#miraculous ladybug season 6 spoilers

[itriedwritingandhereiam]

This adrinette dynamic needs to be studied on so many different levels oh my god

OH TO BE A FLY ON THEIR WALL. OH TO SEE ALL THE KINDS OF MESSED UP INCOMPLETE CONVERSATIONS THESE TWO APPARENTLY HAVE. OH TO BE ON THE FIELD AND COLLECT PROPER SAMPLES TO STUDY UNDER A MICROSCOPE

[thenaphantoms]

Made a reference sheet for Zoé based on every detail I could make out from the screencaps we have so far, since I plan to draw her a lot!

Feel free to use :)

[starrynightskies12]

The way these last two episodes highlight Marinette's insecurity, you can tell how much her lie is weighing on her, that there is an underlying issue at the root of it, a deeper problem.

[owlseider]

Have yet to see the new season but I couldn't just not participate in the challenge (only one half for right now) thanks @buggachat

[bugoutreviewgirlie]

Hey the site where I watched the episode didn't have the outro, do you have a link or screenshots of it? I'm foaming at the mouth with the implications of Marc/Nathaniel and Sabrina/Zoe

pretty sure we used the same site, but they cut the outro credits after uploading the english dub. Luckily, the official Disney YouTube channel just uploaded the entire episode here

(omg look at Caprikid's new hair!! screaming!!)

[magicalus-godslayer]

[edgybutnotveryedgy]

the person who shews away Maya in The Illustrhator, is Lila.

evidence is these screenshots from the end of the episode.

I'd also like to highlight this monologue from her at the end.

"Nothing. Nothing. You'll know nothing about me, about Us. About Them. I'm everywhere. I'm nowhere. I'm a Chameleon. Nowhere. You won't get anywhere."

first I'd like to note the callback to the episode Chameleon. very nice.

next, I'm curious about who us and them are. when she refers to them, she may be referring to herself as Chrysalis, or she may be referring to someone else. as for when she's referring to us, I can't help but to think of the way season 5 ended, with the bright light shining. it makes me think that may be the person who is helping her. perhaps her from the future? perhaps Tomoe? perhaps a different threat we haven't been introduced to yet? not sure, but very interesting.

also loving the implication that she's just at the cafe spying on marinette and adrien on their date.

[theravenclawladybug]

The Illistrator

⚠️SPOILERS⚠️

The new episode was really good. Let's dive in.

First off, The new Butterfly Miraculous holder is creepy. Lila is creepy. I honestly think we're gonna see her true colors this season. We already knew from the first arc that she would obtain her goals by any means necessary, but we're gonna see a new side of her.

Marinette is definitely still dealing with trauma and her anxiety seems to be heightened at this time. She's scared about dating Adrien and pressured to have the "perfect boyfriend" but communication matters. She and Adrien were able to talk about their feelings and everything works out.

Also what Marinette did at the end of the episode... Made Alya her depute. Obviously, Alya has been by ser side for a long time but making her the new guardian in case something happens to her? That shows how much Marinette trusts Alya. I wonder if Marinette will ever tell Alya about Hawkmoth

[itriedwritingandhereiam]

[Includes spoilers for season 6 miraculous and the London special]

So I just watched the first two episodes of miraculous ladybug and honestly? It wasn't as bad as I was expecting

The animation:

When the animation was first teased, I was devastated at the changes. 'Spent ten years or however long watching and loving the series and I wasn't ready to part ways with the style but after actually watching it? So far, I'm loving most of the character designs. Marinette, Ladybug, Ryukko, Polymouse, Miss Hound and Chat Noir look gorgeous. Sublime is really pretty too. Adrien looks a little goofy but I'll get over it, Alya...I dunno there's something off but I don't hate it, same with her boyfriend.

The side characters look more or less the same so no love lost.

The way they animate Lila's transformation? Scrumtious. I absolutely love the character design and how she appears to the victims.

Lila:

Lila is a smart cookie. previously, we were acutely aware of her cunning despite the ridiculous lies she fed the class during her initial debut. She's very ominous in her transformation but I have to commend the creators for how they approached her persona.

The multiple voices eminating as she speaks reminds me of the fact that she has had multiple identities on the show and I'm still not sure if Cerise was her actual name. The fact that her person has not been named and she probably does not have an intention of being named is very smart, to me at least.

The way she empathizes with her victims is a step up from her predecessor. Hawkmoth would goad people into seeking revenge against those who've wronged them and set them on a path of misguided anger whereas Lila feeds into their original source of distress.

She's a master manipulation and everyone will know it soon enough.

I'm not sure what's going on with the little panels of her taking notes, I have my theories but maybe another time.

For now, I'm still sort of confused about her motives. What used to be simply a need for control and status was clearly elevated into something a bit bigger?

At first I thought there was just a grudge against Marinette who had everything she wanted and constantly cut her down but now I'm not too sure.

Marinettte:

Oh boy, there is so much to unpack after watching the London special and the first two episodes alone.

While I am glad to see she's taken some burden off herself by entrusting the other kwamis to her friends (I'm a bit sour that she's repeated this course of action, especially after Miracle Queen AND monarch but c'est la vie) It's clear that there was some regression in her character growth because my girl lost a lot of the confidence in herself that she'd built up over the course of five seasons.

And she still hasn't learnt her lesson about communication. Sure there was that little tid bit in the cinema where she clued Adrien in about her inner turmoil and why her behaviour was off but if we could get a little more than that, it would go a long way.

She still puts too much pressure on herself and while I understand she's been through a lot, she really needs to upgrade her support system.

I earnestly believe there is still so much work that needs to be done with her personal growth, especially after witnessing how she handled trying to befriend Sublime and her approach to her dates with Adrien. I understand she has anxiety and self doubt and a myriad of other things but she's becoming a caricature of what she was in terms of the sheer ridiculousness of her spiralling and rash behaviour.

She should have told Adrien about his father AND her identity, it's not hard to see the poor boy is suffering because his girlfriend is avoiding him and he's lost the last of his family (oof)

I'm glad Marinette at least has Alya to rely on and help guide her.

Guardianship:

Coming towards the end of the second episode, we got some heart breaking foreshadowing that Marinette is going to be put in a position where her role as guardian may be compromised in the future which actually hurt my heart because I thought back to the theory about why the show is called 'tales' of ladybug and chat noir. Ifykyk, I'm not out to cause heartache.

All in all, it wasn't that bad, I actually really enjoyed watching it I just think it's a bit sad, what they're doing to my babies. I just want Adrien and Marinette to be happy

[anna-scribbles]

haircuts

[buggachat]

task FAILED, but with surprisingly beneficial results

[thenaphantoms]

So, I was rewatching Glaciator 2 with my dad today, and there's a particular bit of Marinette dialogue that suddenly has new context, with the release of season 6.

"But telling someone you love them? If it doesn't work out, it's your heart that gets cataclysm-ed, and no Miraculous Ladybug can repair that. That's why I never get anywhere with boys. When things are really important to me, I get so scared that it won't work out that I can't help trying to control every possible outcome! I tell myself stories with wedding dresses, and hamsters, and what people see is not Marinette opening her heart up. It's Marinette talking about some ridiculous nonsense she's made up."

Think about how she's been acting in season 6 so far. Catastrophising, scheming, trying to control everything she possibly can. She even says as much in Illustrhater. I genuinely think she knows the truth about Gabriel is going to come out eventually. And I genuinely think she's preparing for Adrien to break up with her over it.

She's acting crazy because she's terrified. She's acting crazy because she thinks she's going to lose Adrien.

[starrynightskies12]

[16th-of-a-twigg]

no thoughts head empty Ko-Fi

[bklily]

peak dynamic. gimme 15 of them right now.

[magicalus-godslayer]