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kyuani · 9 months

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opinion on the miraculous movie

Ok so the miraculous movie was okay for what it was i guess. But I'll never watch it again lol. And I'm not gonna act like it's better than the current show. The show is undoubtedly imperfect in writing, but it has more depth, more angst, and a background that will keep us watching it til the very end just to see how the execution will go down (even if it sucks at times 🙃). The story is SO heavy & that makes it super interesting. But if you're not interested in the angst, then sure, the movie universe will suit you fine ig?

I will say that I absolutely hated the fact that Cristina Vee wasn't the one singing for Marinette in the dub. As amazing of a singer as she is, why didn't they just have her do it?? At least the one who sang for Cat Noir had a similar tone to Bryce Papenbrook, so it worked. But it was WAY too obvious that Mari's singer & VA were two different voices, and it just... was very awkward to watch/hear. 😫

It was also a little frustrating to see Cat Noir still be a lil salty about the fact that his feelings wasn't returned. 😮‍💨 Like I get it, the person you have feelings for doesn't feel the same. It's not a good feeling. You feel crushed & have to mourn your loss of not- reciprocated feelings. But.... I don't understand this idea of "I'd rather fight by myself than with a partner who cares about me just bc they don't feel the same way about me that I feel about them (despite them not having to)" 🙃 Why would you get mad/petty/salty to the point of trying to do things by yourself when EVERYONE'S LIVES IS AT STAKE?!?

He's a kid and he's flawed, okay. It's still annoying af lol. At least he got to take his frustration of rejection out on Gabriel afterwards tho. 🤣 Probably my fave part of the whole film after Ladynoir's play fight. 🤭💓

In conclusion, the movie is okay. I still prefer the messy show tho. 🥴

#Um so yeah #I'm alive lol #I need to watch sonic forces s2 after this #And for anyone curious #Also watching my happy marriage #Will talk about that soon ig #But yeah #The movie was ok #The animation was stellar #And it's probably amazing for people who don't care about angst & just want a fluffy kiddie love story #But if you're looking for the depth that makes miraculous what it is #You're not gonna find it there #Cristina vee #Bryce papenbrook #Miraculous movie #Miraculous ladybug #ml movie salt

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quarterdollar · 9 months

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HI I'm assuming this is the main for gabrielagresteofficial, I can't remember the exact wording of the question I asked you, but generally what were your thoughts on movie Gabriel and the movie in general :3

HII YES YAY

so going in i was certainly expecting a PRETTY movie but not expecting anything much from the story……pokemon did an “alternative take on the main characters’ origins” movie too that was fun to watch once but nothing super memorable. PLUS you gotta take everything in ML with massive grains of salt to begin with. BUT!!! I WAS BEYOND PLEASANTLY SURPRISED!!!! WOW !!!!!!! i was NOT expecting them to actually wrap up the love square or the hawk moth conflict in a single film, let alone in a way that actually felt satisfying for every character involved. it felt like a huge callback to season 1 in the best way……everyone’s early-show characterizations are back, the ladynoir dynamic is super tastefully written and fun to watch, and overall it’s just a super sweet unapologetically earnest cornball of a movie. did you know that they are in love? they’re in loveee 😭😭

AND GABRIEL. OH MY GOD. HOLY SHIT. FUUUCCCK!!!!!! HIS EVERYTHING. because like. i love him forever and ever to the end of time in all forms Always. season 5 is insanely funny to me. but this man did NOT start as a heartless megalomaniacal asshole who turns his son into a vtuber and attacks random passerby on the street and buys twitter. he was just an extremely emotionally neglectful weirdguy once. we used to be able to go to his house and beg him to let adrien go to a birthday party and he’d break just a little and say yes. he was SO sad. and blonde. the filmmakers understood this. they brought us back to what we used to have. and then they gave us more by making him SO unbelievably mentally ill. saying he’s busy because he needs to go stand in a corner and brood. having meltdowns on the daily. passing out on the floor. CANONICALLY suicidal. jesus christ. but he’s ALSO still Hawk Moth bitch!!! he’s goofy and campy and a ham without the weight of Being Gabriel on him. being evil is awesome and fun actually. torment and hatred forever <3 and then they do a good job of showing how he falls further into it over time until he’s doing actually outrageous evil shit and attempting murder and going crazy and he’s SCARYY and gets the upper hand super easily and you’re like Good lord he is going to KILL these children. but then the power of love saves him because we do remember that he still has a soul. he takes the L and goes to jail while keeping his Shady Tendencies. that’s what i thought was gonna happen in the show too, once,

also i didn’t know it was a musical going in!! that was a magical surprise!! and then i was like Oh thank god they’re not making Bryce Papenbrook sing. and i was hoping and praying and begging that gabriel would get a song for obvious reasons, and also because i KNEW that if any VA was going to get to stay for that it was going to be Keith Silverstein. and sure enough he completely bodies the villain number and they even gave him a high note to hit!!! ohhh my god. INSANE moments in victor quarterdollar history. it Was weird that they dubbed cristina vee though. she does have a nice voice, i listen to her music. but other than that very good decisions across the board. exploded. died. will be watching again

#replies #sorry if this is long. i’m insane ❤️#ml movie #miraculous ladybug #gabriel agreste #ml movie spoilers #ml spoilers

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blueberry-macaron · 9 months

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Watched the movie and honestly it was fine. No groundbreaking cinematic masterpiece. No disasturous dumpster fire. Just an ok movie that felt like a fanfiction from s1

Here's some more thoughts I have. There's no structure it's a little chaotic. Also spoilers (duh)

The stuff I liked:

The music was good

THE ANIMATION IS GORGEOUS. The lighting in every scene is perfect, the city actually feels populated and the colors overall are so much prettier than in the show

I loved the akuma designs

They do a good job of establishing how Marinette, in the beginning, is very anxious, affected by Chloe's bullying and how she doesn't have friends. That works better than what the show tried to establish, about how Marinette had no friends but still being popular for some reason

Alya being a good friend

The way Adrien deals with the loss of his mother and how playing the piano brings him comfort and makes him feel close to her. Imo the show went overboard with how literally everything Adrien does is dictated by his dad and never something he might genuinely enjoy doing. The fact that he had this hobby made him feel like he was more than just a sad boi

Adrien also seems to struggle with not having many friends outside Nino. Works pretty well with the characterization that he's socially awkward after being homeschooled for most of his life

Generally this Adrien has more PV vibes? I‘m digging it ngl

Marinette's dad is the best

Fu's introduction to Marinette sure was something xD

Gabriel was a good villain character. The show version is just some weird ass goof who is a huge ass to his son and everyone, yet the show wants you to feel for him without giving us a reason to care. This version actually has complexity. He’s still an ass, but now the pain over loosing Emilie feels real. You also have him hesitating to use the butterfly but ultimately spiraling completely into an actually threatening villain.

the fight scenes looked great

Marinette is still clumsy and awkward towards Adrien but without being too cringe about it and doing stupid shit. It‘s just heart eyes and day dreams and some stuttering. She‘s still nervous but I never felt like Adrien brought oit her worst side like in the show. She was simply a girl in love. This was wholesome to watch and so much better than... whatever the fuck the show did with the fucking dating trauma to use for """comedy""" bc the show runners have zero respect for her seriously I'll never get over how fucking stupid that was Marinette honey you deserve so much better

I honestly think this is a better version of the square. Still heavily flawed, but their dynamic feels so much more natural. Ladynoir stuff was sweet

The end where Marinette looses the earrings and then saves Chat without the costume was a good scene

Most of their moments were just quiet moments between just the two without any outside forces and characters constantly pushing them together. This bothers me in the show so much and is another major reason I cant get behind the ship, but for the most part the movie has some gentle pushing here and there but no convoluted and stupid cringy plans. In that regard movie love square is superior

Nino had a thing for Alya from the start pretty much, unlike in the show where he was crushing on Mari five minutes before getting with Alya. I like them in both the show and the movie, but the way they got together in the show was a little meh

Nino getting screentime in general

The stuff I don't know how to feel about:

Careless whisper. It was silly goofy but especially the second time when Paris is on fire and we skip to Adrien's room where he sulks... yeah that tome switch really threw me off

Two different voice actors for singing an talking. The difference was very jarring and while good for Bryce, Cristina has the voice of an angel like cmon I need her to do at least a cover from one song

Gabriel's redemption. Ok so I'm a little torn because the way they did it ties in very well with the the "power of love" theme that his love for Adrien makes him realize his mistakes bla bla, but he still terrorized a city and yet faces zero consequences, and Adrien forgives him, which are all thing that really rub me the wrong way. Idk the franchise is so obsessed with painting this man in a sympathetic light and in order for this to feel truly satisfying Gabriel shouldn't have tried to destroy Paris like 5 minutes earlier. I see what they went for and thematically it worked but I just need Gabriel to be put in prison

Speaking of Gabriel, the Adrien Gabe relationship isn't as abusive as in the show. This isn't good or bad, but I still think (very unpopular opinion) the show doesn't handle abuse well at all bc the only point of the abuse is pity points in oder to get the fans to care about the characters. So taking that out of the movie where you have limited time to wrap this whole thing up might've been a smart decision

With the ending they sort of hinted at a sequel

The cut off kiss at the end. They still act like a love square kiss is something sacred that they can‘t just give their fans. Commit to it already

The stuff I didn't like:

The dialogue was… something. Marinette just asking her mom over breakfast how to make her dreams come true. Babe just just woke up, that deep convos are for late nights

Generally the dialogue in both the movie and the show is a little weird

Lika Alya‘s „people try really hard to fail as hard as you“ Marinette spilled some coffee it‘s not that hard

Even though I liked the portrayel of Marinette‘s anxiety, at times the went overboard with it

Going back to the Gabriel redemption, just let Adrien have negative feeling about Gabriel already. The s5 finale have him idolize him and here he just instantly forgives and forget

So the butterfly is a villainous tool by default? They could've fixed their messy lore but noooo

The scene where Marinette gets her miraculous feels rushed.

The way Adrien receives his miraculous. He was chilling in his room and suddenly a black cat shows up. He doesn't even have to proove himself like Mari when she almost got hit by a truck. The moment in the show was already weak but this is just fucking stupid

the first akuma was just some random dude. They should've used someone the main duo has a connection to

Chat being a lil bitch about Ladybug rejecting him. Hated it in the show, hate it here. They could've used the movie to fix Adrien and they didn't. Other than that being a dick move as so many people have explained millions of times now, I find this such a boring source of conflict for the climax of the movie? They worked well before and they both know they care for each other as partners and even if being rejected hurts, Chat acts like LB just threw their friendship away or something with how strongly he reacts to it. In the show it felt blown out of proportion and it does here as well. I think they should've had a different kind of conflict which actively hurt their partnership or Chat stops treating LB unfairly just because to her he‘s not a romantic partner.

The fart jokes. Though tbf this is a kids movie

The way Marinette falls for Adrien was extremely underwhelming. Adrien smiles at her and helps her get up and then just walks out of the library all like „she‘s so weird“. Could‘ve been fixed if he and Mari stayed in the library and had a little conversation

Also Adrien‘s introduction in general? He just chills in the library and… yeah that‘s it. I blame this on the writers of the movie cutting character introductions short because they assume the audience already knows the characters and therefore doesn‘t have to introduce them. I don‘t think that was a good choice

The Adrienette stuff was just a montage. Would've been nice to actually see them connect (though that was probably a time issue)

Also they didn't give any spotlight to Marinette's good qualities like selflessness and intelligence. Would've been nice to see her be more willing to be there for people and help them out with things as a result of her gaining more confidence

Seriously the montage was a big mistake and takes away a lot from what could've made the movie stand out

The reveal felt a lot like Adrien only loving Marinette because she's LB, which was a big reason for me to not ship Adrienette prior to the flip (not that I did after). Something like this would‘ve been believable in a setting where they didn‘t know each other as civilians I guess, but that doesn‘t work for the square. Had they actually shown Adrienette develop outside of a montage this would'be been way more believable and touching.

I think a reverse love square from the beginning would've worked better here, or they should've made the Ladynoir side canon

Adrien tells Marinette about his dead mom. Chat noir tells Ladybug about his dead mom. How does she not make the connection?

The "power of love" theme fell flat with Marinette. she doesn't have her moment of "oh I have to protect the people I love" like Tikki's dialogue suggests. There were multiple people at the theme park she could've spotted being in danger and that should've made her want to save them. Tom being there was literally the perfect set-up. The show does this with Alya being trapped under a car or something and Marinette seeing her

I also think the jump from anxious Mari to brave Mari didn't work. In both the show and the movie it just feels like she just decides to be confident now without really getting there through hard work. The motivation was there in the show (see previous point) but in both instances it just happened too fast. Let Marinette have time to really adjust to her new role

This would've worked if the movie didn't try to keep the show's formula of "villain of the week". Why are we getting a montage about that when there's already a whole ass show with five seasons where we already see that? This montage took up time that could've been used more effectively. The movie should've tried to be more of it's own thing, really shoud've tried to flesh out the characters more in a way the show doesn't. They didn't need LB and CN immediately competent and loved by the public after the theme park fiasco. Just use the run time of the movie to get adjusted to fighting crime on a weekly basis, have them fail to then fix their mistakes and learn from them. Why not do a training montage with the point of becoming better instead of flirting? The movie tries too hard to keep up the show formula and it takes away the quality the story could've had

Also in Marinette's case it felt like the only "power of love" that mattered was her partnership with Chat. Her family and friends weren't completely unimportant but definetely underutilized in that regard. Romantic love is not the only important love you know

Their powers of cataclysm and miraculous ladybug only came in at the very end. The built up could've worked if they spent more time showing how they become good and experienced heroes over time

Generally the climax was underwhelming. Gabriel learns Chat‘s identity and the damage is made undone like 10 seconds later

Adrien being like "yeah I didn't really get close to people after my mom died" what's with the Nino erasure smh

Luka wasn't important

Kagami wasn't even there

I think the end scene hinted at the sentimonster stuff and I wished they would've just not include that

Final thoughts

There are things the movie did better than the show and some things it didn't. They don't waste much time on establishing who the characters are because they expect viewers to already know that from watching the show. But like the show, they fail to use the concepts they've set up in an effective way. The movie not only tries to stay true to the show but is almost dependent on the audience knowing the series.

But yeah, the movie atmosphere was nice. Nothing extraordinary but also not super bad. It had s1 vibes and despite the problems I listed, I had a good time for the most part. Not a must watch but still fine

4/10

#ml movie #ml movie spoilers #ml review #long post #ml salt #about the movie and the show

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pan-flute-skeleton · 7 months

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10 Questions

Tagged by: @ir0n-moon Alright get ready for some Pan lore.

1. What's your phone wallpaper? A commissioned piece of Levy and Gajeel from Fairy Tail. I'd love to change it to one of my metalocalypse commissions but I just love those two so much.

2. Favorite singer? There are many to choose from, but one that has been consistent has been Andrea Bocelli. His voice can bring me to tears and his songs remind me of my grandpa

3. Favorite band? I'll name a handful: Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Lake Street Dive, Armor for Sleep and Cobra Starship

4. Favorite character of all time? All time? ALL TIME? Jeez putting the pressure on me here. I'd say Belle from Beauty and the Beast. I've always felt a special connection with her as a bookworm and falling in love with someone people don't expect me to.

5. Favorite book? Speaking of which, Panama by Thomas McGuane, American Fire by Monica Hesse, Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Ex Hex by Rachel Hawkins. You cannot tell a book lover to pick one favorite book!

6. Favorite movie? I'm gonna bring up some that may not be as common but I remember one that I saw on Netflix called Carrie Pilby from 2016 about this overachiever girl who's life gets turned around and she needs to bring herself down to reality. Meets some people along the way and learns about herself. Gee I can't imagine why I like the movie so much.

7. Favorite actor/actress? They're all fine I guess. I'm more into voice actors like Bryce Papenbrook and Cristina Valenzuela

8. Favorite YouTuber? Waaaay too many to count. But I gotta give a shout out to my favorite podcast, Beef Boys. It's such a fun group of guys and I love them all so much.

9. Do you drink? I'm a beer and wine girl now. I'll drink vodka on occasion.

10. If you were an animal what would you be? A cryptid living in the woods

Tagging: @plvtosun @procrazedfan @katusjuice @cruisingheightswithdragons

#metalocalypse #mtl oc #original character #ao3 writer #about me #tag game #answered

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its-your-girl-geekerella · 1 year

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The English Dub Trailer is HERE

And I refuse to stop making posts on these trailers.

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The voice acting is pretty...okay.

Master Fu sounds the same...

My first thought was that I couldn't tell that Chloe was Selah Victor. It was only when she said, "Friends don't run from friends who hate them!" that I could actually tell.

Hawkmoth sounds like Hawkmoth, but I can't get over THE OUTFIT.

Cristina is doing a fantastic job, as usual. The voice is a little deeper, though, and it makes me wonder if they'll define their grade in this movie.

I LOVE TIKKI SO MUCH. I can't wait for the rap!

WHAT is Bryce DOING!? The "bonjour"😭. "A WATERMELON?" Why was that so enthusiastic?! And omg his voice got so much deeper than the show; is he going for a teenage Batman voice? Like, the only thing I could do was CRINGE.

Okay, I know I just totally destroyed Bryce up there, but that last scene where they're in their civilian forms? 🤌 I LOVE it.

"Wait, what? No! It's not what you think." "Yeah, no." "That got awkward fast." This was my favorite exchange, and you know I've always loved Alya's voice actress. She's giving what needs to be given, that's all I'll say.

I can already tell that the scenes where they're civilians are going to be my favorite parts of the movie.

Once again, can't wait for the movie!

#miraculous movie #miraculous ladybug movie #miraculous ladybug #miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir #miraculous #miraculous awakening #ml movie #ml movie spoilers #ml movie trailer #miraculous movie spoilers #miraculous movie trailer #Youtube

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princessmeepa · 1 month

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I am going to pick the voice actors for my gods, RS’ dream cast for her LO live action is just for points and not even there to play the roles and she only picks her celebrity crush Mads to be Christian blue I know. So I am going to pick the voice actors who can fit my characters perfectly and here they are. So let’s start with the gods. Ok let’s gooo!

Note: some of the characters have the same voice actors and who voiced their characters from the same anime, because I want to fit some of the voices, who can fit my characters.

Adonis: Justin Briner, who voiced Hanako from Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

Amphimarus: Brian Timothy Anderson, who voiced Sousaku Yubiwa from Pretty Boy Detective Club.

Ampelos: Kyle Igneczi, who voiced Sosuke Mitsuba from Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.

Anteros: Aris Athanasopoulos, who voiced Hermes in Immortals: Fenyx Rising.

Apollo: Adam Croasdell, who voiced Apollo in Blood of Zeus.

Ares: Matthew Mercer, who voiced Levi from Attack on Titan.

Astraeus: Brad Swaile, who voiced Light Yagami / Kira in Death Note.

Cerberus: Landon McDonald, who voice Rampo Edogawa from Bungo Stray Dogs.

Charon: Clint Bickham, who voiced Shoichiro Yukimura in Maid Sama.

Chiron: Justin Doran, who voiced Daichi Sawamura from Haikyū!!

Cronus: Yuri Lowenthal, who voiced Dainsleif from Genshin Impact

Dionysus: Landon McDonald, who voiced Enmu from Demon Slayer.

Endymion: Max Mittelman, who voiced Resasuke from Aggretsuko

Erebos: Kirby Morrow, who voiced Teru Mikami from Death Note.

Eros: Vic Mignogna, who voiced Greece from Hetalia (if that is possible).

Ganymede: Howard Wang, who voiced Nagahiro Sakiguchi from Pretty Boy Detective Club.

Hades: Corey Hartzog, who voiced Kanato Sakamaki in Diabolik Lovers.

Helios: Jerry Jewell, who voiced Aion in Show By Rock.

Hephaestus: Clint Bickham, who voiced Kenma Kozume in Haikyū!!

Hercules: Bryce Papenbrook, who voiced Meliodas from The Seven Deadly Sins.

Hermes: Todd Haberkorn (my favorite) who voiced Hikaru Hitachiin from Ouran High School Host Club.

Hypnos: Greg Kasavin, who voiced Hypnos from Hades.

Morpheus: my former dream voice actor Billy Kametz, who voiced Rui from Demon Slayer (I love that guy 🥲) or Cory Yee, who voiced Hermes in Record of Ragnarok.

Nerites: Justin Briner, who voiced Mio Chibana from The Stranger by the Shore.

Ouranos: Jonah Scott, who voiced Sniper Mask from High-Rise Invasion in a Greek accent.

Pan: Todd Haberkorn, who voiced Keroro from Sgt. Frog

Phantasos: Vincent Tong, who voiced Touta Matsuda from Death Note.

Philomelus: Cristina Valenzuela, who voiced Bennett from Genshin Impact.

Phobetor: David Hurwitz, who voiced Mello / Mihael Keehl from Death Note.

Plutus: Jeannie Tirado, who voiced Norman in The Promised Neverland.

Poseidon: Bumper Robinson, who voiced Poseidon from Record of Ragnarok.

Tartarus: Erik Kimerer, who voiced Obanai Iguro from Demon Slayer in a Greek accent.

Thanatos: Chris Saphire, who voiced Thanatos from Hades.

Triton: Cory Yee, who voiced Gorou from Genshin Impact.

Zagreus: Darren Korb, who voiced Zagreus from Hades.

Zephyrus: Bryson Baugus, who voiced my Shoyo Hinata in Haikyū!!

Zeus: Ben Schwartz, who voiced Yogurt Cream Cookie from Cookie run Kingdom.

Demigods and heroes and mortals

Demigod/heroes

Achilles: Daman Mills, who voiced Milk Cookie from Cookie Run: Kingdom.

Asclepius: Adam Gibbs, who voiced Koshi Sugawara from Haikyū!!

Hector: Matthew Mercer, who voiced Hermes from Blood of Zeus

Helenus: Griffin Burns, who voiced Muichiro Tokito from Demon Slayer.

Hyacinth: Lucien Dodge, who voiced Zoisite (in a playful and funny tone) from Sailor moon.

Jason: Griffin Burns, who voiced Ryota Suzui from Kakegurui.

Iasion: Khoi Dao, who to voiced Herb Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom.

Odysseus: Liam O'Brien, who voiced Nephrite from Sailor Moon.

Orpheus: Greg Kasavin, who voiced Orpheus from Hades.

Paris: Jessie James Grelle, who voiced Armin Arlert in Attack on Titan.

Patroclus: Behzad Dabu, Lilac Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom.

Peleus: Kyle McCarley, who voiced Hitohito Tadano from Komi Can't Communicate

Perseus: David Matranga, who voiced Takumi Usui from Maid Sama.

Theseus: Cyrus Nemati, who voiced Theseus from Hades.

Mortals

Crocus: Josey Montana McCoy, who voiced Kaeya from Genshin Impact.

Icarus: Antony Del Rio, who voiced Pit from Kid Icarus.

Narcissus: Jalen K. Cassell, who voiced Thor from Record of Ragnarok.

Thamyris: Lucien Dodge, who voiced Ookami from Aggretsuko

What do you think?

#anti lore olympus #anti lo

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bewitchingomen · 1 year

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Miraculous Ladybug Passion English Dub Verdict

(Spoiler warning just in case)

I really enjoyed this! I like how Adrien sounds more grown-up as I noticed in the scene where he wakes up thinking about Marinette. I prefer how Chat Noir says sorry to Ladybug after he throws her over the bus and catches her. It is a softer, more tender apology than the French dub. I like how emotional he (Mister Bug) gets telling Safari (Nathalie) that she is loved.

I found Lady Noire’s cat puns and cat noises hilarious! It seems that Cristina may have taken a leaf out of Bryce’s book when it comes to being the perfect or should I say purrfect hero.

#Adrien Agreste #Marinette Dupain Cheng #Adrinette #Adrienette #Ladybug #Chat Noir #Ladynoir #Mister Bug #Lady Noire #Mister Noire #Miraculous Ladybug Spoilers #Passion Spoilers #Miraculous Ladybug English Dub #Miraculous Ladybug #Cristina Vee #Bryce Papenbrook

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bookaddict24-7 · 2 years

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(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (August 2nd, 2022)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) by Cristina Fernandez

You, Me, & Our Heartstrings by Melissa See

Bloody Fool for Love by William Ritter

Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin

It Sounds Like This by Anna Meriano

What’s Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla

Bad At Love by Gabriela Martins

The Stars Between Us by Cristin Terrill

Don’t Go to Sleep by Bryce Moore

Sadie Starr’s Guiding to Starting Over by Miranda Luby

The Brink by Holden Sheppard

Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin

New Sequels:

My Imaginary Mary (Mary #2) by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows

The King Will Kill You (Kingdoms of Sand and Sky #3) by Sarah Henning

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Happy reading!

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princess-of-the-corner · 1 year

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There should be an uncut take of the identity reveal along with what is actually recorded in the show. Just Cristina and Bryce and probably Carrie venting their frustration at the ridiculousness (utter ridiculousness) of the situation with no filter. (Ad-libbed, most probably, which would just make it funnier.)

I'm not really much for over-the-top swearing (I avoid swearing in general), but when done well it can be hilarious. And it can certainly express all of their (and our) feelings on the Love Square nonsense.

Honestly the whole cast should just have a blooper reel of them reacting to this nonsense.

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transboykirito · 1 year

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Is there a change you don’t care about in the anime or do you love/ hate all of them?

i’m entirely neutral on the avatar’s voices. in the light novels their voices are supposed to sound different in-game vs irl but i honestly don’t mind that the anime keeps them the same. i understand why they didn’t change their voices, they’d have to hire two voice actors for almost every character which would present its own problems etc. it would’ve been cool to see but i adore all their voices anyway so i’m not mad about it

and we do actually see that acknowledged in the anime too, kayaba and heathcliff have two different voice actors and mito changes her avatar’s voice when she’s playing as a male character. we’re just kinda meant to use our suspension of disbelief and i’m cool with that (also do not rob me of the opportunity to hear more of bryce papenbrook, cherami leigh, todd haberkorn or cristina vee. i would’ve gotten violent.)

#anon #asks #for reference sinon’s voice sounds higher and more feminine than shino’s #asuna’s voice just sounds Different kazuto’s too emotional to describe it specifically

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fu-cough · 1 year

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this is a cristina vee and bryce papenbrook positivity blog

good bc they're awesome and completely embraces their unhinged characters i love them

#asks

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ultraericthered · 1 year

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Anime Update V2 48

Hunter x Hunter - Three whole episodes spent on the strangest and most intense game of doge ball, with Gon and the others playing against Razor and his pirate team, in the process learning that what they thought was the inside of a virtual Nen-created game is in fact a very real place. And Hisoka hogging the glory by hitting the ball back to Razor and using his Bungee Gum on it just so he could get the win was marvelous. The backstory between Razor and Ging was a bit of groaner in how specific what Ging laid out for Razor was, but it did provide good context into why Razor is like how he is today. But then, who should come calling but Genthru, just in case you’d forgotten!

Fruits Basket - Initial episode I watched focused on Tohru in a visit to the Sohma Estate where she tended to matters with Kureno and Momiji. The Momiji content was great, the Kureno content not so much, though we did get a tease at Akito’s mother, Ren Sohma. The next episode showed more promise, so I watched it and was not let down. Just a whole episode of our leading high schooler pals on a class trip in Kyoto is rewarding in a way you don’t even care that not much is advanced, you enjoy watching these characters that much. (Only odd thing is that the Prince Yuki Fanclub is set up stalking Yuki from a distance early in but it doesn’t go anywhere! If they were following the whole while, did they just end up laughing too hard at Yuki’s embarrassing routine with his Student Council buddies to actually do anything?) Next time, though, is going to hurt, I can tell.

Date A Live S4 - Kurumi finally showed Shido, and the audience, her backstory of how she met the Spirit of Origin and became a Spirit, fighting and killing the lesser evolved Spirits only to end up learning that all Spirits begin as human, even taking the life of her best friend due to Mio’s deception. While it was an interesting backstory, the very end sort of took away from it, as Mio exposits a lot of details that are so weirdly phrased and unclear that it came out unintelligable!

Re:ZERO - Not this time. Must ready myself for the turning point...

Fate Stay/Night: Unlimited Blade Works - Yes, I know this was the title of a movie I already watched, but now I’ve started the series version! I love already that I’m back to events that followed Fate Zero, but this time we’re looking at things primarily from Rin’s POV. Mela Lee in this role has only gotten better, loved hearing (though not seeing) Kirei again, and Cristina Vee and Kyle McCarley as Sakura and Shinji Matou respectively work as well, if not even better than their predecessors. Kaiji Tang’s Archer took some getting used to, but once he dropped the jerkass facade and being more cool and straightforward, it was really working for me. The only voice I do not care for is Bryce Papenbrook as Shirou. Just...no. He makes him sound like Nagito. Bring Sam Reigel back, plz? And I guess now I have two nickels ‘cause an hour long series premiere of a Fate franchise anime ending right as we first see Saber happened twice!

Symphogear G - Got to hand it to this show. Going into this climax, they could’ve played it safe and just given us the Good Guys VS the Bad Guys for one final time, but they make it more complicated by having one from each side swap teams at the 11th hour (Shirabe’s now with the Good Guys and Chris is with the Bad Guys), having the lead baddie dying and unable to stop what she helped to start, and having poor Maria stuck in a chamber with Dr. Ver, the true psycho bastard in all this. I’m super pumped to see how this all turns out!

MAR - The Ginta VS Ash battle finally came and while it was quite interesting on Ash’s end that he didn’t want to kill or seriously harm Ginta since he’s still a kid and Ash is friend to all children, but from Ginta we just got more of the same “I hate Phantom and what the Chess Pieces do!” righteous fury. But hey, Ash ends up foreiting the fight to Ginta AND we even briefly see Ashs’ face behind the skull mask! And he’s just...some good looking dude! Who’d have thunk it?

Gintama - It felt like such a long wait, but finally we have Sacchan! Though the premiere already showed us what she’s all about, her proper debut does well in showing her discovering that kinky, masochistic side of herself and starting to bring it out more in sneaky ways as she’s working her plan to lay low from the literal rat bastard she’d been out to assasinate. It meanders a bit in places, but that’s more than made up for when Gin and Sacchan raid the rat’s hideout, with so much of the situation and the dialogue from all the characters being hilarious. And so, when Sacchan left only to come back literally the very next day for more kinky stuff with Gin, it felt all too right.

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Yuki Yuna Is A Hero - Finally, I’ve seen the last three episodes that make up the climax and finale of the initial series, where Yuna, Fuu, Itsuki and Karin fight against a huge horde of Vertex unleashed by Togo and have to stop them from killing the Shinju Sama and with it, destroying the entire world. It’s definitely a case where I can say I really enjoyed it, BUT. And in this case the “BUT” would be that the lead-in to the finale, what literally makes it all happen, is straight up contrived nonsense. Pulling a “this is the dark, despair-inducing TRUTH of the world you live in and fight for” twist without having put in the worldbuilding effort to really earn it just kind of takes a dump on the integrity of the Heroes Club and their nice little slice-of-life regular setting, and it feels like it was just done to throw a Madoka takeoff on top of an already implemented Madoka takeoff, as well as serve as a cheap and convenient way to justify Togo taking a leap right into “kill everything and end it all!” nihilism. I also don’t think we needed to see Sonoko again, and what was done, or NOT done, with the Taisha was beyond disappointing given the earlier build-up, though I hear that it finally ended up happening in one of the later seasons. But I can’t say it took me out of it completely and that I wasn’t engaged in the action from start to finish, nor that the second half of the final episode didn’t get to me. Seiji Kishi really knows how to make good on the heartfelt moments and I just love the Hero Club girls so much that I wanted more than anything to see them all happy in the end. Thankfully they are, and as later seasons prove, they always will be.

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lunastar92 · 2 years

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MLB S4 Spoilers.

Scroll at your own risk. Just kidding.

#miraculous the tales of ladybug and chat noir #miraculous #cat noir #marinette dupain cheng #maricat #ship #ml love square #one part of the love square #spoilers #miraculous spoilers #ml spoilers #va #voice actors #cristina vee #bryce papenbrook #i love this ship

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ladybugs-and-black-cats · 2 years

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Miraculous Holiday Cheer

Christmas is a week away! How did that happen!? So, today, I come with some thoughts about the Miraculous Christmas episode...yes, that one with the songs!

If there’s one thing to know about me first, I’m a dub supporter. I will also opt to watch the English dub of Miraculous, if it’s available (although, I will admit that watching the newest episode premieres in other subs with no subtitles and literally no context, sometimes, is really fun too!). That being said, I’ve only watched the Christmas musical episode in English dub.

So, that brings me to this question...why so much hate and dislike? I mean, sure the voice actors aren’t perfect, but it’s not like they are paid to sing that often. The songs are catchy (I always have them in my head for weeks after watching) and let’s not forget that they are written for a kid’s show, so...yeah, they’re cheesy, but I find that to be part of the appeal.

In an effort to not make this post massively long, I want to share my thoughts on my two favorite songs from the middle of the episode...and yes, I am totally watching them both on repeat as I type these thoughts. How did you guess? 😆

Cat in the Night

Okay, so, admittedly, this is the song that seems to get the most hate from English dub watchers. Purrsonally, I think Bryce Papenbrook did a great job. I mean, he’s even admitted to not being a good singer and struggling with his songs in the episode. You know, the finished product is not terrible. Trust me, I’ve heard worse!

I dig the rock music background in this song. I feel it matches really well for character because his transformation music (at least in this season) was very rock-and-roll too.

Also, can I just say how much I love angry Adrien! Like, there is so much bite in his words, even in song. The range of emotion that Bryce can portray with this character is amazing. (I’m thinking about adding a more in-depth post about this in the new year!)

Speaking of emotion... “Cat-a-clysm...!” How quickly the emotion switches from anger to remorse. I love it! It’s so convenient that there was a standing Adrien Agreste advertisement nearby for Cat Noir to destroy! 😆

“I’m cold and alone. I don’t want to be in pain.” My heart! The sadness in these lines amplified by the emotion in Bryce’s voice. I really just want to give Cat Noir a hug! 😢

The song continues then with Plagg’s song and...I’m sorry, but English dub Plagg is best Plagg! 😆 I love his little voice! (I sense another Tumblr post about English dub Plagg appreciation coming up sometime in the New Year too!)

I know some are hoping that another singer will record the songs for Awakening, but I’d prefer Bryce. He has such a distinct voice that would be really hard to replicate.

The Boy That I Secretly Love

This is admittedly my favorite song in this special...and probably out of any song in this whole series! (Although, I really want a full version of “Big Bang” because that song rocks!)

Before watching this special, I had no idea how great of a singer Cristina is! (Yes, I live under a rock! Shh! 😆) I looked her up on Spotify after this and...wow, just wow!

This song is so great that I can honestly forgive that the translation doesn’t quite match the mouth movements onscreen. It hurts my OCD a bit but the song is so awesome!

I especially connect with the second half of this song (“If you never know it’s true, I’ll be there for you. You’re the boy that I secretly love, but what would you do if you knew what’s true? That’s why I so secretly love you.”) These are the lines that were the most inspiration for me when writing the final chapter of “All I Want For Christmas (Is You)”.

My one complaint about “The Boy That I Secretly Love”...I wish it was much longer! It’s so good and I have to play it several times every time I listen to it. Cristina, could we have an extended version, please? 😆

Final Thoughts

Over a year ago now, I found these songs on YouTube. At the time I was only partway through watching Miraculous for the first time, but my curiosity got the better of me and I watched a compilation video of all the songs from this episode.

I put off watching this episode until I was caught up in the show, since Netflix has it listed separately. Speaking of, why does Netflix speed up “The Boy That I Secretly Love” so much!? Anyway, part of the reason why I put off watching this episode was because I figured I’d seen it. I watched the songs. What more was there? Oh, how wrong I was! There was still enough not shown in between the songs to make the episode enjoyable.

Every time I hear these songs now, it takes me back to the blissful days when I first watched the series...before season 4 came out. And, y’know...I’ve marathoned these two songs so much that now I think it’s time for me to go rewatch the whole episode! Happy holidays and stay paw-some! 🐞🐾

#miraculous ladybug #santa claws #cat in the night #the boy that I secretly love #bryce papenbrook #cristina vee

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