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Like Chat and Ladybug are patrolling around an area and Ladybug chimes in with "Oh did you know? Adrien Agreste is doing a photoshoot here next weekend - right across the street. He told me."

And Chat is like Yep sure am but mostly he's confused because. Wait. He definitely didn't tell Ladybug that. Right?

"Wait when did Adrien tell you that?"

"Oh, last Thursday I think. Adrien was walking home from school."

And wait this is even weirder now because

"Adrien was walking home with Marinette on Thursday. He told Marinette that. How do you know that?"

Ladybug stops like Wait, shit, because yeah Adrien told her that as Marinette but she's talking to Chat right now so it shouldn't matter if she keeps straight which of her selves Adrien was talking to but it turns out Chat DOES know somehow that it was Marinette and not Ladybug that Adrien was talking to last Thursday while walking home and Chat is staring at her and Ladybug is buffering trying to figure out what to say

"I was. um. hiding behind the plant when Adrien told Marinette."

"A plant?"

"Yeah there was a plant."

And Ladybug pauses for a beat.

"How do you know Adrien told Marinette that?"

A beat. Chat is buffering.

Marinette: I think Chat is a fan of yours

Adrien: Why would you say that?

Marinette: He said- (pause)

Marinette: well I, uh, saw him following us when we were walking home last week

Adrien:

Adrien: Wait no... Wait hang on Chat wasn't following us home last week. He made that up.

Marinette: He wasn't? Well that's what he told me so--

Adrien: No hang on that's what he told Ladybug.

Marinette: Wait how do you know Chat told that to Ladybug?

Adrien: ...

Marinette: ...

Adrien: ...I was. um. I was hiding behind the plant?

Marinette: The plant?

Adrien: Yeah there was a plant.

Marinette: A plant on top of the east-side abandoned iron factory?

Adrien: Yeah. Wait. How do you know Chat and Ladybug had this conversation on top of the east-side abandoned iron factory?

Marinette: ...

Adrien: ...

my life's goal is to make tumblr regret increasing the image limit to 30

decided to subject you all to my mind. and my mind has a lot of feelings about adrien and plagg in real-cat!plagg au.

plagg adopted adrien, not the other way around

(sequel to this post)

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bonus:

eh, screw it *releases my fucked up vampire au from the confines of my mind*

anyway I decided my blog is for me and I can draw and post all the weird silly concepts of my dreams and nobody can stop me. I actually have a lot of potential comic ideas ping-ponging in my head for this AU — not a linear story or anything (beyond what's on this post), just some good fun and shenanigans.

bonus:

Allow me to show you.

Fire Lord Zuko waiting until the day he reaches the age of majority to pass this law, lest anyone think he is a coward

Zuko fights it for them.

Which, especially in more rural towns (where Agni Kais are less of a public event and more of a fast and violent duel) is terrifying because you challenge your neighbor’s kid over a stolen chicken-fish and all of a sudden the Fire Lord is showing up???

Firelord Zuko: *wakes up in a cold sweat near midnight*

In #Delos, 2500 years ago, there was a kitchen with 3 burners, oven, grill and baking plate. With an extremely impressive design, made of clay, it served the needs of the household like the electric stove today.

So I thought to myself

Huh, a lot of our invasive species come from China and Japan

And then I thought, huh, I should look up what Kudzu is like in its natural habitat

And I found this article by a team of scientists investigating the history of Kudzu in China

And ohhhhh my goddddd. I'm vibrating with excitement over how cool this is.

The first bombshell that turned my brain inside out:

KUDZU IS NOT WILD. IT IS SEMI-DOMESTICATED.

In China, Kudzu has been a fundamentally important plant for food and textiles throughout history. We have Kudzu cloth that is 6,000 years old!

THIS PLANT CLOTHED AND FED ONE OF THE MOST POPULOUS AND MOST ENDURING HUMAN CULTURES ON EARTH

and in turn

HUMANS SHAPED AND SELECTED FOR ITS TRAITS

*AND*

in its natural range, humans are the main "predator" of kudzu

"Harvest by humans appears to be the major control mechanism in its native areas."

Kudzu is like that because it co-evolved with humans.

This means

That Kudzu is so highly invasive because—just like most plants evolved to be grazed by herbivores and/or eaten by caterpillars, keeping them in balance with everything else—Kudzu basically evolved to be harvested by humans

http://fiberhousecollective.com/invasive-fiber-study-group/2021/12/5/meeting-1-weaving-with-kudzu-amp-bast-fiber-processing

I've written about the significance of the coat changing in the Blitz scene, and I have to think that this tie is meaningful somehow too. Aziraphale's look changes so subtly, every detail matters.

Maybe the more open collar signifies his deep vulnerability in this scene where he hands the holy water over to Crowley.

I mean, he looks more annoyed than panicked at first, but the moment he starts speaking he's only taking short, shallow breaths, like he can't really breathe properly. This whole scene is about him both setting boundaries and breaking them down at the same time, both of which are terrifying things for someone who primarily sees their role as a subservient rule follower.

And, not only that, but it's a very loud, very obvious, very much not allowed in every way declaration of love. "I love you so much I'm willing to give you my whole heart in this flask." Like you said, it's incredibly, deeply vulnerable.

It's also entirely out of character and against the rules.

I noticed that, for the most part, angels and demons are frequently wearing various sorts of cravats, and it usually aligns in some way with following the rules, or doing their job. So maybe if we take a deeper look at that...

The archangels are all wearing something loose and frilly, but still fashionable and proper-looking. We know that they all give the appearance of following the rules, but subvert them however it suits them. Sometimes they'll even go and do something that seems way beyond the rules (like physically assaulting an angel).

The exception is Gabriel, who is almost always wearing a tie. He is the face of the Host, and he doesn't do any of the dirty work himself. He has this brilliant way of making it clear what he wants, while every piece of his picture is clean and pristine. As he said, "There are no back channels, Michael."

The demons are always wearing some sort of scarves or sashes, and they're gritty and grungy. I noticed that in the scene with Crowley presenting the M25, they're wearing tighter ones, as if they're being restricted, and only there because they're following the rules. It's their job.

When they bring the antichrist, they're very open and casual. They're taking great joy in it. Perhaps Ligur's is a little tighter, but he's also not super duper familiar with Earth. He's a little out of his depth. When they come to collect Crowley at his flat, they're wearing their scarves (cozy) really tight and bundled up. It's not like wearing a tie, but they seem to relish in doing their job just then and punishing Crowley for breaking Hell's rules.

Speaking of Crowley, he's usually wearing something that always reminded me of a chain locked around his neck. I know in at least one scene, he's literally wearing an actual chain.

And this scene is the one in which he is most chained to his destiny as a demon. He is a prisoner, and he's trying to break free.

But in any case, what he's wearing isn't really at all like what the other demons are wearing. Just like how no other angel really has a bow tie like his.

Bringing us back to this scene...

So it's really too dark on my screen to see the details of Crowley's outfit, but it looks like he's not wearing anything EXCEPT for the turtleneck. He's usually wearing plunging, revealing things (aw, kind of like his heart is on display for Aziraphale), but not here. He's not wearing a scarf or anything, but he is very very much breaking the rules and going way beyond the boundaries of his job. He's ALSO under cover (lol).

And Aziraphale... Usually the studious rule-follower, he is shirking the rules here. Not completely, but he knows he's way out of bounds here. And he shows it with the complete and utter panic.

I never looked that closely at Crowley's neckwear before and omg I never noticed the chain! How absolutely heartbreaking. I don't believe he was wearing any neckwear in the 60s scene, but I'm not sure. His throat is covered up by the turtleneck while Aziraphale's is relatively exposed by the loose cravat.

It reminds me of the clip I saw of Neil Gaiman walking through Aziraphale's bookshop, explaining that the set design folks will be mad at him if he moves anything, because all of the books are there for a reason and placed precisely where they are because of some meaning probably the vast majority of people will never even think to wonder about.

Which really makes it all the more beautiful, if you think about it. The show is a love letter to humanity, and the act of connecting with other people. It is about the joy of loving and creating and cultivating this beautiful art together, even if the reason why we're all together is a little bit ineffable. The book was written by two people trying to make each other laugh, and the show was created by so many people who were all coming together to celebrate something they loved.

I MEAN compare the A’s, L’s, R’s, W’s, Y’s

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