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jacquesthepigeon

I want words for how the series fails as a love story but I don’t have them

jacquesthepigeon

For starters they don’t have a common goal

They don’t grow together

They bring out the worst in each other/they don’t push each other to be better

The crew went out of their way to disprove through WOG that anything indicative of mutual attraction was phooey

Their friendship barely made it out in tatters after the simple “obstacle” of Ladybug getting a promotion at work

Their ultimate canonization is abrupt, unfounded, and unconvincing

The characters are infinitely more interesting as individuals (not necessarily a bad thing) than they are as a dynamic (here lies the problem)

3/4 of the square are severely underdeveloped

Like are they actually friends when they’re not super?

The way they choose to push the romantic aspect is more annoying than anything

Uhhh more

jacquesthepigeon

No power of love jfc how could I forget that one

lostuntothisworld

”The crew went out of their way to disprove through WOG that anything indicative of mutual attraction was phooey”

WHAT LMAO

jacquesthepigeon

I haven’t kept track of each instance but there were multiple times that guy took to twitter to tell people they were misinterpreting scenes that could be read as romantic

hella-marshmella

They went out of their way in Weredad to disprove there was any attraction between Chat & Marinette, along with that guy pretty much admitting that the Mari///chat corner of the square Can Not happen (so any actual romantic development that could’ve happened with them was dead in the water):

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Cause the idea that Adrichat and/or Maribug could like both sides of the other’s identity at the same time is ridiculous apparently…

Aug 23 2023  |  21 notes

jacquesthepigeon

I wouldn’t say the show falls into supremacist territory but it definitely only cares about POC as far as whatever exoticism they bring to the overall aesthetic

jacquesthepigeon

Like the show has a lot of variety in term of character ethnicity but they can’t be assed to actually treat said ethnicities with care and respect so we end up with a group of perfectly assimilated but foreign-looking immigrants/diaspora descendants (who are occasionally literally white-washed) that exist for the sole purpose of earning the crew brownie points

A crew which constantly ignores or ridicules POC fans critiques and complaints regarding how they’re represented so like

Yeah

jacquesthepigeon

The show runners are full-blooded french imperialists and it shows

My god do they love imperialism (lookin at the flag scandal)

jacquesthepigeon

They literally ended a critique on police brutality by claiming POC are somehow responsible for the violence they’re subjected to

jacquesthepigeon

Anyway I never wanna hear peeps defending this show’s POC rep ever again

At this point you have to be willingly and knowingly choosing to ignore all the shit going on

Aug 23 2023  |  41 notes

jacquesthepigeon

Imagine choosing “series Marinette’s complete whitewashing and alienation from her mother’s culture is better than movie Marinette’s scrapped immigrant storyline” as your hill

jacquesthepigeon

I’ve already gone on at length about why series Marinette’s canon plot and relationship with her heritage doesn’t work especially in the hands of the current crew so imma spare you guys but

If you’re really going to argue on my own damn posts against immigrant Marinette being the better option you need at least one good leg to stand on and canon has provided you with none

Aug 23 2023  |  27 notes

bogleech

In a better world the muppets would have been treated so much like actual actors that they wouldn’t have been owned by any brand but would have their own individual careers playing roles in various movies regardless of whether they are “muppet movies.” Just any random guy in any random movie could have been kermit like it’s no big deal.

Aug 23 2023  |  19,307 notes