#Marinette is a badass man

[dicedot]

I haven’t interacted with the MLB fandom in years. I never watched past the third season. This being said, it was technically the fandom that got me into fandoms, so I have an attachment to it. And you know what? I need fics where Marinette is having fun being challenged. Like, all of Lila’s canon bs is just so easy to unravel with a few phone calls. I need a fic of these two girls playing 5d chess with extra ethos while every single other character is at least mostly lost. Because yk what? I grew up with this baby and I need her to grow up with me. I would like blood and mind games please. If Marinette is interested romantically in anyone it better not be Adrien because he needs to sort his shit out. Anyway this got away from me and it’s a silly thing, but my point remains. I need Marinette to fuck shit up IMMEDIATELY. And you know she’s gonna be good at it. I’m not asking for a Mary Sue type Marinette (even though she already fits that character type but that’s a different conversation), I’m asking for a Marinette that lives up to what she could be. Yeah.

[celestiall0tus]

So, darling @gamerknight7310 and I got bored and decided to share our top ten favorite ships after seeing someone's post on the matter. So, let's just get into this:

10. Sidlink - Sidon x Link - Look, I know with the totk, we see Sidon is engage, but dammit all, I still ship them. I love the energy Sidon gives off in the first game, how uplifting he is to link, and the cute artwork that my friend showed me that shipped them. They spark some joy.

9. Jaspearl - Jasper x Pearl - I love the aesthetic of these two so much. The big buff warrior and the dainty pearl is just everything to me. And look, let's be honest, if anyone could tame Jasper, it would have been Pearl. Just saying. They spark some joy.

8. Stolandre - Stolas x Andrealphus - Say what you fucking will, I love these two. When all we had was Andrealphus's design, I shipped these two. It is toxic, it is dysfunctional, and I fucking love it. Plus I love the whole "Pity you married my sister and not me" fanart I've seen in the mix. It is fucking hilarious. They spark joy.

7. Stolitz - Stolas x Blitz - I am a whore for angst and these two are the fucking pinnacle. I love everything about them and the depths of their characters. They are endgame, and I am excited for what's to come. Bring it all on Viv! I'm ready. They spark joy.

6. Lukadrigaminette - Luka x Adrien x Kagami x Marinette - I do love all variations of the monogamous sets, but I do love having them all together. They create a perfect balance that just rounds everyone out and its perfection. They spark joy.

5. Julerose - Juleka x Rose - These two are so fucking cute together!! I just love seeing these two together and they are just perfection. Look at those two and tell me they aren't perfect. If you say they aren't, you're lying. Stop it. Stop right now. They spark joy.

4. Bowuigi - Bowser x Luigi - Look, a friend got me on this ship and I fucking love it. I didn't at first, but the more I saw it, the more I loved it. There's just something about seeing Bowser with this bitch ass stringbean Italian plumber man that just makes me happy. Fanart is absolutely fire. They spark more joy.

3. Lukadrien - Luka x Adrien - Sorry to my fellow Lukanette shippers, but Lukadrien does come out on top. I love the dynamic these two could share, how they balance each other, and just the overall fluffy vibe. Or angst if you're a whore like me. They are everything Adrien is supposed to be - perfection. They spark more joy.

2. RadioApple - Alastor x Lucifer - Listen. LISTEN! The pure amount of serotonins I get seeing these two together in any capacity is fucking insane. I love seeing the rivalry, divorced dads that still (occasionally) want to fuck energy these two give off. They are just about my everything. Just about. They spark a lot of joy.

Hopurai - Lightning x Hope - Listen. LISTEN! I have shipped these two since I was in fucking high school. I honestly think Hope was more of a self-insert for myself at the time (Look, lightning is a fucking badass bitch and would) but as I got older, I have come to ship the older Hope with Lightning. I love the aesthetic, the dynamic, how deep their relationship is in canon, and how much they do genuinely care for each other. They are my top tier. They spark the most joy.

There you go. There's my list. These are all my opinion, so, yeah. Enjoy.

[princess-of-the-corner]

So I've been having thoughts on developing a proper Rogues Gallery for miraculous. This is going to be long and a little convoluted, I apologize in advance.

The first thing I was thinking about was how there is something of a civilian rogues gallery that already exists. As in, threats Marinette and Adrien regularly has to deal with, but not Ladybug and Chat Noir. These people include Bob Roth, Roger, Andre/Audrey, pre-redemption Chloe, Lila, Felix depending on the day, and occasionally less maligned but incompetent adults like the principal or Bustier. Due to the nature of ML, these are also some of the more frequent targets of akumatization. Gabe and Nathalie can actually also fall on this list, since they manage to be plenty problematic even when it's not part of an evil scheme.

So the issue lies in creating a separate superpowered Rogues Gallery that threatens LB and CN as heroes but not so much as civilians. Like, there's going to be overlap, but a lot of what, Bob Roth for example, does pre-akumatization had little to no bearing on the superhero shenanigans. So there needs to be some villains that do the reverse.

To use a Spider-Man analogy, they have their Flash Thompsons and their JJJs and even their Eddie Brocks/Venoms in the form of Lila, but they don't have, like, a Doc Ock or a Vulture or the rest of the Sinister 6, who don't really give a shit about Peter Parker.

So my next thought was, "what's the path of least resistance to creating a group of consistently present superpowered villains that don't really care about Marinette or Adrien?" And my answer to that was just take some existing akumas and revamp the butterfly powers a bit to make them stick around.

There's already Mr. Pigeon as a non-serious silly threat. I think keeping Stormy Weather, who's a pretty badass akuma and who's akumatization has literally nothing to do with Team Miraculous is a good one, but I'm unsure why Auroré would keep working with HM. Rogercop could be good. He tends to get akumatized because of Team Miraculous, but Roger is also kinda just an asshole, so I feel like there could be other reasons for it. I like the idea of keeping Simon Says too, as a villain that Gabe doesn't have a whole lot of control over, although why Gabe would repeatedly give him powers is a big question, and he's also a bit too sweet to just be villainous on his own. Darkblade could work for another silly one that's somewhat more threatening than Mr. Pigeon, and is also enough of an asshole/weirdo to regularly justify repeated akumatization. I also kinda want Copycat or a variant thereof, as someone who specifically has issues with LB or CN and isn't named Lila. But I'd love to hear your thoughts on who you'd add to the list. Like, I know they smoothed things over with him in canon and in HC, but I'm having trouble thinking of anyone else who has LB or CN related beef.

The main thing I haven't really worked out is how to revamp the butterly powers to make this feasible. My tenuous idea is that instead of like, directly empowering and lowkey mind controlling the akumatized villain in a weird kind of contract situation, the butterfly user just gives them a store of power they can draw on periodically with the power of their emotions. So like, if canon gives you a power that you can use infinitely, but only while being directly controlled by the Butterfly user, this version would give you, like 10 shots before you ran out of power and the Butterfly would have to empower you again. But the stronger your emotions, the more shots you get, or something like that. But that would require an emotionally charged villain to have the foresight to save their shots up for a later date, so IDK if this would actually work.

Thoughts?

Yeah I think my main thought is on the how/why they stay Villains and hm.

I think my thought on it would be the idea of something going 'wrong' in a way?

Maybe this could replace the thing of what happens when Ladybug doesn't Purify the Butterfly. Instead of Hawkmoth being able to make copies, the person just stays in their Akumatized state but is no longer controlled by Hawkmoth.

[echo-has-queries]

Miraculous Ladybug Steampunk AU

This is freshly updated and will continue to have a new chapter published at least once a week until it's done :3 I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Each Hum And Click (13647 words) by Echo_elates

Chapters: 4/13

Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug/Kagami Tsurugi, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Kagami Tsurugi, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug/Kagami Tsurugi, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Characters: Kagami Tsurugi, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Gabriel Agreste, Emilie Agreste, Nathalie Sancoeur, Tomoe Tsurugi

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Steampunk, OT3, Polyamory, Exes, Badass Kagami Tsurugi, Everyone is cute, Sentimonster Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, except in a steampunk way, Arranged Marriage, Bisexuality, Bisexual Kagami Tsurugi, Bisexual Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Gabriel Agreste's A+ Parenting, Bad Parent Tomoe Tsurugi, brief description of a corpse, POV Kagami Tsurugi

Summary:

Kagami thought her understandably high standards for a match in marriage would mean she could avoid being paired with a man by her mother. That she could keep perfecting her flying-machine skills and eventually take over her mother’s place in leading the Tsurugi steam engine manufacturing company without having to defer to a man. She would have thought that when her mother told her to test the Agreste boy as a marriage match she had been kidding - if her mother ever kid.

But she was serious and there truly was no fault to be found with Gabriel Agreste's son - except for the small detail of course, that he was not human.

So Kagami must turn to the only fine mechanic she knows in Paris to find a solution to this new dilemma. But perhaps the dilemma could turn out to be the solution itself.

Written for the AU Roulette Challenge 2024 with the prompt: Steampunk AU

[xhanisai]

destroy a shitty, entitled customer once and you'll find yourself (1) smitten kitten

AO3

Pairing - Adrinette

Prompt - 'Simp'

Summary -

"Are you arguing back with me? Don't you know your place, you useless worker!? The customer is always right, you rude, little shit! I demand a refund—"

Before anyone could even blink, a petite but insanely strong hand clasped itself on the customer's shoulder, sending an icy bucket of water over his head and the man found himself sinking to one knee before freezing on the spot.

He then turned around and found himself face-to-face with the most angriest, dangerous-looking blue eyes he had ever seen in his entire lifetime, belonging to a Eurasian little girl.

It was at this moment he knew, he fucked up.

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 "You call this food!? The soup is colder than my fridge and looks disgustingly sloppy! And the bread is soggy as hell— look! Half of it has already broken off and turned into sludge in this so-called soup! Can you and the chefs stop being so useless for once!? No wonder you're all stuck working shitty jobs!" The red-faced customer sneered, towering over the poor waiter who hugged the metal tray against his chest and was close to bursting out to tears. He looked no older than fifteen whilst the customer seemed to be no younger than forty-nine. "I-I-I-I'm so sorry, Monsieur! But according to our shop’s protocols, we're not allowed to serve the food any hotter than that for customer safety and to avoid any burns! And your bread ended up soggy because you put the sandwich in the soup and went on your phone for a while before tucking into your food—" "Are you arguing back with me? Don't you know your place, you useless worker!? The customer is always right, you rude, little shit! I demand a refund—" Before anyone could even blink, a petite but insanely strong hand clasped itself on the customer's shoulder, sending an icy bucket of water over his head and the man found himself sinking to one knee before freezing on the spot. He then turned around and found himself face-to-face with the most angriest, dangerous-looking blue eyes he had ever seen in his entire lifetime, belonging to a Eurasian little girl.

 It was at this moment he knew, he fucked up. "Would you mind repeating what you had just said about the nice waiter?" Her tone was like a blistering storm, like thunder despite it being so calm and steady. Her grip on his shoulder tightened and the man found himself buckling to both of his knees, now having to peer up at the scary little girl much to his absolute horror. "I-I-It isn't my fault! The food is cold and the customer is always right! U-U-Unhand me you freak! I swear I will file a complaint to whatever school you’re from and get you expelled!"

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It was then, he practically threw himself in the deep ends.

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Meanwhile, whilst Marinette relentlessly threatened chewed out the former angry customer to the point where he tearfully apologised to all the minimum-wage working people he's wronged (begging in a foetal position on the dirty floor with his hands clasped above him in a pleading gesture), Alya, Nino and Adrien observed the chaotic scene from the table nearby. The bespectacled couple watched in awe, the journalist with her phone out and recording everything so that she could brag about how fucking badass her best friend is whilst the boy tried to hide under his cap like a turtle, quite frightened by the petité girl's courage. Nino has been on the receiving end of Marinette’s ire a few times before for smaller things and he did not appreciate having to relive those petrifying memories. Even if she was just five years old back in those days.

 “M-m-mec! It was an accident! I swear!”

 “You killed him…”

 “I didn’t mean to!”

 “You killed Monsieur. Jacques!”

 “He’s only an ant!”

 “GRAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!”

 “HELP!!!!!”

 Oh, she was one terrifying five-year-old.

Adrien on the other hand... "Oh wow~! She's so brave, so courageous, so heroic~!" He had his hands on his rosy cheeks, elbows on the table and literal hearts glittering in his eyes as he kicked his legs back and forth like a lovesick little girl on his seat. "Oh, Marinette~ ma Marinette~ Mari, Mari, Mari, marry meeeeeee~~~~!" He was completely blind to the bewildered look his best friend threw at him and the way Alya zoomed in on Adrien's face, capturing every single word he said on camera.

 “That annoying customer is so lucky he’s getting yelled at by Marinette. He should be honoured. He should be bowing down to her and devote the rest of his life towards her. Oh, Marinette~” The best way one could describe Nino’s face towards Adrien’s rambling was this image:

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[a-sad-mage]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO

[Spoilers for those who have not watched act 3 of Arcane Season 2, or Arcane in general]

Am I crying? Yes I am BUT ITS HAPPY TEARS

MY MAN JAYCE HAS BEEN CLEARED OF HIS CRIMES HES A FREE MAN

Mel being the badass she is-

And Cat and Vi- really did get in on in a jail cell that was just housing Jinx (might as well be the equivalent of fucking in you siblings bed)

The alt time line shit was amazing, there where theory's about Jayce, Ekko and Himer being in ult realitys which is why when we saw Jayce at the act 2 trying to kill Victor.

Also, Maggie being a traitor was kinda obvious in hindsight, Ambessa literally said she provided Cat with something to help keep her occupied with Vi gone.

Not in those exact words, but it's clear she set Maggie up to keep a close eye on Cat to make sure she was doing what she(Ambessa) wanted.

Warwick/Vander, Jayce and Jinx being... you know...

[To me Victor was already dead when the Arcane/Hexteck took over, his mind just becoming a part of something bigger djgie]

Also, Ekko- not going to lie him resetting time over and over again to try and get the better outcome reminded me of miraculous - Ladybug and Chat Noir, when Adrian as Aspic(Aspik?) and Luka as Viperion and just Marinette whenever she used the Snake Miraculous would reset time to win.

I can only imagine the trauma.

Arcane truly was an experience and im glad I was here for it.

Am I sad it's over?

Yes, but this might just be chapter one of a whole ass cinematic universe for LoL.

Is it likely to happen? Fuck no this shit was expensive. But if they do, fans would do feral.

Me included.

[Not i don't play LoL I play LoLMBB casually]

[mystic-myrtille]

#76 for the kisses post. I would love to see it when you have the time/energy to do it~

Thank you so much for the request :D

#76: Kisses all over the face

After having dated for a good amount of time, Luka had learned a lot of things about Marinette. Things like how she was an excellent cook, or a fast learner when it comes to playing guitar (she could actually play an F chord after a week), or the kindest, bravest, most talented, cutest girl in the whole wide world. And how she was a crime fighting, strong and badass superhero, who could take on every supervillain that dared to mess with her or her loved ones.

But of course, every hero had their arch nemesis, and Luka had quickly learned that there wasn't a single akuma or evil butterfly man that would ever measure up to the true villain of her life story: getting up early.

Luka opened his eyes at the beeping of the alarm, followed by a growling next to him and his girlfriend pressing her face into his shoulder. He smiled and carefully reached over to grab his phone and turn the alarm off.

„Good morning, sleepy head,“ he whispered into her bangs as his hand traveled up and down her back.

„Mornin'“ she mumbled, not looking up at him but instead trying to pull him a little closer, if that was even possible. The best thing about sleepy Marinette was that she was cuddlier than regular Marinette, who already was very cuddly, and Luka was very weak for her tight embrace.

„Have you slept well?“, he asked.

„Not enough, still need five minutes.“

Luka chuckled. Of course she would say that.

He just needed to motivate her a little.

„Don't you have a meeting to attend to today? For your dream internship at Audrey's? The one you were so excited about when you were accepted that you did a back flip and almost fell into the Seine? You don't want to be late for that, do you?“

Marinette growled again.

„Don't care, want sleep,“ she mumbled again. Luka smiled against her forehead. Sleepy Marinette certainly didn't have her priorities straight.

Luckily, he had another idea.

He pushed her bangs aside and gave her a kiss on her forehead.

„Who allowed you to be so damn cute, anyway, my love?“, he said as he rolled her on her back, leaning on his arms above her as he kept kissing her forehead.

Marinette made a humming sound, clearly enjoying the shower of affection she was receiving.

„You're so affectionate. What's gotten into you so suddenly?“, she giggled and moved her head back a little so that she could look at him through her long, beautiful lashes. She looked perfect even right after waking up. Just what did Luka do to deserve her?

„What kind of question is that? I love giving you all my love and appreciation, preferably for the rest of my life,“ he replied and the smile she gave him was everything.

His lips moved from her forehead to her temple, from there to one cheek, then her nose to the other cheek, every single one a brush of his soft lips against her soft skin, tender but still full of feeling, and every single one getting a tired little giggle out of her.

„Hm, your kisses are the best,“ she whispered and wrapped one arms around his torso while her other hand played with his messy hair.

When he moved lower, to her chin, along her jaw and down to her neck, she squealed a little.

„Luka, that tickles,“ she laughed and he lifted his head to look into her eyes.

„But it still seemes like you liked it,“ he noted. Her hand moved from his hair to lightly stroke his cheek.

„Yeah, I did“ Marinette replied and tilted her head. „Although I feel you forgot something.“ Her eyes dropped to his lips while biting her own. Luka smiled, lowering his head to brush his nose against hers. „Did I?“

„Yeah, you did,“ said Marinette and he slowly moved a little closer, cupping her cheek, feeling her warm breath on his lips and the distance grew smaller and smaller.

But just as their lips were about to meet, he suddenly moved away and hopped out of bed, leaving behind a confused Marinette staring at him with wide eyes.

„What are you doing?“

He grabbed his shirt and started to dress himself.

„If you want more kisses,“ he grinned at her, „you have to get up now and come have breakfast with me.“

Then he walked over to the door and opened it.

„Are you trying to lure me out of bed?“, asked Marinette.

„Well, do you want kisses or not?“

She continued to blankly stare at him for a few more senonds, then she sighed.

„You're the worst,“ she said, „But your stupid plan worked.“

She climbed out of bed while Luka laughed. „I love you, too.“

He made good on his promise five minutes later, when he found himself pressed against the kitchen counter by his no longer sleepy girlfriend.

Send me a number and I'll write a short Lukanette fic!

[artzychic27]

… What if… SB&IB actor au?

(AU where the fans have taken over the studio and rewrite it according to Scarlet Beetle and Ikati Black and are forcing Thomas to watch every episode, and the actors are just thrilled)

Director: *Laughing* Cut!

Marinette: I’m sorry! *Hugs Chloé* I love you, Chloé!

Chloé: I love you, Mari! Being mean is torture!

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Nathaniel: Nooroo, Wings- Ugh! I… I had something in my mouth.

Cast: *Laughing*

Nathaniel: What was in my mouth?!

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Alya: Ever heard of Anan… An…

Marcelle: Anne?

Alya: Anne. Yes, my sister wrestler name is Anne.

Cast: *Laughing*

Alya: That’s her wrestling name, y’all! Remember that! Nailed it! *Walks off of set*

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Ivan: *Just starts dancing out of nowhere*

Sabrina: *Snickers* Why?

Ivan: Why not?

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Jalil: Now, as you know, the one with the scepter is Akenathen. And there, opposite is Nefertiti… Akenathen. That’s what I said.

Alix: That is what you said.

Alim: It is.

Jalil: I’m dumb. I’m so dumb.

Alix: No, you got big brains up there.

Jalil: A big dumb brain.

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Nathaniel: Everyone in my class is a virgin!

Kim: *Walks on the set* Way to call us out, man.

Nathaniel: Get out of the shot!

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Marc: *During Horrificator; Bumps into the classroom doorframe* Fuck! Jesus- Ah! Oh, I hit my forehead- Ow!

Sabrina: *Laughing* Are you okay?

Marc: No! No, I’m really not! I’m taking my coffee break! *Walks off the set*

Cast: *Laughing*

Nino: *Laughing* You had your break five minutes ago.

Marc: I need another one!

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[Confessional]

Marc: Asstruc always had me slouching, because, back then, I was the “feminine” boyfriend, so I couldn’t be too tall when around Nath. And I… Sometimes forget how tall I am.

Nathaniel: And when I was around Marc, I wore shoes that gave me some more height, but around others, I was in my regular shoes.

Marc: Yeah, but now he’s my short boyfriend again. *Kisses his forehead*

Nathaniel: That sweet one-foot height gap. But when I’m Monarch, I’m in heels, because that’s just to assert dominance.

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[Confessional]

Marinette: Hey, I’m thrilled we got rid of that asshole. Now we got cool assholes running things!

Adrien: And I can curse now! I’m not some “Sunshine Baby!” Watch this! THIS NEW SHOW IS FUCKING AWESOME, YOU COCK-SUCKING PUSSY-LICKERS!

Rose: Guys, check this out. KISS MY BALLS, BITCHES! *Cackles*

Adrien: We’re gonna cause so much fucking chaos now!

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[Confessional]

Juleka: I, for one, think it’s pretty cool they incorporated our sexualities and genders into the show. Like… That’s badass, right? How many shows or movies do that?

Nino: Yeah, and they’re not like all in people’s faces with me being a trans guy.

Juleka: Yeah, just got that little patch, and that’s it.

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[Confessional]

Nathaniel: Yeah, it gets weird talking to the air constantly, but when I see the final thing, I’m like, “Damn, that’s good.”

Kim: Yeah, but you can hear the other cast members laughing while we’re conversing with the Kwamis. Now I know how Mari and Adrien felt.

Max: It’s hard as hell. But, the jokes on them since they’re gonna be talking to Kwamis in season 2.

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[Confessional]

Denise: I… I am thrilled to finally have lines.

Lacey: Yeah, Ass-truc literally just stuck us in the class and said, “React.” Like… Like we’re the background characters in VicTORIous!

Ismael: You have no idea how invalidating that was! I went through years of acting classes only to be stuck in as a background character!

Aurore: Yeah, and somehow Marc becomes the main classmate.

Marc: One of the worst parts had to be how Asstruc was so uncreative with the outfits for characters who weren’t me, Aurore, or Mireille. Seriously, Jean’s sweater was reused like four times!

Jean: But then, the design team gave it some life! I’m a theater nerd as God herself intended!

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Ikati Black: FUCK OFF ROGER! The rest of you! Unless you wanna look like jackasses for firing at a villain while he still has a captive, you're all going to listen to me, and listen good! GOT IT?!

Officers: Sir, yes sir!

Ikati Black: *Slips on a pair of sunglasses* Power move.

Scarlet Beetle: *Rolling on the floor laughing* Stop! Stop!

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Copy Cat: Nice try, little bird. But you're not going to escape this cage so easily.

Marc: Perv!

Copy Cat: Dude!

Nathaniel: *Putting on his Monarch costume* Perv!

Roger: Oh, total perv.

Copy Cat: I need a coffee break!

Marc: All according to plan. *Leaves while still tied up*

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[Confessional]

Marcelle: I’m glad they gave Marc a sister and brother, and it’s even more exciting since we’re all actually siblings.

Marc: Yeah, it’s fun seeing my sibs during shoots. Kiran was especially excited.

Kiran: I can’t wait to get Akumatized!

Marcelle: … *Whispers* I’m gonna tell him.

Marc: *Whispers* Don’t you dare.

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Austin Q: *Hugging Austin T after they finish Lady WiFi* I love you.

Austin T: I love you, too. But we’re just acting.

Austin Q: I know, and I’m sorry for the mean things I said.

Austin T: *Pats him on the head* It’s okay. Later we’ll get ice cream.

Austin Q: Yaay!

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[Confessional]

Austin Q: I hate being a jerk!

Austin A: I want redemption! Are we getting redemption?!

Austin B: *Sucking his thumb*

Austin T: … I’m what’s known as the group mom.

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[Confessional]

Ivan: I’ve been handling our fame pretty well. Y’know, with new outfits comes new fashion lines, cool new fanart, and music videoes. But sometimes, I’d just like to enjoy a cappuccino in peace. Is that too much to ask?!

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[Confessional]

Lila: When the fanfiction writers tied up Astruc and bound him to a chair, I was like, “Okay,” then they burned the scripts and I’m thinking they must be on something, but then they bring in new scripts, I’m reading them, and I’m like… “I’m not an asshole bitch anymore?” I love it. The writing sounds like something teenagers would actually say, and I am perfectly fine with doing the show ever if it means getting to follow this script.

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[Confessional]

Alya: *Getting her Lady WiFi makeup done* The artists… They’re just wonderful. Okay, they aren’t putting the girls in My Hero Academia female hero costumes, they aren’t giving the guys insane muscles, it’s all good. I felt comfortable in my costume.

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Marinette: I would like your son’s hand in marriage.

Gabriel: Consider it done.

Adrien: That is not in the script!

Emille: Adrien, shush! It’s improv!

Alix: I thought that was when people say, “Yes, and?”

Adrien: Someone say “Cut!”

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[Confessional]

Kim: *Looks up from his book* Oh. Hey guys. We have a lot of fun on this show. But one thing that’s not fun is forcing Luka Couffaine to only wear pants.

Max: That’s right, Kim. Thomas Astruc has forced Luka to wear pants instead of being allowed to wear the skirts they so love.

Nino: Don’t get us wrong, Luka still looks amazing in those jeans, but come on! Who doesn’t want to see Luka Couffaine in a skirt?!

Ivan: I know I wanna.

Nathaniel: As do I.

Ismael: Skirts make his ass look hot.

Simon: So, if you or someone you know wants to see Luka in a skirt, donate to Let-Luka-Couffaine-Wear-Skirts.com.

Jean: Together, we can all see Luka Couffaine in a leather skirt and fishnet stockings.

Adrien: If you don’t donate, then you’re a joke. And so is your family.

Marc: Let’s put Luka Couffaine in a skirt so that we may simp over them when they bend over.

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[Confessional]

Cosette: So… I’m getting a girlfriend! That’s right! Uh-huh! I’m getting a fucking girlfriend! There’s gonna be hand-holding, kissing, all that shit! Yeah! Fuck yes! I’m getting a girlfriend!

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Marc: When I let you go, you better get running in the next ten seconds, or I will jam one of my fucking pens through your neck, yank it out, and then finger-fuck the hole!

Nathaniel: … What’s stopping you now?

Marcelle: … You bisexual little fuck.

Cast: *Laughing

Marcelle: I stand by my statement.

—

Reshma: *Just randomly dancing* I… I don’t know. *Laughs*

Ismael: Okay, okay. That’s alright. But how about this? *Starts Moonwalking*

Marc: *Doing Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation choreography* Ya’ll got nothing on me.

Mireille: Okay, okay. But have you considered- *Starts breakdancing*

Denise: *Doing Luisa’s Surface Pressure choreography*

Jean: *Voguing* You were saying?

Cosette: *Doing Wednesday’s dance* Should this just be the show from now on? Everyone’s dancing for no reason?

—

[Confessional]

Chloé: *Getting her hair and makeup done* So, this is cool, I’m actually getting redemption, and some of the Austins along with a few canon characters are going to be… Wait, was I supposed to… Oh, God… Oh my God! I am so sorry!

—

[Confessional]

XY: It’s awesome being back on the show. I get to see some friends, hang with my dad, and we’re actually to peel back some of my layers.

Bob: Yeah, while it sucks I’m still the asshole father, I think this is good; it’s something audiences need to see- The-the toxicity of the music industry and the effect on teenagers.

XY: And we never delved into our relationship on the original show. It was clear I was being abused.

Bob: Exactly! God, I’m glad Asstruc is in the dungeon. Speaking of which, it’s your turn to feed him the fish heads.

XY: Damn it!

—

[Confessional]

Aya: When I got an email saying Asstruc was taken hostage, I was thrilled, but then I got another email saying the new writers wanted me to have a role on the new show, and I was ecstatic! Yes, my son plays the villain, but I’m happy he’s not longer a background character who’s only important when it comes to some ship that’s not even that cute anymore.

[georgi-girl]

Miraculous Team Trope Page

A list of tropes that apply to the Miraculous Team au created by SonicPossible00 on Deviantart.

Adaptational Expansion (when a work expands on the original story it was based on): Unlike the original series, which revels things little by little, The M Team series reveals it's worldbuilding all at once. It also expands on the Miraculous lore and characters' personal lives.

Adaptational Sexuality: At least five characters so far have come out as gay, while in the original series, they were Ambiguously Bi at the most.

Alpha B*^ch: Chloe Bourgeois aka Queen Bee used to be this, but during the Origins volume she resolve to change for the better. That title is later taken up by her mother Audrey and the original character Jeanne Gagne.

An Ice Person (someone with ice powers) : Sabrina Raincomprix aka Louve Gris has ice breath, a reference to wolf howls.

Art Attacker (someone who uses art as a weapon) : Nathanal Katzinburg aka Panda Roux has the power to bring drawings to life, which he uses to make weapons and tools.

Badass Normal (a non-super person whose still a competent fighter): The Parisian Police force are portrayed as this. They protect people from Akuma attack and hold off said Akuma until the Team arrives. Ladybug makes a point of praising them whenever she and her team mates are interviewed.

Bespectacled Cutie: The M Team gives us 4 examples of this: Confident Alya, sweet Sabrina, Nerdy Max and Laidback Nino.

Beware the Nice Ones: Applies to the M Team. They're all sweet kids. But they're also well-trained living weapons who will clobber the heck out of wrongdoers. Also applies to most Akuma victims; otherwise normal people who've been pushed over the edge by one too many a-holes.

Big Brother Instinct (protective siblings): Marinette Dupain-Cheng has this for her friend Manon. Nino Lahiffe has this for his brother Chris. Alya Cesaire has it for her three sisters. And the Couffaine siblings Luka and Juleka have it for each other.

Brainwashed and Crazy: This is the simplest way to describe Akumazation.

Broken Ace (an otherwise successful person who harbors a secret agony) This applies to Adriens' father Gabriel Agreste. He's a rich fashion designer, he's raising a remarkable son, and he's got super loyal employees. But he's also deeply paranoid and in constant morning for his late wife Emilie. If it wasn't for said son and employees supporting him, he might be worse off than in canon.

"BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!" (a battle cry to activate a superhero's transformation, named after He-Man's famous battle cry): To turn into their superhero selves, The team members must say their kwami's name followed by "Transform Moi!" The transformation also fuses them with their kwami and brings out hidden parts of their personality.

Color - Animal Codename: Corbie Noir, Panda Roux, Louve Gris, etcetera.

Costume Porn - SonicPossible gives very detailed descriptions of characters' outfits, especially the hero and akuma costumes.

Creepy Good: Juleka Couffaine aka Corbie Noir looks like a steriotypical goth but is very kind-hearted and life affirming.

Defrosting The Ice Queen (when an cold aloof character becomes friendlier over time) : This is a big part of Chloe's and Kagami's character arcs.

Eldritch Location - The Garden of Ancients is a benevolent example of this, being a bubble universe that runs on Narnia Time, which the heroes use as a training ground.

Epic Speeches: Ladybug often gives these to her teammates right before a big fight. They often contain multiple pop-culture references.

Expy: A new character based on an existing character of a real person. SonicPossible00 has a lot of oc's like this. For example, jerky M Team-hating blogger Amboise Delay is an expy of real-life jerky businessman Donald Trump.

Fanservice: As the series progresses, there are more and more intimant moments between couples. AND BEFORE ANYONE GETS MAD; number 1, nobody has gone past second base, and number 2, the age of consent in France is 15, so everything is legal.

Heart Is a Great Power (when a seemingly useless power ends up saving the day) : Ladybug doesn't have her Lucky Charm in this AU, so her Sixth Sense isn't as flashy as the others' powers. She still figures out genus battle plans with knowledge gained not only from the environment, but from her childhood memories. Likewise Queen Bee was initially disappointed with her "lame" shrinking power, until Sabrina points out it's many benefits.

Karma Houdini (a character who isn't punished for their bad behavior) : Chloe and her mother Audrey are this, which makes their redemption arcs kind of hard to root for. You have to dig deep into your religious teaching to forgive them.

Lonely Rich Kid: Adrien Agreste and Kagami Tsuragi are this. As is Chloe to a lesser extant.

Magical Girls; And Magical Boys. Both this and canon have a lot of Mahou Shoujo elements.

Maniacal Laughter - Almost every villain does this. It's actual surprising when they don't.

Manipulative Bastard: Hawk Moth is this to a T. They way he talks to potential victims is eerily reminesent of a p%&0phile talking to children.

Mentor Mascot: The Kwamis. On top of being cute, these animal spirits have 4000 years' worth of knowledge to impart on their holders.

Meta Humor - References to canon are often made in the form of a joke or hypothetical "what if" discussion, usually to point out differences between the two series.

Mythical Motif - Many of Hawk Moth's akumas are based on mythical of fantastical figures; Ra, Aphrodite, The Leprechaun, Ifrits, etc.

Nice To The Waiter (a high-ranking person treating a server as an equal): Chloe Bourgeois, of all people is this. She frequently reminds her butler Jean to call her Chloe instead of 'Miss Chloe'. Adrien Agreste and rock star Jagged Stone are this too.

No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: The team often combine their powers to deliver this to the Akumas they fight, justified since the best way to deakumatize someone is to knock them unconscious.

Non-Human Mascot: The Kwamis count as this, although neither they nor their holders see them as 'sidekicks'.

Oblivious To Love: Everyone knows about Marinette's and Adrien's secret crushes on each other, except Marinette and Adrien. Then there's Kim Le Chien and Alix Kubdel, who aren't even aware of their own feelings.

Older Than They Look - Master Fu looks 80 at the most, but he's really over 150. Hawk Moth looks middle aged, but is over 200 years old.

Personality Powers (when superpowers match your personality) : Artsy Nathanael can bring drawings to life, goth Juleka can control shadows, big tough Ivan has super strength, timid Mylene has invisibility, Athletes Kim and Alix have giant leaps and super speed respectively.

Power of Teamwork: Combined with the powers of Love and Friendship. The kids plan things out as a team, fight the bad guys as a team, and protect each other as a team.

Protective Kids : All the M Team members are protective of their parents. This is most noticeable in the volume Haute Couture where Chat Noir goes out of his way to protect his dad from the title villain. And in Valentine Lovers where Ladybug does the same with her parents.

Purple is Powerful: There a villainous example in Hawk Moth, who wear all purple, and two heroic examples in Max Kante aka Arachnid and Corbie Noire.

Red is Heroic: Team Leader Ladybug wear all red, as does team member Panda Roux.

Rich B*^ch: Chloe was this before deciding to be a better person. Original Character Jeanne Gagne and her "diamond dogs" still are.

Running Gag (a joke that's repeated throughout a narrative): Aside from the meta humor, there are many scenes of characters spacing out, making a bad pun or 'blushing like a tomato'.

Scenery Porn: Whenever a scene takes place in a certain area of Paris, SP will take a few paragraphs to explain the area's history and significance.

Slasher Smile - Goes with the Maniacal Laughter.

Shipper On Deck (when a character in-universe roots for two characters to get together) : Everyone (even Chloe eventually) ship Adrien and Marinette, and later, they all ship Kim and Alix. Not to mention the team is shipped every every which way by their fans.

Shock and Awe (lightning powers): Hawk Moth has a cattle prod built into his cane, which he uses to torture his lieutenants whenever they fail.

Slinging Shadows (shadow powers): Juleka Couffaine aka Corbie Noir has this power.

Social Darwinist (someone who thinks "Survival of the Fittest" is the same as "Might Makes Right"): Hawk Moth and his lieutenants are this; constantly making speeches about power and the strong ruling the weak.

Stereotype Flip (when a character subverts whatever stereotype is associated with their race, gender, religion, ect.): Chloe and Rose both subvert the Dumb Blonde stereotype, Marinette and Kim, both subvert Asian stereotypes, Max Alya and Nino all subvert Black stereotypes, Miss Caline Bustier subverts the "Teachers are Useless" stereotype, and almost everyone subverts the "Snooty French" stereotype.

Superpowered Evil Side: Being Akumatized is a lot like having a split personality: you black out, go on a magical rampage, and wake up with no memory of what happened.

Taken For Granite (being turned to stone): This version of Hawk Moth spent 200 years as a marble statue before being freed at the beginning of the series.

Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: If it weren't for Hawk Moth, all the teammates would have to worry about is grades, growing up, and romance.

Violently Protective Girlfriend: All the female teammates fight tooth and nail to protect their love interests.

Well-Intentioned Extremist: The villain known as The Collector started out as this. He went downhill very quickly.

World Half-Full (a world with lots of problems but also hopeful): Paris, and the Earth in general, are portrayed as this. Yes, there's a lot of awful, unredeemable people and tragic events, but there's also lots of good people worth protecting.

More tropes to be added as the series progresses.

[beatrice1979a]

2023 is gone. Happy New Year 2024!!

It's been 2 months!! Yeah this is the longest I've put a curated selection of Muse on repeat without preparing for a concert. Family having fun at my expense but my hyperfixation did produce some results. For starters I'm still here.

Still as obsessed as the first time i saw that silly trailer of Chat noir with green hair finally turning to a Badass and Queen redesigned Ladybug chanelling her sassy side.

I'm stil reading fics and consuming artwork at an abnormal pace of my favorite bypolar-psycho-suffering-will-NOT-call-them-emo-couple and their sexy middle-age cream puff Handler (looking at you reverse Gabriel rrrawr) AND I think I'm finally improving my sketching skills.

What do I want for 2024?

More shadyclaw fics! I KNOW the Reverse Paris hype is fading and new movies are lined up so I'm treasuring every single reverse Paris fic out there. I know I'll end up rererereading them soon enough for the lack of offers.

AND j'm seriously looking forward those two reverse Paris projects to keep me shadyclaw-tuned.

I might finally learn to digitally colour. But I say the same every year so...

I might post a fic but not looking forward to that. I'm enjoying reading more than writing this time. These MLB fanfic writers are insanely talented. I don't say it lightly.

Next season for MLB...how about Adrien to turn to the dark side for a whole season. Not a single episode. Let Marinette fight to get him back this time around. Like seriously appreciate how awesome and indispensable Chat Noir is. Give the man some decent arc besides pinning for Marinette. Give him some "paris special Pool" moment. That scene was brilliant. More of that.

And If they want to drop a few scenes of my fav reformed psycho couple. I'll be happy too. But what are the odds of that. At least tell me who the Supreme is!!

Thats it.

That's what I want for next year.

[hisuianserperior]

Spoilers for pretention and revelation.

First pretention, my man Félix MVP and Marinette also deciding to be ten times more badass. Tomoe is competing with Gabriel for worst parent and miraculous while Kagami and Félix are being all romantic and he's preventing her from being controlled. Great episode

The revelation, I really hate Lila Rossi which makes the fact this episode is great annoying. Gabriel is a petty asshole who is losing to a sausage haired liar somehow. And what was that with Lila and her mom or moms, this is why you don't skip episodes people but can this girl be so evil she's pretending to be someone else's daughter. The writers have definitely been reading salt fics with all the interactions,slight Ms Bustier bashing, akuma Lila mind controlling people and Adrien admitting his advice stupid. Rossi has all of Gabriel's secrets and I can't wait to see what's next.

[princess-of-the-corner]

The thing about 'Marinette should confront Felix' that never makes sense to me is how people are ASKING for things to get worse for Marinette. According to the scripts Felix has mastered 3 martial arts (Kung fu, Karate, judo) and he has superhuman abilities even WITHOUT a miraculous. He defeats 3 akumas at once without getting touched, he's fully confident in his ability to beat Ladybug and Chat Noir in combat, and I don't see any reason to doubt him. There is no argument she can make about him giving away the kwamis that he cannot turn back on her and emphasize that at least he didn't murder them like she's been murdering sentimonsters. She'd lose this fight so bad. It just feels like a trap. Like I get the fantasy but realistically it would NOT go well. Not with the lengths they've always gone to show how overpowered Felix is.

SO HERE'S THE THING

1.) Honestly this is cartoon logic so everyone is as badass or clumsy as pertains to Committing To The Bit™. So I'm not counting 'oh he's badass without powers'. While this applies to most cartoons, this goes triple for ML because the writing sucks and they can't make someone highly competent without making everyone else incompetent (See: Lila's nonsense).

2.) Regardless of the Senti-Murder, she kinda wins the argument about the Miraculous and the Kwami by pointing out that even with her failings, Monarch is worse and will be worse still because that extra power might get him his goal which would fuck over everyone.

3.) This isn't about 'winning' directly! It's about communication damn it! Ladybug needs to know that she's committed several murders! If Felix tells Ladybug who Monarch is, she can stop him from causing more harm! And as Felix sees Gabriel as a threat to himself and Adrien, he'd want that! (Fuck man even if you don't trust Ladybug just put Gabriel on blast. Tell the cops. Hijack the tv and tell the world. Make a callout post on twitter about how he's a bitch ass motherfucker. SOMETHING.)

[ozawa-torio]

Alix and Marinette: *doing badass stuff* Chloe and Zoe: "I'm so gay..." (Chloe gay for Alix, Zoe gay for Marinette)

[If you know about the latest trailer of the mob series then it is all Hawkmoth's fault, this will be the stress relieving from him]

In the alternative universe where Alix is still able to help Marinette out, they're beating the shit out of HawkMoth/Mornach for everything he has done, burning and throwing a chair at the old man.

"Go to hell old hag!!!"

"Adrien has suffered enough from you!"

"DIE!!!"

Meanwhile, the half-sister twins were sipping juices while gossiping about the scenarios

"Short-cake such an adorable and badass woman!!!"

"Hey no way, Marinette is the leader so her levels of strength and beauty would be way more!"

"well if it isn't my short-cake who is able to wield the Rabbit miraculous, she would have beaten and overpowered the whole team's.

Alix pulled out a gun. One shot Nd K.O

Marinette is so done so she doesn't even bother to use her lucky charm as the girl stomps on the hag.

"Hope hell accepts you and drowns you in sins"

Chloe and Zoe yell, fan Girling the twos of them.

[sidsinning]

This is not going to be an extremely thorough essay about why my opinions of mlb are completely right from every angle you could ever think of its 10 am and I'm running on 0 hrs

This is just what I've been thinking about the show

I feel like every time the show defies a gender stereotype it doubles down on like 5 more at the same time

VERY unpopular opinion: sometimes the stalker trope can be funny but I feel like the creators don't do it well which is why everyone shits on Mari for it so hard + they overdo it

I really don't think Mari's shtick is actually making kids think diving into trashcans to spy on your crush is ok to do- everything she does is cringe on purpose so I don't see kids aspiring to be like her in this way

Felix's intricate arc felt so abruptly cut after he became Kagami's boyfriend; I feel like it's a shame Feligami were so rushed bc a slow development of their relationship could've strengthened his character arc even further. I feel like it merced both their characters by having it be so quickly put together. Bc why is Kagami saying she loves him enough to defy her mom already and why are they making out all the time. Like I didn't need that personally

Lots of missed opportunities in general regarding Felix

Kagami telling Felix Marinette is Ladybug after 1 ep he got with her like what the hell kind of insane betrayal??? They try to brush off???? Hello????

The way she found out was so stupid too

Man I will miss the -will they, won't they- Ladynoir; I feel like they were the most entertaining and well developed pair in terms of the LS, with the most addicting dynamic

I'm pretty sure most of us were drawn in by "cute flirty cat boy simping for our badass heroine who playfully rebuffs his advances" in the first place

Season 5 was batshit and filled with plotholes like holy

Idek what to think about Chloe now it's messy

The most corrupt adults getting abrupt redemption arcs (principal, mayor Andre, arguably Gabe)

Sabrina just decided to. Turn. Morality somehow appeared when the plot needed it to. Soccer

"I need to break up with Luka bc I am LB"

Tikki and Plagg: "Adrienette can't be together bc of the burden of LB and CN"

Then they get together just fine after becoming superheroes again where nothing about the stress of the job changed, so I guess Tikki and Plagg took away their miraculous for nothing

Luka in the guardian fit 💀

Idk man Kagami's resurfacing feelings for Adrien made me sigh ngl like did I really need this filling up screentime

Kagami being easily manipulated by Lila for plot bc their friendship was built off screen after their terrible interaction in Oni-chan

Lila in general

AI Adrigami taking over Paris' mind via fake AI video kidnapping on glorified apple watch starting the big finale 🧎‍♂️ like what even is this

Adrien being literally asleep for the finale- I get the message. Adrien shouldn't have to fight his dad. Adrien fighting his dad wouldn't be a moment of triumph for Adrien, only sadness. Adrien is a victim of abuse who wants to be rescued and that is ok. Mari rescuing him from his prison is beautiful.

But idk. Maybe have him help in a significant way before he gets neutralized for the whole finale besides providing Maribug with his ring? Idk I love love love Mari getting the spotlight in her show but. Hm. Cutting him off so clean like that is a lil weird considering how important he is, and how Ladynoir's relationship is so essential to the show? I'm still kinda torn on this

Bug Noir slayed at least

Other shit but yeah I'm just rambling

holding back on the surge of ml criticism my brain just produced

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Run Baby Run!

by That_Kwami_plagg Hurt, stranded and confused. Following a fight with Monarch, Ladybug and Chat find themselves trapped in a dangerous city filled with murderous rogues, a dysfunctional family of vigilantes hell bent on helping them and.. is that man dressed as a giant bat? -OR- An unhealthy amount of fluff, angst and shenanigans because this side of the fandom is my new obsession. Words: 2137, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/M Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Plagg (Miraculous Ladybug), Tikki (Miraculous Ladybug), Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Barbara Gordon, Jason Todd, Selina Kyle, Harleen Quinzel, Gabriel Agreste Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Additional Tags: Adrinette | Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Marichat | Adrien Agreste as Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Post-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Needs a Hug, Protective Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Badass Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Hurt Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Protective Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Protective Batfamily (DCU), Bad Parent Gabriel Agreste, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Is So Done, Damian Wayne is Bad at Feelings, Protective Damian Wayne, Damian Wayne is a Little Shit, Damian Wayne Has a Heart, Protective Jason Todd, Good Sibling Jason Todd, Tim Drake is Bad at Self-Care, Author Is Sleep Deprived, The Author Regrets Nothing, The Author Regrets Everything, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Batfamily is a Mess (DCU), Plagg Is a Little Shit (Miraculous Ladybug), Badass Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Bruce Wayne is Bad at Feelings, Bruce Wayne is Bad at Communicating via https://ift.tt/7Ok9AUS