#final part to ox miraculous marinette
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Speechless Changes~Number 6 (part 1)
Summary:
When you always have done whatever it takes to get your goals, it's very hard to change or surprise people--even harder to leave them speechless.
In other words, the six firsts of Shadybug and Claw Noir's relationship that left someone speechless.
AO3
Warnings: language, heavily implied abuse
Word Count: 13k+
Author's notes: Hello friends! Yes, I'm alive. I'm sorry for the delay, I messed up my wrist and shoulder in a car accident and the pain killers (and you know, my wrist) made it really hard to work on this series. This is a two part chapter, so the second part will come out soon. And this is the end of the series, there might be a sequel in the future, I haven't decided yet. This is a bit of a heavy chapter, so be prepared for that. As always, a line break means a change in POV, enjoy!
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It’s a good day for Marinette, one of the best she’s had in awhile.
She had aced a test in school, watched Chloe fall face first into a muddy puddle, Alya called her her best friend, and she’s currently beating the hell out of some girl in a magic ox costume with her lucky charm—it’s an umbrella—while Claw is trying to get her Miraculous. It’s a weird life, but sometimes it’s a damn good one.
The ox girl finally seems to fall back from the numerous hits, much to Shady’s displeasure—she was just starting to get into it.
Shady and Claw stand by her to make sure she stays down, Claw groans in annoyance and pulls out his staff to call someone.
She can’t help but ogle him as he does so, she loves this guy more than anything and he’s much more than a pretty face—but damn, she’s the first to admit he’s definitely a hot piece of ass, especially in the leather. She’s having a good day, but what would make it a fucking great day is the opportunity to drool over her attractive partner and get her daily dose of affection from those sinful lips of his.
The ox girl tries to get up, breaking Shady from her daydreaming. Shady sighs and hits her with the umbrella again, dazing her. Frankly, she’s amazed at how many hits to the head this girl can take and the fact that the umbrella hasn’t broken yet.
“Hello?” She hears Betterfly’s voice coming from Claw’s staff.
“Where the hell is this lady’s miraculous?” Claw asks, exasperated.
“What lady? Oh no, are you two fighting another holder?”
“Yeah, ox girl.”
“Ox? That’s one of the Supreme’s favorites! Are you two alright? I’ll send reinforcements right—”
“Hell no, we’ve already got it handled. Where’s the miraculous? This girl’s covered in fucking jewelry.”
“Oh um nose ring, I believe?”
“Great. Hang on, you’ll get it in a sec.”
Claw leans down to the semi-unconscious ox girl and grabs the nose ring, handing it over to Shady as the girl returns to normal. Shady puts it into her yo-yo to send it to Betterfly.
The girl groans loudly.
“What was that?” Betterfly asks accusingly from Claw’s staff.
“That’s the ox.” Claw says. “I told you, we got it.”
“…Shadybug used her Lucky Charm as a weapon again, didn’t she?”
Claw sends Shady a look. “Uh no?”
Betterfly sighs, and she can practically hear him rubbing his forehead tiredly. “We’ll talk about it later.”
Claw hangs up his staff and Shady sighs, knowing that tomorrow probably holds another long lecture about violence from Betterfly.
“Did you have to beat her with the fucking umbrella?” Claw says.
Shady shrugs and sends him a smirk. “She slapped your ass and made you uncomfortable. You would have done the same fucking thing if it was me instead.”
“…Fair point.”
She tosses her umbrella up in the air and does her miraculous cure. After all the usual things, damage is fixed, the girl thanks them for curing her disease but has a terrible headache, etc., Shady grabs Claw and leads him into a nearby tight alleyway to get them both away from any prying eyes as her miraculous beeps.
The alley is small, small enough that standing in it with backs to the walls would leave two people only a few feet apart. With how close the two of them choose to stand where they can feel the other’s breath on their face, though, it almost looks like the alley way is wide, but they just don’t understand personal space.
“You know Mothra’s gonna give you shit for today, cockroach.” Claw says with a smile as he plays with a loose strand of her hair.
“Yeah,” She answers, “but that’s tomorrow me’s problem.”
And she really believes that, she’s having a really good day today, so lectures and worrying about if solving problems with violence is becoming of a hero can be dealt with on another day.
“You’re in a good mood, Bug-a-babe.” Claw says teasingly. “I almost don’t recognize you without that pouty scowl on your face.”
She playfully punches him as her miraculous beeps again, signaling it’s final warning.
He grins and blinks like he’s realizing something.
“Something’s…different.” He says.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, fleabag.” She answers.
“Your suit.” He slowly brings his fingers down the side of her body and her breath catches. “I don’t know, it just looks…different somehow.”
“Oh? How?”
“Can’t put my finger on it, but it’s fucking distracting.”
She hums and leans in close, pressing her body against his as his gloved claws find their way to her hips.
“Distracting, huh?” She says. “Maybe I should just get the hell out of here then. Wouldn’t want to distract you from all your pretty boy shit.”
She starts to pull away, but his grip tightens on her hips before she can get far. It’s a dance they know, it’s usually done with a lot more punches and violence, but it’s a good day and she knows that he must be having a good day too to be so calm. On good days for both of them, neither of them feels the need to argue, it’s more playful and teasing.
“Oh no,” he says, “your spotted ass is stuck with me, cockroach.”
She blinks, taken aback at the familiar words she’s only heard him say once before.
~Flashback~
Swinging through the Parisian skyline wearing nothing but a bodysuit is not something she pictured herself doing, but feeling the rush of the wind in her face for the first time makes everything shitty about her life seem so trivial and forgetful…even the things that make her life hell seem so small in comparison.
Maybe that’s why the Supreme gave Marinette this Miraculous thing in the first place, he knew that once she got a taste of freedom from her shitty life she’d do anything to keep pushing—maybe that’s why he did a lot of things.
Marinette scowls to herself as she lands on a rooftop, what does she care what the Supreme does? He gave her power to do with as she pleases against some dumb butterfly guy, who is she to complain about such a great opportunity?
She flings her yo-yo at a weird pole to fling herself again. Why should she question any of this? So far, she hasn’t found any downsides to this whole superpowers thing.
Crash!
She crashes into something hard, getting dazed, and her yo-yo wraps itself around her and whatever it is. She groans and slowly opens her eyes to see a black mask attached to a not-unattractive face. She opens her mouth to scream at this guy in the mask as he groans and slowly opens his eyes, her mouth shuts as she’s meant with the most beautiful purple she’s ever seen.
He pulls his head back as soon as he sees her face, but she’s too mesmerized to really notice.
“What the…” The guy says. “Hey! Get me out of this fucking thing!”
The guy starts wiggling and Marinette realizes that their bodies are pressed together like something from a sex scene in a movie. She screeches as her cheeks heat up and quickly untangles them, her yo-yo bonking the masked guy in the head as they go onto a rooftop to have their feet on the ground.
As he rubs where the yo-yo hit him, Marinette finally gets a good look at him.
His hair is a weird green color, his eyes are a beautiful over-the-top purple, he’s covered in tasteful spikes and studs, there’s a bell around his neck for some reason, he’s wearing black lipstick, wearing perfectly form-fitting leather from head to toe, and has two cat ears on top of his somehow working-for-him mess of hair.
Hot damn are the only words that come to Marinette’s mind.
She chastises herself, she’s supposed to be wreaking chaos in the name of the Supreme, not ogling some eye candy who’s probably a huge asshole.
“That fucking hurt!” The attractive masked guy says. “What the hell is wrong with you, you psycho watermelon?”
And he’s got an attitude…hmm…maybe Marinette could spend a few minutes beating up the guy in skin-tight leather before she fucks up the butterfly guy. Not like she’s ever gonna see him again, how often would she get the chance to yell at a cat guy?
“I’m a fucking ladybug, asshole.” Marinette snaps back.
The guy rolls his pretty purple eyes. “You look more like a cockroach to me.”
“Yeah? Well, you look like a bag of fleas!”
“Hey!”
He grits his teeth and gets in her face.
“Cockroach!” He growls, pushing her.
“Fleabag!” She growls back, pushing him back.
“Bug breath!”
“Fuzz face!”
They snarl at each other, and she grabs him by the collar, preparing to threaten or punch him. His snarl falls as he sees a large purple butterfly coming towards them.
“What the fuck is that?” He says.
“That’s an akuma, you dumbass.” She says, still holding him by the collar. “It’s attracted to our anger.”
“Then stop being angry, dammit! We don’t need that fucking thing over here!”
Huh, so he’s not a complete dumbass.
They both take a deep breath to calm down and the akuma flies away.
Marinette is suddenly all too aware that she’s still holding him by his jacket and that their faces are close enough that she can feel his breath on her face. She tries really hard not to think about how good his cologne smells or look at his attention-grabbing lips as she quickly pushes his (totally not attractive) face away from her.
He clears his throat and picks her yo-yo off the roof, holding it out to her. “Here, your yo-yo thing.”
Wait, why would he do that? He didn’t need to do that, no one had ever helped her for no reason before…he’s got something more to him under all that attitude, it seems, something that is grabbing her attention.
Her heartbeat picks up a bit as her hand brushes his when she grabs her yo-yo.
Oh no, that needs to stop right there. It’s fine, probably nothing, it’s not like Marinette has to worry about seeing him again, she can completely forget about it and—
“You must be that partner the Supreme is forcing me to work with.” He says. “I’m the cat holder, name’s Claw Noir.”
Fuck. Great, attractive asshole is her stupid partner.
She crosses her arms then eyes him up and down, trying to figure out the kind of person he is. Everyone she’s ever met had always either been afraid of her or wanted her to be afraid of them. Her guess is the latter, if his attitude is any indication, which is going to be a huge fucking inconvenience.
“Damn, do you ever pay attention, cockroach?” Claw Noir says, breaking her from her thoughts. “I asked what I’m supposed to call you?”
“I’m…” She pauses, remembering the Supreme mentioned secret identities, and tries to think of a name for her new super powered persona. “Shady. Yeah, Shadybug.”
“Shadybug? I think cockroach suits you better.”
He eyes her for a moment and something familiar flashes in his eyes, something she recognizes.
She blinks, suddenly overly aware of the guy in front of her. She can see all of it in his eyes, he’s broken and fucked up just like she is (which isn’t surprising since the Supreme obviously went after a specific kind of person)…anger and violence are how people like them communicate. But, that’s not what’s holding her attention. No, what’s holding her attention is the fact that alongside all that anger and pain she can see in his eyes is also that he isn’t afraid of her and he doesn’t want her to be afraid of him. She had never met someone who didn’t interact with her using some kind of fear, it’s…intriguing.
Her heart beats a bit faster at the thought, but surely, it’s just from the adrenaline.
…Right?
Well, maybe it isn’t, but if it isn’t then there’s a problem, she can’t let herself fall for an asshole like him, especially if she’s stuck with him. Not when she finally has some power.
Claw Noir looks her up and down again then sighs tiredly. “Great, the Supreme stuck me with a bitchy partner, just great.”
Does he already hate her? What the fuck is his problem? He doesn’t even know her!
So, falling for him won’t be the problem, not killing him however…well, that might be difficult.
She scowls and sends him a deadly glare. She swings her yo-yo and hits him in the stomach with it.
“If I’m so bitchy,” She says, “then give me your Miraculous so I can get a partner that isn’t such a jackass.”
He glares back, not intimidated in the slightest but still not caring if she’s afraid of him. The nerve on him. He growls and extends his staff, swinging it at her, but she dodges before he manages to hit.
“Oh no,” He says, “your spotted ass is stuck with me, cockroach.”
As they start throwing punches at each other between yells and spreading chaos through the city, she decides that if she’s stuck with him and he hates her for no reason, then she swears she’ll always hate him harder than anyone else.
~End Flashback~
…That was the day they first met forever ago. The day she fell for the guy under all that pain and buried all her want under endless hate. They’ve come so far from that day, so many things have changed, but some things would always be the same. That was the day she fell for the heart under his pain, the day that under all the hate and anger her heart had become his and has always been since.
“What?” Claw says. “Why are you looking at me like that?”
“You just reminded me of something.” Shady says with a smile. “It’s been a pretty great day, fuzz face, and you’re just making it better.”
“Really? Oh, you’re in a REALLY good mood.” He practically purrs. “Well, Bug-a-babe, I can think of something that would make this day even better.”
He leans in close, their noses touching, his hands still on her hips pressing their bodies together.
“Hmm, and what would that be, fleabag?” She says, her hands moving up his chest teasingly.
Claw opens his mouth to say something, but before he can, her transformation wears off and she immediately pushes him away so she can catch Tikki.
“Hey, what about…” Claw starts but Shady completely ignores him. He sighs and pouts. “Plagg, daggers in.”
Claw detransforms and catches Plagg.
“Hey, Tikki.” Marinette says. “Do you want a cookie or a macron? I can go get you something else too if you want.”
“Cookie’s fine, Marinette.” Tikki says.
She nods and pulls a cookie from her purse at her side—chocolate chip with a hint of fudge, Tikki’s favorite that Marinette always makes sure she has—it’s the last one in her purse. She makes a mental note to make more later.
She looks up to see Adrien pulling a wedge of cheese from his pocket and giving it to Plagg. She snorts, getting Adrien’s attention.
“You’re still bribing Plagg with that gross cheese?” Marinette says.
“Hey!” Plagg says, taking a very large bite of the cheese. “Leave my delicious camembert alone!”
“Yeah, it just became habit.” Adrien sighs tiredly. “I know, I smell like stinky cheese, but he loves it. So, I figure why not? Least I could do after…”
He trails off solemnly unable to finish his sentence. She knows what he means, though, he didn’t have to say it for her to know he’s talking about the muzzles.
She had felt uneasy about the muzzle even when she was evil, it seemed so cruel and unnecessary, but the Supreme had insisted. It’s also one of the reasons she took such joy taking the Miraculous out of his shitty minions’ control, each Miraculous they retrieve is another Kwami freed and a big ‘fuck you’ to the Supreme. It’s one of those things that her and Adrien kept unspoken—another thing they’re ashamed to have done before the other universe.
Tikki sees Marinette frown at the thought and flies up to nuzzle her cheek. Marinette smiles at the action, Tikki understands things better than most.
“Hey, I don’t remember,” Adrien says, eyeing Tikki curiously. “How did you get Tikki to forgive you for uh…well you know?”
“You don’t remember because I never said.” Marinette answers as Tikki flies to her spot in her purse.
“Well, how did you? You two seem almost inseparable now.”
“I didn’t do anything…we just kind of…are.”
And she hadn’t. She didn’t do anything to get Tikki to forgive her. She knows Adrien pulled out all the stops for Plagg, buying him as much expensive cheese as he can eat, flattery, countless apologies, etc.. But, all of that felt hollow to Marinette—not that she had an issue with Adrien doing it, of course—bribery, flattery, countless apologies, those aren’t things Marinette is fully capable of and doing so just would have been hollow excuses. She knows what Tikki is like with other her, she knows what they could be, and something like that shouldn’t come out of the way Marinette had treated her—she knows she doesn’t deserve it and no bribe or flattery or apology could ever make up for it.
And yet, it had. Tikki and Marinette didn’t talk much because Marinette herself didn’t talk much in her parent’s house, but Tikki had been nothing but kind and caring to Marinette from the moment she took off her muzzle. Tikki took care of Marinette when Adrien couldn’t, and whenever Marinette asks her why, she always says ‘I understand feeling trapped and not being able to do something…what it can make you do. I forgave you long before the other universe, Marinette.’ Marinette can never bring herself to respond to that.
She shrugs and sends Adrien a look. “That probably sounds fucking ridiculous.”
Adrien smiles and pulls her closer once again, leaning his forehead against hers. “Nothing you say could ever sound ridiculous to me.”
She hums and closes her eyes, taking in everything that is her partner with a smile. On days like this, her life doesn’t seem so shitty. As long as he’s here with her, her day could only get better from here.
“Good day, Bug?” Adrien whispers.
“As long as you’re here, yeah.” She answers, opening her eyes to look into his.
Adrien smiles even wider and presses a gentle kiss to her nose, lingering much longer than he really needs to.
She sighs contentedly and her hands move up his chest. “You probably have to get back for a photoshoot or something, huh?”
“Hell no, screw that. It’s been a good day, I wanna be yours for the rest of the night.”
That sounds perfect to her, but that doesn’t mean she has to make it easy for him.
“Hmm…” She pauses like she’s considering it. “…tempting, but I don’t know, fur face.”
Adrien whines and moves his lips down to her neck, ghosting over the one spot he knows drives her crazy.
“Please?” He says. “I want your spotted ass with me for as long as possible.”
He squeezes her butt to enunciate his point and she can’t help the smile that spreads across her face. Cheeky little asshole.
“Fine,” She says, giving in. “Can we go back to your place, then?”
“Yes!” He answers, way more excited than usual.
“You two are disgusting.” Plagg suddenly says. “Do you have to be gross in front of us every time?”
“Plagg, leave them alone.” Tikki says.
Marinette sighs as the two Kwamis ruin the little dance they have going on, usually they stayed quiet when her and Adrien are doing their little argue-tease-flirt-kiss dance, but lately Plagg has been much more vocal with his ‘distaste’ for them being together (he actually is completely supportive of their situation but pretends to find them gross). It’s simultaneously a good thing and a bad thing that Marinette has some mixed feelings about. On the one hand, she’s happy that Plagg is finally comfortable with them both to tease them and speak up. On the other hand, though, it’s very awkward to make-out when there’s two tiny gods talking about you right fucking next to you.
She steps back from Adrien, disentangling them as she stretches.
“Alright, fleabag.” Marinette says. “Your place. Can we go through the door, or do we have to go through the fucking window again?”
Adrien smirks and cocks his head to the side, telling her without words the answer to her question.
“Dammit.” She says, sighing. “We literally just detransformed. Fine, okay. Who’s turn is it?”
His smirk seems to get wider, even more mischievous.
“Oh, you asshole.” She says with a glare. “Of course, it’s MY fucking turn.”
He winks at her and she rolls her eyes.
“What can I say, Bug-a-babe?” Adrien says. “Someone’s gotta carry the team.”
She narrows her eyes at him and scowls. “Ugh, do you have to make the same pun every fucking time I do this? Tikki,” She turns her attention to the Kwami in her purse, “are you okay for another transformation?”
“I’m ready to go, Marinette.” Tikki answers.
“Great. Tikki, blots on!”
Tikki is sucked into Marinette’s earrings and Marinette transforms back into Shadybug.
She bends down and picks up Adrien in a bridal carry, which as always, he enjoys way too much in her opinion. She grabs her yo-yo and flings it to the top of the buildings the alley is between, slinging herself onto the roof. She runs from rooftop to rooftop with Adrien in her arms until she finally makes her way back to the Agreste mansion, jumping through the window to Adrien’s room before the security cameras have a chance to pick her up.
Shady places Adrien on the ground and stretches, Plagg wastes no time and immediately flies to the little bed and cheese corner Adrien set up for him.
Adrien wipes imaginary dirt off his black jeans as he gets his footing back, the smile on his face almost too bright in the darkly decorated room. She doesn’t know why he likes to be carried so much, but his expression afterwards is always super cute and it’s an excuse to have him in her arms, so she’s okay with it.
Her eyes fall on a full-body mirror that’s on his wall that wasn’t here last time she was in his room—well, maybe it was, every time she’s snuck into his room with him, they’re either completely focused on each other or they play video games on his couch, so maybe she hadn’t noticed it before.
She notices her reflection in the mirror and there’s all these new details in her suit that she’s sure weren’t there before, small and barely noticeable, but new details all the same. Adrien was right, she looks different, if she had been anyone else she never would have noticed. There’s more black around her gloves and ankles, there’s a small cluster of spots on her chest that look out of place, and her hair just seems slightly shorter. It’s hardly different from what it changed to after the other universe, but different all the same.
Adrien steps over behind Shady and wraps his arms around her waist. He nestles his chin into her shoulder and follows her gaze.
“See, cockroach?” He says. “I don’t know, somehow you just look…you don’t look so much like her anymore.”
Her as in Ladybug, as in her from the other universe. When they left the other universe, all she wanted then was to be more like her, she wanted her life, her friends, her world…her parents. Until she looked in the mirror, she hadn’t realized that she hadn’t wanted to be her in a long time—she still thought of her from time to time, wondering how Ladybug is doing or if she would be proud of who she’s become, but at some point she had stopped wanting to be her all together. She doesn’t know what the hell that means, but she likes to think that’s maybe a good thing.
Even Adrien noticed how different it is, despite how little differences there really are. Once again, she finds another reason to love this dumbass for everything he is in and out of the mask. But, as nice as it is that he noticed, that’s a conversation for maybe another day. As good of a day as this is, she doesn’t want to push it in case talking about the other universe brings up some heavy things for him.
She leans her head against Adrien’s, a small smile on her lips. “What, fleabag? Afraid I’m gonna put your pretty model ass out of work?”
He pinches her side with a grin as he detangles from her hips and she yelps in surprise. She curses the day he found out she’s ticklish, the asshole takes way too much advantage of it.
“Aw, you think I’m pretty, cockroach?” He teases. “How embarrassing.”
“Your cheeky ass is literally a model, Fur face.” Shady says with a roll of her eyes.
“Really obsessed with my ass today, huh Bug?”
She tries to scowl at him but can’t help the smile that spreads across her face. He leans in close with a knowing grin and raises his eyebrows at her. She chuckles slightly and immediately shoves his face away as he starts to laugh.
“You’re such a dumbass.” She chastises.
“Yes, but I’m your dumbass.” He dramatically blows her a kiss then starts looking around his room. “Now where did that bag go…I’m fucking starving, and that croissant is calling my name.”
She shakes her head and looks around the room, her eyes falling on a pastry bag she gave him yesterday by the end of his bed. Adrien sees it the same moment she does and makes a beeline for it. She smirks and grabs the bag before he can.
“Hey!” He says with a pout. “I fucking called that!”
She takes the croissant out of the bag and takes a big bite in front of him.
“Not my fault you’re slow without the suit, fleabag.” She says playfully.
“What?” He answers, offended. “I am not!”
“Keep telling yourself that.”
“No way, I’m not slow.”
“Please, I could take you down easily, pretty boy.”
“The suit makes you faster and stronger!”
“Even if I didn’t use the enhancedness. You need to work on your punches.”
“Fine.”
Adrien stands up and gets in a ready position.
“What the hell are you doing?”
“You said I need to work on my punches, so I’m showing you that I don’t.”
“Oh?” She puts the rest of the croissant back in the bag and places it back on the ground. “You wanna spar?”
“Hell yeah. Take me on without using the enhancedness like you said, I bet I knock you on your spotted ass.”
“I bet you I knock you on your ass in your own bed.”
Adrien throws a punch and Shady blocks it. She throws one of her own and he blocks it too, they fall into a comfortable rhythm of both of them throwing punches or kicks—none of them really landing, even without using the enhancedness on her end, she has to admit that Adrien can hold his own against her.
She ducks and kicks her leg into his foot, knocking him off balance as she comes back up. She punches his chest and he falls backwards onto his bed. Shady jumps on his bed and pins him with her body before he has the chance to recover.
“Told you.” She says cockily.
She grins at Adrien lying beneath her, both of them breathing heavily. She notices his eyes are blown wide with lust as they dart from her lips to her eyes, the tension between them from the day feeling heavy in the atmosphere. His hands slowly move their way up her thighs, giving them a gentle squeeze to give her an idea of what he’s thinking.
She raises an eyebrow and drops her voice to a whisper. “Thought you were hungry, Cat?”
“Oh, I’m hungry alright.” He says, his voice an octave lower.
She isn’t sure who leans forward first, but their lips crash together like they need each other’s breath to survive.
She can never get enough of him, his entire being is a drug and she’s addicted. From the way he kisses her breathless to the way he moves his body into hers in moments like these, every bit of it feels like he’s made for her, like no one else would ever be able to make her lose control like he does.
She presses herself into him and moves her hands up his t-shirt covered chest.
Adrien grabs Shady’s hips as she presses into him while straddling his hips, their lips on each other’s in a way that she knows sets them both on fire. He moves his hand down to her butt and gives it a squeeze. She moans slightly and he takes the opportunity to put his tongue into her mouth. She accepts it easily against her own as she starts to pulse slightly against him, wanting to feel a little friction.
He sits up a bit without breaking the kiss, his hands still holding her butt and hips as she sits in his lap pulsing against him—starting to rub against her himself. The new position makes it easier to feel every detail of his body against her.
She wants him right now, and badly. And from the part of him she can feel against her suit pressing into her in a perfectly sinful way, she can tell he wants her too. If he keeps going like this, she’ll come undone before she even gets the suit off. They had both agreed a long time ago that the physical part of their relationship is fine in the super suits, but the full physical part should be without the suits…it seems unfair to Plagg and Tikki that they have to be apart of it.
She pulls back from the kiss, intending to detransform, but Adrien moves his mouth down to her neck and sucks on the one spot that makes her completely lose control. She moans loudly and moves her neck more to the side to give him better access, her hips grinding against his clothed sex. Her hands find their way into his hair and she gives it a little pull, just the way she knows he can’t get enough of.
While he continues his work on her neck she opens her eyes slightly, planning to recapture his lips in hers after she says the detransformation words, but she notices the clock by his bed and her stomach drops as she remembers something.
She pulls away from him a little.
“Shit!” Shady says. “Is that the time? Shit, shit, shit!”
She pushes him back and his back hits the bed with an ‘oomf’ as she pries herself off of him, falling off the bed in doing so.
“What?” Adrien says.
“I have to go!” She answers, trying to scramble to her feet.
“Go where?”
“I forgot I was supposed to clean up the bakery, if I get there quick enough, maybe no one will notice. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.”
“But—”
She leans forward and grabs his face, kissing him on the lips and trying to convey every bit of want and longing she would have for him when she left. She pulls away suddenly, and he whines at the loss of contact.
“I’ll see you later, fleabag!” She says, already ready to jump out his window. “Love you, bye!”
Before he can respond, she swings her yo-yo out his window and flings herself across the Parisian skyline. She hates leaving him like this, but she’ll make it up to him later.
She quickly swings her way back to her parent’s bakery as fast as she can, praying to whatever divine beings there might be that she’ll be lucky enough to get there after everyone has fallen asleep so no one would notice she hadn’t cleaned up the bakery yet. It was a good day today, maybe she’ll catch a lucky break for once. She jumps through her trap door and lands softly on her bed as quietly as possible.
“Tikki, blots off.” She whispers.
She detransforms and Tikki falls into her hands. She needs to get down to the bakery without anyone knowing, clean it up, and get back up to her room without anyone knowing she didn’t do so sooner. But first, before anything else, Tikki needs to eat something. She looks around her room for food and sees the bag of cookies she keeps hidden peeking out from a drawer across the room.
She takes a deep breath and carefully gets down from her bed, tiptoeing quietly across the floor. The floorboard beneath her creaks and she curses to herself, hoping no one else in the apartment heard it.
“Marinette!” She hears her mother yell in Mandarin followed by stomping up the ladder that leads to her room and her stomach drops into her toes.
“Hide, Tikki.” Marinette says as she runs across the floor to put her in the drawer with the cookies.
“But Marinette—” Tikki says.
“Don’t come out. I’ll be okay.”
Marinette hears the latch to her bedroom being opened and takes in a shallow breath.
Suddenly, all at once, Marinette knows all too well that today isn’t going to be a good day anymore.
—
Adrien hasn’t seen Marinette for almost three days and it’s driving him insane.
Did he do something? Was she mad at him? He can’t think of a single thing he could have done to upset her, especially not with what a good mood she was in the other day in his room.
It’s probably nothing, but ever since the other universe they had never gone this long without seeing or talking to each other. Well, they had ‘talked’ a few times he supposes—but her sending one word replies hours after he messages her or leaving him on read doesn’t really count, it made him worried about her. And to top it off, his schedule has been packed with lessons or photoshoots and the Supreme hasn’t sent out another holder since their fight with the ox girl, so he didn’t have any opportunity to sneak away to her these past few days.
Which is why when she agreed to meet up with him this afternoon by that secret garden they had found awhile back he left right away to enjoy every minute he could with his Bug—completely skipping one of his lessons and ditching a photoshoot in the process. This little garden is hidden away from everyone behind an alleyway most people ignore, they had stumbled on it a bit back and it became their personal hangout place whenever they needed somewhere to go outside their suits. It’s a place where no one would bother them or annoy the hell out of him because he’s a model.
He needs to see her, he needs to know he had no reason to worry, so he’s been waiting for awhile—over an hour earlier than when she said she’d be here, but she doesn’t need to know that when she gets here.
“Cat?” He hears his favorite voice in the world call from the alleyway entrance.
He smiles and stands up from the bench he’s sitting on, anxiously looking at the sweets bag he brought for her beside him. Should he hold it? Just leave it there? He was trying to do something for her to show he was thinking about her in their time apart, he even did his makeup the way she said she likes best on him and threw on the black shirt she made for him, but now the sweets maybe feel like too much.
“Hey, Bug-a-babe.” He says looking in the direction the voice came from. “Did you miss…”
He trails off as he sees her for the first time in three days, whatever remark he’s about to say falling dead in his throat. And not because he’s stunned by her beauty, no, because something is very VERY wrong.
She’s wearing an oversized sweater on a hot day, she’s walking with a slight limp, her bangs are covering one of her eyes, and the usual light of her smile is just not there. He’s seen her like this a few times before and every time he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong about this, that it’s strange that when she’s like this there’s much more venom or malice in her voice than usual.
He meets her halfway on her way to the bench, engulfing her in a gentle but firm hug. She’s surprised for a second but quickly melts into his arms like she needs it.
“You miss me or something, pretty boy?” She says teasingly, but he can hear the relief in her voice.
“Always, Bug.” He answers, inhaling her scent. He pulls back and brings his hands down to hers as he turns. “Come on, let’s sit so we can—”
He freezes as he suddenly registers the feeling of her hand in his, instead of the usual warmth of her skin against his, there’s something scratchy like cloth. He turns back around and pulls her hand up to his eyes, slowly moving her sleeve back to reveal a bandage around her hand, wrist, and trailing up her forearm.
“Marinette,” He says, voice laced with concern as his eyes stay only on the bandage in front of him. “What is—”
“I just fell onto some glass.” She answers, quickly pulling her hand away. “It’s nothing, fleabag, I’m fine.”
“But I also saw you limping.” He says, eyes still focused on her hand at her side.
“Yeah, I fell pretty badly. You know how clumsy I can be, nothing too serious.”
She could be pretty clumsy outside the suit sometimes, he couldn’t count how many times she’d stubbed her toe on his bed frame or had bruises in weird places. But he’s never seen her hurt bad enough to need a bandage or anything out of the suit before…he doesn’t like it.
He kneels down and sweeps her up into his arms, carrying her bridal style.
“Hey!” She shrieks. “Put me down, asshole!”
“You sure as hell shouldn’t be walking on a hurt foot, cockroach.” He answers stubbornly, walking her toward the bench.
“I told you, I’m fucking fine.”
He places her down on the bench and sits next to her, pulling her legs into his lap so he can get a better look at her foot. He grabs the bag beside him and passes it to Marinette.
“Here,” He says, “I got you some sweets, you can eat them while I look at your foot.”
She sends him a glare as she opens the bag. It quickly turns to a slight smile when she sees all the sweets he got her inside. Technically, the bag is a bribe now to let him give her a once-over, but he cheers silently in his head that she doesn’t think the sweets are too much—not that she likely would anyway, Marinette has the biggest sweet tooth he’s ever seen.
She pops one of the chocolate candies into her mouth and he smiles a bit at the sight. He turns his attention back to her feet in his lap and gently pulls off her shoe to take a look at her injured foot.
Luckily, Marinette doesn’t fight him on it, she’s one of the most stubborn people he’s ever met but when it came to one of them being hurt whoever it was is always immediately out-stubborned by the other—in this case, him.
He checks her foot left to right as Marinette eats some more of the sweets, her foot is swollen but ultimately okay. He sighs and looks at her face, which is still on the bag of sweets.
“If you hurt your fucking foot,” He says sternly, “then you should be resting, cockroach. I would have come to you. You didn’t have too—”
“I know, I know.” She says, putting the bag to the side as she starts nervously fiddling with her fingers. “I just…I just really needed to see you.”
There’s something in her voice, something almost pained that makes him look at her like there’s a puzzle he can’t see etched into her features. She got like this sometimes, distant and broken and scared of something, even back before the other universe there had been days where he could tell something was really wrong—it happens sometimes out of the blue on a random day—but he’s never been able to pinpoint why.
He blinks, suddenly realizing this is the first time he’s really looked at her face since she got here. Looking at her fidget and trying to not seem as unnerved as she is, he can’t help but notice that she’s wearing much more eye makeup than usual. Thinking about it, she’s always been meticulous about her makeup but hates whenever someone brings it up, it’s like she always tries to change the topic. It’s almost like she’s trying to…his stomach drops as a terrible thought suddenly pops up in his head, one that’s never once crossed his mind before.
He takes in a deep breath, hoping to hell he’s wrong.
“I don’t wear the makeup anymore.” He says.
“What?” She asks, meeting his eyes.
“To cover up the disease from overusing our powers, I mean. I still wear eyeshadow and eyeliner, but I don’t wear the makeup anymore.”
She blinks at him, confused, and eyes him questioningly as she takes her legs off his lap. After a long pause, she finally responds, “…I noticed.”
“But you do.” He says, trying to tread carefully with what he’s trying to say.
“So?”
“At first, I thought it was maybe just habit or that you just felt more comfortable wearing it, but that’s not it, that’s not why you wear it. If it was out of habit, you wouldn’t be so meticulous about it and if you felt more comfortable wearing it, then you wouldn’t try to hide it whenever someone brings it up.”
Marinette says nothing and looks away from him, her shoulders suddenly tensing.
“Even back when I just watched you from my car window before everything, I wondered why.” He continues as he takes her hand, giving it a comforting squeeze. “I was always wondering why the hell someone so beautiful with and without makeup cared so much about hiding her face sometimes.”
Marinette looks at him nervously, a look in her eyes that pulls at Adrien’s heart strings, but she doesn’t try to get him to stop talking. She’s letting him continue to talk about the one thing she never let him speak about before, the one thing he knows she never let anyone talk about…not even herself.
“After everything that happened,” He continues, “we started spending more time together…I started noticing some things I didn’t see before.”
He swallows hard as she looks away, avoiding his eyes. He hates this, he hates that he has to bring this thing up that could cause her pain. He hates that he’s noticed all of these things that are starting to add up if his thought is right.
“How quickly your demeanor changes when you’re working in the bakery alone, how calmer you are.” He lists. “How you sometimes wear a bunch of layers even with the heat outside, and how angry you get whenever someone mentions you should take them off. How you always want to spend more time with me after and before school, how you always want to stay out just a bit longer and you just don’t want to go home yet.”
Before he had never really thought much of those things, he would ignore them as just habits she has or just wanting to spend more time with him—which maybe is also the case, but…
“How sometimes you flinch when I ask about things outside of school and our time together.” He continues. “How quickly you get quiet and change the topic when I bring up your house. How you never want me at your place when your parents are there.”
Adrien pauses and leans closer to Marinette, gingerly putting his thumb under her chin to bring her eyes to his.
“How…” He hesitates, trying to find the right words. “…How you have the most beautiful eyes in the world that I could get lost in, but you always seem to look away when I look too long like you’re worried.”
He pauses again and gently uses his fingers to push her bangs away from her eye, the makeup on it thick and dark but at closer inspection, likely not makeup at all.
“…And how you hide behind your hair often but even more after you came home late the night before or made a mistake in the bakery.”
Marinette leans into his touch, tears forming in her eyes. She rips her gaze from his as her lip starts quivering.
He knows how much she hates crying, he knows she doesn’t want him of all people to see her cry, the fact that she’s this close to doing so means this is something really serious and terrible. Which doesn’t give him hope that he’s wrong about what’s happened, and damn does he really hope he’s wrong.
Adrien gently places his hands on both of her cheeks, rubbing comforting circles into them with his thumbs as he brings her gaze back to look at him. A tear falls down her cheek and he wipes it away.
“Marinette,” He says with hundreds of emotions dripping into his voice. “You are my partner, my best friend, my everything more and inbetween. I would never do anything to hurt you or force you to tell me anything, I never want to be the reason you’re in pain. So, you don’t have to answer me, you don’t have to say anything. But I…fuck…I need to ask. It’s…it’s your parents, isn’t it?”
Marinette closes her eyes and takes in a shallow breath, her tears falling freely to confirm his suspicions.
Adrien kisses her sweetly and pulls her into a hug as she starts to cry with everything in her. He pets her hair, and she holds him like he might slip away, like he’s the thing grounding her to earth.
As she sobs into his shirt, he feels his own tears form in his eyes—whether tears of anger or hatred or sadness, he isn’t sure. On the one hand, he feels heartbroken that his partner, his friend, his love—the one person that makes this shitty world feel like it isn’t so shitty—has been living with something so terrible for who knows how long. On the other hand, he feels like he could burn the whole world to the ground for the mere idea that anyone fucking dared to hurt HIS Marinette like this. He shoves both of those feelings down for the moment, his only focus has to be on Marinette.
“I’m here.” He says trying to comfort her with the only words he knows he can. “Stay with me. Breathe.”
Her hands clutch his shirt like a lifeline and he holds her firmly in his embrace to show he means it, that he’s here with her and would never turn away.
“I’m here.” He says. “I promise I’m here.”
The more he learns about this girl, the more he understands her, so many parts of her start to make more sense. The anger, the willing to do anything, the tears when the wish didn’t work in the other universe…the reason she is who she is and was suddenly became much clearer to him. And it makes him love her more than he already did, which he didn’t think was possible. He knows he will always do anything for her, he’s hers in every sense of the word, and no way is anyone ever laying a damn finger on her ever again if he has anything to say about it.
Her crying doesn’t stop but her sobs become less frantic. He squeezes her tightly and grits his teeth, anger and rage still bubbling inside him at the thought of Marinette’s parents even thinking about…
“You are not going back there.” He says, barely managing to say it without transforming and running off to wipe the Dupain-Chengs off the face of the fucking planet. He isn’t sure if he’s telling it to her or to himself, either way, he knows he’ll never let her go back to that wretched place again, not without him by her side.
“I…” Marinette says into his shirt. “…I don’t have anywhere else to go.”
“Yes, you do.” He says, pulling her back slightly to look her in the eyes. “You have me, you’ll always have me.”
“But—”
“No, no buts. Today, tomorrow, fifty fucking years from now, you have me. You’re not going back there.” He leans his forehead against hers, their noses touching, and takes her cheeks in his hands. “I won’t let them hurt you ever again. You can stay with me, at the Resistance, or we’ll find you a place, but that damn hell hole is not home for you. You are my home, Marinette, if you’ll have me and want me to be, I can be yours.”
She sniffles and lunges forward, wrapping her arms around him as she reburies her face into his shirt. He can feel her shaking and start crying all over again, there’s only one thing he can think might help.
“Plagg, daggers out.” He says and transforms, wrapping his arms around her to hold her.
The moment his clothes turn into his super-suit, his breathing immediately turns to a purr that rumbles from deep in his chest. He finds the purring a little embarrassing sometimes, but it always seems to calm Marinette down when they argue or deal with a rough fight. She told him once that something about hearing it brings her feet back to the ground and reminds her that he’s there. He hopes that’s also true for when she’s broken like this…he doesn’t think there’s something he can say for something like this, but he needs her to know he’s here with her.
Remarkably, his purring seems to calm her down. They sit in silence as she catches her breath and slowly seems to recover, he doesn’t dare move but she nuzzles into his chest making him purr louder—she can tease him all she wants about it, he doesn’t care as long as it helps her.
He tries to keep his anger in check as he waits for her to be okay again. He wants to be what Marinette needs right now, someone to hold her and comfort her, but it feels so fucking hard as it hits him that this is the first time she’s had someone to comfort her about this. He’s the person who’s there for her for something like this and he also hasn’t been by her side in days.
Three days. He hasn’t seen her in three fucking days. Who knows what she was dealing with in that time? She could have ended up in the hospital or worse because of those damn monsters she calls parents. If he had been there than she wouldn’t…he shoves those thoughts out of his mind, all that matters is that both of them are here now and he won’t let it happen again—those thoughts can be saved for later when he raises hell and makes them pay, they have no place in his head while Marinette is falling apart in his arms.
“You must think I’m so weak.” Marinette whispers.
He kisses the top of her head. “Never. You’re the strongest most amazing fucking person I’ve ever met.”
She sniffles and hums, moving her head up to rest against his leather-clad shoulder. Although she still looks like she’s breaking apart inside, at least she isn’t crying as much. She fiddles with the bell around his neck—the bell that feels like it’s meant to be hers—as he continues purring, the soft calming jingle barely loud enough to hear.
“I lied to you...I never wanted to lie to you. But I…” She says, almost fighting fresh tears.
“I don’t care about that, Marinette, I care about you.”
“…I’m sorry.”
He pulls her into his lap and rests his chin on her head. “You don’t have anything to be sorry for, Bug. You’ll never have to be sorry for any of this.”
She sighs and curls into him as they fall into silence again.
He isn’t sure how much time passes as they sit there like that, it feels like days but he knows it’s probably only a few minutes. He wishes they could sit there like that for days as if the rest of the world isn’t as shitty as it really is, but the world keeps spinning and that means they keep moving.
“What do we do now?” She whispers in a voice that almost breaks his heart.
“Now, I take you home and we worry about the rest later.”
“Home? As in—”
“Yeah, as in my place.”
“But what about your father?”
“He can fucking deal with it. I don’t care what he thinks.”
“…Okay.”
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Marinette isn’t normal, she knows and understands that. She’s never been normal. She’s always keeping secrets, holds her emotions close to her chest, and hides behind her mask as Shadybug to understand what she’s really feeling. So, when the biggest most terrible secret she holds close to her bruised and battered chest is finally discovered by Adrien…she doesn’t know what to do.
As soon as she stops crying, she does the only logical thing her brain can think of: she convinces herself that this is all a stupid nightmare.
Even as Adrien detransforms in the street by his house and leads her through the gated entrance to his front door (which is notably the first time she’s even seen this side of the house—she usually only goes in through his window), she still can’t believe she could have been so careless as to actually let Adrien see her so weak.
Even harder to believe that Adrien would let her come into his house with complete disregard to his father—that in itself is enough to make Marinette think she’s dreaming.
“There you are, Adrien.” His father says as he comes down the steps by the front door they enter through. “I was worried when you missed your lesson and photo shoot this afternoon. You know better than to…who is this?”
“This is Marinette.” Adrien answers assertively. “She’s my…she’s um…”
His father looks her up and down, scrutinizing her suspiciously. It makes Marinette’s skin crawl that this man who makes Adrien’s life so difficult would dare to judge her, so she returns his look with a threatening glare.
“Is she the reason you missed a lesson and the photo shoot?” His father asks, his eyes on Marinette turning angry and staying only on her.
Adrien grits his teeth, clearly annoyed at his father’s tone towards Marinette. “She’s staying here with us for awhile.”
“Absolutely not.”
“I’m not asking.”
“…Adrien, you can’t—”
“She’s. Staying.” Adrien growls, his protectiveness that comes out when he’s Claw seeping into his voice like a threat—she’s surprised to hear it directed at his father, Adrien had always mentioned to Marinette that he couldn’t find it in him to stand up to his father most of the time.
“Adrien,” Marinette whispers, “it’s okay, you don’t have to—”
“Adrien,” His father says sternly, regaining his attention. “Can I speak to you privately?”
“No.” Adrien answers. “If you have something to say, you can say it to both of us. I’m not leaving her until she’s set.”
“Fine. You can’t just let some random girl stay in our home.”
“She’s not some random—”
“Clearly, she’s also probably the reason you missed a lesson and a photoshoot—and if I had to guess, it’s likely not the first time she caused you to do so.”
“That’s not—”
“Her hand is wrapped in a bandage and that’s probably a black eye hiding under her makeup, isn’t it? So, she’s been fighting too if I had to guess.”
“You don’t know what—”
“She clearly isn’t a good influence and very obviously spells trouble. I won’t let you bring yourself down with someone like this, you have so much potential to be someone great, Adrien. I won’t let you throw everything away by aligning yourself with a girl like her, you’re better than that.”
Adrien grits his teeth and turns himself and Marinette around, walking away from his father. “She’s. Staying.”
“I won’t allow it.” His father says from behind them. “I’m disappointed in you, Adrien.”
At that, Marinette freezes in her tracks.
Adrien is trying to be better, he’s trying to protect her and keep her safe in this dream—anyone who knows him should be proud of him. But his damn father is talking down to him like he’s some kind of monster for doing this one thing. Where the hell is the justice in that? If anyone is a monster, Marinette thinks it would be her…that’s how her parents treat her, her own mother has screamed at her numerous times that she’s a clumsy freak who’s wasting space. How could anyone treat her favorite person in the world like that? She couldn’t stand for that.
Marinette clenches her fist and whips around to his father. If this is a dream, then she might as well start swinging. She knows this won’t end well even if it is a dream, too late to stop now, her mouth is already moving with venom before she can consider this as a bad idea.
“Hey, fuck-head!” She yells at his father, stomping toward him as quickly as she can with an injured foot. “Your son is a fucking masterpiece work of art who’s doing his best and you’re an asshole for ignoring him. Stop being a fucking dickhead! He’s the most incredible person I know and I’ll be damned if I let anyone tell me to stay away from him. You can have a problem with me all you want, but don’t you fucking dare try to make him feel bad about himself because of it you piece of shit!”
Adrien and his father gape at her, speechless and stunned in place, and it suddenly dawns on her the very high likelihood that this actually isn’t a dream…and she just yelled at Gabriel Agreste and insulted him…repeatedly.
She shrinks into herself, feeling the need to beat herself up at the sudden realization of what she had just done. That’s exactly what she always imagined saying to Adrien’s father whenever Adrien told her about his issues with him…she never thought she would ACTUALLY say that to him the first time they met.
After a moment that seems to feel like an eternity, his father clears his throat and scrutinizes her.
“You care about my son?” His father says.
Marinette looks to her feet and nods, feeling like the world is going to cave in on her.
“Adrien,” his father continues, “why does she need a place to stay?”
Adrien joins Marinette’s side and puts a protective arm around her, an underlying threat in his voice as Marinette feels his eyes on her. “I won’t let her go back to that damned place she calls home. I won’t and I can’t, she deserves somewhere safe, and that’s here by me.”
His father hums thoughtfully and Marinette meets his eyes.
The distrust and judgement in his eyes that previously set her on edge is completely gone, in it’s place is a kind of…realization Marinette can’t place—but the malice behind it, seems like it’s gone, and Marinette doesn’t know how to feel about that.
“Marinette, was it?” His father says.
Marinette nods in affirmation, taking in a breath to prepare herself for what’s about to come.
“We have a guest room you’re welcome to stay in for as long as you like.” His father continues. “I’ll get you set and don’t be afraid to ask for anything you need. Adrien, while I get her comfortable in the guest room, go ask the chef to make something for her, she’s probably hungry.”
“W-what?” Adrien asks, dumbfounded.
“Adrien, go get her something to eat.” His father insists. “I’ll help her to the guest room, we want her to be comfortable here.”
Adrien tightens his grip on Marinette protectively.
His father eyes them and sends them a gentle smile—Marinette can see why it annoys Adrien so much with everything he’s said about his mom, his smile seems so nice and genuine and so…wrong.
“It’s okay, Adrien.” His father continues. “I promise we’ll take care of her, she’ll be alright.”
Marinette isn’t sure how it happens, but next thing she knows Adrien is running to the kitchen and Gabriel Agreste is directing her into an elegantly decorated empty bedroom.
She awkwardly sits on the edge of the bed as Mr. Agreste stands by the door. For a moment she’s terrified he’s going to shut it and raise hell against her for what she said or worse if he closes the door and reacts like her parents would…the thought of something like that happening to her so close to Adrien is the most terrifying idea she may ever have.
Thankfully, Mr. Agreste leaves his place at the door and kneels to the floor in front of her, so she calms down slightly—only slightly, as Gabriel Agreste is now mere inches from her face and she literally just insulted him to his face…repeatedly.
“I’m sorry for being so abrasive, Miss Marinette.” Mr. Agreste says. “I worry about my son and many people try to take advantage of him…I was worried you might be doing the same since he’s a model, wealthy, and famous.”
His father is nicer than Marinette pictured, which sets Marinette’s teeth on end knowing how much Adrien goes through because of him. She might not be in a great place right now with what Adrien now knows about her, but she’ll be damned if she lets Gabriel Agreste not be read for the filth he is—even if he is a little nice and even if she would deal with terrible consequences. She’s already insulted him, she probably can’t make it worse at this point, right?
“I would never hurt Adrien, I don’t fucking care about any of that.” Marinette says almost threateningly. “Maybe if you weren’t such an asshole, you’d know that he fucking despises anyone who would care about that shit.”
Fuck. Why did she say that? Now he’ll know that she meant every word, she could’ve backtracked or made up some excuse, but no she has to run her big mouth. Apparently, yes, she probably can make it worse.
“I’ll let that one slide given the circumstances.” Mr. Agreste says. “You’ve got some bite to you, I respect that. But what I respect most is your concern for my son, he’s never introduced me to one of his…” He pauses like he’ s carefully choosing the word. “…friends before. I trust his judgement, if he thinks you need to stay here then you’re more than welcome to stay as long as you wish. But…”
Marinette blinks, not sure if this isn’t her imagination playing tricks on her. “But?”
Mr. Agreste shifts his weight uncomfortably, trying to avoid her gaze. “But…your black eye?”
Her hands clench into fists at the sudden reminder of what got her into this situation in the first place and the painful memory that goes along with it.
“What about it?” She answers with venom dripping into her voice.
She knows Mr. Agreste didn’t mean anything by it, but she knows he was entering dangerous territory and felt the need to warn him to not tread further—the only person she would even consider in that aspect is Adrien.
“I won’t pry.” He answers calmly. “But with the way Adrien is protective of you and you needing a place to stay…I have a feeling I was wrong about how you received it and if that’s the case…well, I’m sorry for assuming and hope I can help. Stay in my house as long as you need, I won’t send you back to a place that’s bringing you pain.”
There’s a quiet knock at the open door and they both look up to see Adrien holding a tray with some food on it.
“Nette?” Adrien says, eyeing his father suspiciously as he walks into the room. “Are you okay? Did he fucking—”
“I’m fine, Adrien.” Marinette quickly answers. “We were just…talking.”
“Yes,” Mr. Agreste says as he stands, “I was just getting to know our new house guest a bit better.”
Adrien sends his father a suspicious glare and places the food tray on the bed by Marinette. He opens his mouth to say something, but his father speaks before he can.
“We should give her some space, Adrien.” Mr. Agreste says. “It’s probably been a long day, we should leave her alone to eat and get some rest.”
“But—”
“Adrien…” Mr. Agreste says more sternly.
Marinette reaches for Adrien’s hand, gaining his attention, and gives it a gentle squeeze.
“Adrien,” Marinette says, “it’s okay, I’ll be okay.”
“Are you sure? Because I can—”
“Go on, Adrien, I’ll be alright. I have my phone and my purse.”
She emphasizes her last word, hoping that Adrien understands her double meaning. She knows he doesn’t want her to be alone, but his father won’t let him stay, so she’s trying her best to convey that she won’t be alone—Tikki is waiting in her purse.
Adrien nods in understanding and a moment of silent communication passes between them that Marinette knows means they’ll be seeing each other later.
“Okay,” Adrien says, his eyes never leaving hers. “But call me immediately if you need anything.”
“I will.”
Mr. Agreste escorts Adrien out of the room and he watches her as they leave, worry clear on his face. Marinette hates that he might think she’s weak, but a part of her is actually relieved that he cares so much.
Adrien closes the door behind them and Marinette releases the breath she hadn’t realized she was holding in.
Tikki flies out from Marinette’s purse once they’re alone, floating inches from her face.
“You should eat and rest, Marinette.” Tikki says.
“I’m fine, Tikki.”
“No, you’re not. You haven’t been fine since long before I came into your life…long before the other universe.”
“I’m not weak Tikki.”
“No, you’re not weak, you’re strong and smart and capable and much more. But, you’re not okay.”
“But I—”
“Marinette, you’re in shock. Please, let Adrien help you with this.”
“But—”
“Marinette,” Tikki says more sternly. “I wore a muzzle for centuries and have been forced to do things I didn’t want to do. I’ve been in pain, abandoned, misused, and tormented. I know what it means to be hurt by someone who is meant to protect you, I know what it does to you and the things it makes you do. Please, listen to me about this and let Adrien help.”
Marinette closes her mouth and guiltily avoids Tikki’s eyes. Tikki barely, if ever, spoke about how things had been before the other universe…everything the small Kwami had been through. And Marinette had never wanted to cause Tikki pain, she knew how it felt to be reminded of the thing that could destroy you, so she never asked.
Marinette slowly grabs some of the food and starts eating, Tikki smiles slightly and watches her eat to make sure she eats enough.
They don’t say another word and there’s a gentle understanding between them as Marinette finishes the food and lays back on the bed. It’s soft and the blankets are thick—far better than the hard mattress and thin blanket she’s always known.
She looks out the large window by her bed, it’s dark and well into the night. How long had she been here? Had it been hours? Minutes? Would her parents notice she’s gone?
She feels fresh tears forming in her eyes at the thought of her parents and bites her lip so hard she draws blood. She runs her hands over her wrapped hand, the tears falling freely as she remembers how it happened—how it really happened.
She shakes her head, trying to focus on something—anything—else, and looks around the room.
There’s expensive art and furniture everywhere, far nicer than anything Marinette has ever known in her whole life, but it’s also comfortable and tasteful. The room is…nice. She tries to close her eyes and go to sleep, but despite the comfortable bed and the welcoming ambiance of the room she feels completely restless.
The silence is deafening and a reminder of why she had ended up in the Agreste house in the first place.
Maybe Tikki is right, maybe she’s been in shock all day because she’s never told anyone the truth about her parents. Maybe she’s in shock at the fact that Adrien would help her with something like this. Maybe she buried her emotions for so long that she didn’t know how to fully feel them. Maybe this had never been a dream. Maybe her parents really are monsters. Maybe they never cared about her in the first place.
Maybe, maybe, maybe…
There’s so much she isn’t sure of and will never be sure of, so much she’ll never understand. But one thing that she does understand is that there’s one thing she’s always been sure of.
She snaps her eyes open and leans forward. This bed is incredibly nice and comfortable, but…she can’t sleep alone.
“Tikki?” Marinette whispers, hoping her Kwami is awake.
“I’m here, Marinette.” Tikki answers, suddenly flying in front of her face. “I’m always here.”
Marinette hugs her knees to her chest. “Tikki I…I can’t sleep when I’m…when I’m…”
“You can’t sleep alone.” Tikki finishes for her.
Marinette nods and closes her eyes as a tear falls down her cheek.
“When you’re alone all you see is them and what they’ve done to you, isn’t it?” Tikki says.
Marinette nods again, glad that she didn’t have to say the reason she can’t sleep out loud.
“You’re not alone, Marinette.” Tikki says. “You’ll never be alone again, you have me and you have Adrien. We won’t ever let you be alone again, we won’t let you go back to that place.”
Marinette slowly opens her eyes and meets Tikki’s gaze. “I know, Tikki. I just don’t…I need to…”
Tikki smiles and gently hugs Marinette’s knee. “You need to see him?”
Marinette nods.
“You only have to ask.” Tikki continues.
“Tikki, can I…”
“Of course. You know the words, Marinette.”
“…Thank you. Tikki, blots on!”
Tikki is immediately sucked into Marinette's earrings and she transforms into Shadybug.
Without a moment’s hesitation, she opens the window and jumps out, quickly swinging over to the other side of the house where she knows Adrien’s room is. Thankfully, the window is open like it has been at night for as long back as she can remember…if her head wasn’t so clouded, she’d probably be wondering if he left it open just for her like she had for him with her balcony.
She stops that thought in its tracks, she can’t let herself think of that place…she can’t let herself go there, at least not for tonight, tomorrow she can let herself feel all of that.
She jumps through Adrien’s window and he immediately leans up from his bed.
“Bug?”
“Did I wake you up?”
“I wasn’t sleeping…I was thinking of transforming but I…”
“Tikki, blots off.” A pink light flashes and Marinette detransforms. Tikki sends her a concerned glance then flies off to Plagg’s corner to rest.
Adrien rips the blanket off and comes to her side, pulling her into a bone-crushing hug. “What’s going on, Bug?”
“I just wanted to see you, after everything today and everything you know now…I was worried that you wouldn’t…that we weren’t…”
Adrien pulls back to look her in the eyes. “Nothing could ever change what this is, Marinette. Nothing. Your spotted ass is stuck with me, now and forever.”
Marinette feels a warmth spread through her hearing him say he would never leave her like everyone else had. She knows he’s trying to lighten the mood to maybe get her to smile after the day they had together and hearing those familiar words he said the first time they met just further reminds her of how far they’ve come from who they once were.
“I couldn’t sleep in there.” Marinette says, quick to change the subject so her thoughts don’t wander where they don’t belong. “…In a new place and bed I don’t know, it just felt so…wrong.”
Adrien nods in understanding. “You can sleep in my bed, Nette.”
She nods awkwardly and sits on the edge of the bed, looking at her hands. Adrien kneels in front of her and rests his head on her knees similar to a housecat waiting for attention. The thought of the infamous Claw Noir acting like a domesticated housecat almost makes her smile—almost.
“Are you okay, Bug?” Adrien asks.
If it were anyone else, Marinette would say fine and aggressively change the subject, maybe throw in an insult or threat for good measure.
But this isn’t just anyone. This is Claw Noir, her partner and the only person who understands her. This is Adrien Agreste, her best friend and the person who makes the world less shitty. This is her fleabag, fur-face, pretty boy, and Cat—her everything more and inbetween.
“No,” Marinette answers with tears starting to form in her eyes. “No, I’m not okay. I don’t know if I’ll ever be okay, Adrien. I…I’ve been burying my feelings for so long that I’m not sure how to feel them and this…m-my parents…I…I don’t know anything else. It’s all I’ve known my whole life and I know I’m fucked up. But I’m terrified that I’m going to fuck us—this—up and you’re the best thing that’s ever fucking happened to me. I can’t, I won’t—"
Adrien leans forward and hugs her hips, resting his head against her knees. A low vibration going against her that immediately calms her down and causes her to stop talking, something that had only ever happened when he’s transformed as Claw Noir. It takes her a moment to realize what’s happening: he’s purring. She didn’t even know he could purr as Adrien.
He slowly stands up and leans his forehead against hers, his purring quiet and hard to hear, but a sound Marinette would know anywhere.
“You’re not going to fuck this up, Marinette.” Adrien whispers. “I promise that won’t happen.”
Marinette hums. She’ll fight like hell to believe him, but how can she when her whole life the people who are meant to care for and love her called her a useless fuck-up? She doesn’t know how to believe she won’t, but with Adrien…with Adrien maybe she could learn.
“You should get some sleep, Bug.” Adrien whispers, which Marinette knows is his way of saying he means it without pushing past a boundary she isn’t ready to cross. It’s always been a relief to her all the things they could say without ever using words, especially when her head isn’t on right.
Marinette nods as Adrien takes his hands off of her and she lays down on his bed to get comfortable. Tomorrow she could feel all those things she’s buried, all the hurt and the pain she kept hidden. Tomorrow she could let the truth sink in, but tonight, she just wants to feel completely safe.
Adrien takes a step away and Marinette immediately grabs his arm, knowing there’s more to say between them. She swears she can almost hear both of them saying the things they never would because, why would they need to when the other already knew?
“Are you sleeping here?” Marinette says. Please don’t leave me alone.
“I can sleep on the couch or in another room if you want.” Adrien answers. I’m here, whatever you need.
“No, I don’t want you to go.” You’ve done so much for me already.
“And I don’t want to go.” Anything for you.
This is the person that had been closed off and hated her. This is the person who had her heart from the very beginning and showed her the way out of the darkness. This is the person who’s always meant more to her than anyone else, even before she accepted that fact. She wants him to understand that, that with every broken promise or violent attempt to please the Supreme, every day before and after the other universe, the one thing that had always been the best part of her life has been him.
“Then stay.” Marinette whispers, knowing he’ll understand what she really means. I love you. I always have.
Adrien blinks and a gentle smile spreads across his face. “Okay.” I love you. I always will.
She falls asleep in his arms knowing that she could feel the world crashing down on her tomorrow and every day after, but for now—just for a moment in his arms—she has a little peace.
#speechless changes#claw noir#fanfic#miraculous ladybug#shadybug#adrinetteapril2024#villains#reverse crush#sharing bed#found family#flirting
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What if I reworked the Miraculous Powers Part 2: Zodiac Boogaloo
(Part one here)
Unlike the Yinyang/Wu Xing miraculous, the big problem woth the Zodiac miraculous is that some of them are waaay overtuned while the rest are situational. So my solution is to make all of them situational! The Pig miraculous has an amazing power, fight me. Because most of these miraculous fit the idea I have for them, Ill only focus on the ones that need a change.
Mouse miraculous of Multiplication
Multitude: Stays exactly the same, I love this superpower!
Ox miraculous of Determination
Resistance: I previously changed the Ladybug miraculous so it can counter every other miraculous, which makes this miraculous kind of redundant... but I can't think of a better power, so I guess it stays?
Tiger miraculous of Elation
Clout: The user roars with exhilarating energy, forcing the target(s) of their choosing to focus on them. (Who's bright idea was it to make this thing a Black Cat knock off? At least the Goat miraculous is used differently than the Ladybug, but the Tiger and Cat have the same job of destroying stuff!) (So Juleka's whole character arc is that she wants to come out of her shell and she wanst her dad to see her so, maybe invisibility isn't a good power for her miraculous fandom:/ Anyway, the new power is just a video game taunt, forcing enemies to hyperfocus on Juleka. You can even give her some rockstar style roars to tie that into her identity)
Rabbit miraculous of Evolution
Rabbit Hole: The user rewinds their pocket watch a set number of times to travel back in time for 5 minutes. During the 5 minutes, the user can change events in the past which is guaranteed to change events in the present. The user can also choose to go back to their time period during the 5 minutes, and if they don't they will become stuck in the past because this power cannot travel to the future outside of resetting itself during it's 5 minutes. (That paragraph up there is the only way I knew to nerf this dang thing because I couldn't think of a new rabbit based power that dosen't step on another miraculous toes. WTF. Where do I even begin. Why is the shows Rabbit miraculous so incredibly different from every other power??? Why does it get its own Doctor Who room? Why does it not have a time limit and NO I do not accept that nonsense, timey whimy answer! Just why time travel in general???? I just, oof. Anyway, the rabbit miraculous is now used the same way Marinette used it during the season 4 finale, we need to do one thing in the past to save the future and then we go back to our time. Doing anything else is going to cause a paradox)
Dragon miraculous of Perfection(the name needs to be changed but I can't think of one that relates to the weather powers)
Wind/Water/Lightning Dragon: Sigh, ok this miraculous is what I mean when I say overturned. You can change into an element, you can control an element, and you can do it 3 times in a row??? No, the Dragon miraculous power let's you control one of three elements and then it goes on cool down. No using 3 powers in a row unless you're mature.
Snake miraculous of Intuition
Future Vision: it's literally a rip off of Garnet's power from SU. The user winds up their snake bracelet to play out different future scenarios in their head. These scenarios are life like to the user, but are not actually happening. (I like the idea that this miraculous seems like it's a psychic power when it's actually time travel, but time travel is waaay overpowered for a zodiac miraculous. Clairvoyance it is then)
Horse miraculous of Transportation
Voyage: The power gets you to your destination because it's a horse, get it? It's super lame, but I'll take it (at least this miraculous requires intelligence to use effectively, which matches its holder's personality. More than I can say for some other miraculous) (wait a minute this is the Miraculous of Migration now, wtf)
Goat miraculous of Passion Imagination
Genesis: Miraculous of Passion, dafaq??? Anyway, the power is still a discount of the Ladybug miraculous but it gets to stay for having a different function than the Ladybug power (I win button vs imagination power)
Monkey miraculous of Derision
Uproar: The power is a little op, but because of the changes I made to the Ladybug and Cat it shouldn't be too bad. (I like how this miraculous title foreshadowed that Kim is like low key a jerk.)
Rooster miraculous of Pretension
Sublimation: The user makes an impossible claim about one of the abilities they already possess, and the power makes that claim true for 5 minutes. (it was so easy to not make this thing broken, but the writer just had to use it as a lazy reason for why Hawkmoth can turn invisible! My reworked power works the way we all thought it did before season 5, it only effects physical abilities you already had. Kicking a ball into a goal is something you can already do, but with the rooster you can never miss a goal. This rework is still pretty powerful as far as zodiac miraculous go, but its no where near as bad as before)
Dog miraculous of Adoration
Fetch: Stays the same, it's not overtuned and it makes thematic sense for a dog hero.
Pig miraculous of Jubilation
Gift: Stays the same. F everyone who says its a bad power, its one of the best!
#ml salt#miraculous ladybug#ml writers salt#miraculous ladybug salt#thomas astruc salt#mlb powers#ml powers#power system#chinese zodiac#ml power system#ml rewrite#ml fandom salt#polymouse#minotaurox#purple tigress#bunnyx#ryuko#viperion#ml pegasus#caprikid#king monkey#rooster bold#miss hound#pigella
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Miraculous Viet Nam: The final sage warrior
Miraculous Ladybug Movie Idea:
[Open draft - head-canon in Scarabee and Kitty Claw universe]
There'll be Vietnamese to spice things up. I'm giving Kim some Vietnamese dialogue since his origin is there, so it's a win-win
There's a reason why I use this Au since Ox!Kim has it very far similarity to water buffalo. Viet Nam have water buffalo as it symbolized (not confirmed yet) but I think Ox may go well with the Akuma here.
The main perspective that will surround this (vital role character) is:
Alix/Scarabee
Chloe/Kitty Claww
Marinette/Draconia
Fei/Ladydragon
Kim/Nha vua Bullock
Kagami/ Muse Musami
Special mentioned: Alim, Jalil/Lapin du Temps, Luka/ Adrien and Nathaniel/ Marc.
The mentioned miraculous: 12 animal zodiac sign.
rat ox
tiger
rabbit = cat*
dragon
snake
horse
goat
monkey
rooster
dog
pig
(*) (Vietnam uses familiar animals in their daily life so cat is the symbolized animal replacing rabbit)
Part 1: The Journey.
This takes place in the middle of 1 year after Miraculous World ShangHai, read the my post movie script for the extra epilogue.
Kim wanting to visit his 1'st father's family bloodline/root. That when his 2'nd father offers a trip return to Vietnam (headcanoning that his second dad is a rich,bulky Parisian). Mr. Ature offered some friends of him going on a trip as he chose Marinette, Marinette asked Kagami.
For some specific reasons, Tomoe agreed on letting Kagami go there WITH her.
Three of them went to Viet Nam alone as they politely inform Scarabee as their heroes ego (separately) and following similar events like the event of ShangHai, they all received an alarms doll that activated due to Akuma attacks.
Nathaniel, Marc, Adrien and Luka are the middle team, they will assist when Scarabee calls out, since Alix and Chloe are ALSO going to Viet Nam but different cities. Nathaniel and Marc will control the Paris team when they left.
[It's divided like this.
-Nathaniel, Marc, Adrien, Luka will be at Paris.
+Adrien/ Stallion Star learn a new upgrade as he can open a portal connecting two destinations into one. That means he can help Scarabee/ Kitty Claw go to the other heroes destination without Stallion appearance. "Vortext"
+Marcel Gibbon later on learns about Sun Wukong Legends as he is able to not only make uproar but also acquires the 72 Earthly Transformations
[Explain shortly about the 72 Earthly Transformations: Basically a transformation that can turn him into another human, animal or object. It's a special concept of a kwami.]
+Nathaniel will be able to upgrade his fox power and turn into a 9-tails fox which granted him the ability to mind control/hypnosis and dream control.
+Luka also unlocked new rooster power. Not by giving himself sub-power but also giving the clucking sound...well, it seems a worst name to be called but when he used that ability, it's eliminated the hypnosis effect, sleeping effect in all conditions without exceptional.]
The France's protection team are out of the way, now to the others journey heroes.
[ Heroes --> Destination.
Alix/ Chloe --> Ha Noi, Viet Nam. They went for a visit of ancient architectural display. In which they found out it something related to the connection between VietNam and China and the magical systems.
Kim/ Marinette/ Kagami --> Ho Chi Minh City --> Tay Ninh]
"So, anyone wanted some sugarcane juice?"
Kim asked as he pointed at the mini stalled where a young lady was crushing down some sugarcane, the groups looked awestruck at the city scenery as well as the friendly atmosphere.
"Wait, what are the currency do they use here?"
Marinette asked, she was about to pull out some euro as she realized the money here looked different. Kagami observing the girl as she stated.
"As far as I know is Dong, 1 euro equals to approximately 25,000 to 26,000 (thousand) Dong. My mother already gave me some of the cash while we transferred here."
"Woah there, some knowledge before we settle down here eh? Why don't we shake things up a bit? Chú ơi, cho con chén hột vịt lộn"
[Translated: Mister! Can I have a bowl of Baluts?"
And, the girls were traumatized by the bowl of cooked duck embryo. Kim delightfully swallowed down them deliciously while they refused to eat them.
"Come on, we've to travel two hours more to visit my nephew."
"Your have nephew?!"
Marinette, Kagami unison asked.
On the North of the S-shaping country, at the city with its well known nickname "the Mistress Parasian of the east" - "Tiểu Paris Phương Đông", Alix and Chloe was having a date holding their hands and participated in a new historical architecture museum.
What shocked the two girls is that 4/5 of the section all contain symbols of the Kwamis, as well as the potraits showing an emblem of the Renlings "King". Alix quickly messaged to Marinette, who contacted Fei immediately.
"What are you doing Buggy girl?"
"The symbol Goldie, don't it ring the bell?"
She noticed it resembled the former miraculous box, as she hugged Alix tightly.
"That's right cuddly bear!! Should we inform the adults ?"
"Not yet, Jalil may notice it too, since he kept giving me side eyes on random moments. For now let's contact both Marinette and Fei."
The message quickly arrives to the girls, Fei asked for permission from Wang as she rushed to the baker girl's location instead.
Before her arrivals, the group already settled down at an urban area of Tay Ninh where there isn't much different from Ho Chi Minh city
[My fan-non things for Kim is that his first father married his mother, who has her first name is Lê and that his 1st father followed the family name bloodline. Until they got divorced, his 1st father stayed with his 2nd father Ature and that's where he got separated by his mother.
He lives with two of his fathers.]
There's a reason for Mr.Ature willing to give Kim and Mr. Lê a visit to their home town.
Before the divorce happened, Kim used to live with nephews that his relatives sent to "shaping them up".
What he remembered is they have a stubborn, reckless, cocky and arrogant personality and a girlish version of himself, yet they are a " boy".
Soon, Marinette found a local guide as they were transferred to a suburban area. Which something unnerve Kagami sensation.
"Something isn't right Marinette."
"What's wrong Kagami?"
As they soon going to their final destination, Kim mentioned a key word, revealing the local guild Identity.
"Mùi hoa sen có vẻ đẹp dịu kì."
"Lotus have it's own beauty."
That snapped the guild, who been reveal to be Kim's nephews
"Kim?"
"Anh?"
"..Oh?!"
"OH!?!!...!"
To explained the situation out, shortly, the boy introduced. His name was Lê Quang Anh, and he's a distance relatived to Kim. He's older than them by 2 years but still shorter than them.
Shockingly, Kim former home still as new as before yet Anh doesn't live there, what is more astonished them is Tomoe there, having a friendly engagement between Kim's ex-mother and Kagami's mother.
Friendly Note: Anh hated both side of her family, hated her own bloodline, her true parent was the real reason why Anh move to live with Kim since they wanted a perfect BOY. Living with Kim's mother is under more pressure then ever so he skipped school, become reckless, and left the home when Kim move to France.
Anh appearance: 4'9, always wearing a cap/ non la to cover his hair, wearing a plain old shirt and short.
The moment Kagami felt sympathy for her, they both became loathe, as for the reason of engagement is for Kagami and Anh to become married in the future, which Marintte denied, Kagami disagreed, Anh wanted to vomited. Kim confused at the situation as both of his fathers began to argue with Ms. Lê about the teenage married and Law.
Marinette comforts the girl, while Anh hides away and sneaks out.
BACK AT HA NOI
When they are at the ceremony which was held by one of the famous 1 out of 100 the Lê dynasty. This one is one of the kind, while they giving a speech with Gabriel Agreste, who Alix suprising that he's here.
Jalil question the girls, they being suspicious about this whole issues as their kwagamata shines one more when going to the broken pieces of an ancient Fountain.
However instead of transforming, if the hero plushy being ringed up and call out, stellaBee and VisionClaw will fly to the south of the country.
RETURN TO TAY NINH
The group soon noticed the lack presence of Anh as realized he been hide out, Fei also land on her destination as find Marinette (Which she still in her Bird form), Kim suggested go into the main village since it crowded with people there.
They arrived at the local village as Fei getting Deja Vu, seeing a small figure slippingly stealing people stuff, Kim called out the unfamiliar boy yet Fei hesitated at the figure, soon they find out the it was Anh who diguise as a child, however what he's doing is use fire agaisnt fire.
A lady appoarch the nearby police station asked for a purse as Anh give out to her, which the group remember that he been stealing it from a sketchy man.
"Gosh, I must misunderstand you."
"Sorry about the confront earlier."
"My apologies on the carelessness of my word."
" Don't mind about it. Return back at the mansion, r-i-g-h-t n-o-w!!"
Fei stayed silent, observing the boy figure movement, she noticed the lack of deep vocal and fluency in his sentences, the renlings that surround her realm also sensing a new Prodigus roaming around her.
Before Kim could ask Anh to return, the boy bolted away in a flash, making them awestruck at the high speed, which Kagami noticed something wrong with his human physical. Fei dashes after the boy figure as she's the only person that can catch up on her.
Following the trace, she found herself deep into the suburban area, where no human presence can be sight, but a massive, wide shrine (?) / orphanage can be seen.
[MỘNG TRỤ CỘT/ THIÊN SỨ KẾT]
[DREAM PILLARS/ ANGELIC KIN]
Anh swiftly opened the gate and went into the place as Fei also went in there, soon Mei Shi fly out, causing Fei to caught off guard while Anh also noticed their presence.
"WHO'S THERE!?"
He tried to land a kick but got stopped by Fei, she recognized the martial art style and question, only for Anh to mockingly say.
"What're you gonna say about it kung-fu prodigy? What? "Your kick is so slow and weak I barely don't even need to fight a person like you" or trying to point out my mistake. Beat it and go away FEI"
Anh using his mocking tone to make Fei leave, but she didn't. The group was still finding them as Fei know Anh have something hidden in this strange, abandonded place, she immediately point out to get him surrounded.
"You aren't a boy are you?"
Anh stayed silent, staring the hell out of the girl soul as he hissed out.
"Now I understand what's your name really mean Fei Wu. It's mean garbage (废物) not fly ( 飛). Don't even mentioned those word infront of me."
Fei bewildered by his statement but stayed calm, Mei Shi been hold back inside her pocket as it wanted to say something. She percieve to spotted beneath Anh's shirt glowing some sort of light as it about to burst out.
Kagami slammed the door open, revealing themselves as the light disappear, to much Fei disappointed since she already into fighting stance.
"So cool, you own this place Anh!!?"
Kim amazed by the shrine Anh live in, which were wide enough for a large clan to live in, it divided to 4 section/ area. A main building for the owner to sleep, eat or done their routine; a spacious backyard with herbal plants, trees and flowers; a enormous resident that have beds for guests (?) from small to big and place to do daily Personal hygiene; and finally a front yard with a Ying- Yang circle being draw on the ground.
Kim and Marinette like this place due to it peacefulness, Kagami like it due to the inner energy that surrounded while Fei doesn't care about the backgrounded of the place as she stared the boy figure who smashing some herbal plans, thinking about the light earlier.
Some drama, tea conversation, exposing Anh bad personalities as he've been doing bad things with good purposed for people in his area, since robbery and starvation still happend due to goverment low policy and jobs so alot of victim having a bad goal to be active.
Most of the times, he'd just give a short-term answer and turn silent, not extended any more details while mixing some herbal stuff. Kim worried about Anh's different attitude rather than the sweet and innocent one in the past
Hawky time! His goal to revive one of the statues (remember Feast? yeah this is something like that but different) that empowered a large amount of dark energy, in which remsemble a toad like thingy, not to mentioned, it amoktized thing is a venomous snake which turn citizen to minion.
HardenBee and ImmuneClaw appearance! (Immune to posion and thing similar to that) While swipping through the catastrophe in the north of Viet Nam to distract the heroes if they were there, what a surprised.
Hawkmoth began his plan as he able to manipulated one of the people related to the Orphanage where Anh live, Nguyễn Nhật Tông been force to work under Gabriel command as he been believed that the person who own the shrine should be him not some bratty kid that the couples take as their descentdant.
Tông came and confront Anh, to the boy surpised at the offer from the man that he wanted to buy the place. In the end he denided.
More reveals about the former of the shrine/Orphanage which is the couple that Fei met, Trung and Thu. They adopted and raised hundreds of children and pass down the legacy place to Anh with some secret that they taught him
Tông force her into contract since kid can't do anything but Fei and the group protect him. Anh accused as he turning 18 next week and having a high connected to the couple contract.
Before the man attack him with a knife, a shiny light burst to the room, a large, black tiger with white stripe roaring at the man. Fei look awestruck with Marinette as they knew what make that happend. Kagami and Kim pulled them to hide as Marinette and Fei hide away to turn into Draconia and Ladydragon.
Unfortunate for the tiger, after 10 minutes of struggling with Tong, it been return to Anh as the man threw him like a shack, slamming into the wall.
Draconia parry the attack as LadyDragon launched Tông out of the place.
Kim waited for the girls return as Kagami called out for the two main heroine. But HardenBee and ImmuneClaw was too busy fighting the chaos with Lapin in Ha Noi so Hawk Moth become more wild in his move.
He akumatized Tông into "Kẻ được chọn" / The chosen one
His ability is absolute wild as he violently gone crazy, destroyed the three main cities, Hà Nội, Đà Nãng and thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. The moment Anh regain himself and revealing the Vietnamese prodigious, Fei/ Ladydragon surprised before the boy getting brutual pin, thrust by a powerful energy as fling across buildings, coughing out blood.
"TCO" then entangled the two dragons heroine and smash them on the ground, a strange energy outburst, dragging the villains attentions as they got carried away.
[The Vietnamese Prodigious: 4 main symbolized resemble North, East, West, South - Phoneix, Unicorn (not the horse with horn one), Turtle/tortoise and another DRAGON! Another specialty that can sense other Prodigious and turn into the 12 zodiac sighed]
That affected the mission of HardenBee and ImmuneClaw so they called out the Parisain team to assist. That's where Stallion, Vlad, Gibbion and Arman gone and dealt with the statue.
Back at the team spotted, since it was an emergency as Ladydragon and Draconia were being outpowered by the deity like villain. His attack can destroy the whole cycle of life and restore it. It's like a god itself but in an outrageous stat that cannot be stop, while to focus on dealing with Nhà vua bullock, Mamushi, Scarabee and Kitty Claw.
Fei and Marinette return to their normal state, find out each other identity but went and find the boy first. Anh was in a terrible health condition as his cap burn down, revealing a long sily hair fell down.
"You're a girl"
Fei said while Marinette are out of her mind as the girl groaned, but further more, she then turn into a black horse as dashed away in that dreadful state. Fei hurry chased her with her horse form as Marinette retrasnform into Draconia and used lightning to catch up on them.
The shrine now being torn down by the attack, Anh become depressed at the issues as having her traumatized past haunting her.
That included Abuse, Sexism, stress and family isues.
Shortcut Lê Quang Anh past: Sexism. Her parents want a boy not a girl, they give birth to a child which they didn't know it gender. To much disappointed that it's a girl, they all wishes they not give birth to her, her mother only see her as a boy, wanting her to be aboy so they send her to the Kim's family, brought her to the south for study session and more.
Anh always skip school, hide away from the resident to visited the Pagoda, which Trung and Thu taught her many advance things. Soon they realized Anh have asthma, depression, stress and OCD which she cannot kept her mental stable when doing yoga, easily lots focus.
When they pass down the Prodigious and reveals "The Hallowed Spirit Domain" as explainning about the world hidden magical system. Kwami, Renlings, God, Deity and the miraculous, Anh become desperated to wield perfectly her country Prodigious power, in which failling to kept her transform more then 10 minutes and unable to become the 4 Legends Warrior.
In the terrible health from, she return tiredly return to "The Hallowed Spirit Domain" in which cried out to her master, telling them that she failed the mission.
"I fail..Why do I even live until now if I cannot become what people wanted? If all life form are equals, why can't I be like Ladydragon"
[Anh have a crush on Ladydragon which she didn't know the hero that she like is the person that she hated]
The Domain similar to an underground cave, a small path lead to the center with statue that hold the neclace, the two side were covered in water with Lotus floating around it. Anh laid down, fatigue as looking beaten up, wished that everything was end in here.
It's hard for her to face something that live in the past, she wanted to live in the modern day, without any old fashioned thought eliminated life-form and approved the existence of every human beings.
She been treated poorly before meeting her master and never have she felt love before.
"Anh!"
A voice echoed through the domain, Anh groaned again, remember she forgot to close the door into this place, Fei was able to go in but Draconia wasn't.
"What you want? Laugh at my face for being a poor Prodigious user not like the superior LadyDragon out there? I'm ready for you to throw me down on the lake, I've nothing left"
"No you aren't, you coming with me...did you just praise Ladydragon?"
"Well now she knew the Vietnamese "good" Prodigious is a failure girl that been disguise as a boy for her entire life and now being exposed to you, I'm surprised that you were able to guess my gender in the first meeting."
Fei doesn't say anything as she walks up, sits next to the Anh who defeated on the ground. The girl's hair was wet with sweat and blood.
"I know that our interaction for the first time isn't surely the best due to your arrogantness and cocky attitude, but my prodigious said that you're a pure soul that has just been...broken, just like me before."
"haha nice try....wait, your prodigious?"
Fei moved her hand to remove the strain hair on the girl's face, who blushed and confusing at the same time.
"Now we know each other's identity, it's a draw now. By the way, not that I realized your vocal isn't as deep as a 18 years old teenager, i see you wearing female underwear while changing."
"Pervert"
"Thief"
They became quiet, Anh doesn't know how to react when her hero crush was the person she treated poorly before, not until the moonlight begin to shine through a crack, into the domain, a spark appear, burst into the room causing the two gasp in awe. Not until it fly out of the room in a sonic move, Anh and Fei both heal their body miraculously.
Outside, “TCO” was overpowered the heroes due to Hawkmoth achieving a secret power techniques, however, before he could victoriously knock out, a white light join into the battle, knocking out the villain just in a blink of an eye, everyone felt a massive scary pressure that triggering their soul.
Scarabee and Kitty Claw miraculous flash quickly, just like something absorbing all of their energy.
The others aren’t immune to it as immediately de-transform, but able to hide away quickly to keep their identity hidden, Kim having the Ox’s miraculous able to withstand for 10 minutes before seeing a white spritual creature floating down.
It’s appearance look uncanny, having three straight black eyes, emotionless, traumatized anyone soul if they have a weak mental state. It brutal attack knocking out the villain as the butterfly fly out, but soon shattered down.
Before could do anything else, KC grabbed SC as they soon both destransform.
Tikki and Plagg looking weak, as if something pressuring them.
The white spirit then ask Kim to take it to the Domain.
Reunited! Fei and Anh also sense an intense surge.
Null scanning those two, before snapping it paw, transferring Kim outside.
Anh wanted to cried out, seeing a force that she have never sense before, all the lotus in the domain are withering away, Fei put her hand infront of the girl, trying to protected her. Mei Shi then come out, greeted.
“If something is end, it’ll only just the beginning. Life consist both Live and Death, anything that is Zero will be all real, nothing is finished and it will be reborn once again. Nice to meet the god itself, Null”
The spirit doesn’t react but suddenly blurbs, it’s power was enough to crack the wall predictably but also magically revive all the lotus, as it zoom through the three and touching it paw to the ancient shrub, a magnificent aura covers all the earth in a flash. Null, the spirit through Mei Shi words now became mix, it’s mood swing to another different one.
“WOah! So this is what “EARTH!” is, such an amazing knowledge filled place to study!! WAit I Already know everything! BORING!”
The spirit now is in Dark Red, Shining Gold and glittery silver a weird mixture of color as Anh was fully clinging onto Fei back with a heart attack. The shape// of the animal also embody some sort of identical things, similar to Mei SHi
“If this is my punishment for being poorly treated on you, I’m sorry, i’m a terrible person.”
“Quick it Anh, we know that it isn’t 100% your fault until returning to that topic. Mei Shi, explain please?”
Fei reassured the girl safe as looking at the strange, reckless spirit flew around the domain.
“Since we don’t have any grimoire here, let me explain quickly with human modern stuff. The universe extended in a rapid way that living entities like us cannot feel, each of the creations of the universe appears a Null, which it isn’t Tikki who made him, but the archverse is. Null like human USB, if it contacts any ancient magical artifacts, the energy will absorb and store into it core, like how the USB has its storage level, but Null it restricts to only an area that the energy limit, for example, this Null restricts inside the VietNam Domain and it only has the knowledge of history, life and anything only about VietNam.”
Fei dumbfounded at the explanation but Anh understands the whole context, “Null” giving her a praise as revealing that they also stored the memories of the two couples, who are the vigilante Prodigious Master.
Trung is a researcher on soul, spirit kind, that included Kwami, Prodigious and others essential being and also mastered the techniques to use, protect and control over their enhanced vitality.
Thu didn’t embody any of the power that Trung has, but she’s a herbalist and eminent artist who illustrates symbol of the archverse. She also good at martial art, sign languages and human antonamy study.
These two have a strong connection with all of the guardian temple, where the miracle box stored. However, “Null” state out that they wouldn’t be belonging to the human race anymore which shocked the two.
Some more “Null” explanation about it duty to help Anh as a tutor and about how she and Fei could become the Vigorous Dragon Duo, with a embarassed Anh and a Lesbian Fei, who couldn’t agree more to co-op with her.
Anh decided to name the creature a proper one since it embody Vietnam cultural core, XianXian (显现). As she and Fei solves the miscommunication, Fei ruffel Anh’s head in joy,, the heroes finally be able to get inside the cave, Kim worried the hell out of Anh, all of them seems to be in heavily injuried. Scarabee, the leader was the one who question.
“Romace, family reunion, or whatever not in the topic but aside. ANH, A FULL EXPLAINED.”
Anh felt a spine chilling wave, knewing that the ladybug hero is the leader of them all, she hestitately open her mouth. In the end, Meishi, XianXian and Fei the one who end up justify the problem to everyone.
Scarabee contact the group from the northern as they all seem to be fine, she disappointed that her date got corrupted by some random 18 years old kid and that BITCHYMOTH
“ I swear if I can lucky charm a gun, he’s DEAD”
As everyone checing up on each other, some of them admired the beauty of the domain, to which light from the night moon shine through the cracks and into the area.
Guess, what? Hawkmoth return with Tông, who’s now ready for round 2 of the battle, this time, Tông accused Anh’s murdered the family as also the reason why no one return to the Orphan, seeing their supervisors again. That’s a switch, turning Anh emotion down as it the only reason to traumatized her.
Anh got traumatized, remembering the last day she saw the couple, she was at the scene with blood all over her body, something that unpleasant for Anh to reminded with or ring a bell.
It’s like a bomb ticking as Anh felt stress up, KDC being reakumatized but this time with red version, that led to Scarabee realizing that Catalys is also here.
“Everyone careful, this isn’t a normal battle like before!!!”
All the hero on action to fight KDC, yet forgetting to pay attention to Anh who have a panic attack, a velvet butterfly ending up entered Anh necklace as Hawkmoth finally be able to took over the Vietnamese Prodigious.
Kitty Claw and Fei the only one who sight the issues as Fei begging Anh to fight back.
“Anh please! Listen to me and fight back at the villain. You won’t be alone again!!!”
A string of force violently pulling the girl sinking down to the lake of darkness, tangled in depression and lost. That the main reason why Anh never be able to use the 4 Legends, she been blaming herself everything and never get the right recognition.
Kitty Claw tell Scarabee who dealing with KDC now return the focused on the two Prodigious, shocked. Using the last resort, Fei kiss Anh in order to dragged the girl soul out of the darkness.
It’s actually work, XianXian landing on Anh’s head, comment calmly.
“Although the two Mastered aren’t here, but I could be seen as their reincarnated. I’d be proud to see the developement that you made through years Anh. My existence to this place is upon your wishes of gainning your true self. Even if no one is looking at you the way you wanted, there’s a person that will always accepted who you are. That’s yourself”
Fei release the kiss, who now with a calmer Anh, the butterfly mask still on with Hawkmoth trying his best to break through the soul, a small flash went through Anh’s eyes as spark of hope fire up once again. Scarabee use her lucky charm and got a handcuff, for some reason it not the exact things she wanted, but the moment she throw to BitchyMoth, his arm got wrap in and lock with an upper pole, Kitty Claw jump and trying to use her Tornado Cataclysm but fail as KDC slammed her back to the wall, much to Scarabee mental pain.
Anh not only breaking free from the akuma but also evolve the Prodigious as changing the theme. The old Tortoise turn into a giant mythical crane, and the Unicorn change into a lion cub (con nghê). Phoenix and Dragon still in the same way but having their symbolized change.
Unfortunaely, Anh lost her old concious as her fiercy spirit taking control over her body, turning into a mighty black and white dragon, she overpowered KDC easily but couldn’t take down it.
Switching between a wide variety of black and white 12 zodiac signs, Anh’s only able to keep down the damage as Fei assisting her as Ladydragon.
The akuma soon been defeated, they gang up on Hawkmoth as he then summoned a surprised Senti monster (he hidden the feather inside his staff)
Anh still passed out as most of her action was automatic (fight by intuition and her six sense), when the feather entered her charm and created a powerful god-like figure, they soon wrecked the place and blasted BitchMoth back to France.
Yet, Scarabee need to find out how to destroyed the charm and calm the Yin-Yang dragon down. She summon another Lucky Charm which surprisingly make severals item. (bar of soap ,metal chain ,giant carpet)
“Everyone, attention!”
Scarabee then yell, grabbing all the occupied heroes and told them the plans while LadyDragon try to hold down Anh’s Dragon. As the France’s Hero team leader command, Draconia fly toward them as wind dragon and cloaking the raging one with melting soap, she then give LadyDragon the chain as both of them restrained her back.
Other assist the two leaders by holding back the Senti-God which wipe all of them away. In literally.
Kitty Claw then used a massive move destruction, sending a powerful wave of Cataclysm toward the Dragon’s group as it cracked the Amok charm, Fei necklace, Marinette choker.
Scarabee quickly cast the Miraculous bringing the heroes back. However she still keep the carpet as all of them spread it, the charm return Anh to normal as the girl fall down onto the carpet with the two Dragon quickly transform and help her.
@a-chlolix-blog This is gonna be two parts long, the storyline might be a bit cringe but would you mind leaving a judgment or comment?
#mlb fanfic#miraculous ladybug#au#miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir#fanfic#alternative#mlb fandom
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The fight against the mouse-enhanced Ikari Gozen took up a significantly smaller part of the runtime than I expected. I guess Miraculous is finally becoming more serialized and plot-focused and it only took 5 seasons. Bit of a curveball that they didn't actually reclaim the mouse miraculous, I genuinely thought that's how this was going to play out but it seems Monarch's minions can lose without actually costing him the miraculous. Also, Kagami's mom is evil??? And Adrien 100% has a crush on Marinette now. Sorry, it's canon.
Given that Ladybug and Chat Noir know it was Felix was who betrayed them to Monarch and the akuma attacks started back up at the same time Gabriel released his AI rings and they're how Monarch is transmitting his miraculous' abilities and once this comes to light it'll be a very simple connection to make....I wonder if The Reveal is going to happen this season. Interesting to note that there's an episode after the two part season finale. A lot of the episode titles are the miraculouses' epithets, and it's worth pointing out:
Next episode is Destruction which is the black cat.
There's a two parter 10 eps into the season that starts with Transmission, aka the butterfly. Something big is going to happen with this one.
Not all of the titles match known miraculouses, which could mean the episode isn't related to any, but could also mean Su-Han's backup is going to be new miraculous holders from outside the Chinese Miracle Box.
We're missing the ladybug, bee and horse which would be Creation, Subjection and Teleportation respectively. I normally wouldn't think anything of Creation not being there because Marinette already has the ladybug miraculous, but what does that mean about Destruction???
Intuition is number 15 which means we're going at least that long with Monarch able to set save points in reality and retain his memory of what happens in the soft resets. A power nearly as broken as the rabbit, and the guy who is normally trusted with it (Luka) knows both Ladybug and Chat Noir's identities without them knowing he knows.
Evolution (rabbit)
Multiplication (mouse)
Destruction (black cat)
Jubilation (pig)
Illusion (fox)
Determination (ox)
Passion (goat)
Reunion
Exaltation (tiger)
Transmission: Kwami's Choice Part 1 (butterfly)
Deflagration: Kwami's Choice Part 2
Perfection (dragon)
Migration
Derision (monkey)
Intuition (snake)
Protection (turtle)
Adoration (dog)
Emotion (peacock)
Pretention (rooster)
Revelation
Confrontation
Collusion
Revolution
Representation
Conformation: The Last Day Part 1
Re-Creation: The Last Day Part 2
Action
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With what little of what we saw of The Ox Miraculous, it was still a pretty effective power of making one immune to others powers against them. We all assumed it’d be super strength cuz it’s, well, an ox! But that’d be too obvious. All miraculouses give you enhanced strength, speed, agility, endurance and all that jazz, but a new look on this power for the ox makes a good point. Ivan, the burliest and toughest of the class was afraid of hurting others in sports due to him unable to control his strength (“Penalteam”). Luckily, his sole appearance as Minotaurox, helped him overcome that and win the soccer/football game. This is gonna be bad for whoever Monarch bestows that power to for evil purposes! Who? Let’s see:
*Determination-Adrien is starting to see Marinette in a new light (he saw her with the pink background and bubbles! By anime logic, it’s a sign of ღloveღ!) and his ex-girlfriend, Kagami, notices and pushes him to ask out Marinette. Problem is Marinette is trying her best to stay clear of Adrien since she’s quit cold turkey on him on romance, but her ex-boyfriend, Luka (who knows both their identities in secret), also pushes her to try to make things work with him by seeing him as a person and not a Heaven sent God Boy. Their “date”, which awkwardly included their exes, is at the wax museum and it gets even more awkward when Adrien brings up the “kissing statue” incident (“The Puppeteer 2”) and Marinette tries to deny that it didn’t happen. Yeah, way to break the ice there Mr.Agreste😒 and Marinette, yeah, it didn’t happen, but you’re making it worse🤦♀️.
While that fiasco was goin’ on, Veronique, the museum manager, from where we first saw the “incident” happen (“The Puppeteer 2”) and helping Ladybug with her elaborate plan to ambush Monarch (“Destruction”), was gonna unleash all of Team Miraculous as wax statues for a new exhibit, but Mayor Bourgeois forbid it thinking it’ll upset people that Team Miraculous isn’t around anymore (though it was an excuse cuz the real reason was Chloe’s alter ego, Queen Bee, wasn’t a part of it and instead it was Vesperia whom she’s still pissy about being forced to retire and replace), so she gets akumatized as Manipula.
This was her first akumatization and I liked that she tried to resist her brainwashing transformation, but Monarch convinced her to accept by explaining he’ll stop villainy if she does. Her look resembled her profession what with her looking waxy with a dripping look dressed in a gold suit, but what I hated was her poofy pants look. Not a big fan of that. Oh well, Her power was bringing her wax statues to life! What? A rehash of Puppeteer’s power? Lame! Sure in this case, they talk, but that didn’t really impress me much. Despite Team Miraculous fighting against the duo with their powers included, they were easy to defeat cuz one hit and they fall to pieces. Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! Although, Manipula was harder to defeat cuz she was given Stompps power of resistance! Don! Don! Don! Yeah! See! That’s what I’m talking about! That power, in the hands of evil, is real bad! Not even cataclysm works on her!😱 In the end, the duo defeated her Phantom of the Opera style! (Phantom of the Opera theme music plays).
It’s happened at long last fellow miraculors! After over 4 seasons, we finally got what we’ve been praying for! ✨The Reverse Love Square!✨(triumphant music plays). Honestly though, what’s there to be excited about? It’s just the same two people in love again! But at least now the other likes the others alter egos now, what would be better is if they accepted both halves then we’d all be happy! Oh if only they knew. Adrien realizes his feelings for Marinette are more than just platonic and now wants to win her over, but Marinette doesn’t want anything to do with Adrien anymore cuz every time they’re together, disaster happens *cough*Season4Finale*cough*. She’s too guilt ridden about her blind love for him leading to Monarch obtaining almost all the miraculouses and wants to keep a safe distance which is why she wanted Luka and Kagami around to not end up alone together with him. Ladybug has now suddenly fallen for Cat Noir! (whispers) There was that pink background with the bubbles again! She was actually being flirty and complimentive towards him. Wonder what made her see him in a romantic light? However, now that he’s moved on (after 4 seasons of finally understanding and quitting his “not taking no for an answer” approach), he thinks she’s talking about their partnership. How will this new format go for the season? Or the show!? We’ll have to watch and see.
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“50 bucks says she is,” Dick walked in on Jason saying, “there is no way she’s with Demon Spawn otherwise.”
“I agree with Jason, there’s no way she isn’t.” Tim agreed.
“So how much are you betting Tim?” Babs questioned, getting ready to write it down.
“20 bucks.”
“What are you guys betting about?” Dick interrupted.
“If Marinette is magic or not.” Steph responded.
“Why?” Dick asked.
“Cause there is no way that she’s not magic if she is able to not only hang around Damian but date him!” Jason accused.
“We really shouldn’t be betting on this sort of thing.” Dick tried, and failed, to reason.
“Too late,” Duke spoke up, “30 bucks says she isn’t magic.”
Dick sighed, “What has everyone else betted?”
“I’m keeping track so I’m not betting.” Babs clarified, “Steph betted 20 bucks that she isn’t magic, Duke just betted 30 bucks that she also isn’t, Tim betted 20 bucks she is, Jason betted 50 bucks she is, and Cass and you haven’t betted yet.”
Cass then signed, “I bet 20 bucks that she is magic, just not in the way we think.” Leave it to Cass to be that cryptid.
“I’ll bet 10 bucks she isn’t, why not.” Dick finally gave up his internal struggle, yeah it wasn’t nice betting on his little brother’s girlfriend, but hey there was no way she was magic.
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“I still can’t believe you’re magic.” Damian admitted.
“Well technically I’m not magic. I just wield magical jewels that house tiny gods.” Marinette corrected.
“Is there really a difference?” He asked, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her closer to him.
“Yes, yes there is.” She replied, cuddling closer and leaning into him.
“Are you sure you parents are gone?” He questioned, Jagged and Penny claimed that they had business they needed to do but he wouldn’t put it past them to lie and spy on them.
“Yes they trust me because I’m responsible. Plus it’s not like we’re doing anything wrong, just cuddling.”
“YOU BETTER NOT BE DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN CUDDLING!” Stompp shouted from the other room. If they had to guess, the other kwamis were stopping him from barging into the room they were currently in.
“WE’RE NOT STOMPP! YOU CAN STOP BEING SO PROTECTIVE!” Marinette yelled back.
“More like paranoid.” Damian muttered.
“Like you can say that.” Marinette laughed.
Damian tried to scowl but couldn’t help the smile that spread on his face. While she may not have believed it, she truly was magic. To him at least.
“So does your family know yet?” She asked once she stopped laughing.
“No, they have no clue.”
“Really, we’ve been together for a year. Shouldn’t they know by now?”
“They started a bet on whether you’re magic or not. If that counts.”
“They did not!” She broke into another giggle fit.
“They did.” He smiled at her as she grinned up at him.
“Oh the chaos that will come from this.”
“Don’t let Plagg let hear you say that.”
“You’re scared of what might happen if we ever teamed up.”
“I am very scared.”
“As you should be.” She looked like she was having a very serious internal battle as she tried not to laugh.
“So are you still coming over this Saturday?”
“Of course, I wouldn’t miss it.”
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Marinette enjoyed these dinners at Wayne manor. Dinner with her bio parents usually consisted of silence and conversations about the bakery or school. Dinner with her adopted parents consisted of Jagged doing or claiming he did something that Penny wouldn’t approve of then him getting scolded. Sometimes she would add in her own disappointed face. But dinners at Wayne manor were different.
Because there were so many people there was so much going on at once. Different conversations somehow managed to flow smoothly and they managed to jump from topic to topic like lightning. Yet when something interesting was brought up they all managed to stop and listen before continuing their other conversations.
They were all so different but they managed to get along so well (most of the time). In a way they reminded her of the kwami. While it was a weird comparison it made sense in her head. All the kwami were different, different personalities, opinions, and views of the world. But at the end of the day they were still a family.
“Hey Pixie!” Jason called from across the table.
She quickly swallowed her food and replied, “Yeah!”
“Where’d your nose ring go? I haven’t seen you wear it in a while.”
“Oh I stopped wearing it. The side effects were so annoying and I just didn’t see the point anymore.”
“Wait what side effects?” Dick asked, “You weren’t allergic to the material or anything were you?”
“No, but the magic part of it was tiring to try to keep under control.” Marinette was met with silence. She was very much aware of the chaos she was unleashing and she couldn’t wait.
It was Cass that ended up breaking the silence, a small grin on her face, “Pay up.”
“Wait, I betted that she was magic too!” Jason shouted.
“Yeah, but Cass said she was magic not in the way we think. So technically she wins the bet.” Babs observed.
“We really should stop betting.” Duke mused, pulling 30 bucks from his wallet and handing it to Cass.
“Marinette, what do you mean that the magic became too tiring to keep under control?” Tim questioned.
“And Damian did you know?” Steph butted in.
“Yes I did know.” Damian answered.
“Why didn’t you tell us?” Dick asked, placing a hand to his heart to show how betrayed he felt.
“Because Stompp gave him the shovel talk once he found out.” Marinette giggled.
“Stompp?” Duke repeated.
“Yeah my kwami at the time. His miraculous is the nose ring I used to wear.”
“Kwami? Miraculous?” Bruce finally decided to add into the conversation.
“Oh yeah. This is gonna be a long explanation.” Marinette chuckled to herself, Damian let a small smile onto his face before replacing it with a scowl.
“Wait, I wanna know about the shovel talk Damian got?” Jason interrupted.
“Why is this Stompp called a kwami and why is your nose ring a miraculous and why is Stompp connected to it?” Tim voiced.
“Okay how about I start at the beginning.” Marinette reasoned to the agreement of the family.
“Which beginning?” Damian smirked, much to the confusion of his family.
“I’ll start at the very beginning.” Marinette smirked back at him before launching into her story. Needless to say it was a long night.
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Oh my god I’m so sorry I was late. If you didn’t see my post from yesterday I was supposed to post this yesterday but life kinda hit me with a train. Then burned down the hospital I was in and sent me to hell. Life hasn’t been to great. But here I am with the final part to this mini series. It’s no masterpiece but its something and I promised I would post today. Thank you for all of the support I’ve been getting! All of those who like, comment, and reblog, I’m thanking all of you. Honestly seeing that so many people like what I’m doing is one of the only motivation factors I’ve got going, so again thank you! Tagging all the people that commented on part 2 which you can find in my Master List. It will be Maribat March day 6 and 12. If you want me to link parts 1 and 2 ask me. I didn’t want to at first because I’m lazy but if you want me too I can.
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#maribatmarch2021#maribat#maribat march#magic#daminette#final part#final part to ox miraculous marinette#hope u enjoyed#part 1 was day 6 miraculous side effects#part 2 was day 12 second chance#find those in my master list#sorry for posting late!#ill do better
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Have you heard what the last four cannon powers are?
I have.
Some I called and some I didn't expect.
I had a strong feeling that Nathaniel was essentially going to be Evillustrator but real hero wise cause what is originality with this crew? Also, damn Tikki, with every new miraculous that can make stuff, your Lucky Charm is looking worse and worse. Xuppu makes random items, and they mess up powers. Ziggy can make anything the user wants. In comparison, your Lucky Charm sucks Tikki. Step up or step down. And you call yourself the kwami of creation. We now officially have two other creators that are better than you.
But Genesis itself, don't really like it but also don't hate it. I think it's more the cliche of just Nathaniel becoming Evillustrator again. They could've mixed it up doing like, rune magic, power possibly being Artifice, which plays off the power being art related, but also a good nod to goats being clever animals, the most notorious escape artists you'll own.
Now Fetch, I had thought that Dog would have a power called Fetch, though the idea was that it would bring back/restore all items lost or damaged, a weaker ML that's object exclusive. Then I had seen Sarbina's Dog name in French dub and thought it'd be a tracking power. But canon wise, not bad. Another useful one against akumas. Though I watched the trailer for the finale and now I wonder what was even the point of doing Dog!Sabrina. I rather Dog saved for the finale.
Ox with Resistance? That's the power? Technically invulnerability I guess? Or force field?? Idk. I have thought of invulnerability for Ox before, though it was Beast's Burden, swap places with another to take on their burdens and have invulnerability for your sacrifice. I was expecting the power to grow bigger so this was surprising.
And Rooster was the biggest surprise of all and feels so OP. Like, is there a limit? Or could Marinette use Rooster to have a power to bring misused miraculous to her when she snaps her fingers?
I also wonder if they went with that power because roosters are the unofficial symbol of France and they wanted Rooster to be French pride best hero who can do anything? Or they were just out of ideas or both?
It's one I'd skip out on, that feels too OP and atm too vague as I don't know what the limits are. And I can't see how this matches with roosters yet. Like, Zodiac Goat is known to be artistic, dogs will grab and hold onto things, cows are sacred and powerful in India, and roosters can do whatever they want?? Well, yeah they think they can. Doesn't mean the power of the Rooster should be able to do whatever you want.
But these last four, for the most part, neutral with them. Can't promise I'd use them in my fics though.
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Breaking the rules
Felinette, Felix/Marinette, Felix/Ladybug
Part 19
When they were approaching the Agreste mention, Chat Noir suggested to enter through Adrien’s room, saying he was familiar with the path after their last visit of the house.
When they went to the main hall in a search for the possible clues to find Felix, they immediately heard the noise, coming from somewhere below the floor, loud enough to be herd even with thick solid constructions of the mention.
“I didn’t know there was a basement in this house.” Chat said, standing in front of Emilie’s portrait, where the sound seemed stronger, with narrowed eyes.
“Chat, do your thing!” Ladybug commanded.
“Right.” He agreed. “Cataclysm!” He said, and touched the floor.
Contrary to their expectations, the floor remained intact, except for a small perfectly round hole, formed next to Chat Noir around the place where his hand touched the floor.
The noise of the fight became louder.
The heroes looked at each other quickly in mutual understanding, nodded, and jumped into the hole in the floor.
*
The picture that came before Ladybug and Chat Noir’s eyes was impressive. An ox-themed superhero was fighting with Hawk Moth in a spacious semi-gloomy room, white dozens of worried butterflies were rushing about randomly around them.
The hero brandished his lasso, trying to grab the supervillain's staff. He threw a quick look at the heroes that had just arrived.
“Hey, Ladybug!” He called. “Catch!” And threw at her the Peacock miraculous, which she caught and immediately hid it in her yoyo.
While Felix was destructed throwing the miraculous at the guardian, Hawk Moth made a step towards him and pushed him so hard, the hero flew and crashed into a column from the opposite side of the hall.
Chat Noir throw himself against the villain, while Ladybug grabbed and pulled his staff. And while Hawk Moth was distracted trying to get his staff back, Chat tore off the butterfly miraculous from him with one precise movement.
For a moment the duo stood staring at the panting, furious Gabriel Agreste, sitting on the floor.
“No.” Chat said finally. “It can’t be.” Then his face transformed into an icy grimace. “I will tie him up.” He said with a cold voice. “I need to recharge anyway.” He came closer to Gabriel and spoke again, still looking down at defeated villain. “Then I come back and we discuss what to do next.”
He looked around, probably calculating where the way out was suppose to be, and brought Gabriel with him along the dark hallway.
Ladybug ran to Felix, who was still laying on the floor next to the column. She took his head to his knees, shaking him slightly.
“Felix!” She called.
“I’m fine.” He replied in irritated voice, coming to his senses.
Ladybug sighed with relief, and helped him up.
“Thank you, Felix.” Ladybug smiled and touched his face with her hand. She looked into his eyes and began to rise on her tiptoes to kiss him on the cheek.
“Woh, easy, lady!” The ox-themed hero protested, stopping her. “I think I said I was taken.”
Ladybug made a step back.
“She’s a lucky girl.” She said softly.
“I’m not sure about that.” Felix replied, looking gloomily to a side.
Ladybug was gonna ask something, when Chat Noir returned.
“I tied him up.” He reported, and gave the Butterfly miraculous to Ladybug.
“So, let’s talk business.” Felix turned to face the heroes.
Ladybug and Chat Noir look at him in surprise.
“I knew there must’ve been something for you in this.” Chat furrowed his eyebrows under the mask.
“Indeed there is.” The Ox-hero answered, turning to Ladybug. “You can’t expose Gabriel to the public.” He stated.
Ladybug crossed her arms over her chest.
“He has committed crimes and must answer before the law.” She protested.
“He would keep doing it further if I hadn’t found his lair, right?” Felix argued.
“What do you suggest?” Ladybug put her hands on her waist.
“Although Gabriel is an asshole,” Felix started, “he belongs to my family. And people close to me will suffer if his name is known to the press.”
“What were you going to do if we weren't involved?” Ladybug was narrowing her eyes, trying to understand his logic.
Though Felix’s standards were braking common social rules, he usually had a good point in his reasoning.
“I would just give you back the miraculous, — I don’t have any need of them.” His face became hard and protective. “But not my mom, nor my cousin deserve to deal with his shit.”
Ladybug thought for a moment.
“Chat, what do you think?” She turned to her partner.
“I don’t know.” Chat replied. He seemed full of deep sadness and something else... disgust? “Gabriel is a total jerk, but, Felix might be onto something: Amelie doesn’t deserve this.”
“What about Adrien?” Ladybug asked with surprise in her tone.
Chats face grimaced into regret.
“He was dump enough to live under the same roof with a supervillain, and never even suspect a thing, so...”
“You know nothing about him!” Felix interrupted. “He lost his mom, he thought the only shit of the family he had left was a jerk of his father.” He looked at Chat Noir with anger. “So keep your thoughts on my cousin to yourself!”
Chat Noir looked stunned for a moment, then his face softened a little.
“Looks like Adrien was mistaking about who his family really was.” He said, and turned to his partner. “But the final decision is up to you. You are the guardian.”
Felix turned to Ladybug as well, but he didn’t seem ready to leave the decision in her hands.
“As a person who found out his identity and took his miraculous, I have a right to protect my family.” His face stiffened. “From more harm than he had already done to them.”
Ladybug was looking at him with narrowed eyes, trying to take into account all the details of the situation for her final decision.
“Did Gabriel see you unmasked?” She asked Felix.
“No, he didn’t.” He replied.
Ladybug thought a little longer.
“Good.” She said with a sigh. “We’ll do it your way.”
“Really?” Chat Noir and Felix asked at the same time.
“Yes.” She said firmly. “Gabriel will create a fund for psychological assistance to former akuma victims. And he will remain under our supervision. When akumas and sentimonsters stop appearing, people will decide that Shadow Moth simply gave up or left.”
“But then the press won’t know about your exploits.” Felix noticed with challenging voice.
“We didn’t try to catch him so that people would know about our exploits.” Ladybug narrowed her eyes at him. “But because it was our job.” She raised her chin in counter challenge at Felix. “Plus, this exploit is more likely on you.”
“I am not a hero.” Felix denied.
“I think the people of Paris would disagree with you.” Ladybug smirked. “If they knew what you have done today.”
“Whatever.” Felix turned his eyes away.
“So.” Chat Noir seemed to return from his thoughts. “I’ll go untie him then, and... explain our position to him.”
“Are you sure you’re fine doing it, Chat?” Ladybug asked with concern.
The whole Shadow Moth defeat knocked her partner out of a lot more than she would expect.
“I’m sure I am.” Unaccustomed cold determination showed in his gaze.
“Ok.” She said. “I’ll join you in a sec.” Ladybug turned to Felix.
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Thoughts: Risk (Shadow Moth's Final Attack - Part 1)
WHAT THE HELLLL!!!! NOW WE'RE TALKING!!!! We got Adrien holding Marinette's hand. Marinette almost kinda exposing herself to Felix. Adrien and Felix switching places. Felix finding Emilie and almost finding the real butterfly and peacock miraculous.
WOWOWOWOW That episode was amazing. Honestly, I wasn't expecting to wake up to a new episode. I was waiting for Qilin to come out first then Penalteam. They said that Part 2 is a gonna be a cliffhanger so we shall wait and see.
I can't tell you how LOUD I screamed when Adrien grabbed Marinette's hand. If ya'll don't end up together by the end of this season I'm gonna cry. But, hoping Tikki bitch slaps some common sense into her about using Kaalki/Voyage.
I'm hoping more gets explained about why Felix was so distraught seeing Emilie (I mean probably cause she's alive and in a coma) but I wanna know the backstory of this family - Family rings, Tibet, miraculous, why Felix hates Gabriel (lol), why Gabriel hasn't told Adrien about his mom, etc. Felix is sneaky...gotta hand it to him although Adrien is smart and a superhero he really is oblivious to his surroundings. You can blame him being sheltered his whole life but even when Marinette discovered Gabriel Agreste was Hawk Moth (The Collector), Adrien should've still kept his eye on him.
I wonder how long it will take for Adrien or Marinette to discover Risk. Obviously, they're gonna notice Strike Back first and take risks but I'm afraid the outcome is going to reveal an identity. Also, Hawk Moth is not immune to getting affected by akumatized people (Simpleman). So, I don't know if Risk got him too or not.
Are Chloe and Lila working together?? Interesting alliance. Perhaps, in Penalteam they have a scene about keeping Adrien to themselves and ganging up on Marinette.
Is Strike Back a Destroyer (Thor) knock-off lolol they look alike IMO.
The news did say that Part 2 isn't going to be heroic so we may shed some tears... 😭😭😭
I've got a few theories for Part 2:
Ladybug will risk her personal information in front of Cat Noir and vice versa
Felix will realize the miraculous he has are fake so he will go back to Paris and steal it when Ladybug and Cat Noir capture Shadow Moth
Ladybug and Cat Noir will finally defeat Shadow Moth and know his identity
It's the end for Gabriel Agreste and Felix will be the new Shadow Moth...maybe with a different name - Referring back to Timetagger
Rena Furtive will expose herself after taking a risk...not sure what implications this will cause tho
I think Ladybug or Cat Noir will reveal their identity - I'm leaning towards Ladybug cause I think the cliffhanger will be her renouncing her role as guardian and giving it to Cat Noir...The Ladybug Miraculous will go to Ayla since she's been Scarabella
IDK If this will happen in the next episode or Season 5 but Adrien will know Marinette's identity and will FINALLY become enamored with her. Cat Noir and Scarabella won't work as well as a team so they will try to get Marinette's memories back. Perhaps a kwami can help...Dog, Ox, Rooster, or Goat.
Looking back on the Strike Back teasers...It's still hard to theorize what will actually happen but I'm looking forward to seeing other theories!
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Didn’t Need Burrow (May 3rd-May 22nd)
Anonymous said:
Don’t Need Burrow to know that Ladybug’s distrust of Volpina will be played off as though she was simply jealous of her because she thought she was going to steal Adrien/Chat, even though she didn’t like Chat! Oh, but she did, she didn’t know it yet. That’s why she kissed him in Dark Cupid!
Not like she didn’t have a bunch of other reasons to distrust Volpina.
(the show also does this a lot where Marinette has an extra reason on top of “““jealousy,”““ like in “Oni-Chan” where the thing she was concerned about actually ended up happening, but the fandom boils everything down to jealousy anyway)
Anonymous said:
Didn’t Need Burrow: Su Han will take the Miraculouses from all the girls because he thinks girls don’t have the “physical and mental fortitude” to be heroes, giving them tto guys instead. The girls will find out about each others’ identities and join in the battle to get their Miraculouses back without any powers, led by Marinette, despite the fact that the genre of Miraculous Ladybug is supposedly Magical GIRL and thus the girls being powerful should be a given
(there was another part to this but I didn’t get it all so I clipped this ask a bit so it could work alone)
tbh the true ending should just be Marinette and the girls kicking each misogynist to the curb without any powers, and Su-Han goes last.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Luka and Zoe, from their styles and hints like the ice cream Luka holds in Truth and the flower on her shirt.... I'm sure at this point the writers will either send him on a tour with Jagged, or make him Zoe's bf offscreen somehow... Also more torture for Mari mentally :)
Of course. :)
Gotta make sure Marinette doesn’t have any choice but Adrien. :)
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Zoe will be Adrien's new love interest because she's "very sweet". Mari will be okay with it because she feels the Guardian must be alone. (And she's still punishing herself for hurting Luka.) The New-Bee and Chat also bond, making her feel even more alone. (But now Lila can't claim she's jealous and her hold over the class is lessened as Zoe becomes more popular.)
I’m super not here for Marinette punishing herself (and the show possibly presenting it as her “growing up” and “doing the right thing”) and for Ladybug getting jealous over the playboy cat.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Prince Ali/Rose turns out to be endgame, while Rose/Juleka gets Lukanette'd -- their relationship happened mostly off-screen and we only see them pulling apart. Juleka has to let Rose go so she can live out 'every girl's dream', possibly even being put on a bus/written out of the series.
In which the Couffaines aren’t allowed nice things because they’re poor-coded.
Anonymous said:
I can’t believe the Pig’s weapon is ACTUALLY a tambourine. I’ve had that down as my guess for the pig miraculous for ages but I never thought I’d actually be right. On that note - Didn’t Need Burrow: the Ox’s weapon will definitely be a hammer, and the Goat’s might be a shepherd’s crook or grappling hook, and the Rooster’s could be a horn.
Congrats on being right!
We’ll definitely see on the whole weapons things.
Anonymous said:
Don't Need a Burrow: That Rose's mysterious sickness from "Guiltrip" episode will be ignored in other episodes.
Honestly, it was ignored in “Guiltrip” too. Rose’s illness seemed to be related to headaches and then they literally have her headbanging in her transformation.
Anonymous said:
Don't Need a Burrow: After "Guiltrip", the dynamics of Juleka and Rose's relationship will revert to the "romantic standing next to each other somewhere in the background".
Just look at them doing [friendly task]... romantically!!
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Tikki's comments about not really understanding love are later treated as her being in denial about her being in love with Plagg. Because the two of them are 'soulmates' *just like Adrien and Marinette*, and there's no such thing as a PLATONIC bond. Plus, it's denying another feminine-identifying character the right to define and declare her own feelings -- she's not ALLOWED to not love him that way! If she says otherwise, she's either in denial or mistaken! Or both!
[flashbacks to “Animan” where Alya denies feelings for Nino as being “like a brother to her” and then gets together with him at the end of the episode]
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: In the upcoming Mr. Pigeon episode, Chat Noir's behaviour toward Mr. Ramier in Lies will not be brought up at all.
Yeah, this is why I knew writing “Lying on the Job” was the right choice. :P The show wasn’t going to do it.
(part of me hopes that this acts as a jinx but I doubt it)
soap-lady said:
Didn't Need Burrow: It will be revealed Adrien always knew about Mari's crush. He tells Plagg it's because not only would rejecting a friend be hard, her akuma would be even scarier than her dad. He later admits at the end of the episode to Plagg that having an "awesome person like Marinette" crushing on him makes him feel good about himself. The show will frame this as charming rather than egotistical.
wow i hate it
throw the whole man away, Marinette
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: The "reverse love square" will happen as a result of Adrien being drunk on a love potion/under the control of a spell which makes him fall for Marinette. This will result in Marinette being uncomfortable with Adrien's relentless pursuit of her...AGAIN...which is, of course, played for laughs...AGAIN. Her friends will probably shame her, saying, "why are you so upset? You used to like Adrien and now he's returning that affection! What is WRONG with you, Marinette?". Meanwhile, during battle sequences Chat Noir will be less playful and intrusive of Ladybug's personal space because he's in love with Marinette now and not her, which is good(minus the"in love with Marinette" part, obvs), except that it will cause Ladybug to suddenly fall in love with the new Chat Noir who is being respectful(and "just like Adrien used to act"), and she'll act like a giddy schoolgirl over him, which will be used to humiliate her for comedy as Chat treats her like a freak now. And no, the show will NOT "call him out" for suddenly being averse to the affections of the "girl of his dreams" but will treat him as justified, because guys who pursue girls are gentlemanly and entitled to love back, while girls who pursue guys are pushy and obnoxious. There will even be a lesson on how you shouldn't have to put up with unwanted advances. Chat will be the one to learn it. There will also be a lesson on how you can't force someone to love somebody else. Adrien will be the one to learn it.
Wow, how’d you get the synopsis to Season 5? Impressive! (⊙o⊙)
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Chat will complain about Ladybug not trusting him, so she tries trusting him with further responsibilities which he then shirks, blows off and whines about. Naturally, Marinette is Wrong for DARING to think that her 'partner' should share more of the burden -- no, she HAS to carry everything herself and enable him to keep treating their duty as a game! It's not FAIR for her to expect anything more from him--!
oh my god
he would *gestures loudly to “Lies”*
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Chat Noir will *deliberately* mess up a vital task that Ladybug assigned/entrusted him with, either to punish her for some petty/imagined slight (which is treated as Incredibly Serious and Deserving his retaliation) or because he simply doesn't want to have to deal with the extra responsibility. Much like somebody who 'never learns' the right way to load a dishwasher/do laundry/other chores so that somebody more responsible is forced to pick up their slack.
Sounds about right.
“Bonus” if Chat Noir is presented as in the right because Ladybug’s task was “too difficult”/”she didn’t instruct him right”/”you can’t expect him to be perfect on his first try,” or Chat Noir’s shirking is treated as “payback” for something she did that he maybe doesn’t even know about.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Marinette gives up on becoming a fashion designer because her duties as Ladybug/Guardian take priority. Tikki protests not for Mari's sake, but because she enjoys her creative drive/justifies it as a form of honing Marinette's creativity. Thus the lesson is not that Marinette was Wrong because she deserves to have things that make her happy/goals outside of her duties, but because she can fold them into her Greater Purpose.
Miraculous: Tales of Marinette Not Being Allowed to Be Happy
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Chat Noir will be (temporarily) killed during one of his 'Pity/Praise Me!' stints, because he decides that he can't function without Ladybug kissing his ass and she's too busy fighting the akuma to coddle him. Naturally, this is presented as Marinette's F-Up of the Week that she must fix at all costs and apologize for, insisting once more that she 'can't do this without him' despite being constantly forced to do this without him.
It’s Ladybug’s fault that Chat keeps sacrificing himself, obviously! She’s just not telling him not to in the rIgHt wAy, and she should be
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Ladybug will finally learn the truth about how Theo was akumatized, but Chat Noir will insist that he didn't lie and that she really WAS to blame for it. And anyway, that was 'so long ago' that she's not allowed to be mad over it anymore. (Bonus: this or other episodes will have callbacks showing that Adrien is still salty over things like being 'stood up', with HIS frustration presented as perfectly valid, as there's no expiration date on HER screw-ups.)
[flashbacks to “Stormy Weather 2″ where Plagg retcons Ladybug’s avoidance of Chat’s date as her standing him up]
+ Yeah, I don’t see Adrien not having expiration dates on his mistakes, and his are always for the better (i.e: stealing the book in “Volpina,” which was wrong obviously, and then Marinette covered for him immediately to get him back into school).
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Chloe is given a 'redemption arc' after all... in the vein of her falling for Kim or some other male character and being convinced to change her ways for/by them. On top of being grossly sexist, this lets them slam Marinette even more, painting her as a failure who couldn't help Chloe despite that never being her responsibility in the first place.
“Bonus” if it’s Luka who does it.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Rather than confirming Juleka/Rose, CHLOE is officially revealed to be a closeted lesbian, retconning all of her bullying into the tried-and-trite 'They're only tormenting you because they LIIIIIKE you'. Bonus points if this is used to reinforce the notion that Chloe is irredeemable because 'Evil Jilted Lesbian can't be saved by Hetero LI'/she lied about crushing on Adrien/other toxic and heteronormative bullshit. AND her evilness is Mari's fault for not loving her back!
It’s always Marinette’s fault for not loving people back.
Also, this just reminds me of how much I hate the “lesbian bully” trope fdkjgdfgdfg.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Chat Noir throws another Pity Me Party in the middle of a fight; Ladybug is sniped by the akuma while scolding him to stop fooling around. Naturally, this is presented as HER fault for not immediately accommodating his demands for attention. After saving her, Chat mockingly echoes her words about concentrating and keeping her head in the game.
╰（‵□′）╯
EVERY TIME!!
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Chloe gets another chance at redemption by learning how to mimic Adrien/Lila and feign niceness. Whether or not her 'redemption' sticks depends upon her patience level; if she sticks to it and 'grows' into another Lila/holier-than-thou lecturer like Adrien, it's considered good (and Adrien gets full credit for helping her change 'for the better'), but if she goes back to being *openly* judgy and bitchy, it's another sign that she's 'irredeemable'.
Ugh, when Chloe’s options are either to be a Lila or an Adrien. All I feel is disgust.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: The Love Square is reversed when Adrien learns Ladybug's secret identity and decides to focus on pursuing her as Marinette. Mari is put off by his advances/still convinced that she can't HAVE a romantic relationship with all her other responsibilities, and is further distracted and concerned by Chat Noir growing distant (as he's bitter over his failures and taking it out on LB/holding a grudge after learning she confided in ALYA and not HIM).
i hate it
And of course the method of “now she’s not interested so I’M interested.”
Anonymous said:
Didnt Need to Burrow: Despite being 'twins' with Juleka, Luka will never show up in another episode. Ever. And the only mentions of him are only about the breakup. Even in Juleka-centric episodes, Luka will only be a passing mention. Oh, and Juleka will 100% stick to just mumbling outside of episodes where shes akumatized. Because gIrL poWeR
I’m honestly just--expecting Luka to have like one/two episodes, maybe to get a charm, and then he’s gone forever.
I don’t know if it’s a mercy or an insult, but the constant mentions of the break-up between Marinette and He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named-Outside-Of-Spiting-Him definitely are an insult.
Anonymous said:
Don't Need a Burrow: "Gigantitan <insert high number>" episode
NO
NO
ANYTHING BUT THAT.
Anonymous said:
Didn’t Need Burrow: Ladybug and Cat Noir will be able to power up in some way, but they have to form a special bond (this is implied to be a romantic bond). They use this power up to defeat Hawk Moth. bEcAusE tHe pOWeR oF “LoVe” cOnQUerS aLL! Bonus if the characters imply that Ladybug should’ve accepted his affections sooner (Adrien won’t be mentioned at all, i wonder why:p)
I’m cringing so hard right now. I hate everything about this because you sound so correct.
Anonymous said:
Don't Need a Burrow: Lila will be written out/ret-conned from a show because she was only a Unredeemed!Chloe stand-in for time of Chloe "redemption arc". Every speculation about Lila (next Hawkmoth etc) will be applied to Chloe instead as a "plot twist".
I’m half-expecting that she’ll get akumatized as a season finale bad guy, then just immediately move.
Anonymous said:
Didn't need Burrow: Alya is the one who comes up with the akuma repellent charms and Marinette is going to be jealous that Alya is so much a better guardian. Alya'll also probably be able to wrangle the kwamis better than Marinette.
Honestly I might as well just put this one on the card right now. :P
Anonymous said:
Didnt Need Burrow: When Ladybug tells Chat that she told somebody her secret identity, hes gonna be mad, talking about how she broke his trust and the show will portray it as her fault for breaking under the pressure of being guardian. Meanwhile the fandom is gonna be mad at Ladybug. Ignoring, of course, the entirety of the New York Special.
We could sum up the fandom card as just, “Adrien is right and a sad uwu sunshine child, Marinette is wrong and OP and doesn’t give Chat the respect he deserves.”
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Rose's 'mysterious illness' will naturally flare up during times where Pigella might have been useful, with Ladybug getting blamed for her flare-ups/worsening condition.
BANNED
I HATE IT DX
Anonymous said:
Didn’t Need Burrow: Building off of the “Adrien knows about Marinette’s crush and manipulated her for it”, any time Marinette does something Adrien doesn’t agree with or disagrees with Adrien himself, Adrien will play the cute, naïve, sad boi we all know and “love”, complete with Bambi eyes and gratuitous long eyelashes, forcing Marinette to give in to what he wants. This is treated as cute, quirky, and hilarious, never abusive, selfish, or misogynistic.
I mean, considering Chat Noir and “Chameleon,” yeah.
Anonymous said:
Don't Need a Burrow: a) Episode, where Chat Noir is even worse than in "Lies" b) Situation where Chat Noir during meeting with Ladybug is like always (M'lady, Bugaboo, unwanted psychical contact etc.) then Ladybug reveals that she recognized him as impostor because "real Chat Noir never will be so pushy" (bonus points if false Chat Noir is akumatized Felix) c) Writers somehow manage to put both above options in one episode (obviously with real Chat Noir being even worse than his impostor)
“Copycat” but worse
differenttriumphdragon said:
Didn't Need Burrow to somehow correctly predict Zoe's identity as a joke based solely on some blurry pictures and an offhand comment about "secret siblings". Like, a YEAR or two ago.
I’m guessing this is referring to the writers creating her?
Because yeah, probably.
Anonymous said:
Didn't need the Burrow: We will get Lukagami. One of the reasons will be the clash of the Tsurugi-Motto of "No Second Chances" and Luka's snake power of "Second Chance" resulting in some weird sparks flying.
*puts head into hands and groans loudly* kill meeeee
Anonymous said:
Don't Need a Burrow: The Multimouse!Mylene's model will be based on the Multimouse!Marinette's model (in the same way that the Rena Rogue's model is based on the Volpina's model)
plz no
plz
Anonymous said:
Didn't need burrow: Guilt trip hints at Adrien having actual depression, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but knowing the show, two things will happen: 1. His depression will only exist to make people feel bad for him instead of exploring his mental state and seeing him working through it, and 2. his depression will be magically cured when the LS becomes canon because "true love heals all your mental issues".
All of the above, yes. :|
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Ladybug gets a fresh new look (for the sake of more Real-Life ML Merch), and Chat Noir gets sulky about it. Both because he didn't get an upgraded appearance at the exact same time (despite doing absolutely nothing to earn it), and because he didn't get any input on her new look. So he passive-aggressively complains about the change, saying he preferred 'classic Bugaboo', and Marinette is presented as Wrong for not letting him dictate her power or appearance.
*stares at “Mr. Pigeon 72″* I’m waiting.
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Didn't need burrow: Imagine after you made that fic where Bustier and D'argencourt get the miraculous they reveal in the show that Bustier's husband/boyfriend/fiance is D'argencourt.
I WILL DIE.
OF LAUGHTER? OF PAIN???
THE ANSWER IS “YES.”
“Bonus” if it’s a DJWifi dynamic where Bustier can get D’Argencourt to do whatever she wants and suddenly becomes aggressive/upset when he doesn’t, which D’Argencourt immediately folds to (because the only “““girl power”““ the show knows is “lol girls are scary when they’re mad”).
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: The Love Square gets 'Reversed' via Alya deciding that Marinette MUST have a crush on Chat as well, since she personally ships LadyNoir. All insistence to the contrary is waved off as denial, and Alya is bound and determined to hook up her BFF with ONE of her crushes, come hell or high water. Thus, Mari gets shoved towards Chat in much the same way she's forced towards Adrien, creating much awkward hilarity at her expense.
Marinette’s entire being: i want to go home
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Alya learns about Marinette getting jilted by Chat Noir during 'Weredad', possibly from Tom and/or Sabine. She rubs this into Mari's face as proof positive that she really DOES have a thing for Chat, crowing about how she 'does her research' while teasing her about her awful luck with guys. This casual cruelty is 'balanced' by her insistence that she'll help her hook up with ONE of them by forcing her towards both.
Alya, looking at her plans and just shrugging: Hey, now her odds of getting a guy are doubled as far as I’m concerned.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Alya will insist that all of Marinette's romantic woes are her own fault due to her being interested in multiple guys. (Mainly meaning Adrien and Chat Noir; 50-50 on whether she acknowledges Luka's existence as more than just proof of her 'fickle heart'.) She 'supports' her by shoving her into humiliating scenarios with her love interests, blaming all her failures on her 'divided loyalties' and giving her grief for being a 'dirty two-timer' that can't even get off first base.
Yyyyup.
And of course Luka would only be mentioned to shade Marinette.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Tikki will keep nagging Marinette about her inability to solve her romantic woes until Mari snaps that Tikki doesn't know what she's talking about, throwing her own words about how kwami don't understand love back in her face. Naturally, this is Mari's Mistake Of The Week, as Tikki is driven to tears over the rebuke and all the other kwami get pissed off at Marinette for upsetting her, giving her grief until she apologizes. Tikki barely apologizes in return, if at all.
Ugh, I am just dreading an almost-inevitable “all the kwami are mad at Marinette” episode, since Marinette literally cannot escape from them since the Miracle Box is in her room.
Anonymous said:
(Mylene's personality anon) Don't Need a Burrow: Mylene's "Marinette's trait" will manifest in Multimouse!Mylene's introduction episode.
Mylene: Soon, I will have successfully swiped a personality trait from each of my friends to form one of my own.
Anonymous said:
Don't Need a Burrow: Characters who are popular fandom choices for alternate Miraculous Holders (Bee!Aurore, Fox!Lila, Cat!Felix etc) are akumatized into evil versions of Core Five Miraculous Team (Ladybug, Cat, Fox, Turtle and Bee)
Season 2462 finale.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: There will be more immediate self-contradictions, where Marinette is berated about how something she's doing/done is Wrong, badgered into following somebody else's 'good advice', and then promptly punished for doing so when the results blow up in her face. These turnarounds will become so fast that they happen within the same episode. Naturally, this is treated as entirely her fault.
At the rate her treatment is escalating, I would be 0% shocked. Still disappointed, but not shocked.
Anonymous said:
Don't Need a Burrow: It will turn out that the mysterious future Hawkmoth successor that Timetagger talked about is simply the Shadow Moth.
I laughed at this one so hard because it’s so accurate. I don’t know for sure if it’s a reference to the whole “new villain who’s been around since the beginning who just turned out to be Shadow Moth” thing but omg.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: The akuma-resisting pendants are used as an excuse to push Marinette even further past her breaking point, subjecting her to ever worse humiliations and traumas. If the fact that she basically NEEDS the pendant to survive is ever brought up, it's in a chiding way; obviously, as Ladybug, she needs to be mentally stronger than this and not rely on a 'crutch'. Nobody else is insulted for needed the pendants' protection.
Imagine the pendants as metaphors for medication and this takes on a whole new meaning.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: In a counterpart to "Chat Blanc", one episode visits a Bad Future where Marinette was akumatized. Naturally, this is depicted as entirely her fault, with both Maris being raked over the coals. No matter what the breaking point was, it's treated as though it was petty and pathetic for her to let it effect her so much. For bonus points, this was at a point after she got the pendant, but she accidentally ditches or pitches it while reacting to whatever broke her back.
Especially with the reveal of two new seasons, I’m very much expecting Marinette to get akumatized at some point.
“Bonus” for a “Miracle Queen” set-up where Adrien needs to wear the ladybug miraculous and is suddenly good at it despite being awful at it before, ala Snake Noir.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Marinette will wind up making most of the anti-akuma amulets. This is purely so that, when they inevitably fail, she can be blamed for it.
It’ll probably be like--Marinette needed to do something specific to make the pendants and they’re “only as strong as she is.”
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: The Love Square gets reversed when Alya decides she ships LadyNoir more than MariAdri, pushing her newfound agenda over her BFF's protests. Meanwhile, Adrien reveals that he knew all along about Marinette's crush, starting to pursue her because he just doesn't uNdErStAnD why she's pulling away, feeling entitled to having her chasing after him even if he never intends to actually reciprocate. Marinette is caught in the middle and blamed for all this drama.
Marinette, counting down the days where she can finally drink alcohol.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: One or some of Adrien/Chat Noir's past lies gets revealed to Marinette/Ladybug... for the sake of a moral about forgiveness and 'letting things go'. Meanwhile, he continues to grouse and hold grudges against Ladybug for her supposed slights against HIM without being seriously challenged.
I’m seething.
Anonymous said:
Didn't Need Burrow: Marinette is shown a 'better world' wherein she never developed a crush on Adrien. In this 'better world', Ladybug and Chat Noir are romantic partners. Bonus points if this pushes forward the agenda of reversing the Love Square by getting Marinette to start seriously considering Chat as a potential love interest, treating this as her 'missing the point' of what she was shown... even if the goal was rather unclear beyond guilt-tripping her for having FEELINGS and DESIRES.
The true goal/moral is that Chat’s feelings are valid while Marinette’s are not.
Anonymous said:
Don't Need a Burrow: Hawkmoth will somehow get Black Cat Miraculous and attack as Moth / Cat Fusion (Cat Moth?). After defeating this form, Black Cat Miraculous will be taken from him and without any questions returned to Adrien. Whole thing will happen in one episode.
“Bonus” if Hawk Moth just stumbles upon the ring and doesn’t question it.
Anonymous said:
Didn’t Need Burrow: All Ladybug and Black Cat Holders are soulmates/ have gotten romantically involved. This gives Chat even MORE motivation to invade LB’s boundari-I MEAN to pursue her. Also, LB reacts in horror to this (who wouldn’t?) but its played for laughs.
At this point, I feel like this is the only way for them to push the love square as hard as possible. “Chemistry” has just flown out the window and they need a crutch.
Anonymous said:
Don't Need a Burrow: Reveal that Rose has rich parents because ML writers can't make sad blond(e) character who doesn't have rich parents (and also to increase the "You see! They love each other despite so many differences between them" factor of JuleRose)
Zag, “Stop Giving Rich Kids Sad Backstories” Challenge.
Part of me imagined an episode that just shipbaits JuleRose constantly, with Juleka constantly asking Luka and others advice on “getting closer to Rose,” which just ends up being Juleka asking Rose to be best friends.
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Speechless Changes Number 6 (Sneak peek)
Hey everyone! I know you were probably expecting the next and final chapter to Speechless Changes, but it's not done yet. It's the longest of all the chapters and is the kind of the ending--possibly not, I have an idea for a sequel, but haven't decided if I want to write it yet--so I want to make sure it turns out the way I'd like it too. It's just taking longer than I hoped it would to get everything written with life and all the fun stuff. So, sorry, no Chapter 6 for this update.
However, since people seem to like my work, I figured I'd give everyone a sneak peak to sate them until the final chapter is finished. So, here's a short sneak peek of the beginning part of the next chapter if anyone's interested.
(I promise I'll finish Number 6 as soon as I can guys)
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It’s a good day for Marinette, one of the best she’s had in awhile.
She had aced a test in school, watched Chloe fall face first into a muddy puddle, Alya called her her best friend, and she’s currently beating the hell out of some girl in a magic ox costume with her lucky charm—it’s an umbrella—while Claw is trying to get the miraculous. It’s a weird life, but sometimes it’s a damn good one.
The ox girl finally seems to fall back from the numerous hits, much to Shady’s displeasure—she was just starting to get into it.
Shady and Claw stand by her to make sure she stays down, Claw groans in annoyance and pulls out his staff to call someone.
She can’t help but ogle him as he does so, she loves this guy more than anything and he’s much more than a pretty face—but damn, she’s the first to admit he’s definitely a hot piece of ass, especially in the leather. She’s having a good day, but what would make it a fucking great day is the opportunity to drool over her attractive partner and get her daily dose of affection from those sinful lips of his.
The ox girl tries to get up, breaking Shady from her daydreaming. Shady sighs and hits her with the umbrella again, dazing her. Frankly, she’s amazed at how many hits to the head this girl can take and also the fact that the umbrella hasn’t broken yet.
“Hello?” She hears Betterfly’s voice coming from Claw’s staff.
“Where the hell is this lady’s miraculous?” Claw asks, exasperated.
“What lady? Oh no, are you two fighting another holder?”
“Yeah, ox girl.”
“Ox? That’s one of the Supreme’s favorites! Are you two alright? I’ll send reinforcements right—”
“Hell no, we’ve already got it handled. Where’s the miraculous? This girl’s covered in fucking jewelry.”
“Oh um nose ring, I believe?”
“Great. Hang on, you’ll get it in a sec.”
Claw leans down to the semi-unconscious ox girl and grabs the nose ring, handing it over to Shady as the girl returns to normal. Shady puts it into her yo-yo to send it to Betterfly.
The girl groans loudly.
“What was that?” Betterfly asks accusingly from Claw’s staff.
“That’s the ox.” Claw says. “I told you, we got it.”
“…Shadybug used her Lucky Charm as a weapon again, didn’t she?”
Claw sends Shady a look. “Uh no?”
Betterfly sighs, and she can practically hear him rubbing his forehead tiredly. “We’ll talk about it later.”
Claw hangs up his staff and Shady sighs, knowing that tomorrow probably held another long lecture about violence from Betterfly.
“Did you have to beat her with the fucking umbrella?” Claw says.
Shady shrugs and sends him a smirk. “She slapped your ass and made you uncomfortable. You would have done the same fucking thing if it was me instead.”
“…Fair point.”
She tosses her umbrella up in the air and does her miraculous cure. After all the usual things, damage is fixed, the girl thanks them for curing her disease but has a terrible headache, etc., Shady grabs Claw and leads him into a nearby tight alleyway to get them both away from any prying eyes as her miraculous beeps.
The alley is small, small enough that standing in it with backs to the walls would leave two people only a few feet apart. With how close the two of them choose to stand where they can feel the other’s breath on their face, though, it almost looks like the alley way is wide, but they just don’t understand personal space.
“You know Mothra’s gonna give you shit for today, cockroach.” Claw says with a smile as he plays with a loose strand of her hair.
“Yeah,” She answers, “but that’s tomorrow me’s problem.”
And she really believes that, she’s having a really good day today, so lectures and worrying about if solving problems with violence is becoming of a hero can be dealt with on another day.
“You’re in a good mood, Bug-a-babe.” Claw says teasingly. “I almost don’t recognize you without that pouty scowl on your face.”
She playfully punches him as her miraculous beeps again, signaling it’s final warning.
He grins and blinks like he’s realizing something.
“Something’s…different.” He says.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, fleabag.” She answers.
“Your suit.” He slowly brings his fingers down the side of her body and her breath catches. “I don’t know, it just looks…different somehow.”
“Oh? How?”
“Can’t put my finger on it, but it’s fucking distracting.”
She hums and leans in close, pressing her body against his as his gloved claws find their way to her hips.
“Distracting, huh?” She says. “Maybe I should just get the hell out of here then. Wouldn’t want to distract you from all your pretty boy shit.”
She starts to pull away, but his grip tightens on her hips before she can get far. It’s a dance they know, it’s usually done with a lot more punches and violence, but it’s a good day and she knows that he must be having a good day too to be so calm. On good days for both of them, neither of them feels the need to argue, it’s more playful and teasing.
“Oh no,” he says, “your spotted ass is stuck with me, cockroach.”
She blinks, taken aback at the familiar words she’s only heard him say once before.
~Flashback~
Swinging through the Parisian skyline wearing nothing but a bodysuit is not something she pictured herself doing, but feeling the rush of the wind in her face for the first time makes everything shitty about her life seem so trivial and forgetful…even the things that make her life hell seem so small in comparison.
Maybe that’s why the Supreme gave Marinette this Miraculous thing in the first place, he knew that once she got a taste of freedom from her shitty life she’d do anything to keep pushing—maybe that’s why he did a lot of things.
Marinette scowls to herself as she lands on a rooftop, what does she care what the Supreme does? He gave her power to do with as she pleases against some dumb butterfly guy, who is she to complain about such a great opportunity?
She flings her yo-yo at a weird pole to fling herself again. Why should she question any of this? So far, she hasn’t found any downsides to this superpowers thing.
Crash!
She crashes into something hard, getting dazed, and her yo-yo wraps itself around her and whatever it is. She groans and slowly opens her eyes to see a black mask attached to a not-unattractive face. She opens her mouth to scream at this guy in the mask as he groans and slowly opens his eyes, her mouth shuts as she’s meant with the most beautiful purple she’s ever seen.
He pulls his head back as soon as he sees her face, but she’s too mesmerized to really notice.
“What the…” The guy says. “Hey! Get me out of this fucking thing!”
The guy starts wiggling and Marinette realizes that their bodies are pressed together like something from a sex scene in a movie. She screeches as her cheeks heat up and quickly untangles them, her yo-yo bonking the masked guy in the head as they go onto a rooftop to have their feet on the ground.
As he rubs where the yo-yo hit him, Marinette finally gets a good look at him.
His hair is a weird green color, his eyes are a beautiful over-the-top purple, he’s covered in tasteful spikes and studs, there’s a bell around his neck for some reason, he’s wearing black lipstick, wearing perfectly form-fitting leather from head to toe, and has two cat ears on top of his somehow working-for-him mess of hair.
Hot damn are the only words that come to Marinette’s mind.
She chastises herself, she’s supposed to be wreaking chaos in the name of the Supreme, not ogling some eye candy who’s probably a huge asshole.
“That fucking hurt!” The attractive masked guy says. “What the hell is wrong with you, you psycho watermelon?”
And he’s got an attitude…hmm…maybe Marinette could spend a few minutes beating up the guy in skin-tight leather before she fucks up the butterfly guy. Not like she’s ever gonna see him again, how often would she get the chance to yell at a cat guy?
“I’m a fucking ladybug, asshole.” Marinette snaps back.
The guy rolls his pretty purple eyes. “You look more like a cockroach to me.”
“Yeah? Well, you look like a bag of fleas!”
“Hey!”
He grits his teeth and gets in her face.
“Cockroach!” He growls, pushing her.
“Fleabag!” She growls back, pushing him.
“Bug breath!”
“Fuzz face!”
They snarl at each other, and she grabs him by the collar, preparing to threaten or punch him. His snarl falls as he sees a large purple butterfly coming towards them.
“What the fuck is that?” He says.
“That’s an akuma, you dumbass.” She says, still holding him by the collar. “It’s attracted to our anger.”
“Then stop being angry, dammit! We don’t need that fucking thing over here!”
Huh, so he’s not a complete dumbass.
They both take a deep breath to calm down and the akuma flies away.
Marinette is suddenly all too aware that she’s still holding him by his jacket and that their faces are close enough that she can feel his breath on her face. She tries really hard not to think about how good his cologne smells or look at his attention-grabbing lips as she quickly pushes his (totally not attractive) face away from her.
He clears his throat and picks her yo-yo off the roof, holding it out to her. “Here, your yo-yo thing.”
Wait, why would he do that? He didn’t need to do that, no one had ever helped her for no reason before…he’s got something more to him under all that attitude, it seems, something that is grabbing her attention.
Her heartbeat picks up a bit as her hand brushes his when she grabs her yo-yo.
Oh no, that needs to stop right there. It’s fine, probably nothing, it’s not like Marinette has to worry about seeing him again, she can completely forget about it and—
“You must be that partner the Supreme is forcing me to work with.” He says. “I’m the cat holder, name’s Claw Noir.”
Fuck. Great, attractive asshole is her stupid partner.
She crosses her arms then eyes him up and down, trying to figure out the kind of person he is. Everyone she’s ever met had always either been afraid of her or wanted her to be afraid of them. Her guess is the latter, if his attitude is any indication, which is going to be a huge fucking inconvenience.
“Damn, do you ever pay attention, cockroach?” Claw Noir says, breaking her from her thoughts. “I asked what I’m supposed to call you?”
“I’m…” She pauses, remembering the Supreme mentioned secret identities, and tries to think of a name for her new super powered persona. “Shady. Yeah, Shadybug.”
“Shadybug? I think cockroach suits you better.”
He eyes her for a moment and something familiar flashes in his eyes, something she recognizes.
She blinks, suddenly overly aware of the guy in front of her. She can see all of it in his eyes, he’s broken and fucked up just like she is (which isn’t surprising since the Supreme obviously went after a specific kind of person)…anger and violence are how people like them communicate. But, that’s not what’s holding her attention. No, what’s holding her attention is the fact that alongside all that anger and pain she can see in his eyes is also that he isn’t afraid of her and he doesn’t want her to be afraid of him. She had never met someone who didn’t interact with her using some kind of fear, it’s…intriguing.
Her heart beats a bit faster at the thought, but surely, it’s just from the adrenaline.
…Right?
Well, maybe it isn’t, but if it isn’t then there’s a problem, she can’t let herself fall for an asshole like him, especially if she’s stuck with him. Not when she finally has some power.
Claw Noir looks her up and down again then sighs tiredly. “Great, the Supreme stuck me with a bitchy partner, just great.”
Does he already hate her? What the fuck is his problem? He doesn’t even know her!
So, falling for him won’t be the problem, not killing him however…well, that might be difficult.
She scowls and sends him a deadly glare. She swings her yo-yo and hits him in the stomach with it.
“If I’m so bitchy,” She says, “then give me your Miraculous so I can get a partner that isn’t such a jackass.”
He glares back, not intimidated in the slightest but still not caring if she’s afraid of him. The nerve on him. He growls and extends his staff swinging it at her but she dodges before he manages to hit.
“Oh no,” He says, “your spotted ass is stuck with me, cockroach.”
As they start throwing punches at each other between yells and spreading chaos through the city, she decides that if she’s stuck with him and he hates her for no reason, then she swears she’ll always hate him harder than anyone else.
~End Flashback~
…That was the day they first met forever ago. The day she fell for the guy under all that pain and buried all her want under endless hate. They’ve come so far from that day, so many things had changed, but some things would always be the same. That was the day she fell for the heart under his pain, the day that under all the hate and anger her heart had become his and has always been since.
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Yo, about the longfic.
Hi, guys! I came to make a quick post about the longfic that I mentioned in a previous post.
Many of you came to my inbox asking what this longfic would be, if it would be childhood friends or pack au and I have to say: no, it is not.
About the childhood fanfic: I still have a huge block, since all the ideas I had, I ended up losing when my notebook disappeared (I think I may have dropped it on the bus)
The pack au, I STILL have no intention of making a big fanfic about. I've been having ideas for one shots (I even have one already written and revised that I'll post on Friday), but nothing I can take and say: well this is going to be a plot for something bigger. Sorry!
That said, let's go to the question itself: what is this longfic about then?
Well, as I said earlier, it's an au totally separate. It's something I'm... Experiencing. So, I'll give you information about this fanfic.
The name of the story will be K-12
It will have 13 chapters (there may be +2 with the prologue and the epilogue, I haven't decided yet.)
And if you're a fan of Melanie Martinez, yes, that's exactly what you're thinking. The story will be based on the songs on the album.
It will not be a songfic! I just based the chapters on parts of the songs and will use the song titles.
K-12 will focus on Marinette's personal life, but we will have a little bit of miraculous.
As I want to make a mess with ships, I will be making a not too big change:
- Luka, Marinette and Damian are in a polyamorous relationship. Which means, yes, Damian dates Luka too.
- Adrien is demisexual and is developing feelings for Jon.
- Kagami and Chloe will be our proud lesbians bC YEah CHLOGAMI 4EVA
- Max and Alix are ace and together.
- Kim is the bisexual who is still in the closet and is dating Ondine.
Hawkmoth was already defeated before the first chapter of the story, as the miraculous team received help from batfamily to track down the villain. In other words: Gabtrash is in prison and Natalie too.
Emilie is alive and kicking since ladybug was *SURPRISE* able to reverse the damage in the peacock's miraculous.
Now Adrien lives in the mansion with Emilie, Amelie and Felix, finally having a family.
Damian, Jason and Cassandra have been living in Paris for a while, going to gotham when necessary in the fight against crime.
We will have hypertension with Lila, Alya, Bustier and Damocles.
Nino is shaken, not knowing what to do.
Marinette is badass
The permanent miraculous team:
Marinette - Ladybug (ladybug)
Adrien - Chat Noir (cat)
Luka - Viperion (snake)
Chloe - Queen Bee (bee)
Max - Pegase (horse)
Kim - Roi Singe (monkey)
Alix - Bunnyx (rabbit)
Kagami - Ryuko (dragon)
Damian - Taurus (ox)
Temporary:
Nino - Carapace (turtle)
Jason - Vulpes (fox)
Cassandra - Panthera (tiger)
Heroes are still active because there are still villains around the world and Paris is not exempt about that.
Mestre Fu is still the guardian and is guiding Mari to be next.
Well, I believe that answers most of the questions asked!
[EDIT] I forgot some other information about K-12.
About their appearance (w/ links):
- Marinette's hair is much bigger than in the canon. Reaching the middle of the back and she uses the ribbons on a feather braid. (she keeps loose)
- Adrien have Chat Noir's hair, as now he doesn't have to show a perfect image outside the photoshots (bc Gabriel bitc is ded)
- Kagami continues with the same style, but has an undercut now.
- Luka's hair is purple and he has a sidecut.
- Max has cornrows braids.
- Kim is the same as always, only slightly bigger than in the canon.
- Chloe has changed the most, hair and clothes. She looks like the prototype.
- Alix has Alix's adult hair style, just the color that changes. Is pastel pink.
About the ages:
Marinette, Kim, Alix, Chloe, Max, Adrien - 15/16 (some have already had birthdays and others have not)
Kagami, Luka, Damian - 17
Cassandra - 14
Jason - 22
Other info:
Luka and Damian are on a gap year before entering college.
Kagami continues to attend school for rich kids.
Bug out!
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Damienette arranged marriage: part 24
Credits: Miraculous Ladybug team for the elements I take from MLB show. DC for their characters, @ozmav for the AU, @maribat-archive for giving me access to so many different stories to have take inspirations from, @thyladyanput for idea for Chat Damian and me for the plot.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8
Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 part 14 part 15
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Damienette arranged marriage: part 24
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“Papa will help us on this one. And maybe we should call the cavalry from Gotham?”
“Relax Angel. We have two to one number advantage. We can deal with them.” Damian reassured her.
‘Fine. We two weeks until we leave. It is decided then. In one week, we storm the Agreste Manor.”
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The week passed by faster than anyone wanted. Marinette especially felt like it was all in such rush. It was overwhelming. After over two years of fighting hawkmoth they were finally about to put an end to his reign. That is if Tim’s assumptions were correct. It was still just a theory. Really solid one, but theory nonetheless. They did know Adrien was Chat Noir. This was without doubt. Nobody else could be him if what Tim gathered was correct. It’s amazing what you can figure in two months with good logic skills and enough hacking skill to have White House Coffee machine prepare a frappuccino with your face on it for a week. ‘Batboys’ had weirdest truth or dare in the whole world, Marinette decided.
The raid was supposed to happen on saturday. This way they were sure that Adrien would be home and there would be little interruptions. Precisely on 10:20 A.M., the time when Adrien should be practicing his piano, Ladybug, Pink Tigress, Ryuko and Viperion walked to the front gate of the Agreste Manor. Marinette did ask her father to use Ox miraculous and help them, but he politely declined. Tom felt like the hero gig was not really for him. It was okay. Not everyone need to be on the front line.
A camera eye popped out of the wall as soon as Ladybug pressed the bell.
“Hi. I have an urgent matter with Mousier Agreste. It’s about his son.” She spoke. It was risky, but if he didn’t allow them to enter, he would only raise suspicion. It was a perfect trap. Small crowd already gathered in here and got curious. Rejecting Paris’ beloved heroes would be bad for image and much too suspicious.
There was no answer, but the gate opened, letting the group in. As they walked, Ladybug and the others indeed noticed several automated defence turrets, now half-burried underground while disabled. They were probably loaded with rubber bullets, but how did this not violate gun regulations anyway was a surprise.
Doors to the manor were opened by Gorilla, who then stepped aside and let them in. Nobody noticed three shadows jumping over the front yard. Gabriel was already waiting for them with Natalie by his side.
“Ladybug. What a surprising visit. Is something wrong?” He asked in a worried tone.
“Yes. But I would prefer if we talked in somewhere more private.” Ladybug said, nudging her head toward atelier.
“Of course. Nathalie. Go check on Adrien in the meantime.” The man motioned to his secretary and let group of colorful heroes to his private study. As the doors closed he turned to the heroes. “Now. What is this urgent matter you need to discuss.”
“Like I mentioned, it’s about your son Mousier.”
“Adrien?” Gabriel grasped. “Did something happen to him? Is he in trouble?!” If Ladybug didn’t know the man as Marinette and didn’t suspect him of being hawkmoth she would actually think he cared about his son.
“Yes. He is in big big trouble.” Pink Tigress practically growled. Marinette wondered if it was the mask or was her mother always like that but she didn’t show it.
“Tigress. Control your emotions.” Ryuko scolded the newest heroine, but it was obvious she was having hard time herself.
“Ladybug. What is this all about?!” Gabriel shouted. “I demand an explanation.” He recomposed himself and fixed his tie.
“Well… Your son… He… You see…” Suddenly, the confidence Ladybug usually showed disappeared.
“What our Bug is trying to say is that we believe your son is Chat Noir.” Viperion offered some help to the distressed heroine.
“And how is that bad? If what you say is true I am proud of my son and his accomplishments in defending Paris. His mother would surely be proud.” The designer defended his son while acting confused. Except Ladybug saw right through the scene. It was too much out of character for Gabriel Agreste to be real. This confirmed it. He was Hawkmoth.
“Except Chat Noir switched sides. He is a traitor. That is why Tigress reacted like that. For some time, he is working with Hawkmoth.” Ladybug straightened up and looked in the eyes of man before her.
“What?! Perpeterous! My son would never do such thing. He was always loyal to those he considered family.”
“If you could please call him in here, I would be happy to discuss some things with him in your presence if that’s okay.” The girl in red gave a weak smile and nodded toward the intercom.
Gabriel reluctantly walked to it and pressed a button. “Nathalie. Could you please bring Adrien in here?”
It wasn’t long before the secretary and prodigal son entered the room.
“You wished to see me father?” Adrien started, but then he noticed several heroes standing in there. “Oh! Ladybug? I am honored to meet you again.” In the back, Ryuko was stopping Pink Tigress from attacking by holding hand in front of her. Viperion was doing the same for Dragon-themed hero.
“Adrien Agreste.” Ladybug started in stern tone. “As the Great Guardian of Miraculous I hereby renounce your right to the Ring of Black Cat. You are no longer a hero of Paris or part of the team.” She grabbed his hand and was about to pull the ring when he chuckled.
“So that’s it my lady? After all this time together you would end it just like that?” There was something dark in his face. “Plagg! Darkclaws out!”
Suddenly a black Kwami was sucked out of his pocket and entered the ring. In a flash of green light he was now Chat Noir, except instead his bell was now silver and his face was twisted. His features were more catlike and when he smiled he had fangs. Hearing the commotion, Gorilla barged into the room through other doors. He looked confused at the situation. He didn’t even mother with the fact that the entrance was locked and he kept holding the doorknob
“Guess there is no more hiding it Father.” Adrien said. It could very well refer to him being Chat Noir, but Gabriel understood the suggestion.
“Indeed son. Nooroo! Darkwings rise!” There was another flash of light and Hawkmoth joined the fray.
“Duusu! Spread my feathers!” Nathalie was transformed into Mayura with the help of her booch. Only no longer it was damaged so she was now able to fight in full strength.
Hawkmoth hit the floor with his cane, opening a small hole from which flew a white butterfly. “You’ve made a mistake Ladybug. Engaging me in my own home was a stupid strategy.” He then charged new Akuma and sent it at the Gorilla, who was still holding the doorknob. It entered the damaged object and transformed him into smaller version of gorizilla. “Now the chances are more fair, don’t you think?” He grinned maliciously at her.
“No. I think they will be equal about… now!” She shouted and tossed her Yo-Yo. It zoomed right past surprised Hawkmoth and Shattered the window. Through it jumped Spoiler, Red Robin and Robin, all already in battle stance.
“Ah. I see you called different help from the states. I guess I should be worried now?” The mocking tone from the villain was never that good. Suddenly, the floor on the right side lowered slightly making a ramp. From there, walked a lines of robots. “You like it? I got it from my own friend in America.” He gloated. This was not good. They needed new plan.
“Spoiler, Robin, Red Robin! I need you to take care of the robots. Tigress! Get Mayura. Ryuko. You will go after hawkmoth. Viperion! Take the Akuma out and then help Ryuko!” Ladybug started shouting new battle plans.
“What about you?”
“I will take care of Chat Noir.” She stated and lunged at the irritating cat, who just stood there the whole time with a grin on his face.
Ladybug used her Yo-Yo to attach to the roof before smashing into Chat Noir leg-first. The cat was pushed back and she proceeded with continous assault, switching between Tossing her weapon at him and using some of the moves she learned from maman over the years.
This was like a spark. Immediately after Ladybug’s charge, other heroes also attacked. The battle has begun. At least until there was an ear-piercing cry of pain that got everyone’s attention.
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DC/ML Crossover Pokemon AU Chaos (AKA why I haven’t Posted in awhile. . .)
Me working on Gabriel/Hawkmoth profile
“Okay that’s enough work on this today”
Saves the draft on Tumblr
Tumblr eats 3 hours of work
“Why does the Gods hate me?! hits head on desk “ow. . . “
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Me asking my family- What would Damian’s starter be?
Sibling 1- the Samurai Otter
Sibling 2- the Ninja Frog
Sibling 1 & 2 start a vary heated debate
Me slowly backing out of the room- Okay then . . .
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Sibling 1 looking over Gabriel’s profile- you say here that the villian’s don’t have pokemon tied to them
Me- yes, and?
Sibling 1- Why does Gabriel have so many butterfly and moth pokemon?
Me- . . . .
Sibling 1-. . . .
Me- reasons
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Dinner Time
Sibbling 2- You need to give Lila more Pokemon
Me glaring at him while my other 4 siblings start getting uncomfortable and our parents make confused eating noises
Me still glaring- How many?
Sibling 2 acts like he wants to take cover- about ten more
Me probably looking murderous- No its too hard
Sibling 2 has found his spine- that’s BS!
Sibling 1 decides to butt in- I agree with Sibling 2
Entire Family decides to give me the pro and cons of certain pokemon and why it would be better if she at least had 2 more of each type
Sibling 3 gives me a knowing look- you don’t have to give her any more fox or your favorite pokemon
Me grumpy because I know I lost this battle- I’ll think about it. . .
Sibling 4, the youngest and my favorite sibling- You can give her pokemon that steal stuff and are more common with bad guys
Me smiling at sibling 4- This is why your my favorite
Other siblings make fake offended noises while parents laugh
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Sibling 3 and me brainstorming about the Miraculous and holders
Sibling 3- Okay the Canon miraculous we have holders for so far are: Ladybug- Marinette; Black Cat- Felix; Butterfly- Gabriel (and maybe later Lila maybe); Peacock- Nathalie; Bee- Chloé; Fox- Nathaniel (and maybe later Lila maybe); Snake- Luka; Tiger- Juleka; Dragon- Kagami;Rabbit- Alix; Pig- Rose; Ox- Ivan; Mouse- Mylène; and Monkey- Kim?
Me nervously- yes
Sibling 3 quirks and eyebrow- so we still need holders for: the Turtle; the Horse; the Goat; the Rooster; and the Dog
Me even more nervous now- yes
Sibling 3 Seems to be taking glee from my misery- And we need to find holders for the western zodiac besides the Leo which is Adrien’s
Me starting to stress cry- yes
Sibling 3 finally pitting me- lets start with why the others in Marinette’s class aren’t hol-
Out of Nowhere Sibling 2- Give one to MARC!!!
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Me- Hey guys I need some help with Damien’s pokemon
Sibling 1, 2, & 3- okay?
Me- What do you think his bird pokemon should be? Each Robin has a signature bird that isn’t shared with the other and it has to be a part of the “Regional Birds” group
Sibling 2- what about Staraptor?
Me- Red Hood already has it
Sibling 1-What about Pidgeot?
Me- doesn’t fit him
Sibling 2- Fearow?
Me- no
Sibling 1- Unfezant?
Me- You see a kid assassin with a pigeon?
Sibling 3 after looking stuff up online- Swellow?
Me- Nightwing
Sibling 1- Toucannon?
Sibling 2- Why would the most violent robin take the ‘Fruit-of-the-Loops’ to battle? Just why?
Sibling 3- Didn’t he have to deal with the court of owls in that one movie?
Me- yea I think so why?
the rest of us are waiting for him to finish his thoughts
Sibling 3- Why not let Damien steal a hoothoot egg from them and afterwords have Bruce give him a Rookidee?
Me, Sibling 1 & 2- Your a Genus!!
Sibling 3- and you all need more sleep
#mlb x dc#ml x dc#maribat#Pokemon AU#going to go work on Gabriels profile after this#hopefully it's not eaten by tumblr
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if they had a kid meme for statibug? 👀
Ship Kids Meme
@bonbonni
okokokok alrightalrightalrightalright I’m p. Sure Virgil canonically has a son in the Static universe (thanks Batman Beyond crossover) so i’m giving them 2 so i can flesh one out then make one up
First the one to flesh out
Name: Louis Cheng Hawkins (Pronounced Loo-Wis by Virgil and Loo-Wee by Marinette, even he doesn’t know which way it technically should be) He prefers just Lou to avoid confusion
Gender: Male
General Appearance: dark skin, a bit paler than his father but not by much, other than coloration seems to be a male version of his maternal grandmother, dark brown straight hair thick and curly, shorn close to his head in a fade.
Personality: A bit quiet, but hardly shy, He’s friendly and kind. He can get a bit too wrapped up in his work and projects, oftentimes ignoring people around him or even taking care of himself. Smart kid, has a real passion in engineering.
Special Talents: Is currently wielding the dragon Miraculous, his lightning form is slightly more powerful than his wind or water forms, boostered by a very weak copy of his father’s mutation. By that vein he has a very watered down form of electrokinesis, nowhere NEAR his father’s level on its own.
Who they like better: He’s a mama’s boy. He’s an unofficial model for Lucky Charm Designs because he wears every goddamn outfit prototype he can get his hands on
Who they take after more: Somehow??? Richie???? He and Richie are like two peas in a pod and no one is sure how this happened.
Personal Head canon: He’s actually not too jazzed to be a hero and do hero work. He keeps the dragon Miraculous in case there’s trouble, but he’s not actually very excited about it. When Mom fights sure, things are generally okay in the end due to the Miraculous Ladybug, but when Dad comes home from solo runs he’s always riddled in injuries, even if they’re just small ones. He knows both of his parents love fighting the good fight and being heroes, but some part of him will forever wish their family could have been normal.
Face Claim: I suck at finding faceclaims~
And now for the one i can make up
Name: Jean Dupain Hawkins
Gender: NB, They/them
General Appearance: Approx. Virgil’s skintone, textured ebony hair most often kept back in braids, they mostly take after Virgil’s side of the family, but has their mother’s light brown eyes (Marinette will not have blue eyes if i can help it) and body type, a bit on the petite side with lean muscle beneath an otherwise a bit lanky form. Mostly seen in basic or simple clothes for gender ambiguity.
Personality: They seem to have absorbed all the loud from off of their brothers more demure form, because this kid can TALK. Anything and everything under the sun is open game when they get yammering. Likely suffer from ADHD they hyperfixate a lot of the time and can be a bit annoying to the less than patient people in the world. By that vein, despite being a friendly person they’re oftentimes alone, and don’t really have any friends that aren’t extended family or ‘our parents would die for eachother so we might as well be friends’ Likes photography, but for the most part is still figuring themself out.
Special Talents: Inherited more of their father’s mutation than their brother did. Still not as POWERFUL as their father, but nothing to sneeze at. They jokingly claim to be the next in line for the Ladybug Miraculous when Mom finally retires. Currently is in possession of the Ox Miraculous, just in case.
Who they like better: Dad, they snuck along on SO MANY Justice League meetups when they were a kid they were practically taken in by the Teen Titans the second they started getting more of a grips on their power.
Who they take after more: Marinette, definitely. they’re like weird twinsies when they both get jazzed about the same thing. Virgil thinks this is absolutely adorable when it happens.
Personal Head canon: Both kids grew up hearing stories about their parents earlier adventures, things they held dear, but Jean was always enraptured by their father’s stories the best. Especially the one where he went back in time and met his mother before she’d died. He only told that story once or twice over their lifetimes, and after trying to glean more stories out of their grandfather, Jean decided that their paternal grandmother was their role model. Hence their chosen name. Virgil plays it cool during this announcement, Marinette cries over having such a sweet kid; Then that night after the kids have gone to bed it’s the other way around.
Face Claim: Still suck at finding faceclaims~
#letters to vega#Statibug#Virgilnette#Miraculous Ladybug#Static Shock#If they had a kid meme#Marinette dupain cheng#Virgil Hawkins#Ship kids#crossover ships#bonbonni
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Miraculous Side Effects
For Maribat March day 6 theme miraculous side effects
Master List
Despite popular belief, the miraculous did not give you powers or animalistic side effects outside of the miraculous. So no she did not eat aphids and could not create things out of thin air.
The only side effect of the miraculous was you became a little more in tune with a certain part of yourself. For Tikki it was being more structured/organized, with Plagg you became a little more chaotic, Trixx you became a little more honest, and so on.
Most days Marinette found herself wearing the ox miraculous, a nose ring. For some reason nose rings scared people off and most days she was so deep into her work she didn’t want to be talked to. Unfortunately, this came with the side effect of being more hot-headed. When especially pissed off she forgot all reason and would either tell a person off or beat a person up. Neither was pretty.
And just her luck that today was one of those days. She had been up for 28 hours working on Jagged and Penny’s outfits for some rich man’s gala.
With any luck she wouldn’t have to attend, not that she didn’t have a dress she always had one on hand, but she really didn’t want to socialize with a bunch of rich people. If they were anything like Chloe or Kagami, no offense to her best friends of course, then they would be a pain to talk to.
Now here she was in this coffee shop, she didn’t bother remembering the name of, to get a cup of coffee so she could finish the stitching on Penny’s dress.
Ignoring the guy’s horrified expression at how much caffeine she wanted and his muttering of ‘there’s now a female one’ she patiently waited for her cup.
The second she got it she chugged most of it down, immediately feeling more awake. Screw sleep, she could take a nap once she was done.
She had literally just finished drinking it all when a body slammed into hers. She ended up falling on the ground, cup still in hand, and glared at the person who bumped into her, mostly because he was still standing.
Her first thought was ‘Fuck, he’s cute’. What was it with her and green eyed men? Faintly she could hear someone saying, “Good going Demon Spawn!” but she wasn’t paying attention.
The lid had fallen off the cup and now the little bit that was still left had splattered onto her clothes. And she liked this shirt too.
He offered her a hand but she was still pissed off, her mind no longer listening to reason, and it didn’t help that Stompp’s side effect was amping up her aggression.
Completely ignoring his offer of help she got up and gave him her best glare, the one that had grown men shaking. Now this wasn’t her best moment, but in her defense she was sleep deprived and now needed to change her clothes which took up more of her precious time.
“Dude watch where you’re going next time!” She shouted, the whole place went silent.
It took the dude a moment to say something but she just ended up cutting him off, “Look I’m sorry, I-”
“You’re sorry. Yeah, apology not accepted.” And with that she grabbed her lid off the ground, dramatically smashed her cup with one hand, and threw both things away in the trash can by the door as she walked out.
It wasn’t until she had finished Penny’s dress and took a much needed nap that she realized the opportunity she just wasted. She could’ve accepted the apology and maybe got a date with a really cute guy! But no she just had to act all snappy and rude to him and she was glad she never had to see him again. Gotham was a big city and what were the chances she would see him again after all.
Stompp just thought she did the right thing telling the guy off. Of course, the most aggressive of the kwami would be telling her that. She really should try wearing Daizzi’s miraculous one of these days. Not that it was going to help her racing heart whenever she thought of him.
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Despite what everyone, including sometimes his own family thought, Damian did care for his family. That included his siblings.
Which is why he was here, with Jason Todd of all people, trying to get Tim Drake to come home and take a nap. They had a mandatory gala to attend on the weekend and Bruce didn’t want Tim Drake acting like a zombie for it.
Damian was trying to do his job and get Tim Drake home while Jason Todd thought it would be funny to tease the both of them.
This may or may not have resulted in him saying some not appropriate things to Jason Todd resulting in Jason Todd shoving him resulting in him accidentally knocking down someone. He fully blames Jason Todd.
He looked down at the girl he had knocked down and the first thought that came to him was ‘Fuck, she’s pretty’. Where the hell did that come from? This thought almost drowned out Jason Todd’s “Good going Demon Spawn!” Keyword, almost, he definitely was going to maim Jason Todd later.
Looking back at the girl with gorgeous blue eyes, adorable freckles and was that a nose ring he offered her his hand to help her up, doing his best to ignore those that were whispering around them.
Much to his and he’s pretty sure his brother’s surprise, she gave him a glare that could rival the batglare and completely ignored his hand when getting herself off the ground.
Then another shocker was when she shouted at him, “Dude watch where you’re going next time!” The whole place went quiet at that, she had just yelled at the Ice Prince.
It took him a minute to compose himself as he tried to apologize only to be cut off, “Look I’m sorry, I-”
“You’re sorry. Yeah, apology not accepted.” And with that final statement she grabbed the lid that had fallen off her cup, smashed said cup before throwing both things in a trash can as she walked out. Woah that was hot Shut Up Brain!
“What just happened?” Tim Drake questioned.
“Demon Spawn just pissed off a girl. Tried to apologize to her and she rejected his apology.” Jason Todd laughed.
“Shut up Todd!” Damian snapped, “Let us just get Drake back to the manor.”
“Yeah, yeah, on it Demon.” Jason Todd said before throwing Tim Drake over his shoulder and walking out the door. Damian kept his head down as he followed them.
Later he would think about the girl with blue eyes, freckles, and a nose ring and would not be able to stop his racing heart. Or his siblings teasing after Jason Todd told them the story of the girl who rejected him after he had bumped into her. And it wasn’t like he was ever going to see her again.
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Those that were in the coffee shop would have a story to tell their friends. The Ice Prince of Gotham bumped into a girl, tried to apologize to said girl and she didn’t accept his apology. Or try to flirt with him or sue him. And none of them had gotten it on video.
Who knows? Maybe he’ll get a second chance at a first impression. *wink wink nudge nudge*
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Me not so subtly saying there will be a part 2. Again sorry for posting so late, procrastination is my best friend these days.
@maribatmarch-2k21
#maribatmarch2021#maribat#maribat march#miraculous side effects#agressive marinette#she uses the ox miraculous#this is totally daminette#part 2 will be second chance#see u then!
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