that one scene in the movie

(oh how I love to redraw random scenes from mlb 😎)

Man, I was watching the movie and the entire time I was thinking "Wow. This would've been so much more satisfying in the show" because the show has earned it. The show's writing is far from perfect, it has many, many flaws, but my god is it far better than Miraculous Awakening will ever be. And I'll tell you why.

I will preface by saying, yes, an hour and a half movie has way less time than a TV show with several episodes to build up characters and relationships, so time constraints will make it so we may not get as much depth in the on-screen relationships.

You know what, though? The time they spent playing mediocre songs could've been used better to show us all the things the songs had to outright tell us. Cause that was the problem.

The movie sure liked telling us how the characters were feeling. It rarely showed it. Like could you tell me why movie Marinette liked Adrien? Because I couldn't. What did he do to earn her affection beside look pretty? Why did we only get a montage of them getting closer instead of actually seeing it? Or how we never really see much of Gabriel and Adrien's struggles with the loss of Emilie, we simply get glimpses. How am I supposed to feel anything when Gabriel stops being Hawk Moth when this movie showed us literally nothing of their strained relationship? And then there's Gabriel's claim that he did absolutely everything to get Emilie back. No he didn't. He did actually nothing. He freed a couple of criminals and then akumatized himself. That's it. That's all he did.

Could you tell me why Alya decided to befriend Marinette? Could you tell me why Adrien "who decided not to get close to anyone" was friends with Nino? Could you tell me why Chloe was so confident Adrien had any interest in her when they never actually interacted?

And then there wasnt enough explanation on how anything that we should've been told worked. Could anyone really tell me how these versions of the miraculous work? Or why Master Fu was in possession of them? Or why they really chose their holders? Could you tell me if the kwami had much personality and were necessary?

Like, I will say, there were funny moments, the animation was nice, and there were cool set pieces, but where was the substance?? It was nonexistent. If you don't watch the show, would you know or feel anything for what was going on in this movie?

Cause even for me, who does watch the show, I didn't.

Think about this. The show has even faked out multiple reveals to me and every time I was hyped and screaming, I have read fanfiction of these same to characters falling in love and confessing every which way and I've swooned, but we get reveals and love confessions that are real and permanent in this movie and I felt. Nothing.

It's okay if yall disagree with me, but I just needed to get this off my chest. I'm hard on this movie because I wanted it to be good because I love the characters and story from the show.

They just speak to me

Forget about Barbieheimer what about Miraculous Omens in 6 days

This is the best way I can sum up my opinion on this movie Adrien vs show Adrien debate that’s being going on;

I love them both for their own reasons, your honor!

The biggest plotwist of Ladybug & Cat Noir The Movie has to be finding out that the shirt Marinette wears under her jacket is a tank top

the ladybug movie had me shook with this gorgeous Marinette dress!!

CN literally is going in for a kiss but Ladybug lets him down gently

Marinette asks Adrien to the dance/ball thing but he turns her down gently

WHY COULDN’T THE SERIES BE LIKE THIS 😭😭😭

so that ml movie huh??

show!tikki: no need for despair! you'll get used to the idea of being a superhero <3

movie!tikki: or you accept the job or i'll kick your butt

YOU GUYS THE MOVIE WAS ADORABLE!!!

(ofc it had some flaws, since it is a kids movie)

BUUUUT I GOT SM MOTIVATION TO FINISH COLOURING THIS LADYNOIR SKETCH I DID A FEW WEEKS (months??) BACK LOL

Show!Adrien would've helped movie!Marinette pick up those books no matter how sad boi hours he was feeling

Second print I got to make for the Ladybug VAs Christina Vee and Mela Lee✨🐞

Let's pour one out for Adrien - the special has proved that his dad either becomes Batman or the Joker when his mom died.

Sorry Adrien, we searched the multiverse and the closest he comes to being an okish dad is when he first beats you half to death and destorys all of Paris and only stops when he realizes it was you.

Sorry, I know that realization is going to keep you up at night. No, he probably would have killed anyone else. Yeah, his money will pay the therapy bills but...

And you don't even get to be Robin!

In the Dutch dub Marinette says "Ik kijk er nu al naar uit." (I'm already looking forward to it.) here.

Like... damn girl, you thirsty.

Miraculous awakening scene in 2D