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amphtaminedreams · 2 years ago

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Currently Obsessing Over, Debrief No.3: All Hail Queen Vivienne Westwood & Here’s to her Eternal Reign

-Vivienne photographed in June 2012-

“Fashion: I really love doing it. It’s really a kind of lifeline to me. It’s recharging my batteries. It’s exciting. I love what we’re doing, and I think the next thing we are doing is the best thing I have ever done. Because it’s totally political.”

-With Chrissie Hynde & Jordan at the SEX boutique in Chelsea, 1976-

-Clockwise L-R: making an appearance on the runway with husband Andreas Kronthaler at the Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood 2016 Menswear collection, in 1976 with Chrissie Hynde & Jordan, c. 1976, and in 2012 in her studio-

-in attendance at memorial for Vivienne @ Southwark Cathedral, Friday 17th February 2023, centre: Lila & Kate Moss, clockwise L-R: Alexa Chung, Matty Bovan, Christina Hendrix & husband, Helena Bonham Carter, Ellen von Unwerth, Farida Khelfa, Lucinda Chambers, Elle Fanning-

-Anson Boon in attendance at memorial for Vivienne @ Southwark Cathedral, Friday 17th February 2023-

Look, I am far from a royalist but as London Fashion Week draws to a close, the weekend saw a who’s who of the fashion mourn a Queen of the people whose crowning would’ve truly made me reconsider my position. It goes without saying that the impact Vivienne Westwood has had on both her contemporaries and a younger generation of up and coming designers is monumental, but above and beyond that, what made her such an incredible individual was the consistency with which she stuck to her principles over the years and championed a fairer world, free of structural barriers, discrimination and the destructive force of rampant capitalism on the earth.

-Upper left portion: Vivienne Westwood RTW S/S 2016, & bottom right: Vivienne Westwood RTW S/S 2017, then whole image clockwise L-R: Vivienne Westwood RTW F/W 2010, & RTW F/W 2009-

-Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY collections, Clockwise L-R: Menswear RTW F/W 2020, RTW F/W 2022, RTW Menswear S/S 2018, RTW S/S 2023-

-Undercover collections, clockwise L-R: RTW F/W 2011, RTW F/W 2013, RTW S/S 2004, RTW S/S 2009, RTW S/S 2011-

-Matty Bovan collections, L-R: RTW F/W 2018, & S/S 2019-

-Ambush Resort 2023-

-Vivienne Westwood RTW, top to bottom: F/W 2007, S/S 2013-

-Undercover collections, L-R: RTW F/W 2019, RTW S/S 2022, RTW F/W 2020-

-Stella McCartney collections, L-R: RTW F/W 2018, RTW F/W 2017, F/W 2020-

-Undercover collections, upper left portion, clockwise L-R: RTW F/W 2003, RTW F/W 2015, RTW S/S 2005, RTW S/S 2007, then whole image clockwise L-R: RTW S/S 2015, RTW S/S 2014, RTW F/W 2014-

She didn’t have to be That Bitch, in an industry which too often actively worked and continues to work against her goals, but she did at risk to her own success, and she made some fucking incredible clothes whilst she was at it.

Vivienne had every capability of being a thorn in the side of the industry figureheads operating business models domineered by overconsumption and yet her legacy will outlive every trend cycle imaginable ten to the dozen, reminding us that above all, principles & passion are the best thing we have if we want to truly make in impact.

-12 Emerging Designers on How Vivienne Westwood Inspired Them, AnOther Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2021 issue-

-”Pirates” collection, 1981: Though by this point Vivienne had already established a name for herself within the industry, namely through the widespread popularity of the Chelsea boutique she opened with partner Malcolm McLaren in 1971 and her work styling the Sex Pistols, whom McLaren managed, it wasn’t until a decade later that she made her runway debut with her “Pirates” collection. And you know what? She was so right for that. These are men who sail the world in pursuit of Jewells, ffs. How historically accurate that statement is, I have no clue; Peter Pan probably isn’t the best frame of reference. All I know is that ruffles and Jewells and big hats and bold patterns are absolutely my cup of tea and all those of us girlies with a preference for maximalism owe Vivienne Westwood a thank you for helping the stiff upper lipped power players of that period realise that.-

-”Britain Must Go Pagan” collection, S/S98 RTW-

-Clockwise L-R: Vivienne Westwood RTW F/W 1993, RTW S/S 1994, RTW F/W 1994, RTW S/S 1997, RTW F/W 1995, RTW S/S 1994-

-Arguably, the early years of Vivienne’s runway residency was characterised by a consistent drive to dissect, explore, and push the boundaries of the fashion of bygone eras through her work in a provocative, tongue in cheek kind of way, but one that ultimately showed her knowledge and love of fashion. Her flirtation with the whimsical, ethereal hallmarks of romantic period dressing and references to the costume-like decadence associated with the nobility and wealth of the post-renaissance world helped to torpedo a giant, jagged hole through the perfectly polished wall high fashion had built around itself to retain its status as an interest reserved for the privileged.

Vivienne’s growing cultural relevance occurred in the midst of the 90s grunge movement that banished the illusion everything had to be perfectly refined at all times, and championed the gaudy, the over the top, the playful, controversial and performative. This time, counterculture was unruly, broody, and intentionally unyielding in a way that closely harked back to the values of the ‘70s London punk scene where VW had started out, and so it makes sense that interest in her work grew given the position her clothing came to be associated with in this decade

I don’t claim to be enough of a fashion expert to know the complete history of costume piece inspired designers and to be able to say Vivienne was the very first to bring this subversion of the expectation to appear aloof, elegant, and let’s be honest, occasionally boring as fuck, to the runway through her exploration of period clothing but she has to be one of the first to bring such a playfulness to it and her collections at the time certainly helped to reignite the childhood desire that exists in every person interested in fashion to play dress up.-

-Christian Dior Haute Couture F/W 1998, “Les Incroyables” collection-

-Christian Lacroix Haute Couture S/S 1998-

-Vivienne Westwood RTW F/W 1996-

-Christian Lacroix Haute Couture S/S 1999-

-Clockwise L-R: Vivienne Westwood RTW S/S 2013, RTW S/S 2012, RTW S/S 2014-

-Christian Dior Haute Couture S/S 1998-

-Vivienne Westwood RTW S/S 1996-

-Clockwise L-R: Vivienne Westwood RTW S/S 2010, RTW F/W 2015, lower right portion: RTW Menswear F/W 2017, RTW F/W 2011, RTW Menswear F/W 2017, & RTW F/W 2011-

-L-R: Vivienne Westwood Bridal Made to Order 2022, Vivienne Westwood Bridal Made to Order 2020.

Marriage:

*Reasons AGAINST: too many to list

*Reasons FOR: Vivienne Westwood’s bridal collections (and also a big party with all your friends that they feel morally obligated to attend, where you get to pick all the food and cheesy music is socially acceptable)-

-Vivienne Westwood Bridal Made to Order 2021-

-She further developed her brand’s reputation as a disruptor of the status quo in a time which saw young people in the Western world grow tired of the straight laced conservatism of the Thatcher/Reagan (forget Charlie Kelly and Frank Reynolds, these 2 were the OG gruesome twosome) and the tastemakers of the fashion world followed suit, lauding her work. As much as the impact of massive industry players is portrayed as having a trickle down effect (see what I did there) on the trend cycle, designers inevitably draw inspiration from the current social climate whether acknowledged or not and in this way the aesthetics adopted by boots on the ground, the influence of art and pop culture, makes its way back up to the runway where the Anna Wintours of the world have to like it. For people like Vivienne Westwood, Rei Kawakubo (founder of Commes Des Garcons), Ann Demeulemeester, and Yohji Yamamoto, who occupied much of the same avant-garde, anti-establishment scene from the ‘70s onwards with all 3 having been customers at Vivienne’s boutique and setting up shop in London at one point or another, incorporating that disruptive spirit probably felt like a return to their roots as designers.-

-Vivienne Westwood Bridal Made to Order 2019-

-Yohji Yamamoto collections, L-R: RTW S/S 2015, & S/S 2016-

-Vivienne Westwood RTW, top to bottom: F/W 2008, S/S 2012-

-Yohji Yamamoto RTW S/S 2023-

-Vivienne Westwood RTW, top left: S/S 2009, remaining photos: S/S 2011-

-Top to bottom: Ann Demeulemeester RTW F/W 2019, & RTW F/W 2017-

-In this period where anti-fashion established itself as an integral part of what was decidedly “in”-fashion, new roots, which would go on to produce some of today’s boldest designers, buried themselves deep and inevitably soaked up Vivienne and her contemporaries’ celebration of androgyny, experimentation with subversive silhouettes and prints, and embrace of the dark and dramatic to tell stories through their styling which served as the antidote to the immaculate coordination of looks showcased by fashion giants like Chanel. Vivienne collections managed to grasp hold of the psyches of even the most prestigious designers, and the lasting effects were visible in the heavily period themed, almost theatrical collections, the debuts of which broke the expected mould for labels traditionally associated with a sense of refinement and/or glamour. That Donatella Versace, for example, would draw influence from punk aesthetics is unexpected but once you’re aware she’s expressed her admiration for Vivienne Westwood, there are a number of Versace collections over the years where you can’t unsee that inspiration. John Galliano was known to sit front row at her shows! John Galliano. That, baby, is one mighty flex.-

-John Galliano collections, top to bottom: RTW S/S 2018, RTW F/W 1997, RTW S/S 2019-

-Valentino RTW F/W 2005-

-Versace collections, L-R: RTW F/W 2017, RTW F/W 2013, RTW F/W 2018-

-John Galliano RTW F/W 2018-

-Ralph Lauren RTW F./W 2016-

-Vivienne Westwood RTW, upper left portion, clockwise L-R: F/W 2016, “, “, RTW F/W 2016, then whole image, clockwise L-R: RTW S/S 2015, RTW F/W 2012, F/W 2013, & F/W 2012-

-Versace RTW S/S 1994-

-John Galliano RTW S/S 1993-

-You could argue the prevalence of Westwood gowns amongst the rich and famous is kinda antithetic to its founder’s manifesto but we can’t be delusional and forget it’s a high fashion label we’re talking about and well, a business. Ultimately the craftsmanship and time which goes into original designs means red carpet photos are probs the closest 99% of us are gonna get but I’ll take it. I’m thirsty. Helena Bonham-Carter, one of the many prominent figures in attendance at Vivienne’s funeral, kinda symbolises the dichotomy; as much as her public image is of her as someone who exists outside the boundaries imposed by a privileged, aloof, very airbrushed elite, we are talking a woman with a double-barrelled family name which carries with it the exactly the kind of wealth and lineage you’d expect it to. But at the same time, she is someone who has chosen to break away from the expectations set upon her by this kind of background and do things her own way. Not so much so that her whole mismatched, slightly dishevelled whilst simultaneously very cool outer appearance isn’t made up of expensive, designer subcomponents, but if you’re going to have some brand loyalty, Helena being a Vivienne simp feels correct:

“I have an obscene amount, a sinful amount of her clothes. Decades’ worth. She wouldn’t like it, given she was always telling us to buy less.” Helena recalled buying her first pirate shirt, aged 15, from Westwood’s shop in World’s End “so I could be Adam Ant.” She explained how she once reprimanded a red-carpet journalist who asked why she always wore Westwood, because it was always “the same, same, same.” Bonham Carter replied: “No, no, no…. You have no idea how many ideas and choices have gone into this dress. She is never boring. And the dresses do all the work. All the actresses on this red carpet haven’t eaten for weeks—and I have had a full-fat English breakfast.” Of wearing Westwood she said: “I feel like who I want to be. I feel like a woman…. She has given me my armor to face the world for so many years.” She added: “Thank you for the cutting, the draping that makes your clothes so dynamic and alive, so much so that I wouldn’t be surprised to wake in the night and find them dancing in my closet, alive.”

-Extract from “Vivienne Westwood is Remembered in London” Vogue article, Luke Leith, published 17th February 2013 @ https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/gallery/vivienne-westwood-memorial-

-Helena Bonham Carter in Vivienne Westwood-

-FKA Twigs wearing Vivienne Westwood, photographed for her zine, published May 2019-

-You can’t talk about Vivienne’s impact on street style and its adoption by today's anti-it girl (which in itself has made her kinda the ultimate it-girl in my eyes, lmao) without a section dedicated to FKA Twigs, whose love of the designer is evident in her ethereal take on ‘90s grunge inspired fashion. If anyone doubts the existence of Vivienne’s influence on Twigs’ street style, may I gift you with knowledge that she included an absolutely STUNNNNINGGG feature about her whole COLLECTION of VW corsets in her zine. Money can’t buy you happiness but it can buy you archival designer pieces by the Grand Dame of Punk (no, I’m not talking about Karen from RHoP) and the ability to circumvent a year long waiting list for treatment of your ailments on the NHS sooo I mean…we’re talking substantial quality of life improvements here.-

-FKA Twigs personal style-

-Public figures in Vivienne Westwood over the years, upper left portion, clockwise L-R: Dua Lipa on the red carpet @ the 2021 Brit Awards, Kim Kardashian via Instagram backstage @ the 2019 Emmys, Winnie Harlow on the red carpet @ the 2019 British Fashion Awards, Kim Kardashian photographed in 2019, Kristen Stewart hosting SNL in Vivienne Westwood suit in November 2022, Lashana Lynch on the red carpet @ the No Time to Die premiere in 2021, Jade Thirlwall on the red carpet @ the 2021 Brit Awards, Elle Fanning on the red carpet @ the 2021 Vulture Festival, upper right portion: Bella Hadid’s street style ft. a love of Vivienne Westwood, bottom right portion, clockwise L-R: Dua Lipa on the red carpet @ the 2021 Brit Awards and on stage for the event, Billie Piper @ the 2021 UK Fashion Awards, Thandie Newton on the Cannes Red Carpet in 2018, Rihanna performing @ the 2012 Victoria’s Secret fashion show, Zendaya on the red carpet @ the Art of Elysium gala in 2016, Maude Apatow via Instagram photographed @ the 2022 Emmys afterparty, Alexa Demie @ an event for Tiffany & Co. in 2022, bottom left: Winnie Harlow on the red carpet @ the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty-

-Vivienne’s personal style over the years, clockwise L-R: making an end of show appearance in December 2011, photographed c. 1995, @ the V&A museum in London in 1998, with Naomi Campbell at the 1993 Designer of the Year Awards, @ the opening of the Costume Institute’s Anglomania exhibition in 2006, with husband Andreas Kronthaler at Ascot in 1995, photographed by paparazzi c. 2009-

-Vivienne Westwood’s “Portraits” collection, 1991-

-You really can’t talk about the common appeal of Vivienne Westwood and the label’s legacy without an acknowledgement of the irreverence of the Portraits collection, which most likely constitutes the strongest imagery of the brand in most people’s minds. For all that rambling on I did about her challenging fashion conventions, the corset is probably, like, one of the most stereotypically feminine garments out there, and so it seems contradictory that it’s probably the most famous VW piece. That being said, you just have to look at the earliest prominent iteration of the staple showcased in Portraits; the way the shape was utilised flew in the face of all that was conventional and “demure” through its combination with religious iconography, micro skirts and nude illusion cut outs, in the ‘80s ffs, so need I say more about what it is that made it so groundbreaking? It was a moment that was emblematic of the middle finger to the world attitude that Vivienne’s collections are known for, and which makes it such an iconic, and true to brand piece that is still loved, emulated, and collected by a very lucky few today.-

-Vivienne Westwood RTW S/S 2023-

-It’s only half the picture to say Vivienne’s participation in the fashion industry contradicts her personal politics, which completely ignores how much of her fortune has been redistributed through her activism over the years; to advocate for her brand is to advocate for the anti establishment mission she has made an inextricable part of it, which over the past few decades has ranged from her vocal commitment to fighting climate change, her stance on sustainability, her support of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange, and notably her Ethical Fashion Africa campaign, shots from which feature below.-

-Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood RTW, clockwise L-R: S/S 2008, S/S 2007, S/S 2019, “-

-Andreas & Vivienne at Paris Fashion Week, 2nd October 2021-

-Andreas Kronlather for Vivienne Westwood RTW, top: S/S 2016, bottom L-R: S/S 2018, S/S 2014-

-”, top L-R: RTW S/S 2006, RTW F/W 2014, & bottom: RTW S/S 2023-

Ending with the content Vivienne would most likely find to be closest to her heart is a reflection on the Andreas Kronlather for Vivienne Westwood, surely the purest form of her punk spirit that will go on without her. Undeniably, Vivienne has had no greater influence on anyone than her husband, Andreas, with whom she publicly entrusted the more affordable offshoot of her brand, and whose creative relationship first began when he began working under her wing in the late ‘80s. They were artistic geniuses, revolutionaries, and basically the much more aspirational version of the rockstar bf/gf model bc/gf duo. Above all they were cutie pies<3

-Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood RTW, clockwise L-R: S/S 2010, “, F/W 2017, & F/W 2015-

-”, L-R: RTW S/S 2017, RTW S/S 2009, RTW F/W 2016-

Though for the majority of the 30+ years they spent collaborating Andreas chose to be a silent contributor, the name change of the red label offshoot to Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood was the clear realisation of his journey in becoming an equal partner and suggests that over time, the direction of influence evolved from the latter over the former to a much more reciprocal force.

-”, L-R: RTW F/W 2012, RTW F/W 2018-

-”, left portion: RTW F/W 2010, top right portion: RTW S/S 2011, bottom right portion L-R: RTW F/W 2013, RTW F/W 2011-

-”, L-R: RTW S/S 2006, RTW S/S 2014-

-”, L-R: RTW F/W 2019, RTW S/S 2015-

I’m going to get real cheesy here but I have to say it: there is no doubt that whilst he continues to showcase his designs, Vivienne’s presence in the industry will not cease to be felt. Regardless-we’ll miss you anyways, Queen.-

-Vivienne photographed at the end of her RTW F/W 2016 runway presentation, February 2016-

-Vivienne photographed attending premiere screening at Regent Street Cinema, November 2022-

Vivienne Westwood, April 1941-December 2022

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bard-of-worlds · 2 years ago

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Chapter 28

Hey, I wanted this all to be out last week, but it took a while to write it like I wanted it to be, hard to get the words on the screen ya know, but my new system is working and I like it. Sooooo, I’m going to be putting up my first poll once the new month rolls around, it’s about my Pokemon story. And about this one, I see at most two more chapters for this one, then we begin the first of a seven-part saga, and I’ve been thinking about making an ‘Extended Edition’ of this one, just a few ideas in my mind. So sit back and let’s see what happens next here!

So it’s here first and on FF AO3 by 8PM today, hope every buddy had a great Thanksgiving!

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As Enhancetress giggled evilly Shadowmoth looked at her and smirked. “So then Rodger saw everything then?”

“Yes, and a freelance reporter got everything on film! With him added in, the plan will work perfectly Lord Shadowmoth,” Enhancetress purred and Shadowmoth grinned as he felt excitement burst out of him. After all his failed plans, this was working! Was this what the heroes felt when they won?

“Perfect my dear. I think your idea was right, we do see better results when they don’t fight the transformation. Let this be a new beginning for us,” Shadowmoth said as he grinned, ideas forming being his eyes. “For too long I looked only to what I was able to gather from that book. Let us look to other means, other ways. And we only looked at one source, perhaps we can find another way.”

He didn’t know what could work, but the fact that he had been so obsessed with the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous, that might have been the only reason that his wife was still lost to them. He had tried to craft stronger Champions, and how he had Lila do so much to make Marinette fall and become his masterpiece! He had a lot of respect for the girl, she was creative, caring, and had a nice reputation. But that creativity……. If he could make her his Champion then he knew beyond a doubt that she would have won with an army behind her, hence the mass attack.

He hated to admit it, but his planning ability wasn’t even a faction of Marinette’s, that was why he had decided to use Lila to try and get Marinette to feel a strong enough negative emotion to let one of his Akuma take control of her, to use her abilities for his goal. But he wasn't heartless, he planned to reward her if she defeated the heroes, and returned to the school even if she failed. But after Nooroo had told them everything about the wish and the price for it, he was glad he had failed.

But then there was the way things had spiraled out of control, and all because of Lila! He scowled as he thought of what that fool had done. After the attack failed because Nathalie was sick, he had planned to honor his contract with Lila, since “he” had no other knowledge about what Lila had done and why, since all he wanted was an ‘unbiased’ view of his son’s school life. But then the little twit had lied about how his civilian persona had ordered Marinette’s expulsion, he admitted that Lila’s plan to get Adrien to think he had ordered everything that happened to Marinette so Adrien would ‘play ball’ with her was insulting, but then Adrien had exploded and this restraining order after he had run away…….. nothing had turned out like he thought it would and he could only hope that he could pull off a win in the end, and with their new direction and goals the end game might have been different, but it was there for them to take.

While Shadowmoth had his internal revelation Enhancetress was having her own, and after a few moments decided to bring up what she had just realized.

“Of course, and I wonder if we should reach out to other possible pawns, non-magical ones,” Enhanctress suggested and Shadowmoth looked at her and grinned as he started to see her point and the possibilities that they had ignored for so long.

“Yes, that might work. Alone we have failed so much, but only because we’ve been working with the same power as our foes! We can find a few gangs and empower them, send them against more civilian targets and then from there, make a war chest,” Shadowmoth commented and Enhanctress nodded with a grin. I mean what was I thinking? With all, I’ve done all I didn’t do was turn to crime, and with everything they’ll charge me with if they ever catch me, why not go for broke? And with the Seven in my city, I just need to reach out and take it all. He thought as he grinned as he let his imagination run wild with the possibilities before him.

“A wise move, I’ll have a list of people we can use and targets later today,” Enhanctress said with a sly tone to her voice as Shadowmoth nodded.

Her past had shown her that such people were necessary to get some work done in the wilder parts of the world, and looking back it was stupid of them not to have reached out to that kind of people, there were so many other possibilities to look into that they hadn’t even considered before!

Had they been so fixated on the Miraculous, so sure of what they had deduced based on their research that they ignored all the other possibilities? A doctor who knew about Magic could have found out what was wrong with Emile so much sooner, but they were so sure that the only way to save her was to get those two Miraculous, but then breaking the spells on Duusu and what they learned! The only way forward was to move and do things that weren’t what they had done before, all they needed to do was keep trying and eventually they would have a win!

Ehancetress smiled as she got off her stool and curtsied to Shadowmoth. “Lord Shadowmoth, might I trouble you for passage to our secondary site?”

“With the power that the Miraculous of Emotion has granted us, that is but a trivial matter,” Shadowmoth said as he summoned a feather and put it into his staff. As the purple blob formed next to him, Enhancetress grinned under her veil.

“I’ll go and prepare the next stage my lord, good luck making it look real,” she said and Shadowmoth just laughed as he shook his head.

“I did marry an actress my dear, I’ll be fine. I have gotten some experience in directing our Champions. And these two can’t be worse than the divas I’ve had to deal with,” He said as his Sentimonster finished forming.

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As Thunder Lord looked at her, Salacia looked around and tried to figure out if there was any way that she could get away. She pressed one of her legs into the roof and glared at Thunder Lord. “You think I’ll give her to you?”

“No, but I hoped you would see reason, but then your kind rarely do,” Thunder Lord said softly and shook his head. “Well, I guess I’ll just have to take it by force then. So your answer then my dear?”

Salacia just took a stance and readied herself as Thunder Lord shook his head releasing a sigh.

“I suppose I expected this, really I did. But then I had hoped the time you’ve had that little god wouldn’t have let you bond, but then I suppose I was expecting less from you than I would have from myself if I’m honest about all this,” Thunder Lord said dramatically and looked at Salacia and sighed again as he shook his head. “How do you want to die then?”

Without a word, Salacia threw herself to the side moments before another Lancer appeared and attacked the place she was standing. As the two Blaster Legions fired at her she didn’t even wait until she landed, as she was horizontal with the roof and away from it by inches she shot out her arms and pushed off the roof, somersaulting into the air and spinning to the right dodging the blasts as she threw herself off the roof.

Thunder Lord watched with a bit of shock on his face and started to laugh. “Well done! Perhaps I won’t let her go after all. A few weeks of conditioning and I’d have a good warrior for one of the other jewels I have! And she might be cute under that mask.”

The Lancers chittered at him and he looked at them for a few moments. “Well, go get her, alive please!”

The Legions all roared and ran, jumping off the roof to chase down Salacia as Thunder Lord drew his sword with one hand and reached for the hilt with his other.

Below Salacia ran, going away from where the people and the Akumatized villain was, hopefully, she would be able to handle this without going there, letting the others handle the other problems without adding this to it. She ran on as blasts from the Blasters fired down at her as the Legions and Thunder Lord chased after her above on the roofs.

As she reached a park she smiled as she knew that the space would let her try and handle the monsters one by one, hopefully, she could get a Blaster or one of the Lancers with her power and have them cover her back as she escaped. Looking over her shoulder she saw two Lancers ahead of the pack with the Blasters staying back. She looked around and noticed a tree ahead of her, dashing at it she jumped at it and somersaulted, landing against the tree she pushed off and spun in the air and punched out at the Lancer’s spear as they tried to strike her as she passed over their heads.

Running at the Blasters she dodged their attacks and sent a savage blow against one of them, cracking its head as it screeched in pain as it fell, bleeding from the ruin of one of its eyes. As she dodged to the right as the Lancers caught up and attacked her, she smiled as she saw that the maimed Blaster looked like it was dying. She felt a small amount of pride, she had taken one down on her own, but there were so many more to go.

As one of the Lancers charged at her, she landed and pushed its lance aside with her right arm as it tried to attack her, then she punched with her left arm and it moved backward for a moment, stunned but that was all she needed to do as she jumped and did a spin kick and tore off its head!

As the dead body of the Legion crumbled to the ground, Salacia looked at the other Legions as they stood there growling at her. Her Kwami had told her that they were just large insects with larger versions of the same organs regular bugs had so she didn’t feel too bad about this, but they were still alive and they might have a small sense of loyalty to their broodmates.

As the last Lancer stood there protecting the lone Blaster the sounds of an incoming energy blast caused her to jump to the right in a lunge that made her horizontal for a moment.

As she landed in a roll a roar from two more Legion Slashers charged at her. She jumped up and in the air she prepared to attack them as soon as she landed when suddenly the Slashers were both lassoed by a red yoyo! As soon as that happened they were pulled into the air and a spin by Ladybug before being thrown at the remaining Lancer!

As Salacia landed she saw Ladybug was suddenly there, smiling at her as Miss Hound took a defensive stance before them.

“Thanks, Ladybug!” Salacia said and Ladybug grinned back. “How’d you find me?”

“We were on patrol when we saw these things chase you, where’s that girl from last time?” Miss Hound asked as she looked at the monster

“She’s not here, it’s……” Salacia began only for loud clapping to sound.

“ME! So this is the famed Ladybug? My my, your photos don’t do you justice my dear! And who is this canine beauty?” Thunder Lord’s voice came from behind them. The heroes whirled around and saw Thunder Lord looking at them with four more Lancers guarding him. “And you handled the Lancers so well, that Lusty wrench will be so disappointed that her works were done away with so easily. Oh wait, where are my manners? I am currently Thunder Lord, leader of those who call ourselves the Seven Deadly Sins!”

Ladybug looked at Thunder Lord and let her eyes roam over his body, trying to find anything that might let her figure out was his Miraculous. ”So the woman with the scythe, she was under your command? And what does a life-taker want in my city?”

“Life harvester as I told you friend behind you both. My works only gather the leftover life energy that people release after they die violently,” Thunder Lord said and he grinned at her. “I wonder my dear, what a few hundred years of experience with that Artifact would do for you, want to find out?”

Miss Hound was doing the same thing as both noticed something on his right leg that drew her eye and she wondered if was it, thankfully Thunder Lord hadn’t noticed her eyes, he had looked right at Ladybug and kept his attention on her.

Ladybug looked at him and clenched her yoyo as she glared at him, keeping an eye out for anything else as she kept her focus on him and his monsters. So far his team seemed not as bad as Hawkmoth, they had only fought the heroes and used monsters, not civilians as the ‘villain of the day’ as he does.

Thunder Lord only looked at Ladybug and he could barely keep a smile from his lips. The girl was as strong as he hoped but her magic, it was there under the locks of the Order just waiting to burst free. He had to admit that Hawkmoth’s campaign was a good thing if it led to her being given a Miraculous before one of those things found her and claimed her. The death and carnage such a corrupted birth her power would have resulted in, that was almost unthinkable.

Salacia looked around covertly; so far the two Lancers and Blaster were just staying where they had been thrown to the ground. How did Thunder Lord and Nekhbet control them? Bolla didn’t know much about the magic the Legions were created by, but she had said that golems needed an artifact to let others control them. So by that logic then, Thunder Lord had to have something that let him work his will on them, and he had to have it on him, if they could get it away from him then maybe they could escape.

“You offering to share your stolen lives?” Ladybug asked and Thunder Lord shrugged.

“The wars on this continent would have been so much worse if I hadn’t gathered the life force of those who passed on my dear, truly it would have. But ask those little ones of yours about the Elementals and watch them clam up, like all the Kwami the self-named Guardians took,” Thunder Lord said Ladybug went still as she tried and failed to hide her surprise.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Ladybug said as she looked at Thunder Lord and hoped that he believed her. To have another person, even an enemy, confirmation that the Order had cast spells on the Kwami; it was something. But then his words about how the last two wars might have been worse if they hadn’t taken the stray life force, that was shocking and it only showed that they didn’t know everything there was in the world. If there was something that they needed to know, then capturing one of Seven’s Kwami and Miraculous to question them was something that they had to do.

“We gonna keep talking or we gonna do something?” Miss Hound asked as she spun her escrima sticks in her hands and Thunder Lord just sighed and gestured at the three girls, the Legions responded with a roar.

As two Lancers charged at them, the Blaster and other Lancer behind them fell back as the Blaster fired at them.

“Handle range, Miss Hound follow me!” Ladybug called as she moved to attack the charging Lancers, Miss Hound falling in behind her as Salacia ran towards the Blaster. As the guardian Lancer tried to get at her she spun to the side and lunged at the Blaster, it dodged but she landed and dealt a spin kick that tore off its head.

Meanwhile, Ladybug and Miss Hound attacked the two Lancers. Miss Hound blocked her foes with her right stick before piercing the Lancer’s left eye. As it fell back with a screech she punched through its throat and as it wheezed to death as it fell she grinned and moved to help Ladybug.

Ladybug had made sure to keep the lance away from her with her spinning yoyo as she tanked the blows from the Lancer with it and kept moving backwards until Miss Hound was there and killed it from behind.

As one the two heroines nodded to each other they charged at the Lancer fighting Salacia and within moments it was dead on the ground and then the three stood together glaring at Thunder Lord who watch with a stage look on his face.

“Well done, but then I can do this!” He called out as he threw two large fleshy eggs into the air, as they reached the top of its arc, they glowed black and broke apart, each one releasing four energy stars that shot out and hit the ground, revealing eight Slashers. As the two Lancers moved forwards slowly toward the heroines' as Thunder Lord just laughed as he looked at the girls.

“Did you two think that three of you would be able to run in and win without a plan? I mean really! Two Rookies and a semi-experienced Wielder?” Thunder Lord asked and Ladybug grinned.

“You forgot the other semi-experienced Wielders on our team,” Ladybug said and Thnderloord look at her before he went still and fell forward.

As he fell behind him a portal was revealed, Apisera grinning as she held her top and from her stance, she had stung his back. Apisera grinned at them as she stepped from the portal with Pegasus.

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“We can’t run in without a plan, so ideas?” Ladybug asked the others as they ran after Thunder Lord, Miss Hound leading the way.

“I’ve got one, it might work……… but you’ll be alone with….. Salacia,” Pegasus began, causing the others to look at him as he continued. “I’ll go with both Miss Hound and Apisera, we’ll move along the rooftops until I have line of sight on the battle. You meanwhile backup Salacia fight off the monsters. Then I create a portal behind him, he’s stung and then we’ll take his Miraculous and whatever he’s using to control those things.”

“No, I’ll go with Ladybug, it looks like it’ll take more than two heroes to handle them,” Miss Hound said and the others looked at her.

“You sure about that?” Ladybug asked and Miss Hound nodded.

“Yes, I need to be better, so yes,” Miss Hound said and Apisera looked at her oldest friend and smiled.

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“Well, that worked great!” Apisera said with an edge to her voice as the Legions went still.

However a moment later the Legions roared and four Slashers and Lancer charged at Ladybug, Miss Hound and Salicia while the rest charged at Apisera and Pegasus.

“Quick, grab the items with magic and throw them through the portal!” Apisera called out as she put herself between the Legions and Pegasus.

“Try around his feet for the Miraculous!” Ladybug called out before dodging a blow and throwing her yoyo around the neck of a Lancer that tried to attack the others.

As Asperia punched the Lancer, Pegasus felt around Thunder Lord’s feet and found something that he felt around and found a clip that let him remove it. He pulled away a small grey circle as the bodysuit of Thunder Lord started to change, the yellow becoming ruby with black streaks that went to the sides.

“He has two Miraculous?!” Pegasus stammered as he stared at the transformed wielder before the roar of charging Legions made him jump backwards as he clutched it. A ball of light formed and be a green chibi Kwami.

The new Kwami had a yellow body, two antennae above large blue eyes on an oversized head and four single limbs on a small humanoid body with a small light from its behind and two short insect wings on its back.

“You freed me! No, he’s still alive?! His power lets him make an explosion! Dodge his Wraith Bolts if you want to live!” The Kwami screeched in a feminine tone.

Pegasus looked from the Legions to the Kwami, his mind going at lightning speed as he tried to figure out what to do before he nodded, coming to the only decision that he could make. He held his hand with the Miraculous towards the Kwami and opened it. “Take it and go! Stay safe!”

The Kwami looked from Pegasus to the Miraculous and nodded with a small smile. “Thank you!”

The Kwami flew away and one of the Slashers roared and lunged for the Miraculous but Pegasus intercepted it and with a few blows he killed it. As the depowered Thunder Lord roared and jumped to his feet he looked around, finally spotting the Kwami flying away with its Miraculous clutched tightly to its body. Looked around he saw the heroes in combat. He zeroed in on Pegasus and he saw red as he roared, drawing his sword and charged at him.

Looking up Pegasus saw Thunder Lord charging at him, he dodged the blows as the others dealt with the Legions, however, a beeping told him that his transformation as a hero was almost done for now.

“You worm! Do you know what I had to do to take that power from the fools who held it?! The chaos I had to engineer to even find out who had it!? With that power, I was able to do so much, much that is now gone!” Thunder Lord spat as he locked blades with Pegasus.

“So I what, stopped your ability to use lives?” Pegasus asked and Thunder Lord laughed and shook his head as he glared at the hero.

“No, all you did was keep me from killing things and then leaving their bodies intact, now my rage has returned to those who earn my wraith,” Thunder Lord said before a yoyo wrapped around his arms. They looked to see Salacia, Ladybug, Miss Hound and Asperia ready to attack Thunder Lord and

“If I’m right we took your thunder, so what? You still call yourself Lord or something like that?” Asperia asked with a smirk and Thunder Lord laughed.

“No, for now and forever I am Wraith Lord! And you will feel this drake’s fury! Wraith Bolt!” The self-named Wraith Lord cried as he pointed his sword at the heroes and a beach ball-sized energy ball formed at the tip before it shot at them. They dodged but it hit one of the Legion that got back to its feet, setting off a large explosion.

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As the police and Heroes moved down the street to get away from the tsunami of Midnight Crew Sentimonsters after them, Chat Noir looked around for anything that might let them turn the tide, let them get ahead. Viperion had been following after the horde, keeping an eye on the two Villains who followed after their minions, ready to attack when the heroes were occupied with the Midnight Crew. While they had tried to keep from killing them, the Sentimonsters had done everything but kill themselves, moving into the blows or taunting the police so they would fire at them, then dodge so one behind them would be hit in the head. These tactics had raised the number of Sentimonsters to just below one hundred, but Roi Singe was thinking that something was wrong, but he couldn’t see just what it was.

“Any change?!” Chat Noir called out and Viperion called back.

“No, they’re still too protected for me to even think about getting a shot off! Keep running, should I try Second Chance?!” Viperion asked and Chat Noir cursed. He saw Arashiko falling back next to him as Carapace helped an officer move faster while Lieutenant Eduardo was carried over Roi Singe’s shoulder. The good Lieutenant was cursing up a storm, but nothing he said had any value to it at all.

“No dude, we need you to stay as you are man! If something happens we might need you to rock and roll!” Carapace said and looked around for any place that they could use to make a stand!

Viperion nodded and cursed that he forgot he was alone at the other end of the horde overlooking Dark Owl and Lunar Raven as they hid behind a large France flag Dark Owl had ordered some of the Midnight Crew to use to block the back from anyone seeing them. Viperion knew he could attack but if he was wrong and the Akuma Item wasn’t where he thought it was then………. Maybe I can try Second Chance and see what I can learn about them? Need to run it by the others but it might be the only chance we’ve got to turn it around and pull off a win! Viperion thought as he looked down at the street and tried to judge the best place to try and attack them on his own.

“Who could have the Akuma?! Can you see anything Viperion?” Arashiko asked and Viperion was about to respond and then a feminine chuckle was heard over their communicators.

“Neither of them has it heroes, but I’ve got my eyes on them,” A sensual female voice said as the heroes all looked at each other not knowing who was talking to them.

“Who are you?” Viperion asked and the voice chuckled.

“Well in honor of the cute Archer-Boy’s question, the names Arachne. And let’s just say I’ve been watching you all for a while and my little partner recently met Chat-boy’s, so after the problems at the river and park I decided to throw my towel into the ring so to speak. I’ve heard about the issue that probably caused this from a few sources I’ve got. And how both were Akuma before, I wanted to be on guard nearby in case of another attack using one of them. I didn’t expect to see two at once through,” Arachne said and Viperion blushed as he looked around, trying to spot her.

“Fuck, I forgot the item doesn’t have to be with the Akuma!” Chat Noir’s voice said from over their communicators and Viperion winced as he saw how bad this could get.

“Yeah and the guard is another separate Akuma, two of the first group of Sentimonsters and one of her own,” Arachne said and Viperion looked down at the throng of Sentimonsters and then at where he thought the two Akumatized villains were. If they didn’t have the Akuma on them, then they had to go and get it to Ladybug, but they couldn’t let them rampage until they could find the butterfly Akuma!

Chat Noir meanwhile thought much as the others did, and he could see a few options to handle this but all of them required Viperion to go off on his own, and that was a problem. He couldn’t see anyway for Arashiko to disengage without letting the enemy know, and then when you add in the question of how Hawkmoth had done this, with the name change he thought Hawkmoth had merged Miraculous, and that just meant that things will be a lot worse in their future, plus then there was the fact that two separate Akuma, this was looking very bad.

“No choice dudes!” Carapace said and looked at the other heroes with a troubled look. “I’ve been running plans, and I can’t think of anything to let anyone beyond viper-dude leave!”

“Me either, we need to stay here and hold the line,” Chat Noir said as Roi Singe and Arashiko both nodded and Chat Noir looked at the horde of Sentimonsters.

“Yeah. Go Viper-bro, we’ll hold the line until you and the others can

“And where are the others?” Arashiko asked before they heard a large explosion from somewhere else in Paris that shocked the Sentimonsters.

“I can guess where they are bro,” Roi Singe said dumbly before picking up the pace, the others putting on speed as the Midnight Crew stayed where they were for a few moments, moments that would make all the difference.

“Viperion, go!” Chat Noir commanded as he looked at the police and took a deep breath. “We’ll draw their fire and keep moving until you can get the Akuma and find Ladybug!”

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Rena Rouge stopped and looked from the explosion in the distance to her left and the courthouse to her right. She had moved towards the courthouse after she transformed and she expected to make it there soon, but she grew worried as the longer she ran, the more time passed that she hadn’t heard from anyone and then there was that explosion that she just heard. She didn’t dare try and contact anyone either, if they were in combat that might let whoever they were fighting win. On one hand, she should go help out with the double attack, but on the other the explosion…… people might be hurt or need help. But a moment later before she could do anything she heard the sounds of something large running nearby. Ducking behind a chimney, she looked around and saw Dark Kitsune carrying Volpina who had a briefcase in her hands with two Midnight Crew members following behind. Rena Rouge knew instantly that they were only along as guards.

As soon as she locked eyes on Lila’s Akuma form, Rena Rouge felt nothing but anger. With all the revelations that Marinette had given her and then the talk about Adrien’s book, Alya had figured out fast that Lila had been bullying Marinette for a while now and tried to use Alya and their other classmates to isolate her, the incident that caused the hearing just her most explosive yet.

But Rena Rouge had seen a briefcase in Volpina’s hands, but one hero against an Akuma plus three Sentimonsters? She wasn’t suicidal but that just seemed to be too much for one girl alone. She was about to move when suddenly something covered her mouth and whatever it was pulled her into the shadows. She started to try and break free before someone spoke next to her right ear.

“So fox-girl, but I thought one of those things was gonna see you. If I let you go will you please calm down and talk quietly?” A sensual voice asked and Rena Rouge went still before she nodded before whatever was covering her mouth moved away and released her.

Rena Rouge shot forward and looked at whoever it was and blinked. Staring at her was a girl her age with an athletic figure dressed in a grey bodysuit. Her head was free but a grey eye mask with two pure black coverings over her eyes. Her hair was jet black and in two buns on the side of her head, and her lips were pitch black. On her bodysuit above her breasts was a red spider whose legs reached out to both sides, and in her hand was a black gymnastic ribbon. “Sorry girl, but I couldn’t let you ruin my tracking down that false fox! And I figured that it would be bad if the little witch over there caught a foxy girl like you!”

Rena Rouge blinked and blushed as she looked at the teen before her and she took a moment to shake her head and look at the spider heroine. “Who are you?!”

“Oh, yeah. My name’s Arachne, nice to meet ya. Soooo. Some of your team is holding on against two Akumatized villains and these death multiplying servants of theirs…… so I saw them send two of them away with a briefcase and then that witch become an Akuma told your teammates about it, then the explosion happened and here we are!” Arachne said and Rena Rouge blinked, her mouth dropped open in shock at what she had heard.

“Okay, so Ladybug and the others are holding the line and……..” Rena Rouge began, trying to think about how to handle this and get the item to Ladybug without breaking it or Volpina trying to stop her. Okay, Lila’s a liar with the power to make illusions, and she’s probably got a powered-up Akunma with how Hawky’s been lately. Add in that Sentimonster I saw her riding and the two guards……… with just Viperion and the new girl this is gonna be hard! Maybe I can make an illusion of Mari being given a Miraculous….. not that would just put her in more danger! How to handle this? She thought before Arachne coughed and smiled awkwardly.

“Yeah, No not Ladybug. I just saw the Chat, Turtle, Viper and Ape boys with the Dragon-girl,” Arachne interrupted her and Rena Rouge looked at her and then down at her flute.

“Okay, okay. That means time to call in some help before we strike!” Rena Rouge said as she smirked and activated her tool’s communication function.

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As Ladybug blinked away the buzzing she looked around, and saw that everyone even Wraith Lord was shocked. As she got back up she saw Wraith Lord look at her with a bit of awe in his body language.

“You got up first, I guess that you deserve to hold the Ladybug after all,” Wraith Lord said as the other heroes all stood up.

“Don’t think you’ll leave Paris the same as when you entered!” Apisera declared as she heard a beep and knew they had to finish this fast.

“You’ve lost your minions, the chances of you winning are next to nothing!” Pegasus said as Miss Hound nodded.

“You asked for my friend, we’ll take your slave instead!” Salica said proudly as she looked at Wraith Lord.

“You’ve used that Miraculous for evil, we will stop you!” Ladybug declared as Wraith Lord looked around.

“You’ll try,” Wraith Lord said as he looked around and almost reached for his belt but he knew how many of Lust’s creations he had taken and he had used all of them. That bolt was a lot stronger than the last time, I guess the ability to use magic does increase with age. Still this might be good, and this is done. I’ve learned a lot and I’ve taught them a bit. For now, I will leave that way. He thought before he started to grin and laughed as the heroes looked at him as they moved closer to him.

“Let me tell you all two things my foes. 1, this is not the end but the beginning of our fight! And 2, what I did just now? That wasn’t my Miraculous’s power!” He said before he was suddenly engulfed by a black energy sphere before he shot into the air like a bullet, laughing madly as he flew away.

As the heroes stared after him another two beeps caused Ladybug to turn and look towards a part of the park. “Follow me, there’s a manhole nearby!”

She shot off with the others behind her, even Salicia who looked around for anything that might still be lurking around. After Ladybug had pried open the manhole both Pegasus and Apisera had dropped down, and as Ladybug covered they saw a flash as it was sealed.

“He wanted my partner,” Salicia said as she looked at Miss Hound and Ladybug. Both of them looked at her with a scowl, the very idea of taking a Kwami from one of the other heroes was unthinkable to them!

“So another Hawkmoth then?” Miss Hound asked and Salicia shook her head.

“No, they said my power could defeat them, and how he didn’t want such power outside of his hands……. And what he did at the end and that bolt wasn’t his Miraculous, that what is it?” Salicia said as she looked at the two heroes. “I think they know something my partner doesn’t know, I don’t like this at all.”

Before Ladybug could say anything her yoyo started to beep, removing it she saw Rena Rouge was trying to get in contact with her.

“Ladybug here, sorry we couldn’t make it but we….. wait Volpina’s back!? How?? Wait a briefcase!? And at the courthouse a Sentimonster swarm that can multiply?! Okay, I got it, yes that makes sense. We’ll be there soon!” Ladybug said as Apisera pushed open the manhole and climbed out.

“What’s wrong Ladybug?” Apisera as she reached down and pulled Pegasus up.

“We’ve got problems, two of them. Rena Rouge and another Miraculous user like Salicia have their eyes on Volpina on a Sentimonster with two others as guards under orders from Hawkmoth! She’s carrying a case that might be the Item for the Akuma at the courthouse, and the others are dealing with Sentimonsters that can multiply, while they have to protect police being led by our least favorite Lieutenant.” Ladybug said and they all blanched as they saw the same horror they felt reflected in Ladybug’s eyes.

“I’ll go with you after Volpina Ladybug, my sting would probably do more good there…..” Apisera began but Salicia interrupted her.

“Wait, my partner said I can turn any magic ability backwards. If I can get to one of those Sentimonsters I might be able to make them all be absorbed back into that one,” Salicia said and the others looked at her in shock and Apisera looked down at her top for a second.

“If you can do that, I can get one of the Villains and Carapace could trap the other one! Good idea newbie!” Apisera said as the others nodded

“Then I’ll go with Ladybug, I can track Volpina down if she escapes us!” Miss Hound piped up and then Pegasus shrugged.

“I’ll be able to help them all escape at least if things go bad, so I’ll head to these two,” Pegasus said and Ladybug nodded.

“Then we all know what to do, good luck everyone!” Ladybug said and without another word, they all ran off, each of them going to where they had said, each of them hoping that their actions would lead to victory.

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Dark Owl laughed as he saw the Midnight Crew move to charge at the villains and gangsters that dare stand against the cause of justice. Once he found Marinette and made her THE NEW SPARROW after he talked to her and taught her the right way to behave, then everything would be perfect in his city and they would be ready to defend it from everyone who would dare to harm it!

“Everything is going well Owl! Should we send some of the crew to encircle them?” Lunar Raven asked and Dark Owl smirked as he turned to her. He wondered for a moment if he should say anything but then he looked around and saw that there was no way for anyone to overhear him and he started to laugh. Lunar Raven meanwhile only looked at him and wondered what was wrong with him. “What do you know that I don’t Owl?”

“Oh many things my dear, I made a special plan a few moments ago, I expect to see the results of that very soon!” Dark Owl said with a laugh and Lunar Raven looked at him and was about to speak when she went still. Dark Owl walked forward and then turned to smile at her, not seeing her he turned around and saw her standing completely still.

“Override active,” Lunar Raven said suddenly and she started to spasm as she fell to the ground.

“RAVEN, HELP HER!” Dark Owl ordered. As two of the Midnight Crew came towards her she suddenly slashed out with two blades that formed on her arms. As the Sentimonsters died Dark Owl drew an owl-themed broadsword sword with two wings as a cross guard and looked at Lunar Raven.

“Have you lost your mind Lunar Raven?! What’s gotten into you?!” Dark Owl demanded as Lunar Raven looked at him with a lifeless look on her face.

“Secondary Akumaization has happened, returning to base, hostile Akuma detected, defeating,” Lunar Raven said tonelessly before she attacked him, slashing out with the blades on her arms.

Dark Owl blocked the blows, moving backwards as a Shadowmoth energy mask formed over his face. “Sorry Commissioner, but our Raven seems to have been brainwashed!”

As the two crossed blades, the two Sentimonsters ‘killed’ by Lunar Raven had already spawned two more, but these two each had pink glowing lines on them. As one of the normal Midnight Crew moved closer to the four new ones, before it could touch them suddenly two of the changed attacked the normal one, killing it swiftly.

As the other Midnight Crew Sentimonsters moved backwards the puddle the killed Midnight Crew had become rippled and spawned two more of the Corrupted Crew Sentimonsters. As the six Corrupted Crew looked robotically at the normal Sentimonster blades sprouted from their arms and they attacked the Midnight Crew with a cry.

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Shadowmoth glared as an energy mask over his face let him see what Dark Owl saw. As he tried to send his wraith at Lunar Raven, but shockingly he hit a mental barricade, the ‘impact’ causing him to develop a headache that forced him to his knees. He tried to ‘reach’ for the Corrupted Sentimonsters but he ‘hit’ another wall much softer. As he shook his head he glared into space as he tried to figure this out.

“What, no! I’ve lost control of both her and those Sentimosnter? But How! DARK OWL, SHE’S A SPY FOR THE VILLIANS, TAKE HER DOWN HARD!” Shadowmoth roared as he got back to his feet.

Shadowmoth closed his eyes as he felt the connection he had with Dark Owl lose some of its strength and then he formed another mask.

“Enhancetress, are you well?” Shaowmoth asked and he heard her reply.

“Yes, everything is ready on my end, why?” Enhancetress sent and Shadowmoth sighted.

“One of my champions broke free and is attacking everything, she also took control of some of the Sentimonsters! Watch yourself my dear I fear someone else has been planning something in our city and are only moving now,” Shadowmoth said and he felt Enhancetress’s worry and smiled. She was truly a good friend to be so loyal to him, but then they both cared about Emile.

Shadowmoth walked towards a computer screen and frowned as he called up a program and with but a few buttons pushed a file was brought up, a webbed list with the heroes, the Seven, the Giles figure and himself. He looked at it for a few moments and made another list, with Caline Bustier under an empty blank person with question marks as the name. “So there is another player, but what are they after?”

Shadowmoth stared at the screen as he went over everything they knew, so far he and Nathalie hadn’t been able to figure out where the Guardian could be hiding. And finding that one to talk about what his kind did to the Kwami was near the top of his list, if he had any information about the healing ritual Duusu spoke of then if he had to he would pray it out of the only Order member in Paris, by any way he had to.

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Dark Owl charged in and slashed out with his sword, Lunar Raven moved backwards and dodged the blows, parrying every third strike with her right arm as she led Dark Owl away from the heroes. As the two Akumatized villains fought Lunar Raven's face kept perfectly still, not reacting to anything at all as Dark Owl grew madder with each blow. Lunar Raven parried a blow and sent Dark Owl’s sword to the side and she shot forward, kicking off Dark Owl as she jumped backwards and landed by a building.

Dark Owl looked around and saw that the Midnight Crew and the Corrupted were locked in a stalemate, and he watched as one of the Corrupted slew another and saw the taint spread to the puddle. He looked at Lunar Raven and knew that he had only one choice.

“FIGHT IT LUNAR! YOU’RE STILL IN THERE!” Dark Owl bellowed as he sent a mental command, cursing that he had to use his plan to fight his ally instead of defeating his foes with his strategy. With a roar, Dark Owl jumped upwards and slashed downwards at her right arm, only for Lunar Raven to keep her silence as she lunged to the side and kept moving in what seemed like a random pattern.

Meanwhile, as the Sentimonsters fought themselves the heroes and Police had been able to get across a car bridge. As Carapace and Roi Singe went to the rearguard position, both prepared to hold the line if anything went towards them. Looking back at the carnage, Chat Noir gripped his weapon tighter. I’ve never seen anything like this before, never! The Akumatized follow Hawkmoth’s orders, the few Sentimonsters follow the orders of the Akumatized! They shouldn’t be able to do this! he thought as he looked at the battle between the Akumatized villains and Sentimonsters.

“This is insane, I’ve never even heard of anything like this……” Arashiko said with a shocked look on her face.

Chat Noir nodded and looked at the carnage before them, seeing the strange mutated or corrupted Sentimonsters attack the normal ones. This was completely beyond anything that he had ever seen since he had gained his Miraculous!

So far the battle had stayed away from them, but everyone there felt like this as mad as it was, that it was only the calm before the storm. As they watched there was a cry from the right and suddenly a tide of the normal Midnight Crew Sentimonsters charged over the rooftops and attacked the corrupted.

“Where”d those things come from!?” Carapace demanded and Roi Singe went still and paled. As he watched the carnage, everything crystalized in his mind and he shook his head in shocked horror.

“Dude. We can’t win here, we can only outlast them,” Roi Singe muttered in horror and Carapace turned to him in shock.

“Don’t you all get it!? Those things can damage themselves to multiply! Dark Owl must have sent some of the ones we killed away and ordered them to kill each other until he called them back in!” Roi Singe said the police officers and heroes all paled in fear as they understood the sheer craftiness and strategic mind of Dark Owl.

“Just like the last time,” Chat Noir said as he shook his head, wondering just what caused a school principal to have such a strategic Akumatized form.

“So what do we do? And where’s the Lieutenant?

“HERE!” Lieutenant Eduardo called out from a side alley that he poked his head out of. “There’s an old bunker from the War down this alley! It has an opening to the sewers, we can hold them there as a chock…….. why are they fighting each other?” Lieutenant Eduardo asked as he saw Dark Owl and Lunar Raven fighting as their Sentimonsters all fought each other, but one side seemed to be stronger to his eyes. “What happened?”

“Don’t know, so far they seem to be evenly matched and are after us, probably due to the ‘psych’ of the Akuma,” Chat Noir said as he looked at the ‘battle’ between Sentimonsters. A beeping from his weapon tool caused him to activate with a hopeful smile. “M’Lady?”

“Negative bro, this is Apisera moving towards the Courthouse from the south with the Dolphin and Horse, we’ve got a plan to handle the Sentimonsters, where are you all and what’s the situation?” Apisera's reply caused the heroes to smile as Chat Noir felt a bit of relief hit him.

“To the east sis, bad but weird. The Akuma just started fighting each other and the Sentimonsters are too. We’re on the other side of the Seine at the bridge for vehicles. And the side for Hawkmoth just got a lot of reinforcements too,” Chat Noir said as he saw some of the Midnight Crew start to try and disabled one of the Corrupted only for it to kill two of them, the puddles they formed as they died having the same lines as the corrupted.

“Fuck. Stay safe, we’re coming in and Horse-Boy got that look that he has a way to get you all to safety,” Apisera said and Chat Noir nodded and looked at the battle as the tide started to turn again, this time towards the ‘Corrupted’.

“Hurry, we might have a big problem,” Chat Noir said softly as he looked at the police behind them.

#ladybug fanfiction #Miraculous Ladybug AU/ The Law is The Law

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automaticdata · 2 years ago

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Holy shit the bots are out in force, I’m getting what seems like at least one a day for like the past week.

Joke’s on them, I’m using this account to talk about a mediocre kid’s show.

Babble about the alleged Miraculous leaks under the cut.

To preface: the leaks I’ve seen are second- and third-hand. I haven’t delved into any of the google drives myself, nor do I intend to, so my knowledge of some of this stuff is kind of sketchy. Also apologies for any typos, it’s late, my sleeping has been weird lately, and I apparently managed to accidentally switch to my computer’s international keyboard setting partway through ranting and didn’t notice for awhile.

Okay, so the thing about Miraculous is, the writing is so inconsistent that I can’t tell if these leaks are real or just someone very, very dedicated to the bit. Most people have been taking them at face value, as far as I can see, and I ... guess that sorta makes sense? Because who would make fake animated storyboards for several episodes?

But.

Yeah.

There’s some shit I just don’t buy.

1) Gabriel’s “real” name being Gabi Grassette. Like, what? Why? Didn’t we already establish that Gabriel was a lower class than Emilie before they married? Why give him a silly name? What is the point? It’s not like this negates his creating a huge fashion empire or anything, it just feels ... weirdly classist? idk.

2) Mayor Bourgeois resigning as mayor, divorcing Audrey, and adopting Zoe. Like, I saw the info first, then saw the alleged leaked script, which just made it look even stupider. It’s such an about-face for the character, and, oh yeah! Zoe already has a father. Like, ffs, what even is this.

3) Ladybug’s lucky charm at one point being ... panties. Yeah, no, I ... really don’t think that will fly in a kid’s show. Like, at all.

4) While the contents of the animated storyboard showing Felix’s tragic backstory makes some sense, the execution of it is really stupid and doesn’t fit with how Miraculous has ever done stuff before. Like, it’s such a weird vibe compared to everything else, I don’t know wtf is going on.

Also, that whole thing about him trying to get the ring to save Adrien is either bullshit or the world’s biggest retcon. “Yes, I will get the ring to save my cousin from his father’s control! And then, instead of giving my cousin the ring, I’ll give it to my mom! Because that makes ALL OF THE SENSE!”

5) Adrien throwing a fucking chair at Kim is so out of character, I don’t care how mad he is on Marinette’s behalf. We’ve seen Adrien get angry on Marinette’s behalf before, when he chewed out Lila. His anger doesn’t manifest as physical violence.

6) Alya & co still not believing Marinette about Lila is so fucking salt fanficcy that it’s surreal. Marinette can very easily pull the “she said she was Ladybug’s best friend, Alya, and you know how I knew that was a lie” card now.

7) Also the show calling Marinette out on her stalkerish tendencies is uh ... yeah I don’t see the show being that self-aware. Could be wrong, but Kagami literally thought it was a sign of Marinette’s love that she knew Adrien’s schedule for the next five years, and now there’s a script leak where Kagami teases Marinette for acting like a stalker? Um.

8) If they make Zoe crushing on Marinette explicitly canon before making Rose/Juleka and Marc/Nathaniel explicitly canon, I will riot. Like, I feel like they’ve made it clear that Rose/Juleka and Marc/Nathaniel are canon as much as they can within the constraints of the networks the show airs on, so if they could make it more obvious all along and didn’t, only to pass that honor off to Ms We’re-Too-Lazy-To-Redeem-Chloe-So-Have-A-Nonsensical-Replacement-Instead ... yeah, I won’t be happy.

9) I saw a scene were Chloe was like ... using robots to control Paris or something? Um, what? She’s a fourteen-year-old girl? And Ladybug’s all, “well, can’t do anything because no akuma involved.” WHAT? We have literally seen scenes of you guys rescuing cats and preventing helicopter crashes when no akuma was involved, and now a teenage girl that you both know has questionable judgment somehow is in control of Paris and you’re like, “welp, our hands are tied!” Not to mention wtf a teenage girl is in control of Paris there is obviously some magic shenanigans involved.

10) Luka calling Juleka “twinsie.” Unless he’s under some sort of magical influence that makes him loopy, I’m calling BS.

and just ... so much. So much.

Stuff I can believe but I’m not happy about:

1) No reveal. It’s fucking stupid and bad fucking writing and an astounding lack of audience awareness, but they also want to continue the series past season five, and secret identity shenanigans are kind of their whole shtick, so. *shrug*

2) Adrien remaining in the dark about Hawkmoth’s identity. It’s fucking stupid and unfair to him, but these are the same people who gave up on Chloe’s redemption arc, so I can totally see them chickening out on showing the fallout of that particular reveal.

3) Them having some stupid traumatic event to explain Marinette not being able to confess to Adrien. This is so stupid but I feel like they’re actually foreshadowing it in the episodes that have already been released. It’s still strange af though that it’s never been mentioned before and none of the characters who were involved in it have mentioned anything, buuuuut this is also the same people who didn’t hint at SentiAdrien at all until season 4, when they ramped up the SentiAdrien hints to 11, and didn’t do any SentiKagami hints until season 5, either, when they dropped them like anvils.

4) If the stuff with Andre resigning as mayor turns out to be true (big motherfucking if there) I can see them going “mm, yes, the middle school teacher with no reason to want to be mayor nor any previous political experience will make a good replacement ...” *sigh* let Caline Bustier teach her students, she seems happiest doing that.

Stuff I saw from a mile away:

1) Lila being the next Hawkmoth. The forshadowing in Time Tagger was not subtle and I remember thinking it was weird how many fans seem to have missed that.

2) Feligami. From the first look they shared back in season 4, I was like, “Yes. Yes them.” There was no other effing reason for that Look. And yeah this may be wishful thinking on my part but they work so well together, dammit.

3) Some people becoming permanent holders. Gotta admit, still =/ about all of them being permanent holders, but yeah.

and I’m out of steam for now. Ugh, this show will drive me nuts, I swear.

#data watches miraculous #miraculous ladybug spoilers #miraculous ladybug leaks #allegedly at least #not sure I believe half this crap

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accursedvoid · 3 years ago

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Me watching discourse over which twin is or isn’t the abuser or the victim: Y’all Lila Valeska and Zach are right there.

#it’s 4am so the tag rants might not be coherent but I’m having valeska twin feels and I’m crying abt the boys again #Jeremiah valeska #Jerome valeska #idk I get sad when I see either being blamed like ffs they Were just fucking kids man and it fucking saddens me #THEY WERE JUST KIDS and it hurts me aka void gets fucked up over fictional characters yet again #you can’t tell me Lila wouldn’t have been the type to play the siblings against each other either abuser have fuckin patterns #I don’t argue that it got worse when jeremiah left bc it absolutely would have but that shit doesn’t start from nowhere #and as someone who knows siblings who have had a parent that’s abusive play them against each other IT IS FUCKED UP and I can 100% believe #that’s what could have been what started all this that lead up to the timeline of events we know #also yes it’s shit of Jeremiah to twist things like that BUT HE WAS STILL A FUCKING KID TOO GUYS kids are fuckin cruel without realising ok #and we don’t know enough of how it was back then to not know if he did feel like Jerome might have tried something eventually too #and Jerome didn’t deserve the shit he got either #also @ Jim Gordon #SIR IN WHAT WORLD IS SENDING AN ABUSED TEEN TO ARKHAM A GOOD IDEA #Jerome should not have gone to arkham send tweet #Jerome got fuckin manipulated by so many people and Jeremiah got everything taken away from him and I am sad for BOTH OF THEM #real talk? I’d rather die than be changed into something I’m not against my will that shit is horrifying #I do not hate Jerome for it before anyone starts like I said I love them Both aNd it fuckin hurts to think both their lives got fucked over #Jeremiah lived his entire life in fear of his brother coming after him for his fuck up so much that he built a cage around himself #and had little to no human contact I’m not surprised he’s rather defensive and neurotic #bc ngl if YOU are confronted by Jim Gordon who’s had multiple run ins with your brother would you not also want to stress how much #both of the twins are fucked up and I’m sad about them and for them I just wanna hug them man #also gotham I won’t forgive you for killing my boy and crispy frying my other boy #if I could somehow manage it I would br throwing tire irons at Lila and Zach #also those of you that argue pre pray Jeremiah would have been just as bad well we don’t know for certain man #you can read his actions from many angles and frankly we just didn’t get enough time to know for sure #so much we don’t know and our only views are two VERY BIASED sources in their own viewpoints bc everyone else is dead or now insane #it’s neither of their faults that everything was fucked and yes made bad decisions and fucked up choices along the way but it all leads bac #everything leads back to Lila fuckin valeska and god it ruins me everytime I think abt how things could have been 😭😭😭

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idontgetpaidenoughforthisshit · 2 years ago

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That moment when you find yourself feeling slightly sorry for Reginald, and it’s revealed that he is in fact an even massiver cunt than previously depicted

“I’m going to murder my child and time his resurrection.” This was a fanfiction trope before it became canon, I have like 20 fics bookmarked with that exact premise ffs.

And then he trained the other kids up for a suicide mission. At least this Pogo isn’t a massive fucking enabler like season one Pogo.

I did not like Season One Pogo. This also helps explain the emotional distance the Sparrows have between themselves and Grace. Because there wasn’t Viktor murdering his nannies (which, really? Put some sugar in it or get a better kettle, after the first two dead nannies it was obvious!) she was likely introduced later, and therefore they were more independent and wasn’t as needed in a maternal role (they were in their 20’s when Pogo left, and we saw no sign of Grace then, so it was likely she was a far more recent addition).

By introducing Grace after Pogo left, the Sparrows knew that if they got too attached, Reginald would probably destroy her. Also, they didn’t need a mother (in their 20’s) and she likely had less time to develop and evolve. Reginald could also have put restrictions on her programming in order to prevent her from becoming too attached and “betraying” him the way Pogo did.

But I digress, this post is Why Reginald Hargreeves Is An Utter Shithead, not The Fascinating Differences Of Grace In All Seasons (though I may do one of those for fun later)

So we all had sympathy over him being drugged by his children, and his patheticness with the ice cream and then BAM! His assholish colours are revealed.

He tested Klaus’ immortality (episode 6 he starts) in both timelines, there is the infamous Diego Stutter moment of Season 2, which caused the fandom to thirst for his blood (also fuck Lila for inducing the same response).

And he’s raising his children for a suicide mission.

I think that’s what truly sums up the difference in the end, quite simply because of the ways they were raised - the Umbrellas were raised to save the world and destroy it, the Sparrows were raised to die and technically outlived the Umbrellas (I mean, technically they’ve all died, Five just undid it, therefore the Sparrows have a better track record. They’re both just denying the roles they were raised for because Fuck Reginald Hargreeves).

So yeah, the man’s more of a shitbucket than we thought, don’t waste any sympathy on this monumental twatwaffle

#the umbrella academy #tua season 3 #reginald hargreeves

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icyaslack · 2 years ago

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TUA S3 Spoilers

Ok so I need to externalise my feelings concerning season 3 on way or another. First, I really really liked this season, I think more than season 2. It was darker and more mature, with lighter (and sometimes silly) moments in between. And at last they got to properly curse! THANK YOU! let them say fuck we’re not in a soap ffs! It does have writting flaws and problems but all in all it’s really good and makes me want season 4 so bad! And I’ll need at least 2 rewatch to fully see the little details here and there. The rest under there cos it’s gonna be long.

Luther next. I was quite happy for him this season he got to experience real love and be loved and understood back. Sloane is good for him. The last episodes were especially brutal on him, being killed by his dad whom he literally just forgave is cruel and tragic. He also got nice interactions with most of his siblings too.

Klaus got to grow and see how truly powerful he can be (even if there’s big plotholes here). He’s got a really good arc and really nice and sweet interactions with each siblings, Ben and his mother. Same as Luther he didn’t deserve to be killed by Reginald after being so nice with him and trying so hard to see some good in him.

Vikto is way more bearable this season too. At least he’s trying now, I liked him a lot more. I hope he stays in this path.

Diego went through emotional levels he learnt to be more open and he will make a great dad! All his interactions with Lila were absolutely gold and I’m glad they’re so close by the end they’ll need each other.

I have so many feelings for Five and his arc. Firstly, I really didn’t like howwas handled his relation with Delores, like at all. It was awkward as best and not coherent with what we saw in the other seasons. They reduced his whole trauma and complicated mental paths to simple romance... I’m disapointed. But the whole him being the Founder of the Commission thing? I still haven’t properlly understand all the implications here but I know for sure it’s fucking tragic and mindblowing, but it’s interesting and I hope we’ll learn more, even if I really doubt we will. The whole scene where he meets his other self? It killed me, both Aidan Gallagher and Sean Sullivan are remarkable. They don’t have a lot of time, but the emotions man!! The’yre perfect and they both broke my heart. I know the writers will not give Five time to process all of it and if it does it’ll be just implied. Just like the fact he apparently talked to at least Diego about the barn?! And we didn’t get any of their reactions to that. A lot of explaining is done behind camera and I hate that. Another scene that killed me is when Five lost his arm, his dominant one on top of that! I think I blacked-out a little, I needed to rewind. It was brutal and nobody gave a fuck, I know they didn’t really had time to react but a comment would have been nice. He’s so strong and his pain tolerance! God! I don’t even dare think about what went through his mind then... I’m glad he had some happy time with his family though, but he clearly drank way more this season too. I frankly need to know his full speech at the wedding. He got absolutely sweet mometns with his siblings, the dances and the bachelor party, the roadtrip with Klaus... I do think it helped in his decision to not try to save the Universe, he was content. This whole process might seem quite random considering he tried for 45 years to save the world but it kinda made sense, I need to think more about it to form an opinion.Especially about the last episode.

Finally I can say I haven’t emotionally recovered and I have a lot of questions but in a good way.

#TUA spoilers #Five Hargreeves #Number Five #Allison Hargeeves #Luther Hargreeves #Klaus Hargreeves #Diego Hargreeves #Viktor Hargreeves #my favourite old man #file d'attente

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chatonnoir · 3 years ago

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lol hi anon who sent that ask about immediately blocking bad takes and then still thinking about them

the post i saw was 'mlb is racist because lila is italian and i googled 'are italians liars' and google said yes. also that part with chloe saying 'make sushi' further cements it so the creators of this show are awful!'

They decided it was racist because they ..... Googled if “Italians are liars”?????? I’ve never heard of any Italian stereotype about lying?? I even searched a bit and read through various descriptions of bad Italian stereotypes because of this ask and I’ve yet to see a single thing about lying. Also, letting Google do their critical thinking for them is a really interesting choice. I’m just going to move on and not comment on this

Dear god I’ve literally seen that Chloe take before in comments on Astruc’s twitter during season 4 (not even season 2 ffs) where they basically say “why did you make Chloe racist, that makes you racist.” ?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!? HUH?????? A writer takes a rich white antagonist who is repeatedly shown to be ignorant and mean and has her be racist towards the Asian characters, having her make “they’re all the same”-type comments and comments ridiculing their English, both very common forms of racism towards Asians. These comments are presented as being ignorant and mean by the show, and the protagonists are shown getting rightfully angry and trying to call her out and correct her on this. They saw this and arrived at the conclusion that the WRITER was the racist here?????? Please tell me what mental gymnastics were necessary to arrive at this conclusion. I can only imagine it’s coming from the people who love an idealized fanon version of Chloe and pretend anything that doesn’t agree with their version either didn’t happen or was actually the fault of another character or the writers themselves -- “Chloe isn’t racist!!1!1 Astruc MADE her be racist!!1!1″ Sorry to her stans but her racism is a completely realistic depiction of how ignorant privileged white girls like her show their ignorance in real life, y’all can’t just make up “evil Astruc” headcanons to gloss over it and pretend she isn’t racist.

#in terms of the racism I've met so many chloe's in real life #'where is islam' - a grown white girl in a high school history class who made me listen to this question with my own two ears #'oh I talked to the chinese guy' - white girl referring to my coworker who is Filipino #'I look like a sexy little g*psy girl' - white girl I had the misfortune of overhearing while she was trying on clothes at the flea market #the list goes on and on and on and on and #answers #ml fandom salt

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the-delta-42 · 3 years ago

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Infected

Ladybug darted to the Akuma’s side, ducking under its arm and conjuring a dagger to cut the object from the chain around the Akuma’s neck. Ladybug swung the arm holding the dagger, only for the Akuma to grab her arm and wrench the dagger free.

“Thank you.” Sneered the Akuma, before plunging the dagger deep into Ladybug’s side.

The Akuma leaned forwards, allowing Ladybug to rip the chain off their neck. The Akuma fluttered out and Ladybug caught it in her yoyo. She purified the butterfly and cast her Miraculous Ladybug. The scars that adorned the Eiffel Tower vanished, but the burning pain in her side remained. Ladybug looked down and saw the dagger was still in her side. Ladybug looked at the Akuma victim, before carefully wrapping an arm around them and taking them to the ground.

“Can you make your way home from here?” Asked Ladybug, looking at the citizen.

The citizen nodded and started to walk off, leaving Ladybug to head to the rooftops before she de-transformed. Ladybug just made it to her balcony, the dagger still in her side, it had to stay in to prevent her from bleeding out…right? Her transformation fell and the burning pain became blistering agony. Marinette looked down at the blade and wrapped her hand around the leather-bound handle. She quickly clamped her hand over the wound, as Tikki spotted it and flew off to get the first aid kit.

Marinette examined the dagger, the blade was roughly half the length of her forearm. On one side of the blade, it was serrated and on the other it was curved. Marinette’s first thought was that it was a hunting knife, before Tikki returned.

“You need to go to a hospital, Marinette.” Said Tikki, looking up at her chosen.

“And say what? I got stabbed fighting an Akuma as Ladybug?” Questioned Marinette, lifting her shirt up, “I don’t think it hit anything important.”

“That’s not the point, Marinette!” Protested Tikki, as Marinette put anti-septic onto the wound, “What if it gets infected?”

“Tikki, that only happens if the wound isn’t cleaned,” Sighed Marinette, carefully threading a needle, “I cleaned the wound, and this is going to hurt like hell.”

Tikki winced and looked away as Marinette stitched herself back up, “I still think you need to go to the hospital.”

“Tikki, I’ll be fine, what’s the worst that can happen?” Asked Marinette, climbing down into her room and carefully settling herself down into her bed.

Marinette scowled at the maths problem in front of her. It’d been a week since she had that knife jammed into her side and it was killing her, Lila had tried to trip her up and it was boiling. Thankfully, there hadn’t been an akuma today.

“Alright everyone, complete the problem you’re currently on and hand them in.” Said the Teacher, making Marinette sigh.

Alya glanced at Marinette’s paper, “Er, girl, you’ve only done three questions.”

“Sorry, it was really difficult.” Excused Marinette, collecting the papers and walking up to the teacher’s desk.

“Marinette, is everything alright?” Asked the teacher, frowning, “You look like you’re burning up.”

“It’s nothing.” Dismissed Marinette, handing the papers to them.

They had PE next, Marinette hoped that no one would question the vest she was wearing. No one even noticed she was wearing a vest, it hurt to move her arms. Marinette stumbled slightly and shook her head to get rid of the black spots appearing in her vision.

D’Argencourt had Marinette’s class standing in a line, “Today, we have guests, some from my fencing troop and others from other schools.”

Marinette spotted Kagami and gave her a small wave, before looking back at D’Argencourt.

“We will start our lesson off with five laps of the gym and then some stretches to warm up.” Commanded D’Argencourt, making everyone groan, “10 laps!”

Everyone was still grumbling as they started jogging, Marinette slightly slower than everyone else. Lila noticed and smirked to herself. They completed one lap, two, three. On the fourth lap, Lila ‘tripped’ and had Marinette run into the back of her.

“OW!” Cried Lila, gripping her ankle, as Marinette fell onto the floor on her side, “My ankle, it hurts!”

Everyone headed towards Lila and Marinette. D’Argencourt glanced at Lila and instructed her to sit on the bench for the rest of the lesson, before turning his attention to Marinette.

“Ms. Dupain-Cheng,” Said D’Argencourt, before frowning, “pretending to be unconscious isn’t going to work.”

Marinette didn’t move, making D’Argencourt sigh through his nose and grab her arm and hoist her up, “Ms. Dupain-Cheng!”

Rose looked over as D’Argencourt spoke and spotted a red patch blossoming on Marinette’s side. Rose screamed and pointing at the area, D’Argencourt followed Rose’s finger and froze.

“Le Chien; get the nurse, Raincomprix; call an ambulance, Lahiffe; get her parents.” Ordered D’Argencourt, carefully lowering Marinette to the ground and kneeling beside her. The teacher placed his hands over the wound and pressed down. He noticed no one had moved, “NOW!”

Nino and Kim shot off, while Sabrina ran to get her phone. Everyone was silent, as Sabrina returned with her phone. A couple minutes later, Kim returned with the nurse.

“Good lord!” Gasped the Nurse, before rushing over, “What the hell happened?”

“Rossi tripped, Dupain-Cheng ran into the back of her, I lifted her up and she started bleeding.” Grunted D’Argencourt, as blood seeped between his fingers.

“Keep compressing the wound, judging by the amount of blood it’s fairly deep.” Said the nurse, as Nino returned with Marinette’s mother.

Sabine froze, before she looked around. Alya looked like she was going to faint, while Adrien looked like he was staring death in the face. Sabine headed over to Alya, she might not be able to help her daughter, but she could help her friends.

“What happened?” Asked Sabine, touching Alya’s shoulder, jerking the girl from her daze.

“I, I don’t know.” Confessed Alya, “One second we were jogging, and the next Lila had bumped into Marinette and she passed out. Then Mr D’Argencourt picked her up and she started bleeding.”

Sabrina led a pair of paramedics into the gym, where they took over from D’Argencourt and the school nurse. A Police Officer entered a minute later, looking around and spotting the school staff. Adrien, Nino, Alya and Sabine were joined by Kagami and Luka.

“Looks like a knife wound.” Said a Paramedic, carefully removing Marinette’s blood-soaked shirt and vest. The Paramedic froze, “Apparently she tried to patch herself up.”

The Officer froze when he heard that, “I don’t suppose you know how to contact her parents?”

“Her mother is other there.” Said D’Argencourt, pointing at Sabine.

The office nodded and walked over to the Chinese woman, frowning.

“Mrs Dupain-Cheng?” Asked the Officer, looking down at the short woman.

“Mrs Cheng.” Corrected Sabine, looking up at him, “Is she going to be alright?”

“She should, at most the wound is an infected, shallow wound,” Responded the Officer, “I don’t suppose you know how she got the wound?”

Sabine shook her head, “No, as far as I know, she hasn’t come back in bleeding.”

“Is there anyone who you can think of, that may want to harm your daughter?” Questioned the Officer.

“No, I don’t think anyone would want to hurt Marinette?” Replied Sabine, her gaze falling back to Marinette.

“Are there any issues at home?�� Asked the Officer, frowning.

Sabine’s head snapped around to look at him, her face going slack in shock.

“Are you trying to say that my husband and I did this to her?” Demanded Sabine, struggling to process the accusation.

“We’re considering all possibilities.” Answered the Officer, folding his arms, “We’ll be speaking to her when she wakes up.”

Without another word, the Officer spun on his heel and walked off, leaving a gobsmacked Sabine and silent Alya. The others had heard what the officer said, as well as what he’d implied.

“Marinette’s parents wouldn’t hurt her, would they?” Asked Lila, capitalising on the current state of shock.

“Her parents are the nicest people going,” Said Kim, frowning, “that guy was white, right?”

Nathaniel nodded, “He’s been hanging around the area, he’s actually known to be biased against anyone who doesn’t fit the aryan race.”

“Wait, he’s a nazi?” Asked Kim, giving Nathaniel a sideways look, “How’d you know?”

“His social media was featured in the news,” Responded the red head, “I thought he was suspended.”

“He is.” Confirmed Sabrina, getting ff her phone, “I just asked my dad if he’s been put back on duty. The answer’s he wasn’t.”

The class went over what Sabrina said, before the girl continued, “However, what he said about speaking to Marinette when she woke up was standard procedure, given how no one else can answer how she got that wound.”

“And the accusation that Marinette’s parents were responsible?” Asked Alix, glancing at the Paramedics, who were loading Marinette onto a stretcher and preparing to leave with her.

Sabine moved to follow them, stating she was Marinette’s mother. The procession exited the gym, leaving everyone in a flat silence.

“If that police officer is going to try and say that Marinette’s parents did this, we need to find a way to stop him.” Said Kim, as Alya, Nino, Adrien, Luka and Kagmai joined them.

“There’s a security camera that looked away from the school, it has Marinette’s balcony in the frame,” Said Alya, looking around the class, “it might’ve caught what happened.”

Everyone slowly turned and looked at Max.

“How did I know you were going to do that?” Sighed Max.

Everyone crowded behind Max, trying to get a good view of the screen.

“The School has to update their firewall and security systems, because it was far too easy to hack in,” Said Max, typing away at his keyboard, “Now, I just need to find the camera and the moment Marinette was stabbed.”

“Wait, you’re in?” Asked Kim, looking at Max.

Max sighed and slumped, “Yes, Kim, I’m in.”

“Ha, ha, classic.” Grinned Kim, as Max started his search.

“How far does the footage go back?” Asked Adrien, as Max brought up a video of Lila and Marinette.

“Well, this is the day Marinette was expelled.” Said Max, as Lila started walking down the stairs, “I don’t know what’s going on, since there’s no sound.”

Lila got to the bottom of the stairs, sat down and started screaming. Everyone stared as the teachers appeared and Lila accused Marinette of pushing her.

“That lying bitch.” Seethed Alya, pulling out her phone and opening google.

“What are you doing?” Asked Alix, as Alya glared at her phone.

“Research.” Growled Alya, glaring at her screen.

“Anyway,” Said Max, deciding to move forwards, “This is about a week ago, now we just need to wait for Marinette to appear.”

The group sat and watched as evening flew past, Kim laughed when he saw a pigeon fly into Marinette’s room and the girl throwing it back out the window. The evening progressed further, as the footage slowly got darker.

“This is surprisingly high quality.” Remarked Max, as a flash in Marinette’s room caught their attention.

Everyone froze as Ladybug appeared from Marinette’s skylight and swung off into the city.

“Okay, either Marinette’s Ladybug, she know’s who Ladybug is or she’s hooking up with Ladybug.” Said Kim, as Ladybug suddenly reappeared in the frame, with an Akuma chasing her.

“I missed an Akuma?” Whined Adrien and Alya, getting strange looks from everyone else.

“Are you two sure you aren’t one person?” Asked Nino, as Ladybug and the Akuma vanished again.

Everyone waited in silence for Ladybug to appear on the screen again. Max decided to speed up the footage, until Ladybug reappeared.

Ladybug roughly landed on Marinette’s balcony, where her transformation fell. Marinette sat crouch with her hand pressed against her side. A first aid kit flew up to her, with Marinette starting to patch herself up.

Everyone was silent at they tried to comprehend what they’d just seen.

Sabine watched as Marinette wriggled in the bed. A nurse stuck her head through the door, with Officer Raincomprix behind her.

“Marinette,” Said the nurse, softly, “This nice man was hoping you’d be able to answer some questions.”

Marinette scowled at the nurse, “I’m not a child, I’m fifteen and I know who he is.”

The nurse flushed, as Officer Raincomprix entered.

“Marinette,” Asked Raincomprix, sitting in a chair not far from the bed, “Can you remember how you got stabbed?”

Marinette looked down and gave a small nod.

“Do you know who did it?” Asked Raincomprix, leaning forwards.

Marinette shook her head, getting a disappointed sigh from Raincomprix.

“Why didn’t you tell anyone you’d been stabbed?” Questioned Raincomprix, running a hand down his face.

“I was embarrassed, I guess.” Mumbled Marinette, picking at the blanket.

Raincomprix sighed, “Marinette, you were very luck today. The doctors told me that the wound was become infected and, if it’d been left any longer, could’ve led to sepsis.”

Marinette continued to look and pick at the blanket.

“Marinette, the next time you’re hurt from an outside source, you need to tell someone, even if it’s a minor thing, like a bruise.” Implored Raincomprix, before getting up and leaving.

Sabine reached out and grasped Marinette’s hand, making the girl look at her, “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“You and Papa are busy.” Mumbled Marinette, looking back at her lap.

“I meant what you are doing as Ladybug.” Sabine gently squeezed Marinette’s hand, making the girl’s head snap back up to look at her.

“H-how do you know?” Stammered Marinette, her mouth suddenly dry.

“Marinette, please,” Sighed Sabine, “give your father and I some credit. We noticed how you were conveniently absent during attacks, and you kept returning as if you’d been running a marathon.”

“I thought I was careful.” Mumbled Marinette, looking at her lap.

“You were,” Assured Sabine, “but we live under the same roof. The only way we wouldn’t know is if we were neglectful.”

“D-do you want me to stop?” Whispered Marinette, glancing at her mother.

“No, I just want you to be more careful in future. Maybe you could take up some self-defence classes just in case something like this happens again.”

Marinette kept her head down and gave a reluctant nod, at least her mother didn’t demand she stop being Ladybug.

“Now, how did you get stabbed?” Asked Sabine, looking down at Marinette.

“I, kinda, conjured a knife and the Akuma forced me to stab myself with it.” Mumbled Marinette, but Sabine heard her.

“WHAT THE FUCK?!”

“We can’t show this to the police.”

No one looked at Sabrina when she spoke, none of them disagreeing with her. It was bad enough that they all knew Marinette’s Identity, they couldn’t go and blab to the police.

“We’re going to have to tell her that we know.” Stated Adrien, looking around, “We can’t keep this from her.”

“How can we tell her?” Asked Juleka, looking at the Model, “How can we tell her that we know she’s Ladybug?”

Adrien was silent for a moment, “Leave it to me.”

#miraculous ladybug #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #sabine cheng #tom dupain #nino lahiffe #alya cesaire #classmates #Tikki #delta writes

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fragileizywriting · 3 years ago

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Hi! Super dumb question here but you were the first fic writer I could think of who might have some tips.

How do you manage and organize all of your WIPs? All of mine are in my notes app but the tagging system sucks on iPhones and I’ve had to use folders inside of folders for everything.

Part of me wishes so desperately that Ao3 didn’t delete drafts after 30 days because it’s the only way I’ve been able to tag things properly. These days I’m just, “Do I put this in my enemies to lovers folder first or the soulmates one??? Do I have a folder in my AUs folder for coffee shop meet-cute that also has a Lila takedown plot??”

hi anon!!!! this isn't a dumb question at all!!!

oh god oh god, anon, my organization skills are probably the worst ever, but i'll still share what i have and hopefully it'll help? maybe? hopefullyyyyy?

i personally write using google docs because i'm always constantly switching between computers and i write on my phone too when i'm on the train to school!! i don't need much, honestly, and i don't enjoy having a grammar editor that's constantly reading my stuff (grammarly is on such thin ice with me, yelling at me for putting ellipses in the wrong places) so just a simple blank screen with nothing fancy is how i do it. i know a lot of people use scrivener but it's not free and i am Very Much Not in Any Way Financially Able To Buy A Program when google docs works just fine, so i don't mind it!

i like having my stuff available, and docs is always really helpful. my drive looks like a mess outside of my Miraculous folder-- it looks like a scrapbook with all the random images and powerpoints for school saved, but i have a folder (with a very hidden name of "FF" just in case i were to have to open my drive in front of a projector screen) but inside it, i organize all of my fics like this:

i really like the color pink.

if it's an idea i have that i'm not sure if i want to develop into something bigger, it goes into the oneshots folder. if i like it a lot and actually start writing it (and am interested,) then it gets it's own folder!!! but the downside is, some of these i haven't touched in years...

i have a lot of earlier fics for miraculous (like, before i even decided that writing was a thing i wanted to do) but i didn't want to throw them away, so they got put into the reject pile. the stories were... weird. they didn't go anywhere, which i probably just didn't know What to write about, but they're saved (forever!)

don't let this organization fool you, though. i have about 80 different google documents in the dl folder DX

as for tagging, i don't really think of the tags until i'm in ao3 to begin with. i actually don't have a lot of wips that i'm trying to keep track of!! in the oneshots folder, i just write the general idea at the top of the document, and let it go from there-- that way i don't have to worry about if i forgot a key element to the story, or something of the sort.

for example, if i were the one organizing your coffee-shop AU takedown with lila, i would label it by name! maybe if i needed to do some planning, i'd make a folder inside the oneshots folder (assuming it won't be a 100k+ fic at the end) so i could keep my notes organized for it!! or bring it out and give it it's own folder outside the oneshots folder!!! (which btw let me just say the fic sounds like an AMAZING story and i 100% want to read it) (just putting that out there)

#speakizys #i hope this helped a bit? maybe? ;w; <3 #good luck anon!!!!!!!!#and if you do write this coffeeshop au PLEASE please please @me when you start publishing it

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purplebass · 4 years ago

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Silver Lining // Kell and Lila

Like I said earlier, I needed writing therapy. Tonight, my choice were Kell and Lila (again). I don’t know, these days I really feel them. I’m inspired to write FF about them. And I hope you enjoy it! x

Couple: Kelila, Kell Maresh and Lila Bard Rating: M Spoilers = No (this can be read without having finished the series)

A ship stood dark against the night sky. Aboard, just two passengers.

She suggested they took the vessel to dine on the sea. She said she missed being above water, having decided to settle down on land for the time being. She knew they couldn’t be away for too long. She was sure the time she would tell herself that she had to take a break would come. She never thought it would be this early, this unexpectedly.

Lila kissed him on the dock. Kell grazed her back with his hand, and she did the same to his neck. She loved burying her hands in his hair when their lips were too busy to speak, to breathe. She also adored when he did the same and tangled his calloused hand through her dark strands, then let his hand descend on her neck, on her chest.

Kell told her he loved her a couple of times. He used words, and not only gestures to demonstrate it. But she didn’t need to hear anything. If his affection only depended on the way they brushed each other’s lips ever so intensely, she didn’t need any confirmation that he had yielded himself to her completely, without losing himself. He was still Kell, but he also loved her so openly, so fiercely.

This feeling scared her, but she was also grateful for it. She had never been treasured like that before, and this was the reason why she hadn’t been shocked when she found out. But first, she had to acknowledge something else.

Lila dragged him to the cabin. She was sweating despite the season, but she hoped he wouldn’t notice. She glanced at him with eyes full of hopes and expectations and saw the same spark in his. He still hadn’t had enough of her, and she could see the hunger in his gaze, but also respect. He would never force her to do anything she didn’t want to do, and the same worked for her. She tried to shrug this sensation prickling the back of her head off her mind until they were below deck.

They resumed their kissing, which turned into disrobing each other of some of their clothing, which then evolved into exploring each other. They both took part in that, but for some reason, he had been the one who paid more attention to her body, to her need to be cherished. If her old self would see her now, she would laugh. Of all the things Lila envisioned in her future, she’d never thought –

“I’m a few weeks late,” she said out of the blue, unable to stop herself, as Kell had just laid his full lips on her stomach. It sounded better in her head, but now that it was finally out, she could heave a deep sigh of relief. “I’ve seen a doctor the other day, and he confirmed it.”

Kell had stilled below her, on his knees. On another occasion, this would have been very pleasing to see. After spending a lot of months with him, she had realized that she was always eager to know what he would do with his mouth. She had wondered what his lips would conjure in this moment. If they would even utter a word. Perhaps he would dive into the sea and swim back to the palace.

He lifted his chin to look at her. His hands still lain at the sides of her hips, and he still hadn’t removed them from there. He probably ignored that she was secretly thankful. She was still Lila Bard, but in that moment, she needed all the support she could get.

“What does this mean, Lila?”

“That I’m a mess,” she replied without thinking. “A mess with child,” she added nervously, rolling her eyes at the ceiling. She could feel the tears pricking the back of her eyes, but she wouldn’t cry. No, she wouldn’t –

She felt the absence of Kell’s hands when they left her hips. She was already missing them, but he wasn’t ready to let her go yet. He placed one of her face, tenderly brushing his knuckles over her cheek. Lila closed her eyes, wishing for the tears to stop. But it was useless.

“My lovely Lila,” Kell murmured gently. “Why are you crying?”

“I don’t know,” she told him, but in her heart, she knew that the real answer was: ‘Because I told you my secret and I’m afraid that you won’t like it. That you would leave me’.

She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. This was so out of character for her, but there were several things she had done that far that she would have never thought she’d do a few years back. She shouldn’t be surprised.

“You know that I love you,” he told her again, in that same charming voice. The voice of a person who adored you, who would give their life for you. She could recognize it after a few times she’d heard it before. And she was certain that he meant it with every fiber of his being.

“Yes,” she murmured.

“Then you realize that I love every part of you,” he continued, his hand still firm and warm on the side of her neck. The other, roaming on her bare stomach. “And that I will love every part of you the same way that I love you. Wait, maybe even more.”

A frown crossed Lila’s face. “Even more?”

“Are you jealous?”

“I…” she bit her lip, “no”.

Kell grinned, and then he hugged her body to his chest.

“Thank you,” she said, her voice low. She knew he had heard her, but he didn’t reply. So, she tried to be as honest as possible, and as truthful. “I love you,” she added in an even hushed tone. It was the first time she had willed herself to actually say the words, but she had always tried to mean them through actions.

“I know,” he replied simply, and kissed her head, and held her tighter than he had done in the past. And Lila knew that she wouldn’t trade all of that for all the gold in the world.

#adsom #a darker shade of magic #kell maresh #lila bard #kelila #shades of magic #a gathering of shadows #a conjuring of light #adsom fanfic #kell and lila #som #ve schwab #tweety.writes

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always-anxious612 · 4 years ago

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Magic in the Air: Chapter 6

Description: Everything is chaos with Roman, Dee, and Virgil all trying to master their magic. And If Patton can’t help with magic, then he could at least help Remus get a good grade. At least, that’s what he thought until everything started to backfire.

Pairings: roceit, analogical, intruality, platonic DRLAMP

Warnings: crying, pain mention (let me know if I missed something or you want something tagged)

Word Count: 1,529

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9

It had been a few days since Remus started practicing his makeup look on Patton. It was going pretty well in Patton’s opinion. Remus assured him that he thought it was coming along nicely as well, but Patton felt like he was frustrated for some reason. In fact, they had been beginning yet another practice session when Patton felt the odd feeling that something was ff with Remus once again. He studied Remus’s face as he leaned back to study his work so far.

“Looking fabulously gory already, Patton.” Remus grinned, making Patton raise an eyebrow. Why did it seem like frustration was practically radiating off of Remus when he seemed normal? Patton’s heart hurt a little as he tried to figure out what was wrong. He just wanted to help.

“Are you sure everything is going ok, Re?” he asked tentatively.

“Wha—of course everything’s going ok. I’ll have you looking like a broken bleeding human mess in no time.”

Patton bit his lip. He couldn’t help but feel that Remus was lying, but he didn’t really have anything to base it on other than he could just…feel it. Remus was focused on blending something on Patton’s forehead, looking unusually concentrated.

“Are—Are you sure that you’re ok?” Patton chanced asking again. Except for a subtle twitch in his expression, Remus remained focused.

“Of course, I am Patty. What’s with the questions? Not used to seeing me quiet and focused?” Remus cackled leaning back to examine what he was just working on. Patton let out a frustrated sigh and leaned back to study Remus’s face.

“Remus, please stop pretending. It’s fine if you don’t want to tell me what’s wrong right now but I know there’s something. You don’t have to pretend.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, tadpole.” Remus insisted, still smiling. Patton rolled his eyes fondly at the nickname but quickly leaned away when Remus tried to continue working. He could feel the frustration. He could feel something else too. Insecurity. Remus was radiating both emotions and Patton didn’t understand how he hadn’t noticed sooner. His heart twisted in pain. If he could just get Remus to open up, he could help.

“You do know what I’m talking about Remus. You do. Just—Just talk to me.” As soon as the words left his mouth, his heart started aching even more than before, radiating a sharp pain that wouldn’t leave. And suddenly Remus was crying through his smile. He—Patton couldn’t have—he didn’t cause—

“Calm down, Patty whack. I told you I’m fi—” he cut himself off with a sob and finally his smile slipped away.

“Wha—What? Why am I crying? When did this start? I feel fine?” Remus sniffled, trying desperately to push away his tears.

“Wait I’m sorry, Re I was too harsh. Please stop. I didn’t mean to make you cry. Don’t cry.” Patton panicked, not knowing how to respond. Surprisingly, Remus stopped at his request and wiped at his eyes. Patton’s heart clenched, his chest burning.

“Patton. What the—”

“I don’t—I didn’t. I just wanted to help you. I just want you to be able to tell me what’s wrong. Tell me what’s bothering you. Let it all out, Re Re.” Patton explained, trying to keep the edge of panic from his voice. Remus broke down again, cursing as he sobbed. He looked like he was struggling with something before finally opening his mouth.

“I’m scared I’m really not good enough to do this. What if my professor is right and I fail at the one thing I’m good at. What if I really am just a creep and a failure who no one likes. What if everyone hates my project. It’s too weird. I just want to make my professor proud. I want to make you proud. I can’t handle failing at my one passion. I can’t.” he blurted out.

“Remus.”

“What the heck. Patton, make it stop. I didn’t mean to. I feel like I can’t stop it. You—You’re doing this. Tell me to stop or—or something. Just make it stop, Patton.”

“Wha—o-ok, um, Remus, please calm down. Take deep breaths, ok? Breath for me, honey. Calm down.” Patton encouraged, drawing Remus into a hug. Remus sucked in a shaky breath and wiped at the tears streaming down his face. Patton sucked in a breath of his own. What had Remus meant he was doing this? Taking another deep breath, Patton pushed the thought aside, trying to clear his mind. After a few minutes, the sharp pain in his heart had mostly disappeared and he was much calmer.

“R-Remus, I’m so sorry for pushing you, but I’m sure you’ll do amazing for your makeup. You’re incredibly talented. But also, if your professor says it’s not good—which I can’t imagine will happen—that doesn’t mean you’re a failure. You can always improve, and you’re trying your best. It’s important that you have fun. You love makeup. If you can’t enjoy doing it anymore, then you’re putting too much pressure on yourself. Give yourself a break. What you create may not appeal to everyone but that’s fine. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks, you’re incredible at the type of makeup you do. And I’m already proud of you, Re. You’re so creative and talented. Just because I don’t—I don’t exactly feel comfortable with some of the, um, darker things you make doesn’t mean I’m not proud of them or of you.”

Remus was silent and Patton was too nervous to try saying anything else. He didn’t mean to be so pushy. He really didn’t. Instead, he decided to simply hold Remus against his chest, rubbing his back in what he hoped was a comforting way.

“Patton, how did you do that?” Remus finally spoke up, his voice much softer and more vulnerable than usual.

“D-Do what?” Remus sighed and shifted in Patton’s arms, curling more into his chest.

“You—I wasn’t feeling that bad before. I was frustrated, yeah. And I guess all those thoughts were there, but when you told me to talk to you…I couldn’t stop crying. I physically couldn’t stop. When you said stop, I stopped. When you said to let it all out, I—I let it all out. I tried to stop the words. I tried to stop crying. I just—I couldn’t.”

“You think I forced you to—Remus. But that would mean that I have—But I would never. I didn’t mean to make you cry. I didn’t mean to make you tell me that stuff against your will. I would—I would never. I’m sorry. I’m sorry Remus.” Patton apologized over an over again, clinging to Remus who was squished against his chest. It wasn’t until he heard soft sniffles that Remus pulled away.

“Hey, Patty-whack, it’s ok. At this point, I’m pretty sure you have magic. And if it’s magic that we’re talking about. None of the others could really control it when they first discovered theirs either. It makes about as much sense as I do most of the time. In my opinion, you’re one of thos feelings people. What are they called? Empathy? Empass? Empath? Whatever, we’ll talk to Logan about it later, ok?” he soothed, gently wiping Patton’s tears away.

“Ok.” Patton whispered.

“Come on now. You’re going to ruin your makeup.”

“Sorry, Re.” Patton said, pausing in the process of going to wipe at his eyes.

“It’s fine. Actually, the dripping mascara kinda adds more creepy to it. I’ll have to see what I can do with that.” Remus replied, examining the makeup.

“Anyway, you can just wipe it off, we can practice more tomorrow.”

“Oh, but, um—I don’t mind starting over. I-If you like.” Patton stammered. He didn’t want to ruin Remus’s makeup practice on top of everything else.

“Pat, don’t worry about it, k? I still have plenty of time to practice. We can just relax for now, yeah?” Remus assured, tone becoming unusually caring. Sighing, Patton nodded and went to take off the makeup. He was still a bit worried for Remus, but he was sure he’d be ok. Remus wasn’t one to lose hope or be rattled easily. In fact, Remus was so tough and chaotic that it was sometimes hard to remember that he needed reassurance just like everyone else. Patton made a mental note to start complimenting him more. He deserved it anyway. And Patton, well Patton was terrified of messing up, of saying something wrong, of not being able to help those he cared about but…he’d be ok too, eventually.

When Patton returned to the living room, Remus had packed up all of his makeup supplies and had started a Disney movie.

“Hey, Patty! Check this out! Bet you didn’t know I could do this with my tongue!” Remus called from the couch. Patton couldn’t help the giggle that slipped out of his mouth. Yeah, Remus would be alright, and Patton would do better at helping him and learning to not be so, um, pushy when it came to good and gross. As for his apparent magic, he’d talk to Logan about it eventually. Today though, he’d rest. And with Remus cuddled to his side, that’s exactly what he did.

Taglist: @catolicabuena @look-ma-im-on-tv @its-always-the-witching-hour @sure-i-exist @wellhellothere09 @star-crossed-shipper @cemmy @lila-lupus

#crying tw #pain tw #roceit #analogical #intruality #platonic drlamp #ts patton #ts logan #ts roman #ts virgil #ts deceit #ts remus #sanders sides #sanders sides fics #my fics #cait writes #ts magic au #ts human au

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sage-nebula · 5 years ago

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I understand that part of the misunderstanding might be stemming from subtitles, but I also think part of the misunderstanding is coming from a refusal to pay real thought and attention to Kagami and her character, so I just want to spell this out real quick:

Kagami was NOT pressuring Adrien into a relationship in “Miracle Queen”. She was pushing him to GIVE HER A STRAIGHT ANSWER.

Of course, we don’t have the English dub yet, but let’s take a look at the high quality subs of the Ukranian version that we do have, shall we?

Adrien: [pushes away from the kiss] “No! I mean, yes! I mean, this is the first time when . . . I . . . I thought it would be different.”

Kagami: “Are you not happy with me?”

Adrien: “No, that’s not it! I just don’t think I’m ready.”

Kagami: “When will you be ready?”

Adrien: [doesn’t answer, looks away]

Kagami: “Your indecision hurts me, Adrien.”

Kagami gives Adrien not one, but two chances to reject her here. When he first pushes away from the kiss, despite his flip-flopping on whether he actually wanted the kiss or not (”no, I mean, yes! I mean---”) she asks him flat out if he likes her or not. He could have said no! He could have apologized and said he didn’t have feelings for her! She would have been hurt, but she asked him, so she would have accepted that! Instead, he denies it, and says that the real reason is that he’s not ready. So she asks him when he will be, and to that he dodges the question and looks away, at which point she tells him that his indecision is hurting her, i.e., if he rejected her, at least he’d be making a choice, and she could then move on.

In other words, Kagami would rather be rejected outright than strung along and played with.

Because, unintentionally or not (and I do believe it’s unintentional), that is what Adrien’s doing, and it is painful, especially for someone like Kagami who isn’t confident in her ability to read other people to begin with (she had to look up a Wikihow to try to befriend Marinette, ffs), and who, as proven by her own words and her actions time and again in the show, doesn’t hesitate and doesn’t appreciate others beating around the bush either.

But let’s look at all the ways Adrien has sent Kagami mixed signals, shall we? We’ll take it episode by episode. (As a note, I’m starting with “Frozer” instead of “Riposte” since it was “Frozer” where their interactions started to be coded as romantic, versus “Riposte” where they only became friends at the end of the episode.)

Frozer:

At the start of the episode, Adrien confides in Kagami that things aren’t working out with the girl he likes, and in the process of giving him advice (which boiled down to “if she doesn’t like you, move on” which is yet another indicator that Kagami would do the same if Adrien flat out rejected her), she flirts with him a little (by telling him to “change [his] target”). At that point, Adrien gives her a rose, and asks her to go ice skating with him. By all accounts, Kagami has every single right to think that Adrien has just asked her out on a date, which must be pretty exciting given that a.) she likes him, and b.) we have 100% reason to believe this is the first time she’s ever been asked out given how socially isolated she’s been her whole life. At this point, Kagami has no idea that it will be anyone but the two of them at the ice rink. Why should she think that’s a possibility, when Adrien gave her a rose when he asked her out, and when he did so immediately after she advised him to “change targets”? If it were Marinette in Kagami’s place, I’m pretty sure the entire fandom would have been overjoyed that Adrien had just asked her out!

But of course, that wasn’t the end of the story. Kagami finds out on the day of that Adrien has invited someone else, and that the someone else he invited brought along another person. Keeping in mind that Kagami has been socially isolated and, as we later learn in “Ikari Gozen”, needs a Wikihow article to help her interact with others, having two virtual strangers along on what is now suddenly a group date can’t have done a lot to help her mood. All of a sudden she’s realizing that although Adrien gave her a rose and asked her out, apparently there’s someone else that she’s competing with for his affections, and she’s competing with this other person on her date with Adrien, because Adrien brought the other person along. Again, imagine if Kagami and Marinette’s roles were reversed: Imagine if we saw Adrien ask Marinette out by giving her a rose, only for him to show up with Kagami and Luka in tow. Sure, he’d still be “with” Marinette, but a group date is nowhere near as special as a single date, particularly if one half of said date didn’t know it was going to be a group date to begin with.

But for all the discomfort and upset Kagami felt, she took it pretty gracefully. She accepts it at the end when Adrien tells her he’s not ready to “switch targets,” and tells him that she’ll be waiting for when he is. She then leaves. She doesn’t throw a fit, she doesn’t yell at him for inviting others, she doesn’t attack Marinette (and no, telling Marinette that if she (Marinette) doesn’t make a move then she (Kagami) will does not count as an attack). She accepts the disappointment and moves on.

So in this episode, Kagami received two very strong signals that Adrien was into her (the rose and date invitation), and two very strong signals that he was not (inviting Marinette, telling her at the end he wasn’t ready to move on). Thus our score is:

Positive Signals: 2 Negative Signals: 2

A very even mix. Let’s move on.

Animaestro:

Adrien greets Kagami as soon as she arrives at the theater. Yes, he was told to do so by Nathalie, but Kagami wouldn’t know this. He also notably greets her in Japanese, showing that he’s taken some time to study the language, when I believe previously we only knew him to be studying Chinese. It makes sense that Gabriel would want him to study Japanese given the Agreste’s relationship with the Tsurugi family, but nonetheless, I’m sure Kagami would have been a bit pleased by that as well, albeit perhaps less so than Adrien seeking her out to greet her at the movie premier. A little bit after that, when she links her arm through his so they can go find a seat (a subtle flirt), Adrien does not pull his arm away. Instead, he keeps their arms linked as they walk off. Adrien easily could have pulled away, easily could have rejected that physical contact, proximity, and flirtation (just as he pushes away from the kiss in “Miracle Queen”), but he didn’t. He accepted it. He happily went along with it. This, like the rose and the date invitation, would be a very strong signal to Kagami.

Building on that, during Chloe’s and Marinette’s attempted sabotage, Adrien not only helps her find a chair, but he helps her with the gum on her shoe as well. He pays special attention and care to her, something her mother---who is noticeably cold---points out. Kagami and her mother don’t always see eye-to-eye, but the fact that her mother thinks that Adrien is paying special care to Kagami would no doubt lead Kagami to believe the same, particularly since Adrien doesn’t deny it and takes the compliments. All in all, the movie premier wasn’t a date per se, but they spent a good portion of the evening together and Adrien gave her nothing but positive signals (with the only potentially negative one being when he chatted happily with Marinette at the end, but I don’t think Kagami had a very negative reaction to that that I can remember). So, counting the greeting at the beginning, the linked arms, and the special attention as positive signals (and the greeting in Japanese as half a positive signal), and Adrien chatting with Marinette at the end as half a negative signal, our scores are now:

Positive Signals: 5.5 Negative Signals: 2.5

Still mixed, but erring more on the side of positive than negative.

Backwarder:

Adrien greets Kagami at the train, and he takes her hand to help her onboard. However, this is pretty much the exact same thing that Gabriel did for Kagami’s mother, so that in itself wouldn’t send too much of a signal to Kagami, I don’t think. On that note, we don’t actually see Adrien talk to Kagami at all throughout the episode. They sit next to each other on the train, but he spends his time on the train either reading the letter that Marinette gave him, or listening to a news report on his phone with his earbuds in. And we know from the end of the episode that he spent pretty much the whole trip looking for the medicine Marinette accidentally requested he find. Therefore, I think in this episode Kagami was given maybe half a positive signal (for him helping her on the train), but two negative ones as well (him ignoring her on the train, him spending the trip looking for something for Marinette instead of spending time with her).

Positive Signals: 6 Negative Signals: 4.5

Oni-chan:

Kagami sees the photo that Lila posted online of her (Lila) kissing Adrien’s cheek, and we know that she took this as a very negative signal given that she not only throws her phone, but also pulls out her journal to look at the pressed rose inside---the same one that Adrien gave Kagami, that she kept because it meant something to her (not only as a token of his seeming romantic affection, I’d imagine, but quite possibly the very first gift she ever received from a friend). What’s interesting to note here, though, is that I believe this is the first time Kagami has been made aware that Lila is a person who even exists. Before this, all signs pointed to Kagami believing Marinette is the other girl Adrien had feelings for (“Frozer”, “Backwarder”). This means that Kagami’s rage might have been fueled not only from heartbreak, but also the idea that Adrien was just playing her, and possibly Marinette, and who knows how many others; that maybe he wasn’t the person she thought he was.

Either way, Gabriel (as Hawkmoth) sorts that out when he akumatizes her, telling her that Lila is dangerous, and that Adrien is just naive and being played by her. No doubt because Kagami already had feelings for Adrien (all those positive signals), and no doubt because she succumbed to the akuma’s power, she agrees with this narrative and sets about hunting down Lila to “punish” her for threatening Adrien (though not before giving Adrien her Declaration of Protection, and confessing her feelings to him in the first place). This is probably why, after she’s de-akumatized, she once again holds the rose to her chest, both thankful to have it back, and forgiving her initial negative thoughts about Adrien.

Regardless, during their fencing practice at the end of the episode, Adrien tells Kagami that he’s “only trying to be worthy of [her],” which she clearly takes as a positive sign given how she smiles and blushes. Considering that this is after Adrien has realized that she really does have feelings for him (given that she confessed while akumatized and he saw that her akumatized item was the rose he gave her), she has very good reason to think so! (Even though she doesn’t remember the confession bit and doesn’t know he’s Chat Noir, but nonetheless, we know and that makes those signals even stronger for us than for her).

So we have the negative signal of seeing the photo, and the positive signal of Adrien telling her he’s trying to be worthy of her. (Gabriel assuaging Kagami’s rage toward Adrien doesn’t count since that didn’t come from Adrien himself.) Once again, it’s an equal number of positive and negative signals in this episode, though unlike in “Frozer”, this time we end on a positive signal instead of a negative one.

Positive Signals: 7 Negative Signals: 5.5

Desperada:

Adrien and Kagami arrive together at the Kitty Section practice session. Given that this seems to have taken place before both “Silencer” and “Ikari Gozen”, Kagami doesn’t really know and isn’t friends with any of the people already present (including Marinette herself), and therefore it’s fair to assume that the person who invited her to come along with him was Adrien. We know, too, that the two of them opted to skip fencing practice, which is something Adrien could have done by himself had he wanted to. The fact that he invited her to skip fencing practice to go hang out at band practice with him would be pretty significant to her.

(And yes, I am sticking to the fact that this episode must come before “Silencer” chronologically, because as of the end of “Silencer” Marinette knows how Luka feels about her, whereas in this episode Alya says that the boys haven’t made their decisions yet, and Marinette goes along with this. I know what the production order is, but episodes can be made out of order for any reason. Until Word of God comes out and says otherwise, I’m sticking to this---and, tbh, I’m sticking to it even after Word of God, if we’re being entirely honest.)

We don’t see too much interaction between them after this, save for how Kagami protected Adrien and then tried to attack Desperada (once again showing that she never hesitates), but what we saw at the beginning was enough to see that Adrien only had positive signals for Kagami in this episode, even if it was only one (inviting her to skip fencing practice to go to band practice instead).

Positive Signals: 8 Negative Signals: 5.5

Loveater:

Since Kagami was only seen in a flashback in “Stormy Weather 2″ and since I don’t think she interacted with him as himself in “Ikari Gozen”, that brings us to “Loveater.”

When we see Kagami and Adrien in “Loveater”, they’re already together, seated on the same bench with Gorilla. As far as we know, they arrived together. Whether they did or not, though, they’re on the same page; both want to help Marinette, and both do help her take the trays into the kitchen. While they’re in there, Adrien and Kagami begin fencing with a pair of ladles; Marinette looks sad and left out, because right then, she kind of is. All of Adrien’s attention is on Kagami as they play and banter with each other (and as we know, playful banter can indeed be a form of flirting). And although Adrien tells Marinette not to leave when they leave the kitchen, it should be noted that it was Kagami who told Marinette that she should “sneak away with [them].” Therefore, Adrien not wanting Marinette to leave wouldn’t read as a negative signal to Kagami, since she didn’t want Marinette to leave either, and, unlike Adrien, was the one who actually said so directly. (Which doesn’t exactly pertain to the mixed signals Adrien gives her, but more is just another instance of how Kagami gets straight to the point instead of being wishy-washy or vague about things.)

Up on the rooftop, Adrien takes both their hands before leaping into the ball pit. However, when they’re done playing in the ball pit, it should be noted that he and Kagami left first, and not only did they leave first, but Adrien glanced at Kagami before he began to play the piano, and his body was turned a bit toward her as well. Once again, it seems as if Marinette has been left out before Kagami includes her by saying that her hair is beautiful. Adrien agrees, but he only said that (and looked toward Marinette) in the first place because Kagami spoke up first. If she hadn’t drawn attention to Marinette, Adrien’s attention probably would have remained focused on the song that he seemed to be playing for her. (Which makes me feel bad to say, but let’s be honest: Marinette was kind of third wheeling in this episode, something she herself realized at the end.)

When they escape to the bench and Marinette asks if they’ll get in trouble with their parents, Adrien answers for both of them, and leans his head in toward Kagami as they laugh. When Kagami and Adrien are eating ice cream---just the two of them, now---they’re not only sitting very close to each other, but she wipes away some ice cream on his cheek and, though he’s surprised, he doesn’t pull away. She offers him the stem of the cone, and he lets her feed him (which is a very couples-thing; how many people do that with their friends?). And when she leans in for the kiss, he not only quickly eats the rest of the cone, but he closes his eyes and doesn’t pull away. This wasn’t a surprise kiss, like the one at the end. This was one he knew was coming, one he closed his eyes and prepared for. It wasn’t interrupted because he rejected it, but rather because Marinette (as Ladybug) yoinked Kagami away.

At the end of the episode, Kagami tells Adrien that she was taken away by Ladybug to protect the two of them, since the akuma was attacking “people in love.” When Adrien, in surprise, repeats this, Kagami smiles, nods, and slowly puts her hands on his shoulders, then her arms around his neck. He doesn’t pull away. She tugs him closer and leans up, and he doesn’t pull away. By contrast, he closes his eyes again and leans down. Although we know that at the start of the next episode he does push her away, at the end of this one, he was accepting and leaning into the kiss. So, from start to finish, “Loveater” was nothing but positive signals from Adrien to Kagami---a total of eight, as a matter of fact (play-fencing in the kitchen, getting out of the ball pit to play the piano for her, leaning in close to her as they laughed over their shared experience, not pulling away when she swiped the ice cream off his cheek, letting her feed him, not pulling away from the almost-kiss, not pulling away when she embraced him at the end, and leaning into the real kiss). Therefore, at the end of “Loveater,” the scores are:

Positive Signals: 14 Negative Signals: 5.5

Still mixed, but at that point in time, weighted heavily in “positive, he likes me”’s direction.

Miracle Queen:

By the end of “Miracle Queen” we see that Adrien has made his decision, both in how he sits by her, how he smiles at her, and how he wipes the ice cream off her cheek (which is the same move she pulled on him in the previous episode). So let’s examine the beginning, and why Kagami finally lets him know that she’s frustrated with the back and forth. This time, I’m going to add signals to the tally in real time, using the script I transcribed above.

Adrien: [pushes away from the kiss] “No!”

Positive Signals: 14 Negative Signals: 6.5

Adrien: “I mean, yes!”

Positive Signals: 15 Negative Signals: 6.5

Adrien: “I mean, this is the first time when . . . I . . . I thought it would be different.”

Positive Signals: 15 Negative Signals: 7.5

Kagami: “Are you not happy with me?”

Adrien: “No, that’s not it!”

Positive Signals: 16 Negative Signals: 7.5

Adrien: “I just don’t think I’m ready.”

Positive Signals: 16? Negative Signals: 8

Kagami: “When will you be ready?”

Adrien: [doesn’t answer, looks away]

Positive Signals: 16 Negative Signals: 8.5?

Kagami: “Your indecision hurts me, Adrien.”

As I outlined above, ever since “Frozer” Adrien has been giving Kagami mixed signals. In some episodes, his signals are very heavily positive (e.g. “Animaestro”), in some they’re very negative (e.g. “Backwarder”), and in others they’re equally balanced (e.g. “Frozer”, “Ikari Gozen”). But although the intensity of the mixed messages varies from interaction to interaction (as is realistic, particularly considering that I think we can all agree that Adrien is not intentionally leading Kagami on), the fact remains that the messages he gives her are still decidedly mixed. He might ignore her on a London trip, but he tells her he’s trying to be worthy of her while sparring and accepts her flirtations at movie premiers and while eating couples ice cream. On that note, given how every single interaction they had in “Loveater” was romantically coded, and that he was going to kiss her back in the middle of the episode, it’s no wonder that Kagami decides to make another definitive move on him at the end. Even if she wasn’t still pretty new to social interaction, most people would take everything Adrien did in “Loveater” alone as an indicator of interest. Again, swap Kagami and Marinette; if Adrien had done things for Marinette in “Loveater” like ditching Kagami in the ballpit to play the piano for her (Marinette), letting her feed him, and closing his eyes to accept the kiss, everyone would be shocked and appalled at him immediately pulling away at the start of the next episode to be wishy-washy again. The way Adrien interacted with Kagami in this episode, particularly given how he’s treated her in episodes previous, gave her every indication that she should make another move. And given the wide variety of mixed-signals, and especially including the rapid-fire flip-flopping he pulls in this very conversation when Kagami asks him for a straight answer, it’s no wonder she gets a little frustrated and tells him flat out that his indecision---or rather, his refusal to either date her for real or cut her loose so she can move on---is hurting her. Again, she’s not forcing Adrien in a relationship. She’s putting rejection plainly on the table. If he rejects her, she’ll accept it and move on. If he doesn’t want to be with her, fine. Not saying she wouldn’t be sad, but she flat out asked him “are you not happy with me” as a way for him to say “no, I don’t like you like that” so she can move on. She gave him the choice; all she wanted him to do was definitively make it, which is not an unreasonable request.

(It also makes her a vivid contrast to Luka. When Luka asked Marinette if she was still thinking of Adrien, she looked away in much the same way Adrien did when Kagami asked him when he’d be ready to move on. Luka, being laidback and soft, seems content to wait around while Marinette sorts out her feelings. This is not because Luka is “more understanding” than Kagami, but rather, I think, because his investment in his relationship with Marinette is not as intense as Kagami’s investment with Adrien. Luka has lots of friends, he has his music, he has a job; he cares about Marinette very much, but he also has a lot of other things going on in his life that make him more content emotionally, so that even when he’s disappointed that Marinette doesn’t see him like he’d like her to, he’s still okay. Kagami, on the other hand, has a grand total of two friends, one of whom is Adrien; fencing is a hobby in which she sees Adrien every single time there’s practice or a meet; and she doesn’t have a job because her mother keeps her on a very tight schedule that doesn’t allow for part-time employment. Kagami’s life outside of the time she spends with Adrien (and now Marinette) isn’t very happy, and being tugged around by Adrien in a “he likes me, he likes me not” situation really isn’t helping. Given all this, and the fact that Kagami has little patience for wishy-washy nonsense to begin with (both from others and herself---she holds herself to that same standard!), it’s no wonder she wants Adrien to just make up his mind, to either choose her or lose her. It’s a stark contrast from Luka, but it’s a very understandable one given their starkly different backgrounds.)

At the end of the episode, we see that Adrien agrees that what Kagami wanted wasn’t an unreasonable request. Regardless of his reasons for giving up on Ladybug (and we know that he still hadn’t totally at the beginning of “Miracle Queen”, given his hesitation), he’s nonetheless decided to let himself return Kagami’s affections, to intentionally send those positive signals instead of unintentionally waffling back and forth (because again, I don’t think he was stringing her along maliciously, but intent doesn’t matter as much as the end result in situations like this, and Kagami deserved an honest answer either way). The two of them seem to be dating now, which not only sends the message that you should go for what (or who) you want while you have the chance, but also that you should leave the choice in the other person’s hands and not push them into it (which is where Chat went wrong with Ladybug; even though she flat-out rejected him and did not send him mixed signals, he continued to push and pressure her anyway, which is in contrast to how Kagami didn’t have a direct rejection even when she made it plain that Adrien could give her one and she would back off).

So all in all, Kagami does not deserve the libel she’s been getting. She’s not controlling, nor is she possessive, nor did she pressure Adrien into a relationship. Instead, she’s a teenage girl who developed a crush on a boy that she spends a lot of time around, who received mixed signals from said boy that largely leaned toward positive, and who told him outright that she wanted him to make a decision about her one way or another so that she didn’t continue to get strung along in limbo. Kagami did nothing wrong, and does not at all deserve the bashing that she’s been receiving since “Riposte” even aired. Thank you.

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