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Goth shouldn’t be associated with ‘badness’ or an indicator of an unwell or morally corrupt individual. Every style tells a story, and goth is a story of finding beauty in unconventional places. It goes to show that what might generally be viewed as grizzly, grimdark and cold can be beautiful, too. We shouldn’t limit our perception of beauty to what mainstream feeds us.

Marinette adapting a darker, more goth style while still maintaining her signature elements (pink, elegance, floral elements) makes sense for the world she is in. Marinette was shunned, rejected, and left with no sense of belonging. She didn’t have anyone stand up for her, so she decided to stand up for herself. Both her civilian look and supervillain look reflect that. It only makes sense that she would reject the world back— through fashion. This is, and always will be, peak Marinette.

Even if her makeover made sense storywise, it still presents a tragic image of Toxinelle removing her own unique sense of style (a style with a beautiful message, mind you) in favor of copying her more heroic counterpart. She decided that heroism should look like Ladybug, not Toxinelle. She decided that heroism should be clean, pristine, and bright. That the darkness and grittiness of her world must be washed off, not reinvented or embraced. The visuals are contradicting the script and rejecting the message it’s trying to deliver.

Don’t tell me it’s not possible for Toxinelle to keep dark make-up or black hair or black body suit. Griffe somehow got to keep his punk elements, and most of what made him stand out from Chat Noir (the hair, the jacket) while the only thing Toxinelle got to keep is…her hair streak? Really? That’s what you consider to be her signature design element?

Regardless of whether alternative styles are considered mainstream in the Re-verse, it’s still possible to give Toxi a new design that embraces the world she came from (as stated with Griffe) while simultaneously making a statement. It is possible to treat Toxi as a character of her own, and not just another Ladybug. A spinoff series (if there’s actually going to be one) with the same Ladybug and Chat Noir would be, frankly, dull.

GUYS!!!

FRANCE HAS REACHED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON THE CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE AGAINST CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE EU!!

ONE COUNTRY DOWN, SIX TO GO!!

We also need still quite a few signatures in order to reach the one million required.

As to date, the six other countries with the most signatures are:

Spain - 38.72%

Finland - 30.31%

Ireland - 24.86%

Netherlands - 24.15%

Germany - 23.54%

Belgium - 23.09%

So yeah, still a long way to go, but we ARE slowly getting closer. Don't stop now! Don't let this stay within the community, either, if you have any friends or family who are open to queer rights, get them to sign, too!

how tall are y'all again?