People Who Don't Like Adrien's New Face Just Don't Get It, He's Giving Androgynous, He's Giving Princess

So real, I needed more of Adrien's inner monologue so badly that I'm doing it myself now 👩‍🦯 Adrien and his mess of a family are a current obsession of mine

I just feel like the writers don't understand that girl power doesn't mean making every male character of the show insignificant. Marinette still could've been the cool super OP protagonist without having Adrien be so robbed of screen time (like in Star vs the forces of evil, Star is the most important character of the show, but Marco gets his moments as well and is not deprived of his agency)

But don't get me wrong I still enjoy Miraculous, and I think the 6th season is actually pretty solid for now. I like it for what it is, but I also enjoy expanding on it !

A blank piece of paper

Adrien art inspired from Astruc's latest interview </3

First, thank you very much for your response ! Also, I apologize for any mistakes, I'm not a native speaker, but I'll try to map out my thoughts as well as I can ! Also, for anyone reading, spoilers ahead for s6 (El Toro de Piedra).

On the Adrien = love thing, I see what you mean, I guess I just tend to ignore certain messages the show seems to push and interpret some things my own way (keeps me sane). s1-s5 already made me so skeptical about Adrien's parents, but s6 is just making them look worse to me, especially Gabriel. Him being involved with the cult they introduced in s6 (idk if you're caught up with that) makes me go "yeah no that guy was still weird even before his wife's death ? And she's maybe on it too ? They both wanted to reform the world ?" or maybe that was after Emilie's death who knoooows.

I guess a reasonable "fanon" interpretation of Emilie and Gabriel would be that while they DID love Adrien, they're still shitty, self-centered people and parents who always projected their own dreams/wants onto their kid, whom they wish to shape into the perfect little man. However, near her death, Emilie seemed to have semi gained some self awareness which is why, in her final moments, she tells Nathalie to change Gabriel's mind and to let Adrien choose who he wants to be. Idc if the show wants me to think that she was a good mom, but to me that seems to indicate that she only had a change of heart towards the end. So she was somewhat controlling at first, but finally understood that she could not mold Adrien into just who she wanted him to be. I guess making her a semi decent mom is a more interesting thing. It also makes her a more complex, realistic character.

So, maybe Adrien is made of multiple complex emotions : His parent's love, his mom's desire for freedom as you said, but also her desire for him to be a "better" version than her, destined for bigger, great things (to go with that theme of her projecting onto her kid). So I see him breaking free from Gabriel's control as a first step, which gets him some extra power, like shielding the ones he loves since he's so attached to his identity as a super hero ? Make him go like, marie-sue style and face off his dad in the finale ? Well, at least it has to be impactful to signify his emancipation from his father's control.

Felix being a copycat makes a lot of sense to me, I think he's naturally a genius (was made that way), which is why he is skilled at so many things. But him being a shape-shifter would add to his manipulator aspect a lot.

As for Kagami, truthfully I'd love for the show to release more information about her or her mom, since we don't even understand fully Tomoe's motivation, or even who actually made Kagami. Her father maybe, since he seems to be absent ?

Globally, Miraculous is a real mess to rewrite, because you have the sort out a looot of stuff. They have so many good ideas but they always execute them poorly or drop something right after being on the good track. I still think it's entertaining, and they seem to be fixing some stuff in s6 although it's a bit late lol.

Sentimonsters are beings made from a single emotion and Adrien's emotion is heavily implied to be love. Sentimonsters can also have any random power the writers decide to give them and have been established to sometimes get powers their creators didn't intend (see Feast). That is the ultimate setup to use the power of love to empower Adrien and yet the show gives us nothing.

(See power of love rant for more)

me with every 2010s show/anime I've ever watched tbh

accidentally stumbling upon something you used to love and finding you still feel the same way about it

So Adrien texting like a boomer is 100% canon

My friend recreated adrien’s messages to Marinette

i always think of adrien and felix during this part of BLUE by billie eilish so i drew something about it

lil light practice with my Marinette redesign :)

A lot of people nerf Marinette's freaky blue eyes in their redesigns so I decided I'll be doing the opposite. She's gonna look terrifying and I stand by it

No because a lot of people insist on saying that Gabriel had some kind of mini redemption before dying since he sacrificed himself, when he's THE BIGGEST COWARD OF ALL TIME KILLING HIMSELF TO ESCAPE ALL THAT SHIT AND DELEGATING ALL THE HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE 14 YEAR OLDS. And that's what the show is showcasing again and again. There's a clear constrat between what the general population thinks of Gabriel and who he actually is.

Oh Gabriel is SCUM SCUM HUH

YOU!!! WANTED!!!! YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ORPHANED SON!!! TO DO WHAT!!!! AFTER YOU DECIDED TO FUCK OFF ON YOUR OWN!!!!! WHAT!!!

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so... guess what @bugstung based on this post

i think being american is so funny we are simple people

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