Immaturity Of Thomas Astruc - Tumblr Posts

Freaking biased manchild. Some of the best things that happen in shows and stories are accidental.

WHY? BECAUSE THEY END UP WRITING THEMSELVES

The source is from GreenLine’s “Why you shouldn’t watch miraculous: tales of ladybug and chat noir” and I wonder if they’re real and if you’ve covered this before?

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I love how Astruc doesn’t even deny how much he blocks people on social media while acting like his show has absolutely no flaws to speak of.

Like, dude. You know good shows are perfectly capable of losing steam the longer they run, right?

Felix: messed with his cousin's friends and got them akumatized, tried to kiss Ladybug, stole the dog miraculous, bargained with his uncle for the peacock miraculous and practically doomed paris, kidnapped Kagami to London

Thomas Astruc: but he was abused! And he did good in the end [in a speedrun] so it's okay!

So I just remember the time ta called Chloe fans abuse apologist and wow he is a massive hypocrite given how he you know excuses an emotionally (and abusive given Chat blanc) father

(The post this anon is referring to)

Considering how the show doesn't want to even point out that Gabriel might be kind of a dick, I doubt any of the writers even consider him to be an abusive father.

I hate that I can vividly imagine all of this....

and now that season 5 is finished…

What are the bad writing decisions, you can predict for season 6 ?

just for laughs

Off the top of my head, I'd say

Marinette won't feel guilty about hiding the truth from Adrien at all.

Adrien will learn the truth about his father from Lila, but he won't hold Marinette accountable because he thinks that he was still a good person or because Marinette "Did it out of love".

Lila will create some new kind of Akuma that's supposedly meant to be more powerful, yet more often than not, it's just used on the same targets (Mr. Pigeon, Gigantitan, Glaciator, etc.).

A good chunk of Ladybug's team (seriously, it's been five seasons and we don't have an official name for this?) will be busy overseas for very mundane reasons and can't be bothered to come back and help Ladybug until the finale.

Either that, or Lila manages to recruit some of the temp heroes to her side so we can have another Battle of the Miraculous.

We'll get a new disabled character or a character who's a person of color, and while Astruc will boast about how inclusive this makes his show, they'll only appear for an episode or two at most.

This is why I prefer an au narrative of "Oh, Gabriel was manipulated by grief and someone else into doing so much evil". At least it means there's an overarching villain we're not aware of, someone you can face in Season 6. TA should've just let this dumpster fire end at Season 5, but guess he needs it to burn a little bit longer.

I can see TA tries to make LIla/Ceries/WhateverThisBitchName as "briliant, mysterious" psychopathic mastermind to excuse marinette irrational hatred not merely because she try to steal "her precious" Adrien by turn her into PG-13 version of Leena Klammer.

If they keep this shit, I will not surprise if they make Lila is a "grow-up paed00 midget woman who hunt a handsome boy" to excuse why they will not give a redemption for Lila, and make her a "brilliant master manipulator" and dangerous than gabriel

It feels like the writers had no idea who to make the next villain, eventually settled on Lila, but realized they needed to find a way to make her more interesting and mysterious in order to draw intrigue for next season. It's just that they chose to do something completely absurd and hoped audiences would buy it.

Outside of the whole "fake identities" thing, we know nothing about Lila as a person, why she hates Marinette and Ladybug for such petty reasons, what she even wants to do besides mooch off famous people, or who she really is. The writers just hope the idea of a mystery will be enough to sell Lila as the next main villain.

For a show heavily influenced by Spider-Man, they basically turned Lila into their own Judas Traveller, a character designed to be mysterious and compelling with no actual plan for what his backstory was.

Alex Hirsch. At least he knows how to make a thriller/mystery with some REAL plot twists and character growth, while also knowing how to interact with his audience over social media.

If you could choose any creator to helm a ML reboot/rewrite, who would you choose?

(My picks fwiw would be to make it a comic series written by Gene Luen Yang and illustrated by Dan Mora.)

I'm not sure to be honest. Sorry.

Frankly, I feel like we were done dirty on Félix's abuse story. Kid got the worst start to life, but instead of using it to build Félix's character, it was mostly treated as "oh, he's an abused kid and he was radicalized from an early age anyway, so it automatically excuses everything he did".

Abuse does stuff to people, and more often than not, they end up like Félix where they take it out on other people. But having a past like that doesn't give him a pass, and frankly, it's not fair to Félix to have his abuse used as a "Get Out of Jail Free" card.

Honestly, with what little we know about Colt, I still think he could be more redeemable than fucking Gabriel. Dude was not told about the broken Peacock's curse and learned too late that his child's very existence was killing him. Gabriel knew all the risks and consequences of being a super powered twat.

I wouldn't go so far as to say that, since he was still physically abusive to Felix, and the show didn't even pretend to act like Colt loved Felix deep down.

I can't say for other people, but for me, it's hard to be all, "Oh! They are queer!" I was mildly surprised to learn Ms. Bustier had a girlfriend, like, "Oh, okay. So she has a girlfriend." Not much to think about, just a nice tidbit into her life—which is one of the only glimpses we got, other than, "She's a nice teacher."

ZOÉ THO.

I was actually pissed. Not because she was LGBTQ, but because it felt like another excuse to make another person in love with Marinette. We already have Adrien, Luka (Nathaniel & Nino, albeit formerly), even that damn sculptor! And now Zoé is part of the bandwagon!

Like, BLEGH! I already get it, Marinette is so treasured and lovable and she should be worshipped by everyone in the show, and anyone who says otherwise—*cough* Chloé *cough*—should be razed and burned.

Also, maybe show more attention to the other possible/maybe confirmed (no idea) pairings, and show their growing romance (PDAs are possible, just not crazy ones).

I'm not gonna lie, while I do think Miss. Bustier and her girlfriend Giselle (from Collusion) are cute, I still have problems with it for two reasons:

1. It feels like a mega slap in the face to those who wanted LGBTQ rep in the show for the longest time with other characters such as Marc or Rose, only to have them either water down or give out subtle but barely any hints if they were queer or not.

2. Why Bustier of all people? Okay, she’s a nice teacher. So? Nice doesn't mean shit. Hell, being gay/trans/queer doesn't mean shit either if you aren't gonna do shit about it. So why did they make Bustier of all people Sapphic? Hell, why did they make both Bustier and Zoe Sapphic of all characters? So the audience can root or side with them when Chloe shits on them? Is that it? No hun, it doesn't work that way.

In conclusion, while it's great to finally see some sapphic/queer rep from the show as well as some interracial same sex relationships rep, I hate how it was only done to Bustier/Zoe because once again:

Chloe = Irredeemable

To be honest, I never got the whole "Ms. Bustier and Zoe are both gay to make Chloe look worse" argument.

Yes, the revelation of their respective sexualities helps expand on their characters, but whenever Chloe attacks them, it's never based on their sexuality. We don't get any homophobic comments from Chloe like when she was racist to Marinette's uncle in "Kung Food", and the show never makes her out to be discriminatory towards the LGBT community.

I'm not saying this is a positive trait Chloe should be commended for, but unlike with her racism in "Kung Food", there's no evidence from canon to back up the idea of her being homophobic, much less use this as an excuse to villify her even further for bullying characters who happen to be gay.

I think "actually evil all along" Emilie would make more sense than Lila replacing hawkmoth and the former would still massively suck! So that's saying a lot.

It says a lot when the majority of the fandon isn't excited to see Lila take over as the main villain, and instead suggest ideas for other main villains who are actually old enough to drive.

PLEASE TELL ME THIS WASN'T ACTUALLY THEIR PLAN

TALKING DOESN'T DO SHIT! SQUEEZING! WATER! BLANKET!

D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.

Speaking from someone who had to help someone from a panic attack, just aggressively shoving things doesn't do anything.

What I did was stick cold water [in a bottle] in their hands and make them drink (learned these tricks from Pinterest). Then, when they could speak, I tried to get them to talk about topics I knew would turn into a long debate/discussion (less effective).

Honestly the class's plan to calm someone feeling negative emotions to avoid akumatization is pretty bad

I liked the scene in 'Guiltrip' where the class talks to Juleka and try to comfort her, which drives the akuma away

...and now in s5 (not naming the episode because those titles are not memorable, what was Astruc thinking??) Juleka is having a breakdown over having to redo school next year again and we have the class screaming at her and shoving her a giant picture of cute animals..

"Damnit, Juleka! Stop having a panic attack, or I SWEAR TO GOD, I WILL KILL YOU!"

I don't think the animal picture thing happened in "Confrontation", but I get what you mean with how poorly emotional stress is handled.

It just really makes me mad, seeing how Chloé and Adrien's relationship devolved. The idea that one of the protagonists was childhood friends with one of the antagonists—note, antagonist, not villain—was such an interesting one, because I'd never seen something like that before.

In most TV shows, the petty bully character was just someone to stir the pot and to oppose the main cast, and any friends they did have were just patsies. But knowing that Adrien and Chloé had that established relationship was something I wanted to see.

If only they'd explored their relationship more. Besides learning more about their pasts, it also would've given us a look-see into how their upbringings impacted them and how their relationship came to be. I would've loved to see them have things about their friendship that made it unique, like shared secrets between them.

Plus, from a Chloé-damnation arc perspective, it would've also put some more emphasis on her downfall, because the show would've shown us the difference between the Chloé Adrien knew and the Chloé that hit the ground face-first. I also feel like it would've been a good gut-wrenching moment to really hit home just how low Chloé fell, because we would've seen her go from the friend Adrien knew to a seething hateful villain.

If Thomas Astruc really wanted that damnation arc, then he could've weaponized hers and Adrien's childhood relationship to deliver a truly painful emotional downfall, because then Adrien would've had to face the reality that the person he knew was well and truly gone.

Wasted potential aside, I never really understood the Derision episode in Season 5, where Adrien confronts Chloé for "traumatizing" Marinette and demands an apology. Chloé broke off their friendship in Banana Queen—SHE told Adrien they weren't friends anymore. So what was even the point of having Adrien tell Chloé "You're awful, you traumatized my girlfriend, apologize to her"? So Adrien can have the last word or something? You'd think he'd know better than to believe she'd actually apologize just because he said so.

When it comes to people being against Chloe getting a redemption arc one of their excuses is that Marinette/ladybug helping Chloe is bad because "it teaches kids that they should help their bullies regardless". But when was it ever said that Marinette had to be the one to help Chloe. Adrien is right there! Have him be the one to help Chloe. It'd even be a perfect excuse to give him more screentime too!

It's weird because the earlier episodes that set up the idea of Chloe turning a new leaf showed Adrien taking the most pity on her and pretty much told Marinette and Ladybug that they should trust her more (Antibug, Malediktator).

The show even set up the idea of Adrien and Chloe's friendship being tested through Adrien actually calling her out, but after a single episode ended with him giving up on actively trying to help her change, it pretty much stopped (Despair Bear). the show did nothing with their friendship in Season 3, retconned it so Chloe only saw Adrien as arm candy in Season 4, and finally had him end their friendship in Season 5 after her bullying indirectly affected him thanks to his girlfriend being traumatized by her.

In short, the show was seemingly going in the direction you suggested, anon, but then stopped halfway through Season 2 for no real reason.

As someone with a legit medical condition, it seriously bothers me how much Lila is getting away with. Like, do these teachers not ask for doctor's notes? Make her fill out forms with parent signatures? With the amount of stuff she claims to have, I'm surprised none of these teachers have been in contact with her parents or doctors to verify any of it!

When I got diagnosed, I had to fill out so many forms and privately talk with a lot of my teachers so that they could know to help out if something happened. I even had to have a one-one-one meeting with my doctor so she could write (and sign!) a letter with her recommendations.

Another thing: I say "helping out" because that's all I would need. An extension on homework or extra time on a test is all I would need if the something happens to me. I, nor anyone else I know with similar conditions, needs the amount of attention that Lila claims to need.

Sure, Lila could be faking these doctors notes and forging signatures, but that's a crime.

I suppose it's possible for Lila to be forging a bunch of doctor's notes, but you make a good point about how easily teachers like Ms. Bustier believe her medical conditions.

For fucks sake, I thought we were over this already. STOP. Chloe has been punished enough. Nobody wants another Chloe torture episode. NOBODY.

SEASON 6 SPOILERS BELOW... AGAIN.

And there goes what little solace I got from the end of "Revolution".

I accidentally type some errors on this post. Sorry about that.

I just want say I love your blog and I don’t think what I’m about to tell you is a question but I don’t know what’s Thomas going for Zoe’s character (besides having to show the audience and the people who like Chloé including myself that Zoe is better than her. I have no hate towards Zoe or anything) but if Zoe is a self insert character, I think it can work if it was done right. Here’s an example, Dib Membrane from Invader Zim. He’s a self insert character made from the creator Jhonen Vasquez. The reason why Dib works as self insert character is because he’s shown to be very flawed character instead of being a perfect Gary Stu. The show gets to contrast both Dib and Zim on their motivations and how they’re both want the same goal. Zim wants to invade earth and prove to his Tallests that he’s a good invader while Dib wants to save earth and prove to his dad that’s he isn’t crazy and that there’s some paranormal creatures that are not have been discovered.

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That’s a good example, and I never even knew Dib was based off the creator like that.

Why am I not surprised.

Oh yeah, why would any of us even think you based Chloe off a real person you used to know? It's not like you've said you did it before, like with Marinette's mom, right?

And also, for someone who says he loves Chloe, you really haven't thought twice about insulting other fans of the show who like her for different reasons or thought she had potential to be a great hero, throwing insults at the character herself, and trivializing domestic abuse and rape when talking about her fans.

I don't know about you, but I don't think I'd say things to other people who just so happen to like a character I obviously like and don't hate with a burning passion.

I would have loved if the show made Master Fu like a parental figure for Adrien (he really needs it). Because Gabriel is never around, The Gorilla is mute and although Adrien spends most of his time with him, Gabriel is probably very strict on how much they interact, and Nathalie cares but I don't think that they had the relationship where Adrien could confide in her.

Master Fu could have been (like Marinette) the person that Adrien could talk to about hero stuff, or for himself getting the side effects of the miraculous (purring).

Like, there's so much that could have been done so that Chat didn't get FOMO in S4, but it didn't happen like that. I wish it was different tbh.

The real problem is honestly Master Fu. He gives Adrien one of the two most powerful Miraculous with one of the more reckless kwamis and instead of being there for him like he is for Marinette and helping to train him, he basically ignores him and doesn’t tell him what’s going on about basically anything.

See, this could have led to an interesting conflict: Have Master Fu be the one to inadvertently sow doubt between the two due to focusing on training Marinette to be the next Guardian.

That way, you could have Marinette believe she doesn't have to share everything with her partner because Guardians are supposed to keep secrets, while Cat Noir could believe that Ladybug doesn't even care about getting his help anymore.

Instead, we got a single episode where Adrien complained about not knowing about Master Fu, the little temper tantrum he threw somehow convinced Fu to reveal himself, and they only got to have a conversation without Ladybug being around once (Party Crasher) before Fu left Paris entirely.

It's almost like the writers had no plans for Master Fu to actually be a mentor to Adrien or someting.