#ml posting

[suddenrundown]

not even victor hugo spent as much time in the parisian sewer system as marinette and adrien do

[icarian-angel]

What a sweet boy :) I really hope he doesn’t get stuck in a time loop :) and that he doesn’t witness his mentor cut off his own hand in said time loop :) that would suck :)

OLI PLEASE IM GOING BATSHIT OVER THIS FIC I CANT STIP THINKING ABO UT IT

he saw them die and hurt themselves and be so so scared just for him because they do actually care about him, they would save him, and it was the worst of all times to understand that because it was the one time when he does need to die, when he can't be held back by understanding, when he can't see them do this again and again and again

[icarian-angel]

he cut off his fucking hand...............

you ever read a fanfic and just sit back and think…someone wrote something THIS good… and then just….published it on the internet….for free…..

[heartfairy]

[buggachat]

Part 200 of my bakery “enemies” au!

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Kofi

[akqrus]

IM SORRY. I'M SO SORRY. They really chose to draw THIS? I CAN'T😭😭😭😭

[tumble-witch]

Fun fact!

(she loves him just the way he is)

Here are some reaction pics because I love them so much. You can use them wherever as long as you credit me :)

[anna-scribbles]

old doodles from the archives 🫶

[wormzandgutz]

updated human plagg a bit

[hamsternamedmarinette]

Don't ask how it got into his room

[suddenrundown]

can you believe they introduced the concept of sentibeings a few seasons in and then were like. oh by the way. adrien agreste, best boy in all of paris? guess what.

[frostedpuffs]

mistletoe kisses are just excuses to kiss your friends. (post-reveal, pre-relationship ladynoir)

hi @torvalvt i was your ashville secret santa!! SURPRISE!!!!!

bonus:

[icarian-angel]

he cut his Fucking Hand Off. something something they would do anything to save you but you can't save them when it matters

[heartfairy]

[coffeebanana]

some things i've been thinking about (this was supposed to be separate ideas but now i guess it's a rough fic outline in bullet points kasdbfksbjd):

marinette telling adrien the truth YEARS later, after everything's settled down and the butterfly's been recovered and their identities are revealed

maybe they live together. maybe he was getting ready to propose

after his initial shock, anger, time he needs to process, mostly he just wants to understand WHY she lied

when she tells him the she just couldn't bear to hurt him any more than she already had to by telling him his father died, and some part of adrien sees that as his own failing--surely if he'd been stronger, if he'd been the kind of person she thought could handle the truth, then she would have given it

maybe they go to couple's therapy. one of the exercises they're given is to practice honesty with each other and marinette goes... a little overboard

adrien thinks it's sweet, at first. until he realizes she's scared to leave a single second of her day unaccounted for. she's stressing out because she forgot to tell him something minor and he doesn't want him to think she just decided not to tell him something again

he realizes just how much she's been beating herself up about this all these years. just how much she's always loved him despite her mistakes

he remembers the ring he has stashed upstairs

and maybe it's not the time for proposals. but all he can think is that even at their worst, he still wants forever with her

of course, he's never been one for keeping his affections to himself. so he tells her.

it's not a question, it's not an offer. it's a fact: I want to spend the rest of my life with you. i want to marry you. she looks at him like he's crazy, so he pulls out his ultimatum. but i need you to forgive yourself first

all these years, marinette's been secretly awaiting her punishment. secretly awaiting having to pay for what she's done. forgiving herself was never on the table

do you forgive me, she asks in a quiet voice

i don't know, he says, and marinette's heart sinks until he adds, but i know i want to

and in the end, it's not so hard for him to get there. for him to forgive one decision she made under the worst possible circumstances. one mistake in the midst of all the ways she's made him feel safe and wanted and loved. all the times she's held his hand or helped wipe his tears, all the times she's let him do the same for her

when it comes time to exchange vows, for better or worse is already something they've agreed to

[buggachat]

honestly what I love about miraculous and what I think a lot of people seem to hate about it is that the show is completely character-driven. it absolutely follows the rule of "would" rather than "should". episodes and plot lines and everything make so much sense and are so easy and engaging to follow when you understand that everything happening is because that's what the characters would do. things like: marinette would lie to protect someone's feelings, chloe would need more than just being queen bee to change her, adrien would forgive someone and try to see the best in someone who has shown him nothing but red flags. these aren't things they should do, it's just what they would. they don't change their behavior to tie up every loose end, they aren't vessels to give the audience moral lessons, their interpersonal conflicts are sometimes never addressed head-on and instead remain as a constant noise in the background of their relationship, they are all so stubborn and complicated. the plot bends to them, not the other way around. i see all the time people complaining about how the show is so bad/a failure but in the same breath say that they love the characters, as if the show's primarily goal is not to create and facilitate those same compelling characters that you love and let you watch as the story unfurls around them.

i mean, it's completely fine if you hate it. it's fine if you'd prefer every loose end to be tied, if you prefer the plot and story to take center stage, if you don't like it when a plotline seems to be forming but the characters decide against it, etc. it's a narrative choice, and not a "good" or a "bad" choice, just a choice. we all have our preferences. but your hatred of it is not any more "objective" than someone else's love for it. sometimes being a character-driven-story lover is difficult when online media criticism seems to always see it as a bug and not a feature.