#adrien's lament

[nobodyfamousposts]

About your Adrien's Lament series. Wouldn't it have made more sense to have Tom and Sabine as the new Hawkmoth and Mayura? Because of Adrien's wish he got his mother back, but the universe needed balance so someone had to take her place. That person was Marinette, so now her parents are trying to figure out a way to bring their daughter back. Since the cause was technically from the wish it would make sense why the butterfly and peacock can't heal Marinette.

Not quite. At least, not for what I was going for.

Part of the point was that Adrien took it upon himself to make the Wish, thinking that because he was the "good guy" and he was the one making the Wish instead of his father, it would just work the way he wanted it to with no ill effects and everyone would be better off for it.

He'd have his family back.

He knew Marinette and could easily go find her again.

And since his Dad would have his Mom, he would have no reason to become Hawk Moth.

Everybody wins, right?

He rationalizes it quite a bit to himself to convince himself to go through with it. And while he knows there's a "balance", he (like Gabriel) would assume it's a simple one for one exchange where Mom wakes up, someone else falls asleep (aka, someone he doesn't know and will never be confronted with), and the Agreste's still have the Miraculous. He thinks everything else would still be the same...and fails to take into account the whole "reality-altering" aspect of the Wish where if someone is going to end up in the magical coma, there would still need to be a reason WHY things ended up that way and an entire reality built around it.

In Adrien's case, once he has his family, he would immediately go looking for Marinette, figuring that now he can just date her as civilians. He would then immediately discover that she's in a coma due to "mysterious circumstances". Which right away would make him realize that Marinette took his mother's place.

He would next learn that there's a new evil Butterfly user who may or may not be terrorizing Paris or otherwise making his new life very difficult (because I doubt Sabine in particular would be so foolish in how she starts her attack, but if she gets Nooroo to tell her that the Agreste's are responsible for what happened to her daughter...oh yeah, she's definitely going to be plotting a few akumas their way). And while Adrien isn't the brightest bud on the stem, he should be able to figure out that Tom and Sabine are the new evil Miraculous users.

Cue Adrien trying to confront them himself with a passionate plea. If they don't kill him outright for having the gall to try to talk them down after making the Wish that cost them their daughter as an exchange in the first place, they may very well use him as akuma fodder. Maybe (MAYBE!) if Adrien was really lucky or managed to find some allies, he could win or somehow talk them out of it. It would ultimately end with Marinette restored but with no idea who Adrien is because it's a whole new timeline and Tom and Sabine would not allow him anywhere near their daughter after causing this mess.

So ultimately, Adrien doesn't get his Adrien/Maribug romance, which is sad but he can get over it. He DOES, however, get to go back to his home with his parents and gets to play happy family. Maybe still get to go to school and make friends so even if he gets admonished for making the Wish, he still wins out in the end and has no real lesson to learn and whatever guilt he could have would be limited because "everything turned out fine anyway".

My version as planned hits him with the knowledge that he has essentially ruined his friends' lives in a way that he can't fix and can't even try to make up for. No Miraculous is going to help their situation with their dad even if Anarka was able to be woken up. And Juleka's attacks on the city were a direct result of the position he put her in by making the Wish. It isn't just selfishness for her the way it was for Gabriel and Adrien, it's desperation over a home situation substantially worse than Adrien's in the pre-Wish setup.

Adrien's only options in this case are to either walk away and ignore the harm his Wish has done so he can continue to keep his happy family (as well as ignore the numerous Miraculous users who would be very unhappy with him for doing so) or to undo the Wish and restore the previous world to exactly how it was when you left it (which will include the prospect of having to face a very angry Maribug who will still know you betrayed her).

...naturally, I'm going with the option that's harder-hitting and forces Adrien to face a real conundrum...keep your Wish with the knowledge that you have left people to continue to suffer for it...or undo the Wish and give up your family being whole to go back to where you left things in the previous reality.

[mermain123]

current last character for this AU by @nobodyfamousposts we’ll see if that lasts

this is rose wielding the ladybug miraculous. i decided to try and make her look super cute

i’ve been calling her Rose Bug and Little Lady

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Adrien's Lament (Sketch) Page 1

First comic project. Miraculous Ladybug, featuring Cat Noir. Full color and dialog pages will be available to those who sign up as patrons

[nobodyfamousposts]

when I say "happy ending," i mean will Adrien, Juleka, Luka, & Marinette ever find a way to resolve their problems and live a normal, peaceful life again? (or find some source that makes them somewhat content with their life? Sorry if I sound vague)

.....about that..........

[nobodyfamousposts]

You mentioned that in Adrien's Lament, once Adrien found the Ladybug miraculous he'd give it to Rose so she could help deal with Hawkmoth-Juleka. But once he had that Miraculous, couldn't he just do the 'I Wish to undo my last Wish' thing right away? Why would he need Rose, or to fight Juleka anymore?

Because Adrien very much wants to avoid using the Wish if at all possible.

After all, if it's just a matter of Juleka and Luka being unhappy and Anarka being comatose in his mother's place, surely they can talk things out and fix it and everyone can be happy.

Of course, it's not really that simple.

[nobodyfamousposts]

From Adrien's Lament I wonder if it wouldn't hurt even more if they finally manage to "deakumatize" Luka and Marinette and he expects her to see him and love him. But as soon as he does it and does the relieved "Marinette!" Cry while trying to go for a hug she's like "Who the f*ck do you think you are!? I don't know you and I love someone else"

Because if I remember correctly she got akumatized willingly to care for Luka, did she? So even if he doesn't remember anything she would?

Adrien would have gone through some growth by that point, so he wouldn’t be expecting Marinette to run into his arms. It would still probably give him some heartache to see her immediately turn to Luka once they’re free but he knows he’s messed up, that this world is different and Marinette never met him, and that he had other bigger problems to worry about.

Contrary to popular portrayals of the Wish and the implications from the other Laments for Gabriel, Chloe, and Lila, the point isn’t for them to be tormented.

It’s about how they choose to respond to the Wish and the changes they need to make...as well as whether or not they would make them.

In Gabriel’s case, he is insistent on keeping his new happier reality but just fixing what went wrong without admitting his fault.

In Lila’s case, she’s gotten her fame and adoration but is now in a position where she can’t enjoy it. Furthermore, her current position also is one where her regular manipulation tactics won’t work.

In Adrien’s case, he’s in a world where he got his Wish to only the benefit of himself and he has to see the effect his actions have had and the sheer difference it made in the lives of everyone he’s ever known and cared about. He cannot continue to be passive or reactive here. He has to grow, see things he overlooked previously, and deal with things he really doesn’t want to.

And at the end, he’d come to the realization that yeah, his life wasn’t as perfect as he would have liked, but he could handle it.

So he needs to go back and handle it.

[nobodyfamousposts]

Commission by @knightsweeties

Commissioned by @liamnl

Akuma!Multimouse and Akuma!Viperion from Adrien’s Lament.

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Nemo: Thank you both for this beautiful piece and addition to the Adrien’s Lament AU!

[mermain123]

this is an akumatized luka from @nobodyfamousposts i adore their adirne’s lament au and YOU SHOULD ALL READ ABOUT IT https://nobodyfamousposts.tumblr.com/tagged/adrien%27s-lament

[mermain123]

this is akumouse from @nobodyfamousposts

i fell in love with their adrien’s lament AU

https://nobodyfamousposts.tumblr.com/tagged/adrien%27s-lament READ IT

[nobodyfamousposts]

Something funny and silly for the adrien lament au, akuma! Viperion and Multimouse In a moment when they are bored they begin to imitate linguini and remy, sorry that idea dont leave my mind lol

“Ratatouille?”

“Yes!” She exclaimed, bouncing excitedly. “It’s a movie about a rat named Remy who wants to be a chef!”

“Really?”

“And a young man named Linguini who turns out to be the son of the former famous chef who owns the restaurant!”

“I see.”

“And they run the restaurant! And—”

“Mm-hmm…”

Truthfully, he had seen the movie before. But he certainly wasn’t going to say so. She was clearly happy to talk about it. And the sound of her voice was soothing to him, so he allowed her to chitter to her heart’s content.

Until…

“Hey, do you think I could control you that way? That playing with your hair could let me move your arms?”

He chuckled.

“I don’t see why you would need to. You already control my heart.“

She blushed and tried to hide her face in embarrassment. But he stopped her, gently taking her hands in between his thumb and forefinger.

“You never have to hide from me, love.”

This clearly only flustered her more, but her smile was oh so worth it.

And continued to be worth it, even when she insisted they try to replicate the movie.

They couldn’t. But it didn’t matter.

[nobodyfamousposts]

Adrien’s Lament Submission

“Oh my god,” Marinette exclaimed as she reached a soft hand up to cup Luka’s- no, Black Mamba’s cheek, bluebell eyes wide in horror. Black Mamba’s vicious expression softened at her touch, nuzzling slightly into her hand as his gaze turned from hostile to affectionate within mere seconds. “Juleka, what have you done?” “Nothing that hasn’t been called for,” the miserable girl muttered as she circled Marinette and her brother. “And it’s not Juleka right now. It’s Madame Noire.” Marinette turned from Black Mamba, her hand briefly leaving his cheek, only for the supervillain to catch it again, his fingers intertwining with hers as he brought her hand back up to his face. Marinette tried to pay this strange version of Luka no mind, but it was a little unsettling how he was staring at her. Doing her best to push away her concerns for her crush dear friend, Marinette steeled her gaze and glowered at ‘Madame Noire’. “What did you do to him? I-it’s all over the news, he’s killed someone. Luka would never-” Words caught in Marinette’s throat as she spoke, tears pricking her eyes. “He would never do something like that.” “You’re right, Luka wouldn’t.” Madame Noire sighed, regarding her brother with something akin sorrow. “But Black Mamba would. I… I didn’t expect that akumatization would do this to him. He’s unstable.” That was putting it rather lightly. “He needs someone to keep him in check,” Madame Noire went on, slowly approaching Marinette. “I need someone to find the guardian of the Miraculous. You’re the only person either of us trust. Please, we just want our mom back.” Marinette looked back and forth between Black Mamba and Madame Noire, conflict obvious in her bluebell eyes. She knew what they were going through- better than anyone, in fact. She wanted Luka and Juleka to have their mother back and to be free from that man more than anything. But like this…? Sensing the inward struggle within Marinette, Madame Noire leaned forward, gesturing lightly towards Black Mamba- who was still doting on Marinette. “You wouldn’t abandon my brother, would you?” That was all it took to bring Marinette over the edge.

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Something I wrote for Adrien’s Lament, I hope that it was okay for me to do so! Love your writing btw <3

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nobodyfamousposts:

Amazing! And rather fitting of the dark turn this timeline is going to take.

Thank you for this!

[mermain123]

so this is how i imagined butterfly juleka @nobodyfamousposts adrien’s lament au. i had a few other ideas i either forgot to incorparate or just didn’t have the room. such as this idea i had of her dress having a zipper that when unzipped revealed her wearing a little black dress but the main draw would be her main dress (the one in the picture) would fly behind her and look like a mix of a cape and pair of wings (i don’t think she could actually fly though) i also mean to add gkoves buuuut hands suck. finally i meant to have like a little butterfly clip at the base of her braid but forgot to do it. (i even briefly considered making it the miraculous but i wasn’t certain how that’d work in her civillian form). oh yeah also meant to add some purple highlights in this form because she wants them but isn’t alloewed them in her civillian self)

[nobodyfamousposts]

Huh. So, what does... Uh, the Butterfly Queen? The Violet Queen? Think of Akuma!Viperion and Akuma!Multimouse and their relationship?

Guilty. Horribly guilty. She knows how they feel. She knows they love each other. And she feels horrible because in a way, she’s using that to control them and keep them under her command.

[nobodyfamousposts]

Ok so, who are the héroes in adrien's lament? And how adrien's mom feel when she know that bringing her back was what caused that time line?

The heroes weren’t “chosen” so much as the result of random happenstance. Namely that they happened upon the Miraculous and decided to try and fight back. But since it’s random and they weren’t specifically picked for their abilities or nature, there is definitely some difficulty.

Adrien’s mother, Emilie, has the Bee. She’s unarguably the best among that team due to her being the most responsible and her being adult means she has no time limit. She also has more abilities with the Bee power.

The Dragon ends up with Kim. He...tries? He’s a good guy and strong, but not the best at thinking things through. In addition, the Dragon is difficult to manage for someone more chaotically-inclined the way he is. He tries, but overly so and ends up going overboard both in trying to manage akumas and in trying to help people to prevent them in the first place.

Adrien still has the Black Cat. And eventually, he finds the Ladybug. But due to the circumstances and his desire to hold onto his family while still trying to fix issues in this new timeline, he decides to seek help from Rose and entrust her with the Ladybug in an attempt to resolve matters (both by purifying the akumas and by talking down Juleka).

It both works and doesn’t.

[nobodyfamousposts]

Does Marinette still have her earrings in ether of your Lament verses? How were Adrien and Marinette Akumatized in both of them? You said that Marinette was Akumatized right away for AL but what about Adrien how long did it take him? What set him off an argument? Does Adrien see the Bee hero and realize that she ISN’T supposed to have it, like he ‘knows’ Chloé is supposed to get it and decides to go after the Bee whenever he can? Also in AL does Adrien know Mari is LB?

Going to stick with one version at a time so as to not mix them up.

Adrien’s Lament:

Marinette does not have the earrings. She received them only insomuch as they eventually found their way to her room where she discovered them in the original timeline. Unfortunately, things took a different turn int his version of events before she could discover them here. Otherwise, we would have had a Multimouse/Ladybug combination from the start.

Due to the lack of the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous, Fu sent out others to potential heroes. This turned out to be a mistake and the Miracle Box is lost in the ensuing conflict, resulting in several Miraculous being released into the city where they are found by other parties or even the akumas themselves.

Adrien has his memories, so yes, he knows Marinette was Ladybug. It’s part of the reason he’s horrified to discover she’s an akuma. He had betrayed her and that was certainly bad enough, so of course it hurts him to see her on the opposite side of the battlefield. But of greater concern is the fact that she’s LADYBUG and she’s on the OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BATTLEFIELD. He’d at least had SOME hope of being able to fix things when he thought she was still just a normal civilian, but now? Yeah...bad time incoming.

Gabriel’s Lament:

Marinette gets her Earrings, but she doesn’t realize just what they are and they don’t activate. It just takes a bit of time (and a meddling former supervillain) to help discover just what the Earrings actually are.

From the point in time the Wish altered history? They had gotten about a year. Then the whole “school” issue cropped up, only this time, Gabriel refused to budge and with Emilie there, had no reason to. Then the akumas started attacking. And wouldn’t you know it? A Sadrien being upset makes for a prime akuma target, and no amount of bars or defenses can keep a Butterfly away.

Yes, it was an argument. Let’s just say that Adrien manages to make it to school just like in canon, only this time Gabriel doesn’t give in in the end. Having a taste of freedom and normalcy only to have it taken away? Yeah, prime akuma material.

Chat Blanc only finds the Bee an annoyance much like any of the other “heroes”. He gets...“flashes” of things sometimes, which only serve to confuse and irritate him. He doesn’t care who this Hero is or why she looks both different and familiar to him. She just gets in the way and is trying to bind him, and that’s really all he cares about.

[nobodyfamousposts]

Question: What would the *almost nothing* be that could fix/stop all of this in Adrien's Lament?

Adrien realizes that if the Black Cat Miraculous found its way back to him, the Ladybug must have tried to get back to Marinette. Sure enough, he finds it on her desk in her room.

After a chat with Tikki (read: lecture/rant/threatening), Adrien realizes he needs to confront the new Butterfly and try to talk things out and find a peaceful way to end this conflict. But given she’s figured him out by now, he knows she’s not going to be inclined to listen.

At least...not to him.

After all, things may change, but certain things remain the same.

Marinette is still resourceful and crafty.

Luka is still musically inclined and cares about Marinette.

Chloe is still bratty and selfish.

And Rose is still Rose.

She’s just a soon to be Ladybug Rose.