fandom loves to speculate about who would be a “good guardian” and why they’d be good at the job. and often these reasons are things like being wise, mature, chill, good at keeping secrets…
but marinette is none of those things! fu picked her because she was clever and stubborn and refused to take no for an answer. now, maybe fu is not the expert either because he didn’t finish his guardian training, but su han AGREED after getting to know marinette. and he didn’t agree because she decided to fall in line with guardian traditions, he agreed because she’s making it work her way. and then he says he needs to catch up with modern life.
canon has pretty much said that be able to go with the flow, stay detached, etc., AREN’T good qualities for guardianship. that good guardians are people who will question things and fight for things and live in the real world. good guardians are leaders, not just in the sense of managing a group of individuals but also in a sense of paving the way forward.
good guardians are people like marinette. people like alya and nino. people like mylene, even, who we’ve seen question authority and fight for a cause she believes in!
and yes, a good guardian would question the need for secrecy and make their own judgement calls on who they want to trust.
The mari//chat mini arc thing in s5: cute but ultimately just fan service and Mari went back to Adrien either way so yeah
Chloe‘s „arc“ post s3 : she just became annoying and pathetic. If the show gets rebooted one day I hope she gets redeemed just to spite on Astruc
Luka figuring out both identities: leads to brazil nowhere
Marinette‘s dating trauma: super unnecessary, just there to drag thing out further and created more inconsistencies (but also it made me feel validated in shipping Lukanette so at least I got something out of it😂)
Gabriel‘s redemption: … why? (Obviously bc the show just really loves white men who really love their family a lot uwu🥺)
Adrien staying oblivious to all of this: just straight up insulting to his character
Su-Han: he‘s literally just there to yell at Mari and not be her mentor and serves no purpose at all
Magical akuma charms: didn‘t they work just so well?
Jagged the deadbeat dad: the way everyone just went along with it? hello?? THE POTENTIAL FOR ANGST??
mcsm headcanon where every world has an admin, and those worlds cannot exist without one. (mostly so i can justify an admin oc lol, who gets promoted after romeo loses his powers) and with this hc i think the sky city admin is benedict btw :3