#Kwamis choice

[miracaron-ladybug]

Dude is mad brave shooting his shot again so soon after a rejection like that

Moments later…

[sdmoc]

HES EVERYTHING TO ME

[miraculouscataclyyysm]

This chaotic bastard really threw the miraculous at Zoe’s ankle and was like fetch

[nervousbelieverstarfish]

[bvgxboo]

AS SOON AS HE GOT FREEDOM FOR HIS MIRACULOUS HE RAN TO HER. IM SO UPSET RN

[lone-berry0]

[zaaaras]

im so happy with chat’s entire character this season cause like they really went from him not being as much of a presence on the team to ladybug not being able to do this without him like even the tiniest things like adrien being the one to grab the earrings from monarch instead of marinette doing it all is like they’re BOTH the “every day ladybug and chat noirs” they BOTH don’t need their suits to be super and i love the development of his character like that I LOVE THIS SHOWOWWW

[plaggs-cheese]

Scarabella: Ladybug & Chat Noir were never in love, and neither are we.

Kitty Noir: Not yet anyway ;)

Alya:

[deimalor]

Kwami's choice pt1

[miracaron-ladybug]

!Kwami’s Choice Spoilers!

Some time later…

They crack me up

[ghostlyhamburger]

Tikki: all we have to do is make sure that we choose new holders who aren't in love and our current holders can be happy

Plagg: sounds fake but okay

Later

Zoe: omg I think I'm gay for Scarabella

Plagg: fuck

[miraculouscataclyyysm]

They killed it with zero practice time!

[mycofaerie]

someone give this boy a hug

v rough sketch is all u get today because finals tomorrow ughghhh. maybe I’ll finish this later.. idk. sleep time for now

[chaoticbug]

one day I’ll have to write a meta comparing and contrasting how relieved Marinette was when she realized someone else would take care of the akuma and it wasn’t her responsibility, to the sadness Adrien felt when he looked down at his hand without the ring and realized he couldn’t help.

It all goes back to how they view being hero and the concept of responsibility being thrust upon them

[uptoolateart]

Marinette asking Adrien if they’re safe now, and Adrien giving her that funny look and saying yeah, the coast is clear....

Cut to Gabriel knowing exactly who holds the ladybug and cat miraculous, now, and only because of the kwamis’ decision to take back the miraculous and give them to new holders.

You could argue that an identity reveal would have been the safer option. But of course, no one knows that, or why.

[mamayura]

Rewatching Kwamis choice is still wild

Adrien is doing all the work in the Adrinette development, all Marinette is asked to do is raise her hand at perfectly phrased yes-no questions that already include everything important she can't say. So by all means, she's just not asked to say it at all.

Why are Marinette stans even okay with this? I feel offended FOR HER that the narrative portrays her as needing to have Adrien putting in maximum effort into desperately cuddling her to get even just crumbs of her love, bc apparently Marinette herself could never overcome this without a perfect prince charming mind-reader doing all the work for her to give her the poor little princess treatment for the next half of the season.

Not to mention that this is a pretty icky pay-off for 4 seasons of Marinette making being friends with your crush out to be the worst thing possible, borderlining emotional torment (special shout out to Adrien in Protection basically confirming THAT jfc)

The narrative now agrees with her. In Elation, the episode before this, Chat Noir admits to Ladybug that he isn't romantically in love with her anymore or simply wants to move on now, asking her if she's okay with him loving her as a friend, she says okay

And next episode both leave.

Marinette already wants to leave before Plagg initiates the plan so Adrien can find love and happiness bc already at the end of Elation Marinette categorized Chat loving her as a friend now as him not wanting her at all anymore.

Which I guess wasn't completely wrong bc he left too after this, but at least Adrien tried solving it normally first by being Marinette's FRIEND and only when PLAGG came to him, after Marinette rejected him, he agreed to leave so he can tell her he was Chat Noir and clear up what happened. He immediately took initiative to still pursued her civilian identity/ the hurt girl he loves to make him leaving worth it

Tho, Marinette apparently was already ready to leave Chat behind at the beginning of the episode and only her depressive phase of feeling like she's not worthy of love made her stay with him as Ladybug so his presence can remind her over and over again that he doesn't love her romantically anymore so she can hurt herself emotionally with that knowledge while looking at him?? I guess ??

Why is being friends THIS demonized??

And Tikki had to take the miraculous away from Marinette to get anything rolling, and pretend like the two of them aren't obviously gonna see each other again bc Marinette still is the guardian of the Miracle Box, Su-Han knowing her and Alya still in the know, Rena Rouge and her co-guardian?

What was the narrative's issue here pretending like Marinette made some drastic step here away from everything? Adrien was the one who actually did that.

He and Plagg seriously did all the work, huh? wth :/

For all it is, Alya and Marinette could have just asked Kitty Noire next time if Plagg can now - that Adrien stopped being his holder - quickly come to Marinette and Tikki going to him so the Kwamis can lead them together so they can be friends as civilians.

It's wild that the episode and the fandom are pretending like Adrien horribly abandoned Ladybug for no reason, but, I mean, Plagg made it plain obviously that this plan is going down FOR ADRIEN'S SAKE to find happiness and love by revealing his former secret identitiy to Marinette. Plagg decided to leave, and made Tikki do the same with Marinette, so Adrien can he happy and by extension Marinette.

Meanwhile Marinette, even after having given up her Miraculous, still had all the resources to make it possible that her and Chat Noir can be friends now, but the narrative didn't acknowledge that bc it would require that Marinette actually uses all the resources she has to be the one for once who reaches out and communicates in Ladynoir to keep their bond alive if they, but especially SHE (the one with the resources), wanted it.

But the show can't have that bc apparently being friendzoned is the worst thing on earth, and reaching out and communicating is only Adrien's primary job now in either dynamic

:/

And don't twist my words. I'm saying all this bc I want better for Marinette’s character.

I mean, good gosh, the narrative didn't even acknowledge that Marinette could have finally told her parents about her having been Ladybug to get unconditional and endless support and comfort right on spot.

Not doing that is understandable from ADRIEN'S side, but while Tom and Sabine aren't perfect parents one would think that's one of the first things Marinette would finally have done after she wanted to tell Adrien so badly bc "no one can understand what she's going through"

But no, the episode pretends like that option never even existed and Adrien (and Alya once she's back as Scarabella) is all Marinette got, even when Adrien then leaves after the akuma fight.

Gurl. Go downstairs, tell your parents and eat their freshly-baked goods they're lovingly making for you while you lay crying in their arms, hugging them and telling them what you went through.

You HAD that option on a silver plate. An option Adrien could only dream of bc even if Gabriel weren't Monarch Adrien would still be in serious trouble for having been Chat Noir. Why are we pretending like she has no one and no resources to get help? By all means, that's Adrien and he's doing better - despite NO RESOURCES - than Marinette who has everything bc for some reason Marinette cannot develop much further than this for the rest of season 5 bc Adrien must give her the princess treatment for the love square to work.

Man, I just want better for her. She really got screwed over when it comes to personal development in s5.

Also: RIP Ladynoir