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the-delta-42 · 1 month

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The Truth 1

The Truth

[1 The Truth] [2 Soul] [3 Through a Shattered Mirror] [4 Healing]

Marinette took a deep breath. Adrien deserved to know the truth, about her identity and how his father, who is now being hailed as a hero, was Monarch, the man who terrorised Paris for the past couple of years. Adrien stared down at her, his eyes soft and loving. Marinette hoped he didn’t hate her.

“Adrien?” Murmured Marinette, glancing up at him, “I need to tell you something.”

“What is it?” Adrien murmured back.

“I…” Marinette’s mind went blank, “can’t remember.”

Adrien winced, “I hate it when that happens, you know what your gonna say and then to flies out of your mind.”

Marinette hummed, quietly pondering on what she was going to say.

Ladybug looked down at Adrien, he was staring up at his father’s statue, with a troubled look on his face.

“Penny for your thoughts?” Asked Ladybug, making Adrien look up at her.

“I’m thinking about my father,” Confessed Adrien, “He gave his life to defeat Monarch, and he’s a hero for it, but all the stuff he did to me and my friends. How he hurt me and was unnecessarily cruel to my friend. He hated my girlfriend because she made me happy. I, I wanted him to be Monarch, j-just so I could feel justified in why I hated him so much.”

“I,” Ladybug paused, “I never knew you felt that way.”

“Yeah, well,” Scoffed Adrien, “He’s a hero now, everyone loves him. No matter how horrible he was or how bad he made others feel.”

Ladybug felt her mouth and voice move on their own accord, “I’m sure he was just doing his best, Adrien.”

Adrien scowled and scoffed again, “No offence, Ladybug, but you didn’t know him, you didn’t live with him, you didn’t have to work for him, and you didn’t have to try to reach out to him every day and get rejected.”

Adrien spun around and stalked off, as Ladybug gnawed at her bottom lip.

Ladybug gnawed on her bottom lip, she’d asked Chat Noir to meet her, she’d made sure to specify that she wanted to see Chat Noir only, much to the rest of the team’s consternation. Since Monarch had been defeated and Gabriel’s statue had gone up, she’d tried to tell Adrien who his father really was, but every time she tried, the words wouldn’t need her mouth.

“Okay, LB, what’s the news?” Said Chat, making Ladybug jump.

“How many time do I have to tell you not to do that?” Gasped Ladybug, before straightening up, “Never mind, I have a problem.”

“Is it boy trouble? I promise not to cataclysm him too hard.” Rattled off Chat Noir, getting a sigh from Ladybug.

“It’s to do with Monarch’s identity.” Said Ladybug, not hearing the team all gasp underneath her.

“Oh, really?” Questioned Chat, “Who was he?”

“Gabrilllll- Gabb- for fuck’s sake, the guy who dressed like a candy cane before being bleached.” Spat Ladybug, internally cursing whatever was going on with her.

“Gabriel Agreste?” Asked Chat, slowly, “I’m sorry, M’Lady, but I thought he helped defeat Monarch?”

“In a roundabout way,” Dismissed Ladybug, “I can’t remember how, but he got the Miraculous, made the wish and then, nothing, I don’t know what changed, but he seemingly wished himself out of existence.”

Chat Noir swallowed, “W-why didn’t you tell Adrien this?”

“I’ve tried,” Sighed Ladybug, “that’s the problem, every time I try and tell him, my mind goes blank, and I keep forgetting what I’m trying to tell him. Then my mouth suddenly gets a mind of its own and tells him ‘Your father was a hero, he helped defeat Monarch’. It’s like my brain’s trying to erase that he was Monarch!”

“What?” Ladybug and Chat whirled around and spotted Carapace, “Adrien’s dad was Monarch?”

Ladybug groaned, before pinching the bridge of her nose, “Okay, okay, who else decided my instruction of ‘Chat Noir Only’ was a suggestion?”

Slowly, each and every member of the team crawled out from their hiding places. Ladybug groaned again.

“Yeah, I know, we didn’t listen to you and you’re not mad, just disappointed.” Said Rena, “However, in our defence-”

“Rena, be quiet.” Said Ryuko, walking up to Ladybug, “Ladybug, look at me.”

Ladybug slowly looked up and everyone jerked back, Ladybug had blood running from her eyes and nose.

“What?” Asked Ladybug, before her eyes rolled back into her head.

“Oh shit.” Swore Rena, rushing forwards, helping Ryuko lower Ladybug to the floor, “What the hell?”

Chat shook himself out of his stupor and knelt down next to Ladybug, “What just happened?”

“Ladybug said Adrien’s dad was Monarch, before she started bleeding from the eyes and nose and then she collapsed.” Said Pegasus, getting everyone’s attention.

“I think he meant that metaphorically.” Suggested Purple Tigress, as Rena frowned.

“I’m going to have to remove the earrings.” Stated Rena, “Hopefully, Tikki can tell us what’s wrong.”

Rena went to grab the earrings, before hesitating. She frowned, before looking over at the rest of the heroes, “Argos, I need your coat.”

“Why?”

“Because I don’t have a blanket to hide her identity!”

Argos grumbled as he shed his coat and held it out to Rena.

Rena took it and carefully adjusted it over Ladybug, before reaching under it and pulling the earrings off. Chat stared at Ladybug’s shoes, they looked familiar to him, before Ladybug suddenly started convulsing.

“Oh fuck!” Yelped Rena, attempting to restrain Ladybug with Ryuko, “Now what?!”

“Stop restraining her!” Yelled Pigella, rushing forwards, “You’re at risk of harming her!”

Shoving the two out of the way, Pigella went to remove the coat, Rena opened her mouth, but a glare from Pigella silenced her.

“I’m sorry.” Whispered Pigella, before pulling the coat off Ladybug and rolling her onto her side.

Marinette suddenly expelled blood from her mouth, everyone except Argos, Ryuko and Rena froze. Pigella shook her head and looked at them, “We need to get her to a hospital.”

“How?” Asked Ryuko, “we can’t just charge in there and say ‘Hey this unconscious and bleeding girl is Ladybug, we don’t know what’s wrong with her!’ can we?”

Chat shook his head and looked away, before rushing over and grabbing the earrings form Rena and jammed them onto his ears.

“What are you doing?” Demanded Rena, as Chat flicked the earrings.

“Tikki might be able to help.” Said Chat, as the Kwami appeared.

“What?” Said Tikki, “Where’s…?”

She spotted Marinette, “Marinette!”

“Tikki, can you tell us what’s happening to her?” Asked Chat, quickly catching her attention.

“It’s a side effect of witnessing a reality changing wish, she tried to reveal what happened in the old world and now it’s trying to kill her.” Answered Tikki, “It was a stipulation Monarch made when he made his wish.”

“Is there any way to reverse it?” Demanded Rena, from Marinette’s side.

“The Celestial Guardian might.” Said Tikki, getting a frown from Chat, he didn’t particularly like him very much.

“They trained me to succeed Su Han-” Started Viperion, before someone snorted.

“You were trained because you were a loose end,” Said a man, appearing with a shimmer, “You are simply a soldier, not a commander.”

“Li.” Chided a woman, appearing, “At ease.”

The man scoffed, before jumping down, “Move aside.”

Ryuko reached for her sword, before the woman spoke up, “Li has a blood connection with the girl. He can help in ways the Grand Master cannot.”

Li crouched next to Marinette, ushering Pigella and Rena out of the way. He sliced into his hand, and started muttering under his breath.

Viperion scowled, before Marinette coughed up some more blood, with some red markings appearing on her. Li frowned, before resuming his muttering. Marinette coughed again, the red markings vanishing.

“She should be healed enough to go to a healer without anyone asking too many questions.” Said Li, after he was finished, “They’ll likely say that she’s exhausted, but she’ll be fine.”

Rena nodded, grabbed Marinette, with Ryuko helping her and jumped off the roof. The rest of the team stood in silence as the Guardians left, with Li casting a sharp glare at Viperion.

Marinette coughed blood into the paper bowl the doctors had given her.

“She’s incredibly lucky.” Said one to her mother, “if she’d ingested any more, you’d be making funeral arrangements.”

Sabine glanced at Marinette, before looking at the doctor.

“That being said,” they continued, “it may also be down to the fact the glass wasn’t ground fine enough.”

“Why didn’t anyone notice?” Asked Sabine, making the doctor look at her.

“Ground up glass looks a lot like sugar when ground up.” Said the doctor, “Does she had sugar in anything?”

“Practically everything she eats or drinks.” Said Sabine, frowning.

“Has she had any reaction to anything she’s eaten?”

“No, she’s hasn’t.”

“How about drinking?”

Sabine froze, “She threw away a coffee she got, she said it hurt her tongue.”

“Where did she get it from?” Asked the doctor, frowning.

“A coffee shop near her school, Petunia’s.”

The doctor didn’t move, before looking down at his notes, “I’ll be back in a minute.”

Marinette spat some more blood into her bowl, “Maman, am I going to die?”

Sabine sat next to Marinette and gently wrapped an arm around her, “I don’t think so, the doctors don’t seem to be too concerned.”

The door opened, with the doctor re-entering the room, “Right, I’ve contacted the police, we’ve had a number of other patients with similar symptoms. They’ll want to talk to you.”

“Is she going to be alright?” Asked Sabine, getting the Doctor’s attention.

“She’ll be fine.” Assured the Doctor, “Fortunately, the blood’s mostly coming from her tongue, but her fainting is down to another issue. Does your daughter suffer from insomnia?”

“I don’t think so.” Answered Sabine, “But she does drink a lot of coffee at home.”

The doctor sighed, “I’m going to suggest you put her on a caffeine hold and see what happens from there.” They handed Sabine a prescription, “These are a mild sleep medication, she should take one after a meal. I’m going to see about discharging your daughter.”

Sabine watched after the doctor as they walked out, before looking at Marinette, who, for some reason, had stuck four cotton balls in her mouth.

“Habe bhe beebin stobed?”

“Don’t be bemused, it’s just news,” Said Nadja on the television, “Petunia’s, a local coffee shop, has been closed by police after it was discovered they were giving some of their customers ground up glass in their coffee.”

Marinette stopped with a cheese puff half-way to her mouth.

“The owner of Petunia’s has not been arrested, but had declined to comment.”

Marinette shrugged, before going back the spell book, pausing when she saw a particular spell.

#miraculous ladybug #adrien agreste #marinette dupain cheng #nino lahiffe #alya cesaire #kagami tsurugi #felix fathom #rose lavillant #juleka couffaine #luka couffaine #max kante #sabine cheng #tikki #nadja chamack #delta writes #The Truth

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gale-gentlepenguin · 7 months

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I feel like it would have been more likely for marinette to believe lila's lies, especially since she feels guilty for the whole volpina thing and we know she's very forgiving (if the season 5 finale showed us anything) but maybe that's just me.

Marinette may have felt guilty… but I don’t think she would believe lies because of it. What could be is that Marinette doesn’t call her out initially, make it so that she’s afraid of jumping the gun like before. How bad can a few white lies actually be?

As for the season 5 finale, let me explain.

Because in truth Marinette did try and stop Gabriel from making the wish, she was impacted by that nightmare that akuma Gabriel gave. She didn’t want Gabriel to die by her actions, even though he was awful. She saw what she believed was a dying man driven to madness to try and bring his family back. All combining to make Marinette NOT want to finish the fight and try to make some sort of happy ending for Adrien because she loves that boy. And of course this leads to the f***ed situation.

Does she tell everyone that the villain won? Does she sacrifice the peace finally attained, does she tell Adrien that his father was a terrorist that was willing to let the world burn to revive the mother he loved so much?

Marinette was left in a position where she is forced to accept what happened and sacrifice her mental comfort for the sake of not causing the peace she fought for get torn asunder.

It really sucks, the episode still is FUCKING awful and I still stand that it is the worst finale I’ve seen in this show. But I don’t fault Marinette here because she is in character, I fault the writers and show runners that thought this was a good way to end season 5, have the bad guy gaslight Paris and emotionally blackmail a teenager to handle the repercussions of a selfish wish that he made. I pray season 6 revives him just to throw him in hell so that way we can actually have the villain pay for his crimes instead of getting redeemed.

#miraculous ladybug #ml #ml season 5 salt #ml season 5 #ml critical #I didn’t mean to get so fired up #but damn it #I HATE this finale more then I hate Reflekdoll #and that’s saying something

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pearl-star · 2 years

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A Nudge in the Right Direction

Summary: What if Adrien's high road advice wasn't the only way he helped Marinette? Sure he could wait for Lila to expose herself, but that didn't mean that he couldn't help speed up the process.

(Cross Posted on Ao3)

“Just take the high road and ignore her, Marinette. Lila will lie herself into a corner soon enough.”

Marinette looked at him, like she wanted to speak out but held herself back. Instead curling in slightly before nodding. Adrien worked to keep his perfect model smile on his lips even as he wanted to frown.

“And if she does anything else to you, like with trying to frame you or anything at all, let me know okay?”

She nodded again, biting her lip this time. He nearly narrowed his eyes at her action but refrained. She waved goodbye before walking away. Once she was out of sight, Adrien dropped his smile and frowned.

“Something happened.”

“Really? I never would have guessed.”

Plagg’s sarcasm was not needed, so Adrien grabbed some cheese and held it out for the kwami to take. He held it in his nubs, but didn’t eat it. Instead Plagg looked at him expectantly.

“You’re not really gonna keep quiet about this, right? Lila only confronts people when no one else is around. She could easily save herself given how stupid the class has been so far.”

Adrien let out a dark chuckle, something the kwami only just started to get used to hearing as of late.

“Oh, she’ll expose herself eventually. But that doesn’t mean I can’t help along the way.”

Plagg gave him a look over, shrugged, swallowed the Camebert whole, before responding.

“Sometimes I worry that you and your cousin switched.”

Adrien sighed at the reminder of his family member. He and Felix had a strange relationship. With Felix’s dad dead, and Adrien’s own father not helping the already tense situation, he really couldn’t blame his cousin for acting out. Did he think what his cousin did was wrong? Yes. And Adrien will be keeping an eye out to ensure that his cousin had no chance of doing anything like that again in the future.

“Don’t compare me to him. At least I’m not taking my frustrations out on others.”

“The sculptor.” Plagg sing sung.

“I was being a hypocrite.”

“And you flirting with Ladybug?”

“To be fair I was both way too over excited and also didn’t know how normal crushes should be expressed. Plus I’ve toned it down. I can’t stop completely though or else she’ll think something is up. Remember when I actually listened to her and stopped calling her bugaboo? She brought baked goods and hot chocolate to patrol every day and continuously apologized to me. I tried to tell her that I was just listening to her but she still thought that I was mad at her.”

“Ladybugs,” Plagg sighed, “they’ll take on the weight of the world and refuse to let anyone else share the load if my black cats don’t stop them.”

Adrien heard his phone dinged, letting him know that his bodyguard was waiting to pick him up, so he began to leave the school.

“I’m trying to do it slowly with her. But I think dealing with Lila will help both her and Marinette. I would ask Alya to see what actually happened, but since she fully believes Lila I don’t want her blaming and attacking Marinette.”

Whenever Marinette first called out Lila, Alya had been switching between giving Marinette the cold shoulder or insisting that she needed to get over her jealousy. He didn’t understand why Alya would think that Marinette was jealous of Lila of all people, but he couldn’t exactly ask her when he was expected to be nice to Lila. And nice he would be.

He smiled as he thought about his plan. It could backfire, but he was smart enough to know when to be careful. And the only person who could ruin it for him was Lila, and she would have to expose herself first. And if she tries to drag him down with her? Well, she would already be established as a liar by then anyways.

He opened the limo door and sat down, looking out the window as his bodyguard began to drive off to his next photoshoot. Adrien smiled to himself. Yes. Who would think that he, sweet sunshine boy of Paris, could be capable of ruining someone’s life?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

First step of his plan: figure out how to use Lila’s newest modeling gig to his advantage. Adrien honestly had no idea why his father decided to take on Lila as a model, but it was clear that she wasn’t the best at it. Okay she was straight up awful at it. She was too focused on hanging on him to actually listen to Vincent, and his photographer was getting frustrated.

As easy as it would be to just continue down this path until he would eventually get akumatized, Adrien didn’t want that for the man. He was the one of the few photographers that Adrien enjoyed working with. And even if Vincent wasn’t his favorite, he shouldn’t just sit back and let someone get akumatized.

So Adrien did what most people would expect him to do: he mediated .

“I just think that if Lila got more training then shoots would be quicker. If father is planning on keeping Lila on as a model, it would be best to improve her modeling now rather than later. I’m sure Lila will be fine going to a couple lessons a week to help gain those skills.”

He kept a small smile on his face as he looked at Nathalie. He knew that she probably didn’t like Lila all that much, considering the stunt that the girl pulled that caused both her and his bodyguard to get in trouble, so if Nathalie decided to increase Lila’s workload a bit extra then so be it.

“I’ll bring the suggestion up to your father. I believe that there was already some consideration to prepare her for doing interviews for when the photos from her sessions get released.”

Adrien mentally made a note to check when the photos would get released. Lila gaining more public attention, especially in the beauty world, would only aid him.

“Thank you, Nathalie. I should go practice piano before my fencing practice. The last shoot ran into my usual practice time.”

Nathalie nodded as she tapped something into her tablet, and Adrien made his way to his room. Usually, unless he had a performance coming up, he just put on piano music on his phone and did something else, but he needed to stay in Nathalie's and his father’s good graces. No one could get suspicious of him, otherwise he would get locked down again.

So he played. Starting with warm ups, then transitioning into some classical pieces while occasionally shifting into music from Kitty Section. He never got to go to performances, but Luka had given him all of the piano sheet music just in case. Luckily he was working on more traditional music when Nathalie knocked on the door.

“I spoke to your father.” She said as she walked into the room. “And he agreed with your idea to give Lila extra lessons. And since some of the recent photo sessions have been running into your other activities, you will not be helping Miss Rossi in these lessons. Your current activities are taking top priority. I will be sending her the plans later today once they are made.”

“Thank you Nathalie. And I can always give Lila quick tips while on set when needed.”

Nathalie nodded before making her way out of the room. Once the door was shut, Adrien smirked. Depending on how much trouble Lila is during those lessons, and how much Nathalie wants to be spiteful, this could keep her plenty distracted. It would also give her something to brag about at school, which will hopefully keep her attention away from Marinette.

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Two weeks after the lessons got implemented, Adrien could tell that they were happening. To the untrained eye Lila looked perfectly normal. But on closer inspection, you could see the smudges where her concealer and setting powder were not applied properly to her eye bags. And the only lessons being done were on how to model, they haven’t even gotten to all the interview stuff yet.

Sure she had something to brag about, but it didn’t give her time to hang out after school. He didn’t know if Nathalie knew his friends’ schedules, but Lila’s lessons were all placed during the times when they would meet up. And the more Lila tried to get out of them or reschedule, the longer and more lessons there were.

She was improving slightly. Oh, not in skills. She was still mediocre at best, but she didn’t hang on him as much or try to prolong shoots. She still hung on him, but Adrien guessed that Lila got told that the longer shoots ran on for, the more lessons she would have to do. Either way it saved him more time. Having to catch up on his lessons and homework as Chat Noir was hard enough. He really didn’t need prolonged photoshoots too.

The only downside was that Lila was getting frustrated. Despite her fake smiles and cheerful persona she put on during school, Adrien could see the cracks in her facade. He wouldn’t really care, Lila getting frustrated and snapping out would be a good thing, except that with Adrien paying more attention to her he noticed exactly how Lila was deciding to channel her frustrations.

All it took was Marinette having a slight limp and claiming that she tripped, after Lila had left the classroom beforehand, and her reaction to Adrien asking if Lila did something to clue him in.

He frowned at the bluenette, not bothering to try and coax the truth out of her and instead being direct.

“Marinette, I can tell that she did something to you. I already know that she pushed you, but I would also like to know what she said to you.” Seeing how she seized up, he quickly added, “If you’re comfortable with telling me.”

The pigtailed girl looked out from under her lashes and gave a small shrug.

“I-I’m fine Adrien. Really, it’s… nothing.”

She lasted another ten seconds under the lie, as well as the stare he was giving her, before rubbing her arm and sighing.

“I’m not comfortable with saying it.”

Adrien wanted to push more but refrained. Instead he chose to gently touch her shoulder and try to massage out her tension.

“I’m sorry that she hurt you. I’ll keep a closer eye on her and make sure she doesn’t do anything else. But please do let me know if something else happens, okay?”

The look that Marinette gave him, like she was finally getting a breath of fresh air, made his stomach drop. The fact that a small promise like that made her look like he was gifting her the stars told him that whatever Lila said was bad. And Adrien, despite being a hero, was fully considering the petty way of handling things.

“Thank you, Adrien. I really appreciate it. I promised my parents that I would help out at the bakery, but I’ll see you tomorrow.”

The blonde waved cheerfully as the girl departed. Once out of sight, he put on a devilish look and glanced down at his kwami who had popped out of his bag.

“So, Plagg, you were talking about ways to mess with Lila. Can you run those by me again?”

The crackle the miniature god gave was heard throughout the school, and no one knew that it was the sound of a death sentence.

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The next day, Adrien walked into school all smiles. To the untrained eye, he looked perfectly like his normal self. Except, if someone really paid attention, you could see the slight glint in his eyes, as well as how his smile held an edge to it that he was fighting back behind his perfect demeanor.

Marinette was already in the classroom as well, and she walked in with Alya which would be good for later. And later seemed to come sooner than expected. About five minutes after Marinette walked in, Lila walked in. It took all of Adrien’s acting gained over the years to keep a straight face.

Plagg’s little pranks, which he had green lit the day before, were already taking full effect. Lila looked like she went through a storm and just survived. Her hair was a frizzy mess, her makeup was barely hanging on, and her shoulders were tense with obvious stress. If Adrien had any sympathy left for her, he would wish her luck getting put together before someone posts a photo. However any cares he had left to give flew right out the window the moment she decided to go after Marinette.

Adrien had half a mind to take the photo himself. And if it wasn’t for Chloe who snorted a laugh and whispered at Sabrina to post a pic, then he might have too. Instead Adrien played the oblivious boy who was raised to be a gentleman.

“Lila, what happened?”

“It was…”

She drifted off, looking at Marinette and then him. He didn’t give her any glares or anything, merely blinking back. She would have to show her hand first. He wasn’t about to defend Marinette if Lila wasn’t accusing her, she could find an excuse for that. But it seemed like she had second thoughts.

“Nothing. Just a bad hair day.”

Adrien was shocked that she didn’t try to blame Marinette somehow, but didn’t put his guard down. After all, she had taken her frustrations out on the bluenette just the day before. He’d need to keep both girls in his sights, and preferably have Nino or someone else with him. That way Lila can’t twist any narrative.

Through the day, he kept his eye out, and he noticed a lot. He’d been only focused on keeping Lila away from Marinette, and thus usually kept his focus only on the liar. Looking at Marinette showed him things that he didn’t notice before. Like how Marinette no longer had lunch at school, or how she’d leave the group once Lila pops in and brings the attention onto her, or how she was always double checking her bag and where she was walking.

It was all tiny things that he never paid attention to before, but now with context painted a bigger picture. And that made him smile all the more when he checked his phone and noticed the photo that Chloe posted of Lila trending. The caption wasn’t too shabby either, and Adrien had to refrain from liking the post. He took that energy instead and used it to distract the class and make sure that none of them, especially Lila, checked their phones.

So it was only at the end of the day, and when Lila shirked, that the photo was discovered by the rest of the class.

“How dare you post that photo! I demand that you take it down immediately!”

Lila’s outburst surprised the rest of the class, but when Alya glanced at Lila’s phone she immediately defended her.

“Lila’s right Chloe. You can’t just post things like that.”

“Oh, like I haven’t done worse. Maybe don’t have such an awful appearance when showing up to a public place. Besides, me taking it down would do nothing. It’s the internet. Nothing ever goes away. Have fun with that.”

Before anyone else could try to protest, the blond and Sabrina left. It was after they left that the rest of the class started to see the actual post. Adrien, having to act like he cared, moved to “comfort” Lila before pausing at his phone going off. He checked it and felt relieved.

“Hey dude. What’s up?”

He tilted his phone so that Nino could see the message.

“Oh, that seems bad. Are you gonna be okay?”

“I’ll be fine. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

He waved goodbye, happy to see that Marinette had already slipped away from the classroom. Hopefully she was heading straight home. That didn’t mean that Lila couldn’t blame her for something even if she didn’t see Marinette, but at least it stopped her from being able to do something to Marinette directly.

He walked straight outside and to the car. Nathalie was waiting for him inside, a tablet with his dad’s face already cued up.

“Good afternoon father. Is everything alright?”

“Your friend, Chloe, seems to have posted a photo of Lila.”

“People were talking about it at the end of class, but you texted me before I could see it for myself. Is there something wrong with it?”

“Yes, but don’t worry. Don’t comment on the photo, both in person and online. I’ll have things taken care of by tomorrow. For today she won’t be attending the photoshoot. We have another female model coming instead. Do not disappoint me.”

“Of course, father.”

And thank you for the free out. Adrien highly doubted that everything would be taken care of by tomorrow, Chloe would definitely make sure that there’s talk about it for at least a week. But the biggest plus was that he wouldn’t have to deal with her for this shoot, meaning that maybe he could actually work on homework and get to bed on time.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As predicted, talk of the photo didn’t die down by the next day. In fact, more fuel was added to the fire, courtesy of the one and only Lila Rossi. At the same time that his father had been saying that things were under control, Lila had decided to take matters into her own hands by responding to Chloe’s post.

One thing that’s important to remember is that Lila had only been receiving lessons on how to model, not how to conduct oneself online. As such, she didn’t know when to recognize bad press, and how to respond to it.

Gossip sites, fan girls, and everyone else on the internet loved to tear famous people apart. They criticize them no matter what. As such, people would ignore many of the rumors and insults posted online. Responding would not only show people that you cared, but they could take what the original post said as being true.

Lila responded to Chloe’s post like that of a teenage girl, and as such her attempt to deal with the situation fueled more fires than it put out. It also didn’t help that Lila had used her official model account to respond, which only shared it with more people. The social media team caught what she did and deleted the comment within five minutes of her posting, but the damage was done the second she hit post.

Lila didn’t show up to school the next day, not that much of a surprise. What was a surprise was that Adrien himself still went to school. He had assumed that his father would have put him on lockdown while he figured out what to do with the fires that were burning, after all there were photos of him with Lila at multiple places. But perhaps he thought that if things continued as normal that it would go away. Either way it saved Adrien the trouble of trying to sneak out of the mansion and to school.

All the rest of his classmates, sans Marinette, were already in the classroom with the majority looking at Chloe. The blonde didn’t seem to mind, smugly smiling at her phone. Alya, by far, looked the most put out. She had her tablet out and was furious typing on both that and her phone. Nino was sitting by her, trying to comfort her.

“Alya, what’s wrong?”

“Lila’s lied about everything.” Nino answered. “Some people started sending hate to the Ladyblog for the interviews Lila did.”

“I should have fact checked. Now I’m trying to do damage control.”

Adrien did feel sorry for Alya. When he was planning to take down Lila, he didn’t think that anyone else would be negatively affected. Of course, he didn’t have regrets on Lila getting dragged socially but he should have thought about how that would have affected his classmates. So Adrien decided to try and help out.

“Apologizing and taking down the interviews would be good. And while I don’t know exactly what the comments are saying, I’m guessing they’re saying to fact check right? Next post you do, make sure to include sources. That would probably help fend off those comments, but from my experience some people still like to troll.”

Alya did smile a little at that. Hopefully she’ll be able to learn from this and prevent something worse in the future. Just as the bell rang, Marinette ran into the classroom.

“Sorry I’m late, Miss Bustier. I had to help my parents fill out-”

The excuse immediately got interrupted by the rest of the class springing up and practically tackling the girl in apologies. Marinette seemed confused before realization slowly crossed her face as she picked out her classmates' words as they overlapped one another. Bluebell eyes locked on to green ones, but Adrien didn’t try to approach her. He wanted to speak to her, but the things he wanted to say couldn’t get back to his father.

So it was only four classes later, when Adrien broke off from Nino to exchange books and Marinette managed to sneak away from Alya that he got to talk to her.

“I told you. Her lies would come out eventually.”

Marinette gave him a look that he wasn’t used to. Usually there would be a blush covering her face, her eyes wouldn’t be able to look at him for longer than a moment, and she would be jumpy. While there was a light blush on her cheeks, her posture was perfect and her expression was a bit playful.

“And this all happened on its own? No one did anything to speed this up?”

“No, I don’t think so. I mean, I guess Chloe did the work. After all, she did post that picture which caused things to roll down hill for the better.”

“Adrien, I know that you did more than you let on.” Her expression shifted a little more into what he was used to seeing. “I just wanted to say thank you. You trusted me the whole time, and you kept your promise. Let me know if there’s any way to thank you.”

Seeing as she already knew the truth, he decided to jump on her offer.

“Actually there is one thing. Do you think you could… keep me out of this?”

“What do you mean?”

“Please don’t tell anyone that I was involved in this, both about knowing about Lila’s lies beforehand and me helping to get her exposed. I don’t want to even imagine how mad my father would be if he found out about the latter.”

Marinette opened her mouth, concern clear in her eyes, but she held herself back. It was for the best, honestly. His homelife was no one’s concern.

“Of course. And if you ever need anything, let me know.”

He nodded, although he suspected that he wouldn’t take her up on the offer. Marinette was busy enough already, and her keeping this all a secret was the best thing she could do for him. She looked back one last time before dipping out of the locker room. Plagg emerged moments later.

“Well, looks like you did it kid. The liar’s gone and your princess will be fine.”

“Not yet.”

The kwmai’s smug smile was wiped off, surprised at the statement.

“What do you mean?”

Adrien exchanged his books before walking back to the classroom.

“Just because Lila got exposed doesn’t mean that she won’t hurt Marinette again. I need to make sure that she isn’t in Paris.” A notification on his phone had him pausing in place. Once he looked down at it, he smiled. “And I have a feeling I know exactly how to do that. Plagg, claws out.”

One fast Lila-akuma take down, and a sneaky little live stream from his staff, caused Lila to be outed in a much worse way. He watched as she got dragged off in handcuffs, screaming nonsense about diplomatic immunity. Ladybug stood by him, and although she looked put together on the outside he could tell she was shaken up.

It did make sense though. He didn’t expect Lila to just admit that she’s been working with Hawkmoth willingly to them.

“Don’t worry, Ladybug, the police can handle this.”

“I knew that she hated us… but working with Hawkmoth?”

“She admitted it herself. Besides, she’ll get escorted out of Paris and can’t work with him anymore.”

“That’s not what I’m worried about. What if Hawkmoth has other allies that we don’t even know about?”

Is that seriously what she was worrying over?

“He does. We know about Mayura, and there might be another person or two that’s helping him in the background. However it doesn’t really matter to us yet. We don’t tell people about magic or the miraculous since it could get back to Hawkmoth anyways, so we don’t have to change anything.”

“But what if people try to say that others are working for Hawkmoth?”

“There would have already been rumors about that. I think the real thing we should be worried about is if Lila’s mom really is an Italian diplomat. If so, then there’s gonna be political trouble.”

Not that it was really an issue, since Adrien did do his research. No one in Lila’s family was a part of the government. Her mother was just someone who worked in a company that opened up a branch in Paris, which was why they traveled. He would have approached things much differently otherwise.

“I didn’t think about that.” Ladybug muttered, flipping open her yoyo and typing something on it. After a minute she flipped it shut. “I don’t see anything on the official Italian embassy site but…”

“Then it should be fine. Lila probably made up what her mom’s job was to make her stories seem legit and get away with more things. The police will clear up any rumors about that later. For now we should get going.”

They had taken turns to recharged earlier, so that Lila wouldn’t be let out of their sight, but they did have to get back to their civilian lives. Not like it mattered much for him. School was over the moment the alert went out, and his father and Nathalie will be too busy with the mess Lila caused to worry about him.

“Yeah. I’ll see you at patrol tomorrow unless another akuma pops up.”

“Sounds good.”

Chat made his way over the rooftops before dropping down and hiding in the alleyway near the school. He detransformed and had a piece of camembert ready.

“Now Marinette’s safe.”

“Is that really the first thing you’re gonna say? There’s nothing else that you think you should be concerned about?”

“You mean with Lila being a willing accomplice of Hawkmoth? Yeah, I mean it’s messed up but it didn’t surprise me. I guess I feel a bit bad for her mom.”

“I’m talking about yourself, kid. Your father decided to take Lila on as a model. You don’t think Lila being outed as an accomplice of a supervillain will come back to bite you in the butt?”

Why was everyone worrying about the wrong things? Adrien’s seen the posts and comments. He’s seen as not just a hot model, but also a victim. Yes, he knew what Lila was doing to him was sexual harrashment and yes, some of his fans knew that as well. If any backlash falls onto the brand because of Lila, then it would fall directly onto his dad.

“I’ll be fine. I can handle anything that happens.”

He’s been doing it all his life, going through the motions and trying to make due while not letting others know what he’s actually thinking. It’s what gets him through the days spent in the mansion, it will get him through the final couple years that he’s trapped there until he turns eighteen.

But Plagg didn’t know all that. Adrien hadn’t found a time or a need to tell his kwami that, so Plagg didn’t know how capable he could truly be.

“You should try accepting help sometimes. I’m sure pigtails wasn’t just talking nonsense when she offered to help you earlier.”

But for as much as Plagg didn’t know about him, he did know a lot of other things. Things that Adrien didn’t like to focus on.

“If anything goes bad, then I’ll reach out to her.”

It was enough to appease the kwami, and Adrien walked out of the alley way and back through the school via the side entrance so that his bodyguard wouldn’t realize that he’d been anywhere else. Once he looped around and got inside the car, he checked his phone.

So far the rumors about Lila being a daughter of a diplomat got squashed, and his father had released a public statement about not knowing all of Lila’s dealings and taking extra precaution for all his employees. There’d probably be more issues to deal with in the future, but for now all was well. All Lila needed was a little helping hand to push her off the cliff that she climbed up herself.

#lila rossi #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #protective adrien agreste #lila gets exposed #lila salt #the high road #miraculous fanfiction #miraculous ladybug fanfic #fanfic

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Marinette’s Three Rules for Preventing the Apocalypse

Set shortly after the events of Chat Blanc, Marinette uses her knowledge of what happened that day to create three rules to prevent disaster. What happens when she can't keep them all?

Chapter One - Six Months Later

(Oops. This is the real ch one. The last “ch 1″ I posted was intended to be the prologue!)

"Marinette," Adrien's voice sang. Or wait, was he in costume right now? She yawned and stretched, giving herself time to remember what was happening before responding. Her arm pushed against something warm and she looked up. A masked face smiled down at her.

Marinette bolted up from where she'd had her head in his lap. The sunlight coming through her windows was at a completely different angle than it had been when she'd closed her eyes. Overdue homework mixed with the fabric and thread from two half-unfinished commissions she was supposed to be done with by the end of the week. Why hadn't he woken her up?

"What time is it?" She swept an arm to collect as much of her things off the floor as possible.

"Are you still mad at me?" he asked.

"No." She stuffed three pencils in her mouth, threw the fabric over her shoulder and tried to stack her papers with one hand and the pins she'd knocked over with the other. It wasn't working well.

"It looks like you are." He leaned over and brushed the pins into a pile so she could walk safely to her desk.

"I'm not mad," she said after dropping the pencils back onto her desk. "At you. I just don't know if you're lying to me again."

"Hm." He walked over, and she handed him a pincushion shaped like a tomato. "So you are mad at me."

It had been a difficult game she'd been playing, but one she knew the rules to by now. Chat Noir couldn't confide in her about his personal problems, and she wasn't allowed to ask. But Adrien wouldn't confide in her at school, and she had no way to help him if she wasn't supposed to know that he'd been coming to her house for comfort. He looked perfectly calm in class, never getting lower than an A, keeping a smile and an answer whenever the teacher called on him. It would seem odd if she said he looked upset and asked if he wanted to talk. She felt stuck.

"I'm really fine," he said once all the pins were put away. "I'm not lying."

Another rule of the game was that she had to pretend she wasn't Ladybug, and so she couldn't tell him he wasn't allowed to use the miraculous for friendly visits. But that one didn't grate on her as much. It was better that he felt he could come over whenever he wanted and not like he was imposing on her, for his own sake.

And he had taken advantage of the hospitality. What had started as an occasional hello when he was feeling down had turned into regular hangouts. Sometimes they sat on her balcony for five minutes to catch up on their uneventful days. Other times they stayed up for hours, swapping secrets, watching movies, or doing homework together.

Having him so close and still not being able to be with him wasn't the best for Marinette's heart, and trying to keep track of what he'd told her as which persona was confusing, but he was always happier when he left. That was worth any sacrifice she had to make.

Marinette took her time putting the pin cushion away, carefully rearranging the contents of her sewing basket while she collected her thoughts. She could feel Chat Noir standing right behind her. If she took a step back, she would lean into his chest. For a second she let herself pretend that if she did, he would wrap his arms around her and hold her.

But Chat Noir and Marinette were not like that. He wasn't like that with Ladybug either, not since she'd asked him to move on.

Marinette leaned forward, away from the temptation, and turned around.

"I'm glad you're okay," she finally said. "I didn't want to beat anyone up on your behalf today."

His cat ears perked up, and his lips twisted into her favorite grin. "How about tomorrow?"

She made a pretense of glancing at the calendar on her wall to distract herself from his mouth. "Sorry. I have to study for a math quiz tomorrow night. Can you save your personal problems for Saturday? I should have more time then."

"I'll pencil a crisis in for you."

Marinette swallowed an "it's a date" comment. It wasn't a date. They weren't dating. They would never date. They were never going to be together.

"Hey. Are you okay?"

She snapped her attention back to him. Chat Noir crouched down ever so slightly to get a better look at her face, and Marinette realized that she'd reached behind her to grab the edge of her desk in a death grip. Her nails pressed into the underside painfully.

"Fine," she said, forcing her fingers open and shaking her hands. Her weak heart beat painfully for him.

And he just had to smile at her anyway. "Now who's lying? What was that about?" Carefully, he reached to push a strand of hair out of her face, using his knuckle so he wouldn't risk getting a claw near her eye.

His fingers lingered. And Marinette willed herself to breathe. It wasn't fair that he could do something so normal and send her leaning onto her desk for support. He didn't see her like that, and they weren't ever going to be together.

"Nothing," she said. "Just swallowed wrong." She cleared her throat to try to help sell it. He didn't look convinced, just mildly amused.

"Well, if you're sure you're okay," Chat Noir breathed. His hand still hovered next to her face. It would be easy for her to lean toward it, cup it against her cheek, kiss his palm. "I should let you finish your commissions."

Marinette groaned. Work was the last thing she wanted to be thinking about. "You said you don't have patrol tonight. Couldn't you stay?" Her eyes flicked to the red box of fabric on top of her dresser. Tikki was in there, probably preparing a speech for later.

"Sorry, Marinette. I have to be up early tomorrow."

Her shoulders drooped. Right, Adrien had a photoshoot. "Who's going to save me from my work now?"

"Stop it. You love sewing." He reached past her to pick up her sketchbook, flipping back a page to the vest she'd been working on and waved it at her. "And you'll love the sense of accomplishment when you see how amazing they look when they're done."

Marinette finally pushed herself off the desk and picked up the pincushion. It was the perfect size to fit into her hand, and the heads of the pins were cool against her palm.

"Ugh. Maybe you're right."

"Good. I'm glad that you sound so convinced." He pushed the notebook into her hands and reached around for his baton.

"You could always bribe me," she said as he climbed up her ladder and headed toward the skylight above her bed.

"Huh?" He turned, knees on her mattress, always careful not to get her covers dirty even though she'd never thought to ask him.

"How about you promise to check on my progress tomorrow?"

He smiled and gave her a thumbs up at the unexpected invitation. She'd never done that before. It was always "come over if you need to." It was never a request on her part.

As Chat Noir's tail disappeared through the skylight, Tikki came out of hiding.

"You're doing enough to help him by letting him come," she said, tiny arms crossed and hovering inches from Marinette's face. "You don't need to invite him to come more often. He shouldn't be–"

"Using his miraculous for personal reasons. I know." She'd honestly forgotten about that in the moment, but she couldn't bring herself to regret the invitation. "It's fine. Plagg is lazy. He'll probably tell him no anyway."

"What are you going to do when he falls in love with you again? Have you thought about that?"

"When," not "if." Marinette had to hold back a smile, right until the logic set it. Chat Noir might visit her in his spare time, but Adrien didn't treat her any differently at school, which he would if he wanted to pursue a relationship with her.

"Don't worry, Tikki. He only sees me as a friend." Marinette pulled open her trapdoor to go downstairs, letting it fall with a slam behind her.

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It had taken much longer than Ladybug had anticipated, but patrols had finally gotten back to normal. After the reveal, and her rejection, the duo had been understandably distant from each other, and their first few meetings were sterile and devoid of fun while he was nursing a broken heart. But their partnership had been strong enough that they quickly found a new rhythm. It was friendly and fun. It worked. But some of the warmth was missing.

And as much as she wanted to pretend that his time with Marinette was the only reason for his recovery, she could tell he was slowly getting over her. Knowing it was for the best, that everyone was safer that way and it was the right choice, didn't stop her wound from aching.

There were two solaces in the whole thing. One was that he was able to share details with Ladybug that he couldn't share with Marinette. He would talk about tests at school that he was worried about or the disappointments his father dished out almost daily.

Second, he talked about his friend Marinette frequently, how great he thought she was, and how much he loved spending time with her. Ladybug would try not to blush and often had to turn away to hide the tinge in her cheeks when she failed.

Today they were patrolling across the river in the first arrondissement, and Chat seemed particularly distracted. Three times he didn't hear her when she asked him questions, and twice she lost track of him because he was following behind and hadn't noticed she'd taken a turn.

"Are you okay?" she asked when they had finished their loop and were heading back home. "You aren't getting sick or something are you?"

"I'm going to ask her out."

A car below them kicked up pebbles onto the sidewalk. They hit something metallic.

Ladybug blinked, opened her mouth, and said, "Oh."

Chat Noir wasn't happier because he was getting over her. He'd completely gotten over and moved onto someone else already. She felt completely blindsided. A masochistic piece of her wanted to know who it was, but she pushed the question away.

"Sorry if I've been distracted today. I was just–"

"Thinking about her?"

"Worrying about it," he said.

For the past few months, she'd gotten very practiced in the art of pretending she didn't feel anything for him. It was far easier than it should have been to plaster on a concerned smile and say, "What for? That's great!"

Chat Noir hesitated. He nudged a loose corner of shingle with his boot. "Nothing, I guess."

"You have nothing to be worried about." Ladybug clasped her hands in front of herself, not sure if she wasn't selling it enough or putting in too much energy. He looked up from the shingle and smiled at her, so maybe it was the right amount.

It was good that he wasn't hurting anymore. She did want him to be happy.

But tonight she learned something about herself. She hadn't realized she'd been hoping that Adrien loved her too much to be able to move on. That was selfish, and she hated the jealousy that was spreading through her veins like poison, so she grabbed his hands and squeezed, pushing down the ugliness with a reminder that he was happy, and he wasn't hurting, and this was best for everyone.

They'd been only best friends for ages. She could do that again. "So when are you going to ask her?" she said, trying to channel her inner Alya.

He shrugged, looking away. "Soon, I think."

"You'll have to tell me how it goes. Our next joint patrol is Friday night, so you can give me all the deets." (Maybe too much inner Alya. That sounded forced.)

"Sure," he said, oblivious to how her smile was too wide and how her eyes prickled. "Before Friday."

"Okay, well, I'll see you then!"

She left without saying goodbye.

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A/N: So... how are you? (I have nothing to say this time.)

@tbehartoo

#ml #mlb #miraculous #miraculous ladybug #marichat

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imsparky2002 · 11 months

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Canon vs Creepster: Kagami

Canon!Kagami *Bowing gracefully* You have quite the extrodinary outfit. I have a love for western films, watched them all the time back in Japan.

*Kagami Herushingu smiles, surprised at how... calm this girl is to see another version of herself. She tips the hat in response*

Herushingu: Well, thank ya kindly, darlin’! Name’s Herushingu, pleasure to meet ya!

Canon!Kagami: Kagami Tsurugi. I must say, your accent is lovely, yet is quite different from your name. Are you by any chance American?

Herushingu: Yes’m, Born and raised in Texas!

Canon!Kagami: Hmm... how interesting. I don't sense any sort of falsehood about you. Clearly this is the result of some sort of accident. Are you by any chance from an alternate reality?

*Herushingu's eyes widen in surprise. She's right on the money!*

Herushingu: Just precisely, ma’am. Where I’m from, my kin are monster hunters, same as I am ma’self!

Canon!Kagami: Oh! And by monsters, you are referring to more supernatural species? In our world, the only sort of monsters are those who were changed by the villainous Hawk Moth.

*Thinking of the butterfly, Herushingu can't help but snigger a little*

Canon!Kagami: Yes, yes, he looks as stupid as his name.

*Herushingu sobers back up and tells her counterpart about her team and the type of monsters they face*

Herushingu: Exactly right on that front, darlin’! We’re talkin’ real monsters, vampires, phantoms, demons! The kind that live to terrorize the in’cent folk! Not to mention the most vile. Human killers!

Canon!Kagami: What gives one person the right to decide when another’s life should end. It’s just…dishonorable!

Herushingu: S'like my mama says. "Humans are the only 'monsters', because they have no reason to kill."

*Canon!Kagami looks a little jealous and sad that her mother isn't as close to her.*

Canon!Kagami: Does your mother treat you well?

*Herushingu frowns, looking concerned for her counterpart.*

Herushingu: Yeah, she can be a bit rough on the edges sometimes, but we get on just fine! I get the feelin’ ya need someone to talk to, hon.

Canon!Kagami: *Trying to stay strong* I... I try hard to stay strong, in order to make her proud. But sometimes... *voice quivering* I feel as though I am nothing but a disappointment.

*She desperately hold back a sniffle, as Herushingu embraces her, letting the girl sob into her shoulders. It pains her to think of a world where her mama would treat her with such cruelty.*

Herushingu: Here, now, that’s a load’a nonsense! I’ve only just met ya, but so can already tell ya got a fightin’ spirit! The only person who’s standards ya need to live up to are your own, and I’m sure you got plenty to be proud of!

Canon!Kagami: *Sniffing* I... I'm sorry for breaking down. That isn't like me. *Trying to regain composure* I... I suppose I like fencing. I mean... my mother made sure that happened. *Frowning once again* Do... do you like fencing?

Herushingu: (smiles) I do love a good sword-crossin’ every now and again! But if I’m bein’ honest, my trusty guns get me through the most battles!

Canon!Kagami: What is a... gun?

Herushingu: (Blinks a few times) Oh, boy…

Canon!Kagami: *A little bit later* So, do you have heroes you fight alongside? Some sort of team?

Herushingu: (Smiles) Yeah, I got ma partners, Marinette and Adrien.

Canon!Kagami: *Feels a quiver in her stomach once again.* Oh... what are they like?

*Herushingu tells her about their jobs and personalities, and notices Canon!Kagami looking sadder and sadder as she continues*

Herushingu: Well, Marinette’s real spunky, she’s somethin’ of a mad scientist! Sometimes I don’t know what she’s talkin’ about, but it’s cute how excited she gets! And Adrien…well, he’s one of a kind. So sweet, but so lively at the same time! Don’t know what I’d do without em to be honest!

*Canon!Kagami sobs once again. Memories of events from canon are flashing through her mind. Herushingu frowns. What on earth happened between her and her partners in this world?*

Herushingu: What... what's wrong?

Canon!Kagami: It's... it's complicated.

*Herushingu's eyes narrow. Something happened to this girl, and she wants to know what*

Herushingu: Please tell me... if ya want to.

*And she did. She told Herushingu everything that had gone down. All of the highs and lows.... and Herushingu was PISSED*

Herushingu: Darlin’…I don’t even know WHAT to say. They put you through hell emotionally and yet you still stand by em! If they don’t realize how lucky they are to have you in their lives, I may do something I’d regret later!

Canon!Kagami: No... please don't. They're perfect for each other, just not for anyone else. Focus on your own partners, keep taking good care of them.

Herushingu: (Sighs) If you say so, lil lady!

Canon!Kagami: ... Is there any way I can visit you?

Herushingu: Well, here lemme give you my number. I got a few friends who know some witchy stuff, so they should connect across dimensions. Call whenever ya want!

Canon!Kagami: I will, thanks!

And that’s the last of the trio meeting their canon self! I feel that Kagami was done dirty in the show. Not just by Marinette and Adrien, but also with how the writers decided her and FELIX would be a good idea. I may do the villains and classmates as well, but I don’t know yet. Once again thank you to Weeby for assisting with the writing, and make sure to check out the previous crossovers with Marinette and Adrien. Reblog, reply, post and ask to spread the love. @artzychic27 @msweebyness

#kagami tsuguri #kagami #miraculous #miraculous ladybug #marinette salt #adrien salt #kagami sugar #canon vs au #creepsters #creepsters au #tomoe salt

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Love Remains - Ch 7

Written for @thelibraryloser‘s birthday, which was way back in July! But I'm making steady progress again! Woot!

Chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |

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Chapter 7

Forty-three days since Marinette lost her memory.

Like some kind of cosmic joke, Adrien seeks her out the next day constantly. She tries, but she can’t seem to avoid him.

“Marinette,” he whispers in math class. “Can we please talk?”

“I don’t know what there would be for us to talk about,” she says, refusing to look at him. Instead, she pretends to focus on her notes, though she’s still so angry she can barely read any of it.

Is she being unreasonable?

Probably.

Does she care?

No. Adrien had done nothing wrong. She knows that, but he is also there, an easy scapegoat when she can’t actually lash out at the person who is actually ruining everything.

Her former self.

But she also doesn’t owe Adrien anything. She doesn’t have to talk to him.

“Marinette, please,” he begs at the end of class when she skirts around him.

Something within her snaps, and she whirls back around to face him.

“What?!”

He recoils, looking like a kicked puppy more than anything else.

He’s done nothing wrong, she reminds herself.

She closes her eyes, and forces herself to take a breath. She opens her eyes again.

“I’m sorry. What do you need?”

“I need to tell you something. Something important.”

She raises her eyebrows, hoping that is enough to goad him forward because she doesn’t trust herself to speak.

He clears his throat, and his hand finds a home at the back of his neck. “I don’t know how to say this—“ He suddenly makes eye contact and his whole face softens. His eyes are gentle, and his smile— well, she can’t breathe.

It’s too much, too intimate. It feels like he’s going to confess, and she can not handle that.

“I don’t love you,” she cuts him off.

His face crumples. She feels like she’s kicked him again.

“I don’t love you,” she says again softly. “I’m sorry. The old Marinette did, but I can’t… I don’t feel that way about you. I’m sorry.” And she was.

But he smiles, his eyes sparkling with some amusement and she feels like she’s misreading the whole situation. “No, it’s okay.”

She shakes her head, tugging at her pigtails. “I didn’t mean to snap at you.”

“Please don’t worry about me.”

“I’m just so frustrated!”

“Do you… umm… want to talk about it?” he offers, and he’s being so patient and kind after she was totally a jerk and she hates that she suddenly understands why old Marinette liked him.

“I love someone else, but he knows that she liked you and he won’t let anything happen between us because of it. And don’t get me wrong, you’re very sweet. But…” she bites her lip, “you’re not him.”

“Well, act—“

“But I’m really mad at him right now!”

“Oh, yeah. That makes sense.”

“I just— I wish that I was enough.”

“You are!”

She shakes her head, her eyes burn with threatened tears.

“No, I’m not. Everyone wants me to be her. He trusts her thoughts and feelings more than mine.”

He pulls her into a hug. “I’m sorry,” he murmurs. “That sounds really hard.”

In the face of his understanding, she loses the battle against her tears.

He holds her tighter.

“Marinette.” Her name on his tongue holds so much feeling - more feeling than she knows what to do with. “You don’t have to be like her if you don’t want to be. You get to choose. And you certainly don’t owe me anything based on what she felt—“

She pulls out of his arms, to look at his face that is shining with affection and never ending patience.

“—but just so you know, from where I’m standing, you’re not some pale echo version of her. You are her. Deciding to let go of the past, and strike out on your own to be true to yourself— well, that’s exactly what she would do. What you are doing.”

Oh yeah, she definitely understands now how Marinette fell in love with this boy.

But he’s still not Chat Noir.

“Thank you for saying all that and for letting me unload on you,” she says, wiping her tears away.

He smiles. “Anytime.”

“I wish— I wish he understood as well as you do.”

He glances away, rubbing the back of his neck again. “Maybe he does. Or maybe you just have to explain it to him.”

She nods. “You’re right. Thank you. I understand now why she loved you.”

Heat blooms across his face and she laughs.

“Marinette, I—“

She clamps a hand over his mouth. She can’t let him say anything else. He is way too sweet. “Please don’t. I… I want to talk to him before you say anything else.”

His shoulders relax, and a smile stretches under her hand.

He nods. “I understand. I would wish you luck, but I don’t think you need it.”

“Thank you, Adrien.”

When she walks away, she feels light, free, and comfortable in her own skin.

Because Adrien is right. This is her life and she will make her own choices, and she just needs to say that.

And not just to Chat Noir.

To everyone.

#miraculous ladybug fanfiction #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #ladynoir #amnesia #memory loss #marinette gave up the guardianship #partial reveal #half reveal #not as angsty as the trope usually is #happy ending #love remains #my own content

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Hi I'd love it if you could make an analysis on Adrien and Marinette this season. I've been seeing too many people say that their characters have been ruined and so and so. Your takes and opinions are really fresh and actually smart, so I'd love to hear what you have to say.

I would absolutely love to talk about them. The notion that their characters have been ruined comes directly from a butthurt place of salt, and it just demonstrates to me that people are not watching this show with their eyes open. I know we are missing a lot of context for this season, but so far from what I’ve seen of the later episodes, their characters are maturing and developing in ways we’ve been begging for since s2. And to understand that, we’re going to look back at the last couple seasons up until now.

CAUTION: I will be discussing all of the currently aired episodes, so if you have not watched anything past Elation or Transmission and don’t want to be spoiled for later episodes, go ahead and keep scrolling. I will not be discussing leaks, so you are safe from those. Let’s dig in, shall we?

Firstly, I think we need to address something I’ve seen people claiming in their tantrums about how Adrien and Marinette are “ruined,” and that’s this idea that Adrien’s feelings came out of nowhere/they weren't actually friends before now. They didn’t and they were. They’ve actually been hinting at his budding feelings for her for a while, we just didn’t know for sure that was happening until now. Hell, one of the biggest clowns on his character since s1 was literally “sHe’S jUsT a fRiEnD” when he’s literally making heart eyes at her and talking about how great she is, but I want to focus specifically on the moments that take place after Puppeteer 2 because Adrien himself cited that episode as the point when he noticed his feelings for her changing. And him saying that wasn’t a retcon or random. They actually started dropping mad hints after that episode, we just weren’t 100% aware that his feelings officially changed. I made another post a couple months ago with several instances that hinted at Adrien’s changing feelings, but let’s talk about those a little more.

I’m going chronologically, so not necessarily in broadcast order, but if we look at the production codes, Puppeteer 2 was episode 21 of s3. The next episode after that? Chat Blanc. Everyone clowned on Adrien for “only liking Marinette because she’s Ladybug,” but looking back on it, his sudden feelings aren’t so sudden after all. We’ll talk more about Chat Blanc later because as we know, this timeline got erased, and Marinette is the only one that kind of knows about it. Which brings us to Ladybug, and possibly one of Adrien’s darkest moments as far as things he consciously said and did. Up until this point, Adrien had always been kind of soft and mild-mannered, not wanting to stir up trouble to a fault, but the end of this episode is the first time we see him righteously pissed as Adrien. Another tidbit to point out from earlier in s3 that relates to this moment is from Oni-chan when Adrien tells Lila that he won’t support her or be her friend if she hurts the people he loves. Jump back to Ladybug when Adrien holds that friendship over her head again to restore Marinette’s reputation. Adrien isn’t the type of character to be shady or underhanded, but he is the type of character to fiercely protect the people he cares about, and in this instance, that person is Marinette. That moment was a huge indicator about how Adrien feels about Marinette and how much he values her/their relationship.

Next, we have the first instance where Adrien truly stops and ogles over Marinette in Heart Hunter. We’ve joked in the past that he gives her soft looks all the time, but this is the first time that he full-stopped and admitted out loud that he thinks she’s attractive. And he does it twice in that episode. Not to mention how badly he wanted her to run away with them, and how disappointed he was when she left. Additionally, we have him being conflicted over his feelings for Kagami over the next several episodes. He hesitates and isn’t sure how he feels. We all thought it was because he still loved Ladybug, which he did, but now we can see there was also unconscious feelings for Marinette swirling around in the mix. (RIP Adrigami) Marinette was always an obstacle in their relationship both as Ladybug and as herself, even unknowingly. It’s actually Marinette’s lucky charm keychain that pushes Kagami to break up with Adrien in Lies after all of his erratic and wishy-washy behavior toward her, signaling that Marinette would always be between them.

Season 4 brought forth several small hints, the cutest one being Mr. Pigeon 72. Adrien gets distracted several times by Marinette in this episode, which isn’t necessarily weird when he thinks he sees her during his dive, but the moment in the end when he bumps his head on the car because he can’t take his eyes off her? Boy was falling hard. One thing I find really interesting is that Adrien falls for Marinette at her most unhinged. He tells Kagami in Protection that he just always thought Marinette acting weird was part of her charm and found it cute (think back to how softly he smiles at her in Optigami when she’s freaking out over the elevator or how enamored he is with her acting crazy in Psychomedian). Seeing the context of these moments in retrospect when Adrien talks about how he felt during them just confirms that their relationship was always deeper than it seemed. His side of the story as it relates to their relationship has always been missing, and maybe that's what people mean when they say their relationship was underdeveloped? We always saw things through Marinette's lens, and of course, she freaks out and overthinks and doesn't think Adrien will reciprocate her feelings. It's refreshing to see his perspective and understand what he was thinking and feeling during some of those key moments, and it gives us more insight to the nature of their relationship this whole time.

Next we have Ephemeral, which I know this timeline also got erased, but I’ve always seen the ‘what if’ reveal episodes as a way of checking in on how the love square is doing development wise. In Chat Blanc, Adrien’s feelings for Marinette were still budding, and while it did make it easier when he learned her identity, I think his reaction in Ephemeral was much more telling about their relationship. People have said that Adrinette were “barely even friends” before s5, but I think Ephemeral proves that’s not true. (I mean, watching canon with your eyes open prior to that also proves that’s not true, but I digress). The moment Marinette reveals herself to Adrien in Ephemeral, he tells her how happy he is to find out that one of his best friends in the whole world is also his partner and the girl he loves. By Ephemeral, Adrien sees Marinette as one of his best friends, and that point continues in Risk when he confides in her about his homelife. He tells her that he doesn’t want to tell everyone else his true feelings because “they wouldn’t understand,” but he opens up to Marinette because they are close enough that he deemed she would listen. And people say that one moment was when his feelings changed, but that moment was just when all of the other hints came to a head for him. He didn’t fall in love with her in that one moment, he’d been falling for her slowly all throughout s4, and he was even still falling into s5 and didn’t realize he was in love until Determination.

Risk was just the moment that pushed him over the edge because he realized she was someone he could confide in, someone who would listen to him and understand his feelings without projecting another narrative onto him. And we’ve seen Marinette working on that throughout s5. She’s stepping back and letting him be who he wants to be and encouraging him to make his own choices. Adrien literally says in Transmission that the Adrien everyone else knows is a marketing image. Gabriel states in Pretension that he crafts the perfect images to sell to people, pretty much implying that he is in direct control over how the world sees Adrien and the person everyone thinks he is. Marinette is the only person that sees beneath the surface of that and wants to help him do something about it. And people think that’s “ruining” their characters? By letting them grow closer and fight for and support each other? By letting Adrien figure things out and work toward his own autonomy? Yall want him to stay lonely and miserable under his dad’s control forever? Weird take, but okay. Like it or not, his relationship with Marinette has been building up since the beginning, and we’ve seen them make big strides each season. Nothing about what’s happening in s5 is random, nor was it thrown in casually. The signs were there the whole time, sorry yall missed them.

Secondly, I want to look at LadyNoir, the big source of everyone’s grief, but in the same way the Adrinette hints were all there throughout s4, the LadyNoir hints leading them to where they are were abundant as well in s4. Looking back in the context we have now, LadyNoir and Adrinette had an inverse relationship in s4. The more Adrien fell for Marinette, the more his feelings for Ladybug faded, and their conflict last season had a lot to do with it. Ladybug pulled away from him a lot last season, and I don’t think it was entirely intentional or conscious. She was dealing with a lot and scrambling to juggle her new responsibility with Shadowmoth on the loose, Su Han bitching in her ear, Alya knowing her secret. And unfortunately, the more she pulled away, the more hurt Chat Noir got, so he pulled away more, which in turn made her start relying on other heroes more, which created even more distance, you get the idea. I think there are two key episodes that point to 1. Why Chat Noir stopped loving Ladybug and 2. Why LadyNoir could not have worked romantically. (actually there are 3 episodes about why LadyNoir can’t work romantically, but we will get to those in a minute)

The first episode deals with the reason Chat Noir moved on from Ladybug, and that’s Glaciator 2.0. Prior to this, Ladybug had been softer in her rejection of him, but still firm with the public that there was nothing romantic going on between them. She does care about his feelings, and if we recall the first Glaciator episode, she tells him that she doesn’t want to toy with his emotions or lead him on. She is sensitive to the way he feels, but she also stands her ground that she’s not interested. In Glaciator 2, we have the two of them already being a little at odds with each other from the growing distance between them in s4, and we also have Ladybug at her most stressed. So she snaps. And I think that episode did stick with him and play a huge role in why he moved on. She makes it abundantly clear in that episode that she doesn’t love him, has never loved him, and will never love him. She set very clear boundaries with him in that episode, and we’ve seen those boundaries stick with the way Adrien treats Marinette in s5. He’s not pushy, he’s patient, he lets her lead their interactions. That episode affected him. That episode alone is why it's not surprising that he moved on. She'd been telling him for 3 seasons she wasn't into him like that. He finally listened.

The other episode that points to the big problem with romantic LadyNoir is Kuro Neko. People don’t want to hear this, but LadyNoir does not function effectively when Ladybug in particular is distracted by love. We saw this in Desperada, we saw this again in Kuro Neko. She gets too distracted, and things don’t work. We see teasings of this in Determination when Ladybug gets distracted by Chat Noir, and they almost lose until he snaps her out of it. Granted, she was also still down about losing everything, but the point still stands that she does not do well when she’s in love with her partner. Contrast that with the way they effortlessly work together at the beginning of Perfection. They’re holding a whole ass other conversation while fighting bad guys as if they were doing anything else. Their mojo is back, and they’re getting along better than ever as friends. Romance was always a point of contention for them, and now they don't have to worry about it. They can just do their job.

Now, I know a lot of people are also of the mindset that they should just reveal their identities already, but we have two examples of why that’s a bad idea as well. Chat Blanc and Ephemeral prove that they will work well together post-reveal, BUT the main obstacle in their way is Hawkmoth. It’s too dangerous for them to reveal their identities while he is still around because as we’ve seen, they get reckless and careless and Gabriel sniffs them out. They lose. (yes, I count Chat Blanc as a loss). So long as Gabriel is still around and pulling the strings, they cannot tell each other their identities. They’ve said that on numerous occasions. It’s not a matter of compatibility because we know they’re made for each other, that much has always been clear. It’s a matter of practicality and dangerousness. It’s not safe for them to reveal right now, and I think the writers wanted to push them through the development they’re getting first, which brings me to my next point.

This season is about healing trauma, particularly Marinette’s, but also increasingly so Adrien’s. And the only way they could go about healing the particular trauma these two are dealing with is the way they’re doing it. Adrinette was the side that offered the most opportunity for that development by becoming canon, and I don't care if that pisses people off when I say that. "But best friends to lovers is better-" okay, but you're ignoring a lot of important context that I’ve talked about. Mixing their jobs as heroes with their romantic feelings is actively detrimental to their job. Ladybug loses focus, Chat behaves recklessly, Hawmoth literally learned their identities and took advantage of that. The world got destroyed, the universe nearly got rewritten. But yeah go off about how much better things would be if the heroes got together, especially in the season where stakes are at an all-time high and them focusing on the mission is absolutely crucial.

They needed development as civilians, but that doesn't make them less deserving of love, nor does it “ruin” their characters. That's the biggest crock of shit I've ever heard. Marinette needed to overcome her hesitation and anxiety around Adrien. Because what good would it do them to date as heroes because she ran away from her problems with another boy only to turn around and find out that the boy she was running from is the same boy she ran to? Do people think that reveal would go well with her still not having healed from that? A huge point at the beginning of the season was that she was running away from her problems and throwing herself at someone else instead of dealing with her trauma. Marinette needed to turn around and face her feelings for Adrien. She needed to face the mistakes she made as a result of loving Adrien specifically and heal from that. And ya know what? Allowing Adrinette to date fixed Ladrien without them even having to appear next to each other. It allows Ladybug and Chat Noir to focus on their mission without their feelings getting in the way. It allows both of them the opportunity to be happy and get shit done. And ya know what, since they're healing trauma, they're gonna be ecstatic when the reveal eventually happens. We loved each other the whole time? You're actually my best friend in and out of the suit? You're gonna be at my wedding next to me marrying me? We're gonna grow old together? All sides are benefitting this season, and yes, being platonic is a benefit for some sides. Just because it wasn't what some people wanted doesn't change that. I swear some people just wanted to treat the sides as separate forever and only ever have good things happen for their favorite. I saw it all the time when people would pout about one side getting development in episodes in prior seasons. Personally, I am in it for the whole picture because I know it will be more beautiful in the end if every side gets worked on. I'm here for the love square, not just Adrinette, but it seems like some people forgot we’re all on the same ship.

Additionally, it’s not really a big secret that they’re winding down the Agreste plot. This season will resolve that storyline, so they needed to bring the Agreste plot to the frontline, and it wouldn’t have worked with LadyNoir. Marinette needed to see first-hand how bad Adrien’s situation is. We still don’t have all of the pieces, but later episodes show how desperately they’re fighting to be together and to free Adrien from his father’s control. They could not have put her that close to the situation with LadyNoir because they can’t reveal for reasons I’ve already mentioned, and as such, Chat Noir can’t tell her about his home life. LadyNoir being together would have been self-contained. It wouldn’t have propelled the other sides forward in the way they needed to. Marinette would still assume that disasters happen when she pursues Adrien. She’d likely still blame herself for being blinded by love for losing all of the Miraculous. She’d likely still distance herself from him, which would remove Adrien’s confidant about his home situation. The story they’re telling wouldn’t work. And that’s the other thing, we don’t know all of the details about the story they’re telling yet. (I mean, unless you’ve read leaks, but we’re not talking about those rn). Obviously, Adrinette being canon was important to the story, and I am personally just not seeing it as a detriment because I’ve seen all of the positives that have come from it in later episodes. Their characters are growing and maturing. They’re supporting each other. They’re fighting for each other. Is that not what we’ve always loved about the love square? The way they complement each other? How deeply they love each other and how much they sacrifice for each other?

The only conclusion I can come to about anyone saying their characters have been ruined is that they haven’t watched anything past Transmission. And not only that, they’re making a ton of bad faith assumptions about Transmission and the next episode after it in order to justify their outcry. But as someone who has watched every episode officially released right now, their development this season is solid. On all sides. There is a huge difference between not particularly liking something and something being bad. People would do well to learn the difference.

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depressed-teacup-inc · 1 year

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Wow the Love Square is a mess no matter what

Ok kids exaltation is out, and…oh boy.

Listen, first of all, I know people who like Marichat never get any canon content from miraculous so first of all, congrats to them for having nice things, I hope y’all enjoyed the episode

I… found it a little, just a bit upsetting from Marinette’s part (wow I know what I shocker)

Listen. I don’t hate the love square as a concept. On paper this relationship could have been really entertaining and fun and finally seeing the reverse love square is a nice change of pace. But this episode, especially when you take all the previous season of this show into account, and everything that happened… makes me uncomfortable.

Because Ladybug for 4 season, would always scream at chat Noir to quit being in love with her and to reveal nothing about his identity (even tho the identity rule literally doesn’t matter anymore) now that she wants him (because he’s convenient to her and rather then realized she fucked up because she’s obsessed, not because of Adrien, and that she should take a minute to maybe not date people, but no let’s throw your emotions on the closest male) and he’s like “w-what? What’s the trick here? Didn’t you say it’s dangerous?” She’s like “ohhhh my life is so hardddd why doesn’t he love meeee” YOU HAD YOUR GODDAMN CHANCE TO BE A DECENT HUMAN BEING TO HIM AND YOU MESSED THAT UP

And then with Adrien, she’s outwardly rude, saying on speaker (I’m so glad he didn’t hear her) that he’s a school friend and that tell him that we’re not in school and that he should leave?! Like holy fucking shit, you really don’t know how to treat either personas of the boy with respect! You either obsessed and insist on dating and make creepy fantasies, or be extremely rude to their face!

And then when Chat Noir does what Ladybug told him, and respects and loves marinette so much to the point where he’s like “I am not taking advantage of you like this especially because you don’t know my identity” she legit starts screaming and crying about why everyone controls her and why she doesn’t get to choose who to love!

Marinette is exhibiting every single behavior chat had, to an even more extreme degree, that had people hating him and saying he can’t take no as an answer, and had the show constantly beat him up for!!! But when Marinette does it?! “Oh my god I’m so sorry I shouldn’t dictate who you love”

LIKE THE DOUBLE STANDARD IN THIS FUCKING SHOW SHES LITERALLY DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE AND THE SHOW CRITICIZED CHAT FOR BUT ITS OK BECAUSE SHES MARINETTE

And what’s the lesson from this episode kids? “They should do whatever makes them happy”. Not “hey maybe a civilian hero relationship would be dangerous” not “hey Marinette why are you super in love with me out of nowhere” or “hey Chat is right taking advantage of someone like this and getting into a relationship when one person holds more power over the other is a dangerous an unhealthy thing to do”

The lesson is that Marinette’s always right and whatever she feels right now is ok and right and everyone should listen to her always and forever and just be happy for her. Hooray.

Anyways adrien still manages to be more respectful and kind then marinette ever was (even just kindly asking where Marinette is, rather then immediately declaring his love, and being very cordial to ladybug, and not getting mad at her for flirting), Glaciator got akumatized over stupid shit but ok, and Plagg and Tikki be carrying the show (with the addition of Alya, marinette should not have screamed at my girl like this)

#miraculous ladybug #mlb fandom #adrien agreste #chat noir #marinette dupain cheng #ladybug #ml spoilers #ml season 5 #ml rants #I swear if marinette acts rude to Adrien like this one more time

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Miraculous LadyBug Movie and Why I don't Like it

Alright instead of me stalling let’s get right into why I don’t like the Miraculous ladybug movie.

Warning Spoilers ahead!!!!

First let’s start with the obivious that they didn’t let ladybug’s VA sing and instead found someone else to sing for her. Shouldn’t have done that especially when she has a good and wonderful voice.

Second, let’s talk about the songs but also the way the movie was set up. Starting off with song one. The song wasn’t bad and that’s not my problem with the song. My problem with the song has to do with the structure of the movie. The move is supposed to be an origin story for both ladybug and chat noir, but it seems we only get ladybug character development. The song started right by letting us in on ladybug’s character, but it should have jumped to Adrien so we can see what his issue is, but nope all we get is a small scene of him with a cat and suddenly he’s the playful and pun loving chat noir that we all know and love.

That is one of my main issues with the movie (and show) is the fact that we do not get enough character development with Adrien. I am so glad we have that scene. You know the one, the one where Adrien finally stands up to his father, because I’m sorry if everyone likes this Gabriel the facts remain that no matter how much he loves his son he still neglected him. It’s like the show will not let Adrien feel anything unless it’s to do with his feelings for Marinette or ladybug. My proof in this is the two songs that he’s in, in the movie. The first one is fully about his feelings, while the second one ends in him confessing his feelings to ladybug.

It seems to me that the only other time we fully touch on Adrien and his problems with his father is the Christmas special.

Issue two I have with the movie is that to me it doesn’t follow the rules of the universe. So the ending fight between bug, chat, and hawk Chat uses his major power, his cataclysm, but he also uses it again without plagg turning him back and getting a food break. This is just one of the examples I could find, but while I watched the movie I’m pretty confident that I saw more.

Issue three, the orgin story moive does not follow the canon. I know this show goes through a lot, but I expected an orgin story to follow canon. Ladybug and chat noir are not supposed to know who each other are, yet ladybug finds out and at the end and then shows who she is to chat noir or Adrien.

Issue four, if you are not going to follow canon then comit! Do not let them reveal to each other and then cop out on the ending kiss!!! Some of us have been waiting for this for years!!!! But no we can’t have them kiss on screen when they finally know the full truth of each other!

Issue four, How can Hawkmoth just use telekneiss on ladybug’s miraculous? Like I might be an idiot, but that is fully what looked like had happened in the movie.

This is a preference but I hated the ending fight between Hawkmoth and our heroes. I hated it with every fiber in my being. Since it does not follow canon I just can’t accept that this is what happens for their origin story. It makes me so mad that Hawk moth just stops everything because he learns that chat noir is his son? I just don’t belive that. Maybe it could happen because he’s not so in deep yet, but it’s just not good to me.

Issue five, Marinette having feeling for chat noir. We all know it happens eventually (season five I’m looking at you) but in the show she can barely get a word out to Adrien because she likes him so much. She doesn’t seem to struggle as much in the movie.

How I personally think the movie should have gone is a lot simpler. Keep the musical, it was a really good idea. Let Marinette’s og VA sing for her. Give Adrien some background and let him and Marinette sing back and forth in the opening song so we can see what’s happening on both sides. Have marientte still feel unsure of himself, but also give Adrien a struggle of accepting Plagg and becoming chat noir. Keep Marinette’s duet with Tikki, but Give Adrien and Plagg their own song.

You can keep their partner song if you take out the verse of Marinette falling for Adrien. Have the moive show them both overcoming their struggles and this big battle be them accepting the change they have gone through and then the show can easily pick up on season 1 episode 1.

Show us a more detailed story of Gabriel and Emille. Either give him a song of singing about her, or a backstory duet of the both of them, but remember this is a Gabriel song, not a Hawkmoth song. Keep his song as Hawkmoth because it is really good.

The final battle should have a song as well, of the two finally accepting what they are changing into and how it’s making them better people, along with them maybe fully learning how to fix the mess hawkmoth created (the ending of the movie did this really great, but if you’re going to make a musical then commit!)

Last give an ending song, about how the story isn’t over but it’s just beginning. A good example of this would be The Last Day of Summer from the Percy Jackson Musical. That is a good song that tells you that the story is over for now, but it will continue again in the future.

If you don’t like the musical idea then guess what you can stick with the same concept without the songs! Main thing is making it to where you know the movie can pick up on S1 Ep1 while giving Adrien some actual character development!

Their’s a lot more that I very much dislike about the movie, but unless I put myself through a rewatch of it right away, I’m not going to be able to remember them all. Let me tell you something I liked about the movie.

I loved the animation and thought that it was really good. You can tell that they were given a better budget for the movie and I hope they keep it for the show. If they don’t keep it for the show then maybe the specials they keep releasing on Disney +

I loved Marinette’s character at the beginning and showing how she truly had to go through a few motions to get where she is. I like how at first she wasn’t able to stand up for chole but then she gained the confidence to talk back to her.

I love the songs. I thought that they were all great and gave us awesome visuals, like I said I just think the show is giving Marinette special treatment because she is the main character. Chat noir is not her sidekick he is her partner and thus deserves to have plenty of screen time as well.

Last thing I really like is something I already mentioned, it’s how Adrien stood up to his father. Sorry that I didn’t like many things, but I keep getting my hopes up for this show even when I know I shouldn’t and then things like this happen.

#miraculous movie #miraculous ladybug #miraculous lb #miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir #miraculous spoilers #miraculous season 5 #ml ladybug #adrien agreste #ladybug and chat noir #tales of ladybug and cat noir #marinette dupain cheng #This is a bad moive #but only if you count it as cannon #I jsut can't stand it knowing that it's supposed to count as an origin story #they disrespect adrien again #like they always do #I don't know why I expected any different

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peachy-lemon83 · 2 years

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Y’all, everyone likes to give Luka sh*t for being alumatized twice, especially since he knows Ladybugs and Chats identities. But like…Alya, who Marinette TOLD about her secret has litteraly been akumatized at least three times. And she isn’t even the record of know characters either. Of course we have Mr Pidgin who’s been akumatized 72 freaking times, but also of more known characters Juelka (who is a precious baby and I love her so much so no hate on her) has been akumatized a minimum of four times.

And I know people keep saying, yeah but Luka got akumatized bc of Marinette 2 separate times, but like 1) we all know Luka and Marinette is very toxic tbh, it’s not purely Marinette, Luka is amazing but very selfless. He doesn’t fully talk to her about how much that stuff hurts him, nor does he demand her full love. Which anyone who you’re dating deserves to know that you love them, and they’re not your second choice, something Luka wasn’t really given. 2) Lukas first time being alumatized can’t really be blamed on Marinette, she did nothing wrong there. All she did was stand up for her friends. It was Bob Ruth (if I’m remembering his name correctly), XYs dad, that threatened Marinette. Which then lead to him being alumatized. Yes, she was involved, but no way the problem there. And tbh I think of Luka as a fairly protective person in general, while he most likely wouldn’t have gotten AS mad if it was someone else in Marinettes position, I would definitely think he would still get mad. In my point of view, Luka didn’t get mad when he was the one being talk to, bc like previously state the boi doesn’t really stand up for himself. He probably saw it more of a personal attack then one on his friends. But Bob Ruth directly threatened Marinette.

In this Ted Talk I would like to say that the Love Square is toxic, but honestly so is Lukanette (Luka x Marinette) and Adrigami (Adrien x Kagami) (idk either ship name tbh). Adrien doesn’t seem to really see Kagami as freedom from his “pretty boi model” life, which leads to him not rushing back when they have an akuma, often leaving her by herself. And Marinette just doesn’t have the communication skills to talk to Luka in a healthy way.

Personally I think the only way to save the love square is to have Marinette get over Adrien, with Chat, Adrien falling in love with Marinette (not completely getting rid of their admiration and love of Adrien and Ladybug) but having it in a way more healthy way. And falling in love with the way more real side of them. (Another reason why I don’t think Kagami really seemed right with Adrien, she fell for the serious model Adrien, while more real than the one Marinette originally becomes obsessed with, still not fully him. She even brushes off his ‘silly’ side in Lies, when she tries to draw him and he does the Chat pose)

Tho I’m gonna be honest here and just say I personally really like Marinette x Kagami and then Lukadrien (mainly bc of the representation, and they seems to have a way easier time communicating with each other)

I’ve also seen a lot of people being Adrino, and while yes it has representation, it takes away an amazing couple who have shown good communication skills, and know how to support each other and when they need to discourage things from happening (Like Nino being Alya’s common sense on what stuff to post on her blog, when she’s taking the reporter stuff too far, making sure she’s actually safe during akuma attacks). And on the other side we have Alya helping Nino understand social cues a bit better. I honestly think we need more of Alya helping hold Nino back and sane but personal opinion there. I mean this is all my personal opinion but…

#miraculous luka #miraculous adrien #miraculous lb #miraculous adventures of ladybug and chat noir #miraculous ladybug #miraculous chat noir #miraculous #adrienette #ladynoir #marichat #ladien #?#adribug #idk they’re ship name actually lmao #Lukadrien #lukanette #adrigami

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nirby-wirby · 10 months

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I’m just gonna put all of my thoughts on the miraculous ladybug season 5 finale here so if you haven’t watched it, don’t read this unless you want to be spoiled!

Ok. So. There are parts that I thought were interesting and parts that I didn’t really like about the finale. Hopefully these parts will be expanded on in the next couple seasons because I think they should be!

First! I don’t really like how Marinette lied to Adrien but!! I understand why she had to. She obviously didn’t want to be like “hey so. Your dad was kind of the villain all along and kept your dead mom in his basement and you were sort of the reason this all started because she created you with a broken miraculous and then face the consequences of it.” Because obviously that would lead to Adrien spiraling!! He’d feel so guilty even though he didn’t do anything wrong by just existing.

And I think that this can lead to some angst and drama if he ever eventually finds outs and just with her struggling to keep this from him. And if Ladybug ever tells Chat Noir about what really happened, then that would be very interesting. So while I don’t really like it, I do find it interesting and think that if it’s expanded upon it could be really cool.

The next thing I don’t really like is the statue of Gabriel Agreste because I just think it’s ugly. Like. A statue of him in the middle of the city is just ugly. But it can also be interesting for Marinette to know the truth and have to deal with Paris thinking Gabriel is a hero, if it’s expanded on. I also wanna know if this changes Nino’s perception of Gabriel. Because we all know Nino hates the guy, so would his opinion change or not? Or did Gabriel’s wish make everyone think he was a good person? I think it’ll be interesting if it gets expanded on.

Also, I don’t like how Felix is just one of the good guys now. But that’s probably just me being petty because I’m still mad at him giving all the miraculous to Gabriel and giving Marinette a panic attack. Maybe if they talked things out and he apologized I would feel better but as of right now I don’t really like it.

I do have a lot of questions that I hope will be answered in the upcoming season(s) like: Is Lila gonna trick everyone again with a new disguise? Does Lila know who Ladybug is now? What exactly are her motives?

Of course there were parts that I liked too! I liked Marinette’s confidence and the way she didn’t hesitate to through Gabriel around. And I thought Bug Noir looked cool (even though I kinda wish Adrien could’ve seen how cool she looked but that wouldn’t really be possible). The animation looked pretty cool at times too! And the Adrienette kiss the end looked so pretty! I also like that Adrien has his amok now, but I wonder if he’ll find out what it actually is in the future and how he’ll react to it. But yeah that’s all. For now.

#ml s5 finale #ml s5 spoilers #miraculous ladybug

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celestiall0tus · 8 months

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Miraculous AU - Chapter 24 - Hangout

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Marinette sat on a bench in a nearby park. She sketched as she sat in the warm afternoon sun. A slight breeze chilled her, a reminder that fall was around the corner. She shook off the chill and returned to her sketches.

“Marinette!” Alya called.

Marinette looked up as Louve landed in front of her.

“Fang, let’s rest.”

Fang appeared from the bracelet and transformed Louve back.

“Are you nuts?” Marinette hissed.

Alya took a seat next to Marinette. “What?”

“You shouldn’t be transforming in broad daylight like that. Think of how many people saw you.”

“What’s the point after the hospital though?”

“But you’re putting yourself in danger if people know.”

“You know, you lecture me, but at least I took the extra minute to look just a little different, so it wasn’t so painfully obvious who I was.”

Marinette crossed her arms and grumbled.

Alya smiled. “Anyways, where is everyone? Or are we fashionably early?”

“Aren’t we always?”

“Perfect! Let’s talk.”

“About?”

“A little kitty.”

“No. I don’t want to talk about him.”

“C’mon! It’s been a week since you guys had that little heart-to-heart. How’ve you been feeling? Anything changed? Any new feelings?”

“Why are you pushing this? It’s just a silly little crush.”

Alya rolled her eyes. “I know better than that, girl. C’mon, there’s no one else around. No other friends, no other girls, and no Chat. You can be honest with me and our kwamis.”

Marinette sighed and ran her hands through her hair. “Alya, I’m scared of what I’m feeling. I’m scared of what could come. If I try to pursue a relationship with Chat, could I even be capable of that? I mean, after the madness with Adrien a few years ago, I’m afraid I’ll be just like that. I don’t know how to actually love someone in that way. Not like you do.”

Alya smiled and scooted closer. She took one of Marinette’s hands into hers. “Mari, there’s no difference. Love is love, and I know you know this. Just treat him like you would anyone else. Love him as you would anyone else. That’s all.”

“If I do, what do I do about me? What if he only loves the other me and not this me?”

“Is there really a difference?”

Marinette blinked. “Fair point. But what about the same about him? What if I only love Chat and not whoever he actually is.”

“To be fair, Chat feels like the real him. If I had to compare Chat to his civilian identity, Chat feels more like a person than the boy he’s supposed to be.”

“I just don’t know. What if this is a mistake? What if we ruin everything by dating? Love is selfless, but it’s also selfish.”

“Girl, relax. If we worry about all the ‘what ifs’ we’ll miss out on the present. Just take a page from Alix’s book. Live life in the moment.”

“Are you sure it’s not a page from your book too?”

“Maybe, but my point stands. Don’t worry about what could happen too much. You can still consider the possibilities, but don’t let them completely stop you. You like him a lot, don’t you?”

Marinette blushed. “Maybe.”

“Then maybe you should give it a go?”

“But what about Chat? We both said we needed more time, and I don’t know if he needs more time.”

“Then talk to him. He’ll be by today for the friend hangout.”

“But I’m Marinette not.” Marinette paused and sighed. “He knows?”

Alya smirked.

“I really messed up with my alter ego, didn’t I?”

“I wouldn’t say that. It’s just obvious to people who know you well enough. Or people with an actual brain.”

“Marinette! Alya!” Nathaniel called.

Alya snickered. “Speaking of someone without a brain.”

Marinette growled and jabbed her elbow into Alya’s side. They turned as Nathaniel ran up to them with Marc right behind him. Past them at the entrance, Juleka arrived with Luka in tow.

“Early as always, aren’t you?” Nathaniel teased.

“Fashionably. How’ve you guys been?” Marinette asked.

“Pretty good. Better now getting to hang out with everyone,” Nathaniel said.

Marc joined them. “Yeah. It’s been a weird year so far, hasn’t it? How are you guys handling the online classes?”

Alya shrugged.

“They’re ok. It’s strange, but not completely terrible,” Marinette answered.

Juleka joined them. “They’d be better if not for my shadow.”

“Shadow?” Marc asked.

“Has he gotten worse?” Alya asked.

Juleka crossed her arms. “You’ve no idea.”

Mullo popped out from behind Juleka. “It’s awful! We can’t go anywhere without him lurking nearby. And he keeps throwing away all my snacks.”

Marc squeaked and jumped back. “What is that?”

Mullo turned to Marc. “I’m a kwami. Anyway, call if you need us.” She vanished.

“What’s a kwami?” Nathaniel asked.

“Don’t worry about it,” Juleka muttered.

Alya smirked and stood. “Well, I’m glad you asked. They are what allow the heroes of Paris to transform. Observe. Fang, let’s hunt!”

Fang materialized and disappeared into the bracelet as Alya transformed. Nathaniel and Marc’s jaws dropped when they saw Alya as Louve. Juleka and Marinette sighed and facepalmed.

“Pretty cool, right? Fang, let’s rest.”

Fang reappeared and Louve transformed back. Fang vanished once again.

Marc stepped forward. “Alya, do you think I could ask you some questions and take notes?”

“Sure. The rest of you are going to draw, right?”

“Yeah. Juleka offered to model for us, so Nathaniel and I are gonna get some drawing practice in. Want to sit by the fountain, Nathaniel?”

“Sure. Wherever you want is fine by me.”

Marinette moved so Marc could sit on the bench with Alya. Marinette took a seat at the base of the fountain. Nathaniel joined and sat near Marinette. Luka settled opposite of them as he kept an eye on Juleka. Luka took out the guitar he brought and strummed it while he listened to music. Juleka sighed and stood a few feet from Nathaniel and Marinette. Juleka took several deep breaths before she struck a shy, small pose. Marinette gave Juleka a thumbs up, then started to sketch.

Kagami sat on a nearby bench. She sketched the park scenery and ignored the people that mingled about. She smiled at the flawless imperfections of nature that created a natural, disorderly kind of beauty. She looked at her drawing and up at the world. All around her, there were people going about their day, enjoying the cool, sunny day. She looked down at her drawing. She considered adding in some people, give it a little more life. She raised her pencil but reconsidered. The drawing was perfect as is and she didn’t want to ruin it with those type of imperfections.

Kagami turned to a new page. She started a light sketch when the bench shook. A heavy, dark streak marred the page. Rage flared within her as she turned to whatever messed her up. She saw a boy in a cat-themed superhero outfit pounce from the bench towards a group of teens around the fountain. Her rage subsided as she held her sketchbook close to her. He was gorgeous. Wild and untamed. She stood and sat on the fountain opposite the group. She listened as she snuck glances at the cat boy.

“Chat! I’m glad you could make it!” Marinette said. She stood and hugged Chat.

Chat returned the hug. “Thanks for the invite, Marinette. Well, you and Alya.”

Nathaniel frowned and stood. “So, who is this, Marinette?”

Alya threw a paper ball at Nathaniel. “Calm down, Nathaniel. It’s only one of Paris’ defenders. They’re friends.”

Marinette stepped away and faced Alya. “Alya, please stop.”

“I haven’t done anything, yet.”

Marinette frowned. “That’s what concerns me.”

Chat turned to Nathaniel. “Pleasure to meet you. I’m Chat Noir.”

Nathaniel grunted, then sat back down.

Chat turned to Marinette. “Is everything ok with him?”

“Oh, don’t mind him. He gets this way for some reason.”

Alya exchanged glances with Marc. Juleka sighed and facepalmed at the remark. Luka rolled his eyes.

“I see. So, what are you guys all up to?” Chat asked.

“Nathaniel and I are drawing while Juleka models for us. Marc is interviewing Alya ‘cause she can’t keep being a superhero under the table. And Luka is playing the guitar.”

“What’re you modeling, Juleka?”

“Just practice, for me and them. Maybe you’d like to join me? They could use some practice with the male form,” Juleka pointed out.

“I don’t need-,” Nathaniel started.

“That’d be perfect! Oh, if you want to, Chat.”

“Of course. I’m the purr-fect model.”

Marinette playfully nudged Chat. “Awful.”

Chat grinned and nudged Marinette back. “Always.”

Juleka stood between them. “If you two are done flirting, I’m going to steal him away.”

Marinette and Chat blushed. Marinette retreated to the base of the fountain while Chat joined Juleka. He modeled along with Juleka and gave her pointers and tips.

Kagami hummed. She considered asking to join their group, well at least the artists. She wanted to get a better look at the cat boy that wasn’t just stolen glances. She turned to the pages in her sketchbook of her failed attempts at drawing people. She sneered at them but kept a thumb on the page. She stood and approached Marinette.

“Pardon my intrusion, but I wanted to ask if I could join you. I overhead that your friends were modeling for you guys and wanted to join in the drawing practice.”

“Of course! The more the merrier, right?” Marinette looked to Nathaniel.

Nathaniel sighed. “I suppose.”

Marinette stood. “I’m Marinette. What’s your name?”

“Kagami Tsurugi. May I?”

Marinette nodded and sat beside Kagami. “So, what do you like to draw?”

Kagami flipped to her drawings of nature and showed them off.

Marinette gasped. “These are beautiful! The details, the environments, it’s amazing.”

Kagami nodded and turned to a new page. She attempted to draw Chat, but it turned out disproportionate and horribly imperfect.

“A little advice. It usually helps me if I start with the line of action, the basic skeleton, and then break down the body into its basic shapes to get a feel for the individual’s body structure.”

“How do you mean?”

Marinette scooted closer and sketched out Chat. She started with a single line, then a stickman skeletal base, then filled in the skeleton with basic squares, rectangles, and circles. From there, she further refined the skeleton to better resemble the model near perfectly. Kagami followed Marinette’s instructions and the sketch looked better. It wasn’t like Marinette’s, but it was better than the first few attempts.

“You usually draw people, don’t you?”

“Sure do. Take a look.”

Kagami looked through Marinette’s sketchbook. They weren’t images of nature, but countless different fashion designs that ranged from simple to fantastical. The models were exaggerated for a few designs, but most were true to life.

“How do you come up with these designs?”

“I don’t know. They just come to me, and I draw them.”

“That’s incredible.”

“Oh, it’s not that incredible.”

“But it is. I know I could never do something like this.”

“Don’t say that. I’m sure if-.”

“I know I can’t. I can draw what I see, but I can’t just come up with stuff like this.”

“Oh. Do you want to? Maybe I could help?”

“No. I’m not that imaginative, but I enjoy what I draw. Mother nature is all the inspiration I need.”

“Could you draw something now? I’d love to see you draw.”

“That’s weird.”

Marinette giggled. “Sorry. I just don’t know many people who can draw like you. It’s so realistic and picture perfect.”

“I don’t know what I would draw.”

“How about this scene here with everyone here?”

“As in draw nature and people?”

“Yeah! If you want to. It’d the perfect practice, no?””

Kagami smiled. She turned to a new page and drew the scene in front of her.

Alya watched everyone. Marinette watched Kagami draw while she gave Kagami more tips how to draw people. Nathaniel stole glances at Marinette while occasionally glaring at Chat. Chat seemed unaware of Nathaniel as he helped Juleka with her modeling. Juleka kept her attention on Chat but took moments to look at Luka. Luka played his guitar but kept looking over at Juleka and Chat. Even at this distance, Alya could see the concern in Luka’s face, and the disdain.

“Alya? Is everything ok?” Marc asked.

“Hmm? Oh, yes. Just observing.”

“Anything interesting?” Marc held his pen, ready to take more notes.

“Does Nathaniel seem more, what’s the best word, lovesick?”

Marc’s shoulders slumped. “Oh, yeah. It’s more obvious than usual, isn’t it?”

“Just a touch. Has there been any drastic change?”

“Well, he’s been more fixated on Marinette lately. It’s made it difficult to talk to him about anything that isn’t about her. Just these past few days he’s done nothing but talk about her since we set a day to hang out.”

Alya grimaced. “That’s concerning. Wasn’t he getting over his crush on her?”

“Not really. He said he would but then wouldn’t. Now, I don’t know.”

“Have you tried talking to him?”

“A few times, but he refuses to listen to me. Says I’m just jealous of Marinette and shuts me out.”

Alya smirked and scooted closer. “Marc, is there something you haven’t told me?”

“What? No. There’s nothing to tell.”

“So, you don’t love Nathaniel?” Alya whispered.

Marc’s face turned red. “Well… I… uh-.” He frowned and hid behind his notebook. He took a moment to collect himself before he turned to Alya. “Look, it’s not like that. I just… appreciate him. Besides, he’d never like me like that. At least, I don’t think he would.”

“Oh. I’m sorry.”

Marc looked away. “It’s whatever.”

Alya put a hand on Marc’s shoulder. “I don’t believe that. What’s wrong?”

Marc sighed. He slumped into a ball as he pulled his knees up to him. He placed his head on his knees and looked at her. “You won’t tell anyone, will you?” His voice hushed.

“Don’t worry. I know when to keep my mouth shut.” Alya glanced at Chat. He looked back at her with a small smile. She nodded and looked back at Marc. “So, what’s up?”

“I’m just… tired, I guess? I’ve wanted to date, but I don’t have the best of luck, y’know? Most of the guys I fall for are, well, y’know. And I try to keep going and hope for the best, but it can be difficult. Especially with-.”

“Juleka! My Queen!” Rose yelled.

Everyone looked up as Rose as Lapine landed on Juleka. Chat moved and caught Juleka before she hit the ground. Lapine hugged Juleka tight and nuzzled her. Chat steadied Juleka on her feet, then moved away.

“Rose, sweetie, please be easier when you’re transformed and I’m not,” Juleka said.

Lapine looked up. “Oops! I’m sorry. I didn’t hurt you, did I?”

Juleka smiled and hugged Lapine. “You never could, my Princess.”

Lapine kissed Juleka.

Marc sighed and buried his head in his knees. “There it is.”

Alya hummed. She could offer advice to Marc, but it might ring a bit hollow if it came from her. She looked at Rose and considered. Maybe she could have Rose talk to Marc. Perhaps even Chat too. She wasn’t sure if it was the best idea to let the romantic fill either of their heads with silly ideas of love, but Rose may be the best option.

“What if Alya and I go get the snacks?” Juleka offered.

Alya blinked and looked at Juleka. She shot Alya a knowing look and nod.

“But don’t you want me to go with you?” Lapine asked.

Alya joined them. “Of course, but we think you could help out with some people with their love lives.”

Lapine’s face brightened. “Really? Who needs my help?”

Juelka and Alya turned to Chat.

Chat’s eyes widened. He took a step back and held his hands up. “I don’t know what you mean.”

Juleka stepped closer. “You can’t fool perception and intuition, Chat.”

Alya put an arm around Juleka. “What she said.”

Lapine hopped over Alya and Juleka and stared up at Chat. “You’re in love, Chat? Who is it? Have you told them? Do you need help? I can help. What do you say?”

Chat grimaced, then chuckled nervously. He stepped back, but Lapine bounced forward and lifted him up.

“You’re not escaping that easy, Kitten.”

Alya and Juleka shared a smile as they approached Lapine.

“You should also help Marc and Nathaniel,” Alya whispered.

“And Luka too,” Juleka added.

Lapine grinned and bounced. “Just leave it all to me! I’ll teach these boys about romance. They’ll be masters by the time I’m done.”

Alya gave a thumbs up. “Fang, let’s hunt.”

Fang materialized and transformed Alya into Louve. Louve scooped up Juleka and ran. Luka stood and moved to follow, but Lapine pulled him back.

“Let go!”

“Nope! You get to stay here, with me. We’re going to have a little lesson.”

“Lesson? On what?”

Lapine smiled. She placed Luka next to Nathaniel and Chat beside Marinette. She ushered Marc over and sat him between Chat and Luka. Marinette and Kagami paused as they watched the scene.

“What is going on?” Marinette asked.

“I’m going to give these boys a lesson on romance.”

Marinette opened her mouth, then shut it and pursed her lips.

Kagami raised a brow. “Are they even capable of romance? They are boys.”

Marinette laughed at the remark. Chat growled, his cat ears pinned back, and his tail twitched. Marc shrunk back and pulled his knees to his chest. Luka ignored the statement. Nathaniel frowned and grumbled.

“I apologize as I don’t know your name, but that was rude,” Lapine chastised.

“C’mon, Lapine, it wasn’t that mean. I’m sure Kagami was just joking.”

“No, I wasn’t.”

“Alright. Well, Lapine, why don’t you let me help you?” Marinette offered.

“You’d help me? Really?”

“Why would you want to?” Kagami asked.

Marinette smirked. “Because it sounds like fun.”

Marinette stood and danced around Lapine. She knelt before Lapine and held out a hand. “My lady, would you do me the honor of allowing me to lead you through this dance?”

Lapine grinned and took Marinette’s hand. “Dearest knight, I accept your invitation. But we must keep this rendezvous a secret lest my darling Queen shouldn’t hear of it.”

Marinette and Lapine giggled. Marinette stood and lead Lapine through a dance. “Where should we begin, Princess?”

Lapine hummed. “Let’s see. Love is quick and fast. It can hit you in a moment’s notice. Like a bolt of lightning or being set ablaze.”

“Don’t forget, Princess, true love takes time. You want the love of your dreams, you must put in the work and the time. Only then can you make it last.”

“Of course, Knight. Only with the time and work can it become the perfect love of your dreams. Free of strife and heartache. Nothing but happily ever after.”

“Not true, Princess. The truest of loves require conflict. You will fight and hurt one another, but that doesn’t mean you have lost love. For each fight will make your love stronger.”

“But, if a pair do nothing but fight, then it wasn’t meant to be. Is that not so?”

“You have a point. You shouldn’t always be in conflict with your partner. If it comes to that, then happily ever after wasn’t meant for you.”

“Yes and no. Love can weather any storm, can it not, Knight? Surely love can withstand any conflict?”

“Only if both are willing to put in the work. Tell me, Princess, is it fair if only one ever puts in the work?”

“No, of course not. Love is the ultimate partnership. The purest connection between two people.”

“Correct. It is warm and cold. Selfless and selfish. It is everything and nothing all at the same time. A perfect balance.”

Lapine took Marinette’s hands in her own and spun them around. “Love is breathtaking.”

“Inviting.”

“Bold.”

“Warm.”

“Marvelous.”

“Terrifying.”

“Comfort.”

“Dangerous.”

Lapine squeezed Marinette’s hands and stopped spinning them. “Love is fantastical.”

Marinette smirked and knelt before Lapine. She bowed her head as she brought Lapine’s hand near her forehead. “Love is real.”

Lapine squealed and tackled Marinette in a hug. “That was a lot of fun! We should do that again sometime.” She stood and faced the boys. “Well, what did you guys think?”

Marinette sat up and looked at the boys. Chat looked at her and Lapine with wide, curious eyes. It was faint, but she could hear a slight purr that she assumed came from him. Marc wrote in his notebook. Luka’s eyes were shut as he played his guitar. Nathaniel blushed while he focused on his sketchbook. She chanced a glance at Kagami and saw her drawing.

Lapine huffed. “Was Chat the only one that paid attention?”

Marc raised his hand. “I did too.”

“Excellent! Did you have any questions?”

“Uh, how would you, y’know?”

Lapine tilted her head. “No, I don’t.”

Marc moved his arms from his lips outward a few times. His face flushed and he covered it with his hands.

“I don’t understand.”

“I think he means to say it to someone, right?”

Marc peeked through his fingers and nodded.

“Oh! That’s easy. You must be bold and daring. Only when you take those chances can you hope to achieve-!”

“Happily ever after!” the boy declared.

The boy sighed and closed his book. He hugged it and his stuffed dragon. He moved to his bookcase. He put it away and browsed his selection for a new fairytale. He pulled a book when he heard a loud crash. He dropped the book, grabbed his dragon, and ran for his closet.

In a room near the boy’s room, he heard yelling. Violent, angry words and noises so close. He gritted his teeth and covered his ears. He wanted it to end. The yelling, the fighting, the hurt, everything. He wanted things to be like how they were in his shows and books.

A voice whispered: “I can help you, if you wish.”

The boy clung to his dragon. “How?” he whimpered.

“I can give you the power to make everything a wonderful dream, a fairytale. Transform the city into your kingdom with magic, knights, and royalty.”

The boy blinked. “You can do that?”

“Absolutely.”

“May I have that ability?”

“Of course. No child should have to live as you do. It’s only fair for you to escape this horrible reality. Just be careful of the order of animal knights. They will do anything to chain you back to reality. And you don’t want that, do you?”

“Please, no. I want to be happy.”

“Rest easy, boy. Your happily ever after is on its way.”

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abittersweetraisin · 8 months

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My thoughts on the miraculous movie.

You know that speech about how one person can make a huge difference even if they’re just one? Well, that was probed right with this movie. It is amazing the leap forward just by not having had Thomas Astruc in the writing team.

They payed attention and really learned from the show, they improved the story in many many ways. In my opinion there were just a couple of things that I would had tried to make different.

More about my thoughts after the break. Spoilers ahead of course.

There are many details I want to talk about, I fear I will forget something. I’ll write in the order in which things pop up in my head.

I want to start by saying I loved how they made the characters’s behavior more human. More realistic. This Gabriel was easy to understand, easy to forgive. At least for some people. I haven’t read much of the fandom’s thoughts, but I imagine there must be people who still hate him with all their guts. He was the antagonist, but was still a father. He still cared about his son. He made a huuuuge mistake, lost his way big time, but his behavior was coherent. He was grieving. That part when Nooroo told him about how it was in times of chaos that the two miraculous appeared, that was a smart to include. In the show Gabriel looks like a mad man having a big psycho tantrum. In the movie it’s like “ok, he’s desperate enough about bringing back his wife that he’s willing to go full villain mode to get her back”. Oh, and when Gabriel first showed up, seeing him walk into an actual workplace was a great idea. In the show, in five seasons we have at best just seen two seconds of him doodling. That gift that he gave Audrey at the end of season three... I rest my case.

Marinette, I’m glad they removed that stalker side they gave her in the show. Some may say “But what about the library scene? Or in the movies?”. He was already in the library when she arrived, she wasn’t chasing him. And in the movies; they went together, she wasn’t following him. Anyways… I do think they overdid it with her clumsiness. It looked more like she was a bad luck magnet. Reminded me of that girl, Sam Greenfield from the movie “Luck”. Kinda made me wish they had given her the cat miraculous.

Adrien. I also preferred his personality in the movie. There was clear signs of depression from his mother’s death. And then we started seeing him changing. The first step happening after he transformed. I don’t know what has been confirmed as canon for the movie but it looked like the kwamis really affected their personalities. I mean, Master Fu did told Tikki and Plagg not to start quarreling right before opening the box. And that’s how Chat Noir and Ladybug’s relationship started. I loved that quarreling. Love at first sight may seem super romantic, but I prefer love at “second sight” because this means that they have had a chance to get to know each other, so they fall in love of who they are, not first impressions, not just of appearances.

Adrien talking back to Gabriel… Either Adrien is not a sentibeing here or Gabriel was human enough not to use that to control him. Either option I like.

I imagine Adrien haters reaction to the movie. They must have hated him even more.

Chat Noir calling Ladybug his side kick was hilarious to me considering how he was demoted to side kick in the show and then further demoted when he was declared a simple accessory by Astruc.

I loved how ten minutes later he swallowed his pride and called himself Ladybug’s side kick. That moment showed maturity in him. And I also loved how Ladybug told him they were partners.

The movie focused more on Ladybug than Chat Noir, but I think they still left both of them as equals inside the plot. I mean, we were shown Ladybug’s full transformation, not just a flash; and those first moments between holder and kwami, etc., things we didn’t see for Adrien. But I think it was left clear that they were equally important. No leader there. Just partners. Again, I liked that.

I bet lots of people got incredibly upset with Adrien when he noticed his ring flashing and he didn’t get up. He’s representing a 13 year old person who had his heart broken at that moment. What did you expect? We saw how that flashing was the other person calling them. So, he could had thought that it was Ladybug simply wanting to talk to him, the same way he had done before. But he did react once he looked outside the window and saw how serious the situation was. If he still hadn’t reacted after that, then I would had been mad at him too.

That scene of that guy taking a selfie with Ladybug in troubles in the background…. that was so realistic. People do has exchanged “Safety first” for “Selfie first”.

Another scene like this that I loved was that old lady in her balcony when Ladybug was fixing everything. She was so adorable!

I liked seeing Alya in reporter mode again. That was part of who she was and they shouldn’t have taken that away from her in the show.

Chloé. It was a bit sad seeing her back in square one after having seeing Chloé season two, but I’m grateful for the way they wrote her. She’s a bully, but at least she wasn’t written as bad as in seasons 4 and 5. She’s spoiled, but not irredeemable at this point. I hope they give her the bee miraculous, but after Astruc’s hate campaign on her I doubt she will get it. I hope the writers won’t try to please both Chloé’s fans and haters at the same time, they could give it to her but then be like “Sorry Chloé, we were wrong. You have the potential but you’re not there yet, we’ll pick someone else. Byyyeee!” I wouldn’t like that. Let’s see what happens.

I think there’s a chance she’s incredibly lonely in the movie. Her father could be like “not now sweetie, here’s my credit card, go away” and Audrey may be already in New York. She talks and talks about going to the dance with Adrien, but we didn’t see them not even talking, did we? Maybe I missed it, it was kinda late when I could sit to watch the movie. I also liked that little Audrey foreshadowing when Chloé called Marinette by a wrong name.

One little tiny detail about her appearance… the eyeshadow make up. In my opinion they should had gone for matte, not metallic. But maybe that’s just me.

Oh my goodness, now that I mention appearances… Young Gabriel. I’m sorry I can’t not go mean here.

I’m no expert in fashion, but something about it looked like vintage. Like from the 60s or something like that? Maybe it’s just that it felt too contrasting with the personality they gave him in the show.

Plagg. Poor little underappreciated kwami. In the show he’s rarely seen, rarely heard. In the movie he was reduced to a farting machine. It was clever in a way, bet it must had made many kids laugh, but he could have been more than that, more than the two seconds when he took Adrien out of bed. Plagg’s personality could bring many funny moments, he could be sort of what Salem was for Sabrina in Sabrina the teenage witch. He could be super sarcastic, the one who is not afraid of being super direct,… funny in more ways.

The reveal. I’m so grateful it happened. I’m not sure how I feel about the superhero suit being able to be partially destroyed. I think that makes it less magical. I would had expected it to be all or nothing, but well, it helped for the reveal to happen, so I guess I’m happy. I’m thankful Marinette chose to let him know her identity. It’s silly the show’s excuse for not having the reveal. The Sailor Scouts know each other’s identities and they’re not in any danger. Buffy’s identity as the vampire slayer was revealed in the first episode of the first season and the world didn’t end for her. Jim’s identity as the trollhunter was also revealed in season one and we had many tales of Arcadia seasons.

Choosing the miraculous holders. I think it was wise that it happened because the kwamis chose them. In the show it didn’t make sense to choose teenagers who had limits to their powers when the enemy was a full grown adult who didn’t have much limits.

Speaking of their powers,… In the movie we didn’t have a scene where they had to feed the kwamis in order to keep fighting. But I think there was a moment where Chat Noir’s ring flashed? I don’t remember having heard him yelling ‘cataclysm’ either and I think he only used it once, right towards the end. Was this the reason why we didn’t see them having the five minutes time limit?

Their powers. I have mixed feelings about this topic, both in the show and in the movie. I don’t know how much I’m just overthinking and how much the writers didn’t sit down and really discuss about them.

When Ladybug fixed Paris, that showed her as a very powerful character. It was way better than the swarm of tiny ladybugs from the show. It reminded me of Chat Noir in the Chat Blanc episode, just going in the healing direction.

I strongly think you cannot make a character that incredibly super powerful. You need to set strong limits and define the powers characteristics incredibly well otherwise things can become fuzzy, pointless, inconsistent or just weird. I personally don’t like it when they write a super powerful character but then suddenly it’s not that powerful when it’s convenient for the plot. Or when they have the power to do something but they choose not to and we’re given no explanation for that choice. I hope this won’t happen with the second movie (Haven’t heard news about a sequel but I’d be super surprised if they weren’t going to make one).

About defining the power’s characteristics. Again, maybe it’s just me, but… Tikki is the kwami of creation. But she seems to me more like the kwami of restoration. Ladybug purifies the akumas, she’s not creating new butterflies. And she fixes Paris; strictly speaking she’s reconstructing, not creating. If her power sticked to creation, then all the debris would remain there since she would be creating new stuff.

This same goes for Hawkmoth. That balloon being that the mime villain and his partner had, that was like a sentibeing. The same happened in the Kung Food episode. Marinette’s uncle had this floating eyes that were more like sentibeings. The moth miraculous seems to be stepping into the peacock one’s territory.

The moth miraculous’ power: I guess this applies more to the show, but… I really wish they could give us an explanation on how that one works. I mean, wouldn’t it make more sense if they drew power from Hawkmoth? And shouldn’t their powers be less powerful than the other miraculous? I still find it weird how he can give them just about any power. In the fifth season of Sailor Moon, when a victim got attacked and lost their star seeds they were turned into evil sailor scout villains, they were powerful, but they weren’t really at the same level the real Sailor Scouts were. I’m talking about something like this for miraculous.

And finally I want to talk about Sabrina.

I loved Sabrina. I think she was my favorite character in the movie. Sure she was with Chloé and Chloé bullied people, but she was good. In the show, there were moments when her expression was the one of a mean person (The origins episode), then there were moments where she was just Chloé’s assistant, other were she was basically Chloé’s slave and finally just like that she left Chloé. In the movie we’re being shown since the beginning how she’s actually a good person. I loved when she helped Marinette by not saying she had seen her and then at the end when she shrugged. Hope she’ll take some sense into Chloé and I’d like to hear more about her motivation to remain with Chloé.

Let’s see what they give us for the second movie. Hope it will keep this level of quality. And maybe a very unpopular opinion… I would love it if they added less songs. 😅

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