Talk:Marinette Dupain-Cheng/@comment-28768715-20170721152848/@comment-2055627-20170721171759

But Max had put a lot of effort and training into qualifying for the competion, he didn't just lose a game, he had all his efforts and dreams of entering crushed when that happened. You could see just how upset he was, he was a good person admiting defeat but losing that chance crushed him.

So yes, Marinette is responsible for getting him akumatised, she entered the contest for selfish reasons after just hearing about all of Max's efforts and still only thought of herself until after Max was de-akumatised. Personally I like them showing more flaws to Marinette's character, even showing her tackling those flaws personified as villains, and learning from them.