oh the topic of marigami + kagami being a vocaloid fan: what *do* you think marinette's music taste is like?
i think whenever i've asked people i always get completely different answers so i'm curious. ex: some people choose to dismiss the jagged stone stuff as the writers being biased old white guys, and some don't.
Okay I actually have put a lot of thought into this so incoming rant NOW:
To address like the Jagged Stone thing first, Iām gonna be honest in saying people criticism about it is 100% fair. The Miraculous Team didnāt really put much thought into Jagged stone other than being some stereotypical british rockstar with eccentric habits. They donāt actually really go into detail about just WHAT kind of rock he does, like is he on some MCR type shit, Metal, Pop Punk? Like what kind of music does he make anyway? I am under the personal believe that Jagged just makes the most digestible rock music ever considering how the show pushes the fact that pretty much EVERYONE loves it despite in my personal opinion that majority of the MLB cast would have pretty different taste in music.
Moving onto Marinette itās a bit more complicated from how I see it. Depends on if Iām just looking at this canonically or am considering all the ways fans interpret Miraculous in the series. Like ik some people place Miraculous in the early 2000s while others sometimes places them in the 2010s-2020s which the two have completely different music vibes.
I do my VERY BEST not to push the āMarinette is an easy Self-insert kind of characterā agenda but Iām gonna do so a little bit in this case because the way miraculous fans interpret Marinette either range from āLover Girl Shoujo protagonist.ā To āsheās a little weirdo but sheās cool.ā Kind of stuff which I agree with both views. So yeah I can agree when people label her to listen to shit like Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor swift but I also agree with people who say she listens to Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne on repeat. So I think the mixed answers makes sense (arguably this could be a critique about Marinette considering that itās not always great for a protagonist to be so āversatileā but thatās up for interpretation tbh.) I think you could label her with any kind of music and not really be a āwrong interpretation.ā
I also know some may say that sheād probably just try to like whatever music Adrien does (though I do not believe that is possible since I have a personal headcanon that Adrien while musically learned has the most dogshit millennial core playlist known to man due to his father probably constantly forcing him to listen to classical musical while working.)
If I am to share to my interpretation of what kind of music Marinette listens to, I wouldnāt actually put her in one specific music genre. I think the music would be very mood dependent and sheād listen to it in her buds while maladaptive daydreaming and pacing around her room.
I think sheād have very organized playlist based on what sheās doing specifically (rather itās a new project, daydreaming about Adrien, etc.) and itād be a mix of music she found naturally and what her friends liked and have introduced her to.
Nino - a Mix of Eurobeat and House music he found on SoundCloud with the most weirdest names. āYeah his user name is ThighCutter but the beat drop in this song is INSANEā
Kagami - Jpop, I actually think Kagami would be into really ācuteā music unless sheās feeling a type of way. Some vocaloid songs though Marinette wonāt really connect with it, she really likes PERFUME tho!
Alya: lotta R&B, some BeyoncƩ, Rihanna, Lady Gaga
Zoe - if we do a more modern day approach I think Zoe would introduce her to āwhite womanās first rapā so like Tyler the creator LOL (donāt take this as hate tho Iām legit Tylerās biggest fan š„¹)