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#I can't add another list to my essays in working but someone else feel free to make a post of your own about this!
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Oh my God I just noticed that the conflict between Gabriel and Félix in "Gabriel Agreste" is a DIRECT parallel to Gabriels and Adriens conflict in "The Collector"! I mean its kinda obvious that these two episodes are linked to each other but I only now realize how MUCH dialog, scenes and other elements are DIRECTLY mirroring each other!
I have way, WAY too many ml essay-posts in the working again and I just can't add another one to the list now. So I'm just letting you guys know of this observation and hope somebody else will pick up on this so I can latch onto someone elses post to add my points lol
Still here are some bullet points for some else to have an easier start (in no particular order):
At the end of "the collector" Marinette gives Gabriel the Grimoire and at the end of "Gabriel Agreste" Ladybug gives SentiGabe a protection charm. Both of those items are the reason why the villains have a solid advantage over the heros
Both Adrien and Félix incorporate a variation of the reasoning "I don't know you but I want to" when they are confronted by Gabriel. Both of these sentences are the point where Gabriel escalates on them. With Félix he agrees that, no, he doesn't know him and that's the only reason why Félix even DARED to try to trick him, which was then followed by Gabriel "opening up" to Félix about how dangerous of a man he actually is and that Félix is better off NOT knowing him. He did all of this to trick Félix into doubting his suspicious of Gabriel being Hawkmoth while also trying to akumatize him through it. Whereas in Adriens case that line basically brought the conversation to an immediate end for Gabriel, basically completely shutting off from his son. After he let Adrien know that he won't go back to public school again Gabriel came up with a plan on how he can cover up his tracks and punish Adrien into obedience (and him not snooping around in his office again) at the same time. In both episodes the akumatization of the collector comes to be because of either Adrien or Félix angering Gabriel and him weaponizing said anger, but in Adriens case he felt outright BETRAYED by his son, emotions he doesn't have with Félix.
Both episode have Adrien hear Gabriel say that something is the last thing he has left from his wife. In Félix case it's the ring and for Adrien it's the Grimoire and Adrien himself.
In both episodes Adrien is left of with a false positive impression of his father. In "the collector" Marinette asked Gabriel to not let his son know that SHE was the one who gave the Grimoire back to Gabriel and pleaded with him to let Adrien go back to school. So Adriens things Gabriel just saw reason on his own when he gave him the permission to go back to school at the end. In "Gabriel Agreste" Adrien is made to believe (by some SERIOUSLY BOLD lying by the Graham de Vanilys and Gabriel having to play along to save face lol) that Gabriel gave Félix the twin ring by his own choice, only tried to take it away from Felix again this episode because of sudden grief but then came around again to give it back to Felix. Basically, both episodes left Adrien off with a false positive impression of his father that will be crushed in the future.
That's it for the moment. There is so much more but I can't write it down right now, but I will add more to this post here or someone else's post in the future
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