#alya loves her bff

[sillysiluriforme]

I think you drew Luka smoking weed a couple of times, do you think that Marinette, stressed out, anguished, desperate for all this responsibility of being Ladybug, would smoke?

and nothing to do with the other, but what is the type of relationship that Marinette has with the rest of the characters? same as the serie? something like alya bff adrien loved(or something...) nathaniel gay friend

Marinette is desperately looking for a TRUSTWORTHY STABLE ADULT to tell her what to do and Luka seems like a good shot ! He’s an “””””adult”””” (HE’S 18.) he’s nice to her and he always talks like he knows what to do (HE DOES NOT.) So if he says maybe she should try weed ? She tries weed ! How does it go ?

Marinette does not try weed again.

I try to keep the AU somewhat canon compliant (I said try) so the core-4 stay the way they are but the rest of the class takes a little more work to befriend. The atmosphere at Lycée FDP is rancid. Some of their classmates start out a little hostile but they’re good kids. Mostly.

[adoriels-tears-if]

Sometimes I think how my Mordred (BoC) would be BFFs with my mc from this IF. They are both unhinged, and considered a danger for others and themselves, they both have non biological fathers that are awesome (thou Mordred is in a better place recently, but they are older and have had the time to forgive and understand Arthur's side of the story). Ooh they both have an Arthur that they hated at some point in their lives, I like to think that they bonded over their shared hate for their Arthur and the world that despises them. And they would finally have someone that truly understands them, and maybe they would even destroy the world together, or would change places so Mordred destroys Terybiel (I hope I wrote this right sorry author T^T) and mc would destroy Camelot , so that no one would say "told you half bloods are bad"/"Aaha I told you Mordred would be the undoing of Camelot blá blá blá" they would be sooo fucking bad GOOD together.

Sorryy it got to long author, but I just love this idea, it's my good place to go to

I love Bastard of Camelot! I think all the Mordred types could get along with their Mc counterpart in Terrybiel. They both have an Arthur indeed! My Mordred and My Alya would get along famously, both neckbreakers, crybabies, and eager to prove themselves! I can't wait to read the rest, llama really does a wonderful job, it's thanks to her that I got into this adventure in the first place.

[felixisourayofsunshine]

Okay so I really wanted to talk about emonette's character plus Shadybug and Clawnoir's relationship......... Well this is gonna be a long one so sorry in advance

Okay let's go!!!

So as we saw in the special emonette said that she was constantly bullied by Chloe(guess she doesn't change in any universe 😔 that damn brat I hate her.... not more than Lila though) and considering how broken she sounded that was not the same bullying that Chloe of this universe did to Mari that shit must've been extreme. However, I donot think that the bullying alone there must've been more aspects which lead her to the path of evil.

Well, while we're at it let's talk about this scene.. God this was so heart wrenching....

When she said that-

"I'm sorry mommy dear, I fine I just- just dropped my sewing kit it's A BIT DAMAGED"

When she said the above line while glancing at her face which reflected on those broken pieces of mirror.... I swear I wanted to cry. Don't you see how poetic this was, while she seemed to be taking about the broken mirror we can clearly see that the one who is broken Is her some one once said

"But that's the irony, broken people, are not fragile....."

So while emonette is completely broken inside she never lets show on her face, no matter how sad, how broken, how miserable she is she keeps moving forward, you wonder why? Well, because it's MARINETTE for crying out loud.... no matter what universe it is our Mari puts on a brave face in front of other, she tends to hide her scars and crying silently not letting others know. Even in the original universe she would have broken much sooner if it was not for Alya finding out her identity. But as emonette said herself she doesn't have loving parents, a best friend and a supportive boyfriend, she was left all alone to suffer without anyone by her side

I still wonder what her wish really was though, knowing her it certainly not power. Could it be something else which she yearns for. Okay so hear me out do you remember what she said to Mari? She said:

"Do you think that it'd be any different from how it is now? Guess what, I don't have your nice little life. The world where I'm from there are no awesome girlfriends to inspire me everyday, no amazing bff, lovable, calm and gentle mom or a boyfriend who doesn't think I'm a total loser...."

These lines broke me though 😭...

So my theory is that in that universe Tom is dead and Sabine is abusive( I totally can't imagine that tho) that would explain why she behaved like that with Sabine and she works in her dad's bakery to keep his name.

Oh well I have a worse on........ Both Tom and Sabine are dead and she was adopted by someome who were very abusive(let's consider that after she graduated junior high she moved out of that school and is probably out of Chloe's grasp) they even intended to sell the bakery, the only belonging of her late parents she was left with. That was when she met supreme and he offered her that in exchange of killing her abusive guardian she will have to work with him. So maybe her wish could be returning to those happy times with her parents without Chloe or any suffering. Well I guess it was a bit far fetched but anywaaaays.... 😅

Okay let's analyse another scene..... The one where she was reading Mari's diary.

What's interesting about her in Mari's room was that she certainly recognised her room and we can see that she does live in the bakery after all. The reason why she acted that way was to save her identity getting exposed to Claw Noir(which I don't think she cares that much about) or she really wanted to find out if this version of her had a better and happier life than hers.while she pretended that she wanted to look for clues, she went through Mari's personal stuff life her computer, her diary and her other things not because she was looking for clues but because she wanted know what kind of life this MARINETTE had.

Look, she was crying while reading that diary. She wants this life.

Just look at her... Looking into the life of a version of herself she wishes she could be. A world where "THERE ARE AMAZING GIRLFRIENDS TO INSPIRE HER EVERYDAY, AN AMAZING BFF, LOVABLE AND CALM MOM AND A BOYFRIEND WHO DOESN'T THINK THAT SHE IS A TOTAL LOOSER".

You see.. behind that evil mask there is a broken girl who longs to be loved. she wants a shoulder to cry on, hands who would embrace her tight when she is crying. She may look like a total badass who doesn't need anyone but no! that's not the case at all.

Aaaand I think she does have someone like that in her life already, and that person is the one and only CLAW NOIR. ........Even if she refuses to acknowledge it.

So, while she was shutted down, abandoned, bullied and absused her whole life and had no one to helf her up, Claw Noir was there for her,even though he is a total dork who teases her all the time.

Well yeah he is hella rude and disrespects her A LOT, it may look like she may never fall for him normally, but lets consider emonette's circumstances...... As much as we know she doesn't have anyone to rely on, no friends and probably no family. She never had anyone to inspire her. In a life like this...... After she got her miraculous and met Claw Noir, she finally had a reason to live, a reason to fight and a person, she could work together with and trust just a little bit yeah not totally cuz well he does let her fall head on..

In Mari's room when she reads the diary and learns about Ladybug and Chat Noir's relationship, their friendship, their partnership. She does look like she wants that too. (Also this may not apply to everyone but sometimes two people who like each other tease each other a lot....... )

They may fight eachother and not consider each other as partners, but they do make an amazing team. They may not be partners but they've got eachother's back at time of need. Just how Shadybug needs Clawnoir's strength while fighting and how Clawnoir relies on Shadybug's plans.

Also this scene...... While you can say that he is acting this way because he now knows that she is Marinette, the girl he likes.., but we know he is Adrien afterall he may care about Shadybug deep down without realising it and with him now knowing who she really is has realised it.

Just look at him he looks sad when he sees her cry too. He may act like he doesn't care but he actually does. He is like "I am the only one who can hurt her, anyone else who dares to do that must pay....." .

And the scene where she opens up to Mari was just so emotional, I literally started crying. There was pain, sorrow and grief in her eyes. She was suffering and was jealous of Mari,'cuz she thought that she had everything for granted, she thought that she never knew what suffering was like. Her words were so sad. But after Mari made her feel that they really are alike and changed her for better I felt so happy......

And after that when she met (now improved) Claw Noir they felt like they were more to each other and I loved it..

All I want now is a ShadyClaw series.. we need to know what happened after that.... And before they landed in the multiverse.

Well aren't they the cutest.

I wish they become a couple in future.....

Oh well that was a long one.....

Well I had it in mind for quite a long time but couldn't write it because I have exams coming 😭. But wanted to finish it before I forgot it. So here I am. I hope y'all liked it though.

Okay let's end it with a quote:.

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

I hope this becomes true for our beloved emoadrinette.

Bug out!🐞🐾

[princess-of-the-corner]

Sorry, had a thought or two to share XD

Was musing on the M-Trio and realized how well it works that Nino is the one to flip out at Lila. Cos like, hear me out here:

Alya & Chloe are fairly fearless & acclimate to danger very quickly. They also tend to solve their problems by going on the offensive. & with Alya always loving super heroes & Chloe being raised to be ruthless, both embrace the dangers & risks of the job gleefully.

In contrast, Nino is someone who embodies the idea that courage is overcoming fear not an absence of it. He's a natural caretaker and while not prone to paranoia like Marinette we know how deeply he cares and how quickly he cane work himself up over his loved ones.

Meaning Lila running around claiming to be a super hero gets under his skin like nothing else. Here she is endangering herself her family, his friends, and potentially all their families if her claim make Hawk Moth start poking around their class more than he already has done.

No wonder he exploded, he's been simmering on the worst case death scenarios since she started while Alya & Chloe are mostly just like "Tsk, wanna-be glory hound."

Honestly yeah I also think like.

So from Alya's POV she's annoyed and all, but she can easily shut down Lila's sphere of influence, so to speak. Like, Lila's claims of being bffs with Heroes won't really leave the classroom because Alya won't post it on her blog (both because she knows it's false, but also because she has better perspective in this timeline to know that even if it was true she shouldn't do that).

Chloé is also annoyed but she's.... kinda used to this shit and doesn't exactly care? People are going to make up whatever the hell they want to get what they want. She comes from a world of half-truths and loopholes and twisting words to get what you want. She might have a better morality now to know that this isn't 'okay', but it's currently entirely benign so she's not inclined to deal with it just yet.

But yeah Nino is the one who is very protective of the people he sees as 'his' and he would be upset about this. Both the larger endangerment of her 'knowing the Heroes' lie, but moreso the direct 'she's manipulating my friends'. I think he'd initially try to be more chill and talk to her kindly in the first place, when her lies are just 'I know X celebrity so please be friends with me!' vibes. But when she starts doing more direct manipulation of them into doing what she wants, that's when he snaps

[ovyy-pvcure]

Hold up, I've thought of a new reason to hate Kuro Neko because it truly is just the episode that keeps on giving. One of the bigger problems in the episode is Adrien and Plagg's lie and the writers could have sidestepped the whole issue while ending up in the same place by making one small change: have Marinette give the ring to Alya. Because you know who Alya would give the ring to? Adrien.

From Alya's perspective Adrien was not a previous outed holder; he's sweet, protective, snd has physical conditioning from being a fencer making him a perfect partner for her BFF. This would also serve Alya's other main goal in that she can believe once Hawkmoth is out of the way she can reveal the duo's identities after they build a rapport and connection without the roadblock of Adrien being Adrien and causing Marinette to get all tounge tied.

From Marinette's perspective she felt she let Chat down and isn't confident in both her ability and her right to replace him when, as far she knows, he's just another kid trying his best like her. Whom she blew up at causing him to quit.

Under the show's own established rules regarding secret identities since Adrien was given the ring by someone else he can't just show back up as Chat Noir; now he has to be someone else rather than just chosing to be. Canonically what happens is Plagg lies to Marinette and says Chat already picked an alternate if he quit. Then Adrien lies to Ladybug by pretending to be another person - a person she'll love more. This is dishonest irresponsible and, frankly, pretty creepy behavior on their parts unless the lie is one of necessity rather than manipulation.

Admittedly, I'm not totally sure how to get back to Status Quo in one 3 minute Akuma battle, maybe have Ladybug express her doubts and admit to things not being as fun without Chat and have Cat Walker say he'll ask Chat to reconsider for her. Chat shows up at the end to absolve Ladybug himself without an apology needed between them and instead floats an idea for next time they need to gather a bunch of temporary Miraculous while low on time. Light banter, end card done.

[amourcherie606]

miraculous redesign? rewrite??? idk?? call me silly if u will, but ive like already redesigned the entire main cast 💀 i just havent drawn all of them digitally yet the miraculous brainrot is real!! anyway, the "theme" or "goal" with this is basically if i designed the miraculous characters. they are gooberbingafied if u will

marinette dupain-cheng ; aspiring fashion designer whos quite awkward and nice. shes considers herself the background character and hasn't really had any friends until college, where she meets her wonderful bff alya! takes inspiration from gabriel agreste brand but deff doesn't like how monochromatic his fashion is.

adrien agreste ; a free spirit finally free from cold home, he attends a public education at long last, an art college. he is a complete awkward mess who is very friendly! and naive. very. but his buddys nino and chole has been showing him the ropes of socialization so he'll get it one day, maybe. hes still discovering his own style and personal thing tho. BONUS DOODLES!!! Chole and Lila ideas!! im not sure what to do yet with Lila but Chole! Shes deff still gonna be Queen Bee and is deff a mean girl but like, shes just kinda a rich kid whos never been told off for her actions like ever ever. no ones ever just thought to sit her down and talk, only encouraging her behavior. so she stays a meanie bee UNTIL her superhero crush tells her off and POOF shes changing alright. shes not a 100% nice bean but chole isnt an complete ass

i'll make a separate post for my ladybug and chat noir designs but im literally up for any suggestions or asks abt this!! if ur interested!! <33 i love doing this actually its so silly n fun!!

[imsparky2002]

Ghoul Squad Reboot: Alynis

Alya Cesaire - Mummy

Age - 14

Appearance - Wavy shoulder-length reddish-brown hair with tangelo tips, heart-shaped lips, grayish gold eyes, black hornrimmed glasses with white spots, rotten skin and yellow teeth.

Attire - White bandages covering her body, Egyptian jewelry.

Personality - Energetic, passionate, curious, confident, playful, stubborn, supportive, helpful

Likes - Journalism, helping her family and friends, scaring people, sleeping in her sarcophagus, scarabs, learning about history, going to the Egyptian exhibit at the museum, updating her blog, her boyfriend Nino, being her bff Marinette’s wingman, watching mummy movies, learning mummy magic, being dramatic

Dislikes - People unwrapping her bandages, having to unleash curses, cats, fire (Her and Rose are petrified of it), angry mobs, being overprotected by Nora, hunters and liars, having to make sure her little sisters don't get into trouble.

FrankenPet: Trixx the Franken Fox

Alya’s not just a spooky mummy, but a good reporter. She is in charge of the Ghoul Squad’s blog, where she writes about their adventures, as well as sharing info on other monsters and news on the city of Paris.

While she isn’t royalty, Alya has created the identity of “The Pharaoh” that she uses when scaring people. She pretends to be a terrifying mummy queen who shambles about unleashing terrible curses. She loves learning spells from her mother to use against Hawk Moth.

She didn’t grow up during the era of Ancient Egypt, but is incredibly passionate about learning everything she can about the subject. She’s a frequent guest at the Egyptian exhibit at the museum.

Alya has a dramatic side, as do the rest of the Ghouls. She loves to whisper to her boyfriend, pretending to be a mummy queen who has put the boy under her spell. Even if they are both able to walk normally, sometimes Rose and Alya like to shamble around and moan because it’s fun and spooky.

She doesn’t understand why most people are afraid of bugs. She finds them wonderful! Alya takes good care of her scarabs, acting as their mother.

Quotes

(After one of her sisters woke her from her beauty sleep.) WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER?!

Come on, girl! Why do you have to keep your crush for Adrien under wraps?

Oh Nino, I don’t need any of those fancy tomb-prepping tools to take your heart for myself! 

MWAHAHAHA! You have angered the Pharaoh, now you shall recieve a harrowing curse! *Giggling* Got ya!

Nora! I'm already covered in enough bandages without you smothering me!

The mummy rises out of her tomb and wants you... to check out her blog! Make sure to reblog and reply to lemme know what you think. @artzychic27 @msweebyness @nerd-chocolate

[meetherinparis]

Being her BFF does not mean she is also her love interest. Alya knows that Marinette loving Zoe does not affect their friendship. three girls can always bond together.

[wolflover2426]

Tbh, Alya bashing/salt is so boring and repetitive. I hate how a majority of it is just authors assassinating her character and turning her into some sort of toxic bully to Marinette which just pisses me off (even more if it also includes Chloe redemption. You know they just hate Alya in particular when they paint her in a bad light so they could paint Chloe in a better light)

People really forgot that after the expulsion incident, Alya wanted to help Marinette get reinstated and searched for evidence of any foul play to no success.

If anything, I would personally love a fic where Lila tries to target Marinette and paint her badly but Alya rebuts every singly claim and being the loyal and protective bff she is to Marinette in canon. Fun bonus would be Alya being an expert at poking holes in Lila’s stories and eventually the class finds out she’s a liar.

[jennrypan]

...Ew the Walmart version of Marinette who was just introduced for literally no reason is making people compare her to Alya.

..whatever her name is cuz I refuse to spell it better not be another replacement Alya in yalls shitty little salty 'Alyas Lilas attack dog' bullshit fics istg.

I should HOPE we've left all of those lack luster tropes behind. (Especially Saltinette, literally she's the worst of them)

Anyways, S..isnt better than Alya. Marinette can have TWO(2) Bffs you lames.

S would love Alya and be glad Marinette has a new friend and Marinette would be overjoyed to introduce these two. Cmon now bffr

[coffeebanana]

TRICK OR TREAT

DKFGDKJB ADORABLE HALLOWEEN CAT

okay you're getting what's a mix of a headcanon and a fic idea sort of? since i know you've been in an alyanette mood lately 👀

alyanette TO ME is like. the ultimate long distance pining pair of ml. by which i mean like, they're the couple that gets together after high shool/possibly after university and yk. their respective break ups that end in solid friendships with nino and adrien. and then alyanette are just like. constants in each other's life untill they're NOT--because one or both of them (probably both) scored internships or something in other countries and then for the first time since collège they're not going to be together for everything

and marinette is definitely not going to SAY anything about her feelings. because she doesn't want to hold alya back. and what if they're not even REAL feelings hahaha yeah marinette's totally definitely just making up her feelings. 100%. (after all, being in love never felt exactly like this before. so safe and comfortable right from the start? nah, that's not how it's supposed to be). plus, it's safer not to say anything. not to risk anything

and then sure, alya's usually pretty good at picking up on marinette's weirdness so it's not like she notices nothing but this is a BIG LIFE CHANGE so like. it's probably just marinette stressing over not having her bff nearby. it definitely doesn't mean she should get her hopes up. because alya's had feelings for marinette on and off for YEARS and yeah they've flirted but marinette's always been clear it doesn't mean what alya maybe sort of sometimes wants it to mean so there's zero reason for her to think things have changed

but god. being apart is so HARD. and being away from home is not as fulfilling as it was supposed to be all the time. work is hard, life is hard. DISTANCE is hard

(anyways as you can see i've definitely only thought about this concept the tiniest little bit ever aksjfbdskfdb...not! someone should really make me write it some day. or better yet someone else write it so i can devour it 😂)

[mystic-myrtille]

Looking back I still find it funny how when Gang of Secret was airing at the time,Alya Stans calls people who criticize Alya or say that she's a bad friend as clowns,but here we are in Season 5 and Alya is worst (and more dumb) than ever and Stans keep making stupid excuses for her and I seriously saw somebody say that Marinette is the problem in their friendship with how controlling she is towards Alya,and don't even get me started on the "If you criticize Alya that means you're racist" logic,imma say it any girls in Mari's class (except Lila and Chloe because hell no) are better best friends than Alya

I remember that too and I honestly didn‘t understand how Alya becoming Marinette‘s first confidant disproved any salty claims against her. It didn‘t change the fact that Alya‘s main role in the show was to pressure Marinette into confessing her feelings to Adrien and sometimes other things. Alya makes a lot of decisions for Marinette, so the take that Marinette is the controlling one is bs (I assume this refers to her as Ladybug giving orders bur like, she‘s the permanent hero and therefore authority in this case? And it‘s not like she just blindly ordered Alya around without ever considering her ideas and opinions)

Alya is the best friend because by the show‘s standard, she „guides“ Marinette into the right direction which is the love square. For example in the NY special, Marinette decided she didn‘t want to confess to Adrien, which goes against the show‘s ultimate goal of „canon Love square“, so Alya „fixes“ this by pushing Marinette into romantic situations with Adrien in order to get her to „be honest with her feelings“ (which really makes no sense because Marinette isn‘t lying to herself, she has a goal of being normal friends with Adrien without the romantic attraction). By real life standards, Alya would not be a good friend.

Basically, Alya‘s entire role is being Marinette‘s helper and guidance to her end goal and I‘ve already talked about this, but if anything‘s racist here, it‘s Alya‘s writing reducing her to a tool to push the love square together (black best friend trope where the black bff only exists to help out the white bff, or in this case half white/white passing). That‘s her number one reason to exist. Outside if that, she has little to no arc of her own (expect for love problems with Nino here and there but that‘s more background), and that‘s why I honestly was excited when she became a confidant. (After being a little mad that Luka didn‘t get the same treatment but that‘s another can of worms) I thought this would give her more to do as a superhero and give her more purpose than „mindless shipper“. Boy was I disappointed, she‘s still nothing more but an „Adrienette shipper“

I‘m not gonna deny that some Alya salters are probably racist (especially people who write Alya salt fics with Chloe becoming Mari‘s new bestie instead of redeeming Alya? Yeah sorry but that‘s sus), but salting on characters of color doesn‘t automatically make someone racist.

[miraculousfanworks]

Marinette moonlights as a comedian but she is just not that funny; baking puns? She is constantly heckled, but she wants to keep at it.

When Alya learns of her secret, she helps her BFF out. She helps her with her routine, and the jokes finally hit….

when Marinette’s punchline is her love life.

Adrien, having wanted to support Marinette in secret, gone to see her comedy all the time in disguise. Usually he was the only person laughing, but when the jokes changed and the whole room started laughing, he no longer found it as funny for some reason.

It’s actually embarrassingly sad, she kissed a statue of her crush? She wrote a letter to Buttercup but mixed it with medication for IBS? Why are people laughing?

Prompt by SnoopyTheDestroyer

[its-your-girl-geekerella]

Dark Cupid--Happy Valentines' Day!

I know I'm a bit late, but suffice it to say that I had a lot going on. Just wanted to pop in, say hi, and give you a mini-recap on one of my favorite episodes in Season 1 of Miraculous, Dark Cupid!

Because most of you Miraculers who follow me are in season 5 by now, and have probably watched this episode as many times as I have, I'll make this quick.

So basically, we start with Miss Bustier's class, talking about fairytales. Adrien is writing a love poem, and when called out, gets savage toward his teacher, yadda yadda yadda...

Adrien then throws out his poem, thinking it not good enough for Ladybug. Sabrina and Chloe make him sign his autograph, even though he hates it, by telling him it's for a good cause.

After class, Marinette goes digging in the trash to see what it is that Adrien was writing. She finds what she was looking for, but not before Chloe and Sabrina imply that she's poor and homeless. (I guess they were feeling good about themselves after getting Adrien to sign that poster)

Marinette reads Adrien's poem, assumes it was about her (thanks to Tikki), and celebrates.

Marinette meets up with Alya, and they see Max and Kim talking about a ~mystery girl~ Kim wants to ask to be his Valentine. Like the great friends they are, they encourage and support him. Then Kim becomes a runner and a trackstar.

And can I say that the look Max gives as Kim leaves? Like a proud dad. This was definitely one of Max's best episodes.

So Marinette is encouraged by Kim's situation (and Alya) and decides to write Adrien a poem. We then see an amazing BFF handshake we NEVER. SEE. AGAIN.

We skip to Chloe and her lackey torturing Adrien's fanclub with the signed poster of Adrien. We get the infamous "she's not crying hard enough" scene, and that's that.

Marinette is working hard to write a poem for Adrien, and Alya nags. She finally gains inspiration, and they head to mail it off.

Meanwhile, Kim catches up with Chloe. Of course he would like Chloe. Man, I am so glad he gets Ondine later. Anyway, Chloe acts like a total jerk, so nothing new there. He gets akumatized, surprise, surprise, and turns into *GASP* Dark Cupid!

Dark Cupid makes people hate each other. So yeah. If you needed a comic relief, there's this guy shouting, "STUPID FLOWERS!"

Chloe gets what's coming to her, as Sabrina gets hit and does to her exactly what she did to Kim. So yay.

Chat Noir tries to confess his love to Ladybug, but instead protects her from getting hit by Dark Cupid, where we get this famous sequence:

(Funny how even then, he would sacrifice himself to save her) So anyway, a whole battle goes down and Ladybug realizes that she has to kiss Chat. Obviously, the "Get back, you savage!" had to be put in here.

So Chat Noir (even more Noir than before!) and Dark Cupid are working together, and can I say that they become bros so quick?!

Anyway, you all know what happens next: Chat foreshadows Chat Blanc, as well as Destruction by saying that he wanted to cataclysm a person. Then, Ladynoir's famous first kiss. And Evil Chat is enjoying EVERY SECOND of it.

And then Ladybug yeets Chat at Dark Cupid.

And then the good guys win, as per usual. Chloe gets what she deserved; her poster of Adrien is ruined by Sabrina (even though it should've been reversed by the magical ladybugs).

Adrien gets Marinette's Valentines card, but it isn't signed, so he thinks it's from Ladybug for some reason. Like, what?! And then he doesn't put two and two together until Season 3, episode: Stormy Weather 2. Um, excuse you?!

Calm down, simpy boy.

Personally, I think because we've had a couple of Christmas episodes, we can probably have another Valentines' episode. There is so much you can do with Valentine's day, and I feel like they cramped a lot of really good ideas into one episode. Oh, well...

So yeah, that's my recap of one of the best episodes in Season 1. I love this episode, and it mostly serves as a comfort episode when things are too serious.

Any commentary I made in this post is purely opinion, and it's not meant to be taken seriously. Love you guys, byeeeeee

[unhitches-similes]

Miraculous Fic: Crushes and Antics

So, when I came to the next on my self-appointed list of random dialogue prompts, I quickly decided I was due to write a Miraculous fic. Way back forever ago, when we were still somewhere in Season 2, I was enamored with the idea of a Best Friend Swap AU. I know a couple people made posts about it, but my most recent search shows there's still not a lot of content for it. I've decided I wanna help change that, if only a little bit. Sooo here's my attempt at a Best Friend Swap with a little dash of Crush Swap in the lovesquare for funsies. (I have not read the others to avoid copying anyone.) ~*~

Crushes and Antics

Summary: Marinette corners Nino to interrogate him about his latest crush, but he’s not about to let her get away with that so easily. Cue typical BFF antics. Notes: AU Season 1 somewhere, probably; Best Friend Swap AU; Reverse Crush AU

Dialogue Prompt – “Care to join me for a bit?”

~*~ Read on Ao3

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Nino was distracted enough that he was nearly startled when a slim arm slipped into his as he walked down the hall. Not that he had any real reason to be. Marinette hooking his arm with her own and dragging him off somewhere had been a common enough occurrence throughout their years of friendship.

She tugged him gently off-course, which was a shame as he had nearly gotten close enough to overhear what Alya and Adrien were talking about ahead of him. “Care to join me for a bit?” she questioned in a somewhat shady-sounding undertone.

“What? Dude, no!” Nino replied, immediately suspicious of his best friend’s intentions. He withdrew his arm from her clutches and took a precautionary step away from the girl.

“What?” Marinette echoed, giving him a perplexed look in response. “Why 'no'? Why are you so suspicious?”

“Why are you acting so suspicious?” he shot back.

She exaggeratedly rolled her eyes at him before unceremoniously grabbing his arm and dragging him into an empty classroom. Depositing him against the teacher’s desk, Marinette hopped up onto the desk across from him and gave him an expectant look. “Well?”

Nino frowned back at her. “Well, what?”

“Well, somebody obviously has a new crush he hasn’t told me about, and since you’ve been making up excuses to avoid talking after school…”

“Dude, I haven’t been avoiding you. I really have been busy the last couple of days,” the boy protested.

“Right,” Mari drawled skeptically. “Well, here we are. Now spill.”

Folding his arms over his chest, Nino met her gaze head-on. “You first.”

A bright flush spread across the girl’s face. “We aren’t talking about me, right now,” she told him primly.

“What even makes you think I have a crush in the first place, huh?” he tried. “Maybe you’re just projecting.”

“Remember the crush you used to have on me?”

It was Nino’s turn to blush a bit. “That was ages ago,” he protested. “We were, like, eight!”

“Surprisingly little has changed,” the raven-haired girl stated dryly.

“Yeah, well, at least now I know better than to crush on a mean girl like you,” retorted Nino, to which Marinette stuck out her tongue at him. Sighing, he rubbed a hand over the back of his neck and scuffed a toe against the carpet. “There’s not really much to say, Mari. Alya’s just… Well, she just seems kind of awesome, y’know? The way she stands up to Chloé and is so fearless whenever there’s an akuma. And she’s wicked smart, too. I just – I just think she’s pretty cool, is all.”

“Nino…” Marinette said softly, her expression verging on what he had long classified as her determined-mom-friend look. “That’s it. I’m going to help you come up with the perfect plan to confess to her!”

“Uh uh – no way!” countered Nino. “Your plans are always way too complicated.”

“They are not!”

“Are too!” he insisted. “Look, I’ll confess only if you do it first.”

Mari was suddenly doing a rather good impression of a tomato. “I said we weren’t talking about me, right now!”

“Oh, so you can meddle in my love life, but I can’t meddle in yours? Is that it?”

“It’s not the same thing, at all!”

“Okay, fine. Then I don’t wanna hear you going on and on about your crush, anymore,” he declared.

The girl gave an offended gasp. “I do not go on and on about him!”

“Really? ‘Cause I’m pretty sure I remember you going on about how green his eyes are, and you wonder if his eyes are really green? Or how strong and brave he is.”

“Shut up!” Mari exclaimed, somehow turning even redder as she jumped down from the desk and rushed to try to put a hand over Nino’s mouth. He fended her off, craning his head back to make it even harder for her to accomplish her goal.

“And let’s not forget about how witty he is!” Nino practically crowed, enjoying teasing his friend. “Oh, he’s got to be clever to think up so many puns and all that!”

“I said sto—”

They froze as the classroom door opened abruptly. The two teens must have made quite the tableau. Marinette leaned up against Nino, stretched up on her tip-toes, a wrist caught in one of his hands while the other arm simultaneously tried to evade his grip while finding a way to clap over his mouth. Meanwhile, Nino was half arched back over the desk, trying to twist away from his friend without releasing the hand he had caught in his grasp. His cap had been knocked off in the struggle and his glasses were askew.

“Ugh, gross, it’s you two again,” declared Chloé, staring at them from the doorway, her sycophant Sabrina peeking in over one of her shoulders. “Don’t you two ever stop being weird for, like, ten seconds?”

Nino and Marinette just stared back at her. Honestly, even if they had an explanation for their current positions, they wouldn’t waste it on Chloé. The spoiled girl would just make up whatever story she wanted, anyway.

“Whatever, I don’t have time for this,” the blonde decided, flouncing away and continuing down the hall. “Sabrina!”

“Coming!”

For a minute they continued staring at the now open door. Then they looked back at each other and were immediately reduced to laughter.

“‘Ugh, gross, it’s you two again!’” Nino mimicked in an exaggerated, high-pitched snooty impression of Chloé, causing Marinette to laugh so hard she started wheezing. 

“Can you—” Mari began, having to stop because she’d started coughing for a moment before trying again. “Can you believe we actually used to be in-intimidated? By her?” 

“‘Sa-BRI-na!’”

“Nino, stooo-op!”

The absurdity of the situation and their own antics finally passed and they managed to compose themselves again. This new school year sure had brought about a lot of changes for the duo – a lot of them for the better. It might turn out to be the best school year yet, even with Hawk Moth turning people into supervillains.

Linking an arm with his, Marinette led Nino out of the classroom and towards the stairs. “Are you able to come over today or are you busy again?”

“I am commitment free for the night, I just have to call my mom,” Nino told her. “So I totally have the rest of the day to help you figure out your confession to Char Noir.”

“I am not confessing to Chat Noir! It’s not happening.”

“Uh huh, sure, Mari-dude. Bet you anything you end up confessing before I do.”

Marinette responded with a harrumph, sticking her nose playfully in the air (and subsequently counting on Nino to keep her from tripping over her own two feet). “We’ll see,” she told him imperiously.

-End.

[theographos]

I’m a Miraculous Ladybug fan

The thing that I love with Miraculous Ladybug, it has so much potential, but it seems that only the fans see the true colors of the show, the amount of things it could have been, the big healthy influence it could have been for the kids watching it. I like how it reminds something that most writers forgets : characters are often like human beings. You’re maybe the reason why they exist, but it doesn’t mean they have to fit the box you decided they would be in. One day, they will become too big for this box. So :

* No, Marinette is not the perfect heroine, her need to control her pairs isn’t the best solution, and she needs to lay back a little and accept spontaneity. She isn’t confident with herself either, but maybe she wants to be like her bff, loud and always able to put people in their place. Maybe, a certain relationship with a cat will learn her that sometimes being calm, wise and accepting that everyone is gray is the best to help someone. For example, when her school enemy, the one she thought was the most evil creature in this world ends up akumatized and the akuma is inside a miraculous. She can’t destroy a miraculous of course, her only choice is to talk to her and hoping she will reject the akuma...

* No, Adrien isn’t a hero who obeys. He spends all of his life obeying and accepting everything his father will throw at him, because he loves him he would never do anything to hurt him. He needs to be free from orders, destroying his “picture perfect” image and have fun. Though he would still follow Ladybug’s order, he only knows that after all. But maybe when he finally gets friends and that he learns how to fight unless letting people walk all over him, he will less obey, and be more spontaneous. It won’t work at first, the two of them will fight and separate several times. Until one day, a fox superhero called Volpina arrives. And after understanding she lied, they cooperate and balance each other almost perfectly. And he likes that, he likes being equal to someone. Maybe that Ladybug isn’t an authority figure, maybe she is a partner after all...

* No Marinette’s classmates do not have to be superheroes in order to help people and have character development.     -Alya is a great journalist and has been seen as Ladybug’s “guy in the chair” while being Rena Furtive, maybe she can be her “guy in the chair” who doesn’t know her true identity, and helps her investigating Papillon’s true identity, understanding how to not jump into conclusion and will still being critical of Ladybug’s decision (after all, she can’t trust her completly, she doesn’t know who she is). She is also Marinette’s loud and confident friend. She takes shit from no one, and like her older sister, she tends to be harsh with her words. Maybe she’ll learn that attacking isn’t always about being in first line because sometimes you can do as much damage from the back. Maybe when she is stuck with a random guy from her class (who is also in love with her bestie apparently) in a zoo, after she had a harsh conversation about how his behavior with her bff will never win her heart, she sees him sad. She doesn’t want to spend hours in a cage with a crying man, and it’s also one of the first times she sees the effects of her harsh talk on someone she thought was “bad”. Maybe talking to him calmly and asking his point of view will help him calm down ?

    -Nino is someone chill who wants to have fun and doesn’t really care about authority. Maybe he can be inspired by Chat Noir’s carefree attitude, but starts to question it when he learns that the girl he likes risks her life everyday in order to take down Papillon. He is scared for her, and maybe wants to protect her by making her stop what she is doing. When he discovers he is doing exactly what the adult he hates so much are doing, he stops. If Alya wants to fight, he will fight too. Running head first into danger, and at some point having to prove to Ladybug that he has what it takes to be a superhero. Maybe he could learn that protecting someone isn’t about putting them in a cage, but letting them roaming around without care isn’t the best option for them either. (And also that his type is confident girl lmao)

     -Chloe is pretentious, entitled and mean. But she also craves her mother’s love and has done everything to own it. She needs to discover what she really wants. Like keeping her bestfriend by her side, or make people happy. When she discovered superheroes existed, she wanted to be one. She deserved it ! But days past and she did not have any superpower. She will show to this ridicule Ladybug her potential ! She followed the Ladyblog to know everything about her, she bought the costume and trained hard everyday. She never felt more proud of herself then when she accomplished someone by herself, without her dad’s or mom’s influence. Maybe, one day she’ll found the bee miraculous, thinking she finally earned it. But no, all she does is mistakes. First she abandons and Papillon akumatizes her. Then she tries even harder with the help of Ladybug. How weird, she is happier and has more friends when she does what she wants, and not what her mother wants...

     -Sabrina is always there to help her friend. Like her father taught her, serving french citizens was a noble cause. Though she still feels sad when her friend is mean to her. One day, she even ends up akumatized because of that. She needs to understand that taking care of someone isn’t letting that person be mean to you, and it’s not the only thing she can do. After she was akumatized, her bestfriend becomes nicer. After she became friends with Marinette, but then stopped that too, she understood that her feelings matter, and that she couldn’t be able to take care of someone if she didn’t take care of herself. Of course she still doubts, she stills belittle herself and even if Chloe is changing, there are ups and downs. Then her bff becomes a superhero, and she feels left out. She finds the courage to tell it to her best friend, and for once, she is the one getting comforted and take cared of. One day, an akuma attacks the school, Chloe needs to go in order to transform herself, and the teachers aren’t there to calm the student. So she does it. Without even thinking, she manages to hide everyone in a safe place, help with the very few students who are hurt, and make sure Chloe is alone so she can transform. Maybe taking care of someone isn’t about doing everything they want, maybe she can do more, like handling crisis situations or making sure everyone matters, even herself.

Maybe this show could be about students who learn how to be their true selves in the healthiest way, and that kids are always putting themselves in any kind of danger (whether it’s fighting an obsessive father that could kill them at any seconds, choosing to confront the liar of their school, or refusing to talk about their problems to someone), and they will still do it as they grow up. And maybe confront it to an obsessive father, who keeps everything to himself, who likes when things are going his way and take things for granted, like the love of his son or the loyalty of his assistant and his bodyguard.

And from this fight, the moral would be that you don’t need superpowers to fight and/or be safe, you need a good support system and confronting yourself and how you were raised instead of thinking everything you do is the best thing. 

And also, that not everything is what it seems to be. Maybe the bad guy creates henchmen to make sure the Miraculous of the Ladybug and the Chat Noir are given to people, so he can take them. But once it happens, he continues to create henchmen. Is it to take down those superheroes ? Or is it to occupy them while he is planing his real attack against them ? Is it to make sure they don’t notice how he is slowly but surely investigating on how to obtain the mysterious last thing he needs in order to make his wish ?

This is why i’m a Miraculous Ladybug fan, because what i’ve written is one of the hundred ways to create a serie around this concept and the pre established characters. And it’s ironic to see the serie becoming worse and worse with time (even if I must say, season 5 in terms of narration isn’t as horrible as other seasons) while reading fanfictions that are exceptional while keeping the same concept.