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Me: wow Iām way too attached to fictional characters
Me: *sees yāall send death threats to writers because you didnāt agree with their decisions*
Me: never mind Iām attached the healthy amount
blinks at you slowly. hai
Sorry Adrien thatās my phone...
Not people saying Adrien ālost all character development by the end of the episodeā š When are people going to realize losing their feelings for their original love interests is NOT character development and doesnāt resolve anything lmao. Thereās nothing wrong with them being in love. This is a romance series ffs. Enough of that āreverse the lovesquareā bs
They need to learn how to HANDLE their feelings. They need to learn how to be themselves around their crushes. They need to be the ones to take initiative to overcome their personal barriers and show their crushes who they really are. Thatās character development.Ā
Yāall, Adrien literally experienced THE most important character development in regards to the romance plot. Hearing Marinetteās confession about how she acts around her crush, and how she thought her crush was stuck up and pretentious before she realized how kind and genuine and sensitive he could be and fell for him, made Adrien finally realize whatās been holding him back. Adrien finally realized he needs to stop playing casanova and crossing Ladybugās boundaries and just be himself - i.e. kind, genuine, and sensitive - to have a chance at Ladybug returning his feelings. This means Ladybug is finally going to be able to see ADRIEN shine through Chat Noir.
Recall Origins, where Marinette realized she was wrong in what she initially thought of Adrien after he opened up to her about how new he is to school and friendship, and she fell in love with him after seeing his kindness and vulnerability.
Now weāre moving towards that repeating with Ladynoir - and this time Ladybug will see Chat Noirās vulnerabilities. Weāre now closer than ever to not only having Ladybug realize her feelings for Chat Noir, but also to her eventually learning and coming to terms with his identity, which is something she hasnāt considered at all thus far, unlike how Adrien has already thought about Marinette being Ladybug. And given how itās been foreshadowed all season, Iāve been betting on Ladybug learning Chat Noirās identity by the end of this season ā whether it happens this season or later, this is a big step in warming her up to seeing the resemblance before it happens.
Adrien realized he has to be genuine and vulnerable with Ladybug if he wants any chance of her truly loving him. THATāS HUGE. Thatās the realization heās been needing to make for three and a half seasons. Thatās the realization Kagami was trying to get him to make in the art room scene back in Lies -
That even when heās being silly heās still playing a character and not being genuine. He wears the mask of a perfect dutiful son as Adrien. He doesnāt stop wearing a mask as Chat Noir ā he puts on a different one. One where he can ignore and hide all his vulnerabilities and loneliness and solely play the part of the charming, funny Cat-sanova with superpowers. Just because itās a character he LIKES playing doesnāt make it any less of a character. He wasnāt ready to come that realization then, but heās done it now.
And what did he do in the very next ep that comes after this one?
He was vulnerable and honest with her about his feelings. He opened up about how terrified he is of losing her, of being abandoned. It canāt have been easy given what we know about what happened with his mother, and you can see that it wasnāt easy for him ā his voice wavers and he curls in on himself and looks away from her. But it worked, and it brought her closer to him ā both literally with her hand on his, and emotionally, by softening her up to him more and helping her understand him a bit better and finally allowing her to give him heartfelt reassurance.
So this episode is saying that whatever happened in Felix killed the love square? I feel like Iām dying after watching that
Me after this episode knowing that chat noir is dead silent and unreceptive to ladybugs teasing and he doesnāt make puns and doesnāt smile at all this episode and he has one foot out the door while ladybug has no idea heās a hairs breath from ghosting the whole team as soon as he figures out a new career path and is just going through the motions at this point
for the Touches Ask Game: Marichat with Hugs #33
33: āpicking them up hugā - may I interest you in a piggy back? (:
I realized Iāve only drawn fun stuff for my Acrocat AU which is kinda odd because the story is pretty much all angst just that itās covered in glitter, and the name of the AU doesnāt help with its image, lmao.
I really tried to make the expressions speak for themselves in these drawings so Iād love to hear what you think is going on. Just a little backstory, this is after Adrien loses Plagg but before he gets Stompp and Roaar. Chat Noirās been MIA for over a week.
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