Today Is The Day

today is the day

I can’t stop thinking about how the canon portrayal of Ladynoir patrols differs from fanon patrols. 

In fanon patrols (which started long before patrols were even confirmed), Ladybug and Chat Noir interact with Paris as little as possible. They stay atop the rooftops, virtually never touching the ground unless they see trouble, and watch everything from above… kind of isolated. They virtually only patrol in the evenings/at night, and civilians hardly even know that they’re there other than occasionally seeing them in the corner of their eyes.

But now we’ve gotten an actual glimpse of what patrols are like for them in canon. And it’s…. so different? 

First of all, their patrol time seems to be in the middle of the day, not at night. (I mean, given how we’ve seen ladybug and chat noir meet up in the evening/night before, they probably do both. But daytime patrols aren’t the norm in fics ime). 

Chat Noir, while on patrol alone, doesn’t just watch Paris from the rooftops. He jumps down and interacts with the civilians! He sits by Mr. Ramier in the park and checks in on him! He goes to the hotel and orders drinks! And the citizens of Paris aren’t fazed by this at all: this is completely normal to them! 

(Do Chat Noir and Ladybug usually come to the hotel to get drinks, or is it just Chat Noir when he’s alone? Do Ladybug and Chat Noir chill by the bar, keeping an eye out on Chloe, and hang out as they drink? What do you think Ladybug’s “usual” is?)

Not to mention Ladybug and Chat Noir posing with children and eating ice cream together in the beginning of the Shanghai special.

Like, Chat Noir and Ladybug don’t just watch Paris. They interact with it. Paris sees them walking around, sees them ordering food and chatting with people, and nobody really bats an eye. Like “oh yeah, I stood behind Ladybug and Chat Noir today in line for ice cream. Must’ve been their regular 2pm patrol” like??? Yes, they have fans that may call them over for some selfies, but they aren’t nearly as isolated from society as it was assumed.

I don’t know. I just. Really love it. I always really loved the fanon portrayal of patrols, it’s really intimate… but there’s also something so nice and charming about canon’s. 

(also….. we now know the canon spot they meet up for patrol. just saying)

the monster speech caused so much damage to the public understanding of L’s character it KILLS meeeeeeeeeee

About the Russian invasion - how is everyone feeling there? What can we do to help?

Thank you so much for asking!

A little bit of history: it's actually been 8 years since russia first invaded our country. But for the last years it was getting more and more quiet. And now BOOM again

Many people evacuated from the destroyed by war cities in 2014 and some still live there even though they support Ukraine. It's hard to leave your home. So it's emotionally different for everyone. There was a joke that people from Kyiv worry more than people from Eastern Ukraine. Because they have experienced a similar thing in 2014 and now they're more prepared than ever before.

Personally, I'm panicking from time to time, because, yup, it's stressful. Most people don't really speak about the war and evacuation because it's scary. But I feel like everyone's trying to be prepared for the evacuation or fighting. Every night does feel like a last one, after all.

Since the beginning of the war, our people have been giving money to military charity. One of the most famous military charities is "Return alive" (Povernysya zhivim). Many Ukrainians donate here every month. Here is a link for Facebook page of the charity, let me know if it translates to English or if i should make a post with translation:

There is also a charity that helps military. Yana Zinkevych, a Ukrainian politician and a commander of the Hospitallers Medical Battalion, leads this charity. In 2015 she was paralyzed during a mission and since then she has been using a wheelchair. She has personally saved more than 200 soldiers and she's awesome.

https://www.facebook.com/100020149602229/posts/914756185872693/

In her post here she makes a list of needed ammunition and the needed money.

I tried to write about the charities that Ukrainians trust in. They are famous, they have been trusted by people all these years, so as far as I am concerned, they can be trusted.

Here is a post by @everlasting-burnout who provided more links. They seem trustworthy.

Thank you so much for reading and I encourage to reblog. Just to remind you, I'm trying to tell about Ukrainian situation as objectively and as truthfully as I can

Gabriel, finding out about Adrien being Chat Noir: TIME TO ABUSE HIM BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY BEFORE USING HIM TO TAKE EARRINGS FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND!!!

Alim, finding out about Alix being Bunnyx:

How to be a parent by Alim Kubdel