#If for some miraculous reason you or anyone else is curious about this storyline - feel free to send asks!

[simsdaughters]

I did a double take when I saw your anti-AI image..I was like...is that Aizawa?!?!? And then I noticed all might, present mic and eri haha (I haven''t seen far enough to know the purple one). They look so cool!

Oh my god, someone recognized them!! 😭😭 Yes, it's Aizawa! I'm part of a roleplay group with some friends, and we have an au where he, Mic and All Might are all together (+ an oc), and raising Eri together plus purple haired boy sometimes. The two babies just happened by accident during gameplay, ahah. But I'm glad someone else caught onto that!

You get a free picture!

[flightfoot]

I saw you message that other user about it so now I’m curious about your thoughts: What do you hope happens with the “Alya told Nino the truth” storyline?

Hm... Well, obviously Marinette will have to find out at some point, probably near or during the finale.

The first way I can see it going down is as part of an "Everything crashes down on Marinette at once" storyline, with her feeling betrayed that Alya told Nino when she told her not to tell anyone, and having that combined with the stress of her relationship with Chat come under fire, with feeling like she's failed him and worried that she's lost him. After she's had a bit of time to think it over (and a talk with Alya) she realizes that she might have a point with needing openness in a close relationship in order for it not to disintegrate like how hers and Chat's relationship is crumbling (and like how Alya's and Marinette's relationship just became strained) and decides to establish a culture of openness between Miraculous Wielders, risky as it is - secrets carry a risk of their own, after all.

A second possibility I just thought of derives from the idea that Alya might become akumatized again this season. With her increased importance, especially with her knowledge of Marinette's identity AND being a permanent Miraculous wielder, such an akumatization could carry a lot of narrative weight. Nino knowing that Alya's still Rena Rouge could potentially come into play, perhaps by having him take the Miraculous from her before she's fully akumatized and using the Fox Miraculous to transform and try to save her (because face it, you're not prying him away from rescuing her if he thinks there's a chance he can do it. Or even if there appears to be no chance at all, considering Anansi and Zombizou).

This scenario would provide chances to focus on DJWifi's relationship, as well as providing a reason for Chat to bring up the whole "you let Alya and Nino know each other's identity" thing AND for Marinette to find out that Alya told Nino, and if Nino then ends up (probably by accident) mentioning that he let someone know his and Alya's identities... OOH quite the secret reveal pile-up there!

One absolute thing I want from both scenarios: IN BOTH CASES ALYA TELLING NINO SHOULDN'T BE PORTRAYED AS HAVING BEEN A BAD THING TO DO. Upsetting to Marinette, sure, and understandably so. But not as being some horrific error on Alya's part, or a reason why she shouldn't have been trusted with her Miraculous.

Basically, I'd want it to play out similarly to how the "Ladybug told someone else her identity" thing ended up happening in Hack-san, with Chat being understandably upset, but understanding why it may have been necessary after some time had passed and he'd had time to work through his emotions, and with Ladybug understanding why he might be upset, empathizing with him, and talking with him. And Chat letting her know what actually scared him, that it was more the idea that she might leave him without any way to find her again.

Notably, Hack-san didn't try to say that Ladybug telling Alya, or even giving her the Ladybug, was a mistake. It implied that Ladybug should've let him know earlier on that he'd done it in order to avoid surprising him with the knowledge, but not that the action itself was in error. That's the kind of treatment that I'm hoping for with the "Alya told Nino she's still Rena Rouge" reveal.