Girls' Night Out. For Real, This Time.

Girls' night out. For real, this time.

Why Adrien's NOT a Sentimonster

I can't believe I felt it necessary to write such a post, but the way this theory blew up again, well... here we are. Sentimonsters are beings created purely out of magic from a Miraculous. An amok (a feather) goes into an object and the holder of the Peacock Miraculous shapes the monster they want and voila. The one who has possession of the object controls the monster. But let me emphasize that they're made of pure magic. They are not real. They are not human. They're magic puppets that follow the will of their owners. - Adrien has memories of and Chloe has memories of their early days of childhood together. Clearly he's grown. And before you can say "They must've made a new one to have him appear to grow." No. Because that sentimonster would be an entirely new sentimonster. If sentimonsters are able to retain memories beyond more than they're created for, a new sentimonster still would not have the previous one's memories. - Adrien has never mentioned being a sentimonster. Considering how he knows about sentimonsters, we'd probably know that he was one by now if he really was. When a sentimonster is made, they're aware of it. They're aware what they are, what they're supposed to do, and who they're supposed to obey with no resistance or questions asked. None of this applies to Adrien, who has no knowledge of it and rebels and acts like a normal teenager. This also applies to the idea if they "edited" Adrien to make him appear to grow, instead of making a new sentimonster altogether. He'd remember that. - Adrien's warm and has an immune system. Since sentimonsters are magic puppets and not human, he wouldn't have a beating heart to make him warm (as Marinette mentions in Puppeteer 2), nor an immune system that has a problem with allergens (the few episodes where he's allergic to feathers) and viruses (while not in the show, Adrien did get sick during the time where they gave us new Instagram posts). - Remember that weird glow around SentiNino when Ladybug looked at the mirror in Optigami? Adrien's looked in a mirror many times in the show and he's never had that look around him in his reflection. That lucky charm being a mirror would not be needed just for the handshake being wrong. Only the mirror would visually show that that wasn't the real Nino. - If Adrien was sentimonster, Gabriel wouldn't have been so bent on keeping him safe. Even when the Miraculous was broken, couldn't he just make another one anyway if something happened to this one? But even that aside, sentimonsters don't appear to have free will. SentiLadybug, when in Ladybug's possession, was asked what she thought of the name for the 3 of them she came up with. SentiLadybug didn't have an opinion at all and said it was up to her. - Adrien is just like his mother. He takes after her in many ways, two of which Gabriel's said himself (being "overly dramatic" and his temper.) Not exactly traits Gabriel would want him to have, obviously, by his annoyance when he explained he's like his mother in that he's overly dramatic. - Gabriel and Nathalie would both be able to tell Chat Noir's a sentimonster, and would be able to figure out that that would mean he's Adrien. Yet neither are aware at all who Chat Noir is. They're able to sense sentimonsters, even those that they didn't make themselves. Both have been in Chat Noir's presence multiple times, they'd know immediately. - If the ring was in fact the object with the amok, well, Felix stole it... The one Gabriel's wearing is the one Emilie always wore that he recently took for himself. He'd have no control at all over his son then. - Sentimonsters go bezerk when Cataclysmed. Chat Noir just ended up getting hurt when he was Cataclysmed. - That would mean Marinette fell in love with someone who's not real, who's not human. Meaning, her dreams of having kids with him someday (Emma, Louis, and Hugo) would be absolutely impossible to happen. Not to mention, someone that fights sentimonsters frequently would end up being uncomfortable with the idea of loving one. The Love Square we've all adored so much and

waited so long to happen, would turn out to have been a kind of lie all these years. Unlike shows where one of the characters is an AI, robotic, or otherwise non-human, that point is almost always brought up right away before any relationships start to build so the audience gets comfortable with the idea. - Would you really like the idea of him not being actually real in the Miraculous Ladybug universe? Considering how many people get really upset when they hear or think of this theory because Adrien's such an important and precious character to most, that would make a lot of people really furious and hurt, where they'd stop watching, feeling like they were lied to. That would do extreme damage to the show, its ratings, merchandise sales, future seasons and movies, etc. - This is still a kids show. I know a lot of people who believe in this theory like to say that they made SentiAdrien because the real one died a long time ago, so he's now replacing him... that's honestly really dark. While Miraculous does things that are dark, implying that a young boy died and his parents went to find magic that could create a replica of their dead son that they've been controlling since is extremely messed up and is not what would be entertaining for the target audience (young kids) and most of those who enjoy the show. The ending scene of Mega Leech showed Adrien explaining to his dad why he "defied him", clearly unhappy with the situation. But as soon as Gabriel told him to go to his room, he obeyed. We saw Gabriel play with his ring and narrow his eyes before the episode ended. And thus, the blow up of the SentiAdrien theory again. The episode Gabriel Agreste (episode 9) took place immediately before Mega Leech (episode 10). I'm thinking that him playing with his ring was a reminder to us of something we have yet to see about the rings in episode 9. The Twin Rings from the Graham de Vanily family have a story, they're important, something new to us. I've been very curious and anxious about the rings ever since Felix, so I'm looking forward to learning about them. But also, they made a huge point of having Gabriel hold his hand up to silence him, zoomed in on his mouth to have him firmly demand he go to his room. Yeah...when a parent does that, you better go to your room unless you want serious trouble. Adrien knows when to obey and when he can push the limit, that moment wasn't one of them. Gabriel's narrowed eyes though is very bad news. Either he's suspecting him of something (maybe him being Chat Noir again), or he's thinking about how his friends and class are a bad influence and not what he wants and is going to do something about it later (incoming spoiler for S4 finale) Like sending Adrien away for weeks. Not exactly something that would be happening if he were a sentimonster.

from the fanfic Burgundy(Not Maroon) by @eggplant-crusader

Crying over Mimikyu's description on Bulbapedia. He's so pathetic, I love him.

your art and writing r amazing! will we ever see wenclair and vega together, with enid and vega in werewolf form. id imagine itd be endearing to see little vega being scruffed or enid protecting her girls:)

Full moon nights are family nights

(consider it a pt 2 to this)

I think the best thing about the last chapter is how we again see the parallel between Twilight and Yor's feelings in opposite ways.

I know many people point out that Yor is still too clumsy at this point to burn her husband's shirt, probably distracted by the knowledge that he's taking a bath. But the best chapter is seeing Twilight and Yor's feelings mature in different ways.

Yor is learning to define what he wants and express it.

As I said in previous comments, Yor doesn't often verbalize his needs and wants, because she doesn't know what she wants or is looking for.

But this time, we have Yor, expressing her desire to 'be in an equitable relationship'. A true marriage. She doesn't just want to figure as a mother and take care of Anya, she wants to be for Loid, to take care of him, to be his support.

This arc presumed us about the possible first couple argument between the Forger's, but the real issue was that Yor wanted to be more involved in the relationship, while Twilight is saturating 24-hour work wearing out his own physique.

Yor's chapter with her friends, shows us how Yor apparently has no complaints about Loid. He is basically a perfect husband, loving and attentive, able to do all the chores. That's why he has to make up a fake excuse to appear normal. Yor's real grievance was never against Loid, and his efficiency but rather her genuine desire is to be a support for him.

She knows that he doesn't need her to be a functional person, he can do everything on his own and that makes her feel like a bad partner. But the truth is that Yor can also see through her husband's exhaustion, and knows that while Loid strives to fulfill all his duties as father, husband, doctor, spy it is at the cost of his own health. Which could one day take a severe toll on him.....Somehow, Loid's all-encompassing idea makes Yor feel that she is not contributing much (although she is not).

Meanwhile, Twilight is desperately trying to always be perfect, overworking at work and at home. He always wants to do everything at home so that Yor is not dissatisfied with his arrangement and does not leave him because he is so much in love with her, because of the mission.

The confrontation against Yuri and Wheleer makes him finally face these feelings (or part of them). His doubts for his family are what really weaken him, because he still doesn't want to accept that they are his greatest strength. Putting Yor's welfare above his job by keeping Yuri alive, the fact that he lets his guard down and feels lost, and that his greatest terror is having to return home to continue the supposed argument with his wife.

Yor's sweet smile made him relax for a moment and his whole body collapse, he was no longer in alert mode, everything will be fine as long as she is there to smile. He only found the angelic aura of his beautiful wife.

I think the highlight of this arc was not having Yor and Loid come into conflict, but having them both begin to open up emotionally. Yor talking about their needs and desires to feel involved and Twilight understanding that there are feelings involved for his wife and allowing (even a little bit) to get help.