#this is coming from someone whose favorite side of the square is marichat

[frostedpuffs]

it is so funny how ppl in this fandom consistently forget that the love square are the same two people. how tf can u say u hate one side of the square or dont ship it. THEYRE THE SAME TWO PEOPLE. HELLO

[alexiethymia]

Love Square as of Love Eater (or me rambling through my feelings)

Hoo boy, so that finale eh? Anyway, this is an attempt for me to process through my thoughts. Definitely spoilery and slightly heading into headcanon territory.

I was wondering why when Marinette and Chat Noir ‘gave up’, why they didn’t choose the other? That would have solved the Love Square like solving a complicated rubiks cube. 

After all, hadn’t Marinette said (in one of the specials regarding Chat Noir) that if Adrien wasn’t around...? And another poster said it best, how they were so confused because Adrien’s body language kept indicating how he was falling in love with Marinette?

Well for me, it’s because of two factors, timing and safety. As in Luka and Kagami were the safer options. No doubt that both Marinette and Adrien are attracted to the latter two and could definitely love them, but let me explain.

Marinette and Luka

It’s obvious for Marinette. I don’t think she can ever bring herself to reciprocate Chat Noir’s feelings because of her self-confidence issues. For her she’ll never be as good as ladybug (and that was even starkly shown to her when Chat Noir ‘rejected’ ‘Marinette’ in Weredad), but even without that she is such a responsible girl that she’ll never put her own wants over that of Paris’ so there’ll always be those complications of secret identities and tangled emotions. So for Marinette, Luka is the safer option, and she feels her heart is safer with him because at least he sees or better yet ‘hears’ a part of her, even if not the whole part. 

So for this reason, as much as it would be a lovely development, I don’t think Marinette will reveal her identity as Ladybug to Luka if she couldn’t even reveal it to Chat Noir, her most trusted partner. For the same reason as above, her sense of responsibility, but also because of that desire of safety. She’ll always know that Luka’s feelings are for her and there’s no Ladybug to ‘interfere’ with that. But on the flip side, it’s unfortunate because Luka would never get to know her fully as she is, two sides of the same coin, Marinette and Ladybug. 

Adrien and Kagami

So how about Adrien and Kagami? Yes, I definitely see the attraction, but more than anything I see the understanding. It’s the same thing that Adrien shares with Lila and Chloe, that complicated family background and loneliness of being raised in a rich family, but unlike the former two, Kagami is principled and strong. With those two factors - a place of understanding borne from shared backgrounds, and traits that Adrien admires greatly as shown by how much he admires them in Ladybug (and also in Marinette to an extent), it’s no wonder that Adrien would choose her after ‘giving up’ on Ladybug. But like I said, it’s more of understanding, rather than passion.

So why do I consider Luka and Kagami the safer options? It’s because of their similarities to Marinette and Adrien respectively, the similar background, the similar interests and to an extent Marinette and Adrien know the latter two have feelings for them, and for those two who have been in unrequited love for so long, the feeling of the chance to have it requited must be a soothing balm to their egos and bruised hearts. 

Marinette and Adrien and that complicated thing called Timing

Truth be told, when it comes to the Love Square, I’m more heartbroken over the Lukanette development rather than the Adrigami side, because of the reason why I believe Kagami is the safer option rather than Marinette for Adrien.

As to the love square, Adrienette has always been my favorite ship (Marichat is a close second), and the side that has always fascinated me is Adrien ---> Marinette, because it’s always subconscious. 

Kagami is the safer option for Adrien because Adrien can fall in love with Marinette and will fall in love hard and fast given the chance (as can be seen in Oblivio, Adrien is the one to fall first). Personally, I think he’s already in the process, but what he lacks is awareness. 

Their problem is timing. Adrien was still in love with Ladybug when he told Marinette about the girl he likes, and Marinette thinks that girl is Kagami.

And can we just all give a hand to Marinette for her wonderful development?? She’s still in love with Adrien and she has her friendship with Kagami, but push comes to shove because she thinks they like each other, she makes the decision to back off because she believes it’s what’s best for the both of them. It’s both a good and bad development because it shows she’s matured from her time with Chloe and Lila (and really just wants what’s best for Adrien), but part of it has to do with her self-confidence issues because she doesn’t even put herself in the running, she doesn’t give Adrien a choice.

Because that’s the thing isn’t it? If Marinette hadn’t heard Adrien liked another girl, if she had confessed, if Adrien heard that confession...? What if right? Because I think it’s important that it’s not as if Marinette moved on because her feelings were rejected by Adrien. Because I think that there was a high chance of reciprocation had Adrien heard her feelings as if thinking, ‘oh, that’s it’ and feeling everything falling into place.

Because Adrien seemed hopeful when he thought Marinette was Ladybug in Kwamibuster. After all, hadn’t he said he’d love whoever was under the mask? But even that development is good (and isn’t it cute that ‘Marinette’s’ alter-ego is a mouse? it still matches with a cat, and I hope there’s an episode where Chat has to work with Multi Mouse, I think it’d be a funny scenario where Adrien is the one to know the latter’s identity instead of the other way around haha) because now that Marinette and Ladybug are two separate entities in Adrien’s mind, Marinette would have that comfort that if and when Adrien falls in love with Marinette, it’ll be for her rather than Ladybug (even though I don’t think Adrien thinks that way). It’d be more poignant, because it’s as if Adrien chose to fall in love with her twice, both as Ladybug and as Marinette. 

Marinette doesn’t give herself credit. She doesn’t see how Adrien can fall in love her, but Adrien can and is probably falling (rather than the simple attraction he has with Kagami). He didn’t/doesn’t know how Marinette feels towards him, because Marinette has always denied it and has never given him a straight answer, unlike with Kagami whose feelings he does know, and he knows where he stands, like a safe harbor, which is why I think as deeply as he was hurt with Ladybug, there’s always that unconscious break in Adrien’s mind when it comes to Marinette, that he never sees beyond what she tells him on the surface because it’d be that much more painful to be rejected by Marinette (a Ladybug redux) on the off chance that he’s wrong about her feelings and there’s that added danger of losing her friendship which he’s already desperate to keep because of his preconceived thoughts of its fragility. So for him, wouldn’t it be better not to rock the boat and keep her friendship? But as with Marinette, who hurts only so deeply, precisely because it’s Adrien, Marinette is not just a safe habor like how Kagami is for him and how Luka is a safe space for Marinette, but his ‘something more’.

Because while Chat Noir expresses his love for Ladybug in words, Adrien expresses his love for Marinette through his actions and his gestures, unlike the former, they’re in ways he cannot control, or even realize.

Because as he was consciously loving Ladybug or consciously choosing between Ladybug and Kagami, he was unconsciously loving Marinette all this time. 

It’s in the way Chloe (because I believe part of the reason why she targets Marinette specifically is how as Adrien’s childhood friend, she notices his attention or ‘something’ towards her), Lila, and Kagami, three separate girls who holds affection for him all pinpointed Marinette as someone he liked (so even as Adrien denies it, pfft ‘she’s just a friend’, there must be something in his actions that give off those signals). 

It’s in the way he was off his balance when he thought Marinette ‘liked’ Chat Noir, as compared to how cool and collected he is when it comes to Chloe, Lila, and even Kagami. How in Weredad, he was equal parts both Adrien the boy, not Adrien the model, and Chat Noir, how unsteady and unsure and off-balance even as he was resolute to ‘reject’ Marinette for Ladybug. 

It’s how he unconsciously holds her and wants to keep her with them. In Love Eater, he was the one who wanted Marinette to stay with them and Kagami was the one to look at him after his slight outburst (and Marinette in her melancholy didn’t even realize the attention he was paying to her, as if reversing the dynamics, Adrien chasing her rather than the other way around), and holding her hand, but not Kagami’s while running away.

It’s in his soft gaze and how it’s especially when she’s not looking at him that he looks at her in that way, meaning it’s something he wants to do while not being conscious that he’s doing it (Startrain for example). Even when he says ‘wow’ and agrees with Kagami that ‘she’s right’ that Marinette looks beautiful. It’s not with the same expression and voice that she says it which means that that’s not a way a friend is supposed to say it. From the start of Season 3, Adrien has been gazing like Marinette in a way that a ‘friend’ doesn’t usually gaze at another friend. 

It’s in the way he’s so desperate to make her laugh and be for her what Plagg is for him, someone who saved him from his loneliness.

It’s in the way he wants to keep her safe whether from Akuma or backstabbing classmates, and the way he feels safe with her, falling asleep so easily and so comfortably when they’re together. 

So far, from everything I’ve seen Marinette continues to be a special and different existence for Adrien, different from his other friends and different from other girls who like him (Chloe, Lila) or who he likes (Kagami, Ladybug). It’s just in a way he hasn’t, can’t, or won’t define yet. 

Destiny and Choice

I really do appreciate this development because we have things like destiny and choice come into play. Ladybug and Chat Noir are yin and yang, so perhaps all this time Adrien thought it was inevitable that they end up together, that they were destined, but on a meta-level and one must really appreciate Tikki and Plagg for this, the two kwamis don’t push Marinette and Adrien together as if they’re the only ones that should end up with the other. Because even in the real world. such a thing isn’t healthy. As much as they recognize the burden put onto the two’s young shoulders, the two kwamis don’t want their lives to be dictated by the miraculous. They encourage them to make their own choices, whether liking each other or other people. And that’s something important that Adrien, and to an extent Marinette, has to learn. If they do end up coming back together, it’s more meaningful that they do it by choice.

On the other side, on the surface, Luka and Kagami are people who seem made for Marinette and Adrien respectively, as if destined for them, even as they still have that inexplicable link between the both of them. So ultimately do Adrien and Marinette choose what’s safe and perfect for them? Or do they choose a more painful path for that ‘something more’? Because as much as I believe Adrien has those feelings in him, they’ll remain skinny love if he doesn’t let them develop. As for Marinette, she has to open her heart to the possibility that the person she loves can love her back. 

I really do love how developed it is, because Kagami and Luka are people Adrien and Marinette can fall in love with and have happy relationships with. And in the meantime that they’re in this situation they can better develop as friends, which is what Adrien has always wanted. But here’s the thing, as much as Marinette has her self-confidence issues, she is Ladybug and Ladybug is her. Without her stuttering and after deciding to be friends, she’s starting to show her confident side to him (as shown in Love Eater when she used her hair ties for a distraction) and as we know in Oblivio, Adrien is helplessly attracted to that part of her, with or without her mask. We’ve already seen him slowly ‘fall’ for her sweetness and righteousness, so only time and Season 4 will tell how he will react to her boldness and banter, a Marinette that isn’t stuttering but is his friend. Hoo boy, is that boy in trouuuuuble~

It’s less clear for Marinette for me because while Adrien is in the newborn stage of love towards Marinette or will be (at least for me), Marinette is already in the worn-weary and heartbroken stage towards him. Can she be a bit more selfish and start to see herself as worthy? 

I can easily see is it as being between Lukanette and Adrienette. The seeds are already there. Although not exactly jealousy, there was something about Adrien’s face when Luka was the one to catch Marinette and not him. So I think it’s this point that will be the determining factor of everything changing in the safe status quo they’ve all established. How will Adrien feel with a Marinette who is his friend yes, but a Marinette that has chosen Luka? I think Adrien will find that he isn’t as satisfied as he thought he’d be at being ‘just friends’ with Marinette. And irony of ironies, it’s at a time when Marinette has decided herself not to be jealous of Kagami. Ultimately what’ll happen to the four of them is what they choose it to be. More than timing or destiny, it’s the choices they make that matter.

[dfcfanfics]

Looking Back At 2019

Greetings!  Your sixth-favorite old man who churns out Miraculous fanfics is back again, casting his eyes on the year-about-to-end and what came of it.

Throwing my ramblings behind a cut, for the benefit of those who are less than fanatical about them.

Okay!  Still here?  Great.  

Stories that I wrote in 2019 included:

Longfics:

Let’s Take It From The Top:  The conclusion to this one arrived in January. This was a long-running alternate universe story, the longest I had written at that time, rebooting the Miracuverse with two alterations:

1) Gabriel brought the Cat and Moth, not the Peacock and Moth home from Tibet.

2) Gabriel was willing to listen to Nooroo’s pleas to not use his powers selfishly.

That simple starting point cascaded into a very long chain of surprises and reinventions of familiar Miraculous events.  Old faces with new Akuma identities, including a new one (Firefly) for Marinette before she ever becomes Ladybug!  A Wish gone awry that eventually threatens all of France -- and perhaps more.  Good Gabriel exploring the possibilities of Nooroo’s powers while attempting to save his son.  The eventual emptying of the Miracle Box in an all-out showdown.  Adrien in pink sweatpants.  The answer to what happened to Atlantis.  And my very first piece of fanart received ever, from the incomparable @yunyin.

It’s a lesser-loved piece of mine, but I think there’s some very solid writing in it, so if you skipped over it I’d encourage you to check it out.

Someone To Watch Over Me:  My labor of love.  This was inspired by absolutely perfect Ladrien concept art from @buggachat, which I will never hesitate to link.  I fell in love with it, considered how I would work it into a longer Ladrien idea that was bubbling in my brain, and reached out to @buggachat with a first-chapter draft.  She gave me the go-ahead to continue with it, and I hope she likes what I did to her poor characters along the way.  ;)

Adrien’s attempted Akumatization and Ladybug’s last-second rescue leads to far more than either of them bargained for.  Marinette reaches out to Adrien with comfort and affection in both of her identities -- and finds Adrien responding to both in kind, as much as he is capable of in his somewhat emotionally numb state.  Slowly, she cracks his shell and a Ladrienette triangle forms.  Though obviously Marinette would be fine with being Adrien’s girl in either identity... he doesn’t know that, and the slow burn to full-on romance is quite the ride.

All the while, Gabriel is watching his son closely, as his master plan requires someone with emotional ties to Emilie to be Akumatized and Adrien is his last-hope selection.  He watches the evolving relationships, ready to pick off whichever one ends up broken-hearted when Adrien makes a choice and the triangle collapses... and is curious when that doesn’t seem to happen.  A dinner party at Marinette’s proves memorable, followed by one at Adrien’s that proves... life-changing for all.

24 chapters, 230k words, my longest chapter ever, an Adrien moment that startled many readers in a very good way, and many other delights.  

It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time...:  This one wasn’t supposed to be a longfic.  It started out in my mind as a wacky farce, responding to how Heart Hunter / Miracle Queen ended and examining where the Adrigaminette triangle might go.  But the more I wrote at the beginning, the more I started digging into the emotional possibilities and felt like, well, this could actually go places.

This picks up with Marinette overwhelmed, hiding out in her room.  The blossoming relationship between Kagami and Adrien, the new responsibilities of Guardianhood, knowing what happened to Master Fu, and many other questions are screaming inside her skull and she is out of answers.  A ring of her doorbell shatters everything, though, as it reveals a sobbing Kagami; in this version, he tries being her boyfriend but abruptly cuts it off, admitting that he loves someone else.  And we all know who that someone else is... and now Ladybug knows that, too.

And our heroine... snaps.

12 chapters so far, a deliberate experiment in writing shorter chapters (each one is under 5k) that has been... well, challenging to both myself and my readers.  The response has been good and it is nearly complete; I’m thinking maybe four more chapters unless something changes.

Not-so-longfics:

Two Hearts That Wax And Wane:  The first of a small handful of response fics to Puppeteer 2, specifically the car scene near the end, which I found to be one of the definitive moments of the entire Season 3.  It certainly created veritable oceans of salt on Tumblr, so I decided to try to make something sweeter out of it.

Marinette has heard “the girl that I love” from Adrien’s lips... and it certainly wasn’t referring to her, at least as far as she knows.  So... now what?  Adrien isn’t sure what Marinette’s reaction meant, but he knows that he screwed up somehow, and that he needs to make things right with her or potentially lose a very precious friend.  And so four chapters follow, one from each Love Square side’s perspective (Adrienette, Marichat, Ladrien, Ladynoir in order).  

Angst segueing into fluff, as is my usual formula.  

Full Stamen Ahead:  A five-parter that makes an utter shambles of the French education system.  (If you’re sensitive to Americanizations, this is not the fic for you, unless acres of fluff serve as a sufficient antidote.)

The school is promoting a Carnation Day, in which white, pink or red carnations are delivered to students for a nominal fee.  Marinette decides that she’s finally going to confess her feelings, but an interruption by Chloe disrupts her red-carnation attempt.  Seeing an opportunity, Chloe responds with a nasty plan of her own... and chaos soon reigns.

Five short chapters of high school antics, detective work and flower petals.

Just One More Minute...: Another fic inspired by Tumblr art, this one by Ladybeug.  After five hours of fighting an Akuma, our heroes tumble together to a rooftop, unable to move another inch.  They’re about to detransform, and they know it.  But... surely... they could rest for just a moment before they act, couldn’t they?

One-shot.

Playing A Familiar Chord: Puppeteer 2 response fic number two, this one from a Lukanette perspective.  After hearing what she did in the car, Marinette returned home feeling completely disheartened.  Who might be out there that she could turn to, talk to, call on the phone and get a male perspective on about what just happened?  Who could be her Big Brother today, even though they both know that he’d like to be more than that?

One-shot.  Fluff, comfort, and a Luka who’s smitten but remains assertive as well.

After the Storm Breaks:  Heart Hunter/Miracle Queen response fic, examining what might come next.  A short time after the finales, Adrigami is fully enabled... as is Lukanette.  A party that Adrien, Kagami and Marinette all attend becomes awkward, so Adrien calls Marinette to make sure that they’re still on good terms... and a lot of unexpected truth comes out.

One-shot.  Fluff, comfort and friendship.  Exploring a far stronger Adrienette forming even while they’re each dating other people.

A Little Promise I’d Made Myself:  A super-fluffy one-shot.  It’s a New Year’s Eve party at Rose’s house, and while Adrien is having a good time, he notices that Marinette is sitting off by herself.  So he joins her, and as the countdown to midnight approaches, Marinette wonders if she has it in her to give him a real New Year’s kiss...

Crack and Silliness:

Assorted bits of insanity, response fics and stuff that popped into my head.

The Logical Conclusion:  Ladybug examines why all the Akumas center around one particular classroom... and presents Chat Noir with her theory as to whom Hawkmoth must be.

Reservoir Kwamis: Quentin Tarantino’s film Reservoir Dogs from a Miracuverse perspective.  Maybe three people will enjoy this.

Getting Things Backwards: Backwarder response crackfic.  Adrien opens Marinette’s “love letter”... which is actually Fu’s constipation medicine prescription... and interprets it in a very different way.

First Times Are Always Awkward: On Ladybug and Chat Noir’s first outing against Stoneheart, Tikki is not fully aware of modern technology... like cell phone cameras.  So that “Kwamis cannot be photographed or recorded” extends to their magic as well -- like certain costumes.  Alya ends up with quite an eyeful when she watches the footage she captured...

Communication Breakdown:  In an emergency, Plagg needs someone else to accept his power, don the ring and be a hero.  He’s in a room with someone who is able and willing.  But when it comes to saying “Claws out” aloud, there’s one little problem...

Busted, Said The Kwami: Kwami Buster response crackfic.  Adrien finds himself dreaming of a midnight visit by Ladybug, who becomes Multimouse, who acts... unusually.  This is not Plagg’s first rodeo with size-changing heroine fantasies, though.

Nooroo Uses A Swear Word: He sure does.

Options Include...:  A response to an Instagram post by Adrien.  Marinette sees Adrien admiring Nino and Alya’s relationship, and pining for one of his own, and reacts...

Leave Some Stones Unturned: Wayzz and Marinette investigate Master Fu’s studio, as Wayzz is aware of many secrets hidden away there in Fu’s absence.  They find a pair of Kwamis who are not from the Chinese set, and whose concepts and personalities startle Marinette greatly... (Little Feat fans will appreciate this one.)

If you’ve reached this note, I thank you regardless of whether you’ve actually read my stuff or not.  :)  

I thought Season 3 had a lot of interesting components and a lot of very flawed execution, both in where it chose to take the characters and the usual nightmares involving episode ordering and character consistency.  I sincerely hope that the hiatus before S4 will allow Team Astruc to present a more coherent and consistent approach in 2020. 

Tumblr salt of You’re Not Writing The Story How I Want You To! and My Ship Must Sail NOW! will continue, obviously.  That’s life.  But Tumblr salt picking apart writing choices and characterization in what they actually put out there... that I can get behind.  The Marinette Defense Squad remains vigilant.  My hat is tipped to the many Tumblr folk who approach these episodes with a critical but supportive eye; recognizing what’s good, pointing out what’s not and wanting what emerges to be great.

Best wishes to all in the new year, particularly @brittsarts, my tireless artist friend still plugging away at the comic-ization of Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright and doing fantastic work at that as time and energy allow.  

[purrincess-chat]

Moving Forward

Okay, so as many of you may know I’m participating in the ML Big Bang which is partially why I haven’t been uploading as much the past few months because most of my writing time goes into that project which I can’t post until December. I have, however, been trying to finish up How to Catch a Ladybug and The Girl Under the Mask as well as fluff month for the love square when I can. I’m hoping to finish all of those things by the end of the year because once the BB is over and my semester ends, I’ll have a lot more free time to write before spring semester. I have some plans for the Christmas season, so starting in January, I’ll be getting back to Lady Luck and Lady du Coeur, as well as another fic I’ve been slowly planning and working on that I’m excited about. That being said, I have a number of other ideas floating around in my brain, and I entirely blame most of them on my friends in the BB discord, so in addition to all of those things, what else do you guys want to see from me come January? I’ll be starting another fic of your choice, so I’m going to spill my ideas down below, and you guys can either comment, reblog, or send me asks/messages with what you wanna see. Also if you ask I can give a little more detail on any of these as well within reason. I am hoping to write all of these at some point, it’s just a matter of what you guys want to see first. Some ideas will be longer than others, so an idea for sizing Small fic (one shot/<10k words), Medium Fic (10-30k words), Long Fic (30k+)

WARNING: SOME OF THESE ARE SPOILERY:

Pirate AU (primarily LadyNoir, I’ve talked about it a little before. I can share more details if people ask, but it’s really intricate and angsty. Gonna be a long fic.)

Diary AU (events of the story told through Marinette’s diary entries. Medium length.)

Fake Dating AU (Alya and Nino want to help Adrien get lady fans off his back, so they suggest he fake-date Marinette. Medium length.)

TTQ Sequel (continuation of my Chlonette fic To Tame a Queen. Medium length)

One-sided reveal (Adrien finds out Marinette is LB and tries to figure out a way to tell her while getting to know her better. Medium length)

“Senpai” (I call it this cause the idea started with Nino asking Adrien if there were any girls he was interested in in their class, and come to find out Adrien really admires their class president notice him Marinette-senpai. Nino convinces him to ask her out, but an akuma attacks right before they’re supposed to meet up for the date, and they both end up missing it. They then fear that the other thinks they stood them up. Small/Medium length)

DJWifi slow burn (don’t have a set idea for this one yet, but I have wanted to dabble in DJWifi development. Medium length at least.)

NY AU (Marinette goes to NY with the Agrestes one summer to intern for Gabriel. She and Adrien inadvertently meet two other Miraculous wielders and get caught up helping them with their own villain. Post-reveal fic. Medium/Long length)

Intern AU (Similar set up, Marinette is interning for Gabriel one summer in NY and she and Adrien bond as she assists him with his job. Probably non-magical, or at least their miraculouses aren’t the focus. Medium length.)

Myvan Mermaid AU (Ivan is a sailor on a fishing ship, Mylene is a curious mermaid infatuated with the people who walk on land. Medium length.)

Kimax Amnesia AU (Max/Kim gets amnesia from an accident and the other tries to find a way to tell them they’re together and in love. Small/medium length)

Adrinette Life Swap (As part of a class assignment, students are paired and forced to swap lives for a day. Adrien and Marinette get paired (bonus maybe some Chlolya)Medium length?)

Ladrien angst (maybe Adrien getting akumatized? Something angsty to prove that Ladrien can have angst if you’re creative enough to think of some. Small/Medium length.)

Claustrophobic Adrien (Ladybug and Adrien get stuck in a tight space (similar to MariChat from Evillustrator) only Adrien doesn’t react as well as Marinette. Based on his comment at the end of Riposte about not liking to be locked up. Small length.)

Gabe is accidentally an ass (Based on the new info from Robostus about the ultimate power and balance. Basically, Gabe wants to bring Mama back, but doesn’t know the cost of the ultimate power and ends up accidentally killing Adrien to bring her back. Small length.)

Farm Family Agrestes (Gabriel’s parents are actually farmers, and he and Adrien attend a family reunion on the farm, despite Gabe’s reluctance. Ft. evil twin brother and Grandma Agreste feeding Adrien a lot of pie. Medium Length, maybe long?)

Alya helps Adrien befriend Marinette (Adrien wants to be better friend with Marinette, but doesn’t know how because she gets flustered around him. He seeks Alya’s help because Marinette always seems comfortable around her, and Alya is like the ultimate wingwoman, seriously someone give her an award Small/medium length.)

Chat!Tom and LB!Sabine (pretty self-explanatory. Tom and Sabine were the past LB and BC. Adventures and stuff. Medium length.)

Chlorine Bourgeois (So, this one has been explained before when it happened, but someone in the BB accidentally typoed ‘chlorine’ instead of ‘chloe’ one time, so we came up with a whole scenario where Chlorine is Chloe’s evil twin sister who stole her identity and then locked her in the closet. So the mean Chloe at school is actually Chlorine, and Chloe is actually the nice one. 100% crack. Medium length.)

Crack Blanc (I’ve wanted to try my hand at Chat Blanc for some time, but I can’t take it seriously after the one comic someone did where he does like minorly annoying things and thinks he’s super evil, so I wanted to make a fic about it (i.e. putting the toilet paper roll on upside down, ripping the tags off pillows, etc) and he goes to Marinette a lot to talk about his problems. Also he gets akumatized a lot for silly reasons. (his favorite show didn’t air a new episode but instead a rerun, he ran out of gum, he ripped his favorite jeans, etc) Probably small.)

Chlonette One-sided reveal (Chloe finds out Marinette is LB and decides to make an effort to be nicer to her superhero crush’s alter ego. Lots of awkward moments ensue. Small/medium length.)

Shugo Chara AU (If you’ve never read Shugo Chara, basically kids all have an egg in their heart that represents the self that they want to be. There’s a group at the main character’s school called the ‘Guardians’ that consist of people whose eggs have hatched into ‘Guardian Characters’ and they protect the students and stuff. It actually has a very similar premise to ML because the evil corporation, Easter, is searching for the Embryo, a pure egg that can grant a wish, by putting X’s over children’s eggs by crushing their dreams. Long fic.)

Master Fu Origin story (I want to write about Master Fu’s early life and how he got to be where he is today because I love him. Medium length.)

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