#moth ladybug transformation

[sassyduckqueen]

So here's my design for the butterfly ladybug unification for Luka in my upcoming special for the Anatisverse.

Based on the Cinnabar moth and unified with the ladybug miraculous, Luka becomes the hero Cinnabug. I know the name is not as creative as I normally go but I really like it so its staying. I wanted him to look almost ethereal looking and almost like royalty so I decided to give him certain features that he normally doesn't have such as the pointed ears. His outfit is loosely based on his butterfly form I drew up but mixed with his anatis suit. I also added aspects of the Cinnabar moth hence the red pants and the design of his tail coat. I also still wanted to include purple as the moth miraculous is purple themed.

Anyway I think I achieved a good look for him so I'm happy with it. Also keep an eye out. The special based on Miraculous: Paris will be out soon. I did intend to release it for Halloween but sadly things happened and I wasn't able to.

Also here's what a Cinnabar Moth looks like.

Look how pretty it is XD

[sillychatonnoir]

The fact that the English ver of miraculous have different transformation commands is so funny, like, what do you mean you transform differently depending on the goodness of your heart? Does that mean that if Adrien transforms like Emodrien saying "daggers out," the miraculous reads it as an evil transformation™ independently of his real intentions??? Also when the kwami tells his owner how to transform, they are like "mmm, you feel like an evil bitch so your transformation command is dark wings rise!" Or????

[itz-ps15]

Shadow Racer

Summary: Blurr has had enough! The Rescue Team have pushed it too far when they hurt Blurr’s feeling, and they regret it when something bad happens to him. Soon resulting in Blurr getting  Akumatized by Hawk Moth. He now becomes Shadow Racer, and seeks revenge on his team.

Characters:

Blurr(character to get Akumatized)

Heatwave(Kade’s partner and firefighter bot of the team and leader of rescue force Sigma-17)

Chase(Chief Charlie Burns’ partner and police bot)

Boulder(Graham’s partner and bulldozer bot of the team)

Blades(Dani’s human partner and copter bot of the team)

Salvage(Blurr’s friend and recycling truck of the team)

Cody Burns(youngest son of Chief Burns)

Frankie Greene(Cody’s best friend and Doc Greene’s daughter)

Kade Burns(Heatwave’s human partner and firefighter, oldest son of Chief Burns)

Graham Burns(Boulder’s human partner and engineer, second eldest son of Chief Burns)

Dani Burns(Blades’ human partner and ent flyer in helicopter, the third oldest daughter of Chief Burns and the only daughter)

Chief Charlie Burns(Chase’s human partner and police chief of Griffin Rock, the father of the Burns kids)

Kara(Blurr’s human partner)

Optimus Prime 

Hawk Moth(the one who Akumatized Blurr)

Ladybug(Marinette)

Cat Noir(Adrien)

Blurr sat in his stasis pod cleaning his tears after the training gone wrong. Salvage then entered the room and saw his best friend so upset. 

Salvage went up to Blurr: Hey Blurr.

Blurr:(looked up at Salvage and faked a smile)Oh. Hey Salvage.

Salvage knew that Blurr was fake smiling: Blurr. What’s wrong? You don’t have to fake smile.

Then a new voice was heard: Blurr are you really fake smiling again?

This girl was Blurr’s human partner, Kara!

Blurr:(sigh) Fine. I just failed again the training. And I got a big scolding. And I’m already trained to be a Rescue Bot. You two know that.

Then a new voice, it was Cody Burns: Make that 3.

Blurr: What if I don’t belong here like you Salvage? Maybe you’re all better off without me.

Days later, a mission went wrong and the team took it out on Blurr, especially Heatwave.

Heatwave: Blurr, you son of a dead scraplet! You messed up big time!

Blurr hesitated: B-but, I was only just trying to help. I d-didn’t mean for that to happen.

Chief Burns: Blurr you nearly put all of us in danger. You’re being even more reckless on missions.

Blurr:(hesitant and stuttered) B-but I-

Heatwave cut him off, and snarled: Save it you show-off! You moron.

Then Heatwave did the unthinkable, and Kara and Salvage couldn’t believe what he did to Blurr. Heatwave slapped Blurr right across the face!

Blurr was stunned in the servos: You… y-you just slapped me?(tears run down his eyes) That really hurt.

Heatwave:  Does it look like I care, you bastard!(slaps him again)You’re staying in the firehouse from now on, understood!? You’re not allowed on any rescue missions anymore! And you’re not training with us anymore! Are we clear on that you monster?!

Blurr hesitated, but nodded: Y-yes sir.(rubs his cheek)

Tears ran down his cheeks, and he started crying hard. And he ran off crying.

Cody: Blurr,wait!

Kara confronted Heatwave: Heatwave, what the heck?! What is wrong with you!?

Heatwave: Listen, Kara. He deserved it.

Chase backed him up: Heatwave is correct. Blurr has messed up in his speed on missions recently. He has to be disciplined.

That triggered Salvage, who was usually calm and tranquil,but seeing how the team hurt Blurr made him snap hard and get mad.

Salvage: You call that  discipline!? He’s been through so much already! And you’re all making it worse!

Kade scoffed: What could he be going through to hurt him so much? More than he put us in danger!

Salvage: Are you… kidding me!?

Cody and Kara kinda got scared and hugged each other.

Cody: Jeez, I’ve never seen Salvage this angry before. I think this might umm… be the first time.

Kara: Me neither.😥 But he’s got a point, Codes.

Everyone jumped in shock at Salvage’s outburst of anger.

Salvage: Do you guys not know Blurr’s childhood!? He suffered! Especially after what happened to his parents!

This stunned the team.

Blades: Wha- his parents?

Boulder: What are you talking about?

Salvage:(sigh) Blurr lost his parents when he was little. He’s been holding that pain for so long. And he also feels like he isn’t worthy of being a rescue bot.  Because of fake friends from the past.

Heatwave sighed in sadness: I guess we were too hard on him.

Cody: Guys, you should’ve known better. Dad once said: “You never know what someone’s going through. Which is always best to be nice.”

Boulder: And we did the complete opposite.

Salvage: I can’t believe you treated Blurr like a scraplet. I’m telling Optimus about this right now!

The mention of Optimus Prime stunned Heatwave, making his spark jump with fear.

Heatwave: S-Salvage wait!

But he had already left. Cody and Kara left as well.

Heatwave: Cody wait…

Cody: No Heatwave. You guys should’ve done better. Salvage is right. You just made it worse for Blurr.

Cody and Kara left.

Salvage left and reported everything to Optimus Prime himself.

Optimus Prime: Thank you for informing me Salvage.(looks down) I feel bad about Blurr.(back to Salvage) But I will have a long talk with the team. This is not how we treat other Autobots, especially if they’re going through tough moments.

Then one night, Blurr was writing in his diary when he heard the team nearby. They were talking about him and how he was acting and how reckless he is. He peeked to hear the conversation and Heatwave said something that made his spark brake 

Chief Burns: Well Heatwave, it’s your team. You have to decide what to do with Blurr.

Heatwave: And I’ve already made my choice. Blurr has to go.(leaves the conversation)

Chase: Affirmative: Blurr is just causing more trouble.

Blurr:Well what do you know? We all agree on something. 😔

Blades noticed Blurr, and realized…

Blades: Uh oh. He overheard us.

Blurr quickly ran away from home.

Boulder: Blurr wait!

Blades: Oh, we messed up bad! Optimus is gonna be so upset with us now!

He left transforming in vehicle mode in tears outside the firehouse. He ran as fast as he could, far away from home. 

Blurr sped off away from the firehouse, and was now in the race track. He changed into robot mode and walked around.

He sat down on the floor of the track staring at his locket with a photo of him and his parents.

Blurr:(sobs with sadness)I never meant for things to be like this. Mom, Dad, I wish you were here.

Blurr sobbed at night with tears coming down his eyes and cried.

Blurr: I guess… I’m not meant to be a Rescue Bot.(sobs)

Hawk Moth felt Blurr’s negative energy from his lair: Ahh, the feeling of being neglected and one who isn’t fit for rescuing. Only wanting to do what he loves to do, race.Clearly sad to suffer for.

Then a butterfly lands on Hawk Moth’s hands, and he turns the butterfly into an Akuma and sends it to Blurr saying: Fly away my little Akuma, and evilize him!

The Akuma landed on Blurr’s blue visor,and then an aura of akumatization covered his face.

Hawk Moth: Shadow Racer. I am Hawk Moth. Your team has made you feel that you’re not worthy to fight and protect others, and that they think you only care for yourself. Well I’m giving you the power to make them feel how you felt. All I ask in return are Ladybug and Cat Noir’s Miraculous.

Blurr: I’ll make sure they regret everything they’ve done to me! Time to start my engines.

With that, Blurr lowered his visor, and he transformed into…

Shadow Racer[Blurr]: Shadow Racer’s on the track. Racing for revenge.(evil smirk and cackle)

Hawk Moth: But don’t forget our promise of the Miraculous,Shadow Racer.

Shadow Racer[Blurr]: A promise is a promise.(transforms into vehicle mode)

Blurr’s usual purple color in his vehicle mode was no longer purple with green. It was now a dark- blue themed racing armor with a pattern of red and silver detailing as he drove off to the firehouse into the darkness.

The next morning, Heatwave looked at a portrait with the whole team as he woke up. He picked it up and felt disappointed in himself. He and the team let Blurr down.

Heatwave:(sigh) I was wrong about Blurr. We all were.

Blades: Maybe we were too mean to him. Just like Cody said:You never know what someone’s going through. 

Boulder:Which is always best to be nice.

Chase: We must apologize to him for our behavior.

???: I had a feeling you would say that Chase.

The main 4 turned to see a red and blue truck enter. He changed into an Autobot. It was Optimus Prime! And he did not look pleased or happy with them. He had seriousness written all over his face.

Then Chief Burns, Kade,Graham, Dani, Cody and Kara came and saw Optimus.

Heatwave: Optimus, wha-what are you doing here?

Optimus Prime: Salvage has informed me about the situation with Blurr. And I must say, that I am extremely displeased and disappointed in all of you. You should not treat anyone who is part of the team like they’re not worthy. Especially if they’re going through something hard.

Heatwave sighed: I see that now Optimus. We all do.

Cody told Optimus: We tried to warn them Optimus.

Chief Burns: And I should’ve listened to you son.

Then a voice came from afar.

Shadow Racer[Blurr]:(voice from afar) Well,well,well… if it isn’t my ex-teammates. The ones who hurt me and pushed me away.

Shadow Racer came out in the front without being noticed by the speed he had. He was standing now in front of the whole team. He transformed into robot mode from his vehicle mode. He looked at the team with evil.

Heatwave: Blurr? I-is that you?

Shadow Racer: That’s not my name anymore. You said yourselves. It’s  Shadow Racer! Name’s Shadow Racer. Now, where are Ladybug and Cat Noir? Give me their Miraculous!

Boulder:(to Graham)What is he talking about?

Shadow Racer was not patient: Tell me now!

??? Female: Are you looking for us, Shadow Racer?

Everyone turned to see two heroes. Ladybug and Cat Noir.

Cat Noir: What’s wrong? Cat got your tongue?

Shadow Racer[Blurr]: Ladybug and Cat Noir, I presume. Hawk Moth sent me as his new accomplice. Now, hand over your Miraculous!

Ladybug: Not gonna happen Shadow Racer!  

Shadow Racer[Blurr]:(snarl) Oh so you wanna play dirty. Well fine by me!(takes out a weapon) What do you say… Heatwave?

Heatwave sighed: I guess we’ll do.

Shadow Racer left them and said as a warning: If you don’t see me tonight at the track, you’ll eat my dust.(cackle)

He changed to his vehicle mode and sped off.

Graham: I think that this is probably our fault.

Salvage: You think?! Of course it’s your fault!

Heatwave: We’d better be at the race track tonight like Blur…(realizing) Shadow Racer said.

Ladybug: We’re going with you as well. We have to find where his Akuma is.

Boulder: But what even are Miraculous? 

Chase: And what is an Akuma?

Ladybug: An Akuma, is a magical butterfly capable of giving the target superhuman abilities. The use of these butterflies, while usually used for good, can be used for evil, as demonstrated by Hawk Moth.

Cat Noir: They usually land on something that means a lot to someone. And they come when Hawk Moth senses dark and negative energy.

Graham: So we caused Blurr’s negative energy from all the criticism, judgement and anger to him.

Heatwave: But it was mostly because of me. I let all my anger out on him. (sigh) It’s all my fault. I’m the reason he’s like this now.

Ladybug: Well Heatwave, you still have time to change this mistake. You all do.

Boulder: But can someone please explain to me what Miraculous are?

Ladybug: Well, it’s the jewels that give us powers. Mine are my earrings.

Cat Noir: And my ring is mine.

Boulder: Oh.

At night at the race track:

Shadow Racer was waiting, and he hated waiting.

Shadow Racer[Blurr]:(growls and yells) Where are they?!

Heatwave: We’re here.

Shadow Racer turned to see the team with Ladybug and Cat Noir with them.

Shadow Racer[Blurr] smirked: Well, well, well. You decided to show up after all. Thought you’d chicken out or pee your pants.

Kade:(whispering to Heatwave) We messed up bad.

Heatwave stood up front of Shadow Racer and spoke up: Blurr, I mean…Shadow Racer. We-we’re sorry. We didn’t know what you were going through.

Shadow Racer[Blurr]:(scoff) Sorry? You think apologies are enough to what you all put me through?!

Boulder: Okay, we deserved to be yelled at. But Heatwave’s right. We shouldn’t have judged you nor criticized you.

His visor shined a dark aura.

Hawk Moth to Shadow Racer: This may be  the perfect chance, Shadow Racer. Ladybug and Cat Noir are here. And the team who hurt you as well. now, get Ladybug and Cat Noir’s Miraculous!

Shadow Racer[Blurr]:(starting his engines on jets) You don’t have to tell me twice.

Shadow Racer sped towards them.

Ladybug yelled: Watch out!

Everyone moved before getting hit by Shadow Racer.

Blades: What do we do?! He won’t listen to us!

Shadow Racer then jumped on Blades.

Blades: Aah! Get off me!

Shadow Racer[Blurr] smirked: No.

His visor glowed again.

Ladybug realized: His visor. The Akuma’s in his visor!

Cody: How are we gonna get that off him?

Heatwave: Cody’s right. Our visors are part of our robot-modes.

Cat Noir: Maybe I can try to use my Cataclysm.

Salvage: Well, we need a distraction.

Kara: And I may have one.

They gathered around Kara as she explained her distraction to stop Shadow Racer, destroy the visor, get rid of the Akuma, and get Blurr back to normal.

Heatwave sighed: Fair enough. It’s basically all my fault he’s like this.

Chase: Heatwave. We all played a part. We all drove Blurr away.

Boulder: We’re all in this. Together.

Blades: As a team.

Shadow Racer changed to vehicle mode.

Heatwave: If he wants to race, then let’s race.

Heatwave changed to into a firetruck, and opened two of his doors.

Heatwave: Kade, Kara. Hop in!

They hoped in Heatwave.

Ladybug and Cat Noir hopped on top.

Blades: Hey! Shadow Racer! You wanna race him?

The word race caught his attention.

Shadow Racer[Blurr]: Fine. But let’s make a deal. If I win, I get Ladybug and Cat Noir’s Miraculous.

Cat Noir: And if we win?

Shadow Racer[Blurr]: I’ll be clean and I won’t hurt any of you.(smirks darkly)

Hawk Moth was impressed and told Shadow Racer: Impressive tactics. And I like how you thought to get the Miraculous. Now, make sure you win!

Ladybug: Times like this call for my…

Lucky Charm!

The Lucky Charm summoned a  race banner.

Ladybug: A race banner?

Kade: Okay. What are you gonna do with that exactly?

Ladybug thought for a moment. She looked at her surroundings. First a Cat Noir, then at Kara, Heatwave, and finally at Blurr.

Ladybug: That’s it!(to Cat Noir) Cat Noir. Prepare your Cataclysm.

Cat Noir: Cataclysm!

Cat Noir: Now what?

Ladybug: Kara. Hold one side of the banner.

Kara got one side: Got it.

Ladybug: Heatwave. I may need you to change into bot mode.

Heatwave: Then that means for Kade to get off me.

Kade: What? I thought we were gonna race!

Blades: Isn’t that what Shadow Racer wants? He wants to race.

Ladybug: We are gonna race to catch him with this banner.

Cat Noir: Trust her. She knows what she’s doing.

They did as Ladybug told them.

Shadow Racer sped super fast. So fast,that he didn’t pay attention to the front a got tangled and wrapped in the banners.

Shadow Racer:[Blurr] What!? Hey! Let go of me morons!

Cat Noir then used his Cataclysm right on the visor. It broke into dust, and the Akuma came out.

Ladybug: No more evil doing for you, little Akuma.(opening her yoyo)

She prepare and shouted: Time to de-evilize!

She launched her yoyo and the Akuma was caught inside.

Ladybug: Gotcha!

She then let the butterfly purified let it fly away: Bye,bye little butterfly.

She then threw the race banner shouting: Miraculous Ladybug!

And everything went back to the way it should be. And Blurr was de-Akumatized. His visor was fixed. He was no longer Shadow Racer.

Blurr: What… what happened?

Heatwave hugged Blurr.

Blurr was shocked: Wha? Heatwave? Are you… hugging me?

Heatwave: You deserved it.

Then the others joined in as well. They embraced Blurr tightly.

Heatwave then spoke up, sadness: Blurr. We’re really sorry. About everything.  Especially me. I owe you an apology. For how I treated you.

Chief Burns: Heatwave’s right. We didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.

Chase: We let you down. We weren’t cooperating with you.

Boulder: We should’ve been more careful about what we were saying. We should’ve been more nice to you.

Blades: Yeah. We didn’t know what you were going through. And we should’ve known better.

Blurr had tears come down: Really?

Boulder: We mean it. 

Optimus Prime spoke up and said: You are a very valuable member to be part of this team,Blurr. Never forget that.

Heatwave: So, can you forgive us?

Blurr thought about it. But he then said: Yeah. I can.

They embraced hard.

Ladybug gave Blurr a special charm that will protect him from getting Akumatized ever again.

Blurr: Thank you Ladybug, and Cat Noir. And, I’m sorry for trying to hurt you.

Ladybug: It’s not your fault. You were being controlled. But this charm will protect you now.

Heatwave put a hand on Blurr’s shoulder: And we promise to help you out Blurr.

They did. Blurr tried to stay calm and the team helped him avoid anymore Akumas from Hawk Moth.

finally! It’s done! I love how it turned out! Please give it support!

[idontknowanametouse]

Miraculous Rewrite AU. Chapter 1: Origins

(character redesigns are based off @aoberiart work)

(long post under the cut)

(tw/cw: slight mention of ableism, alcoholism, child neglect, child abuse, anxiety crisis and manipulation)

-

Gabriel takes the grimoire in his hands. He looks at the container in front of him. It comes close to exploding, the being whose pure essence is the concept of transmission trying to break free from the technological prison created by the Tsurugi Industries.

Taking a deep breath, he reads the spell in the grimoire, which unites a kwami ​​with a human, forming a miraculous, and connects the device that binds the cosmic being to the bionic syringe. It takes no more than a few seconds for the needle to pierce through his skin and the light to leave the inside of the mechanical box.

Gabriel lets out a howl of pain, feeling something inside him almost shatter. However, keeping his goal in mind, he persists. He can't let that destroy him, not if he wants to get her back.

It seems to take a thousand years and one second. And when he least expected, it stopped.

Gabriel flexes his fingers covered in a mesh that wasn't there before, feeling his body, which no longer burns in pain. He focuses on his veins and feels the power coursing not through his physique, but through his soul. He feels the creature tied to him and its insistence on trying to escape, completely in vain.

He turns to the mirror, until he realizes that, in the midst of his transformation, he broke it. Looking at the shards on the floor, he notices his reflection in them. Despite the fragmented appearance, he can see the outward representation of his power.

Gabriel gets up to tell Nathalie that it worked.

-

-Plagg.

They get up, alarmed, until he sees her.

-Tikki?

-There is something happening.

That's when Plagg feels it.

-Nooroo.

-This happened before. With Duusu. And with you.

-…Yes.

-And you know what that means.

-…sometimes, it's not good to be the strongest.

-It's our duty, Plagg. Destruction and creation, remember?

-I was talking about our miraculous.

-…in fact, it will be bad for them.

-Do you know someone? Do you have a person in mind?

-Yes. But…

-But?

-She is only fifteen years old.

-…I see.

-Do you have someone who can do this?

-Yes. He's… also a child.

-We shouldn't do this to them.

-But there's no one else in this city, right?

-No. Not someone who has such a connection with us.

-Let's take care of them. I, at least, know that I will take care of mine. And you?

-I already take care of her. And now, I will care like I never did before.

-See you around, sugar cube… or Thérese.

-Likewise, stinky cheese… or should I call you Paul?

-You know you can call me whatever you want.

-Fool.

-There are no foolish cats, my dear ladybug.

-

Marinette thought a lot about her first school day outfit. After all, it will be the outfit she wears for class for most of the year. Finally, she manages to make up her mind, after a long time of doubt.

The shoes are black and doll-like, covering the instep engulfed by white striped socks. The skirt is also black, with pleats, and the light pink dress shirt has a red bow at the neck, complemented by black suspenders. She chooses to leave her hair loose, as she got tired of the pigtails.

They get dressed after breakfast, picking up their backpack and going down the stairs to the bakery and the street. They cross the intersection quickly, then enter the school gate and head towards what they were told to be their class.

As always, because she likes to get there early and lives close to the school, she is the first to arrive, seeing, little by little, her classmates fill the room. Taking out her notebook, she starts drawing sketches of her friends' clothes, after all, she always likes to sew new ones for them and has to know what kind of things they like to wear.

Nino greets her by kissing her on the temple, to which she laughs, looking at the bell-bottom jeans, the light green t-shirt with a sunflower print, the white and green striped long-sleeved blouse, the red headphones and, of course, the occasional flowers in their hair. People say the flower shop smell on him is as strong as the bakery's in Marinette.

Nathaniel blows her a kiss from afar, which she reciprocates. He wears a burgundy jumpsuit over a white long-sleeved shirt, his hands wrapped in black fishnet gloves and, on top of his head, a gray beanie. They also got a new piercing in their eyebrow, and the jumpsuit, despite being new (after all, Nath always repeats his clothes and Marinette has never seen that one before), already has small drops of dried paint noticeable on it.

Juleka gives a slight nod when she sees her, and Marinette waves her hand. Juleka's style has been the same since she was eleven years old: fishnet tights, black boots, a black pleated skirt (like theirs!), a purple off-the-shoulder sweater over a black top, silver necklaces and bracelets and black spiked chokers. Despite her appearance, Juleka has always been very kind, just like her brother.

Rose, on the other hand, comes in already hugging her. She doesn't mind Marinette hugging her back awkwardly, because, in her words, "a hug is a hug." She wears a short jeans jumpsuit over a pink blouse, with white socks and pink boots with a flower print, accompanied by a daisy in her hair.

Sabrina waves at Marinette, receiving the same gesture in return. Her white stockings are long, reaching halfway down her thigh, and a daisy adorns her hair, and she looks beautiful in the short white lace dress under a green sweatshirt. On her lap, she carries a photography camera, the same one she always carries with her.

Alix high-fives them, calling her, as usual, “the radest designer ever”. They wear a gray shirt accompanied by a green crop top and a green and black coat with a snake pattern, in addition to their pants having various designs, and their gray, black and green sneakers are highlighted by black socks. And, as always, there's their trademark gray and black cap along with their skates and magenta hair.

Kim and her also high five, which looks a little strange from the outside, given their height difference. He always has the same style of clothing, and it's always simple, which isn't a bad thing: a red sports sweatshirt over a black blouse, with black pants and wristbands, complemented by red sneakers.

Max gives her a categorical nod, to which Marinette responds with a wave of her hand. Like Kim, he doesn't tend to change his clothes much, not that this is a problem. He wears a green blouse accompanied by brown pants, a black belt, a brown tie and dark suspenders.

Ivan hugs her silently, without much force, but lovingly. He is always misjudged because of his appearance, despite being one of the sweetest people Marinette knows. Today, he wears black shorts accompanied by white socks and brown boots, as well as a black blouse with crossed bones under a black coat.

Myléne gives her a typical handshake, which Marinette responds to enthusiastically. She has dreadlocks this year, apparently differentiating herself a bit from last year. She wears a brown skirt with a white dove design next to a wide green blouse over a black top, the blouse with some buttons, some necklaces on top, several bracelets on her arms, pink sunglasses on her face and a pink band holding her hair back.

Finally, Alya arrives, also hugging her and sitting next to her, just like she did last year to start their friendship. Her best friend wears ripped jeans, an orange sweater with white details, several bottons on her chest and her typical fox pendant necklace, as well as earrings, rings and bracelets.

Marinette is relieved that her entire class is there. She knows that it is likely that new students will enter the class, but she thinks it will be okay, since she has known the majority of that class since childhood and they are friends, being the most constant things in her life besides her parents and her home.

That's when, just before the bell rings, the two enter the room.

The girl appears to be wearing designer clothes, with a white coat resting over her elbows and showing her shoulders, a yellow high-necked and sleeveless blouse with black details, black pants, white boots and a black beret on her head, as well as light golden makeup. The boy has much simpler clothes, with just black pants and shirt under a light green coat.

The two stop in front of the room and the girl whispers in the boy's ear. He nods and they separate, taking the only two free seats: the girl is next to Sabrina, who immediately starts to chat with her, and the boy is next to Nino, just in front of Marinette.

Before the teacher enters the room and the class begins, Marinette frowns, smelling a faint smell of… camembert cheese?

-

Adrien wakes up at five in the morning, so anxious is he. He packs his backpack and his own clothes several times, barely able to wait until Chloé comes to pick him up. Don't get him wrong, he loves Placide, but he really needs to go to and from school with Chloé. The reason? Simple: he has no experience with going to school and Chloé has to teach him how to behave. Ok, her entire life's experience was at a military school, but still, it's better than nothing, which is his case.

Seeing the morning sun begin to rise, Adrien heads to the living room, but not before leaving some camembert cheese in his bedroom. In recent months, a stray cat has come into his room to eat, and it seems to especially like that kind of cheese. Adrien has no reason to send him away or stop feeding him, so he takes care of him when he comes there. And, just in case, he leaves the cheese there in case the cat comes over during the day.

-Adrien – calls Nathalie, at the bedroom door. – Come and have breakfast. Your father…

-…he's not there, right?

-…no.

-Ok…

Honestly, today, Adrien is relieved that his father isn't there. Most days, he would be uncomfortable and then conform, but since Gabriel was very reluctant to honor his agreement with his son to let him go to high school, it's good to avoid that situation and leave without being noticed by him. Even more so because he plans to use his crutches at school, as he wouldn't be able to spend so much time without them, and his father… wouldn't like that…

Chloé arrives soon, and Adrien is able to take a deep breath and relax in the presence of his best friend. At home, even when he knows his father isn't there, he can't help but think he's being watched. Being away and by his best friend's side is a relief.

-What is it? – Chloe asks.

-Hmm? Nothing.

-Why that face? It looks horrible. Did you put on makeup?

-No. I do not know how to do it on my own, you know that.

-You should learn. At school, appearance is everything.

-Wasn't your school military?

-And?

-They banned makeup.

-I would pass some that no one would notice, just so I'd not have that horrible sleepy look like that one in your face. Now, ready for class about school?

She talks a lot in those fifteen minutes they stay in the car, and Adrien understands almost nothing, but thanks her anyway at the end. Chloé said he can sit next to her in the room, which relieves him, since it seems like this sitting next to someone thing is important.

However, his hope is shattered as soon as they reach the room and see that no two seats next to each other are empty. Adrien feels a slight nervousness inside him, but Chloé leans into his ear and whispers:

-Stay with that guy over there – and points to someone with headphones. – and I will stay there. – and points to a girl with a daisy in her hair.

-…alright.

Adrien feels a little uncomfortable sitting next to someone he doesn't know, and is surprised when the one next to him catches his attention.

-Hey there.

-…hey. – Adrien feels his face heat up. He doesn't really know what to do in that situation. This wasn't like the times his father took him to parties and events, where he memorized what to do. Here, he really has no idea how to act.

-What's your name?

-Adrien.

-Hi, Adrien. – he… doesn't recognize him? Internally, this brings a little relief to Adrien, because at least one person won't see him as his father wanted them to. – I'm Nino. – the boy next to him smiles. His clothes don't really look like what someone who knew his father's work would wear.

-…hi, Nino. – Adrien extends his hand, as he is used to always doing. The confusion on Nino's face leaves him panicking, thinking he's made a terrible mistake. However, Nino smiles and squeezes his hand tightly.

-Wanna be my friend?

-Huh? – Adrien mutters, the shock running through his body and almost paralyzing him.

-Sorry, was that too fast?

-Do you… really want to be my friend?

-You wanna?

-Hum, yes. – he murmurs, his eyes going to his fingers, full of cuticles from the times he pulls them. – I… would really like that. I… I've only had one real friend my whole life, so… yeah.

-Oh. I can introduce you to my friends if you want! – and smiles again.

-…thank you.

-

Ivan receives the call during class break.

-…ms Florence? – he feels his hands shake as he answers his neighbor’s call. Calm down, calm down.

-Ivan. Your mother left again. – he swallows hard. No, not again… – The smell of alcohol is strong. I… really don't recommend you go home now. There's a man knocking on the door, talking about your father.

He freezes. With a lot of effort, he manages to mutter:

-Thanks for letting me know.

-Take care of yourself.

He turns off his cell phone and puts it away. He puts his hands in his jacket pockets. He tries to pay attention to the ground and ignore how it's going round and round.

Ivan runs as discreetly as he can to the school basement. It's only used to store trash and useless things (just like him), no one goes there. Nobody will find him. No one will disturb him.

He sits in a forgotten, dusty corner and hugs his knees. His heart is racing too much. His breathing is shallow, and his eyes are blurring.

The extremities of his body are becoming numb, so much so that he may not even notice anyone touching him.

Ivan squeezes, his hand searching for the bottom of his jacket pocket, a small ball of paper. That, that little ball of paper that he keeps there, and that when he feels like screaming and breaking and crying, he squeezes and squeezes and squeezes.

Don't show that you are angry, you will be threatening. Don't show that you are sad, you will be weak. Don't show yourself to be anything other than a heartless and emotionless stone, it will be against everything they thought of you your entire life.

Don't feel it, don't feel it, don't feel it, you don't have to feel it, you shouldn't feel it, don't feel it, don't feel it…

“Stoneheart, I am Hawk Moth”

He suddenly feels an outside interference. No, it's not, it's internal, he knows it's inside, because he can feel all the barriers he once created, all the secrets and things he's kept to himself his entire life, falling before that interference. That presence.

The one which, suddenly, knows his whole soul.

“You feel fragile because of people who didn’t care about you”

The voice enters his brain like the flutter of a butterfly's wings, dripping through his neurons and flooding everything, making his thoughts more brittle and forgettable.

The voice… no, the butterfly says something that is true. To the surface of his consciousness come all the times his mother and the people who claimed to work with his father hurt him. All the times he couldn't get the smell of alcohol out of his nose, all the times he had to knock at Mrs. Florence because his mother kicked him out of the apartment.

All the times he wished he could just be strong enough to stop feeling all that pain.

“I can give you the power to leave any weak feeling behind and never suffer again”

Could it do this? Could it do this?

Of course it could.

The words of that butterfly are so true that they make everything else in the world seem like a lie.

-…ok… – his voice is hoarse and terribly broken. As soon as he utters that simple word, the teenager feels his body, mind and heart sink into darkness.

-

Marinette is inside the bathroom, washing her hands, when it happens.

First, it's something similar to an explosion, and the ground shakes. Then, an inhuman voice shouts something she can't understand, and a bizarrely loud sound of footsteps follows. The girl, with no understanding, quickly goes to the door, and can see, in the distance, someone running.

Something running.

It has a vaguely humanoid body, however, made entirely of rocks and absurdly large, in a way that no person could be. All the students scream and run away from the thing, which goes towards the exit and breaks down the school gate with a single punch, leaving it in the middle of the street and, with that, starting even more screams, along with the sound of cars braking and crashing.

What…?

Marinette's heart is so fast that she's afraid it will stop. The girl stumbles backwards, feeling her back wave until she touches the back wall of the bathroom, sensing her hands shaking and her breath failing. She screams and screams and covers her face with her hands, feeling the horror of something that should be impossible penetrating every inch of her brain.

-Marinette! Marinette, look at me! Look at me! Breathe deeply!

Her throat, at least, stops making sounds, but the girl is still shaking, her face covered by her hands and tears. The voice, which seems slightly familiar, says:

-Breathe with me. Don't think about anything else, just breathe with me, pay attention here and now. One two three. One two three. One two three…

With much effort and many minutes, Marinette manages to calm her breathing and heartbeat. Finally gaining courage, she opens her eyes, and sees…

Her psychologist.

-T-Therese? – she murmurs, her voice hoarse from the screams and tears. – Wh… what… what are you… I… that… that thing…

-Listen, Mari, I know it's horrible to be here right now. I know this is all horrible, and unbelievable, and confusing. But you need to focus on me, now. Only on me.

Marinette hesitantly nods her head. Therese gives them a gentle smile.

And then she turns into a ten-centimeter big-headed creature.

Marinette screams.

-

Adrien barely feels his body.

He just witnessed a giant creature made of stone run out of the school. He panicked and went into the bathroom to hide, and found the cat that always visited his room. It's not a similar cat, it's exactly the same.

Maybe the absurdity of that situation made his brain shut down. The fact is that Adrien is standing in the middle of the bathroom, staring at that cat.

And then the cat turns into a person.

The two pairs of green eyes stare at each other.

-What? – Adrien murmurs, fearing that he has finally lost his sanity.

The person, still sitting like a cat, mumbles:

-Hi, kitten. – and sighs. – We have a lot to talk about.

-

-You are a cosmic entity denominated kwami ​​and your name is Tikki.

-Yes.

-You are the representation of the concept of creation and have existed since the beginning of the universe.

-Yes.

-You choose people who have a strong connection with your concept and transform them into “miraculous”, giving them powers.

-Yes.

-There are other kwamis and one of them is forcibly being used in some way by a person who, through their power, created that thing made of stone that I just saw out of someone else's negative feelings.

-Yes.

-And you chose me to be a miraculous.

-Yes.

-But… but… but why me?! What's so special about me?! Why not literally anyone else?!

-I don't know why, Marinette. Connections are one of the few things in this universe I have no idea about.

-…do you really want this? Do you want me to do this?

-You need to accept it.

-How am I going to become, I don't know, a superhero if I can barely deal with my anxiety problems?!

-Marinette, you are one of the youngest people I have ever felt a connection with, but I know that if this happened, it is because you are capable. The choice is yours, but know that I believe in you.

-…alright.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Tikki smiled.

-You are extraordinary, Marinette.

A red explosion enters her soul.

-

-…what's your name?

-Plagg.

-…okay, Plagg. I'll do it.

-Really? Are you sure you're ready for this?

-I think this is the thing, the reason to my life, I've been waiting for for such a long time. I didn't know what it was, but now, it feels like that's it. Plus… it's nice to be able to choose to be something instead of being forced to for once.

Plagg lets out a sigh that sounds more like a chuckle.

-Kitten, you have much sharper claws than others may think.

His soul merges with the blast of darkness.

-

Marinette looks at herself in the bathroom mirror, shocked. It's exactly how she imagined. How she designed her magical girl dress when she was eight. The dress she never showed to anyone else.

The red tutu dress has three large half circles at the hem, with a black ribbon at the waist tied in a bow at the back, and the upper half of the torso is black with a V shape, covering her torax to her neck. The tights are black, the shoes are doll-like and red gloves cover their forearms up to the elbow, with their hands completely black and a black circle on their elbows. On their face, there is a domino red mask with a black stripe in the middle and two black spots on the sides. Her hair is tied with a black band in a bun.

Her fingers delicately pass over the mask, still trying to understand the situation. She feels something on her thigh, and, reaching for it, she notices something wrapped around it. She carefully unwinds the thread and feels the weight of the object at the end of it in her hands, revealing…

A yo-yo.

Tikki warned her that it would seem… unexpected, at first, but that it would work, like, in her words, “that Spider-Man thing that you youngsters like”. She also said that Marinette would have access to two powers, one of them being the Lucky Charm, which created a specific object that, in some way, would be able to save her from the situation she was in. The other power would be exclusive to Marinette, and there was no way for them to know what it was until it manifested. Also, after she used her powers, she would feel a great loss of energy, especially since she was a teenager, and would need to rest for a few hours.

A little excited and a little terrified, the girl comes out of the bathroom, and sees no one in the half-destroyed school yard. Then, she takes a deep breath, throws the yo-yo as far as she can and feels a pull, then being thrown towards the direction she launched her “weapon”.

The girl screams.

-

When Adrien looks at the mirror, he doesn't recognize himself.

It's different from basically everything his father wants him to be. It's different from what others expect from him. And it's exactly how he wishes he could be.

The black hood has a cat bell at the neck, one of the sleeves being short and the other long. There's a kind of… black belt (?) on his chest, and his sweatpants are wide, reaching down to his ankles. Around his waist, there are some wide black belts with one of them unbuckled, looking like there is a cat's tail behind him. He wears black gloves, one of them fingerless and the other with small claws, and black boots. On his face, there is a black domino mask and, from the middle of his hair, two black cat ears emerge.

Adrien moves on his crutches. They're also black now, with bright green accents, and both have a button near the rest area for his hands. Plagg said it would help him move around Paris faster, which is a relief, honestly (even though Adrien has no idea how). He also said that he had two superpowers, one of them being secret and only Adrien's, and the other called Cataclysm, which could destroy anything he touched.

Coming out of the bathroom, he finds himself next to an open window. Probably a student opened it to escape. Adrien, not quite sure what to do, tilts his crutches towards the window and, holding tight to the hand rest, presses his thumbs against the buttons.

He is launched upwards, through the open window and across Paris' sky.

-

Marinette holds onto the gargoyle tightly.

She is at the top of Notre Dame Cathedral. And trembling with fear, because if they slip, they could fall to their death. In fact, she spent the last five minutes clinging to the statue, eyes closed.

Why did she think she could do this? Why did she think she was good enough to be a hero? She's the opposite of functional in everyday life, for God's sake! How did she expect to be able to fly around Paris, let alone fight villains?!

Marinette is about to start crying when she hears the scream. Which gets closer and closer.

And suddenly, someone in a black suit falls right on top of the gargoyle next to them. A black cat costume. Someone Tikki talked about.

-H-hello? – Marinette murmurs, but the wind at that height makes the person, who clings to the gargoyle just like her, not hear her. Taking courage, she exclaims: – Hello!!

The person dressed as a cat was surprised and then turned to her, giving a slight wave:

-Hey!!

-Are you the cat Miraculous?!

-I am!! You're the ladybug, right?!

-Yeah!!

-I'm… – and he stopped for a moment, then exclaiming: – Chat Noir!!!

-Huh… – she stops for a moment to think, but no particularly creative option comes to mind. – Ladybug!!!

-Nice to meet you!!

-Me, too!!

-I would extend my hand, but we must be about five meters away from each other!!!

-How do we get out of here?!

-I don't know!! How did you get here?!

-With that yo-yo!! And you?!

-My crutches!! I think… there shouldn't be any limits for these things, so… maybe we just need to leave the same way we came?!

-Almost throwing ourselves out of the building?!

-Like that!!

-But shouldn't we fight the villain?! The akuma guy?! How are we going to find him?!

-Shouldn't the police be after him?! Or the army?!

-Yes!!

-Just go wherever they are going!!

She released the yo-yo and he pressed the buttons. They went, clumsily crossing the sky and howling, to the place with the most screams in the entire city.

-

People ran, getting away from the villain's enormous stony figure. The strange thing was that he didn't actually attack anyone, just the occasional police car that tried to stop him. In fact, he seemed to be trying to go to the least populated area possible.

And Marinette couldn't help but feel sorry, because… something about him reminded her of someone, but she couldn't tell who.

-We need to break… the “akumatized object”, right? – she murmured.

-Yes, but what object? He's not holding anything.

-His left hand doesn't open at all, while the other is almost always open… he must be holding the object there.

-And… how do we make him open his hand?

-I can use my power, but… I don't know how…

-What does it do?

-Um, Tikki, my kwami, explained that it creates an object that will help me in the situation, but I don't… know how to call it…?

-Try… to think hard, I guess? Try that.

Marinette then closed her eyes and imagined, with force, some object of an indefinite shape that would help her. A… lucky charm.

Something fell into their hand.

They both looked at the object in shock.

-That's… an inflatable mattress.

-…I think your power is a little broken or something.

-I… maybe I can create a plan, but… I think it's better if we attack him first? It is better.

It was a disaster.

When Adrien called the cataclysm, he accidentally broke a mailbox he was leaning on and, because of this, he could no longer use his power. When Marinette tried to wrap her yo-yo around the villain's arm and pull it away, he swung his limb and threw her away. And, what's worse, when Adrien tried to attack him with his crutches, as soon as he was hit, he got bigger.

And he was coming towards them.

It was then that the two realized it was time to get away. Quickly.

They moved as far away as they could and found an isolated building in the middle of a residential area, which they landed on. Both felt the weight of using their powers on their bodies, energy being drained and tiredness falling over them. Interestingly, as soon as they just wanted to detransform, it happened.

-…Hey you…

-…Me?

-Aren't you… one of the new students? The ones that started in class today?

-In… François-Dupont? Yes it's me. What's your name?

-Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

-Adrien Graham de Vanily.

-You… aren't you the model?

-…yeah, I am.

-Ah… now that I noticed… I sit… right behind you…

-…cool… where are our kwamis?

-There's a black cat right there, on the edge of the roof – and they pointed at Plagg. – and a ladybug that's hitting my head, so… maybe it's them?

-She told you about tiredness, right?

-Uhum… can we just… sleep? Until we recover?

-I think it's better…

They lay down on the concrete, and, with fear and worry still rooted inside their hearts, ended up falling into a deep sleep. The two cosmic beings remained on guard, waiting for the young ones to wake up.

-

I think it was a decent introduction. Probably won't take long until chapter 2 is out.

[cupidlovesastro]

symbols and their meaning (bug edition)

🌸moths- transformation, healing, endings, death, rebirth (pluto/ scorpio energy !!)

🌿butterflies- freedom, beauty, hope, transformation. in chinese culture it’s also said to symbolize the human soul !

🌸beetles- prosperity, luck, wealth, growth (mainly from chinese & native american cultures)

🌿ants- unity, team work, power of collaboration and cooperation. in native american culture they can also represent allies

🌸bees- dedication, prosperity, fertility, focus, team work, hard work, kindness, success, positivity. in christianity it can represent forgiveness

🌿scorpions- protection, independence, intelligence, solitude, transformation, sex, lust, fertility, defensiveness

🌸spiders- patience, persistence, omens, fate. native american culture also believe they represent creation, protection, and wisdom

🌿ladybug- positivity, good luck, spiritual guidance, trusting the universe, protection, past lives, wishes being fulfilled, abundance preying

🌸mantis- clairvoyance, meditation, stillness, awareness, balance, peace. christian’s believe it symbolizes piety or that angels are watching you

🌿dragonfly- rejuvenation, unexpected, self realization, mental & emotional maturity, fantasy, adaptability, joy, courage. in buddhism, they believe that dragon flies represent overcoming illusion, through the transformation of your perceptions.

🌸firefly- attraction, self illumination, hope, unity, harmony. the ancient japanese also thought that they were to represent love and war

🌿centipede- healing, hidden things, doubts. although in other cultures such as chinese and african, they believe centipede’s bring wealth, and prosperity

[neovillains]

FINDING EQUILIBRIUM · GOJO SATORU

( PLAY EPISODE 1 : PILOT ) it's not easy being a college student and a hero at the same time. every time gojo thinks he's caught a break, something just has to happen | watch time : 3.5k words.

── chat noir!gojo satoru & student!reader, secret identities, light violence, fluff, first encounters, cat co-parenting, etc.

note. season one : episode one is out, yuh! thank you to those who have shown interest. can't wait to get this all started for y'all and hear what you guys think. if you want to be tagged, please add yourself to the subscription list.

There’s something freeing about being hidden underneath a secret identity. White locks that frolic freely in the wind as the black over his face as he’s crouched down on the brown shingles of a home, lurking a distance away. The sky shines a bright blue as his white eyelashes bat carefully. Like this, he doesn’t have to pretend to be himself, shining in a confidence that rivaled what his friends saw. He stood in a bravado that people looked at him in awe for as he and Ladybug saved the day once more. He didn’t have to lie under the disguise, speaking solely as Chat Noir as he promised to save the city and those in danger, and always making sure that he stayed true to his word. 

Agile like a cat, he took a careful step down from the shingle as the Twizzler— Hawk Moth’s latest victim— is still on the prowl. Long hair that’s red and shaped like the licorice, it grows into a lasso as she swings it around, masked eyes peering in every direction. Ladybug sits on the other side, a safe distance away as the two of them had devised a plan. Chat Noir looks up just in time to see her signal. With a curt nod, everything’s set in position. 

“Hey!” Ladybug’s voice calls for the Twizzler’s attention, the akumatized candy-woman snapping her head in the hero's direction as she grunts and sneers. It gives Chat Noir ample time to make his move, sure to stay as silent as can be in hopes to conduct the plan smoothly. “I think you’re looking for me!”

“Where's your vermin friend, Chat Noir?” The Twizzler sneers, bearing out her teeth as she gets into stance. Chat Noir has to withhold himself from scoffing and making a snide remark, biting his tongue as he prepares to jump off the building. Like a cat, he lands on fours, feet as silent as Ladybug continues to taunt the villain. 

Smart enough to not look in his direction, Ladybug smirks. “He’s just where he needs to be.”

The street is littered with captured civilians as they silently beg for help. With a finger over his lip, he sends a sly wink in order to reassure them of their impending safety. The Twizzler falls for the bait, not thinking too hard on Ladybug’s wording before she’s hurdling straight towards her with the candied weapon spinning in her arm. With a devious smirk, Ladybug stands still, willingly letting the sticky treat capture her as Chat Noir closes in on her. Before the lasso could break, the male hero lands on top of the Twizzler and wraps his hands around it. 

His voice seems to echo through the air. He cries out, “Cataclysm!” watching the elongated treat as Ladybug is set free and the akuma butterfly fluttering away. With the ladybug-printed yo-yo, Ladybug captures it as the true identity of the Twizzler is unveiled. The kind woman that works at the candy shop stumbles, looking around disoriented. Chat Noir does the courtesy of freeing the captured, cutting through the licorice as Ladybug gets the woman back inside the shop. 

This is what he loves at the end of it. The rush of relief that washes over people’s face as they run back to the safety of their loved one’s arms. It brings a warmth to his soul as he lets out an exasperated breath before realizing he has to change back soon. He has a class to get back to that he can’t afford being late to— again. 

He dashes away, finding an empty alleyway without any passers-by before he calls out, “Claws in!”

Through his transformation, Gojo feels relief from the tight-fitted suit, an exhausted breath leaving as he trudges out from the dark corner and tucking his hands up the sleeves of his navy blue hoodie. He slips back on his black sunglasses as the sun peers down on him, seemingly saying, I know what you are. I know who you are. He hurries his footsteps as he finds his way back on campus, ducking and dodging the walking obstacles of people trying to head to their destination. 

This is the most peace he’s felt all day so far, finally able to clear his mind of any worries as the enormous building comes into sight. He’s always found something comforting about walks outside. He can only guess that the health studies are true— going outside truly is important and beneficial in all aspects. He feels like all of his life worries have been solved in just the few minutes he’s been walking. Long legs that lead him inside, he loses the warmth of the sun the moment he steps inside and the calamity is gone in a matter of seconds as his phone starts ringing. When he checks the caller ID, it’s his father. With a hefty sigh, he immediately declines. 

Already with an excuse in his mind, Gojo bumps into someone on the way into the lecture room. He doesn’t bother to look in their direction, only spitting out a weak, “sorry,” before opening the lecture door and heading inside. Trudging inside, Gojo heads to his designated seat in the back, dropping his bag down and pulling out his laptop. More students start piling inside in a matter of minutes as the clock ticks closer to class starting. 

Gojo’s typical seat mate slides into his chair, a smile on his face when he does as he leans into Gojo. “I wonder if the Prof is gonna cancel today.”

Gojo tuts, crossing his arms as he leans into the seat. “I hope not. I wasted my time trying to be early today.”

Haibara chuckles. “Well, with plenty of people getting attacked by the Twizzler, I’m pretty sure he’ll be running late if anything.”

That’s true, Gojo pouts, remembering the entire ordeal. How could he when he was one of the people to stop it from escalating? Gojo groans in realization as he remembers nearly calling the professor by his name and nearly revealing himself. He slaps the table before letting his head fall onto the hard plastic. “Great,” he whines. “Just great.”

Just as Haibara originally predicted, Professor Masamichi sent a mass email to all of his students saying that class was canceled. Gojo groaned as everyone started packing up their belongings and piling in a disordered line. He grumbled all the way to the door, once again bumping into someone else, only this time he managed to get a glance of the person. Unbeknownst to him, you are heading in the same direction as him and everyone else. And this time, his apology is clearer as he repeats, “Sorry.”

—

“Ugh, it's been such a long day!” Plagg exclaims the moment Gojo steps in, peeking the pocket of his bag and flying out. “I need some camembert!”

  The college apartment is spacious and vacant, highlighting Gojo’s loneliness the moment he steps inside of it. He drops the heavy bag near the door as he kicks off his shoes, letting Plagg roam freely as he simply just wants to lounge around now that he’s back home. His body aches, arms stretching as he hears the cracks of each muscle tasting sweet relief. He groans, eyes shut as he yawns. 

It's dark inside, the curtains shut and blocking out the dimming natural light as the sun sets. It takes him a while, but Gojo flickers on the light. He groans as it burns his eyes and he stumbles back. He's cursing himself for setting three of his classes in one day, especially with his two-hour classes back-to-back. He really should've listened to Geto when he tried to talk him out of it. But no, he wanted to knock two birds with one stone. It didn't feel like he was if he wanted to take a cat nap every time Wednesday came around. 

He curses Hawk Moth, too. Dreading the city with another akumatized civilian to stress him out even further. Couldn't the evil villain just give him a break for once? His groan echoes through the empty home as he falls down on the couch, body relaxing as he sinks into the soft fabric. He's so close to succumbing, he can practically taste it, but the sound of clatter disrupts him as his lidded eyes widen. 

Plagg, too busy eating the pungent cheese, ignores the chaos that’s happening outside and sets Gojo to solely handle the matter. The sound is coming from outside near the patio, where at first, Gojo hesitates to go anywhere near it until he hears scratches against the rough rug and the soft meow that follows it. Immediately, his body relaxes as he goes to pull away at the blinds to reveal the feline that stands on the other side. A tuxedo cat with a blind green eye and no tail, the poor little thing has surely been through a lot. Gojo goes to grab the heavy bag of cat food he bought just for the girl as he opens the sliding door. Peppermint, he’s named the cat. She peers up at him, waiting expectantly for him to feed her. Gojo glances at the time before chuckling. 

“I should've known it was you.” Crouching down, he reaches for the bowl before the cat could swipe at his hand and add to the countless scratches she had already given him. He shakes a good amount in the bowl before pushing it her way. “You're the only one to bother me at this time.”

As he's conversing with the animal, Plagg flies near the opening, keeping a safe distance in the air as he distinctly remembers how the little devil, Peppermint, tried eating him. He frowns at the feline as he mutters. “I don’t know why you bother feeding that monster everyday. She’s deadly!”

Gojo snorts. “I don’t know why I bother feeding you everyday, but I do.”

“Hey!” Plagg frowns. “I’m giving you superpowers. What is she doing— biting and scratching you despite your selflessness?”

“I don’t understand what you have against Peppermint. She’s an angel,” Gojo smiles, exhaustion leaving him as he watches the cat eat. “Plus, isn’t she your kind? Me being Chat Noir and all.”

Plagg pouts, “I only like the kind that likes me. She tried to murder me!”

“Oh, she was just curious,” Gojo chuckles, further antagonizing his supernatural friend. “I’m pretty sure—”

Before he could finish his sentence, the sliding door from across him opens, the heavy sound alerting as he looks up and Plagg immediately rushing to hide. A girl around his age, dressed in a tank top and a flimsy pair of shorts. From the looks of it, Gojo realizes that he's not Peppermint's only caretaker. She's holding out a bowl, shaking it gently before calling out the name, Misty. Gojo can only assume the stranger means the cat. “Misty, is that you baby—Oh!”

When you spin your head around, you jump at the sight of someone else. Strikingly white blue hair that looks unreal and blue eyes that only match to his etherealness, Gojo stands tall on his feet before you glance down below to see the same cat that you were just about to feed. It’s the same guy that bumped into me to and from Communications class, you realize. Your eyes widen as you realize that Misty, the stray tuxedo cat, has someone else that regularly feeds her as well. And that someone else just witnessed you talking to a cat like a parent does a baby. Your face heats up as your hand tries to reach for the door handle. 

“Oh.” Your shoulders drop, a pout on your face at the realization. Gojo feels guilty at how your bright eyes have dropped as you're trying to head back inside. He throws his hands up, frightening the cat in process as she pauses from her supper, “Sorry, I didn't know someone else was already feeding her.”

You shake your head, dismissive as you reach for the sliding door handle. “It's fine. I'm sure that other people have also been feeding her throughout the day as well.”

“Well,” Gojo chuckles. “She knows who to go to at certain times of the day.”

You let go of the handle once more as you nod. “She usually comes around here during this time and early in the morning when I'm off to my classes.”

“We could…” His voice trails off as he shrugs at the impending suggestion. “We could have a schedule. You do mornings, I do evenings?”

“That sounds good,” you hum at the arrangement. You had created an attachment to the cat, and you didn't want to let the stray go all because of another stranger feeding her. There’s a period of silence, where you don’t know what to say. The cat has long finished the bowl of food, shimmying her little body through the cracks of the patio gate before running along. Gojo watches the cat skitter away before looking over at you, finding you so vaguely familiar. Thick white eyebrows scrunching together, his eyes squint as he tries to remember if you’re in one of his classes. You must attend the same university as him. “You attend the university, right?”

At your nod of confirmation, Gojo tilts his head, leaning over the railing with his hands dangling over. “What’s your major?”

“International business, you?”

“Oh, I’m in the business field, too,” he beams. “No wonder I recognized you. Are you in Professor Masamichi’s class for Communication by any chance? The one at 2:15.”

With your nod, Gojo lights up even more as he starts going off about the trivial things he’s experiencing with the class. You listen so intently as the boy goes on and on about the subject and how he’s been marked off by a few points for a couple of assignments, trying to figure out what he did wrong. 

Plagg, watching from a secluded corner, takes in the friendly engagement, eyes sparkling in intrigue as he observes Gojo interact with you. Due to their conflicting schedules, Gojo didn’t have much time to spend with Geto and Shoko anymore and whenever they did have little time, it seemed like another akumatized civilian popped up just to ruin his day. It led white-haired man into an unintentional road of seclusion and Plagg hoped that you could possibly be someone for him to lean on. 

After an hour of conversation, your yawn signaled Gojo that it was time to head inside as the street lamps flickered on and illuminated the darkening sky. Bidding each other farewells, both of you head back inside before realizing that neither of you had gotten each other’s name. 

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If someone were to ask you what your Communications class was about, you wouldn’t be able to tell them exactly. It’s in the name itself essentially, but the pointless assignments and the lack of a proper syllabus is starting to get to you. It’s an easy class where you’re sure that you’re going to end up with a passing grade, but with the professor making up assignments on the spot, you were starting to doubt the benefits for this class. 

If only a villain would come and attack the professor right now, you can’t help but think to yourself. My day would be saved. When class was cancelled last week, it was a needed break. You caught yourself up with assignments and took the opportunity to start on future ones that still had some time to go before the professors genuinely started to care. Why couldn’t this class be the same?

Your eyes started to wander around, searching for nothing in particular, only hoping to gravitate towards something more interesting other than the bright screen up ahead. You tried refraining yourself from yawning, eyes watering as you held your breath. With a blink, a tear slid down your face and when you opened them back up, you saw a familiar head full of white hair in your line of vision. The guy who’s always late, it’s what you coined him early on in the semester. However, his new name’s updated to Misty’s— or, Peppermint’s— co-parent. 

He’s leaning back in his chair so lackadaisical, the front legs in the air and the chair so dangerously close to tipping over. He’s wearing those typical dark shades of his, shielding away his blue eyes even in this dim lighting. You never had much thoughts about him, minus the fact that he was always late to class. You came up with the conclusion that he didn’t take his classes seriously and even deducing from the long conversation the two of you had last night, you still hold some of your presumptions true based on his nonchalance and his seemingly don’t care attitude for the class. But in his complaining about his courses, you took some semblance that he did, in fact, want to pass. He just had a weird way of approaching it. Nonetheless, in the wee hour that you spoke to him, it brought some comfort to you when previously, your mind was droning on about all of the things that you needed to do. 

As your eyes stay fixated on him, you fail to realize that he can feel your eyes against him, the intuitive feeling of someone watching makes him shiver as he fixes the seat, the legs knocking on the floor before he’s turning his head in different directions before falling on you. With a quickness do you grow flustered, but your eyes remain on him before throwing a kind smile before finally turning away. 

With further realization of each other’s existence, it becomes a game of eye tag without much of a conversation, one of you always out of the lecture room before the other. It isn’t until one day Gojo miraculously is up around the time that you are that the two of you properly speak to each other again. 

Rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, Gojo’s shirt rises and exposing a peak of his abdomen as he shuffles over to the small dining area. Wooden table that’s packed with junk, he reaches for the unopened bag of chips that he bought from a vending machine, making a quick decision that it’ll be his breakfast as he pulls out a seat. This wasn’t like him, being unable to get a good night’s rest. He could fall asleep at any time and wake up the next day if he truly tried to, so he just couldn’t quite understand why his body was doing this to him now. 

Leaning back in the chair, the faint sound of a patio door opening calls for his attention as he lifts his head up and peers to his left. Through the thin veiled curtains, he can roughly make out your figure as you’re bent down and pouring cat food into a bowl. Feeling himself inclined, Gojo finds himself opening the patio door and disturbing your moment with the feline as you look up. The ‘oh’ that falls from your lips this time around isn’t one of disappointment, but of familiarity as your eyes light up when you stand. “You’re up early.”

“Couldn’t fall asleep,” he yawns, stretching and revealing more skin as the air tickles his white happy trail. “You’ve got classes today?”

“Nah,” you admit with a sigh, closing the container of cat food and setting aside on the ground inside your apartment. You notice he doesn’t have on his glasses, never seeming to do so when he’s at home. You wonder if it’s a stylistic choice or an actual reasoning behind it. You don’t find yourself feeling comfortable enough to ask. “I’m just so used to waking up early that now I can’t stop.”

Another hour of meaningless conversation with each other before Gojo realizes that he could no longer keep it up. You’re leaning against the gate, legs crossed as you lay your weight down on one hip. You have bags under your eyes, but holding true to your statement, you don’t mind these early hours of the morning like he is. Gojo’s eyelids are falling heavily as he leans over the gate, his head falling forward. “I… gotta go. Don’t wanna fall asleep on ya.”

“Yeah,” you hum. “I can see it in your eyes.”

“I’ll see you in class,” he stands tall and stretches once more. Gripping the patio door handle, he pauses. “I never did get your name. Considering that we’re sharing a cat, I think I ought to know.”

“Yeah, you’re right,” you hum at the realization, sharing your name with him. “What’s yours?”

“Gojo,” he smiles. Shortly after, he’s back in bed asleep. His snores only last a few minutes in a sleepless dream when he feels Plagg on him, tugging at his hairs. 

“Satoru,” he whines, pulling with all his might in his tiny body. “Wake up! Hawk Moth’s at it again — another akumatized villain!”

When it finally registers to his brain, Gojo shoots out of bed, nearly sending Plagg across the room as he curses. In a whiny groan, Gojo throws himself off the bed. “God dammit!”

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[astra-ravana]

Bug Correspondences

Ant: Strength, industry, community, power

Bee: Messages, communication, life, family, teamwork, luck, love, hidden wisdom

Butterfly: Beauty, grace, transformation, change, growth, death, spirit work

Caterpillar: Transformation, transition, change, youth, preparation, new paths and possibilities

Cricket: Luck, blessings, abundance, happiness, joy, music, meditation

Dragonfly: Truth, change, wisdom, learning, air and water, ancestors, energy, swiftness

Earthworm: Growth, fertility, life, death, the Underworld

Firefly: Guidance, illumination, love, passion, inner self, self discovery, freedom, spirits and ancestors, the moon

Fly: Travel, flight, impulse

Grasshopper: Freedom, spontaneity, the Fool, air

Ladybug: Wishes, good luck, dreams, blessings, happiness, youth, femininity

Moth: The truth, wonder, fate, passion, the Moon, night time, light, fire

Praying Mantis: Direction, finding your way, new paths, beginnings, stillness, peace, fulfillment, spiritual perception, patience

Scarab: Reincarnation, rebirth, creation, immortality, astral travel

Scorpion: Survival, intuition, battle, competition, protection, baneful magick

Snail: Luck, divination, birth, peace, protection

Spider: Creativity, the arts, control, dream work, mysticism, life, creation, good fortune, fate, destiny

Wasp: Warning, strength, independence, adaptation, baneful magick, curses

Woolly Bears: Weather magick, weather divination/prediction

[ijustliketoreadstuff]

Let’s talk about everyone who knows.

Identities have always been a strict topic for Marinette, because as guardian, she felt she alone had to ensure the safety of all the heroes who were entrusted with a miraculous, this included herself and Cat Noir

However, as much as Marinette had initially attempted to keep a strict hold on her rule on keeping identities a secret, there were eventually bound to be some who would learn who she and Cat Noir were. Marinette alone has always done what she could to keep others from learning she was Ladybug, however,  this was never foolproof as the unexpected was bound to happen. Out of all the people who came to learn about her identity, Marinette technically only ever told ONE person her secret, and that was Alya. 

Back in “Gang of Secrets”, when Alya confronted her about what was weighing on her, Marinette had to decide if she would continue keeping her secret or take a risk. Overwhelmed with her responsibilities as Ladybug and guardian, Marinette took a risk to tell Alya her secret identity, because out of everyone in Paris, it was Alya who broke Marinette’s fears over what could happen if Hawkmoth discovered someone knew her identity. Alya’s actions in “Gang of Secrets” and “Senti-bubbler”, left Marinette willing to entrust her secret, as well as a miraculous, to Alya, but most of all, it convinced Marinette to ease up on her rule to not entrust a miraculous to the people whose identities were exposed, and instead have faith her friends could protect themselves and trust they would not betray her in the same sense Chloe did, as they did not prioritize the power of the miraculous, but rather the help they could give to her and all of Paris, even without superpowers.

Now, as of season 5, including Alya, there are now 8 people who know Marinette is Ladybug, but unlike Alya, Marinette never told any of the others her secret identity, they all just found out on their own, one way or another. 

Luka was one of the rare few who learned both Ladybug and Cat Noir’s identities, but the only reason he found out both was because he was placed in the unique situation of fighting an akumatized villain with the power to potentially expose Ladybug and cat Noir’s identities. Wishmakers power transformed Ladybug and Cat Noir into physically becoming what they dreamed they wanted to be when they were kids. Normally the quantum masking magical effect of the miraculous would help confuse human minds to prevent people from connecting the obvious, so they wouldn't easily identify the heroes through appearance alone, but Wishmaker counteracted that magic by changing their entire appearance. Ladybug had hoped that by Viperion using his power of second chance, he could help them defeat Wishmaker before he got the chance to use his power on them. Unbeknownst to Ladybug, Luka felt no other choice but to lie about learning her and Cat Noir’s identities, until “Migration”, because just like Ladybug said in “Ephemeral”, if anyone knew either her or Cat Noir's identity, things could still be manageable, because at least there would still be one of them left to fight shadow moth if he took action to defeat just one of them, but if anyone knew both her and Cat Noir's identities, then it's over for everyone. Luka knew that if Shadow Moth caught him, everyone would be endangered, but he did not want to become a priority for the heroes to protect over everyone else in Paris, so he kept it a secret until he had no other choice but to tell Ladybug and all of his friends he knew.

(In "Migration", Luka reveals to his friends he knows both Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities, and must leave Paris for everyone's safety, including his own.)

Luka left Paris for his and everyone else's protection, but in the season 5 finale, it was revealed that he had come into contact with SuHan and had been under the tutelage of the guardians. Luka was taught to fight by Su Han, so if he also learned how to defend himself against the akumas the same way Su-han did in “Furious Fu”, Luka may be able to return to Paris regardless of Lila being the new butterfly holder, and unlike Su-Han and the other guardians, Luka has experience fighting against akumatized villains, allowing him to defend himself better so as to not leave Ladybug and Cat Noir to worry over his safety.

(London special, Alix reviews everything she knows about Marinette and Adrien's history as Ladybug and Cat Noir)

Aside from Luka, Alix is the only other person who currently knows both Ladybug and Cat Noir’s identities, but unlike Luka, Alix is the only person who can know any hero and villains identity at any given time, this was something that was inevitable because unlike the other heroes, Alix’s power over time left her the responsibility of ensuring the timeline stayed safe, her job meant she had to look over the history of everyone's lives to ensure everything was on track. Such knowledge would of course place her in a great deal of danger, but fortunately, she remains at a safe distance in the burrow, traveling through time. Ladybug never told Alix her identity, but she had no complaints over Alix knowing her personal secrets, along with anyone else's, because she knew it was just part of Alix’s duty as the bunny miraculous holder to one day know such secrets, secrets even she can't know, no matter how much she asks Alix. 

(Kagami learns Marinette is Ladybug)

Kagami was an interesting case. Marinette never told Kagami her secret identity, but in “Representation”, it was revealed that Kagami wound up being at the right place and time back in “Perfection”, when she overheard Marinette talk about her identity to Alya, at Anarka’s boat, during a moment of internal struggle over her love for Adrien. Even though Kagami was akumatized that same day she discovered Marinette’s identity and then later akumatized again in “Protection”, Kagami never told Monarch Marinette’s secret, Monarch never even sensed she was hiding such a secret like he did with Luke in “Migration”. Of course Kagami’s crisis over her friendship with Marinette was likely what kept her mind clouded enough to prevent Monarch from sensing she was hiding something from him, but at the same time, no matter the situation, Kagami could not help but feel a sense of loyalty to the friend who was always there for her, as both Marinette and Ladybug. 

Even after resolving those matters and being de-akumatized, Kagami did not reveal to Marinette she knew her secret, until “Representation”. Kagami is normally very upfront about things, but to know the biggest secret of Marinette’s life, was likely something Kagami felt she needed time to figure out how to tell Marinette. Kagami might have been in the dark about a lot of things about Marinette, but its interesting to see her shift from the one who knew the least, to the one who now knows everything, things Marinette couldn't even bring herself to tell Alya, like the truth about Gabriel's demise.

Felix didn't know Marinette was Ladybug until Kagami told him. Kagami telling Felix Ladybug's identity made sense seeing as he was willing to confide in her one of the biggest secrets in all of Paris, Monarch’s secret identity. Felix trusts Kagami with his secrets, but doing so meant more than it being just about trust, it was about him accepting that he needed help.

Felix put quite a target on his back when he blackmailed/bargained with Gabriel to give up the peacock miraculous back in “Strike back”, and although Felix refrained from using his powers to wipe Gabriel out of existence again (First time was in "Emotion"), Felix knew Gabriel still needed to be dealt with before he could bring further harm to him and everyone else in his life he wanted to protect, and who better to help than the one person Kagami knew wanted to stop Monarch more than anyone, Ladybug. So long as Felix prefers to rely on his own abilities, he has no interest in the powers an akuma can provide, allowing him to resist Monarch’s control, but we’ll see about Lila.

Su Han discovered Marinette’s identity with the help of a magical compass that located the miracle box. Marinette could not hide her identity from him, let alone lie to him, because the box was in her own house. Although Su-Han knows Ladybug’s identity, she had refrained from letting him know Cat Noir’s too. Su-Han may be capable of defending himself from the akumas and miraculous holders, but he has no real experience fighting against akumatized villains, leaving him vulnerable if it was ever revealed he knew both Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities, fortunately, he only ever visits Paris if it's necessary.

Marianne, Fu's wife, was someone who had a long history with Fu. Fu trusted Marianne with the knowledge about the existence of the miraculous and how he had the responsibility as the last guardian to protect the jewels that wielded such incredible power. Marinette didn’t need to tell Marianne her secret identity, it would have been easy enough for her to figure things out on her own.

Marianne knew that whoever wielded the miraculous, was in turn associated with Fu, so even after seeing Marinette in civilian form to reunite her with Fu at the end of “Miracle queen”, it would have been plainly obvious to her that Ladybug and the girl who escorted Fu after he lost his memories, were the same person. Marianne and Fu don't live in Paris anymore, so Marinette can feel assured they are at a safe distance from  the akumas.

Nathalie discovered Marinette was Ladybug, after Gabriel finished making his wish. In the London special, after Gabriel made his wish, Nathalie was originally planning to continue her efforts in stopping Gabriel the moment she returned to the secret basement under the Agreste mansion, but she instead discovered Marinette talking to Plagg and Tikki. Nathalie heard Marinette’s conversation with the kwamis and that just about confirmed Marinette as Ladybug, even before she transformed into Bug Noir. Nathalie didn’t end up learning Cat Noir was Adrien again, but now she faces an entirely new dilemma, hiding the truth from Adrien about Marinette’s secret life as Ladybug as well as the truth about Gabriel's death. Marinette might have had her doubts about Nathalie, but knowing just how much Nathalie has been there for Adrien was enough to make her feel willing to trust her. Nathalie was normally the one who was willing to be akumatized for the sake of a mission, but now that the butterfly miraculous is in the hands of Lila, Nathalie is now just another citizen trying to avoid being akumatized.

Those are the people who currently know Ladybug and Cat Noir’s identities, but let's not forget the people who knew temporarily. 

It's not the first time Nathalie knew one of the heroes' identities, in “Cat Blanc”, she saw Adrien transform into Cat Noir. However, this left her greatly conflicted about what she was doing, because she never set out to hurt Adrien. The shock of learning Adrien was Cat Noir alone made her make the mistake of telling Gabriel, who jumped at the opportunity to akumatize his own son for the chance at a quick victory. However, the events of Cat Blanc were never meant to happen and were quickly fixed by Ladybug and Bunnyx.

Lila was always hinted to be the future butterfly miraculous holder, and as soon as she got the butterfly miraculous, she wasted no time in using it to tract down Ladybug’s identity on her own. Fortunately for Lila, Marinette had no idea where the butterfly miraculous went, giving Lila the element of surprise. However, Lila knowing Marinette’s identity was something that was not meant to happen, her tampering with the timeline of events to uncover Ladybug’s identity only wound up alerting Bunnyx so she could do what was needed to help Ladybug prevent her from ever finding out Ladybug’s identity.

Gabriel had always aimed to uncover Ladybug and Cat Noir’s identities, and on several occasions, he did, even if it was only temporary. He discovered Cat Noir was Adrien in “Cat Blanc”, and both Ladybug and Cat Noir’s in “Ephemeral”. Although these moments were not meant to happen and were quickly reversed with Sass and Bunnyx’s help, as it turns out, Gabriel was at most meant to discover Ladybug’s identity without it completely destroying the entire timeline…it just had to be on the day he died. 

Fu of course knew both Ladybug and Cat Noir’s identity because he was the one who entrusted them with the miraculous. Unfortunately, in “Miracle Queen”, in a last desperate effort to protect the miracle box, the miraculous, the Kwami, Ladybug and Cat Noir, along with himself and Marianne, he wiped his memory clean. Without his memories, Hawkmoth had little to no use for Fu.

Adrien got the chance to figure out Ladybug’s identity in "Cat Blanc", but it was in “Ephemeral” that Ladybug chose to learn Adrien’s identity first and then later decide to reveal her own identity to him. In both episodes, the two learned each others identities, and each time they did, it led to disaster because of one crucial thing, Gabriel was still Monarch. The opportunity to obtain a quick victory had always outweighed any sense of logic Gabriel had, making him quick to use the control he had over Adrien to akumatize him and defeat Ladybug, but now that Gabriel is gone and the rings containing Adrien’s amok have been returned to him, who knows what's going to happen.

Moving onto Adrien, as of season 5, only two people officially know he is Cat Noir, Luka and Alix. Adrien has not had many occurrences that led to others knowing his secret identity, because unlike Marinette, Adrien was limited by what he could do, where he could go and who he could talk to while under his fathers care, he was heavily protected and controlled in his civilian life and this alone prevented a lot of close encounters that could have led to others discovering his identity. But now that Gabriel is gone, Adrien is no longer under the same restrictions he once had, meaning anything could happen. Adrien has not told anyone his secret identity, but there are a lot of characters to think about whom Adrien could tell his secret to and even more people who could end up discovering his identity, one way or another. But again let’s just wait and see what the show has to say.

[nobodyfamousposts]

The Hero of Paris

...so when Gabriel was in the bathroom on that train when he transformed and tried to akumatize someone...

...you think anyone could have just...I dunno, recorded it?

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Michael Donahue was the hero of Paris.

In truth, he was an American tourist. And about as American as one could get.

And AS a young American in a foreign country, he did what most Americans do: abuse his phone's camera function for anything and everything he thought was interesting and likely to get him likes on social media.

He recorded a man feeding pigeons before being run off by a police officer.

He recorded some curator at a museum telling a wild fanfic idea at the Louvre.

He recorded a bunch of people chasing after a blond haired kid and screaming at the sight of him. Which...okay, weird?

Well, he'd known Paris would be weird. But he didn't think it'd be THIS weird.

But then THAT day happened. And what he thought was perhaps the silliest…even the downright dumbest thing ended up being what made him go viral in the last way he ever expected.

Some would consider it uncouth. Most would have just politely ignored it.

But Micheal was a young American with a need to record everything.

And he was already in his seat in a train waiting for it to depart for his next travel destination...only to be delayed due to some reason that he, not being French-speaking, didn't understand.

Ultimately, that made this the perfect combination of bored and impulsive in JUST the right way to achieve a miracle.

So when he heard what sounded like shouting and insane laughter coming from the bathroom on the train, Michael—in true American fashion, decided to record it.

"Dude, some guy has taken over one of the restrooms and is yelling like crazy!"

…and for the sheer hell of it, he started livestreaming.

And his chat started to come alive.

What's going on?

"The train's held up. My French isn't that good. An 'akuma' or something?"

What's an akuma?

He looked over his shoulder.

"I dunno. But that guy in the restroom has been shouting about it a lot."

On the other side of the door, the faint sound of yelling could be heard. Most of it garbled that Michael couldn't quite make out except for a few words.

"—akuma—"

"—Ladeebuug!"

What's he shouting?

"Something about Ladybugs and noir? Is he shooting a movie or complaining of a lack of pest control? Lol."

Out of all his vids and livestreams, he hadn't expected the one about some random making a scene in a bathroom to be the one that got attention, but more people were joining the chat and he saw his numbers rise more than they ever had.

"Wow. Okay. Didn't expect to get this level of response."

He made sure to keep the camera on the bathroom door the noises were coming from rather than himself. It was what the people wanted to see apparently and it allowed better audio quality.

What was perhaps the most interesting was that he started getting comments in French.

In all caps.

With many exclamation points.

Is this real!?

HAWK MOTH!

IT'S HAWK MOTH!

WHERE IS HE?!

"Hawk Moth? What?"

Then a particularly insistent commenter named LadyWifi joined and started to spam the chat.

Où est-ce?

Où est-ce?!!

OÙ EST-CE!!!

"Wait hold on. What?"

Où

où!

WHERE?!

WHERE IS IT

OÙ

wherewherewerewhere?!!!!!!!!11!!1

He balked at the repeated demands. Given the chat seemed to be repeatedly questioning where in English, he could only presume that's what they were asking in French, too. But he had no idea why and no explanation was forthcoming! Any attempts anyone made to tell him what was going on quickly got lost in the flood of comments demanding a location.

Before he could comment further though, his thoughts were interrupted by a cry of outrage from the restroom, loud enough to ring his ears.

Silence.

Then…

"Nooroo, detransform moi."

There was a strange sound from inside. Muffled, but distinct enough. Like how sparkles should sound? Something from one of those magical girl shows his little sister watches.

A click signaled the door unlocking.

"I think he's about to come out!"

The chat was going wild. Everyone commenting. Making random names? Maybe trying to guess who the person on the other side of the door was?

Then some blond guy in glasses and a really unfashionable suit came out of the restroom.

…and his livestream promptly exploded.

[rosekasa]

what happens in london

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ladynoir.

10 chapters; T; no archive warnings apply.

when a slapdash victory celebration between ladybug and chat noir ends up in a 3am makeout session, they both decide it'd be better to clear their heads a little before revealing their identities. hennessy does always make her act stupid.

though it's a little hard to clear your head when you're stuck in an airbnb in london with the rest of your superhero team.

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aged up characters; making out; post hawk-moth defeat; miraculous team; secret relationship; identity reveal; alcohol; twenty year olds being twenty year olds

[chaotixdragon]

So i saw somebody make art of Starscream as a moth and something was awoken inside of me. I present Hollow Knight X Transformers BUGFORMERS!!!! (Or Hollowformers???) Sorry for the shitty sketches, i'll translate my handwriting lmao

Starscream: A Red-Underwing Moth I decided to make all the seekers different moths, have fun with that Megatron: A Black Stag Beetle His armor can be removed, I'll draw it eventually, but under his helmet are small (very sensitive!!!) antennae!!!

Optimus: A Rain Beetle I wanted to make him a dung beetle at first, cause I love the shape of scarab-like beetles but I wanted Bulkhead to be a dung beetle, so I picked my personal favorite type of beetle, the Rain Beetle! Bumblebee: A Bumble bee I think this is obvious.

Arcee: A Blue Dasher Dragonfly She's small, fierce, and fast. I knew a Dragonfly would fit her. Bulkhead: A Rainbow Dung Beetle Bulkhead is a strong, bulky guy, so a strong bulky bug fits him. But I didn't want him to be a plain dung beetle, so I went with the more beautiful, and intimidating type of dung beetle! And its sort of an iridescent green, like our bulky boi. (He also has a second pair of arms he keeps tucked between his armor plating for his safety, but he uses 'em when he needs extra leverage)

Ratchet: A Man-Faced Bug My friend insisted he'd be this kind of bug, and after looking it up, I agree. You can see his face in this bug and I love it. The runner up was a ladybug if you want to do anything with that. Drift: An Idolo mantis I wanted Drift to keep his sort of "intimidating with dexterity" vibes but add a bit more beauty to give that sweetness to his design you see in his character. An Idolo Mantis is that lovely mix of floral beauty and intimidating that I thought would fit perfectly for Drift.

Cyclonus: Spiky Flower Mantis Same deal with Cyclonus but more intimidating. I wanted him to look scary and powerful, but beautiful in an intimidating way, like how he is in the comics. Tailgate: Pill bug (Isopod) Round, sweet, adorable, and one of my favorite bugs. Very useful for the environment and durable, as well as huggable. I think it fits Tailgate pretty well.

ANNNNd finally...some doobles of Starscream cause im an addict.

[malereadermaniac]

Bug-a-boy ~ Luka & Adrien x Male Reader

Idk about this one... but I wanted to write it. Basically a miraculous holder reader x adrien and luka College Au: Luka - 19 / Adrien - 18 / Reader - 18 word count: 1.2k m!reader (no genitalia mentioned) / FDNI

Your college class is huge

But it's to be expected, you do go to the most popular college in Paris

You share the class with a group of friends that came from Francoise Dupont

Luckily, the groups appointed leader befriended you pretty early into the year

Marrientte Dupain-cheng was the kindest girl you knew

And her friends: Alya, Nino, Adrien and Sabrina weren't too bad either

Actually, you liked them a lot, and you were glad that they wanted to be friends with you

There was also this other guy from the year above, Luka

You didn't talk to him much, but the others were fond of him

But the few times you two did talk, he was nothing but calm and welcoming

All in all, you love your college and your friends

However...

The one setback to coming to Paris for school, was the Akuma's

After Hawk-moth's fall, a new owner of the Butterfly miraculous came to power

But to counteract that, Paris has its own team of Miraculous bearers

The only problem was, currently, Paris has no ladybug...

During a massive fight against a very powerful, akumatized villain, Ladybug was hit, and her powers disappeared

Well, not literally, she remained transformed, however the villains power made it as if she were a regular adult wearing a superhero costume...

After sending Chat Noir, Rena Rouge and Viperion off to distract the villain, a now powerless Ladybug was running over to your college

After swapping out her miraculous from the Ladybug to another one, "Ladybug" finds you, hidden inside of a locker

"AHHHH! ANOTHER VILLAIN!" You shout, not recognising Ladybug with a new miraculous

"Not quite, (y/n)" she chuckles

"It's me, Ladybug. But my miraculous has been rendered useless..."

"Oh... I'm so sorry, Ladybug, wish I could help you somehow" you sympathise

"There is." Ladybug looks into your eyes with determination

"(Y/n) (L/n), here is the miraculous of the Ladybug, it offers the power of creation. I entrust you with this miraculous to fulfill my role while I can't, after that, you're to return these earrings to me - understood?" Ladybug explains with a grin

"Yes, Ladybug! I won't disappoint you"

After putting on the earrings the kwamii appears, explains the whole shtick and you get going

"Tikki, Spots on!" You shout and then you're set

"Once I'm fixed by the miraculous ladybugs, I'll use the horse miraculous to teleport you back to me, okay?"

"Of course Ladybug!"

And you were off, using your yo-yo to swing around the streets of Paris until you reached the action

A now powerless Rena Rouge trying to distract the villain as Chat Noir and Viperion try to figure out a plan while fighting the thing

"What the fuck..." Chat mumbles when you catch his eye, waving at him in a coy manner from a roof top

Both men watch you, confused as you jump down to them

"Who are you? Where's Ladybug??" Viperion questions frantically

"She decided to pass her miraculous onto me for a little while until we solve this little issue"

"Fine by me as long as you know what you're doing, bug-a-boy" Chat noir slyly remarks as he leans on his pole

"Bug-a-boy... I like that" you giggle and then get to business

Immediately you call on your lucky charm

"Yep, defiantly a real Ladybug holder haha! What you gonna do with that bugg-a-boy" Chat noir laughs as you hold onto a seemingly useless looking lucky charm

"I do, actually!" You say with a smile

"Just follow my lead boys, if you can keep up" you chuckle as you use your yo-yo to swing into action

"Damn, that boy has more charisma than you Chat Noir" viperion chuckles

"He does, doesn't he..."

The two of them follow you quickly

"Rena! I'm gonna need you to get that thing under the arc-de-triumph!" You shout as you wizz past

"I'm on it"

"Viperion, once that villain" is under the Arc, use your second chance immediately please"

"Of course bug-a-boy" viperion smirks

Chat Noir looks at you smugly

You start to mark X's on the Arc using the bucket of paint your lucky-charm gave you

"I can see where this is going" the black cat chuckles

"Then you know when and where to use your cataclysm, kitty noir" you tease and spring into action when you see Rena Rouge and the villain coming your way

Once the villain is under the Arc, you use shout for Chat noir

He heads to one of the marks but before Chat can call his power, Viperion shouts

"Not that one! Try the one below it"

And so, once Chat Noir cataclysm's the Arc, it crumbles to pieces and buries the villain, one of the pieces crushing his akumatized item

"Bye bye little butterfly" you say with a chuckle, as the 3 other hero's watch you

The 2 men chuckling as a faint blush cover their faces

"Not a bad job for your first time, bug-a-boy"

"Do you really need to flirt with every Ladybug holder, Chat?" Rena jokes

"Yeah! Look at him, he's creeped out by you, he'd much prefer a snake over a cat" Viperion joins in

"What is up with you two"

"Haha, I like this team.... Miraculous Bug-a-boy!" You shout as you throw up the lucky-charm

5 seconds later, a portal appears next to you

"Good work, everyone!" A horse miraculous bearing Ladybug pops out

"Ladybug?!" Everyone questions

"Good job picking this one, Ladybug" Viperion chuckles as he puts an arm on your shoulder

"I look forward to seeing you soon again, mi'lord~" Chat Noir teases as he kisses your hand

"That's enough Chat Noir, you'll see him soon enough!" Ladybug chuckles as she brings you through the portal after your goodbyes

After handing back the miraculous, life went back to normal, except that Ladybug started to call on you more often, but with a different miraculous this time

Life at school was normal as always

However when you were out with the hero gang, you'd noticed Chat Noir and Viperion becoming cosier to you than they were to the others...

Like when Chat Noir started bringing you roses every time you were called on

Or one time, Viperion used his second chance to have "a perfect conversation" with you during patrol with you

You were flattered, but a little worried that the two were taking it too far

It had gotten to the point where the two of them were fighting, passive aggressive remarks and even disrupting fights against villains with their arguing

That was until Ladybug struck then a deal

"I will tell you his identity if you both stop this bickering, its becoming a problem. If you don't, I will take your miraculous"

Of course they both agreed

And that's when your school life changed as well

Because Adrien and Luka started bombarding you during your school day

Adrien already sat next to you in class, but during lunch Luka was on you like a snake to a rat

You were getting overwhelmed, but then again you loved the attention you were getting from them

After all, you hadn't ever had a boyfriend, this could be a nice change

Soon, the two of them started noticing that the other liked you

So they decided to combine their efforts

"Which one of us do you like the most!?!?" The two of them shout at you in frustration after weeks of trying to win you over

"I... I don't know! Okay?! I like you both... I don't wanna hurt one of you by rejecting you for the other"

"Then.... date us both?" Luka suggests with a smile

It took some convincing but the two of them managed to convince you

And life has been so much better since

[coven-of-genesis]

Common insect spiritual meanings

Insects have been considered spiritual symbols in many cultures and belief systems.

Here are some common insect spiritual meanings:

Butterfly: Transformation, rebirth, renewal, beauty, and grace.

Dragonfly: Change, transformation, adaptability, and flexibility.

Ladybug: Luck, protection, and blessings.

Bee: Community, hard work, productivity, and fertility.

Ant: Diligence, organization, discipline, and teamwork.

Grasshopper: Freedom, good luck, and taking a leap of faith.

Spider: Creativity, patience, and weaving destiny.

Moth: Shadow work, vulnerability, and attraction to light.

Praying Mantis: Patience, stillness, and waiting for the right moment.

Firefly: Inspiration, illumination, and inner guidance.

It's important to note that these spiritual meanings can vary among different cultures and belief systems, and some individuals may have personal associations or interpretations of insect symbolism based on their own experiences and beliefs.

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Your emotion recap brought something to light-

Adrien had no idea Felix was Argos so... Why did he think Argos was Felix?

(Post in question)

Canonically? Who knows! It's one of the many moments where the characters act with knowledge they don't canonically have.

The first time Adrien sees Argos is when Félix surprises him on the beach while already in Argos form. In spite of this, Adrien somehow immediately knows that Argos is Félix:

Argos: (from behind a portalet with a red light seeping through it) Adrien! (Adrien stops and looks back. The stall door opens where Adrien sees his twin cousin as Argos.) Adrien: Félix?

This make no sense. No one has ever been able to identify a holder once they're transformed and, until this episode, no one but Gabriel and Nathalie knew that Félix had the peacock. The heroes didn't know that the peacock had changed owners! They didn't even have a reason to guess that an exchange has happened because sentimonsters weren't standard in season four. There were lots of flights that only used an akuma. Between that and Monarch having more powers than ever to choose from, the lack of sentimonsters would not raise any red flags or spawn theories about why Félix helped Shadow Moth.

By the end of Emotion, the heroes still don't know why Félix betrayed them! The most logical assumption is that Félix is working for Monarch and yet that issue isn't even addressed until the end of the season well after Fèlix and Kagami get together. Prior to the sentireveal, the heroes just magically know that Félix is fine because addressing the issue of his betrayal would lead to story progression and heavens above, we can't have that! It would also require the viewer to know what happened in season four which is another big no-no. Episodes must stand alone!

For the show to tell any of it's complex plots properly, it would need to have plot lines logically flow from episode to episode and Miraculous can't do that because the writers promised that the episodes would all be self-contained. That promise means that we get people randomly knowing things or not knowing things based on what the episode needs instead of in-universe logic dictating things like it would in a well-told story.

We even get this magic knowledge nonsense in the middle of episodes like in the first part of Kwami's Choice where Adrien's immediate reaction to losing Plagg is to assume that he can date Marinette now. Plagg does tell him that this is an option, but there's no reason for Adrien to believe that line based on the way Marinette turned him down. It only makes sense if he knows that Marinette turned him down because she's Ladybug and is now no longer Ladybug. He knows none of that, but there's not enough time to properly handle Adrien and Marinette being free of their miraculous while also introducing the new holders and having the day's akuma fight. Because of those limits, he gets magic knowledge that things will work out now so that the plot can wrap up in 20 minutes. How anyone is expecting this to improve in future seasons is beyond me. I promise that I don't want the show to be bad, I point this stuff out because I don't want anyone to get their hopes up only to have their heart broken because the show's fundamental design basically makes it impossible for it to be good.

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A Forever Grudge

Prompt by @indigomarina

Prompt: What if Season 1-3 Marinette being nice/cordial with Kim and wanting Chloe to be better was just a ploy? In reality, she still pissed at Kim and Chloe for what they did and what he put her through. All this time, she’s had a secret revenge board she’s never told anyone (not even Alya and Tikki is shocked and terrified when SHE finds out). So when she’s finally decided the time has come to exact her revenge. Marinette sets it up, staying up days and nights for the perfect revenge.

This is Derision salt (but for Marinette), some kwami swap and a smidge of salt towards class salt.(This turned out to be longer than I thought.)

(There is some fanon discontinuity and some context: this Marinette is uncomfortable in episodes where she’s going to the pool like Gorizilla or Mr. Pigeon 72. Chloe’s redemption wasn’t cut off and she kept her identity a secret. Zoe isn’t here or at least hasn’t appeared yet, so Chloe’s still the go-to bee miraculous holder. The Derision flashback happens but the ‘Dark Humor’ stuff doesn’t happen. Kim’s genuinely become a better person by this point. Something similar happened with @socquelix ’s prompt, where Marinette ghosted Socqueline, so she’s not happy to see her.)

It affects her duties as Ladybug as she’s too exhausted to do anything outside of Lucky Charms and purifying the akuma. Thankfully for the civilians, Chat picks up the slack. When he asks Ladybug what’s up, Ladybug just says she has some planning. Chat firmly tells her to get some sleep before someone ends up severely hurt.

One day, Marinette falls asleep outside and slips up a ledge, thankfully Chat Noir gets there in time. Marinette is still fast asleep, so he takes her back to her house. He puts her on her bed, he goes to leave when he notices something on her table. Curiosity kills the cat and Chat reads the papers. He’s horrified reading about Marinette’s revenge plan. Creeped out, he backs away until he finds his schedule written down. Chat is terrified, he knew she was a fan, but this is too much! He keeps himself quiet as to not wake Marinette. He snaps some pictures and gets out of there.

The day of Marinette’s plan arrives but something’s wrong, Chloe and Kim aren’t where they’re supposed to be! All of Marinette’s plans either backfire or hit other students. It turns out Adrien had texted Chloe and Kim Marinette’s plan. Chloe confronts Marinette and Marinette yells this is payback for what she and Kim did. Chloe and Kim are appalled that’s the reason. Not because it wasn’t bad, but because Kim thought Marinette and him were cool and Marinette encouraged Chloe to be better. Marinette says she only said those things so they would think she was okay with happened. She hates them both and doesn’t give a damn if they have 'changed’.

Both Chloe and Kim are hurt/offended by this, so Chloe reveals something else Adrien texted her: Adrien’s schedule in her room! People are horrified and Marinette runs away.

Marinette runs into an alleyway and says 'Spots On’ but Tikki doesn’t come to her. Wayzz had removed the earrings when Marinette finally slept. Feeling truly alone, Hawk Moth is able to akumatize her into Princess Justice.

Like her grandmother Gina (Befana), she punishes people and 'rewards’ them as she sees fit. She rewards Juleka and Luka.

She punished Kagami, Rose, Mylene, and most of the class. Kagami because she took Adrien away, the others for believing Lila’s lies over her.

She’s about to 'reward’ Alya but Nino pushes her out the way and takes it instead. Alya is sad but gets away.

She catches after Kim, Chloe having managed to get away.

Adrien transforms into Chat Noir. Princess Justice gets upset, such a 'lazy superhero’ is here. Chat offended points out, he’s been picking up the slack for Ladybug. This gets Princess Justice upset and she and Chat duke it out. He gets his butt handed to him, wondering where Ladybug was. He has to retreat.

He runs to Master Fu’s. He explains things the best he can, but he’s hit with the bombshell that Master Fu has the ladybug Miraculous. He’s vague about why Ladybug can’t be there but tells him he needs to find replacements and use the other miraculous.

Adrien decides to briefly become Mister Bug. He also takes the bee Miraculous, the fox, the dragon, and the monkey. When Fu inquires what’s he going to do with Plagg, MB says he has a plan.

MisterBug finds Chloe and gives her Plagg. Chloe is confused but obliges. She becomes Golden Kitty. 

Mister Bug gives Alya Trixx to become Rena Rouge. Since Chloe has Plagg and Kagami’s been 'punished’, MB has to find alternates.

He finds Socqueline, an ex-friend of Marinette, and lends her Pollen. She becomes Mìfēng. They find Ondine, whose worried sick about Princess Justice finding her boyfriend, so MB gives her the Dragon Miraculous and she becomes Triple Threat.

Back with Princess Justice, she has Kim right where she wants him. Kim apologizes and pleads for his life, but Princess Justice wants blood. She’s about to punish him where a gust of wind blow her away and Triple Threat is able to save Kim. 

Kim doesn’t recognize his girlfriend, but is grateful for the save. Triple Threat and Mìfēng have some trouble since they’re using the miraculous for the first time, plus even Golden Kitty is a little rusty since she’s using a different miraculous. But they manage to distract Princess Justice long enough for Misterbug to lead Kim the monkey miraculous.

Misterbug calls for his lucky charm and out comes a heart shaped box. An empty heart shaped box. He’s confused until Kim points out he gave Marinette a box like that, but it was filled with spiders.

Misterbug shows up in the flesh to battle Princess Justice himself. Princess Justice yells about could an idiot like him hold HER miraculous! Misterbug is confused until it hits him! Marinette is Ladybug! No wonder she’s been so flighty for the best few times.

Misterbug gets over his shock and pulls out the plan, pointing out Kim is behind her. Princess Justice looks behind and HE’S RIGHT! Kim is there and holding a familar looking heart shaped box. Princess Justice runs after him.

She aims at him, but he keeps dodging! Finally she has him in an alley way, he dropped the box. Princess Justice decides she’s going to give him a taste of his own medicine. She opens the box…and nothing comes out. Princess Justice looked out to see Kim was gone and then felt a sharp pain hit her. She fell to the ground.

She sees Rena Rouge, who apologizes before saying 'NOW’. Everyone springs into action. King Monkey uses Uproar, so Princess Justice can’t use her reward or punish powers anymore. Misterbug tries her up with his yo-yo and Mìfēng uses Venon, making sure she can’t get away. Finally, Golden Kitty cataclysming the akumatized item, having Misterbug 'Miraculous Misterbug’ away all the damage.

Marinette growls before saying it’s not fair, how they got away with everything while she was left scared by everything that happened. Goldenkitty and King Monkey do look ashamed for a minute but Misterbug says that while what happened to her was terrible, that doesn’t excuse what did or tried to do to them.

Marinette is sent home without her miraculous. Everyone gives Misterbug back their miraculous. Adrien asks what’s going to happen to Marinette since 1. he knows her identity and 2. some videos of Princess Justice admitting to being Ladybug have come out and people have connected the dots on what that means.

Master Fu says he’ll figure something out and tells him to take care of Tikki in the meantime.

Back with Marinette, she’s been hearing whispers about her in school. Either how she was grudge bearing stalker creep or about how she was Ladybug. Most of her classmates won’t talk to her either or are no longer friends with her.

The civil ones are terrified that they do something they don’t like she’ll plan something terrible against them. And the angry ones are upset that Marinette is still mad about the Lila thing, pointing out that since Chloe revealed her board of Adrien’s schedule that that points their point she’s only after her out of jealousy if anything.

Kim and Chloe are surprisingly quiet, wanting this whole thing to be over.

Gabriel has issued a retraining order against Marinette, the news about her stalking having reached him, horrifying Marinette. Adrien feels sorry for Marinette but also now feels uncomfortable around her, so he allows this to happen.

Finally, Marinette asks Fu if she’s going to get Tikki back. He tells her no, not only because of her actions against others, but everyone knows she’s Ladybug. Marinette pleads, but Fu is firm.

Later Adrien is upset about how things are going when Luka comes up to him and comforts him. Adrien tells Luka he knew Marinette was a fan but didn’t know she was THAT intense about it. He also admits he feels sorry for Marinette (albeit more pity than sympathy). Luka admit he also didn’t know she was like this. But he tells Adrien it’s okay to be upset about how things went and that he can feel sorry for her as long as he doesn’t condone her actions. Adrien gives him a grateful hug and says Marinette was a fool to lead him on, making Luka flattered.

Eventually, another ladybug is found: Coccinelle. Tikki was given to Luka. So Plagg is back with Adrien and Chloe will become Queen Bee is the bee is needed. With the Miracuclass back to normal, Longg is typically assumed to go back with being Kagami’s holder. Although Adrien recommends Socqueline take the snake. He points out they could use Ondine in the future.

Together Coccinelle and Chat Noir now save Paris together.

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Finally getting this on tumblr! Commissioned art by @_mazelwi_ on instagram from a scene in my first completed fic “The Power of Creation.”

Rated M, see the summary below. Also feel free to check out “Power of Destruction” which is from Adrien’s POV instead of Marinette’s

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Everyone knows that Ladybug's cure fixes everything after the destruction wrought by Shadow Moth's akumatized villains. After an akuma with an unfortunate power leaves Ladybug and Adrien in an awkward position, Marinette has never been happier to simply forget. However, she soon discovers that her miraculous ladybugs have a limitation on their curing ability: a limitation that puts her in a situation she never expected to be in.