Talk:Season 3/@comment-43398929-20190828160022/@comment-34998547-20190829215148

@ Yokozuna: I think the writers are aware that the issue you raise about the akumatized being "responsible" for their actions is potentially a legitimate concern, but I believe they don't want us to blame those people for what they do. To this end they try to depict such things as the akumas have a "controlling influence" (which Hawk Moth makes evil) which is almost impossible to resist — Chloé in "Miraculer" is the only one ever shown to successfully do so — and there's almost always some point when the akumatées deny being the person they normally are (or "Alya's been disconnected", as Lady Wifi says). This extends to what Alya and Nino say in "Puppeteer 2" as she gazes at the statue of Lady Wifi:

Alya: I know that we're not really ourselves when we are akumatized, but it's weird to see ourselves like that, as supervillains. Nino: It's because you don't look at them properly. These aren't supervillains; these are all the people Ladybug and Cat Noir have saved.

And I think no one can say what being "hit" by an akuma is really like unless they actually experience it themselves, which I don't imagine will happen anytime soon. One would need to be in their shoes to truly know what it's like. So I think the writers are aware of the issue you raise, but want us to know that these people are not really responsible for their actions, and don't want us to blame them for it.

And we won't forget, either, the blame upon Hawk Moth for actually doing this to people!

In the end, people understand all this, but want to turn to the issue of who caused the negative emotions that made people "vulnerable" — if this is the result of someone, like Marinette, being "immature" and upsetting someone, or the obvious case of Chloé, the walking negative-vibe machine (Alix: "Half the people in Paris have been akumatized because of her!)...

So ultimately I would say: chillax! Don't sweat it!