#Lukanette Week

[katydoodles]

For @lukacouffaineappreciation event, The 7 Days of Luka’s Christmas.

Weird crossover but is the grinch a thing that exists or is the grinch a person akumatized😅

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FIC: "A Good Surprise" (MLB; Lukanette; LBSC Lukanette Month 2024)

@lovebugs-and-snakecharmers is doing a Lukanette Month for September 2024, and we all just kinda tossed some prompts in the disco to compile a list?  We ended up with 71 prompts, so I decided I’d roll some dice to pick a prompt, do a twenty minute (ish, bc we all know sometimes they run away from me) sprint, and try to get some short fics out this month?

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04 September 2024

Prompt 32: Stars (A)

Marinette was exhausted.

The door closed behind her, perhaps a bit louder than it usually did when she flopped against it and slammed it the rest of the way.  She thought about announcing herself, letting Luka know she was home, but if the door hadn’t made it obvious…she sighed and flopped her head back against it.

Her feet hurt.  Her ankles were swollen.  She had a headache.  And her newest salesgirl, a sweet girl still in lycée who was ok with customer service and absolutely hopeless with a needle, had eaten the dumplings Sabine had dropped off for her lunch.  And if Marinette hadn’t been seven and a half months pregnant and grumpy (hormonal) to boot, she might have forgiven her for it.  Gen was sweet enough, but those had been her dumplings.  She had been too queasy to eat them the day before, and she’d been looking forward to them.

…Jocelyn had casually suggested she fine her as she’d handed Marinette the takeout menu for the bistro down the street, but Marinette was trying to be understanding.  Kind.

She was better than that, dammit.

“Darning?” Luka called, and she sighed as she pushed herself off the door – or tried to.  He popped his head out of the hallway, grinning when he saw her.  “Finally.”

“…I will cut you, Couffaine,” she grumped.  He was chuckling as he walked over to her, the sound warm and gooey like chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven.  She smiled as it washed over her – and then as he was beside her, pulling her up from the door and into his arms.  She melted against him, at least as best she could with her stupid belly in the way.  “…better.”

“Welcome home,” he said, kissing her temple.  “Dinner’s in the oven.  Joce called and said you might be hungry.”

“…tattler,” she harrumphed.  He chuckled and nudged her back, and when her head tilted towards him he stole a kiss.  She sighed against his lips, smiling.  “…ok.  Making up for it.”

“I have a surprise for you,” he said.  She groaned at the words: she was thoroughly sick of surprises by this point.  She was going to scream if he opened that door and another baby shower was waiting behind it, she thought as he started walking backwards, leading her towards the…nursery.  Because it wasn’t a guest room anymore, was it?  It was a nursery, or the starts of one.  It wasn’t quite ready yet, and she was a little anxious about that, but he assured her they still had time.  “I found something amazing for the baby.”

“…Couffaine amazing or Dupain-Cheng amazing?” she asked, frowning, because the last time he’d said that he’d ended up sleeping on the couch for the night.  (Well.  Part of the night, because she hadn’t really been able to sleep with him out there and not tucked around her.)  He chuckled and stopped outside the door, turning back to her to kiss her again.

“Harmonika amazing,” he murmured against her lips.  She rolled her eyes as he led her into the darkened room, towards the rocking chair she’d set up in the corner.

“We are not calling her that,” she said.  “I like Harmony, but I draw the line at bluegrass instruments.”

“It’ll grow on you,” he chuckled.  He sat her down in the chair, and she rolled her eyes.  “It’s a Couffaine tradition, Marinette.”

“That your mother started,” she huffed.

“Tradition,” he chuckled.  “Now.  Close your eyes.”

“…Luka,” she sighed.  He kissed her forehead and squeezed her hands.

“Close your eyes,” he said.  “Please?”

“Fine,” she huffed, but only because he was so cute when he asked like that.  She settled back in the chair and closed her eyes, and the next thing she knew he had dropped a large bundled something in her arms.  She frowned and started to open her eyes, but he laid a hand over them and clicked his tongue.

“Ah-ah-ah,” he tutted, tapping her nose.  “Not yet.”

“What am I holding?” she asked, feeling the bundle.  It felt like the throw she usually kept on the couch, rolled and bundled up to represent…”Luka, is this supposed to be our baby?  Star, she’s not gonna be this big for ages yet!”

“Humor me,” he said.  He sounded like he was on the other side of the room.  She heard a click, and then a gentle whirring.  “Ok, I think…yes.  Now.”

She opened her eyes, and then she sucked in a breath.  She almost dropped the ‘baby’.

It was beautiful.

The lights were still off, the shade on the window drawn, but the ceiling and walls were covered in thousands, millions of tiny stars.  She noticed a projector sitting on top of the changing table – they’d have to move it, because surely it couldn’t stay there when they’d need to actually use that table – casting the little pinpricks of lights all over the room.  She was reminded of photographs she had seen of the desert at night – or of the few times she had actually been to space, as Cosmobug.

It was breathtaking.

“I was going to get those old glow in the dark stars you can stick to the ceiling,” he said as he walked back over to her.  He stood behind the chair and laid his hands on her shoulders, his smile warm as he looked up at the ceiling.  “This seemed better.  What do you think?”

“I love it,” she said, looking up at him with a watery smile.  She was going to start crying again, she just knew it.  He was so dumb like that.  “I love you.”

He knelt beside the chair, pausing to kiss her on his way down.

“I love you,” he said.  When he was settled, he pressed a kiss to her belly.  “Both of you.”

[piromina]

giving me lukanette vibes

[ladyfreya123]

LBSC Lukanette Week. Day 7. Cozy

@lovebugs-and-snakecharmers

[haphira]

LBSC Lukanette Week (Drabbles)

7. Craft / Cozy

Luka pulled the covers higher to his chest, the ratted old blanket offered little warmth in the chill hull. Marinette snuggled closer to him, cozy in his bed.  

“Mmm, you’re so warm,” Marinette murmured. Luka chuckled and kissed Marinette’s forehead.

“Any plans for the rest of today?” Luka asked, he hugged Marinette closer. SHe leaned her head on his shoulder.

“Just working on a crafting a blanket.”

“Sounds fun, want to tell me about it?” Luka looked intrigued. Marinette looked up from under her eyelashes, thinking about what to tell Luka.

“Well, it’s going to be knitted, with blue colored yarns. I have a special pattern I’m using and I hope the finished product turns out well.”  

“What kind of pattern is it?”  

“It’s a surprise.” Marinette said mischievously. Luka looked stunned.  

“It’s for me?” Marinette nodded. He smiled brightly at her.  

“Thank you.”  

“You haven’t even seen it yet!” Marinette exclaimed.

“Don’t need to, to know that it will be amazing.” Luka said, brushing back her hair and kissing her hair line. Marinette blushed. Luka was so sweet to her; she couldn’t believe how lucky she was sometimes.  

“Can I get a hint?” Luka pleaded, giving Marinette his best smolder. Marinette’s blush deepened.

“W-well, it has a snake pattern on it,” She mumbled. Luka stilled; a flush of pink heated his cheeks.  

“You are truly miraculous Marinette.”  

“Thank you. I wanted to pay tribute to your time as Viperion while still being subtle. If I get the pattern right, I don’t think most people will notice the connection.” Luka hid his grin in her hair and kissed the top of her head once more. Luka sighed.

“We will have to get up soon to make dinner.”  

“But I’m cozy!”  

“Me too, love, and I would never say no to more cuddles.” Marinette laughed.

“Five more minutes, then we will be productive.” Marinette said, she rubbed her head against his shoulder and gave a sigh, Luka hugged her closer once again and enjoyed the moment.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 

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the timing of miraculous will always boggle me how chat blanc took place on may 2nd, and somehow all of season four and five took place in like three weeks, and also that the couffaines are, by default, geminis

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LBSC Lukanette week

For the LBSC Lukanette week following the @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers prompts.

I’m planning to write this one as a long one-shot story... 👀

AO3

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Time | Style | Cool down | Project

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Project

When her teacher announced that her partner for the science project would be Juleka, Marinette sighed dejectedly. She had never talked to the girl dressed in black and hair dyed purple, but all she knew was she had never heard her voice or how she didn't separate from her best friend Rose. Oh, and she was quite certain she wasn't good with science. Great .

When her best friend Alya told her that Jukeka lived on a boat, she had thought she was joking. The next day, at the address she was given, she had no choice but to believe her eyes.

As expected, without effective communication (Juleka only spoke with a bunch of incomprehensible mumbles) the project was falling apart. Marinette took a moment to get some air with the excuse of a phone call when the sounds of a guitar picked her attention. Suddenly, her stress flew away and calm found its way to her heart through the music. She looked for the source of the beautiful notes, and saw a boy with blue hair at the back of the ship.

"I'm Luka, Juleka's brother, '' he introduced himself, his playing never stopping. She was so fascinated she nearly missed introducing herself.

Everything improved after the meeting: her mood, Juleka's confidence and assertiveness and communication. For the first time, with Luka helping them with the project, Marinette could see friendship blooming between her and the siblings- and maybe something more than friendship when it came to the boy… her heart melted every time he smiled at her, which was too often to be 'casual'.

So when the teacher asked what was the best part of the project, Alya teased with an amused chuckle: "Juleka's brother" and the blush didn't leave her face during the whole project presentation.

To be fair, Alya was probably right, because after a few weeks hanging out in the Liberty with her new friend Juleka and her brother Luka, she started dating the latter when a natural, heartfelt beautiful confession led them to their first kiss.

Oh, and, of course, the project was a success. Even if it wasn't the best way to find out, through all the mistakes, that Luka's grades in science were as bad as hers and his sister's.

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Aaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeesssssssss I am dying 🤣🤣🤣🖤🖤🖤

The expressions! The tumble! The Jagged shirt reacting (I am such a sucker for the face on the shirt pulling expressions, too)! The immediate jump to "ok, guess we're kidnapping her" - "Dingo no/Dingo yes!" I love it so much. This is amazing, and there's All The Endorphins, and this brightened my day so much - thank you! 🖤🖤🖤

And a close up of Marinette.

Alternative sayings for Dingo:

"Time to take out find the competition. "

"I'm gonna go steal her box"

"Good thing you have me to wingman"

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[lineith]

Goat!Luka to complete the pair. I ditched the logic I've kept for Luka's designs and embraced the "technological" look of the brush. I also gave him slightly longer hair because the girls can't be the only ones having luscious locks, just saying~ I must admit that this is my second take at it after a failed proportions attempt last week (ノへ￣、) The old design had boots and was mostly asymmetrical.

|Check my Miraculous Ladybug tag for redesigns and lukanette content| |DO NOT REPOST MY WORK|

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Weekly Lukanette Link Roundup

Sorry guys I know I've been really inconsistent the past few months getting this out on time/on a weekly basis as advertised. Let's all hope that when school starts up again I can be a little more on the ball. 😂

What is the Weekly Roundup? | Previous Weekly Roundups

From @celestiall0tus: Long Road Ch 12

From @rierse: Luck Be A Lady Ch 1 | Wanna Bet, Marinette? Ch 1-4 (Complete? I think? Yay!)

From @mystic-myrtille: The soulmate train Ch 1

From @goldenlaurelleaveswrites: Juleka vs. The Forces of the Universe Ch 19 | Ch 20 (Complete!! Great job!!)

From @omnoramayday with art by @hamsteriffic: Hymn for the Missing

From @smileytrinity: Just Friends...?

From @verfound: Evening, Officer

If I missed something that should be included, reblog, reply, DM, or drop the link in my asks and I’ll make sure it goes on next week’s roundup! If you prefer not to be included in these roundups for any reason please drop me a message, or if you post something that you would like to be sure I include, please drop a link in my asks and I’ll make sure it gets listed (Lukanette endgame only please - see what is the weekly roundupfor more details). If you want to be sure I’ve flagged your work for inclusion you can check the quickroundup tag on my blog to see what I’ve got in the queue for this week.

If you find something you like please like/reblog the original post to let the author know you enjoyed their work!

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WIP Wednesday: 04.10.2024

I think I've added another two chapters to this fic because Jagged, and I'm not even sorry.

Juleka had called Rose in the next day, and they shanghaied Marinette for a day of cheesy romcoms, mani pedis, and too much ice cream. They had all been sprawled out on the couch, passing a bowl of popcorn between them, when Jagged had shambled down the stairs in gold-striped boxers and a purple tank top, his hair a mess and his socks falling off his feet. Luka had been in the middle of saying something to her when she squeaked, and he looked away from the screen to find her eyes were wide and her mouth was hanging open.

“Oh my God, it’s Jagged Stone!” she hissed when he poked her arm, and he turned to find her staring at his dad as said dad scratched his stomach and yawned. Luka groaned and threw a pillow at him.

“Gross, Dad!” he called. “Put some fucking pants on!”

“My house, kid!” Jagged snapped back as he chucked the pillow back towards the couch. Luka caught it before it could hit Marinette in the face. “I’ll wear pants when I damn well feel like it! After coffee!”

He continued on to the kitchen, and Luka rolled his eyes before looking back at Marinette. She was still staring after his dad with wide eyes, a light blush on her face. He reached over and laid a hand on her knee.

“Hey, you ok?” he asked.

“It’s just Dad,” Juleka said, looking over Rose’s head at her. Rose was oblivious, squealing as something happened on screen and crushing the popcorn in her hand as she wiggled. “You knew who our dad was.”

“I know, but…I mean he’s never here!” Marinette hissed, gesturing blindly. “I’ve never actually met him before!”

“Rock ‘n roll is busy work,” Jagged’s sleep-grumbled voice said beside her, and Marinette squeaked and threw herself into Luka as she turned and found Jagged Stone leaning against the back of the couch, right beside her. He grinned at her and held out a hand. “Hey. I’m Jay.”

“She knows who you are, Dad,” Luka said, rolling his eyes. He squeezed her shoulders, rubbing them absently as she shook against him. “She’s kind of a huge fan.”

“No shit?” Jagged laughed, Marinette nodded mutely, and he wiggled his fingers at her. “You ok there, kid?”

“FINE!” Marinette screeched, and when Jagged’s eyebrows rose she groaned and slapped her burning face in her hands. “I-I mean yes! Sorry! I…oh my God, kill me now…”

“Dad, this is Marinette,” Juleka drawled, grinning at her when she peeked out over her fingertips. “Our friend from school.”

“’Friend’, huh? You two seemed pretty close last night,” Jagged said, grinning at Luka. He wiggled his fingers again as Luka groaned. Marinette smiled nervously and took his hand, giving it a timid shake. “Nice to meet you, Marinette.”

“S-same,” she said. “I…I really am a big fan. Your last album got me through finals.”

“Don’t tell him that — his ego’s big enough,” Luka groaned.

“Is that so?” Jagged laughed, giving her hand a firmer shake. “Happy to help. I like her, Lu.”

“Dad,” Luka hissed, but Jagged just waved him off and told them all to behave (the fact that it was Jagged meant none of them took him seriously). He was off to the basement studio with a mug of coffee and a plate a few minutes later, and Luka sighed as he dropped his head back against the couch. “You get used to him. Sorry.”

But Marinette just smiled and settled against him, reaching for the popcorn as she turned her attention back to the movie. If Juleka shot him a look over her soulmate’s head when Marinette stayed there, tucked against him, Luka pretended to ignore it.

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Sorry if you've already talked about this but I just found your blog and I have a question. I basically stopped watching the show and Gang of Secrets but I'd like to know your thoughts on how the show handles secret identities?

Personally I really like secret identites as a trope and the way you can use it to make different character dynamics, and I feel like the show underutilizes it at best and at worst seem actively annoyed by the constraint they gave themselves.

Like this is somehow a show where when Alya and Nino found out each other's identities, it directly contributed to them each getting taken out in Heroes' Day, and when Marianne got Akumatized she instantly spilled the Guardian's existence, and both time the two leads have had identity reveals it lead to a world-destroying catastrophe, and yet half the fandom and seemingly the writers act like it's at most and inconvenience?

Let me know if I'm off or seasons 4 and later do anything to contradict me but it was one of my issues at least and I felt like there were so many fun things they could have done with the set up. Sorry again if this is too long/rambly or whatever lol

Long asks are fine! Heavens knows I tend to make long posts. It's why I use the queue instead of just posting things as I get them.

Anyway, secret identities and identity shenanigans are the things that brought me to this show. They're nothing new in superhero setups, but most shows in this genre have the identity stuff as more of a fun bonus element than the main focus. The idea of a show that was more centered around these concepts via a romance plot sounded like a blast!

It has not been a blast.

The main problem with the identity stuff is that the show's guiding rule seems to be maintaining the secret identities at all cost because a reveal means no more love square and, at this point, it's pretty clear that thy're going to drag the love square out until the bitter end. This means that they actively avoid anything which puts them into a position to push a reveal. The problem with that is that the love square isn't some cute running gag that has no real impact on the plot. The love square is the show's main focus, so you cannot treat it the way you normally treat an identity shenanigans setup.

To give an example for contrast, the show Phineas and Ferb has a running gag involving the titular characters' pet platypus Perry. Unbeknownst to the boys, Perry is a secret agent who saves the world on a regular basis while his "owners" remain oblivious to the fact that Perry is anything more than a normal pet platypus. It's a good running gag because there's no reason why the boys need to find out Perry's secret. There is no overarching plot that's in limbo until this moment happens. It's just a silly thing that could be completely removed from the show without any major impacts.

Consider the difference between that and the love square. You remove the love square and you have a wildly different show because the love square isn't a gag, it's a plot and plots need to progress to feel meaningful. Marinette and Adrien should be growing closer on at least one side of the masks and they should be doing so in a way that makes it feel like the reveal is drawing ever closer.

For example, the fact that they're now dating should be a source of tension. The last time these two dated someone, they both ended up single due to the lies that come with a secret identity. But while Lukanette and Adrigami both lasted a few weeks at most, Adrienette got a whole season without a single identity-based conflict because acknowledging the identity conflict means progress on the reveal and we can't have that because the reveal is apparently being saved for the end of the show.

We don't even get much in the way of developing their relationship because letting them grow closer in a meaningful way means knowing more about each other which, once again, means that a reveal becomes inevitable. This is probably why we got the Derision retcon where Marinette suddenly couldn't talk to Adrien while dating him. No talking means no growing meaningfully closer means no reveal.

It's incredibly frustrating because reveal plots simply aren't structured to be long running plots. This is why most identity shenanigans media either focuses on the reveal and ends up relatively short (ex: the movie You Got Mail) or does the running gag thing where the identity stuff is a source of comedy, but the actual plot is something else that would technically work perfectly fine even if you removed the identity hi-jinx (ex: the anime Spy X Family).

When it comes to the love square, my preference is to take the first option and make it resolve within the first few seasons, but if we must draw it out until the show's end, then I would make all of the following changes to turn the square from a serious plot to more of a running gag:

Do NOT let Chat Noir confess. Instead, make it that he's always setting up romantic dates or confessions for Ladybug that end up stopped because of an akuma or fans or whatever. This would make Marinette's ongoing failures feel more balanced as they're both doing the same thing. It would also turn the confession into more of a comedy element instead of a dramatic one.

Focus more on plot elements unrelated to the love square, distracting the audience from the romance with shinny subplots like a Lila take down.

Don't have the secret identities be a source of conflict. Have Chat Noir totally uninterested in a reveal.

Have Hawkmoth be someone other than Gabriel. The less serious the show's basic setup, the less serious audiences will expect it to be

Of course, all of those are pretty massive changes to the show's basic setup, which is why I say they should have just let the reveal happen. Then they could have actually let all sorts of fun moments happen as we build to the reveal because it's no longer a thing that they writers have to avoid. As someone who has written multiple stories with a reveal, the fun really is planning it all out so that the tension and/or the comedy builds and builds to a dramatic crescendo where everything feels oh so satisfying.

When you live in fear of the reveal and awkwardly shoehorn things in, you get boring things like Gabriel's identity being leaked from a random play, Marinette's crush being revealed by freaking Andre, and Nino's identity reveal leading to nothing interesting because it can't because then we'd be drawing closer to a love square reveal and, well, you know the drill. It's also why you get messed up crappy episodes like Chat Blanc and Ephemeral. Episodes that are just there to prove that the reveal is a bad thing you shouldn't want!

There actually is solid logic as to why a reveal might not be the best move, but we don't even get to see that discussed. Chat Noir just pushes for a reveal because love while Ladybug stays focused on risk mitigation and it's so boring because a good show would let them have an honest discussion of the risks verses the rewards to help drive the conflict leading towards a reveal as a lot of the rewards are only realized if these two already know each other, which is a great tension build! But we can't build tension like that because then you'd be letting them have actual team dynamics where they talk about things and talking about things means bonding which means a build up to reveal and I think you know the drill by now...

This was a bit of a ramble, but hopefully it addressed your question! This is a broad topic that has a lot of ground to cover, so feel free to clarify if you wanted my thoughts on something else. I love identity reveals, so I am happy to babble about them. There's nothing more satisfying then setting up a good one, even if it takes tens of thousands of words to make it hit just right!

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Master Post of my Fics!

Updated as of 4/6/24! All links are for Ao3 and rated G/T unless noted otherwise. :)

Completed multi-chaptered Felinette fics:

Silver Lining

Ocelli (rated M)

Felinette Month 2021 (collection of unrelated oneshots)

Incomplete multi-chaptered Felinette fics:

The Royal Conundrum (permanent hiatus)

Felinette Spooktacular (discontinued)

Felinette Oneshots:

Fairy Circles

Spring in the Underworld

Blossom

History Lessons in Love

Quite A Life

And That's the Tea

Sand in the Eyes is a Beach

Stare

Delivery!

It Was in the Cards

Cat's Out of the Bag?

Guardian Angel

Kiss of Truth

Scaredy Cat

A Viper Means Trouble

On the Throne (rated M)

A Cup of Sugar

Heart Attack

A Curse Upon You

Gone Fishing

You Rock

I Couldn't Have, I Was Playing Hopscotch with Hawkmoth

Flower Crowns (rated M)

Counterparts

Most Eligible Bachelor (rated M)

Lukanette fics:

Scales and Tails (chaptered fic)

Bluebell Eyes (oneshot)

i can see the colors (when i'm with you) (oneshot)

Multi-Chaptered Lockwood & Co fics:

On the Fence (Locklyle, ongoing)

Lockwood & Co Oneshots:

if i see but one smile on your lips when we meet (Locklyle)

Lemon Glaze (Locklyle)

i'm an apostrophe; i'm just a symbol to remind you that there's more to see(Locklye)

simple as can be, i'm gonna be around (Trio bonding)

don't worry, I got you (Locklyle)

okay, show me (rated M) (Locklyle)

i'd draw you too (Locklyle)

you're the smartest person i know (George & Lucy bonding)

i can't wait for you (Minor Locklyle, mostly trio shenanigans)

do you recognize this? (Minor Locklyle, mostly trio shenanigans)

give me that, before anything happens (Trio shenanigans)

i wouldn't do that if i were you (Locklyle)

it's alright, i'm here (Locklyle)

tell me you feel it too (rated M) (Locklyle)

Use It to Fight For Your Life (TW for suicidal thoughts) (Minor Locklyle)

Hidden Knives (Locklyle)

Locklyle Week 2024:

Absolutely Floored (Day 1: Mission Gone Wrong)

Who Has the High Score? (Day 2: Arcade)

I Wasn't There to Protect You (Day 3: Don't go where I cannot follow)

Under the Umbrella (Day 4: Rain/Storm)

Paint your Heart (Day 5: High School AU)

Hear Me in the Quiet (Day 7: Free Day)

Star Wars:

You Cake My Day (Reylo, ongoing)

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ML Fanfic Recs for 2023: 40K - 60K Words

So I’ve been going through and adding particularly good fics I’ve read throughout the year. Only Complete fics, of course. Enjoy!

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The Two Worlds of Marinette by Liquifiedstars:

Marinette discovers a watch in her attic that allows her to travel back in time. Soon she is torn between her life with her rising star fiancé, Luka, and a romance with the enigmatic Adrien Agreste, who knows nothing of the fate that awaits him.

This fic is an AU based on the film The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan, which I’m afraid I’ve never seen. Still, I quite enjoyed this fic, with Marinette spending more and more time in the past, and trying to figure out the truth behind Adrien’s eventual death, and how to prevent it.

Fair warning to Lukanette fans though, Marinette does cheat on Luka during the fic, it comes with the AU. He takes it pretty well though.

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Stone Streak by kingxuppu

Ladybug and Violet Tigress had been fighting the mysterious Duskwing for eight years now. Through the years, the two have grown stronger together and even gotten married, they are waiting until they finally beat Duskwing to start a family. At least, that was the plan. When Juleka gets confronted with the realization that her friends are starting families of their own, she realizes just how badly she wants to be a mother.

Due to unfortunate circumstances, Juleka and Marinette get the chance to adopt Juleka's young modeling friend Adrien.

Maybe they aren't quite a traditional family, but with magic, rockstars, and fame, normal was never an option.

Via Discovery: There are actually two terms of venery for tigers, depending on the makeup of the group. The first is a streak of tigers and this refers to a female tiger and her cubs.

Now this is a rare pairing, there’s not a lot of Julenette fics! Adrien and Rose actually have some ship tease going on, the whole kid group in canon got broken up into two groups here, one that remained around canon age (so like 13) which notably consists of Chloe, Rose, and Adrien, and then I think everyone else are adults in their mid-twenties. It’s weird seeing Adrien as Marinette’s and Juleka’s son, but hey it works! I love how Juleka really showed Adrien the ropes on modeling and became a Mama tiger for him, the fic’s mostly just very sweet, though with a surprisingly dark final act. 

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The Parable of the Caller by @nemaliwrites

A week after Hawk Moth’s identity has been revealed, Adrien finds himself with nowhere to go, nothing he can do, and worst of all, strange gaps in his memory he can’t explain. In a stroke of luck, he stumbles upon a burner phone filled with voicemails from one of the Saviors of Paris: Chat Noir himself, who disappeared following Hawk Moth’s arrest.

But with each new voicemail Adrien listens to, he’s forced to confront the fact that there might be some kind of connection between himself and Chat Noir — and discovering it might leave him more broken than before.

I absolutely adore this fic, it’s a fantastic character study for Adrien! Basically in this universe, Ladybug and Chat Noir talked about who should be Guardian, with Chat eventually convincing her that he should be the one to take it on, primarily due to the whole “the Guardian gets amnesia about Miraculous-related matters” situation, and wanting to protect Ladybug from that. Then he finds out Gabriel is Hawk Moth, they take him down, and he relinquishes the Miracle Box and his guardianship to Su Han - all without having a Reveal with Ladybug, since well, he’s not in the greatest shape mentally at the time.

It’s a real treat to see Adrien’s thoughts and feelings about one of the Heroes of Paris leaving him all these voicemails, treating him like this close friend for reasons he doesn’t understand, and just seeing Chat Noir as this outside person. He’s got a very different viewpoint on Chat when looking from the outside than he would from the inside, with being able to see his heroic and good qualities far more easily when he doesn’t know that he is Chat.

Also Marinette’s struggling in the background of the fic with the loss of her partner and guilt over sending Adrien’s father to prison. It gets touched on at various points, and you can tell that she’s having her own story off to the side that we’re just not entirely privy to, what with this tale being told entirely from Adrien’s perspective.

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Miss Dial by @mysticraven20

Adrien Agreste has always considered Marinette Dupain-Cheng entertaining. Whether it was the endless back and forth of their banter, the clumsiness he found so cute or the fact her anger levels could go from 1-100 in a mere millisecond; he always found there was something about her... if only he could get to know her better.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng has always considered Adrien Agreste a pompous, arrogant asshole. From his constant teasing of her, to the obnoxious laugh at her discomfort and the way he could anger her quicker than any other human being; she knew she hated Adrien Agreste with all she was worth.

But what happens when Adrien accidentally sends the wrong text to the wrong person and a new friendship blossoms - a friendship deeper than either have ever known?

Will Marinette choose to stay faithful to the budding relationship with the boy on the other side of the phone?

Or will a new job with an old foe fill the loneliness in her heart?

Great Adrienette enemies au here! I thought Mystic did a great job explaining how Adrien could be under the impression that he and Marinette were at least sort-of friends, while Marinette hates his guts. Adrien’s not great at understanding social nuances. 

Most of the relationship-building here is actually between Adrien and Marinette in the real world, with Marinette gradually learning that she had the wrong idea about Adrien. Turns out, all their friends really want them to get alng (and maybe smooch XD).

Oh yeah, while the summary doesn’t mention this, this fic IS still set in the canon universe, so they’re juggling identities as Ladybug and Chat Noir on top of everything else. Monarch’s been pretty quiet though.

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Every Heartbeat by @epcot97

Reeling from a brutally difficult day, Marinette finds her life becomes amazingly complicated after impulsively inviting Chat Noir to spend the evening with her. But when the suave feline begins to weave his way into her heart, she realizes rather quickly just how conflicted her feelings for her partner truly are. (part of MariChat May 2021)

Okay so I’m cheating on this one just a little. This story was originally uploaded in 2021, but was taken down and then reuploaded in 2023. I didn’t read it the first time around, and I really enjoyed it and this is my list, so screw it, I’m including it.

Really lovely Marichat fic here! Gabriel fires Marinette from her designer job for unfair reasons, so Chat goes to comfort her and help her set up her own fashion business, becoming closer and closer as they do so. 

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Midwinter Serendipity by Cakedecorator

Marinette is a normal woman living in her parents' bakery with her parents, and they have a monthly tradition: they take their bakery leftovers and any handmade clothes that Marinette has made and bring them to the local homeless shelter.

To paraphrase a common idiom, the best laid plans of people often go awry. In this case, they have to stop in the middle of everything when they find a young man lying out cold while IN the cold.

After they bring him to the hospital and he wakes up, they realize that he has a huge problem: he can't remember anything other than his first name! What will the family do?!

This is just a really comfy fic for most of it, though with some angst thrown in too. Adrien adores getting to spend time with the Dupain-Chengs, and honestly doesn’t WANT to remember his past, since the glimpses and memories and emotions he has recovered have indicated to him that they aren’t great, and he’s happy with his current situation. 

Unfortunately, just because he doesn’t want to forget his past, doesn’t mean his past will just forget about him.

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The second Multimouse gets the Chat by charliepoet13

After a harshly fought battle Ladybug and Chat Noir have claimed the Mouse Miraculous. Obviously Marinette needs to test the strange new ring, and obviously the best way to do that is patrols with Chat. No, she will not be taking comments.

This is as adorable a fic as it sounds like! Marinette refuses to look into WHY, exactly, she really likes running around with Chat as Multimouse, even when she really needs a break. 

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Ladybugged Series by RillRull

Summary of the first fic in the series, Ladybugged:

In which Ladybug accidentally gets turned into a ladybug, and it’s up to Chat Noir to fix it.

It turns out potion making is really hard when your best friend is a bug and you’re just some guy in a cat suit.

If you like “the heroes turn into animals” stories, this series should be right up your alley! The first one features Ladybug accidentally turning herself into a ladybug and Chat trying to figure out how to turn her back, the second fic follows up on some plot threads from the first fic, and then the final fic in the series, Catified, has Chat intentionally turn himself into a cat for the weekend (after making sure that everyone thinks that he’s at Nino’s place and that Nino will cover for him) because he thinks it’ll be fun, and him staying over with Marinette! I’m a sucker for these kinds of stories so they were a real treat to read XD.

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I (Wish I) Knew You by @buggachat

University has been hard on Marinette. Making new friends and maintaining her grades is a lot easier said than done when she has to disappear at odd times to fight akumas. She's struggling, and with Alya away with family and Adrien painfully out of reach, she's never felt lonelier.

If only she could talk to someone who really understood her struggles... but it's not like Chat Noir would know anything about loneliness. Right?

Nice aged-up Ladynoir fic here! Marinette’s struggling with losing friends and lovers because of her flakiness due to her superhero activities, until at last she breaks down. Thankfully, Chat Noir’s there at least - and it soon turns out he’s got problems of his own that he’s been hiding.

There’s some fluff and angst, it’s mostly just the two of them navigating life, dealing with their feelings and talking things out.

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Found by @trishacollins

Chat Noir and Ladybug need to tie up some loose ends. Unfortunately, one of those ends is Felix.

This is a fantastic fic! It’s part of a wider series wherein Adrien and Felix were friends with Nooroo and Duusu from a younger age, but Adrien’s memory was wiped of it by his parents, but this is the first fic you really need to read. Basically, after the events of Emotion, Chat confronts Felix about what he did, and Felix confesses to being a Sentibeing, and Duusu reveals to Chat that he is one as well, leading to Felix cooperating with the heroes. 

Of all the fics I’ve read that tackle the subject, this one does the best job of giving Felix a redemption arc for his actions in the season 4 finale, focusing not only on how he hurt the heroes, but the kwamis. I loved that he truly understood how much he fucked up with the situation he put the kwamis in, how much suffering he put them through, and that the kwamis were allowed to be angry at him for awhile afterwards, to be suspicious and untrusting towards him at first (and that Marinette was allowed to do the same). Felix screwed up and hurt people, and he had to really show that he understood what he did was wrong, why it was wrong, and try to help the people he hurt.

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In Direct Opposition by @generalluxun

Alya Cesaire is a brand new student to Francis Dupont, to Paris even. The first student she meets is one Chloé Bourgeois, and Alya is determined to make a friend. Things advance Chaotically. Her new 'friend' is definitely a handful, and suddenly Paris has a supervillain and two brand new superheroes! Alya finds herself balancing a lot of things, trying to live up to her ideals and those of her icons.

And then reality seems to contradict itself.

As time progresses it seems to happen more often. Becoming a hero, battling villains, staying alive, working through friendships. Something is lurking, tweaking events at times, changing them, and no one seems aware. Alya will need all her wits to get to the bottom of this. Her investigative mind can only get her so far though, and then she needs to rely on her friends. This is not a foe you can beat head on.

I betaed this entire fic, it’s really good! I adore the focus on Alya’s philosophy here, her determination to be a hero, to help people and defeat evil - and that defeating evil means trying to reform the people doing bad things when possible, to try to save EVERYONE, even the “villain”. I thought it was really clever the ways Alya would redirect Chloe and subtly encourage her to be a better person, while also trying to get the people around her to give her a second chance and keep an open mind. 

Also Alya and Chloe are an adorable sapphic couple XD.

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Chemistry With Him by @bbutterflies

It kind of sucked Nino was taking chemistry, but classes had filled up fast and he needed to take something and his advisor had said the credits would, somehow, count towards his major. It really sucked he was taking it first thing on a Monday morning (and Wednesdays, and Fridays, unfortunately). But he could get through it. He knew he could.

So no more boys. No distractions. He could do this all on his own.

“Is anyone sitting here?”

Nino looked up to find the source of the voice. A blond, green-eyed, absolutely beautiful someone.

Okay. Maybe one distraction.

Ah, adorable Adrino. This is a universe where Adrien never went to public school, so while Chat Noir, Ladybug, Carapace, and Rena Rouge all know each other (and Marinette, Alya, and Nino all know each other’s identities) they’re unaware that they are all already friends with Adrien. I loved seeing Chat and Carapace excitedly tell each other about their awesome crush/boyfriend, not knowing they were talking about each other XD.

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LBSC Lukanette Week (Drabbles)

6. Truth / Colors

Bright colors slammed into his eyes; Luka blinked a couple times trying to orient himself but felt the wind rushing past and a lightness to his body that wasn’t normal. When everything stopped moving, he looked up to see Ladybug standing over him, looking concerned. He realized he was sitting on the ground.

“Are you alright Luka?”  

“Yeah, better now, just a bit disorienting.” He replied. Ladybug nodded satisfied. He stood up to face her properly.

“Look I hate to do this but this Akuma is a tough one and I'm going to need your second chance to defeat him.”  

Luka watched as Ladybug reached into her yo-yo and pulled out a familiar black and red box.

“Yeah, I’ll help however I can.” He took the box, said hello to sass before transforming into Viperion. They both leapt back into battle where Chat Noir was keeping the Akuma busy, a couple of people stood to the sides of the street looking confused. Just what did this Akuma do?

“Set your second chance.” Ladybug commanded. Viperion did as she asked and not a moment too soon. Chat got blasted by the Akuma and he started singing poetry about Ladybug. Okay, weird. Viperion was going to ask what powers the Akuma had when Ladybug got hit next. Dread filled his veins. Ladybug stopped heading toward the Akuma and turned around to face him again. Viperion gulped as Ladybug strode over to him with Chat following close behind. The Akuma, for the moment, seemed satisfied. Content to watch things unfold. Viperion took a step back when Ladybug reached out for him, smiling with a love-struck expression, and then hurt covered her face.  

“Don’t you love me?” Ladybug asked him, his heart started racing, because it was true, he loved her, or more specifically the civilian underneath. And the truth is he couldn’t answer her or else risk her identity.  

“But I’m in love with you, I thought you felt the same.” Ladybug continued, tears gathered in her eyes, off to the side Chat got angry at her words, spilling dark and possessive poetry that greatly concerned Viperion. Shaking his head, Viperion reached for his bracelet slowly behind his back, trying to not catch the attention of the Akuma, and quickly swiped the snake head back returning to the moment before Chat got hit.

Viperion took action and flung himself over Ladybug rolling them to the safety behind a chimney. Ladybug blushed at how close they were but Viperion didn’t notice. Quickly getting up and offering his hand, Viperion gave an edited run down of what the Akuma’s powers were, the ability to make you act in true romantic ways to the person you love. Chat was wondering around calling for Ladybug waxing poetry again but Viperion took no notice of him.  

“We need to talk after the fight, it’s about Chat Noir but right now I think your Lucky Charm is the best bet to win.” Ladybug nodded and summoned her Charm and the two of them worked in sync to take down the Akuma without having to reset again.  

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