#I was extra disturbed by that interview where the writers said that this was Gabriel accepting Emilie's death | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

tallwriter · 7 days ago

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I love how much you put in these tags, @miraculouslbcnreactions!

Reblogs appreciated for reach—I’m just genuinely curious! Would love elaboration in the tags but obviously you can just keep your answer anonymous if you want as well

#Despised it #I watch family/children's media very aware of who the intended audience is #And expect all such media to cater to its intended audience and not the adults along for the ride #The season five final was not written for a five-year-old viewer #You don't show a little kid a father willfully poisoning his child (nightmare dust) and locking that child away #And then give that father a happy/peaceful ending #What message is that supposed to send to kids???#I was extra disturbed by that interview where the writers said that this was Gabriel accepting Emilie's death #but also deciding that he can't live without her #Once again: what freaking message is that supposed to send to kids? Shouldn't Adrien's existence be enough to make Gabriel want to live?#Way to drive home how little Gabriel cared about his son.#Plus that is NOT what accepting another person's death looks like! Way to completely fail on that message.#And this was originally the series finale!!! Yikes #Also depending on your read of Emilie's status (dead vs coma/magical stasis)#The final is literally treating either a su*cide or full out murder-su*cide as a happy ending for Gabriel #I don't think kids need to be wrapped in a bubble but by the gods that is freaking dark #Even if later seasons somehow fix this (and I truly do not think that they will) the intended audience is five-to-twelve-year-olds #That's not an age group known for following complex and nuanced plots #The younger end of that group is not waiting with baited breath to see how this messed up ending will resolve itself #They see the happy smiles and Gabriel going into the light and think this is what a happy ending looks like #Oh and way to have Chat Noir leave Ladybug to literally fight the world alone after making his catchphrase “me and you against the world”#Guess that was just lip service?#Why even bother making him a hero if this was the plan all along like they claim?#The final well and truly killed every side of the love square in one fell swoop. And they were already on shaky ground going into the final #Ladynoir isn't the power couple we always wanted and Adrienette is poisoned to a level I don't think that they can come back from #It's all just way too serious for the intended audience. We've gone from rom-com to tragedy.#There is a reason this blog was created mid season five

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