Too much fandoms

Italian. She/her. I'm not here to spread hate. I'm here to share love

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Throwback to the final scene of Valentine's Day ball: the surprise in the library 💗😍

Tumblr never allowed me to upload it, Idk why, but anyway, love always wins 💖

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Relationship goals: flying and being cuties together 💗💗

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The best thing of this Valentine 😂

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Ladies and gentlemen, "The most powerful witch in Hogwarts"

The angriest, but also cutest, puffskein ever lmao 😂😂😂😂

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I must admit I was emotional during this step. I just really miss her *cries in all the languages* T.T

[dankmemesreasonforliving]

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That's why I love Italian fanbases: we're always trying to keep our minds opened and enjoy things we like, including flaws, because nothing is perfect and we're fine with that.

Side note: I'm aware that there are toxic stans even here, but they're just a minority that really need to learn how to chill and have fun lmao 😂😝

Also: these tags were just sent to me, so Idk where they are from, don't @ at me.

[wonderworman-archive]

very controversial statement for tumblr but sometimes when I read books or watch movies I enjoy them

[moonlight-at-dawn]

[miraculousguardianlady]

Unpopular opinion: The writing in ML isn’t bad. People are just mad because what they wanted to see happen didn’t, and are overthinking the smallest things.

[thethiefandtheairbender]

rip to tumblr, but if i stopped enjoying something, i would simply not watch it.

[playingbaseballwithyourson]

Omfg are y’all STILL spamming Thomas Astruc with your shit? Can y’all STOP?!

[emsylcatac]

Can we please agree that Ladybug and Chat Noir are equal and that Ladybug being the leader of the team doesn’t diminish Chat Noir?

Can we also please say this respectfully without shitting on Chat Noir’s character and reducing him as the worse hero only there to try to woo Ladybug (to say that politely)???

YES and YES.

[multibug]

read it with me 

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir  

the show is about both heroes. not just ladybug. not just chat noir. 

that being said, it’s incredibly amazing that ladybug is the leader of the team. that doesn’t make chat noir any less important. they are a team. they’re partners. chat respects ladybug enough to let her lead and do her thing because he knows that she’s capable and he’s fine with having her as the leader. 

both ladybug and chat noir have done dumb shit as heroes and as their civilian selves. enough of the “but he’s done that” “but she’s done that” bullshit. get over it already!!! they’re teenagers. get out ya faves ass and recognize that

…. anyways… stan ladybug/marinette & chat noir/adrien for clear skin!!

[prokopetz]

I think there comes a point where you’ve got to acknowledge that the substance of your criticism doesn’t lie in any particular problem with a show’s writing, but in a fundamental disagreement with the show’s creators about which character should have been the protagonist, and that nothing would have satisfied you short of a completely different show from the one that was actually made.

[playingbaseballwithyourson]

Words cannot express how utterly racist is the sentiment “The creators need to dumb down this brilliant white guy so we can make this spotlight-stealing Chinese woman ACTUALLY look somewhat intelligent.”

[yeet-noir]

Ladybug Is The Leader And It Isn’t The End Of The World

I shouldn’t entertain this topic too much because it is rather silly to cause an uproar over promo pics and completely removing all context of the show, but I am gonna do it anyways. 

I get why people think that Chat Noir is being sideline in the duo when Astruc reaffirms what canon has shown us that Ladybug is the leader of the team. Besides the point that Ladybug/Marinette has been the lead since season 1 people are still acting like it is news. Not only that but her being consider as the leader of the group is getting on people’s nerve. Why? I don’t know, could be because girl leaders swept under the rug so much people are uncomfortable if a male isn’t in that position. Or perhaps what I think plays a big role into this is people often forget there isn’t one form of leadership. 

Leadership And What It Means:

Leadership has many different types. Not all of them are authoritative and autocratic types where the leader asserts what they want somebody to do and how they should do it. This is by far not the portrayal in ML. I think this might be cause for the biggest disconnect with calling Ladybug the leader despite being equal to Chat Noir, but that’s just a theory. In reality, in any group naturally somebody becomes a leader figure whether it’s elected or organically formed. 

In ML Ladybug stepped up to this role and Chat Noir naturally allowed it to happen because she has proven to have qualities of a good leader. Ladybug is the person who comes up with the plans because she is a quick thinker and can outthink her opponent. Ladybug has constructive judgement which allows her insight into how to help people or deal with conflict. This isn’t to say Chat Noir is not of equal standings. 

Ladybug’s style of leadership reflects more democratic style. She values input of her teammates before executing a final decision. However, she has direction on how she may want to achieve it. She wants to know what Chat Noir thinks, but Chat Noir also knows that at the end of the day he can fully trust Ladybug’s instincts. 

Equals Or Not? 

Ladybug is the leader so that means they can’t be equals? Nope not true. They are equals in many ways. Both their roles have the same urgency as one another and in context of the show proven to be ineffective or harder to execute with the absence of the other. They both are also cemented the respected holders of their miraculouses and can only be relinquished if they compromised identity. Ladybug cannot on a whim confiscate Chat Noir’s miraculouses without explanation, that is not the type of leader role she has. There is unbalanced power dynamic just because Ladybug takes on a leadership role. 

Also just because Ladybug is the leader does not mean Chat Noir is lesser than her. Chat Noir has capabilities Ladybug doesn’t have. His impulsions in his actions can create great diversions to buy the team time. Ladybug needs more time to think then act which hinders her in that area to focus on executing her strengths better. He also has a good understanding on responsibility of destruction and can bring upon his own judgement on when and where to use his catacylsms. 

At the end of the day they both are the consistency and demand of the miraculous team. They both are needed and would suffer greatly if their duo was spilt. They both have the same experience and time with it.

Ladybug Is The Guardian Though…

Yes she is. She is the lead of the show. We haven’t even seen one second of season 4 so why claim the sidekick status of Chat Noir will happen because of a promo pic. She could very well have a storyline of changing how guardians interact with miraculous users and give Chat Noir a special role in the grand scheme. Or she could very well take care and learn what it is to be a leader and that is fine too. No matter the direction their importance of the two of them will be the qualifier of being equals which has been plot points in episodes of several episodes. The goal of their group cannot be met without both fulfilling their roles together and that makes them equals.