nathalie: what’s this?
adrien: well i noticed that you never eat breakfast because you’re always working so i got you a bagel and some coffee!! is that okay?? :)
nathalie, tearing up: absolutely not. get out of my face
nathalie: what’s this?
adrien: well i noticed that you never eat breakfast because you’re always working so i got you a bagel and some coffee!! is that okay?? :)
nathalie, tearing up: absolutely not. get out of my face
Y’all act like you didn’t make mistakes when you were 13-16 year olds
Can everyone just realize that while the writing may be faulty that they’re actually kind of realistic. Not everyone is mature enough to recognize the best decisions when you’re that young and we often make selfish decisions when other people enable us
Does that completely excuse bad behavior or justify hurting others? No.
But at least we have an understanding of why people do the things that they do, which extends to our main characters.
I find it refreshing that Marinette isn’t perfect and as we keep progressing we see that neither are Kagami or Adrien. Marinette has a huge jealousy streak and it’s a major flaw that’s brought up so I can see how that’s tiring but speaking as a girl who was also the jealous type around Marinette’s age, it’s actually nice to see how a real teenager is depicted. Yes, acting on jealousy is incredibly selfish and we hurt other people unknowingly, but we shouldn’t completely label things as “good” or completely label things as “bad.” Marinette is a good character with a few bad characteristics and she tends to do a few bad things, but it’s better than having her be this squeaky clean character who is completely devoid of flaws and setbacks. It makes her more relatable and it makes it more empowering when she’s rewarded for the good things that she’s done.
I can see why everyone is kind of tired of seeing Marinette acting jealous/petty or why everyone is frustrated that Chloe isn’t getting a redemption arc, but you also have to realize that people don’t just change over night and that they actually have to actually dedicate time to recognize their mistakes and grow from them. People tend to relapse or fall back into bad behavior, not every redemption arc or growth arc is straight.
Wouldn’t be weirder if Marinette completely accepted Kagami as Adrien’s love interest when she’s shown to be in love with him and has previously acted on impulsive jealousy? Wouldn’t it be a little weird if Chloe was super nice to everyone and did the right thing all the time when she’s always been a spoiled brat? Wouldn’t it be weird if our protagonists didn’t act like the characters they’ve always been established as?
So please stop complaining about our characters not acting perfect, when you should just take it as it is and stop getting upset when they don’t reach your projected expectations
Seeing Marinette and Kagami in this ep with new outfits would be what I call an end to my depression
With the new episode coming out tomorrow and that it’s gonna be the episode where they lose their memories:
Am I going to get to watch them fall in love with each other all over again
do I want to even think about how Sapotis had a Ladybug Blu-Ray cover, which means that this episode technically fits better on the season 2 timeline after Riposte but before Sapotis, or what