#and the destruction after an akuma attack?

[trashart00]

Less than 12 hours until the release of “The Tortured Poets Department”!

Hence, I present to you, “The Tortured Catboy Department”

Track List:

SIDE A: Deux Semaines (feat Ladybug) / The Tortured Catboy Department / My Lady Abandons Only Her Favourite Partners / Down Bad

SIDE B: So Long, London / But Daddy I Love Her / Fresh Out the Slammer / Akuma !!! (feat Monarch)

SIDE C: Guilty As Sin? / Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me / Even Ladybug Can’t Fix This / loml

SIDE D: I Can Do It With a Broken Heart / The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived / The Cataclysm / Adrien Agreste

Bonus Tracks: The Black Cat / Solitude / Doppelgänger / Tell-Tail Heart

(Love how so many of the original track names still work)

My takes of what each song is about/inspired by under cut (but, if you feel like it, tell me yours :D)

I’m picturing all of these to be from Adrien’s perspective so they reflect mostly his version of the situations rather than the objective reality (especially the Laybug centered ones)

Deux Semaines (feat Ladybug): This one would focus on the sequence in Multiplication where Monarch doesn’t attack and how LadyNoir’s relationship recovers from the events of Season 4.

TTCD: Kept the “Catboy” singular because while there are multiple Catboy identities, there is only one boy underneath them all. Hence while I think it would be about him just stating his issues with everything, it would also focus on loneliness and how his department is understaffed :(

MLAOHFP: All of the Season 4 LadyNoir separation arc angst, with the “Favourite” being a callback to Risk (and kinda a jab at Rena because he thinks that she’s really her favourite, but y’ know, she didn’t abandon her so Rena can’t be her actual favourite)

Down Bad: Mainly about how Chat’s love for LB makes him excuse her behaviors, but also makes him act out (maybe a reference to Elation).

SL,L: About the whole arc of Gabriel sending Adrien to London and all of the memories he would have surrounding this ordeal - key point, not “So Long, Paris” because he didn’t want to leave, and in the end he comes back to a changed world.

BDILH: This one’s either about the Chat Blanc breakup or Gabriel’s dislike of Marinette in Season 5 (or both, with maybe a line about how he feels like this has happened before)

FOTS: Adrien realizing his father is a Bad Person.

Akuma !!! (feat Monarch): This one would be like a song about his daily life and then the chorus would start with a shout of “Akuma!!!” and it would switch to him as Chat Noir. I feel like it would start out with normal life being boring/hero life being fun but as it goes on he grows exhausted. Monarch has a rap verse.

Guilty As Sin?: Chat Blanc centeric - would ask who is to blame for the destruction of the world, like is it Chat because he lost control or Hawkmoth because he took advantage of his son’s emotion?

WAoLOM: Chat Blanc centric at first (like a villain song) but ends with Adrien reflecting on the events of Evolution-Destruction-Multiplication-PS night

ELCFT: I think it would be about his relaction ship with his father and how he wishes there was something he could do to go back to how they were when Emilie was alive but there’s no easy fix and his father keeps on getting worse and worse after any attempt.

loml: A song for Marinette with a bittersweet air - she’s the love of his life but he can’t tell her everything, and she can’t tell him everything either

ICDIWaBH: CatWalker centric - him going back to Ladybug in Kuroneko.

TSMWEL: I actually have three for this one - 1. About Gabriel and his need to domineer because he feels small and powerless. 2. About Adrien feeling small and insignificant. 3.About Plagg because he’s a smol boi (it would be like a lighthearted, cheeky song, like when you sing to your pet about how adorable they are)

The Cataclysm: Literally about how he cataclysmed Monarch, but also about how the event impacted his perception of self.

Adrien Agreste: Ending the album with a song that’s his own name :o.

Now for the variants:

The Black Cat: This one has Chat on the cover and the song is mostly about his bad luck. ‘I Love You It’s Ruining My Life” works both directed at Ladybug and his father.

Solitude: With Chat Blanc on the cover, this one’s about his mother. I think the “You Don’t Get To Tell Me About Sad” is pretty self-explanatory.

Doppelgänger: CatWalker is on this one, his song would be about how he may literally be the same person but he doesn’t fully feel like himself. He had to repress a lot of himself to be CatWalker hence I thought “Am I Allowed To Cry?” fit him really well (especially with Plagg not giving him the time to fully recover before he had to jump back in). Please note the crossed out name (unlike Chat Blanc) because he’s reinventing himself.

Tell-Tail Heart: This one has Ladybug on the cover - wait she’s not a Catboy?? The song is titled “Tell-Tail Heart” as a reference to Edgar Allan Poe’s “Tell Tale Heart” and would explore Chat’s perspective of Ladybug’s guilt for keeping secrets, how any excuse she makes is ultimately unimportant because she would do it either way. The fact that this is the only song title with a pun references how Chat tries to lighten the mood and avoid serious conversations, and the “Tail” is supposed to refer to Rena Rouge. The flowers she’s holding are meant to be foxgloves which symbolise secrets and insincerity (they’re also poisonous and damage the heart :)). I also really liked the “Old Habits Die Screaming” for her as it could mean both Chat Noir’s love for her being an old habit that he cannot get rid of, but also her habit of keeping things from him (especially with how she does it again at the end of season 5) being something she can’t stop. It is also him being able to see that, despite what she tells him, her “Heart” is tells him otherwise.

(also would like to point out that he wouldn’t mention Rena by name, he’s upset, not evil)

[laterreurofficial]

Hi! I found this au today and it's SOOOO interesting to me!! I literally scrolled through every single post about it, lol. I do have some questions of my own (a few of them actually, I don't expect all of them to be answered! Just answer which ever you want!):

- You mentioned that Paris is under quarantine, but also established that Paris is vital to the France economy, plus there's the fact that so few people are actually connected to Hawkmoth (like, around 2000, but Paris has a population of 10 mill). So, would there be any pull to allow some Paris citizens to leave Paris? Provided that they haven't been marked by Hawkmoth? Like, maybe only very skilled workers would be allowed to leave? And only a certain number of them?

- About Paris being quarantined, I can't remember if this is a thing in the show, but is there a reason why Hawkmoth only affects people in Paris?

- you mentioned a research fallacy studying akumatizes.... Do they.... Actually help? Like, is their research ever helpful?? Does Ladybug ever ask for their findings? Or are they rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic?

- is master fu more.... Evil? In this au? I mean, he did give radioactive jewelry to two kids, that will forever affect their lives, and permanently mess them up. Was he not aware of the effects it could have on the kids? Or, like Tiki, did he choose not to tell them? Even if he didn't, he must have had his own reasons for giving some powerful and dangerous jewelry to two kids??

Thank you for listening to my questions!! You've created an awesome au, I can't wait to see more of it!

Paris is under a complete and total quarantine. People can come in, maybe, but they sure as hell can't go out. Felix, Amelie, and Lila enter Paris post-lockdown, and they are not allowed back out. There are actually guards posted with orders to shoot anyone who tries to escape. Commerce and such doesn't completely end, products can be transported in and out, and non-physical communication continues, but it does get notably worse. MAGIC JEWELRY CAN'T SAVE YOU FROM ECONOMICS and Hawkmoth is. very scary.

In LT, it's a range issue. The butterfly miraculous has a set distance you can send the little magic butterflies, and besides that, Hawkmoth here is doing terrorism with the goal of getting his hands on the Ladybug and Black Cat miraculous, which he knows are also in Paris after his first akumatization. Why would he make a villain and have them march all the way through the barricade, even if he could?

The general public knows next to nothing about Hawkmoth other than A. he can possess people if they get too upset and B. these people then go on to cause mass death and destruction. This is very scary, a lot of people think he's he devil, and also mostly why the whole quarantine gets set up. The emergency government division researching the akumatizations mostly kidnap people and collect useless information, but some of their data turns out to be relevant, even if it's only verifying the obvious.

Fu is both deeply panicked at the time he passes on the miraculous and too trusting in the process. He gives Marinette and Adrien the miraculous when the first akuma attack has already occurred, and generally knows that if all else fails, the Kwami will mold these already good kids into people who can solve the problem at hand. It's just that the process of adjusting to the miraculous and the frequency of the akuma attacks makes their lives hell. He's from a place where the Kwamis' toll is accepted as a worthy price for the big magic powers, the side effects are invisible to him, as a fellow holder, that's part of the job description.

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Maribat Salt Prompt:

TLDR - After reading about "true holders" Ladybug is certain Chat Noir isn't who's meant to wield the cat miraculous. And after looking into potential holders, she's certain Robin is her real partner. She ends up contacting the Bats but doesn't end up getting the results she wants when they show up.

When she first read about it, Ladybug knew that Chat Noir wasn't the true holder of the cat miraculous. He was just the best option at the time. Her real partner, her true partner, was out there somewhere.

She wished there was more about true holders written, but sadly there wasn't. But it did explain why she had more powers than Chat Noir.

So when she demanded the miraculous back after he missed out on yet another akuma attack, she was shocked when he refused. He called the idea of true holders stupid, and even if there was, he was doing just fine, thank you very much.

With her timer running out, she gave him a warning: either he gives her back the cat miraculous willingly, or she'll reveal his identity publicly when she takes the ring off him when she sees him again. And with that, she left.

----

The thing is, Chat Noir knows the true holder thing is just not true. There is no such thing as a true holder.

"True Holders" were told they were "true holders" by the Order. It was their way of ensuring they obeyed. If you didn't do as they told you, you weren't a true holder. They're the Order. They train Guardians. Of course they know more than you. The real reason some people held more power than others is simply just: it's what they needed.

Not every ladybug had a miraculous cure. Not every cat had a destructive touch. Not every butterfly gave powers. Their powers were very much based on what they needed to survive and be able to help others survive. It's why the transformation potions were created.

And, according to what Plagg had told him, his best users were ones who were like Adrien. People who weren't destructive themselves. People who cared and wanted to do good. People who were gentle and kind. Why would his best users be the ones who'd ultimately end themselves before they could awaken more of what he can offer??

So, yes, Adrien can just use cataclysm at the moment, but Plagg is sure he'll be able to handle a new power sooner or later. If what's his name wasn't around, Ladybug might not even have her miraculous cure. She'd just have lucky charm.

----

Marinette is certain Robin, whoever he is, is her true partner. The one who deserves to wield the cat miraculous.

It makes sense. From what she's seen, he fits in with what past true cats were like. Stealthy, good with weapons, destructive...

But how could she get him here?? And would he be a willing to get the ring?? Would he even want it? He doesn't have any powers and is doing fine, but...would he be okay with getting them via a magical jewel??

It doesn't take long for Marinette to decide to send a message to Batman, hoping to kill three birds with one stone: defeat ShadowHawkMonarch (seriously he needs to pick a damn name), get the ring back from Chat Noir, and convince Robin to become her new partner, or at least consider it.

Maybe she can even get a fourth bird in and expose Lila while she's at it.

----

It doesn't take long before some of the Batfamily arrives in Paris. Ladybug is there to greet them, grinning and giving her thanks.

She's doing what she can to make them trust her. She is, after all, Paris's hero. She tells them what she knows and what she's suspected before but couldn't get a proper lead on.

When asked, she tells them she had a partner, but recently he'd been skipping out. She even tells them about the fact he wasn't meant to be the cat and that, seeing what past true cats were like, Robin was likely the real holder of the cat miraculous.

She wasn't expecting him to accept of course!! But if he's willing to try, she'll let him. And as the guardian, she can make it so Chat Noir has to hand over the ring to him. But again it's his choice!!

"So, just think about it, okay?"

The group eventually splits into two groups.

The first, Batman, Robin and Ladybug, will look into ShadowHawkMonarch. See if they can get any leads on who he is.

The second, which is literally just Nightwing, will do patrol. He'll tell them if he sees anything and will report back. He's also going to see if he can locate Chat Noir. Batman figured if the cat hero would open up to anyone, it would be Nightwing.

----

Dick can't really remember the last time he visited Paris.

He's unsure if he was a hero or a civilian at the time, but things are different now.

Every where he looks, he sees people trying not to get upset. He sees them flinch when something that looks like a butterfly flies by.

Some stop and stare at him, causing him to smile and wave at them, their murmurs about outside help finally arriving reaching his ears. And he can't help but wonder why it took so long for them to ask for help.

He reports once an hour to Batman, telling him what he saw and heard. It's roughly four hours into his patrol that he sees a flash of green light and then Chat Noir appears in the distance.

And, he won't lie, there's just something about the way Ladybug talked about her partner and the way the people he asked in the streets talked about Chat Noir that bugged him.

Ladybug was dismissive of him. Said he missed out on akuma attacks and would fool around anytime he did show up. Parisians said he brought a light to them they wouldn't have if it was just Ladybug. He does patrol. He likes to talk with the victims and is great with kids.

Ladybug is great, she really is, and a lot of them wouldn't be here without her but... it's Chat Noir who a lot of them wait to see. And while he hasn't shown up to akuma attacks, he's been open about having eyes on him. He can't get away to help. So he visits at night, with a cat pun or two, and maybe some baked goods.

And they understand. It must be hard being a hero and keeping it a secret. Maybe he snuck out one too many times and it was noticable, so his parents (because it's so obvious that he's young), who aren't heroes, want him safe and are keeping him close. So he waits until it's night, and thus his parents are asleep, to go out.

So, he can't help but wonder how true either story was. Did Ladybug have a point and was she right to be as dismissive as she was?? Were the Parisians biased towards him??

He eventually lands on the same roof as Chat Noir and gives him a smile. He's quick to raise his hands to show he's come in peace when the cat hero quite literally growls at him.

He just wants to talk. That's all...

(so, I wasn't sure how to continue this, but below are some additional points I wanted to incorporate):

• the rest of the Batfam is aware of what's going on in Paris

• Damian (Damien?) isn't the "true cat miraculous holder." Nor does he try on the ring. He honestly just doesn't like Ladybug and what she was saying. To him, it sounded like she just wanted him to replace her old partner because of things she's read. Things she can't prove are true. The texts were incomplete apparently, so who knows, the ring very well could have killed him.

• Gabriel gets caught and defeated by Batman, Robin and Ladybug. When asked about his son, he tells them that Adrien knew nothing but what he did. But Ladybug doesn't really believe him. Maybe he didn't do it willingly, but she wouldn't put it past Gabriel to force his son to do something.

• Nightwing and Chat Noir bond enough that Chat is willing to tell him who he is if, in return, he listens to the truth about "True Holders."

It's surprising to find out that it isn't real and, even more surprising, that Plagg believes his brother, based off what Nightwing shared anyways, would be better suited to Nooroo or Duusu (although Duusu already found their "true holder" in Adrien's cousin). The two kwamis who's powers were based off emotions worked well with people who either wore their emotions on their sleeves or could hide them well.

Of course, sometimes people who would fit just aren't the right people. When Ladybug wielded his miraculous, it felt wrong. Sure, she did a good job, but it still felt wrong. She isn't one of his kittens. Adrien? Adrien is and he's not going to let her separate them.

• The Bats figure out who Ladybug is and look into her. Shes trying too hard to leave a good impression and honestly it seems like shes trying to get Robin on her side (and seeing her history with one Adrien Agreste, they're thinking she may be trying to use the "true holder" thing as a way to get a soulmate).

• Ladybug definitely loses it when she finds out Nightwing not only saw and spoke with Chat Noir, but didn't get the ring. The whole point of him going to patrol solo was to get that ring. This ultimately lands her in the Bats bad side. Nightwing doesn't take orders from her. His orders came from Batman and he said nothing about retrieving the ring.

• It's kinda a good thing Nightwing spends time with Adrien, because Gabriel's defeat is announced very quickly and his arrest was filmed live. Nightwing is able to keep Adrien calm and offer words of comfort. He holds the younger boy as he breaks down, crying over the things he lost and the people he thought he could trust.

• Adrien doesn't spend much time in school, with the police questioning him and him spending time with Dick (yes they're on a first name basis), he's been busy.

The first time he was taken out of school went kinda like this-

Nino: Wait, dude, where are you going??

Adrien: I have to go talk to the police again.

Kim: BULLSHIT!! Why are you paying for what your dad did?!

Alya: Yeah, I don't think it's fair they keep asking you things. Especially when they keep asking the same questions.

Adrien: It's fine guys. I'll be fine. Hopefully this ends sooner than later.

Nino: Hopefully sooner...

Adrien, seeing Nightwing arrive: See you tomorrow guys, my escort is here.

Alya: IS THAT NIGHTWING?!

Nightwing: Hey, Adrien, ready to go?

The conversation Nino, Alya, Kim and whoever else was around hears-

Nightwing: So, how do you feel about getting a new mom?

Adrien:...is this your way of telling me you're a girl?

Nightwing: NO!! I honestly haven't really thought about my gender... But I didn't mean me.

Adrien: Oh... then who...

Nightwing: You'll love her, Selina is great!!

Adrien: Selina, like, Selina Kyle???

Nightwing: Yes!! That Selina. It would mean moving to Gotham, though.

Adrien:...huh...

Nightwing: Just think about it, okay? We'll handle it.

[wilygryphon]

Guardian Cheng - Miraculous Ladybug AU

Another Guardian survived the temple’s destruction due to not being present when Feast attacked.  That Guardian, searching for other survivors but not finding any, trained an apprentice in the ways of the Miraculous Guardians and passed his Miracle Box down to her.  That successor passed the legacy on to her descendants until it came to Sabine Cheng.  When Sabine moved to Paris, married Tom Dupain, and had Marinette, she taught her daughter the same (somewhat independently evolved) ways that she had learned, and even had Marinette train with some of the Miraculouses.

When Fu gives Marinette the Ladybug Miraculous, unaware that she lives with a Guardian, Marinette tells her mom.  Sabine puts the earrings on herself and gives Marinette a Miraculous from her box, which she already has experience using, and they go out together to fight the Akuma.

After defeating Stoneheart, Sabine takes authority and brings Chat Noir aside so that he can tell her his identity, and she allows Marinette to share her identity with him.

Sabine confronts Fu over giving the two most powerful Miraculouses to two teenagers and making them fight supervillains.  When Fu says his piece, they agree to work together to train Marinette and Adrien and combat Hawk Moth.

Ladybug!Sabine offers motherly advice and care to the class, including Chloé and Lila.  Civilian!Sabine civilly clashes with Gabriel, André, and Audrey over their “parenting”.

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adrien agreste / chat noir × fem! reader ( Chapter 01 )

tw: a little dark-ish, mention of child akumatizatiom, mention of child murder.

NIGHT SPIRIT ( CHAPTER 01 )

　　[YOUR NAME ー LAST NAME] WAS ALWAYS A OVERLY CAUTIOUS PERSON. With her being a woman, she was exposed to the danger of the streets since young age. Thankfully, she had her Aunt to warn her all about it and advice her on how to keep herself safe. Don't go near dark alleys, always walk in a crowded place, never walk alone at night ( or day ) and absolutely never, ever, leave home without a charged phone, the speed dials clearly and always on display for fast access.

However, Aunt Cosette never adviced her on what to do when you're about to get akumatized. [Name] didn't know much about those evil little parasites, but she knew well enough that when you get possessed by them, it's just a matter of time before you lose control over your mind and body respectively. Controlled by Hawkmoth, the notorious criminal who wants to obtain something called Miraculous by the past heroes of Paris, Ladybug and Chat Noir, the Akuma is something everyone feared when butterflies were on sight.

But, [Name] didn't get possessed.

Two months ago there was a attempt, it made [Name]'s blood boil just by thinking about it. Years ago Paris was left defenceless after the sudden disappearance of Ladybug, who left her partner behind to defend the city, but the attacks have been getting more frequent lately. It was like Hawkmoth was desperate, pulling the last cards on deck ー gambling, she dares to say so.

"Another akuma attack," Aunt Cosette sighed, shaking her head in worry. Her ginger hair was pulled back to a messy bun, with two bangs framing her heart-shaped face. [Name] thought of of her as a utopia beauty, mostly because her reddish hair, button up nose and bright green eyes made her look like a forest fairy. Her Aunt also looked young for her fifty years of age, not because she didn't have wrinkles or crows feet besides her eyes, but because her smile was pearly white and contagious, and her skin glowed from taking good care of herself.

She swears she's going to look that good when she grows up.

"Hm?" [Name] hummed between sipping her preferred coffee, looking up from the phone screen. "How's the situation looking?"

Aunt Cosette shook her head, a frown pulling at her lips. "I'm not going to lie to you... it's bad."

"Like bad, or bad bad?"

The woman rolled her eyes, smiling slightly. "The latter, that poor dear fights with his everything nowadays."

Knowing that poor dear is in fact Chat Noir, [Name] winced a bit in sympathy. It was no secret that the cat hero worked magnificently with his bug partner, a invincible duo many regarded them including herself, but his fits had been plummeting for two years since the abrupt loss of his partner. Not because he grew weaker or because the evilized villains grew stronger, but because apparently Chat does not have the power of creation, which was in actuality Ladybug's power that helped them purify the akuma.

In conclusion, Paris was stuck in a loop where they got a akumatized person every single day for all about two years. Sometimes they even got doubled or tripled, and Chat Noir never caught a break ever since.

However, something changed a year ago. Things have becoming worse and worse for the akumatized people, but the streets of Paris have been peaceful and safe. Chat Noir, while he didn't have the power to purify, he had the power of destruction. Tragedy struck the lives of the victim's families, and therefore the hero's role has been taken much more seriously by the public since then.

No one wants to witness their hero killing the ones who are supposed to save from brainwashing, after all.

In the meantime, Ladybug's disappearance has been regarded with suspicion and contempt. Various of conspiracy theories have been circulating since her abrupt leave, each one more bizarre than the previous. It didn't help that the cat hero has been avoiding to make a statement about his partner's departure either (or her retirement, [Name] likes to think, contrary to the negative opinions from the public).

"Who got unlucky this time?" She asked quietly, the grip on her mug tightening.

Aunt Cosette sighed tiredly, taking off her glasses to rub her forehead with her wrist. That clear sign of distress had [Name]'s spine stiffen, preparing for the worst.

"A six-years-old little girl."

[Name]'s heart dropped, breath hitching in her throat. She shook her head, blinking away the sudden moisture in her eyes and exhaled a stuttering plaintive sigh.

"Merde."

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It was a usual and average day as [Name] went on with her life. Though she had turned a tad-bit paranoid since the failed akumatization, that didn't stop her from getting her desired macarons from her favourite bakery, Tom and Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie.

She sighed as she saw the familiar entrance upon sight. Lips tugging up to a excited smile, the girl basically ran over to the building, eyes lighting up when she saw the many desserts on the display cabinet. It seems like the bakers were working hard this morning.

Pushing the door open, she heard the now familiar bell jiggling above her head, and immediately her [colour] eyes went to the clerk behind the counter. A young girl stood there, scrolling through her phone; that was of course, before she entered.

Crystal blue eyes connected with her own, and [Name] smiled warmly at her, eyes wrinkling slightly at the edges and giving away to everyone the fact that she laughs a lot.

"Bonjour, mademoiselle!"

"Ah..." The blue-haired girl seemed at loss if words, because the female in front of her looked incredibly pretty. She blushed slightly when she saw the young woman taking off her black glasses, thinking how her eyes, even though a [colour] shade, were gleaming like jewels.

And her fashion sense, it was so good! She obviously keeps up with the trends, but also manages to be of low maintenance. She had a white open-collared shirt, tacked inside a pair of dark brown high waisted tailored pants and wore thin golden accessories. It was so minimalistic yet Marinette couldn't help but admire the beauty in the simplicity.

"I mean, what I -- bonjour, Madame!" The bluenette stuttered slightly, cheeks becoming slowly red.

[Name] couldn't help but think that she was the cutest girl she had ever seen, but it wasn't until she blushed that the similarity with the woman finally clicked. "Mon Dieu, are you Sabine's daughter? You look just like her!"

Marinette smiled at the compliment, to be compared to her mother was something she always liked because Sabine Cheng is known for both her beauty and her baking. "Yes, I am! I didn't know you knew my mom personally, Miss..."

"Oh, it's [Name] [Last Name], it's so nice to finally put a face on the name!" They shook hands, and Marinette went back to the counter to get her order.

"What would you like?"

[Name] hummed, looking at the showcase with furrowed eyebrows as she contemplated what to choose. "Let's see, I would like three chocolate filled croissants, two cream puffs and... quelques macarons? Put thirty on the package, I'm planning to give some to my classmates for the first day of school."

Marinette blinked, mouth parting open. "School?"

"Oui, it's my first day of college!" [Name] beamed. "If I'm not wrong, you're in high school, est-ce correct?"

"Yes!" Marinette nodded vigorously, putting the treats inside the cutest packages they have in store. "What is your major, if you don't mind me asking?"

"I'm majoring in Jewellery Designing," She smiled. "Not very profitable, but it's my passion."

Marinette shook her head, and with the packages in hand she came to the front from around the counter, a sight of which had [Name] try hard not to facially or physically react from surprise.

Because as Marinette came to full view, [Name] could now see the visible limp on her leg, and right at where two feet should have been, a wooden prosthetic leg was on sight.

And all of the sudden, Marinette yelped and started falling, causing [Name]'s heart to drop. Without giving it a second thought, not even caring about the packages with the treats she just bought, the [Last Name] girl immediately darted towards the teen and wrapped her arms around her, stabilizing her body against hers just as the packages went flying up their heads and crushed noisily against the wall.

The blue-haired girl was shaking, short puffs of air escaping her mouth. [Name] started backing towards the chairs with Marinette in her arms, willing the shaking girl to sit down.

"Are you okay?" [Name] breathed out, looking around the shop with worried eyes. "Putain, where is Tom and Sabine?"

Marinette gave out a short laugh at the sudden cursing, and willed her heart to calm down. "They're on a business trip for the next week, they're visiting the Balkan countries. Thank you, and I'm sorry for... for the trouble. I'm not usually this clumsy with this anymore."

[Name] shook her head. "Please don't mention it, let me get you a glass of water."

Marinette opened her mouth to argue, she really didn't want the pity of anyone, but shut it closed when she saw the determined gleam in the young woman's eyes. She watched her as she went behind the counter like she owned the bakery, fetching glasses and crystallised packaged water from the cabinets. It seems like she was more than familiar with the place.

"You're one silly girl, you know that?" [Name] huffed. "You could have given me the bags over showcase, and this wouldn't have happened!"

The young girl pursed her lips to keep herself from smiling, finding the concern the [hair]nette quite endearing, not to mention she fretted just like her Dad did. French people really show their care spontaneously.

Marinette sighed, admitting that she could have done exactly that when something miraculous happened. Her eyes shined neon blue as the young woman in front of her suddenly emitted a red and pink-ish aura, and golden outlines glowed to emphasise her silhouette. A breath hitched on her throat, and the faster beat of her heart had nothing to do with the fall from earlier, but for a entire different reason.

She found her.

　　　　　　　" Miraculous. "

"Here, drink slowly okay?" [Name] offered her the glass of water after she squished some lemon in it.

ᅠᅠᅠ

　　　　　　　" Simply the best. "

"Yes, thank you," Marinette's wide eyes looked up at [colour] ones, "You didn't have to..."

　　　　　　" Up to the test when things go wrong. "

[Name] shook her head, smiling warmly down at her. "But I wanted to, so don't think too much about it."

　　　　　　" Miraculous, the luckiest -- ! "

"That's really kind of you." Marinette, for the first time in what seemed like years, smiled so genuinely it almost brought tears to her blue eyes.

"Of course, like I said don't even mention it. I'm sorry for holding you up!" [Name] apologized as she took the packages from the floor, smiling brightly when she saw they were actually tightly sealed. Maybe a little messy on the inside, but still very much edible.

　　　　　　" The power of love always so strong ! "

"I'm sorry too, you have classes earlier than us," Marinette chuckled as she watched the older girl waving frantically at her with a wide smile, running towards her school in a hurry.

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　　　　　　" Miraculous ! "

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"Bonne chance, [Name]."

Previous Chapter (Prologue) ←

ー read chapter 01 on wattpad here:

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[xhanisai]

99% Cat, 1% Boy.

AO3

Pairing - Ladynoir (plus bonus Misternoire)

Prompt - Ugh, Cats.

Summary -

“Ladybug???”

As soon as she found him, bafflement was quick to plaster her face and she almost wanted to question all the higher deities in the universe because no way was this her fate. For fucking real!

"What the?? Again!? Chat Noir! Why!?" She stormed towards her silly partner, eyes narrowed at his (albeit, very nice) butt which was sticking out of a quaintly sized pipe along with his long legs. The rest of him was inside said pipe and the story immediately began to add up for the heroine.

~(x)~

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 "...My Lady??? A li-iiiiiiiiiiittle help here???" Moving a safe distance away from the rampaging (yet pretty harmless enough) Akuma of the day, Ladybug turned around, following the sounds of her distressed partner and hoped that he wasn’t caught in one of the villain’s many traps. From the few that she stumbled across and fell for herself, the heroine assumed they were a magician-based Akuma; she did not appreciate falling inside the hammerspace of a top hat nor getting chased by an army of white rabbits and the sooner they could wrap up this battle the better.

 (Not to mention that she and the girls were in the middle of ‘Operation Secret Garden’ - Phase #6543 when the Akuma attacked and she would have bet everything in the world that she would have landed a successful date with Adrien right there and then—)

 “Ladybug???” As soon as she found him, bafflement was quick to plaster her face and she almost wanted to question all the higher deities in the universe because no way was this her fate. For fucking real! "What the?? Again!? Chat Noir! Why!?" She stormed towards her silly partner, eyes narrowed at his (albeit, very nice) butt which was sticking out of a quaintly sized pipe along with his long legs. The rest of him was inside said pipe and the story immediately began to add up for the heroine. If she gained a euro every time he did something that warranted an eye roll from her, she’d be a billionaire by now. "I'm so sorry! But I had to go inside it! I could have found something! I swear! Believe me!" He wailed like a little child, legs kicking pathetically and tail whipping against the metallic surface of his enclosure. Again, how are they the same age!? "This is what happens when you zone out and use the cat brain instead of your human brain, you idiot!" Ladybug huffed tiredly but it was without any malice. After all, it's not his fault that wielding the mantle of destruction for so long ended up giving him some very, very interesting feline tendencies. And this was just one of the many. "Just purr-leeeease get me out?" He let out a pathetic mew at the end, slightly melting Ladybug's heart without realising it. He could be such a handful at times but at the end of the day, she loves her Chaton the way he is and she would never, ever change a thing about him. Cat tendencies and all. Oh well. Just another typical Lundi morning—

 “Ladybug!? It’s so dark and scary here please let me out!!!” Oh shit. Less time appreciating her partner with his butt sticking out of a pipe and more time getting him out or else he’ll end up drowning in a puddle of his own tears.

 “Yeah, yeah! I’m getting you out!”

 “—eEEEK!? NO HANDS ALLOWED ON THE GOODS UNTIL YOU’VE TAKEN ME OUT ON A DATE!”

 “On the wha— I did NOT touch your butt I was grabbing your THIGHS.”

 “Nu-uh!”

 “You know what? I’m leaving you here. Bye.”

 “NO WAIT I’M SORRY COME BACK! DON’T LEAVE ME HERE!!!”

 Ugh. 

 Cats.

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'Don't give in. Don’t give in. Don't give in to those stupidly cute, big, green eyes of his. Nope. Nope. NOPE. This is all on him. Stay strong and prove that you cannot be swayed by stupid, wet cat eyes!' Ladybug tried her best to ignore the giant kitten eyes that bored into her frame and the way the belt tail gently wrapped itself around her waist like a hug. 'I am not falling for this again! NAH!' "My Lady~?" 'Nuh-uh.' "Ma Buguinette~?" 'No-oooope.' "Magnifique belle~? My ice lolly fell on the floor...can I purr-lease have half of yours? Hmmm? Your Chaton is very, very, very sad~! Look at how pitiful he looks~!" 'Damn him!' Wordlessly, she finally met his stupidly cute gaze with a glower and handed him her entire ice lolly with a scoff, her heart totally not doing somersaults or fluttering with glee at his delighted mewl. She certainly, was not fighting off the urge to smile either when he greedily devoured the frozen treat like a severely famished kitten that hasn’t had a good meal in centuries.

 Nope.

 When he peered at her with those glittering greens and handed her the lolly (a perfect half remaining on the stick), blue raspberry-stained kissable lips smiling at her innocently, she absolutely did NOT feel her cheeks flare up with warmth. And this is why she hates cats.

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 “You can finish off the rest, Chaton. I’m already full.”

 “Are you sure? It’s really hot today and your face is all red, my Lady. It’ll help you cool down if you take a few more bites.”

 “I’m sure, I’m sure. Just have it.”

 “...It’s not because this counts as indirect kissing, right?”

 “Q-Q-QUOI!?”

 “Then again, you’ve already kissed me like a million times already and we share food all the time so I don’t think it’s cos of that—”

 “What do you mean a million times!? I’ve only kissed you like once or twice to break you out of Akuma spells!”

 “Le Dislocœur, Oblivio, that one Akuma whose name I can never remember, Monsieur. Pigeon last week, all those times our lips accidentally brushed and probably way more that I haven’t listed—”

 “Oh just shut up.”

 “Maybe you should shut me up with your lips~”

 “...”

 “...Ladybug?”

 “...”

 “My Lady?”

 “...”

 “NO, WAIT! I’M SORRY! DON’T HANG ME UPSIDE DOWN ON THE TOWER AGAIN PLEASE I BEG OF YOU I’M JUST YOUR PAUVRE CHATON! I’M SORRY FOR MESSING AROUND AGAIN I WON’T DO IT ANYMORE! I’LL DO ANYTHING YOU SAY I SWEAR— NOOoOOOoOOOoOOOOOooooo…”

 Once again, Ladybug wanted to emphasise that she hates cats.

 (But no, not really. Never. This one in particular often gets on her nerves but dammit whilst she’ll never, ever say this out loud, she loves him to absolute bits and sue her for enjoying their kisses too when the push comes to the shove during Akuma battles).

OMAKE

 “I will never, ever, ever be mean to you about this ever again. I’m so sorry, mon Chaton…I don’t know what came over me! One second I was fine and the next…it’s like all my intrusive thoughts took over!” Whilst Lady Noire was a pinch close to bursting into tears, kitten ears plastered against her dark hair, Misterbug (who was lying underneath her) blinked his eyes as if he was waking up from the best dream he’d ever had.

 The hero was covered in numerous bite marks and his lips were so red from all of that hot, hot kissing that it could have been mistaken for blood. He grinned like a lovesick idiot, hands on her hips and literal hearts bubbling in his eyes.

 “If you stop now, I’ll never forgive you.” Without wasting another second, he captured her downright adorable ‘mew’ with his lips and switched their positions so that he was now the one on top and really, really kissing her.

 Dieu, feline tendencies ROCK.

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[a-flaming-idiot]

So this list (https://www.tumblr.com/a-flaming-idiot/741801196532137984/types-of-lilanette-dynamics-i-find-funny-1-lila) was very entertaining but I am legit super curious how do you think number 5 would work?

Like on a wider heroes of Paris level, I mean. How did Lila get the Fox, is she actually a hero, would Mari put two and two together regarding Volpina & Lila ETC.

Ok, to be honest, when I made that list I just thought it was a funny concept to have Marinette and Lila get a certain dynamic. Like a sorta funny love square where Marinette is doing her best to be nice to Lila and help her but finds Volpina UNBELIEVABLY annoying and outright hates her. If not is a tiny bit scared of her.

But your ask has actually gotten my creative mind going and creating a kinda cool AU idea.

So let's call this, The Lone Fox AU, just for convenience. So basically, in this AU, at least for a while, Lila as Volpina is the only hero in Paris. For some reason, Fu wasn't able to give Marinette and Adrien their Miraculous. Or never even found them in the first place. But Lila found him.

Basically Lila had seen Fu actually fall, likely while trying to rush back to his home, and dropped the Fox Miraculous in his panic. Lila thought it was just some cool jewelry and decided to pocket it instead of giving it back. It was only when she got home and put it on, that she met Trixx and discovered the power she had just stolen. Lila soon decided to basically go on a joyride, using her new power as Volpina to just do whatever she wanted around Paris. She didn't really hurt anyone, she wasn't a villain, but she did take advantage of her power to torment people for fun and take anything she wanted(mostly just random stuff like food and trinkets. She left valuable alone for the most part). Though at her core, she is just after the attention. Lila has always been craving attention.

But then Hawk Moth went and ruined it. Seeing a clear sign the Miraculous were in play around Paris, he started sending out his akumas, trying to further lure out the Cat and Ladybug holders that were surely hiding from him. He may have even tried to recruit Lila, but this whole, take-over Paris thing was not Lila's style, she just wanted to have her fun without anyone to tie her down. Plus she has the sense Hawk Moth will likely abandon her at the first chance he gets, like all adults eventually do to her.

When the akumatized villains start actually attacking Paris, doing real tangible damage to the city, Lila ends up intervening. She doesn't want her freedom and source of attention taken away from her so she starts fighting the akumas. She doesn't have the Ladybug or Black Cat power, but she learns to be crafty, learning to destroy the akumatized items with the help of Trixx, and how to actually destroy the butterflies when she doesn't have the ability to purify them.

The public definitely has mixed feelings on Volpina. She's fighting to protect them against the much more dangerous and destructive akumas, but they also know well the amount of tomfoolery and trouble she caused when left to her own devices. Which is why she's marked a sa vigilante instead of a straight hero or villain. This is definitely where Marinette picked up her distaste for Volpina, the fox taking plenty of baked goods from her family's bakery while on her joyrides.

As time goes on, things get even more complicated. Akumas become stronger and Lila's usual tricks aren't getting her as far. And this whole time since having to fight these akumas she's had a whole ton of time to think about her place in Paris. She went on her joyrides because she felt alone and unseen. Her father left her soon after she was born and her mother is so lost in work she's basically forever left Lila alone to fend for herself. Not to mention Lila has moved so many times she's never had the chance to set down her roots. So all her lying and her Volpina joyrides are just an attempt to take back the attention she was denied her whole life.

And now, as a hero, she's starting to catch on to the other things that are important to her. She likes actually being helpful and the gratitude people show her for doing heroic things. But she also hates the fear and disdain many others show her. Rightfully deserved. Lila doesn't want to be feared or hated. She just wants to be known...

Feeling in over her head with recent akumas and actually remorseful for her actions, Lila goes to the only person she can think to, Master Fu. With Trixx's help, she tracks down Fu at his shop as just simple Lila. Fu is confused till she explains who she is and starts actually begging for forgiveness. No lies. No deceptions. No half-truths. Just Lila asking for help.

Fu takes pity on her, but is also able to sense the spark of a hero's spirit within her. So he cuts her a deal. He'll help her as much as he can, but as soon as Hawk Moth is defeated, Lila will give back the Fox Miraculous and never go near the Miraculous ever again. And if he catches any funny business from her, Fu will take the Fox Miraculous back himself.

Lila's hesitant for a second, but agrees. So now she has Fu to guide her. But Master Fu also gives her one more recommendation on how to beat Hawk Moth, a partner...

So Lila finds the one girl she can trust. A girl she's both cherished as a civilian and needlessly tormented as a vigilante. She sneaks into Marinette's room and leaves her a little box with a note just asking for help. So now Volpina is joined by Multimouse!

Of course, Marinette is hesitant to help and makes her dislike for Volpina known. But agrees to be her partner to save Paris and maybe kick Volpina in the butt some more.

And with one more good influence, they probably do expand their team a bit more to fight Hawk Moth. But for the most part, it's just Volpina and Multimouse.

The whole time Volpina has been having her character arc, you can imagine civilian Lila still causing problems at school. Maybe not as bad as in canon, but she still lies and does whatever she wants to get attention. With Marinette hanging around in her shadow, being basically the only person Lila would properly consider a friend. Marinette does like Lila as a person sincerely, but also wants to keep her on the right track. And Lila takes notice. Meanwhile as Volpina, she likes to torment Marinette a bit. It's mostly flirty and she has no ill will or bad intent, she is just trying to have fun but Marinette does not appreciate having this vigilante bothering her and her family. But Lila does let up slowly as she starts to reevaluate her priorities.

But yeah. That's the rough outline for the Lone Fox AU. This was not even close to my intended idea when I first made that list, but now we got it. Thanks for the inspiration and hope you liked it!.

[candy-crackpot]

One of my favourite things about how Hoshino writes Allen is the ways different characters will admit to, admire or in the Earl's case be unsettled by his strenght.

Allen doesn't have as much destructive force as Cross, Sokalo or Klaud but everyone acknoledges his crackhead determination and resolution, but the characters are so dead certain in him as if he was an unstoppable force of nature.

From the time the Earl and Allen meet on screen for the first time

How Kanda is stunned by his Anti-Akuma weapon's evolution

How Bookman trusts that Allen is still alive even as they got some very vague information on Allen's condition

Komui doesn't even try talking Allen out of boarding the Ark because of course Allen would and Komui knows there's no stopping Allen once he decided to do something

How the Earl pursued eliminating Lenalee even with Cross and Tiedoll lurking nearby, but Allen shows up and he grabs his kids in a blink of an eye and disappears as if the IRS was after him

When fighting Jasdevi Lavi turns to Allen to discuss the plan, as if he was the leader of the group

Lenalee outright calls his willpower superhuman and how Krory backhand deems him strong enough to carry while Krory back him up

How Tyki and Lenalee are shocked by him fixing his weapon on his own

Or be very unsettled when Allen surpasses the Critical Point

How both Komui and Reever almost instantly figure it out that Allen was the one who broke the Critical Point

Road guessing that she probably couldn't kill Allen with direct physical attacks

How Cross knows and trusts Allen's spirit and abilities

How Kanda likewise covertly acknowledges Allen to be strong by demanding he pays attention so together they can destroy the Level 4

Apocryphos commends his fighting spirit, that Allen could withstand what Crows and even Kanda got folded by, on three tries, AND retained his memories

Kanda once again trusts Allen to deal with the fusion Akuma going after him.

Everyone who even remotely knows Allen consider him a force to be reckoned with and I really enjoy how it's shown within the story.

[flightfoot]

Hello! By any chance, do you have any outsider pov ml fics to rec? As in, fics focusing on a side character being like "damn these guys are acting WEIRD and i'm mildly worried about that." Or maybe identity reveal fics where the reveal is for someone who isn't marinette or adrien?

Hmmm... let me see what I've got...

Also I'm a little confused about you asking for "the reveal is for someone who isn't marinette or adrien?" Do you mean for it to be TO someone who isn't Marinette or Adrien, or are you actually asking for someone who isn't Marinette or Adrien to reveal their identity? I'm tossing Hawkmoth in there as well, because if I included Hawkmoth reveal fics, there'd be way too many. (..okay so I might have included a Hawkmoth Reveal as well, the Markov Alliance is too good to pass up)

Anyway, I'll see what I can come up with!

So after looking through, I have a lot that fit at least some of the criteria, including a lot of older fics. I hope you enjoy! I've got 22 fics for you to peruse, all completed.

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Shellter Chat by Bridgetinerabbit

A peek inside Adrien's school bag gives Nino some very unexpected insight as to what makes his good friend tick, but leaves him in a very delicate position. He never expected to strike a deal with the Kwami of Destruction, but now he and Plagg are working together to relieve some of Adrien's (and Chat Noir's) burdens for his own good. But being Adrien's guardian angel isn't as easy as it seems; other secret identities start falling apart, and there's no telling where the falling dominoes will stop.

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Just Act Normal by hazel562

After a body-swap akuma sees the return of Lady Noire and Mister Bug, Alya can't work out why Adrien, and particularly Marinette, are behaving so strangely…

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Chasing a Dream by @generalluxun

Things don't quite go Felix's way at the end of S4, leading to a second attempt of the 'First Love' Tour. Lila plans to use the tour to wheedle her way into Gabriel's confidences and secure Adrien's hand. Marinette overhears Lila's plan. Marinette reacts in a calm and rational manner. Who am I kidding? She stokes Chloé's bruised ego to enlist her help to chase after the tour, in the hopes of foiling Lila's plans. Akumas spring up along their path, texts with Adrien grow more deep, Cat Noir appears where he should not be, and through it all Marinette is forced to interact with a girl who has been a huge part of her life in all the worst ways up until now. What truths can be discovered though, halfway around the world and away from prying eyes?

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A Small but Stubborn Fire by @cardiac-agreste

What if you were the parent of a teenage superhero, but didn't know they were? All you know is the nightmares, the panic attacks, and the bruises. She's missing school, she's disappearing on you, and she's not telling you anything. So you assume the worst: Assault. Depression. A permanent rift in the family. And what do you do when you realize you weren't thinking dark enough? Because your fourteen-year old daughter is the hero who flirts with death on the nightly news. -- Come inside and read about one mother's struggles to raise her daughter in a dangerous world while avoiding the mistakes her own mother made with her.

This is a more serious take on the consequences of Hawk Moth's war on Paris, with actual bloody, painful deaths as a consequence of many akumas, and Parisians developing PTSD because of what they've gone through. Ladybug can fix all the physical scars, but not the mental ones, including her own.

I love the focus on Sabine here. She's not just presented as being a mom - though of course that IS an important role she has. But she's explored as a character in her own right, one with a lot of emotional baggage as a result of her abusive mother, and trying to not fall into her mistakes, but sometimes doing so anyway out of fear for Marinette's safety. She's a really fleshed out, humanly flawed character, sometimes admitting that she would do something selfish if it means protecting the people she cares most about, like her daughter, even if its at others expense. She grows and changes a lot throughout the course of the story, her perspective on many matters changing multiple times as a result of getting new information or seeing the consequences of her previous approaches, and adjusting as a result.

If you want a fic that more realistically explores the dark consequences of Miraculous's setting, that fleshes out Sabine, or just develops a character in a complex way, then I highly recommend you check "A Small but Stubborn Fire" out!

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theory bored by @14muffinz

You’re not supposed to theorise about who your partner is, Tikki had scolded, glaring at Luka as he continued to map out his entire theory, abbreviating as many miraculous-related names as he could feasibly remember. To be fair, it’s a lot, so it’s not like this would be much if anyone were to get their hands on it. He’d sighed, capped his marker, and turned around as though he was going to clean up the board. And then, because Tikki unfortunately taught him just how stubborn he could get if he really wanted to, he calls for his transformation while facing the other way. [OR: Ladybug Luka, Black Cat Juleka, and a reveal.]

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You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess by @mexicancat-girl

With Team Miraculous now full-time holders, Ladybug has them patrolling in pairs like her and Chat Noir. New partners Pigella and Purple Tigress get along phenomenally, their easy banter and similar wavelengths making working with each other a joy in and out of combat. But sometimes Tigress is surprised just how close she is with her partner. Sometimes she tries not to feel too guilty thinking about it.

There’s some nice Julerose here! I love them kinda getting into a lovesquare with each other, though it’s not as much of a problem as it is in canon since it’s reciprocal in every relationship and they’re both down for a poly. It’s fun, and I love the “Luka attempting to woo some of his love interests” plot going on in the background XD.

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the funniest coincidence of them all by shireith

“I wore it just for you,” Adrien told Alya. “So you don’t have any trouble telling me apart from Chat Noir.” “You’re so annoying right now you might just have convinced me you’re Chat Noir.” “I am Chat Noir.” “And I’m Rena Rouge.” What the hell was happening and why did it look so familiar? ---

Or, in which Marinette, Adrien and Alya share several brain cells, problem is they’re all Alya’s.

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Alya Cesaire Should Be Allowed To Swear by stripesandblossoms

Akuma attacks don't stop just because Alya is no longer a Hero, but that's fine, because she can still help clear civilians from the danger zone. Even celebrity-friends like Adrien Agreste.

Hey guys this is an amazing one-shot, even with as short as it is. I love how it goes into Alya’s thoughts and feelings about why she doesn’t swear (because you can’t do that on-air as a journalist and she has little sisters that she can’t swear around anyway) and her coming up with ways to suppress her swears when she’s tempted.

Then of course, she finds out a secret that makes all of that go out the window…

Seriously this is really funny, please read it!

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You Don't Have to Pretend with Me by @kasienda

Nino didn’t not like Chat Noir. He thought the dude was cool and hilarious. His sense of humor reminded him of Adrien. Things hadn’t always been tense between them. When they fought back to back during Heroes’ Day it had felt like they were brothers. But it was clear to him that Chat Noir wasn’t his biggest fan. The other hero was always welcoming and kind to Rena Rouge when she joined the team, but he had always been somewhat aloof with Carapace. And Chat Noir had been especially different around him after Rocketear. but it wasn’t like Chat Noir knew that Nino and Carapace were the same person, so why had he started avoiding Carapace? … Adrien couldn’t figure out why things between Adrien and Nino had always been so easy when things between Chat Noir and Carapace felt so hard. Like, he knew he was different as Chat, but he was far less different as Adrien with Nino than anyone else. Or he had been before… Rocketear. And now? Now, he had no idea how he was supposed to act. Had no idea what Nino wanted from Chat Noir, but it was very clear he wasn’t measuring up.

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The Markov Alliance by CrochetJellybean

Slight spoilers for season 5! Markov was excited to use Max's class time to learn more about the AI system within the Alliance rings. In his exploration, he accidentally discovers a chat room of 14 non-humans connected to the Alliance network, so he decides to join it.

This was hilarious and fun and heartwarming. Markov accidentally stumbling across the kwamis and them hinting as best they could about what to do and who to tell about them (as best they could without spewing out bubbles) was great, along with the Miracuclass’s reaction to finding out about them.

Also their groupchat name is “plagg is oblivious” due to Plagg not figuring out that Nooroo was in the same house as him all this time, which is just perfect XD. I’ve reread this fic several times, it’s so good and bite-sized!

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The Investigation by @11jj11

Adrien and Marinette are finally dating-- which is what Alya has always wanted... but yet this sudden transformation in their relationship overnight? Things aren't adding up. They are suddenly so much closer than they ever have been before, Adrien is apparently a flirt, Marinette is no longer a stuttering mess, and not to mention the nicknames that came out of no where. Alya is happy for her friends, but she knows there's something more going on, and the reporter in her is going to get to the bottom of it.

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I Know, You Know by @mirrankei

They weren't technically a couple, but Alya knew one day they would be. Ladybug loved Chat Noir, but they had a job to do, and relationships could be dangerous. Alya could accept that. She knew in her heart that on the day the five of them (eight, ten, twelve of them) defeated Hawkmoth once and for all, Chat Noir would take Ladybug in his arms - no, wait, Ladybug would take Chat Noir in her arms - and finally share that romantic kiss all of Paris was waiting for. They would tell each other who they are and fall in love all over again, safe in their victory. Then it turned out Ladybug was Marinette, so that went out the window. Because Marinette only had eyes for Adrien, and Alya was way more invested in that ship than any superhero stuff.  --- for prompt "Lovesquare"

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caline bustier and the heroes' awful mental health by lollyposp

Caline liked to think she was a good teacher - she’d adapted well to the systems put in place by the akuma attacks, she’d adapted to the various incidents within her classroom, and learned the best way to seat her students, in order to minimise the risk of arguments within the classroom that could potentially draw Papillon to her room once again. Sometimes, though, she felt powerless to help her students. OR: in which madame bustier tries to help her students, but she's missing a key part of the puzzle (hint: it's their identities)

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Everything I Need by @coffeebanana

When Ladybug asks Pigella to care for her injured teammate, she wants to refuse. She's not the best person for the job, and she's not sure if Purple Tigress even likes her. But Ladybug insists, so Pigella fights through her fear and tends to Tigress' injury. It doesn't make things any easier that Tigress keeps reminding her of Juleka.

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Walking That Mile by @nomolosk

Nino and Alya wake up in the wrong bodies. Several things result from this, including, but not limited to, identity reveals and a better understanding of what their respective best friends are going through.

Never knew I needed Nino!Plagg and Alya!Tikki in my life, but there you go XD. It’s not all fun and games though, this is a Hawkmoth Takedown fic as well, and dealing with the effects of that.

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Off the Mark by @buggachat

Ever since Nino's (frankly embarrassing) akumatization into Rocketear, Chat Noir's behavior had taken a strange and sudden turn in the presence of Carapace, and Nino could only think of one possible explanation: Chat Noir hated him. Somehow, Adrien didn't seem to agree.

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Markov Knows All by @11jj11

Markov has a few questions.

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Shipping Status: In Transit by @katieykat513

Shipping wars, they get the best of us, don't they? Even these four friends....

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Aspik Hate Club by MyImaginationFlows

Ladybug just cannot get over how horrible Aspik looked like with the snake miraculous. Frustrated by unmet expectations, she decides to rant to Chat Noir about it. Suddenly, he’s being accused of being a terrorist and is strapped to a chair surrounded by Carapace, Ladybug, and Rena Rouge. How did a conversation about himself end up with him being put on trial for being Hawkmoth?

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A Reveal of Necessity by alexanderxbetsey

Alya walks in on Chat kissing Marinette

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Strategic Missteps by Platonic_Ideals

Sabine wanted to plan a spa trip for her daughter, but it ended with her hiding from an akuma with her daughter's crush. Now Sabine has the responsibility of supporting Adrien's alter ego while managing her fear for his future.

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questions she knows by finleyblue

Carapace laughs uneasily. This is bad. “Sorry, I’ve really got to skip.” He jabs a finger behind him, making no move to leave. Alya folds her arms and raises one eyebrow. “Nino. I am not that dumb.” _____ Alya interviews Carapace for the Ladyblog, and Nino panics.

[artzychic27]

So, with the new special coming up with Shadybug and Claw Noir, I’ve gotta ask, what are Scarlet Beetle, Ikati Black, Monarch, and Prince Paon’s alternate selves like?

Blood Beetle

Cold, calculated, greedy, and just a little bit flirty with his “Kitten.”

He works out so he’s stronger than his opponents and can easily snap them like twigs

This guy does NOT care about the lives of innocents, as long as he’s got the cash and jewels he stole, then he’s fine

Will not hesitate to put people in danger if it means getting his way, and makes people BEG him on their knees to use his Miracle Cure…

… Only to not use it

And quick thing to remember: Unless you have a death wish, never try to flirt with Ikati Bleak

When he’s not Blood Beetle, Kim is tormenting people at DuPont Dormitory For Wayward Teens for cash and breaking every PDA rule with Max

He was sent to DuPont for attacking just about anyone who looked at him funny

“Kitten~ Steal that gem for me, would you, baby?”

“Ugh! It’s not my fault this light weight can’t take a punch!”

“Come on… Beg me, and maybe I’ll fix your shit city.”

Ikati Bleak

Ikati Bleak is extremely smart and knows how to get in your head. Never trust him

He’s the brains behind every robbery committed by himself and his “Blood Bug.”

He can easily hack into the government and cause all sorts of mass destruction with the push of a button if civilians step out of line

Like Blood Beetle, he doesn’t care about the lives of other people, seeing them as only stepping stones in their path towards total domination

Whatever Blood Beetle desires, he is more than happy to do whatever it takes to make him happy

Enjoys using his cataclysm on famous landmarks and important artifacts

As Max, he’s deceitful, gets a thrill out of using his intellect against others, and uses his tech skills to torment the student body

Max was sent to DuPont for hacking into the grade books and ruining everyone’s GPAs just for the hell of it

“Whatever my Blood Bug wants, he gets.”

“Ruining lives is just no fun when they don’t cry.”

“One little button. That’s all it takes to see your city turn to dust.”

Emperor

One word… Insane

Emperor has no goal other than to cause mass chaos and make all who stand before him kneel at his feet

He turns people into Akumas against their will and uses psychological and/or emotional torture to make them comply

He forces them to steal, cause property damage, and attack a few people he doesn’t like

He only has a soft spot for Prince Pain and will drop everything to just kiss his hand

As Nathaniel, he’s just as unhinged as Emperor. People would say he has a Napoleon Complex, but the last person to say that mysteriously fell down the stairs

Note: Nathaniel hates it when people even imply that he’s inferior

Those at his last school were relieved when the School Tyrant finally left

“Princey, allow me torment this undesirable for you, darling.”

“Aw~ Why so serious? And here I thought we were having so much fun.”

“Oh, I have ways of making you comply, dear.”

Prince Pain

He’s every bit of crazy as Emperor, but braver. He’s jumped off the top of the Eiffel Tower and landed on the back of a winged Senticreature

This guy only has a soft spot for Emperor and his babies

He can’t bear to part with them, so he lets them run around Paris, destroying everything in sight on a weekly basis

He’d never send an Amok after a civilian, becuase then they can turn his Senticreature against him!

He’s got the personality of Evil!Spinel with a bit of Harley Quinn mixed in there, always clapping and laughing when someone gets hurt

He will follow Emperor to the ends of the earth for no reason other than to cause chaos with him

Marc was sent to DuPont because there was no mental facility that would take him

“Hear that, babies? Other daddy is proud of you, my little weapons of mass destruction!”

“Voices in my head say I’m perfectly normal like any other person.”

“I don’t like the words your saying… Do you need your tongue removed?”

[spotted-kittens]

I know that the show runners had to keep things from getting too heavy, but it's kind of sad how Chat's feelings after mistakingly cataclysming a person, even though that person was Monarch, were completely overlooked by Ladybug.

But we do know that Adrien is distraught over this.

He wants Ladybug to fix it. He is so upset over this, he doesn't even address the fact that they had Monarch and the miraculous in their grasp and then he got away.

While Ladybug is just worried about Monarch, Chat is undergoing a meltdown because he used cataclysm on a person, and he doesn't know what will happen.

Chat has arguably experienced first hand what cataclysm can do to a body, but as it was his power stolen by Miraculeur, he doesn't know if it will be the same or worse (and he was already in pretty bad shape as it was). He was getting worse as the fight with Miraculeur progressed, as is clear when he tells Ladybug "I held on for as long as I could".

After this, I am kind of confused about the timeline. We see in Multiplication Adrien asking his father to quit modelling, and then it's weeks to the next akuma attack, but we find out in Destruction that Gabriel's arm was already wounded at that point. Does that mean that Adrien spent weeks without knowing if he had killed a man? Also, the next time we see him alone, in Jubilation, he is in his room.

He is playing videogames alone, and his room is a mess. We have never seen his room anything but perfect, and here we have mess, garbage and what looks like takeout. This... looks like self-inflicted isolation. This looks like depression.

And it is never addressed.

[carpetbug]

Hey, I just read chapter 3 and it was GREAT.

I am just posting here the comment I left on Ao3 with my questions, mostly because I am not sure if you are replying to comments on AO3 or not.

WOW, this is A LONG chapter, 15k words. 75% of the word count so far. I get it why took a while for this to come out.

Plagg and Marinette is an interesting dynamic, especially on how so different she is from Adrien. In Adrien's case, he was someone who had a strict life but wished to be free and wild. Someone who was on a leash and never tasted freedom. This allowed for Pagg to mostly be himself, someone carefree and relaxed. But Marinette is strict with herself, someone who never places herself as a priority. She has the freedom but never takes it. She worries a lot and never takes time to relax.

Unlike Adrien, who would choose freedom the moment it was presented to him. Marinette never sees that option, even when it's presented to her face.

Marinette places Plagg in an unusual place. A guardian who is as self-destructive as himself.

So, just to clarify. This takes place the (two) weeks before high school starts (aging up the characters by 1 year), and Marinette basically had a test drive with every miraculous (Missing the first week of class). Did she test the powers? I have a feeling that someone noticed the strange individuals roaming the night during that time.

Also, was the part where "the Kawami of the guardian changes" part of canon, or was it your addition to the fic?

I guess the Akumas are going to shop up to "drag out" the new guardian?

Something that I felt from reading the previous chapters, but it felt that Gabriel as the Butterfly holder, felt like a red herring. Just that were never saw who was the holder that killed Master Fu. So having us the readers think Gabriel was the villain would be an interesting trick.

The "Miracle Tree" is something really interesting. Really different from the box Marinette had. I do wonder how the tree works. How can she store the jewels in and out of the tree?

I do wonder how Marinette is going to fall/if she will fall in love with Adrien. Canon had the whole Stone Heart during class, and that chaos led her to the Umbrella in the Rain scene. Here she kind of "got the hang of her role" before she started school.

Marinette arriving 1 week late sure is interesting. With her not being there from the start, she is kind of an unknown to Adrien. As he got somewhat used to the school setting, having Marinette appear out of nowhere was something new to him.

Hmm… From what we got in this chapter, the Scene under the rain is not that emotional compared to canon. Mostly that, unlike the canon chapter, having Marinette get a crush on Adrien from that umbrella does not feel as powerful, mainly because without the Akuma attack, her falling for Adrien after the only exchange they had was the Gum on her Sit scene, feels a bit off. Just that her "level of obsession" would be VERY low compared to canon.

Hmm… So Marinette is going to find a holder for Tikki. I was thinking she was going to try and do it all by herself.

Is going to be really nice to read a "stoic Marinette" story.

hope you don’t mind me adding your other ask onto here! tysm for all the questions and comments, i’m kinda disorganized on ao3 but I try to respond to everything here!

For the sake of convenience, let’s say this is what the month of august looks like within FBAU! The first year of high school begins the 9th, but Marinette misses that entire first week. She’s 14 at this point, as well as Adrien (but he turns 15 in bubbler)

Within the time she spent studying the miraculous (the 2nd-15th) she did test drive all the different miracs! I do think some civilians would see an occasional blurry figure on rooftops and hear some shuffling around at night, but Marinette is in full overthinking mode. She would be avoiding everything and everyone possible while transformed, convincing herself the butterfly is watching her from around the corner. In the end, the mysterious individuals roaming the night are nothing more than a freaky rumor that no one can really confirm.

She did a general test of all their powers, but tried to keep it small. The rabbit for example, is insanely powerful, so I think she would just practice opening a burrow and peeking inside to ensure it worked or something along those lines. Most of them, she willingly tried on herself, seeing as she had no other kind of means to practice them. The pigs gift, the snakes second chance, etc. Nothing too permanent or serious, just enough to get a feel of how the power could work. Beside that, she practiced with the different tools, the different abilities (night vision, flexibility, stealth, etc), and getting to personally know the kwamis.

Marinette and Plaggs relationship is so much fun to me! Like you said, Adrien uses being the black cat as an escape from his strict life and as a sort of freedom, meanwhile Marinette puts herself and her freedoms aside to be the black cat! It puts Plagg in a really tough position where instead of being able to encourage his holder to rebel and be themself, he has to push and remind her to relax and even just take care of herself.

The kwami of the guardian changing is my own aspect, but i have some basis for it. In origins, we see Wayzz freaking out because he feels a negative energy coming from the butterfly miraculous when Gabriel activates it, and warning Master Fu about it. But in Volpina, when Adrien is going through his dad’s vault and finds the book, we see the peacock miraculous, and we also see Plagg have no reaction to it (It was said somewhere that that was because it was a fake replica of the peacock but like. why would he keep the real book in there with a fake mirac. why not also make a fake book in that case.). We also learn that within the order of the guardians it isn’t allowed for guardians to be holders, so I think it’s fitting that it might be because that can ‘upgrade’ the kwamis in a sense, especially in a way that might be unstable. I also really like the new layer it adds to Marinette and Plaggs relationship!

Hawkmoth lost all leads on the miraculous when Fu transferred guardianship and hid Marinette. He has no idea where the Miracle Box is, who the new guardian might be, or if the earrings and ring are even still in Paris. He has no reason to really send out an akuma yet, seeing as how it would only expose more about himself and possibly lead to nothing but irreversible chaos, which— while fun— isn’t the ultimate goal. First he’s gotta wait for a sign of a new guardian, then the butterfly might make his first move :3

You’re not the first person to think Gabe might not be the butterfly and Imma be so fr I did not mean for that to come across at all lol. Gabriel is definitely the butterfly holder, I just like avoiding using his identity because he’s such a vague and looming figure to Marinette at this point. All she knows about him is his miraculous, he probably abuses his kwami, he somehow hunted down and killed master fu, and he wants her ring and earrings. Besides that, the butterfly is a blank slate to her.

I gotta firstly say I have always hated that damn ladybug egg box she gets in canon. I think it’s ugly as all hell, but I like the concept of the box changing its rules according to its guardian! Canon Marinettes was based very heavily around her identity as ladybug, while FBAU Marinettes is based entirely on her identity as ‘Marinette the guardian’ and her relationship with the kwamis. Similar to in the show, the kwamis are free to move in and out of the tree at will, but unlike the show, only they are able to retrieve their miraculous! They enter the tree through the yin yang-ladybug black cat symbol on the trunk, and return from the dimension inside with their miraculous. Its function relies entirely on her trust with the kwamis.

Even though Marinette joined a week late, she’s not an entirely new presence. Like Alya said, her classmates had been talking about her during that week, and Adrien had befriended Nino, who knows Marinette already. When Nino mentioned Chloe’s history of bullying, Adrien connected the dots that the annoying inconsiderate girl in all of his best friends stories had been Marinette, her own victim.

Sorry if you didn’t enjoy the umbrella scene, but I’m happy with it! My intention wasn’t to make Marinette obsessed, or make her fall in love with him, it was to have her see he was genuinely trying to help, and he genuinely wants to be friends. Sure, she gets a bit flustered and blushy and Plagg teases her about developing a crush, but it’s in the same way a teenage girl is going to get flustered around a cute teenager model. Especially one who just offered her honest friendship, an umbrella, then ran out into the pouring rain. She doesn’t have the emotional or mental space it takes to have a crush or be in love with someone, and what energy she does have needs to be channeled into being the perfect guardian. I mean, this girl is barely even allowing herself to have friends, a romance of any sort is basically entirely out of the question in her mind.

tbh, I think she would try to do everything on her own if she didn’t have 17 kwamis at her side screaming at her she needs to take care of herself lmao. Not having anyone besides the kwamis, they’ve pretty much become her mentor(s), so when they say she shouldn’t fucking wear the earrings and the ring together she’s not gonna argue about it. For now, at least.

Honestly, I don’t really care about Lila. I never really have before the s5 finale, and even now I’m only sorta interested because I’m curious how she’ll differ as a butterfly holder from Gabriel. I do think she’ll be involved and be her normal sketchy shady toxic self, but her story is still tbd! Like you said, I don’t see Marinette making as big a target for herself like in canon, but she still won’t be susceptible to her lies and manipulations. I already have a semi solid idea for an ‘ending’ which doesn’t leave a lot of space for Lila to do much of anything, but we’ll see!

Chloe’s a different story, considering she revels in genuinely just shitting on Marinette. Not getting a reaction definitely wouldn’t give her the fun she’s looking for, but she still gets to belittle someone she hates. There’s also the problem of Alya, who takes a stand for Marinette when she won’t stand for herself. She can get a bit of amusement out of that if it goes her way, but more often than not Alya is ready to dish it right back.

Marinette and Juleka definitely have a nice silent lunch together omg I love that. You’re giving me ideas for future chapters aaa!

Marinette still has her passion for fashion, but like a lot of things in her life, it’s been cast aside for the time being. The only fans of her designs she has for quite a while is the kwamis, and even they can struggle with getting her motivated to create.

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Whew! Sorry, that was a lot of words, I hope I covered everything (and made sense :P), thank u again for so many questions and comments!!

Chapter 4 is in the works, as well as brainstorming for Reverse!FBAU >:3

[theconstructorr]

Episode 2: The Gargoyle

Marianne stands alone in Master Fu's hospital room, tears streaming down her face as she mourns his passing. Later, she returns to his home, grief heavy in her heart.

On her first full day back at school, Marinette finds her seat next to Alya, who immediately introduces herself with a warm smile, noting Marinette's absence the day before. Across from them, Adrien notices Marinette for the first time, his attention drawn by her quiet presence.

Suddenly, chaos erupts when gargoyles throughout the city come to life. One crashes violently through the classroom wall, sending debris flying. Adrien uses the moment to slip away, while Marinette freezes, paralyzed by fear. Her classmates are attacked in the ensuing frenzy, but as a gargoyle advances on her, Marinette finally finds the courage to run and transform to save everyone.

As Ladybug and Cat Noir, they battle the gargoyles all the way to Notre Dame. Cat Noir ultimately cataclysms the original gargoyle, releasing the Akuma. Once Ladybug purifies it, she questions the man who had been deakumatized, and he reveals a hazy memory of intense grief and anger, spurred on by a dark voice luring him deeper into despair.

Ladybug and Cat Noir leave together, discussing the mysterious Butterfly Miraculous. Ladybug warns that, whoever holds it, they must be prepared for whatever comes next. Cat Noir, captivated, asks for her name and if he'll see her again. Ladybug sidesteps the question, leaving him eager for their next meeting.

After parting ways, Ladybug surveys the destruction around her, feeling a new surge of power. Tikki appears in a vision, guiding her to use her abilities to restore everything. Miraculously, Ladybug reverses all the damage, while Cat Noir watches in awe from a distance as she vanishes into the city.

Back at home, Marinette sees the news broadcasting footage of the chaos—the stone gargoyles attacking the city and the two mysterious heroes who saved everyone. The segment ends on a haunting question, wondering who they are and what this means for Paris.

The next day, Alya excitedly tells Marinette about her new Ladyblog, dedicated to Ladybug's heroics. In class, Chloe demands Marinette's seat, but when Marinette declines, Chloe storms off, furious.

Later, Chloe enlists Adrien to ask Marinette and Alya to give up their seats for her and Sabrina. Adrien politely asks the girls to move. Too flustered and irritated to refuse, Marinette reluctantly agrees, earning mocking laughter from Chloe and Sabrina as they smugly take their seats.

After school, Adrien finds Marinette standing outside in the rain. Apologizing for asking her to switch seats, he assures her that she can come to him if Chloe ever gives her trouble. With a playful grin, he hands her his umbrella, but then he closes it over her head, pretending it was an accident and laughing. Marinette laughs too, thinking it's a mistake.

As they part, Marinette shyly stammers her goodbye, while Adrien walks away, feeling a little more confident and amused by the encounter.

[lily-drake]

The Demon's Queen

Chapter 17

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Mari is 18 Damian is 19

“Okay, let's start the trimonthly meeting,” Superman announced from the head of the table.  The Watchtower was filled with the founding members of the Justice League to go over everything that had happened in the last three months, which was a lot.  

“Well let’s begin with the most major events,” Batman grumbled, “There were four mass scale alien invasions that involved the whole League plus Young Justice.”

“Thankfully we were able to solve two of them with civil treaty talk,” Wonder Woman chimed in, a gentle smile on her lips as she reminisced on the events.  

“The other two had to be captured which resulted in the mass destruction of New York, New Jersey, Missouri, California, and Oregon,” Black Carny listed, “from there we had to help pay for reconstruction.  Batman, how much did we have to pay?”

Batman gave the whole League his normal flat look, seemingly unimpressed with the group.  “$1.6 billion,” he growled, scowling at the rest of the members, most of which didn’t meet his gaze.

“Right!”  Superman exclaimed.  “We’ll go over the cost of everything at the end.  Next on the agenda is reconnaissance missions and what we’ve learned.”

“The Young Justice team has gone on nearly fifteen missions in the past three months, most of which were successful.  From their hard work we were able to prevent five Kobra-Venom shipments,” Flash began to quickly list off, “having skimmed the reports, the few that went off the rails were quickly resolved and handled by other members of the JLA.  Going along those lines it was also discovered tha-”

A loud ringing went off and everyone looked back at Superman with a blank stare. “Sorry everyone, it’s one of my emergency lines that I give to citizens, let me juuust-oh.”  After Superman had removed the small device his face fell from his usual cheery demeanor into something more tired and solemn.  “It’s Mrs. Dupain-Cheng again.”

There were a few frustrated sighs from around the room, others simply shaking their heads in exasperation.  As of today it had been one full year since one Marinette Dupain-Cheng had officially gone missing.  She and her husband had been calling them every few weeks demanding updates, but the truth was that they hadn’t found anything.  Even when Tim had thought he had gotten a lead, it ended up falling flat as there was nothing they could deduce purely from black clothes.

Not only that, but ever since her disappearance, there hasn’t been a single magical attack, which has made looking for her a lower priority.  It wasn’t that they wanted her to stay missing or for a lack of scouting, but the matter of fact was that they were dealing with bigger active threats on a day-to-day basis, and there were simply no clues as to where she could be.  They let the message go to voicemail and continued on the meeting with a more sober tone.

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Ladybug and Chat Noir Were the Villains All Along–An Informative Article About the Truth Behind Akuma Attacks and the “Heroes” Who “Protected” Paris.

16:24 Written by: J. Jona Jámesón (previously hosted on Wild Safari)  & Raine Coffee Chaos

It has now been officially one year since Paris’ so-called “heroes” have vanished, along with the emotional terrorist known as Hawkmoth.  The last sighting of the heroes was during the last battle with the Akumatized victim known as The Reaper, a twelve-year-old boy that has chosen to remain anonymous.  

In that last battle, the video was captured of the Akuma, The Reaper, having the ability to take the lives of any person or being that came near their scythe or made direct eye contact.  Other videos taken by popular blogger, Alya Césaire, showed that both of our heroes greatly struggled with this Akuma, where Chat Noir once more fell victim to it, and once more Ladybug barely succeeded on her own.  Since the end of that battle both our heroes have simply disappeared along with the villain that brought them to light in the first place; which begs the question: were they ever heroes to begin with?

*video of final akuma attack from “The Ladyblog” filmed by Alya Césaire*

Take that masked menace the Flash, for example.  He presents himself as a protector of the masses with his super speed, but has a suspiciously cordial relationship with his ‘Rogues gallery’. These villains are known to have a moral code, avoiding unnecessary harm to innocents and children while committing their various nefarious crimes. It’s more than likely that they’re in cahoots with Flash; pulling off their various stunts with him acting as the “hero”.  Making it so that the police cannot properly do their jobs. He is wrongly adored by the unsuspecting masses in Central City, even having a museum! Perhaps he cooperates with the Rogues in a desire for attention and infamy! 

However, just as people worship the Flash, the people of Paris worship Ladybug and Chat Noir.  And now that Parisians are no longer afraid to talk about the atrocities inflicted on them, it has been widely speculated the heroes that Parisians so heavily relied on were mere children ! If we study the very first video taken of Ladybug and Chat Noir five years ago compared to the most current video of them, it is obvious that the both of them had grown and matured at the same rate as an average teenager.  A set of teenagers could never accomplish what Ladybug and Chat Noir have done on their own! There must have been someone behind the scenes.

*Photo of Ladybug and Chat Noir side-by-side during Stone Heart right next to an image of Ladybug and Chat Noir side-by-side during The Reaper *

Who’s to say that, in the end, these kids were not in fact working with Hawkmoth the entire time? Their job: to create mass fear and panic among the citizens of Paris so that everyone would fear for the safety of themselves and the children, who were most at risk if you look at the Akuma, Gigantitan, who was only 5 months when first akumatized, and was targeted nearly 18x after through the years for minuscule, child-like frustrations.  

From this prolonged fear-epidemic, studies have shown a mass decrease in mental health and an extreme increase in the unhealthy coping skill of suppressing emotions so as not to be a target.  This in turn has led to a massive increase of people searching for and spending on therapists, where there is a shortage of them in Paris. Commonly referred to as the ‘Captive Hearts Epidemic’. And with the government being unwilling to bring in more from outside the city, and France as a whole unwilling to bring more in from out of the country, it is not hard to believe that this was a ruse for people to spend more money to big Healthcare Companies.  We have already seen time and time again that Mayor Bourgeois is a corrupt politician only interested in putting more euros in his own private account.  It is not hard to believe that he paid off these children and mysterious entities to terrorize the city into buying higher and more expensive health plans, especially since any damage done by these so-called heroes–rather conveniently–just magically disappears; so he never has to worry about paying for any reconstruction.  

This war has gone on for over five years without end.  The very sudden disappearance of Paris’ heroes and villains without so much as a warning is far too suspicious.  It makes no sense as Ladybug and Chat Noir have had no trouble making public appearances and taking interviews.  It’s obvious they care about how they are portrayed through the media, so why disappear without telling anyone unless they were caught and forced to give it up? Are we truly in the clear, or are we just coming home to a peaceful disaster? 

17:07 RenaRougeOfficial:

How dare you make up such blatant lies and falsehoods!  Ladybug and Chat have defended and rescued our people every day, putting aside everything in their lives for us. 

Instead of trying to vilify them, why not think of the actual reason they disappeared.  Perhaps they defeated Hawkmoth and decided to leave the scene to live in peace.  Or maybe they got injured when defeating Hawkmoth and didn’t want anyone to know.  Or perhaps it’s because 

“Ohhh, that’s a good one Alya, here add this,” Adrien jumped in, startling Alya from her rant filled with righteous fury.  She was forcefully pushed aside as Adrien began to type on the keyboard, adding to her rant.

you are just lacking in brain cells.  Ladybug and Chat Noir risked their lives every single day so that this city, this world even, could continue on.  They put the world on their shoulders knowing that if they failed then the universe itself could have been destroyed.  Stop trying to destroy the heroes' reputations simply because you want clicks and views.

“And, send!”  Alya announced, slamming her finger on the button.  “Now, onto the next one,” she declared while opening a new tab.

“Okay, that’s enough you two,” Nino called out.

“Oh come on Nino!  Just one more,” his girlfriend begged.

“You said that five articles ago.  I’ve only tolerated you two doing this for so long because of the day.  But if you keep going we’re gonna be late,” Nino barged in, powering off the computer before either could do much as protest.  

Adrien and Alya looked away from Nino, a deep sadness penetrating their hearts, the same sadness they had been trying to ignore all day, all year really.

Nino watched as Adrien rubbed at his finger, twisting a ring that was no longer there.  He had been an absolute wreck the day it had gone missing, saying that it was a parting gift from his mother.  Nino could tell he was lying, but didn’t pry as, at the time, it looked like he had just watched someone die.  And then with the news of a mysterious attacker stabbing both his father and Nathalie had both been stabbed in their own home and had nearly died of blood loss.  Even though he was a terrible dad, Nino didn’t think he deserved that .  And Marinette was still missing.  It felt as if everything was falling apart at the seams.

"Let's head over to the bakery.  Tom and Sabine are waiting for us," he whispered, turning away from his two friends so they wouldn't have to see his pain.

@The_Official_Ladyblog

The Truth of Paris’ Heroes: A Response to the Forgetful

22:34 Written by: Alya Cesaire

It has, unfortunately, come to my attention that there have been some doubts about the sincerity of our heroes and their intentions in fighting for our city. While my beliefs have personally never been shaken, I know that I was able to get to know the heroes on a much more personal level than most. The heroes were, as has been speculated, children. They never confirmed this to me, but I genuinely believe it to be true.

I believe that our heroes were in the same age range as myself, and as such, they were more comfortable opening up to me about the struggles they faced while they were saving our lives.

Ladybug used to cry to me, about how she had to lie to her family about who she was. About how she felt she was a bad friend for having to run away to fight a battle she never wanted to be a part of.

Chat Noir shared how isolated he felt. How he felt free in the suit compared to his life at home. How he had little to no support group to help share the burden of his secret.

They were indeed children, fighting in a war they had no reason to be fighting. They put their lives on the line every time there was an attack. They showed up for us without fail each and every time we needed them, and this is how we repay them?

This is how we thank them?

We come at them, with accusations and cruel assumptions in response to their sacrifices. They gave their very lives for Paris over and over again, and yet here they stand; accused of participating in the crimes they fought so desperately against. How is this fair to them?

How could we treat them this way?

I personally, would like to apologize. Not to Ladybug, the symbol of hope for Paris. Not to Chat Noir, the very definition of Loyalty. But to the people behind the mask. To the children behind the masks.

I’m sorry for how we have treated you, for the suspicion that has been cast upon you. For the doubts we have held as you held the very world on your shoulders. Thank you for always giving your life, for continuously fighting despite your own doubts, and for saving us every day without fail. I know better than anyone, that we did not deserve you.

I hope you find your peace, in the aftermath of Hawkmoth.

__________ Ever since her mission, things had changed in the base.  No longer were the other assassins skirting around her, giving her side glances, and weirdly enough, they were no longer ignoring her.  When she had first come back, Tomoe had kept her in the medical wing for three days, where during that time The Boy had come in to check on her wounds, before leaving without a word.  She had brushed it off as him wanting to make sure his prized possession was still capable of doing his dirty work, but there was something in his eyes she simply couldn’t place.

Then when she had left she could feel the eyes on her.  One of the members even gave her a bow of greeting.  

“Samiet 'anak dhahabt fi muhimat mae abn awa li'iinqadh baed al'atfali. eamil jid,” one of the others grunted.  It took her a moment, but she was able to mentally translate it to, Heard you went on a mission with the Jackals to rescue some kids.  Good work.   It made something in her feel warm.  Valued even.  The feeling lasted her the whole day.  But there was always a dark feeling in the back of her mind.  The reminder of what she was forced to do to free those kids haunting her day and night.

Her thoughts often wondered to the kids.  She had blacked out before she could even know what happened to them, but nobody knew, nobody except one person and she wasn’t going to go searching him out.  Granted she didn’t have to as he came to her.

Marinette had been reading the book Talia had given her–it was in Arabic so it took her a long time to translate making it a very slow read–but she had been reading it for so long that her head was starting to hurt.  Laying down on the small cot she stared at the beige ceiling, imaging the night sky.  As of her mission she had been less restricted, allowed to move more freely around the base.  Maybe she could use that to her advantage.  Setting the tome back on her small dresser.  The idea came with some risk, but at this point she was willing to take it.

Carefully sliding the dagger she was now allowed to keep into its sheath at her hip she exited her room, stalking through the halls on light feet.  Making sure that nobody noticed or followed her as she made her way to the stairs that lead to one of the towers that overlooked the base.  Slowly she went through the small trap door before closing it behind her.  There above her was the starry sky in all of its glory.  It was a warm night that carried a gentle breeze strong enough to brush her hair aside every so often.  The stars glowed brightly as the full moon shone down its ethereal light upon the whole mountain top.

From her perch she watched as the tall grass and wild flowers danced and bowed with the wind, listened to the sound of the night life playing around her, the feeling of being a mere spectator in this moment, the-

“What are you doing up here?”

Marinette nearly jumped out of her skin as she spun while pulling out her dagger in one swift move only to come face-to-face with The Boy.  She felt her grip tighten on the hilt of the blade, but didn’t move.

“I asked you a question,” he demanded blankly.

Her eyes narrowed, but slowly she stood from her stance while sheathing the dagger.  “I just wanted to see the stars.  Am I not allowed even after completing your mission?”

He didn’t respond, just stared her down, his green eyes almost glowing in the moonlight.  They stayed like that for a few minutes, staring into the others eyes before he broke the silence asking, “How are you faring?”  

The question took her by surprise.  How was she supposed to respond to that ?  “What do you mean?”  She questioned, crossing her arms in front of her.  

She watched as he slowly walked past her toward the wall, staring out at the base.  “I know that the first kill can be…onerous.”

Marinette stared at him like he had grown a second head, none of this made sense.  “Did you think I was going to kill myself?”

“No, however it is best to not dwell on those thoughts alone.”

“Well I was trying not to think about it right now, but as you so generously brought it up I guess I must spill my soul to you,” she replied sardonically.

“Tt.”

Marinette took a few steps away from him, watching him as she leaned against the stone railing.  His face never changed, always stoic, as if it were carved from stone.  His forest green eyes moved from side to side, scanning the area around him.  His hair was kept short, though the tips of his bangs brushed against his forehead as the wind continued to blow.  His shoulders tense, as if ready for a strike.

They stayed silent, minutes passing between them as they stared out the distance.  “Why me?”

She heard him sigh tiredly, not even looking at her as he spoke, “I already told you that.  I don’t like repeating myself.”

“No.  There is no way that you looked at me as Ladybug and me as Marinette and thought that I could ever be qualified to run this,” she stated, swinging her arm out at the end as if showcasing the base.

“You still doubt yourself,” he grunted, shaking his head disappointedly before turning to face her, looking her directly in her eyes.

“I will not repeat myself again, so listen closely, Marinette.  As Ladybug I saw your tenacity, bravery, strategic prowess, and dedication you held.  Even as Marinette you still held those exact traits, because even though you might have believed that you and Ladybug were two different people, the truth is that is simply not possible and you know it.  Even if you feel less confident you lead your class of fools with strength.  You never put yourself above your duty.  Even with the knowledge that you were killing yourself, you still took on the responsibility of ensuring the safety of your home.  I admire those traits, they are what make you a competent leader, and I believe that you would be an excellent asset in the League’s legacy.”  

Marinette stared at him in disbelief, brows furrowing as she replayed his words in her mind.  “I’m not just some asset you can use for your games!  Have you forgotten that I’m a person too?”

“Of course you are, I have never stated that you are not,” he huffed, a brow lifting as he spoke.

“Yes you did!  You have since the day I met you!  You only think of me as some sort of weapon, just another tool you can use.  Well I’m not a tool!  I only saved those kids because it was the right thing to do!  But you don’t even care, do you?  If you did, then those kids would be somewhere safe!”

“They are safe!  Each of them were returned to their families,” he stated firmly, stopping Marinette in her rant.  It was the first time she had heard him show any emotion in his voice.  “And those without a family were given the choice to either join the League and learn to fight for themselves or be sent to safe foster homes where they would be protected from being put in such a situation ever again.”

Marinette stared at him in awe, she hadn’t expected that.  She had truly thought that he would have forced all of the kids to join like he had her, or he would have hid them away somewhere else to keep them quiet.

“Then why didn’t I get a choice?!”  She yelled, tears of frustration pricking at her eyes, “Why has everyone here gotten a choice but me?”

Here he finally hesitated, turning his head away with furrowed brows.  They stood there for many moments, Marinette trying to catch her breath as her shoulders remained tense.

“It’s late…”

“Is that all you have to say?!  You can’t even answer this one, simple question?”

“You should go back to bed.”  And with those final words he retreated back down into the base leaving a simmering Marinette atop the parapet.

“HA!  That was real smooth, Lover Boy,” Plagg goaded as Damian walked briskly through the halls.

“What are you going on about?” Damian demanded angrily as he snatched the pocket sized god out of his hair.  How the infernal beast was able to hide there so often without his notice he still could not discover.

Plagg gave him a large Cheshire grin as he stared up at the boy, “I’ve seen a lot of fighting in my life, but nothing compares to these.”

Damian rolled his eyes and let out a long sigh.  Sure he admired Marinette and her tenacity, but she was just so infuriating!  She was obstinate, brash, an idealist, and argumentative.  There was always a blazing fire behind her sapphire eyes, always alight with the need to prove herself.  It was as aggravating as it was endearing.

Shoving the small, laughing god into one of his hidden pockets he entered his rooms and tried to push away the question he could not answer that echoed in his mind.

“Can you believe him, TIkki?!  First he demands I answer his question then he refuses to answer mine, and not only that but he runs away!  Can you believe that Tikki?!”  Marinette turned to her right looking up in the air expecting to see her small red and black friend, but was met with nothing.  Marinette clenched her teeth in frustration, it’d been over a year now and she still believed her kwamii was still with her.  It’d been over a year, but it’d been nearly five years before they had ever been truly separated in such a way.  Marinette didn’t know if she’d ever get used to the emptiness of the air, the knowledge that she was truly alone.

Marinette stared out over the base once more, watching the flicker of the sconces that lined every wall.  She couldn't help but think back to his face, the way he finally showed her some emotion.  The storm in his dark emerald green eyes before he looked away from her, the way the moon cast shadows over his carmel skin and his sharp, stunned features.  The way the wind blew his bangs across his forehead without his notice.  In the end, she couldn’t help but loathe him.  

She hated his pride, his stubbornness, his stoicness, his skill, his ambition.  But if she wanted to escape from here, she would need to become as good as- No.  She would need to become better than him.  Because even if she escaped without that skill, he would just come back for her and she wouldn’t stand a chance.

Her mind wandered back to the last conversation she had with Talia before Talia left on her own mission.

“Have you been studying the text,” Talia asked her calmly.

“I have.  It’s in Arabic though, so it’s been difficult at times to get through.”

Talia gave her a warm smile, “Very good, Marinette.  You’re doing well.”  Her words warmed her chest, and Marinette couldn’t stop a smile of her own at the praise.  “Have you been able to practice what you’ve learned thus far?” 

Marinette’s smile fell, “No, I haven’t even figured out how to activate that sort of power, I don’t even think I can.”

“Tch.  That sort of thinking is the reason you have not advanced,” she paused for a moment before bending slightly to be eye level with her and placed her hands atop Marinette's shoulders.  “I have to leave for a few months, but when I return I hope to train you more in this power, however, you will have to seek me out.  I can not help you unless you want to be helped, so I leave this choice to you.”  

Marinette couldn’t stop the tears that welled in her eyes.  A choice, she finally had a choice!  She hadn’t had one of those in so long.  She didn’t get a choice to be Ladybug, didn’t get a choice when it came to Chat’s flirtations, didn’t get a choice to become the guardian, didn’t get a choice when it came to helping her class, she never really got to choose anything; until now.  She finally had a choice . 

“Thank you, My Lady,” she said softly, bowing her head in respect.

“But of course child,” Talia whispered, tucking a loose strand of hair behind Marinette’s ear, “Be strong.”  And with those parting words, Talia disappeared into the shadows.

Talia had been back on the base for a few weeks now, but Marinette hadn’t approached her for the offered lessons.  She hadn’t pressured her, in fact she hadn’t even brought it up since even during their sparse training sessions.  

If she wanted to escape The League of Assassins, she would need an advantage.  She would need to know or have something that would make it so that if Damian did come after her, he wouldn't be able to touch her.  With that thought in mind, she finally made up her mind.  Tomorrow she would approach Talia and accept the lessons.

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[mochinek0]

Daminette December 2022: 4-Dragon

It had been five moths since Chat Noir was retired. Marinette had to sprinkle a powder over him while he was sleeping to get the ring from Adrien. The powder made sure he wouldn't remember his time as a miraculous weilder.

Paris had been surprised by the change, but Ladybug had informed them there would be sever changed to how she operated.

Ladybug smiled, "There is nothing to worry about Paris. Although, Chat Noir is no longer with us, we don't have to worry about the cat miraculous. I have already chosen a new weilder. I also got help from outside of Paris. It seem the mayor put an international ban order on akumas and evidence of akumas. We might not have as many tourist, but that will also lower akuma number since we don't have to explain akumas every five seconds."

"What do you mean by 'ban order on akumas', Ladybug?" questioned Nadia Chamack.

"Parisian news that has evidence of akumas or fan sites, dedicated to myself and akumas, like Ladyblog, are not accessible anywhere other then Paris." she announced, "Anyone who decided to come to Paris was completely unprepared for what they would go through."

"You said you got help?" Nadia continued, "Is this because of Chat Noir?"

"No. Chat Noir and I tried to get outside help right away." Ladybug commented, "It was Mayor Bourgeois who stopped out our call to the Justice League. I left Paris and made contact. I insisted they try a VPN or come to Paris as a civilian, with certain rules. They saw first hand the destruction you were all subjected to. I know have the Justice League assisting me on searching for Hawkmoth and Mayura. The new cat miraculous weilder is more than qualified. I'm sorry, but this will be my last time to stop and answer questions. I will be giving them as much information as possible so we can stop this attack. Bug, out."

"Shadu!" Ladybug shouted, throwing him the dragon miraculous, "Merge!"

"Plagg, Longg, unify!" Jakwar Shadu commanded, "Ladybug, I can provide aerial assistance if you grant it."

"No outside heroes." she declared.

"Not a hero; one of my pets." he answered

Ladybug was confused but granted it. Jakwar pulled out a whistle and blew into it.

"His name is Goliath; he is a dragonbat." he stated, "Be careful when he gets here. He might not be as friendly with a stranger."

Ladybug was shocked to see such a giant red beast, but she smiled.

'He looks like Fang!'

Ladybug walked up and pet the creature. Goliath began to lick her. Soon, the giant was acting like a puppy and had rolled over onto his back. Jakwar stood in silence as he watched one of his most fearsome pets act like an overgrown puppy, as Ladybug gave him bell rubs.

"Such a good boy." Ladybug cooed, rubbing her nose to the beast's.

Back in Gotham, the Bat family watched in shock. Batman rarely let Goliath come out. Here was proof that it was tamed.

"I wanna say I'm in shock, but she tamed the Demon." Red Hood spoke, breaking the silence, "Why would his demon dog be any different?"

Ladybug smiled, as she continued to pet the dragonbat, "I need a favor from you. Can you fly us to the akuma? We really need to stop him."

Goliath rolled over and knelt down so Ladybug could get on. With another pet to the dragonbat's head, she hopped onto his back.

"How?" Jakwar asked, still in shock.

"This is nothing." Ladybug commented.

"How?" he pressed.

"Well, when you ride an akumatized dragon into battle and jump into a T-Rex's mouth, you're not really scared of anything." she stated, "Besides, he reminds me of my uncle's pet. It's…..exotic."

"You did what?" the cat weilder shouted.

Ladybug sighed and held out her hand, "You can look for footage later."

"There's footage?" he growled, as he took her hand and hopped onto Goliath.

Ladybug shrugged, "Possibly."

"We are talking about this after the akuma!" he demanded.

"Hey, Jakwar." Nightwing spoke, announcing himself into the conversation.

"What?" Shadu questioned, "Did the akuma change locations?" gaining Ladybug's attention.

"No." Nightwing answered.

Jakwar shook his head and Ladybug turned around.

"Is this important?" the cat weilder hissed.

"Hood claimed Bug is now his sister." Red Robin groaned, "Says he's keeping her if you pull a Bat."

"Explain." the destruction weilder growled.

Red Robin sighed, "Hood kicked me off the Batcomputer and found the footage of your ….miraculous' leader jumping into an actual dinosaur's mouth. Chat Noir actually screamed when she did that. She also wasn't lying about the dragon. Ladybug stood on it and rode it into battle."

"Ladybug is a literal badass!" shouted Red Hood, "Congrats, you got a girlfriend cooler than you!"

"Ladybug." Jakwar whispered.

"Yes?" she questioned turning around.

"We're talking about your near death experiences when we get home." he growled out.

Ladybug rolled her eyes, "It's not as many as Chat Noir's. He took the hits he thought I couldn't. I told him to stop, too. Some of those weren't even necessary. I know I'm a target; nothing is going to stop me from retrieving the Butterfly and Peacock miraculous. If you can't handle me in the field, go home and stay there."

Jakwar flinched. He could tell she was serious. He had woken her up from many nightmares. He watched Marinette limp around somedays; she wasn't injured. There was no bruise. He even had Jon scan her, but nothing was broken. He couldn't understand until she told him, she could sometimes feel phantom pain from being injured during the akuma attacks. He even noticed she couldn't look at white cats without flinching. He questioned it and all she answered was 'akumatized chat noir'.

Jakwar reached over and put his hand on hers.

"I just want to talk. I'm not trying to stop you from doing your job. I know how important this is." he spoke, "Just….I want us to be careful on how we analyze the situation. You have complained about the previous weilder and his recklessness towards his own life."

Ladybug smiled, "You just want to be in control of the dragon next time, don't you?"

"Father would never let me keep it." Shadu smiled.

She laughed, "Fine, but that…animal; they try not to let it get akumatized now. If it ever does happen again fine."

"No fair!" his brothers shouted into his earpiece.

Jakwar Shadu smiled the whole time as he took down the akuma. Hawkmoth had ever seen Chat Noir look feral, but this cat did.

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[xhanisai]

Video

AO3

Pairing - Adrinette

Prompt - 'Video'

Summary -

Creating videos of what she makes and sharing them online whilst gaining a cult-like following from the content wasn't on her bingo card this year, but honestly, Marinette could care less as she rambled to her phone's camera. She was fuelled by nothing but pure spite and pettiness and rightful anger after being approached by an infamous brand that sold half-baked sewing machines at ridiculously high prices. Hah! They expected her to take the money and falsely advertise their sorry excuse of a machine? And deceive all the other budding creators online for a quick buck?

Too bad.

 Creating videos of what she makes and sharing them online whilst gaining a cult-like following from the content wasn't on her bingo card this year, but honestly, Marinette could care less as she rambled to her phone's camera. She was fuelled by nothing but pure spite and pettiness and rightful anger after being approached by an infamous brand that sold half-baked sewing machines at ridiculously high prices. Hah! They expected her to take the money and falsely advertise their sorry excuse of a machine? And deceive all the other budding creators online for a quick buck?

 Too bad.

 Instead, here she was, dismantling said terrible sewing machine (that they sent to her home without even asking if it was okay), pointing out to the camera all the faults in the machine's designs and how some of the important mechanisms were of piss-poor quality and would require constant maintenance after a couple of uses. She compared it to one of her older sewing machines to show her audience how the basic features should work and why and then swiftly put the other machine back together.

 After posting the video, she went to bed with an eased mind, knowing that her modest influence would help other aspiring designers out there save their money and invest in something better. Tikki could only shake her head at her wielder with a defeated exhale, knowing that this was going to cause Akuma troubles later because the greedy higher-ups from that infamous brand were not going to be very pleased with the video.

 Granted, Marinette was doing the right thing and was rather informative with her call-out; she didn’t resort to insulting or slamming the bad brand for trying to sell bad quality products at abysmal prices and the other machines she recommended were genuine (the girl even having no interest in getting financially compensated by the good brands for promoting their machines).

 But that’s not going to stop Le Papillon from sending an army of butterflies towards the people angered by her review, isn’t it?

 Meanwhile, at the Agreste mansion, one sleepy Adrien leapt for his phone just like his alter-ego’s namesake and a huge grin played on his lips when a notification showed that Marinette had posted a new video. Sure, he could have slept at his normal bedtime and watched the video tomorrow with a refreshed brain rather than staying up according to his beloved Marinette's terrible sleep schedule…

 But he loves, loves, loves, loves, LOVES watching her videos!!!

 And her voice is so just soothing and just so nice to listen to and it really helps him go to sleep—

 "Uh-oh. That's going to cause a nasty Akuma later on." Plagg suddenly bleated by his side after reading the video's title. Though, that didn’t stop the little God of destruction from nestling into Adrien’s hair so that he could watch along with his wielder.

 "I'll protect her from all the Akumas~ she should be able to make all the videos she wants without worrying about getting attacked for being right~!" Adrien mumbled under the covers, eyes already glazed two minutes into the video. "Hmm...I guess her fans have a point...her mind really works like my Lady's whenever she’s figuring out her lucky charms or a plan..." 

 And he conked out.

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 Plagg could only sweat with wide eyes, hoping that his too-smart-for-his-own-good kitten would keep that extra brain cell away for a little longer. At least until it was safe for the two teens to share their secrets with each other.

 ‘Dammit, Sugarcube. Your wielder SUCKS at hiding her identity sometimes!’

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