#LadyWalker

[sidsinning]

My friend recently commissioned me to revamp this piece for a vertical poster (and a smiling Cat Walker)!

Commissions Open!

[mari-cherri]

Happy Late Holidays @blur0se!

I was your @mlsecretsanta! So sorry for how late this is... I got pretty sick just before Christmas and it left me scrambling to catch up with a lot of things, but I hope you like it now! I wanted to try something sorta angsty and you said you liked ladynoir and ladywalker so I made up a scenario where Catwalker has to fill in again and Marinette is super torn between how much she misses Chat Noir vs how easy it is to like CatWalker.

And here's a little ladywalker doodle as a sorry for this being so late!

[asukiess]

kuro neko, a collaboration with @bittersweetresilience

myth//futile devices//your protector

[nyamiou]

old comic

[nixthelapin]

A Jekyll&Hyde type akuma whose power is to bring out a hidden or repressed part of your personality (but like, making two of you instead of switching in one body), and when Chat gets hit suddenly there’s both “normal” Chat (I’ll get to that in a sec) and Cat Walker/Patte de Velours at the same time.

(Cue Ladybug freaking out upon learning they’re the same person)

“Normal” Chat looks the same, but is just a bit more intense (since this is Adrien’s way of “letting loose” to not be how he is as a civilian, he’s not too different, but because of the split he does lose some usual traits). I.e. *heavily* flirting with LB, going at it with the puns, more agressive and impulsive with the akuma, doesnt like following orders (especially with the remaining feelings of anger towards the partnership being put further into question as LB prefers CW), heart on his sleeve

Cat Walker is also not super different to the episode he was in, but is also more intense thanks to the akuma: all business- no nonsense, doesn’t laugh at jokes (even in a “I’ll laugh if you want” way, like in Kuroneko), cordial to LB, follows LB’s orders to a T (to the point of not making his own decisions in battle), calm and collected (almost emotionless, even with that plastered smile)

CN starts to hate CW as the fight goes on, because LB seems to prefer him (and she’s understandably getting annoyed with CN’s impulsivity). CN gets territorial, saying that he’s LB’s partner. CW: “then why did she replace you with me?” (Man, look at all the self hatred in Adrien’s psyche!)

So CN runs off and leaves them alone to fight the akuma. This ticks LB off even more, but she has an akuma to deal with- and she has CW- so she lets him go.

As the fight goes on, some of the same issues from Kuroneko occur, so she also gets frustrated with CW too.

Since he’s acting more extreme than normal (more like someone awaiting orders than a partner due to the Jekyll&Hyde thing), it causes more problems (like him waiting for her decisions leaving openings where he could’ve done something proactive)

She actually blows up at him, asking why he didn’t do anything (“I was waiting for you to tell me the plan!”), and she says he should be able to think on his own, he doesn’t need her to tell him everything, but- “I thought I was just being what you wanted.”

(He’s shocked and genuinely hurt- though it’s still pretty quiet emotion, subdued and apologetic)

And that’s when it clicks for her what becoming CW was back in Kuroneko. He was molding himself for her. And this version of CW is even more of that. She realizes just how much CN suppresses, not just for her, but for everyone- why else would this be a major aspect of his personality?

(Also, Patte de Velours? Velvet Paw? That’s basically saying he’s been declawed. Yikes.)

She makes CN get his butt back to the fight (or she finds him- he may have been doing something while away like talking with someone, maybe Alya or Nino, or Luka). CN and CW argue more, with insults. Then she goes on a whole rant/lecture to them about how important they both are, both to her and to each other, how they are one person, and their traits are both important, but each extreme is not great. Ex: instinct/impulse and service/obedience (the key is self control, so that your emotions aren’t controlling you, but neither is another person). He is allowed to be both! Neither personality is bad, and hating one is just hating himself- he can’t just reject a fundamental part of himself.

She makes them agree to work together to defeat the akuma. It’s awkward at first, but they get a rhythm by seeing where each one is needed in the plan (LB does still do that, but how they follow is more fluid now). Two cataclysms now! Yay! (Maybe they used their powers already and have to de transform, and they see themselves as Adrien- the same one, not different, and it gets through their skulls. Idk I’m spitballing).

They have a quick talk between the two about accepting each other, it won’t be easy, I’m nervous, we’ll be okay (“yeah, I think we will :)”), etc.

Ends with them combining back with the ladybug cure. Surprise! His outfit is combined too! (Honestly, I just want the ponytail with the fluffy hair)

LB and CN have a talk after recharging about everything. CN apologizes for lying about CW and explains why and how he did it. LB didn’t realize how much he hid. She never meant for him to change or hate parts of himself. He thought she didn’t like the CN parts of him, but LB promises that isn’t true. She admits she did get… annoyed, but never hate! She loves both sides of him. Besides, CW didn’t work out that first time, remember? (Though she very much leaves out her intense crushing being the deciding factor there)

CN admits he feels more, well, not whole, exactly, he’s actually still pretty uncertain about what all this means for “who he is,” but… he can at least say he feels less like he has to perform all the time. He loves being Chat Noir, but he is exaggerating a bit when he transforms, in part to be not like his civilian life. He tells her he’s not like that as a civilian, but he’s also not like Cat Walker. But he’s not really sure who “he” is yet. (What I’m getting at is Oblivio!Adrien- dorky, but not over the top, in love, trusts his lady to make the plan, but is still proactive, etc.)

LB says that’s okay, he doesn’t have to figure it out right away. But she’ll be there to help him figure it out.

END

[donsive]

Mlb missed out on the opportunity to make the cat walker arc longer and make the story about ladybug finding out cat walker is just chat noir and telling him he doesn't need to change to be apart of the team and realizes she basically left him out and tries her best to make him feel apart of everything again and not feel the loneliness he felt before. WHYYYYY

[zodoods]

@asukiess i give u ladywalker but at what cost

(au where ladybug falls for chat walker but at a cost to her psyche…maybe I’ll give this a part two we’ll see)

[shortmexicangirl]

hey @wackus-bonkus-maximus !! i was ur secret santa hehe

i’m ngl this spiralled. your prompt was pretty open so i had a lot of ideas: but my original plan was an edit incorporating odnlb fanart, which turned into “wait i have a vision now guess i’m doing my own fanart”, which turned into 20 seconds, which turned into… a minute and a half??? but i had a LOT of fun making it lol so enjoy :))

[wisteriasymphony]

@asukiess have we considered femwalkering mister bug. i have some ideas (that may or may not include the precanon yo yo sword)

i'm liking name ideas that play into carmine (Carminelle?) or maybe like. ruby something or other? but miss bug works too. anyway she has disney princess hair

[bakawitch]

@wisteriasymphony your cat got into my garden and it's not leaving, pls come get her TT

The femwalker fever finally caught up to me too lol, and I ended up adding kwami swap GoldenEye for fun (or at least my version of her)

[pisoprano]

Happy birthday @asukiess! Hope you enjoy having a little more Ladywalker in your life :)

[coffeebanana]

Written for @asukiess (I SWEAR IDK WHAT TUMBLR DID WITH YOUR ASK), inspired by @kisspromptsforthelovesquare's prompt:

“I thought this was just dancing, so how did we start kissing?” kiss

Excerpt:

Her eyes fell to the rooftop, and he pretended not to notice her rapid blinks. If she'd felt comfortable sharing, she wouldn't have looked away. And Catwalker wasn't meant to push. Wasn't meant to intrude. All he could do was stand there, fingers laced between his back, one thumb pressing hard into his wrist in a desperate attempt to feel something—even pain. The suit wouldn't let him. There was no defense though, for the way her eyes flashed angrily back to him. Her lips pressed into a thin, shaky line. "He's not coming back, is he?"

[asukiess]

you said the night air’s colder now

[wield-the-mighty-pen]

Do we think that the Ladrien dynamic in season 6 is going to be similar to that of Ladywalker?

Think of it like this:

Ladybug is still very much in love with Adrien, yet has to be covert about her feelings for him to protect her identity.

Adrien, on the other hand, is now in a very happy, committed relationship and therefore doesn't feel the need to flirt with, or become moony-eyed over Ladybug.

Ladybug can't seem to stop blushing and getting distracted by her boyfriend, whom she is currently saving and therefore can't have feelings for him right now. Adrien, on the other hand, who is very confused by her strange behavior, is behaving in the politely stoic way he uses interact with people that he isn't so close to.

However, this is merely an act, Adrien is close to Ladybug and knows her incredibly well and closely. In interactions, he is constantly having to keep himself in check and make sure he doesn't reveal that he knows too much, that he's aware of too much. He cares about her, but he has to make it seem like its a detached care. He has to treat her like a hero of Paris and not like one of his closest friends and partner.

The tension of identities and secrets gets so thick, that it begins an unraveling in their interactions that can only be resolved either with an identity reveal, or, the same way that Ladywalker ended, with them parting ways indefinitely.

[wehadabondingmoment]

SOMEONE DRAW LOVEYBUG IN THIS WHEELCHAIR I AM BEGGING YOU

Ik it makes no sense but it's so cute and asdjkjda

[justhereforkeefe]

Beautiful!

LADYBUG doodle/redraw #2 🐞🐾 — Kuro Neko / S4

"Chat Noir ne sait pas la chance qu'il a..." "Cat Noir is a very lucky guy..."