#ledithoughts

Seeing the elation gifs first, with The Kiss, it was the sweetest, most tender feeling ever. I was over the moon!

The actual episode... The whole flirting on the balcony scene, the glances during The Kiss, it all felt so awkward and cringy (tho fun too), it solidified for me that Marinette is straight up sprinting away from her feelings for Adrien and desperately clinging to what feels for her to be safest right now, Chat Noir. Because she's been through a lot with him, she feels like she truly knows him and that's why she says his mask is unimportant, because maybe she thinks her love for chat noir can never blind her the way her love for Adrien did.

It doesn't last long, her near akumatization proves her so wrong, she's not safe with Chat Noir either. (THO IF U REALLY THINK ABOUT IT SHE WAS, SHE WAS BOTH TIMES BECAUSE ADRICHAT WAS THERE FOR HER TO KEEP HER FROM FALLING ALL THE WAY)

She's left alone wondering if there will ever be anyone to love her.

But her problem isn't actually the boys, it's herself. Becoming Ladybug, then the guardian, it was always whether she could rise up to the challenge, whether she could trust herself, her judgement, her instincts.

And now she's off her game.

Her love happened to be (in her vision) a catalyst for two of her greatest fears materializing: losing the miraculous (Adrien) and (almost) being akumatized (Chat Noir).

So even if she'll finally find a boy that will love her, it won't solve anything for her. Not until she'll learn to sit down with her complicated feelings. It's Kiss Kiss, Marinette!!

how much swag can u fit in a pic

best design of hers

Chat noir's reaction to Scarabella was natural, you see a ladybug wannabe out of the blue? you stay on your guard. Oh she's legit and no one thought to give you a heads up? Well that ain't right either.

Alya was relatable af. Getting the ladybug miraculous dropped on you out of the blue is a lot. She got stressed and suddenly started coming up with over the top excuses (a natural reaction or Marinette influence?).

Also, i loved Alya's excitement, what would you do if you got to be your favorite super hero for one day? She likes superheroes, she enjoys herself and having fun, she's headstrong and clever.

Chat noir adapting much faster to working with her than she did to working with him speaks to his experience i think. But also to his character. We see he was still sad at the end of the episode, but he didn't take it out on Alya. Yes, he was snappy in the beginning, of course, he needed an adjustment period. But he trusted Scarabella, even not knowing where the plan was headed, even after she made some mistakes. He knows what it takes to be a team.

That trust doesn't come out of nowhere. It's there because he and Ladybug had build a very solid base in the beginning, working together and trusting each other. Unfortunately, that base needs to be maintained otherwise it erodes with time. Chat is using that base to go on, but the more it erodes, the harder it'll be for him to go on the way he had in the past.

Either way, Chat Noir & Scarabella make a damn good team.