#overcoming abuse
I will not have children. This inheritance dies with me.
The Latin is from Psalm 78 (Psalm 77 in the Vulgate):
Aperiam in parabolis os meum; loquar propositiones ab initio -
Quanta audivimus, et cognovimus ea, et patres nostri narraverunt nobis.
I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old -
Things we have heard and known, and things our ancestors have told us.
SHOP/KO-FI/PATREON/INSTAGRAM
Based on Ephemeral:
I think the only way the reveal could stick before Hawkmoth is defeated, is for Gabriel to be revealed as Hawkmoth first. If LB/CN know who their enemy is, they could reveal to each other and work to keep the truth from their now known enemy. Turn the tables from EphemeralandChat Blanc.
The plan: partial Hawkmoth reveal, Adrien knows what he’s dealing with at home, all cards on the table for a full love square reveal, then mastermind the Hawkmoth takedown. Endgame.
Furthermore: The show has shown that Hawkmoth knowing their secret identities gives him all the power he needs to defeat them, thus the reverse should be true.
Adrien knowing before hand gives him time to come to terms with the fact that his father is terrorizing Paris (and that he is a victim of abuse) and gives him the opportunity to try to stop his father as Adrien. As a son, not as a masked superhero. If the narrative ended with a boy without his powers taking on his abuser and either convincing him to willingly give up his Miraculous and/or leading to him being behind bars - well that would be very Zuko of the show, wouldn’t it? It would be a much more powerful ending than Ladybug and Chat Noir simply busting in to take the Miraculous of their unknown adversary. Only then to find out his identity.
