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gale-gentlepenguin · 5 years

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Miraculous Ladybug and Randy Cunningham, 9th Grade Ninja. An analysis and Comparison.

Request submitted by @ididntthinkthis-through )

They asked for a comparison as well as the good and the flaws of both shows.

First, Randy Cunningham: It is a fast paced 11 minute per episode show that’s main focus is action. Its animation while not beautiful, fits in line with the show and fits its style perfectly.

The good: The character development for Randy and Howard, (Mostly Randy) is solid throughout the show. Howard is the ninja’s best friend, not a hero partner, so he isn't burdened with the Ninja’s responsibility like Randy is. This allows him to be the devil on Randy’s shoulder, causing Randy to misuse his powers in order to help them out. Sometimes Howard will be the one telling the Ninja not to do something, but that is rare and usually has an in character for it.

The show knows what it is. It knows its lore is kind of weird and makes little sense to when you think how there was a Japanese-esqu village over 800 years ago, but it has fun with it. It knows not to take itself too seriously. But it knows how to give drama or stakes when needed. I also love the variety and dynamic of Randy and his villains. For example: The ninja has this understanding with McFist that if McFist is outted as a bad guy, it would be really bad. Which was questioned and even had an episode on WHY this would be bad. The ninja lessons are interesting and allow for development in someway for Randy, never coming off as preachy or unnecessary.

The ninja also has the coolest stuff for fighting bad guys and the enemy variety, including monsters, robots, and even sorcerers does give a nice change of pace when needed. He even fought a former Norrisville Ninja.

The Flaws: Oh this show has a lot. Lets talk about the lack of use of side characters. Randy and Howard are the only high schoolers we get some actual development on. The others are 9 times out of 10 kind of stuck as one dimension caricatures. Which sucks because they could flesh them out more. They might get one episode fleshing them out then back to the trash bin to be part of the collective. The fights do get repetitive with stanked teens, and while they do change it up sometimes, it gets kind of boring in some episodes. A lot of the time you can skip episodes and have no impact on what you know. Which in an a way, is good but not when you have random bits of lore sprinkled with no real care on where it lands. It can really have people missing some context.

The villains are sort of a double edge sword. They can be fun and sinister, but most of the time the balance is thrown more towards silly, and the edge is sort of lost. I love the sorcerer, but he is so... limited at times. When he is a threat, oh man he is a threat. But most of the time... its just... meh.

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Miraculous Ladybug: Is an action show with a 22 minute episode format that allows for more of a build up between episodes, allowing the viewer to grasp a situation, as well as some sort of B plot, if Adrien is not with Marinette at the time/ related to the a plot.

The good: Marinette is an amazing main character, a hard working, caring, sweet and creative individual with so much to offer. She is the ideal hero candidate which is why she is chosen to become Ladybug. She has her struggles but her confidences and sweet attitude usually help her in the long run. Adrien the deuteragonist of the show, is Marinette’s love interest and her crime fighting partner. The key to the dynamic is that neither Marinette or Adrien know the other’s identity, this is the sticking point and the reason for the love square. Marinette is in love with Adrien, Chat noir is in love with Ladybug, Adrien is Chat noir and Marinette is Ladybug. They are in love with each other but they don't know that they love the other. This allows for 4 different takes on a relationship. Which in concept is awesome. The side characters of the show get bits of development here and there, some even becoming reoccurring characters with their own personalities that make them stand out more.

Then their is the lore, the mystery of the miraculous is intriguing, what are Kwami? Why is Master fu the current guardian of all of them? How did Hawkmoth get the butterfly and peacock miraculous? How did hawkmoth even know about the miraculous? How much did the miraculous impact history? What does the ladybug and cat miraculous actually grant the user of both? There is so much to unpack here.

Hawkmoth is an example of a tragic villain. A man with a moral code that wants the miraculous simply for the sake of getting his wife back. A reasoning similar to Mr.Freeze from Batman. Perhaps he was a hero once, but now he is forced to go the dark route for his ambitions.

The Flaws: This show, oh this show. Despite what the fandom says. The show doesnt really have that many flaws. But the flaws that it does have are rather large.

1st. The writing is inconsistent within the characters. Excluding Marinette, her family, Adrien and Hawkmoth. Most of the characters are pretty much subject to the whim of the episodic plot. That means if the class needs to suddenly turn on Marinette for no inexplicable reason, it does. If some characters are acting harsher then normal, it is fine, it is clearly Marinette’s fault. Its kind of twisted. (I have talked about this before so I am just cutting it here)

2nd. The lore and writing conflict. The problem is that in the lore Ladybug and chat noir are considered equals and opposites. They are a sort of yin and yang. But then the show basically has Chat noir get the shaft more times then anyone can count. I get the show is called Miraculous Ladybug, so Ladybug needs to be the main hero, but this hurts in context because whats the f***ing point of it? The episodic nature and as a writing make it seem like Chat noir is about as important as a meat shield rather then a crime fighting partner. Sometimes he does help out and it looks like a partnership, but it mostly looks like a hindrance. As a fan of the show and Writer this infuriates me to no end. Its clear Ladybug is more important, since she has the Deus ex Machina power and the fix everything power. But when you can replace chat noir with a piece of toast and have things be EASIER on Ladybug, that is s*** writing. Just have Chat be a temp hero like Rena rouge or Carapace. Just stop jerking me around like this with Lore on one end telling me how important both are yet shafting Chat noir in fights and EVEN IN THE PLOT. HE FOUND OUT ABOUT FU WAY LATER THEN HE SHOULD HAVE. ITS F***ING STUPID.

3rd. The Formulaic yet not writing: To put it bluntly, this show suffers in a way because its formulaic. Some episodes are clearly more important then others. In season one, You could watch maybe 6 or 7 episodes with something new, relevant to the lore, relevant to the love square development, or just true character introductions/ development. The rest are basically filler. Season 2, is a lot more sporadic but has a lot more lore and development in episodes, but it is random and then makes call backs that also have plot holes in some aspects. It honestly gets kind of fuzzy.

The comparison: Both shows have young teens fighting against villains that have the power to influence others by taking advantage of their negative emotions. They both have the main character learn lessons and grow as heroes, they both have interesting lores. But after that, their is a split on how each show takes itself.

The difference: The main difference is how the shows center themselves. Randy has the world build around him. With more and more added as he grows and develops as the Ninja. Randy is the reactor, the world is simply reacting to him.

Marinette has the world reveal more and more and then she grows accordingly. That is to say when a development happens, Marinette is reacting not the reactor. She is not the instigator in events, She simply stumbles into it.

Whether that is a good thing or not I am not sure, a lot of deep shows usually go with the later method as it allows for growth and development in a more realistic manner. But in monster of the week narrative, it becomes slightly more....difficult to implement. Not impossible, but hard for deep lore to shine through.

#ml #miraculous ladybug #randy cunningham #rc9gn #comparison #in depth

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survivorjordanpines · 6 years

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Episode 5: It's time to put my game face on - Ruthie

What a telling tribal. Gage is a whole liar. He and David both lied to me about how the vote was going. Now I definitely know not to trust them. Jaiden was mad that I voted for him, but I think we patched things up in PMs. However, I feel like this tribe swap will do me wonders. Chrissa is definitely someone who I want to align with. I hope we can get either Ari or Casey on our side so that Gage can be voted out as that seems to be in my mind, best case scenario. He's playing really well and that needs to go sooner rather than later.

So we voted out Adam and it was messy as fuck like planned but then A SWAP Not just a swap but The three blue people are PEOPLE I LOVE AND WOULD WANT TO WORK WITH SO WE CAN EASILY JUST TAKE OUT THE GREENS IF WE WANTED. Unless of course RTP doesnt think Emma and Cole can get along. I think whaatever happens on this tribe, im going to at least survive the first vote??? We can pray we can pray

I... like this swap? I think? I'm glad Jessica is with me and not Ari, I'm not sure if Ari would feel bitter about the vote or not. I hope Emma is okay, I miss her. I'm glad to be with Charlotte- I'm just nervous to see if anyone else would vote me out if given the chance, I LOVE Drew but I don't trust him, I was hoping not to see him until later on. For now I'm going to stick close to Charlotte and Jessica and just see what else happens.

Jaiden and I have definitely patched things up! I think we could be a dynamic duo that really shakes up the game! On NuSenip, I'm going to actually make an attempt to be social with the other members. This is where my game takes a turn for the best! I know Chrissa and I are already working together. She told me she has an idol from the isle of pines which I'm thankful for. I can definitely use this to my advantage. If I even catch a scent of being in danger then I could probably just ask Chrissa to use her idol on me. I've already started talking with Ari so I hope my charm can get her on my side. Jaiden said that we need to stick with Gage and LA. I, however, do not plan to ever stick with them for long. I want to definitely vote out Gage! Liars can get gone! However, I do not have the power for that kind of move yet. Plus, Jaiden seems to be on the boat where he doesn't want to vote out Gage. Hopefully, he's not just lying to me so that he can vote me out. I really do hate this.

WHEW OKAY do we know what the fuck just happened?? i certainly don't! so honestly all i wanted to do was save casey and cole because they're cute, but apparently i accidentally started world war three up in here, so whoops! to be honest i knew i fucked up the minute i told cole that andreas was targeting him, i still am not really sure why i thot that was a good idea but there was no turning back once i said it. and of course fifteen minutes later andreas messaged me "Can I ask you a question?" and i knew i was dead. but i did what i could with it, which was ignoring the problem and going to see a movie and telling everyone i had no idea what was happening and counting on my friends to not betray me. and hey, it worked out! anyways i was gone like 3/4 of the day, jessica really covered my ass and i owe her my life and also the other two who didn't stone cold betray me. i'm looking forward to andreas coming back and murdering me for real. i decided to start a fight in the tribe chat for no particular reason except it was funny to me and i don't feel like holding myself back anymore! i'm not here to win, i'm here to have fun and make some memories on the way. so no regrets. and this new tribe i'm on??? basically a dream. i have never met 4/7 people, i'm with someone who voted with me so i don't have to worry about my dirty laundry being dropped in the fire, and jaiden is here which is gonna be so much fun. and that's about all you missed on glee! i'm gonna go forward with my newfound strategy of not giving a f*ck and see where it takes me. wish me luck.

Fuck Karen. This bitch is literally letting a past game control her thinking. And it was ONE TIME. I didn't even tell Cole about it. I told Dom who told Leah who told Cole so like back the fuck off my dick. She needs to go because I don't think I could stand her in merge or in another tribe. God her and Regan think they are sooooooo smart but once I come into the picture? They better keep their wigs tight because I'm coming for them. Gage telling me all this information is really interesting though. He must actually want to work with me despite lying to me this whole time. I truly think he wants to work with me, but the majority on Senip prevented him from doing so. However, now that they are gone, he can work with me freely. I told you my social game would help me make allies in the future. I do think this swap will do wonders for me so I pray that it all works out in the end.

DREW MESSAGING ME LIKE HE'S EXCITED I'M ON HIS TRIBE. I love Drew so much, he's one of my favorite people in the community but he just scares me and I like trying to out think him but I literally CANNOT. I just want him to go before me in this game, the days where I try to save Drew are OVER it's time to put my game face on and stop caring who I try to take out.

Episode with triple tribal 11/25- https://youtu.be/2kHbejXxdN8

so we swapped and i love this tribe but then jordan gave winterbells because he loves hell and being satan huh?

I hate winterbells

winterbells is winterhell

winter bells is the worst. i wish we hadn't swap yet, i feel like i was in a decent spot. i haven't really talked to many people yet so rip. thankfully i still have gage who is turning out to be my closet person? also working 24 hours in three days sucks.

ANDREAS IS FUCKING GONE AND IM SO FUCKING MAD FUCK U ARI FUCK U ARI FUCK U AND WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU THINK YOURE DOING IS NOT GOING TO LAST LONG GOOOOOO FUCK YOURSELF

First of all, BITCH!!!! What a fuckin bitch move, taking me out right before the swap. Like I actually liked our tribe and then everyone gotta act all sketchy and vote me out. Like 4 people suddenly coming up to me to make sure the vote was Raf? Sketchy. They were probably worried I had an idol which, sadly I did not. Because those fucking trees. But forreal, everyone on that tribe is either a bitch or an idiot. Except Karen, who if I ever get out of here can have my loyalty. But Jaiden? Bitch. LA? Bitch. Rafael? Idiot. More of a drama queen but like there's only two options. Regan is either a bitch if she voted against me or an idiot if she didn't vote me cuz like it was clearly either me or Raf so you're either betraying me or just plain stupid. Karen was the only one who voted with me and like, we were both just like idgaf who it is as long as it isn't me. But as we all know.... Whatever. The annoying thing is like I had no idea until the very end, when I'm talking with a few of them and I'm saying like "well if it was me like no one would tell me, I guess that'd be a blindside" and then immediately I'm like... huh, you know it very well could be one. Not like I had any power to stop it. I just would've looked desperate. But now I'm on redemption and it's time to flex some real power. Like this is where I thrive. No more of this pussy-ass tribe challenges where I gotta rely on everyone's dumb ideas. Now it's just me, and pure determination to fuck them up. They'll all burn for this, and I'm an eternal flame 🔥

Hell yes... I'm throwing these challenges espICALLLYYLLYLYLY when I can be immune duh. Also lmao at my serpent tongue flipping the script on ari and andreas last tribe.... Y'all aren't as good as me.... Like it's me Cole... the beauty honey.. Also the OLD SCHOOL HOES WILL WIN OK, WE MAY HAVE 3 WINNERS ME JESSICA CASEY and well king RYAN but we got this... WE ARE BETTER....!! JORDAN LOVE ME IM PLAYING THIS GAME REALLY VILLIANIOUS OKURRRR.

A rant why i hate the tumblr survivor community where alot of people are snowflakes who get offended and a rant why i kind of like it and a rant where these people are stupid in this game. I really dont get why they voted off Andreas it was like Ari was thinking like a bitch.... 1: THEY HAD JESSICA AND RYAN who wouldnt have probably voted them off! 2: Why say we wanted cole out i would of probably destoryed my game for cole 3: I was sleeping until 2pm 4: I never thought Ari was messy and also i wanted to not vote them off ever even though were two opposites i am not a good person while Ari is very pure and smart while im not!!!! After that they were being a little cocky you are so lucky that ryan and cole were on my tribe and not you because i would of thrown you under the bus so hard to Sarah who is like Andreas best friend and i would enjoy seeing you pre merge Ari! That was aggressive but the more i think about it now i can stay with Cole as long as i want and now i dont have to worry about voting off my friends and feel bad about it unless if people want to take the game personally but im just gonna do what ever i can to win honestly! Also ruthie and jessica are the best two people in this game ill be so MAD if they dont do well because they deserve everything. I also felt bad not aligning with Casey at first because shes one of the people in the tumblr survivor community who i love. Lily is boring and Madison is okay i would go with sarah all the way because i hear shes iconic i love her already.

COLE if youre reading this WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!! Him trying to get the lowest score all of the time is going to bite him in the ass one of these times. Anyways the rumor currently is Sarah wants Madison out which Im fine with but lets hope its stays that way

Have I done a confessional lately? No one knows. In case I forgot to talk about it in the last confessional, I found a hidden immunity idol at the Isle of the Pines. I used my second search to get receipts that I could provide to my tribe to make it look like I didn't find anything but turns out? I didn't need them. We tribe swapped and now I'm on a completely different tribe AND we won immunity this week. WHEW. Let's do first impressions on NuNadroj Jessica: She seems pretty cool. I know she was in an alliance with Ryan before so having her around is kind of nice because a) she can tell embarrassing stories bc they've met before, and b) that gives us a reason to put a target on her if we do lose the next challenge. Liam: I think I like Liam? He seems really cool and he's probably the person I've talked to the most since we swapped. I think I need to talk to him more to make sure that we work together when / if we lose a challenge in the future. Can't make it look like I'm scrambling when the time comes. Drew: I LOVE DREW. I was allied with Drew in a side season we played once and it was fun playing with him. We all flopped, so I'm hoping he doesn't hold that against me and we can try to work together on NuNadroj. Karen: Admittedly we ... did not get along that well on Senip. I'm not super happy that we're still on the same tribe. LA got along with Karen way better than I did but I'm hoping she'll want to stick together since we were both penises. Regan: I still don't know what to think about Regan. I think it'll be easier now that we're Jaidenless to try to work with Regan. Again, because we were both on Senip, I'm hoping she'll want to stick together to keep our numbers strong. Ruthie: RUTHIE! I also love Ruthie so this is great!! I'm hoping that potentially Drew, Ruthie, and myself ... or maybe Jessica or Liam could have an alliance?? I feel like it's too early to start throwing the idea around but I'm going to try to plant some seeds and see if we can make this happen.

At first when I swapped with Ruthie, I was like “oh no! The only person who didn’t say that they have a right alliance with me!” And I was worried she’d go against me. She still might do that but I don’t care because she’s so nice and I want only good things for Ruthie. This tribe is cool so far, I don’t know anyone well which is a really nice twist. That hasn’t happened for me in a while and I like playing with new people! I am worried because apparently Adam got voted out for having “too many friends”. This is hilarious, adam only has one friend, her name is samrah and she is not in this game. But it is worrying because we have basically the same connections so if people were worried about Adam, they are definitely worried about me! But anyways, who cares. I am putting more thought into this than I want to. I can’t believe I took the effort to make a confessional. Gross.

i am so glad we won! jaiden's score omg that was insane. I never thought anyone could get that good, i envy that alot. But that was amazing. Also glad to be on the same tribe as raffy!

#supportyourlocaljordanpines

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