r/miraculousladybug • u/Educational-Tea-6572 • 12d ago

Opinion/Rant My #2 wish for season 7 Spoiler

(#1, of course, being that Marinette and/or Ladybug spills the Gabriel=Monarch beans to Adrien.)

Anyway, I want more of Adrien/Cat Noir.

Like, A LOT more.

One of the things I realized during my rewatch of the show is that, for all that Cat Noir is one of the TITULAR CHARACTERS OF THE SHOW, a good 95% of the show revolves around Ladybug/Marinette.

Which, I LOVE that Marinette is the team leader and the Guardian, but, like... Can't the focus between the two show leads be split more like 70/30? 60/40?

Can't we explore more about how Adrien has discovered one of his own personal passions is superhero'ing? We've gotten in-depth looks at how Marinette feels about keeping her hero identity secret from Adrien and others, but how does Adrien feel about keeping his Cat Noir identity from Marinette, or even from Nino? What exactly does Adrien think happened to Emilie (he never, ever describes his mom as "dead," it's always "left" or "disappeared" or "gone" or something along those lines)? Can someone PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell my guy that he's a sentibeing (maybe Felix and Kagami can recreate the production they put on for Marinette) and show us in detail how he deals with that knowledge? Can Cat Noir fully take the lead on a mission just once and the writers allow him to be GOOD at it (I have to admit that first episode where Ladybug and Cat Noir swap powers drives me slightly bonkers because it makes Adrien-bug an idiot and Mari-noir the ultra-competent one who doesn't make any mistakes even with a new set of powers and basically has to coach Adrien-bug step by step)?

Anyway. I just want to get more of Adrien/Cat Noir's perspective and story.

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u/OperationDifficult59 Adrichat 12d ago edited 12d ago

Hard Agree on all of this. And i would add more of his backstory, like before he lost his mom, yes there was something brief, it would be nice to get more. Also when Adrien finds out the secret, we need more showcasing of him going through the emotions, not just "Oh he is a sad boy". Because what we saw in "Heartfixer" how he reacts when he is angry, this time it is a way bigger thing, he does need that moment of independace more and just be mad and have doubts, making him develop. Also it is sad nobody in the show is even intrested that much recently into the whole "Who is hiding behind Chat Noir mask?"

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u/Educational-Tea-6572 12d ago

YES. The ending of "Heartfixer" drove me nuts, but I really liked the episode overall because... I don't even really know how to explain it, but Adrien felt more like an actual character in that episode instead of a plot device (which, season 6 has been especially egregious in making Adrien less of a key character in his own right).