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Speaking of pain in the ass, I remembered how I once told a friend about how Shizubug and Blake's dynamic works and well...

... a weird acceptance??? Mutual commiserating over Blair??? At least this was how it was before the worst birthday ever happened followed by N2CatS.

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Natalia tends to have at least one exboyfriend or excrush in every story I put her in. Taken to the logical extreme in the otome game au where she's the heroine and all the capture targeta are modelled after her exes.

how many Exes/Ex-Situationships does your oc have? Do they still talk or interact with any of them?

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Blair and Blake would. Most stories, they do.

Does your OC keep broken, used, or worn-out items for sentimental reasons?

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Pfft... probably how Keagan and Fiona's first kiss happened lmao.

Bonus: they're both rich. Neither needed the money. They just needed an excuse. Nobody believes them it was just on a bet.

Would your best friend OCs kiss each other for $100?

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Most of them get their first crush during their early teens so I feel its better to name the exceptions:

Blair gets her first crush typically in her late teens to early 20s. She is super late to the crush party and only has a sample size of one per lifetime. Demisexual to the core.

Keagan and Fiona in stories where they are childhood friends (which is more often than not the case), would obliviously pine after each other from as long as they remember. They're very quick to develop romantic feelings for each other in any case.

How old was your OC when they had their first crush?

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From worst to best:

Shizuke doesn't do well. At all.

Zephyr only does slightly better than Shizuke but he's like ten.

Keagan and Damien are neutral. It's not their cup of tea.

The twins like it more than not.

Fiona enjoys them.

Natalia enjoys them more than she would like to admit.

How does your OC stomach horror movies?

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Shizuke has the worst eyesight but most magical settings give him a way to cope. This is why he is typically a melee fighter if there's there's some action involved.

Zephyr consistently has the best eyesight, followed by Blair. They typically have the best aim.

How is your OC's eyesight?

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My MLB OCs in a reverse AU, villain side, in contrast to how they're normally heroes in the main MLB AU. I just need to draw them as the ox and the bee and this will be complete.

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My MLB OCs in a reverse AU, heroes' side: the mayor's son, the Ladybug and the Chat Noir. Compare and contrast to how they are in the normal ML AU as the Ladyblogger, the best friend and the twin brother of the heroes. I'm just sorry I don't have a proper portrait of how they're normally like besides these pics:

edit: Just when I thought I was done with this, I forgot Kaji's sunglasses haha gimme a minute to fix this.

edit 2: fixed it

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Last one for this set! It's my OC Keagan! Now this guy presented another challenge: hands. Because this style is supposed to keep line art to a minimum, I had to rely on shading to get his fingers detailed out. And of course, that spiky hair. It was tricky to figure out how it works. I need to map out his hair flow before I could render uuuugh.

Introducing the reverse world's closest thing to a Ladyblogger, Keagan Gerald Aurelio-Ashworth! Much like Reverse!Alya, he gets an undershave... and that's pretty much it. I guess the gold accessories and the sunglasses could be taken as a stronger referrence to Chloe as being the rich mayor's son has more emphasis in this AU. He's not exactly based on anyone from canon when he's like this, his design is based on making him as opposite to his og design as possible with very mild referrences to akumas and his og akuma form, Scorch, embracing the power the butterfly grants him rather than being averse to it. He's not exactly a reporter, he hangs around the upper echelons of society hence the semi-formal design instead of his og counterpart's more down to earth casual wear. Next to Fiona, he's like the second most altered compared to how he normally looks.

Why is he like this?

The short answer, it's cause the Supreme has his family under their thumb.

It started with a bad deal, his uncle died trying to dig their family out of it, his aunt Lorelei and cousin Leo ran off, and being overprotective with what family he had left, Mayor Julio Aurelio had Keagan locked up in their castle for his safety... And now what's left of the Aurelio-Ashworth Family are stuck under the Supreme's thumb. They're a political puppet and a goldmine rolled into one.

Keagan is not the sort to keep his head down. He's aware of what's happening, try as his family might to hide it from him. He still developed his hacking skills and had eyes and ears everywhere. He knows how fucked they are. For the longest time, Keagan felt so untrusting of everyone new... Never know if one of those people are under the Supreme's influence. He's heard they're eyeing him and his elder sister for their potential in wielding a Miraculous, and he's seen what happens to underage wielders after a while. Their life expectancies aren't that great, but that's why they use kids for it. They're easier to control. Sooner or later, it'll be Keagan's turn. Try as he might to find a way out, he couldn't find any. The most he could do was disrupt whatever dealings he could find - honestly, he doesn't want the same thing that happened to his family happen to anyone else. He was a minor annoyance at best. For the longest time, he felt trapped.

Then one day, his cousin reached out to him through a butterfly that landed on his watch. He wants him to join the Resistance as an insider. Through butterflies, Keagan can relay what he learns of the Supreme and in emergencies, they can either give him the power to transform or call out for a hero to save him. All he has to do is continue to play the fool and keep his ears up. His cousin heard his rep, the hedonistic party prince. While it wasn't a complete lie, he fools around to forget he's in deep shit, it wasn't the quite true either. It was the easiest way for him to be as disruptive as possible. But now, with his cousin as his life line, Keagan went from a minor annoyance to a potential back door for the Resistance. There's finally some hope he can pull him and his family out from under the Supreme's thumb.

Eventually, he met her.

He didn't think much of her at first, just another rich girl from new money. She's pretty fairy tale princess cute, he'd give her that. Her father was desperately trying to climb the social ladder... And was gonna fall for the Supreme's scam. As expected, they were hella annoyed with his interruptions but what else could he do to save them? Keagan knows this isn't necessary, when there's more effective ways to put a middle finger up at the Supreme, but he can't help it. Keagan just had to save them, even if neither of them would see it that way.

The girl was persistent. To Keagan's genuine surprise, she wasn't chasing him cause she's mad at him, she was following him to warn him that the Supreme goons are gonna mess with him for disrupting one too many deals that night. Aww. He's touched. Really. That's why he was covering her head with his jacket so the Supreme wouldn't target her too. He hopes his cousin heard all that and sends someone to save their butts.

That night was also the first night he properly met the Resistance. To his surprise, his aunt Lorelei decided to let the girl be the new Ladybug. If anyone asked him, he wasn't too thrilled about it. This girl had nothing to do with the Supreme nor the Resistance. She could've been free... much like he wished he was. Yet she chose to wear the earrings.

Contrary to his expectations, this is where the girl truly blossomed. The pretty princess turned out to be more of a knight in shining armor. Maybe she could save him.

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Thank you to everyone who got me to 100 likes!

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things haven't been great but i think they will be. eventually 🌻🌼🩷

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Reblogging it here so people don't have to read my segway for my fic: this fandom pet peeve is part of what inspired Shizuke and Blair to be the way they are. I could not emphasize it harder than having the one fic with them actually meeting canon characters be literally titled "No Two Cats are the Same". In actuallity, none of them are. No two bugs are the same, no two foxes are the same and especially, no two bees are the same.

As of now, for those who actually read the fic, there's a clear difference with how Marinette and Shizuke are as Ladybugs, showcased in Chapter 16. I mean this in the most unsalty way possible, but I wanna see more people handle being Ladybug (or any other Miraculous) well. It ironically will highlight what made the OG special - Shizuke may be the better fighter and requires a whole team to beat, but his Lucky Charm isn't as unpredictable as Marinette. Shizuke is by no means incompetent (again, Marinette needed a team to beat him and he dominated for most of the fight). But seeing Marinette eventually overcome him highlights what made her special: Marinette is smart and resourceful with her out of the box thinking. It places more emphasis on the person than the power.

This is why I am so against the "one true wielder" trope. It shuts the door for other people who would diverge from the one proven path like Shizuke.

One fandom-specific trope in MLB I never vibed with is definitely the "one true holder" trope. Even before the salt side popularized it to justify kicking Adrien or anyone else they didn't like out of the team, it was always iffy to me.

It restricts who gets to use the Miraculous because only so and so can use a certain Miraculous because they have so and so traits. The rules for what traits each potential holder should have to match Miraculous feels arbitrary to me no matter what fic I read it from and puts each Miraculous into a box where they can only be one thing and one thing only to be considered "effective".

Let's use the Fox for example. I've read somewhere that says Alya isn't a good fit for it cause she is too upfront and wanting to be a reporter, she's too aligned with the truth instead of being sneaky and secretive like a fox this is one of the less salty reasons I've seen. Then the fic goes on to say Nathaniel or Juleka or Lila is a better fit cause they are either quiet or sly and cunning. It doesn't sit right with me to get too hung up on matching the characters with the mythos and expectations surrounding each animal.

Having only one character be a "perfect fit" and there being a "rightful holder" destined to wield a Miraculous falls into the same pitfalls as "the chosen one" trope: it feels like its all just to tell the audience this person is special tm. Do not question it by looking into alternatives. Do not dare believe some other person could've done an interesting take on this Miraculous, that is not the best wielder and therefore they are wrong.

This is especially annoying cause there's a guardian character, either Fu or Marinette, who are choosing the wielders. Its not fate or the kwamis who got to choose, but some people who decided they knew best. Period. And the narrative under this trope would support them.

Note, this is not the same as guardians choosing so and so because they trusted them or that person is the best choice because they've used this Miraculous the longest. These scenarios felt more earned and gives room to show it. Ideally, when someone else is allowed to use that same Miraculous, they get to show a different way of using it that is still allowed to succeed, like Mister Bug getting more straightforward Lucky Charms. This would show some flexibility with using the powers, making it more exciting to see someone else try the same powers to see how they will make it work instead of expecting them to fail just cause they are not the "true wielder". Having someone else work well with a Miraculous should not make the og wielder seem more or less competent. If anything, seeing someone else wield their Miraculous and use it differently could let them grow a little cause this person would never thought their Miraculous could do that had someone else not used it.

My complaint with the "true wielder" fandom trope boils down how stagnant and inflexible things become with it.

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From the Reverse AU special where some of the reverse au cast crosses over to my main ml story, I'm wondering which one between ShizuOx and BlairBee got more accidental rizz.

There's BlairBee stepping on ShizuBug, tied him up wìth her trompo and turning his head with her sharp golden armored fingers to check for his earrings.

Or ShizuOx putting BlairCat's cataclysm hand onto his chest, showing off how useless it is to his invulnerability, taking advantage of her surprise to then pin her down and try to swipe her ring.

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Characterization Across AUs: Damien Guerrero

Rejects his past actions that hurt a certain boy. It's usually Shizuke but really, it tends to land on someone he can compare to his younger brother.

He used to be on a massive ego trip fuelled by his parents, which is almost always later cut down by Fiona kicking his ass.

Had sort of a crush on Fiona. It's fuelled by elitism more than anything.

His younger brother Dylan is his morality pet. Hurting him is a catalyst for Damien to change for the better.

His family values strength and power above all else... but Dylan is nothing like that so Damien is protective of him. Sadly, he will fail in some way and Dylan comes back scary strong and fights him for a bit until he calms down. Or just argues with Damien in AUs that don't give him powers.

Zephyr looks up to him and wishes to have a brother like him.

Natalia is his best friend because she is so accepting of him.

Forced to work with Keagan against his will. They rarely start out trusting each other.

Wary of the twins, they scream sus to him. Especially the one rizzing his boy crazy best friend. Blake fears him.

He tends to lose someone in a way then someone else comes along to kinda fill the void they left. Those two people eventually meet and they don't get along. It's kinda Damien's fault, he sucks at communication.

His battle gear has the most armor among the main group, sans Shizuke. He's the true tank of the team.

It's more of a mythology gag, but he, Shizuke and Haruji tends to use similar powers at some point. They are all rather tanky melee fighters.

Somehow, Haruji will serve as his mentor and Shizuke as his sparring partner. Shizuke will kick his ass because that guy has been practicing for years to specifically kick Damien's ass.

Just as he and Natalia are finally gaining levels in badass, Shizuke will kick him down. Also, neither stood a chance against Fiona when she was brainwashed and crazy.

While it's not always important, his relationship with the Ryders and the Hales is more or less the same. They're his found family who pseudo adopted him or are always welcoming towards him for his close bond with one of their kids.

He'll end up leaving his well-off family for a less toxic environment and live a more modest life style after the main story.

He will eventually gain Fiona and Shizuke's grudging respect. Emphasis on grudging. While Keagan tends to be the first he befriends from this childhood friends trio.

He's a quiet guy full of regrets. He sees his past self as an arrogant boy and hates himself for it. It'll haunt him.

He's good at keeping kids in line. Most notably, Zephyr Ryder. He and Natalia make the ultimate babysitter team.

Just as Keagan, Fiona and Shizuke are always established as schoolmates, Damien is always some sort of acquaintance (mostly to Fiona and Shizuke, with him knowing about Keagan from a distance) before the rest of the cast trickles in.

His love life is mostly out of focus but he has a thing for nerds... he swears this has nothing to do with Shizuke and/or Natalia. His type is more cutesy and bubbly (he does not consider Natalia to be so lol), and strongwilled with some fire in them (he does not see Shizuke as so, sadly). Well, they say people are attracted to tend to somewhat resemble people they are already close to, like family or friends.