#sad marinette

[diamaker-moon]

Saving What's Left — Chapter Three

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The next morning came rather peacefully than normal. Hawkmoth still hasn't sent out an akuma which she is happy with, yet worried that the villain is planning something big once again like what happened with the Scarlet Moth incident especially since Lila Rossi is still parading near her.

School life is mundane for her at this moment. Since every day is like a repeat of the previous day, get to school, get accused by her once called 'best friend', get reprimanded by an incompetent teacher, and once again during the afternoon. In all honesty, she was tired of it. All she wanted to do now is finish her grade and stop Hawkmoth to put the miraculous at rest for a century. Hopefully.

Walking up to school in a rather new style of hers, she could feel every student's eyes on her. And despite the awkwardness that is starting to bubble in her stomach, she slightly tilted her head upwards and tried to walk in confidence not minding any of the lingering stares and mumbled whispers in her way. She entered the locker room only to see a crowd gathered around people who are screaming at the top of their lungs.

Marinette pushed her way through it and saw Chloé and Césaire going at it against each other. She moved her gaze and saw the door of her locker in ruins.

It looked as if someone used it as their punching bag and spray painted it with the word 'bitch' in bright red colour. Her gaze hardened before looking around and saw the slight smirk on someone's face and right there Marinette knew who was responsible for the destruction of it.

Before she could step forward Damocles, the disgrace of a principal, and Mendeleiev, one of the few staff in Dupont that knows about the ongoing b*llshit in the school, stepped out of the crowd.

"What is the meaning of this?!" Damocles shouted.

Alya Césaire looked at them and a sigh of relief came out of her mouth, "Look, Principal Damocles, Marinette destroyed her locker door and tried to frame it at Lila!"

Marinette saw the annoyed expression of her blonde friend, "Don't you ever accuse her, of your crimes!"

The moment the blonde spoke, they returned to their screaming match. It was the time that Marinette thought she put a stop to it, so she stepped out and all eyes are on her suddenly. Some were surprised by the blank expression on her face, knowing that she is the type of person that wears her heart on her sleeve and is easy to read like a book.

"Why don't we just open everyone's locker to see who did it, or we can just check the cameras that are pointing right at the view of the lockers." She said, at the corner of her eyes, she saw the person pale immensely and inside she is rejoicing at the sight of it.

As every student look up to see a security camera attached to the wall, she knew that the person will definitely be in a lot of trouble and she'll use every inch of this incident to make sure they know not to mess with her at this crucial moment of her life.

——— •• ◆ •• ———

In class, Marinette's thoughts wandered away to the thought of a different universe. Deep inside she knows she should not mess with fate. It is a type of taboo that someone that holds ancient powers should clear their head of any kind of destruction that fate will not approve of.

However, she, a guardian who has a whole box of ancient jewels sitting in her room, a pair of earrings in her earlobes and a ring hanging down on a chain hidden inside her clothing is a huge temptation for her. Mindlessly fidling the necklace she had created, her eyes moved to the direction of her friends that are now sporting a new type of accessory on their body.

Despite any warnings in her mind, she continued her drowning journey to the abyss of temptation, the temptation of making a wish and hoping all this never happened, or the temptation of going back in time where she can manage to give up the Ladybug Miraculous and continue her life without any link to the miraculouses and being ignorant to any information about it. The pit in her mind continues to create multiple scenarios of her being a normal girl with no powers. It was a dream for her.

"Mari, you okay? You've been silent for a while." Chloé asks in a whispered voice.

Marinette smiled at her and nodded at her that she is okay. Chloé now had a look of worry on her face but chose to ignore it for now and ask later before facing the front again.

The next thing she heard was the bell ringing indicating that it is already lunchtime and students are now standing up and clearing their tables before heading out.

"Hey, I might not join you guys today. I have to go somewhere first." She said.

Her friends nodded, and thus she left before them.

She arrived at her destination. A ruined building with a magnificent garden in the other direction away from her school. The neighbour agreed to let her sit around there and waste time in her own world for a few minutes.

Looking around the garden, she feels like she is in paradise. A world where she doesn't need to shoulder any world-threatening problems, that she doesn't need to police her own emotions in order to not fall victim to Hawkmoth. As her thoughts wander, she didn't feel the silent tears running down her face. She was staring ahead mindlessly.

Marinette knew that despite her best efforts in fighting this battle, she had a small feeling inside her that knew she wasn't fit for any of this. However, she didn't know that the feeling is mixed with regret, anger and sadness.

The anger of being chosen. The anger she had for her Master, that he had picked her, a young school girl who had big dreams in life, to be the heroine that she isn't. A heroine that is ready to give up and set aside her dreams to protect and save her people. Marinette knew she isn't that heroine.

The regret of going back. Upon meeting Tikki, she decided to give it up and chose to pass it on, her regret of going back to that very box she passed to someone and trying to be the heroine that the city needs. Every type of regret is gnawing at her. The regret of letting her dreams slip through her fingers. New York, is a city of high-end fashion. As the heroine of this forsaken city, her regret of declining a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity hangs in her mind.

And lastly, the sadness of losing everything one by one.

Her innocence to the horrors of the world, she lost it the moment she stepped up as Ladybug. In exchange for the heroic deeds she had done for the city, all she gets in return is betrayal from her previous friends, loneliness after losing the person she thought will be by her side at the time they defeat the villain, the thought of being alone in a city with knowledge of ancient magic that is used for goodwill. Everything in her life was a mess. She's only 14.

She's only fourteen.

——— •• ◆ •• ———

The sound of sobbing brought him out of his reading zone. Looking behind the tree he was hiding, he saw a girl silently tearing up with her eyes staring ahead blankly.

The sobs leaving her lips were loud yet silent.

In his eyes the girl was beautiful. Porcelain skin, midnight hair with blue reflections and those blue eyes that complements her. He couldn't understand the sudden feeling of walking up towards her and wiping away that sorrowful look on her face. But he chose to stop himself and stare only. His gaze pierced her form, but she was oblivious to it.

The sudden sound of an explosion shocked her and when she looked towards the direction of the sound, his eyes also moved and he saw a huge Akuma running rampant once again.

When his eyes moved back to the girl, she was already gone.

At one moment he thought that maybe the person is only a figment of his imagination, that the girl that captured his attention is only his own fantasy.

He resumed his position and went back to reading, ignoring the screams of destruction from the Akuma and screams of distress from its victims. He knows that the city's heroes will solve it, and he doesn't need to be involved as he doesn't have anything to help with it.

Maybe reading under the shade of this tree is a good thing, at least he got to see a weeping angel in a garden of paradise.

——— •• ◆ •• ———

continuing…

T A G L I S T:

@demonicbusiness @imtallerthanyou @vixen-uchiha @chocolatecatstheron @arcticfox847 @autisticamerican (you were listed before as american-fangirl-7) @lady-bee-fechin @trippingovermyfeet @dancinglifeboat @celestethegoddess @eventhedarkestlightshines @fandom-trapped-03 @hikari55ttva @lovelyautumnsunflower @iglowinggemma28 @ravennightingaleandavatempus @robyalix @kanamexzeroyaoifangirl @doglover82 @a-star-with-a-human-name @pasteile @celestial-slytherin-blog @mewwitch @kanamexzeroyaoifangirl @its-maemain @artisticarson (please lemme know which story you want to be tagged in) @fantasylover-92 @ravennightingaleandavatempus

p.s: Please let me know if you want to be tagged in the next chapter XD

[x-ae-z]

I'm gonna start posting my edits here as well, haha. Anyways, season 4 was a really hard one for poor Marinette Dupain-cheng :( Like, i really want to give her a hug

[bigfatbreak]

Wait.. so did child-Marinette straight up meet a talking snake boy who asked to marry her and was just like “yeah sure sounds reasonable :)”

It was actually pretty recently, but Luka's being realistic in that neither of them are "adults," so their engagement is purely verbal. However, Marinette's promise was very genuine.

[westywallowing]

cursed by the snake! 🐍

[cookiedough77]

for @buggachat 's bakery au, this au and art has a chokehold on me frfr

based off of this:

[bklily]

Baking a cookie of her boyfriend because she misses him :( he's only away for a week visiting family

(based on that one draw your ship format on twitter)

[miraculouslbcnreactions]

In Defense of Marinette

I like Marinette. While there are many valid criticisms of her writing, the same can be said for literally every other character and she's actually doing pretty well given that she's the main character. After all, in a show where consistent characterization is an ongoing issue, the one with the most screen time will probably be the one who's the biggest victim of the issue.

This is heavily exacerbated by the rule that supposedly governs Miraculous. Namely that, in each story, Marinette must make a mistake. Or, at least, so says the head writer:

I really do not care what this guy says on Twitter or anywhere else. I only care about what's in the show because, if you have to go outside the text to understand the text, then you have no idea how to tell a good story.

However, unlike many of the tweets that I've seen, this one isn't some BS bit of lore. It's a writing rule and it has substantial backing in the text. It's extremely rare to have an episode where Marinette comes out smelling like roses and that's a problem because Miraculous has over 100 episodes. In other words, to follow this rule, the writers have to come up with over 100 ways for Marinette to be wrong so of course she's going to come across poorly. Why would you do this to your main character?

It's extremely common for kids shows to have a "lesson of the day" element to them. Someone always needs to learn something, but I've never seen a show misunderstand the assignment so badly. Learning a lesson is not the same as doing something wrong.

It's been a while since I watched the 2010 version of My Little Pony, but it really leaned into that whole "lesson of the day" thing and it actually knew what it was doing, so I'm going to talk about it briefly to discuss things that Miraculous should have done.

The first thing to note is that MLP had an unambiguous main character - Twilight Sparkle - but Twilight was not the one who learned all of the lessons. She had a pet dragon and a crew of five friends who would, occasionally, be the ones to learn the lesson because there were lots of lessons that simply didn't fit Twilight's character. Instead of warping Twilight to make the idea work (cough cough Ikari Gozen cough), the writers just let someone else have the spotlight for a bit.

This is an excellent way to build out your cast and Miraculous had plenty of opportunities to do it. For example, Lila should not have been Marinette's issue. The fact that Lila hates Marinette could have certainly stuck around, but the one who takes her down and learns to investigate her sources? That should have been Alya. A liar is the perfect enemy for an investigative journalist, but a poor enemy for someone who shines as a battlefield commander and overthinks when she's given too much time.

Another way that MLP would teach lessons was to have someone other than Twilight or the main crew cause the issue that they then had to deal with. This leads to one of the best moments in children's television:

And, frankly? Marinette deserves a moment like this. That poor girl has been through hell and is never allowed to make the right call when it really matters. The show will even completely rewrite its lore to make her fail (see: Strike Back). That is such an awful thing to do to your lead! Shows about female empowerment should include women feeling powerful and, no, Lila and Chloe don't count!

Also, the show is literally about Gabriel taking advantage of people who are upset. You don't need to have Marinette make a mistake to shoehorn in a life lesson. Akumas are life lesson fodder and season 1 actually seemed to get this. I'm not sure why they switched gears to "Marinette is the star and, therefore, must always be wrong."

The final way that MLP taught lessons was to have Twilight do something wrong because having your main character do something wrong is a totally valid way to teach lessons. It just shouldn't be your only way because you know who is always wrong in children's media?

Villains.

They wrote Marinette like a villain.

And a large part of the fandom hates her for it because of course they do.

You're not supposed to like villains.

[mochinek0]

Looking Back (Part 1)

Adrien couldn't help but look at Marinette across the room. The only thing that bothered him so much was that she was there with her husband, Damian Wayne. He saw the smile he missed; saw her laughing with friends. He could see how close she was to him, every time she turned and looked at him to continue the story.

"How did you meet your husband, Marinette?"

"Yeah he doesn't look familiar."

"Did he go to school with us; I feel like I would have remembered him."

"Uncle Jagged took me on tour when I graduated, half way through the year, and I met Damian during one of the stops." Marinette answered.

Adrien looked away and noticed his friends were uncomfortable. Some people, those closest to Mari, stopped listening to Lila. Kitty Section had launched to stardom with their amazing clothes, lyrics and Jagged Stones backing. The others…..'Did I do the right thing?' was running across their minds.

"Hey, let's get out of here for a bit." Kim spoke, "I need a drink.

"Alya nodded, "It's….unnerving, right now."

"I don't know." Nino declared.

"It'll only be for an hour." Kim sighed, "There's a place to drink a block away. We can walk over and back."

"We can take my car." Adrien smiled, "I'll probably only have one drink."

Outnumbered, Nino groaned, "I'll drive us back."

After a quick round up, they left to a near by bar.

"This isn't how I expected this reunion to go!" Alya whined, "I thought Marinette would be miserable and we would be telling her, 'You should have be nicer to Lila'. Why is her life; her friends' life, better than ours?"

"Odine broke up with me two months after she found out that I had pulled a prank on Marinette when we were twelve." Kim sighed, "She never got over it. She said I was heartless and a monster to do that to a girl. She said she would be terrified of having daughters with me. I wasn't even thinking that far ahead."

"Looks like you are now." Nathaniel stated.

"I- She was the first girl to confess to me and our dates weren't horrible!" Kim retorted.

Alix chuckled, "Thought that was Marinette."

The former swimmer growled, "Shut up! It's not my fault that girls only want some slim-fit guy!"

"Mylene and Ivan are married." Nino pointed out, "Neither of them are 'slim-fit'."

"That's right!" Alya shouted, "You're blaming us, but guys only want model types. Where's the love for curvy girls, huh? Show me thicc love, dammit!"

"I don't know." Kim spoke, "Where did it go, Nino?"

The DJ rolled his eyes, "It was a mutual break up. We had conflicting schedules and barely had time to talk to each other. It was a ten minute talk at most and then class or sleep. Even now, most dates I've had have been coffee because I'm tired after a gig."

Nino realized his best friend had been quiet so far. He was sure he would have defended himself when his long-time ex brought up models. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted five shot glasses.

"Hey, Dude, are you okay?" Nino questioned, "You ususally don't drink this much."

Adrien turned to Nino and pouted, "I should have married Marinette."

The model didn't expect the table to erupt in laughter.

"Nice one, Dude." Nino smiled, "I understand you want to be included."

"I'm serious!" Adrien whined.

"Dude, if you really feel that way, you only have yourself to blame." his best friend stated.

"Huh?" Adrien replied, confused.

"You were the blindest idiot, as a teen." Alix cackled.

Alya rolled her eyes, "Mari was head over heels for you. It's why she bullied Lila, duh."

Adrien tried to shake off the alcohol, "Bullied Lila?"

Alya took another sip, "You know because you and Lila were dating."

"I would never date that Bitch!" the model shouted.

Everyone froze and looked at him.

"What?" Kim questioned.

"I never dated Lila." the Agreste heir snarled, "I would have never-She's not my type. Fuck, I would never date a model, period. I have always hated modeling; both Chloe and Mari knew that. I did it to get my father's attention."

Everyone looked at each other as the web of lies began to untangle in front of them. After all these years, the thread had begun to snap.

"You all thought Mari was bullying Lila because she liked me?" Adrien continued to rant, "You forget she helped me get with Kagami. Kagami even told me she tried to get us back together. Hell, 'Gami had a crush on her, but ended up with Felix instead. She still says that if Mari suddenly wanted to get together, she'd drop Felix."

No one knew what to say. Everything they thought they knew, that kept them as friends was slowly coming undone. They had been 'Team Lila' for the longest time and now….what were they? Adrien never dated Lila. Adrien said he would never date her. He believed Marinette wouldn’t bully Lila simply because Lila had feelings for him because Marinette helped him get a girlfriend. If that was all true, why did Lila say they dated? Why did she say Marinette bullied her? As if a distant echo, they recalled Marinette calling their friend a liar. Had Lila really lied to them all this time?

Kim let out a loud belch, "Like we believe that." his speech slurring.

"You're saying I'm lying?" Adrien questioned.

Mr. 'Just A Friend' had feelings for her?" Kim answered, "Yeah, right."

"Mr. what?" Adrien asked.

"It's your catchphrase." the former swimmer laughed, "I'm sure you all remember. 'Who, Marinette? No! She's just a friend. She's a good friend. She's a great friend. You'll like her once you get to know her and be friends with her. She's an amazing friend'."

Alix yawned, getting bored of the dying party, "You had 'FRIENDZONE' tattooed on your forehead."

Alya relaxed. She had been so close to believeing that she had betrayed the wrong person, but Adrien having feelings for Marinette was laughable at this point.

"Marinette obviously got tired of hearing how much of a 'friend' she was to you." Alya declared, "The shit I had to listen to when we were friends! How 'dreamy' you looked. The names of you imaginary kids! You two gettign a hamster."

"She found someone better." Alix shrugged, "He's taller and looks strong as hell. The only things you share in common are green eyes and wealthy families."

"Gold digging, Bitch." Alya snarled.

"I thought that, too." Alix admitted, "From what Juleka tells me, Marinette makes more than Adrien alone on her fashion commissions. That's without using her muscle hubby or his family name. Rose said that not even Luka compares. Kitty Section went with them to the Caribbean and …muscles and scars. Said Mari couldn't keep her eyes of him and they barely saw her after that."

"Demon God." muttered Nathaniel.

"Demon God?" questioned Nino.

"His brothers call him 'Demon Spawn', but he's chiseled like the sexy Lucifer marble statues that the church said no to." Nathaniel groaned, "I should have taken my chance, too."

Nino glanced at Adrien and saw him tearing up.

'Shit.'

"Okay, I think we get the idea." the DJ stated, trying to change the subject.

"Alya's right. We tried to get them together so many times, but he always thought they were 'friendly outings' even though eveyone had a date." Kim continued.

Nathaniel took another shot, "Imagine getting kissed by the most popular girl at school and thinking she was 'just being nice'."

"Lila?" Alya replied, "I thought-"

"Lila was popular in class, only." Nathaniel answered, "Marinette was popular all over school. The true 'Queen' of the school."

Adrien quickly stood up, scraping his chair against the floor, and rushed out. Nino quickly rushed out after him.

"What's his problem?" Kim asked.

Alya's eyes trailed after Nino's back before she took another drink and turned back to the group.

Nino quickly spotted Adrien's car. He slowly approached it and found him sobbing in the passenger's seat.

'At least he didn't think he could drive.'

Nino walked around and sat in the driver's side. He simply patted his friend's back.

"Did-Is what Kim said true?" Adrien asked.

Nino unintentionally paused his hand's movements, trying to decide what would be best.

"Nino!" Adrien shouted, "You're my best friend! Is what-"

"Yes." he answered.

He could feel the weight of Adrien's gaze on him.

"We did try setting you up with Marinette." Nino spoke, calmly, "Everyone in the school could see she liked you. I don’t know when she stopped; we truly believed that she was mean to Lila because Lila was with you."

"Not in a million years." Adrien replied.

"You sure?" Nino asked, looking at his friend.

"Not even if it brought my mother back." Adrien growled, "I can't stand her."

Nino started the car as Adrien sunk into his seat. They drove in silence, but he faintly heard the model's sniffles. He knew Adrien might not possibly remember the night and he didn't want to say anything that was too damaging. It was a conversation for another time…if there ever was.

Adrien thanked Nino as they got out of the car and he took the keys form him, "She looked happy tonight, didn't she? Her smiles were always the brightest."

Nino watched as tears fell down his friend's cheeks. Adrien quickly turned and went inside. Nino sighed and took out his phone.

"Yo, Max. I need a ride." he spoke, "Got a minute to spare?"

[wield-the-mighty-pen]

Just to clarify, having a favorite side of the lovesquare is not- ‘this side is objectively better and more moral than all other sides’ or ‘this side is the only side worth shipping’

Having a favorite side of the lovesquare is loving and appreciating all sides of the lovesquare because they are all the same two people and just overall enjoying the lovesquare as a whole, but also having one particular side that makes your heart extra giddy whenever you see them and makes you especially excited to watch their scenes

[staab]

So this is a re-upload because I fixed a few things in the animatic and tumblr took down the original. I’m so freaking sad, but here it is… again

[dead-girl-tells-stories]

I have another idea for a story, but I once again don't know what to write, so I'm building a skeleton.

It's a DC x DP x ML crossover. Damien, Marinette, and Danny are triplets born into the LoA. From birth, they were taught to not see each other as siblings but as rivals for Ra's attention. When they were five, they were dipped (more like dropped) into the pits for the first time. Danny never comes back out. The second time was when they were six. Damien and Marinette came back from a mission gravely injured. Marinette doesn't come back out. Damien becomes the sole heir.

As one can imagine, Danny and Marinette aren't dead but simply taken to where they were needed at the time. That being said, things for these two characters go mostly according to their respective shows after they integrate into society. With the exception that the two of them are more competent and don't fight like rabid raccoons. But things take a dark turn when they turn sixteen.

Marinette

. After finding out that his father is Hawkmoth, Adrien is unable to carry the weight of being the holder of the cat Miraculous, as he doesn't want to fight his father and gives it to Ladybug. He promptly moves to the States to further his modeling career. Marinette, unable to find someone else worthy to be the holder of the cat Miraculous, stores it away and becomes the sole hero of Paris (with occasional helpers). But because of this, her two lives get more intertwined, and she is forced into a corner where she has to choose between being Ladybuy or Marinette.

. But she doesn't get a chance as Hawkmoth is dethroned and replaced by an even greater threat. She is forced to take on the persona of LadyNoir. Her life crumbles as she tries her hardest to balance her life as a hero and a person. She tries to save everyone but someone always ends up getting hurt. Whether it be her as Marinette, clinging to what little of her life is left. Or her as LadyNoir, with no choice but to watch innocent civilians die because she couldn't think of a better plan that could've saved everyone.

. It gets to the point where she makes an unforgivable wish. But every wish has a cost. She only finds out the price when she is forced to stand behind an invisible wall and watch as her life replays before her eyes, the film slowly burning away till there's nothing left. She cries as she falls into an ocean of familiar Lazarus green.

Danny

. Danny's life is also crumbling around him as he struggles to separate his human life from his ghost half. But after becoming the Ghost King, things only became more complicated and even more dangerous as more ghosts started coming through the portal to challenge him for the crown. And while he would really love to give it away, the guys that kept fighting him for it are very clearly evil. So he has to keep fighting, winning, and solidifying his position as the King of the Infinite Realms. But with every win comes a newfound power. Power he doesn't want. Power that scares him.

. It gets to the point when Danny has to drop out of school. He wasn't even scoring double digits anymore so what was the sense of keeping him? But Danny couldn't stay home either, it was too dangerous as his ghost and human halves were slowly becoming one. And his parents' obsession was slowly becoming a threat to him. He thought he had the solution. He was going to shut down the portal and leave Amity Park.

. It was perfect really, as no ghost portal meant no ghost. And he couldn't be vivisected if neither the GIW nor his parents could catch him. He talked the plan over with team phantom and they reluctantly agreed. The ghost portal is destroyed, and Danny leaves Amity and files over Elmerton and a few other towns. But after flying for a while, Danny gets to a sort of border where nothing meets... NOTHING. On the other side was just an infinite void. Nothing.

. Danny slowly realizes that in this world, all he knew was Amity Park. He never actually traveled or went on field trips. Never went to visit extended family nor did any visit. No one 'new' ever came to Amity Park because they were all just nearby. He learned no relevant history besides Amity Park because there was nothing outside of Amity Park. When the realization had finally set in the world began to crumble into the void and it became a race against him and the void.

. Danny knew that he was fast but the void was faster, and before he knew it he was back in Amity. He was going to warn them and try to save as many people as he could. But saw something in their eyes. They already knew. Danny watched how teary eyes and big smiles, everyone and everything he loved crumbled into the void, fading into nothingness.

Scientists across the galaxy, the universe even, often theorize about how everything came to be. Well, it didn't start with a bang, that's for sure. 'Well then how did it start?' you might ask.

Well..., it started with some tears and a scream.

[donut-doodles-doodles]

I’m back!

Introducing Adrien 2! A thingie I’m working on

[the-chat-who-got-the-cream]

i think it’s so slay that they made adrien say that to marinette when chat blanc literally-

anyways does anyone else wonder how long chat blanc was there waiting by himself before past!marinette came along to fight him because i do 

[westywallowing]

i just think she's cute and neat 🦋

[anastuffsstuffs]

has anyone realised that one day miraculous will... end?

there will be a reveal, adrien and marinette will be together, there will be an enourmous finale and then it is over

I just did. I'm not well

[spittyfishy]

And now I know how Joan of Arc felt

Miraculous ladybug version of ‘Adoration of St.Joan of Acr’ by J. William Fosdick, because gosh those two girls are too young to have the fate of France on their shoulders