r.i.p.

This is the most disgusting thing Astruc has ever said. Most of the other things he has said in the past have ranged from frustrating to laughably hypocritical, but this is too far.

Love or hate Chloe, what matters is that she is a fictional character. She has never harmed anyone outside of the fictional, as in not real, events of Miraculous Ladybug. The fact that Astruc has the fucking audacity to imply that Chloe is just as bad as an abusive partner is absolutely despicable.

I don't even know what's worse: The idea that Astruc thinks Chloe is just as bad as an abusive romantic partner and that people who defend her have just as much psychological damage as real abuse victims, the idea that Astruc has such a trivial view of abuse that he thinks it's perfectly okay to compare people who like Chloe to abuse victims, or a combination of both.

And this is rich when you consider the relationship Chloe has with her mother. Her mother has emotionally neglected her daughter her whole life to the point where she can't remember her name, and yet Chloe is still trying to get her attention to the point where she not only endangered lives to do so, but she outright asked her mother why she didn't love her. Are you telling me that doesn't quality as an abusive relationship? The episode actually views Chloe connecting with her awful mother as a good thing. How is that not like an abuse victim giving their abuser another chance?

But it gets even worse. Someone else compared people who defend Chloe to rape apologists. And Astruc simply agrees with them. He essentially views Chloe on the same level of depravity as a fucking rapist.

I am a man who tries to see the good in almost everyone I meet, but raping someone is a crime I cannot forgive. There is literally nothing to be gained from rape other than some sick and twisted form of pleasure for the monster who commits the act. And Astruc thinks Chloe is just as evil as a rapist.

This is a man who is in charge of a show aimed at children. The fact that he was willing to make this comparison and has no problems with it shows just how unhinged he can get with how he views his show.

How the hell has he not been blocked from Twitter yet? How do people keep supporting him? How do you justify someone who compares people who like a fictional character to FUCKING RAPE AND ABUSE VICTIMS???

If nobody is going to acknowledge this, or if Astruc ends up deleting the tweet in an attempt to save his public credibility without an actual apology, I will still keep this post up to remind anyone who sees it of what he said.