MIRACULOUS LADYBUG SEASON 2 EPISODE 13: Zombizou (A Slightly In-Depth Commentary/Review)
Ok so I loved this episode because on the surface, it was so cute and pure. But when you look at it deeper you'd notice that the plot is really beginning to thicken.
NOTE: I really appreciate it if y'all would take the time to freak out with me and read what I have to say. But this post contains spoilers. Proceed with that in mind.
Here are some things I noticed and loved:
1. You can try to resist an akuma???
Miss Bustier has become one of my favorite background characters. She was the first to get akumatized because she was protecting Marinette. She's so pure that she actually tried to resist an akuma. My heart clenched.
2. MIRACULOUS WIELDERS AREN'T IMMUNE TO AKUMATIZATION
Honestly, before the episode aired, I was wondering why and how Miss Bustier was akumatized. And why kisses? I was wondering whether she had problems in the love department, but why take it out on her class?
So to say I freaked when I realized that Gabe had intended to akumatize Marinette, is an understatement. AND THIS WORRIES ME because of what it can entail for the future. Will one of the miraculous wielders fall victim to Hawkmoth? (Maybe this is how Queen Bee becomes Queen Wasp??? Oh No)
if either Adrien or Marinette become akumatized in the future, i will freak so hard Gabriel Agreste would feel it break the fourth wall
3. CHLOE'S REDEMPTION STARTS???
Even before S2 started, we've been informed that Chloe's going to be given a miraculous. And up to this day, we can only speculate why the fuck.
And in Despair Bear, we've been shown that Chloe can actually shape up and make an effort to be a better person (she just has to dig really deep).
Today, in Zombizou, we're given another glimpse at Chloe's softness. Sure, in the beginning 'til around 3/4 of the episode, she remained to be insufferable, but she actually started to come thru when she told Ladybug she'd be out of her hair.
She actually really came thru when she told Miss Bustier her thoughts the truth, and during the shot of them hugging. Here we can see a vulnerable Chloe who has probably, most of her life, put a pretentious guise over her feelings to protect herself, which she probably earned from her mother. (She also came thru when she finally sacrificed herself to save Ladybug)
I honestly expect more character development in Chloe before her family arc.
tl;dr: Chloe kinda came thru and is probably slowly showing us why she deserves a miraculous
4. The 110% trust everyone has on Ladybug
( I really wanna talk about how our ships came thru here but maybe in another post??? )
I honestly felt my heart clench for Mari/LB when she saw that all of her classmates, up to her partner Chat Noir, had willingly sacrificed themselves without a second doubt for Ladybug to save the day.
It was cute and aww-worthy when most of the class did it, but when Chat Noir spoke to LB before he was completely engulfed by Zombiezou's powers I cracked, I quaked, I was deceased.
Hear me out: since S1, we all know that Chat Noir has been putting himself in harm's way for LB. Since they wouldn't be able to fix everything (or even defeat the akuma) when she would be affected by the akuma's magic. But what I noticed was that it was in this episode that Chat had the time to tell LB that, "No, it's okay. I'm okay. You got this. We got you. Only you can fully stop this. So let us put ourselves on the line, so you can finish all of this." (Of course this is totally non-verbatim, but this was what the moment felt like to me?)
Marinette's friends/classmates (and Chat Noir) sacrificing themselves without a second doubt made my heart clench because of the magnitude of it all. They trust Marinette so much, and maybe I was just seeing things, but I could feel the pressure Mari/LB was put through, especially when she punched the door to the elevator after Nino didn't go with them because Alya was zombified. (She punched the door? Girl, I felt that through the fourth wall)
Marinette, the girl who doubted herself a lot, had to witness all of her friends, and her partner, throw themselves in the line of fire, and there's nothing else she could do about it but push through and defeat the akuma alone.
and again, my heart clenched.
tl;dr: Marinette is amazing. Her friends/classmates are amazing. I cry for her I'm not gonna lie
p.s. my heart clenched extra when nino refused to go with them because alya got zombified
5. Marinette Character Development
Not a long commentary here, but I loved how she tried to give Chloe another chance, and not go off at her when everybody else had put themselves in danger just to save Chloe, the root of their problem.
Normally, Mari would let her feelings get ahead of her and passionately fight for what she believed in. But this time, she was shown to be more mature.
To sum up my thoughts: Zombizou was cute but plot thickening as well, and Marinette is amazing. Most fanfic tropes are becoming canon I'm living. Also, where was Nathanael :-(
Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk™
