#ml prime queen

[wield-the-mighty-pen]

Can we talk about how insane it is that during their first interview, Ladynoir spent the first half of it aggressively flirting with one another and then spent the other half of it with one of them incessantly denying that there's anything romantic going on between them, all the while staring down a picture of them engaged in true love's kiss.

[character-fan19]

Optimizing Viewing Experience for Love Square Shippers

You guys have previously seen me make a post on the love square screen time records based on the data I collected on how much screen time each love square ship has in each episode and special and in each season exactly and now we're going to be putting that data to more practical use and using it to figure out what are the best seasons, episodes and specials for shippers of certain sides of the love square to watch when binging through Miraculous.

Adrienette

You don't need to know the exact screen time for Adrienette in every season to know that season 5 is the best season for Adrienette shippers to watch. Not only is it the season with the most Adrienette screen time, but it's also the season where Adrienette finally becomes canon which is yet another plus.

For episodes that feature particularly large amounts of Adrienette screen time you can look to "Gamer" (6 min 28 sec) in season 1; "Riposte" (4 min 14 sec), "Gorizilla" (4 min 11 sec) and "Frozer" (4 min 10 sec) in season 2; "Oblivio" (9 min 3 sec) and "The Puppeteer 2" (4 min 27 sec) in season 3; "Mr. Pigeon 72" (2 min 23 sec), "Psycomedian" (2 min 19 sec) and "Simpleman" (2 min 8 sec) in season 4; and "Determination" (4 min 46 sec), "Transmission" (4 min 49 sec) and "Protection" (4 min 19 sec) in season 5.

In terms of Miraculous World specials, you're best bet is the New York Special which has 7 min 40 sec of screen time which has the whole storyline of Marinette trying remain friends with Adrien.

Ladynoir

Really you can pick any season since Ladynoir dominates all of them but the best season for Ladynoir shippers would be season 1 which not only has the most Ladynoir out of all the seasons but also has that classic Ladynoir dynamic I've seen certain Ladynoir fans crave in the later seasons: fighting villains and just being a dynamic duo in general, Cat Noir making the puns and Ladybug getting annoyed with him, those kind of stuff.

For episodes with particularly high amounts of Ladynoir check out "Stormy Weather" (6 min 7 sec), "Mr. Pigeon" (6 min 10 sec), "Horrificator" (6 min 8 sec), "Kung Food" (7 min 3 sec), "Animan" (8 min 28 sec), and "Volpina" (6 min 7 sec) in season 1; "Prime Queen" (8 min 19 sec), "The Dark Owl" (8 min 14 sec), and "Mayura" (8 min 32 sec) in season 2; "Reflekdoll" (7 min 19 sec), "Timetagger" (6 min 22 sec), and "Cat Blanc" (6 min 35 sec) in season 3; "Truth" (4 min 4 sec), "Psycomedian" (5 min 40 sec), "Furious Fu" (4 min 57 sec), "Kuro Neko" (7 min 23 sec), and "Strikeback" (4 min 14 sec) in season 4; and "Evolution" (7 min 50 sec), "Multiplication" (7 min 36 sec), and "Passion" (7 min 4 sec) in season 5.

In terms of Miraculous World specials, you can go for the New York special which has 6 min 29 sec of screen time and gives us some good Ladynoir angst with Cat Noir betraying Ladybug's trust and feeling so guilty about that he gave up his Miraculous.

Maricat

For Maricat, the season of you're choice would be season 4, even though most of the screen time there is concentrated in "Glaciator 2". This season even has the episode with the most Maricat screen time in all of the show so far, that is, "Glaciator 2".

Episodes with particularly high amounts of Maricat screen time include "Evillustrator" (2 min 17 sec) and "Gamer" (54 sec) in season 1, "Glaciator" (3 min 29 sec) and "Befana" (36 sec) in season 2, "Weredad" (3 min 57 sec) and "Kwamibuster" (44 sec) in season 3, "Sentibubbler" (1 min 24 sec) and "Glaciator 2" (8 min 14 sec) in season 4, and "Elation" (5 min 37 sec) and "Protection" (48 sec) in season 5.

Ladrien

For Ladrien shippers, the best seasons for you guys to watch are seasons 2 and 3, moreso season 2, where Ladrien was at the peak of its screen time until it dwindled into nothingness in seasons 4 and 5.

For episodes with a particularly large amount of screen time we have "Simon Says" (1 min 22 sec) and "Volpina" (1 min 23 sec) in season 1, "Riposte" (3 min 42 sec) and "Gorizilla" (3 min 58 sec) in season 2, "Oblivio" (1 min 40 sec) and "Desparada" (5 min 35 sec) in season 3, "Strikeback" (37 sec) in season 4, and "Passion" (17 sec) in season 5.

Conclusion

Well, that's it. Hope this was helpful to some love square shippers who want to binge through Miraculous.

[flightfoot]

I blame the translation change in the eng dub of Prime Time for the hate cat got in that episode. In English dub when he tried to lean in to kiss, ladybug said : Not a chance, kitty. While in French dub she said : It's not the time, my kitty and there's a big difference among those two sentences. In french it's clear that it's not the attempted kiss that make her annoyed, it's the timing. Hence the "not the time" while the eng dub make her harsher by rejected cat advance which make it as if he took advance of the timing to get a kiss. I can see why some people misunderstood/irritated by this episode and I only have eng dub to blame.

Yeah I heard about that dub change, and yeah that makes a difference. I think it comes back to her not realizing that Chat was serious about his feelings until Glaciator, so she just saw that leaning in for a kiss as him goofing around.

[ayydrienagreste]

Prime Queen is really reaching for that news scoop.

[silviakundera]

Melody of Golden Age ep 1-2 watch comments

"Even a ghost claiming lives has personal desires."

Empress Dowager ruling behind the curtain

Head of the Imperial Guards!ML is slightly unusual, that's more commonly the role we see in second male leads/supporting character who backs up the ML.

But because they've made him the ML, he's of course Super Respected & Very Serious Business Guy

I appreciate how OTT melodramatic the ML is. His intro is The Double-esque.

I also appreciate that we can actually tell that armor is supposed to be heavy.

Decent costuming & sets - not historically accurate but the story isn't trying to be. It looks decent (not just cheap fabric & props), creates a sense of time & place. You can tell the clothes have a sense of weight, like they should. tbh my expectations were low, so I didn't expect it to look so good.

So the guy over the Inspectorate is a dick. Noted.

ML has the backing of the Empress Dowager. So tons of political players resent him. A bit precarious.

FL is non-descript but that's not necessarily a bad thing. She just acts like a normal person. After just trying 2 dramas where the actress does this thing where she opens her mouth & eyes wide as she talks and constantly looks unsure/startled and almost sounding-out her words, it's refreshing to see an actress just... talking

Assassination attempt! FL is in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Inspectorate dude most definitely a dick.

LMAO the slo-mo on the ML and the not-at-all-scary dogs 😂😭

ML was the son of a convicted official, huh? Who rose to captain of the guard? not bad, my dude, but who was his benefactor and will they turn out to be SECRETLY EVIL???

FL knows ML from somewhere but is he pretending not to remember, because he just that dramatic

Young orphan boy wants to become FL's disciple. He's cute and hopefully not Secretly Evil (look, SOMEONE is gonna be secretly evil, let's just face facts)

FL is gonna be sister in law to ML but is that truly all she "remembers" about him? ugh her sister has that cutesy way of speaking that grinds my gears. Please!! don't purse your lips and talk wide-mouthed like a child 😭

FL family are not fans of marrying their fav daughter to the dramatic guard leader. FL's concubine mom: "It's quite good to be ignorant and uneducated!"

so there's a reason ML doesn't want this marriage bestowed: the prime minister can threaten their family, pressuring the married in daughter to spy on ML and share info

but engaged sister has fled with a scholar! 😱 how predictible! Except our ML and FL already met, so she will need ML's participation in the subterfuge

LMAOOOOOOOOO ML cannot move a finger without slow mo and an orchestra. can't even trot his horse down the street 😭 buddy is just going for an evening ride stoppppppp

ML is being so omnious and unnecessarily threatening, he knows that girl fled right?

The way they have ML and FL face off so far isn't bad, compared to other low-grade idol dramas - he is above her in status and the way he speaks to her very much reflects that but it never feels to me like he is treating her like a child, simply a lowly constable (he's just That Bitch). She asserts herself with frustration & anger, but she doesn't throw temper tantrums, stamp her feet and pout.

Bad guys are in masks. 🕵

Oh yeah, I knew it - ML is betting on the bride's family to cancel. He knows that 3rd sister won't show.

FL just like, "I'll be the bride" - girl I know ya'll don't want to die for defying the monarch but he literally knows who u are. Like you've had 3 conversations and he knows your name. What's the plan??

lmao he shows up just to be intimidating and point a sword in her face. I would try to sell him on fake-spying.

Huh. He actually doesn't need any convincing! Doesn't press about deceiving the monarch and lets it go. There's been multiple indications that he's a drama queen who had created this image but he has a soft side underneath. He's given her a way out twice now when it would have been easy & convenient to let her die.

ML is right that this marriage isn't much of a threatening conspiracy when everyone knows what's up. He's ridiculous but also sensible.

I hate her sister-friend, do not stay PLEASE go home. you are on my last nerve.

oh naturally ML and FL met as children and there's a token. there's always a childhood token.

ML can't even walk into a room without dramatics asdgghjkl

tbh I feel like he is actually a lot nicer about things than he could have been. other than some threatening, he's just gonna let her live there as long as she doesn't spy on him.

[gale-gentlepenguin]

ML au: Lady of Second Chances (Season 2)

(Season 1)

-So Fu introduces himself and Marinette greets him.

-Marinette had thought about this before this meeting. How much she should tell him? Should she tell him.

-After some thought, she decided she should tell him, since she never finished her training and there is more she doesn’t know.

-She tells him that she was his student and that she knows a lot, explaining the cliff notes of what happened to him and what he taught her.

-Fu was surprised and believed her because what she knew about feast and Marianne. She had to be telling the truth.

-Marinette even explained how she made the akuma charms.

-Fu asks how much if the timeline she already altered?

-Marinette explained that she is trying to keep the core events the same, but certain things that were disastrous she can change.

-Fu decides to trust her judgement, but warns her that this could be dangerous, all this knowledge. So be sure that using this knowledge it is for the betterment. Which Ladybug agrees

-First thing Marinette does is tell Fu he should go introduce himself to chat noir and explain his story.

-“he’s trust worthy and all the waiting only causes issues.”

-Fu nods that he will make time after he decides the book.

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-Gabriel still gets akumatized because he wanted to ensure ladybug and chat noir were off his trail.

-Gabriel never pulls adrien out of school since he had no reason to. But he makes up some bs to be mad about it.

-Ladybug tells Chat noir of her theory and just like in canon they beat collector.

-Ladybug gives Gabriel a charm so no akumatizations.

-Gabriel finds out how what the thing he gave her is and now realizes things will be tough since he can’t akumatize the same person 2 times in a row.

-Prime queen happens,but ladybug doesn’t let herself get flustered by the images this time. Ladybug leaves with much more tact and chat noir agrees that it wasn’t cool for this to be sprung on them. Though chat noir does mention he wishes he remembered the kiss.

-“Akuma involved kisses don’t count kitty.” Which Chat noir agreed that next kiss they have it will be unrelated to the akuma. Ladybug smiles and says that she agrees with that.

-Chat noir doesn’t suggest kissing plans, since after his talk with Ladybug, why would he jeopardize that? But ladybug suggests it though just like in canon, it was a fake out.

- despair bear, Gigatitan, Befana, and Frightningale are all the same. Marinette taking Fu’s advice and not altering things too much.

-Riposte has Marinette determine that Kagami won. Since she is a bit more measured around Adrien. Which prevents the akuma, but also does shift how Kagami views Adrien and Marinette. Kagami still has her confidence and doesn’t view Adrien as a flirty rival. Marinette wonders if that correction was for the right call.

-Troublemaker changes. Marinette remembers the live show and hides all her pictures in advance. Also locking her door. Troublemaker happens but Marinette doesn’t end up humiliated. Adrien does check on Marinette because her home was attacked, but it’s less embarrassing for her. Though Adrien knows cause chat noir knows.

-Gorizilla is the same but Marinette is not in her pj’s she actually bothered to change

-Sapotis, Anansi are both the same cause hero debuts

-Syren changed. Chat noir met Fu much earlier so he doesn’t have the hang up he had. Ladybug and chat noir already had the potions thanks to Marinette knowing half the recipes. Syren was beat easy

-Reverser was avoided because Marinette handled the exchange better. No misunderstandings

-Captain hardrock still happened because the reason the akuma happened was stupid. Marinette meets Luka, but after everything she remembered, she thinks just keeping him as a friend is better in the long run, plus mentally she got over him already. So it’s still awkward for her. She manages.

-Glaciator is actually avoided. So Ladybug remembered the confusion that happened over this and tells chat noir she couldn’t make it, but that they could schedule another time. Which Chat noir agrees with. So no miscommunication to be had. Adrien sneaks out to get ice cream with his friends instead of prepping the romantic dinner. Which means Adrien is there and he has ice cream with Marinette. Which also adds more to Adrien’s muddled feelings.

-Frozer doesn’t happen because After riposte, Kagami and Adrien never get that close. They fence but it’s the event of riposte that made it happen.

-Zombizou happens because it’s important for Chloé’s growth. And Marinette still thinks what bustier said was dumb. Robostus and dark owl both happen.

-So Marinette gets to the day of the fashion week. And she had to contemplate if she lets things happen as is or if she fixes it. Marinette decides to alter course. By giving the bee to Chloe. Seeing if this would help change some things.

-Bee Chloe helps and thanks to her they beat style queen. The problem this time was that Chloé didn’t want to give up the bee. Resulting in queen wasp. Just a slight alteration to the plot.

-Gabriel doesn’t give up because he picks up on the fact that the super heroine bee is going against ladybug. He could use that.

-Chloe had ditched her akuma charm as she felt she didn’t need it with her powers. And things took a turn.

-Queen wasp ends up happening and Chloe realizes ladybug is right. Apologizing, saying she just wanted to be exceptional… to make her mom proud.

-So Maledikator doesn’t happen because, due to the events of Queen wasp. Chloe never exposed herself and doesn’t try to gloat she was queen bee. So her presentation was different.

-Sandboy was basically unchanged but Marinette warned the kwami that Hawkmoth was in control and nixed the plan. So less struggle of finding the kwamis

-So this is where things shift. So Volpina didn’t happen, because Marinette intercepted early. Also, it should be noted that Marinette did tell Alya that Hawkmoth might go after Lila if he saw that interview. Which Alya agreed and took it down.

-Marinette is still annoyed with Lila’s lies. But right now she’s harmless.

-Lila never got akumatized and has no hatred for ladybug or chat noir. The only person she isn’t stoked on is Marinette. But like it was only one interruption. So Lila doesn’t think much of it. I guess she sees how popular the heroes are and gets jealous. So Hawkmoth akumatizes her. To get the events going. (And for the sake of laziness, I say sure)

-Hawkmoth had Catalyst make it so he could akumatize a bunch of people. AND ignore the charm. Which because work arounds. It worked.

-Ladybug does assemble her team. But here is the big question. (Which I leave up to you all)

[dangermousie]

This is exactly the kind of fucked up murder-based period marriage I am here for. God, so fucked up, so glorious. I can only imagine how much mdl hates this drama and it fuels my glee train like nothing else.

Is prince dude great husband material? Between a large harem, a penchant for murder and torture of those displeasing him, marital assault, and a very fucked up relationship with the truth, nope nope nope, I'd rather marry a tree or become a nun. But I am metaphorically weeping tears of unabashed joy to finally finally finally, for the first time since probably early 2021, having a period cdrama ml who comes across as someone who actually could fit into a period royal family and not a modern man in costume - of course he will kill those who offend him and not blink, of course he will lie and manipulate as means of advancement and survival, of course he wouldn't know normal relationships if they bit him, his biggest offer of love to a lady is making her prime consort (what is that only spouse business you mention?! are you insane?!) and he is quite happy to have knocked up multiple wives at once. The wonder isn't that a period royal forced his concubine when she didn't want to have sex with him but that he refrained from doing so for six months and feels bad afterwards and I love love love love that this narrative actually gets that this dude is not a contemporary dreamboat but a fucked up representative of a very different time and place.

Giving me mad FWSC vibes and that is always glorious...

I love that he gives her his ginormous dagger and prepares to have his throat slit in compensation.

And calmly drinks his booze as she contemplates whether to stab him to death. I love that it honestly could go either way.

A much much calmer version of this:

(God, I loved my drama queen (emperor?) LCY...)

Though dudes, perhaps if you held off your hormones and emotions a bit in check and managed to control your urge for sexual assault and other insanity, you might not need to beg for a bit of a stabbathon. Calmer all around.

[heidi891]

Rewatching ML Season 2

The Collector: When Ladybug says she thinks Gabriel is Hawk Moth, Chat Noir is taken aback, but rather calm. Ladybug is shocked when Chat Noir suggests that the Collector could make Adrien disappear, while Chat’s expression says that he believes it’s totally possible. Gabriel lets Adrien go to school again and Adrien hugs him.

Prime Queen: Chat Noir purrs when Ladybug is close.

Glaciator: Poor Adrien, his father makes him wait for him at that big table and then doesn’t let him leave the house. Marichat on the balcony! I believed Marinette didn’t take Chat Noir’s declarations of love seriously, so it’s nice to have it confirmed. She must have thought he’s like that with many girls and now she knows he’s really in love with her. I like how sincere they are with each other at the end.

Despair Bear: Adrien stands up for Marinette when Chloé accuses her of being responsible for the false alarm. He is again annoyed with Chloé and threatens to end their friendship. Chloé does something good, but for the wrong reasons. Marinette and Adrien are dancing. Chat Noir is AGAIN possessed by the villain.

Troublemaker: Adrien is so happy to see Marinette on TV. Poor Marinette, everyone can see her hundreds of photos of Adrien and he’s so shocked. Chat Noir again uses his good hearing. Marinette friendzoned herself.

Gigantitan: Gabriel tries to reason with a baby, he couldn’t have been an involved father when Adrien was little. Chat Noir says he’s a great singer and promises to sing Ladybug a song.

Riposte: Hi, Kagami! Was she sent to the fencing class to impress Adrien? Ladrien scenes. Adrien saves Ladybug, forgetting that he isn’t invincible when he isn’t transformed. He says he doesn’t like being locked.

Befana: Marinette resorts to lies when she’s afraid the truth might hurt someone. Short Marichat scene. Chat Noir says Marinette must be a very cool girl. Ladybug joins Chat Noir in singing. Adrien says he’s always carrying Marinette’s lucky bracelet and gives her one that he made himself. I wonder what the chicken bead is supposed to mean.

Frightningale: Adrien tells Chloé that everyone in the queue should have a chance. He’s impressed with her skills, but is not thrilled to work with her.

Gorizilla: Gabriel again suspects that Adrien is Chat Noir. (Gabriel, haven’t you heard him yell ‘PLAGG, CLAWS OUT!’ every now and then?) Adrien wants to ask his father if he could go to the cinema, but Gabriel doesn’t have time for him. Adrien hates being famous and is still carrying Marinette’s lucky bracelet. Adrienette and Ladrien scenes. Adrien notices that Marinette repeats words from the perfume advertisment and isn’t sure what to make of it. Adrien’s falling from the skyscraper and Gabriel in the last moment orders Gorizilla to release Ladybug to save Adrien (though his first impulse was to wait until Adrien transforms, risking his death). Ladybug says she trusts Chat Noir and Adrien is happy. Gabriel watches the film with Adrien. At the end for the first time we see dead Emilie in the glass coffin from afar.

Robostus: Adrien knows Morse code. Master Fu explains that when you have both Ladybug earrings and Cat ring, you can make a wish, but comes with a price—you exchange your wish for something opposite.

Sapotis: Marinette has a DVD with “Ladybug PV”. Chat Noir flirts with Rena Rouge.

Syren: Chat Noir is fed up with being left in the dark. Ladybug not trusting him seems to be his biggest concern. He threatens to give up the ring for the first time. He finally meets Master Fu.

Dark Owl: Ladybug and Chat Noir trust each other so much that they can detransform in front of each other, having their eyes closed.

Zombizou: Chat Noir sacrifices himself AND is possessed by the villain. Chloé sacrifices herself fo Ladybug, but without Ladybug she would be caught, so it isn’t entirely selfless. Later she is vulnerable and sincere with Ms Bustier.

Captain Hardrock: Gabriel wants Adrien to play the piano perfectly. No one is surprised that he is grounded again. Hi, Luka! Adrien asks his father to play the piano with him, Gabriel lets him go to his friends, Adrien hugs him.

Frozer: Chat Noir has a romantic fantasy involving Ladybug and a hamster and later Marinette has a similar fantasy about Adrien. Adrien thinks about asking Gorilla, Nathalie and his father about girls, but ends up asking Marinette about Kagami. Kagami and Plagg think Adrien cares about Marinette romantically. When Marinette tells him they should go ice-skating again, he thinks she means just the two of them. She almost confesses her feelings to him, but ends up friendzoning herself again.

Reverser: Terrified Chat Noir is hilarious.

Style Queen: Gabriel, why are you surprised that Adrien fell victim to your Akumatised villain? Have you thought it through? Nathalie is not happy about it at the end. Chloé is worried about Adrien. Short Ladrien scene.

Queen Wasp: Gabriel has some regrets about putting Adrien at risk. Nathalie hugs Gabriel. Gabriel hugs Adrien publically. It’s the first time he appears publically after Emilie’s death. Chloé is abused, but it doesn’t excuse her acting like a villain and pretending to be a hero.

Malediktator: Chloé gives a ridiculous presentation, but the class shouldn’t bully her for that. Adrien is the only one who doesn’t laugh and later isn’t happy when Chloé’s leaving Paris. Adrien says that she was his only friend when he was little and didn’t leave the house. (When exactly did problems in his family start?) Thanks to Adrien Marinette decides to give the Bee Miraculous to Chloé and give her a second chance. Chloé admits that she hurt her father. Chat Noir is AGAIN possessed by the villain. My Disney+ must have a wrong order of the episodes, because Alya mentions Carapace.

Anansi: Adrien says his father is overprotective and hopes it’ll change. Hi, Carapace, here you are. Chat Noir is a bit worried about being replaced by other superheroes, but Ladybug reassures him he’s irreplaceable.

Sandboy: Nightmare Adrien is both scary and funny. Poor Adrien’s nightmare is being locked out without escape. Chat Noir saves Ladybug, how romantic. I love that bad Ladybug always gets this crazy, enormous weapon.

Catalyst: Lila returns! I think that Alya can’t see through Lila’s lies, because she’s too focused on Marinette’s crush on Adrien.

Mayura: I must agree with Chloé that Hawk Moth’s outfit is ridiculous. Nathalie wants to help Gabriel so much that not only does she let herself be Akumatised, but also she risks her life by using the Peacock Miraculous. Gabriel is shocked by this. At this point he still seems to care about Adrien and Nathalie to some extent. Adrien says that Marinette is their school Ladybug. (Will Adrien ever be called their local Chat Noir?)

A Christmas Special: Snow, songs and that terrible old man in a red suit. Gabriel’s gone mad and thrown a Christmas party. More serious observation: Adrien openly talks sings about his pain and anger.

Miraculous World: Shanghai: ‘Did Jet just die?’ moment, Hawk Moth edition. Chat Noir too, but it isn’t as surprising.

Previous: Rewatching ML Season 1

Next: Rewatching ML Season 3

[sanctobin]

NYCFC by Gretel

The Five Borough Bond, putting New York City at the heart of its football club

Ten years since its founding, New York City FC asked itself what it would take to reach the upper echelons of MLS clubs and New York City teams.

An ambitious plan that included a new soccer stadium in Queens and significant investment in player development was in the works. But to continue building a devoted base of hardcore fans while inspiring new ones to join would mean reframing what the club stood for beyond the game.

Any team that seeks to stake its claim to NYC needs to live up to the city’s colossal character. Our approach was to develop a visual and verbal identity that embodied the relentless hustle and eclectic spirit of the city.

Eight million interlocking stories

To capture the spirit of our club and city, we developed The Five Borough Bond— a creative platform that serves as our core ethos and guiding metaphor. The Five Borough Bond embraces contrast and juxtaposition, a wild mix of ever-changing local flavors and iconic legacies. The relentless hustle and colossal scale of the city—edgy, tough and resilient— enriched by the pulsing rhythm and poetic beauty of everyday life, interwoven with unexpected moments made possible through eight million interlocking stories. By forging bonds across all five boroughs and celebrating the stories of New Yorkers brought together by NYCFC, we are continuously building the future of our club, our city, and our game.

From local club to global icon

The club’s updated badge builds on its subway token-inspired predecessor crafted by Matthew Wolff in collaboration with founding fans. The overall structure was optimized for legibility at small scales, while individual elements were refined to work together harmoniously or used independently as a suite of marks. A refined monogram sits at the center of the badge, designed with enhanced balance and confident proportions that evoke a strength and pride that matches the bold spirit of the city. Its construction mirrors the geometry and flared serifs in the identity’s subway signage inspired typefaces, featured in the outer ring lettering. The badge is punctuated by a pentagon on each side as a continued reference to the five boroughs of New York City. Developed in a close collaboration between Gretel, Frere-Jones Type, and the New York City FC team.

The characters of the City

The team’s custom typeface is a modern imagination of the iconic pre-modernist signage used across the Independent Subway System (IND), which has connected New York City’s five boroughs since its construction in 1932. Concepted in-house and drawn by Frere-Jones Type, ‘NYCFC’ appears in two styles.

‘Local’ is built on the rectilinear geometry and petit serif flares found in monospaced tile lettering, which is still prominent in stations citywide. ‘Express’ marries the same details with the bold and idiosyncratic proportions featured in the IND’s directional signage. Their interchanged use in combination with inset details and companion pictograms reflects the voice of a team that represents all of New York City – loud, irreverent and cacophonous.

Weaving together NYC’s urban fabric

The brand’s mosaic system is a visual representation of the Five Borough Bond — individual components of various shapes and colors, woven together into an interconnected tapestry. Modular by nature, mosaics build and scale into structural elements, camouflage patterns, and generative textures that portray the different neighborhoods across the boroughs. As a system, these brand elements weave together the countless stories that unite the club and the city, from the pavement to the pitch.

“For over a decade, this club has been writing our story, building our foundations, together. Now we stand at the precipice of a monumental era, with every facet of our identity primed to meet this moment.”

Milo Kowalski, Director of Brand Marketing & Creative Services

[ashsound]

Childcare Diary With the Villain

Original by MEMORY.S.S.

Art by EASTZ

Story by Yeoreo

Another entry in “returning eventually”!

If you’re looking for a story where the FL tells the ML she’s transmigrated early on, this FL tells the truth in chapter 28!

Our friends are:

Haerin Jin/Mary, our FL

Barry (brown/gold) & Ellie (pink/blue), Mary’s younger siblings profiles in chapter 35

Count Kentryle Chalant (black/blue), the Prime Minister and ogVillain profile in chapter 32

Briel, a baby! (blonde/pink) profile in chapter 30

Dereck (brown/red with a scar over his right eye), Kentryle’s trusted knight

Baron Jake (red-brown/green) and his family: Baroness (brown/brown) (idk her name) Jaden (red/green) (son) & Ciela (red/green) (daughter)

Taylor (grey/brown), commoner turned knight & Briel's swordsmanship

Seige Keylor (white/blue) ogML, profile in chapter 39

Erin (brown/green) Briel's former nanny

Beadle (brown/brown? Maybe olive), Kentryle's commoner turned noble aide

Queen (black/green) Kentryle’s cousin

Possible Enemies

King (blonde), usually drawn with fox eyes. He exiled his nephew to take the throne

Caveran (black/blue) Queen’s father & Kentryle’s uncle, one of the people that benefitted from Kentryle’s parent's deaths

Eugis (white/brown), Briel’s temporary tutor with a crush on Mary* he’s likely a friend, but some fans are suspicious & I don’t blame them

Seige’s older brother

Here’s the season 1 summary:

Haerin Jin (daycare teacher) reincarnates as Mary, a nanny that has already been bought off to kill baby Briel. In the novel she was reading when she died, Mary killed Briel, Kentryle Chalant's nephew, which turned him into a villain. She obviously decides not to do this & to be a good sister & nanny. Baby Brie, Barry & Ellie (Mary's siblings), & Kentryle all fall for Haerin as Mary, who asks Kentryle if she & her siblings can move in. Mary teaches Kentryle (ogVillian, now ML) how to take care of Briel & they fall for each other. Season 1 covers Briel going from baby to age 5. Haerin tells Kentryle that she’s transmigrated into a novel & Mary was bought off by the time she took over. During these 5 years, Mary feels someone watching them in a park, a knight that used to stop by to see Ellie & Barry before they moved into the Chalant House sneaks in through a hole in the wall, Kentryle gets shot by an arrow in place of Mary in the library, Kentryle sends Barry to school for swordsmanship where Barry befriends the ogML Seige Keylor, Ellie experiences a kidnapping attempt but is saved by Derek (Kentryle’s trusted knight) and Eugis (Briel’s temporary tutor who has a crush on Mary), Barry & Seige are attacked on their way to the Chalant House over break and Seige is injured, but recovers at their home. The King shows favoritism to Briel, which puts him in more danger because the King doesn’t have an heir. The Queen, Kentryle’s cousin, loves children & is desperate for the King’s affection, but the King hates her father (Kentryle’s uncle). Readers learn Kentryle’s parents were framed for corruption & were murdered in what looked like a carriage "accident" before clearing their names, then Briel’s parents were also killed the same way, and Kentryle’s sister-in-law’s (SIL) family has a “secret”. Ellie wonders if Mary was replaced by an angel because she’s so different. The kids bury a time capsule. Mary finds a box of letters on the grounds & some others from Kentryle’s SIL, & confirm one is forged. The season ends with Seige suspected of killing his parents, though it’s clearly a set up by his insecure older brother.

[miraculous-prompts]

Take ML, your favorite video game and the last book you read and smash them together to make a crossover AU featuring Kagami as Prime Queen and Bee!Marlena

[cata-daily]

[WoT] PTW3 Boss Stuff!

I kept getting lost trying to remember which bosses were skipped or not beaten and whether people were only killing 3, so I spent a while trying to sort it out

spoiler alert- I didn't exactly sort it out

(under the cut, Wall of Text +images)

Here's general info about which bosses each person killed-

The first number is the amount of first kills that i'd count towards each person's "allotted bosses", and leftover first kills are noted after

Throarbin- killed no bosses

CJ- killed 3 (crabulon, eow, hive mind) +desert scourge and eoc

Cold Toast- killed 3 (queen bee, skeletron, slime god) + king slime

[i think cold toast killed king slime at the very end of his time but didn't mention it at all- in the last shot of the relics, it isn't there, but when phantasm shows the relics, it's there]

Phantasm- killed 3 (deerclops, wof, and qs)

Obsoleek- killed 3 (cryogen, aquatic scourge, and destroyer) said he got 4 bosses to kill (those three +twins)

Prisma- killed 3 (cal clone, brimstone elemental, and skeletron prime) +twins

Mega- killed 4 (plantera, duke, leviathan&anahita, and golem) lmao yeah i saw throarbin's note here

Yardis- killed 5 (plaguebringer, aureus, ravager, eol, and cultist) +betsy and perfs

Oklah- killed 2 (ml and deus)

??? killed 2 (dragonfolly and profaned guardians)

Wyeett- killed 3 (providence, storm weaver, and signus)

Cata- killed 3 (old duke, polterghast, and dog) +ceaseless void

Skeletron- killed 3 (yharon, exo mechs, and scal)

Throarbin & Wexel- killed 2 (noxus and nameless deity) +boc during boss rush (it got left out lol)

Then I put it all on a google doc, so I'll put screenshots here and comment on it under each one

the number after peoples' names is the number of new not-leftover bosses they kill

Pre-Hardmode:

I realise now that the abbreviated boss names might be confusing but whoever's taking the time to read this can probably understand it lol

I really don't know who killed King Slime- unless I'm blind/accidentally skipped over it, nobody mentioned a first kill. I'm inferring that it was Cold Toast from how the relic appears between his and Phantasm's segments. Also, the last time CJ pulls up the boss checklist, KS isn't checked off

I left out boc and perfs because they were skipped- Cold Toast says he was going to do them, but does slime god instead, and i felt like the crimson bosses would confuse things more. Granted, crimson bosses might be one of the reasons everything gets messed up, but since skipping them makes the early part of the list work, I'm doing that

Other than that, it's looking good so far! When watching, because of Throarbin's note, I thought CJ actually killed 6 bosses, but maybe he was just clarifying that those kills were following the rules

Hardmode:

I would've switched the Twins with Destroyer in the list, but Obsoleek said he was supposed to beat 4 bosses? So I kept the list's order and made the Destroyer kinda half-half. Since maybe something else got messed up and Throarbin meant for him to do 4 bosses

Switching them would also make it so Prisma did an extra, becaude by the video's progression logic, Twins were leftover from Obsoleek which is why Prisma did 3 more

Anyways, because of the 4 boss confusion, things start getting.... well, confusing

Throarbin noted that Mega got carried away with his 4 bosses but nothing about Yardis's 5 LOL-

Post-Moonlord:

I'm going to be honest, I've looked at this and the hardmode part for so long and cannot for the life of me figure out why the hell everything is off by 3 at the end.

Oklah, ???, and Wyeett all only beat 2 bosses, so the 3 gained from Mega and Yardis has been negated at this point. Everything is still offset though?? My brain is imploding.

Wyeett for Providence is half-half because it's right according to the list but he beat it as an extra leftover. It's confusing me too.

I think all I've done is confused myself more. Oh and to clarify, I'm not mad or anything about it getting confusing, I just thought it'd be fun to try and sort it out!

[laresearchette]

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[notesofarichlycolorednight]

s2ep2 prime queen

shit we're two for two so far for release order

i also remember this episode specifically being one of the episodes i absolutely despised.

i made a post about it on my ml sideblog i think (or my main), but basically i just found it profoundly uncomfortable that the writers even came up with this idea and green lit it.

i've also mentioned this before, but bc we, the audience, know that chat noir and ladybug are high schoolers/teens, but the rest of the paris doesn't, it can get the writers into trouble. and what i meant by that was exactly what happened in prime queen. prime queen is what i was thinking about when i made that comment.

bc maybe it's a little harmless to the parisians within this world. but to the audience, anyone older than like 22 (i hope) would understand how uncomfortable it is to watch a grown woman harass two teens into confessing their love for each other in front of millions (or thousands at least, i'm bad at estimating).

like i can and can't believe that the writers would write something like this to, idk, fuel love square shipping disc horse, but the only way they could think to do it was have this grown-ass woman harass two teenagers. like even if they'd had this bare bones idea for nadia to be akumatized trying to a get a prime-time tv show, they could have done it a different way. there are other adults in the show. and there are other celebrity adults in the show she could have tried to embarrass/humiliate.

they haven't evolved, nor have they become better writers since the first season. tho i'm not surprised, given when s2 came out, i was just as disappointed with s2 as i was with s1. except now that i'm older and looking at it more critically, i'm realizing just how bad the writing is lmao. and also better able to articulate it (at times; i should stop doing this at night before bed lol)

and maybe i wouldn't be so mad about the way chat noir acts in this episode, again, if adrien was actually treated as a true duexteragonist, rather than a side-character who just happens to be there. and only on occasion actually helps ladybug in a meaningful way.

and this was yet another example of him not helping. bc not only did he keep wanting to kiss ladybug when she had already told him no! but from a writing standpoint, his cataclysm also was useless. there was no point in him using it on the door bc ladybug's miraculous ladybug power would've taken care of it. the writers really couldn't come up with a better way to have him use it? i don't know why i'm surprised anymore that they can't.

finally, of course, marinette being punished for existing. the fact that tikki scolds marinette for treating being ladybug like a celebrity, and then of course, the interview goes badly. so she changes her tune and relays to chat noir that they shouldn't have gotten caught up in appearing on television since they're superheroes. when that wasn't even marinette's intention in the first place!!

small things: how did nadia even ask them? do the people of paris just announce that they're getting ladybug and chat noir to come and these teens have to somehow figure out they're being called on. the person just has to hope they'll show up? like what kind of insane logic is that? and also alya commenting that ladybug has never given her an exclusive interview when. SHE LITERALLY HAS. MARINETTE AS LADYBUG GAVE ALYA AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FOR HER BLOG WHEN SHE ACCIDENTALLY DELETED THE VIDEO OF LADYBUG ACKNOWLEDGING ALYA LAST SEASON.

like listen, i don't keep a lore bible, so i'm not really one to talk (only kinda). but at least i reread my shit to remember what i've already put down.

final comment: hawkmoth's fucking lair at different times of the day is more dynamic than whatever it is the writers are doing with this show.

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[adrinoir]

The “Forbidden Love” between Marinette and Adrien

I know this has definitely been talked about a lot, but I feel we need a little refresher of all the reasons behind the narrative that Marinette and Adrien can’t be together and why they’re not true.

Their love didn’t destroy the world

Chat Blanc was wrong when he said “it was our love that did this to the world, M’lady!” No. It was not their love that destroyed the world.

There’s this narrative the show likes to push that these two can’t be together because it’s too dangerous and it’s what destroyed the world. Marinette has continuously thought that she can’t be with Cat Noir for that reason, but she wasn’t given the full story.

The line she should’ve paid attention to was this: “Things were purr-fect until Hawk Moth found out about everything. Once the cat is out of the bag, it’s only a matter of time ‘til everyone knows.”

That was Chat Blanc explaining it was perfect until Hawk Moth found out, but to be fair, this is also a bit vague.

Marinette may not know the full story, because she’s not an omniscient main character and the present version of her didn’t see the timeline where they were together, but we as the audience do. There’s probably people somewhere in the fandom who stand by Marinette in thinking she can’t love Cat Noir, but it’s not true.

You know who caused the world to end? Oh that’s right, Gabriel Agreste. If Gabriel actually cared about Adrien, the love between Marinette and Adrien would’ve lasted.

In Chat Blanc, Gabriel went out of his way to end the relationship between Marinette and Adrien. He purposely did that so he could akumatize Marinette. Then, obviously, Adrien transformed into Cat Noir to save her, but of course he got caught. Yes, he should’ve been careful with that, but also, his father shouldn’t have reacted the way he did when he found this out.

If Gabriel was a good father, he would’ve had that realization that he’s been hurting his own son, having him fight all these villains. He could’ve renounced Nooroo. But nope. He’s the worst father ever and just HAD to manipulate and akumatize his own son.

Fast forward to Ephemeral, Gabriel also mistakenly finds out Adrien is Cat Noir (for the dumbest reason, too!) and repeats that same behavior of manipulating and akumatizing his own son. Adrien wasn’t even jeopardizing his relationship. All he did was call Marinette “M’lady” yet he STILL had to deal with this.

If Gabriel was in jail or in a coma from using too many miraculouses at once, Adrien and Marinette would have a happy relationship! He’s always the root of the problem when Adrien and Marinette tried dating. It’s never been them.

Having romantic feelings isn’t the root of the problems in their relationship as heroic partners

Additionally, in Kuro Neko, Plagg plants the idea in Marinette’s mind that Cat Noir quit just because “she doesn’t love him back,” which is not why he gave up. But, it makes Marinette think that part of them having a healthy partnership might rely on them having a shared romantic interest in each other. As if it’s not possible to have a healthy partnership if she doesn’t like him back romantically. She never learns the real reason is that he was hurt because she didn’t see him as her most important partner, despite being there since day one.

Then, Ladybug develops some feelings for Cat Walker, and she can’t think of a plan to destroy the sentimonster because she’s so distracted by Cat Walker. This further pushes the idea that she can’t love her partner either because then she’ll struggle to focus on the task at hand.

They don’t know why they’ve kissed but they’re always reminded of the times they’ve kissed

All this aside, there’s also the kisses that happened in Dark Cupid and Oblivio. The forgotten kisses.

It wasn’t until Prime Queen that Cat Noir finds out Ladybug kissed him in Dark Cupid. Let alone, he doesn’t even know why that kiss had to happen because he completely forgot about it. Although, admittedly, Ladybug wanted to kiss him, at least a little bit, because it wasn’t necessarily something she had to do. But, again, Cat Noir will never know that.

Then, in Oblivio, they both forget what happens and only see this picture of them kissing. Both of them are pulling their hair out trying to figure out how in the world that kiss happened between them. There’s no way they’ll ever be able to figure out what caused it. No one was watching them prior to.

Glaciator 2 really shows how much it’s gotten to them when Ladybug gets irritated that they were voted Couple of the Year. She has Alya delete all the photos of them off the Ladyblog. Meanwhile, Cat Noir gets so hurt that he feels the need to delete his own photos of Ladybug and destroy the many posters of them scattered around Paris.

Conclusion

It’s sad because these two deserve to be happy together and not feel the need to question their feelings and wonder why having a relationship would be such a bad thing. They’re constantly given these ideas that they can’t be together because it’s too dangerous and causes too many issues (including destroying the world).

Cat Noir is so in love with Ladybug, but she feels the need to push him away. And it’s not necessarily because she doesn’t feel the same way, but because she believes it’s impossible to ever be with him, and potentially risky to even just trust him. It’s so sad. Marinette shouldn’t have to feel like she can’t even trust her own partner.