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So, apparently, Thomas Astruc, the creator of "Tales of Miraculous Ladybug and Chat Noir" had to send a tweet out to fans, telling them that Felix, the original concept for Adrien/Chat Noir, would not appear in any shape or form and that he was theirs to play with. Apparently, fans had been very persistent about asking him about Felix. Originally, the show was planned to be 2-D animation, and was heavily inspired by anime. The civilian identity of Chat Noir didn't actually have a name yet, but the fandom was so crazy about him that they dubbed him 'Felix' and the name stuck.

He only showed up in an OVA, but that was enough for some fans to fall in love with him and for me to dislike him.

Well, since “The Legend of Korra” has ended and people are still arguing about the finale and shipping on the Internet, I guess this is as good of a time as any (even though it’s still late) to weigh in somewhat on the shipping wars (which I have mostly stayed out of). Specifically the complaint that “Makorra equals Zutara.”

I like Zuko/Katara. I do not like Mako/Korra. And, quite frankly, I’m confused about why people say that the two ships are identical or correspond to each other, whether they’re blaming Zutara shippers for the creation of the Makorra ship in the first place or saying that the Makorra ship is the reason why Zutara wouldn’t work out.

Because as far as I can see, the only similarities between the two are that the people involved are from the Fire Nation and Water Nation respectively, one can bend water while the other can bend fire, and the boy in the pairing is an older brother who can get too serious at times. That’s pretty much it.

Now, I have heard from Tahno/Korra shippers that their pairing more closely resembles Zuko/Katara from the build-up and dynamics. Tahno and Korra at first didn’t like each other, but when Tahno was humbled by the loss of his bending, he and Korra began to let go of their antagonism towards each other, similarly as to how Zuko and Katara dropped their antagonism once they realized that the two of them had something in common.

But, if anything, I think that the Zuko/Katara more closely resembles another pairing. Another pairing that I happen to ship.

Amon/Korra.