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airi-p4 · 1 year

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JATP AU: Everlasting musical connection - Chapter 4

Julie and the Phantoms x Lukanette AU

(Sorry for the incoming little rant)

I'm a bit mad tbh because I wrote this before we had any leaks or information about S5 and now it looks like the 'red moon' and Felix are a canon reference when they're NOT. But I guess it's partly my fault for not posting this earlier... *sigh*

Anyway- This story will be finished! Idk when but it will! Thank you for your patience.

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TW: check AO3 for the tags ( !!! )

Chapter summary:

Marinette refuses to accept the Phantoms imminent crossing over, and decides to face the only one who may know a way to help them: the magician ghost Felix- their enemy.

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AO3

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CHAPTER 4

While the ghosts were busy at the cemetery, Marinette snuck out of high school to go to Paris' Ghost club. She had only heard about the exclusive club from the Phantoms and rumors, and she had no idea how to find it… but the Internet tricks Alya taught her some time ago did the rest of the job.

Felix wasn't lying when he said the doors would be exceptionally opened for her anytime. She would have never imagined going straight to the enemy's headquarters and exposing herself to such danger.

The girl had already confronted the centuries old magician ghost once and knew too well how dangerous he was. She had to be cautious- he knew a great amount of tricks. She stepped in, carefully at first, but soon brought her courage afloat after remembering her mission had a time limit.

Just a few more hours.

She had no time to lose.

“Felix! Show yourself! I know you’re here!” she called loudly.

“Oh, my my… look who's here: Marinette Dupain-Cheng…” a voice said from the shadows. The teenager got shivers, but remained courageous, standing tall. “To think you would visit me… Aren’t you scared I may possess your body like I did with your blond pathetic friend?”

“I know how to kick you out now! I’m not scared of you!” she yelled, and his evil laugh interrupted. Within a blink, he appeared in front of her and she gasped. “I’m- I’m not scared of you!” she repeated.

“Yet you’re here, trembling like a newborn puppy…” Felix laughed, amused by her fears. The sound of his slow steps walking in circles around her was keeping her alert. “How desperate you must be for your ‘Phantoms’ if you’ve come to me in order to save them…”

“Shut up!" She recomposed at the mention of her friends "I know there has to be a way! A way so they don’t have to cross over! Or maybe that they can come back to life!”

“Oh, innocent child… Don’t you think I’d have already done that myself if there was a way?” His laugh echoed in the club, giving her goosebumps.

“I know you keep secrets. And I know you’re good at hiding them. But your powers are not only for evil. And music! Music has to be the reason you’re still aliv- well, not completely dead.”

“Haha… Very funny…" A few claps followed ironically. "You did well figuring out this much… Hmmm... What would you say if I told you there’s a way for them to come back to life?” he tempted her in a hum.

“Is there!?"

“Oh, so you’re interested, huh?” He smirked evilly and Marinette remembered he wasn't going to give her what she wanted for free. She knew him.

“What’s the deal?” she demanded, looking straight in his eyes.

“An exchange." He paused in front of her, close. "Your soul. Your life for theirs. How does that sound?”

She paused for a second, out of the shock, and before her voice left her throat she was interrupted by three newcomers.

“NEVER!" they yelled. Marinette's eyes opened big.

“Luka! Guys! Why are you here!?”

“Oh, c’mon Marinette, we know you. We’ve been together for a while now.” Juleka winked. "You can't fool us."

“We’ve actually followed you here and eavesdropped a bit…” Ivan innocently confessed.

“Don’t tell her, Ivan! I was trying to act cool and steal the show!”

“Oops, my bad-”

“Anyway- No one is taking away Marinette’s life. That’s out of the question. We’ll cross over and Marinette will be an amazing singer on her own- or with her new band or whatever she chooses to do with her outstanding talent.” Luka stepped in between Marinette and Felix, pushing him and raising a protective arm in front of her. Marinette's eyes glowed and teared up at him.

“Are you sure you want to cross over while I’m still around? I could try to harm her anytime… Try to figure out her connection with spirits… Or maybe a fatal accident could bring her talent here, to me. Maybe she would agree to remain in my club for all eternity, unlike you...”

“Don’t you dare!” Felix's threat enraged Luka. "Touch her and I'm killing you!"

“Luka…” Marinette blushed, moved.

“Yeah. It seems our last warning wasn’t enough... Let’s kill this ghost.” Juleka jumped closer, fists clenched.

“I wish so too, but guys: we can’t kill him. He’s already dead!” Ivan pointed out and Felix's smile widened.

“You’re not helping, Ivan!” The bassist glared. “And I'm not giving up just like that! There has to be a way to stop him for good!” Her nails sank deeper in her palms.

“There might be a way,” a familiar voice that sounded weak and sweet interrupted, appearing from upstairs.

“Rose!? You were ok!?” Juleka ran towards her beloved ghost, holding her hands tenderly.

“I heard your voice, Juleka, and I rushed here despite the jolts of Felix’s attachment spell." She smiled weakly and it brought Juleka to the verge of tears.

“You fool! I’m so happy to see you…” She hugged her.

“Me, too.” Rose pulled her closer, enjoying the warmth.

“Oh, what a sweet moment…" Felix hummed. "Too bad it won't last long…" His eyes turned red and the blond girl gasped. "Rose. I own your soul and you disobeyed me. You’re going to disappear now-” His fingers were about to snap, but Juleka jumped between Rose and Felix.

“No! I won’t let you harm her!”

The next second, Rose pushed Juleka behind her, making her fall to the floor. Felix's destructive thunder followed its path towards the two ghosts and everyone gasped when the blond ghost was hit.

“ROSE! NO!” Juleka cried, crawling to hold her falling body in her arms.

“Juleka, guys, listen…" Rose coughed. "I’m going to disappear soon, but… there’s a way… There’s a way you can stay here. Love and music... The red moon… Join your powers together... Your bond is special- strong. You can do it… you can make a miracle happen...”

"Rose! No!" Juleka cried.

"As for Felix… Take my curse and cast it to him… hurry up… before I disappear… Do it and he'll remain trapped here forever…" Rose whispered to Juleka. She knew the Phantoms were close enough to hear her, too. "Ivan. Do it, please. Only you can. Hold my wrist and take it. Hurry!"

"I- ok!" Ivan did as Rose told him, and a mark appeared on his wrist.

"Good…" She smiled in relief. “Now you have to say the words: ‘Resistance’, pass the curse to his wrist and say ‘Gift.’. The spell will activate then. Will you do it?” Ivan nodded, uncertain. Rose’s voice became weaker. “Thank you… Now I can leave at peace…"

“No, Rose… Don’t leave me…” Juleka begged in tears.

“I’m very happy to have met you, Juleka." Rose smiled weakly at her. "I love you.”

“Rose… I love you… I love you, too…” Some of Juleka's tears fell on Rose's cheeks. The rest fell on the floor through her disappearing skin.

"Don’t hurry up to join me on the other side, ok? Make a miracle happen. I’ll wait for you. Forever…”

"Rose, no!" Juleka cried. "Rose!!'

"Goodbye…" Rose smiled as she turned into hundreds of flying shining golden lights. On the floor, only her unicorn hairpin remained. Juleka picked it up, kissed it, and put it in her hair. Her long bangs now stuck in place, not covering her deathly glaring eyes anymore. Then she took a deep breath and cleaned her tears as she confidently recovered. Her eyes soon glared at Felix with all her wrath.

“Guys- That’s it. I’m killing this man! Are you with me?”

“Juleka, don’t be reckless, you could end up harmed too!” Luka warned, terrified for his sister, Ivan, and Marinette's safety.

“I don’t care! He just killed Rose! I can NEVER forgive him!”

“Juleka!”

Juleka's fierce voice turned into a loud roar, and it made the whole club tremble. Luka tried to hold Marinette, but she lost her balance when she fell through Luka's spiritual arm. Felix's eyes opened wide and before he could even blink, Juleka charged against him, punching his face with all her power. Felix fell on the floor with a face of not believing what was happening.

“What!?” Her bandmates gasped, in awe.

It took Felix a second to react. He touched his face where the punch had landed and checked his fingers; there was blood at the corner of his lip. “How- how is this possible!? You-- injured ME?”

Juleka roared loud, jumped, and tackled Felix, immobilizing him with Ivan's help. “Guys. We can do this.” Juleka's fist clenched again, more confident, ready to attack once more. Some stripes, resembling a tiger, appeared over her skin, on her face and arms.

“You…" Felix looked as if he couldn’t believe it, but seeing how her fist raised he changed his attitude to a self-protective one. “I see… So that’s how it is…” he mumbled. He tilted his head down and half-covered his smile with his hand.

Enraged, Juleka raised her fist and prepared to punch him again. "What's so funny, huh!?" Felix didn't answer.

"Do it now, Ivan! The curse!" Luka yelled.

Ivan took the chance while Felix was immobilized under Juleka to pass him the curse. "Wait. Is that Rose's curse? As if this was going to work…” He smirked. But his smile didn’t last long- wiped off his face when Ivan said the words he learnt from Rose: “Resistance.”. His eyes opened wide, as in realization. “No… No! No please!" He begged, but the mark had already appeared on his wrist. "No…!"

“Gift,” Ivan finished the spell, and the mark blended with his ghost skin. The Phantoms looked at the mark's shine spreading over all his body. A jolt followed and it was proof enough the spell seemed to work. They exchanged relieved looks while Felix curled his body in pain.

"Good. You can't leave this hotel ever again, Felix. Now Marinette will finally be safe," Luka said, looking fondly at Marinette.

"And now… To ensure it even further… I'm going to kill you!" Juleka raised her fist one more time, and Felix's face changed to one of fear.

"No, wait- wait please! I'll tell you what you want to know! There is a way to survive! Just don’t kill me!” the magician begged, coughing from the jolts.

Juleka wasn't stopping. "We’re not falling for this again, Felix!”

“The red moon!" he yelled when Juleka's fist almost touched him. "Tonight! It grants special powers to the spirits! Rose is right! With the right spell, a miracle could happen under the moon!"

“Really?” Marinette stepped closer.

Luka looked at her hopeful eyes in worry. “I’m sorry, Marinette, but I don’t trust him. I don’t think we should risk it…" he said, and Marinette looked back at him in sadness.

“But what if he’s right? What if it’s possible for you to come back to life? Or to stay as you are? Rose said it, too! We have nothing to lose! Let’s try it! Let’s go under the red moonlight and-” the girl insisted, desperate.

“Wait.”

“Juleka?”

The purple-haired ghost roared as she punched the floor just beside the magician's face. He gulped in fear.

“Tell us what’s the spell. If you don’t then…” Her fist rose again and he covered his face with his arms.

“Fine! I’ll tell you!” he finally gave in. “Tonight, under the red moonlight, at 2AM exactly, you have to repeat the magic words, three times: ‘kwamis, release the magic.’ If my theory and Rose’s suspicions are correct, you’ll be able to ask for a wish- a miracle.”

“And how do we know you’re telling us the truth?” Ivan asked.

Felix smirked. “You can’t know, truly. But I have no reason to give you a fake spell. I can’t cast it on my own anyway, since moonlight is needed and I’m now trapped here forever…” He suffered again from the spell.

“Tricking us for revenge sounds like a good reason for lying to me…” Marinette glared.

“Revenge? Against you pitiful souls? Don’t make me laugh.” He smirked evilly, still coughing. “You’re worthless. As pathetic as Rose was…” He touched Rose’s unicorn hairpin for a second and Juleka grabbed his shirt collar.

“DON’T YOU DARE MENTION ROSE EVER AGAIN!” Juleka threatened.

“Hmph- Whatever.” Felix's smirk widened. “You can try the spell or not. But isn’t this your only chance? No one knows if it really works anyway, but you won’t know unless you try. You know what not trying means anyway…”

Juleka growled at him and he shrugged, his fear seemingly gone despite the electric jolts striking again.

“Let him go, Juleka. He’s right,” Luka said, to Marinette’s surprise. “We don’t have much time left, and he’s trapped here forever, whether he's telling the truth or not, our fate is sealed. I can rest in peace knowing he won't be able to harm Marinette.”

“But-” Marinette and Juleka protested.

“We have a concert to go to, right? Let’s forget about Felix and enjoy the last hours we have together.” Luka shrugged with a weak smile. Marinette and Juleka weren’t happy, but ended up following Luka’s lead.

"It's time for you to pay for your sins." Juleka stood up and looked down in absolute disgust at Felix. “Enjoy your solitude for eternity.”

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The ghosts escorted Marinette out of the hotel and they sighed in relief when they reunited outside. Once outside, Luka turned to speak to Marinette.

"Don't you ever do that again, Marinette. Don't expose yourself to danger like that. Especially not for us, when we're already…" The guitarist had an urge to hug her, but he knew he couldn't even touch her. His body language was obvious to his ghost bandmates, though, who smiled sadly at them.

“I'm sorry… I wanted to-" she stopped, not wanting to be scolded again when the count on their wrists kept going down. "You’re the best friends I could ever have,” Marinette thanked them.

“You’re our treasure, Marinette.” Luka gave her his sweetest smile and she blushed.

If he wasn't a ghost, he would have probably leaned down to kiss her, had she allowed him, of course. But he knew better. Both of them knew better. They belonged to different worlds, despite their connection being so real...

*cof cof*

The pair turned to Juleka and realized they had been staring at each other's eyes for too long. Ivan looked away, slightly blushing, and Marinette panicked a bit. Luka smiled at her cuteness before taking the lead again.

“Ok, let’s go! We can't be late to our last concert tonight!”

“Hell yeah! I’m on fire!” Juleka exclaimed.

"Have you decided yet which song we're performing?" Ivan asked, stretching his wrists.

"I have," Marinette interrupted. "I know exactly which one song we should perform." She grinned and the Phantoms smiled back at her.

"Ok, let's do it!"

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"We're 'Marinette and the Phantoms,' and today was our last concert. Please enjoy our last song: ‘everlasting musical connection’!"

There was evident shock, sadness, and devastated fans at the French Orpheum, but it was soon replaced by the feelings that resonated through the music with the frantic audience.

Their last concert was short, but moreover, it was unforgettable. Epic. Outstanding.

Legendary.

Those were the adjectives the specialized press was already calling it online.

#my fic #airip4 #JATP AU #JATP x Lukanette AU #lukanette fic #endgame lukanette #(((PLEASE: check AO3 for possible TW))))

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keyotos · 8 months

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hoyoverse men as songs on my playlist (pls dont take these seriously)

A LOT ⎯ 21 savage

"how much money you got? (a lot) how many problems you got? (a lot) how many people done doubted you? (a lot) left you out to rot? (a lot) how many pray that you flop? (a lot) how many lawyers you got? (a lot) how many times you got shot? (a lot)"

childe. jing yuan. alhaitham. diluc. blade.

they have problems and they have opps. they are also rich as fuck and they prob have a ton of lawyers. and they have definitely been shot. idk.

CARDIGAN ⎯ don toliver

hotter than the sauna, i met her at salata bought lil' baby prada, she popped it for the dollar don't stick around, you should save yourself (save yourself) but you can hit my phone if you need some help (needed some help)

lyney. wanderer. ayato. sampo.

yeah u really shouldn't stick around. like yikes. run? maybe? just kidding! even if he's a little sus he is hot as freakkkkkk (sampo).

MIRRORBALL ⎯ TAYLOR SWIFT

hush when no one is around, my dear you'll find me on my tallest tiptoes spinning in my highest heels, love shining just for you

barbara (she's not a man but i feel like she fits yk??). kaveh. also lyney. neuvillette.

um are y'all okay???? like... they are going through it. it is okay to be messy.

BEST I EVER HAD ⎯ DRAKE

sweatpants, hair tied, chillin' with no make-up on that's when you're the prettiest, i hope that you don't take it wrong you don't even trip when friends say, "you ain't bringin' drake along?" you know that i'm workin', i'll be there soon as i make it home

cyno. itto. luka. thoma???

you guys found urself a good one. mmmmmf. one of my fav drake songs. u the fucking best u the fucking best u the fucking best.

KISS ME THRU THE PHONE ⎯ SOULJA BOY

baby, you know that i miss you, i wanna get with you tonight but i cannot, baby girl, and that's the issue girl, you know i miss you, i just wanna kiss you but i can't right now so, baby, kiss me through the phone (kiss me through the phone)

gepard. childe again (he just gives off the vibes). heizou. kaeya.

what little cuties. except for heizou he's ugly.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

FASHION KILLA ⎯ A$AP ROCKY

my bitch a fashion killa, she be busy poppin' tags she got a lotta prada, that dolce & gabbana i can't forget escada, and that balenciaga

ningguang. herta. fu xuan. kafka. lisa. yae miko. yelan.

read the lyrics and tell me that these women don't come to mind immediately.

PAIN 1993 ⎯ DRAKE & PLAYBOI CARTI.

i just want everyone to listen to this song.

LOLL i got bored so i wrote this.

#genshin impact #honkai star rail #i love my playlist #i def forgot ppl whatever

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dolls-and-demise · 1 year

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I posted 687 times in 2022

That's 93 more posts than 2021!

11 posts created (2%)

676 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@susiron

@stardewvalleyheadcanons

@lizard-kun-and-otaku-chan

@rdps01

@purplesound

I tagged 16 of my posts in 2022

#my art - 6 posts

#encanto luisa - 3 posts

#luisa madrigal - 3 posts

#encanto - 2 posts

#luka megurine - 2 posts

#idk i just wanted to be a munchlax - 2 posts

#just rambling - 1 post

#so i'm sticking to him until i die - 1 post

#but there really aren't many gay emo boy - 1 post

#i love my emo boy - 1 post

Longest Tag: 42 characters

#me marrying sebastian for the dith time :>

My Top Posts in 2022:

It's Luka's birthday :D

4 notes - Posted January 31, 2022

You know what I realized?

I haven't drawn Luka since I was like 13, now I'm 21 about to be 22.

If you're wondering why, it's stupid.

I got bullied off DeviantArt because I had a stamp that said Len and Rin are twins to me and that Luka was my favorite vocaloid. So yeah people wrote really awful thing on my profile and notes just because I said I liked Luka more than Miku / I also said that I actually liked Meiko x Kaito. ((I shipped her with Kiyoteru at the time) lol

I'm just going to start doing more vocaloid fan art. It's been too long

11 notes - Posted January 17, 2022

I've been sick but I'm feeling a lot better.

Really want to get drawing, but I don't have any inspiration.

Give me some ideas. Please

In the meantime please have this chibi Luisa

70 notes - Posted January 23, 2022

I felt sick yesterday again, so I mostly spent it sleeping, but now it's nearly 2:30 a.m. I can't sleep, and I wanna draw.

I got this suggestion from @lafamilia-madrigal , but there's no way I have enough braincells to draw a full scene. My head still hurts

Should probably draw someone else, but I can't help it.

[-Also I finally found a place that does piercings with anesthesia but it's kinds expensive :( - ] [ Check out my redbubble so I can actually get them done]

The suggestion:

See the full post

116 notes - Posted January 25, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Let's be honest Luisa and Pepa were the best characters from encanto

Still kinda mad that they didn't show Luisa with her hair down.

I mean IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES!!

133 notes - Posted January 15, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review

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verfound · 1 year

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Tag 3 People You Want To Get To Know Better

I got tagged by @goldenlaurelleaveswrites & @blueberry-macaron...I think sometime in the past day. 😂 what is time

Currently Reading: ...I have two physical books that I've slowly been reading through for over a year now. I am ashamed to admit that. 😂 I refuse to even say what they are bc I'm 90% sure they were the same books I was reading the last time I got tagged with one of these. So we'll just say an assortment of fic? I haven't been reading as much lately due to health and time reasons.

Favourite colour: I am absolute trash for color - the brighter the better - but if I have to pick a favorite, it's turquoise. I have a ridiculous amount of turquoise things. (Sometimes it's called aqua, sometimes teal, sometimes seaglass, but it's that lovely shade of shiny blue-green. 🖤)

Last Song: "If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?" - Mayday Parade. It's been a Week, and Week's usually find me blaring my All Time Low Pandora. This song came on this morning (MP is slowly taking over my ATL station 😂), and I'm desperately trying to ignore the Luka Wrote This Post-Truth vibes I'm getting. Valentine's is just around the corner, dammit!

Last Movie: ...mum was watching Wakanda Forever when I crawled in tonight. I saw just enough to find out a favorite dies when mum said "Well I guess doing two shows was too much for her." Does that count? 😂

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: ...right now my throat's so raw I just want soft and warm 😂 I had spicy soup for lunch to help with my sinuses? I love spicy, I like sweet (I'm a baker), but savory? It all depends Idk I like food I'm fat ok 😂

Currently working on: The Valentine's Epic I swore I wasn't gonna do but [Redacted] demanded with great prompts. And that's all I'm at liberty to say for twelve more days. 😝

Bonus: ...IT came to fix something at the school I was at today, and I'm ok admitting I'm just shallow enough to admit he was a cute nerd that left cat memes on the desk. That was actually the highlight of my day, even though I'm pretty sure no one else in the kitchen appreciated him. 😂

Tagging...have the usual suspects all been tagged? @chromemist @bloody-no-kissu @fenheart87 did you guys get hit yet? I know Quick & Mal have 😂

#tag game #look give me this #give me the eye candy #when I say it's been a WEEK #I can be professional and not harass the IT guy #while also acknowledging that he is way cuter than the ice cream guy #nope ok I still feel shallow 😂#he won me over with the cat meme #he was cute before #I swooned at the meme #I'm pathetic 😂

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lyrebright · 2 years

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Over the past two work days, I got through the last chunk of TMA S1 episodes I had left, and got through the first two episodes of S2.

Those S2 episodes will get their own post about my thoughts, but here I just want to ramble about how I felt approaching the season finale.

MAG033: I actually posted about starting this episode a few days back; I won't reiterate my thoughts on the opening when they're already there in my liveblog tag.

That said: it's still really funny.

The actual content of the statement actually did manage to live up to the absolute banger of an opening though; in a stunning display of memory that I rarely possess I do in fact remember the Lukas family being mentioned and involved in another statement and it seems they are, indeed, just That Fucked Up.

Rumour come out: Does Institue Sponsors Is Spooky?

How badly did I just age my online presence with that.

MAG034: another live statement!

Finally, I have context to the anatomy students I've had mentioned. I've literally had no context except that there are anatomy students in TMA somewhere and my friends stan them, apparently, so this was a big moment for me. Very exciting.

Idk what the teacher's problem was I support these inhuman monstrosities getting an education.

Could've done without the teeth apple maybe.

ANOTHER FUCKED UP BOOKS EPISODE (minus fucked up book?)

omg baby gerard. little shitty teen gerard.

Knowing things I know now from the season finale I am looking back at it like Hmm because honestly outside of 1) baby gerard and 2) the closing statement it didn't really stand out that much to me?

(A friend informed me that Mr Smirke was like a real dude tho so :0)

Speaking of the closing statement: I see you delivery guys. I see you.

I know we literally get it confirmed that these delivery guys are Those Delivery Guys but I sussed it out immediately!! Prommy!! I am very smart.

I was listening to MAG036 as I was doing a second coat on a door frame I'd painted the day before and a little beetle was very determined to crawl into my fresh paint and that did not help my experience with this episode.

Might have enhanced it in a way, though?

Just a solid spooky Ugh from the statement though Jon in the closing statement bringing up Vampire Guy and saying that his female companion seemed familiar...i was not given enough of a description of her in any way to lay claim to that same familiarity so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

spiders. Hmm.

And that table. God. I'll get more into my thoughts about it later. It'll be more relevant around the actual finale.

MAG037: confirmation about the delivery men! Good to have

Gertrude FR What Was Up With You

(The finale has only given me more questions)

Jon's repeated stating of how tired he is across the past few episodes has me ):

MAG038: this episode was so mean

I can't believe this cursed piece of monster furniture literally stole this man's husband.

if you or a loved one has been victimised by homophobic furniture, you may be entitled to

trauma

I'm gonna be upset about this forever.

This is the npc statement I'm choosing to Stay Mad about

God I was so caught up in homophobic ceramics I forgot: hello third mike.

I've been helpfully informed there's only like, four Mikes I need to keep straight, but that is still honestly entirely too many Michaels.

What Jonny Sims has in writing talent he lacks in the ability to name characters things other than Michael (or some variation of)

The ending to this episode blew my goddamn eardrums out I swear

Time for the fun stuff though!

Actually you know what. The finale episodes get their own post. Hang on.

#lyre does tma #tw: furniture that hates you and your husband so so much #honestly this entire run of episodes minus my good pals The Anatomy Students just felt like #a sprint to the finale?#like the statements were as well written as ever and some added important Hinty Tidbits #but the opening/closing statements were the real star of the show #anyway #it's worm wife hour gang

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dogs4evr · 1 month

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Welcome, idk who’s reading this but I figured that it’s about time I actually added a post to this so that people know I’m not a bot, and in fact a real person. So i will be providing more detail than necessary so that everyone knows that I’m not fake. I’m 19 years old, unless you’re that weird guy I met on Omegle, in which case I’m still 16. I’m half Vietnamese and half European (mostly German), I am therefore vietnerman. I go by watermelon on practically every video game I play, however I do not like watermelons. I play Genshin, Star Rail, MysticMessenger, IkeVamp, IkePri, IkeVil, and IkeRev, didn’t even get through the prologue of IkeSen, which is a shame because I hear good things about it. I have ADHD. And Dysthymia. And social anxiety. I cry a lot. My favorite characters are as follows:

Genshin: Xiao

Star Rail: Dan Heng

MysticMessenger: Saeran Choi

IkeVamp: Charles-Henri Sanson

IkePri: Licht Klein

IkeVil: Ellis Twilight

IkeRev: Luka Clemence

In case you didn’t notice, I have a type. I also apologize like every other word. I read fanfiction but don’t write it. I do leave comments though. I also exposure therapy myself on Omegle to try and become less pathetic when it comes to talking to people (I shit you not I think I’ve sent 5 messages on tumblr and every single time I spent 15 minutes writing a message and then cried after I sent it because it still sucked and I was afraid people would think I was too weird or annoying). Omegle is the only place I can go where I know that the standard for weird is so beneath me that i can actually talk to people. Anyways this was kinda nice to just write. Maybe I’ll do this again sometime. Probably won’t post it though. I don’t want people to think I’m too weird. Idk what this is anymore. Sorry.

(Tumblr is actually out here asking me to add tags to help people find my post as though I want anyone to see this)

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ao3feed-ladynoir · 1 year

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Yearnin'

yearnin' by fragileizy

“It's almost Christmas,” she bemoans. A moment passes, a second one, and Luka has to hide the laughter that almost consumes him when she clasps her hands together in prayer and looks up towards the ceiling. “It's December, come on, please god, there must be something. Just do me a solid. Just a little tiny teeny one.” Those earrings of hers are so pretty, even though hidden by that silk of hair, twinkling like stars. “I've been a good girl this year! Every year, actually, but this year especially!” she calls out. “Santa, god, Jesus, whoever, can't you help a woman out? Give me a sign that this is my year!”

Words: 2835, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 32 of demons and succubis

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Luka Couffaine, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Additional Tags: Christmas, yes i know it's march just whatever. whatever. time is a social construct etc etc, Demon Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Demon Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Pre-Relationship, mentions of drinking, (no one is drunk as usual), Short & Sweet, dog idk what to tag this as i'm losing braincells here, Endgame Lukadrinette, Mentions of Sex

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/45423988

#AO3 Feed #FanFiction #AO3 Lukadrienette #🎸#💙#🎶#Lukadrienette #Miraculous Ladybug #♣#R:M #A:Fragileizy #Demon AU

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tryingmydarndest · 3 years

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Thank You (Luka Couffaine x Reader)

Summary (Part 1/probably 3): The author goes on a bit of a tangent about how Y/N goes on a bit of a tangent about Viperion. Who may just have a little, big ol' crush on them?

Tags: -not enough actual relationship -fluff -but like, a weird sprinkling of angst that I didn't plan on right at the end???

Word count: 1.6k

A/N: Inspired by this fic by @seriously-sirius-black <3. Luka? OOC? Idk, probably, I don’t write fanfic. But I am actually kinda proud of how well Alya turned out. Writing this made me realize how much of a mom friend I apparently headcanon her as. I wrote this gender-and-as-everything-else-neutral as I can make it (lemme know if you see ways I can improve, tho idk how much more fanfic I'll even be writing). Also, I freakin' RAMBLE and overuse italics, but ya get what ya get and ya don't gotta fret. Ooh, important note for future parts (if i write them) - this is a kinda!au where the miraculous users keep their miraculous. also if I had a nickel for every time I get awkwardly specific about the placement of both of a character’s hands I’d have TWO nickels. Happy reading!! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

Part I - Paris's Cutiest Heroes

The look currently on Marinette’s face as she sputtered out a response was priceless, “Cat Noir? Cat Noir!? What makes you think I’d find Cat Noir attractive at all? And- and- HIM- the cutest superhero! Ridiculous!”

“Utterly ridiculous?”

“Nice one, Alya”

“Thank you so much, Y/N,” you gave Alya a high five on your way to your seat next to Juleka and Rose on the couch facing Marinette and Alya. A sunny Friday after school was the perfect place for Kitty Section and their entourage to hang out. Unfortunately without Ivan and Mylène, seeing as their anniversary called for a private celebration. After pushing a couple couches onto the deck of The Liberty, Alya had predictably started talking about Paris's resident hero team. Today, she chose to ask everyone who they deemed the cutest, and she made sure to jump on Marinette's... interesting response, “And girl, he has the same silky golden hair and dreamy emerald eyes as Adrien Agreste. What’s utterly ridiculous is you freaking out and dodging every time we bring up superheroes!”

The designated snack-boy, Luka, walked out precariously carrying three bowls of goodies for everyone, “Alright, I got more popcorn. Sorry, but looks like we’re out of cheese flavoring, Y/N”

“Oh... that’s fine. I honestly wasn’t expecting it since I forgot to ask,” your free hand not reaching for the bowl rubbed the back of your neck, “but thanks for remembering.”

“Oh, um yeah- Always," is it creepy to remember something so specific? Someone as nice as Y/N wouldn't be interested in some creep. Ugh. Luka took a seat with his own bowl after passing Alya and Marinette theirs. He ended up next to you on the floor, leaning against the arm of the couch, dangerously close to touching your legs.

Rose reached for the popcorn as she interjected, “You know, Alya does have a point. So Marinette, why don’t you just tell us who you think the cutest superhero is, if you don’t like us guessing?”

Somehow Marinette’s face went even paler as she spoke, “What- I mean, I don’t- I haven’t thought- Wha- what about Y/N? Why aren’t you interrogating them?”

Alya crossed her arms, “Because Y/N says the same thing about the same hero every day. Just watch. Ahem, Y/N, care to weigh in on the cuteness level of our lovely Parisian superheroes?”

You looked up from the bowl you had stolen back from Rose with wide eyes, "Hey! Okay, no, that is not fair! Besides, what is our criteria for 'cute'? I mean... Are we going just by physical characteristics? Is costume a factor? What about the animal they're representing, could our opinion of that make this whole thing unfair? And cuteness is so subjective anyway... Why are we even reducing these amazing and honorable superheroes to just their looks? I mean we could be talking about skill, or their powers or power lev-"

"-And your answer would be exactly the same. Seriously, are you done trying- and might I add, failing- to talk yourself out of this one yet? Or should I just read the article you wrote for the Ladyblog?"

"You said you deleted that!"

Luka had perked his head up at your initial fumbling response and turned to you when he spoke, "You wrote an article? That's pretty cool."

You rubbed your face to try and distract yourself from the burning embarrassment, "Umm, yeah. But it was terrible and extremely not. worth. publishing." You hoped the glare you sent the girl in question was enough to scare her into deleting it on the spot, or to at least lie about it, "So Alya kindly deleted it, right?"

Sitting up with a smug look and crossed arms severely lowered your faith that she'd keep quiet. "A good journalist archives everything. Especially something as juicy as one of her besties going on for five thousand words about how dreamy the great Viperion is," dramatically fake-fainting into Marinette's lap, Alya could barely finish before bursting out in laughter. Of course, quickly followed by the others joining in to varying degrees. Juleka and Rose happily giggled to themselves, Marinette looked more relieved that the heat was off her, and Luka seemed to be shocked, or maybe just holding back to see how you were taking this.

Horribly. Horribly embarrassed would describe how you were taking this conversation. You sat there stock-still as you hoped that none of the others could hear your heart's desperate attempts to pound its way out of your chest. That's certainly all you could hear, at least until Alya's voice brought you out of it, "Hey, it's fine," she made her way over to sit next to you as she continued, "We all have our little hero crushes. That's why I bring it up all the time, to show you that it's totally normal! I mean, we all know how I could go on about Carapace for days," Alya gestured for the others to continue, and used her other hand to try and comfort you.

"Well, I find Ladybug to be just absolutely adorable and so kind.... oh it just makes me so happy knowing she's keeping all of Paris safe," Rose added softly.

Juleka brushed a strand of hair aside as she spoke, "Rena Rouge is super mysterious, pretty rad in my opinion."

Alya was rubbing your back like the mom friend she is to try and help encourage you, "See? Super normal, so go ahead and release all this pent up Viperion energy that I know you have. Maybe it'll encourage Marinette here to finally join in the fun!" Alya stuck her tongue out at her best friend, who responded promptly by smashing her face into a pillow.

You just sighed, "I mean- it’s- it can't just-'' were you supposed to just get over it all just like that? Well, at least the embarrassment was wearing off, maybe you could just entertain her for a bit, "Well- um, you see.... HisHairJustLooksReallySoftAnd- you know what. Nope. Can't do anymore of this. Yep- that's all you're getting out of me!" This time when everyone started giggling, you were able to comfortably join them. It was a nice feeling.

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A nice evening chilling out with your friends was always welcome, especially with the rising number of akumatizations making that less possible. But the night had come to a close. Alya and Marinette went home, Juleka was walking Rose back herself, and Luka and you had volunteered to clean up. Luka stopped drying the cup in his hand for a minute as he looked at you, “Um, I know it might not be my place, but I want you to know that you don’t have to be embarrassed about the whole... Viperion thing.” God, how am I supposed to take the news that MY crush has a crush on.... Sort of me? Am I supposed to count it as me at all?

“Oh, um. Yeah, thanks. I think I’m over the embarrassment now that it’s out. I don’t know, it’s just that a lot of people think it’s weird since he’s kind of a new hero,” how are you supposed to explain this to him? That you kept such a non-issue secret from him, especially without getting suspiciously defensive about it. “And then people use that to try and say that I only like him for his looks..... And that’s not it! I don’t know, it’s kind of.... A lot? To explain, that is.” This was not going well.

“Oh... Well, what is it? That you like about him, I guess.”

This was so not going well. But he was waiting for a response so... “Uh, well I guess it did kinda start..... that way.... but then I started doing research. I learned about his power and saw videos of his fights. He’s really good! Especially for being so new, which kinda goes into why his power makes me like him so much.” Shit. Rambling, I’m just talking and talking and I need to stop. But how am I supposed to change the subject now? And now Luka’s sitting down, and he seems so invested. Why does this have to happen to me?

“What do you mean by that?”

Luka’s voice kindly shuts your little thought-spiral in its tracks. What were you saying? Oh, Viperion’s powers! You can talk about this, you know this. Just keep talking, at least he seems interested in it, “Well, you know how he can go back and redo the last couple of minutes?” Luka nodded, “Well, we always see the time that worked out. Us civilians get to keep going from the one time it all went right. Just imagine all the times he failed, all the times he couldn’t get it right. It could be dozens, maybe even hundreds of times! He must get so discouraged at some point, I mean I know I would.... I guess I didn’t really think about it at first, but.... but, I doubt I could keep that determination, and I’m so glad Paris has a hero who can, and does.”

Silence. Why was it so quiet? Oh no, he thinks I’m weird. He must think-

“All of this from ‘his hair looks soft’?”

“Hey! You can’t tell me not to be embarrassed, then make fun of me! That’s against the rules!”

Luka chuckled as he said, “Against what rules, exactly?”

“The Rules Of Best Friendship, duh!”

“And who exactly said you were my best friend?”

“Well... your loss, I guess. Now you won’t get an invitation when I plan Rose and Juleka’s wedding,” you brushed off his offended glare as you took the seat next to him.

“She’s my sister.”

“She’d take my side.”

I’d take your side, too. I will always take your side. “Yeah, you’re probably right.”

A/N the sequel: I am super bad at finishing things, but I really wanna keep motivated to finish this (like I have a full, probably 3 part, plan for this). If you guys want to help, shoot me a message and I'll send you a link to the google doc I'm writing this on. Feel free to leave a little comment (pls be kind, obviously) and see my writing process! Idk, would any of you guys be interested in that? Would you just get annoyed at having already read the thing before I post it?

#luka couffaine x reader #luka couffaine #mircaulous ladybug #miraculous fanworks #miraculous fanfic #miraculous luka #miraculous lb #the tales of ladybug and cat noir #luka couffaine fanfic #luka couffaine imagine #im gonna hate seeing this show up when i search luka x reader #but imma have to deal with it #mmmmmmm #we love anxiety here #<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

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airi-p4 · 2 years

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From above the stars - Chapter 10

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Hi! I’m back with this story (idk if anyone is still interested or if I’m making much sense but here we are...)

I’ve been looking forward to post this chapter for so long, but it kept getting longer... so I decided to split it in 3 parts.

Finally, after 10 chapters, the story is finally moving forward. YAY!

...Yay?

This is probably the longest and the happiest chapter of this story... (sorry...)

Enjoy?

Chapter summary:

Luka and Marinette go on a date.

TW this chapter: minor cut / injury. Check the tags on AO3 for the whole fic’s tw!!

AO3

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CHAPTER 10 - Date

The alarm didn’t need to buzz for Marinette to wake up that morning. She couldn’t completely fall asleep last night, she was too excited for that: she had a date with Luka!

She rushed to get dressed, tie her hair in a ponytail and put on her pink frilly apron. Then, she went downstairs to snatch a few slices of bread from the bakery, and started cooking a lunch box. She hummed happily one of the songs Luka used to play for her with his guitar, with the expectation to finally spend some time with the guitarist outside the cemetery. She couldn't wait to relax and enjoy his company without the heavy air of their tangled tragic past on their shoulders.

She chopped some lettuce, carrots and tomatoes, boiled some eggs, got some tuna ready and poured olive oil on some sandwiches. Not knowing which ones were Luka’s favorites, she prepared all sorts of types. Balance was important. What else should she cook…? Wait- What if he was vegetarian? Or vegan? Or maybe he had some allergies!? She panicked, and got herself a little cut on her finger. “Ouch”

“Are you ok, dear?” Marinette’s mother asked, checking on her and offering her a band aid. “Are you eating out with someone today, honey? There’s a lot of food here, and you seem excited.”

Would she get angry if she told her she was going out with Luka despite her warnings for her to stay away from him? Probably. No- she most likely would even forbid her to go. Marientte hated lying, but she couldn’t tell her mother the truth. She couldn’t let anyone ruin the fantastic day that awaited her. Finally a good day after so many horrible ones.

“Yes, mom. I need to work on some designs for Mr. Agreste, and I asked a friend to help me out.”

“May I ask who this friend is? Alya or maybe Chloe?” Marinette's heart shrank at the mention of her old friends' names.

“Oh, no. It’s neither of them. You don’t know them-” Sabine looked at her expecting a more convinced answer, so she said the first thing that came to her mind. “It’s Candy! The candy stall woman at Trocadero!”

“Oh, I see. I didn’t know you made new friends" Sabine opened her eyes in surprise, but soon smiled at her daughter. "Thank her for me, for making you smile so brightly, will you?”

“Yes… I will, mom. Thank you” She shyly shrugged.

“I’m happy to see you so energetic. Bring your friend home someday.”

“Yes, sure…” She managed to control her awkwardness. 'If she knew…'

“Should I help you?” Sabine gently offered, pointing at the food.

“No!" She quickly refused. "I want to do it by myself"

“Ok then. Just be careful of cuts, will you?” Marinette's mother didn't insist and just gave a quick kiss on her daughter's forehead.

“I will,” Marinette assured, and Sabine Cheng returned to the bakery. Marinette sighed. She felt awful for lying, and there was a feeling of guilt in her chest. But she had no choice. She knew she did the right thing. She checked at the time ‘Oh, no! I must hurry!’ and rushed to finish preparing the lunch box and dressing up for the occasion.

She wore a pink and white floral one piece, a pair of white low heel sandals with flowers on its straps and a pale blue cardigan over her shoulders. Her favorite red with black polka dots scarf set around her neck. She knew it didn't match, but she was attached to it and more importantly: it covered the ugly scar on her neck she got during the accident. She took her favorite white straw hat too, but was a little disappointed it covered the floral hairpin she wore at the side of her bangs. She put on some accessories too: her earrings, a necklace and a simple silver bracelet, and set her little purse around her shoulder, making sure to take the straw basket with the food with her.

When she left, she did it quickly to avoid either of her parents asking about her outing again. Or why she was dressing so unusually prettily, even wearing cuter makeup. It was also the first time she wore something that wasn’t black since she was released from the hospital, so of course they would ask. She would already face them when she came back, she thought, sneaking out the bakery through the back door.

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Before their date came their usual visit at the cemetery. Marinette felt a little bad for having a smile on her face for Luka while in front of Adrien's burial monument, and she wondered what her late ex-boyfriend would think of her. She shoved the thoughts away. There was no time to worry about that: Luka was waiting for her!

She was anxious. And excited.

She rushed to the Couffaine's family grave and Luka was already there. His guitar on his back, he was facing the mausoleum, but he turned around as soon as he heard Marinette's footsteps tapping on the pavemented floor and her voice calling for him. His clothes were different than his usual, and that made Marinette internally squeal.

He wore a hoodie, as usual, but it was white instead of black, and it matched pretty well with the stylish dark jacket he wore over it. His jeans were black, but they weren't distressed as his usual pair, and his sneakers were not his usual custom-made worn-out ones, but more classic and less colorful. He still wore his piercings, rings and wrist accessories, as usual.

"Good morning," Luka greeted, and she realized she had been staring like a fool. "You look beautiful," he casually said with a soft smile.

"Go- go- good morning!" 'Dammit', she was nervous… "You look great too…" she placed a hand to her chest. 'why won't you stay quiet?' she scolded her own heart. 'I won't be able to hear Luka and his music if you're so loud!'

"So… are you ready? Shall we get going?" Luka suggested, and she shyly nodded. The guitarist reached for her food basket- he noticed it was heavy- and started walking, carrying it before she could protest. She pouted, even though she was happy for his kind gesture, and soon followed him from slightly behind.

Ah, her heart totally didn't plan to follow her instructions, didn’t it? It kept pounding like crazy...

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Luka took Marinette to a park close to the Trocadero. The sun was hitting hard, but there were a few clouds in the sky. Luka asked Marinette for the picnic mat she had in her basket, and unfolded it for them on the grass, under the branches of a big cherry tree. He signaled her to sit, and both of them sat down to enjoy the view to the Seine and the Eiffel tower.

"Wow, Luka. I didn't know there was a park this pretty here!" she commented, mesmerized.

"I'm not surprised you didn’t know. This is actually those apartments' private property. One of my friends gave me permission to come" he explained, taking out his guitar from its case and adjusting some strings.

"Wow… so your friend lives here?" She asked. "So lucky!"

"Oh, he doesn't live here. Let's say he- takes care of its maintenance" he shrugged.

"It's amazing… I like it here" Marinette closed her eyes and enjoyed the chill breeze on her face. Luka relaxed at her ease. "Thank you for showing me this lovely place, Luka," she said with shining eyes.

He hummed in return and started playing a melody that eased all her previous nerves that remained. Luka's back leaned on the tree, and Marinette moved closer to him to rest her head on his shoulder. His songs became quieter then, in response to his wish to avoid any harsh movement that could make her uncomfortable.

The place, the weather, the company, the music… Everything was wonderful. Quiet, soothing and healing. Ideal to forget about the rest of the world… Until Marinette's stomach growled, suddenly interrupted Luka's music. She curled to hug herself in embarrassment and Luka chuckled.

"Shall we eat now?" he said, empathizing.

She shyly nodded and moved to prepare the lunch box and the sandwiches, keeping the dessert box aside for later, while he put his guitar aside, back to its case. She knew it was too early for lunch and that he was probably just being considerate and not even hungry, but she didn't like the idea of her stomach constantly interrupting Luka’s guitar sounds.

"Ta-da!" Marinette proudly showed off the food she prepared.

"Wow! This is amazing, Marinette. Everything looks delicious" she showed him a proud grin. "You must have woken up very early to cook this. No wonder you're hungry" she squeaked and his lips curved up at her cute reaction. "Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience". He added, with a moved smile.

"No no! Don't apologize, I'm happy!" Her hands frantically moved from side to side. "Aah- but let me know if you have any allergies or anything you don't like? I didn't know your favorites, so I prepared a little bit of everything…"

"You sure prepared a lot… But don't worry. I don't have any allergies and I'm not a picky eater, either. It's perfect, Marinette. Thank you"

"Then eat a lot! You're too skinny" she pointed at his arms.

"Yeah… I guess you're right" he agreed, apologetically.

"Here!" she raised the lunch box filled with sandwiches and waited for him to take one. Once he did, she prepared some cups of water and took one sandwich for herself.

Before Luka could take a bite, the breeze blew stronger for a second and made a flock of Luka’s hair fall between his sandwich and his teeth, almost inside his mouth. Marinette giggled and Luka smiled softly at her.

If only this peace could last forever…

“Here. Use this” Marinette let her pigtails fall and offered him one of her hair ties.

“Thank you”. Luka took the red hair tie before she took off her hat and tied her hair in a high ponytail. She looked different, even prettier, he thought. Then, he pulled his hair back and tied it into a little bun that amused Marientte.

“You can keep it. I have more at home” she smiled, taking the egg sandwich back in her hands. “Now your hair is not going to get in the way. Eat, c’mon! I've made plenty of food!"

“Okay” he smiled, taking a bite and savouring it under Marinette's nervous and expectant eyes. “It’s delicious, Marinette. As expected of Paris’ best bakery's daughter”

“Thank you” She blushed, letting go a relieved sigh. “But your hair surely has really grown so long, Luka... And it’s not blue anymore…”

“Yeah… My sister Juleka used to dye and cut it for me. Without the tools at home, I don’t even know where to start" he shrugged. "Same with the nails. I keep painting them, but my sister was much better at it than me. Juleka’s nail art was incredible...” Marinette noticed how his expression darkened, nostalgic. He really missed them…

“What if I cut and dye your hair then?" She suggested to lift his spirits up. He blinked a few times. "Ah- It’s not that you don’t look good with long hair- And I've never dyed anyone's hair before, but I just thought that maybe you were hot with it? I mean- You’re always hot but hot as warm! As the opposite of cold! Not as handsome, which is also true but- Argh-! Sorry…”

“It’s ok, Marinette. I think you’re hot too. Hot as warm, of course. You're totally not cold” he teased and laughed at her flustered pouting face. “But you’re right. I should cut my hair. It's getting somewhat annoying and it's getting hotter as summer approaches... Would you really do it for me?”

“Gladly!” she grinned. “But let’s eat first”

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Luka did his best to eat as much as he could, but his stomach wasn't used to eating much, especially since these past months. At dessert time, Marinette took out a plate with some fruits on it. 'Balance is important!' she said, and Luka stared in silence.

“Is there a problem with apples? You keep staring…” Marinette asked in worry. “Do you hate them…?”

“Hm?” He distractedly answered. “No. Not at all. It’s just… they remind me of my sister”

“Oh...” She didn’t verbally ask for an explanation, respecting his boundaries, but her eyes were lonely. And Luka had a weakness for those eyes…

“You see? Juleka used to have an eating disorder…” he confessed. “She wanted to be a model and thought she had to be thin and have a ‘perfect body’. She only ate apples for a while… Until Rose confessed her love to her and shove that idea out of her head after they started dating. I haven’t eaten apples since… you know…”

“Oh, no! I’m so sorry… Maybe I shouldn’t have…” Marinette lamented.

“No, don’t mind it. I actually love apples, Marinette. It’s just that they are attached to memories, that’s all. You couldn’t have possibly known” he caressed her shoulder with affection.

“Your sisters sound very cute… I wish I could have been her friend instead of…” a knot formed in her throat: ‘the one responsible for their deaths…’ Her aura darkening didn’t pass unnoticed by Luka, who took one apple and bit it with conviction. Marinette reacted at the sound of his teeth on the fruit. “Ah-!”

“Delicious!” He exclaimed. “You know what, Marinette? Apples will also remind me of you from now on, so don't feel bad” he said, and she was moved to the verge of crying. “Let me peel and cut one for you” he offered, reaching for the knife.

“No! I can do it myself! I’m not a child!” She protested.

“With those cuts on your fingers?” she made an embarrassed sound, curling her body to hide her hands. “Don’t be stubborn and let me do it for you. Please? As a tiny thank you for the food?” he straightened his hands and she reluctantly gave him the knife and an apple. He was so skillful at using the knife Marinette was almost hypnotized watching. “You know?” He continued. “I’m grateful you prepared all this food thinking about me, but I wish you didn’t injure yourself for trying too hard. Your company alone is very precious to me, Marinette”

Marinette’s eyes glowed in love and before she could come with an answer, Luka stretched his hand to offer her a piece of apple. She looked back at him in the eyes, and he encouraged her to take it with a nod. Instead of that, Marinette closed her eyes and opened her mouth, leaning her face closer, signaling for him to feed her. She peeked under her lashes and found herself amused at his puzzled face. When she felt the touch of the apple in her mouth, she took a bite happily. Her lips brushed his fingertips slightly during the action, but both of them pretended not to notice, even if their hearts did and were racing noisily inside their chests.

“You’re right! It’s delicious” Marinette exclaimed, after swallowing and taking a second bite.

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Luka knew the best compliment a cook can get is having their cooked food completely finished, but there had been enough food for five people at least. She totally overdid it and she was well aware of it. At the end, she offered Luka to take the rest of the food with him, in hope he would start eating properly instead of relying on fast food or whatever unhealthy food he usually ate. Was he even eating multiple times a day? Something gave Marinette the impression he didn't.

After some long minutes of lying on the picnic mat, side by side, enjoying each other's company under the shade of the trees, Marinette prepared some tea she had on her thermos, and offered it to Luka. Both of them seated down, relaxed, and put their cups on a little tray Marinette had prepared beforehand.

Unexpectedly and out of the sudden, another gust of wind raised, and Luka reacted fast to catch Marinette's hat lying beside her before it went flying away. In the process, he clumsily knocked Marinette down and her back fell on the picnic mat, Luka's body over hers. With one hand, he had protected Marinette's head from the accidental fall, while the other held her hat and helped himself keep his balance. His face was very close to hers, barely a few centimeters apart.

Neither of them could move. Their eyes were locked and their hearts were rapidly beating in unison.

Was he going to kiss her? Or was he hesitating as much as she was? Was he also holding back the urge to brush their lips together?

She couldn't be sure, but she wasn't stupid: she knew there was something- something in his eyes that longed for her. Something she wished was the same growing love she held for him.

She felt herself at loss staring into his blue eyes. She loved that shade of blue, and she soon realized she almost forgot what green was like. Green was the past- blue was the present and, hopefully, the future as well.

What would he say if she confessed?

"Luka…" she whispered, her hand reaching to touch his face.

He pulled himself apart, not completely, just a bit, as an automatic reaction to Marinette's fingers in contact with his skin. He could see her obvious blush at the new distance, and she didn't miss how his eyes darted momentarily to her lips before returning to her eyes. Her heart-rate sped up even more. Expectantly, she closed her eyes, slightly tilting her head up in a way to tell Luka she wanted to be kissed. She knew he would get the message- he wasn’t like Adrien: Luka could read her easily- better than anyone. And she wasn't being subtle either. It was impossible for Luka to not notice.

He knew. And he also knew she knew.

Marinette could hear and feel Luka's breath close, and also his hesitation in it as he gulped and left a long exhale. She was completely offering herself to him and he wanted her more than anything. Was he allowed to, though?

Why do the heart and the brain have to be so contradictory?

He stopped holding her hat and used the thermos' weight to keep it in place. His hand raised to brush her face softly. Her breathing stopped at his touch, almost begging for it to continue with an invisible invite. A voiceless whine could be perceived as a natural reaction of the magical warmth she felt underneath his fingers. It wasn't the first time he touched her, but it felt so special, so heavenly, so… right. His thumb moved to the corner of her lips and her body jolted discreetly, ticklish and electric, and her next begging whine was not silent anymore.

He brushed the side of her mouth with his thumb, then over her lower lip and finally rubbed the corner of her mouth again, carefully to not mess with her lip gloss. She was thrilled and her heart was about to burst out when the distance between them shortened, their lips almost touching.

A voice echoed in his head.

Consequences.

He had to pull himself together. He had to be responsible for the consequences of his actions. Consequences he, and especially her, weren't ready to face.

With that in mind, Luka bit his own lip, stopped himself at the last second and pulled back to his sitting position, in regret, frustrated and ashamed of his unusual selfishness.

He had to be strong, for him. 'And, especially, for her' he reminded himself.

He silently waited for Marinette to open her eyes so he could help her back up, and, when she did, Marinette had to wipe the subtle tears that formed on her eyes.

Had she just been rejected? Her heart ached painfully.

But Luka smiled. Hurt, but still smiled. Tenderly, only to her...

What was he hiding under that painful smile? What was stopping him? Their connection- the way it felt… it couldn't just be her imagination, right...? She shouldn't just abandon hope just yet, should she? No- But then, why...?

She looked at him with a confused look, troubled, trying to understand him under his gentle facade. There was something there… but she couldn't place it. Something deeper, hidden somewhere out of her reach.

"Luka why-?" She mumbled and he shrugged.

"Your hat was about to go flying. Sorry I pushed you. It wasn't on purpose'' yeah, she already knew that. She looked at him, demanding for another explanation, and he had no choice but to come up with an excuse. "You had mayonnaise at the corner of your lips. There's still a bit"

Marinette opened her eyes big as plates and took out a little mirror from her pocket. It was true: There still was some mayonnaise. How embarrassing! She took a napkin to clean herself.

"Thank you," she said. But she was still unsatisfied. That couldn't be his only reason. She couldn't be so mistaken. "Luka-"

"This wind has become annoying, hasn't it?" He cut her to change the topic. Her eyebrows frowned in discontentment, but he ignored it on purpose. "You better keep your hat in your picnic basket. It would be a pity if you lost it." She was about to protest when he received a phone call and stood up to answer it. 'Ah- too late…' Marinette sulked.

It was a call from the hospital, as expected. He had warned her she would receive it. An update on his mother's condition. Everything seemed fine at the hospital, which was a relief. The phone call didn't last long, but before Marinette could go back to the topic, Luka spoke first.

"You know? My sister Juleka bought her girlfriend Rose a similar hat for her birthday and she cried rivers when she lost it”

She nodded in low spirits. It wasn't the hat that she didn't want to lose… it was him. His friendship. His company. And she had just put it in risk, didn't she?

Weren't his sisters, more likely, the reason he stopped himself from kissing her? She should have thought more about that before surrendering to her personal wishes.

Wasn't it already a miracle he was friends with the one who killed his sisters anyway?

Why did she keep failing to her conviction of putting him first?

She was no good at all…

'Wait. What-?' Marinette realized something as she assimilated Luka's words: that hat… hadn't she found it somewhere and repaired it? It couldn't be the same, right? She looked inside it and found a name tag: 'Rose'. Her eyes widened as she gasped. "Luka- I think… could this be the same hat your sister lost?" she showed him and his eyes got watery at the sight of her late sister's handwriting. 'No way…' Marinette hurried to hold his hand in comfort.

"How can this be? What were the odds?" Marinette asked, rhetorically. "This has been my favorite hat since I found it by the riverside…" she couldn't stop analyzing his expression as his pupils opened wider to stare at the hat. His fingers brushed the texture of the familiar name tag with care and she could easily appreciate the nostalgic and bittersweet smile that appeared on his face. "You can have it. It belonged to your sister… It must be important for you" she offered.

Luka paused, thinking, but he finally denied with his head. "Thank you, but I want you to have it. You fixed and treasured it for so long. I can be relieved it's in good hands. I believe Rose would say that too. Plus-" he paused. "It looks good on you. Thank you for treasuring it, Marinette"

"It was nothing…" she blushed. "It's just so lovely I couldn't stop myself. I'm very glad I did though." She smiled softly, and he smiled back at her.

"Say…" she started again, and Luka listened. "When are your sisters’ birthdays? You mentioned they were soon?”

Luka took his smartphone out of his pocket and showed her the calendar app. “In two weeks, Tuesday. Both of them were born on the same day, month, and year. Impressive, isn’t it?” he smiled fondly, signaling their names and ages on said day of the calendar app.

Marinette's eyes opened bigger. “What? No way! That day is my birthday too!” And it was Luka's turn to open his eyes in surprise.

“Really?" Luka exclaimed. "Can such a coincidence really exist...?" He mumbled, astonished. Marinette decided she wanted to cheer him up, like he had done with her when she was at her lowest.

“Should I help you buy them something special? Maybe it could make your mother happy? And maybe… We could go together? Or celebrate it? Oh, you’ll probably be busy with work… or taking care of your mother… Nevermind…” she progressively lowered her voice in resignation.

“I actually have some free time early in the morning" He smiled gratefully. "It won't be long, but I would love to celebrate your birthdays together, Marinette”

"Really!? I'll bake a cake, then! And we should totally go to the flower shop! We'll find the perfect flowers for them" Luka hummed and Marinette blushed when he stared at her. "Wh- what?"

"Nothing. It's nice seeing you enthusiastic, that's all" he rested his back on the tree and tilted his head to the side. "It's almost contagious"

"Good!!" She grinned. "Because I want you to feel better and we have so much to prepare. Starting for..." Marinette stood up energetically and got closer to him. Her hands straightened towards his hair and finally reached to untie his hair. She combed it with her fingertips and could smell the ocean scented fragrance carried by the breeze. "We're going to cut and dye your hair first!" She smiled widely, and Luka reciprocated her smile.

She took a step backwards and offered him her hand to help him stand up. Before he took it, another strong wind lifted Marinette's skirt and exposed her undies. She ducked and squeaked in embarrassment, covering her face. A second later, she peeked to see Luka from behind her knees, he was blushing and at loss of words. 'Cute'. "Did you see…?" She shyly asked.

"I didn't see! My hair got in the way. Don't worry" He hurried to deny it and Marinette giggled at his flustered face. Too cute.

"It's ok, Luka. I'm wearing shorts beneath the skirt" she smiled. "Besides... I wouldn't mind it if it's you…" she whispered under her scarf.

It was amusing to her to see how Luka tried to act as if he hadn't heard her when he obviously had. She loved flustered Luka. Adorable.

Marinette stood up again and offered her hand to Luka again. He didn't hesitate to take it. "Let's go get your hair cut and dyed. I know the perfect person to help us!"

She picked up her basket and pulled Luka's hand, but he stopped her, pulling her back. She turned to look at him in confusion.

"You're forgetting the picnic mat. And the thermos" he pointed out, securing the strap of his guitar case around his shoulder.

"Ah-" she quickly took the thermos and folded the mat fighting the wind as she could (stupid wind don't mess with me!!), put them in her basket and reached to pull Luka's hand again. He stopped her once again and asked a question instead.

"Say- now that we are here… do you still think I'm a ghost?" He teased and Marinette flustered.

"I already knew you weren't!" She whined and once more, she fell in love with his laugh.

"Good. Because I wouldn't want you to be scared of me" he hummed.

"I wouldn't be scared of you even if you were a ghost…" she mumbled, face reddened. She shook her head quickly. "Let's go now!"

Luka couldn't help but think how adorable she was, while she clumsily hummed, off-tempo, the song he always played- the song he had composed for her (even if she wasn't aware of that fact).

#my fic #lukanette fic #endgame lukanette #airip4 #fic: from above the stars

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iceeckos12 · 4 years

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tma fic recs

I’ve seen a couple of fic rec posts floating around. since ive been reading so many excellent fic recently, i thought that id make one as well! please note this list is going to be 99% jonmartin. also buckle up, because this is going to get long.

Completed

the umbrella by Wildehack (tyleet)

"And to think—all of Jonah Magnus’ carefully laid plans, the centuries of scheming, the murders, the sacrifices, all of that work could have been completely undone if Martin Blackwood had gone back for an umbrella" - holdthosebees

Notes: This is probably my go-to fic if i want an apocalypse never happened scenario. The jonmartin is wonderful, as is the h/c.

Diary and Prenon-nous la main by luftballoons99

Diary summary:

Not for the first time since they ran away together, a camera reel of all the things they don't know about one another whirs behind Martin's eyes, and he can't help but look at all the sprawling magnetic tape and wonder if they’re going to wind up a romance or a tragedy.

or: Office parties, garage bands, and the joy of being known.

Prenon-nous la main summary:

They still haven't talked about it, any of it, not even to pass the time on the long train ride to Scotland. Instead, Martin fell asleep in the seat next to him, pressed into his side from shoulder to knee, and Jon thought about love confessions and verb tense and how the two fit together when you think you're dying.

or: Good cows, mediocre poetry, and other crucial topics of discussion.

Notes: Do you love impeccable safehouse jonmartin characterization? do you love characters grappling with the mortifying ordeal of being known? do you love softness so tender that it makes you want to weep? please read these fic. im begging you.

i’ll tell you about all the times i’ve smiled because of you by cryptidkidprem

Summary:

Martin thinks about their shoes, sitting beside each other on the floor by the bed. Thinks of the way Jon wears Martin’s cardigans more often than he wears his own, the way Martin’s started keeping elastics around his wrist because Jon always forgets his own when they go out.

He thinks about all the gentle touches and fussing over each other they’ve done, and how much is still to come over the next… however long Jon will have him.

They have a long way to go, an entire life to build out of the wreckage Jonah Magnus and Peter Lukas left them, but laying together in a comfortable, sleepy quiet, Martin thinks they’ve got a good start going.

Or, Jon quits the Institute, saves the world, and it turns out to be exactly what he needs in order to heal and start moving forward towards building a life with Martin.

Notes: how many times have i reread this fic? more than i can count. jon quits the institute and it’s just full of soft jonmartins. they get married! god i love them.

go softly by doomcountry

Summary:

And there is nothing else besides this.

Notes: every time i remember this fic i reread it. please heed the tags because martin is blinding jon, but he’s like. blinding jon in the most heartbreaking way possible. idk how the author made this so tender but i know i was certainly crying so!

The Reverb in These Holy Halls by Wolftraps (AlwaysBoth)

Summary:

Undoing the apocalypse would have been enough for Jon, if all his people survived. Without them, Jon's only recourse is making it so it never happened in the first place. He's going to do better this time.

Notes: Do you like time travel fixits? i sure like time travel fixits. reverb is an excellent one. heavy on the h/c, I wanted to hug jon so so badly.

Yesterday is Here by CirrusGrey

Summary:

"Who the hell are you?" Jon could feel his hands shaking. The man laughed, taking a step forward and raising a hand to point at him. "I'm you, from the future!" he said, then swayed, eyes going unfocused, and collapsed to the floor in a dead faint. -------- Post-season-four Jon and Martin time travel back to the season one Archives.

Notes: Yet another time travel fixit! also excellent. the teasing was HYSTERICAL. also Im just going to say this now - CirrusGrey in general writes incredible tma fic. You can’t really go wrong.

unassigned supplementals by bibliocratic

Notes: I won’t put in a summary just because it’s a long series of oneshots, but bibliocratic’s writing is amazing. Again, you can’t really go wrong with one of their fic!

let the soft animal of your body by autoclaves

Summary:

Standing in the warm kitchen, slats of sepia light filtering through onto the counter in front of him, Martin doesn’t know what to do with his hands. He half expects them to go through the countertop entirely, glossy and solid as it is. He isn’t used to any of it, yet. The safehouse. Jon. Beams of sun pouring into his hands. After being deprived of everything of significance for so long, the longing that crashes over him is almost painful in its tangibility. He wants to laugh, to sob, to scream and hear it echoed back against the neat, square walls of the safehouse.

In the end, he doesn’t do any of these things. He makes eggs instead. He can do that, can’t he? Use his hands for something simple and plain and good.

(Or: In the safehouse after it all, Martin starts cooking.)

Notes: this fic really speaks to me a) because i project on martin like crazy and b) because food is also my love language. this fic is incredibly soft and it’s all about cooking!

“Have you tried turning it on and off again?” by shinyopals

Summary:

I hope you find your new role as Head of the Institute as rewarding as captaining the Tundra, wrote Elias Bouchard, to Peter Lukas. There are so many people working there: all with their own interesting lives, and all desiring your attention and support. I'm sure you will relish the challenge it will bring and enjoy every moment spent with the fine men and women of the Institute. In time I'm confident they'll become like a family to you.

The Magnus Institute has a new boss. The Magnus Institute also has a new tech support technician. These two facts are unrelated, except they both happen at the same time.

Meanwhile Jon's woken up from being dead for six months and for once he's trying his best. He just wishes Martin would stop avoiding him and answer his messages...

Notes: if you’re looking for a good laugh, this fic is SO SO SO FUNNY. i was dying. basically the magnus institute being an absolute bureaucratic nightmare.

hello my old heart by firebirdsuite

Summary:

Peter’s wrong, of course. When it’s all over, Martin does still want to tell Jon everything. It’s just—well, there’s a few things they need to work through first before they can get there.

Martin and Jon find each other again in Scotland.

Notes: it’s all about the yearning. and trust me, the yearning in this fic? im just. i sure do love jonmartin, and this is such soft, loving jonmartin it just makes you want to cry

two ships passing by pyrites

Summary:

Gerard Keay is 10 years old the very first time he tries to run away from home, right around the time that Jonathan Sims has just come into possession of his first Leitner.

Or: One dropped stone can change the way the whole ocean moves.

Notes: again, JONGERRY. MY GOODNESS. this fic is beautiful, the writing is absolutely breathtaking and it owns my heart. im so in love with it. the author said you’re going to have emotions about jon and gerry and jongerry and i said OKAY

Terminal Sight by viv_is_spooky

Summary:

Spider silk weaves through the visions of two Seers. Monstrosity is dawning on them both.

Notes: I’d never read a gerryoliver fic before this, but the execution is EXCELLENT and now im sold on the ship forever. This fic has wonderful prose and great characterization and i love it a whole lot.

Incomplete

assistant archivist au by PitViperOfDoom

Notes: I won’t put a summary since I’m reccing an entire series, but. it is absolutely no secret that i adore jongerry. pit’s assistant archivist au slapped me over the head with some gorgeous jongerry oneshots and then gave me the gift of the main fic (which is still in progress) about head archivist martin. i love this au so so much

dustsceawung by callmearcturus

Summary:

Martin had always been favored by the summer courts, and moving up north to the little village of Lacuna is a difficult adjustment. It's rainy and lonely and everyone seems to have a strange, distant relationship with the local faerie court.

However: there is a strange man in a cloak who walks past Martin's remote little cottage every few days.

However: there is a moth that keeps getting stuck in Martin's house during the rain.

These events are not as disconnected as they first appear.

Notes: you ever just read a fic that you didn’t know that you needed until after you read it? yeah. featuring the fae and moth jon and excellent characterization.

Illicio by ThatOneGirlBehindYou

As the new Archivist debates between life and death, the Eye ponders on what to offer him in order to avoid an encore of the unfortunate situation with his predecessor.

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Gerard Keay opens his eyes at what feels like fuck-ass in the morning, inside a room with far too little space and far too much dust.

Notes: This is also the moment where I reveal that im a sucker for jongerrymartin. please read this fic. gerry is brought back from the dead in s4 and everyone is far better off for it.

where there’s a will, we make a way by bubonickitten

Summary:

"So, what does happen if an Eye learns to See within itself?

What happens is this: the Archive Beholds the Watcher – and the Watcher blinks first."

________________________

Jon goes back to before the world ended and tries to forge a different path.

Notes: this time travel fixit is shaping up to be an absolutely incredible read. i love the way this author writes jon so so much, and the characterization is spot on. this whole fic just satisfies some little part of me. god. also!! bubonickitten’s writing in general? beautiful. please check out their other works.

The Timeline of Theseus by Applea

Jon tries to force the Spiral to send him back, but the Sprial's corridors never twist things quite the way you want them to. Back in 1996, Elias has no idea why or how the Eye made such a powerful Avatar out of an 8 year old, especially when said 8 year old doesn't actually know he has any powers at all. Clearly such a child cannot be left outside the Institute's care.

Notes: This fic is legitimately brilliant. The author manages to capture the big ADHD mood and the precociousness of baby Jon while managing to write a wonderful storyline. Time travel! Elderly lesbians! A Jonah who is wildly in over his head but was walloped over the head with paternal instinct! Baby Gerry! What more could you possibly ask for?

rooms full of people who do not love each other yet by seaer

Summary:

“Wanted to ask about a book.” The boy has his hand on the counter, and he leans into it, nonchalant. The library is air-conditioned, but by no means frigid, and Jon can’t help but feel sweaty just looking at the layers he’s wearing; what looks like old leather over an olive-green Magnus pullover over his school shirt. “Do you have A Journal of the Plague Year?”

Jon says, tetchily, “We’re about to close.”

“I know. Do you have A Journal of the Plague Year?”

Notes: I am so in love with this author’s writing style and the way they write the characters!! The jon and gerry friendship is PERFECT and the character interactions are all darling.

if you read these fics please send the authors some love, they definitely deserve it!!

#tma #fic recs #ill update this as i read #seriously some very very good stuff on here #long post

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miraculouscontent · 3 years

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Ask Explo--

...you know what, you’re right. Name change effective immediately.

Askplosion #10:

(unrelated to everything by the way but I DEMAND THE ANON WHO MENTIONED “REMARRIED EMPRESS” A WHILE BACK COME FORTH AND ANSWER FOR THEIR CRIMES. IT’S SO GOOD BUT IT’S UNFINISHED AND I’M HOOKED, HOW DARE YOU)

Asks responding to previous posts:

It’s okay! I figured that was what it was but it’s been so loooong.

Ah, wow.

Um, that’s definitely not a part 2; I think that’s more like a four-parter/five-parter or something.

Sorry! No can do!

That’s totally fair!

I think the reason I so quickly agreed with it is like--

I’ve been watching the Inuyasha sequel and it’s not like I don’t think the narrative’s apparent punching bag Moroha (who is fourteen years old) shouldn’t be punished when she does something wrong/sneaky/manipulative, but they punish her as if she’s Miroku (who was eighteen years old).

Basically, I want the punishment to take the age into account, or at least only affect Marinette on a more personal level and not be “Heart Hunter” where they take totally understandable feelings of heartache (remember, it wouldn’t have mattered which miraculous she took because Hawk Moth got the Miracle Box and Fu regardless; even beyond her emotions, I feel like she chose the best option available to her considering which temps she knew the location of) and then punish her for them by memory wiping Fu and taking away all of her temps and giving Hawk Moth the grimoire translation.

Yes!! I really wanted to respond to this one, thank you! (It’s this one and then there was another one talking about Luka and Adrien, then talked to me about how I refer to Luka as “soft” but not in a bad way; I unfortunately don’t remember the whole thing.)

Ahaha, and yeah, I feel you. Anti-salters are a very strange conundrum I still haven’t figured out; like, I get not liking salt, but...

I mean, when I don’t like certain content, I just blacklist it. If I end up seeing it anyway due to cross-tagging or a lack of tagging, then I just blacklist the person themself. You won’t see me going after people for that very reason; I only see what people send/ask me if it’s content I don’t like.

I’m glad you’ve found some peace in this blog! Hopefully it continues to be that way for you in the future!

(and yay, a fellow INTJ!!)

New Asks:

There are female writers? ;P I just assumed they were all locked in a closet until the male ones were like, “okay, pretend to help us here, we need one female writer to claim girl power.”

As for Ladybug all like, “Cute, isn’t she?” I think it was rhetorical (she could also be messing with him but “Glaciator” tells us that she didn’t know he crushed on her so who knows). The writers do this thing where Marinette is all panic-y and occasionally self-conscious as herself, but then as Ladybug, she suddenly gets a bit of an ego. I think it’s meant to be there in order to make Chat Noir look less... idk, “obnoxious” when he starts boosting his own ego; trying to balance the two by giving them both big heads, so to speak.

Honestly, I feel like Adrien needs less screen time. :|

Even when he’s not on-screen, characters are usually talking about him, or you see his face in Marinette’s room/somewhere in Paris. I’m become so jaded by the guy that I don’t even think it’d matter if they remade the series and gave it a “totally good and interesting Adrien.” That’s how badly the show has made him out for me; “Adrien Agreste” the character is just... sigh, I’m so done with him.

And yeah, this whole idea about, “Marinette is [x], we need more AAAAAADRIEN!” comes off really bad, lol, especially when Adrien has very little going for him.

(this ask ends off like there should be a part 2 but there isn’t one in my inbox, so sorry if there’s meant to be something else!)

The exact lyrics according to the wiki:

My wish for a cat who's in love, with our own Ladybug. Is that he'll get what he's always wanted! She doesn't know she loves him, only sees Adrien, But Christmas miracles always happen!

Yeah, especially nowadays, those lines bothers me. Not only does it imply “true selves,” but that it’s Chat who should be getting what he always wanted and Ladybug is the one with a problem.

Like, excuse me?

Probably Stormy Weather, even in the first episode. Ladybug and Chat Noir couldn’t even touch her until they arrived on top of the TV station.

+ With all those effects and shots, it made it feel more action-y than typical episodes.

Marinette, Aurore, Luka, Anarka, Jagged...

basically any name that I haven’t really heard before (”Luka” makes me think of Vocaloid but the Luka there was female), or a name that relates a lot to the character (like “Aurore” for “aurora” since she loves weather things).

dfjbghfkdgfdgnjfdg this anon really like, “I NEED ANSWERS!!!”

It’s as if these characters hit 18 or something and just grow overnight, I swear. I’m hypothetically fine with some more variety in character height (it’s not like the show tries to be realistic, after all), but maybe don’t give us official heights if they’re gonna be this weird/inaccurate.

Especially when they change it just for the sake of a shot anyway. If you watch “Simon Says” when Ladybug and Adrien stand next to each other while looking at the picture of Adrien’s mother, the very next close-up has an obvious difference in their heights from what you just saw.

They’re 3D models!!! This shouldn’t happen!

I... honestly never thought of the “less threatening” thing! Dang!

And yeah, Marinette isn’t helpless or incompetent, but because of the Adrien crush, it makes her that way at times since she’s always falling on him and--

...ugh, actually, yeah, don’t wanna think about those implications. Hard pass.

Gross.

I’m not familiar with that one, though Astruc deletes his tweets all the time (there was one tweet where he confirmed that Luka was poor and it only exists in screenshots now because it didn’t get archived and he deleted it almost like he realized that he was pointing out the blatant classism in the show, oops).

Yeah though, I haven’t seen anything like what you’re describing. Sorry!

It’s okay! Sorry for having you clarify but him choosing and Marinette deciding to never give it back are very different things.

I don’t recall Chat Noir having much purpose in the final fight (in terms of both contributing and actual fighting; I know Cataclysm broke the object to release the akuma but was it needed?) so Marinette might either go cat-less or get a temp. Plagg could also be helpful in his own right because he’s small and blends in with the night, so he could hypothetically sneak up on the bad guy.

Afterwards, there’d need to be a new cat, but Adrien would also have to reconsider his actions and really think about what happened. I could also see Plagg going to Adrien’s house, half to apologize for giving the idea to Adrien that Adrien leave without telling Ladybug, but also half to call him out for giving up without consulting anyone. Adrien is a lot of conflicting things (see Adrien’s passivity compared to Chat Noir’s recklessness) so he’d have to find a middle ground within himself.

Marinette might carry Plagg around in her purse for a while and let Plagg have a say in who he goes to. Plagg might grieve for a bit over not having Adrien around (even if Adrien was flawed, Plagg didn’t ask for any of this so Marinette is doing her best here).

O-oh.

That’s always the rough patch with “endgame ships.” Once it’s obvious to the audience that they’re endgame, no more effort needs to be put into them.

The other thing too is how Kagami, for example, is friends with Marinette. Even once Adrimi sinks, she’ll presumably stay friends with her. Luka, meanwhile, is Juleka’s brother.

They have lives outside of their love interests. Adrien is so into Ladybug that he doesn’t have that; I mean, Nino is Adrien’s best friend like once in a blue moon.

The entire class is just watching an episode and then calling on raised hands to answer what was wrong with what they just watched.

“Everything?”

“I mean, yes, but I’m sorry, you have to be more specific to get credit.”

I think Aeon herself is fine. It’s mostly just her transformed and that transformed name that I have a problem with (she doesn’t even look uncanny so I don’t get it). I heard there was something wrong with the name “Aeon” but searching the name doesn’t give me anything I would qualify as such so I have no idea. I just wish she was given a little less “I’m programmed to--” (makes her seem less sentient) and more “[anything that doesn’t have to do with pushing the love square]” because I feel like they might’ve done the latter to make her more “likable”? I think fans of anything usually like the “matchmaker” character provided it’s for a ship they like. Also strange that they make her a robot but Max and Markov don’t extensively interact with her, but that’s a nitpick and not a criticism of her character.

...I’m rambling, my bad lol.

(Ohhh, she was supposed to be a mummy? Like, foreshadowing her “dying”?? That went right over my head but I guess that’d be where the name Uncanny Valley came from? No clue.)

Best case scenario is probably the middle or the end of Season 4.

And yeah, it really doesn’t matter to me what they do with the love square. Marinette had gone through too much suffering and the show goes out of its way to show how much stress Marinette is being put under (and also keeping Luka away during episodes like “Gamer 2.0″ even when it makes sense for them to be there, as if trying to make sure Marinette doesn’t have enough moments with him to forget Adrien).

Like, ah, yes, I totally believe that Marinette is in a position where she can make reasonable decisions about her love life while all circles of her life are on fire.

If the Sonic movie of all things can have an interracial couple, there’s no reason why this show can’t, just saying.

And, even with Marinette, she’s white-passing (according to what basically everyone says, I’m really awful about recognizing race so this isn’t my field; I wasn’t aware that Ondine was Asian, for example).

Does Nadja count? Manon’s dark-skinned (I’m still not over the fact that all the kids in this show are dark-skinned; it’s not like it’s a problem from a representation standpoint - though all the kids are also all generically bratty/whiny so there’s that - but the percentages in this show are weird) while Nadja is really light-skinned, meaning either a dark-skinned husband or Manon is adopted.

Though I guess the problem then is that we don’t know, so there’s no established couple there.

Non-Miraculous Asks:

w-who gave you the right to say such things????

Uhhhh, that might be too broad of a question, I’m sorry!

I know this isn’t satisfactory, but I will say that my favorite genre is Fantasy/Romance (it’s why I adore Red Shoes so much; by the way, an anon asked for my opinion on that a while back and I will get to it! I’d need to watch it again to get screenshots) and my least favorite is probably Tragedy/Horror.

I don’t think I’ve watched enough to really be able to say? I’ve kind of been all over but I’ve never fully gone through any of them outside of Miraculous. I’ve seen bits of Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew, Star VS the Forces of Evil (don’t know if that counts), and I meant to watch Yuki Yuna is a Hero but never got around to it. I saw the entirety of Puella Magi Madoka Magica but you guys know how I feel about that one.

Maybe Cardcaptor Sakura by default then? It was definitely not perfect but I liked some of the character dynamics (I also have a clipcut of it - basically where I go through a series/movie and cut out parts I don’t like so it’s only good stuff - so I’m cheating a little) and the male love interest was a tsundere type that I actually ended up liking, which is really rare.

!!! That sounds sweet~ I know Sailor Moon is popular so I’ll definitely take your word for it on that one.

I would also accept a “reincarnated”/”destined lovers” trope if maybe the ship themselves are the one who set it up in the first place. I have a Lukanette AU, for example, where they basically got together and then prayed to the shrine of the renewal god that they’d “always be together,” which ended up allowing them to reincarnate over and over (as if they set up their own soulmate AU ;P) and continuously find each other.

Though I guess that’s not technically a “meant to be trope,” but still, it’s a form of it but where it was totally consensual on both sides.

Also, I finally thought of a show that ended with the ship I wanted: Gargoyles. I didn’t see the entire series, mind you, but I saw most of it and Goliath and Elisa were just... quality, I adored them.

+ With Beauty and the Beast being my favorite Disney movie, they fit right in with my tastes.

I forget that AangToph (I think the “official” name for the ship is Taang, but don’t quote me on that) exists sometimes, maybe because I’ve never shipped Aang with anyone; I’ve got no problems with the ship though.

Ugh, and this is what I mean when I talk about people who set up these reasons behind people shipping something based on what they saw a few people do. It’s like, “you only ship Adrimi/Lukanette to spite Adrienette!!”

Meanwhile, me having shipped all three at one point and then dropped off the love square.

Also, me shipping Zutara has nothing to do with it being dark/edgy because I’ve never seen it that way (intriguing, sure but dark and edgy? lol) and also avoid dark/edgy ships like the plague.

I still laugh at people who are like, “you can’t ship it because it’s not endgaaaaame!” as if shows can dictate how and why I enjoy something. Like sure, if you want to let a show/movie spoonfeed you how you’re supposed to feel, then by all means, go ahead.

I suppose people may be theoretically happier that way, but it doesn’t make for an analytic mind.

I legitimately thought that “AssClass” must’ve been the actual name for something until it registered with me what it actually meant.

And eh, I guess it depends on the comparison and how accurate the comparison actually is? Like, comparing Puella Magic Madoka Magica to Miraculous... they’re not really close at all, but comparing... idk, Bunnyx to Homura or the concept behind “backfiring wishes”... maybe?

(note that the rest of this post is more Puella Magi Madoka Magica salt so you can stop reading here if you’re not interested in that; I’m not sure if this is all the same anon but I don’t mind letting people vent so I let them go off~)

why can’t we just have nice things

I agree, and I give a little eyeroll every time it’s like, “oh, this person had [miraculous]”

+ even just in general, I feel weird about any show that mentions/implies that real world famous people are [x] or [y] in their show. It breaks my immersion; real world locations are one thing but when it’s specific people (unless they’re made up characters like Santa Claus) or games just--break me.

I also don’t know what to think when there aren’t magical boys but you have these magical girls in this frilly outfits/skirts. The demographic is girls so I presume the reason must be like, “you can look pretty and still beat people up” (;P) but having so many magical girl shows without a hint of a magical boy makes me suspicious that it’s for fanservice. Sailor Moon has Tuxedo Mask but I also don’t know what that guy did outside of the meme of him doing nothing so I’ve got no clue.

(edit: I should correct myself that I’m not talking about Sailor Moon specifically; I don’t know magical girls that well, though I do know there are ones clearly intended for fanservice (you could say that for anything, to be fair, but still). It’s just that I see things like super short skirts or very “questionable” shots and I’m just like, “hm”)

Hmmm, good question. I feel like there has to be a lot but I’m also the type who doesn’t watch a lot of TV lol. I’m just familiar with cliches and tropes and such.

The reason I try not to use “ism”s of any kind is mostly because it’s too broad. Like, you know how the English language only has one way of saying, “I love you,” but other languages like Spanish have multiple?

It’s like that, and sometimes I think it’s too easy to throw those words out there. A “small” (possibly completely unintentional/misunderstood) offense is sexism, and then a “large” offense is called the exact same thing. I’d rather go into why something is sexist than just call it that, y’know? The only exception I make is “classism” because I feel like that’s not as... I dunno, divisive?

Anyway, for that same reason, I can’t answer firmly that, “Madoka Magica is sexist.” I will however say that it makes me uncomfortable with how the show makes out the girls being emotional because they’re young and female and then proceeds to make their life a living hell before they’re old enough to properly answer to it (I know that’s the point but that kind of makes it worse?). It doesn’t help with how all the girls have different personalities, so it’s not like you have only “crybaby girls” who are being taken advantage of; it’s basically like... all girls.

Not helped is the fact that their soul gem not only deteriorates naturally, but it can also do so faster if the girl falls into despair, which then turns them into a monster (and I know it’s kind of like an akuma thing, but the fact that it’s only girls is... I dunno, it comes off wrong?). It seems cheap that the soul gem deteriorates no matter what so it constantly needs fed even if the girl is consistently happy.

I would probably opt for the show being centered more around Kyubey being new to this or something - like, magical girls are a new thing - and then have Kyubey being surprised because they presumed that the soul gem would deteriorate naturally since “emotions are powerful but destructive to the person having them,” but then all the girls team up and help each other work out their problems. Maybe the reason magical girls are usually alone isn’t even because of the grief seed (I think that’s what it’s called?) thing not being able to be shared, but because Kyubey intentionally separates magical girls so they can’t do what the main group is doing, but Madoka is so into the idea that, “We shouldn’t have to be alone,” and so she’s constantly pulling all the girls together, which keeps them healthy.

Maybe Homura’s backstory could be that Madoka originally was more sheepish and more afraid to put herself out there, especially since she was a magical girl (who are encouraged to go it alone), which is why their soul gems were both deteriorating; they were friends but kept more of a distance, or maybe they were a team but that’s all they were. Then Madoka gives Homura the last grief seed to save her and that’s what inspires Homura and makes her see Madoka as something more than a teammate, which is why Homura actively tries to save Madoka specifically (which then encourages Madoka to want to keep everyone together as friends).

In the case that Kyubey doesn’t separate them out of concern of fRiEnDsHiP, but for another reason altogether, and then it’s ultimately their own downfall when they allow the girls to hang out and realize that it’s doing a lot of good for them.

“cute and innocent”

That was exactly it. It’s on Kyubey’s trivia section on the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Wiki.

Before the anime's first dark plot twist aired, head writer Gen Urobuchi said on his Twitter account that the "Kyu" in Kyubey's name comes from the English word "cute". This was a lie meant to further mislead fans into thinking that Madoka Magica is an innocent happy show. In a later episode, it was revealed that "Kyubey" is, in fact, short for "incubator".

In my personal opinion, a spoiled plot can’t be “ruined” if it’s a good plot. If you told me that Kagome was trapped in the Modern era for three years and then decided to stay with Inuyasha at the end of Inuyasha, it wouldn’t/shouldn’t decrease the value when I finally see it for myself because it’s good. That’s not to say that everything should just be spoiled right out of the gate, but it’s saying that maybe your plot isn’t good if you have to rely on shock value to make it work??

I FEEL THAT “ASSIGNING IT TO THE WHOLE GENDER” THING SO BAD. It just adds to my “the girls all have varying personalities so it’s not like Kyubey’s only after emotional crybabies or anything” salt.

I have no idea about any of the stuff about the writers so I can’t confirm or deny them. I will very much agree on the target audience thing though, especially with the whole “keeping the dark plot a secret” because really? Who is this for then? Like, the first two and a half episodes are for one demographic and then the others are--???

I dunno. Me personally, I just like feel good stories. I do like some good conflict and drama (for context, Remarried Empress is basically a webtoon that gives you things to feel salty about and then makes its own salt fic as its plot, allowing for endless streams of feels and catharsis, so I’m definitely not against drama), but there are other times where I just want to feel good watching something.

I feel like the show expects the characters to be selfless/perfect and then punishes them even though it’s their writing that’s causing them to act out. I can’t really talking about “out-of-character” but sometimes it’s just obvious where “we did this because we needed a plot/conflict.”

Like, hello? We don’t need the main characters screwing up; why can’t we just have some feel good thing where they take the day for themselves (seriously, imagine a Miraculous episode where Chat Noir actually tells Ladybug to take a couple days for herself, like maybe someone else gets the earrings for a few days as a temp while Marinette gets to breathe; IMAGINE IT). Not everything needs to be high-stakes to be interesting and you need those calmer moments so that the action-packed ones feel more intense.

SAYAKA DESERVES BETTER.

I feel like the magical girl genre as a whole can be way more complex than it’s made out to be. I think people hear the word “magical girl” and think “cute girls in short skirts talk about girl problems and fight evil with the power of friendship and accessories.”

Ugh, just the mention of Rebellion makes me sigh internally.

Congrats on working on your own magical girl story! I hope it goes well for you!

I know it’s not technically a magical girl show, but there was also Totally Spies that Astruc worked on to some degree (I think there was some characters who were based on/a loose reference to the mains from that show but I don’t remember exactly).

The thing about the female characters suffering is that they could make for good lessons on positively directing one’s emotions (like Usagi from Sailor Moon, for example, maybe having a problem with taking her anger out on her friends, but learns that she can save that rage for the bad guys; “Gamer 2.0″ from Miraculous could’ve done that, honestly, by having Ladybug absolutely WRECK all of her gaming opponents in “violent” (cartoon violence obviously) fashion). It’s just a shame that it’s not taken advantage of.

Sayaka??? Selfish???????

*does not compute*

(Also, I wasn’t tired of them, don’t worry! It was a little overwhelming in my inbox but it’s me who’s allowing all the asks to flow in so the blame isn’t on you lol.)

I’m not sure where this obsession came from with, “you have to be selfless and you’re not allowed to use your powers for yourself.” It’s like the world’s going to end if a character leaves to go Self-Care or something. I think what happened is that shows got this idea that promoting only the giving of others is great and it’s not important to take time for yourself (even with “Gamer 2.0,” it was still Marinette playing games with everyone else, and they treated her dedication and seriousness like a bad thing when she literally did not have time to waste and they didn’t give a reason why it was good for her to take a break, only that she should).

This usually leads to the “demonization” of characters who sport a lot of self-confidence or any sort of ego. It works on both sides; Marinette is a punching bag because of her anxiety and occasional lack of confidence, but if she had an ego as Ladybug, there are parts of the fandom who deem her “obnoxious” (i.e: “Reflekdoll”). There’s a delicate balance between “be confident” and “be humble” and it’s a tightrope act.

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maggies-scribblings · 4 years

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Ladynoir, thinking post-reveal pre-relationship but idk whatever makes you happiest: “I’ll kick his ass if you want me to.”

I decided to make it a continuation of this. Hope you like it, and sorry it took me so long.

Ass-kicking

It was the first Saturday afternoon after the night they found out about their identities, and Adrien and Marinette were at the Historical Library. They were working on an ongoing History project with Alya and Nino, meeting there every weekend.

“Oh, great!” Marinette huffed, looking at her phone screen. “They just bailed.”

“Really?”

She showed him the message on her phone.

[Alya] Hey sweetie, sorry, we can’t make it today. Nino’s family is away and I need to help him with his French homework.

“French homework, huh?” Adrien said as he returned the phone.

“Somehow I doubt that.”

“There will probably be French involved,” he quipped, waggling his eyebrows, “but definitely not homework.”

Marinette had to cover her mouth as she snorted.

“How about we investigate that other subject?” he leaned over the table and whispered conspiratorially.

The library was mostly empty, but Marinette still shushed him.

“What? Here?”

“Where else? We can check out books about ancient languages, history…”

“Hmm… I don’t know… what if someone sees us? Won’t it be suspicious?”

“We’re still working on a project, right? I know! You’re applying for fashion internships in the summer, right?” She nodded. With a playful smirk, he pointed at himself with his thumbs. “Who better to help you with a fashion presentation than your friend, the actual haute couture supermodel?”

Marinette giggled softly while Adrien winked and made finger guns, in full-on Chat Noir mode. Her laughter made his heart sing.

“Okay, actual supermodel. Where should we begin?”

A few weeks later…

[Alya] Hey there gorgeous! Girls’ lunch today?

[Marinette] Hey Alya! No can do, project work all day.

[Alya] Secret project again, huh? 😉

[Marinette] Quit it Alya, I have to go. Raincheck?

[Alya] How’s Sunday?

[Marinette] Great! Text me in the morning. xoxo

[Alya] Yeah, right… I’ll drop by to wake you! xoxo

Alya sighed as she put her phone away. Marinette had been acting weird for some time now. Ever since that day she showed up at school with dark circles under her eyes and with a silly grin on her face, which she explained away with some excuse about good news from her Chinese relatives, and staying up late on Facetime to talk to them.

After four years of BFF service, Alya could tell when she was making up stories… and yet, even when caught in a lie, there were some things Marinette just wouldn’t share. It was frustrating, but Alya was respectful of her friend’s privacy. Well, most of the time, anyway.

It was also weird that she was hanging out with Adrien so often, seeing that not so long ago she had trouble even maintaining a simple conversation with him.

“Sooo, giiirl…” Alya playfully asked, before taking a bite of her kebab. “Got anything you want to share with meee?... ”

“Share?” Marinette looked genuinely confused. “What about?”

“Don’t play innocent with me, sweetie. You thought I wouldn’t notice you and Adrien sneaking around on breaks, going to your place after school?”

Marinette’s reaction was even stranger. Instead of her usual sputtering and denial, she coolly replied they were working on a project together, refusing to add any other details. And yet, Alya couldn’t resist some gentle teasing.

“So, does this… erm… project include any nookie?”

“A-Alya!” There she was. Blushing, stuttering Marinette. “No-nookie? No! This is strictly professional!”

As it was, Marinette refused to discuss the project any further, except to add it had something to do with fashion and her application for summer internships with established designers Adrien knew. It was the exact same explanation Nino had heard from Adrien… almost verbatim. Her reporter's sixth sense was tingling, but she let it go. If her best friends were seeing each other in secret there probably was a good reason for it.

“Alya’s on to us.”

“What!?” Chat Noir almost spit out his palmier. “She knows?”

Ladybug shook her head and corrected herself.

“No—not that! I mean she’s not buying the story about the…” she gestured air quotes, “‘fashion project’!”

“Oh. That.” After licking his fingers, he took another cookie from the box Ladybug had brought to patrol. One of the best perks of the job, and now much more frequent. “Nino was also acting weird about it.”

“What do you mean, acting weird?”

“He was all like, oh, you dog, finally saw the light, took you long enough, whatever.”

Ladybug swallowed her juice quicker than she should, breaking into a coughing fit. Chat Noir tapped her back, which was no help at all but made him feel like he was doing something. As the coughing stopped, the pats turned to gentle rubs.

“He did?”

“Yeah, he was so… smarmy about it. Like he knew something I didn’t.”

“Huh.” Ladybug scooted away from him and went very quiet.

“Are you alright?”

“I… I just need a minute, okay?”

Adrien was confused by her reaction. Sure, things were different after that night. Since then, Ladybug seemed slightly more restrained around Chat Noir. Although he had toned down his banter, she seemed more embarrassed whenever he made some flirtatious joke.

The civilian side of their lives was altogether a different story. After a few days of mutual awkwardness, working together on the grimoire brought them closer than ever.

Of course, they had been friends for a long time — well, except for that time in the beginning, when she had been so uncomfortable around him. The gum incident when they met was probably a bad start, and there had been ups and downs between them ever since. He even asked Nino if she had something against him, but he wasn’t any help.

Eventually, that bashfulness faded as they grew older. Marinette started going out with Luka, much to the joy of their mutual friends and his own inexplicable chagrin. Adrien and Kagami were also dating within the confines of their controlling, yet approving, parents. After that, whenever they hung out there was a relaxed familiarity that made her open up more, and Adrien considered her one of his best friends.

Now that he knew she had been Ladybug all along, he couldn’t help but feel the bitter twinge of regret. What would—could—have happened if he knew then what he knew now?

“You really don’t know why Nino teased you?”

“No—I don’t.”

“They think we’re, you know, dating in secret.”

“What? Why? They think you’re cheating on Luka?”

“No! Not cheating… Luka sorta dumped me six months ago.”

“Luka dumped you?” Adrien was totally confused. How could anyone dump Marinette? “I’ll kick his ass if you want me to, Milady.”

“Nah, it’s okay,” she chuckled sadly. “It wasn’t working out anyway.”

“What happened?”

“Oh, you know. He has his music, I have all of this,” Ladybug sighed, pointing at her suit. “He wanted me to be more present, and I just couldn’t. It’s like we were always out of sync.”

“—out of sync,” Chat Noir ended the phrase with her. “I know what you mean.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, it was the same with Kagami,” he admitted. “She wanted to do, you know, couple things, when I was exhausted from all of this. She needed me to be there for her. By the seventeenth time I ditched her during an akuma alert with a lame excuse, she was done and ended everything.”

“You still seem hurt about it.”

“I think I’m over it now,” he shrugged. “It’s been almost a year. I just couldn’t be the kind of boyfriend she needs and deserves, so…”

Ladybug was silent for some minutes. When she spoke, Chat Noir jumped a little.

“I can’t believe she dumped you,” she said indignantly. “She was so in love with you…”

“How do you know that? She’s usually so reserved.”

“Well, besides it being written all over her face when she was near you? She told me. Well, actually she told Ladybug.”

“She told you that? When?”

“Oh, it was a while ago, the last time she was Ryuko. She said you were made for each other.”

“Oh yeah, when you saved her from Heart Hunter. They were after people who were in love.”

Ladybug cringed with embarrassment, then sighed and straightened her back, psyching herself up.

“I—I need to be honest with you, Adrien… I didn’t exactly save her. I chose her that day because I was jealous.”

Chat Noir nodded, but she wouldn’t look at him.

“Jealous?” he cleared his throat. “Of… me?”

“Yes.” She uttered a sad chuckle, shaking her head. “I was so confused back then. So tired. I liked Luka, but I was so obsessed with Adrien-you, and I was trying not to like Chat-you. Then you and Kagami looked so happy that day… I tried to walk away, but jealousy got the best of me.” Ladybug covered her face with her hands. “I made so many stupid decisions that day. I almost ruined everything.”

Chat Noir pulled her into his lap and hugged her.

“Hey… hey… It was a tough time for all of us, with Hawkmoth chasing Master Fu—”

“—and I led him straight to where Master Fu was! It was all my fault.”

“No.” He gently lifted her chin to meet her eyes. “It’s all his fault. Hawkmoth’s the one who’s caused all this. Don’t you ever forget that.”

Ladybug nodded, sinking into his arms and pulling him closer.

“You can always count on me when you feel overwhelmed,” Chat Noir whispered, kissing her forehead. “Or if you need me to kick some ass.” He felt her chuckling softly into his shoulder. “Now you always know how to find me. Any time, day or night, okay?”

“Okay.”

“And we’ll talk about that other thing another day. I’m still annoyed with our so-called best friends and their teasing.”

“Okay.” This time there was a hint of laughter in her voice. “Please don't kick their asses.”

“Maybe I will, maybe I won’t… Now, let’s clear this up so I can take you home.”

To be continued? Let me know!

Thanks to @chanceuseladynoire, @zenmisery and @nomolosk for the beta read.

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nxrthmizu · 5 years

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MLBDC AU! (Ladybug, Minuit, Monarch, Bumblebee, Viperion and Ryuko)

This is an AU I came up with about a week ago. Requests for anything that happens in this HC are welcome! Feel free to use this AU but please remember to tag me and give credit to me! Thanks and please enjoy this lil thing that I’ve imagined :P

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- Marinette and Adrien become Ladybug and Chat Noir like how the original is.

- However, about six months after Lila drama starts, Ladybug is tired of Chat’s excessive flirting and his inability to take no for an answer. After he lashed out with his temper on her a couple times, she deems him unfit to be the black cat.

- She talks to Master Fu about it and he agrees, but suggests that she recruit a small band of heroes to help out.

- At the same time, in school, Chloe and Mari have become allies. Sabrina has abandoned Chloe in favor of Lila’s lies, and she’s now a snobbish girl who hangs onto Lila’s every word.

- Mari and Chloe form a little resistance squad.

- Marc, who was like Mari, left school because Lila targeted him a lot. Nathaniel becomes very lonely because of this.

- Mari and Chloe then pull Nath into their little squad.

- Mari and Nath bond over art stuff. Chloe is a little hesitant towards Nath at first, but when she hears him sass Lila’s clothing choices under his breath, she laughs.

- One akuma attack, Chat refuses to help and even puts her in danger. She gets angry, dragging him off into a corner as they hide from an akuma. She takes away his ring, and realizes he’s Adrien- And feels disgusted.

- She then goes to recruit Luka as Viperion.

- After they finish off the akuma, Viperion confesses that he knows who she is, and he promises to keep it a secret. LB is touched by this and their friendship grows stronger. Eventually she lets him keep his miraculous permanently.

- Mari drags Chloe and Nath to meet Luka. On their way, Mari brings Kagami along too.

- Kagami has seen how passive Adrien is and starts to dislike him.

- During another akuma attack, Luka is outstation, so LB brings in Chloe, who changes her name to Bumblebee instead of Queen Bee because Chloe feels like she’s changed and become a better person, and uses a new name to signify her change.

- After he gets back, Luka suggests that they form a permanent miraculous team. Mari considers it and later brings in Kagami as Ryuko as well.

- Kagami and Chloe still don’t know Mari’s alter identity.

- In an akuma attack, Ladybug gets hurt and Chloe and Kagami see who she actually is when she force-detransforms.

- They bring her to Luka’s boat, and Nath, who was there, happens to know first aid so he patches her up.

- So now the entire group knows. Luka-Viperion, Chloe-Bumblebee, Kagami-Ryuko, and Nath is the group’s medic.

- Ladybug still has the black cat miraculous. Plagg is having fun with Tikki, but he’s still lonely and needs a holder.

- Marinette, in the end, decides to let Plagg go and find his holder on his own, making him promise to be responsible about it.

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- Dami goes to Paris because Bruce said “Damian you need to stop being so stiff about life and get a life”

- Dami’s around seventeen at that time

- Paris was Dick’s idea, because “Damian get a love life before you die alone” “Fuck you grayson” and “City of love it is”

- When Damian arrives in Paris’s airport, his presence is felt by Plagg.

- Plagg follows him discreetly.

- When Damian sees a rapist try to kidnap a girl, he punches said rapist in the face and helps the girl up, and then proceeds to drag the man to the nearest police station with a chaotic smile. In that moment Plagg knows he’s found his holder.

- Damian refuses at first.

- “But you’re really a black-”

- “no.”

- Eventually he has to agree because Plagg has glued the ring to his finger and now he’s the holder of the black cat miraculous. Great.

- He’s still reluctant, but when there’s an akuma that night, he transforms for the first time.

- To say the least, LB, V (Viperion), BBB (Bumblebee) and RK (Ryuko) are more than surprised to see him, but when he has LB’s back, and practically saves her from the akuma, none of the rest complained because the Mari-Protection-Squad just gained a new member.

- He introduces himself as Minuit and bows politely to all the heroes.

- LB returns to her balcony after the akuma, and she’s just watching the stars when Minuit drops by because boy she’s pretty.

- Minuit was going to just watch her at first because he felt a sort of weird presence radiating off her (Her creation miraculous), and he just felt attracted to her naturally (Being yin and yang).

- But Mari senses him, of course. There’s a sudden increase in chaos around the air.

- They make small talk and when Mari smiles at him, Damian is practically smitten.

(Time Skip~ Until Hawky is defeated and Nathaniel is given the butterfly miraculous) {note: In the time skip, Damian attends school with everyone else, but he doesn’t get to know Mari and the rest yet. He just occasionally meets Kagami during fencing practices)

- By that time, Master Fu has died and Mari’s parents are getting older. Since they were getting older, Sabine remembered some places she wanted to go to before she got too old to travel, so Tom decides to take her on a six month trip, knowing that Mari can handle herself just fine.

- Master Fu died so Mari becomes the new Miraculous Guardian. She turns a back room of the bakery into the Miraculous room, which is heavily guarded.

- However, she quickly realizes that she can’t run the bakery on her own, so the gang comes over to help, of course. It’s a hilarious experience.

- Chloe has zero idea about how to bake, Luka is... A little confused, Kagami wants to get everything perfect, and Nathaniel is a natural with decorations. So, the five teens rotate with taking care of the bakery. Since Hawkmoth is defeated, the only villain left is actually White Peacock- Who is actually... Idk, Adrien? So they fight his sentimonsters.

- Mari and Nath create the superhero team cookies, which actually becomes really popular. Nath nearly cries when a kid comes running in for Monarch cookies. The kids normally want either the LB ones or the V ones, or the BBB or RK, or Minuit’s. It’s the first time someone wants a Monarch one and he breaks down into tears in the middle of the bakery.

- One night, when Mari is busy baking tomorrow’s goods, Minuit drops by her balcony, and when he can’t find her, he breaks into her house. (Way to go, Damian)

- (So Damian has been in Paris for approximately 3/4 of a year and in the duration Jon has joined him, and he’s made friends with a senior named Felix Culpa and his very pipey girlfriend Bridgette.)

- He finally finds her in the bakery and he scares her, so she hits him in the face with a rolling pin.

- It hurts, of course, and Mari can’t stop apologizing, but then Minuit decides that he wants to learn baking, too.

- And so he does.

- Cue fluffy scene where Mari teaches Minuit how to bake cookies, and he just stops functioning when Mari hands him a Minuit cookie because it’s just too perfect and he can’t eat it.

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Should I do a part two? Also you can request me to do any fluffs/AUs/HCs in the above AU. Any ideas for what to name it? Message me if any errors spotted, I was too lazy to proof read...

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