History Analysis / MiraculousLadybug

In that retrospect, Marinette's realization that there's such a thing as a 'good death', a HeroicSacrifice for others preferred over being a life of fear and apathy, was something that Gabriel was unwilling to understand. Emilie and Nathalie figuratively understood Destruction's subjectivity and both placed others' well being before their own, each accepting the consequences of using a damaged Peacock Miraculous. Gabriel refused to follow their example as his once noble intentions gradually became selfish in nature. It's only when Gabriel finally obtained the Miraculouses, the power of Creation and Destruction, that he finally got their realization and literally embraces the ideal rather then use his acquired power for selfish gain.

In that retrospect, Marinette's realization that there's such a thing as a 'good death', a HeroicSacrifice for others preferred over being a life of fear and apathy, was something that Gabriel was unwilling to understand. Emilie and Nathalie figuratively understood Destruction's subjectivity and both placed others' well being before their own, Gabriel refused to follow their example as his noble intentions gradually became selfish in nature. It's only when Gabriel finally obtained the Miraculouses, the power of Creation and Destruction, that he finally got their realization and literally embraces the ideal rather then use his acquired power for selfish gain.

This duality appropriately shows Marinette's conflict over her heroic duty. On the one hand, it is a highly honorable and pure calling; on the other, it will probably lead to her death. Doing it brings her closer and closer to Destruction, further away from the people and places she is familiar with. Ultimately, 'doing the right thing' where her realm is concerned means accepting things she never wanted to accept and diminishing herself by accepting Destruction as something not inherently bad. This is what Gabriel was unwilling to understand; there is such a thing as a 'good death', a HeroicSacrifice preferred over a fearful life subservient to evil. Emilie and Nathalie understand Destruction's subjectivity, Gabriel does not.

The show can be philosophically interpreted as a metaphor for how people cope with the idea of death(/Destruction, as symbolized by Adrien). In the idealized sunscape that is Paris, reminders of Destruction (the fashion posters) are paradoxically everywhere yet unfamiliar to the children, who have not yet known loss personally. Their future roles as Miraculous vessels is also significant: the full pantheon of universal concepts is arrayed in that class, to which Destruction is new. Destruction is the newcomer, the stranger, the odd one out. It is no concidence that Creation (as symbolized by Marinette) hated him at first sight. All the vessels see him as unusual (even Chloe, his friend, has a fundamentally different perspective than him), but Creation is especially alienated from him because he's so different to her. This antipathy is reflected by Gabriel, who only finds his son useful when he can be defanged and kept away from the world at large.\\

%%Death stirs her courage, in a way Chloe's taunts never did, because now her very life is at stake. Instincts are triggered.%%