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I'm sorry, but the fact that Chat Noir's new power is so convenient that Marinette doesn't face the consequences of hiding a terrorist's identity from her own teammates because they MIGHT tell Adrien is the stupidest argument this series has ever presented
And they created the Magical Charms.
I've said a thousand times that the justification for not telling Adrien anything being "we have to protect him, he can't suffer," is horrible, and I disagree. As Alya said in the last episode, no one can decide for Adrien whether he knows or not.
Taking care of him shouldn't be an excuse to lie to him, or to anyone else.
Adrien more than anyone deserves to know who his dad was and the things he did and why. He deserves to grieve for him and hate him if he wants to. Not telling anything is keeping Adrien in a bubble, a little glass box where he's safe.
Ladybug should have told him that Gabriel was Monarch immediately after the fight ended. She doesn't know that Adrien is Chat Noir, so she doesn't know there's a risk of the world ending because Chat went crazy and used his power.
She had the Miraculous at that time, so the only risk Adrien ran by telling him the truth was crying his eyes out. PLUS, he wasn't at risk of being akumatized because Gabriel was dead and Ladybug was there.
She didn't even have to make the information public; she just had to tell Adrien.
So no, I don't believe there was no option but to not tell him anything.
And I'm a little tired of people justifying all this by saying "Marinette is only 14, she's a child."
I get it, but there's a chapter where they tell you that Ladybug is already mature enough to be considered AN ADULT and use her powers infinitely. Even though Mari is 14, she's been Ladybug for about a year, where she's seen more than one loved one die, fought terrorists, adult supervillains, and even faced Su Han and the heroes of New York as an ADULT. Why is it that when it comes to taking responsibility (and almost always around Adrien), she's "just a child"?
But back to the last episode: Giving Chat Noir the power to erase memories is stupidly convenient for the plot. Marinette is safe from facing the consequences for lying and can continue being Alya's best friend and Adrien's perfect girlfriend without any problems because then if it happens again, she'll just find Chat and ask him to erase their memories again because "they know a secret that I can't tell you what it is, but it's bad and they have to forget it."
Only Mari doesn't know that Chat is Adrien, and that's another big problem. Marinette doesn't want to know Chat's identity, so she can't trust him with things because "maybe he knows Adrien and can tell him" is stupidly convenient and only makes me think that Marinette really doesn't trust Chat enough to tell him who the villain they've been fighting since day one is.
At this point, I really can't blame Lila for hating Marinette (look what you've turned me into, writers!) Marinette is really annoying, especially when it has to do with Adrien.
Sometimes I feel like Marinette sees Adrien more as a trophy, something perfect she wants, and not the guy behind it all. But that's the fault of the writers and their annoying need to make Adrien perfect and devoid of personality throughout the seasons. Not even Chat Noir can get a power upgrade on his own; it's Ladybug who has to tell Chat what to do.
And then the episode tries to teach you that erasing Alya's memory is actually giving Marinette the freedom to choose when to tell the truth.
FREEDOM FOR MARINETTE. But never for Adrien to feel ANYTHING.
I'm going to really enjoy it when Lila decides to really attack, even if it only lasts 10 seconds until everyone forgives Marinette for lying and Adrien just says "I love you even though we've been dating for months and you lied to me and hid sensitive information about my family. It must have been really hard for you to hide that my dead dad was the man who psychologically tortured all of Paris and even me, just because he wanted to revive my dead mom who had been hiding in the basement of my house for a year. Do you want to go to the movies tomorrow?"
And I can almost bet that Chat Noir's new power will be used to get Marinette's memories back if she gives up being a guardian, in a very convoluted way typical of the show.
Like: "The akuma caused Marinette to have to give up the box and lose her memories. If we use the Chat Noir Miraculous, we can erase the consequences of the akuma and Marinette will get her memories back."
Or much worse.
Paris found out that Ladybug lied and they hate her. We're going to use the Chat Noir Miraculous to erase their memories so they won't mistreat her anymore :D yeii freedom
Im not anon, but here.
Just click what I’ve circled, and after that there should be a read more sign. Like this:
Voilà!
please could you place your long fics under a read more? scrolling through them is a bit of a hassle... thank you!
How do I do that on Tumblr?
maribat ideas that don’t involve maribat:
Alya getting an internship in the Daily Planet because of her work reporting the whole series
Luka keeps on figuring people’s identities out and it becomes such a problem for the Bats
Alix pops around the timeline befriending people and driving Booster Gold mad
Nino gets a Green Lantern ring and everyone is annoyed that he’s so naturally talented except no he already had training so now suspicion is cast upon him
Juleka and Rose go to a gala at Gotham via the ‘Jagged is from Gotham’ trope and meet Tim & Bernard and they both think Rose is insane
Colt Fathom is related to Thomas Wayne and Felix brings Kagami with him to the reunion gala and the Bats try to get information about Paris
Kaldur finds out Plagg has returned and immediately goes to try and appease him only to find Adrien
Nathalie knows Talia from her adventuring days and asks her if she could watch over Adrien while Nathalie handled the trial and then the Teen Titans show up
Superman’s identity is about to be exposed and Marinette shows up via Alya and creates a plan that completely derails the broadcast
The whole class is caught in a villain attack and their terrifying hypercompetence in the situation had everyone alarmed
guys i LOVEEEE PJO, but. if I see ONE MORE FIC of Annabeth & Percy calling each other “Wise Girl” & “Seaweed Brain” throughout the entire fic i’m going to commit myself to a mental hospital. PLEASE. THEY HAVE NAMES. USE THEM.
THIS IS A LIFE-OR-DEATH SITUATION! THEY DONT NEED CUTESY NICKNAMES ON THE FIELD.
I cannot believe there's absolutely no way to watch free shows and movies anymore, there are too many paid streaming platforms and pirating websites have viruses and ads preventing you from watching it uninterrupted((.)) id rather follow the rules and purchase media moving forward because it is too inconvenient. Seriously, free and no ads or viruses with 1080p streaming is DEAD.
(starts raising his hand before everyone else, just less confident about it than his classmates)
(remembers nearly all of the gibberish password that was told to him in a rush, only forgets the last two characters)
(replicates moves that he's only seen once (yes he also replicated RIPeter's move but I'm not screenshotting that bc it's long and complicated))
(figures out how to immobilize a guy that could escape any enclosure/trap)
(notices something is up/off with Gwen immediately, politely follows her lead and doesn't dig into it)
(continuation of above: realizes she's hiding something about her mission from him, decides to spy on her to figure out what)
(has information the Spider Society doesn't; figures out what the Spot is doing before any of them do)
(action plan made in 0.2 seconds)
(keeps up with what Miguel (a scientist from the future who has at least a year and a half of hands-on experience with the multiverse) is talking about)
(mentally calculates the timing of a giant spinning machine so that he can pass through safely and none of the Spiders can follow him)
(lmaooo you cannot do the same move twice on him, he learns too fast)
(this one speaks for itself. he really did have a plan)
(remembers how to use the Go Home Machine after seeing it be used once)
(immediately figures out why he's in the wrong dimension)
in conclusion, please never say/imply that:
Miles is not on the same academic level as other Spider-nerds
Miles is less capable in fighting/combat than other Spider-people
Miles is not as good at strategy than other Spider-people
Miles is too naive/childish/optimistic to have practical intelligence or pick up on when something bad is going on under the surface
Miles's smaller amount of experience means he is generally less competent/capable than other Spider-people
EVER again ok thank you!!!!
I HATE GEN AI I HATE GEN AI I HATE IT I HATE ITTTTTTT
ITS SO PAINFULLY OBVIOUS WHEN YOU USE IT. ITS HORRIBLE. ITS DESTRUCTIVE TOWARDS THE EARTH. ITS LITERALLY DESTROYING YOUNGER KID’S MIND I HATE IT IGHHHHHH!!
this rant came by because I use em-dashes and PROPER PUNCTUATION and apparently i’m using AI. I AM NOT.
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