luanna255:acharmingnotion:I can get up here with my yo-yo too. #i love how she like disciplines him
luanna255:acharmingnotion:I can get up here with my yo-yo too. #i love how she like disciplines him and he just like doesn’t really care lmao No, but see, I don’t think it’s that he doesn’t care at all. If you watch the scene, she’s the one who drops the subject immediately after she tells him to ask next time. And I think that’s very telling of their dynamic. She makes her point, but then she’s comfortable enough to stay there sitting in his lap (she even keeps her arm around him!) and move on to a different topic, because she knows that he does care and he listens to her. Neither of them says anything more on the topic because there’s no need to. She’s made her point, and she trusts him to respect that, so they can leave it at that.The writers (both in-story and out) have made a big point of focusing on how Chat Noir respects Ladybug’s boundaries, and I appreciate that so much, because if that weren’t the case then their dynamic could easily come across as him harassing her or refusing to take ‘No’ for an answer. Before I saw the show, I was worried that they’d be portrayed that way, and I was so happy to be proven wrong.And what I love about this scene is how much you see that comfort and trust between them. You see it in their dialogue, but also in their body language. Even going back to the beginning of the scene:She’s surprised when he first pulls her in, but almost immediately you see her relax - her shoulders go down, her arm relaxes around him, she even smiles slightly. (And since the show is translated into different languages and each translation is a bit different, those facial expressions and body language become even more important for getting the basic message across.) When she asks what he’s doing, it’s in an affectionately exasperated way rather than her seeming genuinely annoyed. And, tellingly, she doesn’t pull away, even though he gives her plenty of time to. (Which is significant because we’ve seen in the past that she doesn’t hesitate to push him away when she feels he’s gotten too close.)Then when he pulls her up, she again seems pretty comfortable with the whole thing - she tells him he should ask first in the future, but she doesn’t seem remotely upset or even really annoyed. She doesn’t even say “Don’t do that again” - she says “You should ask first anyway”. (I’m fascinated to see if that’s translated similarly in the French and English dubs, because that says so much.) And then, like I said, she’s comfortable enough to stay there sitting in his lap and move on. Obviously, it’s not like she could have moved somewhere else when they’re way up there - but again, look at the body language. She could have stiffened up and tried to pull away from him as much as possible, but you actually see the opposite happen between the first and second gif here. In the first, there’s more space between them and she’s sitting more stiffly. By the second, she’s moved closer and her posture is completely relaxed. That’s what I like about this scene - what I like about them in general. They can have this kind of very physical, flirtatious relationship because there is that kind of trust and comfort between them. She feels comfortable pushing him away or telling him when she’s not okay with something, and she trusts that he’ll listen, so she’s able to feel safe with him. She establishes boundaries, and he respects them. And because of that, she’s able to relax around him, even when he’s being flirtatious or touching her. That’s so, so vital, because without that their relationship could come across very differently, and I’m so grateful for the little nuances in how these scenes are written and animated. -- source link
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