So i've barely paid attention to miraculous ladybug for years since that series is unsavable atp. But recently i've seen the fandom (mostly on tiktok) have some kind of come back because of an episode of season six where (as far as i know) Marinette showing her usual insanity harassed an athlete because she was jealous and turns out this athlete girl has a prothesis and thanks to Marinette this prothesis was destroyed.
And i'm not here to talk about how gross it is to write something like that, i mean i believe anyone with an ounce of literacy can understand this.
What i'm going to talk about is the fact that i saw people being like "Oh i cant defend her after this" because-
Where you able to defend her before????
We're talking about Marinette the girl that learned this boy's whole schedule and knows where he is 24/7, we're talking about Marinette the girl that upon entering his room she SNIFFED HIS PILLOW, we're talking about the girl that went through a trash can to get a note he threw in there.
And people were still able to defend her????
"Oh but what about her trauma?" You mean that plot hole creator episode that solely exist to treat Marinette as the eternal victim? Yeah i'm not taking that in account.
Marinette has always been like this, she has always had a stalker personality the only reason why there was a perception of her being a decent character is because the own series always treats her behavior as just a "girl being a girl and having a cute crush!" No matter how utterly gross her actions were.
But then again i mostly saw this on tiktok and we all know the literacy levels there are in a low.
Congratulations to timebomb for being one of the few straight ships that i've seen being treated the same as queer ships (at least in any other space than tumblr)
"They're sibling coded" check
"They are/were enemies!" check
"I just can't see either of them in a relationship" check
"Well [insert other ship] is better" check
"They don't like each other!" check
"You are normalizing toxic couples!" check
This is not even complaining i just find it funny because i've rarely seen a straight ship being hated on that way, it's simply funny. Though it has been mostly on tiktok and we all know how the ship discourse can get there.