#granted comparing it to an actually well written show like TOH means it automatically loses anyway

[thetimelordbatgirl]

You know what I just realized? Gabriel's "redemption" was sort of like an unironic take on when the Collector tried to reach out to Belos in the final episode of The Owl House, only instead of pointing out how much of a bastard Gabriel is, they play his last-minute change seriously.

Its funny that both came out in the same year as well, so we literally got The Owl House running and calling out this idea that every villain needs redemption... ...Just for Miraculous Ladybug to trip and fall onto its face with forcing a redemption for an abusive father whose motivations varied between taking over the world and wanting his wife back and basically having the city make a statue in his honor even and just to top it all off, have Adrien praise him.