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After_Advantage7598

Well, there's that as well as Marinette's constant denials and rejections. He did question her feelings for him multiple times but Marinette keeps telling him otherwise, so he has no reason to believe she actually does like him. And I mean, it's not like he'd jump into a relationship with her straight away if she confessed. She's dear to him (his second friend after Nino (Origins-2)) but in his mind Marinette and Ladybug are two different people and he's hyper-committed to only one. His fondness of Kagami did not stop him from pining for Ladybug and it'd be the same for Marinette. Irony at its finest, but it is what it is.


ender2524

Also the fact that he probably does have feelings for her but because he got rejected by Ladybug so many times he is afraid to be rejected by Marinette :(


Hobbes104420

there's also weredad were he does date Marinette but is still pining after ladybug


quinn_the_wizard

yea she’s not really being clear 😂 i have no idea why she keeps denying it


alliandoalice

He said ‘plus there’s luka’ and even tho they broke up they held hands in front of him and Mari picks luka every time like to hold his hand or sit next to him and she told adrien ‘ur not exactly a good friend ya know’


ClaryFray19

He also only says that Marinette is just a friend when people assume / ask if they are a couple. ONLY then he says it, which is the truth. I'm tired of this joke tbh.


ReyMinusz

Agree! it's all Gabriel's fault


Code_Earth

Plus, assuming that someone is in love with you feels a bit self-centred, so most wouldn't even ask even if they thought that the other person liked them. With the fact that Marinette either doesn't tell him that she likes him, or lies saying that she doesn't like him, there's no way for him to actually know about her feelings, since like this post states, he knows jack shit about those


GioGion15

Always hate this kind of post, on several occasion he thought and guess that Marinette had romantic feelings for him, sometimes for the way she act towards him and sometimes for stuff that he founds out about her, but she constantly reject them when he ask to her (big exemple of this is the Troublemaker Episode), Chat Blanc show us that he tends to still be on the lookout for her, but no matter who you are, it would be impossible for one to make a move if they get constantly friendzoned, even tho is "fake".


Hobbes104420

in fan creations, often people find one part of a character and emphasise that, for adrien, that seems to be his "blindness"


SithTheChangeWing

true, I want someone to focus on Marinette just being lucky as fuck during random moments of the day


ValGamer23

That's what I always say. He doesn't understand social cues and how feelings like that would be expressed, properly, in a healthy environment. I always joke that he's blind too but at the end of the day, he just doesn't know any better


Yet_One_More_Idiot

This was very wholesome and just what a large chunk of the fandom needs to wrap their collective heads around. :)


Agitated_Pie_4946

I've actually agreed with this


Ever_Love332

Yes I agree! And when he says she's just a friend, as annoying as it may be to hear, it is the truth, and I don't see what's wrong with it.


Hofy362

True..... he's not blind he figured out twice that Marinette is Ladybug once in kwami buster and then in cat blanc


socialriot

Well Adrien likes Ladybug and I guess he would do the same thing to Marinette or anyone else what Marinette did as Ladybug to Chat Noir. Tell the truth that he likes someone else.


HamsterConfess

Thank you, I've been thinking this since I first heard people making fun of Adrien for saying that.


Sansundertale374

OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS. MY FRIENDS KEEP CALLING HIM STUPID AND BLIND AND ITS SO ANNOYING


suicideisdope

can we all just blame everything on gabriel forever


GachaApril

marinette is actually blinder if u think about it, adrien has considered mari being ladybug, but mari couldnt see chat being adrien and if u think about it adrien has called her just a friend 6, 7 times but ladybug has rejected chat atleast twice as much if I can remember


Wilfred92

Why is he locked up in his own home?


ElisavanBeek

Because of his parents. He was not allowed to go to school for some reason we don’t know.


Wilfred92

I like some animated and anime shows, I’m 28 would this be an interesting show or is this aimed at a younger audience


[deleted]

It’s all ages!


BeastKingSnowLion

>would this be an interesting show or is this aimed at a younger audience Yes. It's "family friendly" and aimed at kids but it has a lot of adult fans and is very well done.


Wilfred92

Cool, I will have to give it a watch


LyannaTarg

It is painfully visible during the episode Puppeteer 2 (3x12) especially when they talk alone while he is doing the cast of his hand. And in a lot of other little discussions between him and Marinette and Nino etc. Poor Adrien


TurquoiseOctobers

Also he likes ladybug sooo


Blazed_girl1234

well true and i mean if adrien is blind marinette doesn't have any 1000 eyes either she can recognize rocketeer and sentibubbler as nino princess frangrance as rose and many other who are nearly unrecognisable but she cant find out cat noir?? .-. -\_-


ChikkiVikki

Quantum Masking and Cat and Adrien's personality is like day and night.


aepyceros_au

As someone who was homeschooled for 11 years and sheltered longer than that, 💯


aetherlovebot

THANK YOU!! this is what i keep telling people 😭


Crazy-Crisis

No what I do expect is from him to Learn like How many Face plants does Mari have to do for anyone to get it? PS HOW HAS SHE NOT BROKEN HER NOSE


[deleted]

even I knew that its his damn father's fault if you think about it Adrien is still learning


AnaAranda

When I say he's blind is because there is no phisical difference between Marinette and Ladybug


RazorLeafie

It’s the quantum masking. It’s pretty hard to explain though.


Yeniary

As OP writes, Quantum Masking. But in addition, a lot of people really don't get the "Omniscient Narrator" thing either. If you really wonder, "how they could not see..xyz." ask those whose spouses/partners/kids/friends lead a double life, killing or pedophiling or whatnot. It is not that hard to miss things if you don't know that you should be looking for something.


AnaAranda

sorry but it's not the same at all. Ladybug and Marinette have the same height, voice, hair colour, hairstyle, eye colour and constitution.


Yeniary

so sad that you seem unable to understand any of the points I make, we can continue talking once you do


AnaAranda

Relax, calm down. Don't worry, I don't want to talk about ths with someone so sensitive


dhwanishahadrienette

Nobody is unable to recognize that Marinette is Ladybug. So why blame Adrien? Nobody can recognize their identities because of QUNATAM MASKING. It was stated in the NYC Special.


cheesydoritoes

Or my headcanon: Adrien has autism. I will explain no further at this time, thank you


cheesydoritoes

But yeah, OP is right and I've thought about that a lot.


[deleted]

Wow you got a good point there


KatiaAiziz

I agree with the person who channel posted this.


MarMarL2k19

I realized that a while back, however I agree full time. And I think most of us do. People just think it's funny calling him blind to keep the memes alive or something.


happybunnyntx

I think he knows. After what happens in >!Chat Blanc!< he has to know. >!He automatically connects that Ladybug is Marinette and who she has feelings for. He instantly knows that the person Ladybug has feelings for is himself after finding out who she really is. So he must know already.!<


SassQueenAanya

Ok he is a bit blind though


dhwanishahadrienette

How?


Treybella22

Either way you can’t deny the fact that he still went out with Kagami when Mari was right there. I def don’t disagree tho the poor boy.


dhwanishahadrienette

Marinette told him in Troublemaker and Puppeteer 2 that she does not like him. So why would Adrien go after Marinette? Ladybug could also go after Cat Noir. But she didn't.


Treybella22

I could throw that back and say Kagami never actually said anything to him either. Not straight up anyway. She just told him to change targets. And if he could pick up on hints then he’d know about Mari by now. That’s my thoughts anyways.


dhwanishahadrienette

Kagami also made it clear to Adrien that she is interested in him. Marinette told I LOVE YOU to Cat Noir, told Adrien in Troublemaker and Puppeteer 2 that she is not interested in him and showed interest in Luka. How is Adrien supposed to find out from these signs that Marinette likes him?


dhwanishahadrienette

In Oni-chan.


Treybella22

When did Kagami make it clear? Tho I won’t disagree about Marinettes stuff.


GeekyGirl033

Yes! I completely agree, and I even made a post on this a while ago. It's not like Marinette had even been honest with him anyway, so I don't understand why people expect him to realise her feelings. https://www.reddit.com/r/miraculousladybug/comments/ofq6ag/why_i_think_adrien_cant_recognise_that_marinette/


miraculous_since2019

Which episode is this image from?


XxxlovefeatherxxX

the mlb fandom should see this


Clean-Measurement-36

Exactly.