#maribat confessions

[maribatawareness]

A Confessional: Fandom Awareness

It is currently 6:00pm EST, November 29th, 2024, as I am writing this. (7:15pm, December 5th, 2024, for post) This is something I have needed to write for a while, and I finally found the strength to do so. 

What I would like to discuss is the Maribat Tumblr scene and events of earlier this year.

~ As a disclaimer, this is not being made to send harassment or hate. Its purpose is to enlighten the fandom of my personal experiences, including what I have witnessed myself. None of the following will be anything but my own testimony and pieces accessible by members of the fandom. ~

I, the one writing this as well as runner of this account, am Stilly. Otherwise known as ScarletImpulse on Ao3 and Discord and VelveteenShadow on Tumblr. 

Why am I putting this out there with a new account versus using my own tumblr? It, my personal tumblr, was blocked by the blog that is arguably seen the most on this platform. The blocking was due to the following.

Back in February, the 2023 Maribat Awards’ Nominations List was released. One of my pieces was nominated but not accepted due to a relationship being tagged in the piece. A lot unfolded from there and I would like to own up to my side of it.

In the moment, I was saying things with no weight behind them when it came to any words I used. I had said that the event was biased, had favoritism, should have different mods, and was unfair due to the reasoning given for my piece not making it into the category whilst another fic was accepted. 

Someone left a reply to the post right off to get clarification. The reason I did not speak up myself is I was afraid that the reason for my piece not making it into the one category (Rare Pairs) would then disqualify it, thus removing it, from another category (Favorite Fic). 

The clarification given to the person was rather vague. After that, it spiraled into another person asking with rather inappropriate, strong language and the OG blog giving nearly the same energy back. A couple key things were said that were extra that read as rude, there is the use of “favoritism” which most likely was used in reference to my reactionary words, and a specific thing that I would like to specify on.

~ “...I had said that if they changed the tags we would be willing to add them back in.” (Another Mod, February 3rd, 10:01 am)

This part was never said directly before. I, nor anyone, was told that if I changed my fic tags that it could be accepted. The only mention of tags by the blog were these two following ones in separate reblogs.

~ “I do not read all of the fics submitted, and rely on authors tagging their works appropriately.

As a reminder, tagging works appropriately is important for readers so they are not misled.” (Main Mod, February 2nd, 6:45pm)

~ “Instead, I would suggest tagging the Timari in the Additional Tags part of AO3, or even as ‘Minor Tim/Marinette Dupain-Cheng’, that way fic readers and mods alike will not mistake it for something it is not next time.” (Another Mod, February 2nd, 8:44pm)

I was also not reached out to about this problem. A lot of what went down could have been solved by being clear about the tag changing and/or reaching out to me to resolve the issue. Instead, they reference information that could only be known by being in the server I said all of my frustrations through. 

There is no way they should have had access to what I said because none of the individuals associated with the blog at the time were within that server when it went down. (Even so, I should not have said the things I did and I own up to that.) It also shows they were aware of my discord account so I could be reasonably reached.

The blocking itself? That came from them seeing someone share out my Tumblr username through a different discord entirely. At least in that case, the individuals were also in there. 

I was not the only one who got blocked during that stretch. I cannot speak for them, nor will I. However, I can say that the public was blocked in a sense from the situation because reblogs (where the conversation went down) were hidden. They can now only be found through the reblogs of others.

I am accepting and confirming all of that further in this google doc to show versus purely tell and prove I am not free of innocence for my actions during that. It is so important for people in the fandom to be aware that it happened. Both sides of that made mistakes. They need to be held accountable for it. 

There are a couple more interesting things that sprouted that I will mention briefly here but will be expanded upon in the doc. Once again, this is for fandom awareness.

The access to a discord they were not a part of was used to send screenshots of what I said during the heat of the situation to yet another discord which got me banned from it. I was not allowed to even ask for further information or clarification because I was told through a bot message and the one mod I knew had their dms set to friends only. 

“A concerned member sent the [server name] staff several screenshots of you publicly threating physical harm against other members of our server. This is not acceptable behavior in what should be a fun, safe space to enjoy fandom.

This directly violates the rules of our server & is egregious enough to bypass prior warnings. Our mod team has made the decision that it is in the best interests of protecting our server members to remove you. Thank you. This decision cannot be appealed.” (Dyno Bot, February 8th, 8:13 pm)

There’s nothing else for me to speak upon for that. The message is between the bot and I so if the server wished for me to not share that out, perhaps banning without a prior warning would prevent that. 

Another thing that came from the situation was an account named “Dike” on Tumblr. It put out a nicely written transcript essentially of what happened and the sides of things. 

This has since been deleted. 

This is another example of something that was said in the fandom’s tumblr space that has been forced to live in reblogs of others. However, the person, Dike (who I will not disclose without permission), had asked me as well as one of the individuals associated with the situation to read over the google doc of the mock trial. I saw things from Dike being deleted and took action to make a copy.

This is the copy of the original google doc posted by Dike with all the information perfectly intact from when it was first written. It was given by him to the public once so regaining your access to it should not cause a problem. However, it does make it easy to identify who Dike is, so I am going to link you to a reblog that saved it from fully disappearing instead.

Reblog of Dike’s OG Post

Please check that out for more information on that situation specifically. It does a great job at laying it out.

All of this I wanted to bring up because it is imperative for the fandom to know what a certain blog on Maribat Tumblr with influence has done. This is not to go throw hate on them. It is to give awareness.

The original purpose of the blog (as far as I am aware) was to make calendars for the fandom. Since then, it has evolved to do awards and other events. That’s amazing.

A problem, however, is the sharing of events that can come across as selective. They do their own events then only one other Maribat tumblr’s has been shared by the blog. That would not be inherently bad if they did not make such an effort to get the attention of the fandom.

Finding events run for Maribat as a fandom can be done relatively easily with the tagging feature in tumblr. Only sharing out the two places makes it an even harder time for events run by other fandom tumblrs to get traction though.

It also does not help that the blog blocked one of those other fandom tumblrs. To remind, I am speaking only for myself, so I purely know this because I am the owner of the Maribat Menagerie tumblr and I was searching to see if 2024 awards were posted yet, just to be met with a “ghost blog” message. If there are any others who have experienced the same, it is on them to speak on it.

Once again, this is boiling down to making it harder on others in the fandom getting that traction to more of the fandom. Without a typically checked Tumblr of the fandom sharing things, it gets left to the algorithm which only tends to favor polls.

One last related piece to the topic is a discord server list that was made by the blog. It is yet another case of not being inherently bad in its target purpose but has been used rather strangely.

The fandom may not be aware that the list has been edited throughout the months since its release. There is a note that states “All links posted with server permission prior to adding” which is important to know as I talk on this.

This list is made to help the fandom find discords because minus those with a Tumblr related to their discord, fic links are the only real go to place to find them, which can be a game. 

The problem I have, which may not be one to others, is how the list has changed while still not including more less member-heavy servers beyond their own. I understand and respect the decision to only include those who have given permission. It is just weird that at least one that was originally on the list has been removed then replaced.

In fact, this occurred just days ago as far as I am aware. Originally, the “Daminette” server, that was featured since the list was made, was changed out with “League of Daminette” which you can find out through checking any reblog under the original post with a date before November 24th, 2024. 

Mentioning the servers is relevant because I found that out after making this tumblr and checking the 2024 Maribat Awards. That announcement post was also changed after originally being posted with the only difference being a server link.

Let me preface, having a server link in a post is totally fine. It is how it is in the post that seems a bit unnecessary for an announcement of a nomination form, not a server. Having “Come join us on discord” the same color and font size as the nomination form link is a choice. That is going to catch people’s eyes and they will most likely miss the “Nominations open until January 15th” in small text in between them.

It is also when that is important to mention for that part above. The addition of the link happened after the nomination form was shared around to multiple places. I found out due to it being shared within the Menagerie. Whether or not that was on purpose or just a case of them forgetting, I cannot speak on. However, it is worth mentioning that if it was not, then that is quite the timing and coincidence.

Ultimately, everything I have written out for you here is for your benefit. The Maribatter who decided to read this. Take all of this information as you want. I am not in charge of who, how, why you interact with the fandom. I want this fandom space to allow people to make their own choices.

As a last word, I hope that if any of the persons who may have a problem with what I have brought up publicly consider saying this should have been handled privately, they take a moment to realize that their chance was lost when they put their side out publicly then tried to hide it (whether intentionally or not, I will not assume).

Sincerely, Scarlet “Stilly” Impulse

(Finished: 9:09pm, November 29th, 2024)

Confessional: Maribat Fandom Awareness Google Doc

[the-coffee-fandom]

[maribat-confessions]

Confession 001

I actually kinda like Adrien more than Marinette and always have

[northernbluetongue]

🐞🦇🐞

3 Steps Back (meme)

Marinette stood awkwardly as she was confessed to, yet again. Before she could say anything, she saw someone rushing towards them in the distance.

“Um, can you take three giant steps backwards?” Marinette asked.

Confused, the person stepped back. In the blink of an eye, they found a dagger tip at their throat.

‘What the fuck?’

They looked up to see Marinette with her arms around some guy’s waist.

“Who is this guy?” he questioned, out loud.

“This is my very overprotective boyfriend.” Marinette smiled.

The guy paled and took another step backwards.

“Got it.” he announced and rushed away.

Marinette sighed as she let go of Damian.

“Habibiti, I could have handled him.” he declared.

Marinette leaned up and kissed him.

“I don’t want to call your dad and tell him your in jail for maiming.” she replied.

Damian rolled his eyes, putting the blade away, “He can afford to bail me out.”

“Like all the other times?” she questioned with a smile, “You’re cute when you’re jealous.”

“People should stop asking you out.” Damian huffed.

“I have an idea.” Marinette announced, “You have to wait until tomorrow. I don’t think you have anything to worry about after that.”

Marinette walked into school with a shirt that read: Property of Damian Wayne. Damian blushed at the familiar writing style. He had seen it on cheerleaders at forced functions. She had chosen a dark blue shirt and yellow colors. It was reminiscent of when he went to Gotham Academy.

“Is this helpful, Dami?” Marinette asked.

The people around them stopped what they were doing to stare at the pair. Damian said nothing, but grabbed her hand and pulled her further into the school. Marinette smiled at his approval. Damian tried not to flush red at the warning sign on his girlfriend. It was a giant keep away sign.

'Why hadn’t I thought about this sooner?’

Lila couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Marinette was wearing a shirt that flaunted Damian Wayne as hers. There was no way that was going to happen; not while she was around.

“Damian, ” Lila voiced in fake concern, “did you lose a bet?”

Damian merely glared at her. Marinette smiled from her place on his arm.

“It’s okay, Habibi.” Mari spoke, “It must be strange for her to see people like this; so happy.”

Damian smirked and looked down at her. Lila couldn’t believe that not only had Marinette talked back to her, but Damian Wayne had smiled at the goody-goody’s snarky comment.

“You’re one to talk.” Lila lashed out, “Everyone hates you! Who wouldn’t hate a bully?”

“You mean the pathetic rumors you spread around?” Marinette asked, “Only that one class believes you. The rest of the school laughs when your back is turned.”

Lila heard people giggle behind them. It wasn’t just one person, either. It was multiple people.

“Marinette is my property.” Damian declared, “The shirt doesn’t lie. She’s my girlfriend and has been for two years.”

Marinette smiled, “Damian got a little possessive when someone tried to ask me out again, yesterday.”

“That is twenty people, who have asked you out in the past five months.” Damian hissed.

“People?” Lila questioned.

Marinette blushed, “I’ve had girls confess to me, too. I don’t mind wearing the shirt. Hopefully, after today, I won’t have to stop Damian from attempting murder.”

Damian and Marinette walked passed Lila. Lila moved to the sidelines as other people started to speak up.

“Damn, Damian made sure to scoop up the 'Queen of the School’.”

“The Queen?”

“Do you expect anything else from a Wayne?”

Keep reading

[starwarsmum]

Day 24! Officially less than a week left. @maribat-calendar-events prompt of the day is Surname

“Come on, Damian,” Marinette coaxed, holding his hand as they walked along the Seine. “I would love to meet your family, and you said that a few of them have been asking as well. Are you worried they won't like me?”

“Tt, of course they will like you,” Damian replied, bringing her hand up to his lips. She waited for him to continue and he gave a sigh. “My family can be insufferably inquisitive, I do not wish to subject you to them so soon. I find the thought of you choosing to end our relationship deplorable and would like to have a more stable base before unleashing them upon you.”

“You're surprisingly sensitive, you know that?” Marinette giggled, blushing lightly when he smirked back at her. “I've already met Tim and Dick, what worse could the rest be?”

“Tt, Drake and Grayson are objectively the least irritating, excepting Cassandra. Todd is the one I am most concerned about, and at any rate it will interfere with our investigation if we take time out to indulge my family's curiosity.”

“Why do you do that?” Marinette asked suddenly, looking up at him. He squinted at her, and she clarified. “Call them by their last names, I mean.”

“I have done it since I arrived with my father. It was…a way to assert my position as my father's one true son originally. Over time I have accepted that my father adores his strays but I have kept to using their last names.”

“But you don't with Cass any more?” Marinette asked, her head quirked to the side as they continued their leisurely stroll. The tips of Damian's ears turned ever so slightly pink and she immediately wanted to know why. “Damian, pretty please won't you tell me why?”

“Tt, that is because you call her Cass,” he admitted, his blush spreading as she looked up at him. They pulled to a stop just before the Pont des Arts bridge, Damian fidgeting ever so slightly. “I also owe her a debt for introducing the pair of us, and continuing to call her by her surname seemed rude.”

“You are the sweetest,” Marinette said, lifting her free hand up to his face and brushing it against his cheek. He huffed and looked away from her so she reached up and kissed his cheek gently. “No, really, you are. You're so incredible and thoughtful, I have no idea how I got lucky enough that you want to date me.”

“Well, you do carry around a pocket sized deity as a good luck charm,” Damian smirked, laughing as she squawked and slapped his chest lightly. “But if you are serious about wanting to meet the rest of my family, I can think of no further reasons not to.”

_ _ _

After a quick message to Dick, Damian resigned himself to most of his family descending upon Paris to assist with the investigation (and meet Marinette). Bruce graciously said that he would remain in Gotham this time, to ensure that the city was kept safe, but otherwise the rest of the Batfamily were ready to get on a plane.

Damian's work towards finding Hawkmoth had begun to show definite signs of pointing to one person and Damian was impressed once again by Marinette's capabilities. Her intuition had pointed at Gabriel Agreste and all of Damian's further research was heading that way.

To help avoid a bias, Damian had not told his brothers of her suspicions and was vindicated by their drawing the same conclusions. If they were quick, they would be able to inform his family that the threat was neutralised by the time they landed.

As it was a Saturday, Marinette was free to move around the city as she wished. Damian and his family had discussed their options, and all had confirmed that he should work with Ladybug as Robin for the actual takedown of Hawkmoth. 

She had been surprised when he had confessed his secret identity, but had been surprisingly accepting. She admitted that she had suspected something had to be going on given his interest in Hawkmoth and willingness to help her bring him to justice. 

He planned to inform Dick and Tim of his plans, to make sure they had back up if things went sideways, but he was confident that Marinette would be able to defeat Hawkmoth quickly if it was a straight fight.

So it was that later that evening, Marinette and Damian as Ladybug and Robin slipped into the Agreste mansion. Silence permeated throughout the grand house, and Damian was ever thankful that he had been trained in stealth from the moment he could walk.

Their first stop saw them slipping into the assistant’s room. She was fast asleep, although her breathing was laboured and Marinette saw a contraption designed to help the woman walk in the corner of the room. Any doubts either of the two had were snuffed out when Marinette retrieved the guardian’s tablet from the bedside table.

When they didn't find the peacock brooch, Damian signaled for Marinette to follow him along the hall. They stalked along it noiselessly, coming all too quickly to the master bedroom. The door was ever so slightly ajar and Damian managed to push it open just far enough for them both to slip in.

And there they were: the peacock and butterfly brooches, lying on the far bedside table. Marinette froze but Damian moved as quickly and quietly as a bell-less cat. He padded across the room and caught up the jewelry, shooting Marinette a look of triumph as he returned to her.

And then they were scurrying out of the house as though they had never been there. As they shot across the rooftops, Ladybug let out a whoop, laughing almost manically. It was over: she was free.

[victoria-haunted]

So I just had a thought. Canonically, Marinette knows Adrien's schedule for the next 3 years. But. I have a but! His schedule isn't planned for 3 years in advance. It's most likely created a week to a month in advance since he is 15 and not nearly as "busy" as Gabriel is. So, how does Marinette know three years in advance? And where did she get the time to stalk him for it?

I have a theory that works with maribat, specifically because of the existence of meta people.

She doesn't stalk him, she also doesn't advertise her meta ability. Her ability? Foresight. It's not super strong. Nor does it work for Hawk-moth because of Miraculous Magic protecting the miraculous holders identities. But for something as mundane as a crush and knowing exactly where she can find him to hang out once she's able to talk or confess? Sure. Why not. She doesn't advertise it. To a stranger, if someone you know but aren't close with knows your or someone you know schedule 3 years in advance? The most logical conclusion is stalking.

The foresight helps her with her Ladybug plans mid-fight, the only thing the miraculous magic allows it to do, hence the grey-with-red ladybug sight that occurs when she thinks of a plan. It's the same out of the mask, she just doesn't need it for normal things (though it is a lifesaver for exams she's too tired and busy to study for; she discovers all the questions months in advance, and then just revises that until she has memorised the answer).

[raeuberprinzessin]

Swapping diamonds for pearls

Maribat, Merfolk AU, Felinette, Fantasy AU, Marinette gets adopted by the Batfam, No Miraculous AU:

The setting is a town on the coast. To ensure the goodwill of the sea gods, the town sacrifices one of their young people to the sea, when the signs show it's time for a sacrifice. It's been a few decades since the last sacrifice when Marinette suddenly feels inexplicably drawn to the ocean. She wakes up at night hearing songs and finds herself at the shore without memory how she got there several times.

One of the things she can't remember, because humans forget their encounters with merfolk, is how she helped a young mer protect a baby seal.

That young mer is Damian, who took a liking to the girl who protected the pup of his favourite seal. So he decided to claim her as part of his pod, not knowing that it starts a transformation process.

Marinette was engaged to Adrien, but she more and more feels that this is wrong and when her behaviour is noticed, the priestess declares it's a sign that it's time for a sacrifice and Marinette has been chosen as the sacrifice. At that point she breaks off the engagement. She gives Adrien the diamond ring back and wears jewellery with pearls which declares her as the sacrifice.

Felix, Adrien's cousin and the young lord of the town starts researching in his library. Secretly he's in love with Marinette, but he also loves his cousin and since Marinette is one of the few people Adrien could be himself around, he didn't interfere, but encouraged Adrien to propose. He tries to find anything to reverse the signs, but he also doesn't wish to evoke the sea gods' wrath. He has to think about his subjects. If they can't fish as much anymore, it would be devastating for the town.

He finds out, that the sacrifices turn into merfolk and the only way to stop this is, to convince the mer who claimed a human to give up their claim. But Felix is too late and Marinette has already been sacrificed.

At sea she is soon found by Tim, who claimed the last sacrifice, Cass. He was once a sacrifice himself and figures out what happened (mainly) and brings her to the pod. Damian confesses he claimed her, not knowing it would transform her. He did it, because he thought it would protect her. Bruce explains, that they usually claim humans who don't have anything keeping them on land. Often orphans or, like in Tim's case, children who are neglected or abused by their parents. But a pod can only claim a human every 15 to 25 years, because the successful transformation takes energy from the whole pod.

Marinette had connections on land and she has a hard time giving up on them. But it's not reversible and she likes her pod and befriends mers from other pods.

One day she finds Felix in a boat suspiciously close to the small island the pod lives around and hears him yelling for her. The pod is a bit annoyed, because although they keep sharks away and help with fishing, sink pirate ships and bring survivors of sinking ships to the shore, invading their home is something they really don't like.

Marinette shows herself, to convince him to leave, but because he forgets the encounter, he's back the next day. This time Marinette drags his boat to a hidden beach and writes in the sand to only meet her here, so even if he would forget their encounters, he could still read the message. They figure out a system. He takes something to write with him, so he can write down, what happend and he can read it again after he forgets what they talked about.

During these meetings they get closer and finally Marinette falls in love with Felix. At first Felix felt conflicted and wanted to tell Adrien, but Adrien didn't want to hear anything about Marinette and after Felix found Adrien and one of his warriors, Kagami, at a tryst, he decided, that it would be better this way.

After they kiss, they find out that now Felix can remember their talks.

Felix starts to wonder if they can have a future when his mother urges him to find a bride, someone to share the burden of reigning over the town with. But either he has to cheat on the woman he loves and his wife or he has to end things with Marinette or he has to defy his mother and sooner or later the court or even his king for the rest of his life. So, he starts to research again, but he only finds out, that the transformation can only be stopped and reversed as long as the person isn't really part of a pod.

Marinette knows it's irreversible. The only option she can see is, if he wasn't lord anymore, but she thinks she can't ask that of him, so she looks into potions to make him forget her entirely.

This is what she's busy with, while her friends band together and find Felix waiting for Marinette at the beach. Felix decided on his own to give the title to Adrien and step down, so he wouldn't have to leave Marinette. He wanted to tell her but only finds mers he only knows of from Marinette's stories. They offer him that one of them could claim him, since Marinette's pod can't do so, but it's not the only pod out there. True, the other pods have their own territories, but they are close enough to befriend each other. They only ask him to be sure this is what he wants. It is.

So, in the end they can still have a happy ever after 😊

[velveteenshadow]

Indecisive Chloe - By Stilly and Asha

Chloe and Marinette get together after high-school

Chloe realizes she has had a bit of a crush on Marinette for a while and Marinette, of course, knows and can't keep a straight face when Chloe tries to confess

“Shut up, I’m trying to tell you how much I like you!”

So when Marinette meets Nightwing through ‘work’ she has a chat with Chloe about it

Chloe isn't a fan

“I’m not saying that he’s evil, but I am saying that all rich people are trash.”

Of course, she isn't going to stand in the way of her girl getting Nightwing

And when Chloe ends up falling from the Eiffel Tower in another world villain event 

Nightwing gets to catch her

“Trust me-I won’t let you fail.”

And when her breath catches in her throat, she knows that yes.

Nightwing is totally going to be joining them, she Will be making sure of that.

Down to the wire last submission! More poly ships from the two of us can totally be found in its discord home of Maribat Menagerie.

[cardiac-agreste]

WIP Game

Yesterday I RBd a thing where you list your WIPs, then people send you asks about specific ones, and you share a little. @bohemianrhapsody711 asked about these:

Into the Bugverse

I am SUPER excited about this idea, but it's in very early stages (no actual snippets to share, just some disjointed points I'll fill in right now). It is, as you might guess, a riff on Into the Spiderverse. A bit of crack taken seriously where the multiverse is all the fics on Ao3.

We begin with a universe in which Marinette is navigating not to disappointing her parents, who want her to learn the family trade.

Chat Noir, who fought alone most of his life before Marinette was recruited (think of this as kind of a plot divergent Hey, Ribbons by childoflightningg aka @peggiecarter aka @annaethchase), has died (he was Felix Agreste). She's all alone as LB now. The whole of Paris mourns him.

She also meets the new kid, Adrien, and a new Chat Noir shows up. Suddenly, pulled through the "bugverse" into her own world is an older Marinette from another fanwork, possibly Semantitheft's L'Oublie Marinette. They bond while fighting the big bad (imagine a vibe kind of like @leviaana's wonderful comic about Minibug, the jaded older LB who still loves her younger self).

At a low moment for them, other Marinettes get pulled into her world, all from other fanfics. Maybe

a paranoid @buggachat BEAU Marinette or mistrustful one from @wackus-bonkus-maximus One Does Not Love Breathing

Maybe a Marinette from a Coffee Shop AU like Allez savoir pourqois by Yilena who has no powers but is still smart

Or possibly a blog AU like Chat Noir's Miraculous Award for Truly Magical Food by @mommadon. Non-magic Marinette will receive a miraculous as a temp hero!

Marinette from a fic where she's pregnant as fuck but still fighting (the one I'm thinking of it's kind of a twist she gets pregnant later on, so I won't mention it).

Definitely Marinette from Ghost in the Machine by @jheqiawrites alongside her AI companion Adrien.

Possibly an akumatized Marinette

lip service to the MariBat fandom with a very well-capitalized MARINETTE (see what I did there?) from Miraculous LadyBat by BoxTops

a princess or knight Marinette like from A Royal Pain by jheqia and @sing-in-me-oh-muse

At some point in the fighting, we find out that Adrien died young in this universe and Papillon and Peahen are the enemies, and they're trying to get the miraculous to wish him back to life.

The Adrien in this universe is actually from a universe where Marinette/Ladybug is dead, and OMG, Marinette, he's Chat Noir!!!! Possibly from Hamburger Ladybug by @raspberrycatapult or from Last Wishes by @kasienda

Blah blah save the world, everyone returns to their universes. Hint at sequel that brings in other fanfics' Ladybug versions! Do we get a transdimentional love story?? Who knows? I DO!! (I don't.)

I think there's something of an ethical issue for me about using other people's Marinettes for my story, but I think if it's crack it's more OK (it's somewhat like parody) than if I were creating spinoffs with the same tone. BC to be honest, I suspect none of the BNFs would ever see a message from me asking permission. Better to beg forgiveness, right?

Miraculous: Bachelorette Edition

Alya, sick of watching Marinette flounder into her 20s, unable to confess to Adrien, submits her friend in secret as a potential Bachelorette for a reality TV show where many men vie for her hand. Through the magic of crack, a bunch of guys from the show end up contestants: Adrien (his father made him), Luka (he's pan so why not?), Nathaniel (STILL IN DENIAL about his feelings for Marc), Theo the sculptor with the bad soul patch, etc. Oh, and much to Ladybug's annoyance, Chat Noir is also a contestant?!

All of Paris is begging for Pajamagirl x Adrien Agreste

This is going through revisions in my head, but the initial kernel that is actually written down in my WIPs is

Ladybug falls in a crowded area and unconscious, de-transforms. Someone takes their camera out. "Don't you fucking take that picture. Hawkmoth can't know who she is!" Some teen girl "Is that Pajama Girl? Annette, I think that's Pajama Girl!" "OMG Charlotte, you're right! "Wait, didn't Adrien say in an interview that his celebrity crush is Ladybug?" "Dude didn't I see that Chat Noir took her on a date to Andre's?" Marinette wakes up surrounded by people, freaks out. "Don't worry girl, we're not gonna tell anyone, and no one took any pictures. Your secret's safe. Later that day, Annette and Charlotte get #adrienshoulddatepajamagirl trending on social media. Gabriel, who turns out to have been full of SHIT when he told Marinette that he determines what the public wants, pressures Adrien to date his Very Good Friend for the brand.

[cocosparkel]

Ultimate Master list

FANFICTION:

Maribat:

Curiosity killed the cat (multi chapter, wip)

They're just (not) dreams (multichapter,wip)

Rooftop Confessions (oneshot, complete)

MOODBOARDS

Albums:

Taylor Swift -

Debut (not done yet)

Fearless

Speak Now

Red (not done yet)

1989 (not done yet)

Reputation (not done yet)

Lover (not done yet)

folklore (not done yet)

evermore (not done yet)

Midnights

The tortured poet's department

Olivia Rodrigo -

Sour (not done yet)

Guts (not done yet)

Harry Potter :

Hermione Granger

Ronald Weasley (not done yet)

Luna lovegood (not done yet)

Neville Longbottom (not done yet)

Ginny Weasley (not done yet)

Draco Malfoy

Pansy Parkinson

Theodore Nott

Blaise Zabini (not done yet)

Daphne Greengrass

Bellatrix Black Lestrange

Narcissa Black Malfoy (not done yet)

Andromeda Black Tonks (not done yet)

Regulus Black (not done yet)

Sirius Black (not done yet)

James Potter (not done yet)

Remus Lupin (not done yet)

Lily Evans Potter (not done yet)

Petunia Evans (not done yet)

Percy Jackson:

Cabins -

Cabin 7 : Apollo

Cabin 10 : Aphrodite

[dramatic-squirrel]

Daminette December Day 23- Remove

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I have something to confess" Ladybug told Robin. It was a foggy night in Gotham, the full moon obscured, creating a darkness only penetrated by the interspersed street lamps. "I can't do this anymore."

"‘This’ as in being a superhero or ‘this’ as in continuing our relationship?"

"The latter. I can't continue dating you like we have," she tugged at one of her pigtails. "It's difficult to date someone who I only know with a mask on. I'd trust you with my life but we can't have a life together."

"An ultimatum then. Reveal our identities to each other or break up?" he crossed his arms while thinking about his choices.

"Yeah…" she trailed off. "I don't want it to come to this but… what other option is there? I know your secret identity is a big deal to you, but don't you think I've earned that right by this point?"

“It’s more complicated than that,” Robin paced back and forth on the rooftop. Everything would change once she knew, and he doubted it would be for the better. “Knowing my identity wouldn’t do you any good, you would just come to hate me.”

“I think I deserve the right to make that judgment myself.” He hesitated, his hand moved toward his mask, yet he couldn’t take it off. Ladybug grabbed his hand in hers. “If you’re nervous, I'll go first. Believe me, it’s scary for me too, because I don’t know what you’ll think of the other half of my life, but I want to take that risk. You’re worth it. Spots off.” A pink flash surrounded her and when it abated, Marinette Dupain-Cheng stood in her place.

“I know you…” Robin trailed off as he recalled the person who called herself Marinette. The person he met a few months ago when they both took the same business class. The girl who was always late, running off in the middle of lectures and looked as tired as any of his family members.

“You do? Wow, that’s… kind of expected actually.” He gave her a look of disbelief. “No, I just mean, in stories and movies, the superheroes always meet outside of their costume. It’s like they’re drawn together by fate. At least, that’s probably what Tikki would say.”

“Your mini god right?” He remembered Ladybug mentioning her once. “Where is she by the way?”

“Hiding and eating. The kwami’s are mostly distrustful of other people since the Hawkmoth matter, so it might be some time before she allows you to see her.” Robin nodded in understanding, it was a sentiment he could understand. “That being said, it’s fine if you still want to hide your identity,” she backtracked a bit. “I hope you know that I wouldn’t baselessly judge you on your civilian identity, but if you still can’t trust me that’s fine. It’s fine for now. I just don’t know how long we can continue a relationship like that.”

Robin grabbed hold of her wrists to stop her arms that were flailing around. “You’re right. I do trust you.” He reached for the mask again and this time, without pause, took it off to reveal himself as Damian Wayne.

“Who are you?”

“You don’t know?” They stared at each other, Marinette in confusion and Damian in shock. “How could you not know? We attend the same college class.”

“There are like fifty people in that class. I’m not going to remember all of them.”

“Surely you read the newspaper though. Haven’t you heard of the Waynes?”

“I know of Wayne Enterprises and Bruce Wayne. Are you affiliated with them somehow?” He facepalmed, how could she be this unobservant? Then he shook his head and decided to look on the brightside.

“Yes, I’m affiliated with them. I’m Damian Wayne. I suppose I should be glad you’ve never read anything about my family.” 

“Oh, ok. Well, I look forward to getting to know you, Damian Wayne.” She held out her hand for a handshake.

“As do I, Miss Dupain-Cheng.” And taking her hand, they gave each other a knowing smile.

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To Be a Hot Mess Together

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/EF7R9JY by Anonymous Timothy Drake-Wayne is an overwhelmed, strung out mess. Marinette Dupain-Cheng is an anxiety-ridden, flustered mess. Both are extremely competent and capable, and neither gets enough sleep. Together, they are a certifiable hot mess -- and everyone else is just waiting for one of them to confess already.   Oh, and Tim just so happens to be the soulmate of Plagg and the true Cat of the generation. . . . Someone should probably tell him.   Bracket Prompt: "You sound ridiculous." "By saying what we are isn't a relationship? Because it fucking isn't." Words: 20405, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Maribat - Fandom, Miraculous Ladybug, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M Characters: Tim Drake (DCU), Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Félix Fathom, Chloé Bourgeois, Bruce Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Damian Wayne, Jason Todd, Cassandra Cain, mentioned bat family members Relationships: Tim Drake/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Potential Chloé Bourgeois/Jason Todd, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Tim Drake & Stephanie Brown Additional Tags: Fluff and Crack, Hot Mess Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Hot Mess Tim Drake, Timari - Freeform, timinette, Tim Drake is Red Robin, soulmate au kind of, A different kind of soulmate, Felix Fathom and Chloe Bourgeois get mentioned redemption arcs, Minor mentioned class salt, It's really just about Tim and Marinette, Marinette is MDC, Adrien Agreste is no longer Chat Noir, post-hawkmoth, Identity Reveal, Purring, Pheromones, but like in a funny way, no beta we die like robins, God Tim is such a mess in this, This is literally mostly sweet, a hint of angst, and a hot mess, Again I have written an excessive one shot, Discord: Maribat? Get In!, Discord: Maribat? Get In! Bracket Fic War, MGI Secret Writers 2024, Crack Treated Seriously, Some tags left out for PLOT, Stephanie Brown is a real one, All the cuddles, original lore, Court of Miracles, I'm posting this at 3 am why, meet cute, a disaster of one read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/EF7R9JY

[the-coffee-fandom]

[maribat-confessions]

Confession 003

Found maribat as a miraculous fan. Left maribat a miraculous hater and a batman / DC fan.

[mochinek0]

Daminette December 2023: 12-Betrayal (SUB)

CONTINUATION OF 10-DEFEATED...

The fashion department of Wayne Enterprise found the whole situation between Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Damian Wayne funny. Damian avoided their area, as demanded by the other Waynes and Marinette. They took to calling them Wayne Enterprise's own Romeo and Juliet, seperated by his family. Everyone knew they were dating.

Marinette had agreed to date him and Damian had been happy to try to work out his emotions. She had asked to keep their dates casual for a bit: coffee, movies, cafés. She didn't want anything big for at least six months, if they made it that far.

Damian refused to admit it, but he was excited. It had now been a year since he met her. She had changed his view of thinking and challenged him.

"Marinette, will you have dinner with me?" Damian questioned, as he handed her a coffee.

"Yeah." Marinette answered, "When?"

"I do not mean our usual dinner." he replied with a smirk, "It has been six months, as you requested. I would like to invite you out and make a reservation."

Mari looked at him, surprised.

'Has it actually been that long already? He has been nice and he hasn't gone back to how he was when we first met.'

"Yes." she smiled, "I'd love to."

Damian felt his lungs betray him, as he stood in Marinette's place. He hadn't expected Marinette to come out in a cocktail dress, her hair down in waves, or in heels. Damian thought back to those months long ago, when he confessed.

Damian felt his family walk away from them and give them privacy. Marinette had leaned close to him when they had left.

"If you think my business suits are innapropriate, Mr. Wayne, then we're gonna have a problem when we go out on an actual date." Marinette declared.

Damian had felt his ears warm up.

He didn't think she had been telling the truth. Her cocktail dress was above her knees and the dress was off the shoulder, revealing her collarbones.

"Ready to go, Damian?" Marinette asked.

"Yes." He answered, his heart betraying him further.

He had made sure to make a reservation ahead of asking her, just in case.

"I enjoyed our time at the resturant." Damian spoke, walking Marinette back to the door of her apartment.

Mari smiled, "It wasn't bad and the food wasn't horrible. It was nice to have French cuisine again. Maybe it's something we could do every other month?"

"I would find that enjoyable." the Wayne heir answered, "You were also correct. You surprised me with your apparel, yet again."

"Oh?" Marinette inquired, leaning in.

Marinette bent her knee backwards and lifted her leg, gaining his attention. Mari reached down and pulled wha appeared to be her skin. She could tell Damian was confused as to why her skin was elastic.

"Skin tone leg warmers." Marinette smiled, "Insulated, too."

Damian turned to her, about to ask a question, when she kissed him.

"Good night, Damian." Mari spoke before going inside and closing the door.

Damian stood outside the closed door. It took him a moment to realize she had really gone inside. He chuckled to himself.

'She still continues to surprise me. Mother would definitely like her.'

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Day 11 is Cat Crimes! A new 3 parter

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Damian sat in the Batcave trying not to panic. Marinette had called him around twenty minutes ago to say that she needed help before the line disconnected. He had managed to trace where the call had come from but couldn't track where she had gone next. 

He had first met her on an online gaming website and she had absolutely trashed him on every game he had challenged her at. After a month of solid defeats he had accused her of being a thirty year old loser living in his parent’s basement, only to be sent a video chat request twenty seconds later.

He had been so angry that he had accepted the invitation without thinking, only to be met by one of the prettiest girls he had ever seen. She spoke haughtily in accented English, saying that she did live with her parents, but only because she was sixteen and it was ‘an attic, thank you very much’.

She had glared at him, waiting for his response and he had blurted out the first thing in his head. Unfortunately, it was embarrassingly sappy and he asked if she wanted to go on a date. Fortunately, she didn't seem put off by his abruptness, flushing prettily even as she shrugged and said okay. 

After three months of long distance dating, he had missed several video dates in a row. After the first missed one, Marinette was concerned. After the second, she was annoyed. The third missed date and she was spitting mad, letting him know that if he missed another one it was over. 

The fourth missed date had been the last straw for Marinette, but she answered his call when he dialed, only for him to stutter and dodge questions. He panicked - Marinette was the best girlfriend. She listened to him rant about the unfair standards of practice at some of the local animal shelters and then helped him come up with plans to sort them. She stayed up late so they could talk after his school day finished and made sure she was available during her lunch hour for the start of his day. 

When she told him flatly that he either told her the truth or admitted that it wasn't working, he had blurted out that he had been stuck on patrol with his brother and the villain they were facing had used a gas that took time to clear from the system. She had gone completely silent and he had begged her not to dump him, he promised to be honest if she would just give him another chance.

Looking back on it, he realised that perhaps the fear toxin hadn't quite been cleared from his system, but it had felt like the end of the world when she had threatened to end things. 

What he hadn't been expecting was for her to open a magic portal and step into his room. He stared at the heroine in front of him, a high ponytail and glasses, wings attached to her feet and a red spotted suit with a white stomach. The suit melted away and there stood his girlfriend of three months, who threw herself into his arms and held him tightly.

It had been a long night of explanations, Marinette confessing that she was a Parisian superheroine that used magic to fight villains whilst Damian explained in hushed tones that he was the latest Robin. They were both exhausted when she called back her transformation to head home, but smiled when he asked if she would come back to see him again soon.

On their third in person date two months later, he had kissed her and everything had felt absolutely perfect. She was everything he could ever want in a girlfriend and, without any secrets to cause a rift, they were practically indestructible. And that feeling probably led to their increasingly risky date ideas.

It started small, with her sneaking into the manor to have date night, and escalated to her portalling him to Paris on top of the Eiffel Tower, or opening them both a portal to somewhere else in the world. It was going perfectly, neither of their families the wiser. 

In fact, Damian's family didn't even know he had a girlfriend, much less a magically powered one. Marinette said that she'd told her parents about her online boyfriend, but as they didn't know about her tenure as Ladybug they didn't know she was meeting with him regularly.

For their first anniversary she had arranged for a picnic in Paris, followed by actually meeting her parents. They had been welcoming and kind, asking if Damian wanted to learn to bake which he had truthfully told them he would try in the future.

It was now their second anniversary and Marinette had told him that she would be traveling to Gotham for a two week stay. But, in keeping with tradition, she had plans to sneak him away even though they were both now eighteen. 

All of this led to their current problem. Marinette had used the black cat Miraculous to sneak around Gotham at night, as it was much stealthier than a lot of the other transformations. He had seen her in the magical leather only once before but it had certainly inspired some…interesting dreams.

But it had gone sideways, because one of his idiotic brothers had spotted a woman in a cat costume and immediately called for backup. And so a merry chase began, Marinette leaping erratically through Gotham in an attempt to lose them. She didn't want to add Kaalki to her transformation and portal away because it would give away that she had powers. 

Growling in frustration, Damian made the decision to suit up and ‘join’ his brothers in hunting down this new Catwoman. They sounded slightly relieved to have backup because Marinette was wily and determined and kept slipping through their fingers. 

Once Damian joined them, they decided to split up and try to capture her by boxing her in. Unfortunately, they decided that splitting into pairs would be sufficient, so Damian was stuck with Jason, who was spitting mad because the ‘little minx’ had mocked his outfit before sticking something onto his helmet. 

“When I get my hands on her, I'm gonna take her straight to Arkham,” the older vigilante growled. “I don't care how hot she looks in the leather, nobody messes with the helmet.”

“Tt, at least it wasn't your jacket,” Damian said, annoyed that Jason had commented on his girlfriend's attractiveness. “And we won't catch her if you keep getting angry, you buffoon.”

The insult worked a little too well, Jason swiping for Damian instead of watching for Marinette, but it led to Damian leaping to the next roof just as she did. They landed in a tangle of limbs, though he was careful to ensure she was on top.

“Well hello there bird boy,” she purred, eyes glowing blue and hand on his chest. The others were shouting their congratulations that he had brought her down but he could only focus on her body against his. “What a mew-tiful face you have.”

“Alright you knock off Catwoman, get off of him and keep your hands where I can see them,” Dick said in a wary voice. Damian didn't move as Marinette slowly stood, limbs moving like liquid. Once she was upright, Damian did the same. “That's it, now, tell us who you are and what you think you're doing out here.”

“Can't a girl just be looking for a good time?” She said, batting her eyelashes. She winked at Damian and he felt a flush spread up his neck. He thought he was used to her in tight clothing but it was different when she was trying to fluster him. “You look like you could show a girl a good time, handsome.”

“Yeah right, are you delusional, lady? Robin here wouldn't know what to do with one if he had one,” Jason sneered. Damian shot him a glare but Marinette took advantage of their distraction to slip around him and brush a kiss to his jaw.

“What a shame,” she cooed from behind Damian, and the others shouted in outrage as she saluted them and leaped away. Halfheartedly he tried to catch the end of her braid, to say that he had tried, but she was quick.

“Hell, she's fast. Okay, new plan: we try to box her in from four corners,” Dick said, pointing at the different rooftops he wanted them to head for. “She doesn't have a grapple so we use that to our advantage.”

But after ten minutes of frustration, they had to admit she was too quick for them to surround, so had to settle for just out and out chasing her. Damian volunteered to try and guess where she was going and block the escape and the others readily agreed. 

It took several more minutes but Damian positioned himself in a little alcove on a roof and silenced his comms to call her. She answered breathlessly and confirmed that she could lose them soon. One of the benefits of being in a magical catsuit was that she didn't tire as easily, and it was beginning to show in the laboured breathing of his brothers.

Another fifteen minutes passed but she managed to drop onto his roof without a tail. She hurried over to him and began apologising and hugging her arms around her waist.

“That is not how I wanted to meet your brothers,” she hissed when he pulled her into the shadowy alcove. Pressed safely into his arms, he felt his heart rate settle into a more sedate rhythm. He hushed her for a moment before unmuting his comms.

“Are you saying that you three lost her?” he hissed, and Marinette shoved her hand over her mouth to silence a hysterical giggle. After several protests from the trio, he silenced them in as angry a voice as he could manage whilst relief was coursing through him. “Fine, I've had enough of your incompetence, you imbeciles. We should reconvene at the Batcave to see if we can track where she went.”

Once he was sure that they were heading home, he muted his comms again and turned back to Marinette. Unable to help himself, he kissed her fiercely and she returned the kiss with just as much fervour. It was several minutes later that they broke apart and Damian had trouble remembering what he was supposed to be doing.

“You should transform now, whilst they're distracted and portal back to your hotel room,” he murmured, cupping her face with his hand. “Happy anniversary, beautiful.”

“It would have been happier if your brothers hadn't ambushed me on my way to your place,” she replied grumpily, but gave him a smile and another kiss before grabbing the horse Miraculous out of her baton. “If you find time away from them tonight, you know where I'm staying.”

Damian watched in awe as she vanished into the portal she created - it never ceased to amaze him that his girlfriend was the guardian of the Miraculous and could command an army of tiny gods.

He sighed when she was gone, not looking forward to the trouble that waited for him at home. But, he thought with a grin, maybe it would be worth it for the chance to see Marinette after.

_ _ _

The Batcave was a riot of noise when Damian returned and he growled with impatience. It wasn't even his night to be on patrol, he had planned it so that he was free to spend time with Marinette uninterrupted. But instead he was going to have to throw his stupid brothers off her trail before he could enjoy her company.

“I'm telling you, she just vanished!” Tim was shouting. “And I can't see where she could possibly have gone, because she managed to choose the only rooftop I don't have a clear shot of!”

“Tt, there's a rooftop you do not have eyes on? Unusually sloppy of you, Red,” Damian said as he strode into the cave.

“Hey, I can't have eyes literally everywhere,” Tim snapped back, glaring at Damian. “I'm more concerned that she knew where to disappear!”

“Why were you all chasing her anyway?” Damian said with forced nonchalance. “It's not like this is the first time a masked stranger was running loose on the rooftops.”

“Yeah, ordinarily we would probably just warn whoever it was to clear off, but we had a call about a string of robberies and she was the only one we came across. She was secretive as hell when we questioned her and then ran off before we could grab her.”

“But she could be innocent,” Damian offered, trying to ignore the panic building in his gut. 

“It's not a risk we can take,” Dick interjected, flipping angrily through files of known cat burglars. “She left someone with a severe stab wound, he would have bled out if we hadn't got there in time.”

Damian froze before groaning and fisting his hands in his hair. He was going to have to come clean, and explain that it couldn't have been her. That he knew the strange cat woman and, in fact, had known her very well for years.

“We should be looking at all possible suspects,” he hedged, trying to delay the inevitable even as he sent a message to Marinette explaining the issue. All he got back was a string of expletives and an ‘I’ll be right there'. 

“We should also follow the only solid lead we have,” Tim argued.

“...it wasn't her,” Damian said quietly. Too quietly, because the others continued as though he hadn't said anything. So he said it again, but much louder and they all stopped what they were doing to stare at him. 

“Look, Demon Spawn, I get that she thought you were cute or whatever but she nearly killed a man. Hooking up with a villain isn't worth it, even if she is the only person who would ever want to,” Jason said with exasperation obvious in his tone.

Damian didn't get a chance to respond because a portal opened up next to him at that exact moment. Dick screeched and flung himself out of his chair and Jason swore before training his gun on the woman who stepped out of it. 

“Hold on,” Damian shouted, stepping in front of Marinette. To her credit, she didn't smirk, or try to taunt any of them, which was her usual method of dealing with her discomfort. “I'm trying to explain why she didn't do it!”

“Robin, she's a dangerous, unknown woman who probably robbed a bunch of shops and homes tonight,” Dick said, stepping forward to try and separate the pair.

“That's what I'm trying to tell you idiots,” Damian said through gritted teeth. “She's not unknown. This is my girlfriend, she is in Gotham to celebrate our anniversary and ran into you before we could meet.”

“Nice try kid, we would know if you had a girlfriend,” Jason said, refusing to lower his gun. Damian growled in frustration, but Marinette laid a hand on his arm and he subsided.

“Um, actually, we've been dating for two years,” she said meekly, peeking out from behind him. “I'm sorry for the mix up, I'm Ladybug, from Paris? D- Robin told me you were trying to find me because you thought I had hurt someone, but I really only came to spend time with him. It's just unfortunate that I ran into you three before I could get to him this time.”

“Yeah, I'm not buying it,” Tim said from the computer. “And I've already called for help, so don't even think of trying whatever voodoo you tried on Robin on the rest of us. Whatever you're using to control him, we will figure it out, and we will hold you accountable.”

“Crepes, this is why I told you we should have at least introduced them to the idea of you dating,” Marinette hissed at Damian. 

“Well if you hadn't been gallivanting around the rooftops of Gotham with the black cat, this wouldn't even have been an issue!” He argued back.

“Oh no, don't turn this back on me! They're your brothers, I'm just the innocent bystander who wanted to plan something nice. If I could have told them what I was doing when they found me, I wouldn't have had to run!”

The pair bickered even as the other three grew more confused. They'd never seen this side of Damian before, and they weren't sure what to believe at this point. They were mostly relieved when the Zeta tube at the back of the cave whirred to life and Wonder Woman stepped into the cave.

“Red Robin, you called for assistance, where is the threat? Superman is on his way but- Guardian? What are you doing here?” Wonder Woman asked in confusion, stopping in her tracks. “I had thought you were retired from hero work, did you change your mind about teaming up?”

“Um, no, I'm actually in Gotham for vacation?” Marinette said with a weak smile. “I came to visit Robin but got caught up in something else.”

“I wasn't aware you knew Robin, nor that the Batfamily were aware of your tenure as a heroine,” Wonder Woman said, clearly surprised. 

“Yeah, well, the thing is, I only really know Robin. Well, and I know Superboy, but only because Dam- Robin insisted.”

“Wait, no, does she know your identity?” Red Hood demanded, gun dropping to his side as he stared at the pair, slack-jawed. He probably would have said more but the tube whirred back to life and spat out Superboy.

“Hey, Superman's on his way, he sent me ahead to- Lady Noire?”

It took several more minutes, and a lot of outright laughter from Jon, but eventually everyone calmed down enough to sit down. Wonder Woman left after it became apparent there was no real threat, but Jon stayed to help explain about Marinette, who detransformed and introduced herself.

Eventually, Damian was allowed to drag Marinette into the manor proper, so that they could salvage the remainder of their anniversary, but Dick and Jason both promised that he would be catching hell when Bruce got home. 

“Well, that was exciting,” Marinette said with a giggle, pulling Damian down onto his bed. “But hopefully now it will be easier to see each other.”

“Hmph, they will be insufferable for weeks, I assure you,” he replied, settling comfortably against his headboard before pulling her into his lap. He pressed a kiss to her collarbone and she shivered in his arms. “I must commend you on getting the better of the three of them, even before I arrived to assist.”

“Thanks,” she beamed, threading her fingers through his hair as he continued to press kisses along her shoulder and up onto her neck. “But I'm glad they're not still hunting for me. I really did want to enjoy our anniversary together.”

“Yes, I gathered as much from your choice in magical suits. Have I ever told you before just how irresistible you are in leather?”

Part 2