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miraculouscontent · 3 years ago

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Hi, Adrien is handed things on a silver platter whereas Marinette has to work for them.

First thing’s first is just the concept of the love square. Chat Noir gets to interact with Ladybug no matter what because they’re heroes. Ladybug - who carries the weight and responsibility of heroism without getting benefited from it - is required to go to every battle due to her purification ability, and Chat Noir of course is going to show up because he loves both flirting with Ladybug and the freedom of being a superhero.

In addition, Adrien got his miraculous by helping Master Fu up (something that would be expected out of any semi-decent person; by the way, yes, I know the “””significance””” of the action, and it’s silly), whereas Marinette saved him from being hit by a car.

Adrien was allowed back in school with still no explanation from Gabriel (especially since he’s Hawk Moth) as to why he thought it was a good idea to send his son to a school where the very first akumatization had happened. It was Adrien’s goal for the episode alongside making friends, and Nino offered him friendship out of pity when Adrien sulked about how Chloe was the closest thing to a friend he had.

Chat crushes on Ladybug because she stood up to Hawk Moth in a speech dripping with confidence, caught what seemed like hundreds of akuma, and came up with a plan quick enough to save Mylene and Ivan from falling to their deaths from the top of the Eiffel Tower. Marinette (who Chat fell in love with one side of first, mind you, so already this is to his benefit), meanwhile, crushes on Adrien because the narrative gave her a falsehood about him never having any friends (i.e: no Chloe) and he gave her an umbrella while he was ten meters away from his actual ride (like with Fu, again, any decent person--).

Chat’s crush on Ladybug makes things harder for her because it causes him to throw tantrums mid-battle, get distracted and distract her because he’s busy flirting, all of which make her feel guilty for not returning his feelings. Marinette’s crush on Adrien makes things hard for her again because it causes her to embarrass herself while virtually everyone who knows teases/mocks her for it, their opinions of her even being dragged down due to the crush (see Alya with the Lila situation).

Chat is shipped with Ladybug by Parisians everywhere and Alya delighted in taking a picture of them kissing (that got posted on the Ladyblog without Ladybug’s consent). Likewise, the other LadyNoir kiss (that Ladybug had to do to free Chat from Dark Cupid’s control) was shown on live TV for all watching to see. Marinette’s kisses with Adrien, however, were either wiped from the timeline (in which Adrien got to keep a secret from her so he could date “””Ladybug”””) or used to humiliate her because Adrien was attempting a prank.

Ladybug realizes that Chat is in serious about her, not because he told her himself, but because he relayed it to Marinette who happened to be Ladybug. Marinette, on the other hand, has spent 3+ seasons attempting to confess her feelings to Adrien or make advances on him, all of which ended in some form of failure and some of which through no fault of her own.

Chloe shoved her in “Bubbler” (Adrien didn’t even check on her) and then Nathalie crushed the note she’d written on a scarf that Marinette put tons of time and effort into, leading to Adrien thinking it was from his dad.

“Copycat” was accidental and came on too strong, requiring its deletion.

She got distracted by Alya and forgot to write her name in “Dark Cupid,” her letter only further solidifying Chat’s crush on Ladybug.

She kept getting interrupted in “Gamer” after Alya chided her for using the event to get with Adrien (despite Alya doing the same thing for Marinette during the film in “Horrificator” while Mylene was MIA).

She wasn’t able to tell Adrien about Lila’s thievery in “Volpina” because the grimoire had to remain a secret.

The hat in “A Christmas Special” got given away within minutes and then not even brought back on-screen by Miraculous Ladybug (Adrien never even thanked Marinette personally for it).

Kagami came out of nowhere to take the fencing spot in “Riposte.”

Deciding not to make schemes only led to her embarrassment in “Gigantitan.”

She got made fun of and the notes all conveniently looked the same in “Backwarder,” leading to her mixing them up.

The macaron for Adrien (that Marinette would prepare every week) never got eaten by him and ended up causing the akuma after Chloe had emotionally manipulated Marinette into scheming with her.

Practicing on a statue (as per Tikki’s advice) in “The Puppeteer 2″ humiliated her when Adrien revealed himself as the statue.

She was embarrassed during the party in “Party Crasher” because she was pressured into dancing without her consent.

The timeline had to be reset in “Chat Blanc” and she had to lie to her friends that she hadn’t given Adrien the gift even though she’d actually succeeded, while the hat she made just for Adrien got written off as a gift from a random fan (which is an even worse fate than the scarf).

The confession in “Felix” was deleted by Felix himself before Adrien could see it.

And Adrien, meanwhile? Ohhhh boy, lemme tell you about Adrien.

He gets put into suggestive/close positions with Ladybug on many, many occasions, all for “free.”

He got a kiss from Ladybug in “Dark Cupid” that, remember, got photographed and put on live TV.

He got to goad the audience without consequence about he and Ladybug potentially being in a relationship eventually - gaining the knowledge that all of Paris was invested in LadyNoir to thoroughly stroke his ego - and then Ladybug had to act like they were a couple in “Prime Queen” to the point of holding Chat’s hand and saying that they were in love.

Likewise, “Glaciator” featured Ladybug having to act like a couple with him again, now to the point of kissing his cheek, and then Chat got a blush from her after he’d spent a good chunk of the akuma battle pouting that Ladybug didn’t come to the date he set up (that she hadn’t even known was a date because he purposefully withheld that information) despite her telling him that she’d have to see about it because she had plans.

He was reassured in “Anansi” on being “irreplaceable” after he made an unnecessary comment about being replaced by a turtle (Carapace).

He got to carry Ladybug around bridal style and also save her in “Sandboy” and “Reverser” respectively because she was rendered essentially useless without him, then got to save her again in “Frozer” after giving her the cold shoulder for rejecting his feelings.

He’s the one who got told by Marinette’s own parent not to apologize for how he feels in “Weredad” (note that Marinette herself never got this talk from Sabine, nor Tom, which very much could’ve prevented “Crocoduel”).

He got a cheek kiss from Ladybug in “Desperada” after getting to undo the very-much-against-the-rules identity reveal he made to her via Second Chance.

He got to look good in “Gamer 2.0″ when Ladybug was seeking advice from him despite the fact that her and Chat’s situations hero-wise are absolutely, completely, 100% different and he didn’t even try to take that into account.

He got Ladybug resting her head on his shoulder because of what she saw in a deleted time in which he - unbeknownst to her - lied by omission.

A fake Ladybug tried to kiss him on two separate occasions, “The Puppeteer 2″ and “Ladybug,” much to his delight (something to note is that the fake Adrien who went after Ladybug in both “Chameleon” and “Felix” tried to force themselves on her).

He got the “jealousy” moment from Ladybug in “Heart Hunter” and then a hug from Aquabug in “Miracle Queen.”

He received no repercussions for taking Ladybug out on a date (that she wasn’t aware was going to be a date) in “Gang of Secrets,” at best having to apologize for her behavior to the people around them.

He got reassured that Ladybug “couldn’t do this without him” in “Guiltrip,” even to the point of being told that she “probably doesn’t tell him enough.”

He got told by Ladybug that she would never abandon him in “Hack-San” because he was guilting her sulking about how his not knowing her identity would mean that he’d never see her again if she left him somehow.

And before you think this only extends to the romantic aspects of love square, let me tell you now that it definitely doesn’t.

Marinette entered the bowler hat competition and had to defend her own work to the judge.

She ran for class representative and had to earn the trust and faith of her class in “Darkblade” when put up against Chloe’s bribery.

She did whatever she could to make sure Juleka got her picture taken in “Reflekta.”

She had to actually craft a pair of glasses suitable for Jagged Stone in “Pixelator” and then make a gorgeous album cover for him in “Guitar Villain.” (note that this partially led to “Troublemaker” where she was just happily wanting to advertise her parents’ business, and the writers multiplied her Adrien pictures for the sake humiliating her when it was caught on live TV)

She had to work to get ungrounded by improving her attendance in “Simon Says,” because she had been busy being a hero.

She worked to try and get Nathaniel and Marc to get together on a project, knowing it would be good for both of them.

She set up an entire celebration for her bully to try and make said bully feel good about herself in “Malediktator.”

She did Kitty Section’s designs and costumes in “Silencer” and then had to go protect them from being stolen, along with her friends’ music.

She had to wear multiple miraculouses in “Kwamibuster” in order to go against Kwamibuster and get back both the ladybug earrings and the cat ring.

“Gamer 2.0.” Just... “Gamer 2.0.″

She made a whole complex lockbox to protect the Miracle Box in “Gang of Secrets.”

She worked to reach out to Zoe in “Sole Crusher” even after Zoe trashed her in front of the school, going as far as to try and comfort Zoe’s akumatized form.

She had to stand up for the movie to be fixed in “Queen Banana” because no one else would.

She has to work each and every akuma battle as Ladybug, figuring out Lucky Charms that can range from simple to complicated, while simultaneously dealing with a partner who relies heavily on her plans and will occasionally make things harder by either throwing tantrums mid-battle or distracting her.

And meanwhile...

Chat Noir got to throw the blame onto Ladybug for Theo’s akumatization in “Copycat.”

Marinette covered for him in “The Collector” when he was the one who recklessly lost the grimoire by not being careful with it.

He got handed Fu’s identity in “Syren” after whining to Ladybug, throwing blame on her and trying to bribe Plagg so they’d tell him, threatening to quit while Paris was underwater, and all of this while Marinette herself only got to meet Fu because she had the grimoire on her.

He was given the moral high ground in “Malediktator” despite not having to actually care about Chloe enough to call/check on her.

He got to sit back in “Chameleon” and not concern himself with judgment or comment on the situation with Lila, even going into “Ladybug” where he continues to inform no one about Lila (including Marinette, who briefly believed that Lila came to her senses and was willing to make amends) after Lila got Marinette expelled, despite the complete lack of risk on his part considering who his father is and how harshly Lila would be dragged through the mud if she dared to trash his reputation.

He clumsily trips in “Captain Hardrock” in a fashion that reveals an instrument he happens to play, leading to him getting invited to join Kitty Section within seconds of being on the Liberty. (so when Adrien is clumsy, it’s to his benefit, and when Marinette is clumsy, it’s to her detriment)

He never got called out for distracting Ladybug and digging for details that could relate to her identity in “Kwamibuster” (which, again, forced Marinette to do all the work to fix things).

He got a party thrown for him in “Party Crasher” by Nino, and also guys that Adrien had never put forth effort into interacting with or befriending (Marinette had also been through more with all of them sans Nino).

He got to force Ladybug’s favorite traits of his out of her in “Truth” because she was under the influence of Truth’s powers.

He got off the hook for sacrificing himself in “Lies” by flirting about Ladybug’s “irresistible angry little pout,” and also never got repercussions for flirting with another girl while dating Kagami.

He never had to face consequences for smashing a chimney in “Sentibubbler,” even as he was dismissing the gesture because he knew Miraculous Ladybug would fix it.

He didn’t have to apologize for his behavior in “Hack-San,” whereas Ladybug "had to” for telling someone else her identity (the details of why - i.e: that she was having a mental breakdown and needed a release from it - being completely left out) and not telling him that she was leaving (when she literally hadn’t had time to tell him anything; do note as well that Adrien didn’t have to do the same in either “Backwarder” or “Startrain”).

He received no consequences and was in fact rewarded for allowing the akuma in “Wishmaker” to hit him, a choice that Viperion has to live with because it caused him to see both Ladybug and Chat’s identities (meaning now Luka - someone who, like the guys in “Party Crasher” - Adrien has done virtually nothing for - can support Adrien since he knows).

And I could go on, I really could, but my point is that Adrien is given all of the sympathy and sad points while Marinette basically never is. Just like how he was born swimming in money, fame, and adoring fans, the show hands out praises and all the things he’s ever wanted because he’s sad.

He doesn’t have to try. He can whine and complain and vent to Plagg about how “replaceable” he is because the show will mollycoddle him to the moon and back. They’ll put his crush on Ladybug’s shoulders to make her feel guilty while Marinette is over here having to bust her butt just for a chance at Adrien recognizing any semblance of her feelings, and he goes on being blissfully ignorant of them so he doesn’t have to suffer like Ladybug does.

In addition, Marinette has to either be “““making mistakes”““ or embarrassing herself in order to get screen time because the burden of lessons fails upon her, whereas Adrien can be name-dropped without even doing anything.

It’s not just the love square that’s unbalanced, it’s everything between these two. Ladybug is scolded and punished for the slightest act of selfishness while Adrien is encouraged and rewarded for being selfish and demanding things. Marinette has to work to be noticed (and sometimes won’t even get that much) while all Adrien has to do is put on his best sad face and the show will bend over backwards to either give him exactly what he wants or make him the sympathetic one through the narrative.

Even if Adrien had known about Marinette’s crush at the time that Ladybug knew about Chat’s, it wouldn’t matter, because the tipped scales in how they’re treated would still make it so Marinette is the one at fault for “dumping her feelings onto Adrien” while Ladybug is still forced to interact with Chat even if his advances make her uncomfortable.

#((It's a good day to choose violence.))#category: salt #salt: adrien agreste #salt: chat noir #salt: love square #((I probably should've done this in video format.))

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problematicfavesareproblematic · 3 years ago

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I Wish I Could Leave This Alone (I Know How Much You Want Me To)

Babe Heffron x Reader (plus guest) One Shot

Summary: Babe’s birthday gift to you has an unexpected party crasher

Warnings: smut, angst, infidelity (?), reader overthinking while getting dicked down, I wrote this and immediately posted it so it will be edited at some point

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Babe’s kiss was soft, but his touch was not.

You couldn’t help the groan that escaped from the back of your throat as one of his hands gripped tightly at your hip, and when he smiled against your lips you couldn’t help but feel like you’d had done something to amuse him.

“What?” you pant, leaning back at the waist to break the kiss and frowning at his smirk.

He chuckled warmly as he walked you backward towards your bed, the hand at your hip finding its way under your shirt and up against your sternum.

“Where’d you go, Gorgeous?” he asked playfully, and you immediately felt guilty.

He was right, you’d gone somewhere else for a while. That wasn’t fair to him, and you knew that. And while he was quick to call you out on it, he never seemed to truly take offense to it. You weren't sure what that said about him. Or you, for that matter.

You shake your head and bring your hands to the hem of his t-shirt, lightly tracing your nails across the sensitive skin of his lower stomach. “Started getting a bit ahead of myself, that’s all.”

Pressing a kiss to the hinge of his jaw, you use your position to slide your hand down the front of his trousers and cup him through his boxers.

“You forgot to breathe,” he mumbles, his voice slow and distracted. “Can’t have you blacking out and embarrassing yourself like that—Woah.”

A smile of your own breaking across your face, you nose at him until he brings his mouth to yours again, making a show of inhaling sharply as the backs of your knees hit the bed.

“Good note,” you say breathily as you pull his shirt up his back, giggling idiotically as he intentionally gives you a hard time of it. Your shirt doesn’t last long either, and with a practiced ease, you have each other stripped and bare in the blueish darkness of your barrack.

He isn’t gentle when his hands grip your bare skin, his movements excited and rough as he settles against the headboard and pulls you up to straddle his lap.

“I remembered, by the way.”

Taking his face in your hands, you hold him away to study him, confusion marring your constantly furrowed brow. “Remembered…?”

His eyes are aglow in the dark, so amber and warm that they reminded you of the spiced ciders your family would make during the holidays back home. A wicked smile crosses his face, and he chuckles quietly.

“I told you what knowing my middle name would cost you when you asked me last month, and the information I wanted in return. And I told you I wouldn’t forget…”

The cogs clicked in your head, and you made a sound of upset when you figured out what he was talking about.

Detail for detail, that’s the deal, Sweetcheeks.

“Happy Birthday, Sargent Y/N.” He waggled his eyebrows, and you booed him quietly.

“What are the odds a blowjob will make you forget about it?” you ask with a wince, gasping when he playfully rolled his hips up to meet yours. Feeling how hard he was made your blood begin to run hotter.

“Hmm,” he hummed, leaning forward to suck a kiss on the delicate skin beneath your collarbone. “Somewhere between none and slim.”

With an annoyed hum, you lean your head forward to rest atop his head and let him mouth at you, your hand coming up to pull at his hair only when you knew he was intentionally trying to leave a mark.

“And do you remember what I said I wanted to give you for your birthday?”

Feeling the blood rush to your cheeks, you realized that you could only sit in hot embarrassment as he laughed at you again.

“Such a prim and proper lady, scandalized by the idea of riding my face—”

“Edward!” you hissed, hands that once held his face now pushing it away. “Don’t say it like that, come on—”

The auburn-haired man laughed, catching your wrists and pulling you into his chest. you grunted with frustration, your face now pressed against the hollow of his throat.

“It’s not like my mouth hasn’t been down there before, you know.”

Sighing, you let yourself sag into him slightly, trying not to lose yourself in his lighthearted tone.

“Yeah, but not like that, when I’m just…you know.”

“Oh I see, you like it better when I do all the work and you get to take the princess position, huh?”

“Jesus Christ, Babe” you sit up again with a huff, attempting to pull your wrists back from his unyielding grip. “I try to be serious for one fucking second….”

Rolling his eyes, he surges up and kisses you sweetly, and for a minute you feel yourself begin to slip out of your body again.

But he brings you back. He always brings you back to him and here and now.

“C’mon, Sweet Thing…” he croons shamelessly against your lips, rough hands releasing your wrists and sliding teasingly up and down your thighs. The touch has you trembling in his lap, and he’s kissing you before you can be too embarrassed. “If you hate it, I’ll stop and you can fucking edge me until I blackout, I swear to god. You gotta let me see you like this, Y/N. Please, Gorgeous…?”

Good GOD he was shameless, literally begging you to allow him the chance to make you feel good, to show you how good he can make you feel- how much he wanted to be the one to do it to you first.

Anticipation was knotted in your throat as you smashed your lips to his, a flutter of heady resolve resting in your belly. As if he could taste what you were thinking, he wrapped his arms around you and hummed against your mouth.

“God, you’re so perfect...” he pulled you into him, rolling his hips in a way that seemed to remind you of the urgency you both had felt before.

When he pulls back this time he’s grinning at you like a complete idiot, happier than any man should be at the prospect of cunnilingus, in your opinion.

But Edward Heffron was nothing if not enthusiastic in his pursuits.

“Hands on the windowsill,” he said breathlessly, his cheeks turning pink and making you want to kiss him again. When you didn’t follow his request quickly enough he guided your hands there himself and folded your fingers around the frame of the open window.

You quirked an eyebrow at him. “Do I want to know how long you’ve been thinking about this, or will I be insulted?”

He smacks your thigh lightly, drawing a surprised yelp from your lungs that melts into a hum of amusement as he kneads the reddening flesh.

“How about we err on the side of caution and say….. just within the past few months?”

“And you held me in the highest regard before that- right, Private?”

He says nothing for a moment, and when he does agree to your proposed question he mumbles it into the valley between your breasts.

“Hmph. You’re a terrible liar. This had better be worth it.”

Seemingly satisfied with your ability to keep your hands where he set them, Babe encourages you to rise up to your knees so you’re no longer flush in his lap. Immediately, his eyes flick down to your sex, and you cannot help the way your thighs start to shake

He says something under his breath that you can’t quite catch before he looks back at your face and his expression softens for a second.

“Remember what I said earlier? I mean it, you know I mean it—”

You’re nodding before he can finish the sentiment, letting a soft smile play at the corners of your kiss-swollen lips. “You’ll be the first to know if I want to stop. Promise.”

With one more biting kiss to the middle of your chest he brings his assault downwards with hands, lips, and teeth- his touch just the right amount of hard and teasing to send your head swimming long before you finally feel his breath on the overly-sensitive skin of your inner thighs.

“Oh fuck,” he sounds far away, but maybe that’s just because you’re feeling too big for your own body at the moment. “Could die happy here…”

God, he’s such a whore.

The first touch of his tongue has you pitching yourself forward, eyes squeezed shut as you let your face poke out the window enough to feel the breeze on your clammy face.

Shit, he was good at that- it felt so good. If you didn't have your own goddamn skeletons in your proverbial closet you may have even been jealous to think of all the other women who had been privy to this most spectacular consideration. Babe was kissing you down there just as sweetly as he had ever kissed your lips, and it made you briefly wonder if anyone else from your past could have made you feel as high as he was making you feel right now.

Bowing your head to look down at him, your breath catching at the sight of him looking up at you from between your thighs, his arms folded around your hips to control the small jumps you couldn’t seem to get a handle on.

“Fuck, Babe!” you bite out, the idea of him looking up your body and watching you squirm threatening to overwhelm you. “Can’t fucking do that, ‘s gross angle for me…”

“Oh?” he said, the sound and feeling of his voice running up your body in the most sinful way. “I beg to differ...”

Knowing that watching him watch you would ultimately be too much, you shake your head to clear your thoughts and lift your head to look back out the window into the night air.

Only to come face to face with Ronald Speirs.

A sound of surprise, shock, embarrassment, and panic got caught in your throat alongside your cresting moan and resulted in the most depraved cry that seemed to surprise all three of you.

Your blood boiled as it froze in your veins as you made eye contact with Speirs, mortification and utter shock leaving your mouth hanging open in a silent shriek of horror.

You had no idea how long the other man had been standing there, but if the look in his eyes was any indication it had been long enough to know exactly what was happening on the other side of the wall, just below the window frame. A cigarette hung forgotten between his lips as he openly stared at you, Adam’s apple bobbing as he swallowed silently.

When Babe’s hand came up to squeeze your breast enticingly, you nearly jumped out the window.

Oh my God This can’t be happening right now I have to stop him Oh fucking hell….

Your head whipped down and he looked up at you with heavy-lidded eyes, mouth red and damp as he panted wickedly up at you. “You okay, Gorgeous?”

A crushing realization fell onto you in that very moment: there was no way you could tell him what was happening- who was there watching your shared private moment outside. Because that would mean that you’d have to explain that Ron always did this, that every night he would smoke near wherever you were sleeping that night and keep watch like a possessive and protective shadow.

And the only way you could explain that was by telling Babe about what you and Ron had once had- no, almost had. He rejected you, you reminded yourself harshly. He made his stance on you abundantly clear when he’d had you transferred into Easy Company. The fact that Speirs still behaved as if he was somehow responsible for you was not your problem.

Besides, you had Babe. You wanted Babe. Even if the ache in your heart tried to tell you differently.

You made your peace with Ron Speirs’ rejection a long time ago.

Not trusting your voice, you nod vehemently and hope what is happening outside isn’t clearly written on your face.

A smug grin stretches across his face. “Good, ‘cause you taste better than I imagined…..”

You curse as he pulls you back down to his mouth, your head flashing back up to see that Ron has gotten rid of his cigarette and shucked off his heavy coat and gun. His dark eyes look downright predatory, and if you had any sense in your sex-dumb head you would stop this debauchery and transfer somewhere far away from the both of them.

You open your mouth to do something, anything to save yourself some dignity in this fucking exhibitionist nightmare, but Speirs’s finger flies up to his lips, the command clear even through the darkness.

You knew this would happen eventually something in his gaze seemed to accuse. Did you really believe you could forget who you’re wishing was beneath you?

But as you watch him tilt his head, something else is conveyed: he’s asking for permission.

He didn’t intend to leave. He wanted to watch.

But he would, if you wanted him to.

It was cruel of him, and something in the way he worked his jaw told you that he knew it too, but like you he was too far gone to stop it.

You both know better, each of you having your own reasons for not wanting to inevitably hurt the other and cross that line. Your own sick, backwards ways of self-protection and showing affection for the other seemed to be twisting and becoming more complex as time went on.

The more involved you became with Babe….Ron suddenly wanted to be your friend again just after you had first slept with Babe.

You immediately understood that you and Ron were nearing your final days of dancing around each other, that you would have to be the one to stop it. Because Edward Heffron was too good and too kind to be fucked with like this. Eventually, you would have to stop being so selfish.

In a final show of weakness, you nod silently to Ron, your breath coming in quick bursts as your lover has patiently worked you up and up to the crest of your crescendo, none the wiser to the wicked thoughts and realizations spinning around in your head.

I really am a monster.

But you couldn’t focus on that right now, not as Ron stalked right up to the window with such confidence that you thought you had gravely misread the situation and he was going to announce himself to Babe.

You had just begun to make a hush of protest when his cold hands gripped yours and he knelt down so he was nose to nose with you, his hot glare turning it into another embarrassing sound of pleasure.

“Shit!” You whimpered, your body trembling more violently as the coil in your belly began to constrict. Ron’s thumbs rubbed the back of your knuckles in a soothing motion as he made a sound of pity low in his throat, the clucking of his tongue quiet enough that it disappeared in the sounds of the forest surrounding them.

When you get a better look at his face you can see his look of empathy is almost mocking, and you briefly wonder if you would ever have sex with someone who didn’t like to antagonize you the whole time.

As you try to pull your hands out from under his, he shakes his head sternly before wrestling them into his grip, the action pulling you slightly further out the window and making you gasp.

Babe chuckles and grips your ass to control the speed in which your hips rocked, a nibble on your clit nearly making you scream.

You’re a terrible person. You’re the worst kind of woman. you hate yourself for this.

Ron’s brows furrow and his face goes soft, eyes a warm burn rather than a vengeful inferno. You don’t realize you have begun crying until he brushes the tears from your cheeks with quick fingers.

You press your forehead against his as your body bows in warning, your orgasm approaching with unforgiving intensity.

Ron doesn’t kiss you and you don’t kiss him. You never had and after this long, you don't think you ever will. You hate how much you wished you could though.

Especially with another man’s tongue working you into a frenzy at the same fucking time.

“Please, I want you...” you said pathetically, and Ron had the grace to look down in shame. Guilty fingers intertwined with yours and with a sad grimace he kissed the backs of your hands.

“I know you do, I’m so sorry,” he breathes across your knuckles, tongue darting out to wet the chilling skin where he kissed, kissing your hand as he had wished to kiss your mouth each and every day since he had met you.

But you couldn’t, he couldn’t. And he wouldn’t let you ever try.

You came with a silent cry, only the whispered reminder from both of the men you loved to breathe saved you from falling apart in the most critical moment.

Because you are cruel you take one hand from Ron, the one he wasn’t kissing, and pull it back.

Babe’s overgrown hair is soft and damp as you reach down to rake your fingers through it, quickly finding his hand on your hip and clinging to his fingers with painful desperation as you quake above him.

Pulling you impossibly close to his mouth, Babe holds you as you tremble through the last of your pleasure, suckling once, twice more before noisily pulling away from you.

The sound was so lewd even Ron had to close his eyes and grit his teeth in order to stay quiet.

your hair clung to your face, and after sliding his fingers from yours Ron brushes the sweaty strands around your hairline.

As you begin to catch your breath, you remember who you are, who all you’re with, and all that’s brought each of you to this point. You remember that Ron Speirs has to go, will always have to go.

He didn’t want you to be his, wasn’t interested in sharing his barracks or you asking him about his past or remembering your birthday. You didn’t matter, none of this did.

All that mattered to him was the fight. The big picture. “We’re all already dead. Why bother acting like this is anything other than a distraction?”

“Y/N,” Babe’s gentle kisses land on your hips and you realize that the time for your decision is coming sooner than she had anticipated. “Hey, what’s wrong?”

You take a few more shuddering breaths with Ron, and from the way he tightened his jaw you knew he knew that you were going to have to let one of them go. And, because he’s just as selfish as you are, he doesn’t want you to choose Babe.

He’d rather keep you like a lark he can turn to for reassurance and comfort. Like a bird in a cage.

With a final sniffle, you look down, away from Ron, and give all of your attention to the beautiful, sex-mussed man who was looking up at you so sweetly and with such a clear desire for approval that you almost started crying all over again.

Ron lets you slip your fingers from his and takes a silent step back as you return your attention to your lover. You let him disappear into the night.

“Nothing at all, Babe,” you reassure him with a sigh, moving shakily down his body so you can kiss him as deeply as you can, sealing your body to his as you hold his face between your hands. “I just forgot where I was for a second there.”

Nipping at your bottom lip, he waits until you pull back before smiling stupidly at you.

“That good, huh?”

Shaking your head, you scoff and flick his chest. As he starts to chuckle, you roll yourself off of him enough to scratch your nails lightly across his stomach.

“I’ll give you a full review after round two, how about that?” You smirk as his eyebrows shoot up, sitting up and swinging your leg over his hips to straddle him. “But right now, how about I reward the idiot I love for remembering my birthday?”

If he’s surprised by your sudden proclamation of affection, he makes no show of it. And somehow that makes the moment all the sweeter.

~ ~

(HELLO SO SORRY FOR THE LATE FIC I LOVE YALL COVID IS A BITCH! I’M CURRENTLY WORKING ON THREE FICS SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY! OKAY BYE BYE MY GORGEOUS GEODUCKS!)

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h1meyo · 3 years ago

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ToT men at sleepovers/birthday parties

(Except it’s almost midnight, I have school tomorrow and I have a strong bias)

Luke Pearce

-Totally the type to accidentally spoon at least one person during the night

-“HEY GUYS IM GONNA SHOTGUN THIS MONSTER I FOUND IN THE BASEMENT :D”

-The kid who does very reckless shit and regrets it later, to no one’s surprise

-Initiates the dumb shit

-Eats all the snacks, vomits violently later

-That one kid who cares about the dog more than the birthday

-Last one to knock out, too much sugar

Artem Wing

-“omg guys stop it’s late!! What if we wake up the adults?!”

-Party crasher, confiscates cool stuff

-I’m sorry Artem Stans he probably hides candy

-He barely speaks, freaks people out when he starts lecturing someone about eating too many skittles

-Stops people from doing dumb shit

-Waits for people to sleep so they don’t cause trouble

Vyn Richter

-More mellow version of Artem

-“Hey you should probably not eat that entire bag of m&m’s”

-Silently judges the food and its flaws, biased or not

-Probably gives really thoughtful gifts

-Maybe joins in shenanigans if it’s not too reckless

-First one to knock out

Marius von Hagen

-You know he’s the guy who cries when he’s not the birthday boy, I’m sorry

-“you think his gift is cool? just wait for mine!”

-Convinces people to do stupid stuff

-100% the guy who won’t shut his mouth when it’s time to sleep, everyone hates him

-Basically have to duck tape his mouth to keep it shut

#tot vyn #tot artem #tot marius #tot luke #tears of themis #tot #tot headcanons #artem wing #luke pearce #marius von hagen #vyn richter #headcanons

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oujochan · 4 years ago

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Ace suddenly intrudes on Alice and Blood‘s tea party with a bag of sweets to give to Alice.

This Spade no Kuni no Alice Short Story was published in the April ‘21 edition of B’s log.

Thanks harroe for the HQ pic! My translation is below the cut.

Sweet Love, Beloved Bitterness

“A present for me?”

Alice blinks blankly at the small paper bag pointed her way.

“Ahaha, you don’t have to be so weirded out! It’s not strange for me to gift you something is it?”

Ace is smiling as ever as he hands over the present.

The bag is small enough to hold in one hand and decorated with a simple seal and ribbon.

The logo appears to be from a bakery in Hatter Territory. That must mean there’s baked goodies inside.

I notice a sweet fragrance wafting from the bag. I think I’m on the right track but...

“This is so weird. What’s going on?”

“Agreed. Why are you even here in the first place?” Blood muses, sitting across from Alice.

He’s calm, but not ready to go with the flow. His brows are furrowed.

I agree with Blood.

We are in the garden of Hatter Estate. Blood invited me to a tea party. Then all of a sudden Ace waltzes into enemy territory.

I have a billion questions, like what is he doing here? How did he even get in? And what on earth are the twin gate keepers doing? But more importantly, why did Ace randomly give me a present? Nothing makes sense.

“I don’t agree with all the dubious looks my way, but the reason I’m here is simple! I got lost.” He answers matter of factly without minding Alice’s confusion or the dismay on Blood’s face. Blood further knits his brow.

“A blind man could tell you that, what I’m asking is why you felt the need to come over here anyway all things considered.”

Teacup in hand, Blood glares sharply at Ace without hiding his annoyance.

“Right now she and I are spending precious time together. I invited her- and only her.”

“I see. So simply put you’re calling me a third wheel.”

“Wonderful. You have enough sense to understand that despite being directionally challenged. Did the notion of going back so you wouldn’t get in our way ever cross your mind?”

“Ahaha, too bad! The word ‘going back’ doesn’t exist in my dictionary! After all that’s not manly at all! A knight must always move forward no matter what! Right?” Beaming brightly, he looks to Alice for support.

“No, there are times where even I think it’s better to go back. Even if we don’t count right now, there are times when it’s definitely necessary.”

“Whaaat? Not you too~” His exaggerated disappointment is almost theatric.

“I’m shocked! Despite all the time you spend floundering in indecision aren’t you the one who can’t go back more than anyone else? Isn’t that why you always look back while moving forward?”

“What...?”

(What is he talking about?)

I’m confused by the vagueness of his words, but as if to interrupt my thoughts Blood opens his mouth once more.

“Enough of this trifling conversation. If you really can only move forward then you should keep heading that way. Hurry up and get out.”

He points outside the garden- it’s in front of Ace, but the gate is the other way.

“Oh how scary. I’m not in the best mood either, but this isn’t like you at all, Mr. Hatter. It’s not like you to be so pressed.”

“......”

“Haha. Have you stopped pretending to play it cool? Well, it has been a long time since you’ve seen her again.”

“Tch.”

(...huh)

For second Alice doubted her ears. But there was no mistaking the obvious look of displeasure on Blood’s face and that click of his tongue from earlier.

It really wasn’t like Blood at all. It was the first time she saw his emotions so out in the open. Even if Ace was Blood’s enemy and an unexpected intruder, Blood usually handled things more smoothly.

“If Mr. Hatter is being serious, he could be a real challenge. Not that that’s a reason to back off.”

“Oh what a coincidence. The word “back off” doesn’t exist in my dictionary either.” Blood says, picking up his trusty stick by his side.

“Normally I’d prefer not do anything to spoil a tea party, but if the nuisance won’t leave then so be it.”

“Wait...Blood?!”

Alice unintentionally raises her voice when the stick begins to emit a pale light.

“Quit it! Are you trying to start a gun fight?!”

(Wait, Ace uses a sword so it wouldn’t be a shoot out, but I don’t want a fight happening either way!)

“Don’t worry, Alice. I’m not going to do that now.” Surprisingly it’s not Blood’s voice, but Ace’s.

“Even I wouldn’t cut someone up right in front of the eyes of the person I gave a present too! If I did that my special gift would be covered in blood!”

(Doesn’t that mean Ace still wants to stab Blood later?!)

Should I be scared or relieved for now...?

“Anyway, let’s stop, Mr. Hatter. Now’s not the time.”

“Then get out of my sight before I turn you into Swiss cheese.” Despite his callous words the light from Blood’s stick fades.

“OK, OK I got it! The party crasher is leaving now~!” Ace is the only one who’s still all smiles. Without a care, he starts heading in the same direction Blood was pointing to earlier.

“Wait, what about this?” Alice realizes with a gasp and calls out to Ace’s back.

“What’s this present for?” The present still in hand, she’s uncertain about accepting something without understanding the meaning behind it.

“Like I said, it’s yours! I bought it for you after passing by a shop that smelled especially good, but I didn’t think I’d get to hand it over so quickly.” Ace stops in place, peering over his shoulder to answer. “If you need a reason then it’s to celebrate our reunion! The sweets are sure to be delicious, so eat up!”

It might’ve taken a lot of luck to meet again, but is that really all there is to it? As usual, she’s not sure she should take Ace’s words at face value despite his cheerful demeanor. No, that’s precisely the reason why.

Without waiting for Alice’s response, Ace begins to leave.

Panic rising, she tries to call out again, but Blood’s pointed glare stops her in her tracks and all she can do is to watch him off silently.

(I ended up taking it...)

She stares at the paper bag containing sweets.

“More confections are the absolute last thing we need,” Blood scoffs, visibly irked.

“Yeah... you’re right.“

There are already a large array of various sweets prepared by Blood spread out on the table.

The sweets Ace gave must be decadent and delicious too, but somehow feel bittersweet. I have the feeling that if I take a bite inside of what looks to be a sugary chocolate bonbon it’ll contain something wildly unexpected.

“Don’t open those yet. Not here. ”

“Yes... I know.”

But Blood doesn’t say ‘don’t eat those’. It seems no one can restrict an Outsider’s choice or decisions. That’s something even the ‘me’ right now knows by heart. This world isn’t only filled with sweet things. Whether I eat it or not... avoid the poison or swallow it down, is completely up to me.

#spade no kuni no alice #heart no kuni no alice #Alice series #Translation #B’s log #Otome

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spork-guitar · 3 years ago

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I have a Theory™

but first, a disclaimer: this theory is not meant to imply that I think Marinette is abusive and manipulative like Gabriel. I’m only trying to compare their personalities as far as the way they see the world and approach situations, especially involving their respective love interests. please let me know if the way I phrase something at any point seems like I’m justifying and/or condemning something or someone I shouldn’t be, but also know in advance it is not my intent.

okay okay but hear me out here

what if Marinette and Adrien’s relationship was meant to parallel Gabriel and Emilie’s?? like I don’t know enough to have much of a basis for this theory but just listen okay

we have:

the creative one/(aspiring) fashion designer who:

- is a very talented designer

- is afraid of failure/making mistakes

- has trouble balancing their civilian life with their alter ego

- would do anything to keep their Miraculous identity a secret/to protect themselves and their identity

- ex: Gabriel letting Simon Says capture him (Simon Says); Gabriel akumatizing himself so his identity won’t be discovered (The Collector)

- ex: Marinette stealing phones from Adrien (Copycat), Alya (The Mime), and Chloe (Reflekta) for various, mainly self-serving reasons; Marinette (as Ladybug) outing Lila as a liar so Adrien won’t fall for her (Volpina)

- is known for making impulsive decisions and snap judgements that affect other people without considering how those people might be affected

- ex: Gabriel banning Nino from coming back to the Agreste mansion (Bubbler); Gabriel becoming Hawk Moth under the assumption that Adrien would side with him if he knew what Gabriel was trying to do (Style Queen: “If only I could tell Adrien why I’m doing this. He would understand.”)

- ex: Marinette shifting blame away from herself and onto the rest of her class when Chloe’s bracelet went missing (Rogercop); Ladybug keeping information from Chat Noir (mainly throughout season 4)

- is intelligent and curious, often coming close to a big revelation only to be dissuaded by a single piece of evidence; interestingly, while they are easily thrown off a trail of otherwise solid evidence, they tend to overcomplicate matters in order to draw suspicion away from themselves

- ex: Gabriel suspecting Adrien may be Chat Noir, only to drop this theory when he believes he is seeing the two in the same place (Gorizilla)

- ex: Marinette suspecting Gabriel may be Hawk Moth, only to drop this theory when Gabriel is akumatized (The Collector); Marinette suspecting Chat Noir may also be a student at her school, only to drop this theory when he mistakenly refers to it as an elementary school, while Marinette herself creates a very convoluted plan to cover her tracks (Kwami Buster)

- has a rational-minded “assistant” of sorts who is trusted with their identity

- is connected closely with at least one member of the Bourgeois and Tsurugi families

- is borderline obsessed with their love interest and would do literally anything for them, even if it endangers their identity

- ex: Gabriel putting the entire city in danger for Emilie many times throughout the course of the series

- ex: Marinette nearly giving up her Miraculous/revealing her identity to save Adrien (Volpina)

the one in the public eye/model/actor who:

- had blond hair and green eyes, is conventionally attractive

- is associated with birds/feathers

- ex: Emilie was a previous holder of the Peacock Miraculous

- ex: while Adrien is allergic to pigeon feathers, there are feathers seen in the background of the famous “Adrien the Fragrance” ad (Gorizilla), and he is also accompanied by birds during a photo shoot (Mr. Pigeon 72)

- is associated with purity/perfection

- ex: Emilie is pictured surrounded by gold in the mosaic in Gabriel’s office; she is also currently kept in a repository with a transparent case, reminiscent of Snow White’s glass coffin

- ex: Adrien is referred to throughout the series as “flawless”, “the image of perfection” (Simon Says), and “perfection personified” (Oni-Chan), among other things

- is musically gifted and enjoys music

- ex: Emilie was a pianist; she also had an extensive collection of records that are currently kept in Adrien’s room (Party Crasher)

- ex: Adrien is a pianist; Adrien enjoys playing piano duets with other people, including Gabriel (Captain Hardrock), Plagg, and Emilie (Puppeteer 2)

- is associated, however coincidentally, with solitude

- ex: Emilie’s only known acting role was the lead in a film titled Solitude (Gorizilla)

- ex: Adrien is often depicted alone or “behind bars” (examples include, Sandboy, Queen Banana, etc.)

- is known to be kind-hearted and generally a nice person, except when the safety of their loved ones is threatened

- ex: Gabriel compares Adrien and Emilie, calling them “way too overly dramatic” with “quite a temper” when Adrien tells Gabriel to leave in order to avoid capture by Simon Says (Simon Says)

- has damaged a Miraculous

- this is assuming Emilie is at least partially responsible for the Peacock Miraculous being damaged, as she has canonically used it

- ex: Adrien was revealed to have damaged the Rabbit Miraculous with a Cataclysm (Timetagger)

- has an off-kilter, lookalike relative

- is connected with at least one member of the Bourgeois and Tsurugi families

- this is assuming that Emilie knew both families, as it is more than likely she did due to the fact that Gabriel has done business with the Tsurugis in the past and Chloe was a childhood friend of Adrien’s)

- has a job that places them in the public eye, as opposed to their love interests’ more “behind-the-scenes” careers

- ex: Emilie was an actress, while Gabriel is a reclusive fashion designer who is not known for his public appearances

- ex: Adrien is a model, among other things, and while Marinette has created pieces for others to model, she herself has never been on the runway

now, we don’t really know much about what Emilie was like as a person or how she behaved relationship-wise (although I may have a similarly long post about that coming soon if I have the motivation to post it), so this is just based off the bits and pieces we do know

so, in conclusion...

age-swap AU where Marinette uses the Butterfly Miraculous to bring Adrien back while Gabe and Emilie have a cute high school romance

thank you for coming to my ted talk

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug season 4 #miraculous ladybug season 4 spoilers #ml season 4 #ml season 4 spoilers #miraculous ladybug theory #SPOILERS #i won't say it again #okay maybe just one more time #for the people in the back #miraculous spoilers #long post #really you don't have to read this lmao #i just found it interesting

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canary3d-obsessed · 4 years ago

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Shen Wei Serving Lewks, Part 7

(Masterpost)

Look 30

Swamp coat...no wait, hang on.

Upon close inspection, this is not Swamp Coat, but a different loose trench coat in Swamp color. What the fuck, Shen Wei! Borrow one of your boyfriend’s coats again, pretty please?

Both times this tunic/coat outfit has appeared on Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan was wearing this gorgeous tailored denim number, with perfectly fitted shoulders and a nipped in waist. Sigh.

Anyway, Swamp Coat 2.0 is nicer than 1.0, and Shen Wei is wearing it with a with an immaculate super-casual loose white tunic with a band collar, so he looks beautiful even though this ensemble is decidedly meh.

As Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan get closer, Shen Wei’s wardrobe becomes looser and more casual, which is probably good for his psyche so...okay.

In addition to layers of loose fabric, this look features a checkered nosebleed hanky and the angriest face he has ever turned on Zhao Yunlan.

Along with definitely not kissing

(More behind the cut!)

And definitely not having a massive grope session like the last time Shen Wei got between Zhao Yunlan’s knees on this lab table.

Once the anger passes, however, this is a very good look for making out in a taxi with a boy who has excellent taste in coats.

Bonus Look 2: ZY’s Turn to Be Angry

This look belongs to Zhao Yunlan, who is wearing a single soft layer with a wide exposed neck so he can have an intense argument and hand touching with Shen Wei. This is Zhao Yunlan’s at home look, without the extra layer (vest or jacket, in a tough fabric) he always wears except when he’s alone with Shen Wei.

Shen Wei is like, no it’s fine honey, slicing my arm open is just a thing I do so I can eventually die spectacularly. Also I drained my life force for you, don’t make a big deal of it you know I hate when you make a big deal of things.

For once Zhao Yunlan gets to be the overprotective, upset partner in the relationship and also maybe the big spoon for a change. In keeping with his personality, he expresses himself explosively...

...while Shen Wei quietly leaks out emotions like the black smoke leaking from his wrist.

This is Zhao Yunlan without his armor, his swagger, his smile; this might be the only time he is as vulnerable with Shen Wei as Shen Wei (always) is with him.

Look 31

Shen Wei wears his blue double-breasted wedding crasher suit to begin his long, long relationship with this pillar.

This look features chains, more chains, and long conversations with ridiculous smoke effects.

Bonus Look 3 - ZY Rescue Trench

Now THAT is a trench coat. Do you hear me, Shen Wei's Swamp Coats?

Hilariously, we are meant to believe this superbly fitted coat with its itty bitty waist and this perfectly sized gun belt are what Zhao Yunlan took off of this schlubby guard. Zhao Yunlan DOES have magic powers!

This is a good outfit for convincing your lover to give up his relationship with a malevolent pillar and come home with you.

Did I hastily photoshop Smoke Dude out of that rescue picture? I did.

Is this just a gratuitous picture of freshly-unchained Shen Wei looking upset and Zhao Yunlan comforting him? It is. Shout out to all the H/C fans!

Look 32

This look is a grey suit with a white grid pattern, and striped red and blue accent fabric on the pocket and under the collar. This was briefly featured way back in the trauma cake arc. Here Shen Wei is also wearing a fresh cravat in grey tones.

Shen Wei had been wearing a narrower range of outfits lately because he doesn't have enough drawers at Zhao Yunlan's place, so he must have made a brief stop at his apartment to get some more things.

At home with Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei wears this look with a bare face and neck, chilling in his white shirt with the collar stiffeners. I'm going to call them that forever; you can't stop me. Note how the shirt has darts (the vertical seams from his shoulder blades to his waist) so that it fits perfectly across the back.

This is a good look for lovingly preparing fresh fruit for your candy-addicted beloved and then watching him while he sleeps.

Shen Wei’s ass is now chainless, alas, but these trousers are doing yeoman’s werk work.

While Zhao Yunlan sleeps, Shen Wei takes the opportunity to check up on his special pendant necklace that he bought at a bong shop when he was in college.

Back in the full ensemble, Shen Wei is ready to have a haberdashery throwdown with his jerkass father-in-law, who normally has serious game in a plum coat and patterned vest.

Today Pop Zhao has unexpectedly said “fuck it” and worn a brown sweater and beige trench.

Don’t encourage Shen Wei’s boring taste in coats, Pop Zhao!

After easily winning the best-dressed award at tea, Shen Wei accessorizes his look with cheekbones that could cut glass, and his best “oops, busted” face when Zhao Yunlan sees him hanging out with the parent ZY hates so much that he has the same job and facial hair as him.

That leads to a wonderfully layered interaction, in which Shen Wei just kind of stands in front of Zhao Yunlan refusing to engage with his need for control, while Zhao Yunlan roasts Shen Wei for being untrustworthy...and then offers him a ride back to the office.

Guardian is so good at capturing the constantly-fluctuating state of a deep relationship, in which you can be fighting on one level and totally fine on another level; where you’re going to have a donnybrook with your lover but first you’re going to get a decent meal into them.

Skipping!

We’re skipping over the increasingly bloody tee-shirt ensemble that appears in the final episodes. That look says, “anti-gay narrative tropes suck.”

Instead, check out this beauty that Shen Wei wore for one poorly-lit scene early in the show. This is the only time he wears a fully-matched 3-piece suit and he SLAYS in it. And then puts it in mothballs forever.

I guess when you’re wearing an outfit the first time your sweetheart breaks into your apartment and disorganizes your panty drawer, you only want to wear it for the most special occasions after that.

Look 33

After a bunch of unnecessary yet compellingly-acted death, Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan meet up outside of time and space in a Windows 95 screensaver.

[That is a Gen X joke. OP is old.]

Shen Wei’s look for this meeting is the same one he wore the day they met in the modern world - the double-breasted 10-button vest, with arm garters and now also (SIGH) tears in his eyes. Instead of that, here is an infinite loop of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan talking over dinner in their kitchen, because screw Episode 40.

Look 34

Exiting the screensaver, Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan fall out into the AU of your choice, because they realize that they left the wormhole together last time so it shouldn’t be too difficult to leave it together this time. They can just hold hands while they leave, for fuck’s sake.

In the AU of your choice they get married in these beautiful suits, as seen in Bazaar magazine.

Shen Wei’s look here features tousled hair and the glasses-free look he prefers when he’s with his true love. This is the first black suit we’ve seen him in, and he’s doing fine work in it, particularly with the gold bola thingy he’s wearing at the collar. Zhao Yunlan is so hot here that only Shen Wei dares to touch him.

Look 35

For the beach party they throw for their AU friends and neighbors a month after the wedding, (also courtesy of Bazaar’s photoshoot) Shen Wei chooses this short-legged suit with white canvas shoes, a lovely display of calf and a sprinkling of leg hair.

This look says, I love you forever and I'm pretty sure I can give you a spinal adjustment using only my leg muscles.

Shen Wei has replaced his bong-shop pendant with a tasteful diamond bar necklace, which was an apology gift from Zhao Yunlan after ZY intentionally accidentally set fire to Swamp Coats 1 through 4.

Near his heart Shen Wei is wearing a tie pin (sans tie) that’s made out of a lollipop stick.

Preview

The next post features Shen Wei’s cosplay looks including Black Robe Envoy and Ye Zun!

#guardian #weilan #zhu yilong #bai yu #shen wei #zhao yunlan #guardian spoilers #shen wei serving lewks #canary3d-original #zhen hun #menswear #c-drama #bl drama #my gifs #my stills #guardian memes #guardian gifs #bazaar does the best fixits #goddamn typos

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xhanisai · 5 years ago

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Wo Ai Ni !

AO3 / FFN

Summary:

Plagg thought that having his holder moon and squeal about Ladybug this and Ladybug that was utter hell. . He should have realised from day one that it was absolutely nothing compared to his babbling adoration for the heroine's civilian identity and now, his waxing poetry for the raven haired girl as he finally shattered the whole 'She's just a friend' delusion and accepted his feelings for her.

A/N: I am sick and tired of all the work I've been doing for finals and honestly need my break. Anyways, here's a sweet, fluffy fic to get the stress out of my system and hopefully make your day a bit better :) The fic's title is inspired by Hitomi Takahashi's song: Wo Ai Ni (which most of you would find familiar as ending 14 for Gintama) Aaaand special thanks to @Word_Devourer for giving me the idea for the operation's name and thanks to @gale-of-the-nomads for giving me the push to write this~ Takes place after Party Crasher/ Trouble Fête, enjoy! ~(x)~ . . . Plagg thought that having his holder moon and squeal about Ladybug this and Ladybug that was utter hell. . He should have realised from day one that it was absolutely nothing compared to his babbling adoration for the heroine's civilian identity and now, his waxing poetry for the raven haired girl as he finally shattered the whole 'She's just a friend' delusion and accepted his feelings for her. Mm-hmm, there are no words in the french vocabulary that could even describe half the agony that Plagg's enduring right now, right this second as Adrien floated around in his room, hugging the gift that Marinette gave him earlier on at school with a disgustingly hopeless grin plastered on his stupid blushy face. 'Is it too late to go back to napping for a few more centuries or so? Cos I am way too old to be dealing with this fuckery again.' Plagg scowled, feline eyes almost like slits as he slouched on his pillow. He didn't even get a chance to take a bite out of his beloved Camembert! Why was he always the one stuck with the lovesick kittens again...? "-and our hands touched when she gave me the gloves! TOUCHED! I am never washing my hands again~" Adrien wiggled on the spot, nuzzling the soft present against his cheek and hungrily memorised the delectable vanilla scent that lingered on it. "Oh Plagg...did ya see the way she smiled at me? That soft, pretty, beautiful smile? Her lips so glossy and kissable AND mon dieu! I was tempted to just gather her up in my arms and kiss the living daylights out of her!" The blonde teen let out another high pitched squeal that sounded quite close to a kitten's meow and flopped on the bed, his weight causing Plagg and his pillow to bounce up and send the yowling kwami flying. Plagg. Had. ENOUGH. Darting towards the boy's face, fur sticking up making him look like a fuzzy ball, Plagg grabbed Adrien's collar and yelled. "CAN YOU JUST SHUT UP AND GO ASK HER OUT ALREADY!?" The force of the little God's voice caused Adrien's fringe to blow back comically, surprising the teen in which he merely blinked back like a kitten. After realising what he's done, an apology was quick to make way on Plagg's tongue for snapping like that only to disintegrate immediately when Adrien's reaction turned into one of a typical, shoujou, love struck schoolgirl. "I can't just ask Marinette out! She's too amazing...too cool...so awesome...oh man I love her so much! I have to get cooler and be at least half as wonderful as her before I could even dream of asking her out." Adrien was blind to Plagg rolling his eyes like it's the end of the world and kept on rambling, gloves pressed to his lips. "Besides, she doesn't even love me that way...she's always so jumpy around me..." Just as Plagg was about to scold him for being so self-deprecating and maybe give a boost of encouragement, Adrien suddenly shot up from the bed with his fists pumped up in newly found determination. "Which is why I should get better at wooing her! I'm gonna call the boys and come up with a plan to get Marinette to fall in love with me! It will be called: Operation Marry-Nette. What do you think?" Adrien looked genuinely proud of his plan like he's just won the lottery and Plagg couldn't help but sigh endearingly at him. Maybe for the last time, just for him, just for Adrien, Plagg will humour his holder through their terrible love schemes. Who knows? It could be quite entertaining and finally end this tiring love square that has lost its charm many months ago. "You were never this obsessed when you were claiming about how Ladybug and you were meant to be. Were your feelings not deep enough for her?" The kwami settled back on his pillow, stroking his wedge of cheese and glanced at Adrien through his peripheral vision who looked sheepish for a split second. "Don't get me wrong, I do love Ladybug still- but because she's my bestest friend and I admire her so much. It's just not as romantic anymore and a guy can only pursue for so long before it starts to grate on the pursued. I must have annoyed her quite a bit..." "Just a bit~?" "...okay a lot. I deserved all those bops to the head by her yo-yo and I already did apologise to her for being so obnoxious. Anyways, the point is that even though Ladybug is amazing...Marinette is Marinette. Marinette was always there for everyone, there for me. It's like my feelings have been building up for her throughout the whole time and my feelings for Ladybug was the dam. The dam's now broken and all my pent up love for Marinette is flooding all over the place...and I don't regret it one bit." Adrien hugged the gloves again with his standard, warm smile that the God always spotted when Marinette was nearby. "It wasn't easy, keeping those feelings away to avoid feeling guilty about loving another girl. Now, I don't have to worry about that. I can love Marinette all I want...if she wants to have me." Plagg rolled his eyes fondly this time, cuddling into the crook of the boy's shoulder with a fanged grin. He couldn't wait to see the delight and happiness when his chosen finds out that he's been in love with one girl all along and that his feelings were absolutely mutual. ~(x)~ "Oh! A-A-Adrien!?" "M-M-Marinette! You there- I mean hey there! Hahah...longtimenosee-" Not too far away, Alya and Nino watched the scene before them with exasperation as Marinette and Adrien started their daily stammering ritual for the umpteenth time. The model being the new addition. Sure, the first few times watching the two of them become a flustered mess when coming across one another was an entertaining prospect. Now it was absolutely painful seeing the two beloved idiots so stupidly in love with one another, blinding them from the fact that it's in fact requited. And what answers were they given when they attempted to convince said idiots that they should ask each other out? "Ah! Alya-aaa! You know I can't do that yet. Adrien still sees me as a friend so don't get my hopes up. But that doesn't mean operation secret garden is finished. I will get him to fall in love with me!" "Nino!? How many times do I have to tell you? Marinette's more interested in my clothes than in me! She's yet to fall for my suave, meow-tastic self~ Also, operation Marry-Nette is now a go-go. You, Agent Best Man have to make sure that the rose petals are ready as soon as she steps into the art room." Needless to say, Adrien's scheme failed catastrophically. So bad that not even the nerdy model took the opportunity to make a pun about it since they ended up jamming the large fans for a 'wind' effect with the rose petals and thus causing a fire. All the boys from the class ended up with a week's worth of detention much to their dismay and the girls' curiousities. Did Lahiffe even need to mention how Agreste begged for them to keep their shenanigans in helping him woo the girl he loves a secret? Despite the fact that the whole school pretty much caught on? So that's how the bespectacled couple felt like they've aged for like a decade or so thanks to their oblivious best friends who were still exchanging word soup and frazzled gestures. "-no no! You're beautiful- not that you're not beautiful everyday! Oh- erm- agh-" Adrien bit his tongue by reflex and shoved his hands inside the pockets of the designer hoodie he threw on this morning. His cheeks matched the Asian girl in front of him in a raspberry tinted flush. "YOU THANKS! I mean...thank you..." Marinette took a deep sigh before determination settled on her face. She gently clutched one of Adrien's sleeves, letting her dainty fingers brush against the back of his hand and smiled sweetly. "You're beautiful too," She flashed a toothy grin and then immediately speed walked away, leaving behind her gaping friends. A high pitched kettle like sound escaped from Adrien's throat and then he immediately shoved his hood over his head and used the drawstrings to fasten the hole in order to hide his discombobulated face. Alya and Nino carried on gaping as the usually cool model chanted 'Mon Dieu' over and over again, clutching his fabric covered face and wiggling on the spot. "Either things will get much more interesting or we're about to hit the peak of idiot one's and idiot two's stupidity." Alix quipped from the background, joined by a mutter of agreement from the other students. "Oh Marinette just hurry up and marry me already~" Adrien swooned, ignorant to the chuckling crowd as he was still stuck in his bubble. The bubble was mercilessly popped by Kubdel. "THEN GO PROPOSE TO HER ALREADY LOVER BOY!" This snapped Adrien out of his daze in an instant, prompting a feminine squeal from him and his body launching up in the air like a scaredy-cat. Heaving, he clutched Nino who was the closest to him and glared at the short girl before scoffing and scurrying away. His hand covered his face in embarrassment throughout the whole time as the students in the vicinity guffawed at him. Adrien decided that he was going to hide his face for eternity and avoid everyone who's not Nino. Representing the Gabriel brand be damned! ~(x)~ Adrien.Exe has stopped working. No, really. His soul pretty much abandoned his jelly like body and his brain has turned to mush. 'Adrien Agreste has unfortunately stopped working for the time being. Please leave a message after the meow.' Was the only comprehensible sentence that ran through the teen's mind. Marinette was sleeping on him. Sleeping on him! Again!!! Her soft, pretty, serene face hid in the crook of his neck, causing him to inhale the lingering bakery scent of vanilla and strawberries every time he dared to breathe. One of her hands latched onto the front of his shirt adorably, knuckles against his chest and Adrien could swear that the erratic beating of his heart would disturb her slumber. Yet, by some miracle he remained calm and cool on the outside despite his inner turmoil. Inhaling sharply, Adrien willed for his heart to calm down as he bravely rested a hand on the girl's waist before allowing his cheek to lean against Marinette's smooth, silky locks. He took this as an opportunity to study her up close. Marinette had her hair loose today. The long, petal thin strands fanned just below her shoulder and her fringe tickled his neck pleasantly. Her long lashes created a subtle, curved shadow on her cheek bones and had Adrien been an ordinary boy, he would have missed the expertly applied concealer below her eyes. She seemed to get more and more exhausted everyday. His poor princess... "I wish I could just hold you in my arms and keep you safe and happy forever..." He mumbled into her hair, placing his free hand on top of Marinette's which was still grasping his shirt and squeezed gently. Gathering what's remaining of his courage, Adrien puckered his lips and pecked her head, face flaming throughout the whole time. It lasted no more than a moment. Yet it was a moment that Adrien will cherish for the next few decades to come. CLICK. Reflex kicked in rapidly and by muscle memory, Adrien shielded Marinette's body with his, wrapping his arms around her and was quick to flash a dangerous glare at the intruder that dared to make an appearance. The sight of a cheeky Alya and the rest of the cooing girl group, all waving their phones and giggling on the spot drained his wrath and replaced it with shyness. "How much did you see!?" Adrien rasped, unconsciously holding Cheng closer to him, not realising that she was starting to stir. "All of it~ but don't worry Sunshine, we won't tell or show her a single thing." Alya winked slyly, wriggling her phone for emphasis. "It's just going to be in our collection for the amazing album we'll be showing you on yours and Mar's wedding day," Adrien stumbled on his words next, ears and cheeks redder than Nathaniel's hair before hiding his face in Marinette's locks as the girls snickered louder. Thoughts of Marinette in various wedding dresses, floating down the aisle with a loving smile on her face, slipping a ring on his finger as she recited her vows, leaning up as he leaned down to kiss her, all ricocheted within his mind without mercy. It was then that the boy noticed that Marinette was fidgeting in her sleep and panic started to settle in his body. "You evil people...you're waking her up." He hissed tiredly but without any venom and made soft shushing sounds to lull the designer back to sleep. The girls had other ideas however and without wasting a second, they made their moves in sonic speed. Juleka was the first to strike, lifting Marinette up bridal style whilst Rose firmly pushed Adrien back against the library's beanbag in a more comfortable way before the tall girl gently placed the snoozing girl on the boy's lap. Alix and Alya struck next, positioning Adrien's and Marinette's arms so that it looked like the former was cradling the girl protectively against him and the latter snuggling up to him with her arms around his neck. Throughout the whole time, Mylène recorded the entire endeavour with a happy hum. "You should have involved us in Operation Marry-Nette. Look how much more successful we were in a matter of minutes compared to the painful weeks you guys went through with your schemes. I still can't believe that one of them involved you acting out a stunt in order to impress her only for you to fail terribly and bruise your ribs. You should never listen to Kim." The chubby girl smiled, grin only widening as Adrien's blush deepened when Marinette cuddled closer to him in her sleep. The raven haired girl's lips were brushing against his collarbones. It took everything for him to not combust. "Nino blabbed didn't he?" The blonde teen accused. "My babe is terrible at keeping anything from me, boo. But to be fair, it was super obvious from the start. Don't be mad at us~?" Alya pressed her phone against her lips, batting her eyes cutely, prompting the boy to roll his eyes and look away but the way he squeezed Marinette closer to him didn't go unseen. "...m'kay...just send me the pics afterwards please?" Adrien's question was answered with a cheer from the girls. . Nino on the other hand was chased around the school by Adrien with his sabre for ratting out the plans to Alya. "Bro! I'm sorry! PLEASE STOP TRYING TO STAB ME- SOMEONE HELP!" "You broke the bro-code Lahiffe! Now you must suffer the consequences!" "BRO!!??!!" ~(x)~ "...Are you okay Chat Noir?" As soon as Marinette placed a tentative hand on the hero's shoulder, he leapt up as high as his namesakes before quickly composing himself with an awkward laugh. "Kine...I MEAN- FINE! I'm fine...hahah..." Chat's faux ears plastered themselves against his unruly locks as he gripped his tail in front of him with both hands. He internally thanked the Gods (more reliable than Plagg at the very least) that his hair was covering his human ears otherwise Mari would have seen that they were as red as Ladybug's suit. The heroine in disguise raised a brow in worry, lips pursed with confusion. The silly boy has been acting very odd for the past few months. In fact his behaviour right now was starting to resemble a certain blonde sweetheart in her class- 'No! Snap out of it Marinette. Don't start comparing them both again!' The girl warned herself in her mind, shooting down the blush that tried to fight its way to her cheeks and then plastered on a polite smile. "Thank you for saving me and sorry for being in the way. I was trying to get away from the akuma, honest." Marinette fibbed, hoping that her partner would simply tease her with a few puns before vaulting away. Instead, the black cat stammered incoherently. "Oh hahah! N-N-No! You weren't in the way. You can never be in the way, it's never too much of a big deal- NOT THAT I'M SAYING YOU'RE NOT A BIG DEAL! You are one heck of a deal haha- oh the akuma is going that way. Stay safe pretty girl whose name I don't know- IMEANGOODBYE! ADIOS! Gahhhhhh..." Snapping his jaw shut, Chat Noir zoomed away with his staff in hand, hitting himself on the head repeatedly as he muttered 'Stupide!' over and over again. Marinette was left blinking owlishly at the boy's strange antics. The familiar feelings that has been gnawing on her mind for the past half year or so simply grew, causing her to nibble on the tip of her thumb. Yet, she couldn't identify what it was for the life of her and it was driving her insane. "Tikki, first Adrien has started to act like me when I'm around. Now Chat Noir? Have I done something to offend them both?" Marinette pouted at her kwami cutely which elicited a giggle from the tiny Goddess. "Oh no, no no no. I think they've fallen for you Marinette- isn't that exciting? The two boys you love? Flailing around you because you make them so shy and nervous? I can't wait to see how this plays out!" The knowing smile that Tikki had on annoyed Marinette. "What do you mean 'the two boys I love'? I'm not in love with Chat Noir! And them loving me? Impossible. Chat Noir loves Ladybug and Adrien hasn't shown any interest in me other than being 'just a friend'." The face that the little Ladybug wore was drier than the Sahara desert. "Marinette. Are you really going to argue with a being that has existed before time itself about this?" The designer only stared back stubbornly before answering. "Tikki, transformer-moi!" "You know I'm ri-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight-" Was the last thing Tikki managed to say before encasing Marinette into her standard suit. Ladybug snorted, hands on hips as she tried her best to ignore everything that has happened prior. "Liking Chat Noir as well doesn't make this any easier dammit..." ~(x)~ Adrien tripped over his shoes and fell on his face as he was too preoccupied in watching Marinette (with a dopey smile etched on his lips) chatter with Marc and Nathaniel. He was rewarded with the love of his life helping him back up on his face and cupping his face tenderly as she worried over him and checked for any injuries. Chat Noir pestered Ladybug over and over again about allowing Marinette the mouse miraculous once more or even letting her try a different one as he tenaciously believed that she would make an excellent part time hero like Rena Rouge and Carapace. The silly cat ended up receiving a playful chop to the head and a 'I'll think about it' from his Lady. He never noticed how she was oddly flustered as he was too busy doing victorious acrobatics and dances during the rest of patrol. A student from the nearby lycée took interest in Marinette after seeing her a few dozen times since he was a local at the Dupain-Cheng bakery. His attempt in asking her out however was sabotaged by a group of peculiarly dressed, short 'tourists' asking for directions to the nearest Parisian attraction in their painfully broken and accented English. The boy missed his chance to seek her out when she skipped out of his sight with Alya and co and then gave up entirely as Marinette ended up going off on a heated rant about how she was getting sick and tired of strangers going up to her and asking her out when she's never really acknowledged them. He missed the way the supposed tourists removed the disguises from their faces, revealing Adrien, Nino, Kim, Max and Ivan as they 'Ho ho ho'd away. During his patrol, Chat Noir spotted Marinette conversing with both Luka and Kagami near La Seine, the latter two sporting a fond look towards the short designer. Fonder than usual...Noir didn't like it at all. It didn't help that he knew that the musician harboured some feelings for Marinette and the fencer has mentioned numerous times how cute Marinette was. So, with his usual dramatic flair, Chat vaulted towards them, staff slamming between Marinette and the other two friends and then slid down to their level. His body slightly shielded Dupain-Cheng from Couffaine's and Tsurugi's view as he exchanged pleasantries with a slight bite to it. The trio happily conversed back instead, sending guilt down Chat Noir's spine for acting a bit bratty in the beginning. The guilt transformed into second hand embarrassment as Luka and Kagami admitted that they started to casually date and was asking Marinette for advice on where to go for a proper date to make it official. There was no need for the green cat to make its appearance to start with! ~(x)~ Marinette gave Chat Noir a pleasant kiss on the cheek, thanking him for escorting her home and her warm smile never wavered when he went through his customary babbles. The kitten ultimately gave up speaking, gathering back what's left of his dignity and grasped Mari's fingers, kissing the knuckles chastely before saluting and leaping away. The heroine in disguise let out a happy smile, a soft blush flared in her cheeks as she leaned against the top of the balcony and perched the side of her head with her fist. A few stars twinkled in the dark, clear sky and the breeze was soothing enough to clear one's mind. "Oh Adrien, you poor kitten...now what am I gonna do with you?" Marinette's quiet giggles were joined by her kwami who flew out of her purse and nuzzled her holder's cheek. "Told you he's in love with you. You owe me those tasty triple chocolate chunky cookies with your Maman's special tea." "Oh well. A deal's a deal. I still can't believe he's my Chaton- no, wait. I can believe it. Who else would be my silly, dorky, wonderful partner? Did you see how jealous he looked when he saw me with Luka and Kagami? And I thought I was bad! Hahah!" "At least he didn't get them akumatised like he got Theo once." Tikki chimed. "Oooh! Can you believe that he wrote 'Adrien Dupain-Cheng' on your notebook a few times without realising it wasn't his? And then proceeded to steal it for a day so that he could get rid of the pages he's written on? Plagg almost choked on his cheese laughing about it!" "If he hadn't missed that one page, I'd have never known why he stole it in the first place. Makes that time I borrowed his phone for the day to delete the voicemail seem minor in comparison." "He has a folder in his phone dedicated to pictures of you and another folder dedicated to you and him! His current lock screen is of him and you~! So cute~!" "We're both so horribly obsessed with each other. How is that cute- hey! Stop laughing!" "And his name for the operation to make you notice him; absolutely adorable~" "Pfft. I'll give him that. It's not too bad." A comfortable silence settled between them as they happily stargazed. For once, Marinette didn't feel exhausted or being pulled apart in numerous directions. Figuring out that her crime-fighting, pun loving partner was none other than the shy, sweet boy who sat in front of her in class soothed her heart and eased her mind. Accepting that he was head over heels for her to the point where he turned into a nervous, stammering, hot mess did nothing but fill Marinette with giddiness and perhaps be less harsh on herself when she was in his shoes. He fell for her twice. Twice! Just like she did! How could she not be floating on cloud nine after that? For once, her hectic life ever since she received the magical earrings has hit a calm and Marinette couldn't wait to see what adventures would follow next as she and Adrien would face them on unmasked, without anymore secrets. Speaking of secrets. "Hey Tikki? When should I come clean to him? There's no way that I could keep this hushed. I have a feeling that Maître Fu is aware of everything too with how I've seen him lurking left and right with that stupid knowing smile you both always seem to have on. So it should be alright, right?" "Since the Guardian has given you and your partner more freedom with your secret identities now, it's up to you when you want to tell Adrien everything. Bu-uuuuut...I kind of want to see him confess to you. Maybe figure it out himself. It's more fun that way, no?" Tikki's grin widened at Marinette's rosy cheeks, the former looking away bashfully, eyes sparkling with joy. "Do you think he'll figure it out?" "Plagg told me that he figured it out the day Mme. Mendeleiev got akumatised but ended up having to scrap that idea when he saw that illusion you created to throw him off. Adrien was so sure that Ladybug was you and seemed pretty down when you disproved that theory." 'So he did know it was me...' Marinette thought with awe, recalling how much happier and excited Chat Noir was during the battle, thinking that his Lady was his Princesse. "I'll give him a couple of days to confess or figure out my identity. Otherwise I'll just grab him by the collar and smooch his stupid face like no tomorrow." Tikki kissed Marinette's cheek in response, delighted with the girl's answer as they made way back into her room. ~(x)~ This was it. He was going to confess. Adrien has had enough of the way Marinette's lips would taunt him with the way they glistened under the lights and he couldn't escape the sweet scent that wafted from her every time she moved. It was so much more easier to deal with her when she was flighty and shy! Now? She was so much more sure of herself, bold, coy, dare he say...flirty. It went from squeezing his fingers to reassure him to smoothly kissing his cheeks as a thank you for whenever he's helped her out or did something she thought was 'adorable'. The tight hugs, the hair ruffles, the lip biting, the cheeky smirk that eased its way to her face whenever someone mistook them as a couple and the lack of denial or correction she gave in response. If he didn't confess at the end of the day, he was going to explode! With the help of the founding members of Operation Marry-Nette along with the new members, they have arranged a successful scenario. One that was working way too smoothly compared to the previous hundred or more plans that went haywire in an instant so Adrien kept a look out for anything strange or bizarre. Knowing his lack of luck, Le Papillon would strike now. Luckily, this didn't seem to be the case as he found Marinette waiting for him by the Arc de Triomphe. The place where he asked her to meet him. "Marinette! Hey!" Adrien jogged towards her, mentally patting himself on the back for not stammering. That thought process was quickly wiped away when he realised what she was wearing and how beautiful she looked. Dupain-Cheng was decked up in a simple but stylish red blouse with a high waist, short black skirt. Following her long legs were black tights and black ankle boots that had a red ribbon on the zippers. Her hair was kept up in space buns, also adorned by red ribbons, making her sky blue eyes pop. Lastly, her lips were glossed in a cherry red tint. The urge to kiss them increased by ten folds and all the words that Adrien has taken months upon months to plan and say turned into goop. 'What the fuck!? This isn't fair. This is so not fair. Why the hell did she have to dress up so prettily and look all cute and innocent now of all times? Why now!? Fuck! It should be illegal to be this beautiful! Damn you!' "Hey there Handsome! You said that you needed to tell me something?" Marinette peeked below her dark lashes and fiddled with the gold necklace that adorned her neck. A necklace that he gifted her a few weeks ago. She was going to be the death of him. "...Adrien? Are you okay?" Her hands reached up to cup his red cheeks only to be intercepted by his in an iron grip. "Adrien?" The boy squinted his eyes shut, blush never leaving and finally blurted out his feelings: "Wǒ ài nǐ!" . 'I love you!' . . . A few seconds of silence went by. The sounds of the chattering crowd in the background faded into nothing as all the boy could hear was the harsh pounding of his heart. Fearing the worst, Adrien refused to open his eyes and his ears and cheeks burned with both shyness and embarrassment. Dread began to build up in his heart when he felt Marinette wriggle her hands out of his grip and his shoulders sagged, awaiting the rejection that was clear to follow. His spiralling thoughts were halted by the contact of Marinette's fingers brushing his cheeks, slipping through his hair before getting tugged down sharply so that his lips crashed into hers. Adrien's eyes snapped open for a split second in surprise as a shocked mewl escaped his throat but then the warmth and softness that was Marinette's lips took over and he couldn't help but shut his eyes again. Without missing a beat, he wrapped his arms around her, pressing her small frame tightly against his and he couldn't help but smile into the kiss. Before Adrien could deepen the kiss, Marinette parted much to his dismay but her lips still brushed against his. He got an eyeful of her cheeks turning as rosy as his and her lips darkened into a kiss bruised state. An image that burned into his mind pleasantly. "So...d-does that mean you love me too?" Adrien couldn't help but whisper, lips tingling as they brushed against hers. "Silly Chaton. In China, we don't outright say that! But...wǒ zhǐ shǔ yú nǐ." "My Lady!? Mmph-" The boy was silenced with another kiss and this time, Marinette's words played in repeat over and over again in his mind. Wǒ zhǐ shǔ yú nǐ: I only belong to you. . . . ~(x)~ A/N: I'll proof read tomorrow. N I G H T. And Ramadan Mubarak~

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Disclosure: I decided to take another look at where my contributions were headed, here. We got a lot of new stuff from the second season. For me, that means more to work with. That being said, it also means some ideas get scrapped.

[ Two weeks after "Crashed course"]

Down in what they called the "Owl bunker", Luz was kept under tight watch. They didn't think the owl house was the best place to keep her. Prior to her arrival, the gang had made a bunker only known to original rebels. Eda, Willow, Lilith, Gus, King, and Amity. Even with her sitting in chains, they were still afraid of her. They each took turns trying to talk to the girl that brought them together. When Eda and King were with her, she'd talk about her homesickness. With Willow and Gus, she'd deflect interrogations about the Empress with inquiries about them. With Lilith, she'd just sit there with sullen eyes; not saying a word. The few times Amity chose to see her, she didn't say anything on the way out.

Eventually, Willow asked the "New Coven" leader to help make a hard decision. It had been something floating over their heads since they saw the crystal balls. Amity was about to leave the bunker when Eda blocked the door.

Eda: "Just a minute, kiddo. We need to talk."

Lilith pulled up a chair for her former student. The youngest Blight hung her head and fixed her gaze on the ground. Once she finally sat down, Gus was the first to speak.

Gus: "Look, I don't like this anymore than anyone else does. But what are we going to do with her now? We all saw what she tried to hide from us. That's some messed up human work she had cooking up!"

Willow: "She still won't talk about what she was up to or how she was going to do it. But, I can't believe I'm saying this, I'm more afraid of who isn't here. Amity, you said the Empress and Luz are two different people?"

Amity: "Something like that. Whatever Belos had, it wasn't natural. It burrowed into Luz and made that... horror."

Lilith: "I've been researching everything I could get my hands on this ritual you performed. But it appears you have bonded it to her soul. I'm afraid there's still very little we or anyone else knows about it. Where did you find it?"

Amity: "I'd really rather not go back there."

Twiddling their thumbs, everyone was still nervous to say it. King couldn't stand to just sit there, uncomfortable, and wait for them to stop beating around the bush.

King: "Are you really going to kill her?"

Finally, the real debate.

Eda: "Woah, woah, woah, put a sock in it! No one said anything about--"

Lilith: "Pardon me, sister..."

Eda(agitated): "No! You are not going to say, ' let's consider this, Edalyn'?!"

Gus: "Maybe we should give it a fair say?"

Eda: "You too, dweeb?!"

Gus: "She messed with our heads. It wasn't an accident like with Willow. She was up to something and still won't even talk about it."

Eda: "Last time, she didn't have a parting gift, from Belos, sloshing around inside her!"

Gus: "And now, she's stuck with it. She isn't who she used to be. We've had to make sure she isn't using illusion magic to trick us again.

At that moment, King threw a stuffed animal at Amity's head.

King: "Just checking."

Willow: "You're right. She isn't who she used to be. But that doesn't mean we go down that road. I don't think it was all an act. This might be wishful thinking. But maybe she really is still Luz. It's just this other fake that's got her hostage."

King climbed onto Amity's lap to get a better stance on this argument.

King: "So, what do you want to do?"

Willow: "We keep her here until we're absolutely sure there's nothing else in Belos' old archives. He lived with it, too. He's got to have had something."

Gus: "Meanwhile, Luz could break out at any moment. The conformatorium isn't going to work. I don't like suggesting this either. But we already tried sending her away."

Lilith: "Correction! Amity Blight sent her away. It was a decision made out of desperation and fear. Much like the one you're suggesting. May I speak now, dear sister?"

Eda looked mildly impressed as she gestured for her sister to take the floor. Lilith had sat quietly. But now, she made her way to Amity's side. She kneeled down and placed one hand on the young girl's shoulder.

Lilith: "I know you cared for her. And despite everything, we all still do. What you did was to save the girl you fell in love with. But we all charged into that last battle without knowing all the details. The fact that the former emperor Belos was human, for instance! Much less that he had a trap like that waiting for whoever replaced him. This isn't your fault. Of course someone was going to pay for our ignorance. While binding the both of them to that staff bought us some time, it was just a young girl doing something because she was scared. Now, we must find a way to clean up this mess. After all, she's counting on us. She's stuck with it, but she isn't that beast. Once we break that chain, we can move onto killing the beast. Properly, this time."

Everyone kept glancing at one another after Lilith's little speech. Eda stood proud of her sister.

Eda: "Dang, Lily, that was great.”

Lilith: "I know a little something about this. Your student has been teaching us about second chances, even me. Especially me."

Amity petted King before taking him off her lap.

Amity: "Thank you. I didn't know you'd say that. I'll remember that. We both will."

A double take was done at her last comment. But an unfamiliar melody was beginning to play just outside.

Amity: " Finally!"

With both hands, the "New Coven leader" immobilized Willow, Eda, and King. Her abominations rose and held them from behind. The door burst open and scouts from the old coven rushed in. Lilith and Gus were detained. Once the scene had calmed down, Kikimora strolled in.

Kikimora: "I wasn't sure a brat like you could pull this off. You may have a sprinkle of my respect."

Amity( glaring): "She's in the room down the hall. Think you manage to move a girl in chains?"

Eda(furious): "Traitor!"

Amity: "It's not like that, Eda."

Kikimora gestured for scouts to retrieve the captive waiting for them.

Eda: "What was your price, huh? How'd they get to you?"

Amity: "Actually, I found them. Wasn't hard. I figured they'd take the bait. But I think you're not getting the whole picture."

The scouts returned with a Noceda, still in chains.

Luz: "Eda! That's not me!"

A little confused, "Amity'' cleared up the misunderstanding.

Amity(Luz): "Body swap! The only thing to do when friends can't see eye to eye, right, Eda?"

Gus: "Those chains should have kept you from using magic. How'd you do it?"

The imposter signaled the intruders.

Amity(Luz): " I think it's pretty clear I've got help."

Willow: "Why would you ever work for her?"

Kikimora: "I would never debase myself so much that I’d work under a human! This is for the true ruler of the Boiling Isles."

Amity(Luz): "I'll switch us back soon, Amity. I don't want to keep my awesome girlfriend in the dark any longer."

The scouts at the door stepped aside for the last party crasher.

Lilith felt utter dread as her blood ran cold.

Belos stood there, in the moonlight.

Amity(Luz): "Surprise, witch! I bet you thought you'd seen the last of him?!"

Bonus:

Amity( Luz): "Not to sound creepy, but it's pretty cool to hear your voice talk like me. Oh, I can totally teach you some anime songs now! Hang on, I need to reach into my pocket for a sec-"

Luz( still in Amity's body) personally escorted her girlfriend to her new chambers.

Her prisoner flinched as her hand came near.

Amity(Luz): "I know it's weird hearing 'you' say this, but couldn't you say something, please? You've been quiet since we left the others."

An elegant room was presented before them.

Amity(Luz): "I'm not going to let them hurt you or any of them, ok? So, come on, don't leave me hanging, Blight? There are worse places they would have picked. But your loving Luz just wants us to be happy. I promise, I'm going to show you what Luz Noceda can do."

No response, and someone was getting restless.

Amity(Luz): "There's got to be something you want to say? Or maybe hear me say, hmm? Last chance?"

Nothing.

Amity(Empress): "Will you just-"

A faint red glow appeared on the witch's pale skin. But unlike before, it flickered. She clenched her heart as the pain sent her tumbling to the floor. With her free hand, she started up the spell.

Amity(Luz):" Ok, I need my body back."

Finding herself standing, she noticed Amity hadn't made a move to her side. She watched her girlfriend get off the floor and sit on the bed of her "nice" prison.

Luz tried to reach out to her. With her arms closed, Amity jerked away; not even looking.

Luz: "I hurt you, I get that. But I do want to talk. I'll be close by, when you're ready. I just want to see my awesome girlfriend, then I'll go. So, will you turn around, please?"

Luz had seen her enraged before. She braced herself for what face she'd see this time.

After a couple of seconds, the look on the witch's face wasn't one she could prepare for. There was nothing. No pity. No rage. And worst of all, no love. Just nothing.

Luz stumbled back from the memories of her old school life. The way her old classmates had rejected her. Seeing the look on Amity's face, she couldn't spend another second in that room.

Author's note:

I was really looking forward to Lilith's little speech. And, yeah, I was just looking for an excuse to use that "Surprise, witch" line.

As for the body swap, I wanted to clear something up. Thanks to Uberduck.ai, people have been having alot of fun.

I set the format to be: a person's body along with the voice people hear( person inside).

It might be confusing, but I did it this way because of the Owl house body swap episode. While we, the audience, can still hear Alex Hirsh play King. I wasn't sure if the characters could hear the same voice coming out of Luz.

Sarah-Nicole Robles: "I've got some very confusing emotions right now."

Just a personal note, but I thought it would have been funny if the actors had to perform these lines like their co- stars would have.

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burger4621 · 4 years ago

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Has anyone here heard of the #WantsToJourney2021 challenge created by Crasher Plays and Reacts on YouTube?

[I've also seen it as the #PokemonAnimeChallenge but that appears to be something separate all together.]

This is where you create your Anime Counterpart as they would appear within the Pokemon Anime. And let's be honest, many of us who watch the Pokemon Anime have already done this in our heads so its really nice that Crasher gave us a chance to do this right!

There was no way i was going to not do this.

The Rules:

- You Create your Trainer

- Where are you from?

- What is your Journey Like?

- Who are your Pokemon?

You get a full team of 6 pokemon plus 3 Rotational Pokemon. [No Legendaries.] [No Mythicals] [No Ultra Beasts] [You can have 1 Pseudo-Legendary] but you are only allowed one starter Pokemon.

What are your Goals? What is your Profession?

Who are your Rivals?

Who are your Companions?

Then you're supposed to tag 5 other trainers to take part in this.

Again, there was no way i could NOT do this challenge. Sadly i am not on YouTube [Yet] so i had to be creative about where i posted this. So without further ado.

Daniel Cedars

Hailing from Greenfield in Johto. [Pokemon Movie 3]

Goal is to compete in the Johto Pokemon League. [Beaten in the first few rounds]

Leaves from Johto and heads to Alola. Falls in love with the idea of natural coexistence.

Urge to compete but unwillingness to leave the Island Life behind then leaves to the Orange Islands. Competes and Wins the Orange League.

From there heads to Galar, following Mark who wanted a bit more of a challenge than Island Life was giving us.

Later Goal is to become a Pokemon Professor

Now, i couldnt keep to the rules. I chose more than 1 starter because in the Anime, Ash and his companions often have more than one starter in thier party. If its good enough for the Ash Crew its good enough for me!

Original/Mascot Pokemon: Aipom

Charmander -> Charizard

Pichu -> Raichu [Alolan] [Egg Hatch]

Larvitar -> Tyranitar

Froakie -> Greninja [Egg Hatch] [Gift]

Riolu -> Lucario

Rotational Pokemon:

Litten -> Incineroar

Fromantis -> Lurantis

Pawniard -> Bisharp

Companions:

Mark "MarkyJ" Mullins

Rivals:

Blake

@pigcatapult

Charles

Preston

David R

Zach

David B

Nicholas

#wantstojourney2021 #pokemonanimechallenge #my life in the Pokemon Anime #just a Johto boy

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nobodyfamousposts · 5 years ago

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Felix July - Betrayal (Felix Culpa) An alternative for Party Crasher

Just a “what if” for Party Crasher taking place in the Felix Culpa AU.

For @felixmonth

Bring! Bring!

His phone was ringing again. After intentionally ignoring the calls from the girls, Nino was starting to get wary. Wary and weary. He checked his phone once again only to sigh in relief when it was Felix this time. He must be calling about the party, so Nino picked up with a grin.

“Hey, dude! Where you at?”

“I’m at the park, fulfilling my prior obligation.”

Nino blinked in surprise. “Dude, why are you doing that? I told you about the plan, didn’t I?”

There was a harsh whisper on Felix’s end of the line before he gave a small sigh and started speaking.

“I am apparently being coerced to give you fair warning that the girls know what you and the others are really doing and they are rather cross with you.”

Nino’s jerked upright at that.

“WHAT?! How did they know?”

A couple of the others noticed his distress and came over in concern.

“Apparently with notably less people, they needed more equipment and sent Marinette and Rose to get more supplies. On the way back, they met up with a young man—I think you know him as Wayhem? He was particularly distressed about not being able to get into the party and told them what was going on at the Agreste Mansion. He says ‘hi’ by the way.”

That explained how the girls knew about the party, at least.

“But…how did they know it was us?”

“I told them.”

“Dude! Why would you do that?!” Nino demanded in outrage, getting the attention of others around him. Seeing the way they were staring at him in confusion and approaching him, Nino put the phone on speaker so they could all listen in.

“It seemed the better option to simply be honest and tell the girls.”

“What happened to Bro Code?”

“Self-preservation happened. I’m currently being held hostage by a crowd of angry women just looking for a reason to start clawing eyes out. And I like my eyes more than I like you.” Came the rather blunt response.

With the other boys nearby and able to hear Felix, they seemed less than impressed with his statements or the implications of the girls knowing. More started to crowd the phone as they tried to work out the situation.

“Are you really scared of some girls?“ Kim asked.

There was a pause.

“Girls have sharp nails and fight dirty. I’m not going to test my luck.”

The boys winced at that because yeah, he had a point.

Nino groaned. “Man, why didn’t you just come to the party from the start?!”

“Because when you’re inviting every male in Paris to a party at Adrien Agreste’s mansion with a petty ‘no girls allowed’ rule to try to hide what you’re doing, it’s bound to get back to the girls in question that you ditched them and lied about it. There is no amount of effort on my part that could save you at that point.”

“Couldn’t you have tried?”

“I can’t exactly argue with photographs and video footage.”

Nino paled. “Footage?”

“It’s pretty hard to miss the line of males entering the mansion that people generally aren’t allowed into. Or Jagged Stone with a megaphone and leaping in through a window from a helicopter.”

He winced.

“Oh yeah…that.”

“What made you think you could hide a party of this magnitude anyway?” Felix asked, genuinely curious. “Why would you send out a mass invite? And how did you expect that nobody would figure it out when the attendees include a rock star and the Mayor of the city?”

Several persons coughed or looked away at that, trying to edge out of sight as if Felix and the girls could be glaring at them through the phone.

“Okay, I see your point.” Nino admitted. “But the girls…are they mad?”

“Oh, they’re furious.” The blond on the other end replied, entirely too calm and forthright for anyone’s comfort.

The boys gulped.

“Like...silent treatment furious or ‘expect an akuma’ furious?” Ivan asked, warily.

Felix hummed for a moment as if considering. “I think Marinette is trying to prevent the latter. She made a very inspiring speech about ‘Hawk Moth can only target those who can’t see a solution to their problems’. So they’re trying to come up with solutions now.“

“Oh, that’s good.” Leave it to Marinette to keep everything calm and orderly.

“Not exactly. Their list of solutions mostly involve things they want to do to you. None of them are good.”

All of the males in the general vicinity started to sweat.

“It sounds like they’re still debating some manner of using you as fertilizer for the trees they’re planting or to get revenge with their own ‘girls only’ party.”

“So...uh...where do they stand?” Nathaniel asked, hoping it would be the latter.

“They seem to want to do both.”

Nino groaned. “How are we gonna deal with this one?”

“I believe that will be your problem to deal with.”

“Come on, it was for Adrien!” The capped boy exclaimed. “They aren’t really going to make him suffer and feel guilty just because we threw him a party the one time we got a chance, are they?”

Adrien looked from Nino to the phone in worry. He hadn’t meant to make the girls upset. They weren’t too angry, were they? This wouldn’t ruin his friendship with them, would it?

There was some discussion on the other end of the line for almost a good minute before Felix returned.

“They say Adrien can come to the girls’ party.”

Adrien brightened. “Thanks!”

“Oh come on!” Several of the males exclaimed.

“That’s just not fair!”

Felix sighed on the other end of the line. “Perhaps you should have considered that before lying to the women in your lives and reneging on your prior commitments. Or going to a party in a teenage boy’s room just because his father is not there. You are aware Gabriel Agreste will also find out about this, right? And that he does have cameras to know who all has entered his home while he was gone?”

Everyone froze.

And almost immediately started to vacate the premises with a myriad of excuses. Soon enough, only the boys were left. And of course, Felix on the phone.

It seemed the party was over at that.

Nino rubbed the back of his head. “Look, we will come and help now.”

“I wouldn’t recommend that. Right now, the girls don’t want to see you.” There was some discussion on the other end of the line before Felix resumed speaking. “Stay and finish your party. They said they will see you on Monday. And specifically that they had better NOT see you before then.”

The boys winced, realizing they would definitely be in for it come then.

“In the meantime, the girls are going to continue the community project as promised. They have some anger to burn off it seems.”

The boys winced again. Hopefully, their anger will be worked off as extra energy and they’ll be too tired come Monday. Or at least calmer and not as inclined to enact unholy vengeance.

In retrospect, maybe they should have been honest with the girls from the start? Or at least planned ahead better.

“Might I recommend some more careful planning this time?” Felix suggested, almost as if he could read their thoughts. “Perhaps some gifts might help? And groveling.”

Because yeah, it went without saying that there would be some serious groveling on their part.

“Thanks, Felix. We’ll—we’ll get right on that.”

Felix gave another hum.

“Enjoy your party.”

#ml fic #felix month #felix july #felix agreste #ml felix #party crasher salt #party crasher spite #ml spoilers #ml salt #ml spite #felix culpa

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miraculouscontent · 5 years ago

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*Breaks down door screaming incoherently* PUPPETEER 2! SALT! NOW!

YES! SALT! I AM COMPELLED!

Let’s get the few positives out of the way first.

Plagg was cute, Adrien and Nino’s friendship exists without Nino bailing on obligations, Tikki actually GAVE MARINETTE REAL ADVICE for once, blah blah blah–

no one cares, you all just wanna hear me salt, so LET’S DO IT.

[DJWhyfi]

First off, neither of them paused the game when Nino went to pick up his phone and that’s the true crime here.

So… just throwing this out there, but can we not with the couple stereotype of “’weak’ male character with ‘strong’ female character who scares the tar out of the male, as if the male is constantly fearful of the female hitting/murdering them”? Like, Adrimi is different since Adrien is more blown away rather than scared of Kagami, but I’m just…

Like, yeah, I’m still peeved at Nino in “Party Crasher”, but I don’t feel like this Nino deserves the constant death glares from Alya. It’s just more contrivance for “lol stammering/nervous character keeps messing up while the other character (usually Alya) makes faces at them”.

Also, Nino and Marinette both need to take lessons for helping them cure their panic, just sayin’.

And whereas “Party Crasher” ignored the relationship between Nino and Alya almost completely, “The Puppeteer 2″ puts it at the forefront because Alya gets upset at Nino for wanting to go with Adrien to the museum, because he apparently planned to hang out with her all afternoon.

…Now, look, if this was a situation where Nino and Alya maybe didn’t spend a lot of time together, I’d at least semi-understand (though I’d also say that being disappointed would be a better reaction than anger).

But I–and really, a lot of people–have been salting all season (maybe a bit longer) about how Nino and Alya seem to spend all their time together! They spend so much time together that they continuously pawn their satanical siblings onto Marinette so that they can go on dates!

And I thought it was nice to see Nino so eager to hang out with Adrien, especially with the way he reacted almost immediately and was promptly heading for the door, but then it’s ruined by Alya standing in his way and glaring at him as if they hadn’t had a good time in weeks.

(Since I was just talking about “Party Crasher” as well, just throwing it out there that this would’ve been a better situation in which Nino could ditch Alya; it’s not a work obligation, it’s a one-time thing that Nino would have to go to at that very moment, and we see right at the start of the episode that Alya is overreacting, so we’re already not on her side. Might’ve been fun to have an “Alya VS Nino” episode where Nino keeps sending her on a wild goose chase while Alya tries to use her detective skills to find him before he reaches the museum to meet up with Adrien. This would also be a way for them to get into a real argument, with this being about how much time they’re spending together and how, even though Alya is Nino’s girlfriend, he’s still gonna rush to Adrien at first notice because he and Adrien basically never hang out while he and Alya always seem to.)

And then Alya even tries to bargain to get her (along with Marinette and Manon) to go to with Nino as well, which is short-sighted even for her.

Like, yes, of course it’d be nice if Adrien could just bring all his friends whenever he wanted, but considering how strict Gabriel and Nathalie usually are, bargaining is quite possibly one of the worst moves to make when Nathalie is already letting Adrien take one friend.

That “privilege” could just as easily be taken away if Adrien tried to bargain for more friends. Nathalie could’ve shut down Adrien immediately and insist that he won’t be taking anyone if he tries to ask for more.

By the way, completely ruined opportunity for a joke there. Nathalie was getting steadily more tired with Adrien’s pressing, but there’s no punchline.

As an audience, we know that Nathalie seems to have a soft spot for the Agrestes, but Alya and Nino don’t. Being allowed one friend is already more than Adrien usually gets, so to have Alya even try to get Nino to ask Adrien for more, thrice (once for her, another for Marinette, and one more for Manon)?

Yeah, no. Alya can set up her date with Nino at another point in time.

And while we’re on the topic of this bargaining thing, we have yet another moment where Alya pushes Marinette to do something she’s not ready for.

“Adrien invited us!” No, Alya. Adrien invited Nino.

Like, here’s just a quick list of stuff Alya has pushed Marinette to do (when Marinette wasn’t ready/willing):

The Bubbler - Alya shoves Marinette over to Adrien and Nino to force her to give him the gift, not thinking to just–y’know–give the gift to Adrien herself and say that it’s from Marinette.

Copycat - Alya tells Marinette to memorize the script she gave, then presses the “call” button before Marinette can actually do so, forcing Marinette to converse with Adrien without prepping.

Kung Food - Alya sends Adrien to help Marinette with her great uncle without any warning.

Princess Fragrance - Alya insists that Marinette give Adrien her notes even though Marinette has a sick Tikki that needs healing (which she tries to make an excuse for, but Alya cuts her off, believing that Marinette will make something up).

Despair Bear - Alya shoves Marinette out onto the dance floor, making her slam right into Adrien.

Backwarder - Alya (and the rest of the girl squad) force Marinette to show them what’s in the bag that Adrien gave her, without Marinette’s consent and despite Marinette’s clear embarrassment.

And now, we have this episode, where Alya demands that Marinette go to the museum with Adrien them and that Marinette “doesn’t have a choice”.

I have to ask… how dense is Alya? I mean, I rag on Adrien “osmium” Agreste over here, but how many times will we have to do this same song and dance before Alya realizes that forcing Marinette will only prolong her struggles?

One doesn’t even have to look far for proof either. Marinette’s decision to confess to Adrien in both “Dark Cupid” and “Backwarder” weren’t brought on by Alya at all; they were decisions that Marinette made either on her own or with an unintentional suggestion from Tikki.

And heck, another time was in “Frozer”, where it was Luka who gave Marinette the prompting to go after Adrien. That was gentle, non-invasive, and even though Marinette still failed in the end, she wasn’t a stuttering stammering mess; she kept relative cool (compared to her more frantic outbursts, at least) and simply didn’t say what she’d meant to.

But when it’s Alya? Things tend to go less than pleasant, or at least be a coin flip on how it’s gonna go.

Like, the face Marinette makes when Alya tells her about going to the museum with Adrien?

That’s fear right there. That’s terror, because Marinette knows how forceful Alya is and has no idea when Alya’s going to spring her on Adrien without another word (or at least, that would be a natural concern to have and also exactly what happens).

This is further shown during the ride to the museum, where Marinette is quick to catch onto the fact that Alya and Nino planned on ditching Marinette and Adrien without telling Marinette about it.

And, on that point–the fact that Nino knows about Marinette’s crush–I find myself truly conflicted.

On one hand, I’d always wanted “Animan” to be referenced again so Marinette would know the truth; that Alya did indeed tell Nino.

On the other though, this is hardly coming back to bite Alya. In fact, rather than feeling bad or feeling desperate on the chance that Marinette would hate her, Alya is–again–aggressive, trying to keep up the lie that she didn’t tell Nino anything at all.

It really hurts to see, especially given that “Animan” itself had Tikki scolding Marinette for what she did, but then just let Alya boast about what a good friend she was for not telling Nino anything because she “doesn’t go making decisions for other people” (a clear reference to what Marinette did in that episode). She even pinkie swore on it, yet here we are, two seasons later, where she’s still trying to keep up the lie.

Heck, there are two separate scenes in this episode where Marinette presses Alya for the truth, but Alya continues denying it. It’s like Alya is trying to keep this title of “best friend” because she knows how horrified Marinette would be she knew that Alya spilled such a personal secret to Adrien’s best friend.

Now, taken on its own, it’s not like I have a huge issue with Alya telling Nino, because it very well could’ve been an accident or just something she said without thinking about it.

But in context with all the stuff Marinette is punished for? Comparing “Stormy Weather” to “Christmaster” and now comparing “Animan” to this?

It’s just… sad. The only punishment Alya gets in this episode seems more like a consequence of leaving Manon to go play with Nino instead (and trust me, we’ll get there).

Anyway, once the five are finally in the museum, Nino had to be given Marinette-brand lessons in “how not to say words”, because he stammers and stumbles through all of Adrien’s questions. He can’t discern what Alya meant when she was talking about “Marinette taking the first step” (pretty sure that letting Marinette be the one to ask Adrien to get together is the actual first step, but okay) and also to “deny everything Adrien asks. He’s apparently so afraid of Alya (I presume) that he just stopped thinking and let his mouth run, only looking back at Alya to get cues on how he’s doing.

And it also seems out-of-character for Nino to say something so bluntly to shut down Adrien. For example, since he’s supposed to “deny everything”, he denies it when Adrien suggests that he and Alya came just to give him company. Even if it’s not technically true (on Alya’s end anyway; Nino definitely wanted to go for Adrien at first), that’s not something that Nino would just blurt out.

And to leave Adrien in the dark, thinking that Marinette hates him? Regardless of how I feel about Nino’s character at the moment, I do not believe that Nino would simply sigh and let the subject go as Adrien questions whether or not Marinette hates him.

I mean, this is the guy from “The Bubbler”; one of the few people who got akumatized for someone else’s sake. He got akumatized back then for Adrien. Literally the only reason why he doesn’t continue trying to reassure Adrien here is because the plot ”needed” Adrien to think that Marinette disliked him.

Fact is, if characters have to withhold information, stammer, and just generally waffle around their words for the sake of keeping a misunderstanding going, especially when those characters would be the type to correct that sort of mistake? That’s not an intricately-woven plot where characters came to those misunderstandings in a natural and believable way.

It’s just bad writing (especially as Alya stands completely still while waiting for Marinette to come back instead of intervening in the conversation to assure Adrien that Marinette doesn’t hate him; she was listening basically the entire time, so it’s not unreasonable).

Then, on Alya’s side of things, we get her vaguely alluding to the fact that she’ll eventually ditch Marinette so that Marinette can be alone with Adrien. It’s a warning, which is something, but it’s still too vague for Marinette to be prepared for it when it inevitably happens.

It’s also at this point where I don’t know whether to compliment the animation for its good expressions or criticize it for not delivering it where it’s supposed to. It’s as if the episode wanted Marinette to be freaking out because “comedy”, but also wanted to be more serious by showing her inner turmoil through actual sad expressions rather than overexaggerated faces.

When Marinette is slouched on the stairs, horrified that Alya is forcing her into this, it doesn’t deliver the “comedic punch” that it’s supposed to, especially when Marinette’s anxiety has been played for laughs so often that it no longer feels like a joke.

It’s not Marinette about to slip, fall, and make a fool out of herself. No, it’s Marinette about to break down.

And who can blame her? She’s been at constant odds with herself over telling Adrien how she feels, has a best friend who keeps pushing her to do better, and all attempts end in failure because the universe seems to hate her guts.

It’d be weird if she didn’t have anxiety on the matter.

And, predictably, once Alya and Nino take Manon and leave Marinette with Adrien, Marinette isn’t able to get her words out properly and just makes everything worse.

It’s almost like I know how this show works.

Marinette rushed for the door as Alya closed it behind her, but Alya just left her there. Alya doesn’t care how Marinette feels on the matter because, apparently, she knows best and believes that time alone with Adrien is all Marinette needs.

It’s not, and continuing to do this will only disillusion Marinette further, making her more panicked and anxious around Adrien. The memories of embarrassment and screw-ups just serve to make her more self-conscious about her chances, heightening her odds of failure because, hey, she messed up so many times before, what would make now any different?

Heck, Alya doesn’t even do a good job at taking Manon with her.

Remember “Stormy Weather” (which is pretty widely considered to be episode one??) where Alya bragged that she babysat her little sisters “all the time” and was “an expert”?

Well, all those times where she had Marinette watch her siblings instead has apparently left her very rusty, because she completely forgets about Manon in the middle of a game they were playing. Not even a minute passes between Alya and Nino turning their focus to the statues (they were probably two lines away from accidentally outting themselves as Rena Rouge and Carapace to Manon, I swear) to Nino playfully chasing Alya out (and there’s not even a cut to show time passing), yet Manon is left completely neglected, eventually leading to her akumatization.

This isn’t even about the fact that they left a child all by herself in a museum. Like, yeah, that’s still bad, but the important thing here is that Alya and Nino took Manon from Marinette without her permission.

In that moment, they put themselves in charge. They decided that they were going to take care of her so that Marinette could have alone time with Adrien. If they’re going to take a kid out of Marinette’s care, they can at least do a half-decent job of remembering that she exists.

Let’s pretend for a moment that Manon didn’t get akumatized. Let’s say that Alya and Nino left and Manon decided to go entertain herself instead of getting upset.

If Manon got hurt, the blame would fall on Marinette. In “Prime Queen”, when Nadja sees Manon on the video call, she immediately asks where Marinette is. It didn’t matter that Alya was there, because Marinette was in charge.

And here, even if Nino and Alya tried to take the blame for Manon getting lost/hurt, then the question falls to why Marinette wasn’t the one keeping an eye on her.

But all Nino and Alya could say was that they wanted Marinette and Adrien to have alone time together. That’s it. There would be very few excuses that would fly, and most of them wouldn’t be able to shift all the blame off of Marinette.

Whether Marinette would be deserving of consequences or not, Nadja would target Marinette first because that’s who she trusted Manon to.

But the episode doesn’t touch on that. At all. Even after the scene cuts back to Nino and Alya (who are still not looking for Manon), the only repercussions they receive are when they’re swiftly dealt with by Puppeteer (which is silly when you consider that the Puppeteer got akumatized because of them yet chose other people who did nothing wrong to be the ones who were almost killed).

It’s not touched on because that wasn’t important to the episode. No, what was important was hurting, unnerving, and humiliating Marinette as often as possible for a quick joke.

…

*sigh*

Speaking of which…

[The Statue of Limitations]

The statue scene. A testament to how far the writers are willing to go for a laugh.

Uggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh.

Okay, so… I have several points. Literally several.

First off, we have Marinette and Tikki’s conversation, where Tikki gives actual advice when Marinette is stressing out over Adrien.

On the surface, it’s like, oh, cool, Tikki’s improving, but ultimately, the fact is that Tikki’s advice isn’t for Marinette’s sake.

It’s for the statue scene, when Marinette decides to start acting and playing a role as she pretends to confess to the Adrien “statue”. It’s not like this acting thing comes back later in the episode, so its sole purpose is to make Marinette humiliate herself in front of Adrien.

Second off is Adrien himself. Because of Nino failing to reassure him, Adrien still believes that Marinette dislikes him or just generally views him in a way that he doesn’t like.

In concept, I understand why Adrien would want to reassure Marinette that he’s a good friend. I get why he’d try to find a way to cheer her up and make him seem more friendly to her.

However, this? This isn’t Adrien being dense; this is Adrien being careless.

Let’s factor in what Adrien knows about Marinette. Nine times out of ten, Marinette flails, stammers, and seems to just be a big bundle of nerves. Even back in “Riposte”, Adrien points out that Marinette gets flustered easily, so he’s aware of this.

And that is why I cannot understand why his idea of getting on her good side is playing a prank on her. Pranks are very dicey territory, especially for people with anxiety, and this is even disregarding the fact that Adrien didn’t even consider what Marinette would prefer.

It would’ve been so much better had he tried to reason why he thought Marinette would like to be pranked, trying to figure out what the absolute best way to make her happy would be.

But instead, he takes the quickest way out. He’s hardly out of his conversation with Plagg before he sees Marinette and has the brilliantly stupid idea of “Hey, let me act like a statue in front of the girl who goes into hysterics at the sight of me! I’m sure that we’ll have a great laugh once I’ve revealed myself!”

It’s not just short-sighted; it’s reckless. Adrien has no evidence that Marinette is the playful type, often just saying that she’s “nice” (which people don’t often associate with “like pranks”), yet he chooses the worst option out of all other options to try and earn Marinette’s trust/friendship.

Third off is Plagg, and this is a big one. Now, obviously, Adrien and Marinette don’t know that the other is Ladybug/Chat, but Plagg and Tikki do.

That’s why it’s baffling to me that Plagg doesn’t try to deter Adrien from pretending to be a statue. He knows that Marinette is Ladybug and knows that kwami often talk to their holder once their holder is “alone”, so the amount of risk involved here is insane.

As for Tikki, either she knew that Adrien wasn’t a statue (and had no way to warn Marinette; would’ve been nice to have been shown that though), or the plot just coincidentally forgot that Tikki safely pops out of the purse whenever she and Marinette are alone (and sometimes when they’re not because Tikki isn’t as stealthy as she thinks).

Heck, even if Plagg presumed that Tikki would know not to come out, there’s still the chance that Marinette could’ve said something to Tikki like, “Look, I can practice with this statue!”. Just like that, her identity would’ve been blown, all because Plagg didn’t say anything when he should’ve.

And yes, Marinette was in the room, but Plagg could’ve easily pressed on the back of Adrien’s neck and muttered to Adrien to not do this because there was an obvious chance that Tikki would pop out of the purse (or, again, that Marinette would talk to Tikki), thus revealing Marinette’s identity as Ladybug.

“Dark Owl” was all the way back in Season 2, so even with all the Season 1 akuma littered about the museum, I highly doubt that this episode takes place before that one.

Though, of course, with this episode order, what do I know?

I mean, after all, it’s not like this episode blatantly shows a character that debuted in an episode that proved that Plagg very clearly knew about Marinette being Ladybug.

…Oh wait–

That’s actually exactly what it did.

And just on another note about Plagg: fourth off, how is Plagg not laughing hysterically at this scene? Like, obviously, I don’t find it funny, but if this episode is trying to show what “comedic gold” this scene is supposed to be, then why isn’t Plagg trying his very hardest to hold back his snickering? He thought it was hilarious when Chat said mean things to Ladybug in “Dark Cupid”, so why would this be any different?

Fifth off is Adrien… again. He just has a lot of problems here, okay?

I fully comprehend the idea that “Adrien is a model and, therefore, he’s able to hold still for a painfully long time”, but this is way too much. Adrien stands completely still while Marinette touches his face, plucks one of his hairs (which he only twitches at), and even puts her weight on him.

There’s suspension of disbelief, and then there’s just doing whatever the plot wants regardless of how much sense it makes. By the time Marinette is clearly staring at him fondly, Adrien could’ve recognized that Marinette didn’t actually hate him and thus dropped the act.

Yet, he chooses to keep going. He drags it out for as long as possible for this “prank” until he feels personally uncomfortable with Marinette kissing him.

Not Marinette feeling personally uncomfortable. Oh, no, Adrien just blatantly intrudes on that, what with him acting like a statue and just standing there as Marinette starts pouring her heart out with feelings that are quite frankly none of his business.

It’s only once he reveals himself that he shows any sort of remorse, because that’s the only time that matters apparently.

Like, “I didn’t want to scare you.” Well, gee, Adrien, then what exactly did you THINK was going to happen? How did “Evillustrator”, “Troublemaker”, and basically ANY EPISODE where you sneak up on Marinette NOT give you enough of a hint that Marinette is easily startled and also doesn’t LIKE to be startled?

It’s not a “joke”; it was Adrien doing whatever he wanted because he apparently didn’t want to go through the effort of figuring out what Marinette would’ve wanted.

Sixth off is Marinette herself, and I don’t even know where to begin.

Let’s just start with how weird it is to see Marinette (a creator) physically touching someone else’s work. I mean, I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say it’s out-of-character (plus, given how the statues are placed–right on the floor where everyone will undoubtedly walk near them–they might be designed to be touched/hit without any risk; the statue of Aurore’s umbrella even withstands being struck), but I imagine most people went into this episode thinking “Manon’s going to be running around and touching statues and driving everyone crazy if/when she ruins ones” only to then be confused as it’s Marinette who physically touches one (or at least what she thinks is one).

And I honestly don’t know how I’d define her behavior. Like, yeah, it was weird, but we–the audience–know that it’s the real Adrien, so that colors the perspective a bit there. If that had been an actual statue, I probably wouldn’t have blinked an eye because, like, it’s a statue and this is apparently a museum with super high-quality ones. Marinette touching someone else’s work weirds me out more than her doing anything to something that she thinks is a statue.

Also, an actual stalker–as some people claim her to be–would’ve known that it was real Adrien hair and not yak hair just by the feel of it. Step up your game, Marinette.

Chat also sniffed Ladybug in both “Animan” and this episode, by the way, and he knew/thought that she wasn’t a statue in both cases. Realistically speaking, the “over-the-top” reaction from Marinette’s sniffing versus Chat’s is likely because Marinette was expecting the scent of a wax statue and was pleasantly surprised to find that it smelled like Adrien.

…Also, wASTED OPPORTUNITY FOR AN “ADRIEN, THE FRAGRANCE” REFERENCE, YOU SORRY EXCUSE FOR AN EPISODE.

…Also also, Marinette gesturing to the Adrien statue while complimenting its beauty was legitimately adorable and I’ll fight for that belief.

But, well, that’s not the crucial point in this scene anyway. No, the big thing is the fact that this is up there with Marinette’s most humiliating moments involving Adrien.

And that is quite the list, by the way. Like, here’s every embarrassing moment Marinette has endured that just came to me off the top of my head:

- Recording an embarrassing voicemail to Adrien and then having to go through multiple steps to prevent him from listening to it

- Having Adrien see her walking around in her pajamas

- Walking into a male’s bathroom to talk to Adrien

- Getting her wall of Adrien photos broadcast on live television

- Being laughed at due to writing her love letter while saying it out loud, THEN having to endure Adrien misinterpreting everything due to her giving him the wrong letter (and she’s promptly laughed at again)

And now, we have this. We have Adrien pretending that he’s a statue and Marinette acting fondly around him: touching him, sniffing him, and even kissing him, only for Adrien to reveal himself at literally the worst moment.

I’d also just like to take a moment to point out how soul-crushing it must’ve been for Marinette to be living in this fantasy of kissing her crush, only to have him pull away from her. I’m not saying that Adrien should’ve let it happen, but it’s the fact that Adrien continued to let this charade go on for so long and that the episode had to progress it to that point.

Because, again, Marinette’s feelings do not matter to the episode. Marinette is at the expense of the writing staff, being punished for taking basically any action with Adrien. She tries to confess, fumbles because plot, and then has to pick herself up again to do it all over.

It’s an endless cycle. She’s spent so much time and energy into getting Adrien to love her, her friends keep pushing for her to be with him (with reservations on the matter that they often choose not to voice aloud), and she’s endured so much embarrassment just to be around him that I can only feel bad for her.

I feel bad because it’s clear why she’s desperate and crazy for him: it feels like such a waste to give him up after all the work she’s put in, and she’s never allowed to move on because the show doesn’t give her a chance to see Adrien’s flaws (or at least in a way where the narrative is acknowledging them as flaws), leading her to believe that he’s near-perfect. The only flaw she’s allowed to see is in episodes like “Gamer”, where Adrien is sulking about himself.

…OH YEAH, THAT REMINDS ME. ONTO MY SEVENTH POINT.

So, seventh off, one would think that, after being so horrified from the whole “thought it was a statue but it was the real thing” experience, Marinette would get time to sit, reflect, and at least cry a little.

But that is not what happens. When Adrien pulls away, instead of immediately apologizing, he cracks an awkward joke about what she’d said. It’s not that I don’t think it’s in-character, but dude, could you not???

And instead of tending to Marinette more after he apologizes and sees her sulking, Adrien sits next to her and has the gall to mope about how, despite all the time he’s spent with her (timestamps or it didn’t happen), he still doesn’t know how to be a good friend.

…I can’t even express how frustrating this is.

Like, look, whether he is right or not, by saying what he said (with nothing else added) and also not facing her, Adrien made the situation about himself and his problems. This draws all the attention away from Marinette and makes her feel bad for making him feel bad.

Whether they resolve this later or not is irrelevant, because the episode could’ve just as easily had Adrien leave Marinette alone so that she could clear her head before he starts pressing her (in the VERY NEXT SCENE THEY HAVE TOGETHER, which is in the same place and they haven’t even moved) over what happened.

Seriously, that is all kinds of wrong. Adrien should’ve either prioritized making Marinette feel better before he throws his pity party, or left her alone to figure out how he was going to make it up to her. If he thinks he’s so bad at friendship, then why is he continuing to do the exact same things that he’s been doing since “Gamer”?

I can only presume it’s because the “Treatment of Marinette” status quo is in effect, and that’s wrong all on its own.

[Museum of Moments]

Even disregarding the statue scene and the stuff with Alya and Nino, this episode is still just… bad. Thus, before I get to the big (using that word very negatively) scene at the end, I wanna talk about the smaller stuff.

Like, Manon’s whole thing about everyone ignoring her honestly wasn’t built up well. The whole thing in the intro with Manon’s line about how nobody pays attention to her wasn’t needed, nor was Marinette accidentally ignoring her due to being smitten with Adrien (that made zero sense given that he’d been in the car with her for the whole ride). Manon being upset that Nino and Alya went off to play without her was already enough. She’s a child; anything aside from that scene with Nino and Alya was just unnecessary dialog that could’ve gone to something worthwhile (like, y’know, Marinette’s problems).

And ultimately, all Manon is good for her is adding to Marinette’s embarrassment (as if she needed more) by being the one to mention the Adrien photo wall and asking if Adrien and Marinette are dating.

Then, there’s Adrien/Chat, and… like, I was never really one to lean either way on him being helpless versus saving people (I did a post on it once, but it was more out of request), but… he has way too many saves in this episode.

First, he saves Marinette from a statue Hawk Moth, using an umbrella he took from an Aurore statue.

Heck, he even keeps fighting the statue of Hawk Moth as Marinette escapes. He gets saved by Ladybug afterward, but he still held his own for a while.

Later, as Chat, he somehow manages to save himself from statues of various akumatized people being piled on top of him (and a certain head that was trying to take his ring in a certain way that I am not talking about).

Him saving himself is even done off-screen, so we don’t know how he did it.

Immediately after, he’s approached with a kiss from a statue of Ladybug, which he figures out rather quickly due to her scent and–okay, wait, I was going to just mention this, I have to talk about it because it really bugs me.

Chat (as Adrien) later refers to Ladybug as the “girl he loves”, yet he apparently knows nothing about her considering that a statue version of Ladybug goes in for a kiss (while The Puppeteer is still presumably hanging around) and he just rolls with it before realizing that it’s not her…

due to her scent.

Not because her kissing him at a time like that is incredibly out-of-character.

Not because he knows that she’s never shown interest in him (their conversation earlier–which I’ll get to–could’ve easily been referring to the guy she has a crush on, which Chat is aware of).

And not because it seems unlike her to not speak, not ask if he’s okay, and not comment on the fact that he saved himself.

It’s her scent that gives her away.

Just… really? (and no, I’m not going to get on Ladybug’s case for not noticing that the statue of Chat was a statue because she isn’t the one claiming that they’re meant to be)

Anyway, once Chat’s figured out that the statue was a fake, he uses Cataclysm and breaks it to pieces, which I would think would be a bit traumatizing, but apparently, Chat is 100% okay with staring into this Ladybug statue’s face as she becomes dust. I mean, he could’ve at least confirmed that it was taking his ring before he goes “you smell like wax and that’s suspicious despite the fact that we’ve been fighting wax statues this whole time so we could possibly have a lingering scent of it”.

And as if that wasn’t enough, Adrichat goes for a fourth save by bursting into Ladybug’s fight just in time to save her from getting an earring removed.

I’m all for Chat doing more and just generally contributing, but four flawless victories in one episode are way too much for him.

Regardless though, while on the subject of Chat, he also gets to teach Ladybug a “lesson” about talking to people about one’s feelings. Not only is it incredibly out of nowhere (given that this is in the middle of a fight and Ladybug doesn’t often bring personal issues into fights, especially mid-fight), but it’s yet another example of Adrichat “having all the answers” while simultaneously knowing nothing about anything.

His advice isn’t technically bad, but it’s not relevant. The real question that should be asked is why Chat has no problems flirting, but struggled to say “I love you” directly to Ladybug’s face back in “Dark Cupid”. For all the credit Ladybug seems to give him for being able to flirt with her, it’s not addressing any of the issues that Ladybug actually has (Marinette stated in this episode that she was scared of being rejected, which is what the conversation should’ve been about).

This is even ignoring the fact that the conversation is essentially pointless. All it did was make Marinette almost confess to Adrien before he cuts her off, but that’s not progress and doesn’t give much hope going forward.

(by the way, lowkey wanted to see Chat talk about how flirting was his way of working himself up to a confession, so Marinette goes back to Adrien and channels her inner Chat to flirt with him; cue a very confused Adrien and a flabbergasted Alya)

The episode had some good ideas, like Alya and Nino’s conversation in front of the statues of their akumatized selves, but it drops the ball so many times and on so many jokes that it’s not worth it.

And, while we’re on the subject of dropping the ball…

[Car-crossed Lovers]

So, the scene in the car, where Marinette and Adrien apologize to each other, starts well enough. Even if it was Adrien’s fault first, it does make sense for Marinette to feel just as bad (especially since she kissed him).

The problem comes from literally everything else.

I already brought up Adrien cutting Marinette off before she confesses and his line about “the girl I love”, but I want to touch on the latter once more.

That line is the thing that shifts the whole scene from a happy mood into total sadness, yet it makes no sense for why it had to happen.

Chat has talked about how his friendship with Ladybug is so important to him, yet he refers to her as if it’s like “oh, it’s just this girl I’m in love with” so out of nowhere?

And just to be clear, it’s not that I have an issue with him being in love or mentioning that he’s in love with a girl. My problem comes from the fact that his mention of her goes straight to his crush.

It’s not “my best friend” and then clarified to “oh, not Nino, it’s this girl I love”, it’s just a downgrade to “the girl I love”. It could’ve even been an, “I’m glad you aren’t in love with me, because I’m already in love with another girl and I wouldn’t want to hurt you. I know how that feels.”

But of course, we can’t waste our time with complexity and nuance; how else will we have time for Marinette to be miserable? We already took up all our other time doing more important things, like building up Manon’s akumatization and embarrassing Marinette!

*sigh* Which brings us to the subject of Marinette being depressed about Adrien loving another girl.

We’ve done this. We’ve already done this in “Frozer”, which takes place before this given that this episode features a statue of Phillipe, who was introduced in “Frozer”. Also, that episode isn’t insanely high on my favorite episodes list, but it did this plot better.

And to spend all this time on Chat talking to Ladybug about feelings and Alya and Nino trying to set Marinette up to confess to Adrien…

just to have Adrien drop the bomb on her? It’s not even like this’ll change anything, considering Alya and the rest of the girl squad will likely keep pushing Marinette to spend more time with him, claiming that he “just doesn’t know her yet”.

Not only that, but after Adrien went on earlier about how he’s “bad at friendship”, he proceeds to awkwardly sit in the car as Marinette slumps back in her seat and looks sadly out the window? Marinette gives him impassive and empty responses, yet Adrien drops the subject almost immediately. He hardly looks worried when she’s leaving the car to go into her house.

Adrien complains about himself, yet fails to do anything to correct it. If he’s going to drop the subject (accepting that Marinette just doesn’t want to talk with him), then he could call Nino or Alya and ask them what he did during the conversation to make Marinette upset. It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s something to show that Adrien cares enough to take action.

Then, we have Tikki, who decides to not give any more of the good advice that she had previously in the episode (yet more proof that it was a one-time thing for the sake of humiliating Marinette). No, because instead, Tikki gives vague nonsense about how “life is full of surprises”.

Well, yes, Tikki, you’re technically right. Marinette hearing that Adrien was already in love with someone else was certainly a surprise despite the fact that, again, “Frozer” exists.

But, of course, this apparently makes Marinette feel better enough to not give up on Adrien (I presume, given that she didn’t rip off the picture on her board), despite it not being inspiring whatsoever and only acting as Tikki’s “generic jargon of the day.”

Also, this is extremely high up there in “worst times for the happy ending jingle ever”, just saying.

Now obviously, I understand that Tikki is doing this because she knows that Adrien has a crush on Ladybug. She doesn’t want Marinette to give up when she knows that Adrien is technically in love with her.

But, I have to ask… why?

Why is Marinette not allowed to move on and try with other people? In fact, that’s exactly what Tikki should be encouraging!

If Marinette is able to move on and her crush on Adrien is left to settle down, then she’ll be able to talk to Adrien properly.

Adrien will be able to see her more for who she really is.

He might even fall for her because of it.

But this? All Tikki is doing is stagnating Marinette’s development. She’s purposefully stunting Marinette’s growth and letting Marinette wallow in the fact that Adrien “doesn’t love her.”

And Tikki didn’t even have to give Marinette advice. She could’ve hugged her (”Origins”/”Princess Fragrance” style), whispered a few comforting words about how she believes that Marinette will work it out (which I would support because Tikki has information that she can’t tell, making her opinion more biased), and then asked if Marinette would be okay or if she needed anything.

I don’t ask for Tikki to have all the answers, but I want her to put less focus on the big picture (i.e: Marinette and Adrien are in love with each other in some way and, therefore, encouraging that they be together is best) and more on what’s good for Marinette now.

Would Adrien eventually fall for Marinette? Tikki doesn’t know. She’s banking on either that, or an eventual identity reveal. If neither of those things happen, Marinette stays depressed and it’s all Tikki’s fault.

And, okay, I am officially done with the show not letting Marinette be freaking sad. The scene between Adrien giving Marinette the metaphorical gut-punch to Marinette laying in bed with a casual smile is a pathetic thirty-eight seconds long. Her feeling humiliated before shifting her attention to Adrien’s pity party is less than twelve.

For basically the entire season, Marinette has either been treated unfairly or just been sad with no satisfying pay-off whatsoever.

Do you want proof? Do you want statistics? Because I have statistics.

I combed through every single episode that has aired so far and grabbed every single time that either Adrien or Marinette are truly sad/anxious. Heck, I was even generous and cut out when Marinette is having a total freak out versus being sad.

Season 3? A total mess. Here’s the facts:

Marinette has had tons of sad moments all through the season, already having more than she did in Season 1 despite Season 3 not even being close to over. Also, not only did Adrien get more screentime on average during his sad moments (in every season, honestly), but Marinette had an 80% chance of her moments being unsatisfying in Season 3 versus the coin flip of 50% in Season 2.

It’s… depressing. Marinette already goes through so much in her life (being friends with celebrities, acting as an honorary member of Kitty Section, going to school, working on her fashion, and–oh, y’know–BEING A SUPERHERO), yet the amount of stuff that keeps piling onto her just for the sake of making her suffer only seems to increase as time goes on.

And, yes, it’s natural for things to ramp up in intensity as seasons go on; new conflicts, new drama, and new obstacles are often introduced that test characters as they develop.

But that’s not what this is. This is the plot doing whatever it can to go against Marinette, either to force drama (seriously, the timing of that “girl I love” moment felt like it came out of a bad fanfic), force the conflict, or just make Marinette miserable.

So, essentially, a teenage girl needs to suffer needlessly to keep the status quo in check, and any attempts to do anything (whether it’s keeping within the status quo or not) will only end badly.

Ugh.

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