That hesitation in Frozer when Adrien said, “She’s… just a friend,” the faltering way he said it? When I was roasting him for it on that gifset, I said that what makes me act that way is talking about people who, “I adore beyond words.” Which, uh, which is something it took me a while to get to. Now that I’m done roasting Adrien and think about myself at his age, I realized something.
The feeling that comes from a connection like Adrien has with Marinette? I literally would not have had the words for it.
When Adrien thinks about romance, he thinks back to what he’s seen in movies and TV. That’s what he compares his relationship with Marinette to. As far as we know, he’s never been told or shown that there’s way more to a romantic relationship than what they put in dramatic romance stories.
Like how the person you love makes you feel safe through whatever mess your day throws at you…
… whether they’re actually with you in person, or just in spirit…
… like how it doesn’t matter how off beat the situation is, because it’s not about what,when,where, or how. The important partis who, it’s that you’re happy, and they’re the why.
All Adrien knows about romantic love doesn’t account for that, though. To him, it’s all heart pounding, it’s in your face, it’s candlelit dinners and fireworks—a feeling unmistakable and undeniable—you just know. What he feels with Marinette doesn’t fit that idea. The closest word he has for it is “friendship.”
… It’s close, but doesn’t quite fit either. He’s not sure what does.
So Adrien goes with what he knows, even as trying to make sense of how she makes him feel has him stumbling over not having the right words. He wasn’t ready for this. Somehow, somewhere along the way, what they have together has grown into something more. What she means to him now is so much greater than the word “friend” can contain.
This- this is completely canon, though. Astruc has gone on record that Chat’s antics are the result of him fumbling through romance, thinking grand romantic gestures are the best way to flirt. So it is a 100% logical conclusion that Adrien could very well have a more-than-friends relationship but have no idea.
You’ve swayed me, guys. Adrien might actually be interested in Marinette.
i know its the mets, but this is the coolest shit i’ve ever seen a human being do
Wtf????
Smoove with it too
This is the kind of shit you see in anime that shows that a certain character is stronger than other characters.
“Pathetic. You can’t even hold the bat you dare step to the plate? Have you no respect for the sport?”
reminds me of this gif
Baseball players are to be feared
Reblogging for the last one
^Same for me
They just kept getting progressively more “woah”
much woah
Oh my god this is a lucky universe
every time this post comes around, my favorite part is the “I know it’s the Mets” qualifier at the beginning lmao like how baseball that this zillion note posts starts with “sorry for putting this hellteam on your dash, bUT”
reblogging bc october, bc baseball, bc the last one, bc 1m notes, bc:
not to be all “tw*light did nothing wrong” but misogyny honest to god killed the hunger games
it was no masterpiece sure but it also sure as hell wasnt the love triangle bullshit everyone made it out to be. seriously everyone blames this whole “YA fiction with the special One and teens overthrowing the oppressive government tropes” trend on the hunger games but the truth is that none of those books are anything like thg
god!!! im mad!! name one cliche YA novel where the government actually is BAD like not just “oh love is illegal” or “they barcode you!!uwu” instead of like. actual slavery and rampant poverty while the rich waste their money on dumb bullshit!! and name one main character who ACTUALLY suffers under the government’s regime!! who actually starves and works and suffers and has genuine REASON to rebel!! thg is the only YA book that had anything to say about wealth disparity and the dehumanization of the poor,, every other YA book uses it as a plot device to put some dumbass romance together or show how “badass” the MC is!! thg is genuinely emotional and the focus of the book isnt katniss’s archery and how cool she is and its NOT gale or fucking peeta bread. and then the marketing for the stupid fucking movies took the WHOLE POINT OF THE BOOK (which is to satirize and critique how women in entertainment have any serious things about them ignored in favor of whatever dress theyre wearing or who they’re dating) and turns that into……….. a fucking love triangle. and then the world forgets it because its just another dumb teen girl series. okay.
Me @ myself rn
oh also last thing. the fact that at the end katniss chose to kill Coin (the rebel leader/soon to be newest dictator) instead of just having a plain and simple boring happy ending shows just how different thg is from the YA fiction its compared to. no other book in this genre would have the guts (or even the idea) to put out such a blatant, obvious “the fight against oppression never ends, stay diligent” message and thg is iconic for it and it shows how much thought was actually put into its message. im sorry to susan collins for my 12 yo self for not understanding at the time and thinking it was just bad writing
thanks to everyone adding on about the representation! about finnick’s story and being trafficked! and about peeta and his disability!! and katniss and her indigenous coding and PTSD!! And about how it shows how war n dictatorships always prey on marginalized groups!! and a billion other things!!! that the movies just fucked off n forgot about!!!
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