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A Theory for season 5 future episodes after Exaltation

So …. Marinette almost got akumatized again in Elation (Exaltation in Fench). And just like during the episode Ladybug, she did not resist, and she was gonna take off her hearings, the akumatization was interrupted thanks to Chat Noir quick thinking. But Gabriel's reactions to the events of this episode imply that he is gonna target Marinette in the future of season 5 because of Chat Noir ‘s feelings for her.

SPOILER WARNING ABOUT INFORMATIONS FROM THE BIBLE !!!

I’ve read all the season 5 episodes synopses present in the bible, and while none of them mention some plan of Monarch to specifically target Marinette, maybe we can read between the lines, and there’s one synopsis which intrigued me a lot among those that come after episode 9.

So according to this synopsis, during episode 14, Marinette will apparently be in such an emotional turmoil because of a past trauma that it will be enough for Monarch to try to akumatize her again. But thanks to others elements I’ve learnt from the season 5 bible, I know Marinette still won’t be akumatized this time neither (this is a risk the ML writters seem not to be willing to take) and Kim will be the one akumatized into Dark Humour instead for this episode.

So my question would be this : How will Marinette manage to escape akumatization this time ?

Let’s recap how she did avoid this fate before in all the seasons so far, season 5 included :

Season 2 :

Zombizou :

When Marinette is under the impression that she’s gonna be punished for one of Chloé’s wrong-doing, her anger is strong enough to attract Hawkmoth’s attention. Since Gabriel didn’t have the Horse miraculous power yet back there, by the time the akuma get close to Marinette, Miss Bustier’s words were enough to calm her anger.

But on Hawkmoth’s orders, the akuma stays close, and when Bustier spot the akuma, her fear is enough to attract the corrupted butterfly’s attention, and she’s the one who falls under the akuma’s influence instead of Marinette.

This first time around, Marinette avoided akumatization thank to two things : enough time for her anger to calm down, and somoene’s protection

And as a bonus, season 2 gave us a glimpse of what an akumatized Ladybug would look like through an illusion of Volpina :

Season 3 :

2. Chameleon :

Or the first time we really got worried (or hyped ?) that Marinette would one day end up akumatized because of the injustices she also faces in her civilian life.

We know the story, Lila’s lies were infuriating Marinette a lot, but by the time the akuma is close to her, she managed to burry down her anger.

Once again the time and distance between Hawkmoth and his prey was a key factor for Marinette to avoid akumatization, but like before, Hawkmoth wasn’t wiling to leave alone the prey he spotted.

And in the end, he could count on his future best ally next to Chloé to awake Marinette’s pain and anger

But Marinette was able to spot the akuma in time, and she had Tikki encouragements, all of this helped her dispel her negative emotions before the akuma even touched an object on her.

Marinette didn’t have somoene’s protection like in Zombizou to help her against this second akumatization attempt on her, but she found the time to calm down twice.

Unfortunatelly for Marinette, this wouldn’t be the last time Hawkmoth would try to akumatize her, and with the first two attempts having failed because Marinette was able to dispel her negative emotions in time, Hawkmoth made sure that for his next attemps during this season, Marinette’s negative emotions would be too strong and intense for her to contain.

3. Chat Blanc :

By the time this episode came out, Gabriel only ever planned his akumatizations in advance with a specific target in mind twice (Lila and Audrey) by waiting for the right opportunity and eliciting the negative emotions he needs himself, and he did exactly that with Marinette during this episode. And while the events of Chat Blanc have been erased from the main timeline, I think it's important to note how far Gabriel was willing to go just to akumatize Marinette. He not only waited for the relationship between her and Adrien to be strong enough for the break up to be more painfull for Marinette, but he was also ready to ruin the happiness of his own son and to cause him pain (while the next season, during Glaciator 2, Gabriel was for the first time concerned about his son’s negative intense emotions).

Last time Gabriel called one of his akuma prey his « masterpiece », he was convinced he would finally win against Ladybug and Chat Noir. And while he’s not wrong that akumatizing Marinette could grant him victory, he didn’t know she was Ladybug at that time, and yet he really was determined to akumatize the poor girl. The only others times he put that much efforts to planify an akumatization was with Audrey, Lila and Chloé, and he knows the three of thems are bad persons and that two of them would gladly assist him against Ladybug. Marinette isn't any of those things, but during this season 3 Hawkmoth really seemed to have it out for her

But we also know how Marinette escaped that one

Marinette’s despair and heartbreak were too intense for her to calm down, but Adrien saw the akuma coming toward the girl he loved, and he rescued her as Chat Noir by destroying the butterfly just in time.

And once gain, just like in Zombizou, Marinette avoided akumatization because somoene else spotted the akuma and protected her from it. And the person who protected her from the akuma ended akumatized instead of her, a detail that will be important for my theory later.

4. Ladybug :

Like I said for Chat Blanc, Gabriel seemed really determined to akumatize Marinette during this season, and for this third attempt he convoluted a plan counting on Lila’s help to not only akumatize Marinette, but also many of the people who are close to her or have her in high esteem. And he made sure once again that the negative emotions would be too much for Marinette to resist akumatization.

All the previous times Marinette was the target of an akuma, the Butterfly never touched an object on her, but Ladybug was the first episode when an akuma (or here a scarlet akuma) finally got to her and put her under its spell along many others victims.

No time to calm down, no one to protect her, and an injustice far too great for Marinette to resist the temptation of akumatization like Chloé did in Miraculer and like the characters have begun to do since season 4. The only thing left to stop the akumatization process was either a miracle or a Deux Ex Machina

And it seems Luck was on Marinette’s side, because Nathalie suffered an attack that made Hawkmoth concerned enough about her condition to drop his transformation, and all the scarlet akuma that came with it.

Marinette avoided akumatization this time only because of a huge and unexpected stroke of luck.

But that’s four times already Marinette nearly got akumatized between season 2 and 3. Don’t we say “once is a chance, Twice is a coincidence, and a third time is a pattern” ? So what about four times already ? So like many I though this was the sign Marinette would finally be akumatized in season 4, but unfortunatelly for us, and fortunatelly for the heroes, its seems Gabriel abandonned his want to akumatize her, because even at Marinette’s lowest during this season 4, not once Shadowmoth felt her negative emotions. (Gang of secrets and Kuro Neko for example)

Marinette felt intense negative emotions during season 4, but none of them attracted Shadowmoth’s attention, either because of some luck power factor she gained from being Ladybug, or because of the same explanation I use everytime something doesn’t make sense in Miraculous : scriptwriting ease

No akuma came close enough to Marinette during season 4. And I thought it meant Akumanette was too much of a risk for the authors to ever attempt, but then came Season 5 :

5. Exaltation :

“Why don’t I get to to be happy?” she asks. “Why don’t I get to love who I want to?” At this moment Marinette is hitting a breaking point, she’s tired of everything falling apart. She’s tired to always meet deception and heartbreak everytime she falls in love with someone. She can’t do this anymore. It’s not fair. So it’s no wonder she nearly gets akumatized once again after that.

And giving up her and Chat Noir Miraculous seems like the only option left for her to finally be happy to love and to be loved freely.

And because of the Migration power used by Monarch during this season, Akuma’s victims has no time to see the akuma coming for them, and thus no time to avoid it or to calm down their negative emotions. Chat Noir didn’t spot the akuma before it was to late and it got Marinette, and just like during the episode Ladybug, Marinette felt too much negative emotions to resist.

So another miracle was needed to save Marinette, and for this episode Chat Noir’s kiss did the job to break the akuma's spell.

And this nearly akumatization marked Marinette more than the others times, because during season 3 there was still the hope that Master Fu could eventually recruit other temporary heroes to help Chat Noir against a potential akumatized Ladybug. And during season 4 Marinette had plot armor when it would have been the best time for Shadowmoth to target her with all the miraculous she had under her protection. But Marinette also had Alya on her side for season 4, and who’s to say they didn’t both think about a contengency plan in case Marinette ever got akumatized ?

But this time for season 5 there is no more Rena Rouge or Master fu to help save the day if Ladybug were to be akumatized, and Chat Noir would be left alone against an all powerfull Monarch who would have gotten half of what he wants already.

So without a magic kiss from Chat Noir what would be left for Marinette to do in order to avoid akumatization if Monarch does send an akuma to target her when her negative emotions will be at their peak during the episode Derision ?

I have three theories : DON’T FORGET THE SPOILER AND LEAKS WARNING

The events of Exaltation will have shaken Marinette enough for her to be able to resist and reject the akuma next time Monarch try to akumatize her, if only because Paris’s safety will matters more for her than her own distress and feelings T^T

Kim will be present at Marinette’s side the moment the akuma gets to her, because he is involved in the trauma she will be reliving during this episode (according to the bible and recent leaks, Marinette once had a crush on Kim, and Chloé took advantage of that to cruelly humiliate Marinette by concincing Kim to help her play a prank on poor Mari). He could spot the akuma in time to protect Marinette from it, and thus ends up akumatized instead of her.

Adrien will be the one present at Marinette’s side during Monarch’s attempt to akumatize her, and wathever he may do will be enough to save her from complete akumatization.

There's a possibility that Kim may eventually feel guilt about Marinette’s past humiliation at Chloé’s hands and his participation in this cruel prank for his negative emotions to attract the akuma Monarch will probably sent toward Marinette. That or Adrien could discover Kim's involvement in Marinette's past trauma and be angry enough at Kim that the latter would be left confused and annoyed enough to attract the akuma Marinette would have managed to reject. That or maybe Ondine will hear about Kim helping Chloé pull such cruel prank in the past and she'll be rightfully mad at her dumb boyfriend.

And who knows if after Exaltation, Gabriel won’t have instructed Lila (with Chloé’s help) to make things worse for Marinette the moment she would be vulnerable enough.

Even if the chances of ever having akumanette appears in the show are low, it’s still interresting to speculate on Marinette potential akumatization since we already have two canon akumatizations for Adrien (Chat Blanc and Ephemeral).

I also remember someone saying : either the authors want to send us a message, or it's teasing at its maximum

But according to the Bible there’s still no akumanette in sight for this season 5, so I think it’s more about showing Marinette’s vulnerability and strength rather than using her potential akuma form for fan service.

Although this may be the only other time Monarch will target Marinette with akumatization during this season 5 after episode 9, other synopses are vague enough that one could imagine some of Gabriel's plans could involve exploiting Cat Noir's feelings for Marinette with other akumas, although it's not specifically said.

And yet there’s still a chance we could have a glimpse of a potential akumanette for season 5 (either through an illusion created by Lila who will be be akumatized in a Volpina new variation in episode 20 Revelation, or through Gabriel new akuma form Nightormentor when he will akumatize himself in the episode Representation, apparently to separate Adrien and Marinette) :

This is a very old tweet of Thomas Astruc, and I don’t know if he made that to tease fans or if its’ really something he was planing to include in the show, but I thought it was interresting to mention

I would also add that according to someone's comment I found on Youtube, the ml writters apparently first planned to have Marinette akumatized during Exaltation, but then changed their mind and delayed it for something bigger in season 6. False or True ? Dunno, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had indeed one day conceptualized an akumanette and then abandoned the idea afterwards

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