#Luka working overtime

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Merm au! In the wild?? Ft pirates 🏴‍☠️

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𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 ; 𝘤𝘣98 ୨୧

➪ summary: two things on connor's checklist: one. to get his girl to see a game of his, and two. to get an overtime goal. lucky for him, he gets both in one night

➪ warnings: none

➪ word count: 0.7k

➪ file type: blurb - reupload

➪ sunny's notes: a little connor blurb for the first thing today! i think a nico fic will be out later today but yeah. this takes place after the winnipeg game when connor scored the overtime goal

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Y/n sat anxiously in her seat, biting her nails and her leg bouncing as she watched the game. This wasn’t the first overtime that Connor had been a part of, it also wasn’t the second. The Hawks had been to overtime 4 times, including tonight, in the whole season, losing only one. Yet, this was the first time she was present for one, well actually any game.

Being at school it was hard to form and support her boyfriend but with the break being here she finally came to watch him. He didn’t know, which made this all the more exciting for her.

Janelle sat next to her, just as anxious as the girl, as Milana cheered for her dad. They watched and moved their eyes simultaneously for three minutes until they stopped in the Hawks’ zone. 

Tito skated to center ice before swinging back around and passing the puck to Lukas. Lukas waited patiently until his teammate was near and swiftly passed it to Connor.

Y/n prayed silently as he took the puck, easily skating through guys down the ice, getting close enough on the Jets’ side, shooting it, and making it into the goal. 

Janelle and y/n stood up cheering, the younger of the two naturally being more excited. She clapped as everyone surrounded the rookie and she held a smile on her face.

Watching his interview she couldn’t help but tear up a little because just earlier Connor had called her and talked about how he felt he wasn’t contributing much to the team. They had known each other for so long and she always stood by him so being here, knowing that he just proved his own words wrong, felt great to her.

Janelle took her daughter and y/n outside as the girl felt she was suffocating from the number of people that were still in the UC. They waited for their partners to come out, making small talk about how school was going.

They could hear the slight chatter from behind them, turning around to see the team slowly start to file out of the arena. Tito walked out with Murphy and Seth, noticing the two standing there, “They’ll be out soon.”

They both nodded and expressed their gratitude watching them walk off. It wasn’t long before Nick was walking out with Connor, talking about something that was probably hockey-related. Nick looked up and saw his wife and y/n standing there, stopping and nudging the boy, “Hey.”

Connor looked up from his phone looking at his teammate, “What?” 

He gestured to his right and Connor looked that way, “Oh my-”

He wasted no time in dropping his bag and running to his girlfriend, easily picking her up and swinging her around. She let out a loud laugh, wrapping her arms around him, hitting him so she could be put down, “Put me down, psycho.”

Connor placed her down and leaned his forehead against her own, “I can’t believe you’re here.”

Nick took his family off to the side to let the two teenagers have their moment. Y/n placed her hands on Connor’s cheek, holding his face, “I’m so proud of you.”

Connor blushed and stayed silently, not knowing what to say. She gave him a look, “Connor, come on. Be proud of yourself.”

He nodded, “I am. But I’m also still in shock that you’re here.” She kissed him and he kissed back, “Best believe it Con because I’m here and I’m coming on your roadie with you.”

“No fucking way.”

“Yes way, school is closed for another week so, my family and I decided to fly down to Dallas and then I think my friends and I will go out East with you.” Connor couldn’t stop bouncing on his feet, even pulling away to jump.

Nick and Janelle walked over, Milana following excitedly behind them, “You guys want to go out to celebrate.” Y/n nodded her head enthusiastically and the five of them headed off to go out for dinner.

𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗚𝗢 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗛𝗔𝗪𝗞𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧 ୨୧

@toasttt11 @chiblackhawks @pucks-goals-penalties @dancerbailey3

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☆ the wrong way to hard launch (7) | OP81

summary : oscar's girlfriend is a walking pr problem for literally everyone (including herself) social media au

pairing : oscar piastri x zhou!fem!singer!oc

a/n switch out one shitty ex for a slightly less shitty one

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ARTICLE

Revisiting 'Twelve More Days' : How Empty Bottles Spun Their Signature Sound on its Head on Tour April 12, 2024 · Written by Catherine Moore

Almost halfway through the Asian leg of their world tour, it's finally time to talk about what the pandemic-era rock band Empty Bottles has been up to. For greener artists, it's the cookie-cutter way to stick to a genre that has previously worked and give the masses what they want but instead, Empty Bottles have taken their 2022 sophomore sensation 'Twelve More Days' and tweaked the songs for their world tour.

Long-time fans of the Sydney-born band are familiar with the classic rock elements that brought Empty Bottles into the spotlight; claiming influence from fellow Sydneysiders 5 Seconds of Summer, Arctic Monkeys and other croony rock artists, so it was a rather big surprise for critics and fans alike when the album opened with a much softer, hypnotising approach.

The even bigger surprise was the creative and musical approach they took with their tour. As noted by various critics back during the album release, 'Twelve More Days' had a not-so-subtle jazz flavour to their sound, and the band seems to have embraced the jazz-rock sound by opening their tour with a speakeasy-style set, complete with the band decked out in snazzy 1930s reminiscent suits and frontwoman Selina Bui in glittery minidresses, opera gloves and a thematic vintage ribbon microphone.

Despite close to three years since she last performed in front of a live audience, Bui took to the stage like a fish to water, instantly entrancing her audience with her universally acknowledged rich sirenic vocals, drawing in the attention and sending the venue back to a 1930s speakeasy. Strangely, she performs this part of the show without her trusty guitar, leaving the grunt work on the other lead guitarist, talented Lukas Zhang, who delivers without a hiccup with no twin guitar to help cover any mistakes.

Quite a few of the sophomore album's songs are given a jazz-rock twist that nobody could have predicted. Other already jazz-influenced songs - namely deluxe track number 13 'money talks' and track 6 'typo' - have been breathed to life, as well as a couple of songs from the band's debut album 'overtime'.

Empty Bottles then returns after a brief intermission with their award-winning pop-rock sound, spending the rest of the set in much more familiar-looking leather jackets and t-shirts and a guitar returned to Bui's hand. Bui, very well known for having an interesting sense of humour, made the choice of returning to the stage with the fitting song choice of 'do you remember me?'. One thing you have to give the 22-year-old is that she really does know how to pick her moments, and the now-iconic first chords of the cocky, energetic track are enough to send the crowd screaming.

The exploration into the many subgenres of what is considered rock 'n' roll has always been a very fuzzy point of conversation, and it's been an honour seeing Empty Bottles have fun playing jump rope over that line. What makes this tour such a raving success is their perfect balance of experimentation and keeping to what is tried and true for them; the classic, hard-hitting, no-nonsense, inane-lyricism rock coupled magnetically with Bui's captivating execution on stage.

Would you find me at one of their shows again? Absolutely, there was truly nothing more thrilling than the first moments you see Selina Bui walk onto stage with her infamous cheshire cat smile. What did I personally think about the sound change? I was pleasantly surprised at how seamlessly they've adjusted the songs to fit the jazz-rock genre, I also believe that they have found the perfect sound to complement Selina Bui's voice. It's uncanny how it just clicked that she was born to sing the soft, almost lullaby-like, calming songs. If they were to release another album with a similar soft sound, I would happily eat it up.

Empty Bottles wrap up the Asian leg of the tour in Bangkok, Thailand later this month and then shortly begin the European leg in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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cameliazzz life lately 🐾 tagged: selinabui

aidan_ebass Yes ma'am 🫡 ↳ selinabui @aidan_ebass i'm dying u are such an old man ↳ lukaszhang @ selinabui he's like barely a year older than you??

cami.png the hottest drummer ever 💜💜💜

conangray a little commotion for the drummer pls and thank you ↳ cameliazzz @ conangray stop i'm blushing 🙈

TWITTER

fiona🩷 @fififorlina · 4h i mean we can all thank tommy for one thing and that's for twelve more days lmao ↳ lina bui x2 grammy winner @urdaisea · 3h i forget that not all empty bottles fans have read this article but i think they all should: Why 'Twelve More Days' isn't a Break-Up Album, it's a Healing One

emme @flowersforcami · 1h yes twelve more days is full of t*mmy slander BUT remember that all the band members have writing credits and they ALL helped write songs so basically what i'm trying to say is that twelve more days is actually the rest of the band roasting the shit out of lina's ex ↳ emme @flowersforcami · 1h every one of those bitches rocked up to the studio and went for blood. that is a universally hated man in their group chat.

amie <3 @mieflrs · 2h it's been 3 years, i think it's time to admit that keeping tabs is absolutely not about thomas fucking howard ↳ amie <3 @mieflrs · 2h i don't care how delusional u are, where in those 3 minutes 54 seconds did you hear a single line that sounds like anything like that sorry excuse of a man??? now a certain japanese-american singer who is exceptionally hot playing the guitar on the other hand... ↳ lukas 🔛🔝 @lukiepookie28 · 2h yes i agree it's not about t*mmy but it's also not about CHRISTOPHER like WTF R U ON???

oscalina real ?! @ emptyginbottles · 32m we're in an oscalina drought and it's plain to see not all of us are coping well

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from the phone of selina bui

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selinabui now he's thinkin' 'bout me every night, oh is it that sweet? i guess so

amelia_belrose pop!lina perhaps 🫣

oscarpiastri Didn't need to call me out like that ↳ selinabui @ oscarpiastri don't tell me u miss me already

sabrinacarpenter she's working late coz she's a singer

lukaszhang woman you hate coffee what are you on ↳ selinabui @lukaszhang why are u even here

MESSAGES

from the phone of selina bui

TWITTER

Yamada Updates @chrisyamadanews · 2h 🚨| Chris spotted at the Empty Bottles 'Twelve More Days' Tour in Seoul Night 2

Yamada Updates @chrisyamadanews · 32m 🚨| CHRIS ONSTAGE WITH EMPTY BOTTLES!!!

↳ Yamada Updates @chrisyamadanews · 30m this made me break ok, i am so fucking thrown off. WDYM WE GOT SELINA BUI AND CHRISTOPHER YAMADA ON STAGE TOGETHER IN THE YEAR 2024???

mabel @ maplemabel32 · 25m i can't breathe chris and lina??? chris and lina???????? after so long??? CHRISTOPHER AND SELINA???? as in "hello it's chris" "and lina"??? MY BESTIES REUNITED???

june @linafesting · 18m sometimes, i'm convinced lina spins a wheel on how to break the internet today

↳ kat ୨୧ @yamayaps · 2m with all due respect, this stunt was NAUT selina's idea, this was a move that christopher 'no boundaries' yamada suggested

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emptybottles_official Nowhere as incredible as Seoul! Always special to have @chrisyamada join us on stage. tagged: chrisyamada

chrisyamada someone better return the favor later 👀 ↳ selinabui @chrisyamada u begged me to let u come what are u on ↳ chrisyamada @ selinabui ok maybe i did

pi4str1 ok someone catch me up bc i did not know chris and lina were friends??? ↳ linasgirl4 @pi4str1 it's probably best we don't get into it

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Luka analysis/ramble below

Contains Round 7/Final spoilers

Ya know, Luka must be such an incredibly hollowed out man with enough trauma to incapacitate a different human. Like seriously, he's the perfect representation for anyone stuck under the obsessive spiral of perfectionism and repression.

He's in his early thirties, and his only attainable achievements are being covetable human flesh and doing so well at music that any potential friends or colleagues he could have will die in front of him if he takes the time to do the only thing he's allowed to focus on—sing. The girl he loves and could never talk with like a "normal kid" (but it didn't matter then because she accepted him as he was) has traumatic flashbacks just seeing him. The knowledge that her existence is so highly illegal that any achievements he has made will mean nothing if he is seen loving her... That's heavy. And that's partially on the assumption he's seen the news as it's hard to miss. (It's hard to tell with his expressions.) The moment he sees Hyuna in Round 7, the facade and mimicry is gone. All that's left is the hollow and lonely man.

How many times has he seen people he may have liked, disliked, been curious about, hated, shared memories with- how many have died or been beaten before his eyes? How many times has he supressed the screams inside of him because he's not allowed to. He's a puppet off of the stage, strictly controlled and having his fate already decided for him as long as he can probably remember.

"His eyes are lifeless." "He's so cruel." "He's just manipulative." Tell me you can't get a clue without telling me you can't get a clue. There are so many things wrong with this man, and you're going to obsess over the fact that a victim still stuck in abuse has done "inhumane" things on a planet and in a universe surrounded by creatures that teach that inhumanity is the most normal response to have to human emotions. Do you even know how the brain works when stuck in a situation where you're constantly just surviving? I'll tell you because I have firsthand knowledge. You do anything to stay alive. Anything. If brainwashed, you will hurt people you love if you think it will save them/keep them safe. And when it's all said and done, you then further crawl into the shell of yourself with hope that the emotional/mental bombs don't put enough shrapnel into your fragile, hiding self to ensure you really don't wake up this time. Because then hurting the other person would have been for nothing. Because then you'll have failed the one goal you have—survival. Trauma changes how a human brain is shaped and formed. (It's a scientific fact; go look it up if you think I'm pulling your leg.) I wonder if that, on top of the insinuated neurodivergence, is enough to make the already born outcast and alien-proclaimed prince (meaning: he's above the other humans AND nobody can touch him on his throne that only get higher each new death near him) be considered "surviving" instead of the "thriving" people seem to think of him as doing. I wonder how much he'll have to go through before he's "traumatized enough" or "injured enough" for the fandom to have a crumb of empathy (or even sympathy) for him.

Even if you have dulled feelings or no specific attachments to others—being the indirect cause of so many deaths, watching blood splatter the stage in a competition so fierce that the surviving participant(s?) develop medical problems overtime, knowing this is your very bread and water and shelter but the ones watching and clicking buttons to ensure your survival see this as an event for pure entertainment and no true depth, having to live with no attachments because either you'll never see the person again or you'll never see the person again—this fucks up a person. Isolation is the reason people take the fast way out of this world. Isolation is the reason why people go mad. Isolation makes you beg the very air surrounding your existence to end you. Yet simultaneously, you want to live so bad, and you just can't understand why humans are like this because all of you should want to be dead by now, even if the voices around you speak of how you're the greatest and most privileged.

The first time around must have been terrifying. How did Luka feel winning something like that, achieving all the praise and great treatment as his body and mouth metaphorically dripped with still-warm blood? Did he feel like he fought and died a million times over? Was he cursing or tiredly resigned because winning means he has to do it all over again if your master wishes and his master is greedy? Was he thinking of Hyuna-A? Was the win so hollow and full of traumatic moments that he tucked it down once more because even for someone detached and bullied by his peers the entire ordeal had been too much? Was he rationalizing it? Did he feel like a sick bastard for his hunger for control on stage? I wonder how much he disassociates off-screen. I wonder if he ever stopped his habit of putting his mouth on things for sensory stimulation or if he just hides it behind closed doors to be publically presentable. I wonder if he's ever acted out, gotten punished severely, and never acted out again. When did Hyun-A escape? How much did he know about it? The only love he's been taught is the faux love between owner and owned. He's obsessed with control because he has no control over his life and the stage is the only place he gets it. Is it really so shocking that he declared Hyun-A as "his" in the past and wishes she'd let herself be owned by him? This entire thing is so fucked up, and I still don't know enough about this man to be satisfied.

Luka has been stuck in this loop of being a product that exists for public consumption for at least ten years, so please excuse him if he's tired and working on instincts to live and desire for control turned to lifeless (yet pretending to be full of it) and brokenly presenting art of which he knows/thinks the muse of will never see.

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Bethany's Bizarre Miraculous Rewrite: The Romance Subplot for the Planned Seasons

One of my goals for my rewrite is to make the romance subplot of the series less drawn-out, more cathartic, feature more of the side ships of Lukanette, Adrigami, and even Marichat, and also get more gay. So without further ado, here's the romance subplot for the first five seasons:

Season 1 (Equivalent to seasons 1 and 2, twice the length of a normal season): Basic lovesquare antics. Marinette loves Adrien, but not Chat Noir. Adrien loves Ladybug, but not Marinette. They're also both fucked-up. Marinette knows Adrien's schedule and far too many personal details about him. Adrien as Chat acts entitled to Ladybug's love and even causes an akuma with his entitlement. He does get raked over the coals for that and after Glaciator/the Ice Cream akuma becomes far more respectful towards Ladybug, but still harbors love for her. He starts to move on from her after Frozer/the Ice Skating akuma, however.

Season 2 (Equivalent to season 3): The love square reversal happens a few episodes in. Yes, really. Adrien gets over Ladybug in favor of Marinette, while Marinette tries to put her feelings of Adrien aside to prove to her class that she isn't just jealous of Lila and targets Chat Noir instead. She does act salty at Kagami for a few episodes, however. During the kwamiswap Lady Noire is utterly down bad for Mister Bug as they fight All Eyes on Mecha. Desperada's arc of Ladybug picking Adrien in favor of Luka is replaced with picking Chat in favor of Luka. The season 5 episode where Marinette and Chat Noir go on a date and gets the ice cream man akumatized occurs here. Alya has doubts about Marinette's crush. She's right, and eventually Marinette realizes that and goes back to Adrien. Since the two are in love with eachother, things work out quickly and easily and they get together and kiss by the season finale.

Season 3 (Equivalent to seasons 3 and 4): On the first episode of Season 3 Adrienette has a horrific messy breakup after Adrien discovers the Schedule and similar things. I was thinking of putting it four episodes in, but I decided 1. it would be better if it was the beginning of the season and 2. I want Adrienette fans to feel the same despair I felt as a Lukanette and Adrigami fan at the start of season 4. The rest of the season focuses on the aftermath of this nightmare breakup. Ladybug and Chat Noir comfort and give advice to each other about the breakup and coalesce into a queerplatonic couple. They still don't figure out their identities because they're dumb teens. Marinette and Adrien start dating Luka and Kagami respectively halfway through the season and their relationships get plenty of time to shine. Marinette genuinely falls in love with Luka. Same with Adrien and Kagami. The love square is dead. Good riddance. Thankfully, Marinette does apologize to Adrien, and they make up and become just friends.

Season 4 (Equivalent to season 4): Here's some context: in the Season 3 finale, Hawkmoth was finally defeated but not Coeur, the woman behind Hawkmoth. What's worse is 1. Master Fu had to abdicate guardianship to Ladybug and 2. Coeur managed to discover multiple hero identities. So now Ladybug is working overtime creating guardian potions and doing nightly patrols to check up on everyone who got exposed. She's getting stressed, she's burning herself out, and so her parents start helping her with her guardian duties (they've known since season 1,) giving Ladybug a support group that she's not telling Chat Noir about. And kittycat's getting suspicious. He knows Ladybug's not telling him information and in general he feels like he's on the level of the side heroes rather than one of the main two, causing relationship troubles in their queerplatonic couple. Chat Noir starts training to compensate for this, to the point where he awakening his fullest Miraculous powers (infinite cataclysms!). All of this hard work for both of them causes strain in their civilian relationships, and they unfortunately have to break up because of it and because they can't tell Luka/Kagami their secret identities. And then Luka accidentally finds out both heroes' identities while Kagami manages to figure them out on her own. As for the stuff between Ladybug and Chat Noir, it gets resolved by Cat Walker, although here Ladybug is more unnerved by Cat Walker, and she apologizes to Chat Noir and lets him as much in the loop as she can without compromising her identity.

Season 5 (Equivalent to season 5 except not really): Ladybug and Chat Noir are back as a queerplatonic couple, baby! The two of them against the world! And also the other heroes! The fun parts come from their civilian relationships. Luka and Kagami, now that they know our heroes' identities, start dating them again, but the other way around. Lukadrien and Marigami. These relationships are arguably better than the other ones, too. Luka and Adrien share so much in common that they really get eachother, while Marinette is more comfortable with her sexuality and has a girlfriend that pushes her to be more, and Kagami has a loving relationship with little-to-no secrets! Rose is ecstatic. Tomoe is pissed because no Adrigami. Also, at the end of the season, after Coeur fucking dies and Felix, her last minion, is arrested for being a butt, we finally get an identity reveal between Ladybug and Chat Noir! And if this ends up as the series finale, Lukadrien and Marigami converge into the polycule of the gods, Lukadrigaminette!

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FT thoughts:

-my heart’s still beating out my fucking ass

-vini hattrick, rudi goal, cafucas goal

-why the fuck are we still second half fc???? it’s almost november. if they could just play like they play in the second half for the WHOLE game, there wouldn’t be any issues.

-the first 10 minutes of play were phenomenal then what the fuck happened???? giving away easy passes, not winning 50/50s, not closing out the opponents, not making runs, piss poor defense all around, just being fucking lazy all around. like fucking hell man.

-fucking hell, can the outside backs PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD track their man?!!?!?!??? lucas and ferland KILL me when they track halfway, stop tracking, then get scored on. that’s so fucking frustrating. they also kill me when they shift over to “help” mili/rudi when it’s not needed. carlo and his “staff” need to fix that, cause liverpool, barca, and milan will put away chances like that and keep exploiting that weakness.

-vinícius josé paixão de oliviera júnior. the rightful winner of the ballon d’or. TAKE A FUCKING BOW!!! it’s like after rudi’s goal, he was UNSTOPPABLE! big time player who showed up. his performance needs to be INJECTED in my veins.

-buttttt we have to give props to courtois cause there were PLENTY of times where dortmund looked threatening, and he saved their asses.

-grandpa luka was working OVERTIME on defense during the second half (elderly abuse)

-fede got no rest (child abuse/neglect/malnourishment)

-jude ily. i need at least one goal from you before 2025.

-hala madrid (i need to invest in an inhaler and anger management. they had me hyperventilating the whole time)

[shakingparadigm]

based on engagement and your general observation of the fandom, who would you say are the most popular alnst characters and how has it changed throughout time (meaning after round 6 came out lol)

(This is just based off my own perception and what I've observed from my side of the world!!! There's a very high chance it's different elsewhere or from other people's perspectives)

Currently I think it's painfully obvious who the most popular characters are (I wonder who had that viral kissing scene that sent Alien Stage into trending lists on multiple platforms?) although even before the production of ROUND 6 I'd say the most popular characters were either Ivan or Luka.

Luka's video is the most viewed Alien Stage episode and (from what I've seen and heard at least) introduced a lot of people to Alien Stage. Till's video surpassed Ivan's in views at the time, but despite the higher view count I didn't find as many people who were invested in him. Ivan seemed to be quite a fan favorite and his popularity only skyrocketed after ROUND 6, making him possibly the most popular Alien Stage character as of now (can't forget the fact that Ivan trended on Twitter during Till's birthday 😭). True to canon, it seems the TOP 3 are highest in popularity, though Sua is well-loved and incredibly popular in her own right as well. Sua is the icon of ALNST and is the character I've seen around in real life most often (cosplayers, merch, images, even her song SWEET DREAM is frequently heard during these events, sometimes I only see Sua and no one else! My girl is working overtime to promote Alien Stage).

I'm not sure how my perspective differs from others (those who've been involved in the fandom longer than I have can probably answer this better than I could) but this is just how it is for me personally!

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Kinda curious if you're still planning to finish playing SD 😄

No pressure!

Also, do you ship anyone in ALNST aside from IvanTill? That's my favorite ship for sure, but honestly, the entire series is such a shipfest. I hope Mizi ends up with Hyuna (sorry Till, love you, but you know, priorities)

i would love to finish but im currently working sm overtime to the brim of mental exhaustion that i dont feel like anything when im home. im glad i managed to fight successfully for my first weekend in months and even this one is reserved for social life so fujieda has to wait until i have some time to breathe again. sorry.

aside from ivantill ofc mizisua my beloveds and when it comes to actor au - surprise - ivanluka LMFAO but ONLY in actor au since i see their personalities different in there than in canonverse (where i dont think they would get along well since their personalities are very similar but the way they execute things is different fron each other)

actor ivanluka where ivan is an overgrown cute puppy eager to please and luka a spoiled cool princess (maybe w a potty mouth, that would be so funny)

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Okay, Okay, my brain has officially gone off the deep end with team balance thoughts.

So. Obviously this will never happen in canon. But HC Mari's identity is known to her teammates, she has a healthy support network, and is, in general, much less paranoid.

So I think she'd be a lot less opposed to passing her miraculous off to a teammate if she's busy. Matter of fact, I think they'd try to convince her to do it more often so she can have a life outside of heroeing. I think Luka and Kagami would be especially insistent, both because they're her partners and it's their job to help check her unhealthy behaviors, and because they're not part of the miracuclass. So in a New York Special situation, Kagami and/or Luka could just use the Ladybug for the cure.

I'm picturing this making Marinette more trusting of her teammates capabilities without her supervision overtime, and eventually getting to the point where the three to six people who are closest beat up the akuma and just text Mari about it so she can use the cure real quickly from wherever she happens to be.

And now I'm picturing patrol and training turning into team comp and strategy sessions as well as trying to investigate the Hawkmoth Sitch. So they've got a system (probably made by Max) tracking who's powers work best together and who's fighting styles and where the akumas are densest and which people are most likely to be together at any given time. They've got a whole matching system of which teamups and combos need more practice and with what. They may even switch up their kwamis once in a while in the case of an emergency. I think a lot of them would start treating it like Fighter Game Meta.

Just some fun ideas for what a bigger team could mean.

Honestly yeah like.

HC!Mari trusts her team enough. Yes she's the de facto leader. But if she's not there they can make decisions on their own. While their main order is 'observe until I get there', she's not asking them to hang around, she's asking them to pay attention and figure out how the Akuma's powers work what are it's weak points etc. so they can fill her in when she shows up.

And on top of that, she does say 'if you have an opportunity, go for it'. Even if they don't see an opportunity, they're still allowed to interfere as needed to rescue civilians.

Furthermore I'm going to point out a few parts in HC itself where this is going on!

There's the Day and Night chapter, where Chat is decently confident in taking the lead due to Ladybug being taken out. He directs the Team and even hands out the new Miraculous.

Most recently in Multiplication, Petite Souris has an idea for how Lucky Charm works, and Ladybug hands it over to her without asking because she trusts her teammate's ideas.

If there were ever an episode where Mari was sick, she'd be fine handing the Ladybug off to one of the others. The only problem is everyone fighting for it lmao.

[polycharismas]

ALNST fandom suffers from chronic ignore the women in favor of the male characters syndrome unless it's for "Mizusua yuri!!!" and it frustrates me that they're overlooked because of Ivantill (Not that I don't love Ivantill, I love them) and Luka. Hyuna also suffers from being ignored big time syndrome.

GOD YEAH i thought it would have gotten better overtime since i Have seen mizisua and hyuna appreciation here and there but then a poll was hosted over on twitter and the THEY MADE UP THE LEAST AMOUNT OF VOTES. IT PISSED ME OFF SOOOOOOO MUCH and if i say people just dont like the idea of hyuna being a brown woman. and if i say if hyunwoo took her role in the story hyunwoo would be more popular than the rest of the cast. AND GOD I FUCKING MEAN THIS BECAUSE ALL THE DISCUSSION I SEE ON HYUNA IS ABOUT HOW HOT SHE IS. AGAIN!!!! IMAGINE IF SHE WAS A MAN!!!!!! God fucking dammit its just because shes a woman. AND PEOPLE LOOOOOOOVE TO OVERLOOK THE DEPTH IN MIZISUA'S RELATIONSHIP BEYOND "oh they are so happy!" AND IT PISSES ME OFF BECAUSE I KNOW THEY JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE GIRLS. AND PEOPLE JUST COLLECTIVELY DONT BOTHER ENTERTAINING THE IDEA THAT FEMALE CHARACTERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE INTERESTING. AGAIN. IF THEY WERE MEN IT WOULD ALL BE SO DIFFERENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DONT FUCKING PISS ME OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE WORK OF TWO QUEER WOMEN IN A RELATIONSHIP PLEASE GET SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!

[rozonrozark]

1- soooooo about Bread growing feathers... Was it a one time thing or something permenent? Since Adrien alergic to feathers will he get sneezy around her? That might be one last fuck you from wish lmao.

2- We know wish forces cat miraculous wearers to always be against Order, since Order is gone does that mean they can finally take some steps to fix their relationship?

3- I feel like every hero's secret identity (other than Bread and Adrien) is known by their family. Nora seemed like she was about to punch and drag her sister in safety but held back because of... reasons...

4- (Early Discovery au) Can we say marriage counseling can save the Paris? That au spesificly is very funny to me because its just a rich family failing to communicate properly while looking for an underage girl with most inconvient ways possible so they can recieve magic macarons. Meanwhile Adrien stares at his parents who is one argument away from divorce, nods then leaves. Magical chibi sized gods are here too i guess.

5- Watching inside out then reading the series made me realise if we could see Mari's head anxiety would hold the reins in her head. Poor girl.

6- (joke) How much more time needs to pass for Plag to be able to ask for child support? Can he claim he raised his kitten? Will he and Tom fight against each other? Will he get much much emotional during important events in Bread's life compared to canon Adrien's? (okay last one wasnt really a joke)

7- (Early Discovery au) I noticed Mari was quite nervous while talking to Adrien... Was it because she is afraid of possible backlash or she is really uncomfortable about trying to decieve him? I feel like it's more likely social awkwardness but there is more...

8- (Early discovery au) Emilie seems very insecure as a mother. Is there any spesific event that caused that?

9- Let's assume Wishmaker gave Mari her childhood dream. How much different it would be compared to canon? And how much knowing it would screw Luka?

1: The feathers are magic so, maybe they are non-allergenic. Yes it is a partial F U from the wish but it is more just the punishment of using the combined Catalyst.

2: Misterbug is no longer under the Wish's influence that does not mean that the Wish is gone. Remember Feast was defeated...

3: Nora held back at that time due to not being a hundred percent certain and needing to confirm it. It would have been very awkward/rude if she was wrong after all.

4: For the most part yes, marriage counseling could save Paris. At least for a bit, I won't say much but Emilie does still need her medicine. Adrien is in the background with the kwami getting there help.

5: Anxiety is working overtime in Marinette's head. Meanwhile Fear has a conspiracy board set up and Sadness's has a room full of memories.

6: Plagg will have a full legal battle so he can get custody! His lawyer, a clever fox named Trixx is more than ready to help! The rest of the kwami are getting tissues and will have a party for her at each major millstone.

7: A bit of both. She was walking into a situation that could have easily backfire, Marinette hates lying/deceiving people but there was also a third thing. This Marinette hasn't had any good social situations with anybody in a long time.

8: Well, she is slightly insecure because she started to release that she wasn't the best mother before the events of the series. Remember she was fully onboard with essentially isolating her son and now whenever Adrien has trouble with social situations or connecting with people Emilie blames herself.

9: Hmm, now that is a question. On one hand younger Marinette would still have the wish of being the knitting fairy due to how young she was back then. However, that wish would be overshadowed by her other childhood wish of being the best cat hero and making Plagg proud of her! So she would become Super Cheshire! As for Luka if the first situation happened he would investigate who Cheshire's civilian identity is then proceed to be horrified by what is going on followed by being beyond pissed at Juleka for her part in this girl's broken heartsong.

[angelp-official]

New Detlarun + PJSK crack theory alert!! (SPOILERS FOR JPSEKAI I THINK)

Paperus Deltaballs MIGHT be connected to tbis new unit

(Note: In case if you didn't know at this point, this is not supposed to be serious at all, so please don't come after me, I'm just joking and having fun around here-)

Here we habe 3 poeple here!! HOEVER!! Only 3 people her e? WHERE THE FUCK IS THE 4TH PERSOM and no I'm not counting the person in the mirror cuz if so I'll count the 5th person as well

SO YEAH

HOWEVER, THESE PEOPLE HERE LOOK AWFULLY LIKE FRICK AND CHARA!! So these persons MIGHT be them!!! (Source: Trust me bro)

Frisk and 3rd person side by side

Chara and 2nd person side by side

Idfk who the guy is but you could say it's Asriel?? Idk not the point

The point is that it's fucking weird that there's no 4th person!!

These 2 people might be Frisk and Charmander from Undertall

SO LETS GO BACK TO THE WEIRD EGG CARD I mean the Luka card where she discovers abandoned Sekai

LOOK. EGGS, HM? SOUNDS FAMILLIAR??

"It would be safe to assume that each egg represents something they were trying to make..." HMMMMMMM "...Petrified one, I wonder what you were supposed to become?" HHMMMMMMMMMM THE KNIGHT PAPYRUS AND EGGMAN PAPYRUS THEORIES ARE LOOKING GOOD AS HELL RN

What ARE the eggs supposed to represent? Well, I say that these eggs are supposed to represent the dark worlds the knight, in this case, Papyrus, has made!!

(PS: Tumblr hates the number 11 so I'll post the YT link here)

OR MAYBE ITS PAPYURS DETLARUND, MISS LUKA LUKA NIGHT FEVER (/j)

SO LETS LOOK AT POSSIBLY PAPYRUS'S MIKU

So she looks emo as fuck

But you notice that her outfit is more suitible for winter? And WHO'S THE UTDR CHARACTER THAG'S ASSOCIATED WITH WINTER?

"Noelle?" ❌️

"Dess?" ❌️

"Sans?" ❌️

"Papyrus?" ✅️

HELL YEAH IT FUCKING IS, AND SHE LOOKS LKKE SHE HAS A TAG AND WHO HAS A TAG LOOKING THING ON HIS ARMOR? PAPYRUS UNDERTLE!!! Maybe she has a jacket looking dress because Papyrus is familliar with a person who has a jacket (his brother)?? Idfk

HOWEVER, She has black crosses all on her, so what is that supposed to mean??

I say: MAYBE THOSE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SNOWFLAKES BUt they distorted to X marks overtime bexause Papyrus abandonded his SEKAI and possibly the other s too!!

But why is she emo??

I say: Because Papyrus Deltarune is emo himself!! Maybe because of the same reason Mafuyu is emo? Because Sans Undertale threw away his stuf?? Or is it his and the others' emotioms combinded??? Idk

NOW LETS LOOK AT THE MIKU COLORFES CARD

"I did as I was told, and followed him into the alley. Right at that moment, I closed my eyes without thinking. The sun was setting. Its blazing hue painted the alley in vermillion..."

And there's an unfinished animal illustration and a manga there too??

So uh idk wtaf these are so lets put these aside for now

(PS: These are all actually multiple people's stuff! So maybe the novel thing was Chara's stuff and the drawings are Asriel or Fisk's?)

And the music sheets. Maybe the reason why they sound so painful is because it represents the problems the 4 members face through?

There's also an MP3 player where a boy was practicing. Maybe that was Papyrus? "I bet this boy is a hard worker." "I can hear his frustration and impatience from the way he sings..." Hm? Maybe Papyrus was really putting his emotions into this recording, but it doesn't seem enough. Despite the hard work, he always messes up, and he always has to try again, and again, and again. But still, somehow, he never gives up. Until he finally did.

And the wooden box, oh boy. Maybe it was the 4 members' emotions put into one? Papyrus's shallow hopefulness, Asriel's sad nostalgia, Frisk's unsure creativity, and Chara's pure paranoia, all in one box?

All these feelings hidden away because they all feel too stressed of choosing their own future?

"It's so hard to find a place that makes you feel needed or welcomes you to try in a way that works best for you..." Okay now that's definitely Papyruscore

"Was it because you didn't want anyone to know? Was it because you couldn't tell anyone about it? Or... Was it so painful that you couldn't take it anymore and had to give up?" Maybe it meant Papyrus either didn't want Sans or the others to know, he couldn't tell anyone about it, or he had to give up at that point (And that could explain the others too)... Or was it because he was weighed down by someone? Who knows

And at that point, the SEKAI is now erased. Maybe Papyrus and the others... Really didn't want to remember those terrible memories that they built together. Maybe they finally let go of their... "Mistake", or as they would call it.

Maybe that was in the past? Maybe... All of that was resonated into the Empty SEKAI, the one that belongs to Mafuyu?

Maybe that explains why the SEKAI has one to no emotion put to it at all!! Maybe because Asriel misses his place at home, Frisk and Chara wanted to do their own things on their own, and maybe Papyrus is the only one who truly cared about the SEKAI, but is too weighed down to admit it?

Okay this is getting too serious for a crack theory iGNORE THESE PARTS LETS JUST JUMP INTO COLCUSSY NOW + I DONT THINK THESE GUYS WOULD GIVE UP AND BE THAT EMOTIONAL SO QUICKLY BUT SHUT UP

So in conclusion:

The abandonded SEKAI MIGHT'VE belonged to Papyrus Detlarunn

So thank you for coming to my ted talk, cyaaaa 🤩🤩

[louiesselfshipramblings]

Kate Bishop: My very first selfship!!

Hee hee this takes me waaaaay back. This was back when the Disney+ Hawkeye show first aired, and I kinda accidentally fell in love with the MCU incarnation of Kate Bishop, the second Hawkeye. Helps she was played by Hailee Steinfeld, who I do have a minor celeb crush on still, but that's not who I fell for! I fell for the dorky, fangirly, silly, and kinda dum (affectionate) Kate!! :]

Overtime, as I kinda got sullied on the MCU in general, I kinda just...took its version of Kate and made my own Marvel AU that was kind of a mix between what I liked of the films and the comics. Tied in nicely with the Spider-Man AU I was making! For the most part, tho, if ya know Kate from the Hawkeye show, and Kate from the comics, ya know the Kate I selfship with.

I don't exactly actively selfship with her as much as I did before, but I still have a lotta fond memories of her, watching the show, and talking with my friend about how much I wanted to kiss her. There's a lil corner of my brain where my Marvelsona and her get to relax and snuggle together, that's for sure.

The Lore!!

My sona here is known as Luka McNell, also known under the alias of Striker! Through some wacky shenanigans, I attained the power to control electricity and generate it within my body, not unlike the Spider-Man villain Electro (in fact, we have opposing charges of the same base power, so our unique generations of electricity cancel each other out!). I was born and raised in Maryland, but moved up to New York for more hero opportunities.

I briefly worked with SHIELD, which is when I first worked with and met Kate! I had a lotta respect for her, seeing as she was an Avengers-level hero and all—though, technically, she's a reserved member, but she's a teeny bit of a gloryhound here so she didn't bring it up, heh. We started with mutual respect for our abilities, and it just kinda blossomed into a wonderful romance! Though some of our coworkers claim we were practically dating a month before we went official but shush.

I eventually struck it out independent as a hero, and moved in with Kate! Life's a touch rough—even being a public hero only pays so well—but we manage well enough! We live in that apartment space she has in the show, with Lucky the Pizza Dog and Jeff the Baby Land-Shark as pets/roommates!

We aren't in a rush to get married, but we do eventually. Nothing big or the like, just a small affair with family and close friends. And then after that...we do have one kid, a sweet baby boy named Archer. Because of course XD. We may have more, but that's yet to be seen, heheh...

But yeah! That's my self ship with Kate! We're two silly goober heroes who are stupid x stupid (again affectionate lol).

The wonderful art piece of me and Kate riding the bus home from a mission was done by @schpog-art/@schpog! They did amazing on this!

[vendetta-if]

Oh author, it's been a while. i've come back from the depths of hell to check up on my lawyer-looking-human-lie-detector thomas, hope he's doing well (or not, trauma builds character)

So, how is he, dear author? Is he thriving, what's his full name, how is he as a husband, where is his parents (doesn't matter if they're dead, im a good in-law i'll follow them there) How angsty is it if he's on the romance options and more relevant to the story?

I NEED to know or maybe you can just drown me in holy water and pretend this never happend (and yes, once in a while i WILL come back)

The fact that this ask came in the middle of the whole deluge of hickey asks is still so funny to me 😂

Well, he’s still a side character, so I don’t have anything too fleshed out for him yet. His full name is Thomas Wright and I think right now, he’s just chilling right now in the story, I guess? 😂

Oh, wait. Not really that chill because Luka told him to relay his order to the DA 😆 But, yeah, other than that, he doesn’t really have anything going on right now.

If it wasn’t clear, he works in the DA office and also moonlights as the Morozov’s liaison there and as their truthseer if needed (or maybe more of the reverse, honestly).

His parents are still alive, he just doesn’t have the best relationship with them (more with his father than with his mother). He’s still single and unmarried.

As a husband/partner, he’s not really the lovey-dovey type and is not really someone who would do a lot of little physical affections stuff, like holding hands, hugs, or kisses outside of the bedroom. He’s also a more emotionally guarded person, although overtime, he can be more open.

As for the angstyness if he were an RO… 🤔 I don’t think a lot. For him, getting to be with MC is like hitting a jackpot. Suddenly, he gets up the social ladder by miles, gets to live like a socialite if he wants to, and gets to buy almost anything he desires. So, MC for sure won’t get a no or hesitation from him 😂

But Luka and Grandpa tho… They’ll probably let MC get with him but they’re not exactly happy and they’ll keep their eyes on Thomas at all times. Once he does something that hurts MC, he’s done for 💀

Luka staring at Thomas whenever he’s around with MC:

[actorsmask]

Birthday Event 2024!

Aetherium Wars was a universally popular game, and its popularity reached Belobog when it was hosted on the planet by Giovanni. Of course, Blythe watched all the battles take place since Luka was the one representing Jarilo-VI and they wanted to cheer for him. But they didn't really show interest in playing themselves.

But after the games, Luka asked Blythe if they wanted to pick it up as well so they could go against each other or just as teammates. They couldn't really say 'no' to him, so they agreed.

Alas, thanks to off-planet trips and other things to do with Wildfire, they couldn't play as often as they liked. Overtime, they just kind of... Forgot they were supposed to played it in the first place.

Then Blythe found their Aetherium Chip while cleaning their room, fiddling with it and tossing it up and down.

"How does this thing work again..? Feels like ages since I've last seen it..."

Eventually Blythe sat down and kept fiddling with the coin, refusing to search it up for the sake of their pride. They must've done something wrong, because the coin suddenly emitted a bright light and nearly blinded them.

"Ow-!!"

Blythe threw the damn thing across the room, rubbing at their eyes and blinking so they could see properly. "Maybe I should've searched it up..." Is their epitome as they run a hand through-

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They better not have felt what they think they felt.

Blythe ran to the bathroom in record speed and turned on the lights, looking in the mirror. Yeah, no, they weren't imagining things.

That damn Aetherium Chip malfunction had given them dog ears!!

Felt like a sudden but funny twist for their birthday! Give thanks to the ppl in the discord server, they were the ones who decided to make their birthday a happy one.

This event will last from August 12 - August 21 11:59 PM! (GMT+8)

Make sure to specify if the ask you send in is for the event or not!

[mysticraven20]

Here’s an unfinished and unedited fic for Valentine’s Day 🤣

I don’t think I’ll ever complete this; but there’s no point in it just sitting in my WIP folder. So enjoy and let me know what you think would happen at the end…

Marinette Dupain-Cheng, 16 years old and feeling incredibly wanted.

She stood over her desk looking at the pictures of the three guys currently trying to take hold of her heart, studying them with skills Sherlock Holmes would be proud of. She tilted her head to the left before swapping it to the right, then again, and again. Nothing was getting clearer. Perhaps she needed a different perspective?

“Hey girl, what are you –” Alya stopped at the top of Marinette’s trap door looking at her friend, who was now attempting (and failing) a headstand on her desk chair.

Walking over to Marinette, Alya looked from the girl to the pictures laying on her desk. Three pictures. Three guys. And an upside down Marinette.

“What are you doing?” Alya asked her friend.

Marinette manoeuvring herself from the awkward position before flopping in the chair with a rather loud grunt.

“Trying to decide.” She said, moving the pictures around as if the order would change her perspective. She moved them, again, and again, and again.

“Decide what exactly?”

“Who I’m going to date.”

Alya blinked once, then twice before opening her mouth and closing it again. Marinette had spoken in such a matter of fact, Alya was… gobsmacked. Was this really the same girl, who only a week ago was giving up on love?

“Your ego’s working overtime I see,” she laughed.

Marinette rolled her eyes, standing up and bracing her hands on the table; one hand either side of the pictures.

“Har har! This whole boy thing needs to end. It’s a distraction which I don’t need, so once and for all I’m making a choice and then making it perfectly clear to the other two that we’re only friends. Just friends.”

Alya picked up Luka’s picture and pursed her lips. “Luka? Really?” She turned the picture around and Marinette shrugged.

“I feel he deserves to be included.” She grabbed the photo and placed it back down beside the other two.

“Whatever you say.” Alya moved closer to Marinette, who once again was frantically moving the pictures around.

Stretching forward, the fox themed hero went to pick up the picture currently in first position only to have her hand slapped away.

“Leave.”

“I’ve just got here!”

“Not you, the picture. Leave the picture where it is.”

Alya looked between Marinette and the picture as the crazy hero girl moved them around again, this time second place swapped with first.

“You do realise you always put Luka last, right?”

“Pfft, no I don’t.” She went to swap him with second position only to stop and try for first, nope couldn’t.

“See.”

“Listen, Alya Césaire, this is an important hero business.”

“Your love life is not hero business.” Her friend snapped back.

“It is when it’s distracting me.” She moved the pictures around again. Unable to decide between one and two, Luka, meanwhile, held his solid third position.

“If this is going to work. You need to make a list.” Alya offered in support. Marinette freezing and raising an eyebrow at her friend.

“That’s a great idea! Why didn’t I think of that?”

“Because you’re in some weird Chat Noir vs Adrien Agreste battle.”

“And Luka!”

“Marinette, forget Luka. You don’t need to add him because you feel sorry for what you did. You had no choice. Yes you like him, he’s a sweet guy. But he’s not one of these.” Alya picked up Adrien and Chat Noir’s pictures and thrust them in Marinette’s face.

“I’m still keeping him in.” Marinette grabbed the pictures from her friends hands and slammed them on the table. Once again, Alya was getting too involved. She had this covered!

“Okay, then amuse me… how many days, over the past 26 days have you spent with Luka?”

“That’s not important.” Marinette crossed her arms, pursed her lips and looked away.

“Because you know where I’m going with this.”

“Fine, I was with him on the day of Truth, and a couple of the days before that.”

“Okay so we’ll count that as four.”

“Then there was the ‘Crocoduel’ incident, oh and ‘Wishmaker’ and - um - I saw him briefly during our last battle with Chloé.”

“Okay.” Alya grabbed a piece of paper, dividing it into three sections. “So Luka, we can put at what? Four,” she began to use her fingers to count up. “Five, six, seven. You forgot the whole Bob Roth bank akuma thing. Okay, so eight. Eight times in the past 26 days. At least half of those being because of needing his help with an akuma” Alya took the pen and wrote eight below Luka’s name. “Now let’s go onto your current second position.”

At the top of the next column, Alya wrote the name.

Adrien

Marinette brought her hands in front of her body, beginning to play with them nervously.

“What’s wrong?” Alya asked, her voice laced with exhaustion already.

“I just don’t know if he should be in that column, or -“ she moved her hand over to the first, “that one.”

“For the love of all things Miraculous, Marinette! Get a grip!”

“Can’t you see that’s what I’m trying to do!” She hissed back at her friend, causing Alya to roll her eyes. “It’s making me feel insane!” The hold and pull of her hair only added to the theory. Yep, insanity was truly kicking in.

“Chat Noir is going in column one, personally that’s where I think he should be but whatever.”

“Biased much?”

“What can I say? After working with him and spending a little time out of the suit with him I can see what a cool guy he is.” Alya shrugged, scribing Chat’s name at the top of the first column, or at least Marinette thought that was what she was doing.

“My Kitty?” she read, raising an eyebrow. “Really?”

“You call him that, not me!”

“Traitor!”

“Anyway back to Adrien. How many days have you spent with him?”

“Well, we’re at school five days a week, two days off for weekends, but I saw him that one Saturday when I fixed his wing. So, um, 26 divided by 7 is around 4, so pretty much 4 weeks of seeing him 5 days a week which is 20 days plus the extra 1, so 21.” Marinette was looking at her ceiling counting on her fingers the different numbers before turning back and seeing Alya’s dumbstruck expression.

“That was extra even by your standards.”

Marinette nodded and pointed to the column, “write it down please.”

“Adrien. 21. Okay so last but not least, Chat Noir.”

Marinette coughed covering her mouth.

“What was that Marinette? I missed it.”

“25.” She mumbled out.

“Sorry.”

“25!” She shouted, Alya flinching at her outburst.

“No need to shout, I’m standing right next to you. Damn, you’re touchy at the moment.” She wrote 25 under Chat’s name. “Pass me your turquoise highlighter.” She held her hand out to Marinette.

“But I like pink.”

“And I like turquoise. Also, I’m in charge of this list and what I say goes.”

Marinette grumbled as she found Alya’s desired colour and slammed it into her hand. “I’m going to let you off for that, only because you’re a mess at the moment.”

“You're a mess.” Marinette retorted, causing Alya to laugh.

“Whatever you say, Bugaboo.”

“Don’t call me that. What’s next then ‘oh mighty highlighter holder’?”

“Looks.”

“Looks? Do you think I’m that shallow?”

“No, but everyone is human and it can make a difference, Marinette.”

“Fine. Luka’s cool. He has his own look and doesn’t seem to care about what others think.”

“Okay. Now imagine you’re 30. Does the look still work for you?”

“Hum, well, I’m sure it’ll change and become more refined. Maybe even more piercings, or even tattoos?”

“Does that do it for you?” Alya asked.

“It’s not my personal preference but people are allowed to do what they want with their own bodies.” She shrugged.

“So what do you want me to put down as his body rating?”

“Like out of 10? I don’t know if I like this.” She bit down on her lower lip, her hands worrying between themselves again.

“It’s for our eyes only, it’s just to help decide.”

She exhaled, shaking her head before looking at the picture again. She really did need to get this sorted. “A solid 8.”

“Really? I thought you’d go for 7.” Alya said, writing it down.

“Nino’s a 7.”

“Excuse me? I’m quite sure Nino’s a solid 10. You haven’t seen under that tee.”

“I don’t want to either.” Marinette shuddered.

“Do you want my help or not?”

“I never asked for it.”

“You didn’t, but you need it.” Alya said, writing Luka’s score before moving to the other two. “Now what about Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum?”

“Which is which?”

“Choice is yours really.” Alya shrugged.

“I’d probably say Chat’s more Tweedle Dum, only because of his jokes. He’s actually pretty smart,” Marinette replied.

“We’re not on ‘smarts’ yet, so let's think about his looks.”

“Well, because of quantum masking I can’t really tell a lot about how he looks. But I know from both his stint as Chat Noir and Mister Bug his body is pretty decent. Plus he’s a superhero, and if he’s half as toned from it as I am, then yup… he’s going to look good.”

“What score do you want to give him?”

“I’m going to have to go for 8, only because I don’t know how he really looks. It would be unfair to give him more.”

Alya wrote it down under his name before looking back at Marinette. “Yet you score him the same as someone whose face you can see. Interesting. And last but by no means least, Buttercup.”

“10.”

“At least think about it first.” Alya laughed.

Marinette pursed her lips once more and looked at the few remaining pictures of Adrien scattered around her room. Maybe she was being a little haisty with the 10. She studied his body and face. Face, with that cute lopsided smile, was definitely a 10. Hair, 10. Body? Okay, so maybe he could do with eating a little more? “9 and a half.” She said decisively.

“Fine. As you wish.” Alya wrote the scores underneath Adrien’s name and then turned back to Marinette. “What do you want to do next? Healthy relationship status, or their pros and cons?”

“What’s ‘healthy relationship’ status?” Marinette asked, intrigued by what her friend was going to throw into the mix next.

“Whether you’ve argued with each other, talk it out, have fun, spend time together, get bored of each other, understand each other… you know, just things that make relationships healthy.”

“We’ll do that one next. Can we start with Chat?”

“It’s your list, M’Lady.”

“Honestly, quit it!” Marinette said in a huff, grabbing Chat’s picture from the table and studying it. Oh boy, this is about to open a can of worms.

“Myself and Chat Noir have a complex relationship. We argue, we talk about most things, we understand each other. I just think we’re still too young to understand what we want and what we need from each other.”

“Think of it this way,” Alya interrupted, “if the guys were going to completely disappear from your life forever, how would you feel?”

Marinette’s stomach dropped, and a lump formed in her throat. If they were gone ‘for good’. Memories and tears built in her eyes. This was starting to hit too close to home.

“I - um,” Marinette coughed to clear her throat, closing her eyes to regain composure before attempting to speak again. “I would be sad if Luka left. He’s a great friend.”

“Would you get over it?” Alya’s voice had grown soft, obviously understanding something had struck Marinette deeply.

“Yeah. I mean, I managed to avoid him fine after we broke up. I, oh I’m going to sound like a bitch.”

Alya smiled at her, a smile of understanding and care, helping her to carry on.

“I didn’t miss him. I had no urge to call him, or see him, or anything. I was just sad I broke his heart because he loved me.”

“And Adrien?” Alya probed.

“I was heartbroken when he left with Lila, like, I think I would eventually get over it, but it would kill me at first.”

“And Chat?”

Marinette stilled, placing Adrien’s picture down and selecting Chat’s instead. She ran a finger over his face and her voice became an emotional whisper. “He left me once.”

The statement took Alya by surprise, the girl recoiling back a little. “What do you mean? Left you?”

Marinette looked up to Alya, her eyes filled with tears. “He left me. Handed the ring back and disappeared. Actually he’s done it twice.” Alya gasped as Marinette continued talking. “I went insane. If you think this is crazy, you haven’t seen anything. I couldn’t eat, drink, or sleep. I didn’t get changed or shower. I just tried to figure out who to give the ring to; someone who wouldn’t fall in love with me. Then I had to battle an akuma and… it was hard. I missed him so much.”

“Did you find someone to give the ring to?” Marinette shook her head.

“No. Plagg took the ring to a new owner. He was amazing, his name was ‘Catwalker’, but he was a bit too perfect. He did everything I could have asked. He was professional, and helpful. He came up with plans and ideas.”

“But he wasn’t Chat Noir.”

“Exactly.” Marinette’s words pushed through the thickness in her throat, releasing a tear down her face. “It was like I could only think about him. I even thought the akuma was him. That I was the cause of it.”

“And ‘Catwalker’ helped.”

“Yeah. He did! If I knew who he was I would have recruited him for the team. He was wonderful.”

“Sounds like Adrien.” Alya laughed, Marinette moving like she’d been hit with a baseball bat.

“What?”

“He sounds like Adrien. Perfect, smart, professional.”

Her eyebrows creased together as she once again picked up Adrien’s picture, imagining him in the mask. “Maybe.” She said, holding the thought in the back of her mind.

“Or, Plagg could have just given the ring back to Chat Noir and changed the design of the suit.”

“I know Chat, and this guy, whoever he was, was not Chat!” Marinette announced, squinting her eyes as she looked at Adrien’s picture once more. It couldn’t be? Could it?

“Do you want me to add this mysterious Cat Walker to the list?”

Marinette placed Adrien’s picture down, before picking it back up and turning it around. She looked at the plain back, she looked at it upside down…she grabbed a pen and drew a mask and green hair on the picture, making a mental note to print another later.

“No,” she decided, eyes still scrutinising, “but add Cat Walker under Adrien, I think you may be onto something there.”

“Green hair? Adrien’s got more taste than I expected.” Alya nodded, impressed by this possible turn around for Adrien Agreste.

“Also add ‘Aspik’.”

“He picked what?” Alya shrieked, glaring at Marinette with wide eyes and almost dropping the highlighter.

“Alyaaaaaa!”

“Marinetteeeeee!”

Marinette snatched the piece of paper from her friends hands and wrote two names under Adrien’s:

Aspik

Cat Walker?

“Remember, this is for our eyes only. It doesn’t leave this room, and it doesn’t get mentioned outside of this room.” Marinette said, placing the photos back in order.

Alya snatched the list before Marinette could do anything else and wrote underneath Chat Noir’s name. As Marinette attempted to look over at what Alya was writing only to be pushed backwards and out of the way. She stumbled a couple of steps before her knees met her chaise throwing her backwards over the piece of furniture, a squeak leaving her lips.

“Are you okay Marinette?” Tikki flew down beside her chosen, only for Marinette to respond with a rather fake thumbs up.

The raven haired beauty pulled herself to standing and brushed off her trousers. “What’s next them ‘oh mighty Alya Césaire’?”

“It’s quite simple…what they’ve done for you. I’ve already filled in Chat Noir’s for you.”

Looking over Alya's shoulder she finally saw what Alya had written.

He puts up with all your shit without question.

“I can’t even deny it,” Marinette said, rubbing the join between her neck and shoulders. “What about the others?”

“I don’t know, it’s your life. What’s Adrien done?”

“He’s-um-” her eyebrows almost fused together as she considered what Adrien had done for her.

What had he done?

“He moved me out of the way of the akuma’s during Scarlet Moth,”

“Okay, good start. Anything else?”

“Oh, Kagami, when she was trying to kill me as Riposte, he got me out of the way.”

“That’s brave of him, saving a superhero.” Alya wrote it down in Adrien’s column.

“He is brave! And he trusts me. He dove from a building knowing I’d save him, he believes he’s always believed me about Lila, he made that speech on heroes day, he supports me through everything. Remember the hat? Even though it was made with real feathers he still wanted to wear it. And my lucky charm. He made me a lucky charm for my birthday.”

Alya was struggling to keep up, as Marinette reeled off what she could remember off the top of her head.

“What about the Valentine’s card?” She asked, Marinette taking the poem from her top drawer.

“We still don’t know who that was. He didn’t know Kagami at the time and it’s not like he’s been actively after me, I think I over read into it.”

Alya took the paper from her friend and glanced over it. “What if it was for you? But not ‘you’ you.”

“What do you mean?”

“Hair as dark as night, bluebell eyes — they’re both you right? But then let’s look at this next section ‘underneath that strong disguise’ who do we know that looks like you but wears a disguise?”

Marinette bit her lip as she considered what Alya might be hinting at. Would it be too much to wish?

“He couldn’t mean…could he?” she said, praying her friend had all the answers.

“Well, let’s look at it this way. He dived off one of the tallest buildings in Paris trusting you to catch him; if he was this Cat Walker person he obviously wanted to be perfect for you, and I don’t know much about this ass picker character, but I’m guessing he went out his way to save you?”

“Over 25,000 times,” Marinette stated, biting into her lower lip.

“Woah! You ask me, the dudes got it bad.”

Marinette’s heart leapt in her chest. This was insane. After all this time could Adrien be in love with Ladybug? With the other side of her?

“Let’s move on before you go into an Adrien affected breakdown.” Alya grabbed Luka’s picture and placed it over her face putting on her best Luka voice. “Hey Marinette, you’re the sweetest most confusing song I’ve ever heard. You need to let me go so I can discover the notes of my true musical path.”

“Don’t be so mean,” Marinette snatched the photo out of Alya’s hand and lay it smoothly on the table in the number one spot, before moving it to two. Still not happy she shuffled it once more to spot three. “Luka’s a great guy.”

“I never said he wasn’t, in fact, I’m sure he’ll change the world one day, but without you by his side.”

“He wrote me a song, and defended me against Bob Roth, oh and he put himself in the way of the wasps during Miracle Queen.” Marinette said softly, looking at the picture of him on the table. Maybe Alya was right, maybe it was time to let her security blanket go.

“Which is really sweet. He’s a sweet guy. But he’s someone else’s sweet guy, Marinette. Not yours.”

Marinette nodded before picking up Chat’s photograph and holding it in front of her. Her eyes took in his huge smile, and she knew that when he had the photograph taken he was looking at her.

“Can you add Luka’s to the list please?”

“You’ll never learn to take a risk, will you?” Her friend shook her head as she scribed the notes onto the paper.

“Can I ask you something, Marinette? That moment, when you were on the rooftop and had lost all the Miraculous’, when Monarch’s face appeared threatening you and all of Paris, who was it you wanted beside you? Who did you want to hold your hand?”

Marinette switched the pictures around once more before finally releasing her grasp on them. This was the order, this is where they needed to stay.

Adrien

Adrien had been sleeping awfully. Not only were the Akuma attacks wiping it out, but daddy of the year had decided Adrien needed more study sessions now he’d stopped modelling. Oh, yippee do!

The old man was really starting to make Adrien dislike him, if it wasn’t one thing it was another, and to be honest he thought his father might be more fair once Adrien had stopped and allowed him to use his free time like a teen for a change, but oh no, that was too much for cranky pants Agreste.