#writing of characters' personalities improved and he became a charismatic character rather than cringefail manfailure

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Yeah... Finally finished Season 5 of Miraculous Ladybug...

I honestly don't know what I expected. It just feels very bitter, but at the same time I understand why it could not have ended any other way. Since Gabriel giving his own life was able to recover both Nathalie and Emilie, then for sure Emilie qualified as 'alive' so I concur he could have instead done equal exchange by giving away Emilie so she'd pass away peacefuly already and instead him and Nathalie heal. Like, all three of these people were dying, so clearly this logic would've worked with any pair.

It makes sense that he realized he went too far and offering his own life was the only acceptable way to fix all the mess he started. It is just kind of.. idk, a very sore topic for me - when a character who has gone mad is "beyond help" so they themselves first of all think they should just die. I get the window of sanity kind of thing and guilt over having been abusive father, allowing Nathalie to get terminally ill helping his insane plan and tormenting so many people, often frail teens and children emotionally by turning them into villains under their negative emotions, like yeah sure. But like.... why not do something he should have done from the start (let Emilie go and hold onto what he still has left, like his son did) and wish for him and Nathalie to heal at the expence of cutting her life for good? And yeeeah YEEEEAH I know Emilie was innocent and he was "beyond help" and sure after all he has done he could not also choose himself over her, but she herself already accepted her fate and just wanted him to go on without her!! They never listen to the woman they love, do they

I feel like I probably have missed something crucial and it was not the option.. but maybe I didn't. I'd just rather have him live, even if with guilt and consequences of his actions. I am developing fatigue with the trope of self-sacrifice as the way to fix things.