#Up Ladybug Remix

[toubledrouble]

I love checking up on my old fandoms cause like what the FUCK is going on in the Miraculous Ladybug fandom?

[junekissed]

what svt would dress their kids as for halloween

member | dad!ot13 genre | headcanons, humor, fluff word count | 400 warnings | children below the cut (?), most of the babies are white i'm sorry it was super hard to find ones that weren't but don't pay attention to the kids they're just there to show the costumes! notes | all photos are from pinterest! this is based on a conversation i had with @duhnova earlier hehe :) comment which costume is your fav!

seungcheol - pumpkin

he would spend so long looking online for the cutest one. he'd probably want to do a pumpkin patch themed photoshoot to go along with it

jeonghan - lion

honestly i think he just went to spirit halloween at the last minute and picked out the silliest one he could find. fortunately for you they were out of the avocado costumes

joshua - grandma/grandpa

i think he would just get such a kick out of it. he would bring them to your parent's house and he would make those stupid jokes that waiters do when babies eat at restaurants like "oh no margaritas for her, she's driving" or handing the check to the baby "dinner's on him tonight"

junhui - elephant

i have no reasoning for this one just a gut feeling tbh. he would probably like the big floppy ears. and also the fact that you told him if he dressed up your kid as a cat for the 3rd year in a row, you would throw the costume away (you wouldn't but you had to get him to change somehow)

hoshi - tiger

do you even have to ask. your baby has been wearing tiger onesies since they left the hospital

wonwoo - ladybug

i think he would think the little red and black spots are so cute :( he would be a very soft dad

woozi - shark

he probably has a demo version of a remix of the baby shark song on his computer. he would be dressed as an octopus or a fish or something and he would pretend he hates it but he would secretly think it's funny

mingyu - giraffe

he's manifesting for your baby to grow up to be tall like him a giraffe

minghao - skunk

again i don't know why i think this i just do. the black and white seems very minghao to me

seokmin - chicken

he would insist you have the cutest baby in the neighborhood and he would just be grinning and giggling the whole time. look at those little orange feet aren't they so precious. he would dress up as a farmer and carry around a basket of plastic eggs

seungkwan - monkey

he would dress up as a banana. also probably makes jokes "there better not be any monkey business tonight"

vernon - pineapple

i'm just laughing thinking about vernon holding a baby dressed like a pineapple

chan - bat

he would want to do a halloween-y costume and he thinks the little wings are cute. might dress up as a vampire to match

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[mlsquaredance]

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[rosekasa]

words he only dreamed to hear

[@mlsquaredance]

remixed from @ladyofthenoodle 's fic, pretty lady, look at how he's smiling!

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chat noir/ladybug.

G; no archive warnings apply.

“um,” he says, glancing down at his un-bumped fist lamely. “are you good?”

her smile doesn’t exactly widen, but something in it does shift.

in two quick steps forward, she dives in, and presses a light kiss to his cheek. “bye, chaton,” she says, and wiggles her fingers at him.

he stands rooted to the concrete, staring off into the empty street.

what.

(ladybug amps up the affection, and chat noir has to deal. it's what a good friend would do, right?)

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post-episode s05 evolution; pining; oblivious adrien agreste | chat noir; identity reveal; fluff and humour.

[kasienda]

Just An Ordinary Girl

A love square remix of A Friend Like That by @trainsinanime. Written for the @mlsquaredance. This fic was so much fun write. Do please read the original first. It makes this one more fun! Read on Ao3 ...

“We need to stay together!” Viperion called out. “Splitting up does not end well.” 

The sheer exhaustion in Viperion’s tone didn’t bode well either. Carapace didn’t want to know how many loops Viperion had gone through this go around especially considering it was his third time loop this battle.

Even from Carapace’s less than fifteen minutes of experience, this battle was awful. 

The akuma was like Miraculer - he could steal their powers. But he was worse because it could split into four clones of himself. 

“Okay then!” Chat Noir called. “Ryuko, Rena, and Carapace, protect our backs. Tigress and I will guard the gap! Viperion stays in the middle.” 

Carapace missed Ladybug. There was nothing wrong with Chat’s orders. Carapace didn’t disagree with any of his calls. This akuma just sucked. And Ladybug just had this insane creative genius for hare-brained schemes that seemed to be able to cut through anything. 

The akuma struck. Carapace narrowly yanked Rena Rouge aside and they both fell to the ground hard. His elbow took the majority of the impact, which hurt like a bitch, but he was glad it was him who took the brunt of it instead of her. And it worked. 

Except one of the other clones clipped him. 

A mud brown impenetrable dome manifested around all six of them immediately.

Purple Tigress punched it with her power. Nothing.

Cataclysm dissolved it, but it was immediately replaced with another. 

“Crap!”

That was one word for it. Carapace might have had a far less kid-friendly one ringing through his head. The six of them were getting their butts handed to them by this akuma.

Carapace took personal offense to the barrier that stood as a mockery of his own power. 

“Viperion?” Chat called. 

The snake hero shook his head. “We’re on loop number 1703. This is the best possible outcome. Trust me.”

Chat Noir winced. 

Carapace really missed Ladybug.

“I think we have to call Ladybug,” Rena Rouge said, turning toward Chat Noir. 

“No! We can’t!” Chat objected. 

Rena raised an eyebrow. “We can’t let the akuma win. We’re trapped.”

“She only asked for one weekend off! She deserves to have one weekend off! We can handle it.”

“I hate to break it to you, but we’re not handling it,” Ryuko added dryly. 

“We will not be calling Ladybug,” Chat declared firmly.

The other five of them exchanged a look. 

“We can get help from someone else!” Chat insisted.

“Like who?” Rena Rouge demanded. “You’d need someone who is willing to pull off crazy stunts, who is a tactical creative genius against so many, and someone who is not intimidated by akumas.”

“Marinette!” Chat exclaimed, his face lit up in excitement.

“How do you know Marinette?” Ryuko asked, her eyebrows furrowed together. 

“You think Marinette can do what six fully equipped superheroes couldn’t?!” Carapace asked. 

Rena’s eyes narrowed. “Why Marinette?”

“Are you kidding? Marinette could kick any one of our asses,” Chat said. “Marinette is the only person I know who has gone up against an akuma as a civilian.”

Seriously?! Did the cat have selective memory? But it wasn’t like Carapace could remind everyone that Nino had gone up against Anansi as a civilian.

Of course, he had lost, but that wasn’t the point. 

“You’re crazy,” he said instead, crossing his arms.

“I’m in.” Rena said. 

“What?!” Carapace turned to her in shock, feeling more than a bit betrayed. 

Viperion and Ryuko nodded in agreement as well.

Was everyone insane? He turned to Rena. “You’re going along with this? You’d throw Marinette—“ her best friend went unsaid, but Rena understood what he was saying. “—out there unsupported against an akuma?”

His girlfriend shrugged. She shrugged . “If Ladybug’s not an option. Marinette is the next best thing.”

Carapace stared at her incredulously.

Chat clapped his hands together, clearly pleased with this so-called solution. “I’ll call her!” 

“You have her number?” Carapace asked. What the actual fuck?

But obviously he did because he had the cat phone to his ear and it was audibly ringing. “Hey princess!” Chat greeted enthusiastically, turning away from the group like it was a private conversation. 

“Princess?” Carapace echoed. What kind of relationship did Chat Noir and Marinette have? 

“No.” Marinette’s firm voice echoed throughout the dome.

“I haven’t even asked for anything yet.” 

“The answer is still no! I only have twelve hours before this project is due. I cannot take a break.”

“But Paris needs you.”

“The answer is no. Call someone else! Call Ladybug!”

“No! Marinette! I can’t! Last week was terrible for her. I promised I could handle one weekend. She deserves and needs the time off. Plus, we don’t need her. I know you can do this. You can do anything . Remember Kwamibuster?”

Chat Noir spoke to Marinette like he was trying to sweet talk her. Carapace didn’t like it. Chat had always been flirtatious, and Marinette deserved someone loyal and sincere. 

Someone like Adrien.

“What do you expect me to do against an akuma without a miraculous?” Marinette asked. 

“Whatever it is you did against Evilustrator and Hack-san.” 

“I can’t do this. Not today.” 

Chat only grinned at her refusal. “You always say that, and then you do it anyway.” 

“What do I get out of this?”

“Your friends and family safe and sound, free to feel their own feelings and pursue their own dreams.”

Marinette groaned. “Chaaaat!” she whined. “You’re gonna owe me so much for this.”

“See you soon, Princess!” Chat sing-songed, and turned his attention back to the group. “She’s on her way.” 

As if that solved all their problems. 

“Shouldn’t we… I don’t know… come up with a back up plan?” Carapace asked. 

Purple Tigress looked at the other four expectantly, as if agreeing with him, but the others just exchanged glances and shrugged. They honestly thought Marinette was the solution. 

Carapace really hoped they were right. Marinette was amazing, but did that mean she could get through an akuma that Viperion had just spent who knew how many weeks fighting unsuccessfully across three time loops?

“You don’t need to worry so much,” Chat Noir assured, and it was galling that Chat Noir could read him so well. 

“How can you be so confident? Aren’t you worried about her at all?”

“Marinette would kick my ass into next Sunday if I worried about her. She can take care of herself, and she knows what she can handle and what she can’t. I’ve learned over and over again not to underestimate her. Kwamibuster was an akuma where Ladybug and I both lost our Kwamis, and therefore our transformations. Marinette pulled off a stunt the old Guardian thought was impossible with all the remaining miraculouses using the mouse to protect her own psyche. She was brilliant.”

“But she doesn’t have an entire box right now.”

“She doesn’t need an entire box. She defeated Hack-San without any powers at all. Her super power is in how she thinks!” 

Carapace held his hands up. “I know firsthand that she’s brilliant. I’m just scared for her too. That akuma handed our asses to us.” 

“She’s doing fine,” Rena commented, projecting a video from her flute into the air for all of them to see. 

Chat Noir flipped around the projected image, so he wouldn’t be seeing the mirror image like Nino from the back. 

“Some girl just took out an akuma with a trash can and a fire hydrant,” Chat read aloud. “She ran off before anyone could thank her.” 

In the video, Marinette hid in the trash can and when the akuma was overhead, she leapt out of her hiding place and tackled the clone onto the ground where the fire hydrant went off in its face. Marinette used the distraction to snatch the clone’s sash, and the thing dissolved underneath her. Then she was running away before the other three could grab her, her pigtails bobbing behind her. 

Chat’s expression was completely besotted. “The way she lured him in like that?! She’s just amazing!” Then he turned toward Carapace triumphantly like a proud boyfriend. “See! She just has this way of cutting to the right idea at the right time! I could watch her working on a problem or project for hours!”

Did Chat Noir realize how he sounded?

And it wasn’t fair because Nino was certain that Adrien was finally starting to realize that he was crushing hard on Marinette. 

What if Chat Noir got there first? 

“You think she’ll clear this up before sunset?” Purple Tigress asked.

“Why? Got somewhere else more important to be?” Viperion asked. 

“Well, not more important . But something I’d like to do, yes.” 

“A hot date?” Viperion teased. 

“What’s it to you?” Purple Tigress growled back. 

Viperion held his hands up in surrender. “Just teasing! You deserve to get to go on your date. Hopefully Marinette pulls through. She usually does.”

“I never said it was a date,” Tigress muttered. But clearly it was. 

“I have another Marinette update,” Rena announced, playing another video from the Ladyblog’s fan submission page. 

“This girl is insane!” the narrator exclaimed, his camera flashing toward two bungie cables dangling from the overhead railing with two suitcases attached on either end. “She set up a pulley system with two guys’ luggage and a plastic bag to set a trap for a friggin’ akuma and she won!” The video angled back to his face. “Where the hell are Ladybug and Chat Noir?” 

“Wow! That’s super cool!” Tigress said, watching the video with wide eyes.

“That’s Marinette for you. She never sits out a fight when she can do something,” Chat said. 

“You really like her, don’t you?” Ryuko asked, smiling fondly.

“Oh yeah, she’s absolutely amazing! Have you ever seen her designs?” His face was as bright as the moon as he spoke. 

Carapace shook his head. Chat Noir didn’t just know about Marinette’s designs. He had seen them! Nino wondered again how much time Chat Noir spent with Marinette on the regular? Even Nino had only ever caught glimpses of her work and he was in almost all of Marinette’s classes. 

“You know, even if Marinette manages to take out all four clones, how is she gonna break through this barrier?”

“She’ll figure it out,” Chat insisted. “She always does. I wish we had something in here to give her to show our appreciation.” 

Rena smiled at him. “I’m sure she’ll know we appreciate her.” 

“I just feel so bad for interrupting her project right before a deadline. I’ll have to make it up to her.” 

Yeah, Chat Noir had it bad, which wasn’t good. Nino didn’t want him swooping in right before Adrien was finally seeing her. 

“Ah! We have an update on the akuma,” Rena announced, projecting the post into the air again. 

“My little girl almost got hit by an akuma! Luckily, this girl knocked it out of the park before it touched her at all. And then she stayed and danced until my girl was laughing again! What an absolute angel!” 

“Wow!” Purple Tigress said. “Marinette’s usually so clumsy.”

But Chat was shaking his head. “Not during emergencies or akumas. Then she’s graceful. And yeah, she trips and stumbles constantly–” he was smiling fondly as he said this. “-- which can be really adorable, but she’s really good at catching herself! She kind of has this unique way of pinwheeling her arms to regain her balance. And her gestures are so creative and expressive… Honestly, I could spend hours just watching her.” 

That description was remarkably specific. “Aren’t you supposed to be in love with Ladybug?” Carapace asked. 

Chat turned to him, his eyebrows furrowed in total bafflement. “I am in love with Ladybug.” 

Carapace crossed his arms. “Are you sure? Seems like you have a thing for Marinette.”

“Oh, he definitely has a thing for Marinette,” Rena interjected, studying the feed on her flute before flashing him a smirk. “But then who doesn’t?”

“Right?!” Viperion chimed in. 

Even Ryuko was nodding. “I admit I hold more than a passing affection for Marinette as well.” 

Carapace hated that he couldn’t even argue. He had harbored a crush on Marinette for months . But he buried his hooded face in his hands anyway. This was ridiculous. 

“I don’t have a thing for Marinette!” Chat objected. 

“God! You’re worse than my best bro!” 

“What does that mean?” 

“You’re totally oblivious.” 

And Nino hoped it stayed that way at least until Adrien had a chance to say something. 

“No, you don’t understand. I can’t have a thing for Marinette! She’s in love with someone else. You should have heard her confession!”

“She confessed?!” 

“She practiced it anyway. It was silly at first, but then just so sincere. I wish someone would confess to me like that.”

Chat’s shoulders were slumped, and his gaze downcast. Carapace stared at a dejected Chat in disbelief. Did Chat Noir really not get that he had feelings for Marinette? 

Chat looked up straight at Carapace. “Do you think anyone will ever love me like that?” 

Nino froze. Chat Noir, one of the two primary heroes of Paris who pranced around in a catsuit and flirted with every other person he encountered, was looking to him for reassurance?! 

Today was just absolutely wild.

“I’m sure there’s someone out there for you, dude,” Carapace reassured.

There was a loud bang, and they all tensed, flipped around facing the barrier read to fight. 

But the dome just faded away. Marinette stood on the other side, holding out a clear glass bottle with an akuma fluttering angrily inside. 

Chat Noir plucked the bottle from her hold, smiling at her like she hung the moon. He released the akuma just far enough to cataclysm it. 

“See! I knew you could do it.” His eyes were so soft, he could give Adrien a run for his money. 

Marinette scowled at him, crossing her arms. “You know who else could have done it? Ladybug!! She has actual powers! Do you know how hard it was to go after an akuma without enhanced agility?” 

Chat took her hand. “May I offer the princess a kiss in gratitude?” 

“I think I’m the knight in this scenario,” she replies petulantly, but she didn’t pull away.

He pressed a lingering kiss onto her hand. 

Marinette didn’t even blush. “You owe me bigtime!” 

Chat nods. “Thank you for bailing me–” he gestured to all six of the present heroes, “–I mean, bailing all of us out.” 

“Why’d you ask me? I’m just an ordinary girl.” 

He shook his head. “There’s nothing ordinary about you, Marinette.” He said her name with absolute reverence. 

Nino shook his head in exasperation. There was no way in hell Chat Noir wasn’t in love with Marinette. Nino would have to warn Adrien to get his game on. He had competition, even if he didn’t know it. 

The other heroes surrounded her and offered thanks and congratulations. “Marinette! You are amazing!” Carapace told her. “Like you pulled off an impossible feat!” And then he bent down and whispered. “And I think if you’re not careful you’re going to break a certain black cat’s heart.” 

Marinette’s brows furrowed. “What are you talking about? Chat’s way too obsessed with Ladybug to ever really see me.”

[thelibraryloser]

a taste of cherry

by thelibraryloser

“Everything needs to be perfect for tomorrow, Chat! I can’t just show up to the Gabriel charity ball wearing the wrong lip balm! What will happen to our children, and the hamster…”

“I’m not following.” As far as he knew, there were no children invited to his father’s gala. And there certainly wouldn’t be any hamsters. “You… you have kids?”

She groaned. “I just found out that I’ll be sitting next to Adrien Agreste at the ball. You’ve met him, right?”

“He’s fine, I guess.”

His partner turned to him with an incredulous stare. “Fine? He’s only the most beautiful human being on the planet!”

“After you,” he corrected automatically. Then her words hit him over the head with the force of a giant cartoon hammer. “Wait, what?”

“What flavor of lip gloss do you think he will like best?” She waved the tubes in front of Chat’s gobsmacked face like smelling salts in front of a hysterical fainting maiden, though it did little to clear his mind.

“Do you… do you think you’re going to find yourself in a situation where…” Chat tugged at his collar, causing his bell to jingle merrily. “You think Adrien Agreste is going to be in a position to know how your lip gloss tastes?” He could feel his voice shooting up at the end, but Ladybug seemed too distressed to notice.

“He’ll be able to see it, won’t he? And maybe smell it! And suppose I happen to choose his favorite flavor. Then he might… or suppose I chose his least favorite flavor, and he has to sit there with a clothespin on his nose all night so he can’t smell it! Or what if he’s allergic to apples, and I choose apple and I kiss him and he dies!?”

“He’s not allergic to apples,” Chat replied faintly.

“I know he’s not allergic to apples. That’s just one example of what could go wrong if I don’t plan for every eventuality. What do you think of this one?” She uncapped a tube and thrust it in his face. “Pretend you’re Adrien Agreste and I’m wearing it. What would you think?”

read it on ao3

this fic is a remix of cherry lip balm by @rosekasa as a part of the @mlsquaredance

[aidanchaser]

Opening Line Patterns

Thank you for the tag, @kay-elle-cee! I don't know that mine will be as revealing as yours, but I am curious to see what happens. I'm going to skip my 100 word drabbles since those are fairly limited in what they can do in an opening line.

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (or however many you have) posted fics and see if there's a pattern!

10. gilded glamor

The princess was just as beautiful as all the whispers of the forest had claimed.

9. So Much More than a Dance

Weddings were ridiculous.

8. Death Do Us Part

Marinette did not really sleep anymore. 

7. Partners in [Chaos]

Adrien leaned towards his reflection and tilted his head to get a better look at his neck and jawline, the way a young man might search for a sign of his beard growing in. 

6. Midnight Snack [Remixed]

Marinette left her phone on her bedside table as she trudged downstairs. 

5. Mist-Communication

It was, all in all, a terrible (wonderful) day for Marinette.

4. how fair you were in [moonlight]

The full moon arrived at its appointed time, and Marinette donned the glittering red earrings that had been given to her by her master.

3. Close Your Eyes [Remix]

They’d begun with kisses and worked their way up from that, but Ladybug was getting tired of being backed against brick walls and plaster chimneys.

2. but princess, wishes do come true [Remix]

Marinette shivers as the evening breeze picks up suddenly. 

1. Full Exposure [Remix]

Marinette snaps her laptop closed and groans into Alya’s pillow.

I don't see too much of a pattern here except that I seem interested in establishing the conflict as early as possible. These sentences either lay out the conflict or set up for the rest of the paragraph to lay out the conflict, which is interesting, considering plot is one of my weakest elements.

tagging @rosie-b, @astargatelover, @trainsinanime, @miabrown007, and @nemaliwrites

[ladyofthenoodle]

you will never sleep alone (i'll love you)

written for the @mlsquaredance remix event! i was lucky enough to get to choose from my dear friend @chocoluckchipz's work to remix. go check out her story (and her other works, including her own remix) on ao3!

Marinette had saved up for months to be able to afford this vacation. Not only that, but she’d spent months trying to convince herself that it was okay to even take a vacation, that Monarch was really and truly gone. Even though it’d been years since anyone had seen him, she’d never truly felt comfortable leaving Paris without a guardian for an extended length of time.

Which was why Tikki was at home with Alya, so that Marinette could actually relax and enjoy the plush amenities the hotel had to offer, such as a bed that looked like it cost five times her monthly salary.

Or, she would be able to enjoy it, if she wasn’t standing in the middle of the villa she’d booked over a month ago, fighting for the bed with freaking Chat Noir, of all people.

Any other time, she would have been ecstatic to see him—to confirm in the flesh that he was still here, still real, still breathing. She’d waited nights and nights and nights for him to finally come and meet her; wasted hours dreaming of running to wrap her arms around him and never letting him disappear again.

But those dreams were Ladybug’s, not Marinette’s. Chat Noir was supposed to meet her on their rooftop or on top of the Eiffel Tower or really anywhere along her patrol route, but he was supposed to return to Ladybug.

He wasn’t supposed to be in Marinette’s hotel room of all places, insisting it was his.

[coffeebanana]

Hello hello! I had the pleasure of remixing things we never said by @jennagrinsoverml for the @mlsquaredance event!! The original is such delicious PRPR and if you haven't already, you should all check it out immediately!!

You can read the remix on Ao3 or under the cut. It's Ladynoir flavoured oh-shit-we-lost-our-single-shared-brain-cell-what-do-we-do-now?!

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All About You

Summary:

Chat Noir was enjoying a perfectly pleasant rooftop picnic/movie night/oh-so-platonic date with Ladybug—until she decided to question his feelings out of nowhere. (What does she mean, when he used to be in love with her?!) It turns out they have some things to talk about.

...

“Remember when you used to think you were in love with me?”

The question barely registers at first—and it’s not because the movie projecting from Ladybug’s yo-yo onto a nearby chimney is that good. In fact, Chat Noir doesn’t even know the protagonist’s name.

All of his attention is taken up by Ladybug. By the way she sits in his lap and giggles at the film.

(Well, she was giggling. Now he realizes she’s been silent for a suspiciously long time, and he’s a little worried it’s because she noticed him sniffing her hair.

In retrospect, he’s probably had enough wine.)

He carefully sets aside the plastic cup they’ve been sharing—they’ve learned the hard way that thin-stemmed wine glasses and rooftops don’t mix—and forces his mind to properly compile the beautiful sounds that spilled from her mouth.

Somehow they make even less sense once he’s managed to decipher them.

“When I used to what?”

She scoffs. “So you’re going to pretend you didn’t used to profess your love for me three times a week?”

An icy feeling trickles through him—one he can’t quite name, but definitely doesn’t want to contemplate. He wants her to go back to watching the movie. Maybe he’ll even pay attention this time.

But when he glances back at the chimney, the credits are already flickering.

“I never said that,” he mumbles uselessly.

Ladybug gives an indignant Hmph! and starts struggling to escape from his lap. He helps her stand—hands easily steadying her thighs when she wobbles.

(She always forgets that the wine goes right to her head.

But he always remembers. He’s always there to catch her.)

After years of loving Ladybug loudly, Chat has learned the hard way—a few too many times—that he’d only lose her if he kept on like that. He’s learned to love her quietly—to be the one she depends on, to accept whatever she gives.

It’s worth it, so long as he gets to keep her in his life.

But pretend is a rather cruel word to explain the way he’s forced to constantly to shove his feelings aside every time they’re together. The way he has to ignore how his heart speeds up every time their eyes lock or their hands brush or he just remembers she exists.

“You’re not being fair,” he says. “Just because the way I feel is…inconvenient to you doesn’t make it any less real.”

Her back is turned as she kneels down to clean up their snacks—rather forcefully slapping the lid back on the spinach dip she brought—but he can hear her breath hitch. “I know that! Don’t you think I know that?!”

“Well, then—” He breaks off, wondering why he’s yelling. “Good,” he finishes lamely. “I guess we’re on the same page.”

“I guess we are,” she huffs, which only confuses him more.

(Never mind pages. He’s not even sure they’re in the same book.)

Chat climbs to his feet, dragging the blanket they’d been sitting on with him. He whips the quilt angrily in the wind, like maybe while he’s shaking off the crumbs he can also shake off how much this hurts.

It doesn’t help. If anything, the lump in his throat only grows larger as he watches Ladybug shove containers haphazardly into the picnic basket that had been so carefully arranged when she’d shown up. The fabric inside is dotted with pink hearts—which are now getting slammed around nearly as much as his heart—and it’s that tiny detail that reminds him of everything he has to lose.

(It took years to get to know Ladybug half as well as he wants to. No matter how in sync they are in battle or how well they complete each other’s jokes, Chat’s always been all too aware of the things she can’t—no, that she won’t—tell him. Surely in a city of two million, he won’t figure out who she is by learning what she studies in school.

But the hearts that line her picnic basket? Those are a memory of something she has shared with him—after laughing herself silly over his story of a recent wardrobe malfunction.

“You don’t know how to sew on a button?” she’d asked after finally catching her breath. He’d shaken his head, and she’d gone back to laughing some more.

The next time they met for patrol, she taught him how to thread a needle. He learned to stitch buttons onto scraps of fabric, poking his needle through tiny pink hearts.)

Chat takes a deep breath. No matter what she thinks, Ladybug means the world to him—and he’s fairly sure she always will. So he ignores the suffocating anger that bubbles in his chest, and he fights back the tears as he carefully aligns two corners of the blanket.

Two more folds and he’s calm enough to speak. “Ladybug…”

She ignores him, squeezing a bag of chips so hard that the bottom pops open. Its contents spill onto the roof, ready to be crushed like Chat’s spirits.

“Ladybug,” he tries again. “Please. At least tell me what I did wrong.”

That makes her feeze, fingers grazing the edge of the plastic cup he’d set aside before. It tumbles over, wine spilling across the rooftop. Her hand curls angrily around a stack of napkins. “Nothing,” she snaps. “You haven’t done a thing.”

“Well, then—”

“At all! Even after months of all this.” She waves an arm around wildly—at the disaster of wine-soaked chips and the overflowing picnic basket. “I don’t know how more obvious I could have been, and nothing.”

“And you’re…mad at me for that?”

Ladybug responds with a growl—or maybe a screech—of frustration. “No. No, I’m not mad.”

Chat knows better than to point out that her tone belies her words.

He still has no idea what she’s talking about, though he’s starting to get the sense that maybe it has something to do with how frequently they’ve been hanging out these past few months—usually at her suggestion. Perhaps she’s frustrated he hasn’t taken more initiative in helping to organize their hangouts? He’d assumed she enjoyed taking the lead—she always seemed excited to hear his opinion on all of her ideas—but it must be lots of work.

“Do you want me to bring the food next time?” he asks, kneeling down behind her. He contemplates setting a hand on her shoulder, but decides on clutching the blanket to his chest instead. “Is that it?”

Ladybug whirls around, her eyes narrowed in a way that makes him shrink back. But when they lock eyes, her entire face wilts. “You really don’t know, do you?” Her lower lip trembles. “You just don’t think of me that way at all anymore, so…it never occurred to you, what I was trying to do.”

“I guess…not? But I’d really like to understand.” He sends a hesitant smile her way. It doesn’t seem to land.

She sits back on her heels, staring at her fingers as she tugs on them. “God, I’m so stupid.”

Chat feels a twinge in his chest. “Hey, no. Don’t say that.”

“But it’s true!”

“No.” He barely notices when the blanket slips from his arms; he’s already moving to sit beside her. “Never.”

She shakes her head adamantly, hiding her face in her hands. When Chat sneaks an arm around her shoulder and pulls her closer, she resists at first. But he gives another gentle tug and she all but melts into his side. He rubs her back slowly as she lets out a sob.

Her cries tug on his heartstrings, but some part of him can only feel relief—that she doesn’t hate him, and that she’s back in his arms. He leans his cheek atop her head, relishing the way her arms tighten around his waist.

“I’m sorry I snapped at you,” she sniffles eventually.

He bites his tongue before a reflexive “it’s okay” can slip out. Instead, he keeps on rubbing her back, stomach swooping when she relaxes further against him.

“I wasn’t even mad at you, I was just—I’m so mad at myself. Because it took me too long to realize what I wanted. How I felt. So, of course you’d moved on by then. And—”

Moved on?!

“—it’s really not your fault! You never did anything to lead me on or anything.”

Chat is starting to feel a little led on. There’s no way her words mean what he wants them to.

“I mean, you don’t even call me your lady anymore!”

He…doesn’t? He knows he cut back at some point—he’s never wanted her to feel uncomfortable—but he never intended to stop.

“I’ve been so completely delusional.”

“Ladybu—I mean, my lady, I think there may have been a misunder—”

“And now you’re going to hate me, and I’ll never get you to fall back in love with me, and Shadow Moth will win, and I’ll die alone, and…”

She keeps rambling on, but Chat’s lost the ability to follow. Maybe because his heart skipped a few beats too many.

He notices when she stops talking though—mostly because she pulls away and fixes him with her wide, worried, beautiful eyes.

“Chaton? Please say something.”

His mouth flops open and closed a few times—not unlike a fish—until he finally remembers how to make sounds. “I…can’t fall back in love with you.”

“O-oh.” She turns away, wiping her eyes. “I understand.”

“Hold on. I didn’t mean it like that. It’s just that—”

“No, no, no. It’s fine, really.”

She tries to stand, and Chat’s heart plummets. How can he have screwed things up again?

But this time, it seems like the universe is on his side.

(She always forgets that the wine goes right to her head.

He’s always there to catch her.)

This time, instead of steadying her, he pulls her back into his lap. Her head falls back against his shoulder with a dejected squeak.

“I’m sorry,” she whimpers.

Heart racing, he trails his hands down her arms. “I’m not.” A giddy smile sneaks onto his face. “You want me to be in love with you.”

She groans. “Look, you don’t have to make fun of me.”

A short laugh slips from his lips. He can’t help it. “That’s the last thing I’d want to do right now.”

“Uh-huh.”

“Seriously! My lady, I…” He takes a deep breath, resisting the urge to run his fingers through her hair. But he can’t think of a good reason as to why he should hold back, so he catches the ribbon on her ponytail and carefully picks at the knot. “The only reason I can’t fall back in love with you is that I never stopped loving you to begin with.”

She whips around to stare at him, hair falling loose around her shoulders. “B-but you changed! You stopped flirting when we started having date—I mean, completely platonic hangouts."

“Well, I didn’t want you to think our friendship wasn’t enough for me. Just spending more time with you meant so much, and…I was afraid I’d mess that up. In the past, I was always too much for you, so…”

Chat’s not sure which of them moves first, but suddenly their fingers lace together.

“You were never too much,” she says. “I just… I wasn’t ready.”

“And now…you are?”

“Now…” She hums softly and leans closer; her breath lands hot on his chin.

It would be so easy—just a slight tilt of his head—to have everything he’s ever wanted. She’s already closing her eyes, ready to answer his question with her lips instead of her words. Except…

“Wasn’t there some other guy?”

Chat wants to pinch himself as soon as the words slip out. Why would he bring that up now? Why tempt fate when he might finally have a chance?

But if this is finally happening, he needs to know it’s real.

Ladybug leans away. “I did. And maybe, in some ways, I still do. I mean, he’s still my friend and all, so—wait! No, this isn’t how I practiced this at all. This has nothing to do with Ad—him. It’s about you.” She pokes him in the chest, a shy smile creeping across her cheeks as her eyes drifted up to meet his. “It’s all about you.”

The breathy way those words tumble out do something to his insides. He’s tempted to ask her to repeat them, but he still has enough functioning brain cells to bite his tongue. Barely.

“What’s all about me?” he asks instead—which really isn’t much better.

Her head dips down, and he thinks he’s ruined the moment until her hand starts sliding slowly up his chest. “Everything. All the time.” She shakes her head. “I don’t know! One day…I just realized you’re the first person I think about when I wake up. And you’re the person I wish I could have beside me when I fall asleep. And—”

He cuts her off with a kiss. It’s on her temple, the only spot he can reach from this angle, but it’s enough to render her speechless. Her head snaps up. Their eyes meet. And Chat has only a split second to appreciate the freckles dotting her cheeks before he’s wondering how her lip gloss can taste like chocolate. And then he’s not wondering anything at all.

There’s no room for questions when she’s the answer to everything.

“Wow,” she whispers when they finally pull apart. Then she claps a hand over her mouth like she’s horrified she said that out loud.

Chat feels giddy. He feels stupid.

Later, he’ll blame the lack of oxygen for his next words.

“Hey,” he whispers. “Remember when you used to think I wasn’t in love with you?”

Ladybug smacks him on the shoulder. Then she kisses him again.

...

Thanks for reading!! 💜

[tex-now]

Can you tell us about the miraculous AU 👁️👁️ because I haven't seen the show in 4 years but thinking about Mafuyu as adrien is. Mhm. I am totally normal about this.

Also I think Mafuyu is the only one who can get behind Plaggs weird cheese addiction (she lacks sense of taste might as well lack smell too)

OH FUCK YEAH!!!!! Okay so I'm still in the early planning phase for it, aka trying to nail down all of the miraculous holders and stuff before I even plan the story lmao.

So for miraculous so far:

Ichika: ladybug obviously

Saki: I have no idea man. She might get either the pig or the fox or the bee. The bee is most likely rn

Shiho: The turtle!! Pretty easy choice but I was also considering the ox at one point. Or the bunny but shh

Honami: undecided but probably the dog or the pig. She's fighting emu for it though

Mafuyu: black cat. She would have gotten the dragon but. I wanted her to be the Adrien of this au

Mizuki: the fox but I REALLY need to come up with a more unique design

Kanade: the peacock. No further elaboration

Ena: the goat. Come on it was made for her

Tsukasa: currently fighting rui for the horse. I'm not sure who I want to give it to.... I have a design for tsukasa but rui would do really well with it. He might get the dragon or the rooster

Rui: probably gonna get the horse....

Nene: the snake because she's not a fighter AND I have an idea for her design

Emu: the pig obviously or surprisingly the monkey! Idk she would be awesome with the monkey I just know it. I also considered giving her the peacock or the butterfly but I need a villain so. Neither of those are available rn

Shizuku: um.. the bunny is the best choice design wise but would shizuku be good with the bunny? Would she really? I'm not sure

Airi: ox. I considered the tiger but there were complications

Minori: rooster or mouse minori im not sure. Probably the mouse. Maybe the dog

Haruka: the dragon probably. She, other than shizuku and mafuyu is a "perfect" girlie, so she's the second choice for the dragon. Maybe. OOO or the bunny

Kohane: ummm... maybe the rooster or the mouse.... idk...

An: the tiger the tiger the tiger i knew from the moment I made this that an was getting the tiger

Oh there are some other things

Leoni break up is still a Thing

Mafuyu and saki are besties

Mafuyu is NOT a sentimonster her mom just sucks ass

A Remixed umbrella scene happens and it's with a different part of the love square

Saki Mizuki and kohane all work together to run this au's Ladyblog

Ichika and Mizuki are seatmates and so are mafuyu and saki

Tsukasa and rui still go to different schools but im not sure if the others do too

Akito and Toya don't get miraculous. Because I said so

Umm that's it so far. Yeagh I'm not far into it at all hsshhash

[tavtiers]

Thief of Heart analysis + playlist.

The Thief of Heart [symbols: money bag, heart]

The Thief class is based on the classic thief trope. An example would be the pirate Blackbeard.

The Heart aspect’s main theme is instinct. You can find its official description here.

A Thief of Heart is among those who use the individual's impact. This is the “classpect group” they belong to. Members include: the Knight, Page, Thief, and Rogue of Mind/Heart. These classes are all opposites or inverses of each other that use the Mind/Heart dichotomy (the individual's impact). A description of classpect groupings can be found here.

The Thief of Heart actively steals the Heart aspect. Active classes tell themselves what to do and do so for their own benefit. They are more likely to stand up for themselves, but more likely to be cruel. Thieves and Rogues steal their aspect and everything it symbolizes to grant it to someone else. Simplified, the Thief of Heart is motivated by themselves to steal instinct.

In personality, the Thief of Heart enjoys feeling powerful and is invested in self discovery. Personality descriptions can be found here.

Their archetype is the Spy Free Spirit, defined by power and instinct. Archetypes are explained here.

Their opposite is the Rogue of Mind, who passively steals intuition.

Their inverse is the Page of Mind, who passively utilizes intuition.

A classpect or “god tier” is an individual’s best self. All classpects go through a journey from unrealized, to struggle, to realized. When a character is unrealized, they neutrally exist as their inverse. On their struggle, they will wildly flip back and forth between their inverse and true classpect. In their worst moments they will act as their inverse, in their best their true classpect. When realized, they will stabilize as their true classpect. They will still have room to grow, but will become happier, more successful people.

This means that the Thief of Heart begins life motivated by others to utilize intuition. When their struggle arrives and they are at their worst, they will continue this behavior in negative extremes. However, when at their best, they will find purpose in instead stealing instinct for themselves. When realized, they will stabilize and continue to steal the Heart aspect actively, in a positive way.

They share their archetype with the Rogue of Void, the Free Spirit Spy.

The Thief of Heart would quest on a planet similar to the Land of Valuables [Thief] and Heart [Aspect]. An example would be the Land of Castles and Arteries. An explanation of planet naming conventions can be found here.

Two possible gods, or denizens, to reign over their planet would be Aphrodite (Goddess of Love) or Yaldabaoth (Trapper of Souls). Other Heart aspect denizens can be found here.

When the Thief of Heart completes their planet quests and dies on their quest bed, they would rise to ascension on the wings of ladybugs (symbols of love). A list of soul animals can be found here.

The characters that I have currently classpected as Thieves of Heart are: Query from Batman, Marina from Ke$hastuck, Regina Mills from Once Upon a Time, Nessarose from Wicked, a Desire Demon from Dragon Age, Josie Packard from Twin Peaks, and Sydney Barrett from Legion.

If any of the links not connected to my blog break, the content can be found on my Google Drive.

Official Aspect Descriptions Personality Descriptions Aspect Denizens

Songs for a Thief of Heart:

In the Name of Love (The Him Remix) by Martin Garrix ft. Bebe Rexha

Heart Afire by Defqwop ft. Strix

Feel the Fire (Egzod Remix) by Pluto x ye

Crash Your Party by Karmin

Irresistible by Fall Out Boy

Horns by Bryce Fox

Would You Be So Kind by dodie

[imaginenotbeingjimin95]

For you, M'lady 🥀🐈‍⬛ Real ones know this image took way too long 😭😭😭😭 love chat noir tho so it's worthit FR💪💪This is acrylic paint and I kept messing up the nose and the mouth lollll, the paper ended up ripping at one point it stressed me out but I AM NOT A GIVER UPPER 💪💪💪💪💪💪

[moonogre]

Broodmare x BLVSHCast

Pleased as punch to have a new @yes-broodmare mix out on BLVSH's BLVSHCast! BLVSH is a Berlin based collective promoting FLINGTA DJs. Some of my favourite DJs have featured on this channel and it's an absolute honour to have placed a mix there.

This is a dark, sexy club-forward set that pulls from acid, dnb, ghettotech and traditional techno. Perfect for pre-gaming, twerking or getting freaky ;)

Other mixes up on my SoundCloud.

Tracklist 💖

Vladmir Dubyshkin - paranoid thoughts AK Sports - Kurupt beneubermensch - 808 TRANCE Good Luck - Crazy Stef de Haan - DO WHAT U WANT Bad Boombox - y u look so hawt Mabel - Ladybug Amadeezy - Yo Girlfriend! Bjarki, Kuldaboli - U Je Je (deep fake mix) Azo - Rain on Venus LSDXOXO, D.Dan - Mutant Exotic (D.Dan Remix) X CLUB. - Everything Comes True X CLUB. - Sports That Require Petrol nickname - Tryna Dance BAUGRUPPE90 - Feedback DJ SWISHERMAN - Pourin Up Turk Turkelton - Acqualunge Ajota - Shifting

[mlsquaredance]

ML Square Dance — Rules and Application Guidelines

Welcome to the Miraculous Ladybug Lovesquare Remix Challenge! This event is designed so participants can reimagine a previously written fanwork utilizing a different side of the Lovesquare. This event will be split into two subevents: The Dance and The Buffet. The Dance will resemble a more traditional Remix Challenge with authors being randomly matched to remix another’s work, while The Buffet will feature additional fics that can be remixed by anyone. You may participate in both events if you desire.

Requirements for all participants:

Must be age 13 or older

Must have a Discord account

The Dance: Matched Participants

In order to participate in the Dance as a writer, you must have:

At least three published works under 10k that center around the Lovesquare

At least two of those works must be completed

At least one of those works must be SFW

Participants will be randomly assigned another participant's work to remix, and one of their own works will be remixed by someone else assigned to them. Matching will be completely random aside from being able to opt in or out of being matched with someone who has NSFW fics. You will have the option to choose from the 3 fics your Dance Partner offered and will be expected to complete the fic by the posting period. 

If you cannot complete your assigned remix for any reason, please reach out to a moderator as soon as possible so we can find a pinch hitter. 

If you complete yours early and want to do more, you are welcome to pick up as many additional fics as you like from the Buffet, but we ask that you finish your Dance first.

The Buffet: Free for All Remixing

In addition to the Dance, we are offering a Buffet of fics to remix for writers who do not meet the qualifications to be matched or who prefer not to be matched. The Buffet Line will be made up of fics offered by both Dance and Buffet writers. If your fic is on the Buffet, there is no guarantee any of your work will be remixed, but you are also not obligated to remix a fic. All participants accepted to the Buffet may claim any fic to remix, but only one person may claim each fic. Once you complete your remix, you are welcome to come back for seconds. Buffet participants may also volunteer as pinch hitters for the Dance.

In order to participate in the Buffet as a writer, you must have at least one posted, complete fic. This fic does not have to be Lovesquare or even Miraculous, we just want to see that you can complete a fic. You do not have to put any fics up on the Buffet to participate.

To be eligible for the Buffet Line, your fic must be publicly posted and centered on Lovesquare. You will have the option to allow NSFW remixes if you desire; fics that are already NSFW will be offered on a separate Spicy Buffet line. 

For the Buffet only, comics will be allowed in addition to fanfiction. The comic must have enough of a plot that it can be remixed into a fic and vice versa; single frame art pieces and short humorous pieces do not qualify. 

Betas

Betas will be screened as part of our application process. You will be given a short passage to edit to demonstrate proficiency in spotting basic SPAG errors. If accepted as a beta, you will have the opportunity to respond to writer requests. Once you have agreed to beta for a writer, you must follow through or you will not be eligible to participate as a beta or writer in the future.

Posting Guidelines

Fics that are remixed must be a minimum of 1,500 words.

Fics must be centered on the Lovesquare and must be centered on a different side of the Square than the original fic. 

Non-Lovesquare pairings that involve Adrien or Marinette may be mentioned but their presence should be minimal and cannot be endgame; side pairings are allowed but should not be the focus of the fic.

When posting your final piece, you will need to select ‘This work is a remix, a translation, a podfic, or was inspired by another work

If you ignore any of the rules regarding what you cannot remix or change in a work, we will not add your piece to the AO3 collection and we will not promote it as part of the Remix Event.

Your piece must be posted during the posting period to be eligible for future iterations of the event. If you post after the period ends, we may or may not promote your work. 

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This is not a gift exchange and the way someone chooses to remix your fic may not align with your preferences. Likewise, you may remix a fic in a way that does not align with the original author's preferences and they are not required to interact with your remix.

If someone writes things that do not align with your preferences, you must still be respectful to both the person who remixes your work and the person whose work you remix.

You do not have to approve a link to the remixed work on your own work.

For more information: Schedule || Mods || F.A.Q.

[tosteur-gluteal]

I'm obsessed with Tokio Funka. It's quite an old song but it inspired me a lot for the OMORI MLB AU, despite taking place in Paris. It gives such intricate and hypnotic vibes, which I think first perfectly well the whole mystery behind the miraculouses and Paris' new heroes.

I have very specific mental images of some scenes; for example, when the singing begins, we see closes shots of Ladybug and Catmint's faces framed by a spinning fresco. Ladybug's is red and Chinese inspired while Catmint's is prussian blue (yup, not mint coloured actually) with Bulgarian/Ukrainian???? folk patterns (I still don't know which ethnicity to give Basil)

I also imagined that the rap moments would be uh...sung by Catmint, the interlude "Shikiyoku zekuu aizou komo gomo/Sake wa aoreba konton rouman/Naose tadase ya midareta kono yo/ Kenka joutou here we go!" would be a moment where some imagery of the villain shows up on screen (yup bro is making up MVs in his head) maybe he's singing these parts too

And like

Ladybug sings all the "Odore ya Everybody!/Kabuke ya Everybody!" While Catmint mumbles the rapid lyrics that come right after.

My favourite versions are Kyounosuke's version (especially with the added lines) SHANNON's version AND my most favourite

The Itikura remix

Listen to it please

The vibes are so weird yet so fitting to the au

I can just HEAR the two boys singing frfr