This is such a small thing to focus on in the midst of everything else that happened, but I was OBSESSED with the quick, one-second reactions everyone in this episode had to discovering someone else's identity.
Nathalie dropping the fact that she used the peacock miraculous to Ladybug, and Ladybug's expression when it cut back to her. The horror in her face where you can tell she's thinking "oh my gosh, this was Mayura." Marinette quickly saying to Plagg that this is where Monarch lives while they're in Adrien's house, and Plagg's subsequent "WHAT?!" Monarch pulling whom he knew to be an untransformed Ladybug out of the cupboard, and the utter shock in his voice when he said "Marinette Dupain-Cheng?!" I am obsessed.
Yeah, all this other crazy stuff is happening, and maybe it's not the direction a lot of us thought the story would take (I certainly have my feelings about what it took to get to this point but admittedly I thought the execution of this episode was pretty epic) but these little identity reveals are the CORE of this show, the idea of them was what got me so hooked on it back when I first started watching, and it is SO COOL AND SATISFYING seeing some of them happening on screen.
When I was 14 years old and forced to make the Catholic sacrament of Holy Confirmation and to choose a saint after which I would be named… in a covert act of subtle defiance undetected by my teachers, I requested that I be allowed to choose not a saint, but Eve.. to pay homage to the woman given to Adam in the Garden of Eden who failed the test of obedience. I never told anyone, but the more I work with my inner child, the more I love that little girl and wish I could be her friend.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway and Maud Angelica Behn attend Emma Tallulah Behn's confirmation at Fornebu hovedgård in Fornebu, Norway -September 3rd 2023.
if you ever need confirmation that good people still exist, just take a look in the mirror. here you are comforting others with the words you wish you have heard when you needed them. treating others with kindness and gentle care despite of how rarely you received the same. staying even if you were abandoned because your heart simply can’t give up on people so easily. good people - your people - exist out there and I pray you don’t give up before you find them. they will love you in all the right ways and they will stay even if it gets tough.
just want to remind everyone that you're allowed to say "stop." Or "I need a minute", or "let me catch my breath". I forget myself sometimes and it's nice to have it affirmed. Honor your needs. 🖤