Clarisse McClellan's Daughter

Here there be mega Miraculous Ladybug spoilers for the first episode of season 4.


Oh my goodness. They did repair the peafowl Miraculous properly. It seems to have actually worked, judging by what Duusu said. Clearly, it isn't retroactive, as Nathalie and Émilie are still suffering from the effects of using a damaged Miraculous. Related, I did not see the unification coming! I was afraid Hawkmoth might have given *Chloé* the peafowl, considering, which oh my gosh, poor Duusu! Poor Duusu anyway; now Hawkmoth has him directly under his control, as opposed to indirectly through Nathalie. At least *she* didn't actively mistreat him when not being Mayura. Oh, and that line of Nooroo's about the nightmare not being over did not escape me. *hugs them*

I'm still holding out for a Mayura redemption arc, unlikely though it is. Whether that starts with Nathalie objecting to being sidelined, with her disagreeing with how Shadowmoth is enacting plans now that he's the one empowering sentimonsters, or with something Shadowmoth attempts that crosses a line for her, I do not know. I'm hoping for the last, though that's arguably the most unlikely of all, considering what she's already both seen and done, willingly, in canon. But it's not impossible.

The reveal of who Luka's father is was not at all unexpected, honestly. Jagged's reasoning made at least some sense, but inability to settle down does not have to equal a complete lack of contact. I wonder how much of that was down to Anarka; they'd clearly had a spectacular crackup, judging by "Desperada".

One curiosity I'm left with here. Which kwami was ready to leap out of the Miracle Box and assist, without a wielder, until cautioned against doing so? I know who I suspect it was, and I know who it'd probably be in the Not Alone 'verse (I'd have two first choices there really), but I could be wrong with my canon suspicion.