#DOES nothing at. all.

[rooniearts]

Consider: Silver with hearing loss

[egophiliac]

still rolling around on the ground over the contrast between Jack and Mal. it's so...🤌🤌🤌

[possamble]

hiii everybody are you normal about Falin showing Laios the same little spell that Marcille showed her? are you normal about Falin remembering it fondly enough that it was one of the first things she showed her brother while trying to teach him magic?

[bacchuschucklefuck]

january month of yuugi

[crazycatmilo]

We don’t talk enough about how Martin was likely mostly running the institute by himself (cuz Peter probably wasn’t all that helpful, Martin for sure never wants to see a spreadsheet again) while in a depressive episode AND manipulating Peter to make him think he’s on his side. Like holy fuck bro. It pisses me off when people act like he’s dumb because did we listen to the same show??

[sourkreem]

interrupting Jason's saturday afternoon book binge is one way to make him pissy

spot as many easter eggs as you can :>

[naturecalls111]

Gardening desert plants is new for him

[pikechris]

yeah the doctor hasn't kissed a man since 2005 but they also haven't kissed anyone on screen since missy in 2014. ten actual years. do you understand the significance of this

[sammigy]

im rereading tsc (to prepare for tgr lmao) and i hadn’t noticed this little detail previously but it hit me like a truck this time around

jeremy has the entire backline’s notifications set as a quacking sound. so that means when jean messages him jean’s text also sounds like a duck quacking…

“little Parisian duckling��

Elodie’s dress with the ducks on it…

*rocks back and forth with my head in my hands*

[deikshen]

I love getting Shen Qingqiu pregnant (and it's funny that just today I've done it twice already), so... Shen Yuan who transmigrates into Shen Qingqiu, and in the midst of his medical check-up with Mu Qingfang about that whole qi deviation thing, Mu Qingfang hints that perhaps the qi deviation was due to using too much of his qi to pause his pregnancy.

Shen Qingqiu it's like: pardon??? Pregnancy?????

Sure enough, the System confirms: Shen Qingqiu's body is pregnant! And Mu Qingfang, falling into all that of a certain amnesia after the qi deviation, explains to him that he has a pregnancy in a very early stage that he never wanted to interrupt, but "the responsibilities around him, responsibilities that only grew" were too much to have a baby at that time. And he's been putting off his baby's growth with qi... for a long time.

Shen Qingqiu asks him very, very quickly how the hell he can keep doing that. No. He's not having a baby. He's just getting a new body. He just died. What the fuck. Thanks, but no thanks.

Of course, later on, with Without-a-cure, it is very difficult to continue diverting his qi to keep the baby hidden and not growing inside him. At this point, Shen Qingqiu does not terminate the pregnancy just because... Because he does not feel capable. Plus, he feels a little guilty; the original goods could have terminated that pregnancy if he had wanted to. What gave him, an impostor in a stolen body, the right to end a life that the original Shen Qingqiu was so jealously protecting? He had already taken one life. He would not take a second.

So even he does need more qi about it, and if he needs Mu Qingfang's external qi to hide it during the larger outbreaks of Without-a-cure, Shen Qingqiu decides that maybe he'll give the baby a chance to be born when he has to throw Binghe into the Abyss. The house will be empty by then, won't it? And will be sad. And painful. And he'll need a distraction.

One month before the IAC, Shen Qingqiu lets go of the qi seal and allows the baby finally to continue growing. It is strange to feel it, and even stranger to feel it grow. Mu Qingfang congratulates him on his decision, explains what symptoms he will have to deal with in the coming weeks, what tea is best to avoid, what herbs he should drink. Shen Qingqiu is tense, distant and somewhat nervous, fearing something dangerous or close to a qi deviation since he was not actively sealing the baby now. His body still has to get used to the enormous hormonal chaos that will gradually subside; Shen Qingqiu is resigned and hateful, but he simply decides that it will not be something that will keep him awake at night.

The IAC passes. The morning after Shen Qingqiu throws Binghe into the abyss is painful and filled with tears and the first signs of morning sickness. Unfortunate timing, as many other Peak Lords and Sect Leaders see him nearly faint and run off to vomit.

What Shen Qingqiu doesn't expect (or, knowing the reputation of the original Shen Qingqiu, should expect) are the rumors.

Shen Qingqiu is jealously protecting his small belly bump, hiding it before it is necessary to say it, but it is inevitable that it will be discovered. It's surprisingly less well received than he expected. His refusal to speak about what happened to Luo Binghe, his refusal to give him up for dead, his enormous sadness, her refusal to tell the identity of the baby's other father... Shen Qingqiu is hearing the rumors from his own disciples before Shang Qinghua and his spy nets of An Ding disciples bring him the news that the rumors have already spread.

Apparently, everyone believes that Shen Qingqiu was having an affair with his spoiled disciple Luo Binghe ("He even bet so much on him and his victory in the IAC!"), and when a beast killed his beloved disciple, Shen Qingqiu fell into a heartbreaking sadness from which he could only be freed by the fruit of his love that was now growing in his womb.

Sensitive, loud, chaotic. Shang Qinghua mocks him. Shen Qingqiu hits him with his fan and insults him. Living with the author is an unpleasant nuisance when Shang Qinghua confirms that he never wrote about Shen Qingqiu being pregnant, although he didn't actually write about things that later happened either. The world filling in the plot holes, he says, and Shen Qingqiu hates it.

Pregnancy is a painless process. Shen Qingqiu suffers through it like anyone else, but he has his good moments. He gets excited about the baby. Mu Qingfang confirms to him that its a boy. He lulls him to sleep when he wakes him up in the middle of the night with kicks. Even before he is born, he is already causing trouble; Shen Qingqiu finds himself loving this little boy very much and wishing, after all this time, to finally meet him.

The baby is born. If Shen Qingqiu was curious about the identity of the second father, nothing on the baby's face tells it; it is a sweet and cute baby identical to Shen Qingqiu, except for some undeniably big and beautiful eyes.

He also has his own character: he cries a lot, he only calms down in Shen Qingqiu's arms, he hates strangers coming close, he cries when someone else carries him, and enjoys when Shen Qingqiu sings to him. He is quickly loved and spoiled by the entire sect and his disciples.

Shen Qingqiu allows himself to forget that he will only have four years to live for this baby. Luo Binghe will return seeking revenge, and Shen Qingqiu does not plan to escape; as long as he allows the baby to live, and as long as Cang Qiong don't burn, he can hand himself over to Luo Binghe's revenge.

(Of course he has prepared sun-moon dew mushrooms. He's not an idiot. He also has enough legal scrolls that in case he dies, his baby will stay with Shang Qinghua and the anonymous brother Shang; Shang Qinghua will run away with his little one and they will meet in a village far away, where the "anonymous brother" lived. Shen Qingqiu would raise his son as an anonymous herbalist and they would live as simple NPCs without bothering anyone.)

Shen Qingqiu has his beloved little baby and a plan. It is a surprise to him when, one night, there is a knock on his door. His baby is just over a year and a half old, he stammers a few words, he learned the dangerous art of walking and running; so little time, so much domestic comfort, of course Shen Qingqiu does not expect disciples returning from the Endless Abyss directly to his doorstep.

Yet there he is. Luo Binghe. Luo Binghe who looks at him with an unfathomable expression, dirty in blood, with torn robes. He is unbearably handsome, tall and with a heavy black sword on his back.

Shen Qingqiu is frozen, only thinking about running away with his baby, when Luo Binghe just falls to his knees in front of him.

("Shizun, the rumors are strong, even in the Abyss. When did this horrible disciple disgrace his Shizun like this? Will Shizun be able to forgive this one for his mistakes? If the Abyss was the punishment Shizun intended for this disciple's behaviour, then this one understands. Please forgive this horrible beast for his audacity.")

Shen Qingqiu had already made peace with the rumors. He actually tried to ignore them most of the time. So, for Luo Binghe of all people to believe them ("As if there was any way to forget... that!!! It takes two to make a baby, and you and I didn't do it...!!!"), and even more so, to feel guilty about them… As if something in Luo Binghe's head made him believe that if he were to get infected by the sex pollen of some flower, he could really dishonor his Shizun like that! For that you first need to want it with this Shizun, silly boy!

Shen Qingqiu knows that he has no chance to lie to him, less in something like that. As soon as Luo Binghe finds out that his son has no Heavenly Demon blood in his veins, it will be risky and dangerous. He wants to tell him the truth. He has to tell him the truth.

... However, who can blame a man for having a little hope that everything will eventually work out? Perhaps he should show the baby first, his little offspring, to making him understand that its a harmless baby and does not deserve to suffer. But who could blame him for wanting Luo Binghe to not notice the truth and just accept it and stay as if he had never left?

... Probably the same people who might blame Shen Qingqiu when he presented his sleeping son to Luo Binghe (after letting him bathe and eat something decent), and just a caress on his baby's pale forehead with the careful claw of Luo Binghe caused a red zuiyin to appear.

What the fuck, WHAT THE FUCK?! Airplane, WHO THE FUCK DID SHEN QINGQIU HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH??! WHAT OTHER HEAVENLY DEMONS ARE THERE?! HOW FUCKING LONG HAS THAT BABY BEEN HIDING?!

...

(Somewhere beneath the mountain, Tianlang-jun sneezes. Ah. Strong-willed human cultivators of pretty faces and bad temper. They were always his weakness. One would think that someone like Tianlang-jun would learn after being abandoned by a wandering cultivator apprenticed to a demonic cultivator with a very bad reputation, but, it was not the art of love also having a broken heart?)

[gauloiseblue]

This is Price. You can't change my mind

[shittybundaskenyer]

And they ask me // Is it going good in the garden? // I say I'm lost but I beg no pardon

[littlelightfish]

He cares very much about his elemental just look at this man

He raised this bubble monster since it was a baby and worries about her getting mixed with other water things... Dad behaviour...

It's like he asks her to come out to fight.

He can't ask her that, he alredy sent her to battle. Is it either them or the quimera and he knows it damn well, that's why he looks at Marcille with something close to pity. He can't ask the undine to stop. He needs, they all need, the monster to be dead.

And then his baby droplet gets obliterated by this monster. He's not recovering up emotionally from this anytime soon. He freezes a few seconds in absolute shock.

"I even find it cute now". His baby is dead. It's gotta be something akin to adopt a stray cat since baby and then he gets run over. He starts tearing up. Look at this man's poor face, he's destroyed.

Here he's mourning the loss of his undine possibly, all sad faced. He is, at the end, the only one that lost someone there (many died but revived, and Falin doesnt count because she's alive). Either that or he managed to, somehow, save a bit of her and put it on the bottle and it's feeling sorry for his elemental or saying sorry.

[cosai-void]

Isn't it interesting that Stan never boasts about the things he actually did? He lies about how great he is with women or how he tried to save the pig in an epic battle against the pterodactyl (the first time). But when he actually fought the flying beast, or protected the kids from an army of zombies or managed to escape from the special agents while floating around with zero gravity he never mentioned it again. Save to say, unless the kids told Ford about it, he doesn't know what Stan is capable of. Of course he trusts his brother after Weirdmageddon and goes on adventures with him but I believe Ford still sees himself as the protector and fighter between them two. After all, he has a lot of experience and kept his body at peak health while Stan loves his Ice cream dinner and watching TV.

Imagine Ford trying to protect Stan from a mystical sea creature that attacks the boat but Stan just jumps in and obliterates the thing within a second, because why wouldn't he? It threatened his brother! Maybe not as efficient and clean as Ford would have done it but nevertheless. And the only thing he does afterwards is complain about his back, telling Ford he should clean up the mess, and goes back to whatever he was doing before. Leaving Ford on the deck, who tries very hard not to short circuit.

[zorangezest]

how do you draw yourself?

ok, now how do you draw the others?

here’s soundwave’s drawings without the vandalism, I imagine he does little doodles!

[libellule-saphique]

Good points, actually great points.

Unfortunately the show will always use Marinette's psychological humiliation and character persecution for a "good laugh"

No other character in the show has been subjected to this much and caught backlash for their actions.

Adrien stans have so many excuses for their support of his character "He doesn't get as much screentime" "He's been sheltered all his life and abused" "He's not as bad as Felix" "poor Chat uwu *dramatically sobs*

At this point they make any claim they can to back him up no matter how much in the wrong he is or how ridiculous it sounds.

For many other reasons I don't care for Marinette salt as much as I do general MLB salt, MLB writer salt, or Adrien salt because while Marinette's salt is reasonable and not bad (if reasons are logical) there are many MLB fans who go from salting her to downright bashing her. It's no surprise to anyone that Marinette's crush on Adrien has been the face and reasoning for salting her to began with, the obsessiveness, the irrational jealousy, the awkwardness in which she herself can't escape from because the writers desperately need some form of humor so why not make our female protagonist the butt of jokes right? While giving the second lead who happens to be a white cis male everything on a silver platter and our female lead a slap on the wrist.

It's a slap in the face. Especially to the younger audience who look up to the show. It's a huge contradiction mediocre disappointment preaching girl empowerment & romance on one hand and also teaching the audience that it's ok to harass the one who's affections you're trying to win over no matter if they object, no matter how many times they make themselves clear, that they don't feel the same way you got to try, try, try again. And eventually you'll get them in the end. With good determination and enough charm & persuasion you will get what you want in the end.

What kind of message is that to younger audiences? Why not teach them in life, they will not always get what they want no matter how much they want it, or work for it and that it's ok for people to not reciprocate your feelings. It is your individual responsibility to handle rejection in a positive manner? And not only do they teach the opposite they use the male deuteragonist as the perpetrator of harassing our female protagonist constantly episode to episode, season to season to no avail.

And we're supposed to support his efforts in winning his Mi'lady's heart, because they're "soulmates" despite Ladybug being visually upset, disgusted, and annoyed by his behavior. His stans get equally pissy because of her rejection and go out of their way to call her a "bitch" "mean" "cruel" and not appreciative of him though, she handles most of Paris by herself just fine even when they're working together (it's not like he helps her in any major way anyways if anything he harms more than he helps) He practically distracts her with corny and very cringey puns and failed flirtation attempts to which she is expected to explain to him time after time it's not the appropriate time. She should not have to do that.

Marinette is expected to apologize for things that aren't her fault like in Copy Cat when Chat Noir lies to Theo out of jealousy about the relationship he has with Ladybug causing Theo's akumatization, by the end of the episode Ladybug does the explaining and apologizing despite not being the one to cause the mess in the first place. This leaves him to not have to take accountability for his actions because "our good protagonist Marinette did!" this happens with friends, Adrien, even her bullies. Marinette has to calmly explain and apologize for other people's short comings when she shouldn't have to.

And as I said before Adrien stans complain about Adrien's lack of screentime despite taking up majority of Marinette's by being the conversation topic, goal, or thought in someone's mind (someone being Marinette) like in Pigeon it focuses on Marinette creating a derby hat for a school contest, doesn't seem bad at first until the narrative decides to add Adrien in it by being the face of his dad's fashion brand therefore modeling her hat. Why couldn't someone else do it. They do this for next 3 seasons which usually consists of Marinette's crush on Adrien and trying to confess to him.

Marinette's characterization somewhat goes somewhere from seasons 1-2 to seasons 3-4 being wrapped up in Adrien, awkward, shy, and less confident to trying to focus on herself more, confident with herself, and less focused on romance but ofc the writers have to find a way to humorize the show and they can't possibly think of any other way than to humiliate Marinette. This is simply bad writing, not humor. Showcasing your protagonist's crush in the center of her life and not allowing her form a single sentence when interacting with him isn't humor. the writers do this 4 seasons straight for the sake of their idea of "humor" because sure there isn't another way we can make our fans laugh? Having your male deuteragonist harass your female protagonist ,not taking no as an answer and getting petty, snarky, sarcastic, knowingly unhelpful, rude, & vindictive because of rejection isn't the "height of romance" not acknowledging your male deuteragonist's flaws and problematic traits while consistently highlighting your female lead's flaws isn't perfect, its blatant misogyny.

Having the protagonist's classmates blind as bats to the protagonist's bully's lies, manipulation antics, and tricks to where no one believes her not even her own parents isn't good writing. (hell it doesn't even makes sense)

Not allowing your female protagonist to move on and potentially have character development and maturity just for the sake of the male deuteragonist's feelings isn't good writing.

Pinning the 4 love rivals (Marinette, Lila, Chloe, Kagami) for the male lead's affections against each other while allowing the male characters (Adrien, Luka, Nathaniel) to get along just fine despite liking the same girl (Marinette) isn't good writing. it's misogyny "cause girls are catty right? and boys are peaceful negotiators

(there's no valid reason why the girls couldn't get along)

Writing off love rivals so they don't interfere "too much" with the main Love Square ships isn't good writing.

Stating your male lead is perfect therefore needs no development isn't good writing. It's honestly just lazy half ass writing at this point.

I can argue confidently Thomas dislikes most his female characters if not all of them. The writers give Marinette, our lead some development to only knock her 3 steps back to square 1. She tries desperately to move on only to be forced by her own best friend to dance with Adrien (NYC special) which is already problematic itself because Alya is supposed to be Marinette's bff but she constantly disrespects her boundaries, breaks her trust, and believes/ sides with her bully/tormentor over her multiple times. After Lukanette's breakup Marinette voices how a relationship wouldn't be the best idea with all the responsibilities she has, the things she has to keep from her s/o (her identity as Ladybug), a lie she would have to make to protect her identity which is highly reasonable and justified despite this, Adrien somehow now knows he has feelings for Marinette (after being just a friend) and all that matters is "his feelings" no one takes into consideration that Marinette doesn't want a relationship for good reasons and is overwhelmed by alot already. but the writers don't care, they make Adrienette canon to coddle Adrien's feelings.

[above shows an image of two hands giving high-five to the left representing the MLB writers and Marinette and one hand drowning to the right representing Marinette]

At the end of the day we are told one thing

"Doesn't matter what happens in Miraculous Ladybug, as long as Adrien Agreste is coddled, babied, and sympathized with because who has it harder than a rich white french boy who harasses the main female lead who happens to be bi-racial all because he likes her right?"

Marinette's Suffering

I just realized something.

As long as Marinette has a crush on Adrien she'll always be humiliated.

She'll always be a anxiety ball.

She'll always be laughed at.

She'll always brought down.

She'll always be in distress.

She'll always be putting his feelings before own.

She'll always be putting his needs before her own.

Her crush on Adrien brings out the worst of her. When she's a mess, stuttering, fumbling, falling.

Then when there's a guy who is 10x better than Adrien they take that opportunity away from her, because Oh! If Marinette loses interest in our pretty predatory rich white boy then he'll lose relevance to the plot as if he contributes any fucking ways. The only way the male writers of this awful show can keep their favorite predator white boy in the picture is if Marinette has a crush on him which derives off her suffering. As long as Marinette has feelings for him she'll always suffer. Adrien can't be out of the picture for more than afew seconds because the writers are so cowardly that they rather have their protagonist suffer than let any other character shine. It's ridiculous how in order for Adrien to stay relevant that means Marinette has to suffer because of her crush on Adrien. It's not fair. Marinette has to suffer just so he can stay relevant?

That bastard. He does nothing to contribute to the plot whatsoever. All he does is harass Marinette and make her life a living hell right with Chloe.

Marinette finally does move on from him and somehow despite being happy with Luka they decide to bring her crush on Adrien back so the audience doesn't forget about the pretty pervy rich white boy! Yay!

He's a pervy white guy. A creep. His creepy harassment is fucking disgusting and he always has to be in the plot because little poor Adrien is so fucking important without actually doing anything important.

I hate this Eurobrat pred.