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immaturityofthomasastruc · 10 months

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IOTA Reviews: Migration

You know, for a while, I thought Luka was one of the smartest characters in the show, and the fact that he's hightailing it out of Paris in this episode only continues to prove my point.

Let's get into the thirteenth episode of Miraculous Ladybug's fifth season: Migration

We start off with Marinette running over to the Liberty (with her friends laughing behind her back like the supportive people they are) and tries to talk with Luka about her relationship with Adrien once they're in private. Luka is pretty supportive, and it's a nice scene. Marinette then bumps into Adrien, who also wants to talk with Luka, and while the two try to get unstuck, we get a nice visual of Luka seeing the two as Ladybug and Cat Noir, which is there to remind the audience that he's known who both of them are ever since “Wishmaker”.

Adrien then talks to Luka about how he's worried something is keeping Marinette from being honest about her feelings. Luka gives him some advice on how just because he doesn't know everything about Marinette, it doesn't make her feelings for him less valid, and vice versa.

After Adrien leaves, we get an appearance from everyone's favorite deadbeat dad, Jagged Stone. He asks Luka how he can be a better father like he didn't miss years of child support, but all Luka really says is that he needs to spend time with his damn family. Of course, what I like about this scene is that it avoids the usual narrative pitfall of trying to say that Jagged and Anarka, Luka's mom, should get back together, and instead shows Jagged developing feelings for his agent, Penny.

Speaking of, after Jagged leaves, Penny comes in to come to Luka for advice. Okay, is Luka just the Dr. Phil of this show's universe? Penny talks to Luka about her sudden feelings for Jagged Stone.

Penny: No, I don't know why I'm in love with your father. He's disorganized, childish, selfish, and musically speaking, he's no David Bowie. Truth be told, your dad's a walking disaster. So why do I love him?

Luka: Does he make you happy, Penny?

Penny: Yeah. I just can't figure out why!

It's almost like this show will randomly pair people up at the drop of a hat. But hey, at least Luka hasn't asked if Kagami is single yet.

Before Penny leaves, Bob Roth, Jagged's producer, demands to know where he is, as he needs to record a new album. Bob learns that Jagged had children with Anarka (ignoring the potential scandal it could create), so Anarka promptly throws him out of the boat in a scene that I'm pretty sure is meant to be a reference to that one running gag from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

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Either way, Jazz's scream was funnier.

Kitty Section then practices their latest song about how you don't have to be rich, because even the songs in this show aren't exactly subtle with their messages. Bob somehow gets back on the Liberty completely dry, and offers the band a contract.

Bob: How would you like to sign a contract with me?

Luka: Actually, Bob, you already offered to sign us... Marinette: And you never followed up. Did you forget?

Bob: Huh? Uh... of course! I remember! I was just waiting for the right reason—uh, I mean, the right time! I was waiting for the right time to have you guys sign the contract!

My God, even the characters in this show want to forget it used to have good episodes.

Anarka throws Bob off again, where she and Luka talk about how everyone deserves a second chance and that change is possible.

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Yeah, funny how that message almost never came up with Chloe, Lila, and Felix last season, isn't it? And given that they're going to use Bob as an example of this lesson, I don't think it's going to be a positive one. So right after Luka generously decided to give Bob a second chance, Bob offers them a new contract to sign... and as soon as he does, he screws them all over thanks to a lot of fine print they didn't stop to read.

Ivan: He can fire us whenever he wants?

Bob: Yep, and I just did, by the way.

Rose: The name Kitty Section belongs to him?!

Bob: Yep. It’s ugly, but it’s mine. Marinette: He owns everything you’ve made and will make over the next thousand years!? Bob: Gotta cover all bases.

Zoe: Marinette's costumes, the music video Nino shot, the website Mylene runs...

Bob: All mine!

Adrien: And you can’t even start another band together?

Bob: Course not, that’d be unfair competition! EVERYTHING belongs to me! Everything you are, everything you say, everything that’s in your hearts belongs to me!

See, kids? This is why you should never trust bad people. It doesn't matter if they say they want to improve. They just want to trick you and ruin your life, so if you're ever wronged by anyone, that person is never able to redeem themselves, especially if they're rich. As we all know, rich people are far worse than insane supervillains who want to rewrite reality. Just ask the biggest monster in the show, Chloe Bourgeois.

So yeah, Luka's optimism being taken advantage of is enough to attract the attention of Monarch, who attempts to akumatize him into Silencer again. Monarch realizes that Luka knows Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities (why he didn't think to look into it, given Viperion's powers, is left unanswered), and angrily smashes his guitar to free himself of Monarch's influence.

So not only did he stop himself from getting akumatized, he's also one step closer to becoming a true rock star.

Somehow, Bob thinks only keeping Luka on board would mean he wouldn't hate him, but Luka isn't buying it. Bob is shocked that Luka wouldn't want to work for an asshole like him as Luka tears the contract in half, but Bob has backups. Monarch decides to settle on Bob instead, akumatizing him into Gold Record.

Gold Record's design is... okay. It's still better than Sole Destroyer, and it's definitely better than Moolak. The gold coloring looks nice, and the euro symbol on the record is a nice visual. His powers are pretty much just a combination of Pixelator, the Collector, and Truth's powers, transforming people into records who sing their true feelings while using the Horse Miraculous' Voyage to throw the records into space. Nothing too original there, but it's a good metaphor for sleazy music producers, and it works for this story.

Rose and Anarka are the first of Gold Record's victims, and in a hurry, Luka lets Adrien know he knows he's Cat Noir, giving him a place to hide. Just as Juleka is hit by Gold Record, Ladybug and Cat Noir arrive on the scene. While Cat Noir holds off Gold Record, Ladybug tries to come up with a plan.

Ladybug summons her Lucky Charm, getting a knitting needle. She realizes her plan will need to involve using Luka as bait. Luka is forced to reveal that he knows who Ladybug and Cat Noir are, and what will happen if Gold Record gets him, setting up a tough choice that will force Ladybug to rethink her plan... and then the next scene happens, where Luka lets himself get hit, where Ladybug manages send Gold Record's record flying with a makeshift bow and arrow created from the knitting needle and a nearby fiddle, which Cat Noir immediately Cataclysms.

Ladybug de-evilizes the Akuma, uses Miraculous Ladybug to fix the damage, and gives Bob Roth a Magical Charm that even he knows is useless at this point. Ladybug and Cat Noir decide to call it a day and let Anarka throw Bob Roth out again.

Luka reveals that he knows Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities (because once again, sharing that information with your friends is totally fine for some reason), and that he can't stay in Paris. After revealing that he had Fang eat all of Bob's contracts so Luka isn't bound by them anymore, Jagged offers to take Luka around the world to finally make up for years of absence while Luka makes Juleka the new leader of Kitty Section. And so the episode ends with the Couffaine family sharing a hug while Luka gives one last look to his friends Marinette and Adrien.

This episode was just average, all things considered. The plot and the lesson it was setting out to teach, while not terrible, felt a little tacked on. It was if the writers were trying to acknowledge the stuff that happened with Chloe and wanted to show an example of redemption arc done right in the case of Jagged. It falls flat because once again, more focus is given to showing how easy it is to be screwed over trusting someone than showing the benefits to trusting someone, especially since Bob is already an outlandish villain we already have a lot of reasons to hate.

I'm also mixed on the handling of Luka here. While I'm glad Marinette isn't being forced to learn a lesson here, I don't get why Luka had to be the one to be taken advantage of. He's already aware of how easy it is for Monarch to learn his secrets, so it feels weird that he lets himself and his friends get taken advantage of so easily. Outside of the scene with Ladybug's Lucky Charm, I don't get why he needed to tell the others the stuff he knew. I can sort of see why he'd tell Adrien, but why would he think telling his friends he knows who Ladybug and Cat Noir are wouldn't endanger them too?

Speaking of that, despite being established for almost an entire season, we really don't see enough of Marinette and Adrien reacting to Luka revealing that he knows who they are. Marinette only gets a few lines, and Adrien doesn't even get to say anything. While I am glad that Marinette and Adrien aren't dominating the plot for once, it feels weird that we don't get to see their reactions to something so shocking, especially with how often the identity rule has been enforced.

On the other hand, the writing is still handled a lot better than usual. I like how Monarch chooses to change his strategy to focus on Luka halfway through the episode, and the idea of the risk using Luka for Ladybug's plan brings is an interesting one, even if they don't really go anywhere with it. The running gag with Bob constantly getting thrown off the Liberty is a funny one, and it proves you can actually write slapstick that doesn't involve humiliating Marinette. Who knew?

As a whole, while I think this is the best episode of the season so far, this episode still has its fair share of problems.

THE BIGGEST IDIOT OF THE EPISODE IS... LUKA

Not counting the time Marinette got the award in my review of the Shanghai Special, we have the first character this season to get the Biggest Idiot Award twice. For someone who is usually smarter than the other characters, Luka made quite a few bad choices this episode. He decided to trust Bob Roth after he screwed him and his friends over in “Silencer”, he didn't think to read the contract he was offered, and after being endangered by what Monarch knows now, he decided to tell his friends and family that he knows who Ladybug and Cat Noir are, potentially putting them all in danger too. Yeah, the next few episodes will probably just ignore it, but there's always a chance Monarch could try another Optigami, even if he doesn't have the Peacock Miraculous anymore.

And with that, I'm officially done with the first half of Season 5. What do I think of it? Well, I think Immortan Joe said it best:

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Yeah, this season was pretty boring, all things considered. To be perfectly honest, I struggled here more than I did last season because I wasn't sure what to say about half of the episodes I watched. There was almost nothing of substance these past thirteen episodes, and I could barely say anything other than “this episode is okay” or “this episode is bad”. Whenever I had ideas, they were usually extensions to things I've already talked about, like the Marinette angst, the historical and cultural inaccuracies, and the villains genuinely being incompetent. If you showed someone a few episodes of Season 1 and this season, outside of Monarch's new appearance, it'd be pretty hard for them to tell the difference.

But hey, maybe things will pick up in the second half of the season. Hell, maybe the next episode will be even better than this one, and... huh. Does anyone else hear an ominous whistling in the background?

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bbutterflies · 4 months

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major thank you to everyone who’s been so excited for my (second) fake dating adrino fic!! chapter 1 is up now on ao3 go read it it's so fun!

Everything I’ve wanted

Summary:

Nino really didn't mean to get himself tangled up in the life of someone like Adrien Agreste. But it was kind of hard to say no to dating him, even if it was all fake, when he learned that Adrien was more than just a hot model. He was funny and kind and patient and a great listener – but definitely nothing more than a fake boyfriend.

Excerpt below the cut!

Nino was kind of regretting coming to this bar. It had just opened and it had seemed cool at first, but the music sucked and he was bored. He’d only had one drink and was already debating just calling it a night as he waited at the bar for another drink. This bar was weird, anyway. Some kind of rich, exclusive-type deal, he was pretty sure? He’d been excited at the idea of going out and trying something new. He usually did with Alya and Marinette, but they’d both moved to New York for work months ago, and as happy as he was for them, he was lonely without them. He’d made the impulse decision on his night off to come here.

He wished he hadn’t now, after waiting outside of this bar for an hour and paying an insane cover to get in and now being bored and hating the music. He’d finish this drink he was waiting for, he decided, and then probably just head home.

The last thing he expected was for someone – a blond, green-eyed, drop-dead gorgeous someone – to come up to him. “I need a huge favor.”

Nino stared back at him. “Who are you?”

The man grinned, eyes shining. “Someone who’s about to be incredibly grateful for your help. Do you see that girl behind me who’s, like, definitely staring at me right now?”

Nino looked over his shoulder, and there definitely was a girl watching them. “Yeah?”

“I’m trying to be nice, but I’m not into her, and she won’t leave me alone. I may have told her you were my boyfriend. And she didn’t believe me.”

Nino snorted. The entire idea that this hot stranger was his boyfriend was laughable – Nino had barely even started coming out as bi, let alone flirting with boys enough to get a boyfriend. And this guy was definitely out of his league. “Well, because you’re a liar.”

“I happen to be a very famous liar and I promise I’ll make it worth your time if you play along.” He clasped his hands in front of his chest. “Please?”

Nino leaned on the bar. “Yeah? What do I get out of it?”

The man shrugged. “A kiss, maybe. If you want it.”

“Tempting,” Nino said, and he was only half joking. This guy was cute. The bartender was back with his drink, and, well, he had an idea. “You buy the rest of my drinks tonight.”

“Done.”

“Well then, babe,” Nino said, holding out the glass. “Here you go.”

“For me? You shouldn’t have.” He glanced at it. “Like, really, you shouldn’t have. What is that?”

“Um. Alcohol?”

He stuck out his tongue. “I mean, I’ll obviously cover your tab, but that looks disgusting.”

“You don’t even know what it is.”

“Yeah, I’m getting something else.”

Nino watched him flag down the bartender and order himself a drink (some stupid seltzer that totally made sense for him to drink). “Do I at least get to know my boyfriend’s name?” he asked when the man turned back to him, drink in hand.

“Adrien.”

“That’s a lot of syllables.”

“Excuse me? It’s not that long.”

Nino shrugged. “You need a good nickname. I’ll come up with something.”

“Mm-hm. Do I get to know your name?”

“You should’ve asked before you asked me out. Honestly, I’m not convinced this isn’t some super convoluted pick up line.”

“While I would absolutely use a pick up line as complicated as this, it’s unfortunately real. That girl seriously won’t leave me alone.” Adrien stole a glance over his shoulder and turned around quickly when he realized she was still staring. “Like, really? How has she not figured out I’m not interested?”

“You don’t like girls?”

“I just don’t like her, really. And she’s just so drunk. It felt weird.”

“Well, I appreciate you not flirting with girls at bars,” Nino joked.

Adrien blinked back at him. “What?”

“Because we’re dating?” Nino explained, giving Adrien a playful shove. “C’mon, Dri, you gotta keep up.”

#everything I’ve wanted #it’s gonna be SO fun and silly guys I promise you’re gonna like it!#also very gay I’m kinda going overboard this time it’s simply what the fic is asking for I’m just following the whims of the google doc #miraculous ladybug #adrino #adrien agreste #nino lahiffe #my writing #my art

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sweetgaleria · 9 months

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Just watched the ladybug movie with a friend and i want to share my thoughts

Things that i liked: -chat noir calling ladybug a watermelon -their miraculous glowing when they need each other (or when there's an akuma? idk, the movie didn't make it super clear) -ladynoir practicing fighting together!! It was so cute! I wish the show had more moments of them just being silly and hanging out outside of battles -Sabine, Gabriel and Nathalie's models looked great -the times careless whisper started playing made me laugh so hard -Marinette's dress was super pretty -I like it that their magical outfits weren't indestructible -them being literally stronger together was cool -The final scene when she takes his mask and puts it on her face to say she's ladybug

What I didn't like -the movie felt like a bunch of scenes glued together by spit and a half assed prayer -why was everything happening all the time with no explanation -the characters barely had time to connect to make their relationships feel genuine -that made all the important scenes have no emotional impact for me, I only cared about the characters because I already knew them from the show -this is just my personal taste but their designs/models were so... round? idk, I didn't like it that much, they looked kinda weird to me -"the power of love" being important out of nowhere?? -a lot of things just started happening without rhyme or reason, the movie didn't explain their powers at all and also -WHERE'S THE LUCKY CHARM -also the dialogs felt so out of place? Marinette asking her mom at the start how should she go after her dreams just felt like it was put there to make marinette sing -oh and this movie had the audacity of being a musical and having zero good songs -also I understood that she's insecure from the first song, didn't really need the other 3 -how Marinette went from "I'm too scared and I can't be a super hero" to "this guy sucks and I can beat his ass" in 0.5 seconds -why was plagg like that -also why was adrien chosen to be chat noir here? did plagg just fly inside the first house he deemed worthy of his presence? first place he could find cheese? where's his moment of selflessness? -Ladybug had no importance for the plot. at all basically. If all it took for Gabriel to quit being hawkmoth was realizing he was hurting his son.... what is left for her to do? -after god knows how many songs about believing in herself, her final battle she still felt too weak to fight and she still wasn't important for it - did i already say that the scenes had no emotional impact? -her speech to paris at the end just fell flat -again, ladybug had basically no importance in this movie

In the end the movie looked nice and it was fun to watch with a friend but I, personally, didn't think it was good. Had some nice things in there but that was it for me

#miraculous movie #miraculous awakening spoilers #miraculous movie spoilers #spoilers #honestly the best part of the movie was seeing ladynoir again #but i feel like i only care about them because i know them from the show

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katanasonata · 9 months

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MY THOUGHTS ON THE MIRACULOUS LADYBUG MOVIE

Note: i didn't finish watching s5 before watching this - should i be concerned?

[ANIMATION ✅]

absolutely stunning, jaw dropping, amazing, beautiful, breathtaking, everything i ever wanted

i love how their eyes are so shiny

adrien looks like a baby

THE KWAMIS ARE SO SMOOTH? their skin IDK they're so pleasing to look at

Im sorry but did you notice Nathalie's eyebrows literally appear and then disappear in one scene

[CUTE ✅]

r o m a n c e

rivals -> lovers (ish)

i want to hug all of them

[ADRIEN ANGST✅]

actually sad boi

my guy had EMOTIONS, he was so MOODY

careless whisper

P I A N O

also GABRIEL ajdkddjjdkd he was a smidge more likeable here

[CAT NOIR✅]

his personality was something i really liked here

took on some more leadership, had more of a rival role

more charming frfr

[MUSIC ✅]

some of these songs actually SLAPPED

will be listening to chat noir's solo on repeat

only thing that was kinda weird was how Marinette's VA and Vocalist were two diff people with very diff voices but whatever, still good

[LADYNOIR TEAM DYNAMIC✅]

Felt more balanced, I really liked the push and pull of both of them, especially how they were more like rivals in this depiction (can u tell i like my rivals to lovers)

Both were sort of equal here compared to the show, whereas in the show Ladybug is oftentimes the one who can do everything without Cat Noir, it was nice to see more CN appreciation <3

[CRINGE😐]

Careless Whisper

Sometimes they'd start singing out of nowhere and I'd cringe inside but then the song is actually good??? so...idk at this point

[STORYLINE 😐]

um okay where do i even start

to save one person is to save the world? UM...okay...good quote if you don't think about it too much...or at all

marinette solved all her problems and fixed all her character flaws by singing one song

like, it was mildly engaging, but i kinda got whiplash with how fast the plot progressed, like i was watching the world collapse in front of me in a matter of seconds - not sure what went wrong, but it just left me wanting more and feeling like there could be gaps filled

anyways, what can i expect for a movie that has to cram an entire origin story and final battle in 1.5 hours

ended in a way that made me happy tho :)

FINAL THOUGHTS

it was fine... animation & music was solid, but the plot felt kinda mid to me...TBH EVERYTHING IS MID COMPARED TO SEASON FIVE

so yeah, hope y'all enjoy the movie, it blessed my eyes - may it bless yours~

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug awakening #netflix #miraculous #my thoughts

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artzychic27 · 4 months

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Akuma Class getting kidnapped, inspired by this video

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Marinette: You think you’re scaring me? I face Akumas on a weekly basis, so you ain’t got shit on me! Oh, you’re pulling out a knife now? See my face? You bitches don’t scare me.

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Adrien: Wait, I gotta pee! Can we stop for a moment? These are nice seats and I don’t wanna mess them up. Also, can we get McDonalds? I haven’t eaten since breakfast. Can I get a Happy Meal?! Wait… Never mind, I don’t have to pee.

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Alya: These ropes are too tight! I can’t text on my phone because you guys tied these ropes too tight and they’re cutting off my blood flow! If my hands shrivel up and fall on the floor, it’s on your because you won’t let me text freely.

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Nino: Yo, this music sucks, you got bad taste. At least let me wear my headphones. Why do you want me seeing and listening to my surroundings? What kind of kidnappers are you? Did you even think this through?

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Chloé: After this, I’ll be the kidnapper, because I’m rating this one star. The car is so last year, there’s a stain on the seat, and this music is dreadful. Oh, now you’re pulling out your knife? Did you at least clean it? Ugh, I’ll probably get tetanus or something.

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Sabrina: This car is kind of dirty; how often do you wash it? And those windows are so smudged, so how do you see anything out of them? That’s really dangerous, you know. Also, I noticed one of your tires is a little flat, so you might wanna get that checked out. Can we stop by an auto shop?

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Nathaniel: I’ve only been here for like three minutes, and you kidnappers smell like sweaty feet standing on a moldy-ass bath mat, and I’m gonna throw up all over the seats and floor, and it’s gonna look like that scene from The Exorcist unless you roll down the window and let me throw up outside.

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Alix: *Kicking the kidnapper’s seat* Untighten the ropes. Do it now! Do it now! I can keep doing this because my tiny body is filled with white hot energy! Untighten my ropes! Now! Now! Now! I had coffee earlier! Now!

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Kim: *Breaks free of his ropes* LATER, BEYOTCH! *Opens the door and rolls out* JUMPING NOW!

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Max: Look, kidnap and stab me if you must, but you must now this kidnapping is one of the worst ever. Also, that euro you took out of my pocket is mine, and I would like it back, please and thank you.

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Rose: Hey! You said this was a candy truck! Where’s the candy? I’m suspicious! I’m calling the police! Gimme your phone!

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Juleka: Can you guys adjust your mirrors a bit? I can see your faces, and I don’t feel like getting car sick.

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Myléne: I refuse to get in that van, not only because it’s guzzling gas, but for the fact that there is a hideous stain on that shaggy floor, and I like these pants, thank you.

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Ivan: I am very mad at you guys, right now. As you were shoving me in your car, you hit my head up against the roof of the car, and it still hurts, and if I get a concussion and pass out, that is all on you.

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous #crack #akuma class #incorrect quotes #no one asked for this #Youtube

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miraculouswolf99 · 1 month

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Miraculous Dueling- Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Let's Duel

Adrien's thoughts on his first class at the duel academy were that he had really loved it. He was well aware of the fact that he was behind when it came to some of the newer parts of the game. Even before his mom had vanished, he had never been allowed to go out and duel others nor was he ever allowed to go to any dueling tournaments. Those restrictions only got more intense after his mom disappeared.

So, when his teacher, Ms.Bustier, started to teach them, he had been very excited to learn. Especially since while he knew about and was able to use fusion and ritual summoning, the newer summoning techniques were really things that he wanted to learn about. He already knew that Lyon used gate summoning while Vallia uses XYZ summoning.

He did not know much about synchro, XYZ, gate, link, or pendulum summoning. At least, he didn't know until the end of his first class.

Synchro is when two or more monsters are used to combine their levels into the level of the synchro monster that is being summoned. And one of those monsters needs to be a tuner monster for the synchro to actually be possible. XYZ is when two monsters of the same level were combined to summon the monster. Those monsters would become overlay units that would be used to activate the monster's special abilities. Pendulum summoning is when two pendulum monsters are placed on either side of the duel disk and would then be considered spell cards that would be used to summon multiple monsters at once. Pendulum monsters are monster cards with gem-like symbols on them with numbers that tell the levels of the monsters that would be allowed to summon, which would be any monster with a level that is between the numbers of the two used pendulum monsters. Link summoning is when one or more monsters are used to call a monster with the same number of links as the number of monsters used with their special abilities sometimes depending on the number of links they have. And gate summoning is when two monsters that are the same type, such as two light monsters or two warrior monsters, are used to become the "keys" to open up the "gate" for the monster. The monsters would become similar to overlay units and pendulum cards where they would remain the "keys" and could be used to call the monster over and over again unless they were destroyed.

He thought that all of them were amazing, even when he wanted to stick with his fusion summoning. He knew about that already and even when fusion, advance, and ritual summoning were the three oldest summoning techniques, they were still all very good techniques as well.

Fusion summoning was when two or more monsters were brought together through the use of a spell, special ability, or trap in order to fuse them together into a whole new monster. Advance summoning was when one or more lower-level monsters would be sacrificed or tributed in order to summon a higher-level monster with levels five and six needing one tribute while levels seven through nine needed two and ten through twelve needed three. And ritual summoning was when a spell or trap ritual card was used in order to sacrifice monsters to equal the level of the monster that was going to be summoned. Though, ritual and advance summoned monsters were kept in the regular deck unlike how the other monsters were kept in the extra deck.

And during class, he actually did get to talk with Nino a little when he was able to. Nino turned out to be a very nice guy with a deep love of music. Not only did he duel, but he also wanted to become either a professional DJ or a film director in the future. Adrien was really starting to like Nino since he seemed like such a nice, relaxed, and fun guy. Though, he would not tell his father about it since there was no way his father would approve of someone that wanted to be a DJ one day.

Nino also gave him a low-down on the rest of their classmates since he did not know any of them other than Lyon, Vallia, and Chloe. And Adrien had to admit that there were certainly a lot of colorful characters in his class.

Starting with the girls, there were Marinette, Alya, Juleka, Alix, Rose, Mylene, and Sabrina. Marinette is a fashion design hopeful that is actually a big fan of Adrien's father. Alya wants to be a reporter and even has a blog all about her reporting on up-and-coming duelists. Juleka was a quiet and shy girl but is actually a very skilled duelist. Alix is an athletic girl that is about as tomboy as a girl can get. Rose is the class sweetheart that never wants to see the bad in anyone. Mylene wants to be an actress and was actually very skilled for her age. And Sabrina was basically just Chloe's minion that did anything that Chloe says no matter what.

With the guys, there were Kim, Nathanial, Max, and Ivan. Kim was another of the class athletes that is known for having a really good heart while also being a bit oblivious at times. Nathaniel is an artist that loves to draw duel monsters and he dreams of being a card designer one day. Max is the class geek and he uses a lot of math to help him predict how duels will go. Ivan is a quiet guy that looks like he could be a WWE Superstar but is actually about as harmless as a guy can be.

Adrien also learned what most of the class seemed to think about Chloe, Lyon, and Vallia. In all honesty, they thought that Vallia was a very nice girl that was really quiet at times and was the only one that seemed to be able to "control" her brother. They even called her the Flower Princess since she always had flowers in her hair. That was the complete opposite of Lyon as Nino told him that most of them see Lyon as the cold and serious Ice Prince. It seemed that other than his sister, Lyon only really talks to Juleka, Kim, and Nathaniel from their class. Chloe probably was who Adrien learned was hated by everyone. Not even just in their class, but in the entire school. Nino tells Adrien that they all knew that Chloe was nothing but a bullying brat that gets away with everything she does because she is the daughter of the mayor.

Even when Adrien told Nino that Chloe was his childhood friend, he had only patted the blond and said that he would have better friends soon. Adrien just thought that Chloe needed to have a friend around and then maybe the others could see that she was not that bad. After all, she never was mean to him, so maybe that would help her get along with others.

Little did he know that if others heard him say things like that, they would have all facepalmed. Adrien was definitely a little too much of a little ball of sunshine for some people.

After a few more classes came the time that Adrien knew he would enjoy the most. Duel Practice class. Well, it was not really a class as it was more just the time every day that was used to have the students practice their dueling together. But, it was called a class anyway.

Adrien had no idea about what other decks were going to be used by the others, so it was going to be a very interesting class. He could hardly contain his excitement.

"You definitely have a great love of dueling, don't you, Adrien," Nino chuckled at his new friend's excitement.

"I can't help it," Adrien was practically vibrating in excitement. "I have not seen this much live dueling in a long time."

"You are going to love this class," Nino chuckled.

"It has been the one that I have been looking forward to all day," Adrien's grin was brighter than the sun.

All of the students made their way to the courtyard as they got their duel disks from their lockers in order for them to duel each other. From what Adrien could see, there was a lot of talking between the students that went to different classes. They all wanted to test their skills on those that were outside of their friend group.

"So, is there anyone that you want to duel first, dude," Nino asked the blond.

"I think that I should watch a duel before I take part in one," Adrien rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "I may be rusty."

"Well, lucky for you that duels usually start off right away around here," Nino says.

And Nino turned out to be right. It seemed that Chloe did not take too kindly to being called out by Lyon earlier. She obviously wanted to duel him again.

"This is seriously getting old, Chloe," Lyon crossed his arms as he looked at her. "You have never beat me before and you won't beat me now."

"You only got lucky all those times," Chloe yelled at him. "And I will be the one to beat you when your luck runs out!"

Lyon just rolled his eyes as he activated his duel disk. Chloe also activated hers as well.

Adrien wondered what their desks would be. Usually, a duelist's duel disk would reveal the type of deck that they would use, but others simply just used a style that they liked. Since it has been a long time since he had seen any public duels since he usually just watched professional tournaments on TV, he was really curious and excited about this duel. And even when Chloe was his childhood friend, he had no idea what her deck would be.

Lyon and Chloe were the first two to step onto the duel field. They stood on opposite ends of it as they prepared to duel.

"This is really starting to get old," Vallia actually looked bored.

"Two people can only duel so many times before it starts getting predictable," Nathaniel says.

"It must be boring at this point since Alya is not even bothering to film it for her duelist blog anymore," Kim pointed out.

True to what the athlete had said, the reporter hopeful was on her phone, but she was not filming the duel about to happen at all.

"Do they really duel that often," Adrien asked them as he and Nino joined them.

"To no fault on Lyon's end since all he does is beat her and Chloe never accepts it whenever she loses," Vallia tells him. "She always accuses others of either cheating or just being lucky whenever she loses."

"Really annoying," Kim added.

Their attention then went back to the duel. The two duelists drew their five-card hands as they gained their 4000 life points. Their duel disk hologram systems activated.

"Let's duel," they both said.

"Ladies first, peasant," Chloe insulted Lyon while drawing her first card from her deck. "Let me start off your destruction with this precious crystal. Gem-Knight Garnet in attack mode."

On her field appeared a knight completely covered in bright red armor. Its fists were blazing with fire, making the garnet gem on its chest glow even brighter. Red eyes shined through the eye holes in its helmet. It got into a battle stance with its 1900 attack points.

Adrien remembered the Gem-Knights being one of the options that had been offered to him when he wanted to use a fusion deck. He actually thought that it was a good deck for Chloe since she always loved crystals and jewels. She owns more jewelry than anyone else that he had ever met. Except for Chloe's own mother, the famous Style Queen.

"Same move as always," Vallia yawned. "Does she ever get tired of trying to go full-offense and then leaving herself with weaker monsters for later?"

"At least it is always entertaining to see Lyon defeat her without even actually using his full skill-set," Juleka giggled.

Adrien was really starting to understand more about the class dynamics and where everyone has formed their own groups within the class. He would need to spend more time with them to try and see where he belonged. He just hoped that was actually possible since there is no doubt that his father will have him do a lot of photoshoots whenever he could to make up for the ones that he can not do while at school. But, it was worth it to actually be able to go to the duel academy.

"With Garnet on the field, I will let you admire its beauty while I end my turn with two facedown cards," Chloe said.

She placed down two facedowns. Facedown cards were when a duelist would place a spell or trap card onto the field in a face-down position in order to use them at a later time during the duel to use against their opponent. If the card's rules allowed it, then the trap or spell could even be used during their opponent's turn.

"At least you finally stopped talking," Lyon drew a card from his deck. "And I think that I will start my turn by activating a spell card. Gardener's Choice. This spell allows me to choose a level four or below plant-type monster from my deck and add it to my hand."

A card stuck out of his deck from its place in his duel disk's deck holder. Lyon then took the card and added it to his hand.

"Plant cards," Adrien could admit that he was a little shocked.

Nino chuckled. "Yeah. No one would ever guess that he would use a plant deck since he is known as the Ice Prince."

"So, does that mean Vallia is the one that uses ice cards," Adrien laughed a little as he made the joke.

"Actually, my deck is called the Sky Spirit deck," Vallia tells him. "It's based on birds, harpies, and other wind monsters."

"Cool," Adrien was definitely now interested in seeing Vallia duel.

"You talk a big game, but you will see why things are called a force of nature and not a force of crystals," Lyon says. "I summon Floral-Beast Euphorbia Elephant in attack mode."

Lyon's deck was showing how it was made of the fusion of plants and animals. Onto his field appeared an elephant with a floral twist. It was similar to a real elephant, but it looked like it was made out of gray wood with a floral necklace of the reddish-pink flowers. It also had a vine-like tail with the same flower at the tip of its tail. There were also flowers around all of its ankles and well as a giant one at the end of its trunk. It also showed why the flower was also known as the Mexican Fireplant when it tooted its trunk and shot a fireblast into the air to show off its 1800 attack points.

"It seems that I was right when I declared when we first met that you are as dumb as you look," Chloe taunted him. "My Garnet will destroy that eye-sore."

"You really should learn some patience," Lyon said as he took the card from his hand that he had brought from his deck with his spell. "Because I have a plant-type monster on my field, I can summon Floral-Beast Honeysuckle Hummingbird to the field."

His newest monster flew onto the field with elegance and grace. It was a giant hummingbird with bright blue feathers and a white feathered belly. It had honeysuckle flowers all down its back as well as wrapped around its ankles and around its neck like a necklace. It floated next to the elephant monster as it gained a blue outline since it was in defense mode. It had 1500 defense points.

"You still can't beat me with those monsters," Chloe laughed tauntingly.

"I activate Euphorbia Elephant's special ability," Lyon ignored what Chloe was saying. "When another Floral-Beast is special summoned to the field, it gains its attack points for the rest of the turn."

Red energy flowed from the hummingbird to the elephant. Honeysuckle had 1000 attack points, and that now made Euphorbia 2800 attack points strong. Lyon ordered the attack on Garnet and his elephant charged at it. Garnet was unable to defend itself as it was lifted into the air by the elephant's trunk. The monster shattered into golden shards as Chloe's life points dropped to 3100.

"You got lucky," Chloe shouted.

"And you are hurting my ears," Lyon stated. "I end my turn with a facedown."

His elephant's attack points returned to normal as Chloe drew her own card. Adrien was definitely really intrigued by the duel. Lyon was certainly proving that he was really good with his cards.

"Your brother is really good," he tells Vallia.

"This is not even the best that he can do," Vallia smirked. "He could have placed Honeysuckle in attack mode and dealt extra damage after Euphorbia destroyed Garnet. But, he chose not to in order to give himself some defense as well as offense."

"Even when he's beaten her multiple times as you have told me, he does not underestimate her," Adrien realizes.

Vallia nodded. "Lyon takes every duel seriously no matter the opponent that he has."

Chloe was really looking angry as she wanted to defeat Lyon so badly. She looked at the cards in her hand and actually smirked. She obviously had a plan.

"Let's see how you handle this precious crystal," she continued to smirk. "Gem-Knight Alexandrite."

Another knight appeared on her field. This one had white armor, but with several rainbow-colored gemstones on its knees, elbows, back of hands, shoulder, and a giant gemstone on its chest. It held a sword as it had 1800 attack points.

"This strategy again," Lyon muttered to himself as he rolled his eyes. "This is seriously getting old."

"But this gem won't be sticking around for long," Chloe says. "Because by using its special ability, I can sacrifice it to summon any normal-type gem monster from my deck. And I think that Gem-Knight Crystal will do nicely."

Alexandrite shattered, but its pieces were put back together onto a different monster that Chloe called from her deck. This one was twice the size of her precious two knights as well as a lot more decorated as well. It had shared of clear crystals on its shoulders and on either side of its hips. The rest of it was a tan-colored armor right out of Camelot. It had 2450 attack points.

"At least her cards are pretty," Adrien heard their classmate Rose say.

"That's the only thing actually pretty about Chloe," their classmate Alix laughed at her insult.

"Now, attack that ridiculous bird of his," Chloe ordered her knight.

Crystal started to charge at Honeysuckle Hummingbird.

"Why go after the card in defense mode when she could actually do some damage by attacking Lyon's elephant," Adrien was confused.

"Even Chloe can come up with strategies sometimes," Nino tells him.

"And I think that I will make this duel a lot more interesting by playing my trap card, Strike Slash," Chloe played one of her facedown cards. "This not only increases my monster's attack by 700 points but also allows me to deal damage even when your monster is in defense mode."

Her knight charged at Lyon's hummingbird as it went up to 3150 attack points. The plant monster tried to fly away, but was grabbed by the knight and then slammed into the ground. The hummingbird shattered when it hit the ground. Lyon's life points dropped down to 2350 points.

"Now that was a major hit," Adrien said. "But... is Lyon even phased at all?"

Lyon really was just standing there. He did not look like he was worried at all even after losing one of his monsters and taking a big hit like that. And yet he looked as cool as a cucumber.

"He is the Ice Prince," Nino said.

Adrien did not like that Lyon was basically known as being only the Ice Prince to some of their classmates. Lyon was really nice, but he obviously saw something up with the rest of their classmates since he only talked with his sister, Juleka, Nathaniel, and Kim. He was so confused about how to deal with social things. He had been away from kids his age other than Chloe for so long that he really was clueless. He liked Lyon, but Nino had been so nice to him. His brain hurt trying to figure everything out.

Back at the duel, Chloe was looking smug since she landed such a big hit.

"That should take you down a peg or two," she laughed. "I'll end my turn with a facedown. You're move, loser."

The ending of her turn made Gem-Knight Crystal's attack points return to normal.

"Do you ever shut up," Lyon asked her as he drew his next card.

That only caused Chloe to glare at him some more.

"Just make your move already so that I can beat you," she was obviously annoyed.

"Whatever," Lyon said, basically ignoring her. "My garden has a lot more dangers in it than you think. And while I do thank my Euphorbia Elephant for its help, I now have to sacrifice it in order to call upon an even more dangerous flower."

His elephant shattered as he took another card from his hand to place on his duel disk.

"Wow," Adrien gasped when he saw it.

"I advance summon Floral-Beast Evening Primerose Bald Eagle," Lyon called.

The elephant was exchanged for another bird plant monster. This one was twice the size of his Honeysuckle Hummingbird. A giant-sized bald eagle with the primroses lining the top of its wings as well as having a giant one at the base of its neck as if it was the pendant of a necklace. Its talons were also like giant thorns. And almost every time that it flapped its wings, it seemed to scatter flower petals everywhere. It let out its eagle shriek as it glared at Chloe and Gem-Knight Crystal with its 2000 attack points.

"I always have liked that monster," Vallia smiled.

"I activate Evening Primerose's special ability," Lyon says. "When he is first summoned, I can banish another Floral-Beast monster from my graveyard to double its attack points until my next turn. I choose to banish Euphorbia Elephant."

He took the card out of his graveyard and put it in his pocket since monsters and cards taken out of play like that would not be used again unless another ability brought them back into play. When Lyon did that, what seemed to be the spirit of his Elephant went into the flower around Primerose's neck and then his eagle's attack points went up to 4000. It was definitely enough to beat Chloe's Gem-Knight.

With a wave of his arm, he commanded his monster to attack Chloe's knight. Gem-Knight Crystal tried to defend itself, but the eagle's strength was too much for it. With a difference of 1550 attack points, Evening Primerose Bald Eagle used its thorn-like talons to destroy the knight. It shattered as Chloe's life points dropped down to 1550, literally cutting her life points in half.

Lyon then ended his turn with another facedown card. He was still as cool as ice, something that Adrien really liked. He was not sure if he would ever be this calm when he would finally get a chance to duel. especially since while Lyon was currently in the lead, his 2350 life points were only 800 points ahead of Chloe's 1550.

"He is very good," Adrien says to Vallia. "But Chloe does seem to be putting up a good fight as well."

"That may seem what it looks like, but Lyon could have beat her at any point," Vallia tells him. "And this is not overconfidence in my brother, but the knowledge that I have of his deck."

"Plant cards are very powerful in the right hands," Adrien said. "There is that legendary plant duelist in Japan, Akiza, that used to be known as the Black Rose."

"Not just that," Vallia says. "Lyon's deck is very rare and very powerful. The fact that Chloe has made it this far in the duel is because Lyon has allowed her to. He could have used Hummingbird and Elephant to gate summon a powerful monster before and yet he didn't. He also has had a facedown card since his first turn that he also has not used. Chloe may think that she has an upper hand since it is now her turn, but Lyon's garden has a lot more thorns in it."

Adrien really did have a lot to learn as he looked at the duel again. And not just about the game, but about his new friends as well. He was getting more and more curious by the second.

Chloe drew her next card and she had a smirk on her face.

"You're going down, you wannabe prince," she said. "I activate the spell card Gem-Knight Fusion."

Adrien's eyes widened as he also smiled. He was finally getting to see some special summoning happen. While he had chosen a fusion deck as well, it was not like he had actually dueled anyone, yet.

"Anyone want to bet what she is going to try this time," he heard Kim ask the others. "I think she is going to try for Master Diamond again."

"I bet it will be Lady Brilliant Diamond," Nathaniel guessed.

"Maybe she will try and use both again," Juleka said.

"This really is getting old," Vallia says. "I am going to have to teach Lyon how to say 'no' to a duel."

"Or, one of us is just going to have to challenge him before Chloe gets the chance to do so," Kim stated.

"Either way, we really need to stop Chloe from continuing to annoy Lyon like this," Vallia said.

"With this card, I am going to fuse three of my precious crystals together," Chloe says, taking the remaining three cards in her hands. "I fuse Gem-Knights Sapphire, Obsidian, and Sardonyx. Bringing them together to form an even more powerful monster."

The three knights appeared over the field on Chloe's side. Sapphire was a female-looking knight with light blue armor that had a giant sapphire gem on its chest. Obsidian was a shorter knight with black armor and a giant obsidian gem on its chest. And Sardonyx was a muscled-looking knight carrying a wreaking ball-like weapon with maroon armor and a sardonyx gem on its chest.

A swirl of blue and orange light appeared around them as the three knights all joined hands. They turned into a white light that joined in with the blue and orange light.

"Amazing," Adrien was impressed by the effects.

"I fusion summon, Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond," Chloe called her next monster.

A more elegant knight then appeared on the field. It was a large female knight with silver armor with select rainbow diamonds around the armor. It also had on a short red cape attached to its shoulders. There were also three large diamonds on its chest. It held a sword with its 3400 attack points.

"I knew it," Nathaniel shook his head.

"Good thing that I did not bet money on Master Diamond," Kim chuckled.

"And since I sent Gem-Knight Obsidian to the graveyard from my hand, that activated its special ability," Chloe says. "I can now take a normal-type Gem monster from my graveyard and special summon it to the field. So, let's have Garnet come back to help show you your place, loser."

The knight of fire soon rejoined the duel. Its fists still blazed with its 1900 attack points.

"Are you sure that Lyon is not in trouble," Adrien asked Vallia, concerned for Lyon's chances in the duel.

"While I am sure that Lyon would appreciate you being concerned for him, he can handle himself," Vallia tells Adrien.

"We will help get you up to speed on who is skilled and who is not, blondie," Kim placed one of his arms around Adrien's shoulders.

Adrien could not help but smile since Kim, even from the small amount of time that he knew him, always just seemed to be happy and energetic. His happiness was infectious.

"I also activate Brilliant Diamond's special ability," Chloe says. "Where she allows me to fusion summon using only one monster. And I think that Garnet will be the perfect crystal to help Brilliant Diamond take you down."

Brilliant Diamond moved its hands closer together and more diamonds came out of the ones on its chest. Garnet and the diamonds floated up into the air and another swirl of blue and orange light appeared.

"She thinks that she can beat me, but she refuses to grow as a duelist," Lyon thought to himself. "She is not going to get very far in the dueling world if she continues to believe that her style is perfect and never does anything to improve it."

"I fusion summon, Gem-Knight Ruby," Chloe called her next monster.

Another red knight appeared. This one was the same size as Brilliant Diamon, but was more muscled and had deep red armor with some gold details as well. It also had a long blue cape rather than Brilliant Diamond's short red cape. It held an ax with a long handle to show off its 2500 attack points.

"I guess there's a reason why Chloe always needs Sabrina to do her math homework for her," Alix snickered.

While Chloe looked very irritated and angry over Alix's comments, she tried to focus on the duel. She was clearly planning on insulting Alix later for the pink-haired girl's comments.

"You won't be so high and mighty after I take you down," she glared at Lyon. "I play my trap Call of the Haunted. With this card, I can bring back any monster from my Graveyard. So, if you thought that you were done with Garnet, you were mistaken."

The knight once again appeared on her field. But as Adrien looked at Lyon, he was shocked that he was still as calm as he was. He knew that Evening Primerose's attack points were higher than all the monsters' on Chloe's field, but it was still three monsters against his single one. Plus, even with the two facedown cards on Lyon's field, Chloe had another facedown as well. He really wished he knew more about his classmates to know if he should actually be worried about who would win and who would lose.

Plus, even though Chloe was his friend, he was actually cheering for Lyon on the inside. The way that Lyon was able to keep his cool so easily was something Adrien knew that he could never do. He would have been freaking out if he was in Lyon's position.

"I wonder if she will ever try anything new," Lyon was seriously annoyed with Chloe thinking that she could beat him with the same strategies over and over again.

"Let's see how tough you are when I activate Gem-Knight Ruby's special ability," Chloe smirked. "By sending Garnet back to the graveyard, my Ruby gains all of its attack points. And that will be enough to take out your weak flower and then have Brilliant Diamon finish you off for good."

Ruby looked at Garnet and the knight almost seemed to be frightened as its bigger comrade took its ax and brought it down onto it. Garnet turned into red energy and was absorbed by the ax. Ruby's attack points went up to 4400. Just enough to defeat Lyon's Floral Beast. But yet even then, Lyon did not look as if he was phased in the least.

But at the same time, there was a hint of annoyance in his eyes when Chloe so easily sacrificed her Gem-Knight the way that she did. How she did not care at all instead of respecting her card. Lyon actually looked annoyed with her over that.

"A duelist needs to respect ALL of their cards," Lyon thought as he narrowed his eyes a little at Chloe. "They are not just tools to use."

"Time for your luck to run out," Chloe smirked. "Take down that bird, Gem-Knight Ruby."

Her knight charged across the field toward Lyon's monster. Adrien did not want to see, yet he also could not look away. Chloe's monster jumped into the air and brought down its ax onto Evening Primerose. There was a burst of light as the eagle shattered. No one could see anything because of the light. Chloe did look smug as Lyon went down to 1950 life points.

"She is going to be in for a surprise," Adrien heard Vallia say.

"Huh," Adrien was surprised by her.

He only got a smirk in response from the human version of a flower.

Chloe still looked smug. "I told you that you were a loser and now I get to show everyone how much of a loser you are."

"You really need to wait for the smoke to clear before you think that you have won," Lyon said.

Chloe and Adrien were both confused. At least, they were confused until the light finally died down and it was revealed what was on Lyon's field. There was a glowing trap card on his field and there were three new monsters as well. Even if they were a lot smaller than his usual Floral Beast cards.

The three of them were little kittens but actually were more like little lion cubs since they had manes made out of giant sunflower petals. Each of them also had sunflowers at the ends of their cute tails while also having sunflower petals around each of their ankles as well. They all were sitting on the field with blue outlines around them with their zero defense points.

"WHAT," Chloe obviously did not see that coming. "You were supposed to lose like the pathetic loser that you are!"

"You have never beat me before and that will not happen now," Lyon tells her. "As for what has happened, I activated my trap card. Flower Pollen activates whenever a Floral-Beast monster that is level five or higher is destroyed. And when it happens, three Floral Tokens appear on the field. And as long as they are on the field, you can not target any other monsters that I bring out."

Tokens are different types of monsters than regular monster cards. Tokens were summoned through the use of a card effect rather than them being actual monster cards that could be summoned normally. The most common tokens were the Sheep Tokens from the Scapegoat spell card. But, a lot of cards have their own token monsters that could be summoned.

"Woah," Adrien gasped. "He really is good."

"Told you," Vallia smirked.

Chloe basically snarled at him. "I WILL take you down, you utterly ridiculous loser! Brilliant Diamond, get rid of one of those ugly things."

The tall knight ran across the field but stopped just short of stepping on one of the Floral Tokens. It was actually funny to watch as the monster itself looked conflicted about actually attacking the adorable creature in front of it. But, the knight ended up just flicking it in the forehead with one of its fingers and the token monster shattered. Chloe ended her turn after that.

Lyon drew his card and then got a look in his eyes. And out of all the looks that Adrien knew from watching professional duelists on TV, it would be how that look was one where they decided to end the duel in that turn.

"I would say that this was a nice duel, but I would be lying," Lyon said. "It's time to end this."

Chloe laughed to taunt him.

"As if you can actually win when all you have are two stupid cats while I have my beautiful crystals," she flicked her ponytail as she looked smug.

The "I'm going to win in this turn" look only got more intense in Lyon's eyes.

"Two plant-type monsters are all I need," he said. "I use my two Floral Tokens to become the keys to open the gate."

"I've never seen a gate summon before," Adrien was excited.

"Then you, blondie, are in for a treat," Kim tells him.

The two tokens on Lyon's field floated up. Both of them soon turned into golden keys while a golden gate rose up behind Lyon. The two keys went into the gate's keyholes.

"Danger blooms in my garden and gives definition to the phrase 'force of nature," Lyon calls his monster. "The Floral-Beasts never let anyone stand in their way of victory. I call a creature to aid me in this fight. I gate summon Floral-Beast Black-Eyed Susan Black Bear."

The keys inside of the gate turned and unlocked it. The gate opened and out came Lyon's monster. It was a giant black bear with emerald eyes and very sharp teeth. It had a chain made out of vines around its neck with a black-eyed susan as the pendant of the chain. Other flowers were also around its chest and back as if it was like armor. It also had thorn-like claws with its 2300 attack points.

The two keys came out of the gate before the gate vanished. The keys floated above the bear monster. It was how gate summoning worked. The keys would be like a combination of an XYZ monster's overlay units and the pendulum cards that are placed in the pendulum zone in order to summon monsters. The keys would stay on the field until they were destroyed by another card effect. And until the keys were destroyed, the monster that they were used to summon would return to the extra deck to be summoned over and over again until the keys were no longer able to call it. If the keys were destroyed before the monster, that would be when the gate monster would be sent to the graveyard.

"Gate summoning is so cool," Adrien was amazed.

"Lyon always has been a master at it for a long time," Vallia giggled.

"If you think that you can beat me with an eye-sore like that, then you are definitely the loser that I know you are," Chloe taunted Lyon.

"Never underestimate a plant, Chloe," Lyon smirks. "You never know if it has any thorns. Such as my Black-Eyed Susan Black Bear's special ability. When you have two attack-position monsters with attack points stronger than itself, then it can pass right by them and attack you directly."

"WHAT," Chloe did not like the sound of that.

"Attack her and end this, my friend," Lyon commanded his bear.

The Floral-Beast charged across the field to attack Chloe. It pushed past both of her knights, knocking them to the ground as it did. It raised one of its paws and slashed it down at Chloe. She was knocked onto her butt by the energy that was used for the attack. Her life points went down to zero, making Lyon the winner.

"Never doubt Lyon when it comes to his dueling, Adrien," Vallia tells the blond. "He is the best in our class."

Adrien was definitely looking forward to spending more time in his new school.

#miraculous #miraculous fandom #original character #ml salt #miraculous ladybug #lila salt #original heroes #original miraculous #chloe salt #crossovers are the best #miraculous yugioh crossover #yugioh #marinette salt #miraculous dueling

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kumalimited · 10 months

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Miraculous Ladybug - Awakening : a review (spoilers without context)

(Made with love by someone who went to the world premiere - seen with the French dub)

The good

Nice animation

Nice OST (excluding the musical part)

Paris being a bit more like real life Paris (we love good metro representation ok)

LADYNOIR MY BELOVED I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD

George Michael royalties draining the film budget

DJwifi shenanigans all over again

The meh

Supporting characters of the show being in the background but kinda absent

Adrien being a loner for some reason

The pacing of it all is a bit all over the place even though they had 20 more minutes than the two Origins episodes

Stuff that is both bad but also makes it a must-watch

Plagg making fart jokes

Tikki rapping

Gabriel's Abba era hair

Gabriel Winx wings

Gabriel detaining random criminals in some dungeon under his house in the catacombs and criminals being casually ok with it as well as with doing a musical number with the guy detaining them

Zag making the deliberate choice to replace the "Ma Lady" surname by "Watermelon" for some reason

Adrien missing the goddamn apocalypse caused by his father due to ugly crying to Careless Whisper

The ending is a remake of Star Wars episode III last fight

Parisians being super casual abt the fact that the Seine became LAVA and that their flats won't be restored through magical ladybugs for some reason

Astruc is barely mentioned in the credits meaning that he was barely involved in its development and it shows

Stuff that is really bad imo

The SONGS.

No really the songs are bad

i mean music is dope, lyrics are very bad

Zag wanted his own Disney musical except he cannot write lyrics to save his life and has no idea how to pace a musical number to make it interesting

i.e Marinette has three "who am I, how can I become who I really be" songs when all of her internal conflict is due to her falling randomly at times, which makes a very poor (but also the only one) character arc

i.e there are seven songs in an one hour and a half long movie

i.e those songs stop the action to make us listen to lame ass lyrics (at least in French)

if i took a shot each time a song by Marinette mentioned "être moi" (being me) or each time Ladybug and Chat Noir repeated "Plus forts ensemble" (stronger together) I'd be in ER

because the original show didn't have any catchphrase at all isn't it

since the songs are stopping the movie every time they happen, there's no time for character development so

no umbrella scene

no Adrien character development whatsoever

no justification for Marinette preferring Adrien to Chat Noir

no justification of why Adrien was chosen as a holder

TL DR : A very nice musical fanfic that I'll enjoy making fun of for the years to come

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous awakening #miraculous movie #miraculous movie spoilers #miraculous spoilers

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pearl484-blog · 9 months

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A World a Little Less Lonely

Adrien Agreste loves the Ladyblog, and he loves the Ladyblogger, Alya even more. She's the best: insightful, smart, clever, and most important of all, she's Nino's girlfriend. The problem is, she doesn't like him.

My entry for Adrien AUGreste 2023: Friends

Ao3 link. Series link.

It was no secret that Adrien loved Nino. Maybe not in the same way that he loved Ladybug. Adrien was pretty sure he’d never love anyone the same way he loved Ladybug, but Nino was his best friend . Sometimes, Nino felt like he was his only friend.

Which was crazy because he had Chloe…who sometimes got too busy hanging out with Sabrina to really want to spend time with Adrien. Or Marinette…who may or may not hate him. He wasn’t really sure about that one. Sometimes they would be fine together and have a great time, or other times she would suddenly get really scared of him and start saying a bunch of weird stuff like she was afraid he was about to eat her or something. Adrien supposed he had the guys, but if he was being honest, they really only hung out with him if it was a group outing…

Well, it didn’t matter. What mattered was that today, he and Nino were listening to some of Nino’s remixes together, just the two of them. It was nice, just being with Nino and knowing that he wanted to be with Adrien and only Adrien.

Adrien knew , in the same way he knew that Ladybug would always save the day, that if he ever said something or if he wanted to talk, Nino would pause the music and just…listen. Like Adrien mattered, like he really cared. It didn’t matter how emotional Adrien was or how crazy he was acting, Nino always had his back and he always had this way of making Adrien feel like he wasn’t crazy or out of control.

If Father had hurt Adrien’s feelings, Nino would say he was being unfair and way too hard on his best bro. If Adrien’s schedule was getting way too full, Nino would say that it was unreasonable and remind Adrien that he was a good kid, the best kid that Adrien knew. He told Adrien that he was responsible, even when Adrien knew he wasn’t being a good son. He told Adrien that he was good, even when he felt miserable. He told Adrien that he deserved to be happy, even when Adrien just felt so hollow, like he’d been eaten alive, and the thing was, when Nino said that stuff, a part of Adrien believed him.

Yes, Nino had an unreasonable hatred of Father. Yes, Nino didn’t quite understand all the things you had to do to be the face of the Agreste brand, to deserve that honor. But Nino made Adrien feel like it didn’t matter. Like the only thing that mattered about Adrien wasn’t his reputation, or his skills, or his smarts. It was just Adrien, and Nino loved him.

God, it was almost painful how much Nino loved Adrien, and all the ways he’d show Adrien. He’d show Adrien all of his movies. He’d tell Adrien all of the stuff that happened in his crazy, loving home. He’d tell Adrien all his little secrets, and when it was just him and Adrien, it was just him and Adrien. Nino never ignored him or kept on doing what he was doing without at least trying to let Adrien feel included.

Sometimes, though, it made Adrien feel a little guilty. Especially when Nino invited Adrien out on his dates with Alya.

Now, don’t get Adrien wrong. He loved Alya. You didn’t get to be the Ladyblog’s #1 fan without at least liking the Ladyblogger herself at least a little. He especially loved watching Alya and Nino get along. They were so adorably cute and in sync, and Adrien could only wish that one day, he and Ladybug would be this endearing if they got together.

It was just, he felt selfish. He knew Nino was only inviting him along because he liked the Ladyblog so much, and Alya was his girlfriend. Plus, Nino always wanted to include Adrien in his plans, but Adrien knew he was a third wheel, and well, he was pretty sure Alya didn’t like him.

Nino always insisted that she did, that it was Alya who was asking Nino to invite him to all sorts of things, but, if Adrien was being completely honest, he didn’t believe a word of that.

For starters, everytime that “Alya” invited Adrien, she would bring along Marinette or get super anxious whenever Marinette wasn’t around. It didn't matter what kind of outing it was or how late Marinette was, Alya always made them wait. Which, yeah, fine, Alya was just being a good friend, and Marinette did always struggle with her schedule. Except, Alya always kinda ignored Adrien whenever it was just the three of them, preferring to flirt with Nino constantly, and whenever Marinette was there, she always tried to get the two of them to talk to each other.

Now, Adrien knew that Marinette was Alya’s friend, and Alya had every right to flirt with, cuddle, and otherwise hang out with her boyfriend on their dates while leaving the non-lovebirds to hang out. He was fine with that, but Adrien wasn’t stupid.

Every time Adrien tried to bring up something on the Ladyblog to try to talk with Alya about, she always tried to get Marinette to answer him. Every. Single. Time. Marinette didn’t even like the Ladyblog that much! She only ever read the articles about Ladybug, Chat Noir, and their fights because she still had a massive crush on Chat Noir.

Which Adrien was not judging her on. He knew how hard it was to get over an unrequited crush. Both as the object of many of those crushes and his affections towards Ladybug.

But Adrien was very freaking certain that Marinette did not give a hoot about debating Adrien on the Ladyblog’s most recent post about the possible link between wish granting carp and Ladybugs. No. There was only one possible explanation. Alya was totally using Marinette as a social buffer. Probably to avoid making Nino sad when he asked if he could invite Adrien on outings.

Of course, that left Adrien in a pickle. On one hand, he was definitely interrupting a lot of date nights between Alya and Nino, which Adrien was sure violated several rules in the bro code, but Nino was the one inviting him, not Adrien. Adrien knew he was just being nice and thoughtful and caring, and Adrien could never turn down an opportunity to hang out with his best bro. He just couldn’t . Plus, if he did, he might hurt Nino’s feelings or worse, leave Marinette hanging. Still, if things kept going the way things always did, Alya would just keep resenting him more and more, and that drove Adrien crazy.

Then, one day, something unexpected happened. For some reason, both Adrien and Alya had arrived at their hang out, a nice little coffee shop before either Nino or Marinette. Together they went to a table for 4 to hold their missing’s friends’ seats while they waited.

They waited in silence for one minute. Then two. So, Adrien, deciding to finally get the chance to talk with the Ladyblogger herself, sans the costume, asked her opinion about one of her earliest articles: “A History of Ladybugs in Folklore Throughout the Ages”. It was a bit Euro-centric and had a lot of the flaws from her early work, but it had been fascinating, and Adrien wondered if she would ever revisit it.

Alya had hemmed and hawed before saying that she was kinda meh about it, but she thought that Marinette might have some pretty good thoughts about it. Marinette was very thoughtful and super interested in all that stuff and blah blah blah. Lies, lies, lies. At the same time that Alya was talking, she started texting on her phone, not even bothering to hide the fact that she was panic-texting Marinette asking where she was.

Finally, Adrien had enough. “Why don’t you like me?” he asked, quietly. “Did I say something wrong? Did I do something?” He froze as he realized something. “Are my comments too wordy?”

That got Alya’s attention. She put her phone down as she looked at Adrien, cocking her head and putting her hand on her hip. Her look of confusion almost seemed believable.

“Wait, what?” she asked. “Why would you think I don’t like you?”

Adrien gave her a small shrug. It was best not to start out by actually accusing someone. That just burned bridges, but it was usually a good strategy to start off being as quiet and meek as possible. People tended to like that. They liked to stay in conversations where they were the confident ones.

“You never really want to talk to me,” Adrien told her quietly, trying not to be overheard by one of the patrons. The last thing he’d want is a scene.

Alya rolled her eyes. “That’s ridiculous,” she said. “Of course I like talking to you. I’m talking to you now, aren’t I?”

Adrien knew he shouldn’t push it. This was Nino’s girlfriend. Whether Adrien wanted to admit it or not, she had been awfully generous in letting Adrien tag along on as many of her and Nino’s dates as she did. He was Adrien Agreste, the face of the Agreste brand, and he knew better than to let his insecurities get the better of him. Even if they were whispering at him that he needed to fix this, he needed to patch this up to get it under control. She was only a little cranky because he was a third wheel. That was all. He didn’t need to poke at it.

“You always want me to talk to Marinette instead,” Adrien told her, unable to stop himself from this inevitable train crash. Well great. Adrien must’ve been spending too much time as Chat Noir lately. Well, in for a penny, in for a pound.

“Even if I’m trying to talk to you about the Ladyblog,” he told her, holding firm, “there’s always something more important or some reason that I absolutely need to talk to Marinette instead.” He tightened his hands, feeling the bite of his fingernails digging into his palm as he dug deep for courage. “I know that it's probably annoying, having me tag along on so many dates. I get that. I can talk to Nino for you, if that’s a problem, have him stop inviting me so much so you guys can have your alone time.”

“What?” Alya said a little too loudly, drawing the attention of all the patrons around her. “No no no. I like you being here. I like you coming to these things. That’s why I keep asking Nino to invite you to these things. Didn’t he tell you that?”

Adrien blinked. “Wait, so Nino wasn’t lying about that? I thought he was pressuring you into letting me do this with you or something.”

Alya snorted. “Come on. You’ve met Nino. Do you really think that I would let him push me around? Trust me, if I didn’t want you here, you wouldn’t be here. End of story.”

Adrien thought about that for a moment, trying to understand what was going on, before he gave up, and asked, “Then why don’t you ever want to talk to me?”

Alya sighed in frustration. “It’s not that I don’t want to talk to you. It’s-” Alya groaned. “Look, it’s complicated, but really, part of it is that I think that you and Marinette, you two have a lot in common, and I was hoping that if you two got to know each other…”

Suddenly, Adrien had a realization. “Oh, you’re trying to make sure that Marinette and I become friends?”

Alya’s smile tightened. “Yeah, something like that,” she gritted out.

Adrien nodded sympathetically. It was no secret among the class that Marinette had social anxiety, and while it wasn’t as bad as Juleka’s, Adrien knew that she struggled with talking to people often. Then he realizes something. If Alya’s trying to help Marinette make friends with Adrien, does that mean that Nino’s trying to help Adrien extend out his own friend group?

“Is Nino helping you?” Adrien asks, even though he already knows the answer, because Nino’s just a good friend like that.

“Yeah,” Alya admits. “Nino’s helping me.”

“Nino’s the best,” Adrien tells Alya, as if she had somehow managed not to understand just how kind and awesome and amazing Nino was, as if anyone could miss how lucky they were to know Nino, his Father excluded of course.

“Of course he is,” Alya says, and the look in her eyes lets Adrien know that he’s found the one person in the world who might love Nino more than he does. As she leans in close like she’s whispering a secret, she asks, “Did he tell you about the special mixtape he made me?”

It doesn’t take long for a conversation to follow after that. Both of them trade stories about all the little ways Nino shows he cares and trade all the funny stories they have, and it’s not about the Ladyblog, but in a way it's something better, something kinder. Nino may have only intended to help Marinette and Adrien be friends, but Adrien thinks it's kinda poetic how he brought Alya and him together too.

It’s nice, Adrien thinks, to have a world that’s a little less lonely.

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous lb #fanfic #adrien agreste #fanfiction #adrienaugust #my fic #nino lahiffe #alya cesaire

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boom-fanfic-a-latta · 1 year

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Meeting the Team (Team Dad Cinnabar AU)

Inspired by @hailfire17's Cinnabar AU

When the disguised Gabriel Agreste had approached Chloé Bourgeois in the aftermath of her outburst to her mother, he’d been prepared for several responses to his offer. From an outright rejection, to suspicious curiosity, to immediate agreement.

He most definitely had NOT expected her to size him up, nod, and start dragging him along to another room in Le Hotel de Grand Paris.

And he was not at all prepared for when she flung open the door to reveal a collection of half-a-dozen teenagers, and for her to declare to them “Everyone, we have an actual mentor now!”, a statement which drew the room’s full attention.

“…Chloé, what the hell?!” a very familiar redhead in a red-and-black suit exclaimed in disbelief. “Half of us are transformed right now, you can’t just—”

“What do you mean, ‘an actual mentor’?” the even MORE familiar blonde boy beside her interrupted, and Gabriel had to fight to not give himself away and demand to know what on earth his SON was doing in here playing video games with LADY ROSE.

“Everyone, this is—actually I’m not sure what his name is yet, he never mentioned it, but he’s claiming to be a former superhero and was offering to train me. I figured it would be Nice of me to extend the invitation to the whole team.”

Gabriel was absolutely speechless, attempting to process what the Bourgeois girl had just said.

The whole team?

What did she mean, “the whole team”?!

“…Wait, so not just the guardian’s weird ‘doesn’t actually tell us anything’ teaching?” an unfamiliar, short-haired brunette asked, looking interested. “Well, sign me up!”

“I agree with Lyle.” Ryuko, the Dragon of Tokyo, got up from the beanbag where she had been sitting, inspecting the man. “A more active teacher would be beneficial for us all—even with my own prior experience in heroism.”

“Guys, will you keep it down? I’m watching something!” The ginger boy looked up from his computer just long enough to shoot the room a glare, before going right back to what he’d been doing.

“Okay—seriously, Derek, just stop,” Lady Rose grumbled. “None of us care about those stupid Minecraft videos you’re obsessed with! You can watch them when we AREN’T with the team!”

“Lily, shut up! You’re one to talk—”

“Look, the majority of us actually LIKE Vocaloid!”

“Sorry about those two, they’re siblings. They get like this a lot.” Adrien shook his head. “I think becoming heroes made both their self-control worse, but then again, I only met Lily AFTER she’d become the new Ladybug, so who knows.”

“LOOK JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T LIKE IT DOESN’T MEAN I HAVE TO STOP LISTENING TO IT!”

“Lily! Chill! You too, Derek. We don’t want another LynelMaster.”

“Honestly, though, I’d pay a lot to see Lily commit arson again,” the pink-haired rabbit hero Bunnix admitted from where she was lying on the couch. “I wish one of us had filmed that.”

…Dear goodness, what had he gotten himself into.

Chloé groaned. “Will everyone please pay attention?” she said with a huff, clapping her hands. Turning to the man, she sighed, rolling her eyes. “I only just joined this utterly insane group yesterday, but I’ve already seen enough to know that we desperately need adult supervision.”

Gabriel had barely been there five minutes, and had already come to the same conclusion.

“I can believe that,” he replied, shaking his head. “What I can’t believe is that these are the heroes who have been defending Paris for the past few months…”

“It’s very hard to take in, yes. Honestly, I nearly had an existential crisis yesterday learning that Lady Rose is the same girl who keeps asking me for Vocaloid music recommendations in class. But that’s nothing compared to the one I had after learning Adrien was Chat Noir—”

Chloé kept talking, but Gabriel heard none of it after the absolute bombshell she had just dropped.

Adrien.

His son.

Was CHAT NOIR?!

If the disaster that was Style Queen hadn’t already made him swear off being Hawk Moth anymore, this revelation would have done so in a heartbeat.

He’d been fighting against his own son.

For MONTHS.

…He needed to sit down.

“—thing I will admit is that Lyle coming out suddenly felt a lot less out of nowhere once I learned they were Piccola Volpe—wait, where are you going?”

Gabriel managed to keep his composure as he strode across the room to an empty armchair, before immediately collapsing into it, holding his head in his hands.

“You…you’re all just children,” he finally managed to breathe out. “The heroes of Paris. Are all teenagers. Who in the world ever thought it was okay to give this responsibility to actual CHILDREN?!”

He couldn’t believe it.

All this time, he’d assumed they were in Lycee at the LEAST, and more likely even older than that.

But no.

These were Collège students. 13, maybe 14 at the most. And the boy at the computer looked even YOUNGER, maybe 11 or so.

He had been fighting.

Children.

And one of them was his son.

Forget trying to train a new Hawk Moth to take his place.

These children needed an adult.

And apparently, the burden of being that adult had now unwittingly fallen on him.

Him, the supervillain that had been terrorizing them.

Most likely the least qualified person alive to take care of them.

Gabriel Agreste had most definitely not signed up for this.

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msweebyness · 1 year

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CLASS OF HEROES AU: ANNOUNCEMENT

Good news everyone! Lila and Félix have FINALLY been cast!

Félix- Cassandra (from the Tangled animated series). A surly and mysterious young man who was raised by the captain of Corona’s royal guard. He bears a bizarrely strong resemblance to Adrien, who he befriends upon his arrival at the school. But he may have ulterior motives…

Lila: Ernesto De La Cruz. A renowned singer who delights the world with her music. The students are excited when she joins their ranks, but little do they know, she’s hiding some dark secrets… And our heroic classes aren’t as keen on her as others as some of her stories begin to unravel when Juleka recognizes one of her tunes…

BONUSES:

Bob Roth- Hades. Herc!Kim’s scheming and sleazy uncle who’s trying to take control of Olympus from his parents. (I’m thinking he tries to make a deal with Ondine to get Kim to give up his strength in exchange for getting her off the hook with the Sea Witch, but she refuses to betray the boy she loves, which leads him to orchestrate her death in the big battle with all the baddies)

Gabriel: Gothel. Adrien’s overprotective “father” who sealed him away in a tower for most of his life. Little does Adrien know, Gabriel actually stole him away from his true mothers, Emilie and Nathalie, the queens of Corona, to use the magic of his hair to stay young.

Lady Tremaine: Audrey. Does this even need to be explained. She sucks, and treats Zoé like garbage. Chloé emulates everything about her.

And on the hero side:

Austin Tomassian(credit to @artzychic27)- Jasmine. A sweet-natured but fiery prince from Agrabah, sheltered by his parents for most of his life. He’s a really nice guy, and doesn’t like being lumped in with the other jerk royals, a pain he shares with some students in the main classes.

Jess Keynes- Pocahontas. An American exchange student and daughter of a native-American chief, who left the school because she couldn’t stand Bustier and some of the other teachers. Still keeps in contact with her friends in both classes.

THESE VILLAINS STILL NEED CASTING:

Maleficent (The baddest bad, rallies the other villains for the final battle, casts a spell to rob the heroes of their powers, which Adrien manages to reverse with the power of the sundrop in his hair. Cursed Nath as a baby, natch.

Scar (Mireille’s uncle, killed her mother and took over the Pride Lands. She’ll eventually have to confront him.)

As always, credit to the wonderful @imsparky2002 and @artzychic27! Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments!

#miraculous ladybug #disney au #ml au #class of heroes #mlb ocs #le chien kim #science kids #lila rossi #felix fathom #bob roth #audrey bourgeois #gabriel agreste #villains #new characters #jessica keynes

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thesaltyoceanwaves · 1 year

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Anything you would have changed about the fic if you could go back in time and restart it?

Ooh, there’s been a few things on my mind:

-I’d try to better balance Adrien and Alya’s arcs. It was harder at the beginning of the fic because I was so annoyed with how the show was handling them at the time, and wanted them to be held accountable for their actions. There are times where, in hindsight, I felt Adrien’s depiction went too far, and would have either dialed it back or balance him out a bit better. He would still need to face consequences (because he was too shielded from them at the time), but looking at spoilers going forward, I’d also try to give him moments of emotional agency. I do think there was one point where I was going to write him as he ended up in “Nice Guy Adrien the Musical” but I’m glad that I didn’t go that far. I think there was also a point that I considered having Marinette and Alya call off their friendship, but it’s been a while so I don’t remember.

-Intersplice the “Paper Sky” chapters into the story. I’m still considering uploading the story as one full thing so there’s no jumping between parts, and it flows better.

-Fleshed out Ivan, Juleka, and Rose more. I wanted to do more with them, but the story was taking me in other directions. I’m at least glad I got their POVs and the dream chapters.

-I wouldn’t have announced Marinette not forgiving Adrien by the end. Not because I think she’s obligated to or because he deserves it, but because I now feel compelled to write it that way rather than letting it happen organically. Truthfully, I’m undecided now if she will or won’t. She’s the last chapter of the epilogue so I have some time, but still.

Those are the ones that come to mind, but others might hit me later.

#ml salt #ml salt fic #ml salt au #lukanette #the one to make it stay #lukanette fic #pro lukamari #lukanette au #lukanette endgame #salty answers #this was fun to answer #I love when everyone asks about the writing journey so please feel free to ask!

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jennrypan · 1 year

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mIraculous ladybug is the show where the writer doesn't know how to write teenager as teenager and what would you change on mlb if you have the power to do that

Ohhh boy. Welp- this will be LONG.

1: Id make it in 2D, cuz one..the expressions and behaviors do NOT translate well with this animation and also..I think itd be cooler.

2: Give Marinette new outfits!!! Shes an inspiring fashion designer cmon!! Have her make stuff for herself and friends (and get an actual person that knows about fashion to give pointers)

3: Let Marinette actually..do hobbies with her friends that isnt about Adrien or Ladybug like..show her have a life outside of just that?? Show the audience who she is so we can love her more (and itll add more angst to how much she has to set back for Ladybug)

4: Adrien shares that actual plot and we see more of his home life and how it differed from Marinettes (Like Marinettes life is full of life and colors and Adriens is dull with little to no emotions allowed)

5: Marinette would maybe still give Chloe the shit advice for her mom thinking shes helping but instead of it being seen as a good thing it shows that Marinette cant fix everything especially things like this cus she doesnt get it (and itll make her look at people and her life in a diff light cuz she realizes..she has loving parents and most people dont, which leads to her looking at Gabriel with a side eye even more and regretting what she told Chloe)

6: Use Lila more and hint at how collective she is, make her use better lies and show her actually doing stuff shes lied about and hanging out with the class so it actually makes sense why they truly dont see her as evil (i also..wouldnt make her some evil mastermind , shes just petty and annoying, desperately wanting to be cool and loved by her peers) whether she gets redeemed or not depends

7: Show Adrien and Nino hanging out!! Let him have friends outside of Marinette and Ladybug!!

8: Marinette wouldnt give literally everyone in her class a miraculous..its so lame. Instead like Master Fu..she gives it to people she sees doing good things but not before discussing it with Chat Noir (Alya, Nino and Chloe will still get it and eventually Chloe would suggest Sabrina with Adrien or Marinette suggesting Kagami etc)

9: Give Luka more..personality than musical simp. AND EYELASHES OR EYELINER CUZ FUCK HE LOOKS LIKE THIS 👁👄👁!!!

10: Dont reveal who Hawkmoth is until the middle of season three, like in season 1 its a complete mystery and his motives are unknown, show Gabriel actually doing his job (he goes out and wears actual nice clothes instead of just..white and red..) So no one even suspects hes the villain, hes just doing his job..he just looks too busy for Adrien

Basically..fix the animation, fix how the emotions are handled..give the characters more depths and interaction so we can care a lot more about their motivations ?

I just wanna see these guys do..actual hobbies instead of just going to school..playing video games and thats it?? None of the other kids seem to have..lives outside of each other

Also..give the girls better outfits :/ its all kinda lame ngl. So thats just the jist, I dont want this to be too long cuz I got a LOT id change for this show ngl

#j.p speaks #miraculous ladybug #ml spoilers #mlb #j.p answers #ml rewrite

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cassarilladraws · 1 year

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Not Quite So Complicated

Read it on Ao3 ////////////////////// Summary: Viperion has noticed Chat Noir flirting with him lately. As Luka he has been getting more compliments from Adrien. It's not that he isn't flattered. The problem is that he's fallen for both of them and really isn't sure what to do about it. After talking with Juleka, he decides to take her advice and have a word with Chat Noir in an attempt to sort out how he feels. Words: 2700 (Complete/Oneshot) Ship: Lukadrien Fluff, Identity Shenanigans, Identity Reveal Not S4 (Wishmaker specifically) compliant. /////////////////////

Luka sat strumming some minor chords on his guitar. Every now and then he’d pick out a few individual notes, but it never turned into a full song. Although, it still portrayed his inner turmoil well. “Are you okay?” Juleka had heard his playing and could tell something was up. “Don’t worry, Jules. I’m fine.” He looked to the neck of his guitar as he played. She fell silent for a moment, but Luka knew she was still there. When he looked up he saw her shooting him a look that said “you don’t seem fine to me.” They were too close for her to not know there was more for him to say. “Okay, you’re obviously not going to let it go.” Luka sighed. “Nope.”

“Fine. There are these two people, who have both been showing more interest in me lately. At least, I think that’s what is happening. It’s been going on for about a month with both of them. One guy, well, I knew was the type to flirt when he had feelings for someone. The other, I didn’t really expect to do that and yet, he keeps saying such nice things and maybe I'm reading into it too much but I think he’s flirting with me too. He’s just more subtle about it.” “So what’s the problem? You’re a great guy. It doesn't surprise me that more than one person is giving you some attention that way.” Juleka commented. He picked out a few notes that expressed his uncertainty. “Actually, that is exactly the problem. Because I think I like both of them. They are both so caring, passionate, handsome, kind, talented… they actually have a lot in common.” Juleka hummed at that. “So, your heart’s giving you a hard time then.” “Oh absolutely.” He strummed a minor chord again. “How did you know Rose was the one for you?” She smiled and tucked her hair behind her ear. It made Luka incredibly happy to see how the just the mention of Rose could cause his sister’s face to light up. “Well, we were friends first. Then we started hanging out more and… she told me one day that that she liked girls and that she liked me. She was nervous to tell me, but once she said that, it didn't take long for me to realize I liked her back in the same way. It just sorta happened. My best friend became my girlfriend and now I couldn’t imagine it any other way.” As Juleka spoke, Luka couldn’t help but pick out notes that sounded less like his inner turmoil and more like a love song. “That’s beautiful, Jules.” “I’m sure you’ll figure it out. Maybe you should talk to one of them about it.” Juleka suggested. Then her phone chimed. “Speaking of Rose, I’m going to go meet her. Good luck!” She went to meetup with her girlfriend and Luka was left with his guitar and his thoughts. Rose and Juleka had been friends before they were a couple. But that fact didn’t help him choose between the two guys who he thought were flirting with him. They were both good friends of his. Chat Noir as a hero and Adrien Agreste as a bandmate and civilian. With Adrien, the flirting was more low key. Luka noticed that he'd been giving him more compliments lately. At their last practice, Adrien had sweetly commented on how beautiful Luka’s passion for music was. It was as if Adrien had pressed play on a song within Luka’s mind and cranked it to full volume. Then there was Chat Noir, who after their last akuma battle together, gently grabbed Viperion’s hand. The hero brought it up to his lips and kissed the back of it. “You were pawsitively stunning out there tonight.” He said and had the audacity to wink along with it. The gesture had made Viperion blush and he couldn’t help but feel that Chat Noir was quite pleased with that. Yet again, the song inside him rose to a crescendo. Luka stopped playing the guitar and pinched the bridge of his nose. He could honestly see himself with either one of them. If he could decide between them, he’d likely do some confessing of his own, but he didn’t want to pursue both of them. Whoever he gave his heart to, he wanted to give them all of it. There was one thing he didn’t understand about the situation as a whole. His mind always attached melodies to people, to circumstances, to his thoughts… So why was it when Adrien gave his compliments and Chat Noir boldly flirted with him, he was hearing the exact same tune? ///////////////////////////// A few days later, Luka, or rather Viperion, took his sister’s advice. Chat Noir was the bolder of the two boys, so Viperion felt it made more sense to be bold with him. Luckily, he was now a permanent holder of the Snake Miraculous, so when he saw Chat Noir running across the rooftops he transformed and caught up with him. “Chat Noir!” Viperion called out. The hero turned around in surprise, but then smiled widely upon realizing who had joined him. “Hey, there handsome.” Chat Noir said with no hesitation. “That means a lot coming from someone who looks as good as you do.” Viperion nearly slapped his own hand over his mouth. He could feel the heat in his cheeks as he blushed. Luka hadn’t expected to flirt back like that. Especially with his heart torn between two different people. But his embarrassment quickly faded when he saw Chat Noir’s cheeks blush furiously as well, beneath his mask. Oh? So the cat could dish it but was flustered when he had to take it? Viperion found it endearing. If he did pursue Chat Noir over Adrien, he’d be sure to try to coax that look out of him more often. Chat Noir laughed and rubbed the back of his neck in a gesture that was incredibly familiar, but Viperion couldn’t put a finger on why. “Guess I’m not the only flirt on the team then am I?” “Guess not.” Viperion said. Then he remembered what he wanted to talk to Chat Noir about. Was this a bad idea? Chat seemed like an understanding guy. Heck, he might even have advice. Luka had thought he knew what he wanted to say but now he wasn’t so sure he should be so outright with it all. “So…” Chat Noir recognized Viperion’s hesitation. “I know there’s not an akuma right now and you aren’t scheduled for patrol. Is there something on your mind?" You. Viperion thought. But instead said, “Maybe I’m just being an idiot. I wanted to talk to you about something but now I’m not so sure.” Chat Noir took out his baton and leaned on it. “If you’re not ready to talk about whatever it is that’s okay, but now that you have mentioned wanting to talk to me about something I can’t stand here and pretend I’m not wondering what the ‘something’ is.” Viperion couldn’t help but laugh softly at that. Of course. He’d feel the same way if the roles were reversed. “Well, it’s just that there’s you and…” Viperion took a deep breath. “There’s you and there’s this other guy and if I’m being honest I really like both of you. You’re both kind, funny, brave, and good looking too." He noted, with satisfaction, that the blush crept back into Chat Noir’s cheeks. “And I don’t know what to do with how I’m feeling. Because it seems like both of you… wow this sounds like I’m full of myself or something… but lately I feel like you’ve both been more um... complimentary—” “Complimentary?” Chat Noir scoffed. “I’m flirting with you because I. like. you. I hope that is blatantly obvious. I have feelings for you and I’m not very good at keeping them inside, so I figure why bother trying? Even if you don’t return them, even if this other guy is the one that makes you happy. In the end, that's what I want most, for you to be happy. But I’m not ashamed to let you know how I feel. If you want me to lay off I will, of course, but don’t second guess that I’m attracted to you because I absolutely am. You are amazing.” Viperion felt like his heart might beat out of his chest. Of course, Chat Noir hadn’t been subtle in the slightest with his flirting but he’d really just destroyed any other interpretation Luka could have possibly had for his behavior over the past month. That melody he'd been hearing filled Luka’s mind again and he huffed. Chat Noir wasn’t privy to what the huff was for. “Oh. Sorry? Did I come on to strong I’ll just…” “No! No. I appreciate the honesty and I’m flattered!" Viperion quickly explained. “It’s just that, well, I tend to hear music when I’m interacting with people. Usually it’s a reflection of their personality or our connection as friends or something like that… but with you and the other guy I hear the same melody. Maybe it’s because I really like you both, but it’s never happened before and it’s kind of frustrating and I’m not sure what it all means. I just want to be honest with how I’m feeling, but I feel like I’ve fallen for both of you and you’re both making me feel the same thing and hear the same tune. I’m just confused." Cat eyes blinked at him for a moment as Chat Noir processed what Viperion had just said. “Um? Chat?” Chat Noir closed his eyes tightly and put away his baton. “Let me guess. This other guy, you feel like he’s been flirting with you too? Maybe… civilian you?” “Yes, he’s been complimenting me more and we’ve been spending more time together and getting to know each other better lately. A lot like you and I have.” The dramatic frown on Chat Noir’s face only added to Viperion’s confusion. “I’m such an idiot.” Chat Noir groaned.

“Huh?” Chat laughed at his own expense. “I didn’t mean to confuse you, Luka.” “What do you mean you—“ Viperion’s eyes widened as his civilian name registered. “Oh, I guess Ladybug told you my secret identity?" “Not quite.” Chat Noir gave him a sly grin. “Guess again.” “But I’ve been careful! No one knows but me, Ladybug and…” The realization started to sink in. “And… purrhaps the guy who knew that you would make an incredible Miraculous holder, because you are caring, kind, talented, smart, and brave? The guy who fell for you and started flirting as his hero self but couldn’t help but do it as a civilian too? Because he is really bad at keeping his feelings inside? Yeah… that guy. He might have overcomplicated things. Sorry about that.” Viperion brushed his hair back from his forehead as he processed what was happening. His hair fell back down as he whispered, “Adrien.” “It’s me, Luka.” Chat Noir threw his head back with a sigh. “I can’t believe I became my own competition!” “It was a tough match.” Viperion said, his mind still reeling. “I think you both won my heart.” Chat gave him a shy look, “Well, since the two guys are the same guy after all, what do you say to going on a date with both of us?" Viperion laughed it was so simple once he knew the truth. “I’d love that. And it's no wonder I was hearing the same song. It’s all you.” Now that Luka knew that the two guys he fell for were one and the same, and that Chat Noir was actually a flirt who was easily flustered, he was going to take advantage of it. “You’re melody is incredible. It’s layered and nuanced, but at it’s core it’s fun and a little rebellious.” Viperion took a step closer and reached for Chat Noir’s hand. He leaned forward, pulled it up to his lips and kissed the back of it. “You inspire me, my muse.” He said gazing up at Chat Noir through his lashes. “You’re using my own moves against me.” Chat Noir said softly, his voice taking on a low tone that did unfair things to Luka’s heart. “Your moves are the classics.” Viperion leaned in closer. “But I’m not opposed to new moves.” “You don’t just want kisses on the back of your hand?” Chat Noir’s eyes darted to Viperion’s lips and back up again, but his voice kept the same sincere tone. “You should tell me if we’re going too fast.” “Should I tell you I want to kiss you instead of worrying about that?”

Viperion barely got the words out before Chat Noir tilted his head and pressed their lips together enthusiastically. Viperion smiled into the kiss at first before returning it. With Adrien’s lips against his, it felt as though all was right with the world. The contact made everything feel more real. Warmth and comfort spread through him. Then he heard an unexpected sound, a rumble he couldn’t quite place. Chat Noir pulled back suddenly. Viperion opened his eyes and looked to the blonde with a puzzled expression. “Sorry, sorry! I’m so sorry! That was awkward. It just kind of... happens sometimes. Sometimes when I’m really happy and especially if there’s like cuddling involved and the sound just comes out and I really can’t control it.” His cat ears drooped on his head. “It’s okay! What are you…” Viperion took in the cat ears. He saw the nervous twitching of Chat Noir’s tail as he spoke and it clicked. “Were you purring?” “Who me?” Chat Noir squeaked and pointed to his chest, but just as quickly slumped and closed his eyes. No point in denying it. After a moment he opened one eye to cautiously peak back at Viperion. “That’s not a deal breaker is it?” The distance between them was closed as Viperion stepped forward. “So, you’re telling me it happens sometimes when you feel safe and happy and comfortable… it happens when you feel loved?” “Yeah…I guess.” “I’m glad I can make you feel that way. It’s absolutely not a deal breaker.” Viperion confessed then he tapped his chin. “In fact, I think it’s cute. Now, I don’t know what that says about me…” Chat Noir laughed at that. Relief washed over him. “I think it just means you’re the one for me.” He looked behind Viperion at the sun that was beginning to set. “We’ll get a great view of the sunset from here. Want to watch it?” “Is this our first date? Viperion lifted an eyebrow. “I think it is.” Chat Noir gave him a wide smile. He sat down on the edge of the rooftop and Viperion joined him. Chat was still feeling a little awkward about a few moments before and kept space between them, but his new boyfriend was having none of it and closed the distance himself by wrapping an arm around him. The blonde did lean into him but remained tense. “You don’t have to be anything but yourself around me. Neither of us are ‘normal’ in the grand scheme of things and I wouldn’t want it any other way.” He gently rubbed his hand up and down Chat Noir’s arm. “A couple of weirdos.” Chat said good-naturedly as he allowed himself to relax. “Life’s boring any other way.” “It really is.” He cuddled closer and sighed contentedly. Luka could hear the soft purr rumble. Without Adrien cutting it off he realized it was a very comforting sound. Therapeutic in its own way, like listening to waves on a shoreline. “You are adorable.” “I’m literally the welder of the Miraculous of Destruction.” Adrien said which interrupted the purring. But his relaxed tone did nothing to make him sound dangerous and he knew it. “Well, you are a symphony made up of a lot of things.” Viperion chuckled as he heard the purring start up again. “One of them is being a powerful superhero who can destroy anything he touches, another one of those things just happens to be being adorable.”

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