Talk:Antibug/@comment-28997155-20160719221353/@comment-7117024-20161006031604

I'm not going to deny that Chloé was in the wrong before and even during that point, but even if she had been wrong about the pin, Marinette could've at least tried Chloé's idea, or, while sending Chloé away, curtly noted to Chloé that she would go for the pin but she needs to get out of the way to be safe. I'm not justifying Chloé, who was absolutely in the wrong from the beginning and hadn't given Marinette any right to trust her, but Marinette still could've handled her response a little better, whether or not she believed Chloé.

As for the lack of getting more good out of Chloé, I guess this just wasn't the right episode for that. Season 1 wasn't really the season to build that deeply on the good aspects of bad/questionable characters. With the first season not meaning to have any continuity weaving most of the episodes together, why bother? We really only got to see some of Gabriel's better instances in a rare couple episodes, and because Lila only got one episode, we didn't get any good indicators of any positive traits she may have. Also, Season 1 did little to change the status quo, only beginning to allow change right at the end, and not even the main protagonists went through much character growth through those.

Chloé is still a jerk and a terrible friend, but what I take from this episode is that she has the potential to become better. No character should instantly change; it's usually a process that varies in length depending on the character involved. If there's one thing to consider, it's that she actually listened to Ladybug and, in her not-very-good way, tried to amend things with Sabrina. No, Chloé didn't improve in any deep way, and it's still a disappointment that she didn't figure this relational stuff out for herself. But it's a start that she can take advice and does care enough about particular people to try to set things right. She does a poor job of it, but if she can someday begin to improve these qualities, it's a start.