Why Does The Miraculous Fandom HATE Thomas Astruc?

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  • čas přidán 30. 04. 2024
  • In the "off" season of Miraculous that is going painstakingly slow, I've had a fair bit of time to catch up with all things fandom and scour wikis and social media to find any topic not yet covered by me to talk about. And well, I know I've talked about Thomas and his relationship before, but those were more particular drama incidents and not the broad topic as a whole. After all is there not a more iconic duo than the Miraculous creator and Twitter. Name one, I'll wait. A Tale As Old As Time, if you will. Anyway, it's clear that the interactions between fans and Astruc is not the chummiest. And it seems to be a popular consensus that a lot of fans disagree/ straight up don't like him. So today I thought I'd wade into the cesspit and figure out why (I quickly realised that I was far too ambitious to cover it all in one video and there was a lot to cover so assuming this video is popular enough I'll do a series on it). Anyway, enjoy.
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  • @UnknownUser-mj8rg
    @UnknownUser-mj8rg Před 15 dny +3360

    Can't get past the fact Marinette is based on the child he never had with his ex

    • @njivwathomassilavwe2056
      @njivwathomassilavwe2056 Před 15 dny +695

      I'm sorry what

    • @RedDeadSpider343
      @RedDeadSpider343 Před 15 dny +683

      ​@njivwathomassilavwe2056 yes it's true and the dad is named after himself which is creepy.

    • @meh.com.au1
      @meh.com.au1 Před 15 dny +1

      ​@@RedDeadSpider343 What a weird ass, who does that?

    • @riotkitty
      @riotkitty Před 15 dny +94

      Huh? 😳

    • @Jeduardo17
      @Jeduardo17 Před 15 dny +769

      ​@@RedDeadSpider343 both parents actually. Sabine is the name of his ex, just to add more spice to the hell soup this is

  • @mahekfaisal7083
    @mahekfaisal7083 Před 15 dny +3349

    To me the most annoying thing Astruc has done is completely ignore criticism from the fans. When we want more focus on Adrien, he’s removed from the final battle. When we want a Chloe redemption, she becomes as irritating and as cruel as Astruc can make her. His refusal to improve his characters really put me off the show

    • @langdonledwig3734
      @langdonledwig3734 Před 15 dny +574

      Also when asked to tone down Marinette’s creepiness he makes the other characters dumb and accepting of it

    • @MahekMunir
      @MahekMunir Před 15 dny +359

      Exactly, her creepiness in the statue scene is also the reason adrien fell for marinette, I just find that really uncomfortable

    • @_MyNameIsAJ_
      @_MyNameIsAJ_ Před 15 dny +220

      I'll never get over how it took 5 seasons for Adrien to fall for Marinette and it's literally done off screen

    • @mahekfaisal7083
      @mahekfaisal7083 Před 15 dny +186

      @@langdonledwig3734 I agree, even Kagami said in season 4 that Marinette was meant for Adrien because she knew everything about him, Astruc really hates listening to his fans

    • @mahekfaisal7083
      @mahekfaisal7083 Před 15 dny +101

      @@_MyNameIsAJ_ Yup, I maybe wouldn't have minded taking that long if the writers had bothered on developing their friendship, then romantic feelings but nope, its all rushed into one season.

  • @annieandelsieofarendelle3294
    @annieandelsieofarendelle3294 Před 15 dny +1868

    It’s creepy how he thinks stalking is a personality trait and not a mental illness.

    • @riel4553
      @riel4553 Před 15 dny +33

      I think they raised that man with Pepe Lepeu* episodes on loop.

    • @chaliceflame1314
      @chaliceflame1314 Před 15 dny +73

      This would be my primary criticism of this show from what I know about it. If it's meant to be for children, then this type of behavior should not be shown to them and perceived as love or affection.

    • @annieandelsieofarendelle3294
      @annieandelsieofarendelle3294 Před 14 dny +64

      @@chaliceflame1314 My primary criticism is the idea that your relationship can be built on toxic lies about abusive parents. I’m sorry, I’m not forgiving Marinette for that.

    • @nynys4940
      @nynys4940 Před 14 dny +3

      @@annieandelsieofarendelle3294 omg when did that happen ? (i forgot everything ab the show, can u break it down for me ?) 😭😭

    • @user-dk3lg9np6p
      @user-dk3lg9np6p Před 14 dny +43

      ​@@nynys4940spoiler alert:
      Basically in the season 5 finale mari and gabriel fight (while adrien is locked up), gabriel gets the miraculouses and makes the wish, sacrificing himself to bring nathalie (after she died due to using the peacock miraculous) back so she can take care of adrien. In the aftermath mari lies to everyone and especially adrien that hawkmoth and gabriel are two different people so adrian can live in peace. Plus the show glorified gabriel as hero with complete disregard to his misdeeds that he has done throughout the series which was just gross!

  • @snooker7107
    @snooker7107 Před 15 dny +2006

    guy: what is your favorite show?
    Me: Mlb
    guy: Is it good?
    Me: No😔

    • @raymond7298
      @raymond7298 Před 15 dny +113

      Yup this about sums it up😅

    • @njivwathomassilavwe2056
      @njivwathomassilavwe2056 Před 15 dny +201

      It's trash but it's OUR trash

    • @user-pc2jc1sl2t
      @user-pc2jc1sl2t Před 15 dny +37

      It has good factors and bad factors. It is your favourite show that mean obviously it's made you to like it.Btw I have kind of love hate relationship with this show 👁️👅👁️

    • @Wedelivermilktodads
      @Wedelivermilktodads Před 15 dny

      i hate that it had to come to this

    • @marcwu5686
      @marcwu5686 Před 15 dny +39

      It’s just one of those weird not good shows you still watch for whatever reason

  • @Cheetahgirl_Studios
    @Cheetahgirl_Studios Před 15 dny +2037

    One thing that just… really highlights how immature this guy is was when the movie was released. Most creators would be PUMPED if their show got a critically acclaimed animated film.
    Not Astruc.
    He proceeded to have a full blown TANTRUM about it any time someone brought it up to him. Swearing up and down, left and right, diagonally, back to front that the movie gave us what we want… but the show gives us what we need? What, you mean character assassination, a plot that’s flown so far off the rails it’s escaped orbit, and an unhealthy main romance that’s completely ECLIPSED the entire premise of the show? That’s what we need, Thomas? Seriously?
    I swear, I have never seen a creator that is so… for lack of a better word, _ungrateful_ for their success. Thomas frequently picks fights with his fans, insults them, talks down to them, laughs at fan concepts, and just overall acts as much of a spoiled brat as Chloe sometimes. Which is ironic, all things considered.

    • @riotkitty
      @riotkitty Před 15 dny +181

      Wait he got mad at the movie? 😅 that’s insane I didn’t think I would see someone pull a Roosterteeth and be petty towards other adaptions of their works that they weren’t involved in.

    • @Cheetahgirl_Studios
      @Cheetahgirl_Studios Před 15 dny +195

      @@riotkitty Yep. He got mad at the movie. I think that’s the first time I’ve seen a creator get mad at something successful in their IP.

    • @Winter-Hero
      @Winter-Hero Před 15 dny +233

      ​@@riotkitty "The movie gives you what you want, the show gives you what you need."
      -Thomas Astruc-
      His ego is so large that he thinks he KNOWS what people need.

    • @riotkitty
      @riotkitty Před 15 dny +103

      ⁠@@Winter-HeroI…wow. That is one of the most narcissistic things I’ve ever heard Astruc say.

    • @Winter-Hero
      @Winter-Hero Před 15 dny +109

      @@riotkitty He shot himself right in the foot, yet his ego is so large that he wasn't even realizing it
      Duh! Why do you think people consume entertainment?! They don't need it, they want it.

  • @Angi3_6
    @Angi3_6 Před 15 dny +1355

    I hate the “it’s a kid’s show” argument. I usually see that being used to justify bad/lazy writing. It implies that children don’t deserve well written stories. It’s especially irritating when they constantly drop the ball when introducing and using toxic topics. There is a certain level of responsibility when doing kid shows because children tend to be not as equipped as teens and adults to understand the nuances and subtleties and separate fiction from reality as easily (even adults have problems doing that and I think that’s due to the decline in using critical thinking skills, but that’s another topic). Not to say Miraculous has any of that or does it well; it’s as subtle as a bull in a China shop.

    • @blueraccoon1088
      @blueraccoon1088 Před 15 dny +9

      Well if you ask me the show grows with us. My sister was 7 when it came out she's in high school and the show grows with it. She and her friends who were grew out of it and I started same Era and continued after it grew more the stakes

    • @Asexual_Individual
      @Asexual_Individual Před 15 dny

      "It's a kid's show" is almost never used as a genuine defence.
      When a show is good, it's "an example of how children's content can be more than for just children, mature, tackle difficult themes, etc." But as soon as that show does something like have poor character development or have a bad theme, suddenly it's "just a kid's show" and everyone pointing out the issues are "overthinking a show meant for kids".
      It's a double-standard all focused on defending the show they like without putting any thought into it.

    • @solidSnake4580
      @solidSnake4580 Před 15 dny +48

      Thank you! I’ve been saying this for a long time now and honestly hate and get annoyed at the amount of people who always use the “it’s for kids” argument to shield a badly written movie or show from criticism. And I often get that whenever I criticize the bad writing on these bad live action Sonic movies.

    • @Theawesomeninja_XD
      @Theawesomeninja_XD Před 15 dny +39

      For real! And the thing is, there's plenty of well written kids shows so this excuse doesn't even work!

    • @Angi3_6
      @Angi3_6 Před 15 dny +42

      @@blueraccoon1088 Honestly, I haven’t been in the fandom for very long, and I watched the show in a smaller time frame. As the show went on, the characters have gotten MORE naive. As mentioned before, the darker topics they do bring in aren’t handled with the sensitivity, respect, time and nuances that they REQUIRE to be written well, like with Marinette’s supposed trauma. It was dropped almost as quickly as it was introduced, and is very inconsistent. Which sucks because I was really looking forward to her being more fleshed out and developed as a character. The presence of dark topics doesn’t necessarily reflect the maturity of the show/characters.

  • @thapelosishi
    @thapelosishi Před 15 dny +838

    Because he’s a weirdo who has an odd fixation on hating Chloé. The end.

    • @Asexual_Individual
      @Asexual_Individual Před 15 dny +1

      I think it was less "hating on Chloe" and more getting really petty about the amount of love Chloe received from the fandom. No one can hate their own character that much unless there's other factors involved, like obnoxious fans insisting they know more about the character he created than he does. (Though, that's partially his fault by allowing the fans to constantly scream into his ear about Chloe instead of setting his Twitter to private.)

    • @CjJLXxR
      @CjJLXxR Před 15 dny +68

      He's just too lazy to actually make new creative triggers other than Cloé, honestly I think he works by the ''if the formula works why change it''

    • @khaliyahjefferson832
      @khaliyahjefferson832 Před 15 dny +32

      @@CjJLXxR ong it's getting freaking boring now like you can't make me hate her much as I hate Mari she makes her look like a saint she has done worse crimes then chloe she needs to be in jail

    • @estebangutierrez160
      @estebangutierrez160 Před 15 dny +10

      His odd fixation for hating Chloe is because he was bullied by girls like Chloe.

    • @JaneD0e_LuckyNxmbr7
      @JaneD0e_LuckyNxmbr7 Před 15 dny +26

      I was really hoping for a nice Chloe in the tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir special because they turned Gabriel nice but nooo :(

  • @TheGreenThunder1607
    @TheGreenThunder1607 Před 15 dny +764

    Also i'm not buying the thing about "Chloe was never planned to change" because then why was Queen Bee in *all* the marketing? I actually believe the theory that Jeremy Zag liked chloe and was more involved during the first two seasons, and after he left to work on the movie, Thomas had full control and did all in his power to dethrone the queen. After all, if she was never supposed to be the "true" bee holder, why only introduce Zoe after chloe's downfall? Hell, before she was never even alluded to existing.. also chloe's writing in general feels completely different. Even in season one, she was a fun character who felt like a person. Post season four she's just this walking charicature. She doesn't have any redeemimg traits and we're constsntly reminfed by other characters that we're supposed to hate her and how nothing excuses her behaviour. A real shame.. i am confident that she'll get her glorious return in awakening 2 tho

    • @Asexual_Individual
      @Asexual_Individual Před 15 dny

      It's possible that Astruc has always liked the concept of the Bee hero. Afterall, a concept Bee hero is in the new shows promotional poster for Zag Heroez alongside Ladybug instead of Chat Noir (and she doesn't look like concept-Chloe). So, Queen Bee was at the forefront of marketing because Astruc wanted a Bee hero there rather than wanting Chloe there specifically.
      And Zoe only getting introduced after Chloe's fall instead of ahead of time could possibly be down to just bad writing. (These are the same writers that stuffed the final four hero debuts into the grand team-up episode after all.)

    • @Markus2E5I6
      @Markus2E5I6 Před 15 dny +112

      Even Chloe's civilian outfit is very bee-like.

    • @breannajames7896
      @breannajames7896 Před 15 dny +68

      I also don't understand why a character that was never meant to be redeem has their own doll and merchandise?

    • @DigiVixen
      @DigiVixen Před 14 dny +45

      @@breannajames7896 I mean sure, it's nice to have villain merch.... but things about everything they did with Chloe doesn't add up properly.

    • @TheGreenThunder1607
      @TheGreenThunder1607 Před 14 dny +60

      @@DigiVixen exactly.. especially Zag pushed her a whole lot. There's so much Art of all the "Zag Heroez" with characters of his other Shows no one watched or never came out like the Ghost Force, Zak Storm, Pixie Girl etc. And the miraculous representation consists of LB, CN AND Queen Bee. She's always there! Even without Rena Rouge or Carapace. Besides.. afaik there aren't any Hawk Moth or Mayura dolls..

  • @redballoon9007
    @redballoon9007 Před 15 dny +601

    I have A LOT of issues with how Chloe’s character was handled. But I think the most insulting thing was Andre. How the HELL is the show going to try and convince me that Andre is 100% innocent in the whole ordeal. He’s treated as if Chloe was the one abusing him even though HE was the neglectful and spineless father who only started to really step up due to his sudden care for Zoe. And he didn’t even try to connect with Chloe after Zoe’s introduction. He just disowns her and adopts Zoe (Mr. Lee be damned.)
    Like no, of course I’m not going to have sympathy for Andre. He and Andrey share the blame for being terrible parents! But the show never sees the situation as such. And that gets on my nerves.

    • @Asexual_Individual
      @Asexual_Individual Před 15 dny +1

      Apparently sending kids to therapy doesn't exist in the ML universe.

    • @Justin-ui5ti
      @Justin-ui5ti Před 15 dny +85

      For me Andre is person who is also a victim of Audrey's behavior, but is also ignorant of actually showing true guidance and discipline. He is a doormat.
      He does try to appease both Audrey and Chloe's desires quite often. That's what he views as "parenting".
      But it is terrible. He is an enabler. Maybe that's his way of coping with Audrey's behavior.
      You can make the argument that he is in an abusive relationship and that he copes by trying to fulfill Audrey's and Chloe's desires. There are plenty of relationships out there where people stay with their abusive partners and find ways of coping that aren't healthy. In reality Andre should have cut Audrey out years ago, but it hasn't hit him to do that. That's fairly common with abusive relationships.
      He just feeds into their bad habits. He also has loose morals on what he does and is corrupt in how he exercises his power. He enables Chloe plenty of times by using his position as mayor.
      The thing is that while he does abuse his position, he does so for Chloe's desires because he thinks that is the way to make her happy and raise her. But that is the wrong direction.
      Andre does seem to care for Chloe, but his way of raising her is not a good one.
      Audrey is a lost cause.
      What I would have wanted is for Andre to stand up for himself against Audrey and cut her out of his life. Then take accountability for his failure in raising Chloe. That means stopping her bad habits and actually establishing boundaries. He can show a good example by actually taking his position seriously and not abusing his power.
      What the show did in which he just disowns Chloe, takes no responsibility for his role in turning her into this state, and sends her off to live with Audrey was frankly disgusting.

    • @redballoon9007
      @redballoon9007 Před 13 dny +43

      @@Justin-ui5ti Not only establishing boundaries but actually engaging with Chloe and loving her. If bro actually had the power to quit being mayor at anytime (as seen in S5) then he literally has NO excuse as to why he was so neglectful towards her.

    • @littlebabyman8494
      @littlebabyman8494 Před 13 dny +64

      @@Justin-ui5ti Disowning your own child cause YOU raised them wrong sounds like such a massive- Ok, I’ll be serious.
      What the fuck were they thinking? Andre would get away with the shit he enabled and practically taught his own daughter? The whole thing with smearing your opponent? SHE GOT FROM HIM! He’s not just neglectful, he’s a bad influence!

    • @xlazyxdragonx
      @xlazyxdragonx Před 13 dny

      ​@@Justin-ui5tiyy_

  • @leilaocasio8274
    @leilaocasio8274 Před 15 dny +378

    Imagine how this show would be if the creator actually accepted criticism and used it to improve his work, you know, like good writers.

    • @chaliceflame1314
      @chaliceflame1314 Před 15 dny +40

      Or at the least be polite to people offering criticism?

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 13 dny +5

      ​@@chaliceflame1314 If I get constantly cyber bullied by over exaggerating fans (the man has his flaws but we're on Twitter, when you can receive all the hate of the world for basically nothing), how am I supposed to handle them?

    • @oreotaku4017
      @oreotaku4017 Před 11 dny +23

      ⁠@@justaguy263 Ignore them obviously.
      Never be afraid to listen to your critics. But always, always, ignore the haters.

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 11 dny +1

      @@oreotaku4017 This show has obviously more haters than people wanting to "fix it"

    • @snowbunnie1113
      @snowbunnie1113 Před 10 dny +2

      Are we sure that Tomas Astruc hasn’t secretly been Andrew Dobson all this time. 😅

  • @MegaloBlazemon
    @MegaloBlazemon Před 15 dny +357

    Thomas has the "I still haven't let go of things from High School" energy. Like, his ego totally lead to the mishandling of Chloe as a Character. Like, if Chloe's 1-Dimensional and "Evil for Evil's Sake" then don't give her an emotionally abusive Mother. Like, let's be real, Chloe was meant to be Queen Bee, look at her Civilian Outfit, even to this day she rocks the Queen Bee Patterns/Color-Scheme. She was on her way to being an Anti-Hero, learning from her mistakes, given a chance to change by Ladybug. Like in the episode where she almost yanked Mayura's Miraculous in Miracular, like, she was a team player, she was changing for the better. Reform by being given a chance to reform. People aren't chiseled in stone, I've seen good people turn bad, and bad people grow & transform into good people. And let's be real, Marinette was the Catalyst for Chloe reverting to her old ways and becoming worse, because the one avenue where Chloe could embetter herself (The Miraculous) was suddenly yanked from her because "People knew her identity" but she'd give Kagami & others with revealed identities still have theirs. She was on the sidelines begging to help, begging to get in the game, and for no good reason got shut out by Ladybug. If anything Thomas ended up making Marinette a hypocrite. I don't like how he massacred Chloe, I hope one day they correct course with her, have her hit rock bottom & build herself up. Otherwise the point of the show is "Never let people change, never let them grow, never forgive"

    • @hangezoe7472
      @hangezoe7472 Před 15 dny +16

      the last sentence is truly summarize the meaning of miraculous unless if you're bootlicking someone like Marinette no matter what kind awful things that little shit have done

    • @ggrarl
      @ggrarl Před 15 dny +30

      I still can't believe that, when she had the chance to make things better between herself and Chloé, Marinette instead basically says, "You're only good at being a terrible person, just like your mother."
      And yet she's surprised when Chloé starts to act even worse. Anyone else would've looked a a child asking, "Why don't you love me, Mom?" and said that a child shouldn't have to earn the love of a parent. For crying out loud, Chicken Little is one of the least liked films in the Disney animated canon, and it did that message better. But oh no, it's all Chloé’s fault. How can you blame her parents? It's not like that was the running theme in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Even her half-sister who came out of nowhere and said she'd always love her no matter what had nothing to say by the end. Nope, every abusive parent in the show had good reasons to do so, except Colt Fathom who we never meet.

    • @user-dk3lg9np6p
      @user-dk3lg9np6p Před 12 dny +22

      Also, the whole "you can't be a hero anymore because everyone knows your identity" argument has a solution that was later revealed in kuro neko where it was revealed that a hero can change his suit and identity by changing his behavior, and that would've worked very well with chloe's character and redemption arc because in order for her to stay a hero, she needs to act nicer to get a new identity.

    • @shannonmcelroy8454
      @shannonmcelroy8454 Před 11 dny +6

      Reminds me of this gem from Kim Possible.
      Ron: Blah, blah, blah, complain, complain, complain. You know, when life gives you lemons.....
      Dr Drakkon: I COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LEMONS!

    • @Radio-97
      @Radio-97 Před 11 dny +11

      @@user-dk3lg9np6p I personally have an idea for an AU scenario;
      Imagine Pollen went away without a word to find Chloe as to not abandon her ‚queen‘ and helping her to become a proper ‚queen‘.
      Chloe‘s alternative her identity would be ‚Humble Bee‘ (bumblebee and humble) so that Chloe can get a chance to make things right, like Pollen saw that Chloe has potential to be very ‚special‘, but that she has still to prove to be worthy for a hero.
      Humble Bee is a version of Chloe who is willing to change for the better and having the desire to be a hero, but that she learns to become a better person to be a better hero, aka getting off her imaginary high horse to reach her goal.
      Chloe would be an ideal tertiary protagonist who often assists Ladybug and Chat Noir in particular situations where they need to incapacitate villains.
      Another nice add-on is that Pollen is willing to serve her ‚queen‘ Chloe only if Chloe learns to better herself for her own sake as Chloe has self-worth problems and thus her bullying others is just a vent to distract herself for not having a talent; this could align very well of why she makes fun of Marinette constantly aside from Adrien, she sees how Marinette is loved by everyone while Chloe has none.
      This could lead to Pollen suggesting that Chloe should make up and act nicer to the ones she wronged, with the first focus being in fact Marinette.
      One wacky idea is that Chloe decides to work in the Dupent-Cheng‘s bakery as a first step (aka Pollen suggested that, Chloe pestering her father to convince Marinette‘s parents to get Chloe a part-time job at their job, and Chloe for the first time actually doing some work etc)

  • @pslayer8943
    @pslayer8943 Před 15 dny +220

    I think the worst part about this is that Miraculous is suppose to be a kid's show and this gives a lot of horrible life lessons, some of which are flat out disturbing. For example in season 2 it's very clear that Jeremy Zag had a different vision for Chloe, a misunderstood bully who acts like this due to her neglectful/abusive family, however by showing her some kindness she starts changing for the better, something that a lot of fans wanted. Unfortunately, because of Thomas hate boner for Chloe, he gives a black and white image to a point where he sabotages his own show just to spite fans who like her or dare to question him.

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 13 dny +3

      A kid's show doesn't necessarily have to teach life lessons...

    • @ggrarl
      @ggrarl Před 13 dny +32

      ​@@justaguy263that's true, but for this writing team it's apparently a mandate that Marinette HAS to learn a lesson every time, even when it's not her fault

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 13 dny +2

      @@ggrarl Maybe in the beginning but in recent seasons the life lessons were not present. The last thing to actually and genuinely teach life lessons is the Paris special.

    • @zcgamerandreacts2762
      @zcgamerandreacts2762 Před 4 dny +3

      My little pony taught better life lessons then MLB! My little pony!

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 4 dny

      @@zcgamerandreacts2762 Why are you even comparing two clearly different shows? There's no even life lessons anymore in MLB

  • @Honk19
    @Honk19 Před 15 dny +201

    He's a manchild, and a very annoying one at that. It's also a bit creepy how he calls Marinette jis daughter, imagining her to be his child and his ex's(idk if that's real. I think I heard it in a review). Also, he thinks he's a feminist, but feminism isn't about women being better than me. Feminism is about equality.

    • @DigiVixen
      @DigiVixen Před 14 dny +36

      Also he claims Adrien is perfect and does no wrong, it's the world that's wrong. Like sure... the world can be wrong, that doesn't negate that Adrien is still flawed (even if those flaws were caused by the neglect and abuse that he endured).

    • @Honk19
      @Honk19 Před 14 dny +10

      @@DigiVixen Exactly! No one is perfect

    • @swampyk
      @swampyk Před 13 dny

      He's also hugely islamophobic

    • @megamix5403
      @megamix5403 Před 11 dny

      >Feminism isn't about me, it's about equality.
      You poor sod.

    • @Nakia11798
      @Nakia11798 Před 10 dny +5

      ​@DigiVixen Adrien is very flawed. That's legit the point of his character. Was he being sarcastic 😂

  • @kamarismith9422
    @kamarismith9422 Před 15 dny +249

    Honestly, I think Smarty really summed up the biggest issue with Astruc. Even when he's making a point that's somewhat reasonable, he says it in such an arrogant way that it makes him insufferable. Also, it's nice to see The Immaturity of Thomas Astruc get a shout-out.

  • @JayRedGear
    @JayRedGear Před 15 dny +176

    What makes Chloe's failed redemption suck even more is that Lila exists. She easily could've been the spiteful brat that Chloe was but a lot more nasty and irredeemable with Chloe thinking "Wow, I could've stayed like this and my life would've just been worse off."
    A proper Chloe redemption (at least to me):
    -Chloe bedding her relationship with Sabrina (remember Antibug from season 1? I know Astruc doesn't, but remember we saw Chloe and Sabrina cosplaying as Ladybug and Cat Noir and just having fun together? They even slept near each other, giving hints that they really are close friends?
    -Ms. Bustier adopting Chloe as her daughter, giving her the positive mother figure she never had.
    -The butler (don't remember his name) being Chloe's father figure since her real one is spineless and as shown in season 5, would just abandon her for the "better one" despite it being at fault for Chloe's behavior as much as Chloe's mom.
    -Chloe being an Anti-Hero who is more willing to do underhanded things in order to stop Hawk Moth and find out his identity.

    • @yame4467
      @yame4467 Před 10 dny +17

      A bit late but exactly! Lila exists so there is already a character who is evil just for the sake of it (almost unbealivably so like there is no way a teenage girl pulls a triple life or wtv) So having a character that changes for the better and evolves would have been nice. Like in shows (for example) BSD, you have characters like Akutagawa who are evil and have done horrible things, they have backstories that explain WHY do they do it, and they eventually start to improve themselves for the better! But you also have pure evil characters like Fyodor, Shibuzawa and Mori.
      Any good story needs a balance in characters, you just cant have evil characters that are a carbon copy of each other. Plus having hawk moth semi-redeemed and chlore villianized to hell and back is just stupid.
      Your idea for Miss. Bustier and the butler is really good! I would love to see that on a fic,

    • @kou7191
      @kou7191 Před 7 dny +8

      I always liked the idea (kinda my headcanon I guess) that Chloe did "steal" the bee miraculous and become a third party, an enemy to Hawk Moth but not necessarily an ally to Ladybug (since they want to get the bee miraculous back) and as Queen Bee went on, she learned being a hero is more than fame and glory, but the rewarding feeling of helping others, etc.
      Also, Marinette's whole thing about "you can't be Queen Bee again because Hawk Moth knows your identity" is complete BS because he also knows everybody else's identity (and she knows he knows) yet she still gave out the other miraculous like halloween candy to the same people over and over.

  • @Medusa_The-Bard
    @Medusa_The-Bard Před 15 dny +134

    I find the fact that alot of people still call "X" Twitter- I think we should keep it like that

    • @ejm1225
      @ejm1225 Před 9 dny +3

      X? More like Gex, as in Gex is back!

  • @mrenergy5364
    @mrenergy5364 Před 15 dny +280

    I hope the show turns around for the better, with or without Astruc.

    • @austint4139
      @austint4139 Před 15 dny +58

      I get the feeling that only a reboot could make that happen

    • @Thatanticapitalist
      @Thatanticapitalist Před 15 dny +1

      It will not

    • @mrenergy5364
      @mrenergy5364 Před 15 dny +7

      @@austint4139 The movie.

    • @hunterrousseau3770
      @hunterrousseau3770 Před 15 dny +3

      ​@@mrenergy5364 I mean, they could replace Astruc with Zag to write for future seasons to try and soft fine tone and retool write fix whatever Astruc's writing might had ruined for the past first five seasons of the show thus far here

    • @mrenergy5364
      @mrenergy5364 Před 15 dny +1

      @hunterrousseau3770 Hopefully it's not another twist troll move where Astruc just comes back again and goes yet another nuke on the show.

  • @gabrielleduplessis7388
    @gabrielleduplessis7388 Před 15 dny +156

    He is the reason why I don’t want to watch season 5.
    The way he ruined so many characters. Chloe being a caricature because of how much he hates his own creation. Marinette being intolerable but it is fine because of how much he favors his own creation.
    Adrien just being pushed to the side again and again and again.
    That season 4 finale still made me so mad. I am not mad at her for choosing felix because she thought it was Adrien. Fine. What I am mad about is her flaunting him in front of everyone including Cat Noir because she just replaced him again and she does not care how he feels.
    I get her being frustrated when he constantly flirts with her when she does not want that or shows up at the wrong time.
    What I don’t get is when she does not use the words “i’m sorry” or try to listen to how other people feel. I mean it is Alya who noticed Cat Noir struggling with things. Jeez.
    I saw the first few episodes of season 5 and they made ladybug and Cat Noir so incompetent.
    Do I want them to have their powers at this point?

    • @Asexual_Individual
      @Asexual_Individual Před 15 dny

      I stopped watching because I couldn't stand the constant jogging in place (the love-square and the plot), as well as the torment Marinette constantly went through making me really uncomfortable.

    • @whitemoonwolf13
      @whitemoonwolf13 Před 15 dny +12

      i don't even have words for season 5. suffice to say it burned any and all grace i was willing to extend and i won't be watching the next season(s). save your frustration. watch summaries and don't invest your time.

  • @hydrodemon939
    @hydrodemon939 Před 15 dny +167

    One of my favorite sayings is you can love the creation and not the creator.

  • @austint4139
    @austint4139 Před 15 dny +257

    If the plot didn’t move as slow as it did I would have supported Chloe’s failed redemption since life is just like that sometimes but the plot did move slower than a snail and I’m still upset

    • @redballoon9007
      @redballoon9007 Před 15 dny +68

      Not to mention…It didn’t help any other character’s development (it actually made more characters worse) and Chloe wasn’t even all that affective as a villain. No one takes her seriously as a villain (not even the fandom-)

    • @Asexual_Individual
      @Asexual_Individual Před 15 dny

      The problem with Chloe's arc isn't that they axed a redemption that Astruc already explained was never on the table to begin with, it's that the damnation arc was badly handled because they prioritised it being a rug-pull over writing it well.
      Yeah, Chloe was still consistently horrible throughout her fake redemption arc, off-setting her good moments, Astruc pointed out that there were plenty of red-flags for Chloe's betrayal. But the show itself trained us to ignore those red flags by hand-waving away her behaviour, the infamous train incident was forgotten about by the end of the episode and Chloe still got given the Bee after that despite doing nothing to earn her "second chance", as well as the characters commenting on how Chloe "could change". And then she just joins Hawkmoth completely with no scruples. And even after her "damnation", Chloe's betrayal goes completely unremarked on in the following season.

    • @estebangutierrez160
      @estebangutierrez160 Před 15 dny +27

      The fandom doesn't like Chloe as an Antagonist at all.

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 13 dny +2

      Between production and all, animation is kinda complicated in France... But I agree the show has a horrible pace...

    • @Asexual_Individual
      @Asexual_Individual Před 13 dny

      @justaguy263 The show has the pace of an anime that's being adapted from a manga that's still being made.

  • @silverstar7187
    @silverstar7187 Před 15 dny +111

    Something I've always disliked is the "it's made for kids! It doesn’t have to be well written/written for you" stance because, well- I was a kid when I started watching this show. I got invested in Chloe's development. I wrote fanfiction of new villains for the show. I genuinely enjoyed it- but I still hated Chloe's failed redemption. I hated Marinette's stalkery ways, even if I liked her character. I hated how dumb some of the writing felt. I held most of the same critiques that adults in the fandom have held for years.
    Does my opinion not matter then, because it matches the opinion of those who "were not the target audience"?

    • @Theawesomeninja_XD
      @Theawesomeninja_XD Před 15 dny +21

      Exactly! And that argument doesn't even work because there's plenty of good kids shows.

    • @FeligamiAdrizoeDuusuLonggSwora
      @FeligamiAdrizoeDuusuLonggSwora Před 14 dny +19

      @@Theawesomeninja_XDExactly! To name a few. The owl house, Amphibia, Dora the Explorer, Max and Ruby, The backyardigans, Wordgirl, Bluey, etc!

    • @leesimmers6693
      @leesimmers6693 Před 10 dny +5

      Kids shouldn’t be subjugated to watching shows with horrible lessons when their brains are literally in the beginning of their formative years. Kids shouldn’t be held at a lower standard because you think they’re too stupid to understand a bad show when they see one, a children’s show should NEVER be created with that thought process in mind.
      With a sinister mindset like that, it makes you wonder why they’d even bother making a children’s show in the first damn place when you obviously don’t have their best interests in mind.

    • @cabin7slytherpuffempath
      @cabin7slytherpuffempath Před 9 dny +1

      @FeligamiAdrizoeDuusuLonggSwora 100% agreed, not to mention Avatar: The Last Airbender itself.

    • @eastwardnest271
      @eastwardnest271 Před 8 dny +4

      A saying once said "a kids show isn't a good show if adults can't watch it"

  • @schraeder22
    @schraeder22 Před 15 dny +103

    The fact that he's blocking everyone who has a different opinion than him speaks volumes. I mean, people call him "Ass-truck" for a reason.
    He created a show with pretty deep topics and flawed characters yet he keeps denying that the topics are deep and the characters are flawed (especially with Adrien). And then he calls the fans stupid for "reading too much into it because it's just a kid's show".
    He should be grateful that the fans and their love for the characters are keeping the show alive, otherwise it would've crashed and burned years ago.

    • @Sonchikas1
      @Sonchikas1 Před 14 dny +4

      Aren't people on Twitter say that you're allowed to block people for any reason whatsoever? I know we all are hating this guy here but what's wrong with hum setting boundaries with people he doesn't like?

    • @schraeder22
      @schraeder22 Před 14 dny +16

      @@Sonchikas1 The problem is not that he's setting boundaries when people are being rude or attacking him. The problem is him not wanting fans to "overthink" the show. People are speculating and asking questions about the show, which he doesn't like because he feels it's a personal insult to his "greatness". So he gives them passive aggressive replies or blocks them and then goes on a rant about the fans being stupid or sexist or pushing their beliefs and opinions onto him (which isn't what they're doing).
      He only accepts comments if people praise him or his show, which is why fans don't tend to like him very much.

    • @Sonchikas1
      @Sonchikas1 Před 14 dny +3

      @@schraeder22 I'll bite the bullet here and say that falls under "any reason whatsoever". Passive agressiveness and rants is not graceful but blocking someone is not wrong if you don't want to hear anything from them? It's none of your business whether they do it to "protect their greatness" or peace of mind.
      Telling people publicly you got blocked by someone is kinda cringe - not only you do not respect someone's decision not to interact with you but you also make it everyone else's business.

    • @timoteoseagedetoffol8795
      @timoteoseagedetoffol8795 Před 14 dny +1

      Because Astruc is french if we use the appelation "Ass-truck". I know it since I am French too, we call him like that and it has become the norm in Miraculous fandom.

    • @schraeder22
      @schraeder22 Před 13 dny +9

      @@Sonchikas1 He can block people, but then he should just shut up about it. Because the main issue with him is not the blocking itself, but the actions that surround it. Calling people out and insulting them. Which is just such a shitty thing to do, regarding the age of a lot of miraculous fans.
      If he wants to protect his peace of mind, he should just block everyone he doesn't want to interact with and move on.
      And if he doesn't want people asking questions, he should just move to a platform where he can turn off replies.
      I don't mind if people mention they got blocked by him, because people don't take it seriously and mostly just make fun of it - it's basically a running gag among the fans who interact with him.
      He's not problematic because he blocks people, his overall behaviour is shitty and childish, which is why the fandom doesn't like him. His reactions and little temper tantrums just say a lot about him as a person.

  • @theandroidsentbycyberlife
    @theandroidsentbycyberlife Před 15 dny +69

    One thing I can never forget is that him calling me stupid for saying how I didn’t like what he did with the girls in this show, and how they all should be friends working together instead of being enemies just because theres one rich white boy they decided to stick like a glue as if he’s the last male child in the universe.
    I know lots of people already complained about it but instead of finding my tweet in the sea of complaint tweets and calling me stupid he could’ve just not responded at all.
    I was 15 at that time💀💀💀💀 he blocked me after writing few more tweets, then his fans started attacking me as well.
    One of my first twitter memories😀

  • @ethantay4630
    @ethantay4630 Před 15 dny +450

    All in all I think our distain for Tomas Ass-truc is justified, this man ruined western animation and is the reason why it’s considered “for kids”
    From ruining a charecter’s development just for vindication to hoisting his imaginary daughter on a podium and making her “flawless”
    He’s tarnished western animation and fine literature forever

    • @foxpokemonforever4775
      @foxpokemonforever4775 Před 15 dny +67

      I think that’s a bit of an overstatement. His writing and direction are poor but this is the first time I’ve ever heard this take from anyone. For every Miraculous Ladybug, there are plenty of shows and movies that remind people that animation can be just as much a piece of art than anything else. I don’t think he’s tarnished anything in terms of western animation. Besides maybe his own show 😅

    • @ethantay4630
      @ethantay4630 Před 15 dny +15

      @@foxpokemonforever4775 true , but all it takes is for one bad piece for people to compare other fine shows to it, there’s a reason why animation is stigmatised as a kids show and while never stated outright I think miraculous ladybug has a part to play
      I’ve seen my family cringe when I describe animation, and at least one of them called it kid like and talked about miraculous ladybug in the same regard . It’s so hard to make a good reputation for animation when there are so many bad ones holding it down

    • @flowercrown-eevee
      @flowercrown-eevee Před 15 dny +31

      The "its for kids" defense pisses me off to no end. Like sure its made for a child audience but that doesn't mean it can't have good writing. I think as a kid this show would have made me made. I like over arching plots and character arcs and what not. i LOVE shows like avatar even as a kid. I didnt really watch it as i had trouble tuning in weekly. But thats not the point. The point is is the fact that this show horribly fumbles ever. single. plot. point. They seem to be unable to have a plot go on for more then one episode. The Chloe plot was the most egregious example but the one im personally most disappointed in is all the ones involving Adrien/Cat Noir. The fact that he was feeling unneeded in the team was brushed aside and easily forgiven. AND THEN THE LASTES EPISODE JUST TOSSED HIM ASIDED?!??! And now everyone in his life is keeping major secrets from him (something that is established as something he really hates people doing, especially if those secret involve him in some way). and this can only end bad but I dont think the writers will do anything with it. It seems like Adrien isnt a character but just an object for the heroes affections. If the roles were reversed the show would be destroyed online as sexist.

    • @eleonorepb4565
      @eleonorepb4565 Před 15 dny +2

      Yes not giving you what you wanted and having an average writting for a cartoon is so a crime. Those who bully him are heroes. I hope that he will be sent to prison for his crimes.

    • @el-karasu6070
      @el-karasu6070 Před 15 dny +3

      Dude, stop being so damn dramatic. You're giving him far too much credit, and it sounds like you don't really watch enough cartoons to even make that judgement

  • @mysteryxio9957
    @mysteryxio9957 Před 15 dny +79

    He reminds a lot of what the Nickelodeon creators go through like Butch Hartman where they will make a TV show and think they're GOATED due to that fact, however they also seem to develop a fragile ego from that

    • @michaelsarmiento3057
      @michaelsarmiento3057 Před 13 dny +20

      Thomas Austruc is a spiritual successor of Butch Hartman. Thomas Austruc is the french Butch Hartman. I would like to see Butch and Thomas met.

  • @jellyfishforlife2217
    @jellyfishforlife2217 Před 13 dny +34

    The first and last experience I had with Astruc was when I saw an old drawing Astruc made of Marinette as Ladybug with some of the past ladybug holders in the background. You can find it pretty easily just by searching on google.
    This was before I heard all the horror stories about this guy and so I innocently showed him the drawing and asked if he will do a drawing featuring Adrien as Cat Noir with his predecessors in the background too. He ended up blocking me for it. It was an interesting experience to say the least.😅

    • @Theawesomeninja_XD
      @Theawesomeninja_XD Před 13 dny +13

      That's really dumb. It was just a suggestion; Tomas really is immature.

    • @jellyfishforlife2217
      @jellyfishforlife2217 Před 13 dny +15

      ​@@Theawesomeninja_XD I actually wanted his autograph along with the drawing too. I was just trying to test the waters to see if he will acknowledge me and take up the commission. I was very shy and did not want to engage with him directly but apparently he did and took my message the wrong way I guess. I was very eager to pay for it and have it shipped to my country. I suppose I dodged the bullet and saved alot of money huh?😊

  • @gabrielleduplessis7388
    @gabrielleduplessis7388 Před 15 dny +273

    Speaking of pivoting, they missed a huge chance in season 4 with Nino’s character. Spoilers:
    When he was akumatized and almost killed Cat Noir, he went back to Nino with no guilt whatsoever. People proved time and time again that they still make their own choices when akumatized.
    I wanted him to have nightmares over the fact he nearly killed someone over an understanding. I wanted him to apologize to Alya that she saw him like that and strives to do better.
    And Adrien can stay friends with Nino because he knows who his best friend is, but to struggles to look at him after that incident.
    But nope, Ladybug saves the day and everything goes back to normal.
    Thanks astruc.

    • @Justin-ui5ti
      @Justin-ui5ti Před 15 dny +40

      That's the issue of having the show structured in its current state. If I remember correctly they wanted to have the show be watched in any order with the exception of some episodes. This of course leads to an issue of certain arcs being completely dismissed and long-term ramifications removed.

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 13 dny +2

      ​@@Justin-ui5ti Well it changed with season 5 since every episode is connected and following each other

    • @bestaround3323
      @bestaround3323 Před 12 dny +4

      ​@@Justin-ui5tiWell that is a good idea when they can't even get the episodes released in the right order

    • @user-dk3lg9np6p
      @user-dk3lg9np6p Před dnem

      @@justaguy263 too little too late

  • @brantjustilian3791
    @brantjustilian3791 Před 15 dny +127

    Miraculous ladybug has great potential but was never able to reach the great potential yet. Since Chloe’s redemption was written out, Luca was written out, Adrian constantly side line even against his own dad. Heck I wouldn’t be surprised to see the other heroes getting more screen time than Adrian in season six

    • @Nakia11798
      @Nakia11798 Před 10 dny

      Learn to spell the name of the character you like so much

    • @smashedmelon3156
      @smashedmelon3156 Před 2 dny +1

      I hate how he was getting sidelined like he wasn't important and wasn't told the important stuff

    • @user-dk3lg9np6p
      @user-dk3lg9np6p Před dnem

      @@Nakia11798 chill out dude, it's not that big of a problem.

  • @tristanreyes8590
    @tristanreyes8590 Před 15 dny +82

    To be honest, i was sad that Chole was Replaced with a Mary Sue, tbh, i knew I was going to hate her when she said she was sweet I think Chloe was the Sour the show needed and it basically so unbalanced that stopped it in Season 5

    • @Halfbad-bf1lt
      @Halfbad-bf1lt Před 15 dny +26

      I feel like introducing Zoe was a bad call; if the whole point Austruc tried to make about Chloe’s failed redemption arc that you can’t have a good Chloe don’t then introduce Zoe because it undercuts the argument that Chloe not being good is necessary for the story because they literally introduced a character who is nothing more than Chloe but good.

    • @Nakia11798
      @Nakia11798 Před 10 dny +4

      I swear they made Zoe just to piss us off, like "This is what Chloe as good would be like"

  • @lydiaminx666
    @lydiaminx666 Před 15 dny +64

    Chloe and Lukas writing deserved so much better

    • @hunterrousseau3770
      @hunterrousseau3770 Před 15 dny +3

      Maybe they will even Chloe returns to Paris from London a changed person and wants to make up for her past mistakes that costed her everything before and she and him could somehow go from acquaintances to eventually lovers *OFF SCREEN*

    • @DigiVixen
      @DigiVixen Před 14 dny +5

      How would you like a redemption story where Luka is Chloe's new love interest?

    • @hunterrousseau3770
      @hunterrousseau3770 Před 14 dny +2

      @@DigiVixen I think I'm sure Jeremy Zag would think of something to get them together Off-Screen before showing her again somehow in someway here

    • @ggrarl
      @ggrarl Před 13 dny +3

      ​@@DigiVixensomeone asked that once, That Guy said "opposites attract" is a toxic relationship

    • @Nakia11798
      @Nakia11798 Před 10 dny +2

      Luka deserved to be a real human character, not a Gary stu

  • @jasondavis2381
    @jasondavis2381 Před 15 dny +91

    Bowlder Hat Guy: Hmm, let's see... take responsibility for my own life or blame you? Ding-ding-ding-ding! Blame you wins hands down!

    • @hangezoe7472
      @hangezoe7472 Před 15 dny +5

      Is that Meet the robinsons reference?

    • @jasondavis2381
      @jasondavis2381 Před 15 dny

      @@hangezoe7472 Yep

    • @sersiniokyte5558
      @sersiniokyte5558 Před 14 dny

      Thanks for reminding me of my childhood.

    • @chaosandhugs
      @chaosandhugs Před dnem

      Thank you so very much for the reference! It's made me so incredibly happy, and I smiled a lot from this. I think it's such an underrated movie, and not many people talk about it.

  • @nikitabreslin4568
    @nikitabreslin4568 Před 15 dny +38

    I really liked this show. Introduced it to a friend. Discussed some of my disappointment about Chloe, and how there were some self inserts. He then proceeded to point out
    - the weirdness of his daughter figure being constantly tied up
    - the extremely high number of times children are tied up, gagged, put in compromising positions
    - the close ups during the transformation of the kids' bodies, and the "leather gimp suit"
    - the self insert of the director living out his humiliation kink
    So um... yeah. Kids show.

  • @ethantay4630
    @ethantay4630 Před 15 dny +75

    And fanficfion writers are better writers than ASS-truc, at leas they have the decency to do proper charecter development and have good story arcs

    • @Halfbad-bf1lt
      @Halfbad-bf1lt Před 15 dny +21

      The idea that people who get paid to do a thing are automatically better than people who don’t is really dumb; but for creative jobs like writing it’s absurd.
      Creative industries like animation are notoriously difficult to get into, especially for people from lower income backgrounds. For jobs like these it can sometimes be more of a case of “who you know” instead of what you can do, where if you don’t know someone already in the industry who can vouch for you or help you get access to opportunities you can really struggle to get a foot in the door

  • @user-iv1uv3bz9d
    @user-iv1uv3bz9d Před 14 dny +28

    The thing about Chloe and the creator's response about her is that him not being able to shut up is not the worst part. The worst part is that in reality there are kids like Chloe who are acting bad because of their horrible parents. By saying that Chloe is evil to her core and can't be changed he was saying the same thing to those children.
    Creator of the children show absolutley should not be talking like that it's just harmful

  • @borikidor
    @borikidor Před 15 dny +66

    Compare him to someone like Dan Povenmire. Not the best example because Phineas and Ferb is a far superior show to Miraculous and is long since finished but this guy's interaction with fans through TikTok and other platforms shows how clearly he was the person who made the show and how much passion he put into it.
    Or Tommy Andreasen, the showrunner of Ninjago. A show that isn't perfect either but has clear signs that the people behind it are listening to criticism and trying to improve with each season.
    Until they blow it and have to start from scratch.
    Astruc blows off criticism, acts very entitled and his improvements are the equivalent of fixing engines with tape.
    Marinette is a creepy stalker? Well, it's because of trauma I just made up and that creates even more plotholes.

    • @icecreamhero2375
      @icecreamhero2375 Před 15 dny +6

      To be fair Astruc doesn't have to listen to criticism if he doesn't want to. Although he is better off keeping his mouth shut rather than beefing with people.

    • @Nakia11798
      @Nakia11798 Před 10 dny +1

      Legit. I think other writers listen to us and try to write the show better, but they can't fight back much when Astruc makes a big dumb decision

  • @ajmcomixonline8824
    @ajmcomixonline8824 Před 15 dny +176

    Hopefully with out Astruc's hate boner for chole and all that rewrite the world thing they did in the last episode they can bring her back redemption arc in tack with her as queen bee and that knock off sister of hers can just stand in the background or something #justiceforchole

    • @ashebennett7726
      @ashebennett7726 Před 15 dny +12

      God I hope.

    • @ajmcomixonline8824
      @ajmcomixonline8824 Před 15 dny +21

      @@ashebennett7726 I know right they write a beautiful redemption arc for her that gets us to love her then this ass calls us idiots undoes the arc makes her worse adds a knockoff chole that has no personality yet everyone in the show just loves because she's not chole, and then writes her off the show in the meanest way possible trapping her forever with that awful mom of hers

    • @hedefbogazici4
      @hedefbogazici4 Před 15 dny +5

      I'm a Chloe fan and GOD NO! NO! NOOOOO!
      I can't explain but I feel like if they do that, it will cause so much problem.

    • @ajmcomixonline8824
      @ajmcomixonline8824 Před 15 dny

      @@hedefbogazici4 my dude it can't be worse then what we got now pulse with last season ending on some kind of universe reset who knows it could work pretty well

    • @khaliyahjefferson832
      @khaliyahjefferson832 Před 15 dny +1

      @@ajmcomixonline8824 she was giving mary sue and he gives Marinette a pass because she's his favorite child apparently cuz she can't do no wrong except breaking into dude house sniffing his pillows nearly kissing him etc.

  • @Diamond1234
    @Diamond1234 Před 15 dny +252

    So basically Vivziepop with her own fandom in terms of "can't stop engaging with all of them when they are trying to use him as an outlet for their feelings", oops.

    • @juicebox7372
      @juicebox7372 Před 15 dny

      Do not compare vivzipop to Astruc. You know damn well Astruc is actively malicious

    • @nevaehhamilton3493
      @nevaehhamilton3493 Před 15 dny +73

      Except people keep defending Vivziepop like there's no tomorrow, because she at least has some redeeming qualities (of which I find to be highly irrelevant, to be honest) and because they make good points, I'm too scared to counterargue back, so I relent, but I know for a fact that she doesn't handle adult themes as tactfully as she thinks she does, because if it causes your fan base to be divided on an adult topic you wanted to cover, then you did a terrible job at handling it well, and that you should probably do more research next time, or wait until your brain is mature enough to handle these topics. Sometimes you try your best, but your best will never be good enough for everybody. That's what I tell myself anyway.

    • @QueenWatevraWaNabi
      @QueenWatevraWaNabi Před 15 dny +17

      i love vivziepop

    • @monerb7185
      @monerb7185 Před 15 dny +50

      ​@@nevaehhamilton3493 also her show is good and has good characters mlb doesnt and isnt

    • @silvignis2028
      @silvignis2028 Před 15 dny +37

      Finally someone else who sees the similarities between him and Viv. From the pettiness to trying to make an awful ship work

  • @Vely1
    @Vely1 Před 14 dny +26

    The thing is I wouldn't have needed a Chloe redemption if they hadn't started doing one. I could have lived with her being the mean girl forever if season 2 hadn't happened. I also would have been fine with a subverted redemption if it had been built up to with a natural progression. Redemption arcs usually aren't linear and if Chloe had along the way fallen back into old habits somehow I think it could have worked. But the way it happened was so out of nowhere it wasn't subversive or clever it was just a retcon.

  • @RedDeadSpider343
    @RedDeadSpider343 Před 15 dny +156

    God Astruc ruins his own show so badly that he using personal ideas of his creepy behaviour like have one of the characters being named after his ex who's chinese and treats Marinette as his favourite daughter as he using trauma as an excuse for stalking behaviour. He so immature that his relies in twitter are so childish whenever there's chloe which he hate foe whatever reason. The movie was way better than his trainwreck of a show despite its own flaws.

    • @OthandoSimamane-ss1xp
      @OthandoSimamane-ss1xp Před 15 dny +15

      He hated chloe because she is based off of his highschool bully

    • @RedDeadSpider343
      @RedDeadSpider343 Před 15 dny +25

      @@OthandoSimamane-ss1xp Funny that he denying about it considering how much he hated her. He also said that's she more irredeemable than gabriel which is baffling to look like he did way awful things just to get his own dead wife back from the dead. Worst Marinette cover his horrible and made him a hero with a statue and even lie to Adrian about it rather than the truth. She is the worst superhero ever and a definition of corruption.

    • @jonelrobinson7432
      @jonelrobinson7432 Před 15 dny +19

      @@RedDeadSpider343 Exactly! Chloe is more redeemable than Gabriel ever was

    • @khaliyahjefferson832
      @khaliyahjefferson832 Před 15 dny +5

      @@jonelrobinson7432 right we gonna act like Mari is a saint either cuz she has worse things

    • @RedDeadSpider343
      @RedDeadSpider343 Před 14 dny +3

      @khaliyahjefferson832 Marinette always get away with her stalking behaviour and the writers are justifying it rather than taking accountability.

  • @Lordpower963
    @Lordpower963 Před 15 dny +32

    Zag has to fire Thomas if he wants better publicity

  • @movies798
    @movies798 Před 15 dny +34

    In my opinion, if a person who created a movie, TV show, novel, video game, etc etc it's their job to make sure their series have a coherent story, and makes sense for the audience to understand. However, one of my biggest problems with the Miraculous Ladybug series is that Thomas Astruc has made some illogical choices in terms of Miraculous's stories, writing, and characters. After season 2, there are some inconsistencies between seasons 3 through 5. Plus, I don't understand why he argues his fans when they ask him about some inconsistencies in the show. Weird.

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 13 dny +1

      The writer is nothing in front of the producer and diffusers... If you understand how things work in animation, many ideas are blocked and/or edited because the diffusers say so. In France when the series comes from, it's far harder to talk about dark topics than in the US. No wonder Emily was never confirmed to be dead until recently when some diffusers finally started to quit because of conflicts and more

  • @riotkitty
    @riotkitty Před 15 dny +85

    The main problem with Astruc is how combative he is about everything. He knows best, and no one else, not even Timothy Zag can do better or have more ideas that could benefit the show.
    A part of this has to do with the weird overly personal investment he has with his creation. Of course, every creator will be attached most of the time to their creations. It’s their baby, it’s understandable. But Astruc takes this to a whole new level with characters being based on people he has beef with. Marinette apparently being based on an imaginary child he wanted with his ex, Chloe being based on another ex’s child who he didn’t like, it’s all completely arrogant and tunnel visioned as if he’s somewhat using the show to cope with his own relationship issues which doesn’t make for good storytelling. That is personally why I think he is so combative with everyone, from the trolls to the legit critiques. As it all comes back to his mind as a personal attack on him because he has based the show on things he wanted or didn’t like in his own life. That personal attachment can drive someone mad, and it certainly has for Astruc.

    • @MikeFireheart
      @MikeFireheart Před 15 dny +15

      I thought Chloe was based on his childhood bully, where was it stated that she was based on an ex's child?

    • @riotkitty
      @riotkitty Před 14 dny +5

      @@MikeFireheart while Chloe was initially based on a childhood bully, the reason why she didn’t have a redemption was because Astruc saw an ex girlfriend’s child in her, and seemingly henceforth based her character on that kid who he didn’t like.

    • @MikeFireheart
      @MikeFireheart Před 14 dny +3

      @@riotkitty Let me guess, he posted that on his twitter/X account? I wouldn't be surprised with how over half of the show's actual lore is just in his posts online. There's a reason that the actual show is so bare bones.

    • @riotkitty
      @riotkitty Před 14 dny +2

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@MikeFireheart yep…😅

    • @MikeFireheart
      @MikeFireheart Před 14 dny +4

      @@riotkitty I figured as much, the dude has more lore in those posts, than the show has had in 5 full seasons. It just shows how screwed up his priorities are.

  • @jamiajackson1764
    @jamiajackson1764 Před 15 dny +28

    To me the problem with miraculous ladybug is that the writers spend too much time trying to build up the romance between Adrien and Marinette when actuality they should have been spending most of their time trying to build up more of the hawk moth versus the heroes ark rather than focus on a relationship between teenagers because in my opinion the whole ark between cat noir ladybug and hawk moth felt more like a secondary plot compared to the big romance plot between our main heroes which ended up fumbling in the last season because it wasn't put together properly what the creators should have done was put the romance as a secondary plot and focus a little bit more on hawk moth versus ladybug and cat noir as the main plot but now Astruc has to be obsessed with a romance between children

  • @rabiahbosriali4218
    @rabiahbosriali4218 Před 15 dny +24

    Sometimes, I think about how arrogant Thomas Astruc is, and how he's like 'I'm a professional writer and the one who made a popular show. I doubt you can say the same, so your criticism is invalid'.
    And I'm like 'I don't need to be a professional chef to know when the food I'm being served tastes like sewer waste!'

  • @maracianolivez8367
    @maracianolivez8367 Před 13 dny +16

    One thing to note about Zoko's failed character arc is that his first redemption arc began with him giving up his original goal, which was to go back home. However, when he ultimately fails his first redemption, it is to achieve his original goal. This leads to the idea that he got what he wanted, but lost what he really needed, and the question is if it was worth it in the end. On the other hand, Chloe doesn't have a goal like this that could cause a sort of healed turn.

    • @riel4553
      @riel4553 Před 10 dny +6

      Chloe had a goal, to not be useless, to feel important to the people that matter to her specially her mother. But the show completely dropped that plot and turned her into mean for the sake of being mean. They don't even give her a particular interest; in one episode they said she was a gymnast but that's not mentioned anymore (that could've explained her 'friendship' with Kim). She tried to be an artist when she showed up with a collage of selfies, and after she quit the art teacher even pointed out to Alix that art beginners should be encouraged, not mocked, which is a good lesson for a kids' show, but again all of that is wasted.

    • @SuperCosmicMutantSquid
      @SuperCosmicMutantSquid Před 5 dny +2

      ​@@riel4553That's my problem with Chloe's whole story; IT WASN'T HER FAULT.
      She only turns because Mari made her feel useless by refusing to trust her and Mari doesn't learn a gd thing from that failing. It would be one thing if Chloe did just flat out evil things but even in the last bit, she still was heroic because she did the right thing.
      Chloe's heel turn was forced on her by the bad choices of those around her and Thomas is expecting us to hate her when...no. No, I can't because she was fucked over by the bad choices of someone else and THAT IS NOT HER FAULT.

  • @barbararab6390
    @barbararab6390 Před 15 dny +42

    I think one of the things that make me hate him is his nonsensical beef with chloe, his own character, because shes is based on a childhood bully. Like ffs man, you made an abused and neglected child the devil. Imagine being a kid with parents like chloe, seeing a show that makes it seem like its your fault.

    • @snowbunnie1113
      @snowbunnie1113 Před 10 dny +5

      It’s pretty funny to think that the girl Chloe is based on is probably just out there living a normal life and Astruc is still so angry and hurt he made a fictional character named after her suffer just so he could “get back at her” years later.
      …I can see why she made fun of him. What a loser.

  • @ladypool1404
    @ladypool1404 Před 15 dny +19

    This shows could have a reboot NOT write by Astruc. Why not with an anime style like the original concept? Wouldn't it be cool to see Ladybug, Chat, Rena rouge and the others heroes in that animation? Gabriel would also looks nice plus the animators could put a lot of action and flashy colors. I would love to see that 😄

  • @pantalaimon8433
    @pantalaimon8433 Před 15 dny +45

    Main problem about from him being argumentative on twitter is how creepy he seems like how his main character for his show is based on the non-existent child between him and his ex more that allude me at the moment but it’s so creepy and weird

    • @eleonorepb4565
      @eleonorepb4565 Před 15 dny

      Source?

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 13 dny +1

      Actually, Marinette is based on an old friend he met around 2005.

    • @pantalaimon8433
      @pantalaimon8433 Před 13 dny

      @@justaguy263 If that is true good but something is still off about him that or just might be how the fan base portrays him

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 13 dny +2

      @@pantalaimon8433 Sometimes, the fandom tends to forget that Thomas can't control everything in his show. It takes a team effort to produce a show and sometimes, some plot decisions are all about the producers (Thomas doesn't produce the show; he partly writes and directs it) and the broadcasters decisions, like this is why it was never stated directly until recently that Emily really died. Many plot ideas were either blocked or heavily edited because of them (The Cat Blanc episode was supposed to be darker). I admit the show has its flaws and all but seriously, the fandom didn't realize how toxic they became because the show didn't turn the way they wanted.

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 13 dny +1

      @@pantalaimon8433 Definitely the second opinion. And concerning Marinette, I don't justify her stalking attitude but at the time when the show began, it was just an exaggerated comedy relief (I remember laughing like crazy because of that, as well as sometimes being annoyed), but as the fandom was more and more complaining about that (even though she was less stalking Adrien from season 3 until completely letting it go), my biggest guess was the Derision episode of season 5 was like: You have your excuse episode so leave us alone with that complain.
      Like they wanted to justify Marinette's actions by this episode to satisfy the fans who were and are still clearly making it a big deal. But seriously from my opinion, I didn't really like how paced and handled it was.

  • @sleepy.timaeus.arts.
    @sleepy.timaeus.arts. Před 14 dny +14

    Honestly, the "this show is for kids!" excuse just doesnt work anymore. it's been out for almost a decade, so any kid who watched it on launch is now a teen. surely some new kids are still coming into the fandom, but with it being around for so long, a lot of the interactive fandom consists of teens and adults. i was a freshman in high school when this came out, just barely older than the characters myself.
    their comes a point where you need to realize that you cant make excuses. kids deserve good media just as much as us teens and young adults do. if they played their cards right, they couldve had another atla on their hands. the show people couldnt stop praising over a decade after it ended, and that was before their was ever the live action show. mlb had so much potential, but unfortunately mr astruc had to be the main person behind it...

    • @Theawesomeninja_XD
      @Theawesomeninja_XD Před 13 dny +5

      Yeah! I was in sixth grade when it came out. I'm almost done with my freshman year of college.
      And another thing, there are many well written kids shows. Imo the excuse never worked in the first place.

  • @GenderedMess
    @GenderedMess Před 11 dny +9

    My favourite thing to think of when writing a character is, 'how many time does the description refer to the main character?', since that's how people will speak about them in fandoms and so forth. For example Alya, she does have a lot of personality but that can be put on the back burn because she is Marinette's 'yes man'. A majority of the time when people think of Alya they are thinking of Marinette's best friend. Literally a line in her wiki page personality is this: 'Alya is extremely loyal, supportive, helpful, and sometimes pushy, such as when she goes out of her way to encourage and (sometimes literally) push Marinette into spending time with Adrien.' A lot of the wikis just refer to her as a best friend of Marinette and fan of Lady Bug.

  • @gracearnold-oy8gk
    @gracearnold-oy8gk Před 14 dny +13

    I think turning your main character(who wasn’t supposed to be the only main character originally) into an obsessive stalker is one of the worst things Astruc did. Marinette was a creepy stalker for the first 4 seasons of the show. She did things that low-key made you sometimes relieved that Gabe was so strict to Adrien. If Gabe had known what Marinette had done in the past, he probably would’ve kept Adrien from Marinette simply because of how obsessed she was with his son. Marinette did tons of things worthy of a restraining order. I truly hate that Astruc used the episode derision to justify Marinette’s actions towards Adrien, even though PTSD symptoms in the DSM-5 don’t add up with Marinette’s actions in the past.
    I have tons of other things to say about my opinions on Thomas Astruc, but I feel like they would up an entire essay.

    • @foxial5358
      @foxial5358 Před 13 dny +4

      Agreed 100%, but the original French tittle of the show was "Miraculous Ladybug", it only changed after they translated the show into other languages, so Mari was always intended to be the one and true protagonist from the get-go.

  • @snowbunnie1113
    @snowbunnie1113 Před 10 dny +5

    I wonder if the girl Chloe is based on (who supposedly bullied Astruc in school) is just out there living her life, maybe had a family, and is completely unaware that this random guy she knew as a kid has a sad, obsessive, one sided beef with her…

  • @LJSohma
    @LJSohma Před 14 dny +16

    I want to add that, in-story, there's an incredibly valid and understandable reason that Chloe agreed to be akumatized. Hawkmoth had her parents' lives in his hands and was standing there, towering above her with this threat. She's a 14 year old girl and the scariest man she's ever encountered came and threatened her parents in person. Like, even in the scene you can see that she's scared! So, I don't have a problem that she agreed - under duress - to do what Hawkmoth wanted. I have a problem with her suddenly turning around and going full caricature mean girl without nuance. Especially after she's the FIRST PERSON to refuse akumatization and she did it without help! Like c'mon.

    • @riel4553
      @riel4553 Před 14 dny +7

      Personally I don't think they framed it as Chloe being scared of HM and worried about her parents. That would've been more logical, instead they framed it as Chloe being tired of waiting for LB and declaring herself Queen. Without the Queen part, even That would've been more believable: she's tired of waiting for LB and as they say 'if you want something done right you have to do it yourself'.
      It would've been SO interesting, having one miraculous holder that doesn't keep their identity secret but also cannot be akumatized because Chloe is so entitled and sure of herself that she's not impressed by the bad guys or allows herself to be used by them. I didn't need a Chloe redemption, I think keeping her as a wildcard would've been more practical instead of, as you say a "mean girl without nuance".

    • @redballoon9007
      @redballoon9007 Před 13 dny +4

      @@riel4553 I think it was a mixture of both. If Chloe really didn’t care about the well being if her parents, she wouldn’t have made the deal with Hawkmoth. That being said, I do like the idea of Chloe just being so entitled to her role and so confident in Ladybug (and herself) that Akuma’s just doesn’t work anymore. But as seen with Heroe’s Day, akumatized parents DO get to Chloe. But that could have been an arc in of itself. Chloe learning to move past the possibly of Hawkmoth using her parents against her so she can save them.

    • @user-dk3lg9np6p
      @user-dk3lg9np6p Před 19 hodinami

      @riel4553 I totally agree, but sadly, it seems that the writers of MLB only see the world in black and white. You're either evil incarnate or a goody two shoes, and when they try to create a grey character, they give you one that constantly flip-flops between the two personality types mentioned above. They just don't know how to write characters with actual nuance!

  • @maxiesandoval79
    @maxiesandoval79 Před 15 dny +8

    Actruc is the biggest reason why I apply the "Death Of The Author" to all my fav fictional media.

  • @lasercraft32
    @lasercraft32 Před 15 dny +19

    So... Basically, Astruc INTENTIONALLY decided to make the message of Chloe's arc to be that bad people can never change and that bullies are monsters forever, regardless of their upbringing, in his KIDS SHOW??? What kind of message is that? "Sorry Susie, you bullied Patricia on the playground, guess you're a lost cause," what the heck!?

    • @icecreamhero2375
      @icecreamhero2375 Před 15 dny +3

      To fair that is a good message. Sometimes people in real life are just jerks and won't change dispite you wanting them to make good decisions. Life of like that sometimes.

    • @Jellygirl313
      @Jellygirl313 Před 14 dny +4

      @@icecreamhero2375 It's a good message...If you intend to make sure kids try to make friends in fear of being called mean and worthless!

    • @icecreamhero2375
      @icecreamhero2375 Před 14 dny +1

      @@Jellygirl313 No it's accurate. That's just life sometimes. There are bad people in the world and they threw in a little bit of reality. I doubt a child watched the show and became afraid to try to make friends.

    • @icecreamhero2375
      @icecreamhero2375 Před 14 dny +1

      @@Jellygirl313 Honestly everyone should be concerned about whether they are too mean to their friends. That is one of the things that keeps you from being mean to people.

    • @redballoon9007
      @redballoon9007 Před 13 dny +8

      @@icecreamhero2375 While it’s accurate in real life, this message could have been shown through Hawkmoth (or if we REALLY needed to show this through a teenager, Lila or Felix). The lesson falls apart with Chloe since Chloe WAS changing in S2. Things only went off track when Thomas came back into control in S3. The fact Thomas was so hellbent on portraying this lesson with Chloe EVEN THOUGH she technically didn’t fit the bill anymore is bizarre.

  • @michaelsarmiento3057
    @michaelsarmiento3057 Před 9 dny +3

    I would like to see Smarty Pants and Cyrus the Great teaming up to create a powerful review to bring down Thomas Austruc.

  • @captainsockmonkey2195
    @captainsockmonkey2195 Před 14 dny +7

    I mean he stated that Chloe is based on a childhood bully he had. And refuses to see her anything else but that bully based on how he acts about it. One of many of his life experiences leeches into his work that poisons it. If only he looked to it as inspiration and not a point to vent.
    Look at his "daughter" in the show for more reason.

    • @randomscb-40charger78
      @randomscb-40charger78 Před 14 dny +2

      I don't think it was a bad idea to base Chloe off of one of his childhood bullies if it were a means for him to cope, but it devolved into pathetic revenge against a teenage girl who doesn't exist.

  • @sunglory4488
    @sunglory4488 Před 7 dny +6

    My little sister loves this show and we talk about it a lot,
    She's 8 by the way.
    When she watched that season 3 finale she was so upset and keep questioned me on why Chloe became bad again.
    She asked: so are all bad people never change?
    They just hurt people again?
    And it made me really mad honestly, it is such a bad opinion to start forming at such a young age.
    If this show was aimed at older audiences that would be fine, after all with adult shows you don't need to spoon fed the reasons of why she did what she did to the audiences,
    But with this show..
    They could've at least keep her redemption arc but show that she's stumbling a little bit.

  • @EscapeReality123
    @EscapeReality123 Před 13 dny +9

    Miraculous is the show I am always recommending to every beginner writers. One of the best way to learn good storywriting is by analyzing bad ones.

  • @MikeFireheart
    @MikeFireheart Před 15 dny +21

    Yeah, Thomas really needs to accept criticism and not be constantly defensive. However, the biggest problem I had with Chloe's arc, was how rushed it was. We had hints in season 1 about Chloe having a heart, but a few episodes into season 2 she is already getting an arc before the two main characters. It just reeks of no self-restraint and feels like multiple people were writing different parts of the show, resulting in a messed up quilt of a story. There's just no way it was planned from the start tbh.

    • @redballoon9007
      @redballoon9007 Před 15 dny +7

      I don’t know, it’s common for side characters to get growth first before main characters since the side character arcs don’t last too long. They wrap up so the main characters can get the over all big arc.
      Sometimes those arcs can build off of the main character as well, helping them grow along with the side characters.
      And idk if I agree with it being rushed. IF hypothetically, they went through with Chloe’s arch, we don’t know how long it would have lasted. To me, it seemed that Chloe was JUST starting to turn a corner. She still had a lot to go through, dealing with her mom/dad, dealing with being a hero, still dealing with unlearning her toxic behaviors. I think the pace that was happening was fine.
      But I do agree that it often feels like multiple people are pulling at the plot/narrative. It leads to inconsistent morals and character decisions.

    • @MikeFireheart
      @MikeFireheart Před 15 dny +3

      @@redballoon9007 True, but the characters are usually supposed to develop around the same time, are they not?
      The way Miraculous went about it was having Marinette and Adrien stay relatively stagnant until the finale with the cheek kiss, while Chloe gets essentially an entire arch for her character throughout the season. You can argue they had love rivals, but that didn't really change the characters at all. It's Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir, not Tales of Chloe Bourgeois & The Dysfunctional Love Diamond.
      When I said rushed, I meant it felt like they sped to her arch specifically, without seeming to care about the two main characters that had yet to develop at all. They clearly had time to develop them as characters, but chose to specifically focus on Chloe for most of season 2. The only other character to get a backstory was Master Fu at the beginning, leaving 98% of the remaining cast without anything new to do.
      I personally think Chloe should've been more of a slow burn character, with a couple episodes each season developing her character. This way she would develop naturally from a bully to a friend/hero, not jump from one boat to another within the span of a few weeks if that. This is actually confirmed with all 5 seasons taking place around one year, not giving Chloe much time to develop naturally.

    • @littlebabyman8494
      @littlebabyman8494 Před 13 dny +2

      @@MikeFireheart If the two LEARNED something from having secondary love interests then it wouldn’t be a waste of time… But they learned NOTHING!

    • @MikeFireheart
      @MikeFireheart Před 13 dny +2

      @@littlebabyman8494 True, however the love rivals didn't do much until season 3 and were immediately ejected from relevance around season 4. Season 2 had Kagami be a blank slate with attitude and fencing as her character, only to be dumped by Adrien after the double date in Frozer. Luka meanwhile, was pretty much friend zoned from the start and a blank slate outside being a musical therapist. In all honesty, the love rivals were just added for drama and the writers didn't even try with them.

    • @littlebabyman8494
      @littlebabyman8494 Před 13 dny +2

      @@MikeFireheart For professionals they needed to try harder. People came around to Kagami and Luka eventually, to the point where they saw the main characters getting with those two as the better option.

  • @mythoughtsexactly2145
    @mythoughtsexactly2145 Před 14 dny +16

    Miraculous is the one time I wanted a reboot so bad. It has a lot of wasted potential all because of a man baby who cant take criticism and wont let go of his issues.

    • @Autumn-fk4fo
      @Autumn-fk4fo Před 14 dny +4

      there was a miraculous ladybug movie that was basically its own non-canon reset and despite its flaws, felt a lot better than the show if that counts? i heard thomas wasn't involved with the movie's production either but idk if thats just a rumour or not. i watched it on netflix a while ago and its visuals are so pretty compared to the show's too but thats because it has the budget of a movie. its literally called "Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie". It has songs in it too. Overall it was very fun and I think it perfectly fits what you’re describing and I’m glad Thomas had nothing to do with it if that’s true

  • @mine_neko
    @mine_neko Před 15 dny +17

    Yeah... plus most of the time was wasted to make his point "valid" of Chloé being the worst... While not making more interisting comeback for the show. He ruined his own show...

  • @timoteoseagedetoffol8795
    @timoteoseagedetoffol8795 Před 14 dny +15

    I remember an unfinished fanfiction named "Chloé's amnesia" made by otakufan375 where Chloé gets ducked on by Stoneheart-like Akuma and lose her memory. She becomes a nice and pure girl but her classmates as an hard time to cope with her. Also, flashes of memory surges to her brain and she risks to revert back to her bratty side. As the story advances, Chloé slowly realised what kind of horrible person she was and tries to make amends. She is helped by Marinette who tries to make her a very nice person, we see a very caring Marinette, almost motherly to Chloé. While Lila manipulates Alya to harm Chloé after the latter revealed that she is smooth-brain liar, ending the friendship between Marinette and Alya after a violent altercation.
    It's sad that the fanfiction is unfinished like too many but it shows that we can make something good with Chloé. You just have the willingness to do so unlike Thomas Astruc.

  • @lmaolini
    @lmaolini Před 15 dny +12

    i managed to make him block me on twitter😭

  • @drakegrandx5914
    @drakegrandx5914 Před 4 dny +4

    Another problem with Chloé's failed redemption is that it is, objectively speaking, Marinette's fault. And by "objectively", I mean that S3E25 goes out of its way to show that: when Marinette has to choose between taking Chloé's Miraculous or Kagami's to get help, she chooses the second one just because she was worried about Kagami and Adrienne being together, so basically the selfish and wrong choice; Master Fu asks her worriedly if she is sure about her choice, which never happened before, and later Kagami comments on how Ladybug had previously told her that she could never become a Miracle-holder again due to Hawk Moth knowing her identity - the same situation as Chloé's, showing that Marinette applied a double standard for her own gain. The problem is, from S3E26 onward, all of this gets completely ignored and all of the blame is put on Chloé. Not just that, but in S4-S5 all of the other heroes (including Kagami) _keep being heroes despite Hawk Moth having discovered their real identities_ (something he even takes advantage of in an episode), and the hypocrisy of that is never addressed if not with a single line - in an unrelated episode - that doesn't have any weigth.
    In fact, Marinette's character is the second most criticized thing when it comes to Austruc: the show is completely oblivious to when she does wrong, and the few times she's punished, it's for stuff she doesn't deserve to be punished for. It's as though Austruc wants to portray her as "perfect", but since she is a cartoon character, he sometimes throws a bone at the "mc makes mistake" aspect just for the sake of narrative tropes. Basically: either he's incompetent at character writing (which at this point I think there's more than enough ground to think), or he has just a huuuge Marinette bias (or both). The fact she's literally the OC insert of the imaginary child he would have liked to have with an old ex-girlfriend really doesn't help.
    Outside of his writing, though, there's another point that I hope will get talked about: how, despite all of the success his show got, Austruc keeps acting resentful for how it didn't go exactly down the route he wished for it. Initially, he pitched Miraculous as an animation, and many of his comments still reflect that. When the first movie got released, he acted as though fans wanting a movie was somehow detrimental or disrespectful of his work (a famous viral comment of him is "the movie is what you want, but the show is what you need"). Oh, and then there is how some episodes of Seasons 4 and 5 are deliberately written in order to attack some of the criticism made toward Austruc, to the point that a lot of them disregard previously-established events to such an illogical level that had never been displayed in previous seasons - and when confronted about those seasons' writing, most of his tweets come down to "It's just a kid's show, it doesn't need to be complicated" (actually, I recall one of his tweets literally being "It's just a kid's show, so who cares", though likely with a little different wording); basically showing how his interest is not even about tending to the show anymore, but just take it out on the fans out of spite for them.

  • @ralunix4612
    @ralunix4612 Před 14 dny +10

    He blocked me cause I said Luka is wasted potential 😂 love that.

  • @Orkprof
    @Orkprof Před 13 dny +12

    Astruc's argument "I'm a professional and you're not" falls flat after you've read that one tweet in which another professional in the field gave him a negative feedback, only for him to retort "this is a logical fallacy, you're asking me to accept your opinion merely because you work in this field".
    You just can't win with Astruc 😅

    • @Radio-97
      @Radio-97 Před 4 dny +3

      Or better said;
      Astruc just uses every excuse in the book just to not take criticism to reflect.

  • @TocaGachaGirl
    @TocaGachaGirl Před 15 dny +10

    I mostly find it sad aswell because in my opinion,
    Astruc originally was a good writer and had a good plan for the show,
    but after getting lots of hate after Chloe's redemption arc he purposefully made the show everything the fans didn't want as a kind of revenge and if that is true thats just really really sad because the show could have been so good.

  • @reyfan011
    @reyfan011 Před 15 dny +12

    His comments on Chloe are what made me second guess him. I mean he put in the work to set up a redemption for her that seemed to go so well and made her far more interesting, then does a 180 and digs his feet in the ground saying ‘psyche! She’s still bad and will remain so’. If she was meant to be a villain the whole time, why devote episodes to show her redemption even being one of the first to resist hawkmoth’s akuma, only for him to have her turn into an even worse version of herself?
    I know all artists have their own visions and reasons for certain story beats that maybe fans don’t have the right take on, but his treatment of Chloe was such a waste and what made me give up on the show

    • @Theawesomeninja_XD
      @Theawesomeninja_XD Před 13 dny +1

      From what I've seen, I'm about 80% sure season 2 had different writers.
      But yeah, how is he just going to ignore that they already did?

    • @littlebabyman8494
      @littlebabyman8494 Před 13 dny +4

      They still could have salvaged her after the betrayal, but they then proceeded to get rid of her depth which stunted the chance for true recovery.

  • @ryleecobb8648
    @ryleecobb8648 Před 10 dny +8

    Having a self insert of yourself in a KIDS SHOW (or any for that matter) that has an episode centered around “not getting appreciated or overlooked” is so so soooo narcissistic and gross. His inability to take criticism on top of that just makes him so unlikable. No he shouldn’t have to change everything or even listen to fans, but there are points where a creator should listen to them. Especially when it’s something that they want to where it would only make his show better such as more screen time for certain characters. He also just plainly lacks the knowledge for writing in general, because stalking is not a cute trait. It was funny for a bit but progressing over the seasons for so long it’s tiring and obsessive. You can write a good character like Marinette and improve upon her. He simply cannot write

  • @kira-dk2mx
    @kira-dk2mx Před 9 dny +3

    I just got done binging Miraculous and damn I see the hate. I was all for Chloe getting her redemption arc but they just had to take ten thousand steps back with her character.

  • @Beymaster20247
    @Beymaster20247 Před 15 dny +28

    Fire Astrik and give me a week in the writing studio and I guarantee I can turn things around and give miracles the guidance it needs

    • @Thatanticapitalist
      @Thatanticapitalist Před 15 dny +3

      You can only do that through a reboot. It's too late with the current show.

    • @Beymaster20247
      @Beymaster20247 Před 15 dny

      @@ThatanticapitalistI don’t need a reboot just need an oppressive. But if thier was a reboot I would make it more darker and less cringe

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 13 dny

      ​@@Beymaster20247 The fans grew up, but the show didn't...

    • @_MyNameIsAJ_
      @_MyNameIsAJ_ Před 13 dny +1

      Give me a day and I'd fix everything

    • @justaguy263
      @justaguy263 Před 13 dny

      @@_MyNameIsAJ_ And how? By giving what the fans wanted?

  • @zachsmol6145
    @zachsmol6145 Před 13 dny +6

    Miraculous need a reboot. Cause tbh any change would be better than the original

  • @OpticalSorcerer
    @OpticalSorcerer Před 15 dny +23

    I get being protectove about your property, but when your FANBASE is criticisng your story choices and you attack them, this is how you kill a franchise.

  • @TheKaitykatz
    @TheKaitykatz Před 15 dny +9

    as a big chloe stan i gotta say i love the idea behind the arc they wanted to do for chloe but hate the execution. i think season 3 did a good job setting up her motivations and thoughts like her clear hurt at being discarded by ladybug and then when the time comes and she just wants to help her parents gabe takes advantage of that and in the end when ladybug takes back the miraculous theres like genuine hurt on her face like ughhh i remember being excited to see what they did with chloe but the follow up was such a let down. like it feels less like a genuine turn and more like the writers are trying to do character assassination at this point. like with her both wanting to prove herself and now having this hatred of ladybug we couldve had her be like "well clearly i cant be a hero so ill be the worst villain" or some shit like that wouldve been fun and fit right in w the miraculous tone! but instead they just went back to season 1 chloe which was kind of the most boring flat version of her uggh idk i feel very passionate about this man

    • @littlebabyman8494
      @littlebabyman8494 Před 13 dny +3

      Or she could’ve went “fine then! I’ll take down hawkmoth myself!” and we could have had a vigilante arc!

  • @littlesparrow303
    @littlesparrow303 Před 15 dny +17

    Thomas gets petty whenever people bring up Felix or Chloe. I liked Felix when know about him in the PV & him saying that Felix can’t make the show interesting or not be a good love interest is wrong. It’s sad that he fights & blocks the fans especially when they give back criticism to make the show better. Yeah he did release this show & have so much scripts for more of the world but wish he wouldn’t be a man child.
    The Miraculous NY comic is so cringe & how he tried to defend that 1 stripe. It’s strange that he has Sabine who is named from his ex girlfriend & Marinette is their daughter so you can see the favoritism. Seeing Zag & Jeremy take over at times does show that it does have potential.
    The only thing I like from Thomas is that he wants the series to be made into a anime like it was originally planned with dark themes & a Reverse World Series. For those I hope they can make it aim towards young adults. Since he posted that the fans need to show to the companies what we want.

    • @hunterrousseau3770
      @hunterrousseau3770 Před 15 dny +2

      Speaking of Felix and Chloe, I hope they have kinda of a somewhat rivalry with each other when she returns from his home town of London and back to Paris a changed person while trying to tell everyone that Felix should not be trusted so easily and everyone has a hard time believing her kinda like with something similar to like with Marinette and Cerise who she only knew then as Lila before

    • @littlebabyman8494
      @littlebabyman8494 Před 13 dny +1

      The blonde don’t catch a break.

    • @hunterrousseau3770
      @hunterrousseau3770 Před 13 dny

      @@littlebabyman8494 Let's hope she will when Jeremy Zag writes for future seasons of the show now and it isn't just a cop out just to let Astruc return to write again instead

  • @yourcarsextendedwarranty4453

    “In the end it’s a tv show, is it worth the harassment of someone else?” Smart man! I agree with your points. The show needs better writing but I mean why argue over it.

  • @SB-sd1sg
    @SB-sd1sg Před 15 dny +18

    I seriously don't like Astruc.. like bro cannnot handle criticism that his show is bad and needs improvement. Goes so far to prove a point that he literally character assassinates Chole cause she was based on his school bully. Like instead of promoting a positive message to kids that one can still try to change for the good even if their actions weren't good as long as they put effort in it, he instead proves that people can't change. Chole is a child so I think her changing for the better would have been a good message from the show. Astruc calls out on the fans for being sexist if they question why Marinette is the mc instead of Adrien despite said fans giving valid points. However, giving death threats to him is just horrible so at least I an give him that

    • @redballoon9007
      @redballoon9007 Před 15 dny +9

      “People can’t change” isn’t an inherently bad lesson to learn, not even for Miraculous. But it was a bad lesson to show through Chloe.

    • @SB-sd1sg
      @SB-sd1sg Před 15 dny +5

      @@redballoon9007 exactly

    • @Theawesomeninja_XD
      @Theawesomeninja_XD Před 13 dny +4

      @@redballoon9007 Yeah, why didn't they use Lila? The message could have been people can change but some people don't want to. And Lila didn't show any sign of wanting redemption.

  • @njivwathomassilavwe2056
    @njivwathomassilavwe2056 Před 15 dny +74

    He hates us and the characters, we're just returning the favor

  • @shannonmcelroy8454
    @shannonmcelroy8454 Před 11 dny +4

    I don't usually mind seeing creators using their real-life experiences as inspiration for their stories, in fact, done right it can produce some of the best material. But if all you're taking from your past is regret and resentment you're eventually going to start alienating people.

  • @sofia7816
    @sofia7816 Před 15 dny +7

    One of many things I don’t get about this man is how he outright hates his characters, he hates these fictional people that HE created. As someone who has dozens of original characters and storylines I adore all my characters. I have this thing where I get them each one trait that is also mine so a character will have the same fear as me, and another will have the same favorite color, etc. The point is that I treat all my characters with respect and I love all of them, even the villains. I created them so if I didn’t like the way they were I’d just change them, I’ve rewritten a single character’s personality like three times. So if he hates his characters he should simply improve them but it truly seems like he enjoys destroying the things he himself created. It’s truly sad

    • @Theawesomeninja_XD
      @Theawesomeninja_XD Před 13 dny

      Fr! I'm an aspiring author and I don't how you can hate your own characters.

  • @Wingedlight-nn4hl
    @Wingedlight-nn4hl Před 15 dny +7

    To add onto the Chloe reversed redemption arc a bunch of people feel like her redemption arc was reversed and turned into her half sister Zoe who was never mentioned in the show prior to an announcement on social media of a relative of Chloe’s being introduced in Season 4. This rightfully made people feel like Thomas just flat out hated Chloe as Zoe should’ve been her redemption arc and Zoe as a character imo wasn’t really needed now granted I think her design is awesome and all but she just feels like cast bloating to me. To make matters worse with Chloe and her mother going to NY at the end of Season 5 it’s likely we’ll never see Chloe again especially since Season 6 is implied to have a time skip so Zoe is just gonna take her place which I know a lot of people aren’t happy with.

  • @hannahbarley97
    @hannahbarley97 Před 15 dny +9

    Thomas just doesn’t understand that people have opinon and construction criticisms towards his show and that’s fine. Do some people go too far and get unhinged? Yes but Thomas doesn’t help himself by responding to these comments which are clearly just trolling and since he’s become somewhat infamous for how he responds to negative comments about the show it just makes more people want to post rage bait comments because they know he’ll have a strong reaction to them. Honestly guy just needs to get off twitter or just ignore the bait comments

  • @Moonzztone
    @Moonzztone Před 14 dny +6

    the "little girls" exscuse is just stuipid. I watched Miraculous season 1-2 when I was around third grade and I understood clohe change and struggels at the time. Kids are not idiots Thomas. Kids can understand a character's change or past struggles in shows like this or avatar or owl house or whatever children show with a story arc you can think of.

  • @themegagamer6086
    @themegagamer6086 Před 15 dny +9

    this show is very predictable and to have a double swerve makes things odd also he hates Adrien just as much because he refuses to give that boy any respect like Nino hating cat noir's guts for no reason, and he still doesn't know that carapace is Nino seriously.
    Now he is lied to by Marinette, plagg, Natalie, and ladybug not only that he still doesn't know about cat blanc why risk was the perfect time to tell him that important information

  • @beebs4283
    @beebs4283 Před 13 dny +4

    this guy is in charge of a reboot of one of my favorite series ever, astro boy. please help me

  • @skymario1012
    @skymario1012 Před 14 dny +6

    To me, whenever a show runner, says something like. It’s a kids show, it’s not meant to be deep or complex. It always implies to me, that they don’t want to work as hard, or put in much effort. And even back in the mid 2010s, I feel like, we had already moved on from kids shows just being simple kidy sh*t. Of course avatar the last air bender is the G.O.A.T, but I want to highlight my little pony friendship is magic. Definitely a top 5 cartoon of the 2010s. The driving force behind the show’s staff, was to not make a girly show, were everything is solved with tea and giggles. They wanted to make a show that everyone enjoyed. Having the characters go on adventures and quests, exploring the world, and having some slice of life episodes here and there. And when the show had a surprising audience of mostly adults, they catered to them, and introduced more locations, more races, and even some mythology about the world. They could have put in less effort, and made a simple kids show. But they wanted to make the world more complex and interesting. Which resulted in one of the biggest cartoons of the 2010s, and it lasting for 9 seasons, and a whole decade. People are leaving the miraculous fandom, and the show, because it’s been doing the same boring sh*t, that’s it’s been doing, since 2015, and if Tomas doesn’t do something in the next season, that really, and I mean really gets people’s interest back into the show. It’s going to suffer diminishing returns. TLDR: shows that make themselves interesting, last longer, and get better reception from fans, critics, and the general audience.

  • @StrawberryBelle
    @StrawberryBelle Před 9 dny +3

    He blocked me on Twitter for a Diary of a Wimpy Kid meme. Best day of my life.

    • @jessicablueheart9772
      @jessicablueheart9772 Před 8 dny

      Wait why did he block u for that? Was there a reason

    • @StrawberryBelle
      @StrawberryBelle Před 6 dny +1

      @@jessicablueheart9772 It was that page where Greg and his dad were looking at a comic in the paper and talking about how even if they think it’s bad they can’t keep themselves from reading it and I captioned it “Miraculous fans”

  • @SuperCosmicMutantSquid
    @SuperCosmicMutantSquid Před 5 dny +3

    I don't buy the 'it was by design' for Chloe, at least the the extent Thomas claims because even if uf Chloe failed, she doesn't carry what she learned with her.
    Chloe was essentially had her trust broken by the only person she felt she could confide in and instead of leaning on that to make her outlook darker, they just went with going back to her season 1 personality but worse and *NOT* funny, all for the sake if Thomas having a personal hate boner for 'girls like her'.
    And yes, it was a complete waste of time that the failure didn't feel justified to the plot of the story. That's why Zuko's first failure of redemption worked; it wasn't just that he wasn't ready but the story wasn't ready for it yet. Zuki needed more time to learn.
    Jet also served as a cautionary tale of not letting hate drive you abd his redemption came at the point where it cost him his life. Prior ro that, Jet lost his connection with the other Freedom Fighters because of how awful he was to them and other people. He drove away everyone around him until he was alone but he eventually sacrifices his life for a cause greater than his personal revenge on people who didn't hurt him directly. There was at least a conclusion even if it ended bitter sweet.
    Chloe on the other hand shows the weakness of Thomas' writing abilities because he was deadset on keeping Chloe as an antagonist without considering for a moment how to make that turn worthwhile for the plot and not a complete fucking waste of the viewer's time which is what it is. It had 0 impact on the story that really mattered and the events had no change on how Mari and Adrian viewed their own methods and how they would interact with Chloe later on, especially Adrian who is closer to her than Mari is.
    Chloe is an example of how NOT to write a failed arc or villain because in a sense, the show did a terrible job of casting her in that position. Chloe's actual downfall wasn't even her doing; it was MARI who pushed her away because she didn't know what to do when Chloe went public but instead of talking to her, she kept her out of missions out of her own fear, leading to Chloe feeling unwanted and left out and this is AFTER Mari learns these points are the reason why Chloe has her issues.
    Mari created the problem that we're expected to hate Chloe for and she never learns from that but Chloe is punished for it. It gets worse when they start the whole 'the costume changes to what the wearer wants' and/or 'other people don't see the heroes as we do' rule got slapped on which makes it even more bullshit to why Chloe got kicked out in such a way. Everything thrown against her seems to only be (ha) done in SPITE if her to keep her a villain but it's so poorly written you hate Chloe not because she's bad but because you know that none of her character motivation makes sense and you end up defending her when contradictory plot holes show up that actually point out why Chloe was done dirty.
    As it is, even if it was planned, the whole thing was horribly written because as I mentioned before Chloe's villain arc wasn't a path she picked due to the horrible writing making it that Mari instigated all of the events, so Chloe's 'failure' instead turns into a justifiable reaction to having your trust broken not just by your hero but by EVERYONE around you, and then seeing said people act like they didn't do a god damn thing.
    If you're going to have a villain fail at a redemption, don't do it where it actually makes the heroes look like a piece of shit because THEY'RE the ones who failed and DIDN'T learn from it.

  • @Orkprof
    @Orkprof Před 13 dny +4

    What I probably dislike the most about him is how he'll go out of his length to deny stuff that is plain to see for everyone.
    For instance, the "Trash Kraken" comic (the original New York special, then replaced by the film) was an embarassing mess. There was this scene of (I believe unvoluntary) racism, where Marinette mistook a bunch of guys for looters instead of first responders, and they were all black...
    Thomas could've just admitted it was to the very least a choice made in poor taste, instead he replied "have you actually read the comic"?
    Yes, yes we read it and it was so bad!!!

    • @Radio-97
      @Radio-97 Před 4 dny +2

      And the film that basically replaced the comic (alongside the Shanghai special) was bad in itself as it disregards the worldbuilding & lore.
      And btw;
      What’s the point of the 5 ‚special’ Miraculous alongside the Chinese Zodiac ones with the Ladybug and Cat?
      Why exactly those ones?
      If only the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous are crucial to the world, who do the other ones exist?
      And why are most of the other Miraculous powers so situational?
      I just can’t understand of how underbaked the most major elements of the show simply are.
      MY GOD

    • @Orkprof
      @Orkprof Před 4 dny +1

      Also, if there was no way to see or interact with kwamis before the Miraculouses were invented, how and why did their creator(s) come up with those in the first place? How did they know kwamis existed at all?

  • @nevaehhamilton3493
    @nevaehhamilton3493 Před 15 dny +7

    I just think Thomas Astruc needs to check himself into a mental hospital and stay instituted there for the rest of his life. He is so mentally unstable that he could very well actually hurt someone in a fit of childish rage and psychosis if provoked long enough. I think he is a dangerous person who no one should interact with because he may very well start a fist fight with someone who only wants to see him improve, even though we have clear evidence that Astruc has absolutely no intentions to improve or change his ways. He's simply a lost cause in my eyes, and there is nothing you can do to reason with him. Nothing.

  • @DenKyuIdeas
    @DenKyuIdeas Před 15 dny +4

    Can't wait for someone too send this to Astruc

  • @xxtilll6890
    @xxtilll6890 Před 14 dny +1

    Cant wait for the new season and ur episode reviews this season gonna be interesting

  • @maas1208
    @maas1208 Před 10 dny +4

    Idk why but Thomas Astruc is giving me the vibes of Alex Mahan aka Yandere Dev

    • @maas1208
      @maas1208 Před 10 dny +2

      Apparently It's on Disney channel now

  • @Possessed_Gamer
    @Possessed_Gamer Před 14 dny +4

    On my old twitter account, I tested to see what does if you just "hey I don't like the show no more, can you block me"
    I got my wish, do with that as you will

  • @javondozier7904
    @javondozier7904 Před 13 dny +3

    If you are going to do a failed redemption arc, you should do it if the character becomes a better and complex villain or if they still have some good in them and they turn back to the good side again

  • @Radkeyboard7984
    @Radkeyboard7984 Před 15 dny +6

    1:09
    smarty pants: I hate elon musk
    Me: I feel your pain man

  • @IceyWolftb
    @IceyWolftb Před 15 dny +7

    And guess what Chloe character is returning in season 6 and the special like come on now hasn’t she has enough character assassination. His hatred for this character is literally ruining his own show at this point.

    • @hunterrousseau3770
      @hunterrousseau3770 Před 15 dny +2

      Or it's possible since his writing for the five seasons of the show didn't work out it could be possible that Jeremy Zag could be writing for future seasons of the show now and maybe even have the versions of the show and the Paris special crossover with the movie versions too as adults as the series finale

  • @Winter-Hero
    @Winter-Hero Před 15 dny +5

    Bth I felt like this fandom would be less mad at him and less toxic if he didn't create an online account (mainly Twitter) or stayed anonymous online.
    But considering how much of an overgrown man child this guy is. I don't think it will last that long.

  • @gwyn3122
    @gwyn3122 Před 14 dny +3

    Besides the situation with Chloe, I also absolutely dislike his attitude towards Marinette and Adrian. He doesn't care about Adrian at all, and Marinette is an angel to him and the most beautiful character he is ready to justify forever.