#it doesn't like being touched a whole lot though. it's extremely picky about it. it's easier to hold a stuffed animal instead.

[moe-broey]

Three of them

[true-blue-sonic]

There’s something my cat does all the time that makes me and my parents laugh a lot and it’s the way he almost never purrs at anyone petting him except me. My mom will sometimes be hugging him or scratching him or smoothing out his fur for a whole minute without him reacting at all, but then I put a single hand on him and he almost instantly starts purring. Heck, sometimes he DOES A DOUBLE CHECK before he starts purring, JUST TO MAKE SURE that it’s my hand and not someone else’s. He’s such a fluffy little hater bastard boy I love him

That is hilarious, haha. Especially him double-checking that it is you who is petting him before he can start purring! He's a very picky boi when it comes to his provided attention, it is obvious <3

Silver would absolutely be the same way: I think that there are only very few people where he will express happiness or contentment about getting physical attention from. He doesn't seem to be such a touchy-feely person? I don't recall a single instance from the games wherein he, like... initiates physical contact himself. In '06, Amy grabbed his hand first (and also came flying at him for a hug and smacks him, lol), Blaze puts hers on his shoulder, and Elise is handed to him by the Duke, and that is just kind of... it, if I am not missing anything. Though it doesn't help that Rivals 1 and 2 and TSR don't have actual cutscenes, just stills with texts. But even so, no mention of touch is ever made there. In fact, this is the only thing that comes to my mind right now, from Stress Test!

And that is not an affectionate cuddle or a hug, that is an emergency happening that very second. So overall, I figure Silver is not a particularly cuddle-bug person, or at least that is never shown in the games. It might be deliberate, because the games do show e.g. Amy being a hugger, fist bumps between Sonic and Tails, etcetera. But of course, when going the Espilver route, I like to think he'll be more touchy-feely with Espio (or at least that is how I like writing them; I love physical contact). Not so much in public and not extremely elaborately, but they'll hug and cuddle and kiss at times. So when someone else tries to ruffle his quills or give him a hug Silver will just let it happen, but for Espio he'll be making little chirping hedgehogs purrs <3 <3 Espio meanwhile takes pride in the fact he is the only one Silver will do that for, haha!

[pxppet]

what foods will they not touch and how do they cry for all 6 egos?? :3c

Jameson definitely is the type to have super specific foods he doesn't eat, from a mix of potential triggers and being picky. The main ones I can think of are things like grits, rice, and mashed potatoes, because those are some of the only foods Anti would buy during his captivity. Just very bland, basic foods that are cheap and instant. Eating food like that tends to trigger him.

Jameson cries without making noise aside from heavy breathing and sniffling. His throat condition stops sobs from coming out, but his face still contorts as though he is. He hugs himself and tends to curl up as small as he can to comfort himself.

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Henrik absolutely will not touch pork, and not just for kosher reasons - he's convinced himself he'll get every parasite known to man just from touching the stuff. He has health anxiety that can be nonsensical at times. He tends to get that way about most meats, and even if he does eat it, he can't prepare it by himself or touch it raw. He eats like a vegetarian due to this.

When Henrik cries, it's not fun for anyone. He tends to really cry only during panic attacks, and so that usually involves screaming until his throat is raw, throwing things at the perceived danger, hyperventilating until he throws up, etc. His whole face is soaked and covered in tears and snot. He's always incredibly embarrassed after calming down and doesn't like to talk about it.

Jackie has a lot of foods he won't touch, but to list a few: green beans, onion, mushrooms, poptarts, specifically apple jam or apple butter, eggs, and most types of fish. Jackie isn't diagnosed, but he has a lot of the symptoms of ARFID, so he has a mental list of foods he absolutely will not eat.

I've mentioned before that Jackie has barely ever cried in his life. Every time he's distressed, he tends to tell himself, 'not now, save it for later' and bottle it up. When he does cry, it's not that big of a show either. He goes very, very quiet and still, subtly shaking in place for only a few moments until he can pull himself together. Only a few tears get shed, typically, and he's insisting he's fine only moments later. When he finally does let himself cry, when he does snap in half, it's going to be rough.

Marvin will eat almost anything honestly, they're kind of a vacuum cleaner when it comes to food! But they do really hate super cold foods like ice cream after having their fangs pulled. Their mouth is too sensitive for extreme temperatures.

Anti doesn't need food to survive, so he barely eats anything typically. But he genuinely really hates fruits. They all taste too sour and strange to him. Even sweet things like peaches, he mainly tastes the acids, and it disgusts him.

Marvin is an angry crier. Their own emotions make them mad & embarrassed, so they tend to lash out while crying, hitting things and screaming at people to leave them alone. If they get to cry alone, they hide their face against something and sob very openly. They're the only one that really just lets themselves feel their feelings.

Chase is also kind of a vacuum, but he's not fond of most spicy foods. He can barely handle any spice, and so most foods of that type are untouchable to him.

Chase cries the most openly, feeling no shame about expressing his emotions. He tends to get very snotty and dramatic, babbling about whatever upset him for hours sometimes. He likes to have someone to cling onto when he cries, preferring to share in his emotions with someone who loves him.

Anti can cry, but no one except c!Jack has ever seen him do it. He gets strangely childlike and small, clining to people's clothes or a blanket. He gets a confused look on his face as if this shouldn't be happening in the first place, distant and dissociative, hugging himself and rocking in place. He tends to be out for the whole day if he gets distressed enough to cry and will need to just lay in bed resting until he can feel like himself again.

[uyathrillz]

Sam Winchester Headcanons .

Hello! This is my first post so please consider rebloging. Thank You.

Pairing : Sam Winchester x GN!Reader

Warnings : At the end theres detailed NSFW.

General:

♡ He loves to read. He's either reading something or watching some documentary. Even though his job is centered on an ungodly amount of research, It's his favorite thing to do. He finds filling his brain with unnecessary information both time filling and a good distraction from his overall struggles. He likes to read nonfiction , autobiographies, history, or even science fiction on occasion. He carries around a little notebook with all his notes in it. He literally only owns two pencils and ONE black ballpoint pens. None of his notes are remotely organized - he just writes shit down and calls it a DAY. He has no time for that.

♡ He doesn't really like to go on social media a whole lot. He says it's a waste of time. Which he isn't wrong. Though he enjoys being on Pinterest. He likes looking at different art styles (though he doesn't make any art himself), finding new recipes to try, and looking at aesthetics. He says the aesthetics make his brain happy. He'll occasionally go on TikTok because he likes to keep up with the "inside jokes".

♡ He feeds stray animals.

♡ He advocates for marginalized groups. He signs petitions for things and he tries his best of being informed of current power struggles. He has a BLM Keychain on his keys.

♡ He eats a lot. He eats very healthily and cooks on his own take the man to a Chinese restaurant and he will get at least 5 plates. Like save some for us. He's a tall guy who works out so obviously he's gonna eat a lot of protein and. Anything so,eone cooks for him he'll eat and enjoy it. He's not a picky eater considering how he ate when he was younger. . But he hates pickles.

Romantic:

◇ Acts of service is definitely his love language . He will cook and clean and do whatever is needed from him with no hesitation simply because he loves you. He takes household chores very seriously. You both spend Sunadys cleaning the house and doing laundry.

◇ He loves when you wear his clothes. It makes him feel needed.

◇ He always takes care of you and makes sure you're safe as well as happy. If the slightest thing is off he goes above and beyond to make sure you're alright.

◇ He is extremely touchy. Especially in private. He's always touching you whether your legs be touching , arms , or hands by just being next to each other.

"Could you please move? It's too hot for this."

" No I'm comfortable."

◇ "My love" "Darling" " Sweetheart"

◇ He likes to spoil you. Whether it be food, flowers or clothes.

NSFW:

♤ Filthy disrespectful sex. He likes to get you all riled up. He has no problem teasing you in public. He has no problem fucking you in the middle of the store if you decided to break a rule or be a brat.

♤ Way kinkier than he looks. That being said he takes safewords very seriously especially during roleplay concepts.

♤ The thought of his partner squirming underneath him makes him hard.

♤ He says he will be gentle then purposefully gets you extremely turned on to the point where you no longer want him to be gentle. Theres a pit in your stomach and your core is aching. Why on earth would you want him to be gentle?

♤ He has a filthy mouth. He talks about what he's going to do to you, the sounds youre making and how you make him feel. He likes to see his partner react to the smallest of things.

♤ He is godly at giving oral and using his fingers. He gives his partner purely for his own pleasure more than anything.

♤ He loves to praise his partner.

♤ He tosses his partner around in bed.

♤ The nicknames come in tenfold.

"Baby" "Doll" "Darling" "Goregous/Handsome"

and a personal favorite

"Pretty Girl / Boy"

☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

I hope this was enjoyable to read. Please let me know what character you'd like me to do next. ♡

- Thorn

[firstdivisiongirl]

Heyyy I'm that anon who forgot to put stuff in the matchup request, which I'm really sorry for, should've been more careful ☹️☹️

Anyway I updated the whole thing and was wondering if you could do the matchup again?? It's okay if not

Again, I would like a romantic matchup for TR. The gender of the character doesn't matter

Pronouns she/he/they

Sexuality: biromantic and demisexual

I'm a Leo if that's of any help😭

I'm an INTP 5w4 (also phlegmatic-sanguine).Personality wise I'm a very calm person that looks tired most of the time but I also get extremely talkative when I'm with people I'm comfortable with or whom I've known for e very long time. And when I'm with those people I'm the teasing flirty type.I'm also very lazy, like hella lazy. I mostly sleep around all day and do nothing unless I REALLY have to.

People in general don't talk to me unless I butt into the conversation and then I sort of steal the spotlight even though I don't really mean it, but people don't seem to mind because they say I'm funny.So basically at first glance I get deemed as an extrovert. Even tho whenever I manage to get rid of people I basically become a human fossil and not talk to anyone and that goes as far as ignoring texts for months, which I agree is a toxic trait.So yeah, I'm going to ghost people no matter who they are at some point.I've seen someone include this so I'm going to say it: my giving love language are words of affirmation and receiving would be gifts or physical touch.

Okay as for likes and dislikes (sorry that I forgot about this, my bad):

Dislikes: people who think they know everything, bullies, people who don't know when to shut up- people-. Okay no, just kidding. I dislike most types of food, aka I'm a picky eater. I also dislike being told what to do and stuff like that

Likes: I like a lot of stuff actually. From comics to games to manga to anime to banana ice cream (don't ask why that's relevant). I also love collecting stuff. Like it could be random rocks or merch, I like to collect.

I also have the usual hobbies aka reading, drawing and listening to music. I like to write too. And does annoying my friends count?? A hobby of mine (if it's even considered a hobby) is to psychoanalyze people. Okay not doing a full psychoanalysis of them, just analyzing them in general.

And again sorry for forgetting stuff :((

Hello there. No need to apologize. Things happen all the time. I am just happy that I am able to fulfill your request. So...I hope you like it!

You Got...

Hinata Tachibana!!!!

Would 100% bring you little collectibles wherever she goes!

She would understand that you need time to be alone and respect that. Would she worry? Yes. Would she eventually realize that you are okay? Yes.

She would always tell you how much she loves you and how she thinks you are amazing.

Would defend you if anyone tried to bully you, since you hate people like that.

Would think you are super funny and super nice.

Dates would be either to get ice cream or maybe a concert.

I can picture you flirting with her and she gets super happy and flustered all at the same time.

Will listen to you talk for hours because she loves you and finds you so interesting.

[parismystere]

(This is LONG and mostly just me being speculative and nit-picky, so sorry in advance)

I wish the actual majority of the writers for the show cared about Adrien as much as you and (probably) Melanie do 😔 There's so many interesting things around his story and character but I feel like the majority of the writers don't really care about EXECUTING it well... Like, the basis of a good idea is there and they KNOW it, but then the story just kind of falls back on that and that alone to say something interesting- like having a good idea is enough to make up for the spotty writing. "This is cool, right? This is all the character conflict and plot you were anticipating wrapped up in five minutes! It's great!" At least that's the kind of vibe I'm getting from episodes like Ephemeral and even Chat Blanc to some extent. Maybe it's just the time travel reversing everything in the end that irks me, but why bother showing us all this Adrien-centric conflict if it never actually amounts to anything? Especially not to him? I know Chat Blanc was SUPPOSED to be a big deal for Marinette, but when it's only brought up once a whole season later, it starts to look like the writers are banking on the fact that the fandom will fill in all the blanks for them as to why it's still relevant from sheer Chat Blanc hype alone. I mean, I know good writing isn't meant to be in your face and it's probably a good thing people are still able to tie clues together about characters from what we've seen so far, so there is SOME continuity in the writer's thought process, but... I don't know. I really liked Chat Blanc when it first aired and I don't doubt that it was written with a purpose, but now that we have Ephemeral where essentially the same thing happened, something's rubbed me the wrong way and I can't help feeling suspicious. At least in regards to what makes Adrien intriguing, I just get the impression that the writers are starting to use it more as bait to keep some fans watching as opposed to actually being interested in writing his character.

Oh, but going back to the execution critique since this is all one string of thought process I'm struggling to organize- why do all of Adrien's issues make him so... Mopey? It's understandable that he's going through a LOT at the moment and definitely isn't in the best head space, but when you have episodes where he's quietly resigned to things followed by episodes where he's borderline suicidal and can barely function passed his sadness, that's when the execution of his internal struggle starts getting kind of murky in my opinion. Marinette also had her own struggles this season, but even when she wasn't getting immediate help, she was never written so- I don't know, one-note? They can show me Adrien is sad and make me feel for him without filing his character down to nothing but angst is what I guess I'm trying to say. Everytime they've written Adrien sad, they REALLY wanted to let you know. Maybe he's being written more one-note than Marinette because he's NOT getting any direct help like her though and that's the point, so admittedly I might just be being kind of nit picky here. It's just that his reaction seems a bit extreme when some of the events leading up to his internal conflicts were written on the lazier side- like having Chloe denounce their friendship while in the middle of her own character assassination and just... not touching it again cause she's just evil now I guess, and making Adrien a bit of a jerk to really send the point home that he wasn't a good match for Kagami and then not really giving us his reaction to the matter. Both of these were events that further isolated him from everyone, but he doesn't even seem to care about those. Off screen he might, but what we're actually presented with comes off as a juxtaposition between every episode. So again going back to my wariness against the writer's and their actual interest in Adrien's story, I just can't get it out of my head that they know it's the POTENTIAL for Adrien's story that fans are most interested in, and are now just trying to double down on getting people worried for his character without thinking very hard about how they're going to get there. Most of the attention is still on Marinette, so a lot of the progression for his story just seems to get shoehorned in when an episode acknowledges his existence.

Don't get it wrong! I can definitely see that a lot of effort has gone into writing this season especially, and the parts where we see Adrien are definitely significant and things I look forward to! Like, I definitely complained a LOT about some pretty debatable things when in 100% honesty I doubt I could write this sort of a story any better. It's just that the story seems to be getting SO MUCH more interesting now and the writing GENUINELY improved this season, and so now I'm just sad that while the story surrounding Adrien and his family looks really cool on the outside, everytime we get focus on Adrien directly, the only things we can actually see from his character alone is stuff we have to reflect off of where we THINK the storyline is headed, and that leaves a lot of room for me to doubt when the story is getting so. Darn. Complicated. (Well, that's not entirely true... We have seen him trying to move forward with his life with Wishmaker and Glacieator 2, just kind of picking himself back up with the few things he depends on, so it's not like he's being completely written off to the side to explode later- But! I don't think that erases my point that I think the audience would seriously benefit from more episodes where we can have his perspective fleshed out a bit more clearly and a lot more THOUGHTFULLY above all else.)

Yikes... Okay, REMINDING myself that this is still written as a kid's show though, let me just grieve a little lol: I know a lot of the writing has to be on the simpler side given the demographic, but why would they give us such a complicated, lore filled plot if it's only gonna become relevant in overly hyped, poorly paced episodes randomly thrown in next to the slow burn that is the love square and Adrien's character development (neither of which I mind being slow burn btw) 😭?? It makes it so hard to tell when it's worth tuning in and when you're better off ditching the fandom for a few months and just catching up later because the show is actually a lot goofier than the fandom might have you believe.

I just... I mainly got into the show for Adrien's side of the story, and some parts of it have been getting ACTUALLY good recently now that we're finally expanding on it. However, I can't bring myself to trust that the writers will deliver on execution or that the majority of them will actually write his character seriously. They MIGHT have another banger of an idea on top of everything else that has happened this season, but it'll mean jack to me if Adrien is only given a half-assed character moment to say his character's developed for either the worse or the better. All I'm saying is that if Adrien HAS to be forced to see the body of his comatose mom again, it better have a different set up then Hawkmoth discovering his identity as Chat Noir again, cause if they do that a third time, I will know for certain that a number of these sad-Adrien moments and DEFINITELY Epheneral were written more so to keep the audience engaged as opposed to being actually plot relevant. (I know Ephemeral was a What-If but ssshhhh)

Okay, sorry for all the scrambled thoughts. I DID spam this in your inbox for a reason though. You seem to have a clearer head about all of this than I do while still being analytical, and I genuinely like the takeaways you seem to have from every episode and about every character. Like, seeing your analysis on specific moments of an episode always has me rewatching with what you've said in mind and better appreciating the story, and I absolutely adore your takeaways on the smaller details of the show regarding the differences between the French and English dubs and a number of the things you can catch in the animation like repetitive body language and other fun details. Your interpretations of all the characters themselves are my absolute favorites though, and I love love love the way you look into all the foils!! I know I ragged on the writing a lot in this ask despite this being a pretty good season with a lot of ideas I genuinely like, so I guess I want to know if ANY of what I said made sense lol. I really am facing sudden trust issues with the writers I didn't expect to pop up now of all times, and the only reason I can really think as to WHY is Ephemeral. I loved Astro-Chat, but everything else?? As I've said- bad vibes!

hello, anon! first of all, thank you for taking the time to send me this thoughtful message! i'm absolutely flattered by your compliments and def blushed a little, haha. not gonna lie, i'm a bit frazzled that someone would think of my interpretations of canon when rewatching the show! i hope that nobody takes me as an authority on any ml issue, though; i don't speak for anyone and i'm sure that many would be opposed to my takes, anyway (plus i have a feeling that they're sliiightly on the controversial side sometimes). i'm just making my weird posts, basically.

now, onto the rest of your ask:

anon, i think the thing is that we're on the same wave-length, and that wave-length is that we're character-focused people. we care about what makes characters (and as a byproduct of that, real-life people, although i guess it's a more of a chicken or egg situation) tick. we're interested in arcs and narrative weight and foils and the darkness and the goodness the despair and the hope and so on. to be honest, i don't think that's what ml is even trying to be - it's a plot-heavy show (even if that plot is the akuma of the week and nothing that affects the main characters in an interesting way) that is heavily burdened (imo) by the format it got greenlit in. as you've noticed, we have this show that demands progress and linear storytelling because of the plotlines it was built around, but then the show has to stick with the repetitive format because of unpleasant things like money and executives and networks and little children being able to tune in after their activities without keeping up with the show on a weekly basis.

to be fair, i feel like we're kind of outliers in some ways. i might dislike astruc but he is right that most of the fandom is interested in shipping and everything else is kind of pushed aside for the sake of the square (or lukanette, if you're that kind of ml fan); i personally also came for the romance, but then got too preocuppied with the other aspects of ml. but sometimes even the romance feels like an afterthought, because we just have to have that akuma part for 10 minutes of an episode, and then we learn more about alec the tv host guy than, say, nino. that's why i salted so much on ephemeral - it felt like an illogical mess that was made in order to get a specific situation to happen. and then the issue is that we have characters with very strong personalities and personal motivations, and they get shifted for whatever this week's plot is.

you are very right that the show loves to add bombs and not address them, most notably chat blanc, which is hilarious because we as a fandom spent an entire season theorizing that marinette has been pushing chat aside because of her fear of chat blanc repeating, and then ephemeral happened and it wasn't addressed at. all. marinette, girlie, worry not that your crush is a furry, worry that your crush killed you and the rest of humanity! but at this point it's such a bad episode to me that i don't even want to count it as canon. i just can't figure out what was its purpose. anyway.

in general, miraculous doesn't do feelings very well; that's why i joke that it's inherently a boy's show at heart, as the emotional impact and the interpersonal relationships constantly get pushed aside for the fighting sequences to happen. that's why glaciator 2 felt so remarkable - finally an episode that is all about feelings and communication, as opposed to an akuma, which felt like an afterthought for once. but in 99% of the case everything happens at such an insane pace we don't have time to sit with our feelings! consider alya finding out who ladybug is, something she's been obsessing over for three seasons now - if we were in alya's position, we'd probably scream for a week (and then we might be like, 'hey, what's going on between you and chat noir, girl?'), but we never got to see how alya feels about it, or any major shift in the alyanette dynamic besides alya turning into marinette's right-hand man. it sucks... but it is what it is.

now, about adrien specifically, he's the most bizarre case of a deuteragonist i've ever seen. in any other media he'd be the protagonist, given his family history, his inherent character conflicts, and so on. that's why i'm kind of baffled by the way he is written, because there is obviously 0 intention for him to be an equal level as maribug in terms of screentime and powers, and yet the most exciting, the most touching, the most emotional bits of the show revolve around him. marinette's character arc revolves around him. so in a way, how can the writers not love him when they make him so memorable and have him affect the audience so much? my friend recently told me that the most watched trailers for ml episodes are all agreste-themed episodes, and the hype about these episodes is insane, so it's obvious where the plot is. the issue is that they wanted to have their cake and eat it too, because the formulaic nature of the show doesn't mesh well with what they have going on with adrien's story.

to put it even more bluntly, it's the people who love marinette that should be worried, and they're bizzarely not, likely content for marinette to only be enmeshed in love plots. i doubt i'll ever shut up about how the main character of the show doesn't have an arc beyond 'make adrien love me' (which we know will happen as they are the endgame couple) and 'save the world'. hell, felix came in and got one of the most interesting arcs in the show in 10 minutes! i think the writing of marinette has been getting progressively worse, but people got so mad at me for saying that what happened in ephemeral was character assassination and preferred to wrack their brains for an explanation that works. i'll just link this post, written pre-s2. so in a way, i feel like us adrien enjoyers can't even complain, given how much we get in comparison! but then they also refuse to show adrien more than absolutely neccessarily, and we even get a marinette scene in the beginning of the one episode from his pov, likely from paranoia that people will forget that he's the second fiddle if we get one episode centered around him. :/ it's a mess.

anon, i don't think adrien is mopey! if he's sad all the time, you should've seen me at his age! i'm probably being super defensive here as someone whose natural disposition is to be sad, but i think him being sad is much more realistic than what some other fans of the show want him to do, like suddenly become super aggressive and demanding or whatever. it's not very riveting to watch, but it's realistic - he's a 14-year old boy living with his cold, heartless, neglectful father, he doesn't have positive adult influence in his life, he doesn't even get to see his friends outside of school. he truly has no power. i will say, though, that you are right about his characterization changing, most notably from s1 to s2, as in s1 he was shown to have more chat-like moments as adrien, plus he got of the house a lot (which even makes sense plot-wise, because we can that gabriel has become less strict as he's too absorbed in his villain life). but s2 was such a tone shift, so i personally tend to view post-s1 as more canon, as bizarre as it sounds.

now, i think your issue is about adrien's agency in the show, how it gets developed, if it would happen, and so on. and that's understandable! i flip-flop about my feelings about how the show is handling him weekly. i don't think we should expect him to pick a few fights with gabriel and gabriel immediately to step back and rethink his treatment of his son - that's unrealistic. no abused child at home can benefit from this. and at this point i think they're going for some 'innocent lamb' angle with adrien, as everybody in the show tends to hide something from him - his family about their secrets, marinette and the classmates about marinette's crush on him, ladybug about, well, a lot of things, and so on. but i'm also very bitter like you that we keep getting the 'adrien has to be lured to find out about emilie' plot over and over again, but i'm a hopeful person and i want to believe that when it happens for real, it would be because of his own initiative? but also, the show kept getting greenlit for more and more seasons (personally, i feel like if you want to tell ml as tightly as possible, three season is the sufficient ideal length), and we're now in the final stretch - we have 30 episodes until the end of the agreste arc. if they're going to build up adrien's agency, now is the time, and i guess i have hope that is what we're gonna see! after all, if i know one thing about miraculous, is that the plot always moves when he does. he can't wander around his house, because then the agreste arc would be over, and they wanted to milk that one for as long as possible. my only worry is that everything agreste-related would get resolved in the season 5 finale, as opposed to some delicious, long-drawn story.

hm, i feel like i didn't manage to reassure you, no? sorry for getting so intellectual on here haha. i understand your anxiety because i'm also undecided about the direction of the show! i think cautiously optimistic is our best bet for now, because there is an effort in adrien's writing that no other character receives, and because he does have a story this season with his anger and attempts at self-actualization. if adrien's story doesn't get anywhere, then it's just a horrible case of bad writing/story planning, and given what's going on with chloe, i can understand the worries! but i think that adrien is someone the team genuinely likes as a character, otherwise they wouldn't be giving all the best moments to the agrestes. the issue is, like you say, that it would be a half-assed story arc; but on the other hand, i feel like nearly every episode this season has added something to the 'chat noir feels unneeded and betrayed' thing we have going on. so: cautious optimism!