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Was scrolling some of your Chloé art again, and wondered if you ever saw the movie. If so, what did you think of it?

I did.

I don't find it particularly appealing, since some characters were downgraded in their personalities to reinforce their character growth in a cheap and rushed way (e.g. Marinette suddenly being shy and Adrien being constantly emo).

I liked the improvement in animation, though.

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Ukrainian Mavka Miku.

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Kisses under the rain are always romantic.

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romantasy books with the main pairing between a 18 yo girl and an immortal male fae: ew 875 chapters of wild chemistry, understanding and respect between a 17 yo shinigamihollowquincyhuman fusion and immortal 100+ yo shinigami: oh my god, 81789189189/10

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Rukia: you have nice hair Ichigo: thanks, do you want your kids to have it too? Rukia: what Ichigo: what Byakuya: what Ichigo: where the hell did YOU come from?!?!

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I can't believe this is what Ichigo sees every day for 578976656 years.

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The cost of love 🤍

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Literally polin, ep 7:

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Colin Bridgerton, 0.0000021787 secs after he takes Penelope to his house:

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Penelope: colin, what are you doing? Colin: writing my wedding vow Penelope: what page are you on? Colin: 511

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Snow on the beach ❄️

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Daphne, s1: i'm insufferable and it's your problem, simon Anthony, s2: i'm dead inside and it's my problem, kate Colin, s3: i'M sO hOrNy fOr mY fRiEnD pEnElOpe aNd i'M gOnNa mAkE iT eVeRyOnE's pRoBlEm

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I still think they did her dirty.

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Flustered Sebastian during the Night Market.

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Thank you :)

Here it is, if you are curious:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53390548

I tried to mesh the idea of reverse!Chloé being very different from canon with the canon assertion from the special that from Emonette's PoV, Chloé is still a 'tormentor'.

Thanks!

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Would you mind if I linked your reverse!Chloé for a little one-shot study between a reverse!Chloé and emonette?

The dynamic still has Chloé 'bullying' emonette, but with overbearing kindness in place of meanness. Toxic positivity.

Trying to go for a reverse!feel that still manages to work with canon.

Hi! Please do your best, my it's up to you to interpret a character as you wish :)

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When you really think about it, Chloe is just a version of Azula written by people who failed to understand what made Azula work as a character.

They are both malicious 14 year old girls that have a final swan song where they fight the heros for the last time and have a breakdown when they lose. They both have neglectful mothers (but like at complete opposites of the neglect spectrum) that they crave love from, and they both have "loving" fathers that shaped them into the horrible people that they are today.

However, the writers of ATLA understood that Azula is the way she is because of her circumstances; if her father wasn't abusive fire Hitler that encouraged the worst parts of Azula's personality, and if Ursa was able to have a better relationship with her daughter, then Azula would not have turned out the way she did.

Meanwhile, the writers of ML honestly think that Chloe is a bad person only because of her choices, despite writing the exact opposite. Chloe got her ideals of Rich superiority from her Father who raised her alone for most of her life, who is also shown to constantly abusing his political power in the early seasons, but the show dosen't point out that obvious connection beyond "he dosen't punish Chloe enough because he loves her too much UwU". Chloe's mother straight up dosen't care about Chloe and acts like a meaner version of her, but Chloe is the one the Narrative treats as the big threat that needs to be stopped? Andre gets rewarded with a new daughter despite being the reason why the old one turned out so bad??

Azula and Chloe are both cogs in the evil machine that realize they are unloved at the end of their stories, but while ATLA puts the blame on the machine, ML puts the blame on the cog and it's really weird because they laid the ground work for the evil machine!

Also, Zoe is like a dollar store version of Zuko I guess.

Here's another thing that made Azula work: Her progression as a villain felt more natural.

During Season 3 of Avatar: The Last Airbender, the show acknowledged how screwed up she was mentally. After losing Zuko, Mai, and Ty Lee and being made Fire Lord only for her father to crown himself Phoenix King, Azula's sanity gradually degraded, and it was played seriously. It was clear that as evil as she was, she has a lot of issues that make it hard to just write her off as beyond saving.

With Chloe, after the betrayal, the writers ramped up her evil moments while acting like she's always been this cruel. While you could argue these have been traits she's had since Season 1, there's no natural progression to her getting worse after she betrayed Ladybug.