#had the cos called by a friend and tbh might’ve been the save point for future jokes!

[anxresi]

I just watched my first full length ep of Miraculous for months, and I have ‘feelings’.

You know, mostly of the ‘what kind of trash am I watching’ type-kind.

(Remember, this is all from a Chloe-centric perspective, but tbh the rest of it wasn’t too hot either. People are saying S4 is a marked improvement on S3... REALLY?!)

Let’s start with the continuity. Or lack thereof. 

Remember this in Queen Banana?

(Please forgive the RIDICULOUS subs. Chloe was actually saying ‘Adrikins’ twice. Duh.)

It was a silly scene in what was already one of the worst episodes, breaking up with her childhood friend and crush over a stupid movie.

But at the very least, it might’ve lead to some more interesting plot developments story-wise. Chloe cutting ties with Adrien permanently. Adrien having to forego the past with his first friend and move on, the dynamics of the show being shaken up. Sounds pretty good, right?

Well, guess what? With NO build-up whatsoever, Chloe is now more in love with Adrien than ever again. Her reasons for recording the video during the Girl Squad’s not-so-secret meeting weren’t to get ‘revenge’ on him, but in order to cause ‘Dupain-Cheng’...pain.

Gabriel Agreste is set a few short episodes after Queen Banana. As far as I’m aware, NOTHING happens during the episodes between to mend their friendship. 

So how the heck, short of Chloe suffering a convenient bout of major-grade amnesia, has she already forgotten her earlier vow?

 I’ll tell you why: Thomas and his fellow writers have NO respect for their audience, and will continue to disregard previous events for the sake of a) maintaining the Status Quo and b) making their job SO much easier. After all, why bother remembering stuff that happened a couple of shows ago? It’s just a KIDS show, they’ll never notice(!) 

But if Astruc & co couldn’t give a hoot about anyone watching over the age of five, they REALLY do not care for Chloe one microscopic iota. Not only do they have her acting like a complete idiot all episode (on par with her worst S4 self, already a downgrade from her S1 persona that at least showed her better side occasionally) but the stuff the characters say to her REALLY tells us what the writers think.

Nice job there Mary-Zoe btw, staring blankly ahead whilst your sister gets insulted. Remember this? 

...Yeah, don’t see too much of that here. She didn’t even make an effort to talk to Chloe before she disappeared to maybe get her to stop, she just stood there letting the whole scene pass her by. Exactly what was the point of having Mary-Zoe in this episode again? (Oh, she got rid of the BUTLER by putting on an ‘attitude’. Big whoop).

Anyway, back to the earlier topic. So they’ve already called Chloe an ‘ogress’, a ‘wicked wolf’ and an ‘ugly toad’... what else can we pick on? 

Oh yes... her lack of intelligence too! Funny how this season, while her horrible behavior has been ramped way up, her smarts have gone way down! Almost most like the people behind the show have an agenda, isn’t it? 

Forget all the other screenshots. This to me, is the most important one of the lot... simply because it confirms to me that Chloe’s chances of getting a PROPER redemption arc now are somewhere between ‘zilch’ and ‘zero’.

It’s over, everyone. She told us her ‘secret’ in a situation where she couldn’t lie. She’s not merely bad... she’s EVIL. Rotten to the core. Even more so than Felix (who doesn’t receive half the abuse she does) or the lesser-spotted Lila. 

Yep. A 14 year-old damaged child who once showed real potential as a hero by  saving lives and has had MANY sympathetic scenes throughout the show demonstrating her better side is just ‘evil’. She’ll never be anything else, either.

And like all one-dimensional cartoon villains, she gets her comeuppance in the end when her video is deleted, leading to a big tantrum...

....And a collapse of defeat in the street. Hehe, that sure showed her(!)

In conclusion then, it seems the operation was a complete success. All traces of complexity from Chloe’s brain have now been removed, and now she’s just a stupid bully intent on making everyone’s lives miserable again. Only much worse... now that it’s actually canon she’s ‘evil’.

Mind you, I thought the same thing about Adrien being Chloe’s Adri-enemy, but that turned out to be false. Maybe the writing staff suffer from the same amnesia as her? Perhaps they’ll forget her standard outfit next time she’s featured in an episode, and she’ll come to school dressed in Marinette’s clothes instead. I can’t wait to find out...

...Actually, scratch that. I think I can wait. Forever maybe, if it means not having to endure an episode like this again.

Final words from the ONLY TRUE QB herself...

...Yes, Chloe. Seeing what’s happening to you is. :,( 

[denniezemclyon]

My roaring voice

16.07.2020

I have been putting it off for quite a couple days now. I am having anxiety and have suffered from headaches for days and nights bcos of our current situation where my family's visa has alrdy expired and we are in deep shit debt, struggling financially. Dennis (my father) kept on bugging us to talk, he's come and gone here in our home since last month a couple times which is more than compared to the past couple of years since he's left us. He's messing up mom and our minds.

As much as I don't wanna admit it, it's makin me long to spend more time with him as we grew up deprived of a father but it hurts my pride, my whole being to know tht I still have those thoughts and feelings of missing him. Cos evn tho I'm angry, disgusted, cautious and lost my respect and def trust for him, there's still love. And I hate it so much that it's the truth.

Last time he went here, we discussed abt our current impasse. They argued as usual and kept on fighting with their tonation and their spiteful words, both him and my mom. But I've had it and just told them off, I tried my fuckn best not to swear and not to completely raise my voice and avoided walkn out (which I always do before cos I don't like confrontation). Then I had ths discussion with my mom.

I don't know whether to call it "coming out" cos I never rly hid it tht well but yeah.. We had exchanges of hurtful words. She got grossed out tht I was a "tomboy" which is hurtful cos she kept on saying she loved her queer friends and I find it very hypocritic of her tht she's supportive, understanding and consoling to them but whn presented the fact tht I am one she couldn't accept it. I told her tht.

To be fair, she always expresed her fears of having her children becoming queer or homosexual cos she saw how her friends were. The maltreatment, discrimination, shame and other stuff tht she didn't want us to go through. Which is her right as a parent. And within our current situation maybe she blew up tht's why she lashed out. And ultimately, she got hurt cos I didn't come to her. And I knew tht. Maybe I was deliberately hiding my thing for this girl, for wht 7-9 months? And my mom just found out now. Also, she might've reacted tht way cos I was tensed with her, distant, cold and nasty ass rude to her. I'm not justifying her behaviour cos godknows I'm fed up butyeah.. I know.

She said she wasn't sorry with her statements and conclusions but said tht maybe one day she might accept me for me. It doesn't matter tho cos I too am not gon be sorry for who I am. But I understood and didn't evn dare to argue with it. I am hurt, deeply, tbh but I can't force someone to accept me. Not evn my mom. I don't need tht. And believe me, I am not speaking out of anger or sarcasm. I'm just tired of having to feel tht I am hiding evn whn I'm not. So to put it simply, fuck it and fuckyeah.

Then Dennis and I were talkn over te phone, I let her hear it she went sniding on the side which is just irritating, I told her to "shut up, please" cos I was busy telling him off. I made some points and stood my ground and refused to be talkd over. I fought with him and made him understood tht he's condescending, he's toxic and just to stop playing the victim. He wasn't the only one suffering and made sacrifies, I told him tht and I will make hhim understand the meaning of tht evn if it takes ages.

I am so tired of playing piggy-in-the-middle since I was a child and within these past days I am learning to have a voice. Tho I hate it tht when I speak my tears won't stop and there's a slight crack in my tone. I was trying to be strong and stern and firm but I couldn't and I looked like a helpless child. I hate tht. But I am also proud of myself tht I'm starting to take charge. I'll roar and I will roar loud.

They both have issues with people, issues with each other being indifferent and issues as a child tht they bear and I want to save them cos I love them, I do. But in order for me to have tht chance, I need to save myself first. I will not stand for their immaturity, manipulation, woes, frustrations which is ther right and tbh not all the time they purposely do but yeah. I need to be brave and courageous not only for myself but for my dreams, my future and most importantly my siblings, my family.

I don't care if I end up being some villain in their stories cos when the time comes and it will come, they'd know tht we'e all just trying to be heard, trying to be understood and trying to be at peace.

[suqarjae]

barista!jackson || au

jackson wang || barista au

mark || jaebum || jinyoung || youngjae || bambam || yugyeom

flirty charismatic little shit

2728/10 customer service

there's no customer that doesn't smile when he serves them

can make any customer's mood turn positive he just has that effect on people

white button up with black cuffs and collar, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, either wears black slacks or black ripped jeans depends on his mood

switches between black vans and black dress shoes bc it depends on his pants

rarely wears his apron but it's his fault if he spills coffee on his shirt

buys at least one new shirt every month bc he keeps spilling coffee on himself but he tries so hard

excited puppy no matter the weather

he manages to get away with wearing a snapback from time to time

attaches name tag to said snapback

motivates everyone in the cafe

you can't escape his joy

it never ends

struggles to not curse every once in a while when he slips up on orders or spills coffee

likes to flirt with customers

a lot

but seriously he genuinely compliments a lot of the female customers

when they blush and get flustered he finds it adorable and gets all cute and soft for them

if they happen to flirt back then he’ll play along

overall he’s just an amazing worker

quirks and all

he can easily tell if a customer is stressed and will subtly hype them up

they won’t even realise he’s hyped them up until later on

it’s much appreciated in the long run

switches from customer service to making orders every once in a while

mainly stays on customer service bc he spills coffee a lot

he can’t make coffee well under pressure either

he gets too stressed and freezes up bc he doesn’t know what to do

and people yelling at him for freezing up isn’t the way to go either

he also loses patience quickly when it comes to making some specific coffees or teas

lowkey tries to offer healthier options like smoothies and stuffs so he doesn’t have to suffer make coffee

tbh he doesn’t particularly like making coffee but he enjoys the shit out of putting extra whip cream on top of orders and calling them out

he enjoys working there tho

he’s with his friends so he’s p much set

sometimes he forgets he's gotta speak Korean at times and starts speaking Chinese instead

realises this when the customer just stares at him with a "wtf just happened" expression

apologies profusely and continues on

until you came along and replied in Chinese telling him you're pretty sure he's meant to be speaking Korean 

gets all flustered 

when he brings you your order he's a flirty lil shit 

bc you're curious you come back about a fortnight later 

you're dressed up rather nicely and he's pretty much forgotten you 

well the fact that you understand and speak Chinese at least

your face is vaguely familiar to him

he can’t put his finger on where he thinks he might’ve seen you before

he accidentally slips into Chinese to utter "holy shit she's pretty" 

of course you pick up on it 

you get all blushy and when he starts the usual "how may I help you today" in korean 

you take the piss out of it and speak chinese and he takes a minute to process what's going on 

he realises you would've heard what he said just a minute ago 

rare blushy jackson appears

doesn’t just blush but blushes profusely

apologises and can't help but awkwardly smile

you laugh and brush it off 

you keep coming in when he's on cash register or handing out the orders 

flirts straight off the bat 

you return the flirting 

he's shocked at first bc he just didn’t expect it from you but the more often you come in it ends up becoming a thing between you two

co workers tease him about it 

keep telling him to ask you out 

says he doesn't like you like that 

lies 

all lies 

no one starts to realise how bad he’s fallen until he starts zoning out

it’s nothing too bad really

but it starts getting to the point where he’s distracted and not fully into it

like he won’t flirt as much as he used to and he feels kinda awkward when he does

but not when he flirts with you

he feels weird if you don't come in 

you've happened to catch all his shifts in the past and have memorised when he's rostered on just so you can talk to him 

but today you missed his shift 

not intentionally

you came in just as he was about to leave 

should've seen his face 

went from "get me out of here" to "there is an angel standing right before me the hecc--" 

he smiled so wide and almost hugged you 

his shift had been so shit and so stressful 

he was starting to lose it towards the end and you were his comic relief

was about to hug you but stopped himself 

you laughed bc he literally moved to hug you his arms were halfway around you before he stopped himself 

you immediately just hugged him 

he stiffened and then just kinda melted into it 

he was stressed a lot today 

he hugged you really tight and when he pulled away 

goddamn his face was flushed 

he was stuttering and apologising 

you literally just smiled and told him not to worry about it 

you ask him for his phone 

he feels like he knows what you're gonna do but is still kinda confused

hands over his phone 

is ready to grab it again bc there's some shit in his phone he's really embarrassed about 

he's got a lot of soft texts to his mum to make sure she's ok 

he loves her a lot 

is lowkey a momma's boy 

you don't learn this until later

you hand back his phone with your number saved and your name is followed by a bunch of emojis 

he laughs a bit when he sees it 

he steals your phone out of your hand from where you were copying your number from 

puts his number into your phone and hands it back 

saved his name as "the hot guy who works at the cafe" 

you can't stop smiling and he sends you a text 

"you know you're really pretty when you smile" 

and you get even more flustered 

you text him a lot

you text him even while right in front of him as he reluctantly makes you your order

just to piss him off

tho he doesn’t truely get pissed

he just rolls his eyes and smiles

you end up talking daily

been a few times where you’ve actually called each other bc at least one of you is too lazy to type

there’s also been a few nights where you’ve fallen asleep on him or he’s fallen asleep on you

you find it so cute when he does fall asleep in-call

you just hear some really soft snores on his end

and its just so cute wtf

you tease him the next day at work

he gets all shy and embarrassed

there’s been many times when you’ve fallen asleep and haven’t heard him confess exactly how he feels about you

“i love when you smile..it just makes me feel so happy? especially if i made you smile, then i just feel so much better about myself because i was able to make such a beautiful girl smile just by being myself.”

“you’re really cute...you won’t ever hear me say this to your face because i don’t have the balls, but one day i might.”

he’s confessed to a lot while you’re asleep and still on the line

and he had kept it that way until you woke up halfway through one of his mini confession sessions

you stay quiet and let him ramble, you can’t help but smile and feel all warm and fuzzy because he sounds so genuine??

plus his tired voice is probs really hot ngl

you hear him chuckle softly and then stifle a yawn

he was saying goodnight before you stopped him

thanking him for eveything he said about you

he was shocked

“wait how much did you hear??”

you repeat back what he thought he was saying to a sleeping you

the more you repeat the more flustered and blushy he gets

you can’t see his blush but you can imagine it

you spend the next two minutes giggling softly at him bc he’s so cute and adorable when he’s flustered????

he clears his throat which makes you quieten down

he softly asks you out and starts to say “you don’t have to say yes” etc

but you cut him off with an “of course, jackson”

he’s so happy 

the next day you come in and he's got the biggest grin on his face 

he can't stop smiling for the rest of the day 

the younger workers tease him so much 

he just hits them over the head lightly and scolds them jokingly

but if anyone were to ever cause harm to you then you can count on jackson being there to protect you

even if he has to protect you from his own co workers

he’ll make you coffee if you want coffee too btw

if his lady wants it then he’ll get it

even if he spills it 5 times

he will keep going until he succeeds

and that’s a silent promise he’s made to you

when he's handing you your order he always compliments you or winks or smth 

flirts like how he did before but amplified 

starts making more dirty remarks the longer you've been going out with him

you slap him gently and then give him an even dirtier remark 

leaves him flustered and hot under the collar for a good ten minutes at least 

damn he gets teased so much when his co workers notice it 

one day asked to leave early and he was allowed to but not after a shit ton of teasing 

{ caution : nsfw below }

gets to the point where you just have to look at him a certain way and he's gone 

has asked to go on break early to take care of himself 

oops 

once you were waiting for him to finish and he excused himself about 10 minutes before his shift ended to go to the bathroom 

you get a text about a minute later from him

asking you to join him

you subtly slip behind the counter and to the back 

you knock on the door and he drags you in 

picks you up straight away and sits you on the sink

wastes no time

starts massaging your thighs and kissing down your neck

your collarbone is littered with purple bruises by the time he’s finished with you

he positions himself between your thighs and plays with the waistband of your pants before just yanking it down

he traces his fingers ever so slightly over your core which makes you squirm

he’s such a tease??

you almost broke the mirror entirely because he was too eager

no one knew why or how the mirror ended up with a crack or two down the middle

or so they said

;)