Thread:TheRealIcestorm/@comment-36472862-20181228020459/@comment-31322722-20181229070613

TheRealIcestorm wrote: I KNOW RIGHT?? AHHHHHHH! Sad news though. Cat Noir tells them he's not in love with Marinette. T-T

And yeah I'm typing this at 10:00 pm. Obviously. Last time I checked, he was in love with LadyBug. And since Marinette is so different in her approach to problems when she’s transformed — and since these two are in an anime-inspired French show — he doesn’t know they’re the same person.

In case you don’t watch a ton of magical girl anime (most notably, Sailor Moon), it’s a cliche. Example: in Sailor Moon, Usagi is Sailor Moon, and Mamoru is Tuxedo Mask. Usagi hates Mamoru (in season 1), but has a crush on Tuxedo Mask. Mamoru thinks Usagi’s dumb, but encourages her when they are both transformed. And despite the fact that their hairstyles never change and Sailor Moon DOESN’T EVEN WEAR A MASK... they STILL can’t recognize each other unless it’s spelled out for them in such an obvious way that a dead person would notice!

Which is why it annoys me a bit that Miraculous relies so heavily on this cliche. If you took it away from the show, it wouldn’t be nearly as popular or good. That’s kind of sad.