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https://archiveofourown.org/works/61359577

Thank you to @nerdypanda3126 for the permission to write a sequel to She Wants to get Married.

After She Got Married.

Chat was in a foul mood. He watched as the old rusty shelf turned to ash in front of him. Green light washed over him as Plagg popped out of his ring.

"Kid, you need to calm down." Plagg stated as Adrien took another drink from his beer. "And I don't need you wielding destructive powers drunk, Adrien!"

"Just shut up and eat your fucking Cheese plagg." Adrien grunted. The tiny god was the last person-thing-being- Adrien wanted to hear from so he emptied the bottle of beer and smashed it on the ground

"Plagg, claws out.'" Chat Noir looked around the abandoned warehouse he had been coming to for years. It was running out of things inside for him to destroy. "Cataclysm" and he touched the last metal shelving unit and watched it turn to dust.

Part of him wished Bunnyx would pop out of her burrow and take him back in time to the day that had changed his life forever. The day in the rain he hesitated to tell Marinette he loved her. To kiss her, the day he lost her. Plagg popped out of the ring and Arien stood there, silently reaching in his pocket for another piece of cheese for the kwami. The brief transformation had taken his buzz from the beer off, so he reached for another one. Before he could open it, an akuma alert went off on his phone, Adrien looked at Plagg and made up his mind. After they defeated this akuma, he was telling Ladybug everything.

Fuck secret identities .

He loved her and needed to be with her. If he couldn't have Marinette, he'd move heaven and Earth and walk through hell itself to be with LadyBug.

Chat Noir was off his game tonight. Where was his lady? It wasn't like her to not show up.

"Chat!" Scarabella shouted at him, "The akuma is in his belt!"

The akuma, angry to discover his partner was having an affair, was going after couples. "If I can 't have love, no one can!" The akuma shouted as he shot another ray of light from his hand. Chat barely got out of the way. Maybe he didn't want to. Maybe he couldn't love. He vaulted on his baton and was able to call on his cataclysm and raked his hand, not careful of his claws at all, digging into the akuma's back, causing him to howl in pain. At least the akuma could scream in pain. Inside, Chat was dying. Scarabella purified the akuma and sent up the cure. Chat was on her and pinned her against the wall. "Where is she?"" He screamed at her.

"She-She 's -taking some time off, she asked me to cover for her,' 'Scarabella stuttered.

"Why didn't she tell me?!" He shouted.

"She tried! You've been nowhere to be found!" she screamed back, "She said you've skipped Patrols, disappearing after akuma battles, you're not responding to messages!" Scarabella's earrings beeped. "I have to go. You've got me for the next two weeks, chat. I hope whatever issues bother you, you can work it out. I really do." Scarabella said, before swinging away. Scarabella landed on her balcony before detransforming back into Alya. Chat was really odd tonight. She glanced at her husband, who had fallen back asleep, was stirring awake now Alya was home. Tikki flew off towards the cookie jar. Alya went over to the miracle box and grabbed the turtle miraculous out as well. "Babe?" Alya called.

Nino woke up and turned the light on his bedside table and sat up. "What is it?" She handed the bracelet to him, "I don't like how Chat acted tonight once he saw it was me. He was violent. He cornered me and yelled at me."

Nino looked worriedly at his wife, and kissed her forehead, "Say no more. I'll back you up at the next akuma attack."

Alya sighed and muttered to herself ,"Honestly, I don't know how Marinette puts up with him." She took her glasses off and settled back into bed.

The next two weeks passed by agonizingly slowly for Adrien. His thoughts were with Ladybug and her vacation counting the days until shereturned. He walked into the Gabriel offices and saw Marinette back, her team of designers surrounding her as she showed pictures on her phone. He leaned against the doorway, trying to appear happy even though his heart was breaking.

"Oh Marinette! You were the most beautiful bride!" her seamstress squealed.

She really was, Adrien thought bitterly to himself.

"So where did you go for your honeymoon?" another designer asked.

Mariette smiled and flipped to another photo in her album. 'We went on a Disney cruise in the Caribbean. Luka loved Ducktales as a kid and he loves Donald Duck." The pictures showed the couple young and in love, completely enamored with each other.

Bile taste rose in Adrien's mouth and he excused himself. He fought back the tears. And failed as they streamed down his cheeks.

She should have married him. It should have been their honeymoon they both just returned from. The jealousy got to the better of him and he told his assistant he wasn't feeling well and he was going home. Instead he transformed into Chat Noir and headed to his warehouse. Sometimes, it just helped to break shit.

He had several containers to destroy. The alert was a welcome distraction, but it was not the same without his Lady. He gave a heavy sigh and leapt away toward the akuma.

By the time chat arrived at the battle, Chat was overjoyed to see Ladybug had returned. Ignoring the akuma, he vaulted over to Ladybug, grabbed her without a second thought, and vaulted away. He wasn't missing out any longer. LadyBug screamed as she suddenly was flying. Chat set them down several blocks away.

"Chat what are you do-" Ladybug started but chat crashed his mouth onto hers capturing her into a forced kiss. Her scream was muffled under his mouth

She pushed him away. "chat-what the hell? We have an akuma!"

" Just I had to. I won't lose you too!" Chat shouted. Ladybug scoffed at him and then zipped away. To fight the akuma. It was one of their faster fights. When Chat held his fist out for their traditional fist bump, Ladybug glared at him and said," Meet me at the rendezvous point in 10 minutes. We need to talk about what just happened." She took the akuma victim and zipped away.

Chat was fuming as he paced back and forth.

"Why did she react like that?" Chat fumed.

"Maybe because you kissed her without permission?" A male voice spoke. He turned and saw Viperion strumming on his lyre and lounging against the wall. "I think she didn't call you in, snake," Chat snarled.

"But she always does," Viperion stated matter of factly. "I just let myself be seen when I'm needed, but I'm always there." Viperion cut him a knowing look as Ladybug landed on the rooftop, visibly upset. she had been crying.

"Milady-"Chat started but Ladybug cut him off.

"Chat you need to listen-"

Chat's anger boiled over. "No you listen!" He got in her face, "You disappeared for two weeks, leaving me with a cheap imitation of you."

"Scarbella did more than fine!" Ladybug yelled. Viperion came to her side and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I can't do this anymore, V.''

'I know, LB, " he said, giving her a comforting hug.

"Hey, bugaboo, just so you know, he's married now, you know," Chat said, crossing his arms, glaring at the snake hero.

"I know, Chat." Ladybug said, looking at Viperion with love, but Chat failed to notice

"I lost her," Chat said, resigned.

"Lost who?" Ladybug asked. "The girl I loved. I was so blinded by my infatuation with you, I didn't see she was right in front of me the entire time. Now, all that is left is your Ladybug. I can't lose you too. Please let me love you the way you deserve."

"But I have someone like that already. Chat, that time I took off,"' she hesitated, "Chat I was on my-"she glanced at Viperion " on our honeymoon."

The word shattered chat.

He saw the way LadyBug and Viperion looked at each other. Viperion was cheating on his wife. He was cheating on Marinette! "How could you? "Chat asked incredulously. Viperion did not respond, but simply shook his head in disbelief.

"Chat, what do you mean? I've always told you I was in love with someone else. " Ladybug said.

"But he's married to Marinette! " Chat screamed.

Ladybug sighed," Yes Chat, I know."

Chat's knees stopped working, collapsing, as the two shared a kiss. This was not happening.

Viperion was Luka.

Luka married Marinette.

Viperion was kissing LadyBug, then that meant-. "Marinette?" Chat gasped out.

"Now you know," she said, in a monotone voice.

"I've lost you twice,"he said.

"Chat, what do you mean?" Ladybug asked. "Claws in," Chat whispered and Adrien was suddenly in his place.

Ladybug gasped," Adrien."

He nodded. "I loved Ladybug for so long that it blinded me to you, I fell in love with you, but I was always holding out hope that well, you'd return my feelings."

Ladybug knelt beside him. "Adrien,-you're Chat, you are my best friend. At one time, yes I had a teenage crush on you, but those feelings went away when I got with Luka."

"I lost you." Adrien cried.

"Adrien, I was never yours to begin with. It was always Luka." Ladybug said.

Adrien sighed "Thank you Ladybug." They hugged Viperion and Ladybug went home, leaving a devastated Adrien on the rooftop .

They collapsed in their bed, exhausted. "This whole time, Chat has been Adrien. " Marinette sighed. Her husband shrugged." But you knew that already." Marinette supplied,

"I've found out once or twice over the years" Luka said, rubbing his wife's shoulders. "Let it go,"Luka said, giving his wife a passionate kiss. "I love you Marinette Couffaine.'' They showed their love for each other the way newlyweds did, together, passionately and afterwards fell asleep in each other's arms.

Structural engineers were called out to the industrial district the next morning when an abandoned warehouse suddenly collapsed overnight.

Ladybug found a certain miraculous on the rendezvous point later that afternoon. She briefly shed tears at the loss of her partner, but she looked in the direction of her new home, and smiled, she had a new partner now.

One who knew all her secrets and loved all of her, not just her mask.

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Hey my fellow lukanette fans! I am reaching out to artists!

I can't draw to save my life, but I am working on a fic that will HEAVILY rely on art. So if there are any artists up for a collaboration, please let me know! This will be posted on a03 mainly. I will possibly cross post on Wattpad and Tumblr. If you decide to collaborate, I will let you know the premise of the fic and of course have first read.

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A Very Buggy Christmas

Santa needs help around the world and Marinette is stressed and tired.

Merry Christmas from the LBSC

LBSC Secret Santa Exchange 2024!

ANNALULZ! I was your secret santa! I want you to know I scrapped and restarted this whole thing like four times trying to get it right so I hope you enjoy! :D

Work Text:

A Very Buggy Christmas

Taking a break from his latest song writing binge, Luka came into the living room to find his wife passed out on the couch. The apartment was spotless, save for the kitchen, where the different counters were covered with various sweets and cookies were in different stages of completion. The newly married Luka and Marinette were hosting Christmas at their place for the first time and Marinette was stressed. 

The DuPain-Cheng/Couffaine/Stone/Lavillant Christmas gathering was in the morning and Marinette was taking her role to supply the desserts very seriously. He smiled softly at the sight of his Marinette - of his wife - slumped over the arm of the couch, snoring slightly. He made them both hot chocolate and went to the living room. He set the mugs down and gently took her in his arms and sat down on the couch and leaned her back against him. She moaned slightly as they shuffled to get comfortable.

Her eyes fluttered open, “Hey rockstar,” she mumbled.

“Hey Melody,” he smiled back, stroking her hair.

“How long was I out?” she asked.

“Just a few minutes, love. I just came in and saw you crashed. You need a break.” He stroked her hair and gently pulled her close for a kiss. 

They had been together for almost seven years at this point, but they had waited until Marinette was established in her own fashion brand before getting married. It had also been long enough for Paris to return to normal now that all the Miraculous were safe back in the miracle box, hidden safely in her design room.

 After Monarch was taken down, the Chat Noir and Ladybug dynamic never was quite the same, and after one day accidentally seeing him detransform into Adrien Agreste, it was too much for Marinette to bear. She ended things with him. Three weeks later she found the black cat’s ring abandoned on their rooftop. Word reached her that Amelie Fathom and her son Felix were moving  back to London.  Nathalie had said he had found out everything. Adrien had run out into the night and had not been heard from since nor had anyone heard from him. 

Marinette was heartbroken. She immediately went to her best friend and cried in his arms. Luka Couffaine still loved her as strongly as the day he met her, but he knew she had been hurt. A year later, Chrysalis aka Lila Rossi was unmasked  and the butterfly was saved and all the miracle jewels were reunited. That day Luka had the courage to ask her out. They dated all throughout their university times and became engaged at Marinette’s graduation party. Three years later, just seven months ago, she became Marinette Couffaine.  Married life was everything Luka had dreamed of. Waking up beside Marinette was equally the best morning of his life. Each kiss they shared, felt like their first kiss, back six years ago on Heroes Day, during the fireworks celebration. 

Each day, he was more in love with his wife than the previous day. And being married with their own place, meant that couch kisses could lead to couch make outs could lead to couch lovemaking without nosy sisters or moms interrupting. Being married was fun.

Marinette made that moan that made him lose control and he started reaching for his jeans when they heard it.

It made both of them freeze. 

Quiet was surrounding them, the timer on the oven was frozen. 

“Hello-ho-ho-ho, Ladybug,” Santa appeared before their eyes, never minding the fact that he had just interrupted a perfectly good intimate session. 

Luka tried his best to hide his glare at the magical man. Marinette just silently stared at him. She had once fought him years ago, back when he had been akumatized when they were teenagers. 

She groaned quietly into Luka’s chest and then nervously looked at the magical man. 

They separated from each other and sat up  facing Santa Claus.

“What do you need sir?” Luka asked, trying but failing to hide his frustration.

“Well, son, I’m having issues with my sleigh and I’m needing some help.”

 Santa then spent the next few minutes explaining that he’d already recruited the New York Heroez to cover New York and LadyDragon to cover Shanghai and so now, He needed help to cover Paris. 

Luka and Marinette agreed. The timer on the oven  sounded and Luka went to the oven to get the batch of cookies out while Marinette left the room to go to the Miracle Box. 

Luka dialed his sister and her wife. They had promised they would be there within 10 minutes. 

Luka looked over to Marinete. She was looking over each jewel, gently running her fingers over each one in pensive thought.

“Melody?” he questioned.

She startled at the sound of his voice, “Sorry,” she said, “It’s just been a while since they’ve come out,” she said, referring to the kwamis. The little animal gods pop out once in a while, but rarely more than one or two at a time, Sass and Tikki more than the others. 

Luka hesitated for a moment. “They were separated for a long time, Melody.” Marinette looked at her husband and smiled. 

“It’s just sometimes I think back on that night and after all that, it was all Lila in the end,” she stopped mid sentence. 

“It still hurts,” Luka finished.  She grabbed the bracelet of the snake and a coin necklace he didn’t recognize.

“Not Tikki?” Luka questioned?

“We need extra hands,” Marinette said, putting the necklace on, and the mouse kwami came out, hovering near her shoulder. 

Just then, the knock on the door, notified them of their reinforcements arriving. Juleka let herself and Rose inside the Couffaine apartment, “You two better not be naked,” Juleka snarked as she walked in, grinning. 

“Hey guys!” Rose squealed, “What do you need help with?” Marinette handed the jewel of the pig to Rose and the jewel of the tiger to Juleka. Their Kwamis appeared and had joyous greetings with their holders. They then looked at Marinette with confused looks. 

“Well,” Marinette smiled, “It’s up to us to save Christmas for Paris.” “Marinette!” Mullo squeaked. Mullo hugged Marinette’s cheek and Marinette smiled. 

“Mullo, You up for saving Christmas?” 

Mullo nodded and Marinette transformed into Multimouse.

Luka was floored at the sight of his wife in a different superhero form. The light gray and pink trim on the suit and her hair in twin buns on her head. 

“Multitude!” she called and suddenly five smaller versions of Multimouse were suddenly crawling over her husband. Luka smiled as he suddenly had many versions of his wife crawling over him. Then the other three former superheroes called on their transformations, and each took a magic Santa sack. 

“Let’s meet back up in an hour and see where to go from here,” Multimouse said, standing on Viperion’s shoulder. Each hero (and clone) took off in a different direction, ready to spread Christmas Cheer and magic throughout Paris.

After an hour, they had covered less than a quarter of Paris. They met back up, and Multimouse reformed her clones back together. Viperion looked at Multimouse. “Who else can we call in?” 

Multimouse mentally ran over the former heroes. Adrien had disappeared. Felix and Kagami were in Japan. Mylene was pregnant with her and Ivan’s fourth child. Alya and Nino had moved away after lycee and Lila had been exposed. Alya had taken the loss hard and her budding career as a journalist was over before it ever began. They hadn’t spoken in years and no one had heard from the former fox and turtle heroes.  Zoe had moved to LA and become a famous actress. Alix was in Egypt. Marinette shook her head. “There’s no one, Vi. We’re all that’s left.” Marinette was becoming stressed. Viperion placed a loving hand on his wife’s shoulder.

“We’ve got this, Melody,” he said, lifting her chin to place a chaste kiss on her lips.

Tigress and Pigella lifted their sack again, “Let’s go.”

The next hour passed and they covered more ground that time, and by the time they met up again, over half the city was covered. 

Their spirits were lifted as they met back up again to recharge and take notes on where else needed their help. 

“One last push, you guys,” Viperion rallied them together, “Let’s meet back at the Liberty once we’re all done with this last hour.” 

The three heroes (and clones) agreed and they went their separate ways one final time.

It took Multimouse a little over an hour and half to finish her last five parts and she was the last to arrive back at the old houseboat. As her last clone arrived back, they reformed back into one Multimouse. Juleka and Rose returned their jewels after one last farewell to their kwamis back to Marinette. Luka came back with a tray of hot cocoa and the two couples snuggled under thick winter blankets to stargaze on the cold winter night, on Christmas Eve, reveling the fact that in the morning Paris children would wake up to their wonderful Christmas morning. 

“I love you Marinette,” Luka nibbled her ear.

“I love you too Luka,” she replied as she sighed contentedly. Paris Christmas was saved and they were ready to host Christmas at their -

Marinette choked on her hot chocolate. 

“Melody?” Luka asked, concerned.

“I have to finish the Christmas cookies!” She replied, panicked.

Luka chuckled, “I guess sleep is not in the plans for tonight.” 

She playfully smacked him as the young married couple left Luka’s childhood home and headed back to their apartment. 

The next day, their tiny apartment was packed as the three families gathered together in love and celebration and delicious food. 

Marinette barely finished her Christmas lunch before she passed out on Luka’s shoulder.

“Eh, long night, eh Kids?” Jagged mocked. Luka cut his father a look as he lifted her in his arms. 

Sabine just smiled as Luka carried his sleeping wife to their bedroom to take a nap in peace. 

Half an hour later, she woke to find her family trading stories and taking part of her cookies, and a little red kwami sneakily carrying off two or three back to the miracle box. 

It was a good Christmas after all. 

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IT'S TIIIIIIME

LBSC Secret Admirer Exchange 2025

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Sign up period: December 20, 2024 to January 3, 2025

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Collection revealed on February 14 for Valentine’s Day

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One of my all time favorite movies

Am I truly the last?

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If you're not following Freya, you are missing out. I love her biker content 😻

One of my favourite panels from the upcoming part of the comic <3

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I haven’t really seen any of the more recent U.S. election news hitting tumblr yet so here’s some updates (now edited with sources added):

There’s evidence of Trump cheating and interfering with the election.

Possible Russian interference.

Mail-in ballots are not being counted or “recognized” in multiple (notably swing) states.

30+ bomb threats were called in and shut down polling stations on Election Day.

20+ million votes are still unaccounted for, and that’s just to have the same voter turnout as 2020.

There was record voter turnout and new/first-time voter registration this year. We definitely should be well over the turnout in 2020.

U.S. citizens are using this site to demand, not only a recount, but a complete investigation into election fraud and interference for the reasons stated above:

Here is what I submitted as an example:

An investigation for election interference and fraud is required. We desperately need a recount or even a revote. The American people deserve the right to a free and fair election. There has been evidence unveiled of Trump cheating and committing election fraud which is illegal. There is some evidence of possible Russian interference. At least 30+ bomb threats were called in to polling places. Multiple, notably swing states, have ballots unaccounted for and voting machines not registering votes. Ballots and ballot boxes were tampered with and burned. Over 20 million votes that we know of are unaccounted for. With record turnout and new voter registration this year, there should be no possibility that there are less votes than even in the 2020 election.

Sources (working on finding more links but if anyone wants to add info, it’s appreciated):

FBI addressing Russian interference and bomb threats:

Emails released by Rachael Bellis (private account, can’t share original tweet) confirming Trump committing election fraud:

Pennsylvania's Centre County officials say they are working with their ballot scanner vendor to figure out why the county's mail-in ballot data is "not being recognized when uploaded to the elections software:”

Wisconsin recount:

[ID:

Multiple screenshots and images.

The first is a screenshot with a link and information for contacting the White House directly regarding election fraud. The instructions include choosing to leave a comment to President Joe Biden directly and to select election security as the reason.

The screenshot then instructs people to include any or all of the following information in a paragraph as a comment to the president:

32 fake bomb threats were called into Democratic leaning poll places, rendering polling places closed for at least an hour.

A lot of people reporting their ballots were not counted for various reasons.

This all occurred in swing states.

This is too coincidental that these things happen and swing in his favor after months of hinting at foul play.

Directly state that an investigation for tampering, interference, fraud is required, not just a recount.

The second image is from the FBI Twitter account that reads:

The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains. None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far. https://t.co/j3YfajVK1m — FBI (@FBI) November 5, 2024

The next four Gmail screenshots of an email sent to Rachael Bellis from Chris T. Spackman that read together as follows:

Dear BELLIS, RACHAEL E., The Dauphin County Board of Elections received a challenge to your absentee ballot you applied for in the November 5, 2024 General Election. The challenge argues that a provision of the Pennsylvania Election Code takes precedence over the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), which requires states and counties to permit U.S. citizens who move overseas to vote by absentee ballot for federal offices based on their last U.S. residential address.

The full text of the challenge that was filed appears below this email.

You may respond to the challenge in any of the following ways:

1. Call the Bureau of Registration and Election at (717) 780-6360;

2. Email a statement to the Bureau at Election election@dauphincounty.gov. Any statement you submit regarding the period during which you lived in Dauphin County, any family or connections that you still have here, and why you are now residing abroad would be read into the record.

3. Appear in person at a Board of Elections hearing scheduled for Friday, November 8 at a time to be determined in the Commissioners Public Hearing Room, 4th floor of Dauphin County Administration Building, 2 S 20d St, Harrisburg, PA 17111. The meeting is also likely to be livestreamed on Facebook on the Dauphin County channel.

Sincerely,

Christopher T Spackman

TEXT OF CHALLENGE BEGINS

Dear Dauphin County Board of Elections,

I am submitting this challenge to an absentee ballot application pursuant to 25 Pa. Stat.

3146.8(f).

25 Pa. Stat. 3146.8(f) Any person challenging an application for an absentee ballot, an absentee ballot, an application for a mail-in ballot or a mail-in ballot for any of the reasons provided in this act shall deposit the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) in cash with the county board, which sum shall only be refunded if the challenge is sustained or if the challenge is withdrawn within five (5) days after the primary or election. If the challenge is dismissed by any lawful order then the deposit shall be forfeited. The county board shall deposit all deposit money in the general fund of the…

The rest of the forwarded email is cut off.

The last image is a screenshot of the official statement from the Centre County, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners released on November 6, 2024 that states:

Centre County Working with Ballot Scanner Vendor to Export Election Results.

(Bellefonte, PA) -Centre County Elections Office is working continuously to provide mail-in ballot data in order to post unofficial results.

To this point, all ballots have been scanned, including all mail-in ballots.

Centre County's Election team and IT team have identified that the data are successfully being exported from the mail-in ballot scanners, but that the data is not being recognized when uploaded to the elections software.

Centre County's Administrator, John Franek, Jr. stated, "We have not stopped working, and we will continue to work until unofficial results are posted and reported to the Pennsylvania Department of State."

As a next step, Centre County has begun working with the equipment vendor to adjust configurations to make the two systems-the mail-in ballot scanner and the elections software where data are uploaded -compatible with one another.

We will provide updates as we make progress.

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I'm not sorry

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Remember we told you so

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Guys either way, be safe tonight, they'll be riots either way, if he wins or loses. Be safe first and foremost. Tonight they are going to riot like it's 2016 or 2020.

People be safe please.

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@verfound you are killing me love

WIP Wednesday: 10.30.2024

So remember when I did that fic about kwami soulmates for Lukanette September? And left it at the worst possible place? Then burnt out on life for 90% of October?

...I promise I'm still picking at it 👀

“…Tikki?” she asked, opening her bag. Tikki liked to hide in there while Marinette was busy — maybe she had grabbed a cookie once they’d gotten home and taken a nap? But when she opened her bag, she screamed and tried to throw it — which…didn’t work so well, when it was still looped around her shoulder. She ended up jerking herself awkwardly before it fell back against her side, where the side flopped open, and…sure enough…

…that was not Tikki staring back at her.

“Y-y-you…” she stammered, her eyes going wide. “Who the heck are you?!”

The little…snake…thing…it looked like a snake? Sort of? But snakes didn’t have legs. Or arms. And she supposed that was because it was a kwami, not an actual snake, but…the thing floated up from her bag, and that was definitely a snake’s tongue that flickered out at her.

“…Tikki was right,” it said, its voice mildly amused. “Your home ssssmells delicccciousssss.”

She blinked at it, more than a little thrown.

“Uh…thanks?” she tried. It chuckled and zipped over to her, and she tried not to flinch as it circled around her back to land on her shoulder. It grinned up at her.

“Hello, Marinette,” it said. “I am Ssssasssss.”

It…he? He sounded like a he, but voices could be deceiving. Whatever — it was…kind of adorable, when you got past the snake thing. She liked its hiss — it was cute.

“Hi,” she said, raising a finger to stroke its hood. It hissed in pleasure, and she had to smile. “Why are you in my bag, Sass, and where’s Tikki?”

…and then Sass smirked at her, and she was struck by the thought that it wasn’t very adorable at all.

There was something…unnerving about that smirk. Unsettling.

“With your soulmate,” it said, its tail flicking against her back.

She…should have known that. Because duh, obviously. You could only see your own kwami — and your soulmate’s kwami. But Marinette hadn’t known she’d had a soulmate before she had found Sass in her bag, and she had had Tikki with her at the Liberty, and she hadn’t been anywhere except home and the boat all day, and…and…

“…S-Sass?” she asked, her eyes widening. “You…when did you get in my bag?”

It curled up in a little ball on her shoulder and rested its head on its arms. It still looked like it was smirking at her, and that smirk was still kinda creeping her the heck out.

“Oh, not too long ago…” it hummed. “The river was sssso nicccce today, and your bag is essspecccially comfy. I thought I would take a nap, but you left before I could ssssneak back out.”

…the river.

It got in her bag at practice.

Which meant it hadn’t snuck in during the bakery rush, which…was good, right? Because that meant it could only belong to a handful of people. Which meant…

“Sass…” she started, swallowing. “Who…who’s your person?”

It blinked open its eyes, that insufferable smirk still on its face as it cocked its head to the side.

“Who do you think, Marinette?” it asked. She tried not to roll her eyes. Honestly, and she had thought Tikki was…

“Your kwami’s a little shit, too, huh?”

The words echoed in her memory, and her eyes widened. No…

“Y-you can’t be Rose’s or Juleka’s,” she said. It watched her patiently. “They saw each other’s kwamis ages ago. And Ivan was really good at hiding his, but I know Myl��ne saw Stompp when we started collége. You…your person was on the boat, right?”

“He lives there, yessss,” Sass hummed, lying its…his head back down. Marinette swallowed.

He.

Which ruled out the Captain.

…thank God.

But that also meant…

Her phone pinged before she could ask, and she fished it out of her pocket with a shaky hand. Sure enough, there was a text message waiting for her.

From Luka.

LLC: can we talk?

LLC: actually, can i just come by later?

LLC: got work

LLC: you left something behind

A picture popped up before she had even finished reading. And kwamis couldn’t be photographed or recorded — part of their ancient, mystical magic — but there was a cookie hovering above his knee, and Marinette knew for a fact Tikki loved cookies. And cookies didn’t typically float.

She dropped her phone, fell back against the door, dropped her head in her hands, and screamed.

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NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow!!! #nanowrimo

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MS has no voter protections. No mail in, nothing. You miss work, you don't get paid. You work past the poll time? You don't vote.

I was today years old when i found out that i was allowed time off to vote. Something no boss has ever told me.

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I'm dying

at my wedding yes i will have a maid of honour but why stop there. ill give all my maids titles. we will have a maid of hope. a maid of horror. a maid of horticulture. a maid of harm. a maid of healing. and of course. a maid of hogs

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I can't get enough of this artist ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

LuKitty Week 2024 Day 22: Luka x Lady Noire

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Hi. Don't mind me, I'm just gonna rant about Stargate SG1 for a bit. (Specifically about Jonas Quinn)

Jonas wasn't Daniel. And I love that about him. (I love Daniel too though. Don't get me wrong. I'm just not a fan of a character getting replaced by a different character that's basically just a recolor.) Jonas was naive and optimistic, Daniel was snarky and sarcastic. (Daniel was still optimistic, yes. I'm not denying that. But it definitely showed in different ways.) Jonas smiled almost all the time, and he was generally cheerful.

He was also smart as a whip. I think it's a lot of fun to show a character like Jonas, who learns quickly, and pair him with Daniel, who is highly intelligent, but spent longer learning his field. Their dynamic was wonderful. I love the scenes where those two get to interact.

Speaking of dynamics, Jonas was the second alien to be a main character, and it was wonderful. His dynamic with Teal'c was one of my absolute favorites. (I think they tried to recreate some of that with Vala in the last couple seasons. I still love her, and I think her character was interesting. I just think they tried to remake some of the Jonas-and-Teal'c-fun with her.) Teal’c really took Jonas under his wing. He took one look at the smiling naive man and just went "this is a child. he is a literal child. i must protect him." (Although, that may just be Teal'c with the entirety of SG1...)

And one last thing! I will stand by the opinion that Jonas had no reason to leave. He made a home on earth. SG1 became his family. It took a while to get there, it wasn't easy because of what it took for him to join the SGC in the first place. But he made a home. And what? Suddenly he's just going to leave that because he's deemed useful by his home planet again? Come on. Be real. They were just looking for a way to write him off. And it's disappointing.