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midnightgremlin · 2 months
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The many realizations I've had over the past few months after the season 5 finale of Miraculous Ladybug have absolutely rocked me to the core.
Firstly, the fact Adrien's mom wasn't revived and it was his aunt at the pool shocked me tremendously, but made so much more sense considering Natalie was the one brought back. Also Gabe would never be so selfless to let Emilie live knowing he couldn't be with her, like bro was so obsessed with control over everything surrounding him that he believed he had ownership over (which included his wife), even the idea of his wife living out of his view would probably drive him insane.
Secondly, so many characters just, like tried to kill themselves??? Kagami literally attempting to dissolve into nothingness in Perfection when she believed she had no friends, and Adrien in season 4 in Guiltrip when he was Chat Noir and he tried to cataclysm himself (which by the way is basically insinuating that Adrien has already been feeling suicidal as the akuma's power was just to multiply and make dark thoughts stronger), but then like it was never discussed again???
Thirdly, there were so many character arcs and plot lines that were just thrown off to the side and abandoned, I could probably forge a shovel to dig Astruc's grave with all the left over material. The whole suicidal thing is one thing, but like also going as far back as Chloe's scrapped redemption arc, and the fact Gabriel has threatened and attempted to murder his nephew (because if Felix was akuamatized and then deakuamatized Ladybug most certainly would have purified his feather). Adrien and Marinette just also never looked into the fact Gabriel had the book on the miraculous? And there's a whole other collection of potential things like PTSD for both Marinette and Adrien regarding multiple things, but those things in and of themselves would take ages to get through.
All together, my passion and anger regarding Miraculous Ladybug has been rekindled in the past couple months, and I'm more than certain that it will continue this way as the new season draws closer.
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midnightgremlin · 2 months
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I should clarify, now that I've looked back and had time to reflect on my emotions about the season 5 finale, that by finale I mostly meant the end of the Hawkmoth overarching storyline.
To me, the defeat of Hawkmoth was as good as a finale as it meant closing out an entire era of Miraculous Ladybug which is why I'm still entirely unsatisfied. He was such a HUGE part of the story (you know because he was the main antagonist) that him just sacrificing himself didn't feel real, or since at the time it just felt like he'd given up way too quickly.
Looking back now though, it's clear that him dieing so he can be with his wife and leaving Adrien with no parents, so that he doesn't have to face the consequences of his actions is honestly the most selfish thing Gabriel could have done and therefore totally on character.
Still, the way the season 5 finale wrapped up the earlier seasons just didn't satisfy me. It was essentially the death of an era, and yet so much was left unsaid and unaddressed. I can only hope and pray they fix that in the last 2 seasons, but with the way Astruc has handled overarching character plots for not only main characters but side characters (I'm thinking specifically about Chloe) the likelihood is dwindling.
I waited 8 YEARS for the FINALE of Miraculous Ladybug, and I got that?!?!!! What the actual fuck--
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Tis a horror show, an absolute shit-show, like I was expecting some epic showdown and I got a mediocre battle at best.
Don't even get me started on the last minute redemption arc for Gabriel, like my man didn't deserve to be redeemed. The AMOUNT OF TIMES he tried to KILL literal teenagers, including his nephew and son-- he did not deserve to be remembered as a hero. He was a villain, and he should have died as one.
And- AND there wasn't a reveal?!?!?????
8 years and still no reveal (that is in a timeline that didn't get erased or memory wiped). Like they're together, but still not?? The hell?? I am dissatisfied, disappointed and absolutely destroyed that they decided to end it that way. Like wtf?!
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midnightgremlin · 2 months
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Making the discovery that hoarding books is not a normal thing to do only confirms something I knew deep down.
I'm secretly a dragon.
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midnightgremlin · 7 months
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Of course I have a playlist for my OC. How is it organized?
*Starts sweating as I hurriedly collect the internet data into a neat pile*
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midnightgremlin · 7 months
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I love how different forms of art are all obsessed with each other. A book tries to capture the feeling of music, a painting tries to depict a scene in a book, a song tries to paint a picture. And it's always insufficient. No single form of art can encapsulate another form of art and capture the essence of it – but it tries, and its attempts are impossibly compelling. All the forms of art are in love with each other and spend so much time trying to express what makes the other kinds of art so lovely.
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midnightgremlin · 7 months
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There better be a season three of Good Omens because I cannot accept that the ineffable husbands are anything but husbands.
So get to work Niel Gaiman (or well get to work as soon as the WGA has finally gotten proper pay), because I will be waiting for the next season, and you can bet that my waiting won't be patient.
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midnightgremlin · 8 months
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It is my belief the Marinette would personally beat Thomas Astrucs ass for leaving Chat Noir out of the finale.
Like she had been working so hard to help Chat Noir know that he was a valued member of the team, and that she wasn't replacing him, and yet the moment the final battle comes around he gets sidelined in the name of "girl power".
Marinette wouldn't stand for such a slander towards her Chat. Like she can still kick ass and work with a guy. What even is the message of "girl power" if the only way it's considered "girl power" is if there are no men around except for the villain. Is Astrucs just saying women can't have power unless there are no men????
Anyways, Marinette would 100% kick Thomas Astruc's ass and then treat her kitty to ice cream for all the shit he's had to deal with.
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midnightgremlin · 8 months
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I waited 8 YEARS for the FINALE of Miraculous Ladybug, and I got that?!?!!! What the actual fuck--
⚠️Spoiler Warning⚠️
Tis a horror show, an absolute shit-show, like I was expecting some epic showdown and I got a mediocre battle at best.
Don't even get me started on the last minute redemption arc for Gabriel, like my man didn't deserve to be redeemed. The AMOUNT OF TIMES he tried to KILL literal teenagers, including his nephew and son-- he did not deserve to be remembered as a hero. He was a villain, and he should have died as one.
And- AND there wasn't a reveal?!?!?????
8 years and still no reveal (that is in a timeline that didn't get erased or memory wiped). Like they're together, but still not?? The hell?? I am dissatisfied, disappointed and absolutely destroyed that they decided to end it that way. Like wtf?!
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midnightgremlin · 9 months
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I just finished watching Nimona (⚠️Mild Spoilers⚠️) and it's almost midnight and everyone else is asleep and I'm just in my room crying to myself because I did not just see a "girl"/fellow queer gender almost kill themselves only to instead destroy the very representation of the society that made them look like a villian and something wrong.
I personally haven't faced prejudice in person (or at least none to my face, that I know of), but I constantly exist with the knowledge that one day I could be walking down the street, being even just a little remotely proud of who I am and someone, someone who doesn't even know who I am, could decided today's the day they make me their monster and decided that I need to be taught a lesson. And that shit is scary.
I know things are getting better, I know the world is changing, but it's scary knowing that it also isn't changing enough. But seeing Nimona, seeing them be themselves and riot and rage for the right to exist, it hits me deep.
Not to mention the small moments, the shots of Bal and Ambrosius (who btw I am so blessed knowing he was voiced by Eugene from the Try Guys), felt like such a victory after everything other movie corporations have done to shut down showing LGBTQIA+ characters in media -- I'm looking at you Disney.
This movie - this movie gave me so much. The soundtrack, the character designs, the voice acting... When I say my heart didn't break when I heard Nimona say "I don’t know what’s scarier. The fact that everyone in this kingdom wants to run a sword through my heart, or that sometimes I just want to let them", I would be lying.
So please, if you haven't watched this movie please do. It's beautiful, and heartbreaking, and so much more than just a kid's film. So much more, like so many movies, and I just... I just wish I could watch it again and again and again, and pretend that nothing in the world is wrong. But things in the world are wrong, so for now I'll just stick to rewatching.
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midnightgremlin · 9 months
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There's a freaking third one!
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What about Men?? What does brow colour have to do with them???
The ads I don't pay attention to:
Checkout this totally not fake gameplay of a mobile game, or maybe signup to get free stuff that definitely doesn't come with strings attached.
The ad that does catch my attention:
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midnightgremlin · 9 months
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Me after nearly passing out at work because my boss was overworking me in a hot environment and didn't allow me proper legal breaks: I'm quitting for my safety and health
My boss trying to convince me to stay: but have you tried iron supplements??
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midnightgremlin · 9 months
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midnightgremlin · 9 months
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And I was talking with Cheryl the other day and she says that she knows exactly who did it. It was Pam. You know, from the bingo hall? Turns out, she was getting tired of wondering which one of them would kick the bucket first, and since Loretta had Pam in her will, Pam just decided to take the inheritance early.
Oh, but you just know they'll never find her right? I mean, the old bat's got everyone fooled. They think she's just as sweet as cherry pie, but you saw just how she was when she lost that one game didn't ya. That woman's got one hell of a sour side, I just know it.
Anyway, it's been nice talking to you, Winnie. I better leave before I get too riled up. Wanna look nice and proper for my date. Real dainty. And I can't very well be dainty with these kinda thoughts on the mind now can I? I'll see you next week. Bye bye now.
Oh it really is most terrible, to think that I even shared dinner with her so shortly after the incident. However kind she may have been at our charity dinner, I mustn't be fooled no longer. It was so incredibly kind of you to give me the news before I heard it through someone else. I'm sure if it had been Isabelle that told me, instead of Cheryl telling you, well I can't say I'd have the same reaction. You know how Isabelle is, how she'd play Pam off as the victim. Not very lady like of her, should you ask of me my opinion.
That's besides the point however, my dear Cassidy. For idle gossip makes for few friends. Or at least few friends with which one can trust. I need not worry of that with you, for surely we've moved past the stage of friendship for the sake of social standing. I must, to my misfortune, cut this short. My ride is waiting, and I shall have to bid you farewell until next we meet. Hopefully soon, for I do most enjoy our conversations, however brief. I must be off now, I have someone calling on me and I unfortunately can't put off meeting with them any longer.
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midnightgremlin · 9 months
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I have found another! Tis much more horrendous then the last though
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The ads I don't pay attention to:
Checkout this totally not fake gameplay of a mobile game, or maybe signup to get free stuff that definitely doesn't come with strings attached.
The ad that does catch my attention:
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midnightgremlin · 10 months
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Tis midnight, and I am a lonely soul
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midnightgremlin · 10 months
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Noone:
Me when in public: Lol, these people have no idea how traumatized I am
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midnightgremlin · 11 months
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I have now been told by my friends that he's an 8.5/10, and that they would willingly sacrifice themselves for him if they could. I don't know if I should agree with them, or send them to therapy for throwing themselves at the first hot man they see.
The paladin in the new D&D movie is hot, like 10/10 hot, but overall about a 7/10. This is only because of his personality, and you may be thinking: Gremlin, isn't his stoic fearlessness, and unyielding loyalty to his cause captivating qualities? Well yes, but when it comes to it think to yourself, would you rather at the end of a battle where you fought side-by-side and came out triumphant end it with a passionate kiss or a life lesson? Because he's the kind of guy who'd kill the final opponent and then immediately tell you about how violence isn't always the answer and when you can you should talk with your enemies rather than fight them. Also like, in the minimum amount of screen time he was allowed I could tell that if you were in a relationship with him, his oath would come first and you would be second. That's the downside to being with an absolute good guy, and not a slightly corrupted person/total villain. The world will almost always come first for the hero, but that's an entirely different rant and I am not ready to get into that quite yet.
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