to be his exact shade.

And prosthetics.

They did the job, though. By the time Adrien was through, Felix felt like he’d gone back in time. There were two Adriens in the mirror, the real one looking pale and ready to drop (but still beaming proudly) and the very convincing fake in Adrien’s day clothes.

Felix practiced some expressions in the mirror. Neutral, mildly interested, mildly upset, confused and his personal favourite- the very innocent ‘who, me?’ wide-eyed look which was guaranteed to get him out of pretty much any trouble. Too bad Adrien never used it for its intended purpose. That kid was too sincere for his own good (especially now that he was stuck alone with his dry breadstick of a father).

As if reading his mind, Adrien punched him in the arm. “Don’t even think about it.”

Felix grinned but said nothing. Instead, he double-checked Adrien’s outfit (navy blue silk pajamas), handed him some hair gel and a comb. Adrien didn’t need quite as much of a transformation, since he was going to be asleep for most of the day anyway. No one would give him a second look.

“Felix. I’m serious.” Adrien looked him in the eye. “You are going to school as me today, don’t get me in trouble.”

“Relax, I won’t.” Felix said. “And go get some sleep. You’ll faint if you stand there for two more seconds.”

---

Breakfast at the Agreste’s was… interesting. His mother was there, but Gabriel was not. She didn’t notice anything amiss as he wished ‘Aunt Amelie’ a good morning and grabbed a sandwich off the table. He was running late so he didn’t have to stay there and eat.

Riding in the car with both the secretary and the driver/bodyguard was new. And very quiet. The secretary was looking at her phone the entire time, but he still felt like she was keeping an eye on him somehow. Like if he so much as breathed wrong, Gabriel would hear about it.

He was altogether relieved when he finally stepped out of the car.

---

The classroom was almost full when he entered, much to his relief. There was only one empty bench located at the back. This suited him perfectly. He had no intention of actually listening to any of Adrien’s classes (nor would Adrien mind, he had private tutors teaching him the exact same thing in depth), he was just here to keep the status quo.

He slid into the seat behind a tall, bulky boy and a tiny girl with blonde braids. Everyone seemed vaguely familiar. He had seen their videos to Adrien last year, after all. But he didn’t know their names.

A Black boy in the second row waved at him. Felix smiled and waved back easily, remembering him as the “Bros always look out for each other!” guy. He was in a few of Adrien’s pictures in his room. He reminded Felix of his own friend Allan, an amateur music producer who often wore his headphones like that. Next to the boy, a red haired girl turned to him and waved too. She had also sent a video message last year.

And so had the other kids who were also greeting him.

The smile stayed on, more forced than it should have felt, as he waved back.

---

The teacher, Mme. Bustier (Felix tried his hardest to keep a straight face at that) was just starting her lesson when a girl ran in.

Correction: the girl who confessed to Adrien via deleted video message ran in.

“Sorry!” she gasped at the teacher. “I was going to be on time today! I started out early and everything but I realized I forgot to bring my homework- and there was so much traffic- and then I almost got hit by a car in front of the police so they made me stop and made the driver apologize and-”

“Marinette, it’s alright!” The teacher said, clearly alarmed. “Go take your seat and catch your breath.”

“T-thank you, Mme. Bustier.” the girl said, shoulders relaxing. She glanced around the classroom. Felix realized that he was the only one without a seatmate at the exact same moment she did. She stared at the empty spot next to him, and then at him, and then back again. Her cheeks, already flushed by the run up the stairs, grew even more pink.

Yep, she still had a crush.

Their eyes met.

Felix raised an eyebrow and indicated the seat next to him. Not that this wasn’t entertaining, but the class had gone pin drop silent and everyone was watching them intently. Except Mme. Bu- no, abort, the teacher, who was writing something on the blackboard. Any more scrutiny on him and someone might catch onto something.

The girl continued staring at him. Had his invitation earlier not been enough? Or maybe he was scaring her off. If he felt annoyed, he probably looked annoyed too. His poker face still needed some work.

He had to look friendly and welcoming. But not too welcoming, or she may never leave him alone. He pulled out mildly interested with a smile and a wave, hoping to God that his impression skills would pull through.

Given that Adrien didn’t even tell him anyone's names, he was on thin fucking ice.

She blinked, returned the smile and waved shyly. Then she finally came over to him.

“A-Adrien, hi! Mood gorning!”

“Top of the morning to you too, Marinette.”

---

Felix could now safely tick two points off a list of things he never really thought he’d do: attending a coed day school and sitting next to a girl who had a crush on him. Or, well, who he was supposed to be.

The first point was not too different from his usual classroom experience. A lot less raucous maybe, and he hadn’t heard a single innuendo all morning, but it was every bit as nosy as his own classroom. Every time the teacher’s back was turned, at least five people would gawk at him. He didn’t like it at all. Not just because he was in disguise today, but in general. He hated being watched.

The second was… rather nice, actually. His choice of seat put them next to an open window. Felix sat on the aisle side and Marinette by the window. Unlike the boys in his class, she didn’t scrawl on the desk, or elbow him in the ribs, or arrange her bag on his half of their seat. She didn’t clap him on the back loudly while sniggering at jokes that stopped being funny when he was 12.

She just sat there, occasionally glancing at her friends in the front and communicating with them via eyebrows. She also looked at him sometimes. When he glanced back, she would look away, often accompanied by a little blunder, like her pen scribbling a zigzag or her elbow hitting the back of their seat.

It was rather endearing.

And as an added bonus, she smelled nice.

But things started to sour sooner than he expected.

For one, there were little breaks in between each class where one teacher left and another came in. And that quickly turned into a game of who-can-stare-at-Felix-and-Marinette-the-longest. Accompanied with a lot of whispers and giggles.

And secondly, Marinette herself stopped smiling. When their eyes met during the third interval, she didn’t look away. She didn’t smile or stutter. She just kept looking at him, a frown developing between her eyebrows.

And then the realization clicked.

"You're Fe-"

[miraculouscontent]

Didn’t Need Burrow (April 24th-May 3rd)

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Marinette is exposed to the world as Ladybug by the end of the series. This is largely so Adrien gets to bask in everyone knowing that HE ended up with Paris' protector on his arm, emphasizing her status as a trophy that he won.

This feels too likely, I hate it.

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: After being badgered into trusting her with the Fox, Marinette tries to convince Alya that she can't expose herself as Rena Rouge any further, and should take advantage of the Fox's long-range capabilities to stay hidden. Alya dismisses the danger; if she tries hiding at all, it doesn't take long to reveal herself, claiming it's unheroic to hide. Shadowmoth then targets her personally, with Marinette taking the blame.

I WOULD EXCUSE THE FOX THING IF IT STAYED LONG RANGE BUT I’M WAITING FOR THEM TO RUIN IT

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Rather than outing Ladybug, Alya reveals *herself* as Rena Rouge. She claims that this is fine since Hawkmoth already knows her secret identity... and besides, it gives the LadyBlog more cred!

Because why not I guess, the bar for her is already so low.

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Marinette will be forced to give up Guardianship/go through the memory wipe... but continue as Ladybug. This is mined for Sadrien AND resets LadyNoir; she no longer recalls all the annoying shit he's pulled, offering a fresh start. May lead into Reversed Rectangular Romance with Chat Noir pining after the old Ladybug while she develops a crush on her brooding partner. He's so ~dark~ and ~mysterious~ and gives her such ~wistful looks~!

Marinette gets to give up guardianship but at what cost. (also, that last line about Chat being dark and brooding)

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: In a Shocking Twist, Emilie is revealed to have been evil and manipulative like Chloe/Lila, and presented as solely responsible for her husband's jerkassery. This sets up GabNath as endgame with Gabriel absolved for all his misdeeds. (Any similarities between Emilie and her son's behavior are summarily ignored.)

Because Adrien is male, obviously. He gets a pass.

Anonymous said:

Didn't need the Burrow: A lot of Adrien's supposed childhood friendship with Chloe was actually with Zoe. Which is supposed to give the new character some instant connections and serves as another proof of Chloe being irredeemable. Bonus: Marinette finds out and whether or not she spills the beans, it will be something she'll get called out for.

So, either a retcon or Adrien comes off as even more of a liar in “Origins.”

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Su-Han will tell Marinette outright that her responsibilities mean she's not allowed to be happy. This is used to garner sympathy for HIM - Isn't it sad how his duties have completely consumed his life? Clearly he needs help learning how to unwind and relax! Meanwhile Mari's drowning in the background, but this isn't about HER, now is it?

I’M SO SAD

WHYYY

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Adrien discovers Gabriel's secret and hides the truth, forbidding Plagg from telling anyone. Not just to protect his father/family, but because he's not ready to stop being Chat Noir. No villains means no reason for heroes, and he doesn't even know his lady's secret identity yet--! Naturally, his reasoning is treated as totally understandable and sympathetic, even as he enables the conflict to continue indefinitely.

“CHAT BLANC” VERSION 2.0 I HATE IT DX

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Hawk/Shadowmoth starts aiming to *kill* the exposed/temp heroes in order to prevent them from potentially joining battles. This only happens during akuma fights (so that it falls upon Ladybug to 'set things right' with her powers). Chat Noir makes minimal (if any) effort to protect them, relying upon his 'partner' to carry the day instead and bring them back.

Ladybug: *trying to save everyone*

Chat Noir: *filing his claws in the background*

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Marinette will be pressured to make others permanent heroes and let them have their Miraculi full-time. This sets up for Hawkmoth to eventually get his hands on the Miracle Box, meaning any Miraculi that haven't been distributed are now in the villains' clutches. Not only does this dramatically cut down her pool of allies, Marinette gets to be guilt-stricken over failing all her duties and not listening to their demands while she had the chance.

Marinette, you’re such a fAilUrE as guardian!!

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Zoe will turn out to be another love interest for Adrien - only it's as the New-Bee with *Chat Noir*, enabling the dreaded Reversed Romo-Rhombus dynamic with Ladybug becoming jealous of their chemistry.

girls are such jealous types, haven’t you guys heard? :)

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Ladybug gets a new default look (for the sake of selling more ML merch in Real Life), trading the spotted onesie for another form-fitting spandex suit that 'highlights her feminine charms' even more. This is treated as a sign of her 'growing up'.

wow i hate it

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Alya shipping Marinette with both Adrien and Chat Noir after finding out her identity.

I am 100% not here for shipping shenanigans.

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Alya will be responsible for leading Lila to suspect that Marinette and Ladybug are connected. Though Alya may actually *realize* that she slipped up, she won't warn Marinette about the potential security breach, not wanting her to get upset/any more paranoid than she already is.

And of course, this will be used to make people “sympathize” with her. See, she cAreS about Marinette’s feelings, how can you be mad at her for this??

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: There will be more plots where Marinette's 'lesson of the week' is that she must learn how to better control and suppress her emotions, and that she is literally not ALLOWED to be upset because Hawk/Shadowmoth will win if she does. At the same time, Adrien is encouraged to marinate in his own unhappiness over Ladybug not giving in to his advances. If the danger involved ever comes up, it's presented as purely Ladybug/Marinette's fault for rejecting him.

I’m starting to think some of you are ZAG insiders because wow that sounds likely. DX

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: A recurring theme in episodes featuring the 'girl squad' will be Marinette meddling too much, as her efforts to help them cross boundaries THEY aren't comfortable with. If she dares to bring up their past insistence that friends don't keep secrets, they'll call her out as a hypocrite while refusing to acknowledge their own hypocrisies.

“Marinette’s boundaries? Who??? No, Marinette, what about THEIR boundaries???” - the writers

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Adrien will feel sorry for Chloe and regret the role he played in her losing her Miraculous. This is mainly a vehicle to help explain why everything that went wrong with her/Queen Bee is totally, 100% Marinette/Ladybug's fault, along with showing how forgiving Adrien is and how he 'sees the best in everyone', and is clearly right to do so. Bonus: this is combined with him distrusting the NewBee for not being Chloe/making her jealous.

*sigh*

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Chloe will get akumatized out of anger over the New Bee, and Ladybug is blamed for her insensitivity/forced to apologize to her.

I’m still stunned at the mental gymnastics they go through to make Marinette/Ladybug apologize to people.

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Su-Han will confirm the popular fan claim that Ladybug and Black Cat bearers are, in fact, soulmates/bound together by destiny. Chat Noir gleefully rubs this in Ladybug's face; her disbelief and horror is played entirely for laughs at her expense. Adrien's behavior escalates further afterwards, bolstered by the knowledge that it doesn't matter how shitty he gets, as she belongs to him regardless.

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: In addition to confirming the notion that Ladybugs and Black Cats are 'meant to be', it's revealed that other Miracli are destined soulmates, like Foxes and Turtles or Butterflies and Peacocks, and other random Miraculi pairings that 'coincidentally' align with various official ships.

brb, need to step away to scream on my porch

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: At least one episode will have Marinette mess up a potion, preventing her and the other heroes from enjoying its benefits during a big fight. This is blamed either on her anxiety causing her to overthink it or on her being a poor student, lamenting the fact that she didn't have more time with Master Fu. (Bonus if Su-Han takes advantage of this to slam Fu; extra bonus points if Mari defends him by insisting *she* was the one who screwed up, not her master.)

It’s like a main course of Marinette blame, oh my god.

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Su-Han will make various sexist comments about Marinette and the other heroines, implying that they were all poor choices Because Girl. Since nothing says 'Girl Power' like insisting they must prove themselves to doubtful men who will never fully accept them. After all, Marinette is the only one who ever learns lessons; therefore, Su-Han will never grow out of his 'old-fashioned views'.

And when the writers are called out, they’ll go, “bUt hE’s jUst oLd fAshiOned”

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Adrien gets his Ring revoked by Su-Han for misbehavior. This is depicted as a terrible miscarriage of justice, and Marinette must convince Su-Han to return the Ring without learning who Chat Noir is. The more terrible the inciting act, the bigger the bonus points; did he skip another battle like Glaciator? Pull another Syren-level stunt? Cataclysm another innocent? Who cares? Sadrien is Sad, and that's the biggest crisis of all...

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Adrien pulls another Syren-level stunt (or worse); rather than holding him responsible, Su-Han berates Marinette for her poor leadership and failure to keep him in line. Bonus if she confides/vents to Alya afterwards only for Alya to AGREE with Su-Han that she's failed at being a good partner to Chat Noir. Fever Mode activates if Alya implies Marinette's failure is due to her inability to admit her feelings for Chat Noir and/or confess to Adrien.

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Alya will pull an Adrien re: Lila, refusing to openly support Marinette against her. She'll claim that they need to 'gather evidence' first before exposing her to everyone. In practice, this means that Alya is willing to continue feigning ignorance, pretending that she's taken in by Lila's lies, while Marinette continues to suffer since she won't play along. Any evidence-gathering we see Alya engaging in is minimal, if she's shown doing it at all.

This is 150% one of the most accurate Alya-Lila confrontations I’ve seen from these predictions.

I hate it.

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: When confronting Lila, Alya will insist that 'Ladybug told me herself' that they aren't friends. Lila attempts to convince her that Ladybug is lying to try and protect her; this either works or spurs Alya to declare that LB 'hates liars', making her suspicious of Marinette's potential connections to the superheroine.

Alya

Alya why

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Alya will only treat Marinette with anything approaching a veneer of respect while she's Ladybug. (As in 'Transformed/wearing the spotted suit/actively superheroing'.) Her behavior towards her 'regular BFF', meanwhile, will continue to degrade.

and, as a alternative:

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Having learned that Marinette = Ladybug, Alya shows less and less respect towards the superheroine. (Not that she displayed much in the first place, but you know what they say: familiarity breeds contempt. And Alya's convinced that she knows her SO WELL, despite all signs to the contrary...)

Thanks. Hate them both. T_T

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Alya will end up outing Ladybug in a moment of anger. Though this is treated as impulsive and spur-of-the-moment, the act itself hints otherwise. (For example, she posts it on the LadyBlog; that post had to be *written up* first, and she likely had to think about what evidence she'd use to back up her claim... Not to mention if she includes pictures or video. Showing that Alya thought about it well before her 'tipping point', no matter how she claims otherwise.)

okay but you missed the part where Marinette is blamed for it--

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Tikki's comments about kwamis not understanding love are foreshadowing that they will later claim that Ladybug and Chat Noir's relationship has shown them what true love is. Because none of the other relationships they've ever seen or experienced in their long, looooooong history compare to the Four-Cornered F**kery.

Tikki sure knew a lot about love when she commented on all of Marinette’s love issues.

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Kagami will come to regret 'impulsively' breaking up with Adrien for being a lying jerkface, while Luka moves on and finds happiness with somebody else with relative ease. Because guys are allowed to move on with their lives while girls have to wallow in the miserable mires of wish-you-were-(still)-mine. Woes--!

no but see Adrien is “worthy” of love while Marinette isn’t

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Marinette is either responsible for the secret Juleka's keeping (such as trusting her with a Miraculous) or inadvertently sets Rose on its scent in the first place, making her *supposedly* responsible for the strife which follows.

We already know that it’s not Juleka’s secret at least but Marinette could absolutely still set Rose off.

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Marinette will be taught techniques/given a power-up that shuts off her emotions completely, or simply reaches the point where she figures out how to do so on her own. This is ultimately shown to be a bad thing/another mistake not because of the toll it takes on her psyche, but because the fully repressed Marinette/Ladybug no longer has any interest whatsoever in Adrien, and *we can't have THAT!*

Us getting to see Marinette not crushing on Adrien... but at what cost?

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Alya posts more embarrassing content on the LadyBlog, making it look like Ladybug keeps screwing up/making mistakes. Marinette asks her to stop, worried that she's undermining people's faith in her; Alya blows off her concerns and accuses her of getting a swelled head/becoming a 'control freak' about her image, insisting it's no big deal if people see she's human while refusing to treat her as such. (Meanwhile none of Chat Noir's mistakes/misbehavior make it onto the blog.)

“Bonus” if Alya gets particularly huffy because it’s jOunrAliSm and she’d be bIAsEd if she took down something that made her fRiEnD uNComOFTablE.

elflynns-horde-of-stuff said:

Don't need a burrow: The upcoming episode "Guiltrip" is gonna be 50% Sadrien. And we won't even get any new developments on his character for it.

so the usual

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: It's revealed that Ladybug holders are 'natural good luck charms' for everybody around them, but are punished by karmic backlash for even the *slightest* hint of selfishness (or self-consideration). Hence Marinette's whole plight, which is still presented as her fault for not being able to reach an impossibly perfect ideal. (Anything we learn about Black Cat holders, meanwhile, is purely for Agrestangst and has no bearing on anything observable within the show itself.)

Honestly, with the bad luck Marinette had in “Origins,” you’d think she’d be meant for the cat and been taught about the values of destruction and just being able to Go Off on people, or how to spin her bad luck into something good (or the black cat miraculous in general helps her channel her bad luck, such as making her Cataclysm stronger or being able to give her bad luck to others).

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: The show ends with Marinette and Adrien getting together, with Marinette declaring that everything she went through was worth it and that she's 'incredibly lucky' -- that the fact fate brought them together is 'nothing short of Miraculous!'

The sheer level at which I just cringed in immeasurable.

Anonymous said:

Didn't need the Burrow: A S5 episode will drop before S4 is finished.

Oh! Ahaha, we’ve got a wavelength, anon! I actually already added that one at some point.

Anonymous said:

Didn't need the Burrow: The series will not really make Rose/Juleka canon. They will imply it but the official language used in the episode will be "best friends". Yet on Twitter the creators will pat themselves on the back repeatedly for it

I mean, this already partially happened in “Reflekdoll” so--

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: It'll be confirmed beyond any reasonable doubt that Adrien 100% knows about Marinette's crush when he uses it to manipulate her. Plagg comments on it, and Adrien affirms that he knows, but her feelings don't compare to his own for Ladybug. ('And aren't worth sparing' goes unsaid, but is naturally implied.) Naturally, his manipulation of her is treated as 'clever', and any pain or mortification she feels as a result is just gravy.

Anonymous said:

Didn't Need Burrow: Adrien reveals to Plagg (and the audience) that he's fully aware of Marinette's crush, but refuses to acknowledge it because he doesn't want to 'crush her dreams', comparing it to how Ladybug keeps rejecting him. Making the situation entirely about HIM and how HE feels, even showing some resentment towards her for HAVING that crush for HIM to deal with. Marinette and her feelings are painted as just an ANNOYANCE that he's ignoring, heedless of the impact upon her.

wow i hate them both

thank you, both of you

</3