Marinette and The Adrien Schedule
I just had a brainwave.
Most Miraculers know of Marinette’s ‘Adrien Schedule’ and, like many people, I found that little fact pretty creepy. I get that Marinette is supposed to be crushing so hard and tends to go a little overboard but I’ve never met anyone who has their crushes schedule, celebrity or otherwise. Even Alya is a bit disturbed by this. It also seems completely at odds with the idea that Marinette likes Adrien for Adrien, not The Adrien Agreste™ (as we see in ‘Origins’). It seems more like something a (very very rabid) fangirl would do.
Then as I was reading this post, @thewalkingweapon pointed something interesting out when dating ‘Chronogirl’. It’s on the schedule.
Why would Marinette include that on her ‘Adrien Schedule’? I mean, sure he was there but the main event was Alix and Kim’s bet.
So lightbulb moment.
What if it’s not ‘Adrien’s Schedule’?
What if it’s Marinette’s Calendar with Adrien’s Schedule on it? (Which frankly makes a lot more sense and is a lot less creepy.) (And yes, there is a difference.)
Adrien is a busy kid. Modelling, fencing, Chinese, basketball and other events. Poor cat son barely has time to breathe, let alone go to say; A class bet.
What if Marinette got a hold of Adrien’s Schedule (maybe from him or Nino) so she could organise some things around his schedule.
A few other things like the ‘Dinner with Thomas’, ‘Dinner with Young Sun’ and ‘volunteering at the abandoned kitten centre’ could actually be Marinette’s schedule.
On March 16, there’s a line that translates to ‘Out with Friends’.
On April 13, a line translates to ‘Appointment with his Father’ (while not entirely out of the realm of possibilities for Adrien to have appointments with dear ol’ Gabriel [which frankly is just plain sad] it seems more likely that it’s Marinette who has the appointment since ‘Mr Pigeon’ happens on May 18. So it might be a combination of wishful thinking and an animation error).
May 23, ‘Dinner with Adrien’. Which happens after ‘Mr Pigeon’ and most likely, after the photo shoot.
(I sat and watched the scene when the schedule first appears. You can’t really get a clear view of what was written on that schedule.)
Marinette can be forgetful (ie, forgetting to sign Adrien’s present) so having a pull-down calendar isn’t that much of stretch. I know that I tend to put things I wouldn’t think about often (like birthdays and going out) on my calendar rather than things I would think about like due dates for assignments. Marinette might have Adrien’s schedule so that when she finally stops stuttering around him, she already know when he might be available (like when she wants to ask him to the movies which is how we found out about it in the first place!). When taking that into account, the whole schedule thing doesn’t seem so creepy.
If one of my friends had that kind of packed schedule, I’d ask for it so I’d know when they could be free.
I don’t think the pull-down Schedule is totally because of Marinette’s crazy crush. Part of it might just be her being a good friend and planning in advance when Adrien might be free to hang out. Like he said in ‘Origins’, “I’ve never been to school before. I’ve never had friends. It’s all sort of new to me.” Wouldn’t any good friend try to work around his busy schedule?
Interesting *nods thoughtfully*
