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[the-mew-crew]

Rivals

[gale-gentlepenguin]

Gale Reviews: ML Season 5 episode 20 Revelation

(Spoilers below because its out of order)

-Lila is lying to her mother

-And now lying to her... mother? who it deaf? Wait that is not her mother

-You know I heard the rumor that she had multiple moms. I thought is was a joke? Is this like that Bitch in Orphan?

-Lila is Loving the attention.

-Also there is no way people use that ring that much... Actually I take it back I  know people obsessed with their phones

-Girl is a pathological liar and everyone just eats it up. I swear people an ACTUAL siri to fact check this s***

-Lila be trying to turn Sabine against her own daughter wtf

-Oh Alliance update. Oh look, Lila is OUT

-The whole room just glanced at her. DAMN!!! ROASTED

-And she is gonna try and recover from that humiliation

-Okay I will give her credit for that spin, that was a smart move. But you can tell that Lila is seething

-Lila collecting Moms like they are pokemon cards

-Yes Gabriel get worse.

-Damn! Gabriel Roasted Lila like he makes Pancakes. I love when Awful people are awful to eachother.

-Also his plan is evil and I kind of love it. (Way to be an irredeemable scumbag. I hope your magic cancer kills you)

-Gabriel literally felt her hate and then went “Nah. That would be dangerous”

-Lila Knows hes monarch. I forgot about that. Question is... How does she know?

-Cute Adrinette right off the bat.

-Adrien and Marinette having no idea about the update.

-Rose is like “Why your dad shipping you with Kagami when You and Marinette are the OTP for life” Mood rose. Mood

-Adrien and Marinette totally ignoring the BS gabriel be pushing out

-Sabrina getting sloppy with her work.

-Wait... Did miss Bustier NOT realize Sabrina had been doing her homework until now?

-Why would you explain you had sabrina forge your homework? Are you braindead Chloé? Probably but anyway

-I 100% agree with Marinette on this. Chloé shouldnt get off so easily. Especially since she JUST Admitted to never doing her homework. Like if I was a teacher I would take her to the principals office and discuss having her sent back a few grades based on a Literacy test

-I cant take Chloé seriously. Like you can tell they are trying so hard to make her a little s*** even more so than in season 1

-Lila be scheming

-Marinette even giving the teacher lip. You go Marinette.

-And Lila’s turning the situation

-Miss Bustier was still reeling from the fact that Chloé never did any work. Feels like a cop out.

-Alya... I am going to say this once. You are a complete idiot. Do you think MAYBE just MAYBE Marinette is right about Lila? ESPECIALLY CAUSE YOU KNOW MARINETTE IS LADYBUG! For f***s sake this is a really bad look girl. I am disappointed in you.

-Good on Adrien for finally saying something. Boy is like “Yea I am done playing nice, My deal with Lila is void. She f***ing sucks”

-Nino you. are just as bad too

-Me at Alya

-Sabrina knows Lila is sus now and isnt sure what to do

-Miss Bustier, you maybe a future milf, but you disappoint me greatly

-This is shaping up to be Chameleon 2.0

-The whole class hearing Lila nominate Chloe as her deputy is such a “Bruh”

-Wow... the class are idiots.

-I swear Lila walks around with a simpleman field or some s***

-Adrien and Marinette are immune to the BS

-Lila just rolling nat 20′s on loaded dice

-Wait there are only two weeks of school left? Seriously? And they are doing this?

-That being said, I do like that Lila is a personal foe for Marinette, being that she is the opposite of Marinette.

-Marinette is completely right. I love how chloe is NODDING like “Oh she right. I am glad she understands”

-Okay Lila I see what you doing. Okay, full points on manipulation, that was a clever little spin.

-I still think Lila is ridiculous but when she gets one good scheme it works. But yea... the class are idiots

-Monarch is like “Oh thats some good hatred... Wait a minute”

-Then he was dumb enough to actually be like “Meh its not at me”

-Lila playing Monarch like a fiddle. And calling Her Hoaxer

-Giving her the power of Illusion once again.

-Oh, I really like the red and Black color scheme on Lila’s akuma form. Its basically red Volpina but I like it

-Hoaxer  controlling everyone with an aliance ring.

-Oh thats clever

-They convinced everyone she is Monarch. Thats hilarious

-Ivan and Mylene are safe since they didnt trust alliance. (Thank goodness)

-Plagg always insightful

-Alya knows that Marinette is Ladybug... so how could she buy the illusion... because alliance control.

-Oh she can feel when the rings are removed

The meme potential

-When you out of this world.

-Lucky charm is a sewing machine

-Chat noir still call Ladybug is lady, and he calls himself her Kitty cat. 10/10

-Wait Alya is gonna be scarabella?

-How did chat noir get captured so easily? Again... Off Screen?

-Lila using Nathalie to get dirt on gabriel. That is clever

-What does Nathalie know

-WHAT THE F***

- HE WAS A PUNK NAMED GABI GRASSETTE who owned a chip cart

- So he knew Audrey and Andre when younger.

-He also went exploring with Nathalie and Emilie

-Okay Chat noir escaping makes sense. he was trying to bait her out.

-Nathalie is spilling all Gabriel’s secrets to Lila. Thats a clever move by Lila.

-Marinette showing once again why adrien simps for her

-Chat noir simping

-Lila broke her akumatization. Because... her plan was already finished

-Gabriel doesnt even realize he got played by Lila. thinking its Marinette’s fault.

-Oh thats good that Adrien is apologizing (Just like he did in Soulmate survey check out my fic) so thats good

-Marinette is letting Lila have her way so she. can expose her later

-Lila got what she wanted

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-I will say this was Chameleon 2.0 but with a better akuma.

Lila’s plan was actually clever, but everyone was also dumbed down considerably

So I am on the fence.

Also I think Gabriel’s secrets are really f***ing dumb. And Lila’s second half performance and the adrinette are the only two things making me even tolerate the episode

I will say that this was a 5/10

[raining-dreams]

My Top 15 Favorite Cartoons

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

Miraculous is truly my favorite show at the moment. Avatar may be a bitter better in terms of quality (it's next on this list) but I always have so much fun watching this show. Miraculous gets way too much criticism. It's just a fun show about two dorks in love who don't realize it because of secret identity shenanigans. This show is at it's best when it's not taking itself too seriously. My favorite episodes are Evillustrator and Simpleman. Two of the funniest episodes!

Avatar: The Last Airbender

A timeless masterpiece. Avatar is one the best shows of all time. This was my favorite show growing up. Though I like to say Miraculous is my favorite show right now because I'm actively watching that one and participating in the fandom, Avatar is probably my true favorite. I would frequently pretend to be a waterbender when I played in the pool. And this was the first TV show I watched that got me interested in the behind the scenes of what goes into making a cartoon.

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

For the first few episodes of Trollhuntes, I honestly wasn't that interested. I actually stopped watching for awhile with no intention of continuing. I thought this show was a bust. But then, I had a friend convince me to give it another chance. And oh boy, am I glad I did. The show ended up being incredible!! It has the perfect balance of drama, action, romance, and comedy. And all of the characters are very likeable! Which seems pretty rare (except for Merlin. He sucks. Worst character. My favorite character is Steve). The others series in the trilogy, 3Below and Wizards, are great too. But Trollhunters is definitely the best one. (The movie sucked though. Worst ending....)

The Owl House

The Owl House was cut way too short. This show had so much potential. What we got was still amazing but it had the potential to be even better had it been given the chance. But despite being cut short, it was still an amazing show! My favorite character is Amity.

Gravity Falls

Mystery is my favorite genre and I wish more cartoons would have a little mystery in their plots. It's so fun to play along with the characters and try to solve the mystery yourself. It can be really satisfying when you get it right or it can be an exciting twist if you get it wrong! Gravity Falls gave me a new interest in codes and ciphers.

Steven Universe

I didn't like Steven Universe at first. Back when season 1 was airing and it would come on tv, I changed the channel. Season 1 was a bit boring for my taste. But I exposed myself to the spoiler that Garnet was actually a fusion all along which sounded really interesting to me so I thought maybe just one time, I won't change the channel. And the episode when Peridot first started staying at their house was on and I immediately fell in love with Peridot! I watched the entire arc of Peridot learning to appreciate Earth and by the time I finished watching those episodes, I was hooked! And of course, I love the songs!! No Matter What is my favorite one.

Adventure Time

Adventure Time is such a fun and goofy show. It always makes me laugh. But what I loved the most were the scenes with Marceline & Ice King. Their relationship was such a beautiful and tragic story.

Amphibia

I love Amphibia way more than I thought I would. I first started watching Amphibia during an Owl House hiatus because I needed something new to watch while I waited and I thought I'd give this a chance. I binged the entirety of season 1 in a day. Unfortunately I fell a bit behind and I still haven't seen season 3 yet (I've heard it's a sad ending! 😨) So I need to get on that!!!

Bluey

I'm honestly so surprised by how good this show is. When I first heard about it I expected it to be really cheesy and only enjoyable to really young children. But boy was I wrong. This show tells touching and relatable stories and reminds me of a happier time. My favorite episodes are Rain and Flat Pack.

Danny Phantom

Danny Phantom's ending was a bit rushed and they kinda completely forgot about Valerie's whole arc. I was looking forward to seeing where that would go but it ended abruptly. Like, the episode immediately before the final episode set up a whole story that we just never got. But other than that, I really enjoyed Danny Phantom. I love that they let Jazz discover Danny's secret so early on instead of dragging it out. (As many shows do now.) My favorite episode was Reality Trip.

Kim Possible

Kim Possible is always a fun watch. I love all of the characters! Shego and Dr Drakken are my favorite! (They're a bit of a package deal) and Rufus is a close second. And my favorite episode is Emotion Sickness.

American Dragon: Jake Long

Something about secret identities is so appealing to me. This is like the fourth show on the list, I believe, that involves secret identities lol. This is another show that had a bit of a rushed ending in my opinion. They tried to tie up too many loose ends in two short episodes it seemed (at least The Owl House did three long episodes) But still a great show nonetheless! Sometimes when I Jake talks, I can't help but hear Zuko 🤣

Teen Titans

I loved Teen Titans as a kid! (and still now of course). We were robbed of a Starfire centered season with this show!!! When I was a kid, Starfire was favorite character (I lean more toward Raven now). But every character got an arc that lasted a whole season long, except for Starfire. I kept waiting for it to come but it never did. Not only that, but the show ended on a cliffhanger! I think that's why I hate Teen Titans Go! so much. They could have brought this show back and continued Tara's long awaited story as well as finally give Starfire her season long arc! But instead they made a goofy parody of the show... I'd still really like to see this show come back some day, for real.

Lilo and Stitch: The Series

Lilo and Stitch was probably my favorite Disney movie growing up. So, naturally, I became a fan of the series as well! I always related a lot to Lilo. And Lilo and Stitch did a few crossovers with other favorite shows of my (such as American Dragon and Kim Possible) which made the show even more fun!

Winx Club

This was my all time favorite show as a kid before Avatar came out! I was obsessed!!!!! Winx Club made me obsessed with fairies. I wanted to be a fairy so badly. I always tried to make my friends play fairies with me. I tried to get all my friends like this show just as much as I did. Unfortunately it was very underrated. Now that I've re-watched a few times after growing up, I definitely understand why. Some of the dialogue is pretty cringy and the 4Kids dub changed a bunch of stuff for no reason. Although I will always stand by the 4Kids dub being the best one.

[aalissy]

They’re so in love 🥺🥺. The way he looks at her is so beautiful

[passionfruitbowls]

dorks

[bisexualasshole]

mrs. lahiffe: nino, can you stop murmuring "slut" to chris's backpack every time he sets it down? i'm starting to get concerned.

[micerhat]

…soooooo. No Nathalie in this episode?

-sigh- Fine.

Continue…

[miraculousfrenchculture]

Is Simpleman inspired by Superman? (Not quite, here's why)

The new trailer for Simpleman came out a little while ago. As usual everyone's making assumptions and theories about the new episode, a lot based on Simpleman's costume being similar to Mayor Bourgeois' akumatised form, or even Superman and similar heroes. But the answer may more likely be an old French reference! Beware of spoilers under the cut.

First of all let's take a look at Simpleman's costume:

Of course the colors are from the French flag, which may remind of Malediktator, and the S on his costume ressembles Superman's costume. But thanks to @damelicorne we found the actual inspiration:

Superdupont is a parody of American superheroes (mostly Superman) but with an overly French character. Superdupont is very patriotic and biased, and the comic makes fun of this by using surreal humor. This is likely a nod to the very patriotic side of Rolland Dupain. This comic is from the 70s so it's very unlikely that children watching the show would recognize it but adults could!

And to support this theory we have this tweet from Thomas Astruc, that could be a hint to this episode:

Dupont is a common French name, so we really do hope the akuma name will be Superdupain in the French dub, that would fit well haha

And additional fun fact : the street Marinette lives in is called Gottlieb street. Marcel Gottlieb is the name of the French comic artist and writer Gotlib, one of the creators of Superdupont!

[lllluka]

What do you think about Marinette?

I honestly think she's really cute (esp as Multimouse)! Big girlboss energy as LB, which I love.

I like when she's honest with herself. I don't the kind of person she turns into around Adrien. I don't like her conflicts around Adrien. I don't like the inconsistencies in her character and that the show flip-flops it around as a cheap pathway for pushing moral lessons.

If that's the show's 'formula' (which, why even with the Akumatized villains, then?), then they need to change it bc it's real tired and frustrating to watch.

Reiterating that point on how she is around Adrien, not only is it unhealthy to paint limerence as actual love to children, and push the concept of 'meant to be', but the fact that for some reason, sometimes, completely out of the blue, she's suddenly okay with mistreating her friends in order to pursue it is so fucked up I can't even believe it sometimes??

It makes no narrative sense. Not for the target audience, and not for the older audience, either.

When I see things that actively DEFY her romantic character arc, I just ???? Hg. What.

Like, I have permanent Luka brain, so I got really mad in Mr. Pigeon 72, right? Having her agonise so much over not being able to be with Luka. But it wasn't just the Luka thing, like-- all this fuss she made about not being able to love. Not being able to crush. Weighted by responsibility, only to turn around and jump back on the Adrien train?

I was just: UH????

WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?

Then I got to Crocoduel, and -- I have mad issues with the Jagged thing, but on the Marinette front, what the Hell was she on about? 'never feel the same'? What kind of filler ass BS was she on about there?

Sometimes the show has her act in ways that make you want to SCREAM. @volperion and I caught up w S4 together and literally it can be attested to that when we got to the confession attempts in Simpleman I actually lost all chill in my body and audibly SCREAMED into a pillow. I had NEVER done that before in my life, my GOD.

The rest of the episode was kinda funny and I chilled out after a while, but I was literally just impulse-yelling

'??? I THINK I HATE HER. I REALLY THINK I HATE HER. WHAT THE FUCK???'

AND THAT'S JUST THE THING. I DON'T HATE HER. I LITERALLY DON'T. I LOVE HER, SHE'S FANTASTIC AND I ADORE HER. BUT IN THAT MOMENT, I GENUINELY THOUGHT I COULD HAVE.

I just. IDK man. It depends on the episode for me, because I cannot GAUGE it with this writing, man. I guess my final conclusion is: love Marinette, but sometimes she goes in the naughty corner to atone for the show's failures.

[ladybugssssssss]

Simpleman wasn’t an effective akuma because none of them had any brain cells to lose

[maybemayura]

Angeldrien was the only cool part of simpleman change my mind

[kawaiichibiart]

You want to know my favorite thing about this interaction? Their faces and poses.

[aalissy]

Marinette’s doodle visions are always sooo cute too ahhsjsjdjs

[miraculous-clowncar]

There is no doubt in my mind that simpleman is going for the parents for a day trope.

Now the real question is: is it going to be an Adrinette episode or a Marichat episode?????

knowing my clown ass, it's going to be neither but a girl can dream

[toujoursmiraculous]

Thoughts and Reaction to SIMPLEMAN

A day late but that's what happens when good subs aren't out until the next day, and you're busy that day. This episode is so sweet and wholesome that it was worth it, for sure. I'm still not sure which one is Ella and which one is Etta. They're always addressed together so I just don't know, but I'd like to. ;-; (Note: Looked it up on Wikia, the one in pink with seafoam earrings is Etta, the one in seafoam and pink earrings is Ella) See Nino knows. Nino's concerned about Marinette babysitting three kids already. He lives with one all the time, times that by 4 and WOO that's crazy. Sweet of her to want to ensure her best friend has some time to relax with her boyfriend. Oh. OH those poor Kwami! Especially Fluff and her ears being pulled like a game of tug-of-war! I can see it now, Fluff now traumatized by young kids. So if Alix ever has any in the future, they better grow up knowing about Fluff right away or she's in for a horror show. PV TRAILER AND MUSIC! I'm such a fan of the music and the PV that when my sister told me about it, it made me even more excited for this episode than I already was. And I was very excited already! Manon: So? Aren't you going to answer it? She knows what's up. So Adrien's calling asking Marinette to help sew on a wing? Because nobody else there can do it? I dunno, sounds kind of sus to me, Adrien. Are you sure you're not using that as an excuse just to see your "friend"?

Marinette's biggest problem is thinking so far ahead in her brain that when she goes to speak, she's either way far ahead of herself or gets everything mixed up as it comes out of her mouth. If she just lived in the moment and didn't plan (which being Ladybug that's probably very hard not to do outside the costume), she'd be able to do this and overcome that fear of rejection as well. She seems to have that part fairly taken care though. When Gina said she was in China to learn Kung Fu and met a girl that reminded her of Marinette, instantly thought about Fei. How could it not be her? Rolland gets asked to babysit, immediately is like "Let's do something fun and dangerous!" Tom must have had an interesting childhood with Rolland and Gina. o.o Clearly Rolland doesn't realize who the heroes are based on. Or just completely forgot he met them when Bakerix. xD Adrien's so sweet with Marinette, even if he can't understand a single thing she says. That's adorable. But a really good way to thank her could've been "Would you stay and watch the photoshoot, and then maybe we could go do something fun/get something to eat after?" BOOM. Problems solved. But I have a feeling this may come back later, and maybe that would turn out better. Marinette's grandparents tend to give Hawk Moth/Shadowmoth the most sass and trouble in comparison to other Parisians. XD Rolland is so sweet to these kids, and they are so caring towards him. It's so wholesome! Just think: if that helicopter wasn't crashing behind her, she would've screamed she loved Adrien. So close. Simpleman is the chillest akuma. Being all "Hey kids, even though I'm akumatized, let's go out into the city!" and the kids are like "Yeah, okay. Hey let's get ice cream!"

Him protecting them from all the flying pizza boxes that guy was throwing around everywhere was super sweet too. LB and CN: Things are complicated. So we should find Shadow Moth directly. Let's run around the city screaming for him to come find us so we can fight him! I seriously think if Chat Noir or Ladybug brought up the fact that their identities made things complicated, they would've revealed themselves right then and there. LOL at the old school fighting and them behaving like young children xD "NO!" "I'm NaNa, ClaCla is no longer with NaNa! Paris is really messy! BuggyBug, KittyKity, help us!" Oh this is going to be so hilarious in the English dub with the voice actress who also voices Nathalie. XDDD A bouncy ball is very complicated for Ladybug. That a literal 5 year old can figure out. Wow this villain's power sure did a number on her. xD I find it all the more stressful actually, that Chat Noir and Ladybug can remember what they were doing the whole time they were affected by the akuma. That means if Marinette said she loved him, or they revealed their identities, there would be no going back or being able to make an excuse for it. Can we just talk about how those kids could understand that the reason he wants things to be simple and is upset that the world is so different, is because it scares him and he doesn't think he's capable of learning and changing with the world? A majority of adults these days can't even take two seconds to try to understand someone else's situation(s) before judging and being outright nasty people towards them. Yet these kids were able to do so. And a lot of kids actually are like they are in real life. Some may see this as an episode just for kids to appreciate, but there's a lot in here that's aimed at adults, too. Adults need reminders and these lessons just as much, if not more so than young kids. It's adults that lose their way and needed to be reminded of it, as they have a greater immediate impact on the world. I've seen so many people judge Rolland, make assumptions about him which is almost always the very worst things they could think of. But this episode shows how caring and willing to learn and understand he really is, he was just hiding behind his fear of change and not being able to keep up with it. Some lessons in this episode for the adult viewers are: -You're never too old to learn, get over your fears, try new things, become a better person, and see things through new eyes. -Don't over-complicate or overthink, but don't be lazy and think keeping everything simple will actually in reality be the answer, sometimes it can make things worse! -Kids tend to see the world as things are, not what they think it should be, or believing they're the center of the universe like adults tend to do. -Being wise means knowing that regardless of your field, educational background, age, or lived experiences, you don't know everything, there is always more for you to learn about everything out there. The kids in this show are quite wise, as they know that there is so much they don't know and how they treat learning new things. They also know how adults tend to understand, or act like they understand everything, so we as adults aren't used to it when we don't and react negatively to that because it scares us when we don't know. In that way, this episode was very brilliant! Also that hug at the end, oh you can bet these kids are going to want to go visit Grandpa Rolland, and honestly I'd love to see bits of them here and there, their bonds are adorable and they've changed his life in such a positive way. Also the pure Ladynoir without another hero or Alya or any kind of upsetting situation was honestly such a breath of fresh air! Maybe not the kind of Ladynoir people wanted, but it made me happy. Marinette acknowledged her problem is she's scared of Adrien rejecting her. First step is admitting it! Can't blame her for not being able to do what she wanted, she only just realized the issue after all. It's going to take a little time now to work on it! Is it just me, or

does it seem Adrien's almost trying not to laugh when she was messing up and then asked if he liked fishing? XD Maybe it was the actors tone with the facial expression but it seemed that way! But the way he just watches her run away and does that adorable little chuckle... Oh Adrien, we really need you to start realizing why you keep doing that. "She (Ladybug) reminds me of your grandmother and you know what? You look exactly like her (Ladybug)." Well. Oop. He's onto you! Apparently Rolland isn't blind, as not a single character suspected her from her personality or appearance to be Ladybug so far. Even Adrien only began piecing it together due to circumstances (and his own personal wish that Marinette is LB, you can't convince me otherwise this isn't true). This is going to come back later, possibly Dearest Family? Overall such a good episode with a lot of things in it, if you decide to watch without high expectations or biases. After all the angst lately, it was certainly needed as a nice change of pace.