User:Sammm鯊/Ladybug

Also known as Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Miraculous, and formerly LadyBug; take your pick! = P

I'm going to go in a completely fangirl mode and share exactly how and why I think I'm FATED to fall for this series! LMAO. I'm not even kidding. On April 24, 2016, as I was walking home, a ladybug landed just few steps away from my next stride. I now seriously regretted that I didn't take a picture of it; it DID cross my mind at the time, because, well, I honestly don't see ladybugs around everyday like pigeons, but then I personally didn't particularly care for the insect, with the fact that while I did have my portable charger with me, my phone was dead at the time. Wanting to go home ASAP, I just didn't feel like waiting around to charge my phone so I could take the photo, thus I didn't. It still didn't change the fact that the encounter was memorable to me and I had a smile as I walked home.

Two days later, on April 26, 2016, on a basically abandoned Polish wiki I'm only on because I go add interlanguage links, a user joined and made a single edit. Whenever this happens to an abandoned wiki I follow, I'd always check out the user's profile. If they have "favorite wikis" listed, I'd also click to get a sense of their work ethic elsewhere. And that was when it happened. I entered the Polish ML Wiki, and even without understanding anything, the Favicon itself got all my attention; I was like: "Ladybug? What a coincident! I just saw one a few days ago! Wonder what this is about!", though at the time I kind of assume it was for a game in some type because of the design theme, and didn't really think there was high hope for me to actually be interested. Yet, once I click to view the main page, I became completely stunned. My first thought was that, "Is this some new film I again miss out for some reason!!!!???" Like come one! Look at Marinette Dupain-Cheng!!! Her design honestly could have landed her in any major feature film and would have fitted right in!

I immediately went for the English counterpart wiki, and was momentarily tormented when I found out in a few sentences that it was not a film, but a TV series. Call me old fashion and I don't care, but I'm fairly prestigious towards traditional 2D animation, and generally regard 3D productions (for TV! Not feature films) with distaste. At that point I no longer care; it wasn't going to hurt me to watch a few clips to know more about the show. And... Well, I fell in love, and binge-watched the entire first season (26 episodes) in A DAY.

I'd like to elaborate a little more and list my usual "characters I like/love/loathe etc.", but that can wait. I honestly love every episode and can't wait for the next season! On that note, let me just say this, despite the whole "I prefer 2D" thing I told you, I'm honestly HELLA GLAD they didn't end up making the show in 2D anime style like the original proposal. Don't get me wrong, there's still a chance that an anime version could be great, but JUST NOT in the specific style they first showed. I absolutely hate the art style and think it's super fugly. Thank GAWD it didn't happen. Thinking about it still makes me want to puke.

Pasting something I wrote in a comment for episode "Antibug" (because I doubt the said video would last long on YouTube):

"I think this episode should have been named 'Vanisher and Antibug'; it's ironic how Sabrina is 'invisible' in the episode title, not sure if it was intentional :3. This is also the first time this show used an existing superhero/supervillian name from mainstream comics (to my knowledge anyways; I don't read a lot lol) But I'm glad the powers are completely different; the Vanisher I know (mostly featured in X-Men related titles) teleports (himself and others) and 'vanishes' xP Sabrina's powers... Is just very Invisible Woman-esque sans the ability to generate force field..."

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