#Macaque is a smelly monkey and he always will be

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Pragmatic Analysis of whichever Temporary Holders were really needed

Season 2:

"Anansi"- Only necessary for DjWifi's romantic scene, where Shell-ter is used as essentially glorified scissors. Verdict: Not necessary. Ladybug (JadeBug?) would be fully able to do it herself, or do it "traditional way" (defeat Anansi, then cast Miraculous Cure, which would also free Alya from Anansi's web) 

"Sapotis" - Platonic Alyanette was cute, but Ladybug could just give Fox Miraculous to Chat Noir to unify with his own, so... Verdict: Not Necessary.

"Maledictator" - Ladybug was unable to break through mind-controlled blockade on her own, while Chat Noir got kitty-brain-ed, so he was unable to help her. Verdict: Necessary

"Heroes' Day" two-parter - In-Character, Temporary Holders were necessary, due to Ladybug wanting as much people as possible against Scarlet Army. Meta-Wise, their only role was to get akumatized by Scarlet Moth to (very cheaply in my opinion) "increase the stakes", but even their Akumatized Forms just dind nothing except looking dangerous, then being taken out by group of random Parisians. Verdict: Technically Necessary

Season 3:

"Startrain" - Markov was doing actual "helping", while Pegasus was majorly just tagging-along, so Markov, PegaBug and Chat Noir would be sufficient team against Startrain. Verdict: Not Necessary

"Desperada" - Without saying. Verdict: Necessary

"Party Crasher" - Viperion, Carapace and Pegasus (along with Chat Noir, but he isn't Temporary Holder) did semi-decent job of containing titular Akumatized Villain before Ladybug arrived, so they get "Verdict: Necessary", while King Monkey wouldn't be necessary if Ladybug arrived with Rena Rogue (Rena Rogue deceives Party Crasher with illusion of Ladybug, then LadyBee venoms him from behind), so he gets "Verdict: Not Necessary"

"Ikari Gozen" - DragonBug would be able to do exactly the same thing that Ryuuko used to defeat her akumatized mother, so... Verdict: Not Necessary

Season 4:

"Guiltrip" - Ladybug could just use Lucky Charm to escape Guiltrip, destroy his Amok, then easily defeat Reflekta (if latter didn't just willingly give up her Akumatized Item) Verdict: Not Necessary

"Crocoduel" - Ladybug and Chat Noir would easily defeat Crocoduel if they just used Space Power-Ups (and either of them could use unification if Tiger Miraculous was absolutely necessary) Verdict: Not Necessary 

"Queen Banana" - Vesperia did basically the same thing that Chat Noir always does (annoying Akuma of the Week, then getting taken out in retaliation), so... Verdict: Not Necessary

"PenalTeam" - There are two ways to defeat titular Chloe's newest akumatized form: 1) Snake Noir and Lady Macaque (my name for Marinette's Ladybug/Monkey unification) do exactly the same tactic as Miraculous Team canonicslly used, but just by herself 2) Pegabug tekeports hersrlf and Chat Noir out of dome, then he cataclysms PenalTeam's akumatized item, thus bypassing need to fight with her entirely. Verdict: Not Necessary. ALL of Temporary Holders

"Gang of Secrets" - Ladybug could just unify Ox Miraculous with her own, and she would be able to literally defeat Gang of Rehashes just by herself with song on her lips (even if it would be "Smelly Wolf")

"Wishmaker" - Verdict: Necessary (even if it was for unnecessary side-plot about Luka finding about Ladybug and Chat Noir's civilian identities)

"Strikeback" - Only necessary Temporary Holder was Flairmidable (if only Ladybug somehow deceived Felix with fake Miraculous Box that is full of wax miraculous, then his part in episode would be perfect). Rest of them were not only unnecessary, but their only role in episode was to indirectly empower Strikeback. Verdict: Necessary for Flairmidable, Unnecessary for rest of Temporary Holders.

Season 5:

"Evolution" - Alix became Canigirl after Ladybug and Chat Noir had perfect opportunity to take ALL of Monanch's Miraculous from him after he fainted, so Verdict: Unnecessary 

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Yeah its....

Honestly I don't mind them giving out the other Miraculous and the Unification stuff, but they really need to explain more on why they do one or the other.

[winterpower98]

Ideas/ Quotes for the hidden in Plain Sight AU

Wukong: Sometimes I can still hear his voice

Macaque: Stinky, smelly monkey man

Mei: I got you headphones to help with the noise!

Macaque: Kid I’m gonna need two more pairs for starters

Sandy: *Leaves out food and water*

Macaque: Mei stop trying to domesticate me with snacks.

Oh man, what if Sandy always knew Macaque was there but used “new stray cat” when talking about him. So he was covering for him in Pigsy or Tang noticed anything weird

Pigsy: The kitchen’s a mess, what happened?

Sandy: The stray was up late last night. Must’ve had the Zoomies.

Tang: Can we meet the new cat of yours?

Sandy: Ah, no they like to be alone but one of the younger ones has taken a liking to him. I’m sure he’ll greet you all when he’s ready.

Mk: Does the new kitty have a name?

Sandy: *Panics* …Shadow

Macaque: *wakes up delirious*

Sandy: How you feelin’ buddy?

Macaque: *Hisses*

Sandy: *sprays him with a squirt bottle* Bad kitty.

Macaque: The kids told me you have a new cat? Some black emo loner type? I didn’t notice any like that.

Sandy: It’s you. You’re the cat.

Macaque: *Shocked and Offended*

Sany: I fed you mostly seafood, how did you not notice?

Macaque: Wait, you’ve been leaving me the snacks?

Mei: *Uses a laser pointer*

Macaque: That’s not going to work. I’m not a cat.

Wukong: The shiny dot’s back! DIE!

THESE ARE ALL GLORIOUS

I'm going to snatch a few of these for some doodles