I REALLY Love How Luka's Wisdom Opened Marinette's Eyes To A New Perspective In Ephemeral.

I REALLY love how Luka's wisdom opened Marinette's eyes to a new perspective in Ephemeral.

At first she was like-

And then she asks herself the IMPORTANT question.

Even though she keeps SEEING Chat Noir in Adrien, she STILL feels conflicted and very much in denial, me thinks. That's why she looks so troubled.

And then Luka gives her this wonderful statement:

And it allowed her to see the whole picture.

In comparison to Adrien, Marinette was the one that needed adjustment first, and more than Adrien too. This has more emotional impact. It was all about learning how to see the full essence of a person even though it could be a bit jarring and uncomfortable at first. This only deepened her feelings into something brand new and thats why she was no longer hesitant to reveal herself anymore. Even knowing how dangerous it could be if he knew her identity, it moved her to be more vulnerable and transparent with him. Love makes you do that. That's also why Adrien ALWAYS wanted to reveal himself to Ladybug too. Keeping secrets and lying to the one you care about the most is always never the best feeling.

It's just really unfortunate that they were also born with a unique destiny to save lives and dedicate themselves to something bigger than both of them. But ultimately, it's their bond, their connection and their love that keeps them going, despite the challenges they face..

Can you tell I'm emotional about Ephemeral? 🤣

Please do not let debt collectors play in your face.

welp, looks like the cat is out of the bag. i guess we're retconning 'gorizilla' and 'chat blanc' now.

I like Luka and Ladybug explicitly talking about why it’s somewhat safe to bring in him and the other temporary holders, even though Shadowmoth knows their identities. He only really cares if he can extract info about Ladybug’s and Chat Noir’s secret identities from them.

And Marinette laying out that it’s still not the end of the world if Shadowmoth finds out ONE of their identities, so long as he doesn’t know both of them, so it’s not game over if a holder knows EITHER Ladybug or Chat Noir’s identities, but it is if they know BOTH, and thus a wielder other than Ladybug herself needs to be the one to discover Chat’s identity and relay it to Su Han… glad the show did that. It’s something that can be intuited fairly easily, but it’s good to hear confirmation that that’s Ladybug’s thought process here.

The fact that all Marinette sees when she looks at Adrien after the reveal is Chat Noir, but then she realizes that she loves both sides of him and they show us that by giving us the scene where Chat Noir gives her the umbrella and *thunder claps* to Adrien.

That’s some poetic cinema right there.

ok but…adrien literally bouncing off the walls with joy….marinette accepting chat and adrien were one in the same and loving him tenfold…the soft looks ladybug gave chat during the post-reveal battles…adrien freely expressing himself and letting that chat noir swagger out…the blushing…adrien calling marinette “m’lady”…..the notes….late night phone calls…the purest love ever…….