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I wosh i could see more Mari appreciatation posts like this! It's sweet
Sometimes, I just want to marvel at the complexity with which Marinette Dupain Cherny was written
Like, it is a known fact from canon that Marinette loves fashion and loves pretty things. When we meet her, we see that she is interested in becoming a designer and has a bedroom displaying her affinity for all things pretty and girly. She’s a girly girl who has an eye for her aesthetic and that part of her personality is something integral to who she is.
You’d expect from this information for Marinette to gravitate towards pretty things or dare I say, to even be materialistic or shallow
And yet, she isn’t
When Marinette comes into contact with things we think she should adore, she hesitates, she treats them with uncertainty, she’s mistrusting and cautious until she can be proven otherwise.
We see this with how she is introduced to her miraculous. How she doesn’t immediately put on a new piece of jewelry and does not give the foreign entity a lavish disguise. She keeps the earrings at a distance, and even after being convinced of their trustworthiness keeps them plain and inconspicuous. Unwilling to sacrifice utility and protection for the sake of something looking a certain way. She however, does not let the plainness of her miraculous get in the way of her “personal brand” and still manages to fit the earrings to her style. In truth sacrificing neither her safety nor her taste.
We also see her act with these conditional aesthetics, when it comes to Adrien. Adrien, the model and the son of her favorite fashion designer, should be someone that Marinette immediately gravitates to, and yet, she doesn’t. Adrien is rebuffed and rebuked immediately by Marinette, and even after learning who he is, Marinette still chooses to treat him with disregard and coldness. It is only when Adrien proves himself, proves that he is not merely a gilded object, but someone golden to the core, someone instilled with kindness and empathy, that Marinette lets her guard down and lets herself fall.
What I am saying is, thank you Marinette Dupain Chen for breaking every stereotype of the “girly girl” and for bringing complexity, compassion, care, and depth to this character and letting us see her for the person she is