#Miraculously Better
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y'all send my girl marinette your thoughts and prayers 😔🙏
#I am back with another twitter meme. help her#had this doodle sitting around for a few days now. since it's probably gonna be awhile before I can sit down and finish something better-#-I figured I'd post it :) representation (all of season 5 really) was WILD. cant wait for season 6!!!#lots of fun things coming up aaaaa#adrinette#adrienette#marinette dupain cheng#mlb#miraculous ladybug#froggy shitposts
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do you ever think about. every single moment where marinette must feel guilty about keeping the truth from adrien. every time he says something about his father and she has to paste on a smile and convince herself she's doing the right thing. every time he comes close to losing his amoks because he doesn't realize how important they are. how it must have dawned on her at some point that gabriel CONTROLLED his son. and why is she protecting the monster that did that
how her love for adrien is somehow keeping her silent and alone. how she didn't even tell alya the truth
all the times she must come so CLOSE to telling him, but then talks herself out of it?
do you ever think about all those feelings making her want to explode?
#THIS IS NOT SALT THE SALTERS BETTER NOT FUCKING COME FOR THIS POST#miraculous ladybug#ml s5#ml london special#ml london spoilers#marinette dupain cheng
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In canon, a kwami's power must be used through a human wielding a miraculous, otherwise it'll have unforeseen consequences. So, in your AU, does Imago stealing Marinette's agonies cause any sort of trouble?
honestly the biggest unforeseen consequence is that this dude is around and being himself
no but for real, there should be a hypermassive consequence for a kwami unfettered peeking their head in, but there's not because of shit we'll get into later.
just consider it like this for the time being: now that Marinette is a sage and is capable of communing with the gods, she as a living being can be used as that intermediate conduit for power instead of the miraculous gems. If it was Tikki, for example, using her power raw with sage!Marinette, Mari would be able to access the power of creation or be swayed by it - however, it would put a massive strain on her, as she's not a miraculous but still capable of acting as that pipeline.
The reason Marinette has no ill effects from Imago, however, is because Imago is playing with a catch 22. Their purpose was to take agony away from Marinette, so even the exhaustion of accessing the unfettered power of a god was something he stole from her, so it seems like zero consequences have been had. In truth Imago is now SO tired holy moly and they DO NOT LIKE IT LMAO
#replies#we'll play with more gods later! it'll be great#sass will talk about how there's a reason people worshiped many gods back in the day#cuz back in the asscrack of time gods were capable of blessing people with their power. or cursing them#but they gave that shit up to become real when the first sage created the miraculous#so its not like Imago peeking their head in would've collapsed reality. gods used to do this crap all the time#but the doorways are almost rusted shut from lack of use; for lack of a better term#its only the fact that marinette is now accessible to the gods that let imago yank that janky door open#anyway don't think about it too hard. we're here to have fun after all
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yes i absolutely hate gabriel agreste but ALSO i think he is the funniest character in the show because what do you mean he found out who scarabella and kitty noir were and just started dancing around his house, what do you mean he cooks the shittiest pancakes ever and everybody KNOWS it, what do you mean the show gives him weird up close angles of his face that look weird as hell
#im sad he'll be gone mainly because hes kust a character to laugh at#tho im also glad because hes an ASSHOLE and adrien deserves better#SIGH#gabriel agreste#miraculous gabriel#hawkmoth#monarch#miraculous ladybug#adrien agreste#miraculous#miraculous lb#chat noir#ladybug and chat noir
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Simulacrums of luck day 2: RADIATION
The cockroach miraculous of Radiation The weapon is a giant Geiger counter that you hit Akuma's with, the superpower is an AOE of sudden onset acute radiation poisoning
#my posts#fanart#mlb#digital art#miraculous ladybug#mlb fanart#miraculous fanart#digital fanart#mlb simulacrums of luck#tw bugs#tw cockroaches#eyestrain#bright colors#kwami oc#Cockroach miraculous#kwami#Is there a better animal for a radiation kwami?#probably but I have 5 death head cockroach sons and I AM BIASED#character design#ml ladybug#ladybug and chat noir#marinette dupain cheng#mlb marinette
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The Best Friend Showdown
Season four had many, many flaws. One of the big ones was the Rena Rouge vs Chat Noir conflict where Ladybug starts relying on Alya more and more, basically using her to replace Master Fu. We get a sense that Chat Noir feels inferior to Rena Rouge because of this change, but it’s never directly addressed. The most we get is this conversation from Hack-San:
Ladybug: I'm really sorry, Cat Noir. I should've told you. I mean, if I found out that you told someone about your secret identity, I'd... probably be upset, too. I'm really sorry I hurt your feelings. Cat Noir: You didn't hurt my feelings. You did everything right.
Which is actually a really weird bit of dialogue because - as far as I can tell - nothing in the episode revealed that Scarabella knew Ladybug's identity. She hands out miraculous all the time and no one knows who she really is. Why would this time be different? Ladybug could just show up in costume, explain what's up, and then hand off the earrings while using yet another miraculous.
Anyway, the Rena Rouge vs Chat Noir conflict is “resolved” by Rena Rouge being outed again (and I guess that matters this time), leading her to give up her miraculous so that Gabriel can’t steal it away, which of course leads Gabriel to steal it away and fully disempower Ladybug’s larger team, leaving Chat Noir her only teammate.
How satisfying! This is such good, character-driven story telling!
It’s not. This is plot contrivances to the max with no meaningful character beats, but we’re not here to talk about that. We’re here to do one of my favorite things: gush about a relevant Kim Possible episode! Today’s topic is episode 12 of season one: Pain King vs. Cleopatra, the episode that introduces Kim’s female BFF, Monique!
This was a bit of a shocker for me because I didn’t realize that Kim and Monique weren’t pre-series friends. Turns out that, much like Alya, Monique is a new girl, which isn’t a bad call. This was a nice way to delay Monique’s introduction for a few episodes so that the writers could focus on establishing Kim’s relationship with other key members of the cast like her partner, Ron. Spacing out your intros is the way to go whenever you can pull it off as it’s a kindness to your audience that keeps them from feeling overwhelmed, making it more likely that they’ll remember your cast.
The other, more important similarity between Alya and Monique is that, when Kim’s hero partner and life-long friend finds out about Monique, he is less than thrilled:
Kim: I barely got to see them. Right after I hooked up with Monique, the museum was robbed by some glowing-headed animal guy. Ron: Oh, that's nice. Ron: Wait a minute, who's Monique? Kim New friend, really great. Anyway, the thief stole an enchanted ancient talisman. Ron: Whoa, whoa, back up! How can I not know about a new friend? Kim: I met her at Club Banana, then again at the museum before I chased the glowing robber. Ron: So what's she like? Kim: The robber? Ron: The friend, Kim, the "new friend".
Throughout the episode, Kim and Monique continue to bond without Ron, leaving Ron feeling left out:
Ron: Seein' a pattern here, Rufus: Kim does her thing, I do my thing, and pretty soon - we're doing different things.
Which leads him to get a little territorial:
Kim Ron! What are you doing here? Ron: Can I dine with my best friend and her new friend? Kim: Uuh, Ron, Monique, and vice versa. Ron: Bearclaw? Monique: No, thanks, I'm vegetarian. Ron: Uhm, I'm pretty sure it's imitation bear? Kim: She's joking, Ron. Ron: Good one, hahaha, ha, good one. So, did Kim tell you that I'm her sidekick? Cause that role is definitely taken by me. Monique: Riiiight. Well, in... you know I better get to class. Later, Kim. Um, n-nice meeting you, Ron. Ron: Likewise, I'm sure! Kim: What is your problem? You're acting really weird. Ron: Well, let's see. You went to the museum with Monique, not me. Monique was with you this morning, not me. Hmm, pattern? Kim: Yeah. You. Weird. Ron: No, we're drifting apart because you're excluding me. Kim: I am not excluding you. It's just that you and Monique are... different.
Noticing some similarities to Miraculous here?
So how does Kim Possible resolve this conflict?
Well, the plot of this episode resolves around Kim Possible’s version of professional wrestling, the GWA. There’s a competition going on that Kim has no interest in watching (mood), but when Kim mentions the GWA to Monique:
Monique: Why didn't you bring [Ron] along? Kim: Unless someone put a waiter in a headlock, this is definitely not Ron's scene. Besides, he had a date with "Steel Toe". Monique: He scored tickets to Mayhem in Middleton? The GWA rocks! Kim: What?
It turns out that Monique and Ron have a shared interest! Multiple shared interests, in fact! Interests that Kim does not share:
Monique: You know, I still can't believe you met Pain King and Steel Toe. Ron: I can't believe you're into wrestling. Kim: I can't believe I know either one of you.
By the end of the episode, the conflict is resolved not with Kim having to pick a BFF or with Monique somehow being demoted, but by showing that this didn’t need to be a conflict at all. Kim can have multiple close friends that she shares different interests with without any of those friends being lesser. Those friends can, in turn, have their own friendships that don’t always involve her.
It’s a genuinely lovely resolution that makes me love this little friend group because it now has added complexity. Monique and Ron are friends in their own right! Kim is not the center of the universe in spite of her main character status!
I also love that Kim isn’t vilified for having other friends or portrayed as constantly leaving Ron out of things that he'd want to do in favor of Monique. Ron genuinely would not enjoy most of the things that the girls love to do together. At the same time, Ron’s feeling aren’t treated as totally irrational either and Kim even admits to ditching him. It’s a genuine, complex conflict that is super common when someone enters a new relationship be it platonic or romantic.
Obviously Kim Possible’s version of this conflict feels far less complex than Miraculous’ because Kim Possible understood that Ron should be Kim’s one-and-only partner, so his position was really never threatened. Monique does not want to be an action hero and is never given the sort narrative weight that elevates her to Ron’s level or higher, but that doesn't matter. The basic lesson here is still relevant and super important for the intended audience of both of these shows.
There did not need to be a Rena Rouge vs Chat Noir conflict that never got properly resolved. Miraculous could have made these two friends and no, Scarabella doesn't count because Chat Noir has no idea that Scarabella is Rena Rouge/Furtive. Their relationship ended at the end of Hack-San. He didn't even know that Rena Furtive was a thing until she was in the process of being benched and that's the problem.
Kim Possible is not a team show, Miraculous is, and yet Kim Possible has better team dynamics than Miraculous. Monique could have joined Kim's team at the end of Pain King vs. Cleopatra and it would have felt natural because both Kim and Ron had welcomed Monique and formed a genuine bond with her. This is a true friend group that Miraculous can only dream of even though they've been adding new superheroes since season two.
We're going into a season with a full, massive team and yet that team has no established dynamics on the hero side. It's not a functional team! None of these characters have meaningful relationships with each other as heroes save for Alya and Nino since they know each other’s secret identities. The only relationships Miraculous cares about are the various romances and everyone's relationship to Marinette and everyone suffers for it.
The show would not have been harmed by Rena Rouge, Chat Noir, and Ladybug being a team. It was the thing I kept think after watching the Kim Possible episode. Since the team is the end game, why aren't we seeing them? It would have been so nice to have Hack-San end with Ladybug introducing Chat Noir to Rena Furtive instead of a nonsense discussion about an issue the episode didn't even address.
#ml writing critical#ml writing salt#kim possible#marinette deserves better#adrien deserves better#alya deserves better#you said you wanted more KP gushing so here you go!#I was originally going to wait until my ask list died down but who knows when that will happen#And I wanted to do something a little more positive because I like gushing!#I'm critical because miraculous is bad not because I like being critical
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Okay, so remember this scene from Darkblade?
...and everyone was like 'adriennnn your cat noir's showing'?
Pay a little attention to Marinette in that last frame there.
That's a perfect 'goddammit cat noir' pose if I've ever seen one.
#miraculous ladybug#adrien agreste#marinette dupain cheng#marinette your ladybug is showing#season 1#ladynoir#adrienette#ladynoir and adrienette are the same freaking thing#these idiots just don't realize it#season six you better give me a reveal
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anywaysss screw the canon have nice girl chloe
#like i said you gotta commit to the opposite dimension thing#miraculous ladybug#miraculous world#ml paris special#miraculous au#miraculous reverse#ml paris spoilers#chloe bourgeois#my art#i kinda like my other messier drawing better URGGHGHH
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happy lunar new year! ft ryuko 🐉
#im a little late but!! better late than never#graphic design is not my passion#i rly struggled w the composition and perpsective and EVERYTHING on this one i hope it doesnt look too terribke#miraculous ladybug#kagami tsurugi#miraculous ryuko#ryuko#year of the dragon#lunar new year#thel0llip0p art
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thinking about this
hi guys i swear im working on those requests😭😭😭 but this came to me..❤️
#miraculous ladybug#adrien agreste#adrienette#mlb fandom#mlb fanart#meow#marinette is shaving her socks#let’s appreciate plagg looks better than last time i drew him#sakuyuii art
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girl...WHEN??? WHERE????
what are you talking about???? when you kept him isolated for 14 years??? when you robbed him of bodily autonomy???? when you exposed him to his mother's corpse to akumatize him, TWICE????
wait, wait—OH you mean when he was terrified for his life, literally begging you to stop after you beat him up. my bad.
no? OH, you mean when you forced him to leave the country and the love of his life.
Huh.
#ml#miraculous ladybug#the math is not mathing#i'm sorry for the salt but this unacceptable I am BIG MAD#adrien agreste#gabriel agreste#ml spoilers#miraculous ladybug spoilers#ml recreation#ml recreation spoilers#nothing says love like a deprivation chamber#AND SHAME ON MARINETTE FOR DECIDING WHETHER ADRIEN SHOULD KNOW THE TRUTH OR NOT#STOP!! ROBBING!! HIM!! OF !! DECISIONS!!!#literally a mar stan till I die but smh at the writers#TWO WEEKS OF PANCAKE DON'T ERASE A LIFETIME OF ABUSE#ZAG DO BETTER#'the good father i tried to be' girl you are DELULU
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had to give my shot in this trend
thankfully it perfectly encapsulates how they felt last season-
#miraculous ladybug#miraculous fanart#my art#art trend#digital fanart#chat noir#ladybug and chat noir#miraculous fandom#let’s pray they have a better time next season-
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Page 24 of my Miraculous Mentor AU comic A Matter of Trust! In which baby Felix continues his futile attempts to remove the ring, and Plagg is a deeply unsympathetic peanut gallery! 💍🤡
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#miraculous ladybug#mentor au#felix sphinx#plagg#A Matter of Trust#josie's art#nothing plagg enjoys more than his kitten making creative threats :V#felix getting aggressive is better than lying around all sad and pathetic! now they're talking!!!#and of COURSE there's a way to make things infinitely worse :3c
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Ladynoir July 2024, Day 6: Better Late Than Never
@ladynoirjuly
(Flashing images under cut)
First | <- Previous | Next ->
(she’s just a girl your honour!)
#cw flashing#cw flickering#flashing#epilepsywarning#(im trying to cover all bases)#(in keeping with the prompt I started drawing this WAY too late)#gif#miraculous#miraculous ladybug#ml ladybug#chat noir#ml fanart#ladynoir#ladynoirjuly2024#day 6: better late than never
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some ladynoir for the soul <3
#originally i was just gonna draw chat noir#but i couldnt draw him all alone without his lady :'(#miraculous ladybug#miraculous#myart#miraculous fanart#ml#ladynoir#chat noir#ml ladybug#also im trying to get better at rendering so if any1 has any tips thatd be much appreciated :D#id in alt text
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This is how it works right?
More detailed:
#kamen rider#仮面ライダー#kamen rider gavv#kamen rider valen#inoue shouma#shouma stomach#karakida hanto#love square#chocogummy#chocogummy love square fr#better than miraculous?
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