#thewarmembraceofshadow

Most salt content is uninterested in examining the social pressures that would lead Marinette to developing the flaws she has/could have

There's intentional subtext that Adrien and Sillynette are equally maladjusted, Adrien's obsessions are just more subtle and therefore MUCH more insidious

^ Adrien and everyone involved in the story are portrayed uncharitably, often with new flaws added ex nihilo for dramatic irony or to suit their adjusted roles/the themes of the story (Luka is blatantly misogynistic and Kagami is blatantly homophobic but nobody's ever read far enough to accuse TWEoS of being Luka or Kagami salt.)

In the event I truly wanted Adrien to be the protagonist of the show, would I not want to write a story that's beat-for-beat canon instead of massively rewriting his character to fit a completely different narrative?

...Not to show my hand too much here, but a problem I have with a lot of this platform's salt and the reason I never directly involve myself in those circles is that I find most of it to be derivative and quite poorly articulated! The discussion I'm willing to partake in regarding the show can be both laudatory and critical, and what I actually want to avoid is mindless, unhelpful repetition. Just about every school of thought in this fandom is guilty of this.

(I am very particular about who I interact with accordingly.)

The anon who gave me the excuse to say all this out loud knows who they are. I am not necessarily on "your side" just as I am not on the "other side", and while I'm here I want to rebuke the idea that I'm liable for everything my followers or mutuals say. I can and often will disagree with their interpretations or their tastes because no two minds are the same, and for the record, I think any follower of mine trying to invoke a slave/slaveowner relationship between Adrien and Marinette is making an incredibly poor choice!

"How could I ever be okay with that?! I need to wake up more than anything. You and me and everybody, why should we just sit and let some construction dictate our lives? Why should I be content to have anybody tell me what I’m supposed to say and do?"

It was only when he heard Claudia's footsteps reach him that time seemed to flow again. Had she not suddenly been there, now standing perhaps a meter away to his side, Adrien could've sworn he would have been stuck there forever, looking into his own eyes and wondering things he knew were unanswerable. Of course, as was often the case, she didn't realize her own importance in this, and simply brought a finger to her lips.

"Mm," she hummed. "I was wondering why you'd stopped here."

Adrien's gaze (and his heart) both sunk to the floor quite rapidly. Claudia read the placard to Émilie’s wax statue, muttering the words into her finger. Glanced over to him for a moment. To the younger Adrien, then to Émilie.

"Guess she was called the Prettiest Woman In The World for a reason, huh?" she drolled. "Her nose is nice. It’s… it's triangle-y. Nice triangle nose."

Claudia drew out the silhouette of Adrien's nose over her own with forefinger and thumb, then let her hand drop back to her side.

The more that chat noir and ladybug parallel makima and denji

With chat noir seemingly a bit desperate for his lady's approval

And where Claudia is a non Canon reze

You're not the first person to mention that!! I've always found Denji and Tweosdrien in particular to have a decent amount of parallels, which is fun because I really love Chainsawman and hope that the tone of TWEoS and how it handles its darker topics comes off similarly (if not, hopefully, better...?).