Yin/yang relationship between the black cat (destruction) and ladybug (creation)
Concept: Live action Avatar | Disappointing | “I dont know what I was expecting” | True Neutral | I see potential | Solid | Excellence | The creation of Penguins
Execution: Live action Avatar | Disappointing | “I dont know what I was expecting” | True Neutral | I see potential | Solid | Excellence | The creation of Penguins
I am an unapologetic SLUT for balance. I love seeing things symmetrical. I love the conflict of good and evil, push and Pull.
Avatar the Last Airbender is one of my favorite cartoons of all time, BECAUSE it plays the balance role so well.
I UN-appologetically like the show Yin Yang Yo! (yes the one with the rabbits)
So when Ladybug and Chat noir have the whole Creation destruction vibe going for it, it was one of the main reasons I got into the show.
The whole vibe that the two miraculous together can change the universe is amazing.
The fact that they balance eachother out is phenominal and I love that.
Yet the problem is... it is told that they are important and equal rather than shown.
My reasoning is that the Ladybug miraculous is ridiculously OP and the cat miraculous only has "See in dark" and "Destroy but like not actually depending on the situation"
The Ladybug miraculous is clearly superior to the cat miraculous in every single way.
I have a hard time believing that Hawkmoth/shadowmoth needs both miraculous when clearly having the ladybug one should be enough to fix everything.
The cat miraculous only felt close to as important as the Ladybug miraculous, 4 times in the entire series.
1. Breaking the akumatized Bee miraculous
2. Cataclysming Pharo
3. Cataclysming the turtle miraculous to stop Optigami
4. Cataclysming the giant sweet that Tikki made.
Heck even in Ephemeral, them needing Chat noir was more because it was inconvenient and really Ladybug didnt need 9 heroes she only needed 3
Vesperia, Viperion, and Carapace. (Polymouse wasnt needed.)
Which actually shows that Ladybug doesnt actually need Chat noir. Like no wonder the boy feels like he will be replaced.
Do you know how many times the Ladybug miraculous is important?
Everytime. EVERY SINGLE TIME.
That isnt balanced.
If Ladybug is missing once, the world is doomed.
But now the complaint is gonna be "Well ladybug is the main character so she has to save the day."
Yes, I f***ing know. And that is not the problem.
Dont tease me with a balance concept when you are just gonna wipe your ass with it.
The cat miraculous may as well just be one of the lesser important ones. And if it was stated to be then I honestly wouldnt care as much as I do.
It doesnt work when the characters have to say he is important or necessary yet not actually show it.
Also Thomas said that Cataclysm doesnt always destroy, its like misfortune or whatever (being random). Which REALLY damages the view because Tikki is creation.
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I should point out that I am fine with Marinette being the main character, (she is my favorite after all). So her always saving the day is fine. That is not my problem with this.
My problem is that the cat miraculous rarely feels needed. And the treatment of Adrien is unbalanced. (Not even in an opposite way)
I wish that adrien's situation was paralleling Marinette's more.
Ladybug gaining more allies and trust. Being able to share her secret.
Chat noir starts losing more people in his life and starts becoming more untrusting. But anytime I think thats gonna happen, it is just (zip) fixed and status quo again.
Right now it feels like they are just gonna sweep the ladynoir conflict that had been brewing under the rug.
The view of the cat miraculous is being pushed aside and I hate that they are doing that when there are so many ways they can make it equal without undermining Marinette/Ladybug as a character
That is why the Yin yang concept the miraculous were supposed to be infuriates me. Because I love that trope.