#Maribat Red Wasp

[its-maemain]

Childhood Friends Tim and Zoé my ravishingly beloved and beloathed.

That friend you don't see too often but can't help but gravitate to every time. That one friend that when they pull away it hurts incomprehensibly. That one friend that you can find no matter what yet know nothing of them once you have. That one friend that feels like it all went the wrong way…

[maribat-menagerie]

Current Standings As of 6/25

Ships have come out of the shadows to liven up the race! Garnet Guardians received their hit with a Lapped Seams (Konette) and Rhodonite Ravagers got another racer in the mix with Alley Cat (Jaydrien)!

Will these standings stay frozen? Will there be more shadow snipers that enter the fray to win it by the end of the day?

Current Standings Written Out:

Red Wasp: 4 Alley Cat: 2 Lapped Seams: 1 All Other Ships: 0

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All fics are welcome so long as they focus on the selected ship and said is established by the end of the fic! (If there is something such as one partner being dead, just make sure it is clear that they were in a romantic relationship of some kind)

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[mae-dwrites]

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Group: Rhodonite Ravagers

Ship: Red Wasp ; Vesperake ; Tim Drake/Zoé Lee

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Zoé tapped her fingers on the wheel as she watched the light. She blew out a breath and stretched so she was pressed against her seat.

She was now wishing she’d just stayed home, or better yet been on the subway. But Tim had insisted she take the car, because he wasn't using it today. Even though he knows that taking the subway is faster, and you're less likely to end up with this.

You know what, maybe they should have moved to California for her job, maybe she should have moved to Gotham full-time.

But no. No. They both agreed on New York, so he’d stop focusing on vigilante things better, and so she could take a break from filming for a bit.

Zoé pulled ahead when finally the people ahead of her started going. She let out a soft huff as she kept having to stop and go. Next time, she was not letting Tim talk her into using the car again. She’ll just go and get on the subway, like she usually did.

Half an hour later she was pulling into the parking complex. Which made her think of another thing! If they didn't have the car in the first place they wouldn't have the parking fee on their monthly bills.

She tried to tell Tim that they didn't need a car, but he wouldn't listen. It’s not her fault he grew up in a quicker-to-navigate city. Truly that was possibly a blessing, living in a densely populated area that could still be easily transported around.

Zoé rubbed her hands down her face and let out an exhausted breath.

She’s home; work’s good; Tim is making dinner; she could relax.

She grabbed her purse and locked the car up before heading to their apartment. Zoé glanced between the staircase and the elevator, she knew the obvious answer. She had already made the decision before even making here, but she was considering taking the stairs to maybe help wake her up a bit more.

She pursed her lips before rolling her eyes, having made up her mind. Soon enough she was in the elevator, slouching against the cool metal transport box.

She really hoped Tim wasn’t finished with dinner, meaning she could just lie down for a hot second before eating. She couldn’t even remember what they agreed on…or what Tim chose. Whatever it was, she knew it would be good.

The elevator dinged and Zoé brought herself up, grabbing her keys out of her purse. She as quickly as she could for as tired as she felt unlocked the door, being sure to lock it behind her.

The smell of pepper, eggs, and bacon was what first registered to her senses. Zoé couldn’t help herself, she closed her eyes inhaling the smell of food in their home with a pleased hum. She had slipped off her shoes before she even reopened her eyes, a rather large smile on her face as she hung up her purse and coat.

The blond was a little more than eager making her down the short hallway to the rest of their home, hanging her keys despite her fast steps. She had to stop abruptly at what greeted her over the countertops to the kitchen.

Her boyfriend in his favorite pair of Batman-themed pajama bottoms, her daffodil diagram crop top, and headphones that also acted to help hold his hair back from his face.

Zoé’s mouth had been slightly parted in confusion at the scene before her, but she slowly leaned against the wall as a small, soft, and extremely amused smile graced her lips. She held herself at her elbows and let her head rest against the wall, watching her boyfriend nod his head side to side to whatever music may be playing. She had no doubt he already knew she was there. He was simply enjoying himself in the kitchen.

Tim turned to her and gave a wide smile, “Dinner’s almost ready.”

Zoé pressed her lips together in a tight smile, one that made her eyes squint at him. She didn’t want to move, just watch this moment, this moment of her adorable boyfriend walking around the kitchen with a stolen shirt.

Wasn’t that her job? To steal his clothes? There’s rules weren’t there?

It only made sense for Tim to break even the silliest of rules.

“Welcome home,” the shirt thief said lovingly as he made his way to her, “Dinner’s done.”

“I see that,” Zoé spoke as she stopped leaning against the wall.

“Really? You look close to passing out,” he teased.

Zoé locked her fingers on the nape of his neck and leaned her head back, “Promise I’m not quite there Rob.”

“You sure Honey,” he leaned closer to her, and reached his hands around her to hold his wrists.

“I’m quite sure,” she insisted in an almost whisper. She leaned up, both of them smiling as they kissed, but Zoé had to pull away. A soft laugh came from her lips and she brought one her hands to cover her mouth.

“What,” Tim’s brows came down in confusion, and his mouth practically a pout.

“You’re scratchy,” Zoé giddily snickered behind her hand.

Tim frowned and reached for his face, rubbing the light stubble that had started making itself known. His voice was a little disheartened, “Guess I forgot the past few nights. I’ll shave tonight.”

“No,” Zoé grabbed his face. She grinned, “I like it.” Almost as though to prove it she kissed him again. With a bright smile she said, “You should grow it out a little. You’ve never had much facial hair.”

“I have,” Tim argued, but Zoé shook her head.

“Fake ones don’t count,” she stated firmly. She looked between his eyes and the stubble, she ran her thumb over it, “Just try it out.”

Tim sighed, “Because you asked.”

“Thank you,” she extended the second word before kissing the man again.

[maribat-staturdays]

Ao3 Ship Tracking: January 18th, 2025

For Previous Stats, check below the lists!

Maribat Ships

Daminette = 2171

Jasonette = 882

Timari = 668

Dickinette = 353

Cassette = 104

Brucinette = 91

Konette = 48

SpeedBuggie* = 25

Marave = 14

Marivy = 1

Adribat Ships

AdriDami = 30

Alley Cat* = 28

Timdrien = 24

Pun Lovers* = 8

Mirabat Ships (Other Miraculous x DC)

Red Bee (Chloe/Tim) = 21

Red Wasp (Zoe/Tim) = 8

Blood Bee (Chloe/Damian) = 7

Night Bee (Chloe/Dick) = 4

Changes:

Red Bee and Blood Bee were added to the list

Ships w/ fun names moving forward will have a key at the bottom to avoid parathesis use and have it easier to read

Daminette increased 6 since Jan 5th

Timari increased 2 since Jan 5th

Jasonette, Konette, & Red Wasp increased 1 since Jan 5th

Key:

SpeedBuggie = Wally/Marinette Alley Cat = Adrien/Jason Pun Lovers = Adrien/Dick "Bee" = Chloe Ships "Wasp" = Zoe Ships

Admin Notes: Feel free to require any other ships or tags to be included in the tracking. This can include a tag for Bio-Parent things or platonic relationships if they are wanted. Additions will be accepted until February

Here is the google sheet set up to allow fandom goers to see the progress as it updates every 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month.

~ Maribat Staturdays: Ao3 Ship Tracking ~

January 5th's Ao3 Stats

[ja50nt0ddwa5h3r3]

If you had to 'draft' a list of ships for the following characters without repeating any characters, what would your list be? (Also, to specify, you can't do Jasonette if you have Timari. Hopefully that helps. And you can use other characters not on the list to complete the ships)

Draft List

Marinette Adrien Dick Jason Tim Damian Steph Cass Duke Barbara

Note: you don't have to do all of the list, just curious of what ships come to mind

~ Ask a Stilly Question

EEEEEK LOVE THIS ASK AND I LOVE YOU

okayokayokay so

Mari/Duke Adrien/Jason (No surprise there) Dick/Mrs. Bustier. They just have vibes. It's hard to explain. They get off work around the same time (Dick's teaching Gymnastics), they go get ice cream and bitch about students they love so dearly but get so annoyed by. They both want to scold Hawk Moth by smothering him in "I'm not mad, just disappointed" looks, but the moment he hurts someone near to them they will go rabid. They keep each other in check and are just wholesome. (I need someone to write them so I don't break them.) Tim/Zoe (Another no surprise) Damian/Nino Steph/Cass/Juleka/Rose (Fuck you don't make me choose) Barbara/Luka

Plus extra special (Can't use anything from my list) uno-reverse list for you: Adrien Alix Barry Jason Bart Tim Marinette Kon

[northernbluetongue]

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Balancing Dynamics Pt3

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As the doors slid open Ladybug could hear the panic in her song and could only hope it wasn’t outwardly apparent. The sight of so many heroes staring at her didn’t help at all. Kabus’ song in her head was calm, if still annoyed. Batman was glowering at the other heroes instead of her which was a nice gesture. What actually calmed her down was Nightwing. He was standing next to Batman making faces and giving her a thumbs up. Knowing that her soulmates family was supportive of this made a huge difference in her confidence level.

“They need to be sent off to train with the Titans. I mean look at them, they’re babies.” Green Lantern sounded like he was continuing an argument and a couple of the others nodded in agreement. Batman turned the full force of his glare on the man and Superman actually rolled his eyes.

“Babies who have been battle tested because of your incompetence. We don’t have the moral high ground or the authority to send them anywhere.” Everyone was looking at Superman like he’d lost his mind and she didn’t know why. Even her soulmate’s song was filled with shock.

“He’s right. Not to mention that the Miraculous have always been a mystery to the world. That kind of power should not be mixed with an organization like ours.” Aquaman’s words started a round of squabbling and Ladybug was beginning to wonder if it was actually necessary for them to be there. Red Wasp let out a piercing whistle behind her and Superman actually winced. They did all stop talking though.

“It’s incredibly rude to talk about people as though they aren’t in the room. You shouldn’t have asked us here if you weren’t ready to meet with us. It’s extremely unprofessional and I expected better from the Justice League.” Red Wasp’s reprimand actually brought out sheepish expressions on some of the heroes. Batman looked like he was fighting a smile while Superman couldn’t seem to decide if he should be insulted or not. She should probably step in before things got out of hand.

“While I do understand your perspective and empathize with your concerns, Aquaman is correct in his assertion that the Miraculous can not be controlled by your organization. It would create a power imbalance of a magnitude none of you are prepared for.” They were all staring at her as though she were some sort of aberration and she had no idea why. Kabus’ song in her head just sounded amused.

“We can’t just let them roam about with no adult supervision.” Green Lantern was still talking to the others instead of them. It was extremely irritating.

“That would be me.” Gen’s voice seemed to startle them. Ladybug got the impression that they hadn’t even noticed her until that point.

“I don’t see how that’s any better. You look like you’re barely out of your teens.” Wonder Woman was trying to signal him to shut up but he just ignored her. Gen just laughed.

“Son, trust me, you do not want to play the age card with me.” Now the majority of them were glaring at her. Gen didn’t look concerned at all. Superman seemed to be frowning at her but it looked more like he was looking through her. “Not to mention there are far more important criteria to consider even if it were your decision.”

“Which just means you know you’re not old enough and are trying to get around that fact. They at least need one of us to keep them in check.” Ladybug could hear Kabus getting more and more agitated in her head. It was taking all his self control not to explode at the hero. She squeezed his hand and tried to calm him. Gen just grinned at him.

“Okay fine, if that’s how you want to do this.” She pointed at Wonder Woman. “I’d better be considered old enough given that I predate her by at least two thousand years.” No one seemed to know how to react to that. Superman was still frowning at her in thought but it was the Flash that found his voice first.

“That isn’t possible.” Kabus let out a disgusted scoff and the man actually gave him a condescending look. Nightwing looked a bit panicked as the man continued speaking. “You should thank us given that she’s obviously lying to you. That kind of life span isn’t possible.”

“It is when your soul has been fused to a god.” Everyone was staring at her and Ladybug realized those words had come from her. Crap. For some reason she couldn’t fathom, words just kept coming out of her mouth. “Even if I didn’t trust Gen implicitly, which I do, her story has been confirmed by a number of beings who existed at that time, including the Kwami that is tied to her. We are here as a courtesy and I won’t have you insulting my team. If you have questions, ask them. Otherwise we should be on our way.”

She did her best to not freak out as the majority of the Justice League just stared at her in shock. Kabus’ song said he was about three seconds from bursting into laughter, Nightwing had to cover his laugh with a cough, and Aquaman actually gave her an approving nod. She had no idea what was going on, but most of the members devolved back into fighting with each other again. This was ridiculous. Batman and Superman broke away from the others to come over to them and Wonder Woman. Both had a rather pained look on their face.

“I must say I’m surprised you of all people are fine with leaving the Miraculous users to themselves.” Wonder Woman addressed Superman but he just shrugged at her.

“First, we have more than enough problems. Second, as I said they’ve already proven themselves and it’s not currently in our jurisdiction anyway. Given that they’ve agreed to keep Batman updated of their movements and there is no current threat I see no issue.” He sounded tired and more than a little annoyed as he turned to her. “I trust you won’t become another problem?”

“We have no intention of it.” She had to speak over Kabus’ growling and tried to keep herself between the two but Superman still glared at him. “You’ll have to forgive Kabus. We’re soulmates and I was very nearly killed when we defeated Hawkmoth. He’s understandably overprotective.” She ended up elbowing her soulmate in the stomach to get him to stop. Wonder Woman and Batman seemed to find it amusing and even Superman’s expression softened.

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[maxdark158]

HEAR ME OUT - I’VE GOT AN AU IDEA

Okay, so I have too much on my plate with Demon in Gotham, the sequel, and my and @slytherinsheashire ‘s baby so I can’t write this au out as a story but I couldn’t get the idea out of my head so if any of you write this PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tag me

Daminette endgame (through really can work with any ship in the maribat fandom)

So I know in most Daminette AUs we hate on Adrien because of his flaws in canon (which I am not against)

BUUUUT au where there was no love interest for Adrien/Chat Noir and Ladybug/Marinette to begin with, so they were Best Friends, and still are when Damian comes in

Like he is protective because That's My BFF but he's reasonable and not in love with her

He also actually has her back with Lila. He can't stand up stand up to her (because abusive father) but he hangs out with Marinette whenever he can and they make fun of Lila together when she can't hear them and he is passive-aggressive with her a lot

He likes Damian but by Rule of Best Friends he does threaten him if he hurts his BFF

Alya is still a jerk but Adrien is passive (agreste)sive with her too about fact-checking

Also, Alya totally thinks Mari liked Adrien and doesn’t listen to Mari saying no

CN completely hates Lila btw because not only is she lying about Red Best Friend but she's bullying Pink Best Friend and while Adrien has to be nice CN doesn't!

A mental image: Adrien telling Lila she looks pretty, "today," before running off before she picks up on the insult

He also as CN takes his job more seriously and only banters on patrol and such. He didn't at first but LB took him aside and explained why she was annoyed and he stopped – because that’s what you do when your BFF asks you to!!

When the reveal happens Adrien is like, "you are my mega ultra best friend now"

Because I don't really ship Adrien with anyone but Mari I HC that in this au he's aro ace. If you ship him with someone he can just not be interested in Mari (gaydrien is also an option) but the rest of this will continue as if he is aro ace, change as needed if you write differently

He and Mari are the closest two BFFs can be but she and Damian are the ones with romantic feelings and such

Adrien is actually the one who suggests giving the Fox to Damian when Alya shows no signs on improving

He’s just the bestest of best friends and he never feels like Mari owes him anything and he gives terrible dating advice and they’re just! Best Friends!!

He also recognizes his dad as abusive and is trying to better himself while being under his father’s thumb. He’s essentially counting down the days to freedom at this point

Gabriel is Adrien-phobic, sexuality included. Adrien hasn’t come out to him and he never plans to

A quick list of episode fixes in random order--

Stoneheart – is the same up until they ‘fall in love’ CN is just super excited to have someone as awesome as LB as a friend. Mari doesn’t fall in love but she is a bit awkward with her new BFF at first

Stormy Weather – Alya, Manon, and Marinette all went to the park to bring Adrien a snack in stormy weather because he complained about his diet

CN banters, doesn’t flirt, stops bantering around Copycat when LB asks if he can focus on work when there is an akuma

Horrificator – Adrien was anti kiss no matter who the actress was. Nino, realizing he was making his bro uncomfortable, forgoes the kiss completely, despite Alya suddenly pushing for it once Marinette was volunteered as the lead girl

Animan – Adrien asked Mari if she had a crush on anyone first, because he didn’t want to put her in a situation where she was accidentally leading Nino on. All four of them end up going to the zoo together as planned but Mari locked Alya and Nino in the cage because Alya was annoying her about a ‘crush’ on Adrien

Dark Cupid – LB was venting about Alya trying to get her to confess her nonexistent crush and CN was ranting about ppl sending him letters without even knowing him or his sexuality. He teared up in his rant (when mentioning his father probs) and she hugged him and he saw Dark Cupid and shielded her. She kissed his cheek to break the spell

Prime Queen – Chamack was pushy with them being a couple but they both outright denied it and declared themselves best friends and only that. Mari, resident Bi, came out as lesbian as LB to throw ppl off her trail and make pushy shippers stop. CN hesitated about coming out as ace and, in private, told him he didn’t have to

Volpina – Adrien realized Lila was flirting and shut her down right away, saying he wasn’t interested. Marinette happened to be in the library at the time and she and Tikki saw her steal the book. As LB she confronted Lila about stealing and asked for it back. LB calmly and politely told her not to lie – Lila still gets akumatized. Because Adrien shut Lila down pre-superhero lie CN isn’t suspicious, LB is

Collector – When LB says Gabriel is HM, CN takes a moment to breathe before getting ready to fight. After the akuma he asks if HM can akumatize himself, and they both decide to start tracking akuma when they can

Gamer – lucky charm scene still happens, no romantic connotations to anything. Same with Befana

Bubbler – LB changes the music because Adrien looked so uncomfortable – not out of jealousy. Adrien sees her stitched name in the fabric and asks her privately. This is what starts him on the road of growing independent from his father’s abuse and lack of care

Rogercop – Adrien doesn’t even call his father. He doesn’t want him there and he wouldn’t come anyway, so he doesn’t try. However, he does use the ‘gotta call my father’ excuse to try and help Plagg out of the bracelet

Simon Says – Adrien accepts the hug from his father bug tells Plagg that it would have been warmer to hug a statue after, and he almost wishes his father hadn’t tainted the memory of hugs as a child. The ‘she looks like you’ scene still happens but it’s platonic. Adrien is bouncing and excited in all the Ladrien scenes because BEST FRIEND! RIGHT THERE!!!

Gigantian – the girls don’t do the date thing and are just doing each others’ hair for fun. Alya keeps insisting that Mari do something about her ‘crush’ but the other girls take Marinette’s side and she quits arguing while she’s ahead. Adrien wanders off which is how the akuma glances off Gorilla, then Mari pretends to be sick in the bathroom while going out to become LB

Glaciator – Marinette is upset because her BFF can’t go but she doesn’t get mad so no akuma

Gorilla – Marinette doesn’t really like the commercial because it doesn’t really fit the pun-loving dork that is her BFF but she still manages to be late to the pool then runs around with her BFF in her PJs which she isn’t embarrassed about. She gets mad on Adrien’s behalf when ppl call her his gf

Captain Hardrock – Mari gets a bit of a crush on Luka, Adrien 100% teases her and gives her bad dating advice

Syren – Adrien is upset that he’s out of the loop, but LB told him that she CAN’T tell him and it isn’t her choice to so he doesn’t throw a fit. He does detransform to talk out his feelings with Plagg but he doesn’t threaten to remove the ring or anything

Troublemaker, she has photos of all her classmates on her wall (she actually has the most of Juleka as proof of her picture curse being broken) and she has all her classmates’ schedules because class pres

Reverser – Nathaniel actually apologizes. Like that’s my only change tbh. I ship them but the writers should have included an apology scene, that’s on them (I fully believe Nathaniel apologized but the writers didn’t care enough to include it so f them)

Frozer – they all go to the rink as friends. Adrien invited Kagami for fun and they’re both trying to help Mari with Luka. Kagaminette friendship from that episode onward

Catalyst and Mayura – Alya’s headstrong-ness and Nino’s willingness to do what she says is what brings them down, to show their flaws beforehand. Chloe’s redemption isn’t thrown away like in canon so she has gotten better. CN recognizes his father’s voice but doesn’t react to it because he doesn’t want to expose himself. After Hero’s Day, he tells LB he knows who HM is and accidentally spills his identity – but she doesn't care at the moment because her BFF needs a hug. He doesn’t know LB’s identity but she knows his

Timebreaker, Evillustrator, Mr. Pidgeon, Darkblade, Princess Fragrance, The Mime, Pixelator, Guitar Villain, Reflecta, Kung Food, The Puppeteer, Antibug, Riposte, Robostus, Dark Owl, Sapotis, Gorilla, Frightningale, Zombizou, Queen Wasp, Maledictator, Anansi, Style Queen, and Despair Bear are the same just no lovesquare romance

Chameleon – Adrien doesn’t say the bull about the High Road, because he reconizes Lila is hurting Marinette. “But look at it this way – Ladybug calmly asked her to stop lying. I calmly asked her to stop lying. She gets akumatized no matter what. I think exposing her would just get us more trouble. We should stand up for ourselves, of course, but let the others realize for themselves that she’s a liar. Or at least wait until Hawkmoth is defeated before you expose her. Then she won’t get any superpowers out of it.”

At some point after that Mari says smth that LB said and he realizes who she is but that’s up to the writer to decide because then Damian Wayne enters the scene!

So Mari knows who HM is but she doesn’t know where to begin with that information so she asks Tikki for help. Tikki says one of her previous LBs are still alive and Mari contacts Hippolyta with magic

Hippolyta contacts Wonder Woman and WW realizes this may be better suited to someone who knows humans better so she passes the message along to Bruce

Bruce sighs and rubs his temple. He decides to send Damian

BTW time is actually passing through these episodes so everyone is about a month-ish apart so Mari is 15 almost 16 and Adrien is 16 now

Bruce sends Damian to help them with the final takedown of HM and Mayura

Now, some funny convos with BFF Adrienette

oooOOOooo

Alya: Marinette is being such a jerk to Lila!

Adrien: Huh. Marinette is almost never a jerk unless it's someone like Chloe.

Alya: W-Well she clearly changed!

Adrien: If you say so. I'm assuming you saw this yourself?

Later

Adrien: UGH! Alya has like become Lila's most loyal follower I swear, this is so annoying

Marinette, patting his back: you're being a brave soldier, facing that every day

Adrien: I just wish she'd stop putting her hands on me. I'm literally wearing the aromantic and asexual flags! I'm not interested!

Marinette; I think Kim noticed. He was looking at the situation and went to talk to Miss Bustier.

Adrien: Oh thank the kwami. Enough about me though. Tell me about this cutie from Gotham you like?

oooOOOooo

Adrien: UGHH I have to take Lila to this gala AGAIN!!

Marinette; I'm going too, Damian invited me.

Adrien: THANK THE KWAMI I'll ditch Lila as soon as possible. Your boyfriend is fully willing to roast without his dad disowning him, right?

Marinette: one, we aren't dating yet, and two, yes

Adrien: YES!! Also, Mari don't kid you two will date soon I know these things

oooOOOooo

Adrien's love advice is almost always, "just tell him you love him," because he doesn't understand how nerve-wracking it is. Or he steals a confession scene idea from an anime or fanfic, depends on the situation

Marinette: How should I confess to Damian??

Adrien: Just do it?? Walk right up to him and say you love him. Easy peasy!

Marinette: you do not understand how much I Can Not do that

Adrien: ... alright, plan B is you start working at a coffee shop-

[its-maemain]

Snippet from WIP 2, from a series edition :D

“Cardinal,” her voice echoed in his mind. “I, Ophelia, wish to grant you the power to help your team in this battle.”

“I don’t need your magic, I need to get to my friends,” Cardinal growled to the Butterfly holder.

“Please, let me help,” she pleaded. “You have to listen to me.”

“Ladybug and I made the perfect plan,” he snapped, his voice low and angry in the telepathic link. “So don’t disrupt it.”

Ophelia flinched from the aggressive strain the man put on her connection to him. The panic seeped into her bones, feeling as though her muscles were trying to break them, her eyes prickling with tears. She couldn’t. She…

She pulled the barrier that masked her when having a telepathic connection. She swallowed, her voice thick, “Tim,” that made his stomach drop. He knew that voice, nausea washed over him, it couldn’t be her. Zoé was normal, she had a regular life, she, she, she couldn’t.

“Please, I- please. I can’t see you die, not again.” Tim’s body felt heavy hearing that, again. When could he have died? He’d know, wouldn’t he? “I’ve seen it too many times. Tim let me help, let me save you just once,” her voice ricocheted in his mind with her sorrow. Tim’s breaths were deep as she spoke, “Please, trust me.”

[mysticprofessoralienhumanoid]

@autumn-rain-asset ...Holy schist, this is amazing. Yes. Absolutely yes.

Alya's furious for obvious reasons and gets akumatized for obvious said reasons.

Her akuma is, you guessed it, some darker version of Rena's costume (something like Queen Wasp in last ep of season 3, I guess??)

So Lila has to battle the previous holder of her miraculous alongside Ladybug and Chat Noir.

After the fight, Alya wastes no time to bombard LB with questions (while sending Volpina glares) and asks if she knows Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

And don't you think that Marinette is all macaroons and sugar in here, there's spice and sass too.

"Oh, of course, I am!" Ladybug's smile almsot blinded everyone around her, before turning into devious smirk, "After all, she was the ine that got you your first interview with me, don't you remember?" She glanced at the frozen reporter one last time, her eyes glistening with mischief, before swinging away.

It takes Alya a second to realize she's still live and a minute more to turn back home. And Alya realizes that that LB was right (duh, it's Ladybug!).

Cue Alya trying to soap up to Marinette the next day. (The class is wondering if Alya's bipolar). Begging her for an interview with Ladybug's best friend (see what I did there?) and maybe even putting a good word for her too. And Marinette's like "Hell no".

When the 'journalist' hears Marinette's answer, she lashes out on her, calling her a liar, some more colorful words and accusing her of lying to the superheroine to make her lose her miraculous. The whole class dramatically gasps and Alya realizes her mistake.

"Well, damn, Alya. Now I'm not surprised why you're not a hero anymore." is Marinette's only response, before she goes back to her desk.

About Adrien... Ugh, I think Lila would voice her concerns and even though Marinette doesn't like them, she listens and decides to move on.

(Can we please bring Kagami to their group? It'd be perfect)

About the ship from this point... Eh, it's indifferent to me. It could be Luka. It coukd be Lila's italian hot cousin. It could be Felix. It could be Damian Wayne or any maribat ship. Anyone. Just not Adrien.

To the actually having braincell group I'd like to add Juleka, because yes.

They don't really help the class in stalking catching Marinette red handed. But at the same time keep a little distance, because the seed of distrust had still been planted.

Ml salt: Never Specify, Unless They Ask

So, this is what I randomly came up with at 1 am

——–

This is probably class salt, maybe a little bit Marinette salt, if you squint. (I still love Marinette, don’t get me wrong)

It’s all based on just asking yourself ‘what if’ and I want you to understand that I’m not trying to explain Lila’s actions because hell no am I doing that. It’s a simple idea I came up with and decided to share.

———

What if Lila didn’t lie, just didn’t say the whole truth?

It’s her protection, because she technically isn’t lying, right? She never specified anything. They can’t be mad at her, because they misunderstood the information.

“Oh, of course I know Jagged Stone. I loved his newest song!” 

Everyone knows Jagged Stone. He’s a world famous singer, he has a title of King of Rock n’ Roll. And she never specified what songs she’s talking about. It doesn’t have to be a song no one, but Lila, have heard before, because she personally knows him; it could simply be his newly released one.

“Clara Nightindale’s newest music video is amazing. I know these dance moves really well, want me to teach you?”

Maybe Lila is a dancer and Clara’s dance moves are commonly used by Lila. Maybe Lila has already watched the video before them and she’s a fast learner, so she already can dance Clara’s choreography. It doesn’t have to mean she and Clara are besties and Lila showed the moves to the singer, or that Clara stole them from Lila.

“Yes, I do know Prince Ali. I love his charity organizations. I actually volunteer in some too.”

Again, she never said she has her own charities or that she knows him personally. But her mother is a diplomat, for crying out loud. There is always a possibility they’d met once on some gala or event, when Lila accompanied her mom. And believe it or not, maybe Lila does have a heart (maybe just not for people, but for animals? Like, I”d support caring about animals)

“I’m Ladybug’s best friend.”

Ah, a tough one. But, and consider this, what if LB said on TV she wishes to be friends with all Paris’s citizens and Lila took it just a tiny bit too seriously? What if she saw or heard the superheroine comforting the akuma victim, saying they were friends or they could consider her their friend and tell her what made them so upset that devilish insect transformed them into Hawk Moron’s minion and Lila just felt it was so nice of her and as a sign of being LB’s fan or supporter she decided to call herself her friend to show her trust for Ladybug? Or it was a simple language misunderstanding; Lila’s italian and this is her first day in a country where everyone’s speaking french. Maybe her french is rusty and instead of saying she’s a fan, she told Adrien she’s Ladybug’s best friend.

“I’m Volpina, a superhero.”

Another hard one! Bear with me here; let’s presume that it’s Lila’s way of coping with everything. Assume that her grandma really did give her the necklace, but it’s not a miraculous, it’s a simple necklace. No magic in it. But it to Lila it is magical. Maybe when Lila was little, she was shy and scared of meeting new people, so her grandma made up a story about how it’s  a magical necklace that can transform girl into a brave hero if she wears it. And now Lila just carries it with her as a reminder  of her grandma and that she can always be brave, even when everything and everyone gets too much. Ladybug just happens to hear Lila claiming to be superhero, so goes there to clear things up. She does it harshly, but Marinette is 13 year old girl who was not prepared to become a hero and she hasn’t even met Idiot Fu yet. (It’s officialy master Fu salt, I’ve never liked him tbh). She freaks out on Lila a bit, because she’s not aware of another hero and she doesn’t know what to do in situations like this, so she reacts emotionally. It just happens to make Lila hate her.

Trips to other countries? They could always happen or are going to happen, but in the far future and Lila is just a bitch and decides to use the information to her advance and ditches school.

Many disabilities? Are possible. I know someone who gets pains in random places on their body depending on weather. They can’t do anything about it and it’s not like it puts them in danger, it’s just an effect of something they had gone through in their life. The pains come and go and like I said appear in randoms spots in their body.

Ugh, the tinnitus. Maybe Lila has something similar to tinnitus, not as drastic, but she sometimes (rarely, but she’s not gonna tell that anyone) hears soft noises in her ears. But can we just pretend Lila is smarter than that? I never said this Lila isn’t a little ooc. Yes? Okay, good.

Also, Lila’s just dramatic af. That can be an explanation too.

Akumas take long to be taken down by Chat Noir and Ladybug. Like I said, Lila is still evil in this. And some akumas really do take longer, so there’s that… Schools cancel classes due the attacks, so she could say her classes got canceled due the akuma. And her mother never asked for how long they’re canceled. Lila’s mother is busy all the time, and her daughter isn’t afraid to use it ot her advantage.

And our favorite one called “Threaten Marinette In The Bathroom To Take Away All Her Friends”

Lila is smarter here. Why would she risk losing to Marinette by threating her and doing it in a public place like that? Nu-uh, Lila’s better than this.

She does it quietly, without all the dramatics. She warns Marinette, she tells her to be careful with how much of this dislike towards Lila she shows, because it can backfire on her. It’s an advice, but there’s a warning hidden beneath it.

And while Lila may not always say everything, she means what she says.

Don’t worry, I didn’t forget about the class.

They don’t read too much into Lila’s words. They assume she knows those people, they assume she did she things she mentions, even though she never said “I did it”

The way the start bullying Marinette is different (a little bit) from most fanfics I read usually too.

Lila doesn’t come crying to school. She doesn’t have bruises on her. She never outright says Marinette did something to her.

She just casually says she was talking to Marinette the other day and the girl seemed angry. She never told them if Marinette was angry at her. Hell, she just mentioned Marinette seemed to be angry, but it doesn’t even have to mean she was.

Lila comes to class limping a little, says her ankle hurts because she bumped into Marinette, when the girl was running because she was late again. It was an accident.

The class reads into it. They hear “Marinette bullies me” even though the word “bully” never even left Lila’s mouth. They all do it by themselves and Lila just watches.

And the grand final: when the class finally starts to understand Lila’s words.

“You lied to us!” Alya yelled.

Lila snorted, “I’ve never lied to you.” It was the truth, she doesn’t lie.

“But you don’t know Jagged Stone, you don’t know Clara. You don’t know Ladybug. You lied!” Rose cried out.

“Well, it’s not my fault you never asked.” She shrugged. They couldn’t be that dense, could they?

“What?” Nino asked, staring at her in desbelief.

“You’ve never told me to specify. You’ve never demanded any proof. You just chose to believe. It’s not my fault.” She shrugged again.

Lila Rossi is not a liar. Never were. Never will.

There’s a reason why Lila’s favorite animal is a fox. Fox is a symbol of cunningness. And Lila always prouded herself for being cunning.

[mae-dwrites]

Ring

For Malachite Milestones and Shutterbug Scoops | [Ao3] [Wattpad - MM] [Wattpad - SS]

Malachite Milestones:

Group: Rhodonite Ravagers

Ship: Red Wasp ; Vesperake ; Tim Drake/Zoé Lee

Shutterbug Scoops:

Flavors; Prompts • Chocolate Therapy; No Prompt

Scoops; Characters • 1 Scoop; 2 Characters

Toppings; Tropes • Banana; No Tropes

Sauces; AUs • Fudge; No AUs

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Tim really hadn’t expected to be tired at this event, at least not until he left; usually he could push the exhaustion away enough to be his usual socialite-self. It appears that he might have too much on his plate again.

His eyes took everyone on the dance floor, surrounding it, and those like him: sitting at their assigned table. Truthfully he couldn’t even remember who had even invited them at this point, maybe tomorrow he’d remember.

He blinked hard a few times trying to stay awake. Tim lazily swirled his drink, hoping the motion would keep him from passing out at this event. He wished Bruce had been able to make it, or better yet, go and he could skip the whole thing.

Maybe next time he could get Damian to come instead…

Actually nevermind, it would be odd for a teenager to come without a parent or guardian of sorts.

Tim took a sharp intake of breath but was able to register who was touching his forehead before opening his eyes. He let out a deep breath as he opened his eyes. Tim smiled up at Zoé as she ran her fingers through his hair.

“Hey,” his voice came out a little more exhaunted than he’d like.

“Hey,” she replied in a teasing tone.

“What,” Tim laughed quietly.

Zoé hummed with raised eyebrows, “I wonder.”

“Wonder what,” Tim inquired whilst fighting laughter.

“Why you’re a few minutes away from passing out at this reception.” Zoé held his hair back as she said, “This wedding reception.”

Tim pursed his lips and shrugged.

“Told you to have Babs do last night,” Zoé said with a tug of his hair.

“Aye,” Tim protested, pulling himself from the blond. He ignored those at tables surrounding them, watching, instead he focused on Zoé, “I’m sorry, we already had it scheduled and didn’t want to drop it at the last minute for sleep.”

“This wedding was also scheduled,” Zoé stated, using her arms to keep her up with his seat.

“What are you doing here anyway? I thought you had prior engagements,” Tim raised an eyebrow accusingly. His smile though was soft and his eyes showed it to be a genuine question.

“Marinette got the fitting and adjustments done faster than anticipated, so I decided to take a flight back early,” she shrugged. “Besides I’d rather be at home with you a day early than be on a flight back before that shoot on Sunday.”

“I feel very special honey,” Tim nodded over at the couple on the dance floor, “The newlyweds know you came late?”

“I messaged her maid of honor,” Zoé nodded to the woman crying at the food table. “She said she didn’t mind that much. Just glad I could show up to celebrate.”

“That’s nice,” he said. She nodded before a french accent sounded off on some attendee of the party. Tim watched amused as the young woman closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “Chloé?”

“Chloé,” she softly repeated.

“Shouldn’t we be running to save a server? It’s been awhile.”

“Actually Marinette and I got her to truly learn not to be so harsh on them,” she smiled, looking triumphant.

“Really? How’d you do it?”

“Got her to work in customer service,” Zoé grinned.

“No,” Tim’s smile widened. “When? How didn’t I know?”

“Few years ago, when we weren’t on good terms,” she glanced at the table for a second. Tim let out a sound of understanding before she continued, “Adrien and Kagami joined in, making it much easier.”

“How’d that go for Adrien,” Tim squined at her.

“It was certainly harder to get him one without the customers recognizing him. Decided the U.S. would be better for less recognizability,” she nodded with a small smile.

Tim looked behind her, “Should we at least help whoever's at the receiving end?”

“Come on,” Zoé raised her eyebrows again, she reached for his hands. “She doesn’t need babysitting. I came here to celebrate a wedding and to be with you.” she gave them a squeeze, “Want a dance?”

Tim smiled, “You sure I won’t pass out on the dancefloor?”

Zoé rolled her eyes as she drugged him to his feet, “Then I’d be reconsidering our relationship.”

“So don’t fall asleep?” Tim leaned into her face, teasing some more as she led them to the dance floor.

“Don’t fall asleep,” she said as they made it to the dancefloor.

They swayed, foreheads touching, and sweet content smiles. Zoé opened her eyes to glance at the bride and groom walking off the dancefloor; giving a quick kiss as they scurried off. Her smile grew a little wider, and almost sad.

“What is it,” Tim asked, eyes still closed.

“Just thinking about our wedding,” the woman���s voice was soft, wishful in a way.

Tim’s smile broke into a grin, “What about it?”

“I just, I just want it to be as calm as this. No villains, no timelines to hold off so they can get fixed, no one in the shadows– No threats,” Zoé sounded more heartbroken as she went on.

Tim opened his eyes and pulled his face back a little to see her properly, “Is that why you haven't picked a date?”

“I–” she sighed. “What if we pick a day and that's the day the world ends for the sixtieth time?”

“Honey,” his serious tone quiet, “There’s going to be Supers, highly trained vigilantes, and people who can tip the balance of the universe at our wedding.” He brought his hand up and moved some loose strands, “I’m sure no matter what date we decide everything will happen without some organization crashing the important parts.

“And we know exactly who’s coming, so there’s no surprise assassins attending,” he joked.

“That's not funny,” she leaned away with a frown.

“It is,” he grinned.

“You know I can just call it off if that's how this gonna be,” Zoé raised her eyebrows, unimpressed.

“You won’t,” he said before kissing her forehead.

Zoé put her hand in view and smiled at the ring, “I know.”

[mae-dwrites]

Un-Break Astronomy

“As much as it seems like you own my heart,

It's astronomy, we're two worlds apart,

…

From far away, I wish I'd stayed with you,

But here, face to face, a stranger that I once knew”

•

“The nights are so unkind,

Bring back those nights when I held you beside me,

…

Take back that sad word goodbye,

Bring back the joy to my life,

…

I can't forget the day you left,

Time is so unkind,

And life is so cruel without you here beside me”

Red Wasp / Vesperake centric AU

Parts under the cut:

Inescapable

Our Bereavement - | 1 | 2 | 3 | ? ? ? ? |

More Than A Bump - Poem - [Ao3]

??????

??????

Out of Reach

Hardly The First, But This was Fresh

??????

Dwelling In Epoch

??????

If Only She Knew (What He Would Do)

Hold On, Please

Stellular Resurrection

Surprise [Might Change Title]

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Other things:

Pintrest

Pintrest Board - This board is specific to this AU. Separated between Zoé and Tim, and anything that both or relates to both of them.

Bonus Board - A general Red Wasp Board I have curated.

Ao3 Series

Wattpad - Note: Not Currently Published, all parts will be published in order as best to my ability. Simply to avoid confusion over there.

Spotify Playlist - Because I’m cool like that /j It was made to help me write, but here it is if you guys are interested.

[its-maemain]

The thing about Red Wasp that absolutely drives me up the wall for Un-Break Astronomy, is how much of it is just the distance. In the nature of their lives, in their words, in the paths that's expect of them to the paths they have chosen. The paths that should've brought them closer sooner rather than later.

But no…every time Zoé plans to take a step closer she’s told no and pulled to a battle that's from her choices. Every time Tim thinks of closing that gap between them he thinks better of it…he couldn't do that to her or, in later years, she places a wall. It's subtle but he notices.

It’s years of orbiting, sitings from afar, and if their heart is in a little too much pain they’ll take that fleeting moment to talk.

I used to know you more than I knew myself now it’s like water spilling from my hands. What happened to the hours of talking and laughter? Where did my salvation in you go? You're out of reach and my feet seem to trip me up when I try to get to you. I used to be the first to know and now it's from reporters.

Now if only I can get this story written out fully 🥹

[maribat-staturdays]

Ao3 Ship Tracking: February 1st, 2025

For Previous Stats, check below the lists!

Maribat Ships

Daminette = 2175

Jasonette = 882

Timari = 675

Dickinette = 354

Cassette = 105

Brucinette = 91

Konette = 48

SpeedBuggie* = 25

Marave = 14

Marivy = 1

Adribat Ships

Adrijon = 103

AdriDami = 30

Alley Cat* = 29

Timdrien = 24

NightChat = 8

Mirabat Ships (Other Miraculous x DC)

Red Bee = 21

Red Wasp = 8

Blood Bee = 7

Night Bee = 4

Changes:

Timari increased 7 since Jan 18th

Daminette increased 4 since Jan 18th

Dickinette, Cassette, and Alley Cat increased 1 since Jan 18th

Key:

SpeedBuggie = Wally/Marinette Alley Cat = Adrien/Jason "Bee" = Chloe Ships Red Bee = Chloe/Tim Blood Bee = Chloe/Damian Night Bee = Chloe/Dick "Wasp" = Zoe Ships Red Wasp = Tim/Zoe

Admin Notes:

Keep an eye out for 'The Birds and The Bees' week dropping soon by the parent blog Maribat Menagerie. It is focused on Chloe & Zoe and will be run from March 9th-15th!

Here is the google sheet set up to allow fandom goers to see the progress as it updates every 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month.

~ Maribat Staturdays: Ao3 Ship Tracking ~

~ Previous Week: January 18th ~

January 5th's Ao3 Stats

[maribat-staturdays]

Ao3 Ship Stats Tracking 2025: Starting Totals

Happy New Years 2025 everyone!

While there is still time before the cutoff for ships to keep track of for the year (January 4th), I wanted to provide the stats for the ones we did already have to show off those to give an idea of what we are working with.

Perhaps someone will take the challenge to increase numbers by the time of the full list creation.

Suggest any other ships you want tracked via reblog/reply or through the ask box before January 4th!

Maribat Ships

Daminette: 2160

Dickinette: 353

Cassette: 104

Brucinette: 91

Konette: 47

Wallinette: 25

Marave: 14

Marivy: 1

Adribat Ships

Adrien/Damian: 30

Alley Cat (Jaydrien): 27

Timdrien: 24

Pun Lovers (Dick/Adrien): 8

MiraDC Ships (Other Miraculous x DC)

Red Wasp (Tim/Zoe): 7

Chloe/Dick: 4

[its-maemain]

I'm putting all my time and effort into one ship. Thank you for your time.

[maribat-menagerie]

The Birds & The Bees: Menagerie Beehive 2025!

Welcome everyone to the first ever Birds & Bees week for the MLB x DC crossover fandom run by yours truly!

(Click the image to see it clearer)

The Birds are a predominant part of the fandom, and we all know that the Cat and Bug are too. However, there is a special little group that has been gaining attention lately and we would like to give it a proper spotlight!

The whole goal of the week is to create for Chloe, Zoe, or Karen Beecher (most will know as Bumblebee)! They are our main buzz.

Creators are free to go ahead and submit pieces early if they would like. This can also be used after the event as well.

Feel free to do any ship, even if they are not part of our main buzz. Try to keep one of the themed characters as a follicle point in the piece though! (It is a bee focused event after all.)

Please use the tags listed on Tumblr and any Ao3 pieces can be submitted to both Maribat Birds & Bees and Maribat Birds & Bees 2025! Tag the Menagerie as well to get your pieces reblogged!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reply to this, throw it in the ask box, or ask on our discord!

Without further ado,

The week is set up with a Prompt/Quote, Bird, and Ship Suggestion. These prompts will be laid out below the line!

As the famous Lightning McQueen would say, if he wasn't a car, "Float like a Butterfly, and Sting like a Bee!"

Happy Creating!

March 9th:

Sweet as Honey Robin Blood Bee (Chloe/Damian)

March 10th:

"That's going to sting." Peafowl Red Wasp (Tim/Zoe)

March 11th:

Hanahaki/Flowers Raven Archer Bee (Artemis/Chloe)

March 12th:

Beauty is in the eye of the Beeholder Rooster Bumblebee*

March 13th:

Love Pollen Canary Wonder Wasp (Cassie/Zoe)

March 14th:

"Ya like jazz?" Eagle Night Bee (Chloe/Dick)

March 15th:

The Birds and The Bees Jay Black Wasp (Zoe/Cass)

*This is not a ship suggestion but rather a character suggestion. (Yes, it was done to keep the number of Chloe & Zoe ships even)