As all three episodes have gone back to back to back, there are a few things to remember:

• Marinette has had zero time to really process all that happened at the end of Strike Back, because Chat Noir stood at her side and made sure they were able to recover the Rabbit Miraculous.  It’s not surprising that she will feel some level of stress and guilt, as she has always taken too much weight onto her shoulders and she is blaming herself for losing all the Kwami.
• Adrien has had no real time to contend with the fact that Marinette was the only one who really was standing up for him.  
• Adrien has had no real time to deal with the spy gear artifact he found in his father’s office…nor the fact that he must be putting together that Felix must have dropped it after he found something there.
• Alya has had no real time to grieve giving up her Miraculous plus the additional weight/burden of knowing that another decision might have shouldered some of the burden for her bestie…even if it was the right move at the time.
• In fact, all the of the rest of the holders are probably more quietly coming to terms with the fact that their powers are at least temporarily gone.
• Of the rest, Nino is probably the one most likely to mention to Adrien that Marinette didn’t want him to go, which is probably at the start of episode 2.  In context, Adrien is likely still feeling uncertain on his relationship with his usual BFF after the mid-season 4 episodes, but that doesn’t change the fact that Nino just lost his powers and is realizing that.  Added to that weight, Alya just had a seriously close call, so Nino would probably be actually very happy for the break but would still want to help Ladybug and Chat Noir as much as he can.  In fact, it might be really interesting to have them talking…to help Adrien realize that Ladybug was incredibly happy to work with him specifically.  A fact which is not 100% clear that he realized in the wake of everything with Felix at the end of Strike Back.

TL;DR:  Without the powers, Nino and Alya are back in a very prime and interesting spot to finally help their best friends finally start to date each other.

With or without the masks…

lnc2:

overworkedunderwhelmed:

Did Adrien just leave Marinette a video voice mail or did she just answer him with a whole actual wall of his photos in the background?

I have questions…

he saw her room plastered with his pictures on live television i think that ship sailed

True, but Chat Noir definitely has seen the room cleared out of those pictures since Troublemaker, too.  

If it really is live, it might really give Adrien some hope.

Did Adrien just leave Marinette a video voice mail or did she just answer him with a whole actual wall of his photos in the background?

I have questions…

The biggest question:  how many meme ready images for a Marinette or Adrien .exe file failure are coming?

And how soon?

If Season 5 turns out to mostly just be Marinette and Adrien alternatively having zero chill and promptly proceeding to render their crush/friend/partner/love in a puddle on the floor… only so they can then reach down and pick each other up, I am so, so here for it.

That episode was so satisfying.  

I don’t expect everything to run smoothly, but I’m going to love to see this season of taking the Miraculous from Gabriel one by one, all the while Adrinette and LadyNoir are both just flying higher by the day.

Marinette is just panicking with that phone call.  Thankfully, she’s literally got Alya as wingwoman/woman in the chair to make sure she survives the phone call at least.

Meanwhile, Adrien just seems to be playing this breaks off here, and I’m all for it.

overworkedunderwhelmed:

Things that Chat Noir should find out about in history during Evolution:

• The Scarf (Bubbler)
• The (Unsigned) Love Poem Response (Princess Fragrance)
• Chat Blanc’s existance (Chat Blanc)
• Ladybug erasing her signature on the gift she made (Chat Blanc)
  
• The Misdelivered Letter (Backwarder)
• Ladybug’s furtive smooch (Riposte)
• Marinette’s Video Confession (Felix)
• Oblivio - Any part (Oblivio)
• Marinette returning the Grimoire and taking the blame so Adrien could go back to school (The Collector)
  
• Marinette making gifts for Adrien (Misc. episodes)

What am I missing that needs to be on a bingo card?

With thanks to @xiaomao-ai-wo,@ultrakart,@gameguy20100, generalluxun, and Liquified Stars for contributions.

Still hoping for at least a solid few of these to pop up during Evolution!

Maybe Dark Owl, too?

since i guess i’m a miraculous ladybug blog now here’s a quick sketch for @sabertoothwalrus ‘s all left au

I can’t believe it… This ep was mind blowing!! Adrien actually owns pajamas!

unrelated discord stuff

i have no explanation this just popped in my head okay

inspired by @carpisunstell me something i don’t know

feat mari in a hoodie so they can snuggle without fear of touching skin… talkin about something sad

side note: found out I had been working on canvases that were only 130 DPI, had a heart attack, switched to 300, and immediately saw an improvement in my line quality -_- i also SUPER struggled with the color here until i just went full on experimental and had fun

elloooo its my birthday hehehe have a marichat <333

(sorry for being inactive )

smooch

@thesquipproject’s#thesquipproject500 dtiys! <3

aaa congratulations on 500 (now 1k!) on instagram squip! you deserve so much more! i enjoy your cool content and i love joining your live. its my favorite podcast❤️

No one:

Adrien at his just-a-friend-who-loves-fashion-besides-there’s-luka:

“Kung Food” is the episode Adrien started to like Marinette

And “Antibug” is the episode Ladybug started to like Chat Noir

Marichat is so real

SO REAL OKAY?!

NO ONE CAN CONVINCE ME TO THINK OTHERWISE