#“wait this character is a florist in paris WHAT AM I THINKING?”

[mirukimary]

Sketch illustrations for LokiCuddly on Toyhouse. Thank you! 🌷🌱

[bellemariahgold]

《After doing some thinking I have decided to Make this Character my own. I love Belle in ONCE UPON A TIME she is one of my favorite characters! I love her story, but there are some things I have decided to change about her I may add more as I go along but I wanted to share my own unique verson of her. I have always injoyed putting my own little twists and turns into the characters I portray. She will still be Canon but there are some things that are not Canon about her. I hope y'all enjoy her story.

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*RUFF DRAFT OF BELLE MARIAH GOLD'S BIOGRAPHY*

( BIRTH )

Belle Maria French was Born in Sydney Australia on a very cold winters night. She was born July 4th on a Tuseday morning at 3:45 am, She is the daughter of Collette and Maurice French. She has two older brothers and a older Sister which makes her the youngest Child of the French Family.

( CHILDHOOD)

Belle Grew up in Sydney Australia in a very nice five bedroom house, her family is middle class since both of her parent's had really important jobs, Her Father was a Police man and her mother was a lawyer. Due to the fact that her patents where always working and her oldest Brother was getting ready to join the military, Belle, her brother and sister had a live in nanny that helped take care of them while her parents where at work. Even though Belle and her sliblings didn't see their parents very much they where a very close family. It didn't happen often but they would sometimes go on family trips to England, Paris and Hawaii. They would also go on cruses every once in awile. Ever since Belle was a small child she loved going on adventures with her family and decided that once she was old enough she was going to leave home and travel the world.

( SCHOOL YEARS)

Since she was a middle class child Belle went to a privite school, her parents had decided that their childern would get a better education at a privite school then they would at a plubic one. Even though her sisters wanted to go to plubic school, Belle enjoyed going to privite school she had alot of friends and was a very good student. Her favorite classes where history and Advanced English. In her spare time Belle would go to the library and spend hours reading many books. Belle loved to read and she loved getting lost in the stories that she red that being said her family had starting calling her A Book Worm but she didn't mind, she knew that she was a book worm and she was proud of who she was. By the time she Graudated she was student of the year and had been accepted into Stanford collage which caused her family to be very proud.

( ADOLESCENCE)

Not long after Belle had Graudated High School Belle's parents decided that they wanted to move to a smaller town so that they could spend more time with their family. When her parents had decided that they wanted to move, Belle was not very happy about it. She loved her home and did not want to leave. Even though she was going to collage she was going to come back to her home town so that she could spend time with her family and friends during the hoildays. Even though she did not like her parents decision she wanted them to be happy and after awile she agreed to the move after her parents had promised her that they would come back and visit.

( COLLEGE)

Not long after they moved to a small little town Called Storybrooke which was located in Maine Belle got a part time Job working with her mother in the Library. Her father got a job as a florist, her sister worked at the Elementary school while her brothers got jobs as a police man and a doctor. Even though Belle enjoyed working at the library, the time soon came where she had to pack up and head off to collage which was in another state, before she left she promised to keep in contact and come home for holidays and summer break.

When she got to collage Belle was once again a top student and had really good grades. Since she had wanted to travel the world she didn't really have a career in mind but decided that if she did get a job she wanted to be a teacher. Belle loved childern and would often work with her sister at the School when she wasn't working with her mother at the library.

While she was away at School Belle met Ruby who quickly became her best friend. They would do everything together and it wasn't long before they had decided that they would always keep in contact. Belle also ended up getting into her first Real relationship with a man named Gaston. She had met him when she had gone to a Frat party with Ruby. When she met him, Belle was not sure what to think of him due to the fact that he was full of himself and thought that he was the greatest person on earth. Due to her kind nature, Belle decided to give him a chance however she soon found out that she had made a grave mistake. Not only was Gaston full of himself, he was also very controlling and manipulating besides that Gaston was violent and did not and did not let Belle do anything. That being said Belle decided that she did not want to be with someone who was going to control her life so she quicky ended the relationship.

After she ended it Gaston would not leave her alone but Belle did her best to ignore him and went on with her life. After she Graudated from Collage Belle decided that she was ready to pack up and start her life of adventure. Once she had enough money saved up, Belle said goodbye to her family and friends and started her adventure.

( TRAVELING)

During her adventures Belle went to alot of places and saw alot of amazing things she also met alot of wonderful people and ended up making alot of friends. She did alot of fun and daring thing's and tried alot of new foods. Some of the things that she did was explore the Amazon, went mountain climbing, went cave exploring, went sky diving, bungee jumping, Swam with Sharks, went Deep sea diving and spent a few months in Africa. While she was away, Belle ended up being in quite a few movies and did a few TV shows she also modeled for a couple of months. Even though she was very busy she still took the time to go back home and spend time with her family and friends.

( HOGWARTS)

One of the places she went while she was out adventuring was England while she was there she ended up getting a offer to work at a school for young Witches and Wizards Called Hogwarts, Wanting to try something new she eagerly accepted the Job. Since she was not Magical Belle taught Muggle studdies which was a class that taught the students about the Muggle World. Belle loved the students and they loved her. She taught them alot of Wonderful and amazing things, she also got permission to take them on a trip to Paris for a couple of weeks. Durning the Weekends Belle worked at the library and helped students with their homework. While she was there she met a Proffessor named Rumplestiltskin Gold, the two became fast friends and Belle even started to fall for him. Rumple was not like any man that she had met before, he was dark and mysterious which drew Belle towards him.

Unfortunately since she did not have the best experience with relationships, Belle was not ready to take their relationship to the next level nor did she know if she would ever see him again however the two had promised eachother that they would remain very close friends and if they ever crossed paths again they would see what would happen. Belle worked at Hogwarts for a few years before she decided that she wanted to go back home to her family, before she left she told Dumbledore that she would return if he needed her she also told him that she would visit as much as she could.

( STORYBROOKE.)

Once she got home Belle fell back into her old routine pretty fast even though she missed travling the world she was glad to be home. After she got settled, she went back to working at the Library and helping her sliblings at their jobs. To her surprise her best friend Ruby happened to live in Storybrooke, the two spent alot of time catching up. She was also suprised to find out that Ruby was not the only person that lived there, It didn't take her long to realize that Rumplestiltskin/ Mr. Gold also lived there which meant that they would be able to get together and talk about becoming more than friends. Even though Belle wanted to be with Rumple, she did not want to dive into another relationship so they decided to take things slow. As she spent time with him Belle found out that Rumple owned the town and pawn shop, she also realized that the town was afraid of him and thought that he was a monster and a cold heartless man. Now Belle did not think was a monster, she thought that he was a good man who was just misunderstood that being said Belle tried to get him to see that he was a good man and not the monster that everyone thought he was.

The more time that Belle spent with Rumplestiltskin, she started to realize that she was in love with him, she did not care that he was from a different word and had magic, the only request she had was that he didn't use magic on her or to hurt other people besides that she loved him for who he was. As time went on Belle ended up telling Rumple all about her past and the amazing adventures that she had gone on and it was not long before they decided that one day they would explore the world together. To this day Belle is very happy living with Rumple and can not wait to see what their future holds.

[lordmartiya]

Fox Rain chapter 4

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@thekitsune

The aftermath of prince Ali outing Papillon as a pedophile, and the start of other troubles. Plus some worldbuilding-the one thing I truly excel at as a writer-though a bit hidden. And… Well, I can’t say I didn’t have fun with the Akuma.

Chapter 04: Leprotta

As he woke up for the day, Gabriel acted as if he was to work on his design or the company as usual, or rather as expected. In truth, he had a different job to do: keep up his Papillon persona. While he was dimly aware that assaulting Paris to steal magical jewelry from what happened to be two teenagers (one of which he had even suspected was his own son) to use their magic to save his wife at the price of someone else’ life was not a sane thing to do, he purposefully kept his supervillain character highly psychotic and petty, someone who’d attack anyone for slights and insults-a persona he had to keep more often than he liked due the Parisians not having changed much since they developed a martial art just to pick fights with street gangs the police couldn’t control(1).

And so now he had to make it seem he had just found out Lila Rossi and her princely friend had outed him as a pedophile, and take his “revenge” by sending Akumas after them. Them and Rossi’s classmate Marguerite Lanivien (or something like that) for good measure. He wondered how long it would take for them to “scare him off”…

“Remember, if there’s trouble call us.” Lila’s father said. “We’ll come to help-and I’d like a go at that worm.” he continued, punching his right fist in the open left. “Assuming Hartmann doesn’t arrive first-she’s fast, and I’ve a few things to do today…”

“No problem.” Lila replied. “Where’s mother? She was supposed to have a day off.”

“She left after a phone call. She said it was big, and you know how that goes…”

“Yes. I do.”

With that Lila left for school, wondering what would ever get that woman to help emotionally-and what would Papillon send after them.

“OK, this is getting ridiculous.” Vorpika said as she sat before a knocked out Rose Bride.

“And you’ve been around for what, a week?” Chat replied before noticing what the newest hero had said. “I take this isn’t the first time, then.”

“Third in four days.”

“Too bad it wasn’t in consecutive days, Papillon wouldn’t Akumatize her for at least two weeks after that-his humor is weird like that. Oh, here she is. Hey, Buginet-” Ladybug nearly kicked the downed Akuma villain, and had to make a visible effort not to strike her. “What happened? Aside poor sleep because of what Papillon would do and Rose Bride.”

“I’ve got a friend in Beijing right now, and she’s not answering the phone.” Ladybug replied as she purified Rose Bride and (reluctantly) called for a Lucky Charm to heal her from the head damage caused by her partners.

“Wait, what happened in Beijing?” Vorpika asked.

“You didn’t hear?”

“Well, I nearly overslept, and…”

Vorpika pulled her flute and its computer function, and saw the news: a gigantic terrorist attack in Beijing, targeting the Forbidden City and the area around its Gate of Divine Might-that is, the place where her friend had been shooting and residing during the job. And in spite of the massive damage there were only four victims, two being the attackers and the other two unknown. No other details were available yet, only a rumor that one of the unidentified victims was Japanese.

“Ommerda… Gotta go, bye!”

As soon as she was hidden she used her dizi to try and call the Tiger multiple times (and barely remembering to make it appear it had come from her phone), to no avail, before surrendering and going to class. And somehow arriving later than Marinette, who was apparently nearly always late.

Lila hadn’t paid much attention to the classes, partly wondering when Papillon’s next attack would come and partly worried for her friend. At the lunch break, at least, she saw her friend had just updated her social accounts, explaining the People’s Armed Police(2) had confiscated her phone and was interrogating her as the one witness, and had just given her back the phone. One less worry… And a classmate to keep safe.

“Rose, you need to come with me to the Italian embassy, at least for today.” she stated.

“Uh… Why?”

“Because Lustro was the one who outed the Terror Bowtie, Papillon” she had to specify as apparently Rose hadn’t heard the nickname yet “as a pedophile… And we would be targets for collateral revenge.” That and the terrorist was likely offended he didn’t get to groom her into a villain, but Lila decided her classmate didn’t need to know that. “It won’t keep you safe from Akuma attacks, but it’ll gain you time-sending an Akuma too close to an embassy and the various ministries would be suicidally stupid, and that terrorist sadly is not an idiot.”

“But-”

“ROSE LAVILLANT! I AM THE FLORIST! SHOW YOURSELF AND PAY FOR MISUSING A FLOWER’S NAME!”

“Do you see the necessity now?” Lila asked before dragging the target away and hiding her in the nearest bathroom.

“Didn’t think an Akuma villain so scary-looking would have been so weak.” Chat quipped after the Florist had been taken care of. “At least we’ve filled our weekly quota of ridiculous villains.”

“LILA ROSSI! I AM INARISAMA! SHAVE YOUR HEAD AND REPENT FOR DEFILING FOXES WITH YOUR HAIRSTYLE! OH, AND YOU TOO, VORPIKA!”

Ladybug and Vorpika both shot dirty looks at Chat Noir.

“LIE-LA! HOW YOU DARE SAYING I’M FAT! I, STUNNER(3), WILL MAKE YOU PAY!”

“Honestly, if I wanted to insult someone I’d say something better.” Lila quipped as she hid to transform and deal with the fourth Akuma of the day.

“MWA-HA-HA! GIVE ME YOUR MIND CONTROL PERFUME, LAVILLANT! ONLY I, THE JEANNIE, DESERVE TO MARRY PRINCE ALI!”

Rose took down that Akuma villain herself-turned out her perfume (that under Akumatization had indeed brainwashing abilities) was highly explosive in the right conditions, and the girl had taken offense at the villain’s demand. And while her reaction made her the first person who could claim to have knocked out an Akumatized villain, Rose got banned from bringing any perfume at school. Lila convinced her it had been inevitable just in time to keep her from being Akumatized… And redirecting the Akuma on someone else.

“I’ll get the power to enforce safety rules in exchange for two jewels that could interfere with safety in the lab? It’s a win-win!” miss Mendeleiev said as she was about to be Akumatized-right before Ladybug broke her Akumatized labcoat.

“Sorry, but Papillon is having a pettiness fit-I’ll restore it later, OK?” Ladybug said before leaving without letting the science teacher reply.

“HA! YOU’LL STOP INTERRUPTING MY LESSONS, PAPILLON! JUST WAIT WHEN I’LL FIN-”

Papillon retired his Akuma from the Educator, reverting her to miss Bustier(4).

“Let me get this straight-it’s the second time you get this because people can’t spell headcanon right?” Vorpika asked her colleagues, this being an Akuma villain with a cannon-as in a Napoleonic artillery piece-for a head, cannon that turned people’s heads into cannons with writings such as “Ladybug and Chat Noir are dating”, “Majesta designed her own costume but can’t sew” and “Tokyo V is a nerdy male gamer in a drag” embossed on them(5).

Ladybug just nodded and destroyed the akumatized notebook. “I get Rose Bride, but why did Papillon bring this one back?”

“If only that other writer hadn’t calmed down…” Papillon said to himself. “Well, I’ll do Reverser another time. Now, who’s next? Oh, this guy will do.”

“LILA, MY BELOVED! IT IS I, THE HEALER! FEAR NOT, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO LOVE ME ONCE I’VE CURED YOU OF THE PERVERSE LUST FOR THAT TWINTAILED GIR-”

Papillon retired his Akuma, leaving a newly discovered homophobe at the mercy of the class.

“Nooroo, we’re both getting showers, and you’ll clean the Miraculous before we go in again.” Gabriel ordered his Kwami. “How did I miss he was one of them?!”

“After you’re done I suggest a repeat of the fun Akuma.” Natalie said before putting down the Kwami food she had brought.

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT’S THE TWELFTH TIME?!” Vorpika shouted in understandable indignation.

“Well, I really like pigeons, but the city won’t let me take care of them and that makes me vulnerable to Akumatizations.” Xavier Ramier replied. “And as horrible as it sounds, Papillon has a point-if I cannot, who’ll take care of the pigeons?”

Vorpika seemed to have ideas, but bit her tongue rather than saying it out loud.

“The city, of course-yesterday Daddy managed to pass an ordnance to hire falconers to deal with the pigeon problem.”

Chloe, however, had no such compulsions, as her shout from the class’ window pointed out. Thankfully, Ladybug intercepted the Akuma and Vorpika managed to explain Ramier that if pigeons could eat batteries and survive then they didn’t need much help.

“LILA! MY FOX! IT’S ME, DAE WOONG, AN-”

Vorpika landed on the newest Akuma villain.

“Surprised it took him so much to homage My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox(6)…” she commented as an increasingly irritated Ladybug arrived to purify this one too.

“I AM HOTCOCK007(7)! THE STAR TREK FAN CLUB WILL PAY FOR EXPELLING ME WHEN I ASKED WHERE THE LIGHTSABERS WERE!”

Ladybug used him to demonstrate she had a decent grasp of the one-two Vorpika had taught her.

“OUT! OUT OF MY HEAD! YOU AREN’T GETTING ME, OUT!”

The Akuma fled out of Marinette’s earring, leaving her classmates in stunned awe.

“Marinette… Sposame.” Lila said, the first to recover. Then she realized she had just proposed to Marinette and that word in Romanesco was close enough to standard Italian that she had likely understood it, and hit the desk with her forehead.

Papillon blinked, still surprised at what had just happened. A girl had just rejected an Akuma. He was already vaguely familiar with Adrien having a classmate that was defiantly optimistic, but that she would be able to reject an Akuma…

“Nathalie! I need to know everything available about Adrien’s classmate, the one defiantly optimistic!” he shouted.

Half an hour later, Gabriel, who had detransformed for a while, realized two things: first, he needed to get her with Adrien, just by personality and willpower she was worthy of her son and could manage to get him off that annoying crush on Ladybug of his; second, the lessons were ending and he needed to get back at the Akumatizations now. Then he smiled-the school had just been reached by exactly the individual he needed.

“Can’t believe some in the other classes blame you for Papillon…” Rose said to Lila as they walked the corridors.

“Got enough experience with people to know it’s better ignore them.” Lila replied. “You, on the other hand, have just as much experience with the butterfly, you know he won’t end anytime soon unless he gets scared off or something else provokes him.” Lila said to Rose as they were leaving the classroom. “And at the embassy you’ll be relatively safe until I get the ball rolling on those fashion disasters that are his Akuma outfits.”

“I doubt he’ll fall for it again.” Rose replied. “He hasn’t been reacting to Le Parisien’s Akuma Fashion Tips column for over a month now(8).”

Lila stopped in her tracks, wondering what was wrong with the Parisians. Sure, Romans like her weren’t exactly saints or too sane, but continuing to piss off a supervillain was a bit too much…

“Typical.” an adult feminine voice said.

Lila turned to the unexpected but familiar voice, and saw the one she expected: a tall and well-built woman with tanned skin and long platinum-blonde hair wearing a classic and stylish suit, her attitude and face expression giving an impression of calm professionalism… That was ruined by her hair being worn in long rabbit-like twin tails and her right hand holding an old Winchester Model 1897 shotgun (complete with M1917 bayonet).

“Good day, colonel Hartmann, I didn’t expect you here.” Lila said to the woman.

“Your father couldn’t come and I had the time, so here I am.” the newly identified colonel Hartmann said. “Also, didn’t I tell you to call me-”

Hartmann was interrupted by the shouts of some students pointing at the sky, and, looking up, saw an Akuma that alternatively tried to get her and go away, a never before seen behavior from Papillon’s tools. Then, much to everyone’s shock, the woman caught the Akuma with her shotgun’s bayonet, that immediately turned black as the gun itself.

“Bella lì, cravattone.” the colonel greeted him in Italian, completely unfazed by the situation. “Sono la colonnella T-Akuma problem solved.”

That had been said after the Akuma flew out of the shotgun, the white indicating Papillon himself had purified it-much to the shock of everyone there except Lila and the colonel.

“As I was saying, you should call me Leprotta when I’m off duty.” colonel Hartmann said to the girl. “Now excuse me, but with the terrorist scared off I’d like to go back at the embassy and shoot a few shells.”

“No problem, col-Leprotta, Leprotta, I need to remember that.” Lila replied. “Thanks for your help.”

The colonel got in a car and left before anyone could recover enough to ask what had just happened. Then Alya did that.

“Lila, WHAT?!” she asked the Italian girl.

“Her nickname means “little hare”, she said she got it during cross-training with the Tuscania parachute regiment of the Carabinieri.” Lila explained with a smile.

“THAT WOMAN TRIED TO GET HERSELF AKUMATIZED AND PAPILLON REFUSED!”

“Oh, that… You see, I’m not sure who noticed first and how did the news was diffused, but Papillon, not being suicidally stupid, won’t Akumatize people with certain mind troubles, such as legitimate psychos, serial killers, and soldiers with PTSD even if they’re pretty much Akuma magnets-so every ministry and every embassy in Paris has some personnel that qualifies, such as the colonel, to keep Papillon from sending Akumas there. Won’t keep already Akumatized villains from attacking, but it’s something. Oh, Rose… It’s not necessary for you to come at the embassy anymore, but feel free to visit anytime. Everyone, bye.”

With those words Lila left, leaving behind a very surprised student body.

“I suggest everyone goes home to get some rest like I’m about to do.” Marinette said, trying to keep her calm after the stressful afternoon. Then, suddenly, she chuckled: “And imagine how Papillon is taking the scare for a good laugh.”

“Took them long enough, don’t you think Nooroo?” Gabriel said to his Kwami as he was going back to his studio.

“As you say, master.” Nooroo replied neutrally, knowing his actual opinion wasn’t requested. “What will you do with them now?”

“Nothing different than what I do with everyone else-Papillon has been “scared off”, after all. Now you can go to your alcove, today’s events inspired me for a contest.”

“You should really enroll at the Omega, especially after today.” the Tiger suggested Lila on the phone.

“Mother won’t let me, not after Selah.” Lila replied, dejected, as she walked through the embassy. She really missed that activity.

“Even if I could prove it’s the place that calmed me down? With pictures?”

“Maybe she’ll accept. I really need proper venting… By the way, how are you?”

“Worry not, I’m invincible!”

Lila was about to reply when she got an SMS from her mother telling her to hurry up, and decided it was better move. That, and send a message to Sorano, the Tiger’s own best friend-they both knew that nearly unstoppable girl too well to not see through her attempt to make it seem she was OK, and the other girl was where she could drag her to a doctor. Then, as she received the expected pictures from her friend, she reached the apartment her family was currently living at in the embassy’s guesthouse, and got a news she had feared.

“We’re moving out.” her father explained. “I’ve found an apartment not too distant from your school… Or an interesting place, the Omega Apacheria.”

“We’ve already talked about that.” her mother said with a note of finality.

“About that place… The Tiger said it’s the place that calmed her down-for a given value of calming her down, of course, but before that she was a terror.” Lila said, showing the pictures from her phone-and then waiting for the answer.

“Very well-we’ll let you try. But if there’s a repeat of that incident, we’ll pull you out.” her mother said.

It was the best Lila could expect given the circumstances-and a good news, at least, a chance at relaxing. The more relaxed she was, the better was the chance to get Papillon… And free the group for other jobs, she supposed. The news coming out of Beijing were reminding her that the world really needed a few miracles even out of Paris…

Notes

(1)Not making this up: between 1871 and 1914, the streets of Paris were infested by gangs of hooligans that were just too numerous for the police to fight… So the Parisians, who already liked fighting enough that French folk wrestling was also known as Lutte Parisienne, imported the original form of Savate (that had been already absorbing some techniques from French folk wrestling due the matches between Savateurs and wrestlers), added as much of wrestling as they could, a few things from English boxing, swordfighting (with sticks), and a few tricks of dirty fighting, and started engaging the gangs themselves. And now you know why Nora had it so easy to rally the Parisians to rescue the heroes now that the jerk who had been terrorizing the city for about a year was finally in the open…

(2)China’s gendarmerie (as opposed to the fully civilian Public Security Bureaus), with authority in terrorism cases.

(3)Homage to a minor Spiderman villain. Both in and out of universe.

(4(Blame quicksilversquared and her story “Sleepy Supervillainry” (written before season 2) for this. I had to pay her homage… With permission, of course.

(5)Blame quicksilversquared for this one too-story is “Headcan(n)on”.

(6)A Korean drama about a guy who, in the modern day, frees a nine-tailed fox from her century-long imprisonement only to have her impose herself as his girlfriend.

(7)A little homage to the novel Ready Player One. If you read it you’ll see why I (and, in-story, Gabriel) named this Akuma villain after the character.

(8)Again with quicksilversquared-the story is “Fashion Disaster”.

[miraculousmumma]

Designs on You - Chapter Twelve - You’ve Got To Be Orchid-ing Me

Characters:  Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug,  Alya Césaire, Nino Lahiffe, all of the class really, Tom Dupain, Sabine Cheng, Nadja Chamack, Gabriel Agreste, Nathalie Sancoer

Pairings: Adrien/Marinette, Chat Noir/Marinette

Warnings: A little angst, a little fluff, a little swearing, a little kissing, an orchid

Word Count: 25,825 (17 chapters)

Summary:  When Chat Noir comes across Marinette sitting alone in the park sketching late at night, he offers to see her home safely. What starts as a simple conversation between them quickly develops into something more that leaves both sides of their personas confused about their feelings.

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‘What’s that?’  Her mom asked as she walked into the patisserie.

‘A stupidly expensive orchid.’  She put it down on the counter.  ‘Rose says it can sell for almost two hundred thousand euros.’

‘It can…’  Sabine blinked a couple of times.  ‘I think you need to start at the beginning.’

‘Someone sent me them.’  She shifted awkwardly.  ‘Anonymously.’  She was thankful she had had the forethought to tuck the card in her bag.

‘And they’re worth how much?’

‘A lot.  The name of the species is on the tab, Rose says it’s a rare species or something.’

‘Adrien?’  Sabine raised a questioning eyebrow as she took the tab and read it.

‘Apparently not.’  She shrugged.

‘So you have a secret admirer who is either rich, or an orchid thief?’

Marinette laughed.  ‘I hadn’t thought of that.’

‘Really no idea who it could be?’

‘Not one.’  She shook her head.

Sabine held her arm out for her to step into, and she hugged her tight.  ‘Well, you either have friends in some really high places, or really low ones.’  Marinette laughed, and that was what Sabine had been hoping for, getting her to smile.  ‘That’s better.  I’ll be up to make dinner soon.’

‘Okay.’  Marinette kissed her cheek and picked up the plant again, heading towards the back.

‘Oh, Mari?  If it’s that rock star you designed the glasses and album cover for, he’s much too old for you.’  She winked.

‘Maman!’ She laughed.

‘Just checking.’  Sabine held up her hands in surrender, leaving Marinette to head up to her room, shaking her head.

Adrien didn’t think a basketball session have ever dragged so badly, let alone the ride home.  He showered then ate dinner, telling Natalie he was going to take dessert with him to do homework then turn in for the night, which he knew would guarantee him peace and quiet.  Carefully he put the special dessert into a bag where it shouldn’t get damaged, he had requested it be partially deconstructed so he could finish it off fresh, put a few more things in the bag, then put it by the window along with the bag of material.

‘I don’t imagine for a second that you’re actually going to do homework and go to bed.’  Plagg said as he watched him getting everything together.

‘I promised Mari I’d see her tonight.’  He checked he had everything, which wasn’t a lot, but he didn’t want for forget anything.  ‘And if I don’t hurry, dessert will melt.’

‘You’re really pulling out all the stops to impress this girl.’  Plagg smirked, highly amused that his chosen seriously had a type when it came to girls.

‘I promised her dessert, that’s all.’  Adrien frowned at him, checking the bag one last time.

‘You also sent her a rare and expensive orchid, and bought her a bag of fabric.’  He pointed out.  ‘You’re going a little overboard.’

‘What do you know?  You already told me you don’t understand human interactions.’  Adrien frowned at him.

‘I don’t, but I do know this is over the top.’  He crossed his arms stubbornly.

‘Plagg,’ Adrien gave him a serious look.

‘What?’

‘Claws out.’  He said with a small smile.

Plagg rolled his eyes as he was pulled towards the Miraculous.  There were some things he would never understand, and humans were one of them.

‘Knock knock, purrr-incess.’

Marinette had been looking up at the hatch since she heard him moving around up there, and although she was curious, it was obvious he was doing something he didn’t want her to know about, so she sat on her chaise with her sketchbook in her hand and waited.

‘I’m here, Chat.’  She put down her book and got to her feet, glad she had decided to dress up a bit, knowing he was coming.  It was just a pale blue skater skirt she had made, coupled with a white blouse, and white over the knee socks, but it was different to what she normally wore.  She had even taken her hair down, hoping that there wouldn’t be another akuma today.

Chat dropped down onto her bed holding a large paper bag, and smiled at her, before his mouth dropped open as he took her in.  ‘Whoa.’  He murmured.

‘I got my flowers.’  She said as he came down the ladder, dropping the bag at the bottom, his expression somewhere between surprised and awed.  ‘Thank you, they’re beautiful.’

‘You’re beautiful.’  He murmured as he reached her, bowing his head to kiss her softly.

She smiled at him as he pulled away, taking her hand as he beamed down at her.  ‘You didn’t really pay hundreds of thousands of euros for a pot plant though, right?’

‘Don’t you know better than to ask the price of a gift, princess?’  He booped her nose carefully.

‘When said gift sends the entire school into a maelstrom of excited rumour, no, I don’t.’

‘I know a few people.’  He shrugged.

She narrowed her eyes teasingly at him.  ‘It’s not stolen, right?  International gangster florists aren’t going to come after me?’

‘No international gangster florists, I promise.’  He laughed.  ‘But I have a couple of other things for you.’  He pulled her towards the bag.

‘No, Chat, no more gifts!’  She laughed.

‘Just this one.’  He lifted the bag and held it out to her.  ‘So you can finish what you started.’

She frowned and took the bag, looking inside.  ‘Oh my God, you didn’t?’

He helped her carefully take the material out of the bag.  There was enough grey and yellow material here to make the rest of the suit, more than enough.  ‘You so wanted to see it real, and the waistcoat existing made you so happy.  You need to finish.  It needs to be real.’

‘Oh, Chat.’  She put the material on her desk and threw her arms around him.  ‘You are far too precious, kitty.  Thank you.’

‘Anything to see you smile.’  He enveloped her in his arms and held her close, burying his nose against her neck.  ‘Oh, one more thing!’  He backed away and pulled her towards the stairs.

‘You said just that one!’  She argued as he pulled her along.

‘This isn’t a gift, just something I promised.’  He leapt up through the hatch, holding down his hand to help her up, and he stepped back, showing her what he had been doing.  A picnic blanket was spread out, with a backpack beside it and a few enclosed candles burned brightly in the twilight.

‘Chat…’  She shook her head as he pulled her towards the blanket to sit down.

‘I said I’d bring dessert, and it might have melted a little, but I tried to get here as fast as I could.’  He lifted the box out of the bag, followed by two plates, a miniature bottle of dark rum, two spoons, and a box of matches.

‘Do I want to know?’

‘Just watch.’  He smiled to himself as he opened the box to reveal two perfect miniature baked Alaskas.  ‘Sit back, princess.’  He said as he opened the rum, dousing each generously before picking up the matches.

‘This won’t burn the place down, right?’  She checked, making sure she was well away as he lit a match.

‘It shouldn’t, but that’s why I thought we’d do this outside.  Plus, it’s more showy in the dark.’  He glanced up at her before down at the desserts, lowering the match first to one then the other.  It wasn’t really dark out here with all the lights of the city, but the effect was still a stunning one, the two desserts flaming, and he sat back proudly.  ‘Voila!  Bombe Alaska!’

She laughed at his enthusiasm.  ‘Very impressive, minou.’

‘It’ll burn out in a moment, then you have to eat it before the ice cream melts any more than it already has.  I came as quickly as I could after taking them from the freezer.’

‘I’m sure they’re perfect.’

They watched as the flames died down and then he offered her a spoon.  They ate together in silence for a short while until Chat shuffled closer to her.

‘So, other than nice surprises, how was your day?’

‘Nice surprises?’  She gave him a sideways glance.  ‘You mean like dessert and the material?’

‘I mean the flowers.’  He nudged her for her teasing tone.

‘The flowers are lovely but they drew a lot of attention.’

‘You said something about a maelstrom?’  He frowned, trying to remember.

‘Uh huh.  Everyone is throwing around theories about who could have sent them to me, even people I don’t know are trying to figure it out.  If I’m honest it’s a little embarrassing having that many people talk about me.’

‘I didn’t mean to embarrass you.’

She shrugged.  ‘I’ll deal with it, but the principal did make a point that I should tell you no more deliveries to the school please.  It’s a distraction.’

‘Your principal sounds boring.’  He said flippantly.

‘That’s his job.’  She told him unnecessarily.  ‘Then Adrien kissed my cheek and Chloe flipped out.  It was a weird day.’  She was concentrating on her dessert and didn’t notice Chat go completely still with his spoon in his mouth.

He had kissed her as Adrien?  When?  He thought back for a minute and realised exactly when it happened.  ‘Do I, uh, do I need to come down and warn model boy off?  You know, with you being my girl and all?’

‘Am I your girl?’  She tilted her head so she could see him, putting down her plate and spoon,

‘I like to think you could be, maybe, if you want?’  He stumbled over the words.

‘What about all that talk of putting me at risk?  I thought it was too dangerous for people to know?’  She asked, leaning towards him temptingly.

‘It is.’  He put down his own dessert and raised his hand, cupping her cheek.

‘So how are we going to keep it a secret if you’re going to threaten one of the most famous citizens in Paris?’

‘I’ll tell him your boyfriend hired me to scare him off.’

‘I really don’t think Adrien sees me like that.’  She closed her eyes as his breath caressed her lips.

‘Then he’s a fool.’  He whispered as his lips brushed hers, the faintest of touches but it had him pulling her closer, his arm around her waist drawing her nearer until she straddled his lap, one hand cradling her head, the other on her back.  The kiss was slow and teasing, gentle drawn out touches that had Marinette’s hands clenching in Chat’s hair, and a rumbling purr started in his chest.

The kiss ended but they didn’t part far, their heavy breath falling upon one another, their noses brushing and cheeks flushed.

‘Wait.’  Something he said suddenly struck Marinette.  ‘Did you say boyfriend?’

‘If you, if you want?  We could.  What do you think?’

‘You mean really make it official?’  She asked, meaning simply between the two of them, not anything more, but Chat took it the wrong way.

‘Between us.  We can’t tell any one else about it, although I still might make the exception to threaten off my rival.’  He smiled slightly.

‘That would be a bad idea.’  She pulled a face at him.  ‘And you’re the one who has already drawn a lot of attention to this, not me.’

‘Are you saying I can’t send you things?’

‘I’m saying try be a little more low key.’

‘I don’t want to be low key, not if someone else thinks you’re available.’  He fought back a smile, knowing he was talking about himself anyway, but Marinette didn’t know that.

‘I’m pretty sure everyone knows I’m not, thanks to you.  You may as well have scent marked me.’

‘I am a cat.’  He shrugged.

‘Funny.’  She ruffled his hair.  ‘I think Alya will be the hardest one to keep from prying.  I love her but she can be pretty full on.’

‘Alya of the Ladyblog fame, right?’  He unnecessarily checked.

‘Uh huh.  Imagine how excited she’ll be if she finds out who C is.’

‘You have to keep it from her.’  He leant in and kissed her neck, making her sigh and close her eyes.

‘I have to keep it from everyone, but so do you.’  He leant back and frowned at her.  ‘You’re the one who’s drawing attention to me, to us.  The notes, the gifts.  The girls in my class thrive on stuff like that.  It’s different enough that they’re already speculating who you are.’

‘I’ll tone it down.’  He promised.

‘Thanks.’  She leant in to kiss him, just a fraction from his lips, when they were interrupted.

‘Marinette?’

‘That’s Maman.’  She whispered, kissing him quickly and getting to her feet.  ‘I’m up here, Maman, just a second.’  She pressed her finger to her lips with a glance at him before lowering herself down the hatch.  Her mom’s head was just inside her room, standing on the stairs in the living room.

‘There’s someone here to see you.’  Her mom looked serious, and that made Marinette worry.

‘Who is it?’

Sabine sighed.  ‘Word of your orchid has got out.  Nadja wants an interview.’

‘I just got off the phone with…uh…with the person who sent it.  It was a joke, it’s not real.’  Marinette said rapidly.

‘Maybe you could tell Nadja that.’

‘Maman…’  Marinette whined.

‘Just five minutes.  She’s a friend.’

‘She’s a reporter.’  Marinette pouted but followed her anyway.

Nadja Chamack stood in the living area, her cameraman behind her, smiling pleasantly as Marinette followed her mom down the stairs.

‘Good afternoon, Marinette.’

‘Hello, Madame Chamack.’  Marinette greeted her.  ‘I think you’ve been given some bad information.’

‘About the orchids?  I don’t think so.’  She smiled encouragingly.

‘I just got off the phone with my friend, he said they just look like them, that it was a joke.’

‘Well, your friend is a liar.’  She held out her phone to show Marinette a picture of the very orchids she had.  ‘This confirms that a purchase was made yesterday and couriered to Paris.  The orchidist won’t say if they have the name of the buyer, they claim it was anonymous, but it was definitely delivered to you.’

Marinette pinched the bridge of her nose and screwed up her eyes  ‘He told me it was a joke.’  She opened her eyes and found the camera now on her, a microphone between them.

‘Can you confirm that you are in a relationship with your classmate, Adrien Agreste?’

‘No!  I’m not!’  Marinette blushed heavily.  ‘We’re just friends!’

‘There’s no one else in Paris in your age bracket who could afford such a lavish gift.  What can you tell us about this mystery man?’

‘That he’s going to get a smack in the face when I next see him.’  Marinette muttered, her mom coming to stand beside her, wrapping her arm around her.

‘I’m sorry, Nadja, I can’t let you keep asking Marinette these questions.  If she doesn’t want to talk about this, then I’m going to have to ask you to leave.’  Sabine said firmly to her friend.

Nadja raised her hand and the camera was lowered.  ‘I’m not trying to make Marinette feel discomfort, but this is quite the story.’

‘And if and when Marinette is ready to talk about it, I’ll have her call you.’  Sabine was smiling, but her voice was no nonsense, and Marinette knew better than to mess with that.  Thankfully, so did Nadja.

She sighed.  ‘Alright, Sabine, I’ll leave it, but the people want to know, and I won’t be the only one asking.’

‘Thank you.’  Sabine gave Marinette a squeeze.  ‘Go back to your room.’

‘Thank you, Maman.’  Marinette made a hasty exit, racing up the stairs and slamming the hatch before heading back up to the balcony.

‘Everything…’  Chat started, but she grabbed his arm and pressed her finger to his lips.

‘Shhh!’  She pulled his arm until he sat down then went to the railing, watching until the TVi news van drove away, and she sighed in relief, her shoulders slumping heavily.  Finally she turned, and the look on her face made Chat wish he could go to her, but he wasn’t sure if he should as she had made him sit.  Instead he held his arms out, inviting her into them.

She sighed again and pushed away from the railing, sinking to sit beside him, his arm curving around her so her head rested on her shoulder.  ‘Nadja Chamack was here.  She knows about the orchid.’

‘What did you tell her?’  He kissed her hair, hoping it would comfort her.

‘I tried to tell her it was a joke, that it wasn’t the actual orchid, just similar, but she’d already been onto whoever you bought it from.  They didn’t tell her the buyer but confirmed it had been delivered to me.’

‘Dammit.  I’m sorry, princess.’

‘I guess it’s okay, I can’t do anything about it.’

‘Don’t get sad, I don’t want you akumatized.’  He squeezed her, but it made her laugh.

‘I promise I’ll try not to.’

‘Good, but what I want to know is who the hell sold you out?’  He asked, horrified that someone would do that to her.

‘It could be anyone, the entire school knew by the end of the day.’

‘I should come down there and tell them that’s not acceptable.’

Marinette leant away from him.  ‘That won’t help, that will make things worse, it won’t take much for them to put two and two together that you’re C.’

‘They can’t treat you like this!’

‘But they will!’  She argued, pushing to her feet.  ‘And you’re going to have to be so careful if you keep coming here, someone is going to see you and then everyone will know!’

‘So what’s the answer?’  He stood too, hoping that no one was yet watching her home.

‘I don’t know!’  She threw her arms out frustratedly.  ‘Maybe we should keep a low profile until things calm down, until they give up.’

‘You want me to stop coming here?’  He asked, not understanding.  ‘You want to give up on us so easily?’

‘That’s not what I said.’

‘It pretty much is.  Keeping a low profile means not being seen, and this is the only place we can actually be together.  If we go anywhere else we could be spotted.’

‘And if you come here you could be spotted!’  She said pointedly.  ‘It’s not that I don’t want to see you, but if they’re watching me, this is the first place they’ll look.’

‘All I hear is you giving up.’  He folded his arms stubbornly.

‘That’s because you’re not listening!  You’re too interested in getting your own way to hear what I’m saying!’

‘What I want is us!’

‘Chat…’  She groaned, not knowing how to get him to understand.

‘No, princess, it’s fine, if you’d rather I left, I’ll go.’

She closed her eyes and dropped her head.  ‘That’s not what I…’  She looked up and he was gone.  ‘You are fucking kidding me.’  She turned a circle, looking for any sign of him.  ‘Really?’  She yelled, before storming to her hatch, dropping down and locking it firmly behind her.

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Taylor Swift says fans figured out the name of her album. Here are their best theories.

Swifties are known for their CIA-level code-cracking skills. It may have just paid off. 

In a new interview with Zach Sang and Dan Zolot of the Zach Sang Show, Taylor Swift takes 10 whole minutes to talk about her latest era in music. With the release of her seventh studio album imminent, Swifties have kicked into high gear with theories, much to Swift's delight. 

SEE ALSO: Taylor Swift's video for her new song 'ME!' is one very, very colourful duet

"I like to plan things out, I like to plan little fun clues for people," Swift tells Sang over the phone. The songstress goes on to describe her process for releasing lead singles. "A lot of the time I'll pick a first single because I like the feeling that it conveys, knowing that there's a lot more on the album that's very different from that first single— which is something that I think the fans have picked up on at this point." 

Finally, Zolot asks the question: "Has anyone found the name of the album title yet in the music video?"

"Yeah, definitely! There are a few people who have gotten it," Swift says, giggling. "I'm not gonna tell you who!" 

Zolot's question is based on the fact that Swift herself tweeted her "Me!" music video with a caption confessing that the album title is indeed hidden somewhere in it. 

So... the new album title is actually revealed somewhere in the video AND so is the title of the second single, but I haven’t seen people finding them yet... 🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♀️ #MEmusicvideohttps://t.co/cdxQ6dFiar

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) April 26, 2019

The record-breaking video has been viewed over 100 million times, so it's not too surprising that someone guessed the album title correctly. "The fans have been so clever and so eagle-eyed— it made me want to put more clues in the video," Swift says. 

Which leads us to the theories, one of which may actually be correct.  And if they aren't correct, they're pretty darn convincing. Especially since Swift has been teasing everyone with pastel pictures featuring flowers, butterflies, and rainbows all bathed in pinky hues on her post-Reputation Instagram feed. 

1. "Daisy"

This theory, like many in the Swift universe, is from Tumblr. Essentially, there are a lot of daisy-related clues that could point to it being a potential album title.

First, Tumblr user tinmanclin points out that there is the stack of books from her "Me!" video. Out of the three, only one is distinguishable: Cartier's in the 20th Century.

In the description for that book, a list of "arbiters of taste" is topped with the name "Daisy Fellowes."

If you look up Daisy Fellowes, you'll find that she died on Dec. 13, 1962 in Paris. Depending on how much of Swiftie you are, you'll know that Swift's birthday is Dec. 13. 

Moreover, the "Me!" video even has a couple of blatant daisy cameos. At one point, Brendon Urie, who duets with Swift on the track, offers her a bouquet of them while wearing a suit that is covered in, you guessed it, daisies. 

Blatant daisy imagery!

Image: youtube 

Swift even sports a dress with alleged fabric daisies stuck on to it. Can we get a florist on the phone to identify, please? 

The floral name recalls a a lyric from Reputation's "Don't Blame Me:" "I once was poison ivy but now I'm your daisy." 

Of course, this theory wouldn't be complete without a couple of The Great Gatsby references drizzled in. In Swift's essay for Elle UK, she writes, "It’s something F. Scott Fitzgerald did so well." And in a lyric from Reputation's "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" Swift sings, "feeling so Gatsby for that whole year." 

And who is the main character of The Great Gatsby? Daisy!

Swift's recent butterfly wing mural in Nashville also features daisies.

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So... @kelseymontagueart helped me pull off the best surprise clue reveal today in Nashville!! Thank you to everyone who showed up, I’ve never been more proud of your FBI level detective skills. Next clue: I’ll be joining the magnificent @robinrobertsgma for a chat tonight on ABC live from Nashville 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

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Last but not least, Swift's newly stocked online merch store includes a tote. Do I even need to tell you what's printed on said tote?

This daisy bag is proof, people!

Image: www.store.taylorswift.com

2. "Home"

Perhaps one of the strongest theories of the bunch is "Home." 

Apparently, there are a lot of similarities between the "Me!" video and The Wizard of Oz. It sounds odd, but it checks out. Here's a video that explains the correlations:

Plus, a lot of Swift's recent activity focuses on the idea of "Home."

The Wizard Of Oz THEORY 🌈🏡💗 🚨ASKDJSKAK it’s happening!! “THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME” ... ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’!#taylorswiftapril26 #taylorswift #TS7 #TS7iscoming #thewizardofoztheory pic.twitter.com/4s8KpfZr1T

— #MEoutNOW (@swiftiealyce) April 22, 2019

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All the reasons why I believe "Home" might be the album title💜🌸 - I'm also open to it being titled Kaleidoscope but it feels a bit long to me #Taylorswift #TS7 -> corner not former lol anyways (@taysforgetmenots posted a comprehensive theory about this so check it out!)

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Additionally, Tumblr user Taylors-rainbow points out that the connection between the portrait of the Dixie Chicks in the "Me!" video and something Swift wrote in her Elle UK essay: "To this day, when I hear 'Cowboy Take Me Away' by the Dixie Chicks, I instantly recall the feeling of being twelve years old, sitting in a little wood paneled room in my family home in Pennsylvania."

So that's why the Dixie Chicks are randomly on a painted in the "Me!" video.

Image: youtube 

It all just makes sense. 

3. "Forever"

Tumblr user Youareinlovex went deep with this one and we're glad they did because it's a thinker for sure. 

To begin, Swift's Reputation tour movie on Netflix contains an odd tidbit in the credits:

Image: netflix

You'll notice that it says "sequel to '...More.'" What it's a sequel to, nobody knows. However, in Reputation's very last song, "New Year's Day," Swift sings "you and me forevermore." 

Next, there's Swift's recent segment on ABC that aired during the NFL draft in which she revisits one of her favorite places: The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. After talking a little bit about it, she finishes by saying, "I hope it stays this way forever." And then gives the camera a smirk, after which the video ends.

There's also the palm trees, one of the first images of Swift's that sparked these very investigations. Since she posted a photo of seven palm trees to Instagram back in February, fans have speculated that the tree is somehow a part of her new music. Most recently, they can be seen in her "Me!" video. Apparently, the tree represents eternal life. And eternal life means forever. 

Lastly, the "Me!" video features a scene in which Urie flicks open a heart on his lapel, and viewers are transported through winding hearts to a stage set. On 1989, Swift's fifth album, the song "Welcome to New York" features the lyric, "Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats." So, Urie literally opening a heart that leads to a whirling transition screen feels like those lyrics come to life. Also from "Welcome to New York" is the lyric, "It's a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat forevermore."

It does indeed look like a kaleidoscope...

Image: youtube 

Which brings us to the next theory:

4. "Kaleidoscope"

This is the only theory Swift has actually acknowledged, albeit sparingly. In an interview with Australian radio show Smallzy's Surgery, Swift was asked by the host if "Kaleidoscope" was the title of the album. 

“I’m not gonna comment because I really do respect those theories so much, but I’m going to tell them all the information when I tell them [the fans]!” Swift said with a knowing laugh. 

Given the multiple meanings for the word "kaleidoscope," it's certainly a possibility. 

I will tweet this again!!! A group of butterflies is called a KALEIDOSCOPE #ts7theories #ts7 @taylorswift13 @taylornation13 pic.twitter.com/QYe1CgdXxH

— Mollie... but with an IE! 🦋ME! Out NOW🦋 (@swiftarmy1989) April 29, 2019

"Ever-changing" is very on brand for Miss Swift. 

at this point, i am convinced that @taylorswift13's next album is kaleidoscope pic.twitter.com/HPzhG5895r

— STREAM BET BET (@_cyrilalvin) April 30, 2019

Also, multiple visuals in the "Me!" video are similar in nature to a kaleidoscope's. 

One of the theories about the title of TS7 is kaleidoscope and that is absolute genius!! 1. There are obvious kaleidoscopes in the #MEmusicvideo. 2. Swarm of butterflies = kaleidoscope 3. Kaleidoscope can be used as a metaphor for change!! @taylorswift13 @taylornation13 pic.twitter.com/rdemke0Nwg

— Laila 🦋 (@LailaHannoun) April 30, 2019

One Swiftie even inverted a still from the "Me!" music video and it appears that the word is "Kaleidoscope" written on its skin. 

UMM HAVE @myheartofmusic AND I CRACKED THE CODE???? DOES IT SAY KALEIDOSCOPE ALL JUMBLED UP ON THE SNAKE???! OR AM I A CRACKHEAD WHOS LOST HER LAST TWO BRAIN CELLS??? @taylorswift @taylornation #MEOUTNOW #TS7theories pic.twitter.com/vVPvUNLqBY

— nat | (@ontheroadt0ruin) April 27, 2019

5. "Heart"

While Heart is super simple, it is a shape we keep seeing in Swift's recent imagery. It's a doubtful and somewhat boring possibility but definitely not off the table. 

Or is it much more easier and simpler and the #TS7 is called HEARTS and that’s why they speak French?! Because French is like a language of LOVE?!?! AND THE PARIS IS A CITY OF LOVE?!? IS IT LOVE?!?!?!?!?!? AND THE 70s WAS THE ERA OF FREE LOVE?!?!? WHAT WAIT @taylorswift13 pic.twitter.com/SgL7sG7YYh

— 4.26 (@snake_lungs13) April 28, 2019

6. "Rainbow" (or "Spectrum" or something to do with colors)

This theory hinges on all of the literal rainbows featured in the "Me!" video. If Swift is trying to be obvious (though I don't think that word is in her vocabulary), this would make a lot of sense. 

Elaboration on my rainbow theory 🌈❤🌈❤🌈❤ @taylornation13 @taylorswift13 #MEmusicvideo pic.twitter.com/lDiHgDcgHr

— Christy of House Tyrell 🏵 (@pdlinbooks) April 27, 2019

Also, the word "rainbow" has seven letters and this will be Swift's seventh album.  Additionally, most rainbows consist of seven colors. Hmmm.

Sooo why the album could be called RAINBOW is because the rainbow has 7 colors and as we all know “TS7” also she’s hinting at it with “like a rainbow with all of the colors” and all of the rainbows in the MV @taylorswift correct me if I’m wrong @taylornation #streamME #ts7 #ME pic.twitter.com/tIkjvATiQb

— dutchswiftie (@dutchswiftie2) April 28, 2019

7. Something in French

A Taylor Swift album with a French title might seem unlikely, but the opening scene in the "Me!" music video could be a huge clue. In it, Swift and Urie go back and forth, arguing with each other in French. And knowing Swift, it's bound to have some sort of importance that isn't clear just yet.

what if the speaking French and Cartier pointing to the title of #TS7 being a French word ? Amour for love ...or Coeur for heart ...or archive en ceil for rainbow? @taylornation13 @taylorswift13 #MEMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/65IV7eD8KK

— Taylor Swift Ireland 🦋🌴 ME! (@TaylorSwiftEire) April 29, 2019

So... the word Iridescent in french is irisè ! If you break up the word, its ~I RISE~... Maybe she is hinting by the way she jumps over steam, and is lifted in the 'spelling scene' @taylorswift13 @taylornation #ts7 #Frenchconnection #MEMusicVideo #irisè

— JanusMaximus -Jane (@j_lovelock) April 30, 2019

Phew. So, we potentially know the name of the album. When it drops, though, is another case. If their track record of crunching numbers is any indication, we're sure the Swifties will crack it in no time. Until then, we'll all be here, twiddling our thumbs to the tune of "Me!"

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[tasha-defygravity-blog]

Hi nan. Sorry it’s been a while I just haven’t known it what to say. I was doing ok you know. Thought I’d got through the upset period but I haven’t. Started thinking about you today and how much I miss you and wish you were still here to witness everything you should be here for.

Mum and dad started pipers uniform shopping it was weird because you weren’t there.. we always say oh remember when we did this with nan. And we all smile at the memory.

We all got together and buried your ashes and your pets ashes the other weekend. I brought you white lillies wes got you a mix of flowers whose names I don’t know and I took piper to get you some. She’s still really struggling. We all are really. Hope you are happy up there with all your animals and great nan and grandad. Mum and dad also planted white flowers on the grave so you have your white garden.

We’ve booked a cake lady for the wedding we have a consultation on the 16th November. Very exciting. We just need to find a photographer and florist then we are pretty much done with the booking side. We need to send save the dates but getting Adam to focus on wedding stuff is proving difficult. You know what men are like.

We get to see peanut on Friday. That’s the nickname we’ve given to the baby for now. And we’ve decided we’re not going to find out which is annoying a lot of people but it’s our decision and we want a surprise. We’ve picked names William Anthony for a boy after Adams grandads or Connie Ann for a girl. I hope it’s a girl so I can name her after the strongest person I know.

We’ve started sorting the nursery mum and Adam moved all my furniture out and into our room and we’ve sorted through it all. We’ve chosen paint and a theme. We are having light grey walls with a darker grey carpet similar to the one me and piper had in our room. Then white furniture with grey accessories and amazon have this really cute elephant set which we are getting. I’m so excited to have this baby. I just wish you could have been here to welcome peanut with the rest of us. But like mum told me all about her Nan I will tell my baby all about you.

Everyone thinks I’m having twins so Adam is starting to worry but twins aren’t in either of our families so I doubt we are.

I have a showcase coming up at the end of September my first one with my school which I have to say is doing quite well. Helen might be bringing her granddaughter after it which will be nice. They are coming to watch. I’m moving building after my showcase too because it’s getting too difficult for my kids to get there so we are moving to longton which is easier for everyone.

And I still haven’t started reading game of thrones... I still haven’t read the books I’ve borrowed off people so I need to pull my finger out and get back into it. I love having my books in our room though gives me extra comfort. Peanut already has loads of books from auntie piper and from what I gather she is working hard planning my baby shower.

Mum and dad have basically sold their house they were just waiting for a surveyor to go and check it’s worth what they say it’s worth. But they both think it’s worth more so there shouldn’t be an issue. Full asking price they should be getting which is amazing.

They have already completely transformed the bottom half of your garden. Not in a bad way just a less jungle way. I know you loved it as a jungle though. Dad said he is making the top half like a memory garden for you so mum can go up there and talk to you whenever she wants. White flowers and everything.

Sometimes I forget your not here then I go to see mum and dad in your house and I remember. I just wish above everything else that you could have hung on until I came home. I took so many pictures you would have been so interested in and you probably could have told me more about what I have taken a picture of than I could remember.

When we go to see Adams nans I get so jealous because he still has his and I don’t. In some ways you were the only person that understands me and my weirdness for books and tv programmes. I miss talking to you because even though sometimes we fought or disagreed or got on each other’s nerves I loved talking to you about the most random things. I learnt so much from you and I would give anything to just have one more conversation with you or hug you one last time. I am so sorry I wasn’t there when you passed I’ll never forgive myself for that. But I did what you told me I went on holiday and I had the best time not realising that is the last holiday me and Adam will ever have on our own.

Mum and dad are taking us all to Disney in memory of you. Breakfast with the characters a upgrade the works. Paris the whole family just like you loved. We are going to chase the characters like mad go on all the rides and take it turns to look after River and peanut me and piper can’t wait.

Wes and mollie got massive tattoos up their arms honestly you rolled you eyes at my hidden quite small one you should see theirs! Massive! Covers their entire forearm thick black font and Wesley’s says mollie and mollies says Wesley and they both have a crown... it’s a joke! And the best part they went off to get these tattoos when they were supposed to be helping us sort mum and dads loft out. So we basically got nothing done other than it emptied because me mum and piper had to take turns entertaining River who did nothing but cry. It was a nightmare.

Don’t be cross but Izzy and ozzy go outside now. Never very far only to helens they stare at socks get soaked play in mud then come back.

I think that’s pretty much everything I’ll try to speak more.

I miss you and love you always xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx