#but not really cause it's Marinette

[ladynoirfanao3]

This truly astounding commission is by @verabraun-art!!! I can't get over how amazing the background is, not to mention Claw's fangs, her blush, and all the details with the graffiti! I love the symbolism of her eyes being blue to show that this is regular universe Marinette in disguise.

This is from my most recent chapter of my Mariclaw fic Sideways! Link and summary below!

Sideways (rated M):

After losing nearly everyone he has ever cared about, Claw Noir copes by embracing the destructive power entrusted to him by the mysterious Supreme, leader of the Miraculous holders. But when the last person he cares about—his partner in crime, Shadybug—discovers a better path in a different universe, he’s left adrift. Covering for his partner becomes his sole purpose, until a little bug decides to join him in the fight to defeat both the villainous leader, and the darkness within himself.

This is a sequel to my Shadrien fic Dawning Light (rated E), but you could potentially skip that if you're good with a little confusion (that one took place with Shady and Adrien in the regular universe, while this one focuses on Marinette and Claw in the AU reverse world).

[coffeebanana]

okay but what if. video game designer marinette...

[passionfruitbowls]

happy anniversary to one of the most pivotal moments in ml history

[marimbles]

i miss carpisuns sometimes </3

[bakawitch]

Introducing Marcel d'Cœur! Our resident Adrien stand in!

The most popular boy in school! His smiles melt the iciest of frowns! He's an activist! He saves kittens stuck in trees! How could he be any more perfect? Don't mind the suspicious punch marks on his locker!

Special thanks to the anon who suggested him :D

[zaaaras]

so i’m not exactly sure how The Wish system functions BUT to my current knowledge, marinette woke up right after the wish was made and then when looking for the miraculous, not finding it

SO DOES THAT MEAN. LILA 😭 WAS SWIMMING THROUGH BASEMENT SEWER WATER 😭 WHILE GABRIEL WAS FLYING INTO HEVEAN WITH HIS WIFE’S CORPSE, TRYING TO GET THAT BROOCH

[a-flaming-idiot]

Reasons I think there should be more fanfics where Marinette renounces the Ladybug Miraculous:

Very small

Heart-Too-Big Disease(Terminal)

Very eepy

Someone get this girl some anti-depressants I'MFUCKINGBEGGI-

No Heroing = More time to bake & sew

Marinette's love language is gift-giving so she can make things for all her friends

friends are in less danger

Chat Noir can know her identity

Chat Noir can give his princess forehead kisses while on duty

She can hide with her friends and comfort each other during akuma attacks

Ladybug Alya/Kagami/Nino/Luka

New Ladybug can give civilian Marinette forehead kisses as well

She can be Multimouse sometimes(as a treat)

Maybe Akumatized Marinette(She is so tired, please give her a break[But also she would be so interesting as an akuma])

Throw stale croissants at Master Fu

Did I mention she is very tired and should be allow to sleep more?

Her parents don't need to worry about her(as much)

Sabine and Tom can know she was Ladybug and be supportive and comfort her for making a Big Girl decision

More time to egg Gabriel's car(and maybe him)

No Yo-Yo = Bite mean akumas who hurt her friends

Help with the Ladyblog

People can make weird conspiracy theories about why Ladybug disappeared

She can maybe know Chat Noir's identity

She is very busy being class president

More time to make friends

Lila loses some ammo

Give Tikki goodbye kiss on cheek

Now only member of class who doesn't have Miraculous(funny)

Bittersweet goodbye with her kitty(May not be forever)

[lemurballing]

tangle is so fun because she is a juxtaposition of something collected and contained with something loose and free and in motion

she’s a rough brawler but she has a stance and a style. she’s impulsive and thrillseeking, but she wraps her arms in sports tape to protect them, a precaution. she longs for adventure and action but she will always need to come to rest at home with friends. she’s bouncy and restless, but she’s an intent listener and considerate. she’s got months of off-and-on experience fighting badniks, but is still so new to real Adventure.

and while there’s plenty of traits sonic and tangle share, you can’t reduce her to ‘girl sonic’ without neglecting something of her own characterization. she fundamentally wants something different out of life than sonic does, because she doesn’t need to be anchorless; she isn’t a backpacker, sleeping somewhere new every night. she’s more like a goose, or a frigate bird; flying free for ages and ages, knowing she wants to go somewhere, until time comes to call her back to her origin.

[always-a-joyful-note]

This is probably never going to happen and I'm so sorry to the actor for typecasting, but I think it would be the funniest thing if Keith Silverstein (dub of Mori BSD and Hawk Moth MLB) did the dub of Kujo Takamasa as well. It would fit, I think

[flamin0pal]

COVID has got me fucked up.

[flipmelikeburgerzuko]

I will take literally ANY excuse to make a goth little character playlist

[i-like-anything-water]

Ok I already sent this to another blog worded differently too so sorry if you see it later haha but I just really thought you'd like the idea?? Artist Chloé, sketching and painting her secret crushes and stashing them away where no one can reach (and take it away from her), musician Chloé who plays the violin or piano ("exceptional" and elegant) or flamenco guitar that she learned from a Spanish teacher (or in Spain!!!) whether it's a hidden skill thing or when she gets away from Audrey and everyone else and she wants do DO something, BE something!! Chloé taking pictures of friend groups, parents with kids, women with their girlfriends and she stares at everything she couldn't have, couldn't ALLOW HERSELF TO HAVE!! Pictures that are filled with sadness in a way other people can't articulate despite being so so beautiful and framing happiness but there's just something heartbreaking about them that no one can quite get. Chloé Bourgeois, alone in some penthouse apartment just drawing and playing her feelings away, thinking about what could've been?? The bittersweet feeling of seeing the Dupain-Cheng label on a jacket she shoplifted on an impulse just to feel something, not even realizing the label until she was out of the store, then questioning if she DID notice what it was on a subconscious level?? Chloé Bourgeois, a tragic young woman working her ass off through university, giving up on anything but work, hiding that artist inside her away because she's scared if people know she loves and enjoys something, something "useless" especially, they'll take it away from her

this is the third time I'm answering this fic and hopefully this doesn't exit before I could finish -

anon, sweet anon, that is already halfway an amazing fic.

Chloé Bourgeois, who was showered since she could breathe with various forms of 'perfection'. Of what is considered beautiful, meaningful and worthwhile and for a while, she believed it. Mommy believed it, Daddy believed it, so should she.

It's only when she grows older, when she starts playing and painting after discovering more of herself during her teenager years. After discovering what she wants and not what her mother wants. After discovering genuine admiration as opposed to the well practiced script of compliments from her father's colleagues.

Beauty, she has come to realize, was freeing. It was not perfect, rarely it was, and it sometimes caused your fingers to bleed and your voice to tremble.

But beauty was yours. And she have seen and loved beauty in various forms, tucked away in paintings hung on her walls and unfinished tunes in her notebook.

Beauty was freeing. Beauty was hers.

During her late twenties to early thirties she was making do everyday, far from the once rich and proud heiress of a narcissistic businesswoman and enabler father. She was free, struggling yes, but free. Beauty that has transformed as an extended limb - a companion - was with her.

It's when she gets a job accidentally, in the hands of Marinette Dupain-Cheng did she feel the need to retreat and hide.

She never told anyone her beauty, she knew people would make fun if she were genuine. After all, she'd done it as child. Yet, mommy never turned even a glance at her approvingly.

She knew Marinette Dupain-Cheng was beautiful. She wasn't perfect, despite knowing she was Ladybug few years ago. She was beautiful, bold, clumsy, determined, passionate, sarcastic and smart. She was a woman who has seen many things yet chose to remain seeing everything in wonder and in light.

Beauty within beauty itself.

It's no wonder Chloé Bourgeois kept falling for her, again and again.

[yuttikkele]

i realize now i'm actually a really big luka couffaine enjoyer. i enjoy making fun of him

[teayana]

My take on Shadybug/Toxinnele

[alexfierroaf]

You know, the more I think about the finale (which is basically all I’ve been doing since it came out), the more I realize something.

The further and further I got in Miraculous up until this point, the deeper the sense of dread and nihilism I got. Because every time Marinette and/or Adrien made any significant step forward, they were “rewarded” with either a bad end or an undo button. Chat Blanc and Ephemeral are obvious examples, but there have been plenty of others too -- all the times Marinette ~almost~ got to confess to Adrien, their identity reveal in Oblivio, the few moments of happiness Adrien had with his father, etc. Even Kwami’s Choice (one of the very few moments of actual happy plot progression that we get) bends to this rule, because they were so relieved to be free of the Miraculous, but in the end, that freedom was doomed not to last.

It made me more and more anxious the more I watched. I got the feeling that no matter what happened, these kids might never get their happy ending. Even when the series ends (I’m assuming on a positive note, but after this finale nothing can be taken for granted) Marinette will eventually have to pass on her Guardianship, which means she’ll forget everything -- including not only Adrien, also Alya and all the rest of her loved ones that she met after learning about the Miraculous. Her memories (to my understanding) will revert back to what they were at the point just before becoming involved with the Miraculous. Which means her journey of personal growth and working through her trauma will also be reset. Either that or her entire memory is wiped. Neither option is happy. And then of course there’s Adrien, who will have to grieve their past relationship, supposing he’s still alive when she gives up the Miracle Box.

Realizing this made me think: How will they get out of this? How will they ever be okay? Are they just doomed to fail and suffer tragedy on repeat for the rest of their lives?

Yin and Yang. Creation and Destruction. Joy and Grief. They are all natural cycles -- forces that cannot be avoided. And none can exist without the other. 

In season five, we got one of the greatest joys (and steps forward) that we’ve received in the entire show -- Adrienette finally becoming canon. And staying canon, despite steep odds. We also got the single greatest loss in the series to date, and that’s Gabriel succeeding in making his wish. Going out on his own terms, with the knowledge that he got what he wanted. God, it makes me sick.

At first I was shocked. Upset. Disappointed, a little bit. Because of course we all expected something different. Something involving them beating the odds, no matter what.

But this ending....it’s the natural conclusion to the Bad Vibes (TM) I’d been getting from this series for a while now. That sense of hopelessness, of inevitability....All those times I thought to myself, “How are they ever going to break this cycle? What will they be able to do differently that will allow them to win?” The answer was already in front of me. And that answer was: They can’t. Sometimes tragedy is unavoidable. Sometimes, despite all your best efforts (and an absolutely badass performance by Bug Noire) you still lose.

And hasn’t that been the whole point of the series thus far, when you think about it? Making mistakes and knowing how to fix them. The entire setup of akumatized victims is a picture of this. We all have negative emotions, and we all make mistakes. But in the end, they can be fixed, and life moves on. Maribug makes all kinds of mistakes too. Little everyday ones that get episodic focus as well as life changing events like in Risk. She obsesses over her mistakes -- tries so hard to be perfect -- but no matter what she will continue to mess up, and do her best to make it better. 

She’s made a massive mistake this time by choosing to extend an olive branch to Gabriel. The world is forever altered, and it’s unclear if anything can be done to fix it. But just like always, she will do everything in her power to make things right. It’s the natural evolution of a story with this theme, to, after rectifying so many errors, finally come to one which can never be undone. It’s even more dire than loosing the Miraculous last season, since at least those could be reclaimed. But life goes on, regardless of what happens in the past. All Marinette can do is learn from her experiences and do better next time. 

Mistakes are inevitable. Pain and grief are inevitable. But so is growth. So is joy. So is life. 

I predict that the end of Miraculous Ladybug will come when Marinette is finally comfortable with her ability to mess up and recover from it. When she accepts that sometimes bridges need to be burned, and that failure is a part of life. When she’s comfortable enough with herself to admit that, she’ll be ready to take on the new Butterfly holder and, with Adrien by her side this time, finally make a decisive victory. 

Who knows what will happen after the final credits run. How the cycles of Creation and Destruction rear their heads in their lives. But by the time that moment comes, they’ll be prepared to square up and face it head on.

[unforgivingchorus]

I’ve slowly been catching up with miraculous ladybug after like 6 years of not interacting with it, and why is my girl Mari doomed by the narrative. She was going through enough she doesn’t need this