Masculine Sewing Patterns

is there a difference between alina and alya???? in terms of personality?

Since Alina is supposed to represent precanon Alya: yes.

From the 9/7/2012 bible: As eccentric as Marinette is classic, Alya wears extravagant outfits, swinging from gothic to geeky. She takes pride in being nothing like the others. It's her way of distinguishing herself. Alya is perfectly at ease with all things technology and telecommunications. Moreover, she's a budding reporter for the college newspaper!... Alya shares her bedroom with her younger sister. The room is divided in two. Alya's half is lined with posters of comic book superheroes, the floor is strewn with cables connected to an imposing DIY computer station.... Besides, she has theories on everything, admittedly- they are often very absurd. She dreams of gaining powers and becoming a heroine like Ladybug... Alya doesn't understand how Marinette can fall for Adrien, On the other hand, Alya finds Cat Noir super classy, ​​molded into his somewhat gothic leather uniform. Oh! If only Alya was Ladybug...

She is bright, smart, geeky- but fashionable! She's an individualist- loving to define and express herself. She's whipping up wacky theories that stem from her hobby of being a reporter for the school newspaper and her love of superheros- something she wishes desperately to be. She's a tech wiz- having built her own computer.

She also has a crush on Chat Noir, which i think is great in contrast to the love diamond and her relationship with Marinette. Later art of her does show that she even put red streaks in her hair, wore goggles, and held a helmet, which I think is super neat and expresses her more... creative or even techy side?

Canon Alya, on the other hand, dosen't seem to be too entrenched in tech, past a passing comment that a "good reporter backs up her files" or smth. But that's like.. something built into most phones these days, so it's not really a.. tech.. geek thing. Alya also never expresses much desire to be a hero, it more falls into her lap due to circumstance and nepotism. and her antics devolved into "stupid reporter" and zero self-preservation instinct- as well as pushing Marinette around for self-confidence reasons. (there is a discussion to be had there around black and asian stereotypes but thats a discussion for another day.)

Anyway, while it's true that none of the characters change outfits much due to cheaping out on 3D, Alya expresses no interest in fashion whatsover. In fact, she seems to carry a hipster vibe (she's rather unfashionable- I mean, most the cast are, actually.) and her outfit sort of expresses a carelessness to her fashion choices- as it's boring and plain, rather than "eccentric" She also actively seems to balk at the idea of Chat, and ignored him for the most part in favor of Ladybug. Her relationship with Nino is actively detrimental to her character and I think was her shark jump- as it suddenly started being the justification for a LOT OF BAD BEHAVIOR.

Hope this helps!

Felinette Month

✨ Day 15 - Battle of Wits

From prompts given by @felinettenovember

wanting her to peel the skin off his balls like mandarins

Here's THE masterpost of free and full adaptations, by which I mean that it's a post made by the master.

Anthony and Cleopatra: here's the BBC version

As you like it: you'll find here an outdoor stage adaptation and here the BBC version

Coriolanus: Here's a college play, here's the 1984 telefilm, here's the 2014 one with tom hiddleston

Hamlet: The Kenneth Branagh 1996 Hamlet is here, the 1964 russian version is here and the 1964 american version is here. THe 1964 Broadway production is here, the 1948 Laurence Olivier one is here. And the 1980 version is here. Here are part 1 and 2 of the 1990 BBC adaptation. Have the 2018 Almeida version here.

Henry IV: part 1 and part 2 of the BBC 1989 version. And here's part 1 of a corwall school version.

Henry V: Laurence Olivier (who would have guessed) 1944 version. The 1989 Branagh version here. The BBC version is here.

Julius Caesar: here's the 1979 BBC adaptation, here the 1970 John Gielgud one.

King Lear: Laurence Olivier once again plays in here. And Gregory Kozintsev, who was I think in charge of the russian hamlet, has a king lear here. The 1975 BBC version is here. The Royal Shakespeare Compagny's 2008 version is here. The 1974 version with James Earl Jones is here.

Macbeth: here's the 1961 one with Sean Connery. Here's the 1971 by Roman Polanski, with spanish subtitles. Here's the 1948 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljZrf_0_CcQ">here. The 1988 BBC onee with portugese subtitles and here the 2001 one). The 1969 radio one with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench is here and the 1966 BBC version is here. The Royal Shakespeare Compagny's 2008 version is here.

Measure for Measure: BBC version here.

The Merchant of Venice: here's a stage version, here's the 1980 movie, here the 1973 Lawrence Olivier movie, here's the 2004 movie.

The Merry Wives of Windsor: the Royal Shakespeare Compagny gives you this movie.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: have this sponsored by the City of Columbia, and here the BBC version.

Much Ado About Nothing: Here is the kenneth branagh version and here the Tennant and Tate 2011 version. Here's the 1984 version.

Othello: A Massachussets Performance here, the 2001 movie her is the Orson Wells movie with portuguese subtitles theree, and a fifteen minutes long lego adaptation here. THen if you want more good ole reliable you've got the BBC version here and there.

Richard II: here is the BBC version

Richard III: here's the 1955 one with Laurence Olivier, and here's the 1995 one with Ian McKellen. (the 1995 one is in english subtitled in spanish. the 1955 one has no subtitles and might have ads since it's on youtube)

Romeo and Juliet: here's the 1988 BBC version.

The Taming of the Shrew: the 1988 BBC version here, the 1929 version here, some Ontario stuff here and here is the 1967 one with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

The Tempest: the 1979 one is here, the 2010 is here. Here is the 1988 one.

Timon of Athens: here is the 1981 movie with Jonathan Pryce,

Troilus and Cressida can be found here

Titus Andronicus: the 1999 movie with Anthony Hopkins here

Twelfth night: here for the BBC, herefor the 1970 version with Alec Guinness, Joan Plowright and Ralph Richardson.

The Winter's Tale: the BBC version is here

Please do contribute if you find more. This is far from exhaustive.

(also look up the original post from time to time for more plays)

I Found this looking around my old files and decided to finish this meme OTL

Do you have any headcanons for the PV kids' families finding out their identities?

i’m always playing with ideas for bridgette (if it even happens at all, it would depend whether they give up their powers after saving paris or continue to be its guardians), but oh i’m SO GLAD YOU ASKED about felix :3c

(wake me up) wake me up inside (can’t wake up)

i’ve always had a headcanon that the butterfly/PV gabriel would be able to bypass the “ladybug’s kiss” method and remove felix’s miraculous, despite it usually being stuck firmly to him. something to do with emotional power mixed with the energy of a second miraculous. i imagine this would be the dramatic climax of the PV’s story, either while ladybug is out of commission or about to walk in and take felix’s multitude of secrets the absolute wrong way.

what do you mean this isn’t what you wanted, felix? didn’t you want to be free? have you changed your mind?

tripping over your mobility aids while walking is the most embarrassing things ever omg 😭

Up Ladybug - Meet The Henchmen

Pierre LaRue/The Mime

Pierre LaRue used to be a normal mime performer and leading actor of the show ‘The Man on the Road’, often coming up with his own skits. However, after a jealous co-worker accused him of stealing ideas and plagiarism, Pierre was blacklisted and banned from performing at theaters in Paris. Falling on hard times, he resorted to petty crimes like theft to survive. After being caught by the police and put in custody, he was bailed out by the man who would become his new employer, Gabriel Agreste.

Sensing Pierre’s despair and rage towards those who wronged him, Gabriel gave him a Chrysalis that would allow him to metamorphose into The Mime, granting him special powers. These powers allow him to turn everything he mimes into reality, with his preferred weapon being a hammer. The Mime is ruthless and pragmatic in combat, often using all kinds of tricks to win the battle or complete his mission. He is a cold, no-nonsense and cunning villain who never talks and highly respects Gabriel, acting as his right-hand man.

The Mime tends to team up with Monsieur Pigeon and in tag battles against Ladybug and Chat Noir, he usually targets Ladybug, as her combat skills, range of weapons and creativity match his own.

Xavier Ramier/Monsieur Pigeon

Xavier Ramier is an ornithologist who believes pigeons are the smartest and will go berserk if anyone attempts to harm his favorite birds. His outbursts, experiments and the occasional temper tantrum-like protest against cruelty towards pigeons alienated him from his fellow colleagues to the point of being kicked out of the ornithologist community. His science papers shredded and his reputation ruined, Xavier dedicated himself to finding a way to control pigeons and even weaponize them.

After another of his attempts to convince the science community of the validity of his research failed, he was approached by Gabriel Agreste, who took interest in his ideas and gave him a Chrysalis that would allow him to metamorphose into Monsieur Pigeon, granting him special powers. These powers involve him being able to control all the pigeons of Paris at will, communicate with them and use them as living weapons. In contrast to The Mime, Monsieur Pigeon is very talkative, childish and quirky, referring to the pigeons as his ‘Lovelies’. Despite his eccentric personality, he is quite smart.

Monsieur Pigeon tends to team up with The Mime and in tag battles against Ladybug and Chat Noir, he usually targets Chat Noir, due to his belief that cats are birds’ natural enemies and therefore need to be eliminated, with Chat Noir’s long range attacks and agility allowing him to match Monsieur Pigeon in combat.

I always love Marichat side in the love square because it’s the side where they can be dork together but for the PV version… The dynamic could be a bit different, I think.

Felix become Chat Noir to gain the freedom from the curse that he has on him and as far as the canon PV goes, that’s all his motivation to become Chat Noir : Get close to Ladybug so he can get kiss from her to free him from the curse.

This is why I think his “extraness or cheerfulness” when being Chat Noir isn’t all genuine like Adrien does therefore, the way he approach Bridgette also different.

I have a HC where in Felix’s eyes, Bridgette is a crime magnet, one that constantly make him frustrated because “How in the world she always find herself in this place, time and situation???????!” (Lol) But she’s the frustration that he just can’t ignore, not only because she’s his classmate but also because she always help him in school so he’s??? In short of debt???? (He does care for her, he just doesn’t want to admit it)

So time and time again, Chat Noir need to keep this girl, who’s badluck somehow always led her to this situation (it’s not lmao), out of trouble and I can imagine he just vent all his frustation at her and be like :

“I am the black cat, but why, WHY, HOW can you have more bad luck than me?????????” (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ

And Bridgette, being can’t tell the cat the real reason why she /need/ to be there could only be like :

“Because… I’m a bad luck champion?” (• ▽ •;)

For Bridgette seeing Chat Noir being all grumpy is a side that she never see before because for all she know, Chat Noir is a catsanova who always have terrible time to flirt and a jokester, basically your typical class clown. Sure he can be sweet at times but grumpy? Chat Noir? Grumpy? Grumpy Chat Noir, who??????? It feels like alien take over his body and it baffle her at first but the more she see it, the more she find this side of him is interesting. Because as it turns out not only this cat could be grumpy, he also… Pretty socially awkward??? Also he’s not that extra with her??? Huh??? Where’s that catsanova act?? And she find Chat Noir is more fun to hang out with when he’s not dial up his dramatical extraness. Soon, they become a friend’s.

It’s funny how she think he tried to act cool and by cool she meant cool, like Felix kind of cool? Sometimes he tries to act distance but always fail at it. He said he won’t help her again if he find her near the crime scene next time, he he save her anyway, even get hurt because of it. He said he won’t come again after that one time she share the left over pain au chocolat, but he did come again to play. He really is like a cat and she like him his company! Yup! He’s definitely a nice companion to have, but her heart is only for Felix.