all of us on the 18th when we’re still here and staff didn’t delete anyone

Chat: I’m sorry, Marinette. I…I can’t return your feelings, you know I love Ladybug.
Marinette: Oh, of course! I perfectly understand, even if it leaves me heartbroken I guess I’ll learn to live with it and move on… Anyways, good bye!
Chat, sniffling: It’s so brave and endearing of you to try and look okay about it, but I know how hard it is to be rejected… You-you’ll be fine, princess!
Marinette: I know, don’t worry, Chat. I’ll-
Chat, sobbing and hugging Marinette: You must be strong!!!!
Marinette:…I think I’ve moved on already.
Ok just cause I’m still salty and this needs to be said: just because your story is a bit predictable doesn’t mean it’s bad. sometimes that just means that your story makes sense. if nothing in your story is predictable then you have crossed the line from “keeping viewers on their toes” to “nonsensical nightmare that doesn’t deliver on any front”
Lately a lot of stories that try to hard to be “subversive” and “unpredictable” have turned out shitty because they were more focused on not using certain tropes than telling a good story.
Ever read so much fanfiction about a character or pairing that you literally forget what happened to them in canon?
Sometimes that’s the goal.