Talk:The Puppeteer 2/@comment-38418096-20190207134915/@comment-5122627-20190617041518

I am also a writer. I don't necessarily think an episodic show where they always stop the evil plot is bad, but the show does need to actually let Marinette mess up instead of her constantly being blamed for her just living her life when someone doesn't get their way. I know people where complaining last season how Marinette causes more akumatizations than Chloe, but she really doesn't. Marinette didn't cause either Gamer akumatizations - Max did because he wasn't being a good sport. (Although Chloe helped with 2.0) You can criticize Marinette for her motivations in Gamer, but she did nothing wrong. Did Marinette cause Kagami's akumatization - absolutely not - Marinette wasn't even sure, Kagami broke down because she felt like a failure regardless. What about Dark Cupid, did she give bad advice? Yes. Would Kim have gotten akumatized regardless? Yes. The show needs to stop trying to hold back on connecting Marinette to an akuma, instead, it comes up with dumb reasons to say she is responsible for an akuma. This is probably why Lila episodes are so interesting - cause yes she is responsible for Volpina to an extent. It's not that Marinette shouldn't have confronted Lila - she shouldn't have humiliated Lila for something that was at the time insecure. (And yes, Lila's lies at the time were manipulative, but ultimately they weren't such a big deal she needed to use her hero persona to publicly berate her. You should stand up for yourself to people like Lila and Chloe, but don't stoop to their level.) But Lila had a crush on Adrien, so that made her fair game to humiliate her in front of the boy she liked. That is why Lila works so well, while every akuma they blame on Marinette for giving bad advice just makes me turn my head.