Hello! Have You Ever Heard Of A "city Of The Dead ⚰"?

i’m kind of in love with this and i’m not trying to be funny or ironic or coy. like i actually really am infatuated with how bizarre this is. the same applies to the entire short. but i love the tortured, echoed screams, refusing to die atop of the crystal clear audio of Jerry’s weird awww woodawoodawoodawoodahh tututututututut noises, all overlaid on top of this very melancholic guitar soundtrack that feels like it’s a deleted sample of the Animal Crossing New Leaf soundtrack. also, the beautiful hatched backgrounds that are so gorgeous, to the point where you can feel Gene Deitch’s resentment at having to tack the lesser life forms of this cat and mouse duo on top. i think i’m in love

Miraculous Ladybug - Character Family Trees Source (x formerly twitter)

Here are some thoughts on why I think Chloe's character arc makes perfect sense.

Chloe has a real bad hangup about power. She needs to feel it desperately.

she idolizes Ladybug, who is powerful

she wants a Miraculous to feel powerful

she orders her dad around to feel powerful

she mis-names her butler to feel powerful

she bosses Sabrina around to feel powerful

she is cruel to Marinette to feel powerful

she is dismissive of Chat Noir because he is subservient to Ladybug and therefore weak

When Adrien stands up to Chloe regarding her treatment of Marinette, she perceives this as him ordering her to reign in her power. To restrict her power.

In response, she re-asserts her power: she cuts him out of her life. Similarly, Ladybug denies her a Miraculous, so she turns on Ladybug, again lashing out at someone who has diminished her power. She then aligns herself with someone who promises it to her.

Then Zoe shows up, and Zoe gets attention and affection (and therfore power) from Andre, who isn't even her real father! She's spent more time with their mother, which is another form of power.

S3 through S5 is a systematic stripping away of the thing Chloe holds most dear: power. In response to this, she exerts power every opportunity she gets: she tries to take over the movie, she bosses Adrien around, she revels in her cruelty toward Marinette, she aligns herself with Lila (who Chloe recognizes has the power to fool everyone around them), she is cruel to her sister, and eventually she "leads" a fascist takeover of Paris (of course, not realizing that she's fourth banana in the takeover after Evil Gandalf, Slightly Less Evil Elon Musk, and Lila.

Her character arc makes perfect sense.

Uhh, umm, in this powerpoint presentation I will

kasane teto in her awesome new outfit

i like them and nobody will stop me

One thing I'd like to note about Chloe here

"Replaced by Chloe Bourgeois" Hmmm I wonder who this parallels controlling parent and model it's almost like they're placing her narratively the exact same role as a certain someone how interesting.....I don't wanna get my hopes too high but this is something worth thinking about

i would like to get to know your world, yuki

i get that a lot of people dont like chloe redemptions bc they want her to be the bad bitch she deserves to be but what ur forgetting is that u can be a kind bad bitch. u can be a caring bad bitch. lila and gabriel fulfill the roles of irredeemable villains for the show (one for ladynoir, one for adrienette), why do we need another one. chloes meanness stems from severe childhood trauma and neglect . tahts not a villain. thats a victim. the difference is that when chloe is shown genuine affection and caring she falters. for a split second shes not so evil. gabe and lila literally never do that. the closest they got to that was when gabe made the wish but lila is shown ENDLESS love and compassion and never once does she think hey, maybe i can be good with these people. i think chloe deserved redemption bc she WANTED it. anyway i love chloe. LET HER LIVE!! IN PEACE!!!!

@ tsuguaki_abe