@linart

why is nobody talking about nino’s bracelet it’s so darn cute

And as of today we know(according to his own tweet) that the writers themselves couldn't handle Chloé Bourgeois either. From the man himself, she was axed because people liked her, and they shoved the bully trio into the show. No rumors or speculation here. This happened.

He gives her a totally abusive and neglectful mother whose attention she is desperately seeking after, and then is surprised when people start to feel sympathetic towards her. Honestly, I think Astruc genuinely doesn't realize that when you write terrible parents, that makes the character an abuse victim. And then you write an abuse victim, you are obviously going to have a lot of people feel both sympathy and empathy for that character, and because of that they are going to be drawn to that character and want to see more of their story. The concept of "This 14 year old child is being completely neglected by their parents because they don't care about or love them" should be something that any show writer should immediately recognize as a chekhov's gun that leads to "they are going to either confront or be freed from that unloving and abusive parent". You can't then be mad when people want to see more content about Chloe, Adrien, Felix, and Kagami. You were the one who chose to write them this way.

Whatever man