#akumatized Nathalie

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Is it midterms week? Yes. Has the idea and dynamic of Nathalie, Gabriel, and Emilie from Mircaulous, especially as it relates to my fic, just absolutely devoured my every waking thought? Also yes. So at the advice of a friend, I’ve set a thirty minute timer to get all this out on tumblr. I may hit the word limit <3

THEY MAKE ME SICK. I love the complications in the idea behind their relationship.

Quick rundown, Nathalie first falls in love with Emilie when beginning to work for her, and only truly catches feelings for Gabriel when she’s taking care of that pathetic wet rat after Emilie becomes comatose. Emilie is in love with Gabriel, but is more than happy to have multiple people infatuated with her and actively uses Nathalie’s feelings to boost her ego & leads her on (at most they hook up, but it’s probably just a drunk kiss here or there). Gabriel is in love with Emilie, and is begrudgingly ok with Nathalie’s feelings for his wife, especially because it means she’ll be a more loyal worker, and starts to develop feelings for Nathalie when he grants her use of the Peacock miraculous very briefly, and is then wracked with guilt about having feelings for her while Emilie is comatose.

TLDR Emilie is using Nathalie, so is Gabriel until feelings hit him like a truck, and Nathalie puts the Disaster in Bisexual with her horrible taste in people

Both Nathalie and Gabriel are fucking heartbroken and go into deep mourning when Emilie doesn’t wake up. Eventually they lean on each other, but their fangs are both still bared and there’s lots of fights, which lead to them both saying things they regret (ie; “If you hadn’t played with fate and the laws of magic, she’d still be here” from Nathalie and “The only reason I keep you around is because she wouldn’t want me to discard you like the trashy lowlife you are.” from Gabe). They mourn in very different ways, as Nathalie isolates herself and spends a lot of time reminiscing, but Gabriel actively stays in the denial stage for uh. well. forever. you’ve seen the show, if he had accepted losing her he never would’ve become hawkmoth. He also is incredibly irritable and desperate, lashing out at anyone within range. Because he’s constantly erasing Adrien’s memories of this abuse, he gets actively frustrated when he can’t do the same to Nathalie, and she initially buys extra locks for her room so he doesn’t try anything crazy like lobotomizing her (he would).

The locks come off after Gabriel comes to her room, pounding on the door before a very loud thud, at which point she opens her door to find her boss pale and shivering on the floor, eye bags deeper than a sea trench, bleeding aggressively from his hand. She wraps and tends to his wound, and discovers him incredibly feverish and dehydrated. (Nursing back to health enemies to lovers arc!!) After this point Gabriel ends up trusting Nathalie enough to lend her the Peacock miraculous later down the line, but stops cold and snatches it back off her the moment she starts exhibiting symptoms; he’s already lost one woman he’s loved to the damned thing.

Nathalie ends up having underlying chronic health problems (KEEP HER IN THOSE COOL MECHANICAL LEGS OMFG I LOVE THEM), but because she relinquished ownership, the symptoms don’t get any worse.

Gabriel is actively evolving due to his use of the butterfly miraculous, which doesn’t make him a better father to Adrien but DOES make him a better partner to Nathalie because he’s horrible like that <3

While they are kinda romantically affiliated, that doesn’t stop Gabriel from akumatizing her when it’s useful. While some of the times are like in the show, where they’re kinda playful with each other, there’s a time Gabriel goes too far.

Because he’s emotionally distanced from even himself, Gabriel spends his (dead) wife’s birthday waiting for a master akuma to make, and finds it right under his roof in the form of Nathalie, who has been hit hard with grieving. And despite a warning from her, he goes forward with it, and creates [REDACTED]; the akuma I’m most excited to write and design because OMFG this battle is so fun.

Anyways that’s pretty much it.

Nathalie is very Mitski about losing Emilie. And Gabriel’s curiosity-created-the-nuke mad scientist self is more so a caged animal about her. And they find each other through it.

Important thing to keep in mind is that Nathalie is the only healthy component in any of these relationships. Both of these people are incredibly bad for her, but they give her what she craves so she stays.

[bukashki]

Raccommodeuse, Part 4

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I used this video as a reference for Marinette's spindle action btw :>

[sleepy-gay-puppy]

my theory for what the plot of "werepapas" will be based on the recent trailer

[asukiess]

thinking this morning about amelie. of course. and if she got akumatized….. any which way you cut it is good… but she’s really the only person we haven’t heard from concerning her feelings about emilie “disappearing”. and I would so so so want her to be akumatized because of some fight with nathalie about her. I want childhood-lodged memories to be dredged up and I want amelie’s feelings towards her sister to be complicated and envious and anyway. that was her childhood summer home too. what I’m saying is get that woman in the house, with nathalie, and make it a disaster.

[zabortseva-liza]

She’s so gorgeous!

I’m excited for her costume

[peonyfanart]

Met Akuma🦋

Redesigned akumas as Met Gala outfits💃🏻

Before you ask:

❓ Why the characters look different, Sabine and Rose are shorter, and have different eye colour?

❗ Because they are not the characters. There's no Sabine, Rose, Nathalie, etc. There are models as the akumatisations.

The list of depicted akumas:

Season 1

Lady Wi-Fi, Stormy Weather, Princess Fragrance

Season 2

Reverser, Frightningale, Zombizou

Season 3

Desperada, Party Crasher, Chat Blanc

Season 4

Lies, Quilin, Wishmaker

Season 5

Ryuko mori, Safari, Plastic Queen

Paris Special

Ubiquity, Ladybiquity, Celesticat

[drtwit]

Miraculous Ladybug: No More Heroes - Chapter 49

Graviton - Summary:

Team Miraculous all have their collective reactions to Marinette's exposed lies tabled when they have to deal with the 'akumatized' Adrien.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55957627/chapters/161609671

Preview:

She rolled her head onto her shoulder to glare at him lazily, letting every creak of her neck bone play out along the way. "You're asking questions, I'm giving you answers. You not liking the answers isn't my problem."

Roger stared at her blankly. "You said your name was 'Mrs. Banana'."

Flawlessly, Chloe swept her leg along with the rest of her lower body to the side, splaying her torso over the edge as she held her phone up high as the sole interesting thing demanding her attention. "Yeah, I'm a part of a pretty exclusive Mr. Banana fan club and that's my official title as I am prepping for my dream engagement."

She casually popped the gum she wasn't chewing for effect. For something she came up with on the spot, she'd like to think she killed it. "Where's the lie?"

Roger let loose the deep inhale of a man who was reliving all the crap he had to endure from Chloe since he first became a cop. "I was clearly asking for your real name."

"Oh my God." She rocked back-and-forth on her chair to further punctuate her offense. "A lot of people have other names."

Curling in on herself, her body flumped forward to prop itself up on the table. She brandished her phone like a weapon, reaching across the table to wave it threateningly over Roger's throat. "Not everyone is enslaved to the identity the government gave them. If I wanna be known as Beatrice Potassium Banana, that is my right and you have to respect it."

Fandom:

Miraculous Ladybug

Relationships:

Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Gabriel Agreste/Nathalie Sancoeur

Characters:

Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Gabriel Agreste

Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir

Nathalie Sancoeur

Colt Fathom

Lila Rossi

Nino Lahiffe

Chloé Bourgeois

Félix Fathom

Luka Couffaine

Alya Césaire

Max Kanté

Additional Tags:

Gabriel Agreste Redemption

Has a long way to go

Chloé Bourgeois Redemption

Retcons

Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Needs a Hug

Identity Reveal

Ladybug/Hawkmoth team-up

Gabriel Backstory

Gabriel being an asshole

Protective Nathalie Sancoeur

Félix Fathom Is Bad at Feelings

Lila Rossi Being Lila Rossi

Hurt Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir

Story switches between two major points in time

Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Needs a Break

[felixwikipage]

All the ideas im thinking for this Werepapas episode has me feral...

I still believe that felix should be able to sense an amok on cat noir.

Though you can't see it, I'm sure he would still be able to sense it wouldn't he??? Like in ephemeral, hawkmoth was still using the ring (rubbing it to control adrien) even though you couldn't see it on the surface of his finger.

In this werepapas episode, I have a feeling it's going to be custody battle episode LOL or at least the grandparents wanting the twin rings back.

Based on the screenshot of the grandma akumatized, I'm sure adrien loses his rings temporarily. So if cat noir joins the fight, felix/argos obviously wouldn't sense an amok on cat noir since he just lost his rings. But wouldn't it be cool if later, argos and cat noir meet up again, let's say rooftop or something, and because cat noir/adrien has his rings back, this time argos would sense that. Then he puts two and two together ("hmm after returning the rings the adrien...NOW I sense an amok on cat noir???")

Then I can see felix not telling adrien that he knows his identity. That can also make comedic and cute interactions between them. They both think they don't know each others identity loll (by the way if you've ever watched Danny Phantom- danny's sister jazz finding out but not saying anything at first is like the perfect example!)

Adrien also just needs someone that knows his identify so he has someone to rely on like how marienette has alya. I know Luka knows, but he's so far not that close with adrien to have his back. So I'm still rooting for felix to know (no nino plz lolll).

Regardless, I need felix (and of course amalie/nathalie) to be in this episode. I mean it's supposed to be a FAMILY War, how you not gonna have the whole family?! So I need these boys interacting in both civilian and their superhero forms- just so much potential for stories and drama!

[zoe-oneesama]

I have a question, did you ever consider akumatizing Marinette in SL? Because like remember that one time that she ALMOST was but then didn’t actually because Nathalie like coughed or something. I feel like it’d have been awesome to see your take on what Princess Justice could’ve been, what she’d look like, etc. She could’ve even been a totally different Akuma. (BTW I LOVE your art and your take on all things ML)

I know in Canon it's implied that if Marinette were ever akumatized there'd be no way to win because Ladybug would be akumatized and logistics, blah blah blah, but imo...

If Marinette was akumatized period she would win. Doesn't matter if you bring in Scarabella, Mister Bug, anyone else with the earrings - Marinette would outsmart them. The only way to win is if she renounced the akuma herself. In My Opinion.

In SL, if Marinette/Marigold got akumatized, it would be her dunking on Scarlet Lady and Chat Noir just kinda letting her, only stepping in just enough so the akuma, and therefore Hawkmoth, gets the earrings.

[sillysiluriforme]

It might be a good idea to make a master post. Also if all the heroes are getting side effects what about the villains? Do they get any?

la terreur au.

in la terreur everyone gets FUCKED and Gabriel and Nathalie are prime examples. for the peacock holders, im going to quote @wisteriasymphony because she put it better than i could (and its her idea):

"alexithymia. Difficulty to identify your own emotions. because all your emotions run high on peacock mode so otherwise you're super emotioned out like the users are kind of emotionless husks from overuse. the mood swings happen while transformed as emotions overload you all at once."

The butterfly creates a link between the holder and those they've akumatized before. the more frequent the akumatizations are, the stronger the link. The holder will, while un-transformed, feel strong emotions or even almost hear other's thoughts.

i wanna make an actual miracle exposure page for them but for now have this

[lady-de-mon-coeur]

Let's make a list:

It was Emilie who used the broken peacock miraculous (yeah, I know, she had her reasons, and she wasn't aware of the risk).

It was Gabriel who started akumatizing people.

It was Nathalie who helped him (yes, I know she betrayed him in the end).

It was Félix who stole all the miraculous and gave them to Monarch (yes, I know, he had his reasons).

It was Chat Noir who cataclysmed Monarch (yes, I'm aware it wasn't done on purpose).

And for some stupid reason, it's Marinette who should be feeling guilty for all of this, although all of this is not by any means her fault. And, obviously, Adrien should leave her and never speak to her again once he finds out what others have done. He needs to let his anger out, and he'd better lash out at Marinette, whose only fault is that she got to know all these secrets and didn't know any better than trying to keep skeletons in the closet.

[chocostrwberry]

Akumatized Emelie Agreste, “Motherbird”!!

I’m not sure if I wanna make this part of my AU officially, (you’ll know if I add this to the master post) but I had this concept I wanted to draw out!

INFO BELOW!

Emelie’s possessiveness manifesting in her willingly becoming akumatized so she can keep Adrien at home under her watchful eye. No one actually knew she was akumatized until Nathalie comes back after a business trip and realizes the house is under her rule, which she then calls the police and consequently Ladybug.

She has two forms: her Mother form and her Bird form!

Mother form is when she’s calm, and mostly just normal Emelie. Only after Ladybug interferes is when she becomes enraged, turning into her more feral Bird form. Her abilities include flying, a sort of banshee scream, and razor-sharp feathers!

I wanted to give her two forms to show kind of her dual personality. One moment she’s caring and overprotective, but when things don’t go her way she’s angry and volatile.

Adrien was probably there for about two or three days, unable to contact anyone outside and couldn’t transform into Chat Noir.

Her akumatized object is her necklace, which is actually in Adrien’s possession. So in order to defeat Motherbird, Ladybug will have to free Adrien.

I wanted to make her behavior towards Adrien stemming from her love for him, but also her crippling fear of him being taken away from her. Like, ofc as a young child they would need someone to look after them and be a place of comfort, which Emelie fulfilled perfectly. In Adrien’s eyes, she was the one who always made everything better, she was all he needed.

Since he’s a popular model I’m sure the Agreste family had to deal with stalkers and dangerous letters being sent directed towards him. Assuming Emelie was also popular in the eyes of the public growing up, she had to deal with a similar thing. This reinforced her idea that Adrien is the same as her. Having to protect Adrien from threats like this, Emelie unconsciously views the world for Adrien as dangerous, especially without her. This, combined with her sense of ego and projection of perfection onto her son, creates the kind of woman Adrien knows. It’s a combination of “I love my son and he’s perfect because I’m the one who made him” and “Everyone is trying to hurt my son, so I need to make sure he’s safe.”

[fanficriter]

Adrien Agreste from Miraculous Ladybug with a friend who has bad luck and dodges death almost everyday -🐇 (Bunny Anon)

(Take this request when you want to)

My first emoji anon this is so exciting hello

Adrien Agreste with an Unlucky! Reader

Warnings - Being held hostage of the Eiffel Tower, canon level activities

Not the best and probably a bit ooc i havnt watched the show in a while soz!!!

Gender Neutral Reader

- Oh geez

- Just doesn’t know how you do it

- The way he has to swoop in and save you because you’re once again being targeted by an akumatized villain is beyond him

- Not to mention how he’s always keeping an eye on you at school with the amount of times you’ve almost fallen down the stairs ❤️

- Telling him stories about how you almost died so casually at the lunch table

- “Oh yea i almost got hit by a truck yesterday!”

- “WHAT?”

- He worries for you 😭

- Poor guys always texting you asking if you’re alright

- Learned some first aid from Nathalie just incase

- One time he saw you walk under a ladder and freaked out

- “I read that walking under ladders gives you bad luck, you should look where you’re going!”

- Read that black cats bring bad luck

- Lowkey thinks he might be the problem

- Tells plagg to keep his distance 😭

- Every time a villain has a hostage it’s always you

- Alya’s blog is just filled with you being held off of the eiffel tower by some villain in a funky costume

- “Look! They’re holding someone off that building!

- “Oh geez, not again…”

- When there’s a villain around, he’ll always get you to a hiding spot before transforming

This definitely is not my best work so sorry it’s like 2 in the morning i’m tired

[lostuntothisworld]

A Lukadrien concept I'm obsessed about is how Luka's parental figures are complete opposites of what Adrien's parental figures are/were:

Emilie is so overprotective and controlling of her little prince(ss) that his home is a cold lonely fortress, while Anarka values liberty above all else and her houseboat is the main hangout of the entire cast.

Gabriel and Jagged are both terrible fathers, but Gabriel is so loyal to his wife he forgoes his only son in order to bring her back, no matter the cost, while Jagged, who may or may not have been the one to break up with Anarka, was confronted by his son, and choses to be a better father to his children.

Nathalie's surname literally translates to heartless, and until the later seasons, doesn't seem to care for Adrien at all. Even currently, she forgoes Adrien's truth, and chooses to keep Monarch's and her identities secret, even if it could cause Adrien turmoil. Verses Penny, who cares entirely too much, to the point it gets her akumatized.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[killervelveteenrabbit]

Reaction to “Werepapas” (S6 E5)

Most episodes from seasons 1 through 4 are named after the Monster of the Week™. The titles of the ones that aren’t (“Felix" and “Gabriel Agreste”) allude to the person genuinely responsible for the episode’s crisis. “Werepapas” follows that pattern: Ringmaster was the villain, but the Werepapas—Emil and Johnny—caused all the trouble.

The opening scene suggests that Emilie’s illness dominated Adrien’s early childhood, setting him up for further trauma after she “disappeared”. Since he knew she was critically ill, maybe he knew she didn’t just vanish but he didn’t dare admit it.

This episode features numerous subtle callbacks to “Representation”, where Marinette (and the audience) learned about the Graham de Vanily sisters’ upbringing. We already knew their parents were cold and disapproving with high expectations, although it’s likely this was primarily Emil’s influence considering he barely allowed Millie to speak.

On that note, it’s well-known that children in abusive families often find themselves mired in abusive dynamics as adults, as either victims or abusers. They subconsciously recreate the situations they experienced in childhood because it’s familiar, even if unwanted. Both sisters ended up married to controlling tyrants, just as their mother did. There’s a slight difference, though: Colt apparently started that way and Amelie married him reluctantly. Emilie defied her family to marry Gabriel, and he was a kind and loving husband once. But over the years he changed, possibly as a reaction to the stress of his wife’s illness and his desperate search for a cure.

There’s been a concerted effort (probably on Nathalie’s part) to warm up Maison Agreste’s sterile ambiance. But festooning the house with greenery can only do so much, and there are still parts of the house—and parts of the family legacy—that remain shuttered and shrouded.

Parents watching this series with their kids may giggle at “Millie (Graham de) Vanily” and the reference to a certain R&B act of yesteryear. But anyone who knows the history of the duo will get the hidden meaning: Milli Vanilli didn’t perform any of the vocals on “their” songs, and Millie doesn’t have a voice of her own either.

Johnny and Gabrielle are huge fans of Jagged Stone… imagine if they found out Adrien is friends with his son… and Adrien is dating his ex-girlfriend!

After several episodes where Marinette’s assorted complexes directly or indirectly caused someone’s akumatization, it’s refreshing to see a storyline where Marinette fixes things instead of messing them up. She even weaponizes her infamous clumsiness with that “accidental” spill on the custody contract. Too bad Emil had a duplicate.

Ever since the show introduced the Graham de Vanily twin rings, it was implied they had some legendary mystical ability aside from serving as Adrien’s amok. It turns out they had power after all: they symbolize the fraught history between the Graham de Vanily and Agreste families. Ladybug breaking the rings to destroy the akuma within them parallels Marinette’s role in liberating Adrien from his parents' and grandparents' control, allowing him to choose his own guardian and his own future.

Why didn't breaking the rings kill Adrien if they contain his amok? Here's a theory: before Gabriel made his wish, he had counterfeits made and gave those to Adrien, hiding the ring containing the amok someplace no one could recover and destroy it. There's precedent for that theory--it's exactly what Felix did after he stole Gabriel's ring, as seen in "Gabriel Agreste".

[drtwit]

Random Fic Idea

Since I've been seeing more people reading this post, just a heads up: the fic has been made.

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You know, we have a lot of 'Villain Chat Noir' AU fics, but is there any that have it be positive?

Like, Adrien getting to work along side his father actually leads to more father/son bonding because their villain identities are both goofy drama queens who finally found something they have in common. As well as both having outlets for the frustration of what they have to pretend to be in their real lives.

In the day time, Gabriel is sitting in his office, lecturing Adrien about upholding the Agreste name and dolling out his strict schedule. By night, Hawkmoth and Chat Noir are hold up in the lair, brainstorming puns and quips while Chat gently tells him to stop akumatizing Mr. Pigeon.

Their version of a fishing trip is stealing from the Dupain Bakery. "We're rich, can't we just pay?" "No, because we're evil." *Chat proceeds to leave money on the counter anyway.*

Gabriel coldly reprimands Adrien for getting anything less than an A, while Hawkmoth akumatizes the teacher who dared give his son a B+.

Ladybug is like 'Oh my god, there's two of them.' as Chat and Hawkmoth synchronise their team rocker-ass intro speeches and Mayura's just shaking her head because she has to live with these two goobers.

Gabriel's making a snobbish speech about those damn hooligans wasting their time with silly shenanigans, all while Adrien's resisting the urge to laugh 'cus Hawkmoth akumatized a baby yesterday and spent half of the fight trying to get the baby to pronounce his name right.

Master Fu wonders what horrors the villains are putting his innocent kwamis through, and it just cuts to Nooroo and Plagg dropping the beat.

Chat: *Starts helping old ladies across the street.* Hawkmoth: I knew that Marinette Dupain Cheng was a bad influence on you!

Adrien in the middle of class having a heart attack as an akuma flies straight into the window trying to get his attention. Adrien: Father, now is not the time! Hawkmoth: I just- I just- I just want to check if Chloe's pissed anyone else off yet. Adrien: Didn't Nathalie say no akumatizing until you finish your paperwork? Hawkmoth: She's not the boss of- Nathalie: Gabriel, I can hear you monologuing from the dining room. You better not be interrupting Adrien's education! Hawkmoth: Gotta go!

Adrien: Father, can you not akumatize one of my friends for five minutes?

Hawkmoth: Young man, what do you think you're doing? Plagg: Don't panic, Kid. Show him who's boss. We don't take grief from anybody. Adrien: I'm r-rebelling, Father. You don't own me! Hawkmoth: I do, however, own all of Plagg's cheese. Plagg: ...Okay, Kid, let's think about this-