#tvl ch1

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tvl chat noir refusing to sleep with tvl ladybug

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moussi being excited over tvl ch1 vs me being excited over moussi being excited over tvl ch1 ^_^

btw guys i’m fucking winning in life, i’ve just read the first chapter of @literaphobe upcoming fic two virgin losers (aka tvl) and i’ve ascended. so so high. it’s fucking ✨phenomenal✨ not even 5 paragraphs in and i’m already losing my mind and you guys are not prepared for what’s to come omg i literally can’t wait for more and i’m begging her to allow me read all chapters in advance but even if i can’t it’s still fucking amazing ksjdjsjjs MICHELLE PLEASEEEEEE it’s so so good KAJDKSJJDNSJS i’m going feral just thinking about what a ride this will be skhdjsjs

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idk if you read fic for tvc do you have any fic recs ((for someone who's just read the trilogy))???

So I'm assuming you are interesting in loustat fic bc that is what I primarily specialize in, I combed my ao3 bookmarks for basically anything that applied. I lazy about typing out some of the longer titles so if you see a ... it means the title is longer

Creating this list made me realize how much I like one shots, especially when I first come to a fandom I often start with the one shots before commiting to the multi chapter fics 😂

Fics set during IWTV:

Family Portrait c. 1840

Love Bites (and so do I) (I'm fascinated with how well this author captured the style of IWTV's writing, like holy shit?)

A Gift for Claudia

Claudia's Diary September 1846

my prayer has always been love

rose and hawthorn ...

TheSouvenier

Three Ghosts

Two Part Sarabande

A Study in Miscommunication

The Devil is in the Details

Fics set during TVL/QOTD/post QOTD (but not continuing into TOTBT):

lélio and ophelia

Another story about a phone call...

The Shadows of Paris

never seen the sun shine brighter

there was no sacred place

Begin Again

The Act of Leaving

Homunculus or How To Create a Man (this ine mentions the prince lestat timeline but I believe ch1-3 are Lestat reminiscing on his life during TVL and IWTV so I don't think knowledge of PL is necessary)

AUs where you don't need to know the plot of the books:

A Collected History

Summertime Elegy

If you like any of these fics the smartest way to find more great fic is to go and read everything by the author who made the thing you liked, and then go into their bookmarks. Also be sure to give kudos and comments if you liked any of these fics!

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snippet from my upcoming fic about ladynoir losing their virginities to each other. i hope u find them silly and funny ^_^

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@zodoods made some tvl memes!!!! 1 anon = 1 meme if u guys wanna see eheheheheh

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what was the alt summary for tvl

HEHE THANK U ANON -> I considered putting this after the whole Reddit thing. but I also thought before I even typed this out that an alternate summary would be too clunky. AND when I put them both in the summary box as an experiment it went over the character limit so I was like YEP this isn’t meant to be

ALSO. if you’ve read tvl ch1. you will realize that tvl ladybug never said this. I made it up for dramatic effect (no I didn’t I just thought it was fun to say it like this)

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“Is this because I’m supposedly a man?” He narrows his eyes at her.

“supposedly”?? what are chat noir’s gender feelings,,,,

(I love tvl so much already I love their banter it’s so fun! I can’t wait for the next chapter)

HEHEHEHEHEHE I was wondering if anyone would pick up on this GOOD JOB ANON u get an A+ in sending tvl asks

WELL as we all know ^_^ it’s a very murky area where gender is concerned. for him and for me tbh

ALSO tysm 🥺🥺🥺 look forward to the next chapter anon!!!!!! for plagg fans out there. I think u will very much enjoy ch2’s first scene

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ANOTHER ONE BCZ CH 6 WAS TOO GOOD😭 BUT LIKE- LITERALLY CH6 OF TVL IN ONE WORD- THE BEST- I can’t😭

AWWWWWW also hi. im using this ask to make another poll <- i love polls so much. especially the pointless ones

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tvl release date announcement PLEASE

tvl ch1 drops December 24th at 11am EST!!

(please spread the word)

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who does adrien love more, ladybug or marinette?

HELLO ANON. i honestly love that u sent this. hard hitting potentially controversial questions are fun to me. i love analyzing and breaking down my writing and characters. also this is about tvl adrichat to anyone who’s seeing this <- im assuming so bc u sent it after I posted ch7

anyway, based on ch1-7, but also how tvl adrichat is in general, id say in simple terms, He Doesn’t Love One More Than The Other

in general, he thinks he shouldn’t be in love with either of them. ladybug, he sees as a door that’s been closed since jubilation. he turns that doorknob open, takes a peek every now and then, heart tightens at the sights he steals. but he’s been under the impression that they are Just Friends. he set that very boundary on his own, on multiple occasions, not to reject her—because ladybug never Properly came clean about being in love with him—but to remind himself that they weren’t a line he should cross. that is, until she revealed her plans and repressed desires to sleep with him. and then black and white swirled together to burn and blare flashing red sirens

and then as of right now in tvl, he’s falling into her arms but still sort of wary about everything he gets to enjoy. he’s afraid it’s too much and that she’ll realize that soon enough, can barely believe it’s still happening/has happened in the first place, and the indefinite nature of the situation is read as Temporary to him. it’s why he acts/acts out in bizarre ways, and tvl ladybug winds up accommodating him in ways she THINKS is sexual, but for him is usually deeply emotional

a part of him in still in denial. his plan from the get go was to not fall in love with ladybug again. he’s admitted several times to the readers that he thinks he’s doomed. but he hasn’t exactly crossed that final line, seen his tragedy for what it was -> he’s been in love with her from the start, and it’s only getting worse, the worst it’s ever been

SO. that brings me to tvl marinette. how does tvl adrichat’s love for her compare? as it has been alluded to/straight up mentioned on occasion across the chapters, tvl marinette broke up with tvl adrien years ago, but never properly explained to him why. they also remained friends, however awkward that was, best friends you could say, enduring high school and university and now they are even navigating working life together!! by literally having their jobs be intertwined. in ch7, it is implied that tvl adrichat hates his job. he mentions wanting to quit for more time with her on several occasions. undoubtedly though, he was also not being too serious, because actually going through with it would mean leaving marinette jobless

no, tvl adrichat isn’t over marinette. he doesn’t really think he is, especially before the events of tvl, and those first few years of their breakup. because he never received an explanation, the uncertainty of the whole situation, and the lack of space or boundaries they didn’t bother to establish in their friendship, a part of him just HOPED she’d change her mind, come around, and take him back. especially since all those years had her dating No One, and he followed suit because he wanted to be with her (and more importantly he just wasn’t interested in anyone else. his life oscillates between Bug Lady and Clumsy Girl)

random tidbit. in ch1 tvl adrichat mentions that he forgets everything that happens when he’s drunk, and this is why he was confused that tvl ladybug Remembered what happened to her when she was absolutely hammered. I’ll let u all make of that however u will

with tvl marinette, as seen in ch4, through adrien’s perspective GETS JEALOUS and appears somewhat into him still -> which is absolutely torturous and difficult because he’s well aware most of her confusing signals ARENT synonymous with wanting to date him again. she has this power and ability to turn his world topsy turvy that she isn’t fully aware of, and what she IS aware of makes her severely guilty

if his situation w ladybug is a closed door that creaks open from time to time, marinette is a house they’re still in together, but every time he sees her in a room, she walks into a different one. so, in conclusion, they both devastate him, and any time he’s with either of them, things aren’t easy on his heart in any sense at all

WHOOPS! poor guy!!

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GUESS WHO JUST FINISHED THE LAST CHAPTER OF HER FIC 24 HOURS BEFORE SHES SCHEDULED TO POST CH1 <- WOOOOOOOOO

anyway if ur seeing this this is a reminder that tvl ch1 drops 24 December 11am EST!!!!

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i don’t quite get the clothing conventions of tvl, can you explain it to me please?

OF COURSE ANON MY DEAR

so here’s how clothing SPECIFICALLY works in the Secret Base:

- whenever ladybug and chat noir detransform in there, their magic suits come off, but their masks and head gear stay on (yes the cat ears. when tvl!ladybug first introduced tvl!chat noir to the Secret Base she said ‘you can take the cat ears off yknow it’s allowed’ and he was like ‘nope! Secret Base and I are in agreement - the cat ears stay ON’ or something <- not in any tvl scenes btw just something I thought of)

- they don’t Feel the masks tho, they’re just visually there, and also ladybug can take down her hair ties whenever and chat noir can take down his cat ears whenever!!

- the Secret Base does this with magic 👍 and quantum masking 👍 the part with their clothes is a bit more interesting -> they can wear whatever they want from their real lives. this is because the Secret Base disguises their clothes slightly. the easiest way to imagine this would be if for example - marinette wears a pink shirt w hearts on it, but when she steps into the Secret Base, ladybug appears to be in a red shirt with stars

- LIKE that’s just an example of how it COULD work tho. to tvl!chat noir’s knowledge, he just knows that if he saw ladybug’s civilian self outside wear the Exact same thing she wore inside the Secret Base, he wouldn’t recognize it

- and yes, they DID test this. they got like, some random shirt, and she wore it in the Secret Base, and then later on she showed him that same shirt on patrol and he was like ‘I don’t recognize that at all’

- why do they need the clothes to work the way they do? it’s to basically have Being In The Secret Base simulate real life as much as possible! bc while the Secret Base is for safety, and the kwamis’ protection, it’s also a contingency plan

- as briefly described by tvl!chat noir in ch1, 23 year old ladynoir have been facing a crisis over the years -> people GIVING UP their miraculous due to various reasons. one of the most recent factors is Work Responsibilities. in THIS ECONOMY it’s hard to be a superhero AND have a job, and some of those difficulties involve Secretly Getting Away, whereas the STRESS of it all… yeah. so, to cope w that, tvl!ladybug decided HEY CHAT NOIR! if either of us ever get fired - FUCK NEEDING MONEY. we have magic. we’ll cope!!!!! <- she’s secretly scared he’ll leave like the others. and he’s the only one who she might lose Forever bc she doesn’t know his identity, whereas she knows who literally Every other holder is

- this got out of hand. I hope u understand how clothes work in tvl’s Secret Base now!! feel free to ask any other questions :)

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HELLO EVERYONE. before ch2 drops i would like to show some of my fave reactions lisa @ladynoirist had to tvl ch1 hehehe ^_^