#I never wanted to tag those ever

[theerurishipper]

Maybe you just like those characters better but it’s not that OOC for Kagami or Plagg not to tell Adrien. Kagami lies when it suits her like she lied to her mother to be with Adrien. Right now she’s infatuated with Felix so his influence is a huge factor in not telling Adrien. Kagami also falls into the camp of people who believe Adrien is softer than them, especially after comparing him to Felix. I wouldn’t put it past her to omit information about his father to protect him. The most OOC thing is not telling him he’s a sentimonster but I consider this OOC for Marinette too because it’s a matter of safety. Those characters are usually far more wary about letting people wonder around with the remote control to themselves on their fingers without knowing. I’d actually consider it more in character for Marinette to take the ring herself and hide it away than to just… let him wander around like that in danger all the time…

As for Plagg, where’s the surprise? He’s always omitted info from Adrien and lied about things as Master Fu deigned, even before Marinette was guardian. There have been plenty of times when Plagg didn’t trust Adrien with things. Tikki trusted Marinette more in Sandboy. Plagg cares about Adrien. He won’t let anything immediate hurt him. He doesn’t want to lose him but he has largely been an observer in the affairs of Adrien’s life- a more detached one than Tikki even. This, even more than for Kagami, is in character for him.

This also isn’t wholly in character for Marinette. Besides letting him wander around without knowing his control switch is on his fingers without having a full on anxious meltdown 24/7, I really don’t understand why she wouldn’t tell Chat Noir. Unlike the Rena Furtive secret in Season 4, her partner knowing who Gabriel Agreste was isn’t really a liability anymore. She’s let up on her control. She’s giving out all the miraculous permanently now and she trusted Chat Noir to wield one of the most powerful of them and take the lead with the rabbit. She was about to tell him easily before she was distracted in the Agreste mansion. So why keep it from him now? That seems just as forced imo.

The thing is, this is a different kind of secret. Plagg kept secrets about the Guardians and the Miraculous, things that weren't really about Adrien per se, even if Adrien deserved to know about it. This, this is about Adrien. This is about his life. Plagg would never keep this secret from Adrien. Plagg, the one person (?) who is always on Adrien's side, who encourages him to fight for what he wants. That Plagg, who has always cared about Adrien's freedom, who is heavily implied to have been abused that way himself, he would keep this a secret from Adrien? Really?

Even in Sandboy, the secret wasn't about Adrien. It was about Plagg and the Kwamis. And Sandboy isn't a great example to use now, because that episode was when Adrien and Plagg's relationship began to change. Sandboy was a turning point. Plagg trusted Adrien after Sandboy. One of the points of that episode was for Plagg to start trusting Adrien like Tikki trusts Marinette because he realizes how much Adrien cares for him, and since that episode, Plagg has taken a more active role in encouraging Adrien and supporting him. This feels like a step back.

Plagg has spent Season 5 chiding Adrien and pushing him to stand up for himself and gain more agency in his life. So keeping something like this a secret... doesn't it run counter to everything Plagg has been saying and doing to help Adrien throughout the show? In Representation, Plagg was getting on Adrien's case for not standing up to his father. But now he knows why Adrien wasn't doing what Plagg wanted him to do, and instead of continuing to help, he just decides to hide it? Why?? Plagg has never been afraid of being blunt with Adrien and delivering the harsh truth. The only secrets he kept were those that weren't his to tell.

And the same with Kagami. Kagami only ever lied to one person, her mother. And that too was only to spend time with Adrien. She's always been blunt and honest with everyone else. She was encouraging Adrien to stand up to Gabriel in Risk. She wants Adrien to take charge of his life and be more assertive. Then why on earth would she keep this secret from him when it runs counter to that? It goes against everything she's said to him or told him or encouraged him to do. Kagami, like Plagg, has never concerned herself with protecting Adrien. She's always pushed him. She's never shied away from the truth. She has a very strong personality, and I do not believe that a romance with Felix would cause her to throw away all her values and morals in a heartbeat and lie to her friend this way. Kagami only ever lied to one person about an entirely different kind of situation, and based on how she's acted before, this is completely OOC for her.

And I will have to disagree with this being OOC for Marinette. I think it's completely in character. Thing is, Marinette doesn't think about these things. Marinette has consistently kept every important thing a secret from Chat Noir. This has been a thing since Season 4. Marinette doesn't think long term about consequences and implications. It's 100% in character for her to want to protect Adrien, which means lying to him and keeping him in a happy lie about who he is, because she fears that realizing he's a Sentimonster would break him. I highly doubt Marinette considered how Adrien himself might feel about it, or even what could happen. This is one of Marinette's flaws, that she can't put herself in others' shoes, and therefore makes decisions for them that they may not like.

Marinette didn't consciously push Chat Noir away, she just did it because. And she never fixed it. She was going to send the message to Chat Noir in the finale, but she actively chose not to. Her trusting Chat Noir with the Rabbit was an exception, and she never did anything of the sort again. It's completely in character for Marinette to not tell Chat Noir, just like it is for her to not tell Adrien. Truth of the matter is, Gabriel asked Marinette not to tell Adrien anything that would make him seem like a bad father under the guise of it being for Adrien's happiness, and Marinette carried out his request. It's very much in character for her, at least according to the characterization established in Seasons 4 and 5. But that's just me.

Thank you for your ask!

[lemongogo]

life of regret

[licorishh]

no way she's alive ?? yea those mental health breaks because social media makes people suck are wild huh

[evercelle]

2024 art summary! it sure has been a year

[avoidmint]

The enemy of my enemy is.. probably also my enemy. But we can pretend to be fiends for the time being.

Also known as; Please give us Infinite too I miss him. :<

Bonus doodle because I have always thought Mephiles' darkness puddles looked oh-so ooey-gooey-

I make the Jackal suffer for the intrusive thoughts I have about things I will never have to experience the touch of personally thank goodness.

[lunarharp]

orufrey & sudden easwin

[theythemmer]

Parted from me and never parted. Never and always touching and touched.

[tagarilaghost]

Any thoughts to Dusknoir getting "advice" from Darkrai in the future (while hunting Grovyle & Hero)?

[badending07]

got horribly sidetracked drawing homura

[cybertron-after-dark]

Being constantly surrounded by the presence of a loving God sounds great until you realize you never know when his freaky fuckin eyes are gonna show up to check on you.

And man. They do it a LOT.

[mxtxfanatic]

Fandom Gripe #23: I know that fandom is in some deep denial about its treatment of female characters that are canonically involved with fan favorite m/m ships, but do y’all realize that when you disappear female characters from the narrative wholesale to push the idea that your canonically straight fav was “secretly gay all along!” you’re making several bad implications? That 1) bi men don’t exist, 2) bi men do exist, but those who have genuinely loved a woman before cannot genuinely love a man after that (therefore bi men don’t exist in practice), 3) women cannot inspire genuine love and devotion in men, therefore any relationship with a woman is “lesser” than the one they later have a man (see previous parenthesis), or 4) to acknowledge the existence of a lovable woman who isn’t a terrible person, where if a relationship previously existed, it did not end because of “incompatibility,” is enough to destabilize the present relationship between two queer men?

Because why is the tgcf fandom allergic to acknowledging that He Xuan had a whole ass fiancée that he loved? Why does no one ever seem to remember that the kidnappings and murders of He Xuan’s sister and fiancée were the final straws that sent him on his rampage, and he still keeps a shrine to them in the present-day of the story? Why is her entire existence and significance to He Xuan as a man, character, and to his character arc disappeared in favor of pushing Shi Qingxuan—the brother of the man responsible for his fiancée’s death—into that same role, as if to say that her impact on He Xuan is significant... just not when it's from her? Why does He Xuan’s life in fandom essentially begin not just after her death but because of it?

[banditblvd]

Hey guys it’s bandit I still draw

Here’s my stupidest jrwi riptide doodles

Little spoilers ofc…

[lunarharp]

more phoenix wright situations

[maryasmorevna]

can't believe a show based on a videogame (usually games adaptations are notoriously bad, which isn't the case here tho) gave me the beauty and the beast/twisted mirrors/enemies to traveling companions/ruthless antihero+optmistic but still badass heroine who takes none of his shit/age gap but make it sexy dynamic of my dreams. as much as i love maximus and i think he deserves the best writing ever because 1. he's a clever deconstruction of the aspiring Knight bro who's actually a bit of a loser and, as much as lucy, sees the world in black&white at first and then doesn't get what he thought he wanted but what he needs (or at least i hope he'll eventually get it), and 2. he's a cutie and i want an epic love story for him too, it's very funny how they tried to give us a puppy kind of romance and the tumblr girlies still fixated on the "toxic ~she bites his finger off and he cuts hers off and sews it on his hand in what we'll pretend it's a symbolic marriage rings exchange or whatever~ asshole who used to be a nice guy/good girl™ with a lot of spunk and hidden anger but unshakeable morals" kind of relationship.

[i-reblog-castiel]

and if I said Willard by Will Wood is a very castiel song

[lulu2992]

god I hated the fc6 dlc, it just felt like it was written by people who barely knew the story and characters, they felt so out of character tbh

I don’t want to say I hate it because, as always, I’m sure the dev team did what they could with the time and resources they had, and the three DLC episodes do have qualities (their dream-like worlds, especially), but I’d be lying if I said I greatly enjoyed their stories, thought that everyone was perfectly in character, and that my instinctual reaction when I think about them wasn’t to tense up.

I’m also (and mostly, I think) sad they’re official and that the not-always-accurate events they show are unquestioned and now accepted as canon by many fans. I don’t blame them for thinking the DLCs are inherently trustworthy and I’m aware most players aren’t as fussy about lore accuracy as I am (good for them, honestly), but that still really upsets me.