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shysublimecoffee · 1 year ago

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Indeed, Astruc's idealization of Adrien, bordering on perfection, seems to mirror the pedestal on which the fandom often places him. It's a bit ironic, given the sarcastic undertones, especially when compared to other characters in isekai harem anime or shonen manga, such as those in Naruto. In those cases, fans actively advocate for character development and potential, cheering for the female leads. Adrien, on the other hand, is almost comically devoid of agency – a situation that borders on the absurd as he doesn't even get to cheer among the finale battle no... he's just taken out of it.

These female characters cater to their, admittedly, lustful and rather pathetic protagonists in a genre often criticized for its saturation with the male gaze and the objectification of women. What's noteworthy is that, despite these criticisms, their fandoms actively advocate for the characters' development and agency. Now, enter Adrien, a character in a cartoon ostensibly centered around girl power, and one might expect a departure from such issues. Instead, it appears they've taken a detour in the opposite direction. It struck me that in a narrative where Adrien's story, from season one onwards, revolves around unwittingly battling his villainous father, he's left with little more than a footnote at the end. In contrast, every other character, be it Marinette, Felix, or even Kagami, receives substantial contributions to HIS storylines. It's a realization that prompts the question of whether the writers are intentionally steering Adrien's narrative into this peculiar direction.

I firmly believe that the writing team is purposefully sidelining Adrien from the central narrative to prevent him from overshadowing Marinette because that would encourage the fandom to perceive him as an individual character, distinct from his connection with Marinette.

From the very onset in season one, Adrien has been crafted primarily as eye candy—acknowledged within the story's universe, yet that's where his depth seems to end. Even when it comes to profound moments, such as mourning his mother, those experiences are often usurped by characters like Gabriel and Nathalie. His discontent with the new dynamics introduced by Ladybug is addressed with mere lip service, and the problem conveniently dissipates with minimal exploration. What's particularly disheartening is the disproportionate focus on Marinette's distress in Chat Blanc, while Adrien's perspective is seemingly sidelined. The chilling realization of witnessing another version of oneself succumb to a dire fate. It's baffling and, frankly, another distressing thing is that Felix, of all people, stumbles upon Amelie Agreste's body, while Adrien is kept in the dark about the whole situation. He seems unable to catch a break; someone else steps into his central role, yet he remains excluded from active participation in his story.

Alya, who has been part of the team for a shorter duration, receives more favorable treatment than the guy constantly confronting akumas since the start. It seems as if the protagonist believes he exists solely for that purpose, devoid of any personal life. The question arises: how can she be considered a "good" team leader when she consistently withholds important information from him? It's not just about preserving her secret identity; he has his own life and concerns that deserve acknowledgment.

While this could have been an opportunity for character development, it appears that in Season 4, Marinette's treatment is portrayed not as a flaw for her to address and improve upon, but rather as an acceptable stance. The show now seems entrenched in a protagonist-centered morality, where Marinette's actions are deemed right simply because she is the central character.

It appears that many in the fandom overlook the fact that Adrien has the choice to walk away from the situation rather than enduring constant disrespect and inconsideration. He not only bears the weight of being an abused child but also willingly sacrifices himself, all while grappling with the immense responsibilities of a job that befalls a mere kid. It's reasonable to feel apprehensive if your partner consistently withholds crucial information. In the realm of heroism, it's not a game; how can one be adequately equipped to be a proper hero if the other half is withholding information that could lead to dangerous consequences?

While we witness Marinette's struggles as a guardian, her point of view tends to dominate, creating a skewed perspective for the audience that might lead us to believe she has it the worst. Certainly, Marinette faces considerable challenges, and her difficulties are worthy of sympathy. However, the deliberate absence of Adrien's perspective leaves us unaware of his struggles. He seems to lack any substantial support, and beyond Plagg, there's uncertainty about who he can turn to. Despite being the one offering comfort most of the time, it raises the question of whether Marinette would reciprocate that support when Adrien is the one in need.

With Season 5 concluded and heroes now a permanent fixture, the possibility of them pursuing their own path becomes a valid consideration. Based on what I've observed, if Marinette struggles to handle just one Chat Noir, what about the rest of the team now that they're not just allies but officially permanent heroes? It appears her controlling nature might lead to a downward spiral in the face of this expanded responsibility.

When I mention the comparison between the fanbase and Astruc, I'm highlighting the consistent scrutiny Adrien undergoes. Astruc's portrayal of Adrien tends to revolve around catering to Marinette, and it seems the fanbase mirrors this perspective. Even in Season 5, everyone, both within the story's universe and among the viewers, appears to be an Adrienette shipper. It's as if the characters' sentiments reflect the sentiments of the fanbase itself.

Witnessing the frenzy and prolific fic-writing sparked by one episode where Adrien doles out sensible advice to Marinette, one can't help but wonder how intense the reaction would be if Adrien were to nonchalantly distance himself or engage in actions that don't align with her desires. It's as if there's an aversion to embracing Adrien's genuine flaws—apparently, the mandate is for him to exist solely to be with Marinette, with everything else relegated to secondary status. Any deviation from this ideal, it seems, is met with a virtual arsenal of pitchforks.

I could never embrace this ship from the jump; it's glaringly one-sided with nothing reciprocated from Marinette and Adrien seemingly giving away too much. The purported power of love in the theme song seems like a facade; there's a stark lack of equality in this relationship. My boy Adrien appears to be a puppet with strings, transitioning from his father's domination to now being handed over to Marinette as if he's a prize worthy of her affections. He'd chip part of away of himself for her and she'd smile and I dislike it immensely for how they portray it as true romance. I dislike her actions and her mistreatment that a fact.

I find myself straddling the line between indifference and frustration due to her actions and mistreatment of her partner. Indifferent because she fails to evoke any substantial emotional response or genuine concern from me compared to Adrien.Even if she were to shed tears, it wouldn't stir any emotion in me. I believe she has the potential to be an interesting character, but that possibility relies on the writers recognizing her mistakes and steering her character in a progressive direction. She seems more like a prop fed lines making my discontent directed more towards the writers for crafting her in such a way rather than at the character herself.

#adrien agreste #mlb marinette #miraculous ladybug

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msweebyness · 2 years ago

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CLASS OF HEROES AU: CAST LIST

This is a list of all the characters currently assigned in my AU, it will be updated as I go along. As always, credit to @imsparky2002 and @artzychic27 for their support and help with this AU!

Marinette Dupain-Cheng- Fa Mulan

Adrien Agreste- Rapunzel

Alya Cesaire- Tiana

Nino Lahiffe- Fairy Godmother(brother)

Rose Lavillant- Belle

Juleka Couffaine- Beast/Prince Adam

Max Kante- Hiro Hamada

Le Chien Kim- Hercules

Alix Kubdel- Aladdin

Ivan Bruel- Quasimodo

Mylene Haprele- Snow White

Chloé Bourgeois- Anastasia Tremaine

Zoe Lee- Cinderella

Sabrina Raincomprix- Pinocchio

Nathaniel Kurtzberg- Aurora/Sleeping Beauty

Marc Anciel- Elsa

Ondine- Ariel

Kagami Tsurugi- Merida

Aurore Beaureal- The Blue Fairy

Mireille Caquet- Simba

Jean Duparc- Kuzco

Cosette Bellamy- Robaire

Denise Cabello- Wreck-It Ralph

Simon O’Connor- Peter Pan

Ismael Prisk- Genie

Reshma Leghari- Isabela Madrigal

Lacey Greene- Tinker Bell

Austin Tomassian- Jasmine

Lila Rossi- Ernesto de la Cruz

Felix Fathom- Cassandra Gothel

Markov- Baymax

Caline Bustier- Flora

Ms. Mendeliev- Yen Sid

Principal Damocles- Prince John

Sabine Cheng- Fa Zhou

Tom Dupain- Fa Li

Gina Dupain- Grandmother Fa

Gabriel Agreste- Mother Gothel

Nathalie Sancoeur & Emilie Agreste- Rulers of Corona

Marlena Cesaire- Eudora

Otis Cesaire- James (Tiana’s father)

Luka Couffaine- Julebeast’s brother, a Grand Piano due to the curse

Anarka Couffaine- Mrs. Potts/Julebeast’s Mother

Penny Rolling- Cogsworth/Julebeast’s stepmom

Jagged Stone- Lumiere/Julebeast’s father

Roger Raincomprix- Gepetto

Aya Kurtzberg- Queen Leah

Kiran Anciel- Anna

Penny & Alyssa Anciel- Rulers of Arendelle

Tomoe Tsurugi- King Fergus/Queen Eleanor of Dunbroch

Jessica Keynes- Pocahontas

Aeon Hill- WALL-E/EVE (Composite Character)

Austin Armbruster- Charlotte LaBeuff

Austin Quinlan- Moana

Austin Boulet- Winston Deavor

Audrey Bourgeois- Lady Tremaine

Sarah(Fred’s Producer)- Evil Queen

Manon Chamack- Vanellope Von Schweetz

Bob Roth- Hades

Alec Cataldi- Timon

Theo Barbot- Pumbaa

Jalil Kubdel- Abu

Clara Nightingale- Lead Muse

Amelie Graham De Vanily- Ursula

Grand Master Su Han- Arendelle Royal Advisor

Mr. XY- Gaston

Chung, Kang, and Jiao- Yao, Ling and Chien-Po

Fei Wu- Li Shang

Plagg- Mushu

Tikki- Cri Kee

Kaalki- Khan

Sass- Pascal

Xuppu- Pegasus

Nooroo- Jiminy Cricket

Duusu- Scuttle

Stompp- Hugo

Pollen- Victor

Wayzz- Laverne

Mullo- Jaq

Fluff- Gus

Longg- Angus

Roaar- Rajah

#miraculous ladybug #disney au #class of heroes #ml au #akuma class #science kids #mlb ocs #cast list

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ibeomstar · 4 years ago

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#tomorrowxtogether #icons #kpop #taehyun #beomgyu #txt #matching icons #match icons #kpop icons #txt matching icons #taegyu #taehyun icons #beomgyu icons #abu agreste

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rjalker · 5 years ago

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Hello! So you said earlier that the parents of all the students in the class in ML are abusive, and I was wondering if you could expand on that? You may have explained it before and I just missed it, but I wanted to know how they're being abusive. Thanks!

Well, first off you are a little bit confusion, I said that all the kids who come from abusive homes are horrible people, not that everyone in the class is being abused.

Exact quote from that post (for people who are seeing this post first):

“Did I mention its fucked up that all the kids in this show who come from abusive homes are horrible people?”

To specify, this post is about:Adrien AgresteChloe BourgeoisieandLila Rossi

I’m…too lazy, honestly, to explain why they’re horrible people so let’s just say that’s a given.

Okay.

Adrien’s parents are abusing him because, we now know his mother has only been missing for a year. And Adrien is just now, a few months after her disappearance, for the first time in his life, going to public school. and no, I don’t mean he went to private school before. I mean he was home-schooled. his entire life. And it’s pretty dang OSHA approved safe to assume that what his father allows him to do now is more lenient than Adrien has ever been allowed to do before.

Now, Adrien is allowed to attend a public school. But only because Adrien literally fucking??? enrolled himself??? and snuck out of the house on the first day of school?????? and his bodyguard and his father’s secretary had to fucking hunt him down to try and drag him back so they wouldn’t lose their jobs.

(and that there, Gorilla and Nathalie, is a whole other post I need to make.)

Adrien is being abused because he has never, before now, in his entire life, been allowed to be a child.

adrien has a full-time job as a model for his father’s fashion company. We don’t know how long he’s had a full-time job modeling for his father’s company. Long enough that he knows what he’s doing and never messes up. Long enough that it’s second nature for him.

Adrien has never been allowed out of the house before now unless it was to model for his father’s company. Adrien has never been allowed to interact with any other children his age except for Chloe Bourgeoisie, and I’m pretty sure one of them mentioned at one point that they needed to sneak away from their parents to have fun? maybe? maybe I read that in a fic, idk.

Anyways.

Adrien is being abused. He’s being abused by his father Gabriel, and he was almost certainly being abused by his mother. Remember–it’s only now, after Emilie has disappeared, that Adrien is able to interact with other children.

Adrien is being abused.

Adrien is a horrible person. He sexually harasses women even after they ask him to stop and explain that it makes them uncomfortable and make their wishes clear and set very clear boundaries. He crosses every single one of those boundaries and when they get upset and restate, in very clear impossible to misunderstand terms, that they do not want him to do these things? he laughs in her face. He laughs in her face and doubles the fuck down on his harassment and tells her that it doesn’t matter what she thinks, because they will end up together one day, because everyone knows they’d make a great couple, she just refuses to admit it.

He lies to others about their relationship. he crosses every single one of her boundaries and laughs when she gets upset about it.

He shames the victims of bullies for being happy when their bully leaves. He guilt-trips the victims of bullies into letting thier bullies continue to fucking abuse them by telling them they need to “be the better person” instead of standing up for themselves and those around them.

you know what this post is taking too long. I’m too lazy to explain why Chloe and Lila are bad people.

But Chloe is being abued. Lila is being abused. Chloe’s own mother doesn’t know her own fucking name because she just doesn’t fucking care at all. she literalyl doesn’t know her own daughter’s name and it’s because she doesn’t fucking care to remember. Lila’s mom leaves this CHILD alone for weeks at a time and there doesn’t seem to be a father or other parental figure in the picture. Lila’s mom LEAVES A VOICEMAIL to say that she won’t be home tonight like she planned, but maybe she’ll be home for the weekend. Lila’s mom doesn’t fucking give enough shits about being a parent to even fucking make sure that her kid is going to school. Lila was out of school for MONTHS STRAIGHT. and her mom just DIDN’T DO ANYTHING.yep I’m lazy. I’m lazy. you can just go to rjalker.tumblr.com/tagged/lila-rossi and look through my posts to find the one where I talk about how she’s being abused because she is.

and it’s fucked up that all of the characters in this show that are horrible people are coming from abusive homes. We don’t have any reoccuring antagonist child character that is not from an abusive home. and we don’t have any kids from abusive homes that aren’t horrible people.

it’s fucked up. I don’t have enough spoons to explain why. someone else feel free.

#I am jusT TIRED all of a sudden. what teh heck. probably this stupid cold. anon I'm not mad #I just have no spoons #adrien salt #?#yes it is I should tag it that way #Lila Rossi #I hate her name I always want to spell it Rossii #Rjalker watches Miraculous: The Adventures of Ladybug and Chat Noir #Rjalker watches Miraculous Ladybug

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ibeomstar · 4 years ago

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