#feligami canon

[julissart]

I love them so much, they mean everything to me right now 💓

[fernsnouveau]

I actually disliked the direction where I'd recently seen a bunch of the more reasonable S5-critical ML fandom people going. Those discussions and analyses were spiraling increasingly towards demonising Marinette over time, as we were left hanging with the s5 ending for a long time, and the fandom had nothing new to talk about.

I actually liked her flaws.

But then the canon does... this...

And I do admit, it's an in-character way to push Marinette towards a villain arc. Like, if I had to construct a darkfic scenario where Marinette goes evil and try to keep it as close to her canon personality as possible, it would look something like this. Which, I guess, means that it's theoretically easier for me to accept than, for example, S5's occasional incidents of Edgy Murderboy Chat Noir (how is that the same character who had TWO guilt-based mental breakdowns about accidentally cataclysming someone completely out of his control, including the main villain??!). I'm sure there are in-character ways to turn Adrien (or anyone else) into a villain, but Murder-Noir was Not It.

Of course another reason why the writing of Murder-Noir gives me extra heebie jeebies, was how it felt like an abuse apologia excuse, validating Gabriel's accusations for Adrien to not "deserve" autonomy, nor to experience or express any negative, inconvenient emotions. Murder-Noir feels like it's a writing choice directed at child abuse victims in the audience, who related to Adrien. "See, your abuser was right, you're horrible and overly emotional and out of control, so you NEED to be rigidly controlled for your own and everyone else's good!

Anyway.

While I admit that Marinette taking up Gabriel's mantle this way is technically in character, I cannot claim to enjoy the writing choice at all. I liked Marinette's flaws. I wanted to explore them. I did not want her demonised to this extent. She could have been meaningfully flawed without becoming better at being Gabriel, than Gabriel himself was!

After this, the only justification for the lovesquare to stay together, would be as a wish-fulfillment or "reward" for Marinette, and that's not enough for me. When I think about, if there was a real-life abuse victim in Adrien's position (minus the supernatural elements), and then they were friends with, and/orstarted dating someone who repeatedly treated them the way Maribug has been doing (and "repeatedly" is important here, it demonstrates unwillingness to learn from mistakes and be sincere about apologies – S4 was brushed under a rug as soon as Chat Noir superficially forgave!), ESPECIALLY but not only siding with the abusive parent and lying to the victim that the abuse they experienced was "not really abuse" and For Their Own Good, and demonstrated this complete infantilisation and lack of respect for the abuse victim, wanting to see them only as a palatable, innocent fairytale being who's not allowed to be inconvenient, express negative emotions, make informed choices mor generally be a complete person...

Obviously the right thing to do, for the abuse victim, would be to get the hell away from that person.

It does NOT mean that the person is irredeemable. They're just... not owed the abuse victim's forgiveness and continued presence in their life.

And I can't ignore that anymore.

We failed to get an arc about Adrien surviving and escaping Gabriel and healing. He has now been put into a position where, in order to ever be okay, he would have to survive and escape Marinette in order to heal.

I don't like this. It feels very hopeless and bleak and unenjoyable. I don't even think the story is gonna go there and free/heal Adrien (Astruc made it clear that Adrien isn't supposed to be his own character or have agency, he's supposed to be Marinette's accessory and that's never gonna change).

But as far as I'm concerned, any excuse for the lovesquare relationship to get back together after this, would have the unpalatable aftertaste of propaganda to make victims return to their abusers.

I don't like this trajectory!!!

[ninadove]

I think many more people would appreciate Feligami if they realised that they were not, in fact, written according to the enemies-to-lovers trope.

Their story is not about that; it’s about two kids who spent their entire lives being othered and rejected, finally found someone who went through similar hardships, and immediately developed a connection as a result. The fact that they were originally on opposite sides of the conflict is almost an accident.

Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at the ✨ symbolism ✨, shall we.

Secret identities form the very core of the Miraculous universe: masks are worn by heroes and antagonists alike, and as such are manifestations of their narrative roles.

Which is why it is so important that Felix and Kagami’s first significant encounter took place during a masked ball, and that they were the only attendants not to hide their faces.

Kagami’s vulnerability even pushes Felix to throw caution to the wind and reveal way too much about himself, compromising both his evil plan and his safety. In that moment, they’re not Ryuko and Flairmidable, or even Ryuko and Argos; they’re just two children who have been hurt in similar ways, and bond over their shared desire to run away.

And of course, in Representation, they recount their love story and take off their masks in the same breath — because authenticity and acceptance are the foundation of their romance.

So to be clear:

Yes, they were once enemies;

Yes, they are now lovers;

No, it is not the point of their relationship.

“But Nina,” I hear you ask, “Why is it so important to make that distinction?”

Because it has a massive impact on the audience’s expectations, and whether or not Feligami was developed properly.

When reading an enemies-to-lovers story, chances are you’re looking for a slowburn; for chapters upon chapters of tension; for seemingly insurmountable hurdles that are eventually overcome through the Power of Love™.

But if you’re reading a story about two kids who have been through Hell and back (because they’re very very queer and very very neurodivergent on top of being child abuse survivors), desperately crave love and affection, and also might get murdered or torn apart any second — then suddenly it makes perfect sense for them to celebrate new beginnings by kissing in front of the sunrise within two weeks of meeting each other.

This is what Feligami is about, and this is why it works.

[halfahelix]

🐈🐉🦚

[stellarlex]

The sheer hypocrisy of Marinette salters who are Feligami shippers is absolutely baffling to me.

Every false thing they say about Marinette being a stalker and a bully and all that crap, is literally what is happening with Felix and how he treats Kagami.

Ima need y’all to keep that same energy because at this point the hate for Marinette is childish and is smelling a bit racist to me.

[miraculousdeservesbetter2024]

I can’t believe Kagami confessed her love to both Adrien and Marinette at the same time.

[grimalkinmessor]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN FELIGAMI IS CANON

KAGAMI IS A HOMOSEXUAL

[giuliafc]

Honour Thy Father (and Mother)

Ao3 || FFN || Wattpad

Eta to remove the cut because the episode has been out a while @miraculousfanworks

What-if, set after Félix and Kagami leave Paris after showing the truth to Marinette in S5 ep 24: Répresentation. Unwilling to return to her cell hotel room, Kagami chooses to spend some time with Félix and comfort him while they wait for the rain to stop. S5 EP 24: REPRESENTATION SPOILERS! PLEASE WATCH THE EPISODE BEFORE READING!

[wackus-bonkus-maximus]

Screaming anon here first THANK YOU FOR REPLYING TO MY BABBLE WACKUS 💗 and nah sorry I was incoherent with glee, i definitely agree with you about Kagami and Felix choosing when to have impulse control (otherwise they could never be chess masters) what was going through my head was more like, they have no impulse control in their relationship, like with getting closer to each other. Compared to the way ladynoir hesitated against confessing and revealing for years but with feligami it’s like I have known you for a day but let’s have a clandestine meeting in a theatre and hold hands which is just ✋🏻😭🤌🏻 my fave thing about them

dude i love feligami fastburn so much!!!! i also get incoherent with glee about them hahah you have nooo idea anon 🤣the way they just like instantly clicked is simultaneously so funny to me but also makes so much sense! i feel like that would happen in any universe and with them having the lb and bc miraculouses respectively, it would just amplify the whole intense whirlwind romance thing they've got going on.

like imagine that. shotgun lovers/ partners/ love at first battle - whatever you wanna call it! THEY'RE DYNAMIC IS SO GOOD I WANT MORE.

[shortmexicangirl]

I actually cried laughing at this tag

feligami is something i am trying so hard to be normal about and i'm failing fantastically thank u for noticing <3

[purrincess-chat]

Okay, but like lowkey wanna write Feligami for @mlrarepairmonth now.

[julissart]

I enjoy drawing this two, would love to see more of their dinamic 💛💙

[awholelotofladybug]

Stammering Adrien AU. Adrien and Marinette. What do you think of Felix and Kagami as a couple?

Adrien: Kagami and m-m-my cousin? That sounds nice It might take a while, though. Felix doesn't have that much experience talking to girls.

Marinette: Yeah. And Kagami and Wayhem did just break up. It could take her a little time. I'm sure she doesn't want to rush into another relationship that soon.

[ninadove]

Good morning everyone.

No in-depth meta post from me today, I just wanted to remind y’all that this conversation happened.

[lizhi-art]

Yknow i don’t even think I need to finish ML anymore. It’s dead to me the show is no longer canon I only care about fanworks that’s the real canon

[littlemourningstar]

Sorry I’ve been inactive lol rip me but turns out a pair of shoes in my car were growing mold and it triggered my allergies something awful

Anyways these leaks have me burnt out and honestly I feel so detached from the fandom these days because once the bible leaked I didn’t even want to write or post any theories and with the episodes now releasing out of order again it’s just disappointing to invest my time and energy into consuming or producing content for it

I literally haven’t even gone on Ao3 the last two months because my heart just wasn’t in to reading fics anymore

Also I have like no one to talk to about all of this lol I have no irl friends and my husband only cares so much about blorbo from my shows so that makes it even harder