A Little Background As To Why The Markiplier Fandom Is Panicking About The Edge Of Sleep.

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NGL the number of people who use "Adrien's happiness" as an excuse to shield Marinette from the consequences of her abuse apologism is more than One and that's one too many.

So here it is: happiness based on a lie is just that.

A.

Freaking.

Lie.

Adrien isn't going to be happy. Toxic positivity isn't happiness.

Dampening your emotions for someone else's comfort isn't happiness.

Pretending your girlfriend being a flake and a stalker is Fine Actually because obviously nothing could ever be her fault ISN'T happiness.

Having to listen to your friends/partner talk about how much of a hero your dead abuser was ISN'T happiness.

It's not about Adrien being freaking happy what kinda shallow, infantilizing nonsense is that.

It's about Adrien having Autonomy.

Former Minnesota Vikings punter, Chris Kluwe, who was blacklisted from the league for standing up for marriage equality, speaks at a city council meeting where he calls Trump a Nazi. He is subsequently arrested and carried out by police.

TBH I think in a universe like that Paris is not nearly as desired as a tourist destination as in our world. People all over the world saw that shit on the news and went NOPE. Just like people aren't really eager to go on vacaction to an active war site. Maybe some thrill seakers would love to go to Hawkmoth's Paris to see superheroes at work, but that's about it.

But RIP to Parisians, because my gods, shit's horrifying.

can we talk about the eiffel tower for a second though. like, you can climb it. i’ve done it before. tourists are *always* on the tower.

how terrifying must it be if you’re on it only for it to come crashing down?? even if they evacuate it anytime an akuma attacks in the area, there’s a LOT of people and it takes a long time for the lifts to move everyone. maybe the protocol is to stay put because they know ladybug will fix it?

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Literally. The worst thing is, she has never really been interesting. And never will be. But she's the main character, so we have to suffer through her snot in an episode about two gay boys.

actually hey, what the heck, why DID Marinette need to have a snotty nose subplot this episode! this episode isn't about her!

YOU hates terfs

alright gang, the rumors are true. The Edge of Sleep is now live (US only ig) on Amazon Prime Video. and i get what some of y'all are saying, "there doesn't need to be marketing because of mark's rabid fanbase!"

But guys. Guys. This is not a YouTube project. I hate to say it but even 30+ million Markiplier fans is not enough for what needs to happen here, unfortunately. This is ultimately about breaking out of the YouTube-fanbase sphere and getting this show to mainstream viewership. That's the goal-- this is about showing that a "YouTuber project" (even though Edge of Sleep was made by a professional production company and isn't really that) can have appeal beyond a preexisting audience. It's about, big picture, legitimizing the contributions of online creators in making films and television products for casual viewers.

So yeah, it's time to break out not just The Plan, but The Strategy. What is that, you ask? You'll see--check back tonight. This is a call for all hands on deck.

We ride at sunset-- the edge between day and night when the world starts to go to bed. We ride at the edge of sleep.