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Part 206 of my bakery “enemies” au!

THE END!! I can't believe I finally completed this. When I first started this comic, I had no idea that it would end up being this long. A little over 3 years and over 200 parts, so around 2000 panels. (My folder that holds all my files relating to this comic is 3 GB with 2,017 items....). I honestly can't believe that I managed to stick around to the end of this. Thank you all so much for the support, I never imagined that so many people would care about this comic when I started it!

Of course, there are still some loose threads. The kwamis and Nathalie for example, but the core of this series has always been about the emotional conflict between Marinette and Adrien, and that has been resolved. I have some epilogue ideas to cover those loose ends, but this comic has already taken so much of my time and I'm not sure I want to promise that I'll get around to it. ... But who knows. Maybe!

For now, Adrien and Marinette will get some long-deserved rest.

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Kofi

#end of an era #bakery enemies au #thank you so much for giving us this amazing comic #i dont think i would have gotten into writing longform comics without beau inspiring me #truly grateful for everything you have done for this fandom

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filled with absolute fem!catwalker and ladybug feelings today.

#i don’t even know which version of this post i should reblog #you’ve caused so many wonderful brainworms autumn #it’s like i looked away from the internet for 2 seconds and you created a masterpiece while i was blinking #fem!catwalker and ladybug being pigtail twins is such a good way to let our kitty get touch and belonging #and then the idea that fem!catwalker was adrien’s untapped feminine side and that ladybug helps with exploring that i’m #and that’s not getting into how excellent the fanart is #excellent post #fem!catwalker #catwalker #ladywalker #ml fanfic #ml fanart #miraculous ladybug

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Thank you for making this! It has been very useful for me :)

I made a pattern for AstroChat wings, feel free to use it however you want ✌

No need to give credit, but if you use it please share it so others can see it too

Free download [here]

#patterns #astrocat #miraculous ladybug

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Mask off, veil on ♡ 

#this is beauty incarnate #i do not understand how you are able to paint so effortlessly #and you find such perfect details like the literal heart in her eye or the gold on his eyelashes #and how she's being so cute and he is looking towards her with such a look of smittenness #i just want to keep staring at it #loveybug au #loveybug #catwalker #loveywalker #miraculous ladybug

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Opening Line Patterns

Thank you for tagging me, @nemaliwrites (sorry it took a while to do this, I've been in a rut on anything that requires being perceived in all but the most cursory of ways and I only just started feeling normal-ish again)

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 posted fics and see if there's a pattern.

The People You Call Home

Adrien found himself, yet again, being dragged down to the school basement.

How to Be Someone You Are (But Aren't) (But Are)

Marinette fell through her trapdoor and collapsed onto her bed, where she promptly screamed into her cat pillow.

Losing the Light of Your Life

The akuma alert had given practically no details to speak of, just that a bunch of tourists had started disappearing from around the Eiffel Tower.

On Cloud Nine (I'm Fine) (I'm FINE)

Marinette was feeling giddy.

Replacements and Abandonments

Marinette sat on her balcony, holding the last rose Chat Noir had given her before…

Adrien and Loveybug HOLD! HANDS!

Adrien ducked into an alleyway so he could transform.

To Be Loved Back

Loveybug met him for their ‘debriefing’ with a bouquet of roses in her hands.

The Self I Should Be (The Self I Could Be)

Adrien’s transformation wore off upon landing in his room.

Elusive Love

“Tikki, spots on!”

No More Holding Back

Catwalker had barely made it back from London by the skin of his teeth.

Patterns:

I tend to start with a character arriving at a place and/or performing an action that the reader is already familiar with. Occasionally, the first line will have a nugget of what the main theme of the fic will be (e.g., people disappearing without explanation in the fic where Ladybug disappears without explanation), but this is largely inadvertent on my part. But overall, my openings are pretty barebones, nothing fancy or poetic (which, frankly, are just like the rest of these stories, so at least I'm consistent).

#thanks for the tag! #my writing process #tag game

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loveybug begs and begs and begs and bats her eyelashes and makes coy stances trying to persuade cat walker to go on a movie date with her. he finally agrees, unexpectedly excited about the whole thing. they decide on a random movie, “leaving it up to fate” as Loveybug said they get their concessions and they’re having a good time. they settle into their seats and this movie, it’s a stunning and dazzling romance….

that ends in a devastating break up.

they sit in awkward silence as the credits roll

#loveybug: sooooo breakups huh? #catwalker: yeah. not very fun. #loveybug: no not fun at all--wait you have *experience* with breakups? *you*? #catwalker: yeah. i mean it wasn’t a *breakup* breakup. we never dated. #loveybug: me too. having a relationship end with someone before i could tell him i love him i mean. #catwalker: i never would have guessed. you’re always so good at showing your love to people. #loveybug: nope. you’re looking at the poster child for love demonstration failures. #catwalker: is that why you decided to be loveybug? to get better at it? #loveybug: it was closer to wish fulfillment. if i wasn't *me* i'd want to be someone who could verbalize what i really feel inside. #catwalker: having a mask certainly can make it easier to be the person you always wanted to be. #loveybug: does this mean that all your *waves at his princeliness* is who you always wanted to be? #catwalker: not exactly... i came on the team because ladybug had a vision of who her perfect partner would be. i just... lived up to it. #loveybug: you've been wearing a mask this whole time? #catwalker: yes? we're superheroes. masks come with the costume. #loveybug: i didn't mean a *literal* mask! you're acting like all catwalkery because you're living up to someone else's wish? #catwalker: more or less? #loveybug: who would you want to be? if you could choose? ladybug's not here so you don't have to live up to her expectations anymore. #catwalker: honestly? someone who's fun. someone who can crack jokes. someone who can let his feelings show without filter. #loveybug: you sound like you want to be chat noir. #catwalker: yeah that sounds about right. #loveybug: get in line i want to be chat noir too. #catwalker: *laughs* #loveybug: i'm sorry you didn't get to choose the person you wanted to be when you were around ladybug. #catwalker: it's alright. being catwalker isn't all that bad. #loveybug: maybe. but if you wanted to let out your inner chat around me...? i'd like to see that version of you. #catwalker: maybe i will. someday. #loveybug: someday. #loveybug au #loveybug #catwalker

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Simultaneously desperately want someone to invent a Time Pocket where I can have space to rest/ignore everything without time passing and acknowledging all the reasons why having access to that would absolutely wreck society.

#1 - productivity expectations would skyrocket #2 - issues of consent if you are able to interact with someone who doesn’t perceive time the same way you do #3 - so much loneliness and isolation and disconnectiveness #4 - someone with all the time in the world could figure out how to break through security measures and invade privacy #5 - a really long bad day for anyone with chronic pain #6 - long-term thinking deprioritized over short term gains #7 - it’d be used as an excuse to extract money from the consumer to whatever corporation owned the time pocket tech #time pocket #i am so tired

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Brandon’s anecdote in The Video made me remember that I don’t actually have a copy of Words of Radiance on my shelf.

I’ve got The Book of Endless Pages:

#brandon says this book is about choosing who you want to be #well my book wanted to be named without caring how it might be teased for its length #stormlight archive #brandon sanderson

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Scammer pretending to be in Palestine v2

Currently there is a scammer posing as either a person in Palestine, having a family in Palestine, or is an orphan/an orphan with kids in Palestine. I have another post where I’ve been documenting this scammer but I’m redoing it here since recent updates are hard to be seen. Every account that will be listed here are scammers. Please make sure that if you see this as a reblogged post, please check the original to see if it’s been updated since. This scammer will send you hate asks if you call them out and they have been doing this since the start of February. Here is my original post.

The most common thing is that their blog is usually only a week old at best and commonly is taking their posts from a real fundraiser. Please do not give money to this scammer. Please note that they send asks to anyone who interacts with trending posts or tags and will promise to you that they’re legitimate but will refuse to answer any questions to prove they’re legit. If they do happen to send you a DM, please see if they’ll give you a direct link to their PayPal-me which would make it easy to figure out which country they’re actually located in.

As of 2/25/2024, these are the currently active accounts:

shatsha | uniquedelusionfire | deepnachoobservation | choppedsaladmusic | muhamedmartinkakudji | almightyboha | suurzzie | unabasheddestinywolf | ablahkur | ougadyabudi | tenacioussongearthquake | rahahabib | nuttywastelandmiracle

Please keep in mind all their info is generally stolen off a real Palestine fundraiser and a quick Google search of the text should lead you to the general location of it. Also please alert anyone who’s shared any of their posts and inform them of the scam by linking them to my posts.

Below is a growing list of fake names used across the accounts:

Nour Samar | maryline lucy | Fred Odhiambo | Jeff Owino | Valentine Nakuti | Conslata Obwanga | JACINTA SITATI | David Okoth | Martín Mutugi | Daudi Likuyani | William Ngonyo | Fred Agy | George Ochieng | sila keli | BONFACE ODHIAMBO

#scam alert #palestine #i’ve started getting these in my inbox #it’s disgusting to see someone trying to profit off of people who are suffering #always check that a person is who they claim to be before sending them money

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This was drawn for @kasienda 's fic bend the world around it! I did a lot of experimenting with colors on this one and while I think I'd do some things differently if I redid it, it was a fun learning process and i really like the colors that came out of it!

#i love the way you drew her looking at the picture #she’s so fond of him and realizes that her amnesiac self was right to fall for him #and all the other pictures in the background are so good and i want to keep them #and then the fic itself is so sweet and fluffy (and then bunnix shows up and prevents the reveal but at least she gives ladynoir a pass :) ) #ml fanart #ml fanfic #miraculous ladybug

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Chat Noir, who’d Cataclysmed through the bottom of the cavity, landed first—and miraculously on his feet. When he caught Marinette, there was no seatbelt to blame for the erratic beat of her heart. If asked, though, the flush of her cheeks was nothing more than adrenaline. “That was clever thinking, princess,” he praised. “Someone had to be clever,” she retorted. “And I’m not your princess.” “But you fit in my arms just like one,” he quipped with a wink.

Chapter 3 of @ladyofthenoodle's Part time soulmate, full time problem is almost here! Go read chapters 1 and 2 if you haven't already!

#the way he looks at her #and she’s all ‘I am *not* giving you the satisfaction chat #they are so fun when they’re like this together #ml fanart #ml fanfic #miraculous ladybug

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What do you mean this comic is 2 years old now???

Description below the cut.

[ID: *Ladybug sits on a ledge looking at her yo-yo*

Ladybug: Where is he? He completely disappeared during that last akuma. I hope he's alright...

*A closeup of feet going Plop*

Ladybug, turning: Chat! I'm so glad you're--

*She finishes turning to see a superhero in blacks and grays, face obscured, but it's obviously not Chat Noir*

Ladybug: --Catwalker??? Why are you using Chat's miraculous again?

Catwalker, fist clenched around his miraculous as Ladybug looks horrified: Chat Noir's identity...has been compromised.

*Flashback of a butterfly*

Catwalker (voiceover): During the last akuma attack...

*Chat Noir looking at one blinking light on his miraculous. Mayura drops in from above right behind him.*

Catwalker (voiceover continues): Chat Noir was on his way to recharge his miraculous when Mayura jumped him.

*Chat Noir grappling with Mayura, who is on top of him*

Catwalker (voiceover continues): Of course he fought back, but...

*Chat Noir cries out as his transformation releases, everything but his head shows civilian clothing. Mayura pushes Chat's staff against his throat in glee.*

Catwalker (voiceover continues): He wasn't fast enough this time.

*A close up of Adrien's face in pure terror next to a close up of the lower half of Mayura's, which is inscrutable.*

Mayura: Adrien?

Catwalker (voiceover continues): And worse, Mayura recognized him.

*The back of Adrien and Plagg as they flee for their lives. Mayura stretches out her hand towards them but does not catch them.*

Catwalker (voiceover continues): It was all he could do just to break away and run. I'm so sorry, Ladybug.

*Flashback ends. Ladybug is in tears, desperately clenching Catwalker's arm. Catwalker's face continues to be obscured.*

Ladybug: Is he hurt? Where is he now? He has to be okay! I can't lose him again, Catwalker! I CAN'T!!!

*A closeup of Ladybug being embraced by Catwalker, her eyes closed as tears stream down her face*

Catwalker: Shh... He's okay, Ladybug. He's safe. Just hiding...

*Pan down to Catwalker's side of the hug, his face now fully seen. He's crying too.*

Catwalker: ...somewhere that no one would ever think to look for him.

/end ID]

#and at the current rate it’s probably going to be another 2 years until it’s done #runaway catwalker #ml comic #miraculous ladybug

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#loveybug zine #applications

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Loveybug AU Week

2/17 : Reveal

One More Day (Lovedrien, partial reveal)

WC: ~1000

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“Adrien!”

Loveybug practically flew through his bedroom window, landing as gracefully as a tightrope walker. She pounced on Adrien, squeezing him in a hug.

Adrien couldn't keep a wide grin off his face if he wanted. He squeezed back just as tightly. Loveybug was always generous with her hugs and Adrien would take as many as humanly possible–doubly for the ones Car Walker gently ushered back.

“So wonderful to see you,” Loveybuh sighed. She leaned back a little for la bise, one she extended to far more kisses than customary. Adrien indulged her, but more importantly, himself.

“You too. Your visits really make my day.” Adrien poured every ounce of gratitude and love he had into those words. He brought her back into a hug again. Knowing that the girl behind the mask was a good friend of his made everything a million times better.

Loveybug skipped over to his bed and fell back on it with a happy sigh. “How do you even get up in the morning? I'd never leave this wonderful cloud.” She moved her arms to make a blanket angel.

“Natalie's disappointment is enough to make me get up. And I don't like keeping my bodyguard waiting.”

“You’re so sweet Adrien~ No wonder you have such a large fanclub.” Loveybug rolled over, cupping her chin in her palms. 

Adrien shook his head. “I'm supposed to be. It would look bad for the Gabriel brand if people thought I was mean.”

“Don't say that,” Loveybug said. She reached out a hand, beckoning him closer. She was a beautiful splash of color against the dark sheets. “I know you aren’t just acting. You’re the sweetest person I know.”

Adrien blushed at her words. He took her hand, gazed at her almost longingly. Loveybug sat up and guided him to the spot next to her and pulled him into another hug, humming. Adrien simply melted. Her hugs were so warm. What more would it feel like to curl up together under the covers? Adrien was sure he'd never get up in the morning then. But it wasn't right to think that way, especially knowing the girl under the mask wouldn't be enthused by it, Loveybug or not.

Accidentally discovering that Marinette was Loveybug was honestly a blessing. He hadn't meant to run into an alley in time to see her detransform. It was just one of those things. Some unlucky timing–a lucky happenstance. Certainly, an accident. Adrien knew he would eventually have to say something, but every time he looked into those sparkling blue eyes, he just couldn't.

His father would never allow Marinette back in the house after so many antics, and attempting to sneak her or any other friend in would likely end in disaster. 

But Loveybug? Loveybug could swing in whenever, and slip out with no one the wiser. Adrien couldn't say no to that.

Loveybug could scoop him up in her arms and carry him about and it wouldn't be strange in the slightest. Because it was Loveybug. Marinette would never even think of walking up to Adrien and greeting him in the mornings the way Loveybug did when she came over. As a civilian, Marinette wouldn't even accept la bise from him. But something about Loveybug compelled her to do so. It was probably pathetic, but Adrien was practically inhaling her affections. There was no way he could just end something so wonderful. Could anyone really blame him for wanting to spend more time with his friend? It was a little secret, just for them.

“How was your day today?” Loveybug pulled back. She still held his hands in her own, giving him rapt attention.

Seeing different sides of Marinette was interesting, if not a bit confusing. With Cat Walker, she was unashamed, but with Adrien, she was a bit shyer, though nonetheless still flirty. And as Marinette, Adrien still got the impression that she didn't particularly like him. Especially as of recently.

Maybe she was trying to not give away that she was Loveybug?

“It was alright,” Adrien said. He stared down at their hands and turned them so their fingers were laced. “I miss you during the day, but sometimes, it also feels like you’re there with me.” He traced the lines of her palm with his thumb. “We had an exam today, and I was really struggling with one of the questions, but I felt like you were looking over my shoulder and cheering me on.” Loveybug froze for a split second, and Adrien had to bite back a smirk. “Even though you weren’t there, you helped me. Is that weird?”

Loveybug blushed. “Of course, not. That’s what I’m here for.”

Adrien raised his eyebrows. “Not for cleansing akuma?”

Loveybug giggled. “That’s my side job. My first priority is you.” She cupped his cheek, giving him her signature adoring smile.

Adrien stuttered. “I–I–you–”

Loveybug grinned. “Yes, Adrien?”

 Loveybug just had a way that–just by looking at you–you felt invincible–that she thought you hung the sun and stars–had the world on your fingertips–like you were everything to her. Adrien knew why Paris loved her so much; that sort of look would make everyone feel special. At first when receiving those looks, he'd feared she had an infatuation with Cat Walker. But she looked at Adrien the same way. And Marinette wasn't in love with Adrien. That gaze was just her nature. That radiance she emanated was just… Adrien sighed. How could anyone not adore her?

Adrien squeezed Loveybug’s hand. “How are you so wonderful?”

“Me? You’re the wonderful one!”

His lady couldn't have picked a better holder for the ladybug miraculous. Marinette wore it like a second skin, almost like she was born to wield it–second only to his lady, of course. There was no better person to hold in her stead the hope of Paris. She certainly held his heart.

…He definitely should tell Marinette he knew who she was at some point.

But Loveybug herself had told Cat Walker numerous times that he should indulge in the things that made him happy. And he would be remiss to not take her advice.

“Tomorrow,” Adrien said to himself.

Loveybug raised his hand to her mouth and kissed it. “You’re more wonderful than the sun, the sky, waterfalls, rainbows–”

Adrien smiled as she went on and on.

Maybe tomorrow on Venus.

#hehehehehe #adrien using his secret knowledge to get more marinette sunshine #he's just so over the moon at actually being able to have someone love him the way he wants #poor boy doesn't know that she *would* have given him this affection if she could as herself #and that last line 'maybe tomorrow on venus' i mean venus *is* the goddess of love we should totally listen to what she thinks tomorrow is #loveybug au #loveybug #adrien agreste #loveydrien #ml fanfic #miraculous ladybug

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MWAH MWAH MWAH 😘💋💋💋

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since you didn't specify which side of this ship lemme just...

mwAH <3

Kiss Prompt Asks

#these two are stinking adorable together #i love the pink on black look you've made for her #with all the bits of lace and dangly hearts #and the way she's so concerned about him when he was doing his best to protect her #and he's just trying to act like he's fine but she's going to do everything to make him better (even if that includes kissing him) #loveybug au #loveybug #catwalker #loveywalker #ml comic #ml fanart #miraculous ladybug

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Question: Do either Felix or Bananoir count as Adrien's 'Marino'-esque identity? Or do we need to come up with another fake civilian identity for him?

#if we're going to invent loveybug to fill the 'catwalker' niche #we need to make sure that adrien gets to have the opportunity to mirror whatever marinette is doing with her secret identities too #miraculous ladybug

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“Average Parisian falls in love with Marinette Dupain-Cheng 3 times per year” factoid actually just statistical error. Average Parisian only falls in love with Marinette once. Face-Blindness Adrien, who cannot tell the difference between her identities and falls in love with 6 Marinettes per day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

#pfffft #boy really can't help but love marinette can he? #and marinette is just as bad with falling in love with him too #marinette dupain cheng #ladybug #multimouse #lady noire #loveybug #adrien agreste #chat noir #aspik #mister bug #catwalker #miraculous ladybug