#le papillon

[your-art-is-gay]

Emilie Graham de Vanily spent her life training to be a ballerina. All she wanted to do was perform. One of her most famous performances was that of the ballet Le Papillon. It was there on that set that she met Gabriel Agreste---only a seamstress's assistant at the time, with big dreams of becoming a famous fashion designer one day.

Unfortunately, Emilie's time in the spotlight as a ballerina would be short-lived. A devastating injury sharply ended her career. Hoping to achieve the next best thing, Emilie turned her sights to becoming an actress. Another flame, it seemed, destined to burn out too quickly...

#did I spend entirely too much time playing around with the lighting and texture on this illustration? yes yes I did #can anybody spot the easter eggs in this? #artemus does art #miraculous ladybug au #miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir #miraculous ladybug #emilie agreste #le papillon

[xhanisai]

Prompt 24 for Ladynoir?

24 - Getting caught kissing.

Ladybug's future father-in-law does not approve LMAO.

Hope you liked this, Sweets <3333

Kiss Prompt Asks - CLOSED

#my art #my asks #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug and chat noir #ladynoir #ladybug #chat noir #le papillon #tsk tsk tsk ramadan is like next week as well look at them fooling around

[taldigi]

just wondering, is the PV your absolute favorite pre canon iteration or do you like other ones more?

its this one, actually. Ladybug "Classic" or, more specifically it's "Null Era" (since this is when Null was a major antagonist.) It's a really refined version of really early QK concepts and such. It has a tight cast, a good rouges gallery, a big overarching threat (Null) and story (recapturing the lost kwami) and a really appealing art style that had an underlying gothic feel.

#Anonymous #digit's miraculous tag #felix sphinx #marinette cheng #plagg #tikki #ladybug #chat noir #ladybug pv #le papillon #le mime #mr. pigeon

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905) Le papillon, 1893

#William Adolphe Bouguereau #William Bouguereau #Bouguereau #art #fine art #european art #classical art #european #europe #oil painting #fine arts #europa #mediterranean #le papillon #1800s #female portrait #female #portrait #brunette #woman #portrait of a girl #classical painting #painting #le papillon 1893 #the butterfly 1893 #black hair

[idrawprettyboys]

Papillon!! 🦋

I couldn’t resist sharing this one right away. I really just wanted to draw 1) his gorgeous lips and 2) a butterfly on his finger. It turned into a very nice drawing. I’ll probably paint him later. …He’s kinda hot to me now. I had to ignore the show’s stylization with the giant eyes to see that.

#miraculous #papillon #hawk moth #gabriel agreste #sketch #traditional art #arches paper #le papillon #miraculous ladybug

[french-fry-gallery]

He wouldn't handle it as well as Marinette does

thanks!

#sorry for my potato drawings #request #life swap #kwami swap #guardian #au #adrien #adrien agreste #chat noir #cat noir #mister bug #kwamis #gabriel agreste #hawkmoth #le papillon #emilie agreste #la paon #sketch #fanart #art #drawing #miraculous ladybug #ml

[bananagreste]

Jours de Papillon - Day 47 >> boom boom boom

#miraculous ladybug #mledit #miraculousedit #le papillon #hawkmoth #mine #ep: robostus #project: papillon #i wish he's obliterated by his own weapons #cw flashing gif

[familyagrestefanblog]

ML Meta Theory: Chinese legend “Butterfly Lovers”

I just realized that I never got around to talk about the Chinese legend 梁山伯與祝���臺 (Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai) - or the title its mostly referred to in English: Butterfly Lovers – and that I think its quite possible that this tragic tale is the reason why the Butterfly Miraculous specifically is the villain in Miraculous and Marientte’s and Adrien’s love story, even though Butterflies aren’t exactly that special of animals in Chinese cultures.

(Statue: Liangzhu Culture Park)

Disclaimer: As per usual, I’m of no country of the Asien continent and I also have no family roots there I’m taking this from. I’m one person who is very interested in culture and literature and research is all I can do in this regard at the moment.

So if my post contains false information, misrepresentations or other points, please let me now.

Butterfly Lovers was selected as one of China's Four Great Folktales by the "Folklore Movement" in the 1920s and I’ve gotta be honest, this is such a spot on “civilian Ml-Love-Square” way for a romantic couple to tragically never reach each other and then die in the end, I would find it surprising if it didn’t at least have SOME influence on the show.

Cause the Love Square WOULD

Zhu Yingtai is the ninth child and only daughter of the wealthy Zhu family of Shangyu, Zhejiang. Although women are traditionally discouraged from taking up scholarly pursuits, Zhu manages to convince her father to allow her to attend classes in disguise as a man. During her journey to Hangzhou, she meets Liang Shanbo, a scholar from Kuaiji. They chat and feel a strong affinity for each other at their first meeting. Hence, they gather some soil as incense and take an oath of fraternity in the pavilion of a wooden bridge.

They study together for the next three years in school and Zhu gradually falls in love with Liang. Although Liang equals Zhu in their studies, he is still a bookworm and fails to notice the feminine characteristics exhibited by his classmate.

One day, Zhu receives a letter from her father, asking her to return home as soon as possible. Zhu has no choice but to pack her belongings immediately and bid Liang farewell. However, in her heart, she has already confessed her love for Liang and is determined to be with him for all eternity. Before her departure, she reveals her true identity to the headmaster's wife and asks her to pass a jade pendant to Liang as a betrothal gift.

Liang accompanies his "sworn brother" for 18 miles to see her off. During the journey, Zhu hints to Liang that she is actually a woman. For example, she compares them to a pair of mandarin ducks (a symbol of lovers in Chinese culture), but Liang does not catch her hints and does not even have the slightest suspicion that his companion is a woman in disguise. Zhu finally comes up with an idea and tells Liang that she will act as a matchmaker for him and Zhu's "sister". Before they part, Zhu reminds Liang to visit her residence later so he can propose to marry her "sister". Liang and Zhu reluctantly part ways at the Changting pavilion.

Months later, when Liang visits Zhu, he discovers that she is actually a woman. They are devoted to and passionate about each other and they make a vow to the effect of "till death do us part". The joy of their reunion is short-lived as Zhu's parents have already arranged for her to marry a wealthy merchant, Ma Wencai. Liang is heartbroken when he hears the news and his health gradually deteriorates until he becomes critically ill. He dies in office later as a county magistrate.

On the day of Zhu's marriage to Ma, strong winds prevent the wedding procession from escorting the bride beyond Liang's grave, which lies along the journey. Zhu leaves the procession to pay her respects at Liang's grave. She descends in bitter despair and begs for the grave to open up. Suddenly, the grave opens with a clap of thunder. Without further hesitation, Zhu throws herself into the grave to join Liang. Their spirits emerge in the form of a pair of butterflies and fly away together, never to be separated again.

The Love Square WOULD!

Switch their roles out at several points and you do have a pretty strong Love-square tragic love story and I simply found that way too fitting to be a mere coincidence.

Again, it’s one of China's Four Great Folktales and the Butterfly has always seemed like an odd choice for the villain of this show, which does intergrade a lot of references in the narrative and characters to for example the Chinese numbers and the Zodiac system, their meanings and relations (Post here)

So this doesn’t seem that far-fetched at all, and in my opinion it just FEELS extremely right for Le Papillion’s/ Hawkmoth’s role in the show without making him culturally inappropriate since Gabriel is a white man, terrorist and child abuser. He, as the villain, is the narrative manifestation of “Butterfly Lovers” but without having him as an actual PERSON be its embodiment.

#Let's be real the Love Square WOULD die like this #This is in character for them just packed in a different story approach #ml theory #Ml meta theory #Chinese legend Butterfly Lovers #Ml love square #Butterfly Miraculous #Ml Chinese influence? #Marinette Dupain-Cheng #adrien agreste #gabriel agreste #le papillon #hawkmoth

[legalise-greenleaf]

Scrapped Miraculous Ladybug fanart Pt. 1

So I used to post Miraculous Ladybug fanart under the username MisterFrister, and when I left that fandom there remained a whole slew of unfinished or unreleased artwork on my computer. Having recently cleaned it out, I thought I'd rather post it here than lose it all to the relentless passage of time.

A Rooftop Meetup in the Morning

Part of me still wants to finish this one, but my motivation for backgrounds is nowhere to be found. I like imaging them doing mundane stuff like this.

Chat Vert and The Red Lady

Miraculous Ladybug x Green Lantern.

I was a big fan of Green Lantern: The Animated Series and was inspired to do this crossover. I'm quite proud of how it turned out and I'd quite like to finish Ladybug too, but digital art-novice as I was, I made the canvas way too big. Completing it took ages, and uploading it required me to compress it to hell. So that kinda killed my motivation.

Chat Noir on a rooftop

This was originally part of a bigger thing. I wouldn't call the above picture finished, but I'm still not pleased with its overall look.

Original Concept Le Papillon

Proto-Gabriel Agreste from the original Ladybug PV was a far more sinister looking character, and well, I have a soft spot for sinister old men. This was actually one of my first fanarts for this show. I didn't get very far.

》 Part 2 》

》》 Part 3 》》

#miraculous ladybug #ladybug #chat noir #le papillon #ladynoir #ml #miraculous fanart #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #gabriel agreste #green lantern #green lantern the animated series #gltas #red lantern #my art

[mrplushgore]

Some Miraculous redesign reference sheets I did.

#miraculous #fanart #miraculous ladybug #traditional art #miraculous fanart #mlb #ml #mlb fanart #marinette #marinette dupain cheng #miraculous redesign #hawk moth #le papillon #reference sheet #malinette

[xhanisai]

Read from right to left.

Comic part 1

Part 2 - soon

#my art #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug and chat noir #marinette dupain cheng #ladybug #Gabriel agreste #Le papillon #want me to continue this fellas? lolol

[taldigi]

The plot of the October 2012 and 2013 bibles revolves around how Papillon had stolen the Orb of the Akouma and is using it to cause problems in Paris. Fu seperately enlists Marinette and Adrien to help recover the orb- but they are kept distracted due to constant Akouma attacks.

Adrien (who still holds the "Felix" design) had gotten a bit of a rework. In the previous July 2012 bible, Felix was the son of faraway rich parents- and Papillon was NOT A PART OF THE SERIES. . This is the first appearance of him, and he is very interesting.

Papillon would actively arrive on the scene to dispense Akouma.

... and he was actually posessed himself.

Very interesting, kind of scary. I like it.

Oh? Where did that Felix come from? It's there in French version as well.. Anyway, Here, his father is referred to as Gabriel when clearly this is Richard Sphinx... and where is Adoni or Null? Hmmm. I feel like there is still a lot to know about precanon, we are missing many many parts.

In the June 2014 bible, the story has dropped Adrien's bad leg, and went full-in on him being a model..

Here gabriel has many many brands. he ven has his own bank! A powerful man indeed.. I think this may be a carryover...

He is states to have a fear of leaving the house.

Kaan seems to be precursor to Nooroo.

His goal has been evil and domination from the outset. There is no implied "ulterior motive" and his goal is tied directly to the fear of leaving the house. The mother side-plot hasn't been considered yet.

#Le Papillon #Hawkmoth #Shadowmoth #Gabriel Agreste #Richard Sphinx #Ladybug Classic Lore Studies

[lovejita100]

Parece foto del INE, pero me gustó el resultado 😅 a pesar de que no soy muy buena dibujando varones 🤭

#gabriel agreste #miraculous ladybug #le papillon #hawk moth

[mjlol52]

also i hate how much swag hawkmoth and monarch had like hawkmoths gay little pose with his cane at the end of his transformation sequence always went so hard, and monarch looked like a fucking rockstar the whole time like damn

#like much as we hate the man #he had swag #gabriel agreste #hawkmoth #le papillon #monarch #ml #mlb #miraculous #miraculous ladybug

[joselinealt]

Papillon 🦋

#le papillon

[bananagreste]

miraculous + hands >> 10/?

#miraculous ladybug #mledit #miraculousedit #le papillon #hawkmoth #mine #ep: ladybug #project: hands