Miraculous Ladybug - Reveal Circumstances
I’m pretty sure there are people out there who have already talked about this topic relating to the love square reveal. But I would like to point some things out.
We all know everyone is blind in who are Ladybug and Chat Noir, including Marinette and Adrien. But there is a difference: she’s not interested in knowing his identity, while he wants to know hers but still doesn’t go against her wishes (as seen in Lady Wi-Fi). With this on mind, it kind of gives the idea that the reveal scenario would be either because they reach a conclusion to reveal themselves to each other or it happens because of an accident. We will let Thomas Astruc surprise us on the matter, none of us know what’s coming in that moment.
Anyway, another thing I want to reach is their reactions. As for now from what we’ve seen in S1, it’s obvious that Marinette will be shocked if she were to know now that Chat Noir is in fact her crush Adrien, almost sure she will be in denial because both of them are very different (again, Lady Wi-fi). On the other hand, Adrien would also be impacted to know that Ladybug is his designer friend Marinette, who is usually shy around him and doesn’t know why; but the impression would be minimal, because he is the one who wants to know who’s behind the mask. After that, he would be happy to realize that Ladybug is someone who he knows from his daily life, but comes to the conclusion that though he sees Marinette as his friend and knows what she’s capable of (creative designer, class president, expert game player, etc.), he doesn’t hang out a lot with her and still doesn’t know why in many occasions she’s so awkward around him. He would want to spend more time with her, obviously; but still having present in him the epiphany that she’s Ladybug, the girl he loves. It would be a mix of getting used to know that these girls are the same person, acting normal as always, between sometimes being reserved and shy as Adrien and other moments being more assertive and bolder as Chat. This is all taking in account what’s happened in S1.
From the little spoilers known for S2, we know there will be more evolution in the different love square interactions: Adrien will hang out more with Marinette (with the possibility of developing a tiny crush on her while still loving Ladybug), it’s perceived that Marinette will begin to see more of Chat as a person and a close friend rather than just her flirting fighting-crime partner (with the same possibility of stop looking at him in a platonic way and maybe have some feelings for him.), among other things. Taking this into account, perhaps all of this will help them in the reveal moment, it will be easier to accept who the other is and happier to know who’s behind the mask. It’s a matter of evolution in them as characters and their different relationships.
We’ll see how everything here is answered this summer!!
