#mircaulous ladybug

I just finished the story who was making by @buggachat

It ——is——so—-coooooooooool😭😭😭

💃Bakery—-Enemies 💃

here are a few

based on a shitty list made at 2 am

And now, with Adrien fully on his own and trying to find himself, it’s fully coming to light just how different he is, now that he isn’t subtly being controlled. (The fact he pretty much said he only feels passionate about who he is as chat noir is a whole other can of worms I can’t even get into omg)

Nathalie has a lot of feelings on Gabriel at the moment.

And I figured if I was doing this race for the miraculous plot line I had to give Gabe at least 1.

At first, he starts acting really really nice to her. Sure he already treated her better than the average staff but now it's bordering on flirting. Which confuses the heck out of Nathalie because she is well aware he is as devoted to Emelie as ever.

Part of her wants to be happy most of her is confused because Gabriel just- doesn't act like this? He keeps acting like he's going to suddenly lose her?

While some- you could even argue most- of what Gabriel is feeling is genuine. Nathalie was on deaths door in the old timeline, and suddenly losing your most trusted friend didn't exactly feel good. But he is very much so using his additional knowledge about Nathalie to manipulate her.

Which only gets him so far because it did not occur to Gabriel that Nathalie wouldn't be down with the blatant child murder! Sure she could overlook the akuma, but giving Lila the broken peacock when he clearly knew how to fix it is a major line to cross.

Now, Nathalie still misses Emelie, cares about Blake, and doesn't want Lila to die no matter how much of a brat she is. So now she's locked into the scheme for the sake of setting things right and clearing her conscious.

She intends to make the wish instead of Gabriel to ensure he can't fuck it up (valid).

And honestly, that's so concerning. How little control and choice must someone have over their life to react this way? In the end, when they finally ask him what he wants... he says he doesn't know himself. He's happy to let Marinette make the decision for him, and it's obvious that he wants Marinette wants for him, it's obvious to everyone except him.

He never voices out loud what he wants, such as how obviously he wants Nathalie to hug him back and show him affection at the beginning of his episode. And his shirt was so wrinkled! I think he's struggling more than ever, but he's so good at acting that he's fine– he's so well put together. I fear he doesn't even know how much he's struggling himself. He constantly says he doesn't know how he's feeling himself, which means he is very disconnected with his emotions. People who are very repressed say such things, people who never had chances to explore their feelings themselves, never got the freedom or choice to express themselves. Adrien doesn’t voice his wants, not because they don’t exist, but because he’s never been given the space to acknowledge them. The moment he does, he risks confronting just how deeply he craves something he believes he can’t have. So, he keeps moving, keeps smiling, keeps convincing everyone— himself included, that he’s fine.