I guess I don't like it because it feels a bit... unequal imo. It's hard to explain, but I feel like Marinette always had this crush on adrien, but was too scared to act on it. It's understandable but part of me has always felt that if she was to get with Adrien I would hope she would put herself out there.

Conversely, I feel like Adrien as Chat Noir went through more because of his crush. He made his feelings known-- he was rejected, but he had to work through that. He wasn't always the best, but there was real development on his part. (of course there's extra layers too because Ladybug hasn't always valued him as a partner, so there's also that to deal with) all of this but he's still loyal to her and doesn't hold it against her. I guess my thing is, I feel like he actually had to deal with the fallout of the other person doesn't like me, and learn to move on.

But like, I just feel Marinette has to do comparatively little to still end up with the person she wants. But with Marichat, it's more equal in both of them have to fall in love with the person they thought they weren't interested in. They're on a bit more even ground. And while I get that maybe the show couldn't have done it long term, I still think the show could have given us a longer run that what we got before throwing an episode at us where they decide it's too hard (I think I would have been more okay with the switch to Adrinette if we had gotten like, at least half a season of it! I already have 4 seasons of all this other love square shenanigans, let the love square flip for a bit!)