#grevin museum

[lovejita100]

14 de abril, tomarse fotos haciendo la pose de tu superhéroe favorito puede ser o muy gracioso o muy vergonzoso 🤣

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☆ February photo dump ☆

[heart0fclay]

Musee Grevin - Paris - September 2023

the actual bath tub that Jean-Paul Marat was murdered in and the actual knife used are in this Museum

(photos taken by me)

[uptoolateart]

A few episodes back – I forget which one because my head is so full of Representation now – in one of Emilie’s old videos she referred to Adrien as their ��little prince’.

It stuck in my head, because again, we have to remember it’s a French show, and ‘The Little Prince’ is a French literary classic. I don’t think it’s a stretch to look at this, considering ‘Le Petit Prince’ merchandise is eeeeeverywhere in Paris, there’s a statue for him in the Grevin Wax Museum, and there are roads named after the author.

If you haven’t read the book, I recommend it. It’s beautiful, albeit very sad, and not very long. Without giving everything away, it’s about a boy with blond curls who comes to Earth from another planet. It is, at its heart, a story about loneliness, relationships, and learning to love, but it is also very much about the distinction between children and adults - namely, that adults have lost the magic, the ability to see things as they ‘truly are’. The adult world is depicted as materialistic and cold, a world of rules and ownership, while the boy knows love is the only thing that matters.

And when I say the book contains a love story…it revolves around the prince trying to nurture and care for and meet the demands of a red rose. Just thinking of Ladybug in red, and how many times Cat brings her / Marinette red roses. (For interest’s sake, other key characters in the book include a fox and a snake.)

I believe when Emilie refers to Adrien as their ‘little prince’…well, in a way, we can see this as him being heir to the empire, with expectations on his shoulders…but it’s that word ‘little’ that makes me feel she is indicating that Adrien is almost a wonder from another world, dropped into the confusing world of adults with bad priorities.

Just like the prince of the novella, Adrien begins his journey painfully naïve but has his eyes opened to the harshness of the world…and rejects all of it, refusing to become like that, as he grows.

I can only hope Adrien has a happier ending than The Little Prince.

Please no post-Representation spoilers in comments :)

[love-michael4ever]

while Touring in Paris, i visited The "Grevin Museum's" gift shop, they have these cute souvenirs of Michael Jackson

"A Painting gift card with a key chain" you can buy after visiting the wax Museum 🔑 🖼

- this painting is also on the wall inside the Museum made by an artist ©️Zoulliart 💛✍️

[wield-the-mighty-pen]

I have done further examination of the "longest day ever" and the 5 episodes and special that make it up, and realized that I must have been mistaken in my understanding of the timeline.

We see Adrien fall asleep and even see Nathalie check on him sleeping in Multiplication so my original thought was that this was the end of the canonical day.

However, Multiplication couldn't have taken place after the Paris special as we see the sun rising at the end of the special and the parts of Multiplication that are in "the longest day", are pretty obviously still at night

What we know so far as the timeline:

The events of Risk

The events of Strikeback

The events of Evolution

After this is where it gets tricky, We know at some point Adrien must have fallen asleep, but the time of night that we see him asleep versus the time that we see him awake, implies that at some point, he wakes up.

What might be a considerable clue of what the episode order is, is the fact that Adrien, at the start of the Paris special, rather than focusing on his recent conversation, is still stressing about what he did to Monarch.

Additionally, we see Adrien fall asleep with a phone laying on his chest, it would have been very easy for the alert from Ladybug to have woken him up (I'm pretty sure Adrien is canonically a light sleeper) and gotten him to head to the Grevin Museum

This seems to imply that Multiplication takes place prior to Destruction and Destruction (which is still nighttime) would be prior to the Paris Special.

All of this considered, I offer the amended timeline of "the longest day ever":

The events of Risk

The events of Strikeback

The events of Evolution

The events of Multiplication

The events of Destruction

The events of The Paris Special

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

and please ignore Adrien, Tom, and Sabine all changing from their pajamas into regular clothes

[adrinoir]

Lukagami is still a good ship (Determination is proof)

Wow finally thought of something to write lol

DISCLAIMER: I have NOT watched any episodes beyond Kwami’s Choice: Pt 1.

***

So, I have been rooting for Luka and Kagami to get together for quite some time now. I did not see enough chemistry between the Adrigami and Lukanette ships, and I think Lukagami getting together would be so interesting, even more so after watching Determination!

Why? Hear me out.

Handling Marinette & Adrien

So, it’s been made pretty obvious these two are stuck in the middle of the whole Adrien likes Marinette and Marinette is now denying her feelings for him situation. But the funny thing is, BOTH of them CHOSE to be a part of it. They didn’t have to be but they are.

Luka encouraged Marinette to meet up with Adrien one-on-one and then went with her for extra support. Kagami did the same thing with Adrien. They both want them to get together and keep egging them on and getting involved in the process.

So, they have similar ideas and ways of handling the mess that is Adrienette lol. I appreciate that they did the same thing but in their own ways. It makes them work well together. This all brings me to my next point.

Being able to read Marinette & Adrien

Okay so their first conversation in Determination was *chef’s kiss.*

These two have this common trait of being able to read people - or at least people they care about - really well. The first conversation Luka and Kagami had one-on-one is pure proof of this.

Let me reiterate what was said:

Kagami: Adrien’s problem is that he doesn’t realize his feelings for Marinette are love.

Luka: I think it’s because he’s a kind and generous person. He loves everyone and everyone loves him back. He’s lost in a jungle of love - he can’t read the signals Marinette sends him.

Kagami: That’s true. Learning to read Marinette’s signals is a complex endeavor. It took me a lot of time.

I love how well they explained Adrien and Marinette in the matter of just a few sentences. Imagine if Luka and Kagami spent more time together. I feel like they’d have no issue figuring each other out and would be able to have deep conversations with one another.

Opposites Attract

Other than the couple of similarities I mentioned, Luka and Kagami are very different from one another. But that’s perfectly okay! As the title for this section says: Opposites attract!

In reference to Determination, just look at the difference in how they carry themselves and the different ways they encouraged Marinette and Adrien.

In this episode, Luka is his usual soft-spoken self. He has that tiny bit of a push when he talks to Marinette about going out with Adrien, but it’s not much. He mainly uses his comparisons to music to get her to understand why talking to Adrien one-on-one is so important. He didn’t make it sound like it was going to be a date, but just a meet up so she can get to know Adrien better. Plus, he didn’t push to go with her, he decided to once Marinette asked.

With Kagami, she was extremely pushy. Kagami is very direct in everything she says. So, her way of going about it had the same intentions but was approached very differently. She made Adrien ask Marinette out. Adrien was the one who switched it around to make it seem as if it wasn’t a date. He explained to Marinette over the phone that his feelings of have changed but doesn’t know in what way, and then simply asked her to simply go with him to the Grevin Museum. Kagami didn’t like that and kept directly saying throughout the episode that he loves her and is experiencing jealousy (when he saw Marinette and Luka together). Also, she immediately insisted on accompanying Adrien because she didn’t trust that he’d know what he was doing.

All that being said, this would create a good balance between Kagami and Luka if they were to date. Kagami would be the one who’s direct, Luka would be the one to soften the blow. They’d give each other different perspectives on things and have interesting conversations.

I’m just imaging if they ended up together how the confession would go. Kagami would say something like, “Luka, I’m in love with you. We should go on a date.” And Luka would be like, “That’d be great. I feel we have such different melodies, yet they sound beautiful together.” Or something even more romantic, like how he confessed his feelings to Marinette in Silencer. 

Determination aside, in other episodes involving Luka and Kagami, the differences are pretty obvious, too. In reference to my first post about Lukagami, Luka is very laidback and dismissive, his mom lets him do what he wants. Vs Kagami can be very uptight and deals with a strict mother that keeps her from doing a lot of things she enjoys. If you wanna read more of my reasons, click this to read my other post.

Anyhow, I like the possibility of this ship. I think it’d be interesting to have the two other love interests end up with each other instead of the main characters. HOWEVER, I do still love the headcanon idea of Kagami being a closeted lesbian who loves Marinette. Both ideas are great.

[sing-in-me-oh-muse]

Love in Miraculous is about vulnerability.

Marinette is a great example of this trope. She fell in love with Adrien because he showed her a vulnerable moment in his apology in the umbrella scene. He was willing to put aside his pride and humble himself for her, which made her fall head over heels for him.

Marinette admires people who are vulnerable with her but hates being vulnerable herself. Through seasons 1-4, she is unable to confess because that's a level of vulnerability she refuses to allow herself.

Adrien, for his part, realized in season 5 that he was in love with Marinette when he realized he could be vulnerable with her, something he only does with her and Plagg. Marinette "always makes [Adrien] feel better," a direct quote from him.

According to season 5, the moment Adrien fell in love with Marinette was when she kissed him at the Grevin Wax Museum following a dreamy confession and fantasy. Marinette allowed herself to feel vulnerable with Adrien because she thought he was a statue, and that made him fall for her.

Let's talk about Ladynoir. Chat has always been open and vulnerable with his feelings about Ladybug, but until season 5, she was unwilling to be vulnerable with him because she couldn't trust him. It's like a confession from an internet stranger; Ladybug couldn't trust herself to be vulnerable with Chat because she didn't know him.

Season 5 changed that; because Chat was always there for her in her lowest moments, Marinette fell in love with him and decided to act on her crush, becoming vulnerable for the first time. This is why she's so frustrated with Alya and even Chat himself when they tell her that being vulnerable to Chat is a bad idea at that moment.

"Why can't I love who I want to love?" is her cry in Elation, when she really means why can't I love who I want to love *when I want to love them.* Chat is no longer vulnerable with Ladybug, which hurts her deeply.

Sharing their identities, however, is the ultimate act of vulnerability, which is why reveals are always exploited. When Marinette chose to share her identity with Alya, she was feeling vulnerable about their friendship and made herself even more vulnerable to preserve it, because remember, Marinette admires those who are vulnerable with her.

In this essay, I will --

[mystic-myrtille]

✨Determination fake dating AU✨

So I have exams coming up and instead of studying I procrastinated and wrote a Lukanette version of determination based on this idea. Idk I‘m not super happy with how it turned out but writing is a learning-by-doing skill so🤷🏻‍♀️

Sorry in advance for any grammar or spelling mistakes! Please enjoy💙

„Marinette, are you still sure this is a good idea?“

Refusing to let any more doubts about the whole thing consume her brain again, she tightened her grip around Luka‘s arm as they turned the corner, approaching the Grevin Museum.

„I don't know,“ she admitted. „But we‘re going to stick to it now.“

She knew that didn‘t convince him. He had made clear fron the moment Marinette has proposed the idea that he didn‘t like it, and she had had a hard time trying to convince him to play along. Ultimately, he had given in, because Luka just was that kind of friend, and had eventually agreed to her plan. Luka was pretending to be her boyfriend.

She’d make it up to him later. Maybe show him more strictly confidential kitty section designs later. Or make him a gift and buy him the new album from this metal band they‘ve seen together with Juleka and Rose some time ago. Or maybe buy him ice cream… no, ice cream was exclusively for people who were actually romantically involved. André had scolded her in the past for not following that rule. Ice cream was for real couples to have a magical moment, not… whatever her and Luka were doing right now. Though she kind of did crave ice cream. The blueberry flavor from that one time she went with Luka when they were dating was really good...

„It‘s just,“ Luka said, „I don‘t get the point. Adrien has asked you out so that you guys can figure out your feelings, and instead of doing that, you‘re lying to him about your relationship status.“

„The point is to let Adrien down gently,“ she explained, „I can‘t date him. My crush on him has brought me nothing but stress and trouble, and now he’s interested in me while I no longer am interested in him. And he hasn’t yet gotten the hint that I’m not comfortable giving him a kiss on the cheek as a greeting. So if he thinks I‘m off the market, he’ll stop and hopefully we can just move on and never talk about it ever again!“

Luka tilted his head.

„I don’t think that’s the way to ‚let him down gently’. Also, you could‘ve also just told him earlier on the phone that you weren‘t interested?“

„Right, so that Juleka, Rose and Mylene could scold me over that later?“

Luka bit his lip, clearly regretting what he had said.

„You‘re right, I‘m sorry. I want for you to figure out what you want at your own pace. I just have a bad feeling about this.“

Marinette looked away.

„I know, it‘s not exactly the best way… but I really don‘t know what else I‘m supposed to do.“

„I want to trust your judgement. Just… I hope you know what you‘re doing.“

The situation sucked. For everyone involved. She really didn‘t want to rope Luka into her drama even more, but she didn‘t know what else to do. After not being able to confess to Adrien all this time, she would certainly not be able to just reject him now. Not because she didn‘t want to, but talking to Adrien has always been something she was bad at.

It did feel cowardly, hiding behind a lie of being already taken. But at least bringing Luka along might keep her anxiety at a tolerable level. And clinging to his arm right now already made her feel somewhat optimistic.

She looked up at Luka.

„I‘m sorry for getting you so involved. But I want to promise you that after this, I‘ll be done with that chapter of my life. Right now, I just need you to act like my boyfriend. Please.“

„Don‘t be sorry,“ Luka said and stroked Marinette‘s arm with his free hand, „love can be hard sometimes. I just want you to be happy.“ He grinned at her. „And if you need me to take the role of the boyfriend, I‘ll be the best boyfriend you‘ve ever had!“

Marinette laughed.

„I couldn‘t thank you enough, Luka.“

A few minutes later, they arrived at the museum and were greeted by a surprised looking Kagami and and an irritated looking Adrien.

„Marinette, you brought Luka…“, he said, „are you guys-„

Marinette took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. Ok, this was it. Just stay calm.

„We‘re dating,“ said Marinette a little loud, tightening her arms around Luka‘s waist and smiling. „I wanted to let you know we‘re back together! More together than ever. An item. Just a couple of two people who really really REALLY love wach other! Haha, love is in the air, am I right? Soooooo yeah I'm no longer single. Anyway, how are you?“

…With the way both Kagami and Adrien looked at her, Marinette suddenly wished that the ground would open up and swallow her whole. God, why was it so hard for her to just be NORMAL for once?

Adrien opened his mouth, but before he could comment anything, Marinette felt Luka wrapping an arm around her. A surprised squeak escaped her as he pulled her a little closer, so that she was currently pressed against him.

„We were talking a while back and discovered that we still have feelings for each other. So we wanted to give our relationship another shot,“ he explained, „it‘s all pretty new, so I‘d like to ask you guys to not immediately spread the news. We‘ll do that ourselves when we feel comfortable enough.“

While they must certainly look like a real couple like this, Luka suddenly being so touchy caught her off guard. She felt safe and protected in his embrace, but there was also a feeling of excitement growing in her chest area.

Marinette‘s head was pressed against Luka‘s chest so that she could hear his heartbeat in her ear. Loud and erratic. Was his heartbeat always this fast? … why was she so fascinated by Luka‘s heartbeat, anyway?

Adrien looked from Luka to Marinette and then back.

„Oh, I see…“, he tried not to sound bitter, and failed.

Kagami stayed silent. With her entirely stoic expression, it was hard to tell what exactly she was thinking, if she had seen beyond the facade and was currently judging their life decisions or if she actually believed that Luka and Marinette were dating again.

"So… we should go in", Kagami finally said, and the gang followed her into the museum. Much to Marinette's disappointment of not being as physically close to Luka as a fee seconds ago.

But the feeling immediately came back when he leaned down, grinned at her and asked "So, am I being a good boyfriend so far?"

Marinette slowly met his eyes and nooded, and prayed he wouldn't notice the blush spreading across her cheeks. She was pretty sure her heartbeat wasn‘t normally this fast, either.

---

"You know, I didn't feel awkward that time when you kissed me as a statue-"

"NO- I mean, uh... this has been a long time ago and-", Marinette took a few steps backwards and almost crushed into one of the wax statues. She desperately wanted nothing more that to get out of that situation.

Maybe back into Luka's embrace. Yeah, that might work. After all, Kagami had dragged him only a few meters away to „have a little chat with him“. Judging by the why he held his hands up in defense while Kagami leaned forward, arms crossed, she was interrogating him. Yeah, she totally must've figured what was going on.

Maybe this was a bad idea after all.

Then again, Marinette got holding hands and cuddles out of it, so was is really that bad?

… Wait no, this isn‘t what this is about-

Adrien stepped towards her.

"Listen, it's just... I think since then I started seeing you differently... and I know you' re with Luka, but..."

He awkwardly rubbed the back of his head.

"I don't know, I guess I was just hoping for a chance... for the both of us..."

She couldn't do that anymore. He was really going to confess to a girl who, to his knowledge, was taken. Maybe she should just tell him directly, as Luka had said earlier. Just rip the bandaid off. It will hurt a little, but they’re going to be fine in the long run.

Hey Adrien, that's very nice, but I'm not interested, but we can stay friends...

You're just a friend. Even though I had a crush on you, I no longer do. I don't want to be with you.

This is fine.

We can be friends.

Please don't cry.

Let‘s stay friends.

The words were all there. Kind of. The only challenge was for Marinette to just say them out loud and don't make them sound too hurtful.

She could do this.

"Adrien, I... uh... look, I know... I mean I want to... it's nice that..."

Why couldn't her stupid mouth just cooperate for once?

Adrien stepped even closer, apparently not noticing how completely and utterly overwhelmed she was.

"Marinette, I just... I really, really like you-"

This was it. Every logical though Marinette might've still had left her and she ran, half crushing into Luka and pulling him along with her to the next room. Just out of there. God damnit, why was this so hard?

"I can't do it, Luka," Marinette said in a low voice and came to a halt in the middle of the room to press her face against his chest.

"I can't do it! He still confessed to me and I don‘t have the strength to say no and hurt him.“ She felt tears forming in her eyes. „Why can‘t I just say what I feel? Why is this always so hard?“

„Hey," he put his hands on her shoulders and and rubbed the lightly. "No need to freak out, you're not alone with this, I'm here."

Marinette pressed herself a little more against him. For a moment, she forgot everything around her. There was just her, and Luka, and that funny feeling he gave her when they were standing so close. It was calming, yet at the same time exciting. She felt her entire body relax, expect for her heart, rapidly beating in her chest, matching Luka's heartbeat. Did that mean Luka felt it, too? Was it normal to feel that way about your friend who was right now just pretending to be more than that?

Luka bend down to whisper in her ear. „I know how scary this is for you. But you‘re going to be okay. Just have a little more confidence. I‘m sure Adrien will understand.“ He gave her a kiss on top of her head. „You‘re more amazing than you think. Just be your wonderful self and everything will work out.“

With the way Luka stroked her shoulder and with what he’s just said to her, Marinette couldn’t help but ask herself, was this charade really fake? Why did Marinette wanted to stay so close to Luka, being absorbed by this feeling? Even if thier relationship was fake? Was all this really entirely fake?

Then it hit her. She really didn‘t want this to be fake. She wanted to stay in Luka‘s arms not as his fake girlfriend. She didn‘t want to hold his hand and be pressed against his chest and listen to his heartbeat as his fake girlfriend.

She wanted it to be real.

Marinette lightly lifted her head, taking a few deep breaths and turning her head to see Adrien and Kagami observing them from afar. Adrien did not look happy, and Marinette would lie if she said she didn‘t feel a little sorry for him, but she finally felt like she knew where she was supposed to be: in Luka‘s loving embrace.

Luka followed her gaze, then looked back at her.

„What are you thinking about right now?“

Marinette met his eyes and smiled.

„I‘m going to talk to him right now,“ Marinette said, „I know what I want and I‘m ready.“

And with that, she put her hands on his waist to steady herself to get up on her tippy toes and kiss his cheek. Luka‘s hands lightly squeezed her shoulders out of surprise and he stared at Marinette for a moment when she let go and smiled at him.

„Thank you, Luka. I appreciate everything you do for me… I appreciate you.“ she whispered. Then she turned away to talk to Adrien.

———

Marinette turned around to see Adrien waving at her before getting in his car. She waved back, then grabbed Luka‘s hand.

„He took it pretty good,“ he said, „I told you, everything will work out.“

He was right. Her talk with Adrien and the knowledge that now, she didn’t have to worry about it anymore had lifted a huge weight off her shoulders and she finally felt like she could breathe again.

„He did say he might need some time to get over it,“ she explained, „but at least he wasn‘t angry with me. I‘m just glad we‘re still friends.“

They went back and forth between chatting and walking in comfortable silence next to each other, enjoying each other‘s company. Their fingers were intertwined the whole time, and Marinette couldn‘t help but wonder if Luka was thinking about that as much as she did.

„Hey,“ she gently broke the silence between them, „I wanted to thank you again for helping me out today. You being there with me… that gave me a lot of courage. Even though you weren‘t into the idea of a pretend relationship at first, you still came along.“

Luka chuckled. „Of course, Mari. I‘ll always be here for you whenever you need me. Though now that I think about it, there was no need to make him think we‘re a couple, actually,“ he said, still not letting go of her and and instead, squeezing it lightly.

Marinette smiled and decided to be courageous one more time for today.

„I agree,“ she said, „but to be honest, I… I‘m still glad we- I mean…“

„Marinette,“ Luka stopped and turned to face her, looking at her with a mix of patience and encouragement. „Breathe. You know you can talk to me about whatever you want.“

Marinette did as he said and took a deep breath. She could do this.

„Uhm… what I meant to say was, I… I didn‘t mind. Us pretending to be a couple, I mean. It… I liked your hugs. They made me feel safe and encouraged and…“

She looked down and squeezed his hand.

„It didn‘t feel fake to me, Luka.“

She didn’t even really register what she had actually just said, but slowly the realization kicked in that she may or may not have just confessed to Luka. This was the first time she had ever confessed to anyone and she was pretty sure her heart was dangerously close to exploding. Had Luka felt the same when he had confessed to her?

„And earlier I thought about maybe inviting you for an ice cream at André. Even though that‘s a couple thing, but… I don‘t know. I liked the idea of us… being a couple, I guess, and… god I‘m making this weird-“

Luka took her free hand and put both her hands in his. She slowly looked up and noticed he was blushing. She had never seen him like this, but he looked awfully cute.

„Marinette,“ he said, „are you saying that you want us to be a couple? An actual couple, I mean?“

She couldn’t manage to form any words, so, she just nodded.

Luka stared at her for a few more seconds, then his lips turned into a smile.

„Well, if we‘re making confessions to one another… I kind of really enjoyed playing the role of your boyfriend. And also…“

His cheeks reddened even more.

„Right before you went to talk to Adrien, when you kissed me on the cheek, I… I had almost kissed you. That was the only thing I could think of at that moment.“

Now it was Marinette‘s turn to stare at him dumbfounded. Even if she couldn‘t see it herself, she was probably blushing too. She noticed his eyes dropping down on her lips, but he didn‘t move.

She swallowed. „Uhm… if you want to kiss me so bad… just… why don‘t you do it already?“

He bumped his forehead against hers.

„Are you really sure?“

She didn‘t answer. Instead, she put a hand on his cheek and slowly closed the short distance until their lips finally met.

It was shy, uncertain and the way their lips moved was a little clumsy at first, but still… it felt amazing. So amazing that after breaking the kiss and gazing into each other‘s eyes, they leaned in a second time, this time with more confidence. At some point, they had wrapped their arms around each other, pulling each other closer, forgetting everything around them.

They eventually pulled away, still wrapped in each other‘s embrace, foreheard pressed against each other, smiling.

„So,“ Luka broke the silence, „I guess our relationship isn‘t so fake anymore?“

Marinette laughed a little and gave him a kiss on the nose.

„No, Luka. This is real.“

[aalissy]

Grevin Museum

Yay! Today’s chapter is finally finished :’). I hope you guys like it! It’s a perspective into what Adrien was thinking during the infamous statue scene hehe. I loved that we got to find out that this was when he finally started to realize his feelings for her. Lemme know what you think!

AO3

Adrien watched Marinette flee the room, stammering about toilets. His heart squeezed in his chest painfully and dejection flooded him. He considered Marinete as one of his best friends and the fact that she didn’t consider him a good friend hurt.  

How was he going to fix this?

Before he could get too lost in his thoughts, though, Plagg’s voice snapped him out of it. “Oooh, Aadrieeen! What is it with the girrrls?? At least you don't have these kinds of troubles with cheeeese!”

Plagg was inside a wax head, putting on a spooky voice as he made it float. All at once, Adrien suddenly felt a lot better. Leave it to his kwami to turn a bad day into a good day.

With a smile on his face, he said, “Stop pranking, Plagg. Put that head back down before you cataclysm it.” 

Plagg did so before floating back over to Adrien with a mischievous laugh.

He gave his kwami a fond look, chuckling along with him before a frown creased his brow. He had to fix whatever he had done to Marinette. There had to be a way to gain her friendship back! After all, he managed to save it after she had thought he put the chewing gum on her chair.

“I'm sure I did something to mess up our friendship by accident. I'm so clueless about these things!” Adrien muttered to himself.

The dinging of the timer had his eyes lighting up with an idea. Now that he was finally free of the wax machine he could go and find her! He was going to fix this! He had to! Marinette was too important to lose.

“Huh?” Plagg frowned at his words.

Releasing his hand from the machine, Adrien stood up, rubbing it lightly. “I gotta make it up to her!”

Feeling determined and with a renewed spark in his chest he headed out of the room. He was going to find Marinette and prove that he was worthy of friendship! Or at least that of an acquaintance. He could always work his way up to being a friend!

A small voice in the back of his mind asked why he cared so much. It was easy to ignore, though. Of course, he cared! Marinette was amazing and Adrien had desperately wanted to be her friend ever since he gave her his umbrella that day in the rain.

Whilst waiting for the elevator, Adrien paced, trying to think up new ideas on how to get Marinette to like him again. That day in the rain was easy because he had known what he had done wrong. Plus, he had the umbrella that he could offer her. 

He wondered if she still had it. Adrien felt rather pleased by the idea, wondering if he could bring up that day to remind Marinette that he could still be a good friend to her.

The elevator dinged and he went inside, searching his memories for how he had hurt Marinette. If he knew what he did wrong then surely he’d be able to fix it!

“Seriously, who cares about friendship?” Plagg’s voice interrupted his plan-making.

“Marinette's important to me, so I'll do whatever it takes to make her feel good when she's around.” Adrien nodded his head with determination, clenching his fists. 

“Like giving her cheese?” 

Walking out of the elevator, Adrien smiled. “Like cheering her up! Making her laugh, doing pranks like you always do for me.” He scratched Plagg’s chin affectionately before hearing a door open. “Hm?”

Marinette entered the room, muttering to herself, “I'm super cool... I'm super cool!”

He watched her fondly. She was adorable even when she was mad at him. 

Suddenly, a rather brilliant idea struck Adrien. If he pretended to be a statue, then they’d both laugh when he revealed that it was him all along. Laughter made everything better! It was perfect!

 With a warm, fuzzy feeling alight in his chest, he whispered, “Watch this, Plagg.” Giving his kwami a wink, Adrien posed, pretending to be a wax statue.

“What exactly are you doing?” Plagg asked with a raised brow, hiding on his shoulder.

“Shh, I can't let her think it's the real me!” Adrien whispered back, even as he

continued to hold his pose. Plagg gave a simple shrug before disappearing beneath his jacket. 

This was going to work! They’d laugh, he’d cheer her up, and then he could ask if they could be friends again. It truly was the perfect plan. 

Marinette was still murmuring to herself as she got closer, “I'm super cool. I'm super cool!”

He snuck a quick, affectionate glance at her as she neared him. She was so effortlessly funny. Nerves caused his stomach to flutter pleasantly. 

“I'm super cool... I'm super cool, I'm sup—,” Marinette continued to murmur to herself before she caught sight of him. She screamed, flinging herself back and Adrien wondered if maybe this wasn’t the best prank.

He debated revealing himself but then Marinette sighed with relief. She came closer and Adrien relaxed slightly. So he hadn’t scared her too badly, then. 

“Oh, it's only a statue. How come I didn't see it earlier? Wow... it looks so... real.” 

One of her hands came up, stroking his cheek. Heat followed the path of her hand as she caressed him and Adrien was sure his prank was over. Was he really blushing already?  

But Marinette’s hand remained on his cheek, perhaps covering the blush that would’ve revealed him as human and not just another statue. She didn’t know. 

Adrien was going to reveal himself. He really was. But Marinette’s palm felt really nice on his cheek. It was warm and he could almost convince himself that maybe he had already saved their friendship. Just... just a few more seconds.

Before he could, though, Marinette spoke, “The wax is nearly as hot as skin.” Her hand left his cheek and the heat was gone as quickly as it had arrived. Marinette didn’t go far, though, instead sniffing him. “It even smells exactly like him...!”

A new, unfamiliar, but not altogether unpleasant feeling flooded through Adrien. He broke his disguise as a statue, blinking down at her in surprise. Did... did he smell good? Bad? Either way, Adrien couldn’t stop pretending now. Something inside him was telling him that this was important.

Marinette began to walk away and he wondered if she was going to leave the room altogether. Following her with his eyes, he quickly snapped them back to where they were when she looked back at him. 

“Oh, beautiful statue of Adrien, your wax is so soft! Your yak hair is silky.” Marinette plucked out one of his hairs, causing him to wince slightly. That hurt. And, yet, it didn’t seem to matter. Because it almost felt like Marinette was maybe... confessing to him? But... but didn’t she just say she didn’t consider him a friend?

“Your eyes are so green.” She twirled, before placing a hand on his chest as she continued her poem. “Oh, shall I be a statue, too! Everything would be so much easier.” 

Marinette hugged him and it was difficult to keep his arms in their same fixed position. He wanted to embrace her back. And yet, right now seemed like the wrong moment to stop pretending. 

Adrien didn’t want to break the spell. Because, if he did, that meant going back to a reality where she barely even considered him a friend.

“Why haven't we been molded together in the plaster of destiny? Marble to marble, wax lips against wax lips, entwined for eternity.” 

Marinette got closer, her lips but a centimeter away from his. Surprise flooded through him. Not because he didn’t want her to kiss him but because he did. But what did that mean about his feelings for Ladybug? Was it even possible to like two girls at the same time?

She stopped, looking down and an odd sense of disappointment replaced the surprise. Adrien had wanted her to kiss him. It was almost funny how strong the urge was to tilt her head back up and connect their lips together.

Before he could give in to the urge, though, Marinette quickly snapped her head back up and pressed their lips together.

It was brief and yet oh so wonderful. Oh so wonderful but also oh so confusing. His feelings warred inside of him for dominance. And he was once again surprised that the urge to stay and kiss her back almost won.

But, Adrien needed answers. Jumping out of her embrace, he tried to come up with a joke that would make her feel less upset. “ Whoa—! Eternity sounds like a long time...!”

Marinette screamed, jumping away from him. Horror was clear in her eyes and he cursed himself for ever pulling this prank in the first place. 

It was not a good idea. In fact, it was a terrible, horrible idea. One he never should have done.

But then you’d never know what it was like to kiss her.

The thought popped up before Adrien could stop it. Once again, he cursed his mind. This was not the time to be thinking about his tumultuous feelings. Right now, he had to comfort Marinette. 

Slowly, Adrien took a few steps toward her. “I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you, it was just a prank, that's all...”

Marinette pounded on his chest lightly. “Not funny, not funny at all!” Her voice shook with unshed tears and he felt even more horrible. She ran off and it felt like his heart was ripping out of his chest. If there was a way to regain her friendship then he had definitely ruined it with this prank.

Unable to stop himself, Adrien followed her. He needed to continue his apology. She had to know how sorry he was. Sitting beside her, he begged for her forgiveness, wondering if he was even deserving of it. “Forgive me... even after all these months with you guys, I guess I'm still not used to being a good friend...”

Marinette looked over at him. A deep, upset frown was on her face as she gazed at him. 

And yet, even though he knew he didn’t deserve it, something inside of him was itching for answers. Something to explain the new, and strangely familiar butterflies that were in his chest just from sitting next to her. 

Hesitantly, Adrien asked, “Were you serious when you were talking to the statue? I mean... me as a statue?”

“Serious? Me?” Marinette laughed. “You gotta be kidding! I'm the queen of pranks!”

Another small laugh left her lips and he was surprised to find himself disappointed. Oh, so she had been joking too. 

“I knew you were playing a prank on me, so I just wanted to get you back! Gotcha!” 

She laughed once more and the realization that Marinette didn’t mean those things she said almost hurt.  

But why? He liked Ladybug. Shouldn’t he be happy that she was just playing a prank on him?

Feeling disappointed, but not sure why, Adrien slowly asked her once more, “So you didn't really mean all the things you just said?”

“Of course not, I was role-playing! I was in love with a statue, not with you!” She stood up, causing his heart to squeeze. He didn’t want her to go. “If I'd feel anything for you, it wouldn't be like for that statue, rather like, for a... regular human being!” 

Marinette chuckled once more but this time the hurt was replaced by a small bit of hope. If she just saw him as a regular human being then didn’t that mean she liked him as a friend...? 

Feeling slightly relieved but trepidatious, Adrien asked, “Okay... So, as I am a human being, you must still like me a bit then, right?”

He felt like pleading with her. If she liked him a little bit that meant that he hadn’t completely screwed up. That meant their friendship was still salvageable. 

Marinette shot him some finger guns and the anxiety completely fell away from him. “That's right, I like you a little bit, just like a regular human being!” 

She turned around after she giggled, muttering something else to herself that he didn’t hear because he was overwhelmed with relief. She did like him! They could still be friends!

And yet, even as Adrien was flooded with joy, there was a small, rather minuscule part of him that still felt disappointed. A part of him that wanted more than the wondrous friendship Marinette was offering him. 

But how could he want more if being her friend sounded utterly precious?

Before Adrien could contemplate more on his feelings, though, both he and Marinette gasped. There, across the room from them was Hawk Moth. 

“Hawk Moth!?” They both said at the same time.

Quickly, using his reflexes as Chat Noir, Adrien grabbed an umbrella from Aurore, defending Marinette from Hawk Moth’s attacks. 

Good, this was good. He didn’t have to think about his feelings anymore. He could just focus on defeating Hawk Moth and finally winning his miraculous for his lady. 

But even though he could handle himself as a superhero, he had to get Marinette out of here. Telling her to run, he focused on his duel with Hawk Moth, keeping her as safe as he could. He just needed to hold out until Ladybug arrived. Then he could transform and save the day. 

Adrien heard Manon over the loudspeaker but he was solely focused on keeping Hawk Moth away from Marinette. He shot a quick glance over to her, breathing a sigh of relief as she ducked into an elevator. Good, if she was safe then everything was going to be fine. Stuffing his feelings down, he proceeded to keep his focus solely on the battle.

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Grevin Meseum

Grevin Meseum by CravingCraze

Marinette has a bit of disdain for the Grevin Museum, but Adrien hopes to remedy that.

Words: 531, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

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

Additional Tags: Adrienette April, adrienette, Post-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, monarch is defeated, the Grevin Museum, set in S5 but the earlier episodes

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46526767

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DETERMINATION ANALYSIS(/random notes I just made before bed) BEFORE I LOOSE MY ENERGY! GO!

"You look at her the way I wish you looked at me" -Kagami Tsurugi

"There are none so blind as those who will not look in the mirror" -Kagami Tsurugi 2017

Kagami means mirror-

Juleka is still muttering but louder I guess "Yeah, they might not" I can understand every word

"Hola, Comó Estas Amigo". She freindzoned him so fas-

Adrien said "AROUND" the Grevin Museum there's still hope!!!

Okay but like can we sprinkle a little Lukan- no? Yes? YEAH!

Luka and Marinette talk about her feelings also why are all of Marinette’s friendships solely about her they'll never make it out of middle school alive (the freinships)

Marientte's freinships are so toxic. They're always built around her and her only.

Kagami obviously still likes Adrien

Adrien is not surrounded by love Luka its a mix of love and hate get it right.

Lukagami?

AH! HE PLACED HIS HAND ON HER BACK!!!

Luka locks them in which is incredibly trucking stupid not only because he knows their identities but it's dangerous too like what if one of them has to use the bathroom or is claustrophobic or gets sliced by the second door.

Manipula has a sick design

No transformy? DANG IT!

The butterfly is so OP. He litteraly gave Manipula the power to bring the was statues to life WITH the powers of the original hero like why did he need the other Miraculous in the first place if he can just grant himself that power. There needs to be some more limits in this show.

Don't even get me started on the Rooster

Am I the only one who understood all the powers when Penalteam was leaked? The Goat, Dog and Ox were all easy for me to understand. The Rooster boggled my brain for a bit though since he said "any super ability"

We skip the kills for the boys. How sexist can this show be

The megakuma-card thing was cool and unique. I like when we get unique villan solution ideas and fights

Ladybug is a simp and it's hilarious

She basically said "Rawr, you've been looking fine lately"

The way the was Chat Noir meows-

Andre is a female dog

Manipula had a cool-looking magical charm

We killed Manipula but not Ivan.

"My feelings for you have... changed". Miss gurl setting herself up for disaster

"I finally found my true feelings" YEP. LMBO

"No Tikki, it's a Cat-Tastrophe" GURL 💀

10/10 would recommend

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Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan honoured with gold coins at Paris’ Grevin museum

Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan has been honoured by the Grevin Museum in Paris with customized gold coins featuring his likeness, which makes him the first Bollywood actor to receive such an honour at the prestigious wax museum. The news was first reported by IANS, citing Instagram photo shared by a paparazzo, showcasing Khan’s image with the photo of the coin. The Grevin Museum, located on the…

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🌠 🍎 ⏳ for ask game!

Thanks for the ask anon!!

🌠What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?

I just found out too, it's Not Beta Read (because I put it on every fic lol), One Shot (I do prefer to keep it short and sweet) and Fluff (i love fluff!). Interestingly, the fourth is Identity Reveal, followed by Humor. Says a lot about my favorite tropes to write lol

🍎What's something you learned while researching for a fic?

I haven't done deep deep research for a fic yet, since the most I do is fact checking canon lore in wikis and stuff. BUT there's one setting that I did look up for one of the (yet to be posted) chapters of the academie. It's the van Gogh corner in the Grevin Wax Museum in Paris:

It's a museum featured in one of the Miraculous Ladybug episodes, which will appear in the fic as well, and I needed a reference to describe the setting. The wax statue of van Gogh is also near a wall with the La Liberté guidant le peuple painting. Pretty neat.

⏳If you could go back in time and tell your younger writer self something, what would it be?

"Don't post that shit on wattpad."

Lol jk jk

Maybe I'll tell her to take it easy and savor the joy of writing. OH and you don't owe anyone that next chapter or update. Go at your own pace.

Link to the ask game

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Some Love Square holiday snaps from Paris - Part 2:

Visiting the Eiffel Tower - some weird juju happened to make Marinette and Ladybug appear at the same time:

At the Musee d'Orsay:

At the Grevin Wax Museum:

If you look reeeeeaaally hard at the bottom, you'll see Marinette outside her bakery:

A full moon over Paris: