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Marinette: Adrien won't have anyone to take care of him if you are gone.
Me:
Senti-being Symptoms
It is fascinating to look at Adrien and Felix’s respective behavior through the lens of/with full knowledge of their status as senti-beings and their respective parents’ supernatural control over them.
For one thing, Felix’s erratic, nonsensical behavior MAKES SENSE with that context!
Felix KNEW (presumably always, though we don’t technically know that) that his father controlled him through magic. He also understood that his father was an abusive a-hole. So he spent his life thinking about everything he wanted to do to express his pain and frustration. But since it wasn’t physically possible for him to actually make those choices, he never had to worry about the consequences.
Then his dad dies. Felix suddenly gains his free will. OF COURSE he has no impulse control! He’s never had the opportunity to develop any! So he’s doing every little weird, rude thing that runs through his mind, every scheme that he ever cooked up as a revenge fantasy. Just reveling in the ability to make choices and not thinking through the consequences. With his Mom being super supportive but frankly overly permissive because they survived an abuser together and she doesn’t have it in her to deny him any of his newfound freedom, even when he uses it to be a dick to people who don’t deserve it.
Adrien on the other hand, was manipulated more subtly, with significantly less understanding of the situation. There were a few things that he knew he wanted outside of his father’s plan for him, but he always expected any choices he made (with the exception of Cat Noir) to be something with would have to work with his dad to decide.
So when Adrien’s dad dies and he receives his amok, he’s NOT READY to think for himself. Everyone’s trying so hard to be sensitive and supportive and let him make his own choices, but he doesn’t know how. If choices were water, he’d be a desert child suddenly thrown in a lake without a single swimming lesson.
So yeah; Felix makes terrible, impulsive decisions until he experiences enough consequences to beat some forethought/impulse control into him. While Adrien freezes at having to pick his own outfit, until he spends enough time under his own control to actually develop opinions of his own on little things and not just the huge things (like being Cat Noir, dating Marinette, and staying with Natalie).
*to be clear, I’m not saying that Felix isn’t responsible for his actions. I’m just saying that a lot of his actions when he’s introduced were really weird, (cheese under the pillow?) which makes far more sense when you have the full context.
Watching Exorcist Believer to Trolls Band Together and to Miraculous Ladybug Paris Special felt like a fucking roller coaster
#LadynoirJuly Days 6 and 7
Aaand I’m officially back on schedule! Doubt it’ll last very long but you never know 👀 Hope you enjoy this style, I tried something new!
@ladynoirjuly2020
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Days 6 and 7: Rose and Interview
“Good evening everyone, Nadia Chamack here with a special interview with Paris’ favourite male hero: Chat Noir! Don’t be bemused, it’s just the news!”
“Hey Guys, welcome to a new session of Ladyblog live with Alya! Today, we are with the one and only Ladybug for a special interview! Stay tuned!”
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“Ladybug? Oh, she’s amazing. A real lucky charm. Truly, I doubt any of us would be here today if it weren’t for her. She’s…”
“The best partner I could ever ask for. I wish he was a little less self-sacrificial, but other than that… No kitten, I wouldn’t be able to do the whole saving Paris thing without him by my side. [...] Wait, did I say ‘no kitten’? Could you edit it out, please? I’ll never hear the end of it…”
“It was a fun experience, I think it really helped us get more insight into the weight of our respective Miraculouses. I’m definitely a lot more aware of how hard it is to be Ladybug. I like to think I’m a lot more serious now, and I think Ladybug is a little more relaxed. Rumour has it she makes cat puns now.”
“Are you kidding? I was terrible! I should’ve been able to put aside the fact I’m usually Ladybug and embrace this new Miraculous, but all I did was boss Chat around for most of the fight. No, clearly there’s a reason why we were chosen for one over the other. We’re still far from perfect, but being Ladybug feels a lot more natural.”
“Do I know who Ladybug is? Of course I do! A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. [...] Romeo and Juliet, exactly. It just means that it’s not because she wears a mask that she would be a different person out of costume. I know she’s caring, thoughtful, intelligent, quick thinking, bossy but still fun… She also has great taste in terms of pastries, I’ll take the opportunity to give a shout out to the Tom and Sabine Bakery, you’re the cat’s meow! [... ] Seriously though, she could be… an Emilie, a Marinette or a Nadia, she would still be my favourite rose. Whenever the time comes to reveal our identities, I don’t think much will change. The only thing I’d expect is us being able to spend more time together, and-”
“Share more of our daily lives with each other. It’s been really great opening up, sometimes juggling both identities can get a little heavy, and it’s something we can now talk about. It’s nice knowing we’re not alone. [...] Oh yes, we’re taking all the necessary precautions, we modify our daily life stories enough to prevent any of us from tracing it back to someone in particular, if by any chance we know each other out of costume. I think we really needed this, you know. I probably shouldn’t say this to you, but he’s my best friend.”
“Is there something more between us? Well, maybe. Do best friends go around saving a city every day? Would they know exactly what the other is thinking from a slight change in their eye colour? Can they anticipate each other’s movements? You tell me.”
“It’s definitely a complicated relationship. We know everything and nothing about each other. Take the guy I used to have a crush on, for example… I could tell you his beverage preference, what his order at the local bakery was, his schedule, what constituted a good enough excuse for his… parents to let him go out… I’m not sure I even know what Chat Noir’s favourite colour is. I can tell you what his favourite pastry is, though.”
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“Plagg, could you please rewind that last part?” Adrien turned around in his desk chair, taking a closer look at the TV. Alya’s interview of Ladybug was too important to watch on his computer screen. Not to mention he actually needed the latter to do his homework.
“I really don’t understand why you insist on watching this when we could be watching a documentary on mountain cheese. My stores are running low, I need to know what to buy next!” The Kwami replied moodily as he gulped down a piece of Camembert. He did as he was asked nonetheless.
“I already told you I’m taping that, you’ll be able to watch it next.” Adrien made his way closer to the screen, leaning on the back of his sofa. “There. She compared me to the guy she had a crush on, right?”
“Sounds like it. Oh Kwami, here we go again, you’re going to be all sappy now, aren’t you?” Plagg rolled his eyes.
“I prefer the term cheesy, because I know deep inside you like it.” Adrien winked. The comparison could be a coincidence. But If he really was her best friend… Shouldn’t she have compared him to her other best friend? The girl she’d called Alice? A devilish grin spread to his face as he thought about the possibility that she’d just confessed her feelings to the whole wide web.
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“Bluebell blue.” Chat called out at the end of their next patrol.
“What?” Ladybug looked puzzled, and scanned their surroundings for anything that could have prompted that comment. Either she was blind, or her partner was going slightly mad.
“That’s my favourite colour.”
He watched her furrowed brow turn into a look of realisation as she figured out what he was talking about. “You watched my interview.” And she knew exactly what part of it he was referring to. It had been careless, but less so than starting to talk about Alya with Alya.
“Wouldn’t have missed it for the world, m’lady.” He smiled. “Any additional comments you’d like to make, off the record?Just you and I? And the Paris night sky?” He prompted, leaning in closer to her.
“Iridescent green.” She blurted, cringing internally. That was Adrien’s eye colour. It fitted Chat’s eyes as well, but she wasn’t being very original. It was his fault she’d had to speak so quickly though, her mind had frozen as soon as he’d gotten too close. She bet he knew how flustered it made her feel.
“Huh?” He pulled back, his turn to look quizzically at her.
“That’s my favourite colour.” If he’d been expecting a full declaration, he’d be disappointed. She wasn’t going to tell him how she felt on a random roof, as a by-the-way before they left patrol. Not when he’d once organised a fully romantic setting, complete with candles and roses.
He’d just have to be patient.
Alya and Nino: *Looking at a meme and laughing*
Marinette: Can I see?
Alya and Nino: *at the same time* NO!
Marientte: *sounds of silence when it goes hello darkness plays in head*
Maddie: *gathers Jade, Rose, Luka and Adrien*
Maddie: Today on Lady's Lifestyle (her blog show), I'm running to Versailles with a pack of pansexuals!
so...
i’ve been unhealthily i rewatching miraculous for the past few days now... i haven’t done homework and i have a huge test in the next few days...
