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A reverse of my other prompt

Adrien was a little surprised and happy to hear about his good luck passive ability, but he took tikki's warning to heart and promised not to use it recklessly. The only times he actively used his ability was to get away from his fans or avoid his bodyguard to stay out a bit longer. However, even when he's not actively using it it still responds to his emotions, leading to situations with luka that leave him flustered and his heart beating wildly. Adrien always becomes embarrassed whenever tikki teases him about the miraculous playing matchmaker.

Marinette wasn't happy hearing about her bad luck ability, thinking that others would think she was some sort of jinx bringing them bad luck. This changed one day when chloe was being her usual self and said something mean. She was upset with her but didn't say anything, knowing it wouldn't lead anywhere, but her ability responded to her emotions and not long after chloe had a bucket of water dumped on her. It was then marinette realized she could use this, and since then she's used it to get back at chloe and on girls she felt were no good and trying to take advantage of adrien. She was confused why the ability didn't seem to work on the girls when they were around adrien but since it worked on them anyway as soon as they left him, she didn't care.

She was happy with the ability since it gave her the power to "protect" adrien from girls who were trying to manipulate him, and brushed off plagg assuring him she wouldn't go overboard. Though lately, she's noticed that he and luka have been getting really close. She liked them both, of course no one could ever compare to adrien, but she like the attention she got from luka. She brushed it off at first since there was no way adrien would be into guys, but then she saw how cozy they looked together and how adrien would blush around him. Not taking any chances she turned her attention towards luka and wasted no time in giving him bad luck.

Adrien was concerned for luka, for the past couple of weeks everything's been going wrong for him. From losing his picks and breaking his guitar strings to his notebook he writes lyrics in getting ruined, it seemed like he couldn't catch a break. When adrien was visiting him he seemed to be having a particularly bad day. Luka was breathing in and out trying to calm down so not to attract an akuma. When adrien asked what happened all luka did was point over where his guitar laid broken beyond repair. Adrien was in shock, he knew what that guitar meant to him and to see it in pieces broke his heart. He didn't say anything, he knew there wasn't much he could say that would comfort him. So, instead he sat there with him, hoping his presence would be enough.

After that day it seemed luka's luck turned around. Adrien was over the moon that luka seemed to be in better spirits, though he found it weird how for weeks he seemed to have really bad luck and now he has extremely good luck. Until tikki revealed that because he felt so strongly for him and wanting to help, a little bit of magic latched on surrounding him in a thin layer of good luck magic canceling out the bad luck surrounding him. Adrien became flustered that the magic gave away his feelings again, before sobering at the last part. Tikki explained that the bad weeks he's been having was caused because of the bad luck surrounding him, bad luck given to him by plagg's holder. Hearing this, he wanted to believe it was a misunderstanding since it was a passive ability, but his hopes were quickly dashed when she explained that the amount of bad luck surrounding him was intentional. She also couldn't help but wonder how often lady noir was using her ability if she was so comfortable using it this intensely.

The answer came when the next akuma attack happened. lady noir used her cataclysm but instead of just destroying the item it spread. It formed a sort of cataclysm dome, spreading out and destroying everything in its path. Seeing this, adrien wasted no time in purifying the akuma and casting the miracle cure. Thankfully the cure had worked, setting things right and bringing people back to life, but it was clear to him that lady noir had overused her passive ability. Running out of time before they transform back, he demanded that they meet later to get some answers. The media wasted no time reporting on the incident, theorizing that lady noir could be a danger to them because of her losing control of her powers.

Unfortunately for adrien, lady noir only made excuses about her overusing her ability saying that she had a good reason for using it. Hearing that adrien snapped, "how could you possibly justify using your ability to harass luka couffaine". Lady seemed shocked, about to ask how he could know that, but he wasn't finished. "you know, with how hard you were trying to make luka miserable i wonder who else you did this to. I'm just glad my ability protected him from yours". Hearing this, lady quickly put together that he was the reason her ability wouldn't work on luka anymore and snapped accusing him of interfering in things that weren't his business. As they continued to argue they failed to notice a civilian recording their argument. They, like everyone else, were terrified when they saw the news of lady noir losing control of her power, but to hear that the reason is because she overused her ability to hurt people in her personal life was terrifying. If she was willing to hurt people who, from what mr bug was saying, did nothing wrong, what else was she willing to do.

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Not Enough Luck To Go Around Pt.2

Adrien was stressed now that ladybug's powers weren't reliable. In the beginning they tried fighting how they usually would but found out quickly that her strength, stamina, and agility were cut in half. She was more of a burden than she was any help. The only good thing to come from this situation was that he gained a new power. It was during one of his fights, things weren't looking great, he was trying to contain the akuma to cause less damage, and he was struggling to save his cataclysm. He was desperate looking for a solution and in his panic he gained "black out", giving him the ability to create a dome of darkness around the akuma. Thanks to his new powers battles have gotten a little easier. He's also extremely thankful to luka for helping take his mind off things. He always seems to know when he's stressed but never questions him on it and instead invites him out to have fun.

Marinette was not having a good time and was finding out the hard way what it meant to overuse her powers. Her reputation as ladybug was going down hill since the video of her and chat's talk went viral. It didn't help that she couldn't do much during akuma attacks and was forced to stay out of the way off to the side. She thought she would at least have a sense of normalcy in her civilian life but that only lasted for a month and a half before things started going wrong. The celebrities she connected with were barely interested in her anymore and that's if they remembered her or her designs. Tikki explained that she used the power of luck to gain their attention and now without it she has to use her own skills to keep it. On top of that rumors in school have been going around about how terrible of a person she is. Unknown to her, the ability covered her when she would follow adrien around school and talk loudly about how "evil" a girl was for being close to him or about the future she's going to have with him. When she would harass other girls than give a half assed apology, the ability would sway them into forgiving her because they saw her as sincere and genuine. Now that marinette can't use the ability anymore, people see who she is as a person and no one is forgiving her for her actions.

Luka is an empath, so he always knew more than he let on and what people told him. When he first met marinette he was intrigued, not because of what he's heard from his sister, but because of her heart song. At first it was sweet, until he listened a little longer and it turned into something dark and twisted. What intrigued him though was hearing a completely different melody trying to cover up her song. The melody was beautiful and enchanting, like it was trying to draw him in, but it was hollow which is why he knew it wasn't hers. It didn't take long to figure out that she was ladybug when she and chat noir rescued him, and later meeting adrien putting together he was chat noir. He figured that the miraculous was the reason for the second melody, and seeing the video of her admitting to overusing her abilities gave more weight to the idea. Since then he's made it his mission to stay close to adrien and help him destress.

It was obvious that the stress of him being the sole hero with ladybug practically being dead weight was getting to him. He wanted to offer adrien a break, for him to not have to worry about the next fight. He invited him to hang out, just the two of them, as often as he could, whether it was just hanging out on the houseboat in his room or going out ice skating. During one of their hangouts he offered to go get slushies for them, he ran into an old man in a hawaiian shirt having trouble paying for his. He paid for the man's slushie and declined his offer of repayment, not knowing that the man has been watching for a couple of months now. When luka got home after his date hangout with adrien he found a small box on his bed. Opening it revealed a pair of earrings and a small creature calling themselves tikki.

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All the miraculous have a passive ability that is always active, though the holder can put more effort into consciously using their ability. The ladybug gives the holder good luck while the cat gives bad luck to people around their holder. When adrien was told this he was horrified that he would end up hurting people, but plagg calmed him down saying that they would only be mildly inconvenienced, like losing a pencil or tripping. It did however, respond to his emotions, so, if he was upset with someone or felt uncomfortable it would respond and lash out at that person, and it would do more than just trip them. He had warned him that if he overused this ability it would mess up his powers as chat noir, which he acknowledged but he hadn't planned on using it so he didn't feel the need to be cautious.

Marinette however, was overjoyed when she was told that she could give herself even more good luck. Tikki warned her that if she overused it it could mess with her powers as ladybug, but marinette assured her that she would use it responsibly. In the beginning it was great, she used it to get noticed during the hat competition for the school, to get noticed by jagged stone, and even make connections with other celebrities. What frustrates her though is no matter how much she used the ability she just couldn't get a perfect date with adrien, and instead would end up humiliated in front of everyone. Unknown to her and adrien, his bad luck cancels out her good luck, but overtime adrien started to recognize the signs of her being a fangirl and grew uncomfortable being around her. In return his ability responded to his emotions and anytime she reached out with with her ability to try and sway things around him to go her way it canceled it out and lashed out against her, leaving her humiliated.

It was during an akuma fight marinette found out just how much she overused the ability. It started out like any other fight until she tried to summon lucky charm, it almost looked like it glitched before giving her the object. She brushed it off and tried to use her ladybug vision, but found that things around her were barely lighting up. When she finally put together a plan that's when things went wrong. The plan failed and caused more destruction and got people hurt. She was in shock before chat noir pulled her out of it and took her to the side. Chat asked her what was happening, until he put together that she was having trouble using her powers. "You overused your passive ability, didn't you?", ladybug looked away embarrassed. Adrien was in shock, sure plagg warned him of overusing his ability but he was never going to use it anyway. So, to see the consequences of it was horrifying, and ladybug who always preached about being responsible to be the one to carelessly use her ability was sobering.

With no time to dwell on the situation chat quickly takes charge, keeping in mind to save his cataclysm in case her purifying powers didn't work. After defeating the akuma, adrien held his breath as ladybug's yoyo snapped closed around the butterfly. When she released it, nothing changed, it was still the same, not taking any chances adrien wasted no time using his cataclysm to destroy it. Her miracle cure was also affected, buildings had cracks in them and looked like they would fall apart at any moment, people who had injuries or broken bones were somewhat healed and now had fractures or phantom pains, and the people who died were now alive but in a coma. With little time left before they transformed back chat told ladybug to meet him later to figure out what to do.

News outlets quickly picked up that ladybug's powers weren't working and speculated that she could be losing her powers. To say that people were scared and worried would be an understatement, their loved ones were injured or in a coma and their homes were destroyed. Panicked, marinette asked tikki if there was a way to fix this. Tikki only shook her head saying she had warned her this would happen, there was no easy way to fix this. Marinette had to stop using the ability so the miraculous wouldn't be stretched thin and "recharge", and that it might take a while before she can fully use her full powers again. Meeting up with chat noir she told him what her kwami had said, leaving out how she overused it. Chat wasn't having it and immediately questioned how she overused it despite her kwami's warnings. With chat relentlessly questioning her, she snapped, saying that she used it to get things she deserved and that she deserved nice things.

The silence that followed stretched for a few minutes before chat broke it, "how long have you been using your ability?". Ladybug looked away and chat changed his question, "when did you start using your ability?". Ladybug quietly answered, "three weeks after getting the miraculous." Chat was in shock, for an entire year she's been using her ability non stop, no wonder it would take a while to "recharge". Chat calmed himself down, fighting over it would get them no where. The only thing they could do now was try and prepare for upcoming battles where ladybug wouldn't be able to use her powers. Unknown to them, someone had recorded the entire conversation. They were walking by when they spotted ladybug and chat noir on a nearby rooftop and overheard the conversation. They couldn't believe it, the reason ladybug couldn't use her powers was because she overused it in her personal life to win competitions and be close to celebrities. They were appalled that one of their "protectors" would carelessly use their powers like that, and when they uploaded the video, others thought the same

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Marinette and adrien were dating, at least that's what tom and sabine thought. One day while marinette had the girls over, she was about to deliver them some cookies when she overheard them planning a date between her and adrien. She thought it cute that she got her friends help to plan out their date. She didn't want to interrupt them, so she headed back down and told tom everything. It wasn't long before the girls came rushing down the stairs and out the door, no doubt to enact their plan.

As months passed they dropped subtle hints to marinette about inviting adrien over but she would always get flustered. They figured it was because she didn't want them to embarrass her in front of him, like any other teenager with their significant other. They finally got the chance to talk with him when she brought him over one day, though only briefly before marinette took him upstairs to her room. They occasionally checked on them just to make sure nothing was going on before being shooed out of the room. An hour later adrien came downstairs and they decided to chat with him before he left. During their chat he asked if he could take some chocolate sweets with him, which they were happy to pack for him.

As they were packaging his order he mentioned that he wanted to share them with blake. Tom and sabine looked at each other questioningly, wondering who blake was. Marinette never mentioned a blake and they never saw a new face hanging out with her friends. When asked he said that she was a musician and his girlfriend, they froze hearing this. Tom's immediate reaction was anger, thinking he was cheating on his daughter, but with a look from sabine he held back. Clearly there was something they were missing, adrien's a sweet boy and cheating didn't seem like something he would do. When asking him about her, he had this adoring look on his face before launching into a rant about her and how they met. From the information they gathered from adrien's rant, he and blake have been together for a long time and he completely adores her. Which confused them since they thought he was dating marinette, so, they asked how things were between him and marinette.

Adrien hesitated before responding that everything was fine, but the way he said it it was phrased like a question. Sabine gave him a stern look, gently telling him that he could be honest. He gave them an apologetic look before telling them that he and marinette aren't really friends, they don't hang out or talk and him coming over to do this project is the only form of interaction he's had with her. Any other form of 'interaction' he's had with her has been other people talking for her while she stands awkwardly to the side. Again, he apologized if they thought that he and marinette were friends but they waved him off saying he had nothing to apologize for. After adrien left tom and sabine talked about what they found out. Sabine was adamant that she overhead the girls talking about setting up a date between marinette and adrien, but from what adrien said, he had a girlfriend and they weren't even friends.

Getting no where they decided to ask marinette about it over dinner, but while tom was hopeful that marinette would have an answer that would clear up everything, sabine doubted that she would give them a straight answer. Over dinner they asked her about adrien and as usual she was blushing as she talked about how sweet and great he was. Then they asked about blake saying that they heard from adrien about his girlfriend, like a switch was flipped her whole demeanor changed. She grumbled as she said she was ok but went on to say that she was stuck up and thought she was better than everyone. They wanted to believe marinette but hearing her talk about adrien like they have some sort of connection when in reality they're not even friends, they just can't trust her perspective on things anymore. When she started getting suspicious of them asking her about her relationship with adrien, they decided to drop it for now.

In the morning when marinette left for school, they went up to her room to search for answers themselves. They knew that it would be an invasion of privacy and breach of trust but they also knew they weren't going to get accurate answers from her. Looking around her room they saw the same adrien posters they always saw that she put up after meeting him, except now knowing that they weren't friends or even talked to each other, it seemed a lot less cute. Looking deeper into her room is where they found the chest full of presents with adrien's name on them, more posters under her bed, and his schedule that seemed to go on for a couple of years. Horrified, they immediately began to clean out her room, making sure to check every hidden place and removed her computer. While tom was cleaning out the last of the posters and presents, sabine called the girls parents. If they can plan a 'date' between marinette and adrien, knowing he has a girlfriend, think it was a good idea and actually go through with it, then their parents needed to be involved too.

Talking with the other parents about the situation, they all agreed that it would be best if the girls separated for a bit. Sabine and tom decided that it would be best to transfer marinette to a different school, not wanting her to be in the same vicinity as adrien. When marinette got home she immediately went up to her room only to see it bare. Tom and sabine wasted no time explaining to her that they cleaned out her room and that she would be switched to a different school. Marinette didn't understand why they were doing this, she loved adrien and was doing everything for him. Hearing this, tom and sabine looked at each other worried, their daughter saw nothing wrong with stalking the poor boy or making his girlfriend out to be a bad person for simply dating him. As marinette went on to excuse her behavior they knew that switching schools wouldn't be enough, so, they decided they would enroll her into an all girls correction school. They didn't want to send their only daughter away but with the way she was behaving it wouldn't be long before she spiraled and really hurt someone. the next day marinette didn't even get to say goodbye to her friends before her parents drove her to her new school and dropped her off. For the next few months this is where she'll be staying, and she couldn't even get in touch with her friends since her phone had been taken. Not that it would have mattered anyway since the girls were grounded and told to take a break from one another for a bit, and to make sure of this their parents had switched their classes, so, none of them had the same classes anymore.

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Everyone in school knew that chloe was the queen and that whatever she said goes. It was why she was so cruel and vindictive with the power she held over everyone. Overtime she mellowed out especially since akuma attacks started happening. She was still a bit bitchy but she was more sassy than mean. They no longer felt like they had to walk on egg shells around her or watch their backs. They could actually hang out with her and have a good time. With chloe being more chill instead of reining over them like a tyrant, it gave other rich/influential kids more confidence to act out and bully others. Unfortunately for them, chloe didn't take them stepping out of line kindly and was quick to remind them of their place. From then on everyone knew that chloe was the only one keeping them in their place and their school days peaceful.

So, when chloe was switching schools to pursue better opportunities everyone knew it was only a matter of time before the other rich kids would start to act out. They threw her a goodbye party, happy for her to get new opportunities but sad to see her go, as well as uneasy for when she leaves. It didn't take long for the other rich kids to take advantage of chloe leaving and abuse their power. Fortunately for everyone it seemed like they didn't want to risk any of them telling chloe about their bullying and largely stayed away from them. They stayed away from anyone who was friends or on good terms with chloe, and instead went after an easier target, the akuma class. They were the only ones who still actively hated chloe for things she did years ago on top of being avoided by the rest of the school because of their akumatazations.

No one blamed the victim for being akumatized, but when you get akumatized so much that it becomes what you're known for no one's going to want to be around you anymore. Adrien had watched on in disappointment when the class threw a party celebrating chloe leaving. He didn't know when it started but at some point he had started to notice that the class often blamed chloe when things went wrong for them and even some akumas. He tried to tell them that chloe didn't do anything but every time they would always brush him off telling him he was just too nice. Ever since then he distanced himself from them, not wanting to hear them blame her for something she wasn't even there for. However, that didn't mean he didn't feel bad for them when the bullying started.

Unlike chloe they were a hell of a lot crueler when it came to bullying. They would make paint bombs explode on them, set up glitter traps, ruin their work, and even cover them in glue and feathers. The class would often complain about the constant attacks they went through, but one thing never changed, they still blamed chloe. Adrien couldn't believe what he was hearing, it had been months since chloe transferred and they still somehow found a way to blame her. At this point he couldn't stay quiet anymore, "chloe isn't here anymore, remember". They all fell silent at that, as if remembering that chloe was no longer here, until alya spoke up. "Still, they're chloe's friends and she probably told them to start messing with us now that she's no longer here". The others nodded their heads and agreed as if that made sense. "except they aren't chloe's friends", he responded.

They only shook their heads insisting that they had to be with how cruel they were. Nino spoke up "look dude, we get that chloe is your childhood friend but you're way too nice to see how awful she can be". The others agreed, giving adrien a pitying look. Adrien hated that look, as if he were a child who didn't know any better. He took a deep breath, getting angry wouldn't solve anything and instead asked a simple question, "when was the last time chloe had done something mean to any of you?". Without hesitation they all started listing things chloe had done to them and things she's ruined, the common thing he's noticed is that they all talked about it like it happened last week. Adrien just sighed, "half of those things happened three years ago while the other half, she wasn't even there for. Even before chloe switched schools she hadn't messed with any of you for three years, and she never hung out with any of you so all of those parties and events that went wrong were never her fault. It's like your automatic response to anything that goes wrong is to blame her. You don't have to forgive chloe but you do have to acknowledge that the "proof" you use to say that she's a horrible person falls flat." With that adrien left not bothering to hear their response or excuses, he still felt bad for them but he couldn't listen to them continue to blame chloe, he was done with them and the situation.

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Patience Pt.2

In the few months of lila attending dupont she had become popular and established herself as the schools sweetheart. Unlike chloe who boasted about being the "queen bee" of the school, lila was actually liked and invited to things by other people. She knew when she first arrived that she couldn't limit herself to the class and expanded her influence outside of them. Marinette however, still wants to prove to her friends that she's a lair, and in turn the class tries to keep the fact the marinette doesn't like her from her to 'protect' her feelings. Lila wasn't worried about marinette since no one believed her but lately she seemed more jittery than usual.

She decided that she would once again get closer to adrien, and the best way to do that was to sit next to him. Lila never did things half way and always committed to her performance, so, when she was walking with some of her classmates she lightly sprained her ankle going down the steps. They had taken her to the nurse where she got her ankle wrapped and some ice. Heading to the classroom, they had already made arrangements for her to sit in the front and adrien had offered to help her. She made a show of apologizing to nino for taking his seat and nathaniel for not being able to sit next to him. They had both waved her off saying it was fine and alix offered for nathaniel to sit next to her, which spiraled into everyone picking their own seats.

When marinette finally showed, it was obvious to lila that she was upset about the seating arrangement. She questioned her about her ankle, which she gladly showed off, before she complained about having to sit in the back. Lila took note of the fact that she was clearly upset she was sitting next to adrien, but made it seem like she was upset at having to sit in the back. Adrien offered to sit somewhere else, which she didn't want but didn't voice because that would be out of character, but marinette loudly objected to it. She took this as a chance to state that she didn't mind sitting somewhere else, but that sitting in the front would have been easier on her ankle. With that everyone glared at marinette for making something from nothing before she was sent to the back.

During lunch some of her classmates brought her tray so she didn't have to wait in line with her ankle. As they were talking she made sure to 'show' interest in their hobbies and ask about how they were doing. When she realized she needed some napkins she stood up to get some. They offered to get them for her but she declined since it was close by and she didn't want them to catch on to her using them. As she was walking she heard her name being called, just as she looked over she saw something quickly sliding across the floor towards her. She quickly moved out of the way landing awkwardly on her sprained ankle, she looked at marinette, shocked that she would actually go that far to try and prove she was lying. While marinette smiled triumphally thinking she won, the others were horrified and quickly rushed towards lila.

They checked her over asking if she was ok before chastising marinette. Some of them were there walking with lila before she sprained her ankle, so, for marinette try and use this as 'proof' that she was faking backfired. Lila watched as marinette stormed off to the bathroom, still in shock that she would be that impulsive. She brushed off everyone's concerns saying she was fine and wanted to talk to marinette to 'check on her'. Talking to her proved to do nothing but rile her up, she went on to say that the only way they could ever be friends was if she stopped lying. She internally rolled her eyes at that, she doesn't know why marinette was pretending to care that she was lying. Sure, a part of her probably hates that she's lying to her friends but the real reason she hates her and could never be friends was because she was close to adrien. After their brief exchange she pretended to be hurt by her words and left.

In the hallway she ran into adrien, who asked if she was alright. She didn't say specifically what happened but eluded that it had something to do with marinette, she made a show of 'not wanting to talk about it' and 'wanting to be alone for a bit' before walking away. She was sure he would hear from the rest of the class if not others in the school what marinette had done. It was then she spotted an akuma aimlessly wandering, and thought this would be the perfect thing to add a bit more tragedy to her story. She knew whatever emotions she pushed forward would be driving her as an akuma, and what better emotions than fear, vulnerability, and wanting nothing more than to protect yourself. Lila's akuma transformed the school into a sort of twisted wonderland with creatures only having the goal to protect lila, and at the heart of it all was lila's curled up form, sleeping in a giant flower.

When lila woke after being de akumatized she was met with chat noir asking if she was ok. Seeing the crowd surrounding them, she thanked him before 'hesitating' to explain that she was scared because of what her classmate had done and when she tried to talk to her in the bathroom she yelled at her. People began whispering, already knowing it was marinette because of the incident in the cafeteria but were unaware that lila had tried to talk to her after. They started to wonder what marinette could have said that made her so scared, some theorizing that maybe she threatened her.

When she made it back to class, her classmates surrounded her asking if she was ok and what happened. She 'didn't' want to make trouble for marinette but she explained that she just wanted to clear things up with her before she suddenly started yelling at her. When marinette entered the classroom, everyone stopped and stared. Marinette looked around and saw the glares and disappointed looks, she kept her head down as she walked to the back to her seat. Lila was a lot of things but she wasn't completely unfair, she feels like she did enough damage and would back off for now, but if marinette persisted than she would have to get rid of her.

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Marinette was shy and didn't talk to others, it wasn't until this year she started coming out of her shell and talking to others in class. She still spent most of her time with alya given she's her best friend, but she does occasionally hang out with the rest of the girls. All this to say that rose and juleka really didn't know marinette that well. They knew that she was a sweet and caring person, always wiling to help out others, and her very obvious crush on adrien. However, when they were invited over to her place to help her with something along with the other girls, they were seeing a completely different side of her. Marinette and alya had wanted them to help her with planning out a date, which sounded innocent until they realized that adrien clearly had no idea about this date and she somehow got his schedule down to the minute so she knew where he was.

They knew marinette liked adrien, it was obvious, but they were unaware just how deep it went to the point of obsession. After they were dragged into a plan that thankfully failed, they decided to distance themselves from marinette and alya. They didn't make it obvious or a big deal so no one would notice and ask questions, the only time they somewhat hung out with them was in a group setting, like when they invited the class over to juleka's place. Juleka initially had a bad feeling but she didn't know why, rose had calmed her down reassuring her that everything would be fine. That was until a couple months later when they reluctantly went to another meeting with the girls. Everything started out the same with marinette going on about adrien and not making progress except this time she talked about moving on since he was dating kagami. Juleka and rose didn't care and weren't really listening until luka was mentioned and how marinette also liked him.

Rose and juleka didn't say anything but they were horrified at the idea of marinette using luka because she couldn't deal with her feelings towards adrien. When they got to the houseboat they warned luka of marinette and how she would never really be over adrien. They couldn't stop him if he really wanted to date her but they knew he would only end up getting hurt. They were proven right when they watched luka become a shell of himself. Every time she called him adrien, bailed on him, and just not be present in their relationship slowly chipped away at him. When they inevitably broke up Juleka was happy but seeing the state she left him in, it quickly turned to anger. Through out the months juleka, rose, and their friends were there to pick up the pieces and help luka. It took a while before he was able to recognize that he wasn't the one at fault and just like his sister and her girlfriend said marinette wasn't over adrien and would probably never be over him.

It hurt to know that he was more of a second option but it was better than blaming himself, in the long run knowing this made it easier for him to move on. When it was the twins birthday, juleka was taken aback when marinette had run up to her asking her to uninvite her brother to his own party. She didn't say anything and just nodded her head but silently questioned why she and anyone else from class thought they were invited. Through out the party rose and juleka's phones were going off with texts from the girls asking where the party was since they had moved the boat. They had already explained before hand to the guys that it wasn't personal but they didn't know each other well enough, which they accepted. Everyone was having fun until her parents started arguing and became akumatized. Ladybug and chat noir showed up but ladybug seemed off, even when she handed her a miraculous she asked weird questions like "are you having a party?" and "did you invite all your friends?". Juleka didn't know what to make of her questions and brushed them off.

The next day at school juleka and rose weren't surprised when they were confronted by the girls. They figured that this would happen sooner or later so they were honest stating that they didn't want to invite the girl who used juleka's brother and the girls who somewhat encouraged it. Marinette at least had the decency to look somewhat ashamed but quickly made excuses for herself claiming how hard she had it. Rose and juleka had enough and honestly it was a long time coming, they ended the crumbled remains of their friendship and went their separate ways. Rose, ever the optimist, was hopeful that one day they'll see what they did wrong and sometime in the future they can be friends again. Juleka wasn't as hopeful, at least not for marinette and alya. Marinette had planned out everything so specifically, down to how many children she and adrien would have and their names. Someone like that doesn't change unless they realize they have a problem and seek help. Alya was an enabler and enablers rarely saw anything wrong with their actions as well as the person they're enabling. For now though they were comfortable cutting off the girls and whatever drama they brought with them.

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the amount of times I've read fanfiction where the reader/oc is marinette's twin/sibling and they end up being the shy reserved one as opposed to marinette who is described as brave, bold and is practically a social butterfly. It just doesn't make sense

Even taking out the fact that she doesn't talk to anyone outside of her class, before adrien and alya arrive she doesn't really have friends. She knows her classmates but has never interacted with them before like she does once canon starts. So, painting her as the popular social butterfly has always struck me as weird since she never talks to anyone else. I get wanting to have contrasting personalities but the reader/oc would be the one who is the popular social butterfly, since even after her gaining a bit more confidence because of alya, she's still not that character

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What are some tropes used in class/lila salt fics

I've done a spin on the class president one and i've mentioned in others how marinette and her friends aren't liked by the rest of the school

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After the class president elections they all meet to have their first meeting. Some faces old and some they haven't seen since the year before, the only truly new faces were marinette and alya. They were a little surprised since every year without fail it was always chloe and sabrina, and every year the class never did anything to change it. They would be lying if they said they weren't worried about working with them. The akuma class is known for rarely talking with anyone outside of their own class, because of this they don't know how marinette and alya will handle their responsibilities. Chloe and sabrina were predictable, with sabrina showing up to every meeting and doing the work while chloe did her own thing. They figured they would give them a chance because the class wouldn't vote for someone who couldn't do the job, right?

Turns out, yes, they would. It was clear the only reason they won was because they were friends and the class didn't want to vote for chloe. Not even a month in and marinette was missing meetings. She either didn't show up at all or was so late that by the time she showed up the meeting was almost over. They haven't seen alya since their first meeting, she was running around doing things for her blog or doing literally anything else. When they would come up with or vote for ideas for parties/dances marinette would always suggest things that were impossible or couldn't do due to time constraint. They tried to help her in the beginning because she was new, figuring she wasn't used to her new responsibilities. Every time they were brushed off and told that she was fine. Eventually they stopped trying and just let her sink, honestly, they have no idea why she accepted the position if she knew she was too busy to do it.

When it was time to start fundraising for each of their class trips they knew things would continue to go wrong for her. She was confused when they brought up fundraising since her class never had to do that before. They pointed out that the reason was because chloe didn't want to do it, as class president it was her job for either her or her deputy to be there at each fundraiser overseeing it. Chloe already had sabrina doing all of the work and there was no way she was going to do actual work, so she got her dad to pay whatever amount was needed. Marinette took this as a challenge, thinking that it wouldn't be that hard and that she would be doing it better than chloe since she was earning the money.

The others watched as unsurprisingly the akuma class crashed and burned. Their fundraisers were poorly planned and just like their meetings marinette was barely there. The only times they raised good money was when they were parading around adrien. On one hand it was smart since he was a famous heartthrob, but on the other you could tell how uncomfortable he was being used so they could make more money. Most of the time he wasn't able to be there because of his schedule and really his dad being strict, so most days they didn't make a lot of money. When fundraising was over and it was time to add up the money, every class reached their goal and was able to go on their class trip. Every class except marinette's, and it was clear by her freaking out that she knew her class wasn't going on their trip.

Marinette tried coming up with solutions and even asking if her class could join one of the others, but it didn't matter, none of it would work. All she could do was face reality and tell her class that they weren't having a trip this year. It was a hard pill for her and her friends to swallow knowing that the only reason they went on trips before was because chloe had paid for it. Chloe wasn't even smug when she heard the news, she didn't care, after all if she wanted to go on a trip all she had to do was ask her dad.

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When Adrien saw what time it was he quickly made an excuse to his teammates and ran off to transform so he wouldn't be late for the statue unveiling. Unknown to any of them, Marinette was sneaking into the locker room to steal Adrien's phone. No matter what, she had to erase her voicemail before he could hear it and if that meant breaking into his locker then that's what she had to do. She quickly ran into a problem when she didn't know his password and she was running out of time. She decided to take the phone with her and ran out of the locker room before she could be caught. As the guys were on their way back they caught a glimpse of someone running out.

They didn't think anything of it since nothing seemed out of place, until Adrien came in and questioned where his phone was. They helped him look around the locker room to see if he misplaced or dropped it anywhere but came up empty. One of them pointed out how they saw someone run out before they came in. Most likely whoever ran out was the thief, so, they went to the principle explaining the situation. They were hoping they could check the cameras outside of the locker room to see who it was, and because the adrien agreste was the one who was stolen from, of course he had no problem complying.

Watching the footage, adrien was shocked to see that marinette was the thief. While the others didn't know her personally because they didn't share classes, they still recognized her as the weird girl who freaked out and muttered to herself about dates with adrien. Hearing this, adrien was confused, he never went on any dates with marinette nor was he interested in her. He thought back to every interaction he's ever had with her and realized she was a fangirl. Since marinette stole the phone and ran away off school property they had to get the police involved. Adrien was nervous because he knew his father use this as a reason why he shouldn't have gone to public school and take him out.

Sabine and Tom were shocked when police officers came to them claiming that their daughter had stolen something, and horrified when they were shown footage of her doing it. They were told that a restraining order would be in place and that she couldn't in any way contact adrien, not even through her friends. They were not only disappointed in marinette but themselves as well for not noticing her obsession with her classmate.

Thankfully, adrien was able to convince his father to keep him in school but he had to switch classes, his father wasn't taking any chances if anyone in that class knew about her behavior. He was asked a lot of questions by his new classmates about his sudden switch, but he skirted around the truth because he was still coming to terms that he sat in front of a fangirl and she pretended to be his friend. His team mates however, had no problem telling people for him why he had to switch. By lunch everyone in school was aware of marinette breaking into adrein's locker and stealing his phone. Everyone talked about her, not bothering to whisper and gave her looks of suspicions. Marinette's once neutral reputation in school was now tarnished, known as the crazy adrien fangirl.

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Cheng shifu was excited to see marinette again for his birthday. When his sister called telling him that she wanted to learn more about their culture, he was excited. He couldn't wait to show her more about their culture and introduce her to her cousins. He told everyone that she would be coming over and how this would be the perfect bonding experience between her and her cousins since they were the same age. However, all of that was thrown out the window when she arrived.

Marinette was jittery and looking for almost any excuse to leave. When she said she wanted to walk around a bit for inspiration, they were warry about letting her go alone since she didn't know mandarin. She was insistent that she go alone to be "immersed" and "really get a feel for things". Everyone could see she didn't want to be here, but the adults thought that she might have been nervous being with family she didn't know well, while the teenagers didn't bother trying to rationalize her behavior. They saw she clearly wasn't here for their uncle's birthday, so, the real question was, why was she here?

They started to put the pieces together when the model adrien agreste came in. Shifu had introduced him to everyone, telling them they had met when he went to Paris and that he was friends with marinette. The teens got curious about what she was like and asked him about their friendship. From his lack of description they gathered they were more classmates who shared friends than being friends themselves. As he went on to describe what she was like, it clicked to everyone that she had a thing for him. The teens were suspicious and asked if this trip was planned or last minute. He confirmed that it was last minute and told his friends about it when he was on the plane. For the adults they were coming to a disturbing realization, while the teens were confirming their suspicions. Marinette had said she wanted to come for shifu's birthday and to learn about their culture, but as soon as she got here she left to do her own thing.

Everything slotted into place when they were celebrating shifu's birthday. They saw how she was around him and how she couldn't act like a normal person. Anytime one of the girls talked to him and was having fun, she stared at them like she wanted to say something but didn't. At the end of the day when adrien went home and marinette upstairs to sleep, they had a family meeting. It was clear that marinette had found out that he was coming to Shanghai and used shifu's birthday as an excuse to go, so she could see him. They were disturbed that a fifteen year old girl would think of something like this and decided to call sabine to let her know everything.

Sabine and tom were horrified hearing about their daughter's behavior, they didn't want to believe it at first but she knows her family wouldn't lie to her about something like this. When they went up to marinette's room and really looked around they were appalled. They took down the adrien posters all over the walls, donated the presents that were in the chest, burned his schedule she had (they didn't want anyone else getting their hands on it), and took her computer out of her room. When marinette arrived home they talked with her and told her of the changes that were happening. She was to go straight to school than home, they had her switched to a different class so she would be away from adrien, they had informed her teachers so if she did go near him they would be notified and wouldn't hesitate to switch her to a different school, and they made an appointment for her to attend therapy. They made it clear that this wasn't a punishment but an intervention, they didn't want to get a call one day from the police saying they arrested her because she was stalking adrien agreste. They guided her up to her room telling her that they loved her and to get some rest because her first appointment was tomorrow.

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After the events of miracle queen people were rightfully angry and on edge. Once it had come out that the mayors daughter had willingly worked with hawkmoth, people wanted justice. They wanted to see her and her father for encouraging her behavior punished, because of this chloe hadn't left the hotel. People were worried for the kids whose identities were exposed and their families, especially those who knew them personally. They at least didn't have to worry about them getting a miraculous again, but they still worried if hawkmoth would go after them.

Then they saw rena rouge again and at first thought it was a one time thing, until, she became a permanent holder. The backlash was immediate, with people online and news outlets criticizing ladybug's reckless behavior. Everyone already knew that was alya, just like they knew who the rest of her temporary heroes were. People were quick to point out her hypocrisy with chloe and alya, some even began theorizing that the reason she let alya keep the miraculous was because she ran the ladyblog. People began pointing out that a majority of her temporary heroes were from 'The Akuma Class', the class known for getting akumatized the most in the school. Not only was it dumb to get most of her heroes from one class, but from the class that is frequently akumatized.

She was putting alya and her family in danger by practically announcing that not only did she have direct contact to her, but that she also still had her miraculous. A couple days later they were proven right when an akuma had taken her family hostage. Thankfully, they were able to defeat the akuma but the damage was done.

Marinette didn't know what to do, she couldn't give alya a different miraculous or any of her friends a miraculous because people would immediately suspect someone from the class. Tikki had suggested reaching outside of her class but she didn't have any friends outside of them. She tried making some but found out that her reputation was terrible because she had 'harassed' some of the girls in other classes. She didn't even think it was that bad and that they were just overreacting. She was just making sure they weren't trying to take advantage of adrien, besides she apologized afterward. She was stuck, she couldn't call on any of her friends and everyone outside her class barely spared her a glance.

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Marinette had finally worked up the courage to confess to Adrien. With her friends behind her recording and supporting her, she was waiting for him to accept and tell her that he always loved her. They were all waiting for him to confess his feelings, until he didn't. Instead he rejected her, telling her that he thought it was sweet but that he didn't feel the same way. They were all shocked, this was supposed to be the moment where he and Marinette hugged and kissed while they celebrated. Marinette broke down crying and immediately the class comforted and surrounded her while telling Adrien off.

From then on the class ignored Adrien and made it clear that until he apologized and accepted Marinette they weren't going to be friends anymore. It didn't take long for the class to spread rumors about how he 'harshly' rejected Marinette. It was mainly spear headed by the girls with Marinette 'recounting' the incident and crying about it. Not that is worked, if anything it only made their already terrible reputations even worse. Everyone knew how delusional Marinette and her friends were, not to mention plenty of people where there to witness her confess to Adrien in the courtyard. No one was shocked when the guy she barely talked to or spent any time with and has said repeatedly how "she's just a friend" rejected her. Just like how they're not really shocked they stopped being friends with him over it.

They did feel bad for him though since it was clear he really did think they were friends. So, they decided to invite him to hang out more with others not in his class. He usually stuck close to the akuma class and because of that no one wanted to chance hanging out with him in fear they would gain the class's attention. Now that the class had stopped being friends with him everyone was eager to hang out and get to know him.

Adrien felt betrayed, even Nino looked at him like he was disappointed in him. As much as it hurt that they stopped being friends he wouldn't go back on what he said, he didn't want to date marinette. Truthfully, he saw her more as a classmate than a friend since they never hung out or talked, but he felt rude saying that and always just said she was a friend. He was thankful though, as it didn't seem like he was alone. Not long after he was frequently asked by others to hang out with them to the point he was never alone. As he thought more on it he decided to switch classes, it was clear they wouldn't budge on their decision until he accepted Marinette's feelings and he made it clear that he had no intention of doing that. As weeks passed he thought less about his old class and focused more on his new friendships. He realized that if they were so quick to end their 'friendships' over a rejection then they were never friends and they only ever looked at him like an accessory for Marinette. And he didn't want people like that in his life, so, he was happy to leave them behind in the past.

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Patience

When Lila arrived at dupont she had one goal in mind, to be adored. She lied to her classmates about certain celebrities she's met, nothing too outrageous, just that she met them because her mother's a diplomat. She did an interview for the ladyblog about people outside of Paris thoughts on their heroes, which Alya was ecstatic to do. The best part was meeting Adrien Agreste. She knew she had to play her cards right, she couldn't act like a fangirl. So, she took the approach of the shy new girl who was a bit overwhelmed.

When he invited her to the library to do homework together she saw the book he had with him. The book was about the heroes, which he clearly was a fan of. When she turned to a page with a fox hero on it she got an idea. She made sure to look like she was thinking as she was saying that the fox tail necklace looked familiar. She asked if they could hang out at the park, making sure to appear shy while asking so she doesn't come off as demanding. When they met up she presented to him a fox tail necklace that she had bought earlier and said that is was passed down to her from her grandmother. She phrased her wording as unsure when showing him the necklace, she wasn't stupid to actually claim that she had a miraculous.

Even though her wording was careful, it seemed ladybug didn't think the same. She had got between her and Adrien while yelling about her being a liar. Lila was angry but she saw an opportunity in this. She faked crying while stating that she never claimed to have a miraculous and was just sharing a theory with a friend before running off. When she was akumatized as volpina she faked being on the heroes side by creating an illusion of an akuma to fight. When ladybug apologized to her after being de akumatized she pretended to still be hurt by her words and hesitated around her to gain sympathy from chat noir.

She decided to take a couple days off from school before going back to 'recover' from the incident with ladybug. When she got back she was immediately greeted with the class's sympathy. They heard about what happened from Adrien and couldn't believe that ladybug would yell at her over a conversation she partly overheard and wasn't her business to begin with. Even Adrien agreed that she was out of line to do something like that. In between class on breaks, the class caught her up on what she had missed when she was out. One major event being Adrien getting pulled out of school because he briefly lost his fathers book, though he later found it.

Everything was going great, she had the class's sympathy and more importantly Adrien's. He like the rest of them looked at her like a poor victim, but he feels guilty because he was there and was too shocked to stand up for her. Marinette however, seemed to be skeptical of her and often glared at her when she thought she wasn't looking. Lila wasn't bothered by her, she was a patient person and if Marinette proved to be a problem, she would simply erase her.

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Inspired by Scarlet Lady AU Lila

Marinette was jealous of the attention the new girl, Lila, was getting from Adrien. When she walked into school that morning everyone was talking about her and her achievements, but when she saw the interview she did for Alya she knew she was lying. She followed her and Adrien to the library where tikki had wanted her to get the book he had, but she had more important things to worry about than a stupid book. When she followed them to the park and heard her lying about being friends with ladybug, she snapped, she had to let Adrien know she was a liar.

Adrien had been given a lot to think about after he had found the miraculous grimoire. He had met master Fu and was told that his father may be hawkmoth. His father was akumatized when he realized the book was gone but it didn't erase the doubt that his father could still be behind everything. He was conflicted when he thought of Lila. She hadn't been to school since the incident at the park. On one hand it wasn't good that she lied but on the other, ladybug went overboard and humiliated her in front of others, some being their classmates.

He decided to visit her as chat noir since as Adrien he wasn't supposed to know where she lived, but chat noir had taken her home after her akuma. They talked for a bit before he asked her why she hadn't been to school. From there he got the full picture of what her life was like and where she was coming from. Her mom's a diplomat and because of her job they move around a lot. Lila never knew how long they would stay and the few friends she did make during, after a few months when she left they would slowly stop responding to her texts and forget about her. She decided she never wanted to be forgotten, so, she started lying. It started out small and soon became a game, seeing how ridiculous she can make her lies.

He convinced her that she should go to school because her classmates were worried about her. Lila was skeptical since now they all know she lied, but he reassured her that they didn't care and just wanted to know how she was. The next day at school Lila showed up and apologized for lying. The class forgave and accepted her, everyone except Marinette. She couldn't understand it, she lied to them and they just forgave her like nothing happened. As time went on Marinette became more and more bitter towards Lila, to the point where the girls had to have a talk with her.

The girls loved Marinette but her unfounded hatred of Lila was making everyone uncomfortable. She would often make comments or give back handed compliments, though Lila was unfazed taking it in stride and often making comments back. They tried talking to her about it but she immediately got defensive, saying how she "couldn't understand why they're friends with her, she lied". They kept going back and forth until Alix couldn't take it anymore. " You know what your problem is, your real problem isn't that she lied to us. It's that she's friends with Adrien and effortlessly banters with him, something you can't do. You're insecure, while Lila is confident and bold around Adrien you can't even speak one sentence to him." Marinette is shocked by Alix's words and looks around at the others for support, but they all look away from her.

They all knew the real reason why she couldn't stand Lila was because she saw her as competition. In the beginning Lila showed interest in Adrien, but now knowing everything they didn't know if she was genuinely interested or if it was apart of her game. Personally they didn't really care either, they understood that Marinette liked Adrien but to hate a girl because she might like the same guy was too much. They wanted to be supportive of Marinette and her crush but if it lead to her doing this, then until she sorted herself out they were putting some distance between them. Marinette felt betrayed, how could they abandon her for Lila. This was all because of Lila, everything started falling apart ever since she came. Then she realized, this had to be her plan, to take all of her friends away and isolate her. She knew Lila was evil and she was going to prove it.

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Adrien was dealing with a lot, he was coming to terms that his father was abusive, he found out that Marinette was a fangirl and his classmates knew, his classmates were just that and not actual friends. So, when ladybug came to tell him that his father was a hero and cared about him, he just shut down. A statue was later erected in his honor and people gave him their condolences. It was hard, he wanted to scream for everyone to hear that his father wasn't a hero, he was a controlling and abusive person. He knew what he was really like but with everyone praising him a hero he was forced to smile and accept it.

He felt suffocated in Paris and needed a change in scenery, so, he packed his bags and left for the summer to Gotham. Gotham was dark and dreary, a noticeable difference from Paris's bright atmosphere. That didn't mean it didn't have it's charm, especially the charm of a certain person. Damian was someone he met at the park when his dog got too excited and knocked him over. From there they kept running into each other and talking whenever they did, though the conversations were stiff and awkward at first. Slowly, Damian came out of his shell and he was able to see more of him. He wasn't Damian Wayne, he was just Damian, the boy who preferred animals to people, who expressed himself through art, and had an appreciation for swords. He didn't care who his father was, which was the reason why he felt comfortable telling him about the situation about his father.

Damian didn't often like people much less other rich kids. They were often the same, bragging about how rich they were and were more bark than bite. Which is why it was surprising when he found he enjoyed Adrien's company. He was soft spoken and didn't mind his blunt way of speaking, though he did like to make puns like Dick. Soon it became more than him just enjoying his company, he craved it. He wanted to spend every day with him, showing him his favorite places and if he wanted to show off his sword skills that was no one's business but his. When Adrien told him the reason for coming to Gotham for the summer he was surprised and angry, at the same time he knew this had to be connected to the case they were working on.

Constantine and a lot of the magic members of the justice league had said that someone had altered reality. No one noticed at first but when they tried to recall certain events they know happened, they come up blank. Whatever magic did this was powerful and because nothing was obviously out of place or changed they were having a hard time tracking where the source was. Hearing Adrien telling him about his abusive father being praised as a hero was heartbreaking, but he knew he needed more information on the heroes and the situation in Paris. Returning home, he and his family started their investigation. It didn't take long to put together that chat noir was Adrien, Damian recognized the same puns and playful demeanor. They were almost certain that Gabriel Agreste was hawkmoth, which left figuring out ladybug's identity.

Putting together what Damian gathered from Adrien and what they found painted a twisted picture. They figured that Gabriel wanted the miraculous to wish his wife back to life and that ladybug either lost the fight with him or she made the wish herself. Damian was livid that ladybug had the audacity to tell Adrien that his father loved him and was a hero, to get all of Paris to praise him as one when he more than likely was the terrorist. It made sense why Adrien needed to get away when everyone around him was praising his abuser. Unfortunately, summer had to come to an end and Adrien had to go back. Damian wanted to go with him but they didn't have enough information on the other miraculous holders and their powers yet. It would be too risky to go in with no knowledge of their powers or the extent of them.

They didn't want to separate but school was starting back up soon and Adrien had to go back. Days before he was due to go back they had a long vulnerable conversation about their growing feelings for each other. They decided to wait because of everything Adrien was dealing with, and Damian had a feeling that more secrets would come out than just his father being hawkmoth. As Damian saw him off he made a silent promise to bring down ladybug and her tower of lies.