#something something felix is jealous of adrien's ignorance but also protective of his vulnerability

[buggachat]

félix's attitude towards adrien is so fucking funny. like yeah, he'll shove cheese under his pillow. yeah, he'll sabotage his relationships. yeah, he'll mock him to his face and frame him for assisting a terrorist. but he also (before deciding later to add kagami and marinette) hatched a plan to make them the last two people on earth together. like felix was legitimately like "man the world would be so much better if it were only adrien and i. sigh. then we could hang out all the time." talk about mixed messages. how does adrien interpret this

[sweetcloverheart]

I feel like if the writers genuinely wanted the end of "Strikeback" to be Marinette's fault, there were ways to actually make it her fault -

Have Felix act suspiciously and several characters comment, only for Maribug to ignore/dismiss it because of her Adrien-shaped rose tinted glasses

Have Chat be in on picking him as the Dog holder and be suspicious because of what happened the last time his cousin cosplayed as him, keeping a close eye and being a bit aggressive towards him, which leads to Maribug interfering and accusing him of being unfairly jealous (this could also be used as a reveal to Marinette's crush on Adrien for Adrien, giving him something to chew on during S5)

Have Luka be in the episode and realize what's happening, and try to warn Ladybug to be careful of Flairmidable- but because he's also trying not to let her know that he knows both her and Chat's secret identities, she misunderstands it as a warning to "watch out (as in protect)" for Flairmidable and proceeds to be overprotective of him while overlyharsh towards anyone trying to get close or expressing concerns over his behavior, which makes her miss a bunch of red flags in the process

Have Marinette know it's Felix and because of that, not tell anyone because she thinks she can handle him herself now that she's aware of the ruse, leaving her vulnerable to him stealing the other miraculouses because she didn't warn the others (specifically Chat, who could of helped) to keep an eye out for him doing anything strange

Pull a "Heart Hunter" - Have her and Chat agree on who to give the dog to (or have Chat say he saw Sabrina not be affected by Risk and tell Maribug where he last saw her), only to see the unmarked Felix-as-Adrien getting ready to board the train and impulsively pick him instead in a bid to keep him in Paris (Plus this would justify Chat being pissy about the new guy because he felt Maribug went back on her word and also because she didn't tell him until after the change was made)

And the last but most simple - don't let Marinette get affected by Risk. That's it, nothing else to it. Make it so that the Froggy mark hit one of her plushies, or got one of her parents twice, or hit Tikki. Just make sure she doesn't get hit. That way, all of Marinette's choices and mistakes in the episode are her own and not the result of having her decision making abilities magically impaired

[asterisk395]

#legitimately though it's really interesting and i love it #something something felix is jealous of adrien's ignorance but also protective of his vulnerability #something something jealous of the fact adrien has friends (unlike him) but also untrusting of them to not be cruel #something something hates how much adrien reminds him of himself but loves how adrien is one of the only ones in the same boat as him #all mixed in with something something felix is traumatized and actually not very emotionally stable and also 14 (via buggachat)

félix's attitude towards adrien is so fucking funny. like yeah, he'll shove cheese under his pillow. yeah, he'll sabotage his relationships. yeah, he'll mock him to his face and frame him for assisting a terrorist. but he also (before deciding later to add kagami and marinette) hatched a plan to make them the last two people on earth together. like felix was legitimately like "man the world would be so much better if it were only adrien and i. sigh. then we could hang out all the time." talk about mixed messages. how does adrien interpret this

[iridescentoracle]

#legitimately though it's really interesting and i love it #something something felix is jealous of adrien's ignorance but also protective of his vulnerability #something something jealous of the fact adrien has friends (unlike him) but also untrusting of them to not be cruel #something something hates how much adrien reminds him of himself but loves how adrien is one of the only ones in the same boat as him #all mixed in with something something felix is traumatized and actually not very emotionally stable and also 14 (via buggachat)

félix's attitude towards adrien is so fucking funny. like yeah, he'll shove cheese under his pillow. yeah, he'll sabotage his relationships. yeah, he'll mock him to his face and frame him for assisting a terrorist. but he also (before deciding later to add kagami and marinette) hatched a plan to make them the last two people on earth together. like felix was legitimately like "man the world would be so much better if it were only adrien and i. sigh. then we could hang out all the time." talk about mixed messages. how does adrien interpret this