the queen of hell
Someone interviewing Adrien after the movie in Animaestro: So, Adrien, tell us what it’s like being Chat Noir
Adrien: *Panics*
okay but consider this:
in case u forgot how would Adrien look like in a hoodie
Simon Says, S1.
Marinette’s hair is BLACK
Reading fanfic that describe Marinette as “blue-haired” is always wild to me because, as a French person, I know it’s not.
Now, you might think “OP, are you color blind? her hair is clearly bue-colored” or “OP, how the heck is your nationality relevant to Marinette’s hair color?” and the answer to both these questions is animation techniques
Once upon a time, in the 2000s, when I was watching French cartoons on TV and TVs where still Cathod-ray tubes, animators and colorists could not rely on 16 million colors, black hair was the worst thing ever.
Why? Because in order to show strands and depth and movement in hair, you use lighter and darker shades of the base color. Nowadays, for black hair, we use dull blacks and rich blacks and it works. Past animators had no such thing. Hence, several schools found their own solutions: anime went with black and screw depth anyway, I think I remember cartoons doing the same (check Bruce and Dick’s hair in BTAS) and French people decided to use dark blue instead of black, so they could use black for dark accents and slightly less dark blue for light accents.
Or, well, more acurately, smooth, shiny black hair was made in blue and dull black hair was drak brown or actual black.
Thus, two/three generations of French people learned to see blue hair and interpret it as black. Not even logically, like I explained to you, but just instinctively, the way we see scribbles and think “there is text but the contents don’t matter” or see too-big eyes and don’t think “it’s an alien”.
I don’t know why it’s still used, but I guess it’s because it’s in the culture now anyway, and it might still be easier than fighting with dull and rich blacks?
Long story short, Marinette’s hair is black (to be more precise, it’s the very straight black hair that kinda reflects the light that is typical for people with chinese origins, you know, like Marinette) it was never a question for us French, and also if you don’t believe me Adrien says so in Le Patineur (actually, in the French version, he says “brown” because the French language and culture didn’t differientiate between black-haired and brown-haired people for the longest time, and even today not everybody does it everytime)
Reblog if you will never stop loving Adrien, Marinette, Alya, Nino, or any of the characters no matter what the writing has them say or do.
This is a PSA
Stormy Weather 2 was a good episode and here’s why (Spoilers ahead):
- While there was a ton of old footage used, it serves a great purpose in showing what is internally important to each character. This is especially needed because we see most of the show following Marinette. This episode is not about the Akuma, it’s about character growth and the flashbacks show how they are learning from past mistakes, and sets the stage for a lot of important things to happen soon in the season.
- Everyone seems to be ignoring the fact that it has been confirmed that Emilie Agreste is not actually dead so I’m bringing it up: Emilie Agreste is not dead. Nathalie said that she slowly fell into an eternal sleep. This could possibly be a result of the damage to the peacock miraculous.
- Nathalie is still affected by her transformation into Mayura, this can lead to a variety of different future plot points, including her fate being similar to Emilie’s.
- Nooroo calls Gabriel out on his lack of affection toward his son. This could lead to future plot points.
- Marinette makes a real effort to get more comfortable around Adrien. This shows how she is growing as a character and really sets up for some good things to happen in future episodes.
- The DjWifi scene where they reflect on how they met and got together was so important. It shows us how Hawkmoth’s appearance has really changed the lives of each person in Paris, not just Adrien and Marinette.
- The Akuma attack was shown following regular citizens instead of the heroes. We haven’t seen an attack from this perspective before. We usually don’t think much of it, Ladybug and Chat Noir will always save the day, after all, but in this episode we see the fears of those who live average lives and it’s incredibly important.
- Adrien almost grows a brain cell and figures out that Mari likes him, almost. While it is extremely frustrating that his ultimate conclusion is that she’s just a friend who’s into fashion, it’s still important because he brings it up as a possibility and gets his mind off of Ladybug.
- In Conclusion: Stop bitching about this episode barely having any new content because it has a ton. It brings a whole new perspective into the picture and sets up for an amazing, plot and growth filled season.
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