The wildest thing about Ben 10 is that it took until 2005 for someone to have the idea "what if a kid could turn into a bunch of aliens" like this isn't obviously the coolest and most marketable premise for anything ever. Each design is a new toy. A new powerset. Come on.
But to prove that it wasn't a fluke, they continued to have the best ideas for every aspect of it. How does he transform? A cool watch you can also sell as a toy. That watch's name? Omnitrix. Say it. It's so satisfying. How many aliens? Ten. Nice round number. The kid's name? Ben. The show's name? Ben Ten. His full name is Benjamin Tennyson, a normal, plausible name, but he also turns into 10 aliens.
Bigger brands dream about this synergy. Better writers would kill for this coherence. So holistic. So intuitive. The identity alone!!! The retro alien sound motif? Chilling. The green? Any other color would be wrong. The kirby krackle pattern? It seems so obvious in retrospect. The roadtrip format? Genius. Lesser writers would've done the spider-man high school thing. His arch nemesis being Cthulhu darth vader? Inspired, iconic, intimidating!
The execution has its highs and lows, but the idea??? Game changing. So self-evident that it seems inevitable. If Ben 10 didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
ranmaru is VERY ashamed to go and buy makeup but unfortunately his lip tint has a very heartbreaking quality of running out. it wouldn't be as bad if he could order it from a website but the tint was so loved and used that the shade name rubbed off completely so ranmaru HAS to go to the cosmetic store to try to find it and he dresses up hiding himself as much as he possibly can: hoodie, cap, sun glasses, face mask, literally everything he can think of
and then ranmaru walks into the store only to spot tokiya not trying to hide himself at all and standing in the skincare section almost having a breakdown over the fact that his favourite cleanser was discontinued
yknow I really love that the whole point of the episode was breaking free, standing up, fighting back — and then it all ends on a line of complete obedience. all of those lessons and heartfelt moments and rising up and such, only to end with “yes, father.”
It probably says something that Adrien says that his father's pancakes were perfect. Now that he's dead and supposedly died defeating Monarch, he's beginning to idolize him.
Chapters: ¼ Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Chloé Bourgeois/Lila Rossi, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Characters: Chloé Bourgeois, Lila Rossi, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Duusu (Miraculous Ladybug), Sabrina Raincomprix, Zoé Lee (Miraculous Ladybug), Gabriel Agreste (mentioned) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magic, Stressed Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Chloé Bourgeois Being Chloé Bourgeois, Badass Chloé Bourgeois, Marinette Dupain-Cheng is Ladybug, What-If, Light Angst, Turns out main-lining Akuma energy and not getting propely Miracle Cured has consequences, Episode: s05 Collusion (Miraculous Ladybug), Headshot AU, Chloe dies at the start but she’s fine, Mildly grisly descriptions of someone being killed, She got better and it was an accident, toxic yuri, Bittersweet Yuri, Implied Zoe/Sabrina, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Chloé Bourgeois-centric, Chloé Bourgeois Needs a Hug Summary:
The careless flick of a yoyo in anger leads to a death & sets of a daisy-chain of chaos that no one could hope to predict let alone control.
he would not fucking say that but it would be funny if he did
been getting a taste of felila lately
YESSS!! THIS!! ive always wondered on how the citizens handle akumas or how they feel bout them and YES there must be soo many superstitions, assumptions and maybe even made up cure for the same like do people make up and sell shit like "anti-akuma spray" and stuff
Can I just say it is wonderful to finally have some in-universe pseudoscience about the akumatizations! Aglae genuinely believes sage will ward off the bad energy that attracts akumas and carries a stalk of it around like it’s a rosary. Sensational stuff that could have real implications about how the citizens of Paris handle the possibility of them or their loved ones being targeted by a demonic butterfly! In a world where people literally die and are brought back to life on a regular basis, I’d love to see more examples of personal superstitions or even whole societies based around their shallow understanding of the miraculous’ mythos.
I'm gouging Luka's and Félix's reactions to their first sighting of magic (for reference) and I'm losing it.
EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP SCIENTISTS AT THE SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE HAVE FOOTAGE OF A LIVE COLOSSAL SQUID FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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her! or at least, my design of her !