I just had this weird realization about Kagami and Luka that Iām not sure Iāve seen anywhere before. Stop me if I sound nuts lol
Theyāre direct foils for Ladybug and Adrien.Ā
āDuh, Becca, thatās why theyāre in the show at all.āĀ
Kagami is bold, very sure of herself, quick on her feet, intelligent. All of Ladybugās best qualities, but with very little of Marinetteās empathy and compassion. Kagami isnāt heartless, obviously, weāve seen that. But, imo, she doesnāt have the level of kindness Marinette does. I mean, the girl helped Adrien, her crush, go on a date with someone else. That seems pretty selfless to me, and Iām not sure Kagami would do the same.Ā
Luka is soft and very kind, and is probably the character in the show with the most compassion save for like, Rose. He is gentle with Marinette, flirts with her delicately, and letās her go when he knows that he has to. Aka, Adrienās best qualities.Ā
Marinette falling for Luka is her picking out Adrienās qualities, and Adrien falling for Kagami is him seeing Ladybugās. But because thatās all there is to Luka and Kagami, because Luka doesnāt have Chatās wit and snark and personality, because Kagami doesnāt have Marinetteās compassion and empathy, they donāt click.Ā
Basically what Iām saying is that their mixed personalities are what made them fall for each other. Singling out only one side of the personality, as Thomas has done with Kagami and Luka, proves that they wonāt work as a couple until they know the whole truth.Ā
Weāve seen their attraction to each other using this, too. In Glaciator, Chat Noir switches to his personality as Adrien, soft, open, vulnerable, and we visibly see Marinette react positively towards that, because previously she had only seen him as a goofy, fun loving partner.Ā
When Marinette takes charge of situations, be that standing up for herself in front of Chloe or anything regarding her class representative position, Adrien is (usually) proud of her for doing so, and commends her on her good work (the one example I can think of where he doesnāt is Malediktator, but thatās because he was genuinely upset at Chloe leaving).Ā
One personality or the other doesnāt do it for the love square. They need both to work well.Ā