Shehfiifoekdjfjr okok besides accidentally making Chat Noir too hot, here is our lovely love square! I figured out how to create a plot that incorporates every single combination. Here are brief points describing each pair!
Ladybug x Adrien
Ladybug initially meets Adrien by saving his life a few times and bumping into him accidentally. Because she is just as awkward as Marinette is, she doesn’t initially strike up a friendship
Later she goes to him to ask him questions she thinks only he can answer - how to deal with being a celebrity (ex: the oversexualization, invasion of privacy, etc.)
Obviously they both have a crush on each other - Marinette likes Adrien and Adrien likes Ladybug - but I can see Ladybug stopping any progression of a relationship to keep Adrien safe.
If they both confessed their feelings to each other, things could become messy because Marinette would realize Adrien loves Ladybug and not “her,” and Adrien would realize that Ladybug loves Adrien and not Chat Noir. This might cause adverse outcomes
I could see interactions between them being either very awkward or randomly wholesome if they shared their issues with each other
Marinette x Chat Noir
Screaming because this ship is lowkey growing on me
Best friend dynamic - but also comfort/hurt trope. They’re there for each other through each of their heartbreaks and relationship troubles.
Chat Noir is very protective of Marinette
In their hurt/rejection, I can kind of see them seeking romance/comfort with each other
Could turn into a situationship/rebound - but like Ladybug with Adrien, Chat Noir would shut down any prospects of a relationship for her safety and because he can’t share his true identity with her (like in canon)
Interactions with Marinette and learning about her on a deeper level (without her spluttering her words) could lead Chat Noir/Adrien to develop feelings for Marinette - and perhaps vice versa for Marinette
I’m seeing a lot of angst/emotion with this one
Adrien x Marinette
The classic
Eventually happens after a lot of turbulence and other relationships, like in canon
Adrien may or may not have sexual trauma from Chloe and the fashion industry, so he may be uncomfortable/disassociate during these moments with Marinette. A relationship with her could help him heal, as she would show him how a relationship should be and the innocent aspect of it (it’s giving Astarion romance in Baulder’s Gate 3 vibes)
When they discover they both have secrets they are keeping from one another, this would trigger Marinette’s anxiety and possibly Adrien’s. Mistrust might develop
Like with Luka, Marinette has the high chance of breaking things off with Adrien because she thinks he deserves better than her and she hates keeping her secret from him
Ladybug x Chat Noir
Chat Noir is Mr. Flirty flirt and Charisma until Ladybug flirts back, then he melts like butter
Simp Noir exe has stopped working
Thinking this ship might be the end-all-be-all because they are the only people who know their deepest secret - and although they don’t know their real names, they don’t have to hide non-specific details about themselves
Once Ladybug has feelings, she is a lot more confident to tease Chat Noir because she thinks it’s funny/satisfying to watch his demeanor change and his braincells stop working
Ladybug, if in a relationship, would probably be strict about PDA and keeping things secret between them so that Hawkmoth can’t use it against them
Anyway, why the fuuuuuu did I make him so fine whyyyytt
Una fundación por la que personalmente puedo dar fé es @/transafabvzla, que han sido bastante transparentes con el dinero que les llega. La plataforma de delivery más grande del país también está recibiendo donaciones para llevar insumos a centros de acopio, hospitales y lugares de rescate. Igual si no pueden donar, compartir información sobre lo que está pasando fuera de Venezuela ayuda más de lo que creen 🩷🙏🏽
the mental health services in ml!paris must be crazy robust. free weekly therapy heavily encouraged for every single citizen to practice emotional regulation and sertraline handed out like candy in every store in the city just so butterflies stop turning people evil
Residents are trapped beneath rubble of collapsed buildings after two major quakes hit Venezuela, killing at least 235.
Another reminder to keep track of what is happening in Venezuela. Live updates on Al Jazeera. Emergency relief funds are important to donate to if you are able to, along with individual Venezuelans.
Two things that can be true at the same time about some 6-month-old discourse on this website:
A lot of white/mestizo/detribalized leftist latinos really like to complain about the oppression their countries face at the hands of first-world imperialism (particularly from the US) while refusing to acknowledge how much of the relative comfort they enjoy within their country comes directly or indirectly at the expense of indigenous and afrolatino communities, and it's important to be able to recognize and point out that this is what they're doing
A lot of first-world (particularly US) progressives really like to immediately dismiss any critique of first-world imperialism that makes them feel guilty about their complicity and the ways in which they benefit from it by pointing out the above and vaguely gesturing in the direction of landback, when it's obvious they've never given a shit about indigenous people or black people in latin american until they needed to pretend to care about them to make this argument, and it's important to be able to recognize and point out that this is what they're doing
actual best thing in the apothecary diaries is maomao and jinshi thinking their relationship would be so impossible because of status while the literal emperor and empress of their country actively want them to be together
“Apothecary Diaries is a detective story”, “Apothecary Diaries is a romantic story”…no, it’s Maomao’s story. She is the Apothecary and it is her diary. Hence why we call her the unreliable narrator because she is the one narrating. Does the story switch POV at times? Sure, but the overall arc of the narrative is Maomao. How this world and its challenges, experiences and triumphs shape her as a growing adult.
The mystery solving is only a vehicle to showing us Maomao’s growth in maturity as she learns to develop her medicinal craft, sharpen her deductive skill and stops relying on presumption alone but on that which she can prove without a doubt as well. The romance, on the other hand, shows us her growing emotional maturity. Her willingness to open up her heart over time, to let someone in who she doesn’t always understand, who frustrates her but also pushes her in a good way and is one of the only people she lets into her private world.
Both of these elements are what come together to make Maomao a whole character but they’re not separate from one another. They’re part of a blending narrative that shows the progression of one young woman’s life from isolated, almost purely rational Apothecary to a young adult with more compassionate understanding and an ever-expanding medical knowledge. This is a story of well-rounded growth. You can’t take one and divorce it from the other because then you miss the entirety of the picture in Apothecary Diaries. That it is Maomao’s tale of her life, lived in steps over time as any life would be.
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