S6 Redraw: El Toro De Piedra (Patreon)

I'm a little late with posting this redraw, but oh well!

tl;dr - There aren't enough words to describe how much I loved this episode.

I wasn't expecting much plot or lore on an Ivan based episode, but that's exactly what we got and more! I've got so many crazy theories bouncing around in my head from the foreshadowing alone. Like, we all just know Adrien's going to find that letter at the worst possible moment, right? I bet Marinette's even going to decide to give it to him, but something stops her and he finds it anyway. IMAGINE if that lead to the reveal, because Marinette shouldn't know about any of those things. But Ladybug does.

And how did I go from not really being interested in Ivan's character to full on wanting to draw him as soon as the episode ended?? The fact that the writers tied in Ivan's issues with his dad as the same thing Adrien's going through even though he doesn't know it. I'M GOING FERAL! Ivan said, "The son of a supervillain can't be a superhero." The writers were crazy for that line and I can't thank them enough.

Nathalie's whole thing has me thinking she's most likely a sentimonster. I love the idea that she's a good person who wants to do right by Adrien, she can completely relate to what he's going though, but she will most likely be forced to betray both him and Marinette in the end. It's all speculation on my part, so it could absolutely be wrong, but I can't wait to find out.

The real icing on the cake though, was the entire fight. It was so creative and entertaining seeing them not use any dialogue. Juleka's song was actually super catchy and I had it stuck in my head the entire week!

All in all, El Toro De Piedra is probably one of my favorite episode to come out in years. S6, please keep being amazing <3