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theladyofskeletons · 4 years

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Miraculous Seijoh!

– (an IwaOi MLB!au)

Starring Iwaizumi Hajime & Oikawa Tooru as Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Adrien Agreste:

Iwaizumi Hajime: proven to be a great leader many times, he knows how to lift spirits up. Unlike Oikawa, he shows his emotions easily, no mask to hide behind. I’d like to think he has a secret interest towards design & graphic design ig. He is the only one who can keep chaton!kawa in check let’s face it. Also kiddo used to collect bugs back in the day: b u g bo y

Oikawa Tooru is like Adrien in many ways, including the hair style. Just like Adrien, Oikawa puts up a facade in public, smiles and waves everywhere, fake smiles most of the time. They both have their fan clubs and Oikawa is the flirty, cheeky type as well. but also v strategic too

Enter Matsukawa Issei & Hanamaki Takahiro for the roles of Alya Césaire & Nino Lahiffe

In canon Mattsun says it that he is glad to not be friends with Oikawa so he’s the Alya of relationship. Remember when Makki went “No Oikawa, don’t do anything, we’re so close to finishing up” but Oikawa opens his mouth and it all ends in tears? Yeah, Makki calling Oikawa on his bs out more please!

These two run something similar to Ladyblog but with more memes, fancams, lq edits and all. These all require footage though... They don’t go around chasing battles obv but somehow the battles always find them so they make use of it. Probably the first ones to discover Iwa and Oikawa’s secret identities.

How can you have early MLB content without Chloe Bourgeois & Sabrina Raincomprix, or should I say: Ushijima Wakatoshi and Tendou Satori:

"You should have come to Collège Françoise Dupont” and so Oikawa comes when Ushi gets too persistent. Chloe was obsessed with Adrien and in a way... so is Ushi when it comes to Oikawa...

In this dynamic these two have a balanced friendship. tendou is usually the brains of their plans pranks. (Iwa, Mattsun and Makki hate the pranks more than anything, Oikawa thinks they’re all planned by Ushi for real...)He convinces Ushi that they’ll get Oiks attention with this prank finally! He lowkey wants Ushi to stop chasing Oikawa and see what’s in front of him cough himself cough

Juleka Couffeine & Rose Lavillant the iconic lesbians but now they’re Bokuto Koutarou and Akaashi Keiji

Bokuto gets his emo moments, Akaashi is his sunshine, roses, rainbows and anchor, i won’t explain further or this will get too long...

Finding good matches for Luka and Kagami were hard (since Iwa isn’t that close with anyone): Kageyama Tobio as Luka Couffeine and Kuroo Tetsurou as Kagami Tsurugi

Kageyama and Iwa probably share more of a sibling dynamic (at least on Iwa’s side I’m sure, i’m not keen on shipping Kags w/ seijoh 3rd years) Oikawa doesn’t see that though. Oiks & Kags are in a musical/setter rivalry but Kageyama knowing Iwa and spending time with him? Jealousy ensues...

Kuroo and Oikawa meet during a lab mandatory class one day and hit it off right then and there. It’s mostly banter and occasional flirting though nothing serious. But people who don’t know Kuroo may take the flirting serious (Iwa) jealous iwa-chan hours [open]

Daishou Sigoru as Lila

He is cunning, he has his ways of getting things. He can lie and manupilate others to achieve what he wishes. Kuroo already hates him. (I will probably add more later on...)

Yahaba Shigeru as Wayhem

Looks like Oikawa, is also a setter in HQ, can act like Oikawa sometimes... Oikawa probably adopted him during his 2nd year, you can’t tell me otherwise.

Nishinoya Yuu, Hinata Shoyo and Tanaka Ryuunosuke as Alix Kubdel and le Chien Kim:

both Noya and Hinata fit the role and personality of Alix a lot. Plus imagine them with the rabbit miraculous, yeah...

And how can you have Noya without Tanaka? Karasuno jocks for miraculous jocks, it’s as simple as that. (i will add more)

Daichi Sawamura and Sugawara Koushi as Nathaniel Kurtzberg and Marc Anciel:

(not sure which is which) Daichi seems to fit Nathaniel more personality wise. They’re both more noticable compared to Suga and Marc at first. while the latter lay low until provoked.

But Suga hits me as the more artistic type + I can see him with a crush on one of the superheros (probably Oikawa this time) (i will add more)

For the rest:

Ukai Ikkei & Yasufumi Nekomata as Hawkmoth & Nathalie Sancoeur

Aone Takanobu as Gorilla bodyguard

[also thanks to @wing-dingding for replying to post that started this au and helped me assign some HQ characters to miraculous characters]

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sun-summoning · 6 years

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#25 Fashion Design - Marinette, Clara Nightingale

When Clara firsts casts Marinette and soon gets to know her, she is absolutely certain that this girl is destined for greatness. She’s kind and well-loved and so utterly talented. Clara checks out Marinette’s Instagram and is a bit put out to see she doesn’t post as many of her designs as she should. She has full faith in her capabilities though so reaches out to her with a request anyway.

“You want me to design a gown for you,” Marinette repeats, blinking at her as if the idea is absurd.

“That’s right. I do.” Clara grins. “If anyone could make me look lovely, I have no doubt that it’s you.”

Marinette shakes her head. “Your music video literally featured outfits by Gabriel Agreste himself. And now you want to go downgrade to--”

“Don’t sell yourself short! You’re greater than you think.” She looks at the swatches of fabric strewn about on Marinette’s desk. “Now I was thinking something long, something flowy--maybe something pink?”

“Oh.” Marinette nods slowly, as if confirming for herself that this is actually happening. “You’re serious.”

“Of course I’m serious, or I wouldn’t have pressed. I just know that with you, I’d be the best dressed.”

And so over the next few months, Marinette designs the loveliest gown of dusty rose for her. It takes up virtually all of her free time and requires heaps of supplies that Clara can’t even name, but she gets them for Marinette anyway. The only thing Marinette seems to turn down is an assistant.

Clara is positively radiant on the red carpet, twirling just so to show off her bodice embellished with rose appliques over a mesh that matches her skin. She glides along with her full, tulle skirt, and when she’s asked over and over who designed this gown for her, she refers everyone to Marinette’s Instagram account for her designs and commissions.

Overnight, Marinette gains some thousand more followers and counting.

ii.

Clara throws a grand party for her twenty-fifth birthday, something that wouldn’t be complete without an equally grand dress to turn everyone’s heads. She’s been dressed by countless fashion houses, but when it comes to these truly special moments, Clara can’t help but seek out Marinette again.

“I know you’re still in university,” Clara says, “so I know you have school, but please, please, please, Marinette. Your designs always rule!”

Marinette giggles, wondering when she ended up on a first-name basis with one of Europe’s most adored singers. Probably between the album cover she designed for her two years ago and the gown she wore when she won an award for it. “It’s fine, Clara. I’d love to.”

“Really?”

“How could I not?” Marinette opens her Instagram and switches to her design account. She’s certainly been gaining attention from other designers and models. More importantly, she’s been getting those commissions, which have been helping her stay afloat while in school. “I think I gain an extra thousand followers every time you tag me in one of your photos with my clothes.”

“That’s wonderful!”

“It definitely is. I am, after all, a fashion student with an uncertain future.” She pockets her phone, grinning widely. “I’d love to design your birthday dress for you, Clara. Did you have something particular in mind?”

“Anything you make will be perfect.”

“You have to give me something to work with.”

“I believe in you, Marinette. You have free reign on colour, silhouette, whatever.” Clara claps her hands gleefully and then takes Marinette’s in hers. “I just want to be striking.”

“Alright,” Marinette agrees slowly, always eager to rise to a challenge. “I can do that.”

“And I want pockets.”

She laughs. “Oh, I can definitely do that.”

iii.

For the first time, Marinette says no to Clara’s request for a gown. It’s not about money. Clara always provides her with whatever materials she needs and they always settle on a fair price. And it’s not about time, because Clara is asking nearly a year in advance. It could be about the amount of work, which Clara thinks is fair, but Marinette said it’s not that either.

Maybe it’s the pressure. Marinette, now interning, now really focusing on building her network and reputation, is afraid. Sure, she’s always been out there. A quick search to her name yields outfits worn by Clara herself, Jagged Stone, Luka Couffeine, and that doesn’t even include links to information about her achievements in various contests.

Designing Clara Nightingale’s wedding gown would draw a lot of attention. Much more than anything else Marinette might have done in the past.

“I’d really love to,” Marinette tells her softly, “but I just...I can’t right now, Clara.”

“But why?” Clara insists. “I can hire someone to help you--”

“No, it’s just--I can’t.” Marinette shrugs. She sighs deeply and sips her tea to find something to do with her hands.

Clara looks around Marinette’s one bedroom apartment and finds it strangely devoid of life and personality. She remembers Marinette’s childhood bedroom, pink and overflowing with little bits of what made Marinette the girl she is. There were photos of her friends, sketches tacked onto the wall, magazine cut outs, half-made mockups, and more. Here, Marinette seems to just come home and sleep.

“Up until recently, my personal life has been....” Marinette rubs her neck. “There’s something I was really busy with. And now, well, now it’s over. And I have a lot of time on my hands,” she admits with a sad smile. “While that’s ideal for wedding gown making, I think...I think I really need it for me.”

There’s something about the droop in Marinette’s shoulders that makes Clara nod. She keeps tucking her hair back before brushing her bare ears. Clara wishes she could get Marinette to design her wedding gown, but she can’t force her to. Marinette just looks so sad. So worn down and uneasy. Like the idea of having time to herself is bittersweet.

To her knowledge, Marinette never had a pet, but she looks like she might have lost them. Or no, Clara decides, that’s not it. It’s more like she lost a dear friend.

Deciding to step up to that role, Clara smiles at her. “You’ll still come to the wedding though, right?”

“Huh?” Marinette blinks. “I’m invited?”

“What? Of course!” Clara reaches across the table and grabs Marinette’s hand. “You’re my favourite designer, Marinette, and you’re very dear to me. If I can’t get you dressing me, then I can at least make you eat dinner and drink some wine with me.”

“I’d...I’d like that.”

“And--” Clara curses herself for starting because now she can’t stop. “You can say no, but what if you design something for my rehearsal dinner then? That’ll be fairly low key, I promise--”

“Okay.”

Clara blinks because she didn’t actually expect to succeed here. “Okay?”

Marinette nods slowly. “Okay. I can use the work,” she says, sounding like she’s trying to convince herself that the dress wouldn’t be a distraction. “What were you thinking?”

Clara shakes her head as she stands. Marinette reacts, standing as well, so Clara pulls her into a hug. “Focus on yourself for now, Mari. We can deal with my dress another day.”

iv.

Meeting with Marinette no longer happens in bedrooms above the bakery or in sad, bare apartments. This time, Clara visits Marinette’s studio, marvelling at the pieces that are on display before meeting with her favourite designer herself. Marinette soon rushes out in a green smock that really just makes pregnant look all sorts of chic.

Clara greets her with kisses before shaking her hand like it’s a joke. Her gaze falls down to Marinette’s middle and she grins.

“What are you at now? Six months?”

Marinette sighs heavily. “And counting.” She rubs her abdomen. “To be fair, I don’t think it’s this little one that’s making me so tired.”

Clara nods, knowing that Marinette’s ever-growing name also comes with a lot of demand. Moreover, a need for constant exposure. And Marinette always seems to forget that she married into fashion royalty. Or maybe she’s well aware of that, Clara considers. Maybe she’s trying to prove herself beyond everyone’s presumptions by heavily overcompensating.

“Did you make that dress yourself?” Clara asks.

Marinette’s face twists into a scowl. “Maternity dresses always look so frumpy. And the non-maternity dresses that can work with my stomach always look strange on my chest.”

Clara practically shakes in giddiness. “Do I sense an MDC maternity collection in the near future?”

“More like one titled afterbirth that is largely sweat pants and with prints that resemble spit up.” But Marinette pauses, genuinely considering a possibility of maternity clothes. “Or perhaps...actual dresses that fit properly. And then after that, matching outfits for mothers and daughters?”

It all comes out like a question, but Clara knows Marinette is completely zoning out, especially when she reaches for her sketchbook. Clara keeps her mouth shut, preferring to spend this time watching Marinette’s creative process. After all, she technically came here to commission MDC into creating something for herself and her daughter for the girl’s tenth birthday.

“And suits!” Marinette continues. “And then little baby suits--” She cuts herself off with something between a squeal and a cry. She sniffles and then rests her hands on her belly. “I just--that would be so cute.”

“It would be,” Clara agrees.

Marinette turns to her, as if remembering she’s there, and then promptly flushes. “Sorry,” she mumbles. She laughs sheepishly. She closes her sketchbook and moves it to the other end of the table. “You came here for a reason. So how can I help you, madame?

Clara pulls the sketchbook back and pushes it Marinette’s way. “Continue with that, won’t you?”

“I can do that later,” Marinette protests.

But Clara considers the image Marinette had been in the process of sketching, a woman and a little girl in matching sheath dresses adorned with roses.

“Nonsense.” Clara leans back in her chair. “I want whatever you’re making.”

When Clara is set to celebrate her induction to L’Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur for her contributions to the arts, she asks Marinette to design her dress for the ceremony because just who else is there?

The morning of the ceremony, they’re alone in Clara’s suite as Marinette ensures that everything fits Clara the way it should. The navy neckline settle just off her shoulders, looking tasteful but still elegant for this special event. The dress is much simpler than anything Marinette has ever made her before, but Clara positively adores the waterfall handkerchief that adorns the right side of the knee-length skirt.

When she’s finished looking over every single stitch, Marinette stands straight, takes a step back, and assesses Clara in the dress.

“Satisfied?”

After a moment, Marinette nods, making Clara roll her eyes. “The dress is fine, Marinette.”

“It’s--”

“Polished, professional, perfect for this event.”

“I know.” Marinette shakes her head and that seems to remove her from her stupor because she’s smiling. “I don’t think I’ve said this yet, but congratulations, Clara. This is a great honour.”

“You’re coming tomorrow night, right?” Clara is throwing a party to celebrate her new status as Chevalier among her family and friends. It would be only fitting that Marinette, who designed tomorrow night’s dress as well, was in attendance.

Marinette shakes her head though. “Emma has a recital,” she explains.

“And you have a Spring line to design.”

“And I have a Spring line to design.” Marinette laughs. “Although only after Emma’s recital.”

Clara nods, knowing just how much family matters to Marinette. She almost snorts when she recalls that all of Paris (and even the world) knows that, if her line of matching outfits for parents and children a few years ago was anything to go by.

Before Marinette finally leaves, Clara grabs her hand.

“What’s up?” Marinette asks. It’s not like this dress is particularly finicky, unlike her other designs.

Clara just pulls her close. She knows she might be wrinkling Marinette’s hard work, but this hug feels more important.

She’s grown so much since being the kind-hearted teenager that starred in her music video decades ago. They both have. Marinette is almost her height now, and she’s a woman with a career and husband and three kids at home.

“I don’t know how many times I’ve said this, but you really are amazing, Marinette.”

“Isn’t today about your lifetime achievements?” Marinette teases.

Clara draws back and pats Marinette’s cheek. “I’ve won more than enough best dressed awards to prove that keeping you by my side is one of those achievements.”

Marinette bites her lip. She pulls away and grabs her bag of supplies. She moves to leave, but Clara calls her name when she gets to the door.

“I’m so lucky to have been able to watch your talents flourish.” Clara beams at Marinette Dupain-Cheng with pride. “I can’t wait to see what you do next.”

#fic #marinettemarch #ml

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