Ask Explosion #5
It’s almost like they wanted to be somehow vague about when this special took place? I don’t know why but that’s my guess (maybe we’ll see if they continue the “Marinette is still crazy with Adrien” in Season 4 or if the special was literally them desperately trying to reassure people that Adrienette is endgame and nothing else).
I--
wha???
She gets a pat on the back and told she’s right?? Where????
Anyway, what I saw her actions in “Reflekdoll” as her giving Chat a taste of his own medicine. I don’t always approve of that sort of thing, but Chat was very blatant in not taking any blame at the start of the episode when he almost caused Ladybug’s lucky charm to fail, and then went on about how Ladybug has no sense of humor. He also called her “Bugaboo” which she clarifies that she’s told him to stop saying.
Later, when he gets on her case for it:
Lady Noire: Now that you've used up your Lucky Charm— (blocks a beam) you've only got a few minutes left— uh! (blocks another beam) Before you transform back, Bugaboy!
Mister Bug: Why don't you try helping me instead of making fun of me!? (They dodge a beam.)
Lady Noire: Apparently, Bugaboy doesn't have a sense of humor.
Mister Bug: (jumping up the Eiffel Tower) Sounds like you're wearing the clown costume now!
It went right over his dense head that Ladybug was doing to him what he did to her. Like, “why don’t you try helping???” when she was already blocking beams, and then he expects her to pick up his slack when she already had to do that at the beginning of the episode (it’s implied, anyway).
He mocked her role as Ladybug (especially later when he gets “the lucky charm he wanted” and then brags about his “mastery”) and insisted that she didn’t have a sense of humor when she DOES banter with him and make puns but not as frequently, so as far as I’m concerned, it was fair game. I saw Lady Noire getting on his case as cathartic.
I think someone asked Astruc specifically about that and Astruc was basically like, “We can’t use the same twist twice,” or something (don’t quote me on that but I know that it was in reference to either “Chat Blanc” or Marinette getting akumatized), which is funny when I know he also talked about how Bunnyx and the way time travel existed made way for more possibilities and then it be like also we can’t do this thing twice.
And while I’m theoretically all for Chat being taught a lesson and realizing that he screwed up and learning from it (because yes), do we really want a full episode centered around Adrien/Chat.
I really like Wayzz. He’s soft-spoken but he has a bit of a silly side as well (like when he was running on the record. That’s why I feel like it’ll be a shame because he’ll either be relegated to the box, be sad about Fu, or the whole Fu thing won’t be acknowledged at all.
Ideally, if the other kwami were upset with Marinette for what happened with Fu, would be nice to see Wayzz actually speak up for her and talk about all the pressure placed onto her and how she shouldn’t be blamed.
Bonus: the caption is rainbow-colored and flashing.
I still cringe at, “I can’t imagine being Ladybug without... him.”
I think it’s adorable when one anon inadvertently answers another one.
Yeah though, I feel like shows can be a bit afraid to delve into the word “therapy,” and if they do, they won’t really show it.
Adrien being particularly confused because he and Kagami hang out all the time anyway so why was the force needed???
Lemme fix it for you:
I think Akumanette would be completely undefeatable
It took me a second because I can’t read “talisman” without thinking of Spyro.
And yes, Cataclysm destroys akuma, as confirmed in “Chat Blanc.” I feel like akuma in general might be able to be smashed/killed, but the problem is Miraculous Ladybug since that heals the damage; purifying the akuma isn’t needed for Miraculous Ladybug, but still.
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Sabine, weakly: I-I was trying to teach you a lesson.
Marinette: Well I guess we both have learned something now haven’t we?
What a mooooood. Yeah, I felt really bad for both of them, and I enjoy Penny’s personality overall along with her interactions with Jagged. She deserved better and I wish there’d been generally just more for her by the end of the episode (plus, there was so much room for Penny and Marinette to bond over their anxiety and I’m shocked that they didn’t take it)???
I wish the look just fit Penny more too. I feel like some akuma are like--don’t really “represent” the person getting akumatized. I wish they were more like, “evil version of this person” rather than “akuma who conveniently fits around the episode.
Kwamibuster, for example, even if it’s still centered around kwami, it turns Ms. Mendeleiev into an “evil scientist” of sorts, so that’s fine (though I wish we would’ve gotten more thunder + evil laughs).
Yeah, Majestia is more tanned than her civilian form, or at least that’s how it seems to me. I don’t really get it.
The interviews are kinda generic, like when they were talking about future episodes being a “Chat Blanc” every time. Like, what does that mean?
And then Twitter is just full of stuff made to upset people.
Stormy Weatheeeeeer~
Because anime.
That’s what I really hate about these specials cause the Shanghai one is basically gonna do the same like, like wow how convenient.
Ohhh.
Yeah, I guess it depends on the person? That’s why it sometimes feels weird to respond to asks asking about certain shows while already giving their opinion because then I become a middleman who doesn’t know what’s being talked about, y’know?
