#ml vigilante au

[rozandraw]

AU where Lila became a vigilante out of spite after Volpina to outstage Ladybug. Some hijinks happen, get on each other’s nerves, figure out each other’s identities, fall in love, etc etc. 

[natedogx15]

Idea: everyone in the vigilantes know Ladybug and Chat Noir’s secret identity because their evil selves accidentally detransformed in front of the others and they all promised to not tell it to anyone (except Lila who wasn’t there and so is the only one in the dark ironically).

Hilarity ensues when people start treating Marinette and Adrien differently, making them confused and worried.

The rest of the League of Vigilantes au prompts are found here.

That would be awesome! I actually really like the idea that more people know who's behind the mask of a superhero just to help the hero more. And the idea of Lila being the only one out of the loop and confused about what's happening is hilarious.

You are basically creating a Marinette and Adrien protection squad with this idea and the line-up is crazy, especially since you gave some of them powers XD

[wackus-bonkus-maximus]

summary

Keeping Paris safe from Akumas would be much easier if Chat Noir would agree to be Ladybug’s partner—and if it wasn’t against the law. Written for @ladynoirjuly Prompt 19 - “Vigilante.”

excerpt

She found his eyes on her, his expression suddenly wistful. “If anyone can defeat him,” he said, stepping closer, “it’s you.” “If anyone can, it’s us,” Ladybug pushed. She stepped in front of him, placing a hand on his chest to stop his path. “You and I, working together, chaton. We could’ve done it by now if you stopped messing around for five minutes and took this seriously.” “I take it very seriously,” Chat Noir said, the jovial lilt in his voice telling otherwise. He brought his staff across his shoulders, hooking both wrists on either end as he met her gaze. “We’re tied, my lady, which means I’m also only one Akuma away from a win.” He leaned closer, the heat of his skin shimmering over hers. “You do remember what I get if I win, don’t you?” Ladybug pushed his face away, her palm tingling as she pulled away from his cheek. “You’re impossible.” “No,” he said, bringing his baton down and extending it to full length. His gaze caught on something unseen beneath the domed ceilings. “Just quicker than you.” With a metallic click, he was on his way up, one hand extended out before him as he reached into the shadows. Ladybug caught the dark flutter of wings midway through his ascent and, blood rushing with adrenaline, tossed her yo-yo after him.

[gale-gentlepenguin]

now you gave me an idea of an au where ladybug instead of giving the miraculous to other people either uses it herself or has chat use it, she would probably use it herself more because she wouldn't want to put chat in danger but i imagine he would be just as stubborn and would say he should use more since she's more important in beating akumas and the two would just argue about it endlessly

I think Marinette just doesnt want Chat noir to get hurt anymore and thus resulting in chat noir and OTHER heroes trying to stop her and save her.

[howhow326]

ML X BNHA au (just me transplanting ML characters into BNHA world)

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug

Quirk: Miracle (Marinette's body produces a type of red energy that uses her life force as a source. Marinette can use her energy to create physical objects that disappear after 5 minutes. She can also use her energy to heal cracks in objects and living beings, but this weakens her dramatically.)

Marinette is just a normal girl from China (Her Dad moved to China instead of her Mom moving to France) with a normal life. And a hero level quirk. Her father's bread catalyst quirk and her mother's chi flow quirk combined to make Marinette's Miracle quirk, which was deterimined by scientists to be one of the strongest powers in Beijing. It was decided, not by Marinette, that she would become a Pro-Hero and attend a Hero school of her choice to develop her powers. Marinette, who just wanted to be a fashion designer, decided to go to the Japanese school U.A. as a way to spite the Chinese order of guardians that decided to rip her from her dream, and also to see more of the world for artistic inspiration. During her first day in Japan, Marinette saw a ladybug that inspired her hero name, Ladybug; the fashion hero!

Marinette's best friends: Alya, Izuku, Momo

Adrien Agreste/ Chat Noir

Quirk: Bête Noir (Adrien has special paw pads on the palms of his hands. Whenever he touches something with his paw pads, the object breaks apart. Adrien wears special gloves so he dosen't use his power on accident. Adrien also has the ears and tail of a cat.)

Adrien's mother died while giving birth to him, which drove his father into insanity. Gabriel Agreste became Hawkmoth, the number one villain of France. After terroizing the country for years, he was finally stopped when All-might went on vacation in Paris. While Gabriel's house was being raided, All might found a small locked room with the sign "bête noir". When the room was broken into, they found a servearly neglected Adrien Agreste sleeping in a white box. The boy was rescued and placed into the custody of his British family, who were horrified by what Gabriel was doing to him. After a few years, Adrien decided to enroll into U.A. so he could thank All-might in person.

Adrien's best friends: Nino, Chloe, Izuku

Alya Cesaire/Rena Furtive

Quirk: Illusion (A common quirk that creates images using a colorful smoke emitted from the users body. Alya and Camie are two users of this quirk.)

Alya is a would be reporter from Martinique that has a secret no one knows yet... she's secretly the vigilante Rena Rouge! Because Martinique has a relative lack of heros, Alya resolved herself to protect her people from villains both within the country and without. During the day time, she uses her blog, Yipper (couldn't think of a better name, its Fox twitter) to spread useful information on villains and how to defend oneself from them. Now that Alya is at the age to legally aquire a hero license, she figured a little break to become a real hero wouldn't hurt.

Alya's best friends: Marinette, Mina

I would add more if my phone didnt post my W.I.P. lol

[carpetbug]

ML Bandit Prince AU!

this is just me kinda dumping everything I have at least sort of figured out so far lol, this is definitely not how i’ll format the au should I develop it

ok so imma be fr I don’t have a whole lot fleshed out for this au yet, and i’m not sure how much i’ll develop it but i’m having fun with it for now!

The basic idea is alternate universe, medieval-y vibes, Gabriel is the king mourning the recent loss of his queen, Emilie. He is in ownership of all the miraculous, and they are a relatively well kept secret. When Emilie suddenly ‘dies’, Gabriel finds the black cat ring missing soon after and sort of goes into lockdown. He puts his son, Prince Adrien, under the constant protection of a 24/7 bodyguard. Said bodyguard is none other than Marinette Dupain-Cheng, a seamstress under gabriel’s teaching. He sees her fondness for Adrien as Marinette, and offers to allow her to wield the ladybug earrings so long as she keeps Adrien safe above all else, returns them when the time comes, and works with him to retrieve the stolen miraculous from the anonymous thief.

Only problem is, the thief is Prince Adrien, who discovered the miraculous and the truth behind his mother’s ‘death’ the night she was lost. He took the black cat to keep the wish out of his father’s hands and began pretending he was still the oblivious, obedient, perfect son he was made to be. The only thing he wasn’t quite prepared for was a ladybug hero vowing to protect him with her life, who was also the most beautiful girl he had ever met. and under her father��s manipulation. and maybe trying to arrest his vigilante identity.

I haven’t settled on a name for his hero identity yet, but here’s a design i made back in november!

definitely needs some revisiting 😅

no full body for ladybugs design yet, or what her name will be, but i have this little doodle also from november :)

i think that’s pretty much everything i’ve thought up so far, and none of it’s entirely solid yet lol. lmk what y’all think! who knows if anyone people are interested i’ll do something with it 🧐 (not anytime soon probably)

[princess-of-the-corner]

Because FUCK finding the original post in the abyss that's my blog because it was from a while ago and I didn't expect it to be an AU so I didn't tag it.

So! Short beginning synopsis for the 'To Bee a Bat AU'.

Yes it's ML/Batman because FUCK I know I said I wouldn't but y'all tempted me with Chloé focus and dunking on salt tropes.

Original post was someone asking 'hey ya know those salty aus where Mari is Bruce's kid? What if it was Chloé instead?' and ofc since I already have 'Andre isn't Chloé's bio dad' plots in other fics I jumped on that shit.

There were a few posts that were just crossover nonsense but latest tangent is sometime in Season 4-5 just Chloé ending up with that side of the family. She expects Bruce and co to be like Audrey and Andre were, and runs off first chance she gets. Thankfully found by the Sirens(Selina, Harley and Ivy). Chloé gets to go vigilante and get some healing.

Meanwhile the Miracuclass is doing their own thing and eventually realized they kinda fucked up on the like. Thinking she just went darkside for shits and giggles and not because of the whole 'felt betrayed by Ladybug, manipulated by Hawkmoth, parents held hostage, etc.' thing. Vow to get her back and apologize somehow so eventually they're going to end up in Gotham as well.

so like. They fucked up but it's NOT salt.

[noblechaton]

are ml vigilante aus still cool sometimes or should I scuttle this idea from my brain finally

[agentianlegend]

20 Q's for Fic Writers

Thanks for the tag, @summerssixecho! I enjoyed revisiting my work a bit for this one :)

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 

9 (17 over on FFn)

2. What's your total Ao3 word count?

243,275

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Primarily Danny Phantom (it’s what got me into writing fanfiction to begin with; in fact, even as an 11-year-old I was writing my own Danny Phantom episodes when it was first coming out), but I also write for DC (either DP crossover or standalone) and Miraculous Ladybug that one time. I have been t e m p t e d to write more ML as well as dabble in a few others, like maybe Ted Lasso or Scooby Doo (couldn’t be more random, I know), but that hasn’t come to be yet. Let's also not forget the DP x The Office au that @tytach and @arken-99 and I were messing around with a while back 😂 I'm still tempted to go somewhere with that. (Tytach did.)

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? 

5) Intervention at 657 kudos - DP - Danny comes home after curfew one final time, and his dad is waiting for him. We give Jack Fenton credit in this house/fic.

4) Beast Within at 910 kudos - DP x DC/Young Justice - Garfield Logan has just lost his mom and is struggling to get his newly developed shapeshifting powers under control. The team calls in Danny for help.

3) Fire with Fire - 956 kudos - DP x MCU Spider-Man - After the Fentons temporarily relocate to Queens for a contract with Stark Technologies, Danny and Peter find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy bringing malicious wraiths to New York City.

2) A Vigilante, a Different Vigilante’s Sister and a Villain Walk Into a Bar - 1,811 kudos - DP x DC - Jazz Fenton and Jason Todd attempt to date amidst unpredictable rogues needing therapy and nosy family members needing gossip fodder. This getting 2nd place is a surprise since it's my newest fic...

1) Recognized - a whopping 3,561 kudos - DP x DC/YJ - After Danny accidentally gets zeta tube access using Robin’s credentials/DNA, the two boys try to find out what happened years ago while unraveling a web of past and present secrets.

5. Do you respond to comments?

Absolutely ALWAYS, and if it’s taking me a bit to reply, just know that I’m going through it irl and I’ll get to responding to everyone ASAP. I love hearing what you guys think of my work and what in particular you’re reacting to/enjoying, so whether it’s fanboying over scenes together or explaining details you might’ve missed or just don’t quite get, I always take the time to show my gratitude for you taking a moment to share your thoughts. :)

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Pretty much none of them, to be honest? I always like to try to end on a hopeful note, if not an outright happy one, because I need hope for my own struggles lol. The only candidate I can think of would be The Theorists, but even that’s not an angsty finish. My older oneshot Taking The World by Thunder might count since Lance Thunder doesn't get a happy ending, but it's pretty much a crack fic so I still wouldn't call it angst lol

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Gosh, this is also a hard one because most of them are sort of open-ended and hopeful. I would probably nominate Night One because I love Wally and Connor’s bonding. It gives me the warm fuzzies. I also think Intervention qualifies since it's a wholesome reveal to the Fenton parents instead of the typical catastrophe (I mean, look at the reveal in Recognized, y'all).

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Only every once in a while, and it’s not really hate but more…closed-minded rejection of the fic’s idea. Like on Recognized I’ll occasionally get something along the lines of “this whole thing is confusing and over-complicated” (literally the point) or “this wouldn’t happen” (you’re reading a fic that literally takes place in a world of ghosts and aliens and people with superpowers). Only a couple times someone’s said “this is stupid” and I’m like, if I don’t like someone’s fic, I just move on and let them be because it’s what they wanted to write. Have these people never heard “you do you”?

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

HA. I can barely even write flirting.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Often, usually for DP x DC. The craziest was probably The Theorists because it features almost entirely side characters and their “conspiracy theories” about the main cast. It also wove into the Recognized storyline in the end.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I’m aware of. Let me know if you find my work anywhere lol I only ever post on my main accounts: agentianlegend on tumblr and AO3 and hiimian over on FFn.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nope but I’m open to it

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

I’m not big on ships, to be honest. Though I enjoy Jason Todd x Jazz Fenton, and OH in the middle of writing this I remembered other fandoms exist lol. Marichat from ML because they’re both their most relaxed selves. Adrienette is a very close runner-up. 

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I’ve never published it or shared with anyone, but the first modern fic I wrote was a DP x Teen Titans crossover where Jack and Danny move to Jump City after tragedy takes Maddie and Jazz. Danny wants to lay low and not be a hero as he deals with the loss, but Slade has other ideas. I wrote quite a bit for it, but I don’t know if I’ll finish. It was heavily angsty when I was going through some stuff and needed catharsis. I still have it almost entirely outlined, so theoretically I could finish it. But, I don’t know. Inspired by Into the Dark by InkyIris btw (apparently a rewrite and cross-publishing is in progress on AO3!), one of the OG fics that got me involved back in the fandom.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue, characterization, and action scene choreography. Or so I’ve been told lol

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Writing out scenes when I don’t love the scene as it is. The efficiency side of my brain doesn’t want to waste the energy when I know I’m going to pretty much throw it out and rewrite entirely later on. Also, romance.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Danny Phantom, even before I started publishing. (See the aforementioned episodes I wrote when I was 11.)

20. Favourite fic you've written?

If not Recognized, I would probably say Night One. It’s a quiet fic, and I love those intimate moments when these larger-than-life characters have some hurt/comfort and bonding moments.

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Well I already mentioned you guys earlier but I'm tagging @tytach and @arken-99 as well as @the-outcast-ed, @tourettesdog and @dp-marvel94!

[hopeheartfilia]

tumblr recommended is whack because sometimes it will just randomly give me stuff im not intrested in and none of my mutuals have even been obsessed with lately

oh you reblogged several strips from a ml comic youve been reading for 3 days? Here have some zutara. For the record ive never been a zutara girlie

Nothing against yall it just never clicked for me. I brotp the fuck out of them tho. But like unironically my zuko ship is jetko and if tumbrla algorithm had been keeping up they wouldve known that. Or the more accurate description of Mostly just gen. the gand vibin. Like i dont mind zukka, but mostly because its isio on idiot but theyre both smart idiots. katara is like responsible which does not hit me well with zukos feral drama but thats on me

Like zuko katara and toph i feel have some untapped potential as a. comedic trio. Zuko and toph is one of my favourite friendship dynamics in all of atla

But like zutara? What even gave the algorithm that idea. Like im sorry but katara and yue hits way better. Katara and Jet Does Not.

Like i know she is also a vigilante. But like she is a somehwta moral vigilante ont he feralness level of every calm 14 yr old with superpowers

she can date whomever she wants i jsut feel like. yeah maybe shes the sort to develop a bit of a crush kn zuko but its not the sort of thing to like work long term for me. like i get it blue red enemies to lovers all that

And like if you really dont vibe with katara and aangs i can see where youre coming from

I think katara and azula is indeed more interesting but im a thematic parallels sort of hoe

Id actually really like to read a katara x azula fic where zuko and sokka are just bros and the girlies are doing insane amounts of drama and they just look at eaxh other like damn little sisters and their love lives be messed up. And like may and suki just nope out of even trying to understand the katara azula thing. And like mai does understand it against her will. Tay lee doesnt mind understanding it but mai does mind she does now want to know but she gets it the best out of everyone

Jet actually also gets it but no one would ever ask him about that and also im imagining this as modern au but hes still somehow dead or gone or dissapeared

Yue. yue i dont know if she gets it. i. i think ill stop before this turns into an eternal wip i never finish

[flightfoot]

I'll look for stuff that completed after July 2022. I don't know much about pre-July 2019, I'd just recently started reading ML fanfics at that point, and I wasn't bookmarking or reccing a lot.

I'll try to keep this list pretty short, since you're just looking for a few favorite fics. I hope these work for you!

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Is it chill that you're in my head? by BringTheStorm

Alya stared at the picture plastered across the homepage of every single tabloid and news site, whispering every curse she could think of under her breath. SHOCKING SECRET ROMANCE BETWEEN LADYBLOGGER AND PARISIAN SUPERVILLAIN REVEALED!!! the headline announced, casually shouting the words she had been dreading for all of Paris to read. --- Alya had always assumed that someday Paris would discover that she had secretly been kissing their most wanted vigilante, but she had never thought it would happen so soon. As the domino effects of her relationship with Ladybug go spiraling through her life, Alya turns her sights towards the one responsible: the elusive superhero Hawkmoth. AKA Someone outs Alya and her girlfriend so she retaliates by deciding to take down Hawkmoth 

I recommend this to anyone who either A. Loves Alya and wants to see more of her in a starring role, or B., wants to see an AU where Parisians could feasibly believe that Hawkmoth is the good guy, and that Ladybug and Chat Noir are, if not villains, at least reckless.

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in case you don't know me tomorrow by @thelibraryloser

“We live in a crazy world where pieces of our lives can be erased like they never even happened. I just wanted to memorize this moment so… so I could keep it, if that makes sense.” Adrien's heart gave a little flutter. She wanted to keep this moment, meeting him. She wanted to keep… him. “I understand exactly what you mean." In a world that has created a way to selectively delete memories, no moment is truly safe. So how do you hold on to something when the memory of it is gone? And how do you keep fighting for someone when you're the only one who remembers?

This is a SEVERELY underrated fic. It’s got some shades of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” in the world, though the plot is very different - the memory erasure ain’t willing. Basically, the first few chapters are establishing Adrien’s and Marinette’s romance, and then the rest of the fic is dealing with Gabriel being an absolute DICK and using any means at his disposal to break them apart. It’s fantastic and I highly recommend reading it!

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run boy run by tinuviel_tinuviel

Nino was sprawled on the floor of his room with Alya when his phone chimed, in the quiet of a premature autumnal sunset. It was one of those lazy evenings that had become rare lately. Contrary to popular belief, he and Alya could get studying done when in the same room, and he was elbows-deep in late assignments, which meant his phone was on Do Not Disturb, which meant the notification could only have come from one person. ADRIEN 🐈: cmoe ove rnow ADRIEN 🐈: like riggt now ADRIEN 🐈: plag NINO: that is literally incomprehensible NINO: wait is that you plagg ADRIEN 🐈: mov faster

So this is a “Adrien finds out that his father is Hawkmoth and consults with Nino about what to do” fic, with Nino throwing Hawkmoth off Adrien’s track, though inadvertently at his own expense. Love Nino’s perspective here, and I always enjoy a good Hawkmoth-takedown fic!

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The Mer-Human Race by @rosie-b

Bringing her hand closer to his lips, Adrien tried to plant a kiss on it, but Marinette pulled away before his lips could touch her. “Save it for your girlfriend,” she said teasingly. “Or do you still not have one yet?” Adrien smirked and crossed his arms. “It’s a girl,” he said. “And I know her in real life. That’s all you get. Now, let’s get back to planning, shall we? We have a mermaid to beat.”

Lovely world-building here! Merfolk and humans have had a treaty for a long time, so there’s a tradition where merfolk can challenge humans to a race, and whoever wins gets to ask for a reasonable sort of reward (in Marinette’s case, she wants to be allowed to captain a ship at a younger age than is usually allowed). Alya, Nino, and Adrien are naturally very encouraging towards Marinette, and luckily for her, a nice merman going by the name of Chat Noir shows up and challenges her to a race…

Yeah you can see where this is going XD. It’s fun, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Dragon by @liiinerle

Tomoe keeps telling Kagami about the importance of her heritage, but refuses to tell her what that heritage is. When Kagami looks it up for herself, she finds a lot of interesting information, a lot of frustration, and a deep and burning question - which Tomoe refuses to help her answer.

This is a Kagami character study, with Kagami questioning her mother’s actions, but knowing that standing up to her is a no-win proposition. It doesn’t help that D’Argencourt’s mirroring some aspects of her mother’s behavior, with being upset if she doesn’t fight well, but also being upset if she beats him. There’s no right answer here, which leads her to take out her frustration on others. Luckily, Marinette’s there to calm her down, to talk things out with her.

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Justifying the Means by @ashes-555

When the worst happens, Alya finds that she may be willing to do the unthinkable. Is any sacrifice to big to make for her friends?

Once again, Ashes comes out swinging with an Alya focused fic! 

Basically, there’s a major, destructive akuma attack. During it, Ladybug orders Chat to cataclysm a building in order to stop from being trapped. Unfortunately the building collapses, injuring or killing a lot of people - unbeknownst to her, including Chat Noir. Gabriel releases the akuma, which means she has no way of fixing the damage, either.

A lot of of focus is placed on Alya and Nino worrying over Adrien, who was found in the wreckage barely clinging to life, in a coma, with the doctors unsure whether he’d make it. Shadow Moth takes advantage of their distress to make an offer: if he gets the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses, he can make a Wish to fix everything, including saving Adrien. With as dark a place as Alya and Nino are in, they seriously consider it. Especially with how unhappy both of them are with Chat Noir supposedly “abandoning” Ladybug and Paris as a whole, and Nino being angry with Ladybug for failing (since Alya knows that Marinette is Ladybug, she’s far more understanding on that front).

I love how much credence Alya’s thought and emotions are given here, and that she doesn’t go for the more drastic option right away, either - she talks with Ladybug about it first, tries to do it her way. She understands the costs, but... her friends are important to her, and she’s desperate. I think this was a really good way to present a more antagonistic sort of Alya. She’s still very much herself here, and still considers Marinette her friend, willing to do things her way to an extent, and understanding why Marinette doesn’t want to use the Wish, even though she disagrees with her. Alya’s mindset, her emotions, her problems, are given respect and credence by the narrative. She’s still willing to talk things out, she’s still sympathetic to Marinette and the enormous trauma and guilt she’s going through, she just disagrees with Marinette’s approach. She wants her friend back.

If you want a fic that has some solid focus on Alya as a person, on her emotional struggles and mindset and just... dealing with things, I highly recommend checking out “Justifying the Means”.

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The moment I knew (I’d no choice but to love you) by @bbutterflies

“He’s dating me,” Nino said, taking Adrien’s hand in his own.

Adrien could only stare back at him in shock.

“How dare you all force him to come out?” Nino continued, glaring at the reporters. “That was disgusting.” He pulled Adrien over to the car, guided him in, and shut the door behind them.

In the relative quiet and privacy of the backseat, Adrien finally processed what had just happened. “So… when were you going to tell me we were dating?”

This Adrino fic is delicious XD. Reporters keep hounding Adrien about his love life, so Nino finally gets them off Adrien’s back by fake-dating him. Problem is, Adrien’s actually been madly in love with Nino for years but has never been able to tell him. And now as they’re spending more time together, Nino’s beginning to find that he’s enjoying all these “couple” activities more than maybe he ought to if it’s entirely platonic...

If you want to see Adrien and Nino PINING for each other while “fake” dating (is it really fake if both parties want it to be real?) then you’ve come to the right fic!

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In Direct Opposition by @generalluxun

Alya Cesaire is a brand new student to Francis Dupont, to Paris even. The first student she meets is one Chloé Bourgeois, and Alya is determined to make a friend. Things advance Chaotically. Her new 'friend' is definitely a handful, and suddenly Paris has a supervillain and two brand new superheroes! Alya finds herself balancing a lot of things, trying to live up to her ideals and those of her icons.

And then reality seems to contradict itself.

As time progresses it seems to happen more often. Becoming a hero, battling villains, staying alive, working through friendships. Something is lurking, tweaking events at times, changing them, and no one seems aware. Alya will need all her wits to get to the bottom of this. Her investigative mind can only get her so far though, and then she needs to rely on her friends. This is not a foe you can beat head on.

I betaed this entire fic, it’s really good! I adore the focus on Alya’s philosophy here, her determination to be a hero, to help people and defeat evil - and that defeating evil means trying to reform the people doing bad things when possible, to try to save EVERYONE, even the “villain”. I thought it was really clever the ways Alya would redirect Chloe and subtly encourage her to be a better person, while also trying to get the people around her to give her a second chance and keep an open mind. 

Also Alya and Chloe are an adorable sapphic couple XD.

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Dreams of You by @chocoluckchipz

Dreams had long been his only escape. Dreams of Ladybug, the girl who had always been there for him.

If only in his dreams. And only while she was also sleeping.

Because with the first rays of sunshine gliding over her skin, with the first fluttering of her eyelashes, from the moment she opened her eyes in the morning, memories of Adrien would vanish from her mind.

She would go on living her life.

He would always be the only one who remembered.

At least until they meet in the real world and fall in love all over again, something that would’ve been easier to do if Adrien wasn't a prisoner in his own home.

Chocoluckchipz has some of the most beautifully executed lovesquare fics I’ve read, and this is no exception. Most of the fic is dedicated to Adrien wooing Marinette, spending time with her, with her own dream self acting as his wingman, giving her tips on how to get her to fall for him, all the while frustrated that she can’t share memories with her waking self, and that she and Adrien can’t share as much information as they’d like while asleep, due to limitations of the “curse” that allows Adrien to share dreams with his soulmate. 

It’s not all cute Adrienette fluff though. There’s a threat in the background waiting to erupt, as the weirdness of Gabriel’s ultimatum to Adrien about finding Ladybug or else being forced to marry Lila keeps on gnawing at him - and with good reason. This is a world with magic and kwamis still, and that fact makes itself very relevant in the last third of the story. 

It’s a well-written tale and very much worth a read!

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who needs sleep when you have superpowers by @14muffinz

Nino looks back down at Alya. “You all look like trash,” he decides. Alya jumps at a loud thump, spinning around to find that Marinette’s head has hit her desk, and she’s groaning softly. Adrien, who had previously evidently been leaning on her side, promptly overcompensates and falls on his side, splayed behind Marinette on the bench. [OR: Being a superhero comes with insomnia. It's a shame that they're already dealing with that as-is.]

So this is from Alya's POV, unusually enough. It was a nice surprise! It's based off the movie universe, after the end of the movie. So like, Chat has the Butterfly now, and they have to deal with the new Peacock user. Though of course Chat's not the only one with a new Miraculous, Alya's not left bereft of one. It's just a treat to see her (and later Nino) get to help out, to be close to Adrien and Marinette in a hypothetical later movie universe, to see what she's thinking and feeling and to get to contribute!

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The Peacock and the Dragon by TheVioletThread

kagami reflects on love, past and present, lost and won. felix destroys everything he has ever loved.

This is a three-chapter story, with the chapters being mostly independent, rather than naturally leading into each other.

The first chapter is from Kagami's POV, delving into the mindset she's grown up with due to Tomoe's parenting.

The second chapter, on the other hand, is from Felix's POV and mostly follows his horrific backstory, the abuse he suffered at Colt's hands, and his mindset even after Colt died.

The third chapter goes over Amelie's life, how she thinks of being the one left behind to deal with her parents' expectations, how she does, in fact, abide by them, basically being sold away to the highest bidder, and the despair as she's unable to do what she was "purchased" to do: provide an heir to Colt.

There's some beautiful prose here and exploration for Felix, Kagami, and Amelie, I highly recommend giving it a look!

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every wall that I knock down (is just a wall i'll replace) by @purplecatghostposts

Now it’s Félix’s turn. Adrien needs to know about his own existence before anything else and Félix wanted to have that conversation himself. Marinette didn’t argue when he told her as much. If anything, she seemed slightly relieved. Félix has been meaning to do it for a long time. Adrien had been at risk if he said anything before, not to mention it felt cruel to tell him when he would still have to bend to his father’s orders until the rings were retrieved. But Adrien wears his own amoks now, making his own choices with no one forcing him to do any of it. All physical risks are out of the way. Félix only needs to break it to him. The problem is that it never seems to actually be the right moment. (Or Post Season 5, Félix finally has the chance to tell Adrien about both of them being sentibeings and their family history. He’s not quite sure why his words keep failing him whenever he tries though.)

I love the analysis of Felix's thoughts and feelings about being a sentibeing, the psychological hangups that are preventing him from telling Adrien everything. I especially like how he doesn't even seem to realize HIMSELF what his problem is. Few people are able to really understand why they're reacting the way they are, why they feel the way they do, without either some deep examination or talking to someone.

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you could win a rabbit by @purplecatghostposts

Félix raises an eyebrow but obliges. He should probably get on with it before Adrien second guesses himself too hard and tries to take it back. Félix pulls the tissue paper out and squints at what’s inside. It’s— a plushie? He takes it out of the bag to get a better look at it. All of the air is stolen from his lungs the second he does. A rabbit plushie. A white rabbit plushie. (Or for Félix’s next birthday, Adrien teams up with Marinette to make Félix a rabbit plushie, much like the one he had as a kid. Old feelings Félix thought he buried return in full force.)

I loved seeing a potential backstory to the torn stuffed bunny we saw in the play in Representation, and Felix's reaction to getting another rabbit plush was heart-wrenching!

Looking for fic recs in kind of a specific sense. What are your favorite fics written before July 2019 or after July 2022? I’ve read a lot of work in the middle of that, and I’d like to read more newer and older stuff.

I’m a big fan of any kind of identity schenanigans, and my favorite characters are Nino, Nathalie, Félix, Kagami, and Alya in roughly that order.

Any length, complete or incomplete, would be welcome, but please no salt. Lovesquare is fine but not necessary for my happiness. Thanks, y’all!

[cheesyakumas]

Tumblr loves @sofilandstuff ‘s Vigilante AU and I very much do too ;))

— first time ever cosplaying and I’m so happy I can do it in my friends AU, Ily Sof!!!

[natedogx15]

Ladybug and Chat Noir are very reluctant about the vigilantes and really want them to stop.

Then they see them managing to bring down a giant Akuma with only the power of teamwork, determination, a small army of drones and ancient Egyptian magic.

After that they decide to let become their official allies but even then they’re not exactly comfortable at the idea that random civilians get involved in the Miraculous business.

And that technically Chloe and Lila are now their teammates.

Also Ladybug is uncomfortable at the thought that there are technically now 3-4 versions of her around in Paris and only one of them isn’t Marinette under the mask.

In reference to this post.

I can see Cat Noir having a lot of fun with them around and trying to talk Ladybug into letting them continue before she officially does.

I also like how this is basically Heroes Day gone crazy. Can you imagine what Hawkmoth is feeling as all of Paris starts attacking his Akumas along with two copies of Ladybug and a copy of Cat Noir?

It would be so awkward having Lila and Chloe as teammates, especially if this is after taking away Chloe's Miraculous.

[wackus-bonkus-maximus]

Wackus it is a CRIMINAL OFFENCE to be so good in writing. The story was *chefs kiss*. Ladyboir vigilante au was something I did not know I needed and in ur writing its so flavourful

also just had my weekly reread of Like smoke from a furnace and I hate you (affectionate) for the tissue boxes that finished. ( Some day wackus some day if I learn to write something that is not a whole mess, I will definitely send you the bills. ) That fic wrenches my heart in such a good way. The feels! I'm so so devastated and hopeful at the same time and its so amazing when writing does this it is so so precious to me I don't know how to thank you for writing the piece. THAT ENDING SUWHSJAKALSGGD... and yes I read the comments on what will happen next JKSJSKSJDGHSKSKSJSHHSK Plagg's characterization , alya and marinette's friendship and CAT THE WALKER. HOW HOW do u make such banger writings! Ilyilyilyily

On a side note lsfaf reminds me of another fic I read (not from the ML fandom, its rpf but it's really wonderful and it's mildly adrinette flavoured.plus u don't need to know much background info to understand. Annnnnd it reads like an ML au with a bit ooc characters) and it punched my feels in a good way. I do think it's your brand of angst so...

https://archiveofourown.org/works/45408208

please don't feel obliged to read it, I just remembered your fic when I read it and thought I should share <3

HAHAHHAHAHA that pun just gave me 1000000000 xp 💛💛💛💛💛 tysm arisa i'm so happy you liked my little ladynoir wish fulfillment fic!

also, WEEKLY?? you read my smoky furnace story WEEKLY?!?! arisa omg how do you handle that like i can't even think about it without wanting to lie down and wildly envision an entire music video to taylor swift's cardigan featuring that fic. still, if you enjoy it that much don't let me stop you >:)) i also have fics that i'm obsessed with and want to get tattooed on myself so knowing there's one of mine that can be the same for someone else is just so 💕💖❤️‍🔥💗💝❣️

ahh i read the fic, it was really good 💔❤️ took a few notes on the way that author writes too soo 👀 if another one of my soon to be published wips comes out hurts the way your rec did, you will know why :3

[strawberry-lemonade]

Before Adrien moved

Aria: Marinette. It’s 2 am on a school night. Go to bed.

Marinette: One second! I’m talking with Adrien!

Aria: Adrien. Please tell Minette that she needs to get her ass in bed.

Adrien: Oof sorry, can’t. We’re debating on who the better American superhero is.

Aria: Hm... What’s your side?

Adrien: Superboy.

Aria: And yours, Minnie?

Marinette: Red Robin.

Aria: Ooh! Sorry Minnie. Superboy is awesome, adorable, and super cute.

Adrien: Thank you!

Marinette: Darn you! You can’t stay over anymore!

Aria: Excuse you. We’re sleeping over at my house. You can’t kick me out.

Marinette: Fine. But know this. I WILL get back at you for taking Adrien’s side in this.

Aria: I’d like to see you try little missy.

@saturdaymorningmuses @vivilakitty @realrandomposts

[howhow326]

ML X BNHA au Part 2!

Part 1 here

Chloe Bourgeois/ Queen Bee

Quirk: Subjection (Chloe's fingernails secrete an organic venom that can paralyze people. People that have Chloe's venom in their system will also obey any verbal commands she gives them. The venom lasts for about one hour.)

On the surface, Chloe Bourgeois is the egotistical daughter of the Mayor of Paris, a menace to the students of her local highschool, and the closet thing Adrien Agreste has to a friend. Beneath the surface, Chloe craves the love of a mother who abandoned her years ago, and takes out her pain on everyone else. Now, when Adrien leaves Paris to study at U.A. in Japan, it is only natural that Chloe follows after him. It is only natural that Chloe Bourgeois will become will become the number one hero, Queen Bee! Maybe then, with hundreds of civilains screaming her name will Chloe finnaly feel wanted...

Chloe's best "friends" : Adrien, Sabrina, Bakugo (but like, as a weird rival thing cuz they act the same)

Nino Lahiffe/ Carapace

Quirk: Bubble (Nino sweats a type of bubble liquid that he can use to create people sized bubbles that can be used as prisons are shields.)

Nino Lahiffe is just a normal boy with a normal life from Paris France. No really, he is completely normal. He wanted to be a DJ before changing it to filmaking, before changing that to being a Pro hero. Initially, Nino chose to U.A. as his hero school to get as far away as possible from Chloe, only to end up in the same class as her again! But this time, he's also in the same class as the world famous model son of a supervillain, a star exchange student from China that got into U.A. based on recomendations, and another exchange student from the Carribbean that Nino is like 75% sure is secretly a famous vigilante??? At least they are nice?!

Nino's best friends: Adrien, Denki, Eijiro, Rikido

Luka Couffaine/ Truth

Quirk: Inner Music (Luka's eardrum can detect the emotions of other people as melodies and harmonies of music.)

Luka Couffaine is the son of the American superstar & Pro Hero, Jagged Stone. While Luka was born in France, he spent most of his life traveling the world with his father after he won custody over him from his mother. Really, the only reason Luka started attending U.A. was because he heard his estranged sister was going their as well. After he's finished with school, Luka plans to become a musician just like his father, and a support hero on the side. But for right now, Luka is looking foreward to making new friends, and talking to those students that keep muttering to themselves.

Luka's best friends: Izuku (he's friend shaped), Juleka, Koji

Max Kanté/ Gamer

Quirk: Robostus (By looking at a Machine, Max can control it remotely. He can so this to multiple machines at once and can even change their software and code if the machine is a computer. His power shuts off if he looks away.)

Max Kanté is, accoding to several tests reaching back to when he was 10 years old, the smartest person in Mali and perhaps even all of West Africa. His intelligence was first demonstrated when he was recorded as creating the worlds first self thinking and feeling A.I., Markov. In schools all around the world wanted him to attend, and he finished most of them before he even turned 15. Now, Max is attending U.A. to finish his study in Hero support items and to gain a hero license. And also, to make some friends the same age as himself...

Max's best friends: Kim, Momo

Kagami Tsurugi/ Ryuko

Quirk: Dragon's Rule (Kagami's horns on her head that allow her to control the forces of lightning, wind, and moisture. Kagami's powers are tied to her emotions, so her mother forces her to keep a tight lid in so she dosen't lose control)

Kagami Tsurugi is the heir to one of the most famous super hero families in Japan, the Tsurugi company. Since birth, Kagami's mother Tomoe has been tirelessly training her to be the next number 1 Pro Hero of Japan and to surpass Allmight... because Tomoe herself last her eyes during a battle with a villain and was forced to retire from hero work. Although Kagami wants to become a pro hero, deep down she feels her mother puts too much pressure on her to be perfect, not allowing her to have many friends and spending all of her time training. Now that Kagami is attending U.A., she gets to meet her biggest rivals in life face to face, but she hopes they could be friends.

Kagami's best friends: Shoto, Iida