#and felix could talk with emelie

[hirachat]

i was recently reminded of the kwagatama and its just a cool and interesting concept. like do evil holders get kwagatamas? does the morality of the current holder limit who they can summon? i know adrien will get his this season most likely, since his birthday is close to the beginning of the school year, so who will he summon first? and isnt it crazy that both of adrien’s parents are accessible through the kwagatama??

i hope this is more explored next season because its so so cool!!

[thefcguy]

Felix Fathom - The Worst Miraculous Character?

So, I think it's public knowledge by now that I hate Canon Felix. There are characters such as Marinette, Chloe, and Even Lila that I can try to comprehend why they have fans (I am a Sabrina fan, after all, even if I am aware her arc wasn't exactly well done).

However, Felix is a character that is so badly handled by the show, and it's problematic in so many levels, that I have no idea of how he became popular.

I could just say that his mentality of "Anyone who isn't a sentimonster must die" is a huge problem which doesn't get acknowleged. Or that he didn't actually get redeemed, but just started controlling his impulses to please Kagami.

But I know that his stans would complain about me. So, I am going to make a full analysis of all he did across the series.

(Also, the fact @booksrbetterthanpeople , @nerdy-chocomallow , @msweebyness and @imsparky2002 are making a "Class Worst Moments with Felix gave me the courage to finally analyze his behavior)

Side Note: I don't judge those who like PV!Felix, Fanon Felix, or Felix Culpa. They are different takes on the idea of Adrien's cousin/twin/beta version than what Canon Felix is.

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Felix - The Episode

Felix's introduction already tells us a lot about him:

We know he and Adrien look identical (and that they played together a lot as kids).

He isn't as playful or joyful as his cousin.

He feels resentful and the Agrestes.

However, since the focus is on Amelie and Gabriel's unresolved problems related to the Graham's Twin Rings, Felix barely has the chance of talking.

The next scene with Felix is him and Adrien spending time together. And we finally understand why Felix is angry at Adrien: He didn't come to visit him at his father's funeral.

Which, spoiler warning, feels very weird considering Felix hated his father and was probably glad he died. Even worse is how insensitive he is to Adrien's own issues, since the boy isn't allowed to do anything.

When the two seem to finally make up, it is all revealed to be Felix's secret plan to ruin Adrien's reputation...

The scene where Felix watches the videos that were made for Adrien, however, shows us new info about him. It shows how good he is at analyzing people, but it also shows us how he is judgemental, and how he sees everyone as ridiculous or silly.

It gets even worse when Felix acts very pushy towards Adrien so the girl whom he knows his cousin is crushing on has a negative view on him.

Then, he shows to be completely okay with helping a terrorist so he can get what he wants.

Then, the episode ends with a fake apology, and Amelie's excuse of Felix's rebellious behavior being a result of his grief towards his father's loss... only for him to steal Gabriel's ring soon after.

Now, a few comments:

Felix, in this episode, is shown to be arrogant, selfish, envious, resentful, cunning, and vengeful.

He is also shown to be able to analyze people.

The excuse the writers give us is that is all part of his grieving process... which is very bad, considering how it is shown in season 5 that Felix and Colt didn't get along well and Felix resented him.

Which means that Amelie's speech could mean 4 things.

The writers hadn't come up with Colt's personality yet.

Two, Amelie considered Colt's abusive parenting method as something good because it kept "Felix on Line."

Three, Amelie wasn't aware of Colt's behavior, or was so used to how she was raised, that she saw no problem with how her husband handled Felix.

Still, that episode is not the worst Felix has done yet. But, it contradicts everything the character does moving forward.

It does make sense, however, for Felix to be so envious, considering the emotion he was made from was Colt's envy towards Gabriel and Emelie.

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Gabriel Agreste - The Episode as Well

Unlike his debut, Felix doesn't have much importance here. Mostly cause this episode is full of Love Square nonsense, the class being so bored with their lives that they decide to meddle on Marinette's love life (and drag poor Zoe to it), and Gabriel's plans on getting the ring back.

Still, this episode gives us hints that Felix is planning something. Especially when he tries to interact with Emilie's portraits (which us, as fans, know that is where Gabriel hides a lot of his secrets), the way he rejects Shadow Moth's help, and how he tears Sentigabriel's pants.

Now, for the commentary part:

This episode shows that Felix knows more about the miraculous than the regular civilian. He knows that Gabriel is capable of making copies of himself with the peacock.

It also shows that Felix is way smarter than our main duo. He suspects Gabriel is Shadow Moth and suspects there is something mysterious about the portrait.

It shows that you need more than money to win Felix's respect (since he acts very rudely towards Kagami and Chloe).

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Risk

Felix first scene on this episode is him promising to help Adrien freeing himself from his father's control...

However, us, fans who watched the episode already, know that's not the case.

Felix's main goal is to get confirmation that Gabriel Agreste is Hawk Moth.

And he ends up finding out his aunt's dead body on the basement... does he tell Adrien about it? No, of course he doesn't. But, that's a topic for later.

His disguise as Adrien was so convincing, that he managed to get his hands on the dog miraculous.

And here, Felix finds out about the power of the rabbit miraculous. The only miraculous that the Parisians didn't know yet... this will be important for my argument down the line.

And this scene here is where we finally understood Felix's ideology: "Humans have mistreated Sentibeings for way too long! They all deserve to perish, as we, sentibeings, make this world our own"

...

In one hand, I understand Felix's frustration at what the sentimonsters go through, but, on the other... what else did he expect Ladybug and her team to do? Strikeback was unbeatable, destroying the town, and, by that point, they were all so used to seeing sentimonsters getting materialized and dissipated, that they had no idea of how they worked.

But, I will talk more about it later.

Then, we have this scene here... were Felix gives Gabriel all of the miraculi of the chinese box, Adrien's ring, and leaves the scene as if he did nothing...

Nothing that he did here was necessary.

And before you guys tell me: "But FC, he only wanted him and Adrien to be safe from Gabriel's power of vanishing any sentimonster", I will tell you, HE DID NOT HAVE TO DO THAT.

So, I will make a list below of everything Felix could have done:

1- Used the Rabbit and Bee Miraculi to ambush Gabriel when he least expected:

As I stated before, Felix knew how the rabbit's miraculous powers worked. He knew that it gave the holder time travel.

And he KNEW that a holder can use more than one miraculous at a time.

Since Felix probably researched a lot about the topic before, he must have known what the bee's miraculous properties could do. Queen Bee showed off a lot during her time as a heroine, and she got publicly akumatized. There is no way he didn't know the bee's powers.

All he had to do was unify Fluff and Pollen, ambushing Gabriel at the start of season 4, and he would have the Butterfly, the Peacock, and the other twin ring.

Before you ask me about Bunnix, Felix had no reason to know she would be there (she wasn't when Pennybug showed the inside of Burrow to him).

But, if you are dissatisfied with this plan, I had others.

2- Use the Horse and the Bee Miraculi to ambush Gabriel:

Instead of Felix using the rabbit, he could have easily hidden somewhere, stolen Ladybug's yo-yo, grabbed the horse miraculous (which he has also seen in action), travelled to London, put all of the miraculi somewhere safe, unified Pollen and Kaalki, and ambushed Gabriel from behind.

Once again, he would have gotten the peacock miraculous, the butterfly miraculous, the other twin ring, and he would now have all of the chinese box at his service for his next plans.

If you are still not satsified, there is another plan he could have done.

3- Give just the Dog, or the least threatening miraculi:

Gabriel didn't know how many miraculi Felix had access to.

Felix could have easily stolen Ladybug's yo-yo, used the horse like on the last plan, but choose less threatening miraculi (he could have forced the kwamis to tell him their powers), and he would have still gotten the peacock brooch, and his terrorist uncle wouldn't have the power of time travel, making other heroes useless, paralyzing or turning invisble.

Or, as I said, he could have just given the dog. A miraculous for a miraculous. Gabriel was so desperate that he would have accepted any.

But not, Felix did none of the above. He simply went to his terrorist uncle, gave him the most powerful artifacts known to human kind and left.

Part of it for plot convenience? Definetely, but, if there is something Felix's preview episodes showed, Felix likes to cause chaos.

He enjoyed ruining Adrien's reputation, he enjoyed causing problems at Gabriel's party, and he will enjoy causing moren problems on season 5.

Felix is an agent of chaos, he only cares about his goals, and tormentating humanity.

The only ones he feels empathy are other sentimonsters, and even then it's questionable considering how he has treated Adrien until now.

And before you guys tell me about how it's all due to his trauma, yes, I understand he had a terrible life... but so did Adrien, Zoe and Kagami. And yet, none of them went as far as he did.

And, maybe, if Felix faced the consequences for his actions (losing the peacock miraculous, being sent to some form of teen jail, or a punishment given by Su-han), maybe I would have been able of forgiving him... but he doesn't.

Even after everything he has done, even after he erased humanity, given weapons to a terrorist, even after he has shown to not be stable or trust-worthy... he got a girlfriend, kept his miraculous, and is somehow a part of the Miraculers.

I am not a Chloe Stan, but... she did way less and was sent to live with her abusive mother, lost her miraculous, and is considered the abslolute evil opf the series.

And even if she only had a few moments of kindness... it was more than Felix, who only helped people when it was convenient to him or somehow made a part of his plan...

But, that's for the part 2 of the analysis...

[ijustliketoreadstuff]

Who used it?!

The sentimonster topic has always been very interesting to talk about, but recently, as I was conversing with a fellow Miraculer, whom has asked to be referred to as “Sunny D”, something new came to light. As a quick refresher, just as any miraculous, if the peacock miraculous is used when in a broken state, the holder will receive a terrible backlash that will not only make them ill, but inevitably lead to their death. No human medical knowledge can heal the effects from a broken miraculous, because no such human cure or treatment exists to treat such magical side effects. 

Now, throughout the series, we have already been subtly hinted of there potentially being numerous sentimonsters in the series, most notably by all the references to feathers, such as the ones we saw in the “Adrien the Fragrance” ad back in ”Gorizilla”, being a clear sign of the various amoks/sentimonsters in the series who were always close to Adrien.

Felix and Adrien were always prime sentimonster suspects for years, but we knew there had to be more, and sure enough, one of the people on that list of potential sentimonsters was narrowed down to Kagami, who not only had a very strict and controlled way of life, but was also among the few with a mom that was close to Gabriel, meaning she to could share in the secret of the peacock miraculous. Confirmation of Kagami being a sentimonster along with Adrien and Felix, was quickly obtained near the end of “Perfection”, when Tomoe revealed that Kagami had an amok in the family ring. 

(Tomoe lashed out at Gabriel, after learning he sent a megakuma to Kagami’s ring, if the amok is released, Kagami will disapear. In “Emotion”, Felix further confirmed things, the moment we saw him sense Kagami's amok in her ring.)

But even with knowing now that there were three official sentimonsters in “Emotion” alone, the three being of course, Felix, Adrien and Kagami, we forgot that we don’t actually know the full backstory on how Kagami was created, at least not yet anyway. There is a grim fate to anyone who uses the broken peacock miraculous, so who used it to create Kagami? Tomoe is still alive and healthy, so did someone else create Kagami for Tomoe?

 Back in "Riposte", we learn through Adrien’s online search that the Tsurugi's were mainly comprised of a grandfather, Kagami, and Tomoe, but no spouse is talked of. We don’t know much about Tomoe and the rest of the Tsurugi family line just yet, but it wouldn’t be to shocking to know that Tomoe was the last of her families lineage and wanted to have a kid on her own without a spouse. But regardless of what she could have told the public and Kagami to cover up the truth about the peacock miraculous, it feels like there is some darker truth Tomoe has not yet revealed to the audience.

With no one else but a grandfather in her life, Tomoe could have sought the help of her only remaining family to help her by asking him to use the peacock miraculous for her, but considering the circumstances of Kagami’s way of life, Tomoe could have also brought it upon herself to create the “perfect” child she envisioned, a child who would uphold the Tsurugi family name exactly as she wanted. Of course, if Tomoe used the peacock miraculous and is still alive, then there is a possibility she used the peacock miraculous before it was broken.

No matter how far back we trace the peacock miraculous, we know that it was broken when Emelie used it, but we don’t know how it was broken or exactly when. For all we know, the peacock miraculous would have still been completely in tact when it was found along with the butterfly miraculous all those years ago, but was placed into a situation, not long after it was found, which gave it its first crack, and then later forced that small crack to spread, honestly who knows. We know that whoever uses it in its broken state would face the same fate as Emelie, Colt(Felix’s dad), and Nathalie, worst of all, nothing humanly possible could save them once they used its power. 

So, if the Tsurugi Grandfather used it to bring Kagami into the world and passed away a few years after that, no one would be suspicious of an elderly man passing on. But if Tomoe was potentially the last person to use the peacock miraculous before it was officially broken, then she must have received some sort of side effect that was not necessarily life threatening, but still very sudden and impactful onto her life none the less, such as loosing her vision. But again, lets just wait and see what the show has to say.

[miraculouscriticismshub]

Miraculous head cannons - SEASON 5 spoilers ahead

Felix, Chloe and Adrien watched The Hunger Games during Felix's visits to Paris. Adrien's favorite character was Peeta while Felix admired Finnick and Chloe adored Effie. After Season 5 , both cousins introduced the films to Kagami and Marinette during their first double date. Marinette's favorite character was Katniss while Kagami loved Johanna. 

Zoe’s father's name was Andrew lee. 

Zoe’s father was a high ranking military captain who was friends with Colt Fathom - who was an arms dealer. 

Zoe’s father being in the military meant he traveled a lot and was very busy but still had time for his daughter. He loved Zoe a lot but when Zoe did something wrong , he wasn't afraid to discipline her. However when Zoe was 11 a war broke out in a foreign country so Zoe’s father went abroad to fight. This caused Zoe to be put into boarding school because her dad wasn’t able to care for her. He however was still a decent father and visited Zoe as much as he could. When Zoe told him about the bullying on the phone , he brought Zoe tickets to Paris because he had no other family to send her too. He wanted for Zoe to get her to know her half-sister and promised her it would be temporary and he will come back for her soon.

Zoe and Felix knew each other due to their dads being friends

Chloe respected Emelie and saw Emelie as a mother figure. The brooch she gave to Sabrina was given to her from Emelie. Emelie gave her the brooch because she was Adrien's only friend .

Zoe is a fan of The Lumineers.

Zoe's paternal grandmother is from Central Asia specifically Tajikistan.

Zoe can understand some Tajik

Chloe and Felix listen to Marina and the Diamonds. It's one of the few things they have in common and in fact the only times Felix and Chloe got along was when they talked about Marina😆😆

Sabrina and Chloe watched Totally spies when they were younger.

Nino is from Morocco while Alix has ancestry from Egypt and Algeria while Max is from Mali.

Nino , Max ,Alix and their families celebrate Eid together.

Alix , Chloe and Sabrina use to be friends when they were younger. However Alix stopped being friends with her as she couldn't deal with Chloe's terrible behaviour.

Zoe's paternal grandfather died during 9/11.

Zoe's middle name is Niloofar.

Kim's grandfather from the vietnamese side of his family was a veteran during the vietnam war.

Chloe always knew the Jean-Armands name. She only got his name wrong on purpose just to get attention from her mother. These are just my head cannons. Feel free to disagree :) . Please stay respectful

[lostuntothisworld]

Who's ready for another shitpost spaghetti theory based off the popular fan theory that's been going around where Felix and Adrien were swapped at birth

(Also what's the deal with these recordings and why does Gabe want them gone so bad, other than the obvious?)

Okay here's where the crack theory comes in:

Adrien is his own twin sister, and that's why he has two amoks.

When Emilie is talking about Adrien being free in the recordings, she's not talking about Adrien, she's talking about Adrienne, the baby girl Adrien was named after, who only exists in strands of DNA within Adrien. When Gabemoth talks about how "they" can all be together again, he's talking about how the four of them can be a family.

Whichever Princess twin that had Adrien, couldn't bear the fact that the baby girl was no longer there, and passed the boy baby and her empire to her twin's family.

Maybe that's why Amelie (a name that means acts like the curious princess (the princess that ends up marrying Gabemoth), whereas Emilie (a name that means Rival) acts like the wise princess (the princess that ends up marrying Colt).

I'm not sure how it'll play out or what twin swap did (or even didn't actually, but was planned to) occurred. But something is fishy.

Maybe Gabriel and Emilie are Felix's real parents while

Maybe Colt and Amilie are Adrien's real parents, and Gabriel and Emelie are Felix's?

Maybe even Colt and Emilie are Adrien's parents, and Gabriel and Amelie are Felix's?

All of this ties into my theory that the show is just a giant 15 year timeloop.

Here's what Kagami right before the play in Representation:

Kagami: But that's the only possible explanation. Argos: (off-screen) Do you think she can be trusted? Kagami: She's my friend. We don't have a choice. (holds hands with Argos) My mother and Gabriel Agreste will never allow us to love each other freely. Only Ladybug can help us.

That is to say, Kagami came up with the story from whatever limited information she has using her logic. Felix is either going along with it for his own purposes, or he actually believes her. Even Tikki calls it a sad story, and Marinette insists it's a real thing that occurred.

I think instead of looking at the play, we should look at what happens directly before it, Marinette chasing a disguised Felix around while trying to act happy even though she's crying and trying to find Adrien.

First she's handed a crown from Rose, and a bouquet of flowers with a dark striped ribbon by a thankful Caline who says she would never have been able to run for mayor without her. A bouquet that is the same exact one as the bouquet Marinette gifts her mother for a belated Mother's day (using her mother's money, too!). I know the show likes to reuse models, but that's kind of suspect in my opinion, especially considering the next scene:

Miss Bustier: I never would've had the courage to run for Mayor! Marinette: Oh! You're welcome, Miss Bustier! We've always been an inspiration to you— I-I mean, the opposite! (bumps on Ivan) Ivan: She took up our ecological proposals in her program! (gives Marinette a tight hug) Mylène: (gives Marinette a small piece of log with a ribbon) Thanks to you, if Miss Bustier is elected, there will be more trees, less cars — the planet will breathe! Marinette: (walks away backwards from Ivan and Mylène) I'm happy that the planet gets to breathe. But right now, I'm the one who can't breathe! (runs) Adrien! (Marinette hurriedly runs through the crowd, bumping into numerous people along the way.) Mylène: Are you sure you're okay, Marinette? Kim: You don't look too good right now! Marinette: (skittishly) Me? Not looking too good? What are you talking about? I'm here, totally here! I've got a bouquet, a crown, a log, and I'm dancing! Woohoo! Oh wow, speaking of which, why don't I go try out that trampoline? Hop-hop! See ya!

They sure did chuck a baby boy log at her while she's hyperventilating. I wonder what this could possibly represent :)

She runs into an old flame who is redeemed and genuinely concerned for her. She tells him that she's great and how could she not if she has a bouquet, a log, and a crown.

Anyway, she says she wants to "hop hop hop" on the trampoline but Mr. Damacles (and Jean Duparc is there too...) (Is Mr Damacles a time traveler?)

Then she bumps into Zoe, the person who decided to put her in the spotlight without thinking of her feelings on the matter, searches around for "Adrien" and spots his orange butterfly branded shoes.

She accidentally interrupts a pair of lovebirds while chasing "Adrien", and promptly "Adrien". Her back turned from the telescope behind her, she tries to call him but there's no answer.

A blue firework with a pink core explodes behind her. All she had to do was look through the telescope.

Alya and Nino go comfort her.

Alya: Marinette, stop. You're just hurting yourself. You know he's in London. Marinette: What if he's come home? What if he disobeyed his father to come... (voice breaks) and find me? Nino: London isn't that far! We'll find a way to go and visit him. Alya: You have the right to be sad, Marinette. This is anything but the ending we expected.

And then Marinette does this:

She passes the three very specific objects to Alya and Nino, and runs away to find Adrien(ne)

Or, you know, Adrien and Felix were swapped at birth and/or Emilie and Amelie were swapped at their weddings. But that's a little predictable haha

[nandysfix]

Felix and His Father

Yeah no everybody loves talking about how Emelie is still alive as a memory inside the peacock miraculous, that Adrien could talk to her through the little rock thingy the kwamis make – that as i type i realize i should just search the name of it but im on a roll now

BUT let's focus for a quick second that the one that holds the peacock miraculous is Felix, who also had his father wield its power to bring him to life. Can we talk about that for a moment?

Felix meeting the younger version of his father, who was still strong and healthy, untouched by the consequences of a broken miraculous. A man with a strong sense of duty and responsibility, who out of braveness and love for a child (that doesn't yet exist), sacrificed his life and health to bring his heir to life.

A man who didn't yet regret the choice of the broken power, a man who still didn't know the pain of his life fading away, a man whose only goal in life was to fulfill his duty as the head of the family even if his life depended on it (and it did). A man who did not resent his son for existing, but cherished his life as his greatest treasure, his prize for a life mission accomplished.

A man who does not understand why his child hates him so much.

[rebuke-me]

im gonna talk about miraculous ladybug on main bc I'm thinking of stuff and it has to get out of my brain somehow, season 5 finale spoilers ahead

I think the woman is amelie. she's felix's mom, not adrien's. mostly bc 1) Adrien would have mentioned his mom there and then, if she was back, and 2) she was shown right alongside felix.

which means gabriel and emelie both died, one to bring back nathalie, and one to... what?

on one hand, you could probably say, "emilie was only partially alive anyways, so them two together would count as one life" or something like that. but I have a theory.

Adrien is heavily implied to be a sentimonster. Felix definitely is, in canon.

but either way, my thought is this: the first life went to nathalie.

the second life went to Felix or adrien, to become a true person and not a sentimonster anymore. to truly set them free.

(either that, or Marinette died in the collapse of the thing and was brought back, but that one seems unlikely, bc it probably would've been shown if it was her in an attempt to redeem gabriel?)

anyways. that's it. I'll go back to not talking about mlb now lol

[fridayturtle]

Miraculous Ladybug Rewrite/au

So uh about to post art for it so I figure I should post about it for the main long-term plot differences and premise difference. The main difference is instead of Master Fu only losing two miraculous, he loses all of them EXCEPT the ladybug, cat, and turtle. The main goal isn’t just to defeat hawkmoth, but to find and get all of the miraculous back to Master Fu as asked.

Overall premise differences:

Marinette's characterization is a bit different here, she's generally much more reclusive and only talks to Alya, and even then they're not the closest. She's only really close with family. She's more intensely bullied by Chloe.

Both of them were tested and chosen by their kwamis, not really master Fu, who's going to be a bit more of a mess in this au (he never got proper training afterall)

Both Chat Noir and Ladybug have contact with Master Fu fairly early on and equally

The miraculous cure has a time limit. It can only fix things for a few hours after the damage is done. (Chat Blanc's timeline chaos, for example, could never be fixed in any shape or form by the miracle cure.)

There's a secret society and research hidden from the public on the miraculous

As a result they do have to fight other miraculous holders every now and then, mainly in S1 (like the bee, the snake, and pig miraculous)

Not all of this is villainy, it's sometimes people trying to be heroes. Ladybug and Chat Noir try to teach others that not everyone should, or can be a hero though.

The Agreste family and Graham de Vanily family are all villains here working together

Emilie (Still kinda dead here) and Amelie have heavy involvement in the secret groups researching miraculous

Same miraculous for Nathalie and Gabriel, Amelie gets the mouse

A LOT of Amelie manipulating Gabriel

unfortunately going with sentimonster adrien in this au (which is the reason he's excluded from his family's villainy)

This is already a lot, the other big details are eventual fox holder Felix and eventual butterfly holder Emelie. Gonna put it under read more since it's already a long post, but here's the rest of main differences that happen.

Warning this gets long rip

This is pretty much a S2 Rundown:

Amelie using the mouse miraculous to spy on ladybug and chat noir (it's easy when you're small and everywhere to use it to spy)

Lila in S2 has the real fox miraculous, and in the fight against ladybug, she loses for Hawkmoth to come in and get it at the end (his first physical public appearance)

He then gives Felix the fox miraculous

Felix pretty much becomes a phantom thief with it called the Phantom Fox as a result lol. He steals jewelry across Paris (a chance to get the missing miraculous, and also enjoy a fun hobby of his)

Honestly he's just out here to waste so much of Ladybug and Chat Noir's time because it's fun for him (really big stunts of stealing stuff and just being a public bother, but Master Fu has emphasis that someone with a miraculous has to stop him lol)

Adrien's family is all together a lot but exclude him constantly despite a lot of episodes being him trying to impress them

Felix almost gets caught and revealed. Gabriel realizes how if he's caught there could be an investigation, and even worse, he could be mistaken for Adrien even if the miraculous is only taken for a minute.

I hate to make it edgy (this goes in with a later plot point though) but as a result Gabriel harms Felix pretty badly. Still personally debating what kind of injury or the specifics, but to the point where he has some facial injury to not be mistaken as Adrien, and for Felix to not be as casual when using the fox miraculous. After that, he stops making public appearances too (Adrien is told he went back to London for study-related reasons) and is slightly mute at times. Gabriel lies to Emilie that it was Ladybug and Chat Noir's doing to Emilie, causing her to start having actual resentment to them.

I know canon is going otherwise lately but Gabriel is fairly unaware about miraculous research and the potential of it. His goal is just to sacrifice Adrien for Emilie to come back to life, nothing bigger

He starts actually using Mayura and Amelie offensively in what would be S3. Happens pretty similarly to canon honestly with how Mayura is used, except for the main climax:

Gabriel does win one day

During this Gabriel, Marinette and Adrien all get to know each others identities (no one else)

They lost outside of the mansion but he takes Adrien back for his weird sacrifice thing and so that he can see Emilie the second she awakens

Even though wearing multiple miraculous is supposed to be hard in canon Hawkmoth wears all four lol, so in this au he's only able to wear two at once without hurting himself. So once in the mansion he's not wearing the butterfly and peacock

This clown gives them to Nathalie to hold onto

Gabriel dies instead of Adrien (woo!)

Because Adrien's right there he's able to take back the ladybug and cat miraculous

For clarification no Emilie doesn't notice she's out here dealing with way too much after being resurrected and having her husband die for her (and almost kill their sentimonster son )

Society is aware of their failure, the Agreste family is looked into, and they weren't able to miraculous cure the casualties or destruction away this time

It's not exactly. hard to steal from a sick woman. so Felix steals the butterfly and peacock miraculous

So it's generally a really big loss for Adrien and Marinette. They know each other's identities which is nice sure sure, but due to the major loss, disappointment in them from society, and the hurt Adrien feels a lot of the time spent is in somber comfort of each other instead. They're not sure what's going to happen next, so they keep their identities secret from society. They just have each other now.

Everything after is, well. even more different from canon because I went feral. Basically S4:

Ya'll know how I mentioned Marinette is a lot more reclusive? She's still bright as ladybug, but this effects that too. She really refused any interviews or explanations on herself or miraculous in the past, and now that really screws them over. A lot of distrust from society because they have no statements from her to know what's going on.

Amelie is so glad Gabriel died lmao, fake mourning for Emilie's sake though

Emilie created Adrien to just be her child, but not a full person. The fact he's in school, has a free will, and a life outside of her? Kind of kills her. She doesn't know how to interact with him really.

She falls into a similarly reclusive state to Gabriel when it comes to him with a bit more awkward-try-hard parent moments. She was ready to *own* a child not be an actual parent lol

Amelie gives Emelie the butterfly miraculous, and keeps the peacock for herself.

Because of the evidence of harm on Felix, during the investigation of the family they realize he has the fox but the family is able to plea that he was forced against his will and traumatized from it. (Amelie might be faking this, but doesn't know how true it is)

This is all just set up in episode 1 and the feelings happening throughout the season. Actual Stuff that happens though?

Emilie and Amelie make a plan to "adjust" the world they're in. Neither of them like how things have ended up for their sons, Emilie has been dead for a while and is bad at adjusting herself to the changes around her, so they may as well.

They just need for Emilie to play the hero and Amelie to play the villain to do that.

Nathalie isn't arrested, but is suspected so this is a pretty good pass for Amelie to use the peacock as long as she's hidden while using it. She makes sentimonsters that terrorize Paris.

Emilie meanwhile uses the power of the butterfly to become the supposedly-hero "The Monarch", who gives civilians the power to become heroes based on their passions or drive to defeat sentimonsters.

The Monarch just straight up contacts and makes a ton of interviews on the news. Explaining the miraculous, saying she's a member from the society researching miraculous who Felix gave the miraculous to (and why secret identities are important but she'll reveal that much), and bringing all that jazz that to light.

In contrast to LB and CN, she keeps saying how anyone can, and should be a hero.

Sooooo much passive aggressive shade on LB and CN during these lmao

A lot of her discussion about them is how they're just kids, "not trained or prepared", how she's the one not sure how they got the miraculous which is suspicious of them, with a lot of fake sympathy towards them too. (Mainly being it's not their fault, with her stating they were bound to fail eventually given how they are)

She does actually reach out to the folk she makes heroes to train and discuss things with them. A lot of it is honestly lowkey manipulating and trying to be a parental/role figure towards them while using them though

She especially reaches out to people who've tried to be heroes before and have some issues.

Like Chloe, reasoning LB and CN were wrong, how she's wrongly judged by society, how she deserves better and another chance, trying to be the kind figure Audrey isn't, etc.

The heroes don't always come after LB and CN. It's just The Monarch tells them to exclude them at best because they can't be trusted, and sometimes they *happen* to try and capture them because hey, maybe that'll impress The Monarch. And she doesn't really stop them from doing that lol

Felix is now using the fox miraculous pretty much 24/7. The police revealed the Phantom Fox was him and some info about what happened to him anyway (Not that Marinette trust that)

It's true the group of heroes The Monarch makes start off good but it starts to become an extreme "justice" group that'll get more intense over time, punishing whoever they see fit.

This ended up being so. So overly long so I'm gonna end it here since I have art and some more writing to show for the rest of it, but yeah. Just a big list of stuff about my au/rewrite, sorry it's kind of a mess but I'm having way too much fun with it.

[ml-salt-central]

"Gabriel Agreste" Salt (I forgot this episode came out today):

Gabriel, please die...

Okay, Canon! Felix might be an asshole but he makes Gabriel miserable and that alone honestly makes him one of the best characters in this godforsaken show (Although a line in this episode makes me worry about him a lot...)

Nathalie, please die...

Oh yay! The class is enabling Marinette's stalking... AGAIN! ISN'T THAT JUST LOVELY?!

Okay but why the fuck do the 2D drawings Nathaniel made for his and Marc's dumbass plan look so GOOD?! They have no right to be this amazing

Ew, Zoé

Okay, I hate how Chloé keeps being portrayed as a complete asshole but her coming down a vent on a harness like a goddamn super spy was iconic ngl, that's some queen shit

I know Chloé is supposed to be in the wrong here but like... Gabriel taking Adrien out of the school over seeing the video Chloé filmed of Marinette and co scheeming would actually be a reasonable reaction? Like as a parent how would you react if you found out that not only was one of your son's classmates stalking him but that the rest of the class was enabling and encouraging said stalker? Like I'm not rooting for Marinette and her friends here! What they're doing is GROSS!!!!

Okay, I'm getting tired of people being blind in this show, Marinette putting on a moustache is apparently enough to convice everyone that she's a male server, what the fuck?!

God, I love Felix being a sneaky little shit! Yes, Gabriel, keep throwing those tantrums! Seeing you suffer brings me so much joy!!!!!

Okay but it's so wild to me that Felix has only been in TWO episodes so far and has done more investigating on Hawkmoth than our two main heroes have done in FOUR SEASONS!!!!

Again, I am not rooting for Marinette to stop Chloé from showing Gabriel evidence of her and her enablers being creepy

Okay so, the scene where Gabriel threatens Felix can mean two things with the way it was worded, acording to the subtitles I got Gabriel said that he could make Felix disappear with just a snap of his finger which means that either 1. Felix is a sentimonster or 2. Gabriel is threatening an actual literal child, I really hope it's the second option... because if it's the first one then Felix, the only character who has put any effort into finding out who Hawkmoth is, can now just be erased from existence whenever the writers feel like it, isn't that great?! Like this show's writing is so bad that I wouldn't put it pass them...

Felix resisted both an Akuma and an Amok, we stan

Okay, the Collector using a tablet instead of a book this time around is a neat twists to his power but... he still has the same power as many other akumatized villains and I'm not a fan of repeat akumas so... yeah

Why the fuck did Kagami even try to fight the Collector? Like, girl, you don't even have a miraculous, what the fuck are you even hoping to accomplish?

The akuma battle is nothing special so it's not worth talking about

Chloé's plans are ruined because of course they are

Gabriel's plan to make the magical charms useless in the same season they were introduced in begins

Felix still knows that Gabriel is Hawkmoth, good thing that stuck at least (I am still incredibly worried about him...)

The stalker and her enablers came out victorious, yay...

Tfw Felix feels more like Gabriel's archenemy than Ladybug and Chat Noir

In conclusion:

Felix being a sentimonster is just as stupid of a concept as Adrien being one like... WHY?! WHAT'S EVEN THE POINT OF THIS?! WHY COULDN'T AMELIE AND EMELIE HAVE HUMAN CHILDREN?! WHAT WOULD THIS EVEN ADD TO THE PLOT?! WHAT EVEN IS THIS WRITING?! But, these concepts are stupid and nonsensical enough to actually be canon... considering the writing of this show so... I am afraid.

[cringe-moth]

The twin rings

I’ve seen a bunch of people talk about the twin rings as amoks but never about them holding some other magical properties.

Since we know there is an untold story about the Graham de Vanily twin rings and we get the vibe that they are a precious heirloom of the family, I find it unlikely that they will be amoks because that object is going to be passed on to someone else and Emelie would have probably known the risk of making the amok of whatever sentimonster she made an item highly sought after the rest of her family. This notion doesnt disprove anything and maybe there was a method to her madness but thats why i feel a bit hesitant toward the senti-adrien theory.

They could still be magical and even be a miraculous. We know the main miracle box in the show is based off the chinese zodiac but others exist as well. Why not a greek zodiac box? Gemini, twin rings, anybody? Perhaps it has the power to duplicate stuff hence twin cousins being born to twin sisters. The twin deaths of Emelie and Felix’s father. The bourgeois sisters, sisters of the same age born to different fathers. Does Kagami have a secret sibling?

Maybe both are true. They could be miraculouses that are also amoks and all that magic was what broke the peacock miraculous and made Emelie fall into a coma.

As far as I read on the fandom wiki, while multiple sentimonsters can exist at the same time, multiple seperate ones by the same holder cannot. Maybe this was a way to sidestep the limit.

in miraculous, everything comes as a pair. Everything has a duality and we should pay more attention to this aspect of the show.

[dna-d2]

So You’ve Heard of Sentimonster (?) Adrien...!

Alright, so I made a post not that long ago, talking about how Adrien is probably a Sentimonster. Nothing revolutionary, and honestly they were all points that other people had already discussed.

Which is why today, I’m here to START a discussion

That GABRIEL is also a Sentimonster

Now, as I said in the previous post, I said I think Gabriel could be a Sentimonster. Now, to be honest, that was mostly based on the fact that the last episodes were called “The Last Battle of Shadowmoth.” The only other proof I had at the time was that Gabriel is way too devoted to bringing back Emelie, which could easily be attributed to him loving her. But now, this last episode (as well as one other previous episode) has me convinced that not only is Adrien a Sentimonster, but so is Gabriel.

When Felix first showed up in his titular episode, he stole a ring from Gabriel, that once belonged to his mother Amelie. And Gabriel was hell-bent on getting it back, and even noticed immediately afterward that the replacement ring wasn’t his. He said it’s because he could recognize that it wasn’t his, but I think it’s a little more complicated. That ring, that Felix stole, is GABRIEL’S Amok.

I say this because in the finale, Felix returns the ring to Gabriel. (And it’s been confirmed that this was not the ring Nathalie had, and that she still had it) And not only that, but he then says “If I wanted to hurt you, I could have already done that.” and holds out the ring, very purposefully, as he says that. This leads me to believe that that ring, the one Felix stole, was never Adrien’s or Felix’s Amok, but Gabriel’s.

And if this is true, and Gabriel is a Sentimonster, it could explain one other huge detail from a previous episode, Wishmaker. In the flashback when Adrien remembers his parents, Gabriel’s eyes are a different color than they currently are. (As many people have pointed out)

And this all leads to my final theory. Adrien and Gabriel are both Sentimonsters. And Adrien is modeled after Felix, specifically. (There is an iteration of this theory where Gabriel is also modeled after Amelie’s now deceased husband, but I’m not gonna make that leap until we actually see him) Emelie created both of them, possibly in order to emulate Amelie’s family. But of course, the strain of all that ended up putting her in a dead/coma. So now Gabriel, having been created specifically to love Emelie, is entirely driven to bring her back, because that’s the only thing he can think to do.

(This might mean that Felix isn’t actually a Sentimonster, and just knows about the Peacock Miraculous and what it can do. And I could totally believe he’s doing this to potentially recreate his dead father, but that’s not what this theory’s about)

Now, there are definitely a few holes in this theory (I’ve been trying to fit the different eye color into this and I’m having a really hard time) but I do think I’ve placed at least a few of the puzzle pieces, and I hope it makes sense to people. If you have any thoughts or explanations for (or against) this theory, let me know, I’m really curious how this is going to turn out.

(Last minute addition here, but I’ve got one other hypothesis to throw in here. What if Emelie and Gabriel made Adrien first, then something happened to Gabriel and he died. So Emelie made Sentimonster Gabriel, and THAT’S what caused her to get sick. It would account for why Adrien existed to see her get sick, and why it would have happened so long after creating Adrien. AND it would explain the different eye colors. Adrien saw real Gabriel when he was a baby and remembered him, but this is Sentimonster Gabriel now. This is just an additional hypothesis, feel free to contribute to this as well)

[iamdunn]

Miraculous Flash Forward Part 12: Exposed

Miraculous Fan-Fic

Written by

AJ Dunn

Adrien sat nervously in front of his mother and aunt. It didn’t help that Marinette who sat next to him with Felix on the other side shared in his anxiety. They had been brought tea but none of them touched it. 

“It is so good to see you, my son,” Emelie said in a gentle but gleeful tone. “I know this must be hard for you with everything you had to endure while I was asleep.” 

“Asleep?” He furrowed his brow. “I mourned you,” he said sharply.

“Don’t blame your mother for what your father did.” Amalie snapped. 

“Did he make you sick too?” He retorted.

“You remember that?” Emelie’s eyes showed her genuine surprise. “No, he didn’t make me sick. After the Yacht accident, I…”

“You mean the yacht accident that killed our sisters?” Felix tossed in. Emilie’s eyes shot to Amelie’s. 

“You told them?” Emelie looked angry.

“They found out at the hospital,” Amelie whispered back. “I told you that.” 

“About the girls?” Emelie asked quietly

“Of course not, we promised.” Amelie’s eyes looked shocked.

“How is it we don’t remember them?” Adrien asked. “I was there that day, how do I not remember?”

“You what?” Amalie laughed. “You were here with me silly, the day they went missing.” Emelie cast an angry grasp.

“Shut up.” Emelie’s voice was just barely audible as she snapped at her sister sitting right next to her. 

“We’re done here, Marinette, Felix?” Adrien stood up. Emelie’s eyes widened into surprise as Marinette and Felix all followed suit. 

“Wait!” She sighed. “I … I’ll tell you everything.” A tear fell from her eye as she looked away, staring out the window into the sun over the garden. “I have lost enough family I can’t lose you too.” Adrien sat back down and as if his movements dedicated theirs, they copied. “Your father didn’t want to go, but I wanted to explore the site of a lost civilization, a temple. While there, we found these jewels and a book. We didn’t understand the book, but there were these beings…” She took a sip of tea.

Adrien could feel his muscles tense as well as Marinette’s who sat right next to him. She was talking about the day they found the miraculous’ and the Kwami’s known as Duusuu and Nooroo. The Peacock and Butterfly miraculous. 

“They told us they were called Kwami’s and that they could give us special powers.” She continued. “Gabriel was scared and didn’t want to mess with them. So we took them home.” She began to fiddle with a ring on her finger when Adrien noticed that she and Amelie were wearing the Graham De Vanily twin rings. She noticed him looking and covered her hand with her other. 

“This was before you boys came, I was pregnant with you,” Amalie admitted. “They were in the English Channel when the storm hit, capsizing the yacht, your mother and father tried to get to them, but….” 

‘They were trapped in their bedroom below deck.” Emelie began to sob into her hands. “I was so distraught that I created two sentimonsters to replace them.” Adrien felt a ping of pain in his heart. She did use the Peacock miraculous. “I tried to sustain them, keep them growing but every year they got bigger, It took more out of me. No one, not even you knew they weren’t your real sisters. So when I had to end them, we had to come up with a plan to explain their disappearance, so we recreated the yacht accident. I created a final sentimonster, I named him oblivion, anyone who had a memory of Anastasia and Annalyse would forget them.” 

“So that is how you ended up in a coma?” Adrien confirmed. “Why did you have to end them?” 

“I didn’t know how to keep going, the miraculous was damaged and I would have died. Gabriel swore he would find a way to fix everything.” Her tears kept coming as Amalie handed her a handkerchief. 

“So, he wanted to bring back the real Anastasia and Annalyse?” Marinette’s voice betrayed her emotions, she was angry and sad at the same time. Adrien knew what she felt as he glanced over at her. 

“He would have succeeded if it hadn’t been for those pesky brats.” Emelie’s truth shone through her anger, she was on his side, she would have helped him destroy Paris just to save the girls. “They destroyed my family.” Adrien’s anger rose up in his chest as he watched Emelie condone Hawk Moth’s actions.

“He terrorized Paris! Everywhere he went, he fed off the negative emotions of others in an attempt to get Ladybug and Cat Noir.” Adrien snapped, he stood up his fists balled at his sides. 

“All of my friends, my family.” Marinette stood up taking his hand in hers. He glanced over at her. She looked up with tear-stained cheeks. 

“All they would have had to do was just give him the miraculous’ just for a minute and then everything would have been put back to how it should have been.” Emelie sounded convinced of her own delusion.

“Have you been visiting him?” Adrien suddenly realized. She nodded.

“He told me everything. And no one had to get hurt.” 

“You’re wrong, there is always a price to pay to keep the balance,” Marinette shouted. Her emotions were too raw and Adrien wasn’t sure he could hear another line from Emelie. Still holding Marinette’s hand he pulled her to the doorway leaving the sunroom. 

“As you can see, you have given my brother and I much to process, we’ll take our leave now,” Felix said as Adrien reached the hall. Turning back to watch Felix fasten the buttons on his blazer then followed them out. Emelie’s sobs could be heard echoing the halls as they made their way to the foyer and left the mansion. Felix’s car was waiting for them as the chauffeur opened the door for them. “To the hotel Please.” He said before he slid in before Marinette. 

“How do I always get stuck between you two?” Marinette asked after a while, maybe to break the awkward silence as she chuckled. 

“Well, I certainly don’t want to cuddle him,” Felix said slyly giving Adrien a wink. 

“If you’re not between us, we’ll end up picking on each other.” Touche Felix deflected. 

“Are you guys okay?” Marinette asked looking between them. “I mean, really okay?” 

“With you here, I think we will be.” Felix teased her.

“It’s a lot to process, but I agree with Felix,” Adrien said. “Nothing could surprise me at this point.”

“What are you going to do now,” Adrien asked stood in front of the hotel. 

“I’m taking the train back to Paris, I’m heading there now,” Felix said. Marinette stiffened at the mention of her home. 

“You haven’t been home in a while, do you want to go?” Adrien asked her. 

“Well, kinda…” She muttered

“Then let’s go, we can go now, no sense staying in London,” Adrien said. 

“Great get in we’ll go together. Saves on having to stay in a hotel for you guys.” Felix said as they all got back into the limo. 

The good thing about the train was that Adrien finally had Marinette in a seat by himself. He sat next to the aisle with her by the window. Felix was in a seat across the aisle. There weren’t very many people on the train. Marinette laid her head on Adrien’s arm and dozed off. He lifted the armrest between them then laid her head on his lap as she kicked her feet up on the seat. The ride was quiet at first until the train began to shake and creek as if under pressure.

“What the hell?” Felix shrieked from his seat. Adrien looked over to find him staring out the window. Dozens of fish swimming by as if fleeing something. An eerie aquatic sound reverberated through the train as it came to a stop under the English channel. Adrien jumped up and ran between the cars to the cabin. The driver has frozen in fear his hand released the dead man switch as he stared into the deep blue nothing. Something was happening but what?”

“Is it an earthquake?” Adrien asked the driver. “What is it what did you see?”

“I saw a … a… woman dressed in a white dress just walking along the seafloor.” the man’s face was bleached with fear. 

“What… that’s impossible,” Felix said from behind Adrien. “Besides that wouldn’t explain the rumbling, the fish… the…” the ground shifted below the train as the water squished violently back and forth. They could hear the sound of the train giving way under the pressure of the water. 

“Marinette!” Felix and Adrien yelled as they ran back to their car. Most of the train was empty as they rushed past the few passengers on their way to the front of the train. They reached their car to find it empty except for Marinette running towards them. 

"The last car is gone!" She screamed. They all turned to head to the front of the train. It shook violently as if something had hit it. The next car was struck. They watched through the wind as it was torn from the rest of the train. The car they were in rolled over several times as Adrien tried to grasp the others. 

They stared in horror as the car stopped moving. Looking out the window all they saw was darkness. Not even so much as a fish. 

Adrien recognized that look in Marinette’s eyes. 

"We have no choice Marinette, we're going to run out of oxygen and…" loud thud hid the train car as several windows began to dislodge from their place. 

Marinette opened her purse that she never went anywhere without. 

"Tikki," She said pulling out a tiny macaron "power up." Tikki flew out of her purse and ate the blue treat.

"I guess the cats out of the bag, your turn Plagg" Adrien said holding up the blue Camembert. 

"I hate transforming" Plagg appeared from Adrien’s shirt pocket. Felix crashed to the floor in shock Looking at the two Kwami’s hovering in the air. 

"Plagg"

"Tikki"

"Claws out!"

"Spots on"

Their transformation came suddenly and in sync. 

"What about him?" Adrien asked staring at his brother.

"Well" Marinette started "we can't have witnesses" 

"I missed being an only child" Adrien teased. Marinette opened her yo-yo and pulled out a miraculous. 

"Felix this is the horse miraculous which grants the power of teleportation you will use it for the greater good and then return it to me! Can I trust you?" 

"My options seem pretty clear!" Felix stood up. "You have my loyalty always Marinette" He took the glasses and a tiny horse Kwami appeared. 

"Kaalki eat this." Marinette held up another blue treat. 

"Please tell me that's not the water one, seahorses are not as glorious and majestic as a noble stead." 

"Just eat it Kaalki. I know you have missed having a holder." Marinette’s smiled melted the kwami’s resolve. Marinette explained the powers and how to use them. Felix transformed. His slick blonde hair grew out long along the back of his head and neck. Fixed high on top like a Mohawk. His closed were replaced by a leathery black suit with a cat of nine tails whip attached to a belt on his back. 

There were flippers on his feet just like Ladybug and Cat Noir as well as fins on his back. Similar to that of a real seahorse.

The train car rolled again then slid down into a crevasse in the channel. It free fell as Ladybug secured her yo-yo string around Felix as Cat held her in one arm and his extended baton in the other. The car bust open upon landing at the bottom. Water began to rush in filling up the car as they all stood on the roof of the upside down car. 

"Cataclysm" Cat Noir called out as they were now completely submerged. The destroyed the door way allowing the three to swim out. 

"What is that?" Felix ask behind the other two. Ladybug and Cat Noir turned around to see what he was looking at. Felix swam deeper into the crevasse. 

"It looks like an ice burg" cat noir said as he caught up.

"More like an ice prison!" Marinette said, swimming up to it, placing her hand on the ice. "Like the ones created by Stormy Weather."

"It can't be!" Adrien said as he saw what Ladybug was looking at. There was two young girls trapped in the ice there hands up on it, frozen in time. 

"Anastasia and Annalyse!" Felix yelled. A beep came from Cat Noir's ring. 

"We can't just leave them here." Marinette sobbed. 

"There are people on that train Marinette, we can come back for them." Adrien said. 

"Is there any way to mark this location." Felix asked. 

"Good idea." Cat stamped his baton onto the ice leaving a tiny paw print locator. 

"We better hurry." Ladybug said. They swam up to the surface first to get their bearings on where they were. All they saw was water. She opened her yo-yo to a new report that the train had arrived damaged, missing several cars and that all but three passengers were safe. 

"We're going to need that teleport." Ladybug said. "But not to the train but right here." She pointed to a spot on her bug map. Felix called on his teleportation power and a bright blue circle appeared in the water. The three swam through, finding themselves on the bank of the Channel at the mouth of the Seine.

Felix & Adrien transformed back as Ladybug returned Kaalki to her yoyo before releasing her transformation. The three of them they laid back exhausted on the bank. 

"What do we do now?" Felix asked. 

"We tell them that we floated here." Adrien said, sitting up. The others looked at him surprised. He pointed to an emergency raft that had washed up beside them. "It’s from the train." 

"Should we call for help?" Marinette asked 

"No phone." Felix said, holding up his waterlogged cell. 

"How far to the next town?" Adrien asked 

"Too far to walk." Marinette answered 

"You should have had me teleport us closer." Felix chastised 

"How would we explain that?" Marinette asked.

"Good question." Both boys spoke in unison. 

"Do you hear something?" Marinette stood up. It was starting to get dark but it was clear that there was a helicopter in the air. The three stood there waving their arms in the air as a helicopter passed over their heads shining a spotlight on the raft.

They were found at last. 

[lostuntothisworld]

Here's a few more I forgot to add to my list:

Adrien has never eaten a potato.

It sure is interesting they retconned the Derision trauma for Marinette. A trauma that has nothing to do with her being Ladybug. She could actually go to a licensed therapist and they could help her, and none of what they talk about has to do with her secret identity as Ladybug. Considering Astruc admitted in a tweet that your romantic partner shouldn't be your therapist... and Adrien turns into Marinette's therapist in season 5.... piggy-backing on my original post, it seems like there could be a falling out due to the fact that Adrien is dealing with many things such as being an orphan, and finding out who he is as a person. The lesson of this falling out could be 1. your partner shouldn't be your only source of mental health support, and 2. if you can't help yourself, how can you expect to help others.

The Couffaine family is of Romani descent, and due to the European/French stereotype that Roma women steal children, a young Juleka was temporarily taken away from Anarka. There was a legal battle that ended in a DNA test that proved Juleka is Anarka's biological daughter, but the damage was already done and the trauma of it all caused Juleka to develop selective mutism. She also had to be held back a year. Luka was convinced that their biological father could have prevented this if Anarka told him the truth of his identity. The arguments caused too much stress for Juleka, so Luka decided to drop it for her sake, but he held onto his hurt. In the episode Truth, he learned his father's identity, and was able to begin his healing journey.

In the Paris special, there is a whole scene dedicated to the lesson Plagg says of "Sometimes, destroying IS the best path to build anew. Trust me. It works for me more often than not." Surprisingly, this is never brought up in the special. Could this mean it will be addressed in season 6 and onward? I like to think yes. The possibility Adrienette will also be killed, Adrien learning about Chat Blanc and Ephemeral, Adrien learning The Truth? Their destruction will open up opportunities to create anew.

Gabe and Emilie either never wore Adrien's amoks, or quit wearing them extremely early on. It's a commonly believed in the fandom that the silver ring Gabe wears on his middle finger in season 1-3 is Adrien's amok. This is untrue, even if the fan wiki says that it is. All three rings are plain silver bands. It is a very simple mix up and I don't blame anyone for thinking this way. Gabe is a sentimental man, and would not wear his wedding ring (the object that represents his devotion to Emilie) on his middle finger. The twin rings are first revealed wrapped up in a teal cloth in season 3 episode 24 "Felix." Gabe slips the rings on his and Emelie's left ring fingers, as one does with wedding rings. (It is noteworthy that MLB is notorious for errors, and even after Gabe switches to wearing the amoks, there are still scenes where he's seen wearing the middle finger ring haha)

Gabe didn't nearly murder Felix when he tried to akumatize his amok in "Adrien Agreste." If you look closely, Gabe actually akumatizes the fake copy of Adrien's amok. Gabe DID nearly murder Kagami when he akumatized her amok in "Perfection." It's only by sheer luck that Ladybug and Chat Noir couldn't figure out where her akumatized object was and had to use another method of rescuing her.

After Gabe and Emilie find the Peacock Miraculous, probably Emilie, has second thoughts of creating a human life with it. What if something goes wrong? Nathalie introduces them to Tomoe, who "experiments" with the miraculous, and comes up with a successful scientific protocol on creating human life using it. This is how Kagami was made. Tomoe doesn't disclose how she figured out how to do this, and returns an unbroken Peacock Miraculous to the Agrestes.

Gabe lends the Peacock Miraculous to Colt Fathom knowing it was broken and the possible eventual consequences. Gabe indirectly murdered Colt Fathom.

A List of ML Crack Theories I Am Considering

The moon represents Adrichat, and not the Love Square or LadyNoir like the fandom theorizes

Anne-Jeanne Theoxanne du Bocquale is a time traveling adopted daughter of Lukadrien Adrienette

Bob Roth is gonna make good on his promise that Luka is going to sing for him no matter what.

Adrien's bedroom in the Agreste Mansion was originally the Master Suite

Adrien is going to intern at the Dupain-Cheng bakery. It will not end well.

Luka is going to work for the new flower shop next door, by doing flower deliveries. This will end better because of... reasons.

Felix was created out of jealousy over Gabe and Emilie's conception of Adrien, which means it's possible he doesn't love Kagami for herself or the fact they "are the same," but because Kagami was meant for Adrien.

The ring Felix gave Kagami isn't actually her amok, but an identical copy.

Felix's character arc of villain-to-antihero-to-hero will take another twist. He might even team up with Lilamoth. Either way, his character arc is that he is still being controlled by his father, even though he has his amok, and his father is dead. This will be a direct parallel to Adrien's character arc.

Luka's nightmare (which we never find out in the season 5 finale, oddly enough) is that his actions reveal Ladybug and Chat Noir's identities, Monarque finds out, takes advantage of this and secures the Miraculous and makes his wish... Somehow Luka finds out about Ephemeral, and is horrified that his actions caused the end of the world. He goes to Marinette and she tells him that "the timeline doesn't exist anymore," so he shouldn't feel bad that his actions caused the wish to occur. "Everyone makes mistakes." We as the audience know she is trying to make herself feel better about her choices in the season 5 finale. She begins a word salad about how even Chat Noir flooded the entire planet and nearly destroyed the universe in Chat Blanc, but the timeline no longer exists and it's all okay now! So now both boys know they ended the world in deleted timelines.

The main conflict of season 6 will be the reveal of Ephemeral and Chat Blanc. Season 7 will end in revealing The Truth to Adrien. Season 8 will be about figuring out how to sever Adrien's connection to his amoks, and the Peacock Miraculous.

Luka will be the one to reveal The Truth to Adrichat

Luka will help Adrien sever his connection to his amoks and the Peacock Miraculous. The Miraculous Ladybugs can't bring back a sentimonster after the amok has been destroyed, but Second Chance can give them infinite tries to figure out how to sever the connections.

Human sentimonsters can do and be anything a normally created person can do EXCEPT reproduce. Sentimonsters cannot create life.

The Peacock Miraculous broke because Emilie tried to create two sentimonsters at the same time: Adrien's and his twin sister's embryos.

Adrien is his own dead twin sister, which is why he has two amoks

Adrien was not his original planned name. He was actually named after his dead twin sister Adrienne, once his parents learned he was connected to both amoks. I'm partial to his original planned name being Celeste, which is a unisex name in France.

Emilie and Amelie (identical twins) are both sentimonsters who share one amok (The moonstone star brooch that Emelie wears)

The actual moon is a sentimonster, and Adrien will time-travel 4 billion years into the past to recreate the Theia Impact in a future season after a long character arc of personal growth, healing, and accepting The Truth. (I'll admit this one is more wishful hoping than anything else lmao)

The light that Lila/Iris saw at the end of the finale is her time traveling future self (I messed up the exact details of how she gets ahold of the Rabbit Miraculous in my original post, but I still think it's plausible)

Ladynoir is dead. Marichat is dead. Ladrien is dead. I think they're going to kill Adrienette sooner rather than later.

Adrien falls in love (or thinks he falls in love) with Marinette due to an amok order by a time traveling Lilamoth. (Adrienette getting together pretty much opened the way for Gabe to get his wish, and thus Lilamoth's acquisition of the Butterfly Miraculous.)

After a rewatch, and studying the transcript, I think there's a possibility Maribug would have kept The Truth from Adrien even if Gabe never asked her to.

Gabe failed his redemption character arc of moving on and letting go of Emilie. Emilie's dying wish was for Gabe to move on, properly parent Adrien, and allow him to choose his own happiness. Instead, Gabe made his own wish in order to be with her in death, abandoning Adrien. But before he did that, he gave Marinette his blessing to be with his son, with stipulations that she never tell him The Truth. I think Gabe ALSO passed on his failed character arc to Marinette. She is going to have to learn to let Adrien go.

AND THE FINAL MOST CRACK OF ALL THEORIES:

25. Lukadrien is Endgame

[miracul0us-multishipper]

My idea what could happen in Felix

Everything was as he remembered it. No piece of furniture had moved in the last year, not even a new picture decorated the stern grey walls. This house was just like the man it belonged to: cold, serious, stagnant.

Yet, when Felix stepped over the threshold behind his mother, there was a tingle of anticipation in the air that hadn’t been there the last time he had visited.

The Agreste Mansion might look unchanged, but the household it harbored was certainly not. And with all the factors leading up to this day, Felix sensed potential.

Change number one: Aunt Emelie was no longer here. He had not been able to find confirmation on her death, but it was irrelevant anyway. She was out of the picture for now, which meant no more suspicious eyes on him, and no more watchful supervision of his interactions with Adrien. Gabriel Agreste, he knew for sure, did not care about his son in the slightest as long as he was within the confines of his home.

Change Number two: Natalie Sancœur, his other watchdog, had greater things to worry about. Whether it was the mysterious illness that was just too similar to Emilie’s to be a coincidence, or having to hide her scandalous infatuation with her employer, she would not be able to keep track of him if he was careful.

Change number three: Ladybug had been in this house. Two times at least, maybe more often in secret.

Felix could almost see her, as if this soulless mansion had memorized her, as if her mere presence had left traces only he could sense. A red glow of life amidst the mausoleum Agreste called his home. A piece of art in this tasteless temple of wasted potential.

Truly, a goddess in the over-pompous shag of a self-important fool. He couldn’t fault Agreste for never leaving the house: the man should be too ashamed to even look into a mirror. If it hadn’t been for his lack of time, Felix could have come to Paris months ago already. Thanks to him, Felix had wasted precious time pacing around in his home.

“Good afternoon, Uncle.” he greeted the collective disappointment of the fashion world with a smile. “It is a pleasure to meet you again. I hope you have been well.”

It would be too much to hope that he had caught the mysterious illness as well, wouldn’t it?

Gabriel Agreste eyed him with a subtle approval - despite not being related by blood, they were both formal speakers, even with family. Then the old man awarded him with a nod, before moving on to exchange pleasantries with his mother. His usual mistake. He was so far less observant than his wife had been. She had loved Felix, he supposed, the way she would have loved any family member. But oh, she had been clever enough not to trust him. He’d never been alone with Adrien, her sheltered little darling, for more than a few minutes before she would check on them. Manipulating his all too trusting cousin had been impossible, or at least not profitable as long as Emilie had been there to foil his schemes. But she wasn’t here, now.

And Gabriel’s dismissal of Felix was a guarantee that no one would pay any attention if he wanted to spend some time with his dear cousin.

Perfect.

As his mother and Gabriel continued their conversation, he casually wandered to the stairs. Slipping into Adrien’s room used to be a lot harder, the last time. Just as the rest of the house, this room hadn’t changed a bit. The same bed sheets, the same books in the shelves, the same carpets on the floor.

The only difference was his computer. Felix stiffened when he saw that it was turned on and displayed a familiar figure. Ladybug beamed at him from every monitor, radiant even as a mere picture. He came closer.

At home, he’d spent hours rummaging through the Internet and news channels to find pictures of her, to the point where he was positive he had seen every photography there was of her. But he’d never seen this one.

Where did you get this, Adrien?

A scoff escapes him. Of course Adrien would happen to have pictures nobody else had of the red masked idol. He just was that lucky. Had always been. Well, not anymore. Now that Felix was back in Paris, he’d make sure that he, the far more worthy cousin, would receive Ladybug’s favor. For now though, Felix had to have this picture!

He moved to the keyboard to send it to his phone, when a cough let him freeze.

“Felix”, Adrien greeted him coldly. “You are early.”

Oh, right. He had completely forgotten about him.

“Adrien!”, Felix turned around to his cousin, a bright smile on his face. “I convinced Mother to leave a little sooner so we would arrive before nightfall. It’s been so long, hasn’t it?”

Adrien’s sour face relaxed for a moment, before returning to wary.

“Not that long.”

Polite for “not long enough”. He had to get onto Adrien’s good side again if he wanted to succeed.

“It felt like ages to me.”, Felix kept up his cheerful tone. “I’ve been so bored this year. Remember how much fun we used to have?”

Adrien’s eyes narrowed.

“The last time you were here, you tricked me into ruining my fathers designs. He didn’t speak to me for weeks!”

True. Though he hadn’t expected Gabriel to be this vindictive, he’d been bored and Adrien was easy to commandeer around. It had been fun to make him run errands in his father’s atelier, and if he’d convinced him to press a few buttons on Gabriel’s tablet... so what? His uncle was so much more entertaining when he was furious.

“You made it look as if I did it on purpose!”

Felix’ smile wavered.

“I did? I’m sure I warned you that playing with your fathers things had consequences.”

Well, he’d formulated it differently, back then. Maybe he’d phrased it to make Adrien think Gabriel would praise him for sorting his designs. But these details were irrelevant now.

“It’s been so long, I barely remember.”, he chuckled.

After Adrien didn’t budge, he added: “But I’m very sorry if you got in trouble.”

He sighed deeply, thinking of his goal.

“The truth is, I wasn’t always very considerate of you. And I’m really sorry, Adrien.”

His cousins distrust seemed to fade, so he continued.

“You were nothing but welcoming of me, and I was a little... too excited. There’s a lot I should have done differently.”

That much was true.

“I was hoping we could start over,” he offered Adrien the bait, “but I understand if you prefer for me to leave you alone.”

Adrien’s greatest fear: being alone. He would be like clay in his hands now.

“I...”, the older boy started. He was visibly torn between caution and hope, before his need for company took over. “O-Okay. I understand. And... I would like to spend time with you.”

A smile appeared on Adrien’s face.

“Starting over sounds... great!”

He’d taken the bait, just as always. Emilie’s golden boy would never learn.

As he moved to hug his cousin, slipping Adrien’s phone into the sleeve of his shirt was a piece of cake.

-

Oh. Well. He’d thought he had a lot of pictures of Ladybug, but it looked like Adrien had once again beaten him at something. And it wasn’t just the amount of photos, it was their content! Close ups of Ladybug’s face, smiling into the camera or waving at the photographer. Shots of her jumping over the rooftops, from a point of view that should have been impossible to attain. The blurriness of the buildings told him that the camera must have moved at a similar speed as Ladybug, but no News Helicopter should have been able to fly this low or close to her.

“How did you get these?”, he murmured, envy twisting his guts. A gasp escaped him when he reached the last picture of the collection. It was a selfie, and Ladybug was laughing into the camera while playfully shoving the person taking the picture away. Felix couldn’t see the face of the mysterious photographer, but amidst the blurred brawl there was a splotch of familiar blond hair.

He couldn’t believe it.

Adrien, this naive, immature and clueless brat, had taken a selfie with Ladybug on the rooftops of Paris. He was close enough for her to laugh with him, close enough for her to tussle and fool around with on a photo. Everything Felix desired was once again already in his cousins hands. How?!

His mind was racing. He had to change his plans.

Originally, Felix had wanted to use Adrien to get close to the Ladyblogger. The girl obviously had - or knew someone who had - the means to ask Ladybug for an interview. Once he found out how, he would have been able to meet her. To convince her of himself.

But now this was out of discussion. If he wanted Ladybug to pay attention to him, he needed Adrien out of the way.

Without further ado, he opened a closet and pulled out some of Adrien’s clothes. He got changed, ruffled his hair to match his cousin, and carefully peeked out of the bathroom. Adrien was busy on his computer, allowing Felix to check if he had gotten everything right. The hair, the clothes, the shoes... the ring! He wouldn’t manage to steal it without Adrien noticing, but- ...Wait. Since when was Adrien wearing a ring? And why hadn’t he seen it in any Agreste collection?

He felt like there was more to it, but time was precious. Lazily he snipped a piece of soap against the window, causing Adrien to look up and walk towards the other side of the room. A little sneakiness on his part, and he was out of the room.

The adults were in the dining room, talking about things that didn’t interest him in the slightest. He unlocked Adrien’s phone - this idiot hadn’t changed his password in years - and took a selfie with the distracted adults in the background.

“Father isn’t watching - time to sneak out!”, he captioned it, before accidentally sending it to Gabriel’s and Nathalie’s social media.

He didn’t have to wait long. Ducking behind the stairs, he watched as Nathalie looked on her phone, before suddenly rushing up the stairs to check on her protégé. Muffled voices argued on the first floor, before Nathalie closed and locked the door behind her - trapping Adrien in his room.

“Sorry, cousin.”, Felix smirked. “But I can’t afford to have you ruining my chances.”

With that, he happily strolled out of the mansion, ready to conquer Paris - and the heart of its hero.

[mminhos]

𝙱𝚊𝚍 𝙱𝚘𝚢 𝙽𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝙳𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝙲.𝟸 | 𝙷𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝙷𝚢𝚞𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚗

⇨ genre : badboy!au, childhood friends to lovers, college au

⇨ warnings : language

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12:13pm

College wasn’t as bad as everyone had made it out to be before you. Sure, there was a hell of a lot of work to do, but you had that in high school, so what difference did a bit more make?

What they didn’t tell you though, was how much more boring these lectures were.

You sat there, tapping your pencil onto the table as you sighed, looking up to the ceiling and somehow hoping the time would pass just a bit quicker.

“Ah, what a pleasure it is for you to finally join us.. hwang hyunjin”

The boy walked in, a lazy smirk spreading across his face. The smell of cologne and perfume mixed flooded your nose as he walked past, slumping down into his seat and cocking his head to the side. Leaning back in your chair, you turned your attention to the boy who hadn’t been in school for the past four days.

Taking in his dark messy hair, the black tops and tight jeans that made the girls drool, his bicep tattoo that only showed slightly when he wore t-shirts and his bloody lip ring that sent everyone, even you, into a frenzy.

Hyunjin turned his head to you and raised an eyebrow, making you swallow hard and turn your attention back to the teacher. It’s like you could feel the smirk on his face as he stretched his legs out past the table, placing a new chewing gum into his mouth.

“You can pack your things away now, remember to do page 189 by Monday”

Making a mental note to do the homework before the weekend started, you slipped your books into your bag and picked it up, placing it over your shoulder and walking towards the door.

“Hwang Hyunjin and Y/N L/N, may I have a word?”

You froze on the spot, your classmates looking at you and then to Hyunjin as they walked out to go to lunch. Placing your bag onto one of the chairs, you trudged over to the teacher’s desk and leaned against one of the tables, looking to the side as Hyunjin came up behind you, sliding himself onto one of the tables.

“Mrs Hwang has contacted the college and has expressed concern over your learning Hyunjin, especially in this lesson”

“So she decided to contact you guys before talking to me about it? how typical of her” Hyunjin muttered

Your teacher ignored the comment and continued. “So she suggested on a tutor for you in this subject, to help you along before your exam. As a college, we try and meet the requests of all parents and for this, we chose Y/N to be your new tutor”

Coughing loudly, you stared wide eyed at her and opened your mouth to protest. Hyunjin beat you to it.

“Yeah, that’s not going to happen. I don’t need anyone to be my tutor, so none of you need to waste your time”

“This is not to be debated Hyunjin. Y/N is going to tutor you. It’s up to you whether you attend or not, but can you really afford to fail this subject?”

Hyunjin scoffed, picking up his backpack and throwing it over his shoulder. “Let’s be honest, I don’t really care, I don’t need this subject”

With that, he walked out of the classroom, the door slamming behind him.

————

“Felix, I don’t think you understand how much I don’t want to do this” you groaned into the table.

Felix had been your best friend since the first day of high school. He to was from Australia, so you both bonded over that, and he was fun to be around. Seungmin had joined your duo the next day, all three of you bonding over the fact you hated chemistry. A week later, Mia and Emilie moved from America to Seoul, and had joined trio the same day. So, you were a five, and it stayed that way throughout the whole of high school, and now into college.

“Come on Y/N, it probably won’t be as bad as you think”

“Felix, stop lying, we know it’s gonna be bad”

‘Seungmin stop being so negative I’m trying to help!”

You stared at the two boys arguing before looking over at Emilie, who had taken a seat next to you.

“What’s wrong? And why do you look like you’re about to cry?”

“Because I am. I’ve been assigned to tutor Hyunjin”

Emilie gawked at you, an apologetic smile soon appearing on her face. “Damn that sucks. Has he said anything about it?”

“No, just that he didn’t need me to be it, and that we were wasting our time trying”

“Well, don’t bother helping him then”

You all looked up to see Mia standing there, a tray of food in her hands. Placing it down on the table, she slid in next to Seungmin and stared at you.

“But Miss J—“

“Who cares, if he won’t listen to you or at least speak to you, don’t bother wasting your time.”

Looking at the others, who all just shrugged at you, you sighed.

“Alright then, if he wants help, he’ll have to come to me. I’m not chasing after him”

————

You didn’t have a lesson after lunch, so you went to sit in the gym hall. The gym hall was always open, and this is where most people want if they didn’t have a lesson at a certain time. It also was where most of the freshman girls went, to gawk at the members of the dance team.

Climbing up the steps past a group of girls in your head, who had obviously come just to watch the dance members become sweaty, you sat down on the bench and pulled your phone out, plugging your earphones in.

“Hey”

Peering up, you saw a boy, who you knew as Jaeho, standing next to you.

“Hey”

Jaeho was in the same year as you, and on the dance team. You had heard he tried out to be the dance captain, but no one was going to beat the current dance captain, Lee Minho, who was a junior and also in your brother’s year.

“Mind if I sit?”

“Uhm.. no”

He sat next to you, both of you watching as the girls sitting in front of you turned round, waving and giggling as Jaeho winked at them. You swallowed, slightly uncomfortable at the attention he was bringing to you both.

“How are you?”

“I-I’m good. You?”

“Better now I’m with you”

You could feel your face heat up in embarrassment, and the pit of cringe starting to swallow you up from the inside out.

“Listen how would you lik—“

“Yo Jaeho, I don’t recall the gym hall being a date zone, do you?”

Jaeho shot his head towards the floor area, you following suit, seeing Minho standing there, arms folded over his chest, an unimpressed look on his face. Behind Minho stood the other boys apart of the dance team, including Hyunjin. Jaeho swallowed, standing up and jogging down to the others.

“No I don’t, sorry hyung”

“That’s what I thought”

You grinned at Minho, who just gave you a cheeky smile before getting on with the practice. You did enjoy watching their practices and how invested they all got with perfecting every single move, and also how smooth they were at dancing, especially Minho...and Hyunjin.

You knew he had always had a good dancing gene, but you didn’t know he danced that well. You moved your eyesight to the girls sitting in front of you, who were swooning over the boys.

“Don’t they just look so hot!”

“Especially Minho, look how good he looks ugh”

“But look at Hyunjin. God I’d love to run my fingers through his hair”

Scrunching your face up in disgust, you fumbled for your earphones, putting them in to block out the girls, unsuitable, comments.

Dance practice finished an hour, when college ended, and Hyunjin was tired. He reached down to grab his water bottle, glancing up to see Jaeho staring at you, a smirk playing in his face. Hyunjin rolled his eyes, throwing a towel at the boy.

“Use that to wipe the drool off your face Jung”

“Fuck off Hwang”

“Hey! Watch your language Jaeho. And I really don’t appreciate goggling my friend’s little sister, so watch it”

Hyunjin turned to see Minho standing there, his classic unimpressed look back on his face.

“Minho hy—“

“I don’t want to hear an excuse Jaeho. You’re here to dance, not date. Do that in your own time, like I’ve told you about ten times this month”

Jaeho groaned, walking off in a huff. The two boys watched as you collected your bag and got up, walking out of the gym.

“He’s gonna end up getting his ass kicked by someone one day” Minho muttered, taking a gulp of his water. “Uhm, Jin, how’s Jisung? I haven’t seen him around lately”

“He’s alright, he had some family matters but I think it’s sorted now”

“Ah that’s alright then. See you soon”

The taller boy nodded, picking up his bag and throwing it over his shoulder. He sighed, running a hand through his hair before walking out of the gym.

6:09pm

You squeezed the water out of your hair with a towel. Mia and Emilie had gone out for food with Felix and Seungmin, but you were too tired to go out, so you decided to stay in. You folded up the towel and threw it into the laundry basket, before jumping onto your bed and lying down. Your eyes started to close slowly when a knock on the door startled you. Climbing off your bed, you walked towards the door and opened it slowly, only to see Hyunjin standing there, looking newly showered.

“What do you want Hyunjin?” You asked, slightly annoyed at the boy.

“I thought you were tutoring me?”

He barged past you, throwing his bag onto the floor and plopping down onto a bed, which clearly wasn’t yours.

“That’s not my bed, that’s Mia’s”

“And does it look like I care?”

“Can, can you just sit on my bed? I don’t want her to get mad”

The boy groaned, slumping over to your bed and sitting down. Picking up his bag, you threw it towards him, the boy catching it effortlessly and smirking at you.

“If I’m honest, I don’t really want you in here. You said you didn’t want to be tutored and I don’t want to waste my free time. Can you just leave?”

“Yeah, I thought about not coming, but then I was like, no, I’ll come”

“Why?”

“I don’t know, to see how you’ve been since we, stopped being best friends”

You scoffed, sitting down on Emelie’s bed and glaring harshly at him. “No you prick, you don’t get to come in here and sta—“

Interrupting your heated argument was a sharp knock at the door. You both looked towards the door, you standing up and walking over to it, flinging it open.

“Hey beautiful”

Jaeho

You tried to hide the embarrassment that you could feel slowly creeping up on you, dreading that fact that Hyunjin would be able to hear everything he was saying to you.

“Hey. Are you okay? Do you need something?”

“I’m great, just thought I’d stop by before heading back to my dorm”

“Where’d you get back from? Making out with girl number... 107?”

You glimpsed behind you to see Hyunjin standing behind you, arms crossed and a playful look on his face.

“What are you doing here Hwang?” Jaeho snarled at the boy, emphasising the ‘you’

“None of your business Jung” Hyunjin spat back

“Then it doesn’t matter where I’ve been before here”

“Everyone knows that you can’t keep your dick in your pants man”

“Listen here fuc—“

“Shut up! Both of you!”

The pair looked at you, anger stretching across you features.

“Jaeho, I appreciate it, but can you leave? Thanks”

He rolled his eyes, giving Hyunjin a last glare before walking off. You slammed the door before turning around and barging past the boy, throwing your arms up in the air.

“What the fuck is wrong with you Hyunjin! You can’t just barge in here, expect me to tutor you when you haven’t wanted anything to do with me for the past four years! You can’t stop a boy from speaking to me, even if you don’t like him!”

Hyunjin stared at you, his bag now on his shoulder and his hands resting on his hips.

“You don’t want anything to do with Jaeho, he’s no good.”

“And neither are you!”

He just shrugged, turning away and opening the door. Before he left, he looked over his shoulder, winking at you.

“You’re hot when you’re pissed by the way”

[iamdunn]

Miraculous Flash Forward part 2: Hei Mao

A Miraculous Fan-fic

Written By

AJ Dunn

Adrien went about his day grocery shopping and stocking his new home with personalized essentials. Something to make it more him and not as much Amelie, bless her heart fro trying. It had been nice having a mother even if it wasn’t his mother. Emelie remained in a coma in London. He had visited her everyday. It felt like he had finally healed from her loss only to have the wound ripped open again. The ache still seeped from his being as a dark shadow hung over him. Not only did he have to hide from the identity his father created for him, but also the bad publicity his father created as well. 

With groceries put away, and Plagg fed, Adrien set about finally unpacking his bags. He could hear the television turn on as Plagg scrolled through channels. News reports still talking about the capture of Hawk Moth even though it’s been two years. A report came on their air and he recognied Feliz’s voice. He hung his shirt and went downstairs to see. 

“I have been given full authority over the former Agreste Brand and we will be revitalizing this brand starting…” he stopped talking to the microphone at the podium to turn around. He was standing in front of the Agrest Building that Gabriel had built. Felix raised his hand as the blind covering the company name was removed and exposed the new name. 

“Graham De Vanily” 

“In honor of our beloved Emelie Graham De Vanily who was so terribly stolen away from us by the heinous villain Hawk Moth.” Felix’s fist clenched near his chest as he closed his eyes for a moment. Adrien was hurt hearing the words but Felix’s scheme was working. The crowd cheered. No one really knew exactly what happened to Adrien’s mother, but making her the face of this company’s new facelift, making her the victim in all of it, took the public's eye off of Adrien and showed the company’s sympathy for the victims rather than the villain. 

Camera flashed as Felix reopened his eyes. Reporters pushing forward with their demanding questions and microphones ready to accept his answers. 

“What about Adrien Agreste?”

“I’m sorry there is no Adrien Agreste.” Felix said sharply. It was what Adrien had asked him to do. 

“Then who was the model Gabriel used?” This was the part that Adrien knew Felix could handle. He watched as Felix threw on his best Adrien smile and scruffed his hair into the shaggy mane that was Adrien’s trade hair style. He was good. Adrien missed the antics of their childhood with his twin of a cousin. Adrien snorted a laugh then shook his head returning to his chores. 

“Is it dinner time yet?” Plagg complained. Adrien returned to the seating area. Plagg was still seated on his favorite armchair with a lump of cheese. It wasn’t Camembert but it seemed to satiate him enough. 

“You're right.” he smiled realizing how quickly the day went by. “Let’s go.” Adrien walked to the front door. Looking back at Plagg wondering why the little guy wasn’t moving. Plagg stared at him stupidly.

“You're not planning on taking the metro again,” Plagg complained. “When we can take the quicker route.”

“It’s still light outside, I can’t risk Cat Noir being seen by the public.” 

“He was seen last night by those guys?” 

“But who is going to believe a bunch of criminals?” Adrien realized he would have to think of something to maintain his own cover of darkness.

“But you're not even Cat Noir anymore.” Plagg reminded him. “Just change the appearance of your suit.”

“Wait,” Adrien walked back into the seating area. “I can do that?” 

“Kind of,” Plagg explained. “You will still be dressed in black, but you could… add a hoodie to cover your sunshine blond hair.” Plagg flew up and looked Adrien over. His tiny hand on his chin. “Maybe you could check out Marinettes’ website for some thoughts.” 

“But when I transform it automatically puts this design on me.” Adrien was confused. 

“It’s too basic,” Plagg complained. “Shadow Moth never wore a dress I can assure you but Mayura did. Polymouse looked nothing like Multimouse, and let’s face it, Luka was a way better holder for Sass than you.” Plagg was still sore about that one. Adrien thought about it. Sure a hoodie would help, but he didn’t want people to know there was A BLACK CAT superhero in Shanghai. 

“I’ll think about it. For now, we take the Metro.” He grabbed his coat and key then opened the door. 

Adrien got off the bus at the same stop as last night and went into the same store. This time he would grab something at random then head to the restaurant. He could smell something amazing coming from the restaurant down the street and it made him think of a seafood dish he had the last time they visited. Adrien found the seafood tanks in the back of the market and picked out 4 hairy crabs. 

“Cheng Sifu, I am here,” Adrien said as he entered the kitchen. He handed the bag with the four live crabs in it to Cheng. His eyes widened in excitement as if he had hoped for this.

“This is a very fortunate fateful food, Adrien.” He dropped the four crabs into the already boiling pot. “I started this broth earlier for another crab dish but these are much fatter and tastier.” Cheng proceeded to show Adrien how to prepare the broth and they worked quickly as the crab's shells turned bright red before they used a wire scoop to lift them from the pot. Cheng strained the broth from the pot setting it aside as they rinsed the crab in ice-cold water so they could deshell them. Cheng flung droplets of water from his fingers as he worked so quickly. Splattering Adrien on the face. Adrien laughed like a little kid seeing the playful grin on Sifu's face. 

“I give you Adrien Soup.” Cheng set a bowl down in front of Adrien. 

“De Vanily Soup.” Adrien corrected him. The steam rolled off the bowl as chunks of crab bobbed in the bowl. The red broth with vegetables floating sent an aroma into Adrien's face. He was proud to be able to know how to make this. Cheng played the accordion as Adrien scooped the soup into his mouth. He lost himself somewhere in the memory as he looked to his side smiling expecting to see Marinette laughing at her uncle. She wasn’t there. The smile drained from Adrien’s face as he looked back at Cheng. 

“We could call her.” Cheng set the accordion down then took a seat across from Adrien. He let his face fall back to his bowl as he continued to eat trying to regain his composure. He felt the burning in his eyes as the tears tried to well up but he swallowed them down with another bite of soup. 

“Best not.” He said then looked at his watch. “You know, the time difference.” He shrugged then lifted his empty bowl. They returned to the kitchen to clean up but the kitchen staff took his bowl and there was nothing more to do. “See you tomorrow Cheng Sifu.” Adrien gave him a quick wave then headed for the alleyway. It was very dark now as clouds were rolling in. Adrien thought about what Plagg had said earlier and imagined what his suit would look like with a hood. 

“Plagg claws out.” He said. Sure enough, as his suit covered his body from toe to head, a leather hood sprouted off the neck covering his head, his cat ears protruded from the top. It came down far enough over his eyes that while he could still see, it would make seeing his face that much harder. It was much different from the suit he wore as Aspik which completely covered his head, this one instead felt more modern and airy. He made his way back to Chao. 

“It will rain tonight, Xuesheng,” Chao said as Mao landed on the ground before him. “We will start with a few small lessons, but you will need to rest your Kwami.” Mao had to take a minute to take in what Chao had said.

“Rest my…” his breath caught in his lungs. “Kwami?” 

“You think me a fool? That I do not know what powers your ability.” Chao turned and headed into a side room of the temple. Mao followed him. There were many drawings on the walls, various characters that depicted magical beings. “Many believe them to be folklore. And to those who are not trained, they are.” Adrien sees a black cat adorned character from an ancient Chinese battle. “Many are taught here and sent to the guardian temple to become guardians. I was one of them.” Chao said.  

“You were a guardian?” Mao asked. 

“I was there when the temple was gobbled up by a sentimonster.” Chao turned to look at him. “It was you, and your partner that defeated it, and restored the temple.” 

Mao was shocked as he stood before his Sifu. Chao turned and walked deeper into the temple down a flight of stone stairs to a large room filled with various weaponry, sparring dummies and in the middle of the room a large sparring mat. Mirror lined the four walls surrounding the mat. The torch-style electric lighting illuminated the room in an orange glow. There was a small table in the corner with a plate of cheese and crackers.

“I assume Plagg still eats human-sized portions of cheese?” Chao asked. Mao chuckled. He was still nervous at the prospect of exposing his identity to anyone but Master Fu. “I assure you, it is safe here.” 

“Claws in.” He whispered. Plagg zipped out. His eyes exposing his shock as he found himself in a strange place. Until his eyes fell on the Sifu.

“Chao Sifu?” Plagg asked in surprise. He flew up to the old man gripping his face in his tiny hands. Chao chuckled at the action, bringing his hands to cup the Kwami.

“You seem… friendly.” Adrien felt a bit jealous as he watched his best friend warm up to a stranger.

“Plagg and I encountered much mischief.” He stared at the Kwami now sitting in his hands. “I was but a child when I went to the temple. I felt caged in. I did not want to be there.” he set Plagg down by the plate then brought his hands back together in front of himself. “Sometimes at night, Plagg and I would escape the temple and bound free through the mountains.” Adrien's jaw dropped as he heard the Sifu talk about his rebellious side. 

“Sounds like someone I know,” Adrien said acting innocent. 

“Cat Noir had plenty of freedom, while Adrien was locked in the best bedroom any teenage boy could want.” Plagg scoffed as he gobbled some cheese. 

“Oh, is that so?” Chao asked. 

“It’s a long story.” Adrien swung his arms in anticipation of his first lesson. 

“We shall start with some basic steps.” Chao led him to the center of the sparring mat after they kicked off their shoes. 

Adrien hurt so bad as he rolled out of bed the next morning. Not sure if he would be able to move. In the bathroom, he stripped out of his pajamas tossing them on the floor. He caught sight of his body in the ever-present mirrors that encircled the room. The main thing he hated about the bathroom. He was his own constant reminder of his father. 

“Hmm…” he mused in the mirror. “At least now I know what father would have looked like after taking a beating.” he chuckled. Plagg droned on something about being awake so early and not having anywhere to go. 

After soaking in the steaming hot jet stream tub Adrien sat on the couch with nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist. He had to lower the eclectic blinds on the windows to prevent possible sighting of the mysterious floating creature even though they were up high enough that it was most likely not a concern. 

He opened his laptop and began searching through design pages looking for ideas for his Hei Mao suit. 

“Nothing,” Adrien said frustrated after a while. 

“What about Marinette. She could design something for you.” Plagg offered. Adrien shook his head, he wanted nothing more than to wear a Marinette design again. 

“I can’t talk to her Plagg.” Adrien groaned. 

“But Felix can, and if I remember right he is the CEO of a fashion company am I right?” Plagg was on to something. He picked up his cell phone and dialed up his cousin.

“Adrien to what do I owe the pleasure of your call?” He sounded upset. 

“What is it, Felix?” Adrien’s question could wait. 

“I just got out of a meeting with public relations and they’re screaming for something to boost the community morale.” Adrien smiled. This was purrfect he thought.

“I think I can solve your problem and you can solve mine.” Adrien started. “Initiate a community-wide design competition. The theme is aged-up versions of Ladybug and Cat Noir in more… fitting attire.”

“It’s a competition?” Felix asked. “What would the reward be?” 

“How about the winner gets to spend an entire day or week as a Graham De Vanily designer and their design is featured in the catalog, as say a costume.” Adrien grinned. “I’ll be the final judge, a silent Judge.”

“How,” Felix started, his voice sounding confused. “Does this benefit you?” 

“Remember that girl, Marinette?” Adrien asked him. 

“How could I forget,” Felix remember the beautiful girl from the video sent to Adrien.

“She’s a designer and well, I really want a costume designed by her.” Adrien wasn’t entirely lying. 

“Let me guess, you want the Ladybug costume.” Felix scoffed. 

“Exactly, well one of each. But the winner will be the one who designs the best of each costume, it’s a two for the win.” Adrien’s face beamed and he was glad that Plagg was the only one who could see it. 

“I’ll put the word out,” Felix said coldly before hanging up the phone. 

It had been nearly a month since the announcement for the costume design went out. He watched Marinette’s webpage and even found Alya’s blog. They definitely knew about it and even commented that Marinette would be entering her designs in as well. Adrien was so excited. His body was getting more accustomed to the beatings dished out by Chao Sifu, and his cooking skills got better with Cheng Sifu. During the day he often went past the temple to watch Chao Sifu teaching classes to groups of younger kids. They seemed to be far too young to learn martial arts but he was also forced to participate in far more activities by the time he was their age. 

He spoke a number of different languages and played the piano. Adrien hadn’t touched one since he left his in his old bedroom. Felix said he wanted to move into the Agreste manor but felt uncomfortable with that idea given the current state of the public opinion regarding it. So he agreed to ensure the mansion was being maintained for when Adrien was ready to return to it. 

Adrien felt a little stalkerish as he checked Marinette’s social media accounts daily, followed Alya’s blog, and even yes. The Lady blog. Marinette got more beautiful as she grew up. He had been watching his friends from afar. Nino seemed to be doing good. He even found Luka’s page. He wondered why Marinette hadn’t mentioned anything on her pages about her boyfriend or husband. Luka seemed happily married as he bragged about various things his twins were doing, never posting pictures of them though, or his wife. 

Something tugged at Adrien’s heart as he scrolled through her pages. Juleka now served as her primary female model for her designs and even Luka joined in on occasion. He used to be Marinette’s model. As the contest date closed in, Adrien had to fight the urge to return to Paris for it. He wanted to be there, to witness Marinette winning. He knew her designs were going to be the winners. The days dredged by as Adrien maintained his covert agenda. His evening meals with Cheng Sifu, and his training with Chao Sifu. Two people that maintained his secrets. Even the grocery clerk aided him in his endeavors as she would help him pick out his fateful food items each day. 

“So, are you planning on being here for the judging?” Felix asked. 

“You know I can’t.” Adrien felt like his father, he had always had Nathalie walk around with the tablet showing him each of the designs. He didn’t even want to be that present. 

“I have an idea,” Felix said. “I’ll call you right back.” A few minutes passed when Adrien’s phone chimed on his duo to pick up a video call. He saw Felix standing in a mirror wearing a pair of clear lens glasses. The image was coming from a micro camera in the frames. “This way, You can hear and see everything and no one will be the wiser.” 

“How, can you hear me?” he asked. Felix reached up to the earpieces over both ears. 

“The speakers are her like with earbuds only they don’t go in the ear. I can’t see you though unless I look at my phone.”

“This is purrfect.” Adrien beamed. He saw his cousin groan dropping his shoulders.

“Did you just make a cat pun?”

“Yep.”

“Are you blushing?”

“Pawsibly.” 

“You’re encourageable.” Felix turned away from the mirror. He was in his suit at the Bourgeois Hotel. It was just like the one Chloe used to live in. 

“I know.” Adrien fought back the urge to say something cattish. 

“Goodbye, Adrien.” Despite his cold tone, Felix really did seem to enjoy their dynamics. He was the straight-laced one and Adrien, fun and playful. 

“Could you imagine Plagg?” Adrien slumped back in his chair. “If Felix was given this miraculous,” he said holding up his hand. A look of terror crossed Plagg’s face as if he was threatened to never be given cheese again. Adrien laughed. 

It was the day of the competition and Adrien watched as Felix straightened his tie. A chill running down his spine as he recalled how his father used to do it. Felix really was the younger version of his father. Sometimes he forgot that they had different fathers. Even though he looked nothing like his father, rather they both looked like Gabriel and Amelie. 

Adrien shook the feeling off his shoulders as he watched his cousin leave the bathroom. The venue was set up at the Graham De Vanily building in the showroom. There were tons of people scattered about the room with various changing stalls set up using temporary wall structures. Felix walked through the halls slowly inspecting each station. Two models to each one in a Cat Noir suit, the other in a Ladybug suit. The gender specification had been an explicit requirement for the event. 

Felix stopped by each inspecting the details and scoffed moving on to the next. Most of them were near replicas of the original suits. 

“Is there just one person here who didn’t copy the original design?” Felix fumed. 

“There,” Adrien said through the screen. He had to mirror his phone to the TV so he could get a better look at everything. His heart dropped when he recognized the old familiar midnight hair. It was no longer pulled into two down ponytails, instead, it was long and flowing. There was a bit of curl to it as it swayed back and forth with her movements. She was preparing her model already in costume. “I hope she’s not married,” he said before he realized his cousin could hear everything. 

“Miss Dupain-Cheng,” Felix said stepping up behind her. “What have you got for us this time.” He at least sounded pleasant. She spun around to face him. Adrien watched her face as it lit up in a bright red hue. 

“A..A... Adrien?” Adrien could feel heat welling up in her heart even though she was, once again mistaking Felix for him. The fact that she was still thinking about him and tripping over her words at the thought she was in his presence made him wish he had gone. 

“Felix, actually.” he took both of her hands in his looking down at them as he placed a kiss on each knuckle. “Adrien was a fool for letting a gem such as yourself slip through his fingers. Adrien fumed as his cousins’ obvious attempt to annoy him. Marinette’s cheeks returned to their normal hue as her face melted into sadness. Adrien’s heart broke for a minute. 

“Do you need a tissue, Adrien?” Plagg asked. Adrien ignored him so as to not expose him to Felix who could hear everything except the Kwami. 

“Show us what you have made for us.” Felix said. No one knew he was televising this for Adrien. Marinette explained in detail the design of this new Lady Noir Suit. It wasn’t all red as Ladybugs had been instead there was more black around the waist with a light red tulle skirting around the waist allowing for movement while offering a bit more coverage to the more sensitive areas. Another Tulle adornment lay over the breasts. 

“Exquisite Marinette,” Felix said.

“Ask about the signature stitching.” Adrien chimed in quickly. He was nearly biting at the bit as he watched his cousin explore every detail of the suit.

“Ah-hem. Um, show me your signature stitching.” He looked up at Marinette who suddenly blushed.

“How do you know about that?” Marinette shrieked. 

“Tell her Gabriel had made reference to it after other designs she had done.” Adrien threw in.

“I am the CEO of a fashion company, it is my job to know about that,” Felix smirked. Marinette pulled out another suit, it was designed for a man but she held up the collar piece showing the distinct gold embossed threading signing her name through the stitch. 

“You did that with each of these designs?” he mused then moved on to the Cat Noir suit. Adrien swallowed hard when he saw Luka wearing the Cat Noir Suit. He almost didn’t recognize him with the hood pulled nearly over his face. The Ears protruding through the hood even seemed to have a little fluff to them. The hood flowed down the back with fine red lines detailing the changes in the material. The extra padding around the soft spots was highly more with the deep red. Felix walked around Luka slowly inspecting every detain including the attached belt that held a baton. The extra-long belt that also served as Cat’s tail dangled down to the floor. Adrien wondered if his belt was actually longer now than it was when he was a teenager, he was much taller now. “Why is this red and not Neon green as his ring?” 

“This design is meant more for stealth. The red.” Marinette blushed. 

“Ah, she’s so cute.” Adrien didn’t mean to say that out loud. Felix snorted. 

“Who is Cat Noir without his Ladybug?” she finished. “I added more black to her’s to signify him on her so I thought I’d give him a piece of her.” Adrien felt warm at the thought. “As for the hood, Cat Noir has such bright hair, so this would provide him more stealth.” She scooped up the tail belt holding the end out for Felix to inspect. In fine detail along the edge of the belt was the customary Marinette signature. 

“Very good Miss Dupain-Cheng,” Felix again took her hands. He flipped them over and even rubbed his fingers along the back of her hands. “Lovely, sure you didn’t make these by hands these hands are far too nice to have labored so.” Ooh, that smooth talker. Adrien was standing now anger fumed on his face. Felix turned away and began walking to another stall. 

“Wait.” Marinette’s voice was small through the receiver. Felix turned around. Luka was holding her shoulders as she stood in front of him face Felix. She nearly shook as Adrien swore he saw a teardrop from her chin. “Can you tell him, if you see him…”

“What that you love him? I saw that video message you sent him. Was that your attempt to confess your feelings or just console a friend.” Felix seemed a bit harsh but Adrien bit back his words wondering what it was Marinette had said in the video.

“Tell him we miss him.” Ah there it was the fire in her eyes she was angry. “We miss our friend.” She turned away from Felix in a huff. Felix laughed.

“What are you doing Felix?” Adrien barked.

“Congratulations Marinette, I think you might just be our winner.” He scoffed then turned around. 

“I just had to see her fire up, oh Adrien,” Felix whispered. “I can see why she means so much to you.” Felix tapped a button on his phone and disconnected the call. Adrien had recorded the entire video call. He replayed the video showing Cat Noir’s suit. He memorized every detail. Mulling it over in his head before setting his phone down and calling on his transformation. 

He ran to the bathroom to examine his new suit. Every detail mimicked Marinette’s design. He suddenly realized and reached for his belt tail. It was longer. He studied the red stitching design and found it. Her signature was embedded into the magic suit he now wore.