Why Sabine and Tom couldnât do anything for Marinette
Over the course of the series, most notably in âWere dadâ and âDearest familyâ, its been made clear that Sabine and Tom are very protective of their daughter, but after we realized the full extent of what Marinette had to go through at school in the years prior, we discover that much like how Marinette had trouble living her day to day life being bullied by Chloe, it was Marinetteâs parents, Sabine and Tom, who also had the unbearable struggle of not being able to protect their daughter. Sabine and Tom knew Chloe was giving their daughter a hard time, but odds are, this was all Marinette would let them know. Kids tend to live completely different lives at school and outside of home( Lila being the biggest and most extreme example), and although Marinette knows her parents only ever had the best interest for her and would want to help, she couldnât afford to let them so long as Chloe had the power to not only threaten and fire the teachers at school by using Andreâs power as mayor to her own advantage, but also interfere with other peoples careers and businesses outside of school, just as we saw her do with Clara in âFrightingaleâ, and Veronique in âDeterminationâ.
For her families sake, Marinette understood that what she was going through, was something she could not afford to let her parents get involved in to much, as it would only risk worsening the situation for all of them. Her only solution to her problem at the time, was to somehow make it to the end of the school year and hope Chloe was not in her class next year.
If and when  Marinette is seen on screen talking about Chloe with her parents, the conversation ends up being short and moments before she has to leave for school, with Marinette only saying simple things such as âI bet you anything Chloe will be in my class againâ, but nothing more.Â
(Sabine attempting to lift Marinetteâs spirits to help her make it through the day)
Anytime Sabine was with Marinette during breakfast, both in âOriginsâ and the âDerisionâ flashback, Sabine is never seen pressuring Marinette to tell her more about Chloe as she knew it was a conversation her daughter did not feel comfortable talking about. As a result, Sabine could only do what she could and gave her daughter a few little words of encouragement to help her make it through the day, but just to be sure, she resorted to asking the one person she knew to rely on and look after Marinette, Socqueline, who would attempt to do what she could to help Marinette realize she needed to find and build the confidence necessary to stand up to Chloe in order to change things.Â
(Socqueline explains to Marinette she would not be around forever to help protect her.)
Now, given who they are, Sabine and Tom would of course have already made attempts to confront the school long ago, the moment they realized their daughter was struggling, but even if Sabine and Tom attempted to confront the principle about the situation revolving around their daughter, their attempts would have proven useless as there was no real proof of what Chloe was doing to Marinette. Had Sabine and Tom gone to the principle, the staff would have either simply set aside their claims as nothing more than a common personal matter between two students that they could not keep track of, as there are numerous students all having their own individual problems, or simply a bunch of accusations, just as they had falsely believed Marinette was known for doing, year after year. And although Sabine and Tom could have taken more extreme action against this, any attempts would have proven futile so long as their daughters situation revolved around the Mayors daughter. Justice was not on the Dupainâs side, it was for Andre to control, and that control was primarily decided on by his daughter.Â
(Chloe sitting in Andreâs Mayoral seat back in âDeterminationâ, signifies the control she has over her father and his powers as Mayor)
In the end, no matter who was willing to help and no matter who was willing to protect her, it was always left to Marinette to change things by learning to protect herself and defy the injustices around her.
(Marinette finds the confidence to stand up to Chloe in âOriginsâ)
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Bakery Enemies Au Masterlist
@buggachatâs bakery enemies au now has image descriptions for all parts currently out. They were done by me and @princess-of-purple-prose
Here are the links:
Cover
The Meeting: ep1, ep2, ep3, ep4 & ep5
Nino and Alya: ep6, ep7 & ep8
Nightmares: ep9, ep10 & ep11
Flashback 1: ep12
Kwamis: ep13
Home alone: fanfic1, ep14, ep15, ep16, ep17 & ep18
Chloe and The Robbery: ep19, ep20, ep21 & ep22
Flashback 3: ep23
The Talk: ep24, ep25, ep26, ep27, ep28, ep29, ep30 & ep31
The Dream: ep32
The Ring: ep33, ep34, fanfic2 (someone wrote a fanfic for if ep34 had gone differently.)
DJWifi Strikes Again: ep35, ep36 & ep37
Wine Tasting: ep38, ep39, ep40, ep41, ep42, ep43, ep44, ep45, ep46, ep47, ep48, ep49, ep50 & ep51
Rain: ep52, ep53, ep54, ep55, ep56, ep57 & ep58
Sleepover: ep59, ep60, ep61, ep62, ep63, ep64, ep65, ep66, ep67, ep68, ep69, ep70 & ep71
Flashback 4: ep72
Bakery Morning: ep73, ep74, ep75, ep76, ep77, ep78, ep79, ep80, ep81, ep82Â & ep83
Flashback 5: ep84, ep85, ep86, ep87Â & ep88
Bakery Morning cont: ep89, ep90, ep91, ep92Â & ep93
Videocall: ep94, ep95, ep96, ep97, ep98Â & ep99
Cake Flashback: ep100Â & ep101
Flirting Attempts: ep 102, ep 103, ep 104, ep 105, ep 106, ep 107
Family Time: ep108, ep109, ep110, ep111, ep112, ep113
Adrienâs Phone: ep114, ep115, ep116, ep117, ep118, ep119, ep120, ep121, ep122, ep123, ep124, ep125
Gala dream and Aftermath: ep126, ep127, ep128, ep129, ep130, ep131, ep132
Flashback 7: ep133
Before the Gala: ep134, ep135, ep136, ep137, ep138, ep139, ep140, ep141, ep142, ep143, ep144, ep145,
Reveal:Â ep146, ep147, ep148, ep149, ep150, ep151, ep152, ep153, ep154, ep155, ep156
Revelations:Â ep157, ep158, ep159, ep160, ep161, ep162, ep163, ep164, ep165, ep166, ep167, ep168, ep169, ep170, ep171, ep172
Translations: Spanish (instagram), Russian (tumblr), Hebrew (instagram), Portuguese (instagram), French (tumblr)
Fanart: Adrien gets Hired, Adrien doodle, Natalie, Ladrien Roses, Wine Arc Alt ending, No conflict just croissants,  Peacock!Adrien, Marinetteâs Panic, Its you! (ep 121 Alt ending, Not Hungry (ep123), Adrienâs Macarons, Ladynoir Gala Outfits, Ladybug Gala Outfit, Marinette vs Cake, Strawberry Parallels (ep140), Giving up the Miraculous (ep147), Itâs Me (ep 152), Fix It (ep154), Itâs Okay (ep154), Alt Reveal Ending, Adrien Had To, Temple Kiss (ep156), Adrienâs shirt (ep157), Happy Adrien, Post Reveal Selfie (ep 172)
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