#adrien is smart

[sleepysebris]

felix exuberating theater-kid energy nonstop this season just makes me imagine his pv chat noir design being a parody of adrien's chat noir

[seas-of-silver]

For the ask game: "Stop with these ridiculous lies Dupain-Cheng, I saw you detransform!"

‘Stop with these ridiculous lies, Dupain-Cheng, I saw you detransform!’

Chloé smirked when the girl finally stopped avoiding her.

‘I saw your kwami and I know you’re Ladybug, and there’s nothing-’

Her heart jumped to her throat when Dupain-Cheng whirled around and pinned her to the wall with a hand covering her mouth, no doubt smudging her designer lipstick. She would’ve complained about the outrageous offence if it wasn’t for the intense glare that struck her like lightning.

‘Can you just stop yelling that for one second?’ Dupain-Cheng hissed quietly, her voice filled with a ferocity Chloé couldn’t help but comply with. The baker girl scanned the space around her before saying, ‘Come with me.’

Chloé scoffed. ‘As if. You-’

‘Now.’

The order sent a zing up Chloé’s spine. The person in front of her wasn’t some inferior unimportant insect of a school girl, but a general, a fearless leader born by trials of fire and hardened by fighting on the frontline of countless battlefields. Chloé followed silently.

They walked out of the school and into a secluded alley where Dupain-Cheng became Ladybug before her very eyes, wrapped an arm around her and zipped her way across the city. They landed somewhere entirely unfamiliar to Chloé, some weird disgusting abandoned warehouse or something, and Chloé only had enough time to register Ladybug sending some sort of message on her Bug Phone before her back slammed into something metal.

‘Ow! What the hell, Dupain-Cheng?’ Chloe cried out, feeling the magical yo-yo wrapping around her, securing her to a metal post.

‘Do not call me that when I’m suited up, you know the rules, Chloé,’ Ladybug commanded, catching the end of her yo-yo in her free hand. Her glare hardened. ‘Though, you don’t really care for the rules, do you?’

Chloé seethed at the slight.

‘How dare you! I did care!’ Chloé bit back, pulling at the unrelenting restraints. ‘When I found Pollen, I kept her safe and tried to learn from her so I could help you! And when Hawk Moth came after me, I fought back!’

‘You sold out our entire team to Hawk Moth!’ Ladybug retorted.

‘YOU ABANDONED ME!’ Chloé screamed, hot tears streaming down her face. ‘You knew Hawk Moth was targeting me relentlessly! Day and night for weeks on end! I couldn’t let my guard down for even one second, otherwise I would be under his spell! It was like he knew me, Ladybug - like actually knew me! He targeted every weak spot he could find; it was only a matter of time before I would break! I’m only human, Ladybug!’

‘Oh? And what about after Miracle Queen?’ Ladybug asked evenly, not much more than a red blob through her tears. ‘You weren’t being attacked then.’

‘I was hurt. I was angry. How could I not be?’ Her voice warbled as she sobbed. ‘I followed you, believed in you, and you left me high and dry. I had akumas tracking my every move and attempting to possess me - I even had one latch onto me, but instead of submitting, I threw it off!’

Chloé could’ve sworn Ladybug looked shocked at that. She hoped she was.

‘I thought that after everything I did for you, that I would have proved myself worthy to you, that you could believe in me too,’ she continued, ‘but no. You dismissed me at every turn and kept telling me I would never be Queen Bee again. The least you could do was tell me why! But you didn’t! My own parents were akumatised, and you wouldn’t even let me save them! How could I be loyal to you any longer when you couldn’t even let me do that much?’

‘M’lady! I got your emergency message- uh… why is Chloé tied up and why are you both crying?’

Chloé tried to blink her tears away, to see if the newly-arrived Chat Noir was telling the truth.

‘I’m fine,’ Ladybug obviously lied, her face suspiciously wet, ‘but we have a problem. Chloé knows who I am now.’

‘What?’ Chat Noir asked, shocked. ‘How?’

‘Remember when I had to go recharge mid-fight earlier today?’ Ladybug asked and Chat Noir nodded. ‘Chloé, for some godforsaken reason-’

‘Oi!’

‘-had decided to hide in the very alley I was recharging in,’ Ladybug continued, as if she hadn’t heard Chloé. ‘I thought the alley was clear, but apparently not. Once the battle was over, Chloé hounded me about knowing my identity, and when I denied it or ignored her, she got louder to try and draw my attention, and I was concerned she was going to grab other people’s attention too, so I brought her here.’

‘Okay, but why the yo-yo?’ Chat Noir asked, and Ladybug scoffed.

‘Have you forgotten that she betrayed us and our team to Hawk Moth?’ she asked hotly. ‘Or that she’s been behind many of the recent akumatisations and attacks recently?’

‘No, I just thought it was a bit of overkill,’ that stupid cat said placatingly, which only riled Ladybug up further.

‘Overkill?’ she echoed venomously. ‘Our biggest betrayer now knows my identity! I’m compromised and she’s a massive liability! She’s been my own personal tormentor for years, and now she holds the key to our demise if she hands that information over to the magical terrorist she’s now buddy-buddies with!’

‘She bullied you too?’ Chat Noir asked, surprised, before shaking his head at Chloé with disapproval. ‘Oh, Chloé.’

Chloé hated how Chat Noir said that, especially because of how his disappointment hit her. Somehow, it felt almost as effective as Adrien talking to her like that.

‘As I said, I would never have joined Hawk Moth if you had just trusted me,’ Chloé retorted angrily.

‘Trusted you? Trusted you?’ Ladybug’s eyes were flaming with fury, her voice and posture ablaze with rage - Chloé would’ve taken cover if she could’ve. ‘Do you have any idea how hard it was for me to trust you? You, who had tormented me for years. You, who has orchestrated the traumas that have and will haunt me for the rest of my life. You, who has blatantly, unashamedly and relentlessly targeted me, my friends and my family just for your own personal satisfaction. Hell! I can’t even ask out the guy I like because of what you did to me with the last guy I liked! And you wanted me to trust you more than I already did?’

Well, when she worded it like that, Chloé found it hard to find a rebuttal.

‘You should be grateful that I even gave you the chance to be Queen Bee,’ Ladybug spat, ‘let alone trusted you enough for you to hold that title more than once. Did you know your biggest champions were Chat Noir and Adrien?’

Chat Noir looked a little abashed at the sudden mention of him, and confused by the mention of Adrien.

‘Whenever my belief that you were changing for the better was starting to wane, those two held strong in their belief in you, and helped me believe in you, too,’ Ladybug continued. ‘I even convinced the Guardian before me that you deserved another chance. It was near impossible for me to trust you, but I was getting there, slowly but surely. I’ll admit I made mistakes, some cost me and the team dearly, but even when I fail, I will continue to fight because it’s the right thing to do, and I would rather die than let Shadow Moth win.’

Chat Noir nodded solemnly in agreement, which made Chloé wonder if she was missing some understanding about the gravity of this magical war, or if these two were just wayyyy too intense about being superheroes.

‘Surely it’s not that dire, seriou-‘

‘Chlo, Shadow Moth winning means he could wipe out our current reality and rewrite it entirely,’ Chat Noir said, no trace of his trademark humour to be found (effectively cutting off her objection to him using Adrien’s nickname for her). ‘Life as we know it could cease to exist - we could cease to exist…permanently.’

Chloé gulped nervously. Were the stakes always that high?

‘This is not a game, it never has been,’ Ladybug said darkly. ‘So the question is: now that you know who I am, what do we do with you?’

[wisteriasymphony]

too many jock adrien headcanons, not enough magic the gathering player adrien headcanons. I'm sorry but it needs to be said

[incarnages]

thinking abt if mari was forced to transform in front of her friends/adrien because she had to save them and she is NOT happy about this information and adriens just like

"... marinette has a twin sister thats ladybug??"

[927roses-and-stuff]

just when i think im done with the miraculoys fandom it YANKS ME BACK IN WITH LILA/CERISE AS AN ACTUALLY GOOD VILLAIN OMG

like you could tell me it would take 5+ seasons/an entire year to unmask her and i'd believe you. whereas with gabriel...he should've been unmasked season 2 episode 1 with the collector smh

[bbutterflies]

WELL YOU SAID BALLET CLASS so how about Ballet Adrino? 🩰

THIS IS GENIUS.

adrien is the principal dancer and nino is the studio’s choreographer :)

[fu-cough]

Hmm. Why are you all so forgiving when it comes to Gabriel Agreste, a selfish grown man who is the reason for all this mess, and Nathalie who was his accomplice... but not for the 14-year-old girl who is forced to deal with the consequences of their actions?

[dandelion-blues]

Inspired by @nanali

This is Percy Jackson’s Miraculous!

Just finished the shading 😆

This connects to my What...if? Percy Jackson and Adrien Agreste were related.

Percy's kwami's name is Veejo, inspired by Vejovis, the Roman god of healing. The kwami is also a Caladrius bird, a mythological Roman bird associated with healing.

I'm really excited about this concept!

[fizzytoo]

adrien and rua take amaya to meet rua's side of the family! rua's nephew, broderick, makes his introductions too!

[fyodorsushankaaa]

i had a mlb phase where i was in love with felix fathom.

(these drawings are from 2022)

[ilikekidsshows]

Adrien

The Smart guy ask game

You know that thing in girl power episodes where all the guys suddenly lose their powers and intelligence because sexist cartoon writers think that's the only way to justify the girl characters getting anything done before them? Adrien has that very same trope working against him but it's the entire show and yet he still does such a good job. Before the retooling Adrien is a smart guy who also makes smart decisions. I would trust him with anything but his own safety.

[miraculousfanworks]

Chat shows up at Marinette's balcony the night after Kwamibuster:

Chat: Hey Ladybug! You did a good job today!

Marinette: (slight panic) What are you talking about? You literally saw me standing right next to Ladybug today! Ha ha, me as Ladybug? No way!

Chat: Well, when you said Ladybug gave you the Mouse Miraculous so you can help rescue Tikki and Plagg, I thought to myself: "That doesn't make sense. Why would Ladybug get another Miraculous and give it to someone else instead of using it herself?"

Marinette: Uh...

Chat: But then I realized that if all those Kwamis were there, then maybe Ladybug just stayed behind to wear the other Miraculouses.

Marinette: Well...

Chat: But when you de-transformed next to Ladybug, neither of you were wearing those other Miraculouses, and I thought to myself: "That's odd." But then I remembered that I thought you could be Ladybug earlier and Plagg was like "What? No way?" like he was denying something. So I figured that what I saw must be an illusion to make me think Marinette isn't Ladybug since after today it's pretty clear me and Ladybug go to the same school.

Marinette: We do? (realizes what she just said) I mean you do! You! I'm really not Ladybug!

Chat: I didn't say anything at the time since Ms. Mendeleiev was still in earshot and we don't want to risk anyone else knowing your identity, but now the cat is out of the bag, I might as well show you who I am now. Claws in! (de-transforms) Surprise, Bugaboo! It's me, Adrien!

Marinette: (faints)

[dadplagg-mamatikki]

When I see posts of different variations of Adrien, I hardly see any of Box Noir and that makes me sad.

[kenpiercemedia]

Presenting The 82nd Golden Globe Awards Winners

Last night, winners of the 82nd Golden Globe Awards were revealed in a celebrity loaded ceremony by comedian Nikki Glaser. Though I had planned to watch the proceedings and do some kind of live reveal via the “X” social media account I have, I had other things to do with the time and find myself presenting the full winners list rundown and their categories for you down below. For this narrative…

[wisteriasymphony]

claudrien nation if i were to get unserious and draw claudrien ponies what would their cutie marks be

[wield-the-mighty-pen]

Okay, but what's going to happen when Adrien takes a Biology class in school and learns that "Identical Twin Cousins" aren't a thing and are virtually impossible?