Right as Rain - Nadisha Thomas (Miraculous Ladybug Amv)

Aaaahhhh I loved this episode!!! Climatiqueen was amazing! (The episode that is, though the akuma style was cool too) This made me absolutely love the animation even more (still hard to get used to some characters but overall it’s so lovely!) And so many Adrienette scenes!!! (I wasn’t really expecting that) I especially liked and was pleasantly surprised with how much it focused on Adrien in this episode. I loved how it showed him trying to figure out what he wanted do, and I think Aurore’s struggle with chasing likes and staying true to herself online is a very relatable one too. I was super excited for a chance to use this song as well (by Nadisha Thomas - such an underrated and very gifted singer) and it has a very unique view of love. Normally we focus on the powerful, invigorating, overcoming everything kind of love - but love can also make you feel quite powerless, and be overwhelming when you don’t really know what to do with it. When you love something it’s like giving a piece of your heart to it, and if it’s a person you don’t have much control over where they take it. And that can be scary. (Or in the case of Miraculous downright torturous. 😫😆😏🙈) Three categories kind of come to mind with this for me - love for a person, love that is lost, and love for something you enjoy. Loving someone can be so painful, especially if it isn’t returned or valued in the same way. And even if it is returned, it can still be difficult to try to figure out how to do things “right” and worrying to think it may not last. And not just romantically, but it can also be so frustrating when even family members or people you care about seem to keep making bad choices or are going through a hard time and they won’t listen to you or you feel powerless to help. Sometimes it feels like it would be easier to stop caring and cut yourself off from others completely, but that’s not really a long term solution. (However you can still love someone while setting boundaries which is a very healthy thing to do) “Everything but the truth” - so true isn’t it? Often in social or emotional settings it feels simpler to just go through the motions, but instead of burying your feelings or avoiding the problems, be sincere and open to the truth - no matter how messy it is, and you’ll give the other person a chance to do the same. Few things are as important and helpful in a relationship as open communication, and instead of “Walking, talking” and pretending everything is alright, you open a door to real healing and change. People won’t always listen to you, but sometimes they do, and you won’t know unless you try. Even if they don’t, you can still find comfort in knowing you did the best you could. (And by listen I don’t mean agree with everything you say, but more of a mutual agreement to a better/desired outcome and a general care to benefit each other’s wellbeing.) So yeah - honesty. Not just with the other person, but also with yourself. Acknowledging your feelings and circumstance instead of shoving it down, and giving yourself time to process and plan your next step. But what about when you’ve run out of time? What if you have so much love for someone and now they’re gone? That’s a whole different kind of powerless. (One that has to go in the pinned comment because I can never fit it all in this tiny box 😏🙈😅)