#Christina Vee

[ritu6ka]

Today's fan art - Verosika 🥵

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I really do love Christina Vee's voice as Ms. Mayday 🔥🔥🔥

New episode tomorrow!!! 🥹Actually - it's already today (it's 2 am in Czechia)

[adrinoir]

The Miraculous Movie was different than the series…and that’s okay!

I watched the movie this morning and loved it! I think it’s important to talk about the changes that were made and what impact they had.

How the characters were rewritten

There definitely was a difference in how the characters were written in the movie, and some of the redevelopment of characters was really good!

Gabriel was by far the one who had the best redevelopment of his personality. Gabriel in the series is awful, as we all know.

In the series, he barely gives a shit about his own son, like there is absolutely nothing redeemable about his character. In every “what if” episode and the season 5 finale, Gabriel does not show any regret to hurting people, including his own son.

However, in the movie, Gabriel actually makes a better attempt to communicate with Adrien and, most importantly, feels strong regret when he hurt his son. He cries; he feels remorse for destroying Paris and injuring Adrien in the process. He hugs Adrien (along with the spirit of Emilie 🥹) and decides to stop being Hawk Moth. It was beautifully done. He got a redemption arc that he never got in the series. I know I personally felt so good watching that and seeing the relationship between him and Adrien being repaired.

Marinette was her usual clumsy self, but was written as having no friends at school because she embarrasses herself so much. In a way, it makes more sense than her being so popular like she is in the series. Kids in high school can be pretty judgy and ruthless. So it makes sense for the “clumsy girl” to be made fun of and judged by people who don’t know her well.

Adrien was different in a lot of ways. He wasn’t shown running to school to gain freedom. He wasn’t introduced as being a super model who’s friends with Chloe. Instead, he’s already going to the school, he’s already friends with Nino, and he happens to run into Marinette at the library. He doesn’t have that same chemistry with Marinette as he does in the series which is a bit odd that they took that away, but it does make sense that he’d turn her down when she asked him to the ball, since he loves Ladybug. In the movie, he very clearly sees Marinette as just a friend and it’s shown that he’s building a friendship with her without him developing a crush. It’s different but still wholesome, especially when he shows her the old family photo to her. Plus, it evens it out well since Ladybug obviously turns Cat Noir away but they’re still building up their bond, too. They both get turned down.

It was ehhh that Adrien was a bit too cocky at times as Cat Noir, but overall, his goofiness and self confidence is still pretty on brand for him. He was still very encouraging towards Ladybug but not overly flirtatious, pushing her to her limits. Instead, it was them lightly teasing each other and then playfully fighting. And, speaking of the playful fighting, their bond was stronger in the movie seeing as how they were shown spending more time together off duty and that they were treated as equals.

In the show, Cat Noir is automatically made sidekick and left in the dark about everything. But in the movie, he gets to meet Master Fu in disguise alongside Ladybug. Sure, he didn’t help Master Fu with his cane like he did in the series, but that didn’t matter since the lore was changed.

Alya was less annoying in the movie. Sorry. Don’t get me wrong, I love Alya in the series, but she’s so over the top at times with how obsessed she is over the heroes, blogging, and filming things for her blog. In the movie, she was toned down a lot and I liked that. It was also cute that Nino had a crush on her and just her, not Marinette first. Unlike the series, he wasn’t on that pipeline of guys who fell for Marinette since that pipeline doesn’t exist in the movie.

Tom was made out to be an embarrassment for Marinette which is honestly more realistic for a teenager. Most teenagers get pretty embarrassed by their parents, especially when they still treat them very childlike. And, I like that he went out to the fair to look for her since he heard there was danger. Marinette’s parents don’t usually go out to look for her or make sure she’s in her room when there’s danger afoot. So, I appreciate that they made Tom do that since he obviously loves Marinette a lot.

The rewriting of (some of) the lore

As I had mentioned in my previous section, the lore was rewritten, too. Instead of Master Fu being the one to pick Marinette and Adrien simply because they helped him, the kwamis sense that Marinette and Adrien are the right people to be Ladybug and Cat Noir. That was a much better way to write that, in my opinion.

Hawk Moth got ahold of the butterfly miraculous by mistake. That part wasn’t changed but also, it didn’t need to be.

The change of plot

The plot was very simple. It didn’t have a whole lot of crazy, in depth details like the show’s does. So, anyone who has never watched the show can easily understand and absorb what’s going on (I will be forcing my boyfriend to watch it with me since he’s never seen the show lol).

I like that it was very clear cut and easy to understand while still being intense and meaningful. It still summarizes a lot of what the series entails while fixing some issues in the plot development.

They didn’t doddle with Hawk Moth like they do in the show. He was a successful villain in his second attempt but then realized he should stop when he hurt his own son in the process.

Also, there was a reveal. It was a wee bit underwhelming, but I still think it was done well! It was a moment with just Marinette and Adrien alone, as it should be. And, it was cutesy and heartfelt. The fact that Marinette dressed like Ladybug for the ball (cutest dress ever imo) and Adrien dressed like Cat Noir was so cute. That’s what a lot of the fandom has been asking for and written about in fanfics, I feel like.

The romance between these two is most important. They didn’t need Kagami and Luka as 2nd love interests to throw things off track. Yes, I like these characters in the show, but they weren’t needed in the plot.

The music

I love musicals. I was a bit of a theater kid in high school, plus I’m obsessed with music lol. So, yes, I’m a bit biased when I say I love that they made this a musical.

I personally loved the music. I can tell a lot of good effort was put into it and I’ve already been listening to the songs on my Spotify. The song between Ladybug and Cat Noir in the theater “Now I See” and Cat Noir jumping on the clouds (literally, on cloud nine) singing “My Lady” was absolutely adorable and super romantic, which, as we know, is a big part of the show.

Even Gabriel’s song “Chaos Will Reign Today” was amazing! It conveyed a lot of emotion and turns into one of those dramatic villain songs. Keith Silverstein is clearly talented enough to sing for his own character and he did it well.

My only nitpick is that Marinette’s singer, Lou, has a very different voice than Christina Vee. So, Marinette sounds very different, much more mature-sounding when she sings and it kinda catches you off guard. I’m surprised they didn’t have Christina sing for her, but there must’ve been a reason why she didn’t. But, SQVARE sounded similar enough to Bryce Papenbrook when he sung for Cat Noir which i absolutely love.

Conclusion

I personally give this movie a 10/10 just because it made me smile the whole time, and it’s such a feel good movie. I’ll happily watch it again and listen to the soundtrack, especially on a day when I’m feeling down. It wasn’t perfect in every aspect, but it was perfect in a simple, heartwarming sense and that it can be watched by everyone, not only people who watch the series.

I understand if it made you cringe or you were moreso looking for a continuation of the series not a retelling. But, I prefer some simplicity which is a big part of what made me like it. Like I said, I know it wasn’t absolute perfection, but it was so frickin adorable and I can’t help but smile.

There’s a lot of differences but also plenty of similarities between the movie and the show. But understand they’re not meant to be the same and that’s okay! I don’t think the movie was horrible for most of the changes it made. In fact, I think most of them made sense and made it a bit more realistic (as I explained).

[koringus]

It's so funny how Shadybug sounds exactly like Verosika Mayday

[kukkirankindon]

🩶 — This is SATIRE 💜

[angelshizuka]

I will always be a Miraculous Movie defender (the first one at least, trying not to get my hopes up too high for the sequel, because the trust issues this franchise gave me will never truly go away).

But boy... hearing Christina Vee sing for Verosika Mayday in Helluva Boss, really makes me even more salty that she didn't sing for Ladybug in the movie. Like, Ladybug's singing voice itself isn't bad, but it's NOT Ladybug's voice, it doesn't fit her character at all.

[lookindasketchy]

Drew fanart for Christina Vee! Hopefully they'll accept fanart and she'll sign my copy haha 🥹🥺👍

[goldenunicornmaster]

I have fallen off watching the show of Miraculous Ladybug because of… reasons. But I did want to give the Ladybug and Cat Noir movie a chance and it was ok.

But nothing was more frustrating to me personally than hearing a completely different singing voice for Marinettte in the English dub. Like you guys have Christina Vee, like come on she got her start by singing covers she’s very talented. Idk what production decision was behind it (probs money or branding or something), the singer was good don’t get me wrong but it was just so jarring when Marinette starting singing in this very breathy modern pop way that didn’t fit when the they could have a more broadway style that fits the musical movie right there.

Anyway longstory short Christina Vee did covers of some of marinette’s songs in the movie and it’s soo satisfying.

[arielvaale]

How embarrassing is it as a news outlet to get BOTH guests names THAT wrong

[helluvahusker]

Finding out that Christina Vee, the person who voices Marinette Dupain-Cheng, also voices Verosika Mayday has kinda made my head explode a little ngl

[davekat-sucks]

i feel bad for Christina Vee, did you hear about what happened? she did not deserve the hate and harassment she got

Yeah, I heard about it. I feel so bad for her. Everyone on Twitter is so insane with this whole Palestine. I loved her for her fandubs in early YouTube back then like when she did Haruhi Suzumiya. Even early English fandub covers for songs like Bad Apple. To see her land in a huge anime role like Homura from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, I was happy for her that she finally made it big for doing what she loves. People harassing her over this is just so fucked up. Like why?! I hope she gets better by being off of Twitter.

[thecrazygamingzombie]

So I just found out a Sillybandz movie exists.

And not only that but Christina Vee, Verosika’s VA, was in it as that rock star character.

[kzya111]

GETTING ANSWERS

[sapphiccooper]

The jump scare I just had from the Miraculous Movie when Marinette started singing…

1. I didn’t know it was a musical

2. It wasn’t Christina’s voice, it was Lou’s, and it’s throwing me off so much

[gameguy20100]

Christina vee was so good in this special that the various emotions she displayed felt real to me, bryce was also underrated as well. Adrian's reaction to his father's death was so realistic thanks to his performance.

Yeah, they've got serious talent.

[angelshizuka]

Thoughts about Verosika?

I really like her and can see why she's so many peoples' fave, she probably makes it into my top 10, too. Though, I still haven't been able to shake off she also voices Marinette...