looks like team rocket’s blasting off agaaaain
Happy Thanksgiving from the King of Koopas~!
- he loves Marinette to pieces, but he isn’t in love with her, and he worries he’ll never be able to express how deeply he cares about her without having to bring himself to act like he’s romantically interested, because it’s so hard to navigate relationships without that framework
- there’s so few words to describe his experiences so he turns to music to show how he feels, and his heart sinks every time he realizes that this is commonly mistaken for flirting
- part of him wonders whether he should just traditionally date someone he cares about (like Marinette or Adrien) because it’s the only way he can think of that allows him to develop the kind of close bond he craves, but it just doesn’t fit with who he is, and who knows if anyone would ever agree to a relationship that works on his terms or will he have to deal with being a third wheel the rest of his life
- it’s so easy for him to tell that Marinette has a crush on Adrien, it’s always easy for him to notice these things from the outside
- but it’s easy for him to notice that Marinette has feelings for him too, and he hass such a weird mix of romance repulsion and reciprocal attraction – being bi on top of being aro is a confusing mix, because for most people romantic attraction occurs alongside other types, and yet for Luka it doesn’t, and it took so long for him to understand it
- he and Juleka (who’s a lesbian) fully support each other’s identities, and over the years have confided to each other and tried to sort out their feelings by talking it out and he’s grateful for having the best little sister in the world
- being able to fully truthfully call Ladybug and Chat Noir “hot” is the closest thing he can get to feeling normal, because everything else around him seems to convince him otherwise – whether it’s the ice cream man’s over-insistence on romantic compatibility, or knowing that people often assume all aros to be heartless, he just wonders if Marinette will accept him and if they can ever be emotionally closer than they are now without the romance to go with it
Marinette: YOU’RE SO ANNOYING! I CAN’T BELIEVE I MARRIED YOU!
Adrien: I’M ANNOYING?! YOU’RE THE ONE WHO CHEATED!
Marinette: WELL YEAH BUT YOU CHEATED FIRST!
Alya: I think we’re done playing Uno for the night…
wlw couples (mostly canon with three implied) in 2010 animation
bonus if disney stops being cowards:

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