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kisilinramblings · 10 months

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I don't know if you've seen the last two final episode yet but if you have, any thought?

I actually like it?

Sure, I was disappointed that Chat Noir didn't join up the fight. At the same time, I understand Adrien's reasons for not turning into Chat Noir in order to break himself free.

Not only was he hunted by the nightmare of him as Anti-Chat killing everything he cared about, but he was very self-aware at how emotionnally vulnerable he was to be akumatized and making that nightmare come true. This season made him realized he can be so angry to the point of he wants to cataclysm people. It almost happened with both Darker Owl AND Dark Humor this season. Adrien backing off, remaining in "prison" and taking off his Miraculous so Plagg put it in safety for the time being was not him giving up. It was him trying to protect his loved ones. And he was also unaware this was a Monarch attack going on that needed Chat Noir.

Also, everything was made so Adrien doesn't find out for now that his father was Monarch. I don't consider Marinette was in the right even if Gabriel asked her to make sure Adrien doesn't learn the truth. And unbestknown to Gabriel, his dying request landed exactly on Marinette's nightmare territory. Remember the nightmare she had at the beginning. In it, Marinette accidentaly "kills" Gabriel after vanquishing him, right under Adrien's eyes which upset him, asking her why did she did this to his father.

So all ingredients seem to be there for this secret to come back to bite them if it is ever discover. The fact Gabriel has a statue, even if it built on a lie, means that something of him remains even if he is gone. And lately, we have seen that statues IRL can be toppled. But yeah, as long as Gabriel's statue is standing high, his shadow still is present. That is how I view it.

Outside of that, the fight between Bug Noir and Monarch was satisfying. I love that she swung a shovel at Monarch's face sending him flying and the use of Lucky Charm in succession was actually interesting.

I liked that La Résistance try to help however they can. I'm not sure on how pertinent it was for Gabriel and Tomoe's last attack to be international, but I didn't mind. DC and Marvel both have heroes from their respective IPs coming together to fight when there is a global threat affecting more than one city. And it is no secret both Jeremy Zag and Thomas Astruc desire to create their own Zag universe of superheroes.

Also, Tomoe is so up to no good.

Luka was a surprise. I didn't expect him to be trained by Su-Han, however, considering that Su-Han was able to repel an Akuma and since Luka does know both LB and CN's identity, and that Su-Han and Luka already have met once during Ephemeral (as that part wasn't erased), that ending is not that weird if they wanted him back in the story eventually (and reminder that Mirakungfu is meant to disarm Miraculous Holders who went rogue). Anyway, with Luka, a side story about that would have been welcome. But fun detail, Luka's martial style is based on the Snake!

Love the true form of Tikki and Plagg and seeing them fuse into Gimmi was something.

"You humans always summon me to complain. Never to rejoice".

Yeah, feels about right.

Lila's intervention in the finale was pretty tame, but the conclusion is what we expected : she gets the Butterfly Miraculous. But it is probable she might have seen Ladybug untransformed alongside witnessing how to summon Gimmi (although there is no way to know for sure right now). Plus, Lila will have help which I didn't expect. And it seems it is someone who knew where to find here.

Btw, can we have more politician like Mayor Bustier, please? I know it is very utopist, but sign me up for that future.

So yeah, that finale closed a book BUT this isn't the end. There is something uncanny going on during the pool party. It's the illusion of a perfect ending.

Sign me up for S6. o/

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kisilinramblings · 7 months

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can i ask what you liked about s5's finale? and why your fine with adrien being left out of it (this isn't meant to be salty at all but idk how else to phrase it)

Oh, trust me, I was disappointed that Adrien could not join, but under the context he was in, I understood why the character acted the way he did. Also, I don't view Adrien staying behind as him giving up. It was him doing what he thought was best to keep Marinette and the others safe and taking it upon himself, even if it is detrimental to him.

Remember that in the previous episode, Adrien did escape and that didn't work for him. His father in his fury went after and hurt Adrien's friends and would have done the same to Marinette. And the nightmare (read trauma) Adrichat received during the battle wasn't helping at all. Adrien didn't want to repeat all of that. And Adrien ended up conforming to what his father wanted out of him. Was it the right move? I am sure the boy will have regrets and mixed-up feelings of his own such as "I should have been there" that will influence his actions next seasons alongside with fearing his own superpower. Add to that the fact he believes his father died trying to help Ladybug and you get some mess up scenario for a 14 going 15 who was abused by his father to go through.

Another variable I count in, Adrien didn't know nor could have known that this was an attack from Monarch when he asks Plagg to send the Black Cat Miraculous back to Ladybug for the time being. It was meant to protect his Miraculous from Monarch (and from himself), but all it actually did was to keep Adrien's identity a secret. Speaking of which, the secret identities is a factor that contributes to Adrichat to not open up and avoid asking for actual help. And unlike Maribug, he doesn't have a network to rely on. Only Plagg. Maybe Luka, but with his training, I am not sure we will see him around Paris that much. Adrichat doesn't have the social network that could help him mend all he is dealing with. Despite being surrounded as a civilian, being loved and having people who cared about him, but he is still somewhat alone. Carrying his burden and emotions alone.

I still overall liked the season finale, but of course, if you were expecting S5 to conclude it all, that wasn't what it was setting to do. No, S5 finale was only meant to end Gabriel / Monarch's arc. But it was never meant to be the end of the ML story. And Gabriel chose to die. He only fixed one single mistake in his entire pile higher than the Eiffel tower. And as illustrated with Marinette who had to fix the Miraculous back herself, every single remaining mistakes of Gabriel that he didn't fix gets thrown in the pile of the characters who still remain and live.

And in Adrien's case, while he is free from his abuser, he still will have a lot of untangling to do and demons to fight even if he tries to repress those.

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