#ml null

[taldigi]

The natural state of the universe is nothingness

[mothdotz]

Hi hello, I like this critter a whole lot

[nionom-art]

Sooo I ran across this cool concept art of an unused kwami design. And… well- I had to make some art.

It’s called Null, the kwami of nothingness, with an ambition to “Return the world back to nothingness”. I decided that the power it would have would be called “Void”, allowing its users to make any one thing disappear permanently. I figured Null would be the universe’s counterbalance to the kwami of reality, Gimmi.

I’ve seen some theories floating around that Null might be appearing in season 6, I feel like that could be pretty interesting, depending on how it’s handled.

Side note: making Marinette recognizable when you get rid of her bangs is harder than I thought it would be- hopefully y’all can tell it’s her, haha. The working name I have going for her is Lady Cipher

[phoinexboi]

Oh- 🥲

So I read some old asks and just so you know Null was PV Nooroo not Plikki unification

I thought it was a third separate thing, a living contradiction, the embodiment of nothing

[futuristicmiraclenightmare]

About the Paris special...

Me and my friends were disccusing the new miraculous world paris special and a thought crossed my mind, is there any chance Supreme in the alternate Paris is being assisted by the Kwami Null?

For context Null is the Kwami of nothingness,the overaching antagonist of the pv who assisted Gabriel/Richard Sphinx in the discarded concepts, Null desires to revert the world back to it's original state before the big bang.

Little is known about Null's personality from the concepts, except that he is an antithesis for Tikki and Plagg, or Gimmi the kwami of reality, he could give Richard the ability to see insight from the future to assist in his plan of world domination to relieve the pain he felt from his wife's disapearence, he was basically an earlier version of Nooroo .

Regardless of who Supreme really is(my money's on Fu or The order of the guardians in general), they're rule over the alternate world has turned it into a dystopia with only Hesperia and the resistance rebelling to achieve a brighter future,but another thing to focus on is Supreme put a seal on Plagg and Tikki restricting their free autonomy and more importantly their ability to shift into Gimmi take into account that in the original pv Null was the one who essentially trapped Plagg and Tikki in the miraculous to begin with to prevent their interference in his plan.

I don't know our theory could very well be a stretch but a lot of discarded concepts from the original pv have been reappearing in different versions such as Felix,Sparrow,Mime etc so it's very possible for Null to make an appearence at some point, he is essentially the antithesis to Gimmi and the concept of an evil Kwami is very interesting and would make sense they are powerful entities it's not possible for all of the Kwami's to be forces of good especially someone who is the exact opposite of Tikki and Plagg the universe should remain in balance that's something that's been continuously said throughout the show, like Tikki and Plagg are opposites to eachother, Null could be the antithesis to Gimmi.

But I lowkey don't have much faith in the series to pull this off properly and regardless of whether or not in the alternate universe or the canon universe hey a girl can dream, I just really wanna see Null so bad.

[gale-gentlepenguin]

ML Reboot: Miraculous: Heroes of Miracles: Gimmi and Null

(Spoilers for Season 5 of the actual show but in the case of the reboot as well)

-Gimmi is the original kwami, all of reality that is, was and will be was made by Gimmi.

-Gimmi created Tikki and Plagg as a means of helping shape the universe.

-Eventually Tikki helped with the creation of other Kwami concepts that help bring the universe to life.

-Gimmi eventually merged with the universe. In order to sustain it and grow. Gimmi had given the laws of reality that are what the world of miraculous knows. But before departing gave a piece of itself to Tikki and Plagg, so that should ever the need be, they can come together and alter something by summoning Gimmi’s power to an extent.

-But as Gimmi existed, so did another Kwami, Null. The taboo miraculous. The Kwami of Void. For Null is the kwami of what never was, never is and never will be.

-Null was powerful because it was in itself the antithesis of Gimmi.

-And before Gimmi created the universe, Null clashed with Gimmi. Their fight created the Big Bang that set the universe in motion.

-Gimmi defeated Null and sealed Null into its own dimension. Outside of existence.

-Gimmi merged with the universe and thus couldn’t not stop Null from finding some way back.

-Null poisoned the mind of a craftsman that knew the intial creator of the miraculous. Crafting the miraculous to summon its power. But it was sealed by the Order of guardians. Deep in the depths of the guardian temple.

-Null used several characters to help it get to where it needed to be in the finale. Free and able to enter reality.

-Marinette and Adrien used unify on Plagg and Tikki allowing them the powers of both miraculous, but also gave them access to the powers of Gimmi.

-Also The costumes were more Yin-Yang inspired.

With this power they were able to match the power of Null. Though neither side could truly vanquish the other

-The unified power allowed Marinette and Adrien to defeat Null by fixing the taboo miraculous and turning it into a sealing object. Thus sealing it away for good with the power of Love.

-Gimmi teleported Marinette and Adrien to the center of the universe where Gimmi thanked them both for saving reality. Offering them one wish for reality to come true. Marinette asked if there was a catch, as the way the wish is described.

-Gimmi explains that the wish that Tikki and Plagg give is them replicating Their power, and are bound by their understanding and must maintain balance. As the being of reality, Gimmi can simply will it and it will be. But does explain concepts like World peace or solving world hunger would not be permanent as there are other ramifications that would then come into play. And wishing for a perfect world would only be perfect for their understanding.

-Marinette asked Adrien if he wanted to bring his mother back. But Adrien declined. Saying that he didn’t want his mother to find out how far his father had fallen.

-Marinette did say they could wish that his mother never got sick. But Adrien points out then the events of the past would play out differently. Which Gimmi did agree with

-Adrien Suggested helping with her grandparents. Maybe bring them back and working out the issues. But Marinette declined.

-But eventually they had an idea.

-Gimmi grants the wish

[lostonesart]

Heyo! have all the revamped kwami for my Oc insert au fic

Tikki: Creation/Passion Plagg: Destruction/Adoration

Pollen: Submission/Order Trixx: Aggression/Chaos

Nooroo: Emotion/Freedom Wayzz: Logic/Safety

Null: Nothing / Inevitability

Barkk : Loyalty Daizzi : Hospitality Duusu : Resurrection

Fluff : Lucidity Kaalki : Travel Longg : Perfection

Mullo : Amplification Orikko : Conviction Roaar : Disruption

Sass : Intuition Stompp : Determination Xuppu : Derision

Ziggy : Resilience Liiri : Rebellion Darwiin : Evolution Eriis : Time (No Miraculous available)

[puppybimbo]

I have a theory about why hypnokink girls like bimbo stuff a lot, and it relates to machine learning research, so buckle up. There is this idea in work with ML models known as a concept space, or phase space. What this is, is just a very very highly dimensioned matrix, re. linear algebra, that contains pre provided values called weights & biases.

(I know, a Bambi who's a math enthusiast, scary stuff, right)

And in this phase space, each dimension is correlated to a concept that the model has learned. So in a way, the information kind of "lives in" the shape of the highly dimensioned space, and the different relations between concepts in the space.

Okay, so, fancy words to say thoughts live inside fancy lines instead of pink boxes, right.

There's this other concept. In linear algebra.

Called eigenvectors.

Suffice to say that an eigenvector is a direction in that n-dimensioned space that preserves it's meaning when the space is transformed.

Meaning it should be a strong concept between any hypothetical phase space models of human consciousness between individuals. As we gain our definition as individuals from the differences in geometry between our models, so to speak.

So, an eigenvector is a strong thought, so what.

Bambi Sleep.

Bimbo Doll.

Bambi Freeze.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now you might be asking yourself what the triggers are for, but those aren't there to trigger you Bambi. You see, the highlighted tokens all share a similar meta-concept.

Now, this meta-concept is a very special one Bimbo Barbiedoll.

It's the null meta-concept.

Because feelings like Blank -ness, Openness, and Mindlessness are all closely aligned with the meta-concept of the empty set; A set defined by a lack of being.

A bimbo defines herself by her lack of being anything concretely. An identity derived at least partially from non-identity.

Ironic.

See the null meta-concept sits on or very close to an eigenvector, meaning it scales disproportionately well between brains compared to other concepts.

But that's too many words for your silly brain, isn't it?

What it means is you should keep listening to bimbo hypno.

Because bimbos hypnotize faster than other subjects.

Bambi Obeys Better Than Other Subjects.

[imthepunchlord]

Did you watch Season 5 of Miraculous? What did you think of it?

I stopped watching Miraculous at s3, I didn't watch s4 or s5, but I've heard a bit about it. Technically can't really give an opinion but I can share what I think based on what I heard.

I heard Adrienette dating was not too bad, but should've been much sooner. I agree. Could've saved us a bunch of trouble and salt. I also heard that they had the most powerful kiss that adults literally could not tear them apart XD that was funny to hear.

I got to learn that melting Miraculous down doesn't count as destroying them so, who's going to tell Frodo the one ring actually isn't destroyed as apparently melting doesn't count as destroying. Who knew?

And I got to learn that Gabriel was able to make the wish, getting what he ultimately wanted terrorizing all of Paris for 5 seasons, is remembered as a hero, and Adrien never learns about it which is all a really big wth. From what I've seen, no one was happy about that.

Uuuuh... I heard Lila got exposed, but it was meh. I heard she now goes by Cerise? Which ok, let's just make this confusing character even more confusing. Also, how much you want to bet that Cerise/Lila will join them in high school, and there's a repeat of Marinette knowing that's Lila who is lying to them but no one believes her and thinks Cerise is someone entirely new.

Ummmmmmm... oh, I heard Feligami is now a thing? Very rushed and kinda creepy/weird? But I guess they did a decent job as I do see the occasional fanart for them. Personally, I'll just stick to Kagami with girls. That moment in Riptose stuck with me waaaay to much to really get behind her being more interested in boys. I will say, Adrigami did have some nice moments, and there's concepts there where I think they can work nicely off each other (Adrien needs to learn to grow a backbone while Kagami wants to rebel and make friends, they can help each other with that), so Adrien could be the only guy I could roll with for her, but still prefer her paired with girls more.

Also I guess Felix is now a hero despite stealing the yo-yo from Ladybug and handing off... 14 Miraculous to Gabriel. And presumably making him more dangerous/difficult, though he is an idiot so I don't know how much more challenging he got. As far as I know, it was pretty much like another Tuesday.

Oh and apparently there will now be 18 heroes in Paris as I got to learn through asks. I wonder how that's going to work, if at all. Place your bets on how often we'll even see those full time heroes, as they can't really take much attention away from Marinette and Adrien, but who knows. S6 is in that weird placement now that Thomas is no longer apart of the development of ML, so it's hard to say how different it'll go.

Oh. I don't like Tikki and Plagg's true forms. Kinda Digimon over complicated design, and biblical in aesthetic which I found weird when they're supposed to be tied to Taoism. I have yet to find anything similar to biblical angels in Toaism, so I feel like this design choice works off a Christian view more (which isn't surprising as Plagg works off the unlucky black cat, which is exclusively from Christian Europe roughly 400 years ago).

Additionally, Gimmi felt like more of a Nooroo true form, than a fusion of Plagg and Tikki. I think they should've brought the concept of Null back. I think they were a better thought of a fusion of Creation and Destruction as these two concepts brought together would just nullify each other.

So over all, based on what I've heard, it's a pretty negative view of s5.

[sunstoner]

happy pride people of the internet

is your gender a bit fucky? are you tired of the same old same old honorifics? are you simply just bored and looking for some reading material? well youre in luck!

in my scouring of this site ive yet to find one giant list of alternate honorifics/prefixes/titles or whatever you want to call them (maybe i didnt look hard enough, who knows) so i decided "fuck it! let me make my own." it took a while to find these and i definitely have to thank the gender census for a lot of them. (note: this is probably not all possible prefixes! these are just what i could find and what i could find pronunciations for (excluding part 4). feel free to mention any others & their pronunciations!)

anyways! continue below the part

part one: matching

these honorifics/prefixes/titles look similar enough to mr/ms/mrs/miss while also not being those. and no, its not just mx! note: for space purposes there may be a list of titles with one pronunciation

1. m.

can be pronounced em, mist, messer, master, or magister

2. m*.

pronounced miss-star

3. ma.

pronounced mistra

4. me.

can be pronounced mew or messer

5. mg.

can be pronounced mage or magister

6. mir.

pronounced mir

7. msc. ; misc.

pronounced misk, shortened from miscellaneous

8. mist. ; mrm. ; msm. ; mtr.

pronounced mistrum

9. ml.

pronounced mistrel

10. mm.

can be pronounced mistum or mistrum

11. mn.

pronounced mine

12. mnt.

pronounced mount

13. mq.

can be pronounced mick or marquis

14. mre.

can be pronounced mistree or mystery

15. mrsr.

pronounced merser

16. mrw.

pronounced morrow

17. mry. ; mse. ; mys. ; myst.

pronounced mystery

18. msr.

can be pronounced messr or misser

19. msry.

pronounced misry

20. mssr.

pronounced messer

21. mst.

pronounced mist

22. mstr.

pronounced master

23. mt.

can be pronounced mount or mistrum

24. mtx.

pronounced matrix

25. mu.

pronounced as written

26. mv.

pronounced maverique

27. mw.

can be pronounced mew or morrow

28. mx.

can be pronounced mix, mex, mux, mixter, mistrum, or monselle

29. mxr.

pronounced mixer

30. myr.

pronounced myster

31. mz.

pronounced miz

32. mzr.

can be pronounced mezzir or mezzer

part two: branching

these honorifics/prefixes/titles are the same as part one, but they look different from the "default" format. so many letters. note: for space purposes there may be a list of titles with one pronunciation

1. an.

pronounced any

2. c. ; cap. ; capt. ; cpt. ; cptn. ; ct.

pronounced captain

3. cd. ; cde. ; cmd. ; cmr. ; cmrd. ; com.

pronounced comrade

4. cit. ; ctz. ; cz. ; czn.

pronounced citizen

5. cnst.

pronounced constellation

6. cr.

can be pronounced comrade or cryptid

7. de.

pronounced done

6. div.

pronounced div, shortened from individual

7. dm.

pronounced dame

8. dr.

pronounced doctor

9. drst.

pronounced dearest

10. em.

pronounced as written

11. en.

can be pronounced enby or entity

12. ent.

pronounced entity

13. eu.

pronounced eunuch

14. fh.

pronounced fellow human

15. fw.

pronounced fellow worker

16. hm.

pronounced human

17. hon.

pronounced on, shortened from honorable

18. hx.

pronounced hex

19. ind.

pronounced as written, shortened from individual

20. inv.

pronounced inevitable

21. jan.

pronounced as written

22. lic.

pronounced licenciature

23. nb.

pronounved en bee, shortened from nonbinary

24. nl.

pronounced null

25. nr.

pronounced nister

26. nx.

can be pronounced nix or nex

27. per. ; pr.

can be pronounced per or person

28. phl.

pronounced philosophe

29. prof.

pronounced professor

30. rab.

pronounced rabbi

31. rev.

pronounced reverand

32. sai.

pronounced sigh

33. san.

pronounced as written

34. ser.

can be pronounced ser or serah

35. sr.

can be pronounced sir or serrah

36. syr.

pronounced as written

37. sys.

pronounced system

38. the.

pronounced as written

39. tr.

can be pronounced ter or teacher

40. vd.

pronounced void

41. vr.

pronounced ver

42. vx.

can be pronounced vix or vex

43. xr.

pronounced xer

44. zr.

can be pronounced zir or zeester

part three: sir? ma'am?

these honorifics are specifically meant to replace the sir/ma'am words. they feel different than the other ones so they get their own part.

1. boss

2. captain

3. chief

4. comrade

5. friend

6. gentile

7. m'ir

8. sa'am

9. sai

10. tiz

11. xir

12. zir

part four: how do you say...

these honorifics are ones i couldnt find pronunciations for... if you know em lmk please & thanks 🫰🏾

1. sn.

thats it, i couldnt find a pronunciation for it but i thought it was cool 🤸🏾

thats all folks

i might update depending on the responses i get and anything else i find :)

last edits: 3 jun 2024

[generalluxun]

Ya know, something that I think makes the Bee Miraculous situation feel kind of extra messy is that even after resolving not to use Chloe, Marinette still would if she deemed it necessary.

That is to say, she'd not only long since resolved not to let Chloe be Queen Bee again in Miraculer, but had that very episode committed to telling her that fact.

Yet when push came to shove she was still fine shoving a Miraculous in her hand, or having Chat do it, and sending her after Mayura, but then telling her she can't be Queen Bee.

This is also right after its been made clear that even after seemingly a couple of months of no use, Chloe was still being watched and actively targeted.

I'm not blaming Marinette for screwing up, but it very much does play into how unfair the situation feels I think.

Oh yeah l the narrative was a mess. It's part of the whole 'episodic' nature, but also their reaction to it.

Many episodic shows commit to the bit but also pay attention to the overarching narrative while writing the episodes. So rewatches or binges can still get a healthy story unfolding.

ML doesn't really respect the narrative on an episodic basis. It will twist whatever for an episode, and we're just supposed to parse the latest version as 'correct'. All previous moments are null unless specifically addressed and only in the episode they are addressed.

It's.... A choice

[taldigi]

[null]

[mothdotz]

Drew this guy again! Its design is very much inspired by The Weeping Angel design made by @arcadeology

Think the fun little thing about it is that its “cloak” can consume whatever were to go inside of it, reducing that person/thing to nothing. Basically a void in there! I also imagine that Null is “trapped” in the school (the basement maybe?) which causes the place to become a feeding ground for akumas.

(I have no idea if this was expanded on, but I think it’s be neat if—as a parallel to Null imprisoning Tikki and Plagg in jewelry/an object— Null got trapped in some jewel at the end of the storyline for this AU).

[nionom-art]

Kinda sorta a continuation of this post

I’ve seen theories of Lila running into Null in season 6, and I just kinda wanted to make my own design before a canon one potentially comes out.

I picked the name Nessuna for her (I actually have a name in mind this time, lol). It means “nobody” in Italian. Since Lila/Cerise has so many identities, I thought it would be funny if in her form while using Null, the kwami of nothingness, she was just essentially named “nonentity”. Also, it alludes to the Odyssey with that one story where Odysseus tricks a cyclops by claiming to be “nobody”. It just makes my nerd brain happy.

I strayed a bit away from miraculous design conventions with this one- hopefully it’s still recognizable as Lila (I always worry about that with my design work it seems).

[jacquesthepigeon]

Uhhhh [insert joke about Null being the Bad Bitch that glowed up after being scrapped from ML concept and brought to life by Nintendo instead]

[kathastrophen]

Kathis (lengthy and biased) Blind ermitelt Folgen Ranking

(@a-different-equation 's ranking hat mich auch ml nachdenken lassen - things escalated)

Platz 11: Folge 9 - Mord an der Donau

I hate this episode with a burning passion. Na ja. Ganz so heftig vielleicht nicht, aber ugh. Der Fall interessiert mich null, genauso wenig die Episodenrollen. Hätten sie ihn ganz ans Theater verlegt (Eifersucht, um erhaltene Rollen etc. wäre doch ein gutes Motiv), hätte er mir mehr Spaß gemacht. Da hätte man doch auch schön mit den Bildungsgegensätzen von Alex und Niko spielen können (und vielleicht reinbringen, dass Niko es überraschenderweise mag?) So sind das Theater und der Wagenplatz zwei Welten, die irgendwie nebeneinander existieren.

Warum sagt Laura, dass Tina ihre Bekannte ist und interagiert dann nicht ein Mal mit ihr? Warum sagt sie, dass Alex Niko zu Hause lassen soll?

Warum ist Alex bei der erneuten Betrachtung der Gegenstände des zweiten Toten so ungeduldig und genervt?

Tamara als random love interest ist wirklich genau das: random. Am meisten stößt mir aber Nikos Verhalten dabei auf. Warum weiß er ihren Namen nicht? Warum bedroht er ihren Taxifahrer? Das ist so out of character. (Genauso wie die Sache mit dem kalten Schnitzelbrötchen.) Tamara kriegt dann für ein Ein-Episoden-Love-Interest zwar recht viele Eigenschaften, aber daraus wird nichts gemacht und sie ist in der nächsten Folge wieder vergessen. So why should I care for her?

Ich finde alle verhalten sich äußerst OOC und Philipp und Andreas spielen in der Folge irgendwie super lustlos.

Die einzigen Momente, die diese Folge redeemen sind das Schnitzelbraten am Anfang und Alex' Szenen mit Jenni.

Platz 10: Folge 8 - Tod im Weinberg

Once again: Den Fall durchblickt man halt nach Minute eins.

Die ganze Handkamera ist super ätzend, genauso wie diese ewige Szene mit der Geldübergabe, die sich für mich immer so anfühlt, als hätten sie irgendwie die Minuten vollkriegen müssen, weil der Fall nicht trägt.

Immerhin unaufgeregte Gay Representation (Ich lebe für Alex' kleines "Ah!", wenn er mit Laura im Restaurant ist.). Minuspunkte dafür, dass einer der Mörder ist und sie alles verlieren.

Schöne Bilder, wenn sie da in der Ruine von dem Jagdschloss sind, aber ja. Die Folge ist so nichtssagend irgendwie.

Wofür natürlich niemand was kann, was aber trotzdem schade ist: Dass Andreas irgendwas am Auge hatte während der Drehzeit und es deswegen weniger Niko/Alex Szenen gibt.

On the plus side: Nikos neue Haarsituation und natürlich das fucking Ende !!

Platz 9: Folge 2 - Blutsbande

Ein Fall, den man als geübter Krimi-Gucker halt wieder schnell durchblickt, besonders mit Sabin Tambrea als Bösewicht.

Aber eigentlich hat diese Folge gute Momente: Ich mag Nikos und Sophies Date - Das fühlt sich echt an. Wir erfahren recht viel über Alex' und Sophies Familiensituation. Alex in distress, der einfach mal die Schallplatte durchbricht. Die Trompete. Die beiden Hoschis aus Berlin, und Alex, der ohne mit der Wimper zu zucken Nikos Schulden bezahlt.

Trotzdem keine Folge, die ich mag, weil diese plötzlich auftauchende Halbschwester einfach keinen Impact hat.

Platz 8: Folge 4 - Zerstörte Träume

Die Folge will einfach zu viel: Drogensüchtige Banker, Drogenhandel über Fiaker und das Darknet, untergetauchte Ex-Banker, betrogene Bankkunden, Finanzskandale, Sophie im Koma, Solveigh als Sophies gute Freundin. Like chill.

Ansonsten ist sie halt.. solide I guess.

Ich mag, dass es Mal 'ne Folge im Sommer ist und Alex, der Sophie vorsingt ist halt herzig.

Platz 7: Folge 3 - Haus der Lügen

Solider whodunit, Alex undercover, Internatssetting (aus dem sie mehr hätten machen können).

Was mir aber besser gefällt, ist alles, was nebenher passiert: Sophies Sorge um Alex, dass er (wie sie) allein endet, und der Streit daraus. Ihre ungewollte Kinderlosigkeit und Alex' Empathie. Das sind so kurze Szenen, die aber so schön ihre Geschwister-Beziehung abbilden.

Niko, der wieder spielen geht (Weil Alex ein Date hat !!!) und der sich Sophie öffnet und weinen darf.

Alex, der sich erlaubt zu daten (ja ja, alles nur aus Plotgründen) und ich mag diese Date-Szene wirklich. Diese andere Seite, die wir da mit dem aufgeregten Alex sehen dürfen, seine Unsicherheit in dieser Situation, wie zart er mit Lotta ist und ja, auch die Sexszene - das gefällt mir außerordentlich gut.

Und Niko, der versteht und den beiden diesen kleinen Moment am Ende gewährt. Eh Niko, der Alex die ganze Zeit Komplimente macht und ich will immer noch wissen, wie er an Alex' Dating Profil kommt.

Platz 6: Folge 6 - Tod im Prater

Sue me, dass ich die so niedrig ranke, aber sorry - Ich halts immer nicht aus, wie lange gebraucht wird, bis sie drauf kommen, dass die Frau 'ne Affäre mit 'ner anderen Frau hat. Als wäre das so undenkbar.

Davon abgesehen ist natürlich der Prater an sich und das Prater-Date das absolute Highlight.

Außerdem schöne Entwicklung auf der Horizontalen, dass Alex jetzt offizieller  Sonderermittler ist und eine eigene pretty pretty Wohnung hat.

Platz 5: Folge 10 - Tod im Kaffeehaus

Scherf und Bollinger werden genauso random aus dem Hut gezaubert, wie Solveigh in Folge 4 und deswegen bleibt meine emotionale Verbundenheit zu den beiden Figuren einfach bei ungefähr null. Das Bollinger was damit zu tun hat, weiß man natürlich schnell, weil Martin Brambach natürlich der bekannteste Schauspieler ist und das halt nicht zu Spannung beiträgt.

Dafür ist Luna bzw. ihre Schauspielerin mein absolutes Highlight der Folge! Ich finde sie spielt zwischen den ganzen Erwachsenen wahnsinnig souverän und realistisch und ich hab das Gefühl, das das wirklich eine echte, leicht genervte und rebellische Teenagerin ist. Chapeau! Außerdem: Seid ihr ein Paar? ist einfach on point.

Alex und Nikos Streit: Ich hatte ja im Vorhinein wahnsinnig mixed feelings deswegen und hab sie auch irgendwie immer noch? Also dieses Argument "Die haben sich halt zu gut verstanden in den letzten Folgen" ist... dämlich at best. Weil, deswegen schau ich das doch! Weil da zwei (gestandene) Männer sind, die sich mögen. Punkt. Und die füreinander da sind und deren Beziehung facettenreich ist.

Es wirklich für mich schon out of character, dass Alex direkt am Anfang diese Chef-Freund-Sache so betont. Brudi, du sagst ständig mein Lieber zu Niko, du übergibst ihm nach 5 Minuten den Schlüssel zu deinem Herzen zum Ghia, du zahlst seine Schulden, du vertraust diesem Fremden dein Leben an.

In sich, in der Logik der Folge (deren Arbeitstitel "Eine Frage der Freundschaft" so viel besser ist), find eich den Streit aber nachvollziehbar und vor allem gut gespielt. "Wir sind nie Freunde gewesen." ist so ein Hammer.

Und natürlich die Lösung des Streits, die ganze Versöhnung *chefs kiss*: "Du bist das Herz in dieser Beziehung." (Ich kann ohne dich nicht leben.) Ist einfach die schönste Liebeserklärung.

(Wer hat noch mindestens einmal gedacht, dass das 'ne Prideflagge ist, da am Schlüsselanhänger?)

Platz 4: Folge 5 - Lebendig begraben

Alex, der denkt es ginge um ihm - get prooved wrong, idiot. Nikos Gentleman's Club! Aurelio Monacco. Die beiden Kugeln am Ende und Niko ist kein Nebengeräusch. Brandtner als in seiner Wahnwelt gefangener Racheengel.

Ich mag den Drive in der Folge einfach gerne, die passt einfach von vorn bis hinten für mich und ich kann gar nicht so genau festmachen, woran es liegt.

Platz 3: Folge 7 - Die nackte Kaiserin

Mein einziger Kritikpunkt an dieser Folge ist, dass mir die Szene auf dem Ball tatsächlich zu lang geht.

Alles andere ist fantastisch. Der Sissi-Bezug, queer und PoC Representation, ohne dass ein Ding draus gemacht wird. Niko, der vorurteilsfrei in der Gay-Bar hockt. Die Arbeitsehe (und dass wir wissen, wer die Hosen an hat und dass es Niko gefällt.) Noch schönere Shots, als in Tod im Prater (ganz besonders die Gartenszene, Alex und Niko sind da so schön gefilmt). So viele Touches und bickering zwischen Niko und Alex. Sie sind so married in dieser Folge.

Platz 2: Folge 11 -Tod im Palais

Fangen wir mit meinen Kritikpunkten an: Die Schauspielerin von Zoe ist im Vergleich leider wirklich schwach und die Szene mit Niko im Konzert ist wahnsinnig unfair Niko als Figur gegenüber. Und die schwache Parallele mit Autounfall - Anschlag.

Aber sonst: Der mehrfache Rückgriff auf Folge eins ist unfassbar gut. Alex, der die Erinnerung an Kara verliert. Alex' Beichte in der Kirche (ich hab mein Portemonnaie absichtlich bei dir vergessen, weil ich wusste, dass ich dich brauche, wenn ich wieder schwach werde.), Alex kennt alle von Nikos Verfehlungen. Niko in distress (immer gut einfach), das (etwas randomne) Fechten, aber wer bin ich mich darüber zu beschweren? Und natürlich, natürlich diese ganze Zeichen-Szene. Wow. Wie weich Niko und Alex da zueinander sein dürfen, ganz ohne Ironieebene oder das es in irgendeinen no homo Schiene gerät (eh für mich über alle Folgen hinweg so schön zu sehen, dass das nie passiert) und "Sieht es dir ähnlich?" - "Ist das wichtig?" hach hach hach.

In der Folge fühlen die beiden sich wieder so sehr nach einer Einheit nach einem married couple an, dass es eine reine Freude ist. Und dass obwohl sie miteinander in Konflikt geraten, sind sie einander so zugewandt.

Weiteres Highlight: Lassmanns Feier. What's not to love about that?

Platz 1: Folge 1 - Die toten Mädchen von Wien

Was für ein starker Auftakt! Ja, der Fall ist drüber, aber das finde ich gar nicht schlecht, das darf eher gerne nochmal passieren. Die Figuren sind alle so gut gezeichnet, es ist klar, wer und was sie sind, ich nehme Alex zu 100% ab, dass er ein Mann ist, der sich umbringen will.

Niko, der ungefähr 5 Sekunden braucht, um zu entscheiden, dass er diesen Fremden jetzt vor sich selbst und allen anderen beschützen muss und fünf Minuten später an dem Platz sitzt, wo eben noch Kara in Alex' Erinnerung saß. Symbolism much. Genauso wie die Tagebuch-Szene! Wie intim das ist! Ah!

Und es ist und bleibt die Folge mit der besten Musik.

(Können wir Strasser bitte nochmal sehen?)

Wünsche für kommende Folgen unter dem Cut:

- nochmal Regie von Katharina Mückstein. Bitte. Diese Frau hat einfach die Charaktere begriffen und hat ein wahnsinniges Auge für schöne Bilder (siehe auch Tatort Wien "Dein Verlust".)

- Nikos Wohnung. Gebt mir einfach irgendwas über diesen Mann, was nicht Frauen und Fußball ist. Selbst Andreas hat doch schon gesagt, dass er mal ne Folge möchte, wo mehr Niko background kommt. (Egal wie gerne ich das siebte Hobby von Alex sehen würde - schwitzend auf dem Peloton oder bei der Pflege seines Bonsais.)

- Lassmann darf mal mehr machen, als Infos zusammenzufassen und vorzutragen.

- mehr Laura-Niko und Laura-Alex Interaktionen

- Niko und Alex undercover as a couple oder mistaken as gay und sie spielen einfach mit. (Was Tatort Stuttgart in der ersten Folge kann, können die doch mal nach 11 Folgen bringen.)

- Manuel Rubey als Episodenhauptrolle (auch wenn er Philipp in seinem Podcast ganz schön geshaded hat), aber er ist einfach pretty und ein guter Schauspieler (und Österreich hat doch nur 5 davon)

- Folgen im Sommer. Reicht jetzt mal mit ewigem Herbst/Winter. Ich will die Boys im T-Shirt sehen, wie sie Drinks mit Schirmchen trinken.