#noir's field trip

[desultory-novice]

"Watch Your Words"

Adeleine: "My brother would not F#$!%ing say that!" Dedede: "A-Ado...?!?" O_o

(It's true though. Noir drinks respect women juice through a straw because Daisy's steel chair to the face shattered his jaw But it was the best way to get the joke across. Ah, the OOC we do for humor!)

[Vote Noir]

...to get him out of the hospital! XD

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I initially sketched this for the OC Discord, which is why it references Noir being stuck in the hospital after getting shot by an Anti-Dark Matter weapon by Dawn and, while he was still writhing in pain, crushed by Mordred's 800 lbs motorcycle! Cosmo and Periwinkle had to drag him from the fight (to kill Baby Uther) that ensued...!

I was going to attempt another, more melancholy and artistic piece as Tumblr propaganda but, err, my time got cut short so I decided to clean this one up instead, also because it makes me laugh XD

That said, it’s looking like a longshot, but it would mean a lot if my fail boy made it to the semi-finals, so any votes you can send his way are appreciated >.<

@kirbyoctournament

[sortanonymous]

On the last Meta Knightmare...

Kirby and the A-Team stumble into Zan's part of the Jambastion, leading to a truly shocking (and one-sided) family reunion for Susie.

Chapter 13 of MKMIV: The Unforgettable Star-Studded Finale out now! (Shoutout to @desultory-novice for letting me throw Noir into Adeleine's backstory in the middle of this chapter by the way! Now go reread Apologies and keep voting for Noir! (Although of course I wouldn't mind if you still remembered to read my stuff too.))

[desultory-novice]

"...Huh. Weird."

"Was the sky always this...blue?" "Everything around me feels...so much brighter now."

"And me. I feel... lighter too. Like...the weight of life's oppressions and the call to the void and the millions of voices screaming to me about my darkest pains and greatest regrets are just...gone."

"Is this...happiness...?" "...I feel like I could sing...!"

(I wonder if I inherited any of mom's talent...?)

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Achievement Unlocked! "Kleptomaniacal Kindness" (Steal Noir's cursed sword away from him, making him happy! ...It will find its way back to him eventually, but we'll let him have this moment of joy! PS: Some of you may be receiving some asks from him in this form, fwiw.)

@kirbyoctournament

Sorry guys Wisp’s habit got the best of him and took some of your oc’s things🥺….

(Might as well tag the ocs who got robbed owners)

@maybe-arts @isaackkkbunn @starmagnets @moonverc3x @starflungwaddledee @gethoce @desultory-novice @pinkestmenace @what-is-love-babey-dont-hurt-me

@kirbyoctournament

[lisettecharlotte]

Sometimes I forget I make a thing, then I find the thing, and I’m impressed at the thing. This was going to become a colour by numbers, hence the limited colour palette. 

Here’s my travel poster for The Crunch, which I’ve never even been to.

[bubblewrapjunkie]

✨ sunshine kid

[carolmunson]

8✨ with virgin Eddie cos he’s the loml

'I look you in the eyes, I try to read you thoughts. I ask you to go with me, to a far off place.' virgin!eddie (well, not so virgin anymore) from the 'the nerve' one shot. (18+, references to drinking. implied stancy wedding.)

Eddie didn't really love to dance. He always felt awkward, never really getting the beat to anything that wasn't related to a guitar slung across his chest. His hips always moved too jerkily, he never knew where to put his hands. When Mrs. Mitchell from across the park tried to teach him to waltz for prom he stepped on her toes so much she needed a brace.

It didn't even matter for anything, he didn't go to prom. That's another reason he doesn't like dancing, or dances. Couples nuzzling close while they hold their partners -- what was the point when no one was gonna dance with 'The Freak' anyway?

He drums his fingers along the white cloth covered table to the beat of the DJ's thumping music, sipping his third glass of pinot noir. You had stepped out to run an errand for Nancy and Steve after the ceremony, 'maid of honor' duties you called it. Something about fashion tape and bandaids for blisters. While the music slows down he feels his heart sink, another dance where he sits alone in the low light. It comes back to him in a haze, two months before his senior prom -- He woke up early to take a shower and shave the little facial hair that had started to grow on his upper lip and chin. Painstakingly finger coiling every wave on his head with gel he knicked from the five and dime down the street. He asked Wayne if he could borrow his smart black button down and Wayne even pressed it before he left for work the night before -- hanging it up in the living room by the mugs. He wore he least ratty jeans and cleaned his Reeboks with a toothbrush and bleach. Eddie had never felt more together, more sure, and if he would say so himelf -- more handsome than he did that morning.

He cracked open his campaign notebook to the last page where he'd scrawled a script he'd been working on for at least two weeks:

Hi Chrissy What's up, Chris? How are you, Chrissy? Hey Chrissy.

I know you might not be expecting this but This might come as a surprise, but I was wond It would be an honor if Would you want to go to prom with me? Prom?

It was the first time he was ever at a loss for words. Tripping over himself any time she'd ask for a pencil in Bio or walk by the drama room on her way to cheer practice.

He stopped at Melvald's for a small bouquet of daffodils -- it was all they had that morning, and made his way to school, stomach full of butterflies while he played the potential outcome in his head over and over. He knew he had to have caught her looking every now and again. Giggling at his jokes in class. Always asking him for a pencil or a ruler when she could ask anyone else.

He parks in the spot furthest from the school, using the brisk walk to calm his nerves. With a few rolls of his shoulders he pushes through the main doors to his locker, only four down from Chrissy's. She'd be there any minute, ponytail bouncing, lips glossed.

He leaned against the wall, checking his watch and each end of the hallway, a flurry of students making their way in and out. The humdrum of the morning making his heart beat faster, the slamming of metal, the sneakers on the tile.

And there she is -- a blonde beacon of something special. She's smiling -- grinning. Looking right at him. He gets up off the wall, heart racing -- This is it Munson, he thinks, you're gonna ask her.

Chrissy's smile turns into a jump, a celebration of sorts -- and from behind him, another cheerleader appears, running up and jumping with her. They hug tight, screaming the way girls do when they're excited about something.

"He literally made a sign for the whole team to hold on the field!" she titters, "I can't believe he asked me!" "You're going to prom with Jason! Ahhh!" her friend screams back.

Going to prom with Jason.

Jason Carver? That asshole?

The hallways spins, his heart has never dropped so fast before. He'd never felt something so fast before. Dissappointment? Embarrassment? Rage? He wasn't sure. All he knew was that Chrissy was going to prom with Jason Carver, and everything he planned was for nothing. Just standing there in the hall way with --

"That's a pretty bouqet, Eddie," Chrissy voice floats by, bringing him back to himself, "Whose the lucky girl?"

Coulda been you, he thinks.

His face sours, "Wouldn't you like to know."

Eddie's heart breaks again when she backs off, making her way to class when the bell rings. He chews on the inside of his cheek the whole way out of the school and back to his van -- making sure the shove the daffodils in the trash on the way out.

Right now feels the same, the only young guy sitting around while couples get up and jump around to Whitney's I Wanna Dance with Somebody when the music switches. He finishes his glass of pinot, sighing while he stands up to get another at the bar. He knows better, but something his gnawing in the pit of his chest -- that ache. He wishes you'd come back so he didn't have to keep putzing around like a lost puppy. Even Dustin had Suze out on the dancefloor.

Another ten minutes pass and he's settled back down at the table, the speakers rumbling down to a slow beat again, Luther Vandross's gentle croon floating over the room. Eddie swallows.

'Always and forever, Each moment with you, yeah Is just like a dream to me That somehow came true, yeah...'

It's then that he feels a warm hand on his back, sliding up to his shoulder, nails gliding comfortingly into the back of his hair. "Hi handsome," your voice like salve on his heart, "Did you miss me?" He turns, entranced by the way your dress hugs you and the scent of the perfume you have on tonight. There was no denying he picked right, no denying that he was right to wait for you this long.

"Of course, sweetheart," he smiles, smiling into the kiss you lean down to give him.

"You've just been sitting here while I was gone?" you furrow your brow, "C'mon, get up. Come dance with me."

He flushes, "No, no I'm...I'm not good at it..."

"Neither am I," you shrug, offering your hand, "C'mon."

He looks at your manicured nails, the bare finger that he wants to put a ring on now more than ever, then up at you. That little smirk you give him has never sold him quicker. With a deep breath he takes your hand, letting you lead him to the dance floor.

"Y'know, I've never slow danced with anyone," you say quietly, guiding his hand to your waist while you hold the other close to his shoulder. Eddie pulls you close, nose to nose, toe to toe. He can handle the gentle sway you start him with, a slow two step, winding bodies.

"Not even your ex? Seriously?" Eddie asks, mesmirized by your glossy lips.

"He never wanted to dance at the weddings we went to," you shrug, "Always thought it was lame. But I like to dance."

"What about prom?" he asks.

"I um," you look down and back up at him, "I didn't go to prom."

"No? How come?"

"Uh," you offer a tight smile in rememberance, accepting it, "No one asked me."

Eddie stops moving, hand holding yours going to your cheek. "No one asked you?"

You shake your head, "It ended up being okay, had a movie night with some other weirdos."

He remembers his own anti-prom with the guys, pizza and beer that he got Rick to buy for him.

"But it's okay," you reassure, "Cause now I get to have my first slow dance with you."

"We're doin' a lot of firsts together, aren't we?" he teases.

"Yeah," you nod, "And this is like, y'know, kinda like prom." "Sort of," he laughs, pulling you tighter, two stepping again to the rhythm. You give him a mischevious smile, teashing.

"Are you going to the after party? I hear they're gonna have winecoolers," you joke.

Eddie grins, boyish, "Oh yeah, yeah, I'll be there."

"Good 'cause uh," you lean to to whisper, giggling at your own bit, "They're gonna play seven minutes in heaven."

"No way," he gasps in fake astonishment, "Is there uh -- is there anyone you're hoping to land on?"

"Well um," you flick your eyes as him flirtily, "There's this one guy."

"This one guy?"

"Yeah and I was hoping like, after the dance." you continue in an exaggerated Valley Girl accent, "We could like, make out after."

"Yeah?" Eddie asks, voice deepening, smoky.

"Yeah."

"Yeah, we can um," he leans in to kiss you, deep and slow, "We can definitely make out after."

[desultory-novice]

> "...Is this what it feels when one loses their own child...?"

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"...I can't forgive your Zero on either of their behalves but..." "...Thank you. Those feelings do count for something."

How strange. Though similar sounding... ...that voice did not come from the boy in front of you.

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AN: Ahhhh! Thank you for writing something so beautiful and poignant about Noir and your Zero's relationship with its own Dark Matter "child!" It really tugged at my heartstrings...! (Also, I really like the whole cosmology you've built...!) [edited]

Amaterasu, what do you think of some of the other competitors in the tourney?

@kirbyoctournament

“If I talk about all of my thoughts, we’ll be here all day, so perhaps I should talk about a couple.”

“Rubi, my competitor… they’re cute, not going to lie. I’m surprised that she is friends with a dark matter.”

“Clark… I hope he gets out of the IKEA. Zero could really need another awoofy friend.”

Zero looks at Amaterasu, surprised. Amaterasu gave it a smug look.

“Rimuri… they seem nice. Them being the new leader of the dark matter of their world was surprising to me, but considering that each Zero’s biology seems to differ from world to world, why should I be surprised?”

“Noir…”

Amaterasu’s smile fell.

“It… pains me to learn of his fate. I know that’s not my Zero doing those terrible things, but… it still hurts to hear that it did those terrible things to him…”

“…and the worst part? I can see it doing that exact same thing. Before Kirby came and changed its ways.”

“…say, where did our ‘Noir’ went, anyway?”

Zero looked away.

“…Kirby killed him. I saw it with my own eye.”

Amaterasu looked down.

“You… you said that he only wanted a friend, yes?”

Zero nodded slowly.

“I think, if we’ve met Kirby in different circumstances, then he could have… we could have…”

Zero trailed off. It then looked upwards. A red tear fell from its eye.

“Is this what it feels when one loses their own child?”

“I… I didn’t even feel guilty…”

Amaterasu placed her hand on the fallen god’s fur, massaging it. Comforting it. Zero closed its eye, feeling content.

And yet…

“…sometimes, I wonder why you forgive me despite everything I did.”

Amaterasu looked at Zero.

“Because you’re not that person anymore. You don’t want to harm your children, even if they are defective or otherwise, right?”

Amaterasu then cleared her throat.

“Sorry, anon. It got off-topic at the end.”

Tsukuyomi pops out of nowhere.

“And how about Sir Uther?”

“Don’t vote for him. And don’t vote for Tsuku if he joins next year.”

“Hey! I was just trying to lighten up the mood!”

“I appreciate it, but I don’t think Amy forgives you for digging that up.”

Tsukuyomi pouted.

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OC owners in order of the mentioned characters (apologies!):

@dimensional-traveler3

@absolutely-zero-regrets

@zeros-witness

@desultory-novice

@quanblovk

[writer-of-fandoms-4321]

Not my Kids you furry.

So I read a crossover prompt from Halfagone, where Danny becomes a mentor/parent to Ladybug and Chat Noir, but here's my twist, because Danny's all but legally adopted these kids, he can sense their distress, and when they feel uncomfy. He has the same bond with a reformed Dan who has become a ball of teenage angst and goes by Dante, and Ellie. So when his kids go on a field trip to New York, Danny is understandably stressed, but then they get told off by Knight Owl, who then demands their Miraculous, and Danny who feels the spike of distress thinks the hell not.

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"If you know what's best for you, and those around you, you will hand over your power sources."

"Yeah no, they're not doing that."

All eyes snapped towards the voice, it held an echo to it, both Ladybug and Chat Noir Visibly relax at the sound of someone they know, Ladybug's eyes are slightly watery as they turn to the soft tenor voice that held no room for arguement.

Barbara can't help but wince slightly, she hadn't meant to drive them to tears. Sparrow is practically vibrating with anxiety next to her wife, and Uncanny look...of put. Uncertain.

Barbara finally takes in the figure who has now planted himself between the American Heros and the Parisian teens. His hair is glowing white, and stark against the sky, his suit looks more like an amourized lab suit with a stylized 'D' on the chest, toxic green eyes held her gaze with righteous fury, a crown engulfed in green fire flicked above his head, a medivial shoulder peice held a cloak over his shoulders, the cloak looked as though it was made of the very stars.

Ladybug and Cat Noir had both ducked under the engulfing cloak, hiding and likly seeking comfort.

Ignoring the steadily building static in the air Barbara pushes forward.

"And you are?"

The being narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"Phantom , I know who you are, Barbara Keynes."

Everyone tenses as the being chuckles.

"Masks are useless against the dead Knight Owl."

He had switched back to her code name, because he had made a point.

"Mind telling me why you're yelling at my kids?"

barbara can feel a steady pressure against her head, daring her to continue, to say it again.

"I-" her voice got caught in her voice at sight of this creature's mouth, too many teeth why were there that many-

"Well?"

She swallowed thickly as the being smirked, showing off sharpened fangs.

With a nod, he opened a glowing portal and let Ladybug and Cat Noir through. Once they were though, he glared back, the world around them distorting.

"Listen to me well, you can come after me all you want, insult me, but not my kids you furry."

[desultory-novice]

「妹弟のためなら、今度はもうちょっと ヒーロらしくなってやろうじゃないか…！」

Making one of these was on my to-do list for a really long time. It's Noir's Star Allies Guest Star Pause Screen!

(Thanks to SkewedCanvas for the template/tutorial)

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Noir's Field Trip Masterpost

[sortanonymous]

Dudes, you won't believe this! Noir has a Tumblr! It's @darkmatterboi95! Let's all follow him!

(Thanks @desultory-novice for bringing him out of silence! Maybe he was just hiding online and faking his death for 29 years! Wait until Adeleine sees this!)

[desultory-novice]

"...Huh. Shape-shifting abilities."

(The only time I was ever able to shift my shape was when Adeleine...)

Noir touches his collar

(Sounds like the only way to escape this was...) (...to never have done it. Right...)

"Yeah. That checks..." "...Anyway, good luck and stuff..."

Noir walks away just as a loud man in green armor walks up

AN: Agh! I forgot I hand't reblogged this yet! The upshot is it gave me time to draw this because Uther's ask immediately following this one was too funny to me!

Tagging @rosiegardenlove @quanblovk and @shippyo for Shade Knight, Sir Uther, and the beautiful Life!

@kirbyoctournament

"Hey... Uhhh..."

"...Nooo way! I can't do this! Just looking at him is messing with my head! He's like some kind of kid's TV friendly Dark Matter mascot!"

(...#$%! Didn't mean to say that out loud....)

"A-anyway... Nice...armor? What's with all the transformations and stuff? Is that a thing it just does or a skill you picked up?"

(Has anything been able to damage or break it? Ever? Just...curious...)

//Noir rolls a "1" attempting to communicate!! ...No pressure to answer all or any of this! Just sending it along because I've been really liking Shade Knight's story (and the fun costume changes!) and wanted to throw something your way! ^^

I think it's pretty cool the more I think about it. I didn't think my shapeshifting would work on my gear as well!

@kirbyoctournament

[azziebaddy]

The Acotar Boys: Pet Familiars Headcanons✨️💖

@prythianpages thank you for inspiring me hehe

Rhysand: Black Cat

'Spspspspsspspsppspspsps'

-Probably names it's something like 'Onyx' 'Frosty' 'Jet' 'Noir Sr the 3rd'

Likes to snuggle into his lap whilst he looks over reports 🥹

Cassian: Pitbull

'Mr worldwide tm'

- immediately adopts him on the spot after seeing him in the alleyway behind Rita's.

Helps comfort him after training sessions because he deserves some snuggles too 💖

Azriel : Ferret

'Come back here you little shit'

-noodle boy found Azriel when wondering the wild fields of autumn court. He got so transfixed with his shadows he jumps into his pocket.

Azriel gets secretly upset when he can't bring his familiar on a trip because it's too dangerous. His shadows whisper

'Friend where friend where friend where'

Helion : Shrimp

'Hey have you ever met my friend Shrimp'

-he's got so much Riz that one day he bought a shrimp to see if he could charm a woman with it

Ended up bro-ing with the shrimp too hard that some days he just doesn't feel like going to the club, instead building a little sanctuary for his new familiar

Eris: Snake

'Sssssssoo lassssstttt ssssseeeaassssssonnnnnn Diiiooorreer'

- his snake is an ancient familiar that understands the hardships Eris faces. He decides to accept his new bond with Eris after judging that his designer outfit is worthy enough to have them hang round his neck

The dogs guard the Court; the snake guards the future High Lord.

[psychhound]

happy nearly halloween :D it's itch sale time!! come get yalls ttrpgs

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[kawaiichibiart]

Adrien bonding with the Gotham City Sirens is something I think I've only seen in like, two fanfics.

The first is a bio!mom Harley Quinn, bio!dad Joker fic, where Harley asks the Batfam to look after her daughter (Marinette) when she visits, because she's apparently coming to Gotham (class field trip) despite being told it was dangerous. Iirc, she and Adrien are either dating or have a sibling like relationship, it's been a while. Marinette obviously introduces Adrien to her moms and they end up bonding for a while. It was only one chapter, since the majority of the story is moreso focused on Marinette and her asking the Bats to help with the Hawkmoth or whatever he's going by, situation. And of course what the class is doing. The fic isn't done, nor has it been updated in a while, so there might have been more bonding there. I would have loved to see Ivy talk to Adrien about how her more dangerous plants liked him and slowly be the first to learn about him wielding the cat miraculous and thus, the powers of destruction (because we learn around the end of the chapter where Adrienette visit Harley that Ivy's more dangerous plants like Adrien while her other plants, such as flowers, were scared of him). Again, it's been a while, so take this summary with a grain of salt.

The other is a more recently discovered fic, and it's a dimension travel fic, where Ladybug and Chat Noir are fighting Monarch, but Monarch is winning. And as things seems to come to a bad end, Chat Noir manages to get the Rooster Miraculous back, but at the cost of breaking it. I can't remember how they entered a different dimension, if it was Monarchs doing or if Chat Noir managed to get some last use of the Rooster so they could get somewhere safe. Either way, they end up in a different universe, and more specifically, in Gotham. They decide to hide out but of course, the Bats find them. But they aren't able to find out who they are or where they came from, to them these are just some really beat up kids. Meanwhile, they quickly learn who the Bats are, thanks to: THE POWERS OF ANIMAL INSTINCTS!! Yeah, Adrien could smell them (Jason/Red Hood and Damian/Robin) and realized it was same smell. And while that's happening, Adrien also heads out as Chat Noir and meets Catwoman. Stuff happens, Selina manages to get Barbara to help her find out his secret ID, and they find out. Selina brings Chat Noir to where she, Harley and Ivy live and talks him into letting her help. He does and she reassures him that Ladybug won't be mad. She even lets him know her secret ID and let's him know she knows his, and then she learned they knew who the Bats were. Again, stuff happens. And iirc, she called dibs. You'd think I'd remember this one better, but I don't, which sucks because I love this fic.

[desultory-novice]

"A basilisk! I thought a basilisk'd be more lizard like, and I've filed all lizards away with frogs as giant pests. Literal, because they grow to the size of doors on my planet. It's bad! But I'm ready to come around on them now if there are more basilisks like you!"

"!! Oh, yeah! King Dedede! That's his name! Sorry, everything feels so fast (??) that I'm having trouble sorting through memories right now! I'm sure everything will come back to me soon! Birds support birds! And he's your dad? That's amazing!! My dad might've been a bird too? My little sister said he had wings but I never saw them!"

"But like you said, Adeleine and me are definitely humans, so I'm pretty sure she was just imagining it!"

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AN: It's a Noir in your style!! Ahhh! He's so friend shaped, I love him! I would put him on my desk as my little buddy, he's so cute! Thank you! I hope I drew Fy just as well!!

Also, sorry that Noir is SO cheery now he's throwing people off. Poor boy can't socialize properly under any conditions! Plus his head is highly scrambled atm! XD

@kirbyoctournament

"PENGUIN SPOTTED!!" "I can't believe there's a PENGUIN here at the..."

"...Oh, wait.... You're not a penguin. Those wings and tail..."

"Are you a DRAGON?! That is THE coolest thing I've ever seen! A penguin-dragon hybrid!! You're so fuzzy too! And blue! You really remind me of his majesty! (Majesty of what...? Shiver Star doesn't have kingdoms, does it?) But yeah! The color of your feathers and the way you dress! You look so much like him! Have you met him?"

"He's this really great guy! He calls himself the 'great king' and he deserves the title, for sure! He's helped me out a couple of times (can't quite remember them in detail) and he's been really good to my sister. He's also THE strongest hero in Dream Land! (Oh yeah! Dream Land! That's the name of the kingdom.) I mean, of COURSE a penguin would be the strongest hero, right? You'd understand! Anyway, my name's Noir! It's nice to meet you!"

AN: Noir has lost his cursed sword for the moment and the resulting explosion of emotions has rendered him in a state of foolish fanboyish euphoria! (That also has him confusedly glazing over all his traumatic memories!)

(Sorry for the blurriness)

Ah, hello Mr. Noir...! Er, the name's Fylass...! And you could say I am...! Although, probably the term ''Basilisk'' fits me better...! Thanks for calling me cool and all too...! I appreciate all compliments...

I also assume that you're talking about King Dedede, yeah...? Well... Indeed, I do know him - in fact, he's now... uh... my dad, so to speak. Birds support birds, that's what they say... Also, your sister...? You are a human... So... I guess I have an idea on who your sister is...

But overall, nice to meet you...!

(...I didn't know there were other humans, still...)

[jennagrinsoverml]

HI i love your fic recs! This is gonna sound really specific but do you have any good fics about time? I'm thinking Bunnix-involved, time loops, alternate universes... it's been on my mind lately. thank you so much!

I had a lot of fun with this list! I feel like this one has been anxiously awaited since I posted about it a while back haha

Remember That Time When... by @mostlovedgirl

Twenty-two-year-old Marinette Agreste was looking forward to the anniversary trip she would be taking with her husband Adrien that weekend. Those plans are derailed when she wakes up in her old bedroom... and she’s seventeen again.

Multi-chapter. This fic is so fun, and I love the way it plays with both sides of the time travel trope. On the one hand you’ve got Adrien and Marinette suddenly transported to a future where they’re married, while in their time, they’re not together (though Marinette’s crazy in love with him of course). And on the other hand, you’ve got married Adrienette back in the past needing to pretend they’re not even together! It’s sweet and fun, and I loved seeing both how Adrienette got there, as well as what they’re like as an established couple at the same time.

A Hundred Thursdays by Midnight Musume (Peas)

Marinette is stuck repeating the same day over and over. Her friends (and especially Chat Noir) help her cope.

Two-shot. Groundhog day type fic where Marinette’s stuck in a time loop. (In the second chapter, Adrien’s the one who is stuck.) It’s extremely well executed, and I really enjoyed the Marichat dynamic, especially with how it was influenced by the interactions Marinette had (or did not have) with Adrien earlier in the day.

Clairvoyance by @whatarubberchicken

Being hit by an akuma is not usually this delightful. Or bright. Or completely eye-opening.

One-shot. This fic hits me right in the feels, with Chat Noir being transported to a perfect future where he’s married with children and so, so happy, and it’s just so beautiful. Before, of course, the akuma’s power is ended and it’s over.

Eight Years Overnight by @coffeebanana

All Adrien wanted was to finish grading papers and have a relaxing weekend with his family. He most definitely did NOT expect Bunnyx to show up and drag him eight years into the future. When Ladybug followed her husband into the future, she didn't expect to see him playing the part of the villain. She didn't expect fourteen-year-old Emma to follow her through, either. And Chat Noir from the future was wrong to think that saving his kidnapped wife would be a piece of cake the second time around.

OR: Ladynoir July with a time-travelling twist.

Multi-chapter. This fic is exactly the kind of fic I’m usually thinking of when I think of a time travel fic. It’s a little bit confusing in the way that such stories always are, but the confusion is really kept to a minimum. It’s so interesting because the love square get together is not a component of this fic, they’re married in both times! But it works so well, and the trust they have in each other in both times is a recurring theme and it’s beautiful. This is plotty and well constructed. 

Why Are You Like This? by @carpisuns

An older Chat Noir shows up in the middle of a class field trip with a special mission for his younger self.

Two-shot. This is sweet, hilarious, and utterly perfect. Chat Noir meddles in the love square and it cracks me up.

A Sound of Thunder by Tempomental

“Bye-bye, little… actually, that’s your line, isn’t it? Sorry.”

Ladybug stared at the man in front of her. Tall. Shaggy, but not unkempt blond hair. Oh yeah, and he was wearing a Ladybug costume.

“Who - who are you?”

“Oh, right, sorry.” He drew himself up to his full height and proudly announced, “My name is Adrien Agreste, and I’ve come from the future to rescue you!”

Multi-chapter. Adrien also comes back from the future to help out with the ladybug miraculous. It’s extremely intense and well written and every time I thought I had spotted a problem in the writing, it turned out to be a plot element but holy shit I thought I was going to die with how intense this is. If you like plot, you will absolutely LOVE this fic.

when you weren’t mine to lose by @bugsandchatons

Change is a scary thing, especially when it feels like nothing has stayed the same.

It’s been a year since Marinette became the Guardian of the Miracle Box - a year of struggling beneath a burden she never asked for, a weight that has her leaning on her partner more and more as the hours fly by, of letting him come to her, too, when he needs a soft place to land. A year of falling for the boy who takes on the world by her side with a smile made of sunlight, and fighting the growing urge to tell him what he means to her.

After all, they’ll have time enough for that when Paris is safe.

But when the unthinkable happens, Marinette learns the tragedy of loving someone quietly, and the lines she’ll cross to save him.

Multi-chapter. This is what happens when Ladybug loses Chat Noir: she uses Hawkmoth to go back in time to save him. It hurts in all the best ways and the writing is absolutely gorgeous and somehow we still get a happy ending!