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mikodrawnnarratives · 3 months

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Lady Virulent! An akuma design for Marinette that I'm finally content with! I've gone through so many different versions for her but none of them really felt like an akuma design until now

I think i've gone through so many that I'll just make a video of all the different versions I went through until I got one to my liking. And even with this design, I think I'm going to change it from a skirt to a pair of FLOOFY mushroom pants since I think that'll work a bit better

i'm gonna do another drawing of her at some point where her pose will show off more of the design and i'll incorporate da pants then

Under the cut I'll have some reasons for why I picked certain elements

In the fic where I do a different take on ml (It's not super necessary for u to know the details on that wip I got going on for this) I'm having it so that she gets akumatized ltr on and her whole theme is poisoning, causing poison infecting others etc etc

so.. MUSHROOMS and toxic gas

She don't actually got hair it is just the gas that surrounds her head all fun like. The mushroom on her head is meant to look like a beret. There are mushrooms that go up her legs and neck since I thought it would be a neat design choice from seeing dying trees with mushrooms growing up the trunk.

She don't got no normal feet since I couldn't figure out how to make the Toxic Gas shoes look like mushrooms when her feet aren't. Pointed.

Her powers (so far since this is wip) allow her to force other people into living out the worst damage they've caused other people. Whatever their worst tormenting strategy was and what damage it did to the person. The power ignores if the person has apologized or made up with the person they hurt.

She can pull off the mushrooms that grow around her waist and through them at people like bombs that'll explode into more of the toxic gas that initiates her power.

Where's the akuma?

Her earrings :)

The spots in the design are meant to, obviously, make the outfit look like mushrooms, but also to call back to her ladybug (ladybelle in my thing) form! They also serve to give a sickness look to her skin, and I think it'd be neat if the spots never stuck to one place in her design, always moving around

This was a first try for trying to animate how they move that I'll likely redo at some point. This animation isn't exact to how I think her spots would move around but, I'll throw it at you to give an idea

#akumatized marinette #akumatized!marinette #miraculous ladybug #akumanette #marinette dupain cheng #marinette dupain-cheng #MDN art tag #my art #jotg au #jotg #journals of the guardian

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journals-of-the-guardian-project · 9 months

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LORE POST #1

Redesign of my Chat Noir redesign to go together with my rewrite which I will talk a lot about under the cut. I'm pretty set on this design too and will link it at the beginning of the fic when I get ten chapters completed and ready to post :3

What is different from canon, why I am changing some things, etc. Feel free to just read my thoughts around the design if you want to read my fic without any guidelines of what I'm planning so far for him

BUT I won't spoil anything major dw

The design:

I've changed chat noir's design so it would blend in more at night. The preferred the sleek black tones over the glow in the dark green I gave him before. I take a whole lot of inspiration from the PV of miraculous ladybug in these designs so of course his hair is still floofy.

When initially designing Chat noir, the tips of his hair are darker since I really liked that trait some other redesigns gave him so I included it without making his whole head of hair black.

I got the idea to base his design off of rust and RAN with it! He still has some greens in his design but they've shifted closer to yellow green and gold for the color scheme!

I've liked the idea about the clothes in the hero designs looking more cloth like too so I've incorporated that into the design with pockets and a zipper cause I can. Since Adrien has been thinking about being a superhero for a while, his design is more thought out were it could be.

EDIT: Forgot to mention!! Ladybelle has a lil more black in her design and now chat has a little more red! :3 matching

I saw some concept art of Chat Noir with a hat at one point and I loved it so much I wanted to keep it in to a certain extent, SO Marichat moment all the way. I decided to add the bells back into his design (I missed them) and took inspiration from @/callimara's Chat Noir design.

Chat noir will still be very cat like in this and I thought it'd be funky if his feat were like a cat's

Overall it isn't much of a design change for some aspects but I really like how it turned out!

K story stuff now:

I want to get ten chapters done before I post chapters again on the first fic since I don't think I did the best job introducing what I've changed. This isn't talking about adrien agreste's life this is more his role as Chat Noir. I'll get to adrien when I get his redesign sheet finished

(any part of this section might be edited in the future but this is basically part of my ideas)

Honestly a whole lot of the fic(s) is(are)

Fault of canon? -> Solution

I've been developing for two years now and I just gotta write it out... Entirely hinging on my execution sigh

Chat noir's powers are now on a more equal footing with Ladybug's (Ladybelle now) and I'll get more indepth when I post Ladybug's redesign and stuff but basically

The miracle box is a mix mash of several miraculous's from other boxes due to an event Guardian Marianne caused. Supposedly, she unleashed the Rabbit kwami of time on the guardians in an act of defiance. Resulting in rips in time eating away the members present for such an event, burning to death in fire. Marianne managed to run away with the miraculous's she could obtain and do her best to live her life knowing what she's done.

The Ladybug and Cat miraculous are a duo pair. Strongest when used in a partnership. Many are tempted to use both at the same time for what the powers merge to become but this isn't the strongest path.

Tikki and Plagg are soulmates you could say. They aren't really romantic but they are bonded for life. Never one without the other.

They are the only miraculous pairing in the new mixmash of the guardian box. Eventually Marianne gives the responsibility to Master Fu, her lover, before the rabbit comes after her as well.

I'll talk more about the changes I've made to Tikki's character in Ladybelle's post but as a part of the Miraculous cure, something all pairing miraculous's have to purify evils and darkness, it requires both parties to be present. Usually some form of touch or communication initiates the Miraculous cure

"Pound it!"

Chat noir can use his power alone to defeat evils but it's like cauterizing a wound. He doesn't figure this out for a bit.

I'll talk more about the miraculous cure in Ladybelle's post

This is still a part of the story I'm working on but:

the miraculous of destruction gets more powerful the longer the user wields it. With techniques and familiarity, Chat noir will be able to make black pockets of nothing just from a touch. Yes I'm including this from the concept art. Though he'll only get this later down the road

Chat noir is still a form of escapism to Adrien and part of his character arc is realizing he can't rely on it like that. A large part of adrien's character I'll talk about in adrien's post ties into Chat Noir too

I'm still figuring out some plot points for him so this is where I'll end this off. But I will say I'm planning on Chat Noir getting more time with the kwamis and more of a role in the Guardian arc and guardian stuff in general

#guardian marianne au #jotg au #journals of the guardian #chat noir redesign #miraculous ladybug rewrite #miraculous ladybug #chat noir #marichat #ladynoir #MDN art tag #my art #adrien agreste

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journals-of-the-guardian-project · 1 year

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Enemies to friends to lovers

Sums up Chloe and Kagami in my wip Journals of the Guardian fic pretty well ngl

Posted this on Instagram but it's been a bit since I've fed this blog so-

btw I am working on stuff but school is school so it'll be a bit before I can spend more time on this stuff- next weeks gonna be busy

#chloe bourgeois #kagami tsurguri #chlogami #chloe redesign #kind of #kagami redesign #chloe x kagami #kagami x chloe #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug au #jotg au #journals of the guardian #guardian marianne au #my art #MDN art tag

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mikodrawnnarratives · 1 year

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Guess who missed Aromantic & Arospec Awareness week...

Well at least I remain in character

I wanted to post this despite most of these being pretty sloppy with sketches and some coloring cause I didn't want to get too far away from the week b4 posting. OH and I drew the Bellusromantic plagg almost a year ago but never posted it, he cuddles with the flagg Adrien got him.

Adrien wishes he could get a pic but kwami's don't show up on camera so :p

Anyway more about thoughts about art below + JOTG lore:

It is so weird to draw Tikki and Plagg with accurate to canon designs. ESPECIALLY plagg, with how much I draw the redesigned versions of them. Lmk if any of you want to see beginning ideas for tikki redesign cause she was a RIDE and in the end I settled back to something closer to the og

Anyway, Tikki and Plagg are aromantic fight me. Or at the very least are in my au, though in my thing they go many hundreds of years never labelling it. Plagg doesn't mind the label, he does insist to Adrien there should be a cheese romantic one too. The worst part is Adrien knows some people would agree with plagg

Tikki doesn't really label how she feels, she simply doesn't feel romantic attraction and human labels don't interest her. (But she's still here cause I mean) I also experimented with a human design for tikki briefly

You ask what Tikki and Plagg's relationship is in my au then? I'd say pretty much queer platonic or really really close buds bonded for life.

Mina ashido now counts as my first Mha art posted online, with some hopefully coming soon. It is out of place among miraculous but I HAD to include the cupioromantic queen!!

And alix is a no brainer honestly, too bad I didn't get more time to fully render her, maybe I will be able to some time in the future

#aromantic #aromantic spectrum #aromantic awareness week #miraculous ladybug #bnha mina #mina ashido #cupioromantic #bellusromantic #bellusromantic plagg #tikki #tikki redesign #plagg redesign #jotg au #journals of the guardian #guardian marianne au #human!tikki #my art #long post #MDN art tag

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journals-of-the-guardian-project · 1 year

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SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO What's going on with Chloe in your au? Like you said that you would explain if it won on that one poll you did. Chloe redemption? Friendships? Love interests? I want the TEAA

Well thanks for asking anon that wasn't a purposeful placement just so I could easily make a post about JUST THIS TOPIC

The poll I'm referring to is right here

@anxresi you seemed pretty invested in seeing chloe win so I'm tagging you in case you wanted to read 👉👈

I'm just going to do this lightning round style, the more I talk means the more I'm indulging in minor spoilers for the fic so be warned.

Also!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46598920/chapters/117348523

Everyone following this au might want to go check that out :)

Yes, I'm giving Chloe a redemption arc. Though, it doesn't fully come into play until Season 2 (at least from what I have planned).

No, she doesn't avoid consequences as easily as she did in canon. Like, really doesn't. Miraculous consequences :3

Her and her family? Love-hate relationship, they use each other to get what they want. Chloe acts like it doesn't hurt her. Whatever. It's not like she doesn't do the same so it's fine. She's fine.

Her and Marinette? Complicated. Don't ask either of them about it, they don't want to talk about it. Please don't ask.

Her and Adrien? She thinks of him as a brother that she cares for a lot. He isn't actually arm candy unless he's arm candy in specific circumstances. Tho ngl she kinda wants to barf when people think "adrikins" is said in a romantic way rather than a teasing way

Does Adrien put up with her bullshit? Not for very long. It's... a bit of a wake up call.

Does Sabrina put up with h- she's actually not in this au. Or... the same class ig. So far I'm not planning on using her in the story

CHLOGAMI?????????????????? We'll get there when we get there!

This part is more spoilers spoilers: In the beginning they really don't like each other. It takes a bit before they realize their similarities and kinda like each other. Just a teeny bit. Nathaniel and Marc have to put up with them as they try to make the club, Nathaniel and Chloe founded, work.

Chloe is one of the most influential people that is completely on board with Ladybelle (Ladybug but she changed her name. I'll explain later why Ladybelle and it's not because she thought "Lady Beautiful") in this au. Cause in this universe, people are more hesitant to the new vigilantes in town. Other than Alya, Chloe is pretty smitten with Ladybelle (and totally thinks the name is meant to be Lady Beautiful).

Adrien's love of heroes rubbed off on her while growing up and she's pretty embarrassed at first by her infatuation. Only until Ladybelle did she REALLY be into superheroes. It kinda surprises Adrien. He cries a little inside when she's not as interested in Chat Noir.

Eventually Chloe will get her hands on the bee miraculous.

But that. That is where things go oh so wrong.

#I don't know why it took so long to buck up the courage #and just post this #because of spoilers??#people won't like it?? idk #chloe bourgeois #jotg au #guardian marianne au #journals of the guardian #chlogami #marinette dupain-cheng #adrien agreste #kagami tsurugi #nathaniel kurtzberg #marc anciel #jotg concepts #I'll include it in that tag why not #rambles #miraculous ladybug

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mikodrawnnarratives · 1 year

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I really gotta stop giving Alya and Marinette insane levels of chemistry- they aren't even going to be canon in this fic T-T

god alyanette is such an interesting ship but love square got a death grip on me

also, did someone say fic crumbs?

...

I didn't hear any but ur getting fic crumbs

White background and black text screnshots below:

#poly? no I couldn't #or could I #alya cesaire #marinette dupain cheng #alyanette #k like if I do it's probably just gonna be like- implied but not too serious #jotg au #journals of the guardian #guardian marianne au #miraculous ladybug #my writing #fic crumbs #fic snippets

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journals-of-the-guardian-project · 1 year

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Writing For Once

Shocker

I don't know how much I like this drabble, but I WROTE SOMETHING! Where does it fit in the timeline for the au? WHO knows! Somewhere earlier. Does it hint at things that I haven't explained or talked about online? YES. Sorry. Lets hope that this drabble means writing the first chapter of the actual fic soon

But I mean... It's something so

Have at it! I want to see how many people enjoy just this fic drabble that might not fully be canon. I know some parts will be, like Chat Noir having complicated feelings around Christmas, but the events not to sure of.

Anyway, inspired by irl feelings and other people's feelings that I think fit for my rewrite of the character.

There is something about this time of year that had usually left Adrien feeling warm. He remembers so many fond Christmas's with his mother, and they were often the clearest times in his foggy memory.

Which was its own issue, his memories. He never knew whether to trust them, what was real and what might have just been a dream. A foggy, distant dream.

Despite that, his memories with his mother had always been the clearest. He chuckles when he recalls his excitement over Santa; it had actually taken quite a few years of holidays to fully grasp who he should be excited about. He had so many issues with memories in the past, he had to be introduced to so many things often.

Despite that, there was something so warm about these memories that made his present so dim in a way. So depressing.

His father wasn’t able to celebrate Christmas like they usually did this year. He supposed it was fair, his father is a busy man. A man who was still grieving over a loss that happened almost a year ago from now. Adrien couldn’t bring himself to blame his father. As much as he hated it. That his father couldn't bring himself

But there was something he hated so much more right now. The silence, the bleak, it was too much. He could usually handle it but it just felt…

Awful.

So now here he is. Chat Noir. Ran away, had caused an akuma, grief and more traumatic memories to the civilians of Paris, and on Christmas nonetheless. And he still doesn’t feel any better than before. If anything, he feels more stupid than before. Throwing a fit and taking it out on people who didn’t deserve it.

The question still remained in his mind though is… who did?

He couldn’t blame his father, it wasn’t fair to ask him to get over his grief like this. Nathalie and Gorilla? They do what they are paid. Staying overtime for Adrien's one upset Christmas isn’t worth it.

He would continue to go back and forth in his mind, before he heard a zip from behind him. A frankly familiar zip that could only belong to one person.

“Hi Chat”

Almost uncertain, yet spoken with confidence. Chat smiled, not even needing to turn around.

“Is that a ladybug I’m hearing? No, couldn’t be. I didn’t think they made it this high up”

A scoff from behind him and a quiet chuckle, he finally turned around to see his efforts.

His ladybug, well, now going by Ladybelle, stood a few feet away from him. Her ribbons follow the gentle wind, before coming back again, in a similar fashion to her pigtails. Her chuckles faded out rather quickly though, her attention focused back on him.

It made him a little nervous, he didn’t know why

“Today was a.. pretty rough akuma wouldn’t you say?” She quickly skittered over to his side, pausing briefly for his permission before sitting beside him. “You seemed a little off today… are you okay? You're not usually so… depressed.”

“Haha, keen as ever huh m’lady?” he chuckled awkwardly. Yet, it didn’t take the look off of her face. "It's.. been a rough day I guess"

Ladybelle hummed in acknowledgement, nodding to him to continue.

"Daaah it's nothing really. Today was.. I wasn't at my best today. It won't happen again!"

She nodded her head, her smile unconvinced.

"Well, today's akuma took a lot out of me too. I figured… maybe we could sit up here for a bit and enjoy tonight? Watch a few videos?"

She asked awkwardly, yet it was just the thing he needed.

"Please"

The bug beamed at that moment, quickly standing up and promising to be back soon. And if she had looked closely before leaving, she would have seen his pupils grow in size at the offer. And a warm flush over his face.

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Ladybelle wasn’t sure what to expect when she went out for the night. After the akuma fight today, Chat Noir had seemed more tired than usual.

Maybe it was in her own head, or her exhaustion projecting, but she couldn’t get him off her mind since they said their goodbyes.

When she reached their spot, she saw him. Sitting on the edge, drooped. But she let a small smile come to her face when his ears perked up to her entrance.

After a few brief exchanges, she was on her way back to her home for a quick stop.

Yet not as quick as she would have liked.

Almost crashing in (almost), she rushed to detransform and scrambled to the kitchen. Reminding herself to be mindful of her parents’ sleeping, she rummaged through the blankets they had available in a separate cabinet. Grabbing three for good measure before speed walking to the kitchen section of the combined living space.

Opening the fridge she grabbed the cookies she had baked earlier that day. They had originally been for someone else.. but this was more important.

Tikki munched on her snack quietly as Marinette paced, trying to think of what else she will need.

And like that, they were off once more.

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Chat Noir hadn’t moved an inch since she had left, and silently ladybelle was glad another akuma hadn’t surfaced in her absence. Whether Papillion hadn’t bothered to send one out for who knows why, or her chat’s down attitude wasn’t enough for one to appear.

Regardless, Ladybelle once again made her way to his side.

“I have the promised goods!” she affirmed, watching the cat hero’s eyes brighten in curiosity as he peered at the bag in her hands. He seemed more cat-like when he was quieter, which was more than a little funny to Ladybelle.

It didn’t take long to set up a movie and dish out the blankets. Ladybelle chortled when she revealed the treats, she could almost see the instant drool from her kitty’s face. Though he snapped out of it pretty quickly.

For the first time she had come back that night, he spoke, “You didn’t need to do all this you know.”

“Hm?”

“All… this. I do appreciate it M’lady don’t get me wrong! But…”

He paused, and she turned back around from placing the blankets to look at him. “...Are you okay Chat?”

He looked away, then back to her again.

Almost debating something.

“Could I vent to you a little?” he asked, “I know you don’t like talking about our personal lives so I’ll keep the details vague but..”

“Ok” She readily agreed

“Oh uh ok. I didn’t think you’d actually be.. cool! Cool” Chat noir coughed. “I guess you could say my family isn’t.. the greatest. Actually, this time of year used to be happier for all of us. My father has been getting busier over the years and.. well usually we get to have Christmas together. But this year has been.. different.

"Haha, I... I guess this year has just been too different for me. As stupid as it is…” tears pricked his eyes, mumbling the last part.

She didn’t say anything, so he continued.

“M’lady.. I don’t know how much you enjoy the holidays. And if I’m frank, I’m really tired of it all”

“Of..?” she quietly prompted.

“Of the- DAH- The Christmas everything! The- There is so much right now that talks about love and caring and being merry around now. Sitting around the tree for presents or just the presents in general. The decorations and feelings it… it would normally be right up my alley.”

He paused somberly, kneading the blanket he had grabbed a few minutes prior. Ladybelle couldn’t bring herself to say anything.

“Everything has changed so much at my home.” He lifted his head toward the sky “and.. I feel more… lonely than I ever have? And I hate that.. And that it’s only changed for me. Everything else stays the same, the advertisements, the gifts, the same gift cards and letters, and AND BUSINESS!”

With every exclamation his hair and tail seemed to frazzle more.

“And- and..” his lip started to tremble. “I hate, that I’m getting upset over this one year. But… what if it never goes back to how it usually is?

"That.. my family won’t ever-” his voice cracked. “They won’t ever sit around that tree like you might see in the media. For the perfect family. Or I guess, at least a regular family. No more… perfect decorations that just encapsulate the magic around this time. I hate that.. that has to change. I’m making a big fuss” he said, as if spitting out the word, “over something so.. Stupid…”

He became quieter with his last statement, then a long pause followed. He wouldn’t make eye contact with her, and she didn’t need him to. She didn’t really know how to respond honestly.

So she sat there.

And waited for him.

And eventually, he quietly asked “Ladybelle… what do you think of Christmas?

"Or.. really just the holidays i guess heh.. I don’t think you’ve ever told me what you celebrate.”

“Oh uhh” she awkwardly cleared her throat “My parents celebrate it, maybe not the more traditional connections but it’s a.. It’s nice.

They usually take a few days off for us, after the holiday works them tired. It gets busy. But.. they make sure to spend time with me.”

“They seem nice” he softly responded, looking at her.

“Yeah, they are.” she smiled “I hope I can introduce them to you someday.”

“I’d like that M’lady”

Ladybelle pursed her lips “And.. I don’t think you’re as alone as you think. Not everyone has a ‘merry’ Christmas and.. and that’s ok. I know a few people that don’t really enjoy it either”

She nervously coughed for a second “heh I don’t know if that helps! I guess I can’t relate too much. At least- for christmas.”

Chat noir looked at her and softly smiled, “no, that.. That helps. Thank you”

“It was no problem, kitty! It’s the least I could do.” Reaching out her hand, she formed a fist and held it in an invitation. To which the black cat user returned. “Pound it.”

“Now uh, do you want to watch a movie? It doesn’t need to be christmas-related but maybe something that could take your mind off of it.”

“That sounds absolutely purrrfect, Buginette!”

Ladybelle drooped exaggeratingly as she reached for her laptop “Oh NO, the puns are back!!” she groaned as he laughed in response.

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It didn’t take long until they were both snuggled together in the blankets, eating cookies and enjoying the movie they had put on, “Beauty and the Beast”.

It was a favorite of Chat Noir’s, Ladybelle would learn. He used to watch it with his mom.

Now they were about halfway through the film, it would soon be one in the morning. Chat’s head had ended up leaning on her shoulder as they watched the film, and she didn’t object. A quiet rumbling came from his chest, and she felt the urge to pet his head weirdly enough. She shoved that down though.

“Thank you”

“Hm?” She glanced at him

“Thank you. You didn’t have to listen, and do all this. But you did”

“Well, that's what friends do right? When they are down. I-I mean, I know we haven’t known each other for too long but-”

His eyes seemed to glow impossibly brighter at that. “We’re friends.” He said, almost more a question than a statement.

But regardless, she still answered while smiling “Yeah, we are.”

Chat’s purrs were louder the rest of the movie

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journals-of-the-guardian-project · 1 year

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Season 1: Before the Bookmark

Chapter 1: Origins p1

The previous year had been difficult for both Marinette and Adrien. Both teenagers are left hurt but very eager to move forward. And when two kwami's choose them, purposefully or… by accident, they'll get their wish. Fighting against a villain determined to remain in the shadows, unknown.

It's only a matter of time for secrets to be dug up and new problems arise.

But at least they have each other, against the world. …Right?

Or: My take on the universe and lore of miraculous ladybug. Season 1.

Words: 6,390

Tags that apply to this first chapter: Bad Parent Gabriel Agreste, Developing Friendships, Strained Friendships, Canon Rewrite, Fix-It, Caline Bustier's B+ Teaching, Kwami and miraculous lore, ETC

A/n: Probably won't have an update for this until school ends, but that should give me enough time to figure out more specifics for Season 1's chapters. Because I have a lot in general plot points planned, it's just the manner of execution that I've saved to plan until now.

Tldr: things will be figured out before next chapter

Thank you @ Bluefireblaze for helping with this chapter!

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug rewrite #miraculous ladybug au #jotg au #guardian marianne au #jotg season 1 #ladybelle #chat noir #adrien agreste #marinette dupain cheng #miraculous ladybug fic #my writing #fanfiction

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journals-of-the-guardian-project · 1 year

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Did you guys want JOTG Alya? I wanted to draw JOTG Alya. AND it’s art for National Pansexual Pride Day! (Well, according to google I think, december 8th)

I haven’t blurbed much about what Alya is like in this au online yet. JOTG Alya isn’t gonna be too different from canon in personality but I am working on shifting how she interacts with others and how much impact she has on the story. Largely I like what Callimara has suggested for a rewritten version of her and I’ll be adding to that since she has said she’s ok with it.

She’ll still be credited of course when I actually WRITE THIS

I am terrible at drawing out the ideas I’ve collected for this au over the past year but hopefully I’ll be able to get more stuff down for Alya to grow interest lol.

You’ll be able to find the timelapse for this on instagram!

Reblogs > Likes

Older art I’ve done for this redesign is below:

Though you can tell my artstyle has changed lol

#alya redesign #alya cesaire redesign #alya cesaire #pansexual pride day #jotgAU #jotg concepts #took about 4-5 hours #pansexual #pansexual alya cesaire #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug headcanons #miraculous ladybug redesign #journals of the guardian au #digital art #my art #reblogs>likes #cmon guys I believe in you #MDN art tag

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journals-of-the-guardian-project · 1 year

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It’s been a hot minute since I posted somthn for ml so here ya go!

Click the keep reading for more of my thoughts about this

I’m playing with the idea of having Kagami have a disability of some kind in my AU since I think it might help some other areas of the plot and arcs I have planned out so far. Mainly with Chloe’s arc but also with others. I’ll avoid giving spoilers for now but Chloe has a VERY big shift in her arc that Kagami might have a part of.

Though I still don’t know what KIND of disability Kagami will have and I still don’t know if I will implement it. I am currently researching leg related disabilities but I haven’t found anything that I think will fit (I am open to suggestions). SO for now its an idea that I’m keeping on the back burner as I focus on other areas that I still need to flesh out before I... write the first chapter...

Like Chloe’s redemption arc! That I need to be perfect apparently cause I’m a perfectionist.

But on the other hand, more related to the actual art, I have finally settled on a design that I like for Kagami! When I first did a “redesign” for Kagami it was for my first Chlogami art thing I posted, and at the time I hadn’t fully decided on a design so it was rushed, her hair is now different and more similar to canon so I’m a little hesitant to call it a redesign now. Just.. a stylized version! The colors here are a little different and blue because I shifted it for the background.

#kagami tsurugi #chloe bourgeois #chlogami #jotgAU #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug redesign #journals of the guardian au #ok fine it's different enough #kagami redesign #kagami x chloe #chloe x kagami #I'm not the most happy with the colored drawing #but I'm happy enough with it for now #my art #jotg concepts #btw chloe is crying because her mom disappointed her again #I might write this scene eventually cause there is a reason kagami is a little upset with her #MDN art tag

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journals-of-the-guardian-project · 1 year

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Does anyone want Journal Of The Guardian sketch dump?

Unfinished sketches in all their glory ofc, playing with more outfits for marinette & adrien

Knock on wood that I'll make progress in writing this au

I might just post a poll asking if I should just post what I have so far, tho we'll see what I can get done tomorrow since I have a brief school break rip juniors taking the act

#mlb redesign #journal of the guardian #guardian marianne au #marinette redesign #tikki redesign #adrien redesign #jotg concepts #miraculous ladybug rewrite #tikki #marinette dupain-cheng #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #lil bit of adrinette #my art #MDN art tag

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mikodrawnnarratives · 2 years

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More doodles + a little more information about how Marinette and Adrien were chosen! I gotta remind myself that no one’s gonna be interested in my rewritten AU if I don’t SHARE any of the changes before I start writing and posting it.

-Marinette in the beginning doesn’t like Adrien very much and it takes a season for her to warm up to him and get a crush on him -The ladybug and cat miraculous usually have their owner chosen by the Kwami’s themselves, since they are the best judge of people who fit their values. But because of the way their miraculous are programmed, when one kwami chooses their holder, the other only has a set amount of time to find their holder. -This is to prevent large gaps of time between chosen holders. (theres also a rule that the age gap can’t be very large to prevent absurd age gaps where the partners can’t connect to each other)

Plagg rushes to get Adrien because he wants to break this goodie two shoes that could be a GREAT cat. Also because he senses something mysterious and eerie from the mansion that he can’t quite place. That leaves Tikki to find the closest 15 year old that fits her criteria for a good Ladybug.

Plagg and TIkki both judge the heck out of each other’s chosen holder in the first season. I’ll be drawing this out eventually. If you have any questions about my rewrite, feel free to leave them in the comments and if I deem them not really spoilery, I’ll answer!

Reblogs are appreciated!

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mikodrawnnarratives · 4 months

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I finished the pretty gorls ON TIME!

2022 Version

2021 Version

(I'm also going to reblog them right after this is posted)

I'm gonna ramble under the cut about the designs n stuff but you can scroll past that to get to the timelapse if u want.

@jotg-miraculousrewriteau is where you'll see any updates about this story/au/rewrite I have going on if you get interested. It'll take some time before I get around to writing it but I'll be trying to draw more. I'll list some reasons for why I haven't gotten much out recently under the cut. Not abandoning the au tho!

This one was a STRUGGLE and part of it was because I still liked last year's and because my interest in ml has taken a back burner with other interests BARGING IN this year.

Not to say that I don't want to work on my rewrite anymore, but I'm probably gonna do some more rewatching so I can get fully back into it again. I can't really plop down what I've come up with for the rewrite and be satisfied anyway, so I'm stuck until I get the thing written and drawn.

THAT ASIDE, I changed up their posing again and included updates to the character design. I don't know if what I've drawn Marinette in here will stick for her redesign as far as outfits are concerned, but I don't really like the previous outfit I gave her anymore so I needed to work with something new.

Overall I like how this turned out, even if I'm a bit unsure abt other areas.

Specifics: Once again, I liked coloring and drawing Marinette more which shouldn't be a surprise since I have more to work with in her design. I made the foolish mistake of not including her freckles in the past, so now I'm amending for that. She's sort of matching her bf now.

I included some lore bits abt Tikki and Marinette's complicated relationship here that I haven't talked abt before. Marinette is not doing anything to Tikki intentionally, but I have a plot line in the story I have planned that involves how the kwamis went from deities to kwamis. Got caged in the miraculous. And the consequences that follow.

INcluding Marinette and Tikki gaining a strained relationship for the majority of the story.

But that's all I'll say on that for now.

You might notice Marinette's skintone has changed a bit from other redesigns. What happened was, when I was first coming up with ideas for the rewrite, I was going off of critisysms I saw a lot and noting them down. One, was that Mari didn't look like she was biracial and her skin tone should reflect that. Now. I was young and figured "Oh okay! So. Lets look up what average chinese skintones are!" ...I found the racist color swatches that got pretty close to yellow and I ignorantly changed her skin tone to that.

So! Now her skin tone is closer to canon's and I've decided anything about her heritage isn't something I'll tackle in my rewrite/au since I'm not qualified. I still have some things I've changed so she looks similar to both parents, but no more of that skin tone.

Lol I didn't get the timelapse started until the basic sketches were completed

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mikodrawnnarratives · 1 year

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People who have been here for a year, remember this? :)

I reblogged the post from a year ago a couple days ago but if not 2021 version is right here

Update: 2023 Version Here

The designs for Ladybelle and Marinette's redesigns have changed a little but the colors remain similar. I got to play around a little more with how the colors fit with the background/overall color palette in a way. I like it much more than last years, more dull colors lol

It was fun to change up the poses to be more dynamic! I'm really happy with how it turned out

Here's to 2023, hopefully it won't suck too badly and I'll actually get started WRITING this AU/Rewrite!

I'm gonna continue posting these redraws on my main account instead of the @jotg-miraculousrewriteau even though these drawings are for the jotg au

As usual there should be a timelapse of this on Instagram's version, I will update this if the timelapse doesn't work

Reblogs>Likes!!!

#marinette dupain-cheng #ladybug #ladybelle #marinette redesign #ladybug redesign #miraculous ladybug #jotgAU #journals of the guardian au #miraculous ladybug au #miraculous ladybug rewrite #digital art #my art #redraw #yearly redraw #first time I scheduled a post actually #if everything goes fine and dandy #no one should be seeing this on the 28th #MDN art tag

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mikodrawnnarratives · 28 days

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Two years ago I started on ideas for a full blown rewrite of Miraculous Ladybug. And it was the result of bad faith critiques against the show and just an overwhelming amount of salt I didn't realize I could filter. I lost my enjoyment but I did think of a lot of ideas for what could have happened in the show. It was kinda like "oh I haven't seen anyone else do it so I'll make a rewrite that makes everyone happy"

Completely ignorant that I was not original, it's been done before, etc.

Is it any surprise I burned out hard on that lmao. I barely posted stuff for this and yet here I am. Burnt out from my self imposed perfectionism and consistently going back and forth on if I think the show is bad enough to warrant a full rewrite. It wasn't ever going to last since my fuel was trying to create something that everyone would be happy with.. impossible.

I think after reading enough text posts from bugga chat I think the show can be viewed in a way that is better done than you'd expect. I enjoyed creating stuff Abt ml much more when I wasn't bogged down by salters

I've realized I like creators (bugga chat & Anne scribbles to name a couple) that enjoy the show a lot more than creators that don't. And I also don't think I can top Zoe's Scarlet Lady au in terms of fixing canon's issues and characterization. That's a full blown project I recommend checking out lol

And y'know, even if I wrote this out, I'd be catering for an audience I just don't agree with anymore. Like, Chloe redemption arc for instance, I don't think canon was perfect with how they handled Chloe but I also don't think that arc was destined to be a redemption and they did a 180.

I've begun to feel DEEPLY uncomfortable with some Chloe stans (not all) too since the show implies Chloe's bullying of Marinette was had racist intentions and now that I realize that I.. idk I just feel uncomfortable with some perceptions of Chloe. I still like the idea of a redemption arc for her but I don't really want to be the one to write it and make it work lmao

I still have a lot of ideas for this au/rewrite I think could be cool I also just don't want to rewrite everything in the show for them.

So. What next.

Omg that felt cool to say wowsers anyway

This isn't to say I'm abandoning anything JOTG related, don't fear if you follow the side blog. I just won't be writing anything like full seasons and this'll be just fanart and ramblings of ideas to accompany them. I'll leave it to everyone else to imagine a show that foreshadows and builds on any of those ideas.

No guarantees about how often I'll draw for those ideas (especially since my biggest hyperfixations at the moment are different fandoms) but it feels like significantly less pressure for me to put on myself haha. Look forward to the fanart cuz, again, I do think I have some BOMB ideas for how canon could be different

Thx for reading! :)

#scheduling this for after april 1st bc i don't want anyone to think im kidding #tldr is i dont like creating ml stuff out of hatred for the show or even disappointment #I'd rather make stuff bc i think it'd be cool if canon went differently instead #and make that stuff for ppl who also like the show even if it isn't perfect

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