#turtle: marc

[miraculouslybroadway]

Tales of Multibug & Vipercat:

Do We Seriously Need Another Memory Potion?

There they were. Sitting in a chair. In the  Couffaine’s houseboat. Freshly awake and staring at the six frozen teenagers in front of them.

Nath was frozen in a “WTF” pose, sitting next to Marc, who had a hand on Nath’s shoulder. Juleka and Luka had practically identical sheepish body language, while Rose was just plain shocked. Marinette however, was the only one not frozen and had a hand slapped against her face like “I can’t believe I’m surrounded by all these idiots.”

Nath gave Alix a confusedly forced smile and tried to change the topic. It was practically unanimous among the group to do so. Marinette didn’t say anything, and just proceeded to groan and mumble something about passion fruit. 

Luka cleared the snow from the gangplank while Marinette made a little breakfast for everyone. Juleka and Rose scurried around the deck to put everything back on its “proper place” (organized chaos??) while Marc and Nath got on the phone with their publisher.

The morning was filled with incoherent whisper and glances around the boat while Alix stood among them all not really caring. Wasn’t their business after all. If someone wanted to update them, they would’ve been updated but if no one wanted to fill them in that was cool too.

Once the plank was clear they zipped off anyways, they had a report to finish for school that they’d procrastinated on. With Alix off the boat, Marinette called a meeting.

“Seriously,” she started, pacing back and forth. The four heroes were squeezed together on the sofa while Nath was awkwardly watching from a chair. “There is one rule you guys! Juleka and Luka, I understand just fine. It’s unavoidable, since I picked siblings. That’s fine. But we can’t all know each other’s identities! Especially not a civilian!”

“Um..why?” Rose’s timid voice broke through the silence after a moment. “I mean, I understand why all the civilians can’t know. But Nath is obviously not the enemy, and maybe it could help us grow closer as a team. Knowing my girlfriend is the one I’m looking out for on the battlefield, and my closet friends makes me feel like I have to work even harder to keep you all safe.”

Marinette thought on it for a moment. “I actually don’t know. In the past it’s been because it could be found out by Hawkmoth, but with the new security measures being implemented by the mayor I think thinks are going to work out.” 

“Security measures?” 

“Luka and I have been working with the mayor as Multibug and Vipercat to ensure the safety of us on the job and in everyday media. We’re adjusting the line between celebrity and superhero, which has been blurred significantly in the past. Any conspiracy blogs, videos, articles, etcetera will be removed from the internet if not taken down by the owner, and they will not be permitted moving forward. It took a lot of convincing, but Chloe was actually really enthusiastic about helping us out so things are looking up.”

“CHLOE!”

“Get with the times Nathan. They’re friends now.”

Marinette chuckled lightly at the exchange. “I wouldn’t say friends yet, but Chloe apologized. Yes Nath, she’s been helping out, actually she’s started interning at the mayor’s office in the new Superhero PR department. Luka and I have helped build the program, it’s actually pretty cool.”

Luka smiled down at her and added, “It is really cool. We can talk about it later though. Melody let’s get back to the issue?”

“Right. Nath, we have to alter your memory. It’s protocol at this point, you’re a civilian it’s just not safe. It’s for your protection and the protection of everyone on the team, I can’t let you go around with this information in case something bad happens.”

Marc started to protest, but Juleka was the one who said, “What if he’s like the guy in the chair? Mari you like Spiderman! He’s like our Ned! Or like Marc’s Pepper Potts.”

Before she could respond Nath interjected. “First of all, she likes the Tobey Maguire ones the most. Second, I’m not cut out for that you guys. I trust myself enough to keep the secret as a civilian but with if I get akumatized? What if I’m the target of an akuma? The safest thing is to erase this from my memory because I want all of you to stay safe. You have to stay safe for the greater good and I don’t want to screw that up.”

“Okay. Then it’s settled. Lu, can you call the kwamis back in?”

“It doesn’t hurt right?”

Marinette and Tikki spent the rest of the morning baking a new batch of passion fruit macarons, and planned to keep them in the yo-yo as a safety measure (they were hoping it would work at least, this was uncharted territory). Luka sat nearby playing softly on his guitar to keep her calm (not that she needed it really, but she loved hearing him play). Juleka, Rose, and Marc were talking to Nath about superhero life, which wouldn’t really matter soon.

When the memory macarons were finally done, Marinette handed it to Marc and ushered everyone else out of the room. 

Marc stayed silent. He hadn’t spoken much at all in the past few hours. He held it out for Nath to take. 

“Hey, you know it’s not your fault right? It’s gonna be okay nothing is going to change.” Nath moved closer to kiss his boyfriend’s forehead.

“This is so messed up. I’m the one who should be comforting you not the other way around! I’m about to wipe this whole day from your memory.”

“Just breathe Angelfish. Remember the plan.”

Marc took a deep breath and pressed the cookie into Nath’s hand. “Go ahead.”

“I’ll see you on the other side.” He popped the macaroon into his mouth, and Marc watched as the potion took effect.

“So…is it good?”

“Yeah it’s good! You helped Mari with these?”

“She really did all the work, I just kinda stirred the filling.”

“I love them Angelfish.”

…. A few weeks later …

“Hey Marc, are you here?”

“Shit!”

“Babe? I’m coming in?”

“NONONONO…..heyyyyyyyy Nath?”

“Well, that explains the pride sticker?”

Marc reflexively hid further behind his shield. He groaned. “I’m gonna have to go to Mari now.” He murmured under his breath.

Nath heard him.  “What’s Marinette got to do with-OH SHES A HERO TOO!!!!”

“SHELL OFF!” Marc then slammed a pillow into his face before he said too much again.

[lilmissbacon]

Miraculous Art Club AU part 3

Part 1 / Part 2

(I have lightly changed Marc's ladybug mask)

I had originally planned to just share a little on this au before I make a YouTube video for it but with how long it's taking for me to finish my High Guardian Spice rewrite first, it's not gonna happen for a while. Meanwhile I genuinely wanna share more on this au because I'm on a miraculous fix right now.

Notice that I low-key put the couples in similar poses to each other? This was 100% unintentional 😆 (Edit: changed Mari's pigtails)

I had also wanted to finish my redesigns for our main character's civilian fits before anything else just to try and keep myself in some type of order to get this done.

And you know that fun little fact of how Marinette and Adrien's color pallets are the inverted colors of each other to kinda showcase they were made for each other? Well, I decided to have some fun and apply a color language for all of the couples in this au. They're not all inversions, but they all have some type of rule to tie their color pallets together in pairs. I also decided to challenge myself and apply it to their superhero forms as well because I hate myself 😂

So we'll get into the designs as well as some of my rewrite storyline. I ended up sharing a lot more than I expected so this isn't super organized. Especially when I got to the Adrien section I kinda just started talking about potential Nathaniel plot. But I did my best to keep some sort of order.

Now, I think I'm the only person who's realized that, while Marinette and Adrien are inversions of each other, Ladybug and Chat Noir also have their own color language.

Ladybug is red and black while Chat noir is black and green. They share one color and sport an opposite color, red and green. And which color that's mainly sported is switched (red = Ladybug's main color vs green = Chat Noir's secondary color).

That being said, I decided to not only use that for Marc and Nathaniel's colors, but to have them wear each other's colors in the miraculous like in canon with Caprikid/Roosterbold. So Marc's colors are black and green while Nate's are red and black.

In my au, Marc starts the first episode in a much more boring fit of a green hoodie under a black hood jacket with black pants and boots, but then Juleka would try to help him express himself more by letting him borrow some of her clothes (they just happen to be the same size). And Juleka is much more into the vampire/witchy aesthetic, hence why he has a crop hoodie with the moon phases on it. The backpack is her's from the year before as well. The frog purse I thought would just be cute for Tikki to be sticking out of, but I like to think it's a present from his mom before the big move or maybe something he got as a kid but never used again because he was bullied for it (finally using it again now that he's gained some more confidence). Now don't get me wrong, he's not going to be more confident like Marinette was after the events of origins. He's still going to have this extreme social anxiety that he has to deal with, but with the help of his childhood friend, Luka, and now Juleka, he's finally found it in himself to at least dress the way he wants.

I don't have nearly as much to say about Nate's fit because he doesn't have the symbolic costume change that Marc gets. Just that while his colors are red and black, the splotch pattern on his shirt is kinda meant to look like the cataclysm of the cat miraculous he uses. Similar to the moon phase wheel on Marc's hoodie (a spot/circle shape), it's a peek into the actual miraculous that they use.

Now, despite his last name, I personally never saw him as Jewish for the longest time. I've never really been one to actively look for someone's ethnicity but when the topic came up, weirdly enough, if anything I got more of a Viking vibe from him. Though it wasn't until after saying that out loud to myself that I realized that might be because he reminded me of Hiccup in the first How to Train Your Dragon 💀🤣 But I am more than willing to make him both Viking and Jewish. Both on his deceased dad's side, his mom isn't very present in his life (emotionally). His cuffs are kind of the calling card for my viking headcanon, while his miraculous/ring's disguised form has the Chai symbol on it, which means life. And because he's Jewish on his dad's side, it's almost like a sign from his dad to keep living his life 🥹

Again I'm not going super deep into the family drama right now because this post is already going to be long enough as it is.

Their colors are inverted like Marinette and Adrien. I will say, when you look at Luka inverted, the gray of his shirt and the teal of his hair may be more light brown and orange. But that's why Chloe has sparkly brown eyeshadow and orange lensed glasses 😋 I make it work.

Luka is canonically the only other boy Chloe has considered attractive so how could I not pair them in the au? Luka is a very calm and collected person that can bring Chloe down to reality and because he's always been so responsible in helping others most of his life, Chloe makes the time to spoil him while trying to be more responsible around him so he can stay loose.

Yes, Luka's gonna be less of a heartthrob musician cliche in this au. He's already canonically the therapist of basically everyone in Paris while keeping Ladybug and Chat Noir's ID's secret, boi has to be stressed out.

He doesn't go to Collège Françoise Dupont because of a delinquent rep he indirectly built while protecting Marc from bullies growing up. So he'd meet Chloe for the first time, outside of the school bully context and be able to see through her spoiled brat persona.

I'll note here that in my au, Chloe doesn't see Adrien romantically. She's gonna be more like the protective sibling and see Adrien as family. But she's willing to make people see them in a romantic light if it means protecting Adrien from fangirls who'd take advantage of him.

Which would make it kinda funny when Adrien and Marinette start liking each other. Like, by the time they do, Chloe's redemption arc has already happened (she's still the sassy queen we know and love but she's much less insulting and more mature now. I see her being pretty similar to Stella from Winx (s1-3 Stella, we don't talk about Stella passed the first movie)(I my god I just realized Luka x Chloe is totally super Stella x Brandon coded 🤣🤣🤣)) so she no longer holds any antagonistic will towards Marinette but because of their past, she knows that she has no room to go against the adrienette ship. So she's kinda just watching their feelings grow and is like, "... This is so weird."

Now, is it kinda gaudy to wear pearls, diamonds and gold all in one outfit? Yes. Is Chloe also a teenager trying to show off how rich she is, partially in the hope that she'll make more friends using her money? Very much so. I doubt her shorts pass the school dress code but she most likely paid off the school board to let her dress however she wants.

(It wasn't until after I finished writing this post that I realized I never said what their super names would be ☠️ I was just expecting to share some art in my first post before my video. So before we go any further:)

Marc/ladybug = Beetle Bug

Nathaniel/black cat = Catico (like calico but cat pun)(I'm gonna make it a thing that Nathaniel's dad loved puns and dad jokes)

Luka/fox = Otocyon

Chloe/dragon/bunny = Ladoness/Bella Bunny

Alix/ox = Onyx

Juleka/turtle = Marina

Rose/bee = Zinnia

Adrien/butterfly/snake = Papillon/Aspik

And I'll also say this here; that I did draw these fits with what miraculous they'd end up with in the end (though I also kept in the butterfly on Adrien just so you could see what it'd look like for him (he's wearing the brooch on a chain necklace)). I've shown Chloe having the dragon and she'd be getting it the same way she got the bee in canon. But before she ever gets the chance to crash out and reveal her identity to the public, the moment Audrey says Chloe wasn't exceptional, Nathaniel (who had been invited to the show by Marinette as her +1 because they're pretty close friends by this point) goes off on Audrey about how much of a horrible mother and person she has to be for saying something like that. He wouldn't care that she's famous because she has no effect on his life and let's just say, he could kind of relate to Chloe in that moment 🫢. So my plan is that she finds the dragon miraculous but no one finds out, and then a few days later a new dragon hero called Ladoness starts joining in on the fights. Not even Beetle Bug or Catico know who she is and at first they do try to get the dragon miraculous back but after a while of her evading that, they realize that she's genuinely trying to help and be a good hero, so they decide to give her the chance.

And because Loong is kinda meant to be like, the typical wise one of the kwamis (edit: for some reason my brain mixed Loong and Sass as one, Sass is more the mentor-ish kwami but I can still see them having similar personalities as close friends), he kinda becomes like Chloe's "Uncle Iroh." It would be a lot of fun banter because of Chloe's selfishness but because he is a cosmic entity, he's the only one she felt like she couldn't exactly say no to without repercussions. Yeah, he never told her that the holder could control kwamis. 1) To be safe, and 2) If she's gonna keep evading giving the miraculous back to its rightful guardian then he's gonna take charge to at least try and make her a better person while he's here.

Now I'm explaining this because she's not exactly wearing the dragon miraculous here. Luka would originally only have the silver diamond shaped necklace before getting the fox, who's disguised form is the boat anchor necklace. And I'm sure you're not blind, noticing that she has the rabbit miraculous on her design sheet. Because my plan is for her identity to eventually be revealed unwillingly, to which she would have to give up the dragon. Symbolizing how she no longer needs one to feel more important now that she's finally made new friends in the art club. Though it is still sad because despite their troubles, she and Loong did grow to care for one another. In the same vein of a responsible older sibling taking care of their troublemaking younger sibling. Think Lilo and Nani from Lilo & Stitch.

Their couple color scheme? Similar clothing colors and opposite hair. Hair: purple vs yellow, easy. Clothing: purple & pink being next to each other on the color wheel. Sharing some light pink while that pink on Juleka is also near white to be compared to the white on Rose's top. Sharing dark/black leggings & shoes. Also giving their tops the opposite design for who you'd expect to be wearing them. To showcase their connection but I also think it better showcases themselves as characters. Because while Juleka is very goth and into the dark and spooky, she also very kind and shy. Meanwhile we know that Rose is sickeningly sweet but she's also into hard rock and heavy metal. I totally see her as being the type of person who you'd never expect to like horror films, but it turns out that she actually loves them. Because they can be a source of releasing pent up stress and anger.

I'mma make a canonical reason for Juleka having red eyes being that she has ocular albinism, which from what I know, can have a side effect of being sensitive to light. Hence how she got into the dark and creepy. Just wanting to be inside or in the dark because of her eye sensitivity. Vampires + other supernatural creatures often being depicted with red eyes in movies/stories, which made her feel a little more seen as a child who had no one else that shared this unique trait of her's. So despite being made fun of for her red eyes as a kid, she's always emulated the aesthetic of vampires as a way to kinda embrace it. Encouraged by her mother. Who taught her that bullies aim to make you feel bad about what makes you special and if you take pride in it, then those bullies can't win.

Juleka still has some sense of self diffidence about her eyes because of the bullying and no one else in her real life not having it, but she never lets it show.

As for Rose's story, she was still sick at some point like in canon. But I'm specifying it so that it was a massive tumor she had in her head. One so big that when it was finally removed, it left a massive empty space in her head and that is what causes her headaches. Her head muscles pulsating because there's not supposed to be a pocket space there. She is perfectly fine but because Juleka looked up on tumors to be safe (if you still have pains after a tumor removal, it might mean that it's grown back) she now has a constant fear about it. And yes, having an empty space in your head and still being perfectly functional is possible. I've seen situations where the brain was even worse but the person was fine and I even went over this idea with my mom who works at a hospital. The human body is fucking insane.

Though this is how Juleka and Rose actually met. The year prior, Juleka was repeating she was assigned next to Rose in class to help her with class work (because she was having memory/learning troubles during treatments and after the surgery) for extra grade points. And befriending Juleka is how she was introduced to the horror genre as well. It's... weirdly what helped manage to emotionally get her through the stress of having surgery. The logic would probably be something along the lines of, "nothing like what that slasher or werewolf did would ever happen in the operating room." To us that's very weird logic but to a child/preteen, that makes sense, ya know? When Rose is older and looks back on it, even she's confused about that logic.

And just to leave off to the next couple, with their pair coloring rule on their superhero forms: While the deep green of Juleka's turtle suit is kind of a stretch to match with Rose's bright yellow, they still share black, and Juleka's suit also sports plenty of light green, light yellow and orange accents. And the opposing hair? Rose's is yellow with black bits and Juleka's is black with yellow bits.

I'll be deadass that I basically just straight up yoinked this outfit for Marinette from Zoe-oneesama's Scarlet Lady au Bubbler ep. That being said, I did change it up a little, like the dots on her dress top not being messy splotches rather than a polkadot pattern. Adding a little pink stitching to the vest, and including the flower pattern that Marinette has on her canon shirt onto her new shirt AND on her shoes. I also changed the necklace to make the heart pendant smaller, but then the fit felt too bottom heavy so I tried to even it out a little by putting pearls on the chain that got bigger the further back they went on her neck.

Now you already know their colors are inverted and where so I don't need to explain that. Though I will say that instead of Mari's hair being canonically black, just looking blue to the audience because it's easier to animate, in my au Marinette straight up just dies her hair blue. Everyone else that had the blue hair effect like Marc, Sabine, Kagami, etc, their hair will be just straight up black (with a blue sheen for Marc just bc). Marinette dying her hair will be similar to Marc's clothing switch; she's her scaredy cat self in the origins episodes, but then she sees how scared Beetle Bug also is on TV before he fights through the fear and it inspires her to do the same. The next day her hair is dyed and she finally takes her first stand against Chloe. Though you may have noticed her eyes are brown. Straight up, I just think she looks cuter with the dark eyes.

And as you can see above, she'll be getting the pig miraculous. 1) Because the colors I'll use are the perfect inverted colors of my Aspik design for Adrien (ironically I had picked the pig before I realized this) and 2) Part of Marinette's character in this au is that she helps brighten up Marc's school life, doing everything she can to try and help him make friends in spite of his anxiety. Her super name is Primrose.

And you know what? I'll put this here just for clarification that the whole Kim at the Pool incident does not exist in this au. It was a spiteful attempt to further assassinate Chloe's arc, make you feel bad for Marinette, justify her stalking, and it ruined Kim in the process. Meanwhile I had been planning out this au for a long time – back just before season 4 ended – I had already planned for a scenario similar to the Kim/Pool incident to be something that happened to Marc in the past. So no, this is not me taking Marinette's development and giving it to Marc or anything. This was me deleting it from Marinette bc it makes no sense for her and then my own idea I made before certain episodes had been released happened to match up in show later. It happens all the time within fanworks.

So the pig's powers will stay the same, as it represents Mari's role in Marc's life now and because it does essentially trap opponents in a trance. So it's perfect for distractions.

And I already gave a summed up rundown of Adrien's plot in the pt. 2 post. But what I will say while I'm on the topic, is that the canon plot that is going on about keeping the truth about Gabriel a secret from Adrien; I'm just gonna kinda slide that over to Nathaniel's mom...

...

...

Don't look at me like that.

Yes, unlike the bully/pool plot thread going to Marc because of coincidence, this is literally me just recycling Adrien's plot for Nathaniel. Because in this au Adrien starts off having already found out that he's a sentibeing and having his villain era, so there was really nothing else to take from the canon show for Adrien's plot here. He's still very present mind you, he'll have his own redemption as well, but it's nothing from the canon.

Listen, the plot going on in canon season 6 right now can genuinely be super interesting. It's just with the way this show built up to it, I can't bring myself to be invested. Not to mention I had already written my au to make it so that Gabriel never uses the butterfly miraculous, therefore he never goes batshit crazy and genuinely tries to be a better father for Adrien after he sees what Adrien was willing to do because he emotionally neglected him. I had done this because in early seasons, we had seen hints to the idea of Gabriel actually caring for Adrien only for that to be retconned until the very end when he died and finally seemed to care... I think. (This man's definition of love makes no fucking sense y'all).

However in my rewrite, I was already making Nate's mom a piece of shit with no redeeming qualities and I was just gonna leave it at that honestly. Because sometimes abusive-parent situations just aren't solved and people can do nothing but try to move on afterwards. But recently I was thinking over the au and what I may need to edit/change and I suddenly just had the thought of like... Maybe I could make it work. Because I like to challenge myself in my rewrites by trying to recycle everything. Nate's mom wouldn't manage to make the wish, fuck that noise 'cause she'd trade Nate for her husband without hesitation. But the idea of Nathaniel's mom being a villain and defeated (she had to be killed to be stopped) but then Marc – who has already been also dealing with a ton of other stresses I won't bring up here – doesn't know how to break it to Nate that he killed his mom and doesn't know how horrible of a parent she was. So he lies that she sacrificed herself to stop the big bad. Which would do nothing but shatter Nate's brain because "wtf do you mean? Since WHEN would she care?!!"

Just that tension you'd feel. The weight of the lie hovering while Nathaniel starts reimagining his mom in a better light for her sacrifice, only to eventually find out he had been bamboozled? It would be like losing another parent all over again for him as well as another betrayal. This time from his mother as well as his partner. Bro would full on. Crash. Out. Deservedly so. Low-key that would straight up break Nate's psyche, 'cause he already heavily blames himself for his dad's death. This plot just makes more sense here than what canon has offered this far imo.

That situation really is juicy as hell and as a writer/artist, I know that you need to make the most compelling story beats connected to your main character(s). Which in this au, is Marc and Nathaniel.

But idk, let me know what you think on this idea, I could just completely drop it for what I was doing before if y'all feel like it's too much recycling between characters. I would genuinely love the feedback, I'm always second questioning myself with these things.

Exhale 💨

Well on to our last design I GUESS 😅🤣

And Alix being the easiest to make color-wise because she's not being paired with anyone. Go my Aro Queen 😚 Her look might just be my favorite out of the bunch, she just looks badass. I did get the fit design from THIS Pinterest pic but the colors are all my choosing. I usually use a mix of Pinterest and Gacha life 2 for the character designing process. Which, funnily enough, when making the fit on gacha I had used a few different things to make the shoes sport all the colors in a way to connect the color pallet across the board. Only to realize like a week ago that I basically just straight up gave her her canon shoes 🥲 I mean if it works, it works and it helped me in designing the front of her hat to match. I like to think her shoes and hat are merch of a popular roller derby team and then she just switched out the black laces for pink. I can then imagine her recycling one of the black laces to use as her hair tie as well, she would totally do that.

And yes the backpack is just an Arcane/Jinx backpack recolored and drawn over, I just did not have the energy to trace and re-color in the backpack myself like I did for the others. Maybe later, I'll edit this post. But I do see Alix as being one to draw/color/spray paint all over backpack for fun.

In terms of her backstory, she is raised in a family of historians/egyptologists but she never gained the same love for it that her parents and brother did. Instead she was always more active and wanted to watch the sports channel more than the history channel. So because her family doesn't know how to further connect with her, they just kinda leave her to her own devices. They're not neglectful by any means, in fact her dad feels awful about how he can't really connect with her interests. But they all, Alix included, decided that they're fine just kind of doing their own things during most days and then just having dinner to talk about how each other's day went before bed. Staying connected in their own way while not annoying each other by trying to force a closer connection. Though Alix does go out of her way to stick to the louvre when she has nothing else to do or is doing homework, so she can read over the paintings and scriptures while skating around, so she can at least keep up with what her family talks about during dinner. (She and fam live right next to the louvre bc her dad is also curator.) Though even with them all understanding, that doesn't stop her teenage emotions from feeling just a little resentful about being stuck in a family where none of them understand her.

That being said, Alix is Nathaniel's childhood friend. Having met at the louvre when Nate went with his dad to see the pretty art. Always having his back and trying to get him to socialize again after his father's death. Making sure to cover for him whenever he "disappears."

To which I'll finally say this here to leave this post off with; that I do plan on changing up the whole "secret identity rules." Because Beetle Bug and Catico have no idea where their miraculous came from or anything, they had just decided to keep their ID's a secret from each other as well just to be safe until they learn more. (Note: my Master Fu is gonna be more competent but would've expected them to share their ID's. When he finds out, he decides that as long as they still have total trust in each other, it probably is the safer option for now.) Within the first or second season, the pressure of being a superhero on top of meeting new people would definitely get to Marc eventually and he would break the secret to Luka. Some time after (1-3 eps later) he talks to Catico about how he's revealed his ID but it was to his closest friend during a low moment. Talking it out, they decide to still keep it a secret from each other, but they're both allowed to intrust their identity to 1 in their civilian life. To make things fair and for better support outside the mask.

Hence Luka would know Beetle Bug's ID and Alix would know Catico's.

Now knowing Nate is a super hero, she ain't gonna lighten up into terms of athletic training. She used to go easy on him when they'd play wrestle and such growing up, because he was never as strong or active... Not anymore. He needs to stay vigilant for any scenario, she's going all in from now on because he needs it and it's funny when he fumbles. She'd be a lot like Toph with Aang in ATLA, Alix be a real G out here 😂

And that's pretty much it for now. Let me know what y'all think, I love comments 🥳 @634783

[twilightofthesandwiches]

[marckurtzberg97]

Fox Marc ( Crevan Kit ) and Turtle Nathaniel ( Chelonian ) Please

Here it is 😁.

[toonabby]

Happy 49th birthday, Marc Thompson!

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Flo & Eddie Caramelldansen

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Ashes of Rage: Act 1 - It Would Take A Miracle

Chapter 4 of the story for @miner249er

AO3 Last Chapter

Summary: Luka's heart had never felt so broken, his world so dark and his music so static. He hasn't had any motivation to do anything besides stay in bed. It would take a miracle to make him do so...or a sympathetic and determined kwami.

It Would Take A Miracle:

Static. 

All he could hear was static. 

There were no melodies, there were no solos, there were no symphonies. All it was was disheartening static and Luka didn’t know what to do. His life three days ago had been so loud and comforting but now it was silent, muddled and so dark. He felt listless and refused to get out of bed. It was a good thing that he and Juleka got their own rooms finally, it had taken a lot of convincing for his mom to let them clean out one of the storage rooms and turn it into his new bedroom. It had actually been Marinette who had convinced his stubborn mom and it had made Marinette all the more wonderful. She was always incredible, but seeing her out stubborn the most stubborn person in Luka’s life had only made him love and value her more. A fresh wave of tears washed over the forlorn teen at the thought of his crush and friend. His heart twinged with a twisted pain he was slowly getting used to. Pain. He was in so much pain. He wanted it gone. He wanted her back. But like every time before, his pleas and wishes were ignored and just led to more heartbreak. 

His appetite was all but gone and he barely ate what his mom made or bought him, he still drank though and maybe that was why she wasn’t pushing. He hadn’t showered in three days but with the way he was feeling he knew it would be longer. It was hard to get out of bed even if it was to use the restroom, taking a shower just felt like too much work. He would see the shower and a barrage of thoughts would crash into him, reminding him all he would have to do to feel clean again and it was like he was tranquilized or something because he would just feel this bone-deep tiredness that wouldn’t go away no matter what he did so it would just lead to him laying in his bed and starting the twisted routine all over again. It was like he was in one of those groundhog day movies or like his own power Second Chance, was glitching and not letting him out of the situation.

Luka’s emotions felt too big for his body, his skin itched with his frustration and the days passed without a shower, his teeth ached in his longing, his muscles screamed in his sadness, his heart clenched in its breaking and his lungs drowned in his guilt. As much as he craved to do something, anything he also couldn’t help the thoughts of ‘why?’ Why do anything at all when his world had crashed and burned around him? Why plead for things to be different when his prayers fell on deaf ears? Why get up when nothing he did would bring back Marinette? It was a lot and there was never a break form the never-ending torture. Not even his dreams were safe. Dreaming of Marinette led to more heartache even if the dream was normal to past ones he had had that had previously brought him endless joy. The nightmares were the worst but he would take them over the bittersweet ones that just made his longing deeper and his hope stronger. But reality would hit him once his eyes opened and he would cry for many minutes, maybe even hours. Time didn’t register to him really. 

The only reason he knew how long it had been since he had showered was because of his mom and Juleka. He knew they were trying to help but he had been angrier than he honestly expected after Paris learned of Team Miraculous’ Finale Fight, he hated it but that was what everyone had now dubbed it. It hadn’t been a fight, at least not from his and the rest of the team’s point of view. No one knew what exactly happened in the underground chamber since the only ones who could tell them were two comatose Kwamis and three villains who would probably twist the events. It was hard to come to the realization that Chat Noir was Adrien Agreste, even for Luka who had the unique skill of ‘reading someone’s heart.’ That’s what others referred to it as but according to his long talks with Sass, Luka seemed to be someone who could read a person’s aura which mixed with his Synesthesia. He had Chromesthesia, specifically, but his was more along the lines of seeing color and the color had a sound. He saw colors in a lot of things but it was constantly people, their auras and tones of voice would bring color and the color would bring the music. 

It did get overwhelming sometimes and it had been a big factor in him doing his schooling online for a while which turned into permanently. He just enjoyed it more than when he did go to school and his former teachers told him they saw remarkable improvement in his grades. He still met up with his friends, they still hung out and had study sessions, so he was still a social teen but he didn’t have to worry about migraines or coming across weird to other people who weren’t his friends. His former bandmates in Kitty Section had also been really understanding and never treated him differently and helped him when some days were just too much. But they changed, their music’s changed and it had been jarring, when he eventually left the band he knew it had been inevitable. There was no doubt in Luka’s mind that if he hadn’t quit he would have been ‘politely’ fired and he had strong feelings about that. The one constant had been Marinette, when the others changed she didn’t. She remained strong and melodious. 

Even if she was going through something her melody was still recognizable. He was still coming to terms with the fact he would never hear her song any time soon or ever. She had been there when he left the band, she had been there when he begun fighting with Juleka more than normal and she had been there when he decided to get to know his dad more. She had been such a strong light guiding him through some of the roughest seas he had ever experienced. Kagami had also been a constant presence before everything happened. She was a calming presence and often kept him and Marinette from getting lost in their projects. Both he and Marinette tended to get distracted easily and they both fed off each other’s energy and Kagami would be the one to keep them grounded and focused. Kagami’s music was a new sound he had gotten used to hearing and it was easily in his list of top ten songs from people he heard. When Marinette, Kagami and he would get together he would hear such wonderful melodies. 

Marinette had often joked that they were the Three Musketeers with how often they would hang out together when they could. Without Marinette it felt like a knife to the heart to use the group chat between the three that was titled as such so he and Kagami never touched it when they spoke. Phone calls were still too much for Luka at the moment so the two just texted each other but it still brought him comfort all the same. That was probably another reason why his mother wasn’t pushing too much, it probably would have been a different story if he had cut off all his friends but especially Kagami since his mom knew how close they along with Marinette were. But he still overheard his mom talking on the phone over how worried she was and how she didn’t know what to do. Luka always felt like telling her she was doing all she could and just comfort her but he didn’t have the energy. He suspected she was talking to his dad or Penny, most likely both. He knew from the sounds of it his dad wasn’t doing so well either with the news. 

“Snakelet…” 

The voice of his Kwami cut through the current haze Luka found himself in but he couldn’t bring himself to look at his friend but he did manage to hum as a response. 

“I have thought about what I could say that would make you feel better for ages. I came to the conclusion that no words I could offer would make you happy. Nor satisfied. But I don’t want to leave you with no words from me. I…I am lost. I have been through this situation more times than I’d like to admit and yet all those instances have left me with no answers.” Sass admitted in his soft voice as he flew to sit in front of Luka’s face on his pillow. Luka couldn’t look away, he wouldn’t look away, he knew it would hurt his small friend if he did so. 

“Though there are few words I can give you that express my condolences and support, I simply will say, I am here for you.” Sass said and did his best to give Luka a hug, though it was more like he laid himself on Luka’s nose. “I am here for you and I will continue to be here if ever you need me.”

Luka felt himself begin to cry again, which astounded him as he felt like he was all out of tears. “Sass…” He choked out, he tried his best not to sound like he was going to sob but he knew he failed when he felt Sass try to hug him harder. 

“What do I do?” He asked in a small voice once his small cry ended. Sass was no longer on his nose but instead sat in his hands as he finally sat up after what felt like ages. 

“ We do our best to move forward.”

“We?”

“I did say I will be with you. I mean it, every step of the way, I will be here.” Sass didn’t say he promised but Luka could hear it in his tone of voice. It was a promise but it felt like more. It felt like a lifeline. 

Luka couldn’t really think of an appropriate response without risk of crying again and he already had a cry-headache settling in. “What…What do we do?”

“We need to go to…Ladybug’s house, her room specifically.” Luka was about to protest that suggestion, because he was absolutely not ready to do that. He didn’t think he would ever be ready. “I know that is probably the last thing you want to do Snakelet, but I can’t communicate with the other Kwami to see if one of their holders can do it. The Miracle Box is sitting in…Ladybug’s room unknown and unprotected. If someone with ill intentions were to find it there would be great difficulties and more tragedy.”

“More?” Luka felt his anger rise at an alarming speed. “Hasn’t there been enough?”

“Luka…I understand you are in pain and worried. I…I am also going through the same. My friends  are unconscious and unresponsive…I…I can barely feel them even if they are in the same room.” At Sass’s words Luka’s anger all but left him in an instant. “Besides obtaining the Miracle Box and keeping it safe, I feel something telling me that Tikki and Plagg need the Miracle Box. I can’t explain and I know you are hurting, but-”

“Okay.”

“-it is…Wait. Okay? You…You will do it?” Sass asked and the wide-eyed hopeful look on his face broke Luka’s heart a little bit more. Sometimes it was hard to remember that he wasn’t the only one hurting even if it felt like it at times. 

“You and me, Sass, you…you said you were here for me and I’ll be here for you. We’re friends.” Luka said softly as he brought the Kwami to his chest in the best hug he could give, it was somewhat like the hug Sass gave Luka earlier. He wanted to make Sass feel as safe and loved as the Kwami had made him feel despite their size difference. After their hug Luka forced himself to get out of bed and ignored how weak his legs felt and softly said his transformation phrase. It felt weird being Viperion even though it really hadn’t been that long since he had last transformed but there was this odd feeling like being in his hero form was wrong without…Ladybug there to lead. Ladybug, it was easier to think of her as Ladybug, it didn’t lessen the pain but it made it just a bit more bearable. But now he was going to her house, to her room and he knew what it looked like, smelled like and there would be no way to think of her as Ladybug when he was in there.

He had to do this though. For Sass and for Ladybug, he would rather die than let the rest of the Miraculi fall into the wrong hands. He'd be damned if he didn’t protect the city that Ladybug loved with her whole heart and soul. So he made his way to her home, to her tower. He and Kagami often joked about Marinette being the princess in the tower and Mari-Ladybug only laughed. She loved her tower. Kagami once joked when it was the two of them that Kagami was M-Ladybug’s knight while he was her minstrel. He had laughed and agreed but later he would think about it and decided he would be a knight if she needed him to be. Though she had needed him and he hadn’t been there. Nope! No! He would not fall down that line of thinking as he was jumping across rooftops and using his lyre to help him along the way. It was a weird day when they found out his lyre could turn into a crossbow, the end of his “arrows” could also change into a grappling gun. 

Apparently he and Sass had been bonding pretty well and slowly harmonizing which is why his lyre upgraded to one of its forms. The arrows of the crossbow themselves were weird as he didn’t carry a quiver or anything but an arrow would be equipped if he needed it. Some had no arrowheads, some had normal arrowheads, others had barbed arrowheads, and sometimes the arrows had string attached to them. Whatever kind of arrow he needed, it would show up on the crossbow already loaded. Sass had told him that that showed just how in tune the two were becoming and that soon they would probably be able to communicate with one another while Luka was transformed. It was something he had been looking forward to. He was sure it would come in handy and besides, he already talked out loud when transformed, it may have looked weird but he had been talking to his kwami even if he didn’t think he could hear him at the time. He hadn’t but now he would, hopefully soon. 

Finally, Luka touched down on the roof of Ma-Ladybug’s tower and looked around in sadness as he noticed the plants up there had wilted. Before he could talk himself out of it he opened the hatch of the roof and jumped through and onto the floor of the bedroom. Some dust had begun to settle and it broke Luka’s heart more but he willed himself to take deep breaths before he dropped his transformation. He and Sass needed to be able to talk and they weren’t quite at that stage of being able to communicate with one another. As the transformation dropped he looked down at the dirty pink bag that he had taken to looking after and opened it to look at the kwamis who slept inside. Tikki and Plagg, as he had learned from Sass, were normally darker in their colors but looking at them they seemed shades or tones paler, well according to Sass.

“So what are we looking for?” Luka asked as he refused to look anywhere else but his kwami. 

Sass had opened his mouth, probably to respond but both of them froze when they heard thumps coming from the roof and the unmistakable murmur of voices. Luka scooped his kwami out of the air and quickly hid behind M- Ladybug’s .( Ladybug. Goddammit .) chaise. The light in the room was off and he himself had been wearing some of his darker clothes…er well, pajamas. Both kwami and teen held their breath as the hatch to the roof was opened and down came two? No, three, actually make it four, people. It took a minute for Luka to recognize them as his teammates. He didn’t know whether or not to greet them but that choice disappeared when a purple kwami and blue kwami flew out from somewhere and floated in the middle of the room. 

“Please don’t be scared!” The purple one pleaded. “I am Nooroo and this is Duusuu. I am the kwami of the Butterfly Miraculous while Duusuu is the kwami for the Peacock. I know that alarms you but please listen. I called my friends here and they probably don’t know why or just had a feeling they had to come here so you followed.”

Barely after speaking, the kwami - Nooroo, was sped into by Sass who flew so fast the two kwami shot off into the air. Luka figured there was no point in hiding anymore and stepped out from his hiding place and awkwardly waved at his teammates. They seemed to be in shock before Noc-Turtle mumbled something and their transformation dropped revealing Marc Anciel. Fox-Tail’s jaw dropped before he hastily said his detransformation phrase and there stood Nathaniel Kurtzberg who hurried over Marc and hugged him. Donryu had been looking at Luka the whole time and quietly made her way over to him, once she was in front of him she too dropped her transformation and there was Kagami. It shouldn’t have shocked him as much as it did but the two just stood there staring at each other before they heard an odd wheeze come from Bee-Witch who was staring at everyone with wide eyes. She too dropped her transformation and only to the shock of Marc and Nathaniel, she turned out to be Chloe Bourgeois. 

“I don’t know how to handle all these revelations at the moment but I can work through them later with my cat.” Marc said, clearly still in some shock. “Er-Nooroo right? Can you explain more?”

Nooroo who was in the middle of a kwami group hug along with Duusuu nodded and reluctantly left the hug. “Like I said, I was able to call you all here to meet, I had to borrow power from the other kwami in the Miracle Box though. I’m not at full power and even then my messages would have been more feeling than anything. Sorry, I’m rambling. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to talk so freely.”

“You are fine, Our Friend.” Pollen reassured while glaring at everyone else like she was daring them to argue. 

“Take your time.” Sass murmured from his spot next to his friend. Luka wanted to comfort the little kwami but he didn’t think it would help given how Luka could imagine he was treated by his former user. If Luka were him, he would be wary of humans no matter how well intentioned. 

Nooroo took a deep breath and nodded. “I…I don’t really know where to start. What I have to say is…shocking to say the least. I know all of us here have been through a lot…have lost a lot…but I felt like if I stayed quiet I would be betraying Ladybug just…just like Chat Noir did.”

It was quiet. So quiet. Until Nathaniel choked out a small, “What?”

Duusuu merely nodded in response along with Nooroo. “It was awful. Chat Noir and his father planned the entire thing. Chat Noir planned to be suspicious of Gabriel Agreste once more and had you guys purposefully find out he was guilty of being Hawkmoth. Ladybug was the big target and you guys would have been just…collateral. So when Ladybug proposed the ambush…”

“Uncle Gabe already knew.” Chloe stated in a voice full of disgust even if her eyes were filled with tears. 

“He did.” Nooroo confirmed. “Chat Noir played his role well and the ambush was happening so fast. Ladybug could barely try and fight back before she was secured to the chair. She was so angry…so heartbroken…she did all she could to fight against Gabriel and his son…”

There were some gasps among the humans at the information but Luka merely took a much needed breath in. He had guessed as much since the only ones in the house after the explosion had been Adrien, Gabriel, Nathalie and the body of Emilie Agreste. It just clicked. Sure Chat Noir could have disappeared like Marin-Ladybug did but that didn’t feel right. Chat had already been acting off before the ambush and confirming he was in fact Adrien was like the final nail in the coffin. Luka had had suspicions of who the Chat was and just whose side he was on but after everything, the confirmation was bitter. According to Sass, Luka had known who he and Ladybug were but the memories of their identities faded as a safety measure to keep the team’s identities safe. Luka would only have kept the memories if both heroes had accepted he knew and trusted him. It was weird but Luka just chalked it up to Miraculous Magic. 

He wished he had been able to remember, if he had then maybe all of this wouldn’t have happened. He wouldn’t be standing in M-Lady…no. He had to stop. It didn't matter how much he told himself, Ladybug was Marinette. Marinette was Ladybug. They were one and the same and denying it to himself was more likely to hurt him than bring him healing. He couldn’t delude himself anymore. It hurt, it hurt so much, but he had to acknowledge the truth because that was the only way he’d be able to move forward and help protect the city that Marinette adored. He missed her. He missed her so much, but he had to do the healthy thing and not try and separate her from herself. It would be like he wasn’t giving her, her due credit and Marinette deserved so much credit. “If Adrien and his dad got the earrings…then why did the mansion explode like it did?” Luka asked so they could continue. They could all mourn and scream and cry after, but right now they needed information.

“I’m not sure.” Nooroo admitted. “Everything was happening so fast. Gabriel was so close to making his wish and magic was everywhere in preparation. But I felt it, it was this enormous feeling of betrayal and anger that washed over all of us. Tikki looked so scared and worried and Plagg looked shocked. I had turned to where I felt the emotions and it was no surprise they were coming from Ladybug…but just as I looked at her, there was this awful cracking and whistling. Like something was breaking through the roof and flooring at high speed. I panicked as did the other kwami but Tikki looked…she looked like she recognized what was happening.”

“She looked like her heart broke.” Duusuu mumbled, their voice was soft and scratchy. They seemed to be in pain. 

“The room filled with this bright, bright red light and then next thing I know…the mansion exploded. Ladybug was nowhere to be seen.” Nooroo flew over to Luka and pointed at the open pink bag in his hands. “Tikki and Plagg know what happened, but because of all the ambient magic, plus the overwhelming emotions swirling in the air, and their own merging being interrupted, they were hurt.”

“Something like this hasn’t happened in a long time.” Wayzz admitted. 

“So there is a way to help them?” Kagami asked. 

Wayzz nodded. “Yes. But it will take time…a lot of time. I’ve never seen them so bad. The best we can do is return them to the Miracle Box. It will heal them, but the damage is great and as I said, it will take time. Nooroo, I imagine you called us here, not only to tell us the truth but also because of the Miracle Box.”

“That’s right. The Miracle Box will be vulnerable if there is no one to watch over it as it heals our friends. I sensed the box here and that’s only because Duusuu and I are both still being affected by the interrupted magic. We’re more sensitive right now.”

“One of our holders will definitely protect the box.” Pollen declared. “They are all brave heroes.”

All the humans looked at one another in disbelief. Marinette had been guarding this box all while being Ladybug? They knew she was amazing but this was something else entirely. Luka sadly guessed that this is why she was always so stressed. If they had to watch this box and protect it then so be it. He’d do it for Marinette, no matter the cost. Now all that they needed to decide was who to send the box with.

Next Chapter

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Infinite Hifi episode 001 - The Side People - Tambourines, Maracas and More

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The Cat-Boy Agenda: Part 1

This idea just pounced on me, fittingly enough. I'm not using any particular version of TMNT for this one, so you don't have to worry about background reading.

Enjoy and be gentle ---

Marc breathed harshly through his clenched teeth as he staggered into the alley.

He'd taken off the suit, had retreived his bag from where he'd stashed it, pet a curious cat who'd trotted up to him, and walked only a block before something hit him on the head from above. It knocked him over, sending him into the puddle of glass and glowing green liquid that remained of the tube that had broken on his head. And everything that liquid touched, burned.

The feeling remained even after Marc had quickly brushed off every trace he could find on him. And was spreading.

He made it only half way through the alley, before the pain grew too much. A whimper broke free as he collapsed against a dumpster, panting hard. "K-Khonshu," he whispered. "I'm here," his voice seemed almost softer than usual. "Please...make it stop," Marc wheezed, squeezing his eyes shut as the burning started to migrate towards them. "I cannot. To stop this process now would likely have a detrimental and permanent effect on your body. The only thing that can be done, is to let it run its course."

Marc opened his mouth to retort, when the burning suddenly grew in strength. All he could do was clasp his hand over his mouth tightly to muffle any sounds, and endure.

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Everything ached. Steven groaned and flinched slightly as this made his voice box throb more. Smells and sounds thundered blindly though his head, uncaring of the damage they might leave. It was a good few minutes before things settled down enough for him to open his eyes.

He was in an alley, right up against a bin with a bag slung over his shoulder. And had no idea where he was other than that.

For a moment, he stayed there, watching for any clue as to where he was. But hunger soon forced Steven from his shelter. Instantly, things felt different. His shoes suddenly seemed ill-fitting and something was pressed right up against his back and pulling at his pelvis at the same time.

Nerves bubbling with tension, Steven reached back under his shirt to touch it. It was covered in soft fur and, as his hand wrapped around it, he had actual feeling from it.

The logical conclusion blinked like a check engine light in his brain. But he refused to believe it. No, it couldn't be right. He was human, why would a human have a fluffy tail? Desperately, Steven turned to look at it. And could only stare.

His whole back was covered in fur. As was the hand holding the long tail that flicked in response to his agitation. Steven released his tail and brought the hand closer to his face. Needle-sharp claws had replaced his fingernails. With the way the pads of his fingers and palm were furless, it almost looked like a paw.

Both hands shook as they raised to Steven's head. And touched two sensitive ears and an equally furry face. "No, no, no, this can't be happening," Steven whimpered, "It can't."

A sudden bang from down the street startled him back to the world around him. He couldn't stay there. No one should see him like that.

Suddenly, Steven's eyes focused on the fire escape in front of him. Thoughts still stewing in panic, he quickly closed the distance and began to climb. His claws lightly marked the metal as he went up, up, up, before scrambling onto the rooftop.

Steven's feet were starting to hurt. Regardless, he limbed forward slowly, looking around as he thought desperately on what to do next.

What happened to him? How did he end up there? Where was there? What day was it? "Please," Steven softly pleaded, "tell me, what do I do?"

Four thumps to his right awnsered.

Steven could feel his tail puff up and strain against his shirt as he jumped, turning to face whatever had joined him. Four short figures stood there. The thin darkness couldn't obscure the masks they wore, the weapons they carried, or their green skin and shells. "Heya," the purple-masked one waved slightly. "...Hi," Steven waved back. "You seem lost." "Yeah, I-I am a bit." "Never been to New York before?" the red-masked one smirked, eyes flickering to something below Steven. "Not really."

"Is that blood!?" the orange-masked one suddenly shrieked, pointing at Steven's feet. Steven looked down. His feet looked like he was standing on his toes, the rest of the foot now physically outside his shoe. Red had coated the backs of Steven's trainers. And the pain started to grow.

"Oh jeez," the blue-one quickly made his way forward, the others following suit, "OK, just stay calm- Mikey, Donnie, help him sit." Orange and Purple, Mikey and Donnie it seemed, carefully helped lower Steven down. A jolt had him suddenly leap up with a yowl. "What?! What happened?!" Red yelled reflecively, yanking Blue back by his katanas. "Oh, he just sat on his tail," Mikey muttered apologetically. Donnie said nothing, just helped Steven sit more comfortably.

"So, you boys local?" Steven stuttered out as hands poked at his throbbing former arch. "Yeah, lived in New York our whole lives," Mikey smiled, "Well, the sewers." A sudden tug at his trainers had a hiss cut off Steven's reply.

A very cat-like hiss.

"Sorry, sorry," Blue backed off, blood colouring his fingertips. "Those can't stay on," Donnie pointed out, "What if they're cutting off circulation as well-?" "I'm not cutting his trainers with katanas, Donnie!" "I can," Red raised his hand. "Neither are you Raph!" "What about this?" Raph offered a ninja star. "No no no, no one is putting blades near my feet," Steven interjected. "What about April?" Mikey asked, "She'd have scissors, and- and bandages."

Blue nodded, looked out over the rooftops, before turning back to them: "Yeah, she should be close. Alright, can you stand?" "I'll have to," Steven winced but made it to his feet. And, off they went.

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reflecting on the lower back tattoo poll.. did you know that vale’s actual girlfriend has a 46 tattoo on her ass? 😭 love this for her to be clear. anyway i think jorge would absolutely get an ae41 tramp stamp

helppppp I did NOT know that, thank you for sharing this information. Good for Her.

Thank you for understanding the Jorge tramp stamp vision, he absolutely would get an Aleix themed tattoo without telling him first imo

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Grab a dictionary, flip to a random page and point, use that word to create a scene using Andre as Ryukomori, Zoe, Peacock!Aeon, Jade Turtle, Yan Luo Shi, and Rooster Bold

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I was thinking about vale, and bone structure, and gender perception, and then I saw your post about cross dressing! (disclaimer not a comprehensive analysis) I associate young vale with a particular kind of 90's androgyny that relies on the omission of certain masculine coded traits and visual markers, rather than the inclusion of feminine coded ones. On a skinny teenager still growing into his face, that lack of overt gender signaling could read as 'young girl', particularly in an environment (motorcycle racing) where the baseline gender presentation among boys/men might skew more consciously masculine than the general public. There's a sort of light/half opting out the gender binary where it's 'okay' to read as gender ambiguous but not okay to read feminine (yay patriarchy) and I think he's still very conscious and careful of that as an adult.

Meanwhile, marc is out here eroticising the gender binary with his big eyes, big mouth, big hands and big dick.

i think this is a REALLY smart analysis and i agree completely. it’s a marked rejection of all of those traditional john wayne-esque trappings of masculinity that were popular in motorcycle racing at the time, but you’re right it’s also not really feminine at all… so we pick up on the way he’s tooling his gender presentation and how it’s different from those ideas of what a racer should be (which. it didn’t help that his little elf ass was standing next to max biaggi (older, goatee)) for a few of those years and it opens up this space for him to play and make the entire thing less self-important and serious. the ways he breaks from gender norms are like: little earring, general pretty girl face, long or dyed hair, and his tattoo which is a cartoon turtle. he’s carving out a space for himself to become Valentino Rossi, in a lot of ways

meanwhile the way MARC plays with gender seems to be more of an embracing of extraordinarily high standards of grooming for a guy (vale. does not do this.), even if there isn’t a lot that’s feminine about his style really at all. and he knows that shaving and multi step skin care routines are something that “girls do” (he kind of alludes to this in his GQ 10 things video but also like. he’s still there w his favorite cologne and one million skin creams) BUT he doesn’t really care about transgressing that boundary because he likes feeling hot. like this might be controversial but i think for marc, crossdressing would be similar: he would focus LESS on typifying what it means to have a feminine aesthetic (frills, bows, delicate things), and more on just being as sexy as possible. and if there’s overlap that’s fun but mostly he just wants to be beautiful. THATS what’s fun for him.

actually lmao, it’s funny bc for both of em i think it feeds into quite a few of their general goals wrt to perception (gender is a project !): playing with it opens up vale to being unique, being a rebel, being himself, and going against the grain— and it opens up marc to being like. so sexy he wants people to walk into walls when they look at him. like he’s winning some sort of competition where being sexy is the goal. it’s very them lmao

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The Cat-Boy Agenda: Part 2

Wanted to continue this one.

Enjoy and be gentle ---

The trip to April's was painfully slow. Literally. But, within an hour, they had arrived.

Thin lines of red, blue, orange, and purple near the window seemed to act akin to landing lights. Blue, introduced during the trip as Leonardo, knocked out a tune on the glass. For a moment, nothing. Then the window slid open. "Hey April," Leonardo climbed through, "Our friend here's having some issues." "And I'm closer than the Lair?" she raised an eyebrow with a slight smirk. "Basically," Donatello carefully helped Steven through the window, "Watch the tail, it's right up against his back."

The new shape of Steven's legs, the tail issue, and the bag still on his back made getting him in difficult. But eventually, Steven was on his stomach on April's sofa as she breathed. "Sorry about all this," Steven weakly apologised. "It's nothing," April waved idly as she began to rumage through her drawers, "these guys have literally rocked up with far worse in the past, and likely, the future. Right, let's see..."

Thankfully, all she did was turn on her phone's torch and look closely. "Ok," she slowly said as she took it in, "Doesn't look too deep. Hope you're not attached to these shoes, Raph, can you get the scissors and bandages from my first-aid kit?" "Got it." "Ok, sorry what's your name?" April turned to Steven. "Steven." "Hi Steven, I'm April. Can you wiggle your toes?"

He did as asked, watching as Donatello sat on the coffee table and rummaged through the bag. "Well, I've got some good news," he said, looking up at April. "Me too, what's yours?" "Got some spare clothes," Donnie produced a hoodie as proof before tossing a pair of trousers toward Michelangelo's waiting hands, and returning to the bag with an unreadable expression. "Great, one problem solved. Right, Steven, it looks like your feet have become more paw-like just your hands. Unfortunately, they've also gotten, well, wider." "But, you can get them out, right?" Steven could feel his tail lash under his shirt. "Yeah, yeah, just need to make some space, thank you," April took the scissors from Raphael as he came over.

The laces went first. Just the flexing of the quarter made the pressure easier to deal with. "I think we can just slide them right off," Leonardo noted. April agreed: "Leo, can you run some lukewarm water for us?" "Of cource."

Considering how much of a problem they caused, the shoes came off with no trouble at all.

Steven puffed a breath of relief as he causiously flexed his ankle. Once the bandages were tied off, Steven sat on the sofa, looking at his new foot shape. "How'd this happen?" he whispered softly, but was heard anyway. "Oh boy," Michelangelo paused his sewing to look at Steven, "You don't remember anything?" "...No," Steven admitted, "I don't even know how I ended up in New York."

Air hissed through Michelangelo's teeth as he went back to his sewing. He squinted at what he was doing before making two more stitches snipping the thread. "Anyway, all done!" Michelangelo grinned and showed off his work. A small hole now sat towards the bottom of the trousers. Steven's tail twitched in impending relief.

Steven nodded, and shuffled into the bathroom. While somewhat awkward to pull through, the feeling of his tail no longer being trapped was a breath of fresh air. A shallow breath, but still better.

For a moment, he watched it flick and twitch through the hole. Then, Steven turned to the mirror. The face that stared back wasn't his. But it was. His hair was intact, with the fur that covered his face being two other shades of brown. The area of his mouth and nose had stretched out slightly into a muzzle. His ears now sat on top of his head, opposite to slitted eyes that still retained their former brown colour.

And yet, Steven could still see his old face underneath everything. Very faintly. But the differences screamed even louder.

A knock on the door stunned Steven away from the mirror. "Hey," April softly said when he opened the door, "I'm ordering pizza for everyone, come on."

---

Waking was slow. Not that Marc minded that. If anything, he wished he'd go back to sleep.

Warmth radiated against his back, sending itself through every vein and artery he had. Even his limbs were curled pleasantly underneath him. Marc smiled, still dozing, and began to press his hands into the sofa rhythmically, feeling the fabric against his sensitive digits. A purr began to vibrate in his chest and-

His eyes snapped open. The purr cut off sharply.

Marc could barely breath as he looked at his hands, still mid-knead, at the claws extending into the blanket and the loose fur already working its way into the weave of the material. He could feel his ears pressed tightly against the back of his head. And then, he remembered. "Oh, shit."

[miraculous-prompts]

Take ML and your favorite show and smash them together to make an AU with Jade Turtle and Ox!Marc as the primary members of the cast

[indieyuugure]

Hiya Indie!! A questiom for Indie TMNT that occured to me outta nowhere... what kind of voices do you think they would have? Like, I noticed every iteration have very different "sounds" to all the turtles, so I was wondering!! Any specific VAs in mind, or just general ideas?

I love your art btw!!! Your comic composition and art style are great!!! ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

I actually answered a similar question awhile back! Link here

Though, a few of my ideas have changed since then so here’s the new set:

Leonardo: Mark Whitten

Raphael: Clifford Chaplin

Donatello: Josh Brener or Adam McArthur

Michelangelo: Robbie Daymon

Master Splinter: Greg Baldwin

April O’Neil: Ashley Johnson

Casey Jones: Marc Thompson or Jason Ritter

The Shredder: Eric Bauza

Karai: Mae Whitman

These are just samples from various characters these people have voiced before to help give you an idea of what they sound like in my head, so I imagine they would have a different performance playing these characters.

Leonardo talks more naturally than Rengoku, Raph has a light Brooklyn accent, Mikey talks like a surfer dude, April sounds less like a child and more like a woman(kinda like 03 April), and Karai is a little more serious sounding.

In the cases where I put two voices it’s because I like both, so Donnie in my head sounds like a mix of both of the voice actors I chose, as in like a combination of their speech patterns and mannerisms.

Though in the case of Casey Jones, I do like both of the voice actor’s voices, but I have a major bias towards Casey Jones having a heavy Brooklyn accent much like 03 Casey.

I’ll probably change my mind again, but for now this is what I’m happy with! Many of these choices were actually suggested by BasketballCam2 on Deviant Art, so credit to them for finding these!

Good question! :]

[star-the-gremlin]

Some info about the MiracuClass in my au to get me back into the miraculous headspace. It's not much but it's something at least.

Chloe - Red Velvet (ladybug) Red

Pansexual (in denial)

she/her cis

unhealthy favoritism towards her mom

needs to wear glasses but refuses to do so (glares a lot)

spaces out a lot

very low self esteem

Sabrina - Léopard Forcé (cat) Léo

Lesbian (in the closet because homophobic dad)

she/they cis

atheist

anxiety

gender dysphoria

video game addict

fidgets a lot

cheese addict

Adrien - Renard Libre (fox) Renard

bisexual

he/him cis for now

paranoia

model diet malnutrition (best I can describe it)

gender dysphoria

NOT a sentimonster

Marinette - Goldenrod (bee) Goldie

bisexual

she/her cis

adhd

overthinker

AWKWARD

panic disorder

savior complex

Alya - Terrapin (turtle)

bisexual (leaning towards men)

she/her cis

absolutely no awareness of personal danger if it means she gets a good story

nosy af

middle child syndrome

Nino - DJ Cheval (horse) DJ

whoever can match his freak is fair game

he/they cis

obsessed with music

little too naive and childish for his own good

some flavor of neurodivergent

Alix - Roloway (monkey)

aroace

any

history smart but hides it well

spray paint is her passion

"I'm fast as fuck boi" ah energy

dyes and cuts their hair themself

Max - Kalameet yes from Dark Souls, he's a nerd (dragon)

gay ace

he/him cis

atheist

video game addict

unhealthily competitive

gamer rage is definitely there but he keeps it professional if its a multiplayer game

Juleka - Lièvre Blanche (rabbit) Liévre

Lesbian

she/her trans

selective mutism

social anxiety

insomnia

vitamin d deficiency

Rose - Mademoiselle Serpent (snake) Serpent

pansexual

she/her cis

vertigo

adhd

hypefixates on everything

afraid of clowns/mimes etc.

Kagami - Byakko (tiger)

bisexual

she/her cis

NOT a sentimonster

no idea how to talk to people because of isolation

always tired from constant training

her eye bags have eye bags

Luka - Basque Lavande (pig) Basque

aroace

they/them

autism

probably smokes weed

mostly communicates through music

Zoe - Rat King (mouse) King

bisexual (Leaning towards women)

any (prefers masculine)

cares a little too much about what other people think of them to the point it leads her to lying

sort of a jack of all traits

clingy

blue-yellow colorblind

trying very hard to get on Chloe's good side

Ivan - Ram Slam (goat)

straight

he/him cis

anger issues

beneath all the muscle hes a sweetheart just don't piss him off

metal enjoyer

Mylene - Shorthorn (ox)

straight

she/her cis

panic disorder

anxiety

listens to white noise to calm down

likes acting but hates people watching her act

Marc - King Shepherd (dog) Shepherd

gay

he/they/it

autism

social anxiety

selectively mute

conveys his feeling through writing

Kim - Taolon from tao and talon (rooster)

bisexual (leaning towards women)

he/him cis

absolute dumbass

adhd

extremely competitive

spoiled by his parent ("Our boy can do no wrong" type of shit)

too confident for his own good

Nathaniel - no miraculous

bisexual ace

he/him trans

jewish

introverted

not really a team player

daydreams a lot (mostly about his own comic series)

Lila - no miraculous

bisexual

she/her trans

pathological liar

impostor syndrome

gives up immediately if things don't go her way

very good actress (stolen by the theater club)

attention seeker

please someone tell her moms to stop neglecting her she is not okay