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Rips my freaking tide

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Fall of Rome be damned these kids can dress except Adrien his dad picks out his outfits

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Fall of Rome be damned these kids can dress except Adrien his dad picks out his outfits

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“Gillion’s the Chosen One, Jay’s got magic goddess blood, and I’m just… a guy.” (I just finished rewatching E112 and ooough I’m super normal) (lyrics from Linda Ronstadt by AJJ)

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Teaser cover for my next comic :3

Not sure when I’ll get the first page up, but once I get my schedule situated, it’ll be another weekly update.

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

“Tech-Rex” - By emzurl

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Just saw the og storyboard for the s6 opening and IT INCLUDED ADRIEN ON EQUAL FOOTING WITH MARINETTE ! I'm so disappointed that they scrapped this !

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this is what happened in the episode right

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im sure this diet coke will fix me

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Sammy with his daily 500 cigarettes

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Evolution of Miraculous

Hello! This post is basically the evolution of Miraculous, from The Mini Menace Ladybug in 2005 to the current show today! I'll be explaining each "generation" of the show's production, the fandom surrounding it, and where to find more information. I hope you enjoy! 😊

Edited 30/12/2022: I posted an updated version of this a few months ago, as at the time I didn't have the version of Tumblr installed that allowed me to edit posts. Now I can, so I have updated this original post. I've also edited some parts that are written in a way that annoys me and fixed any spelling mistakes :)

The Mini Menace Ladybug- Version 1 (2005)

Thomas Astruc first came up with the ideo of Ladybug when he was working on animating the show W.I.T.C.H and met a women with a ladybug shirt. They started passing notes, and one of them was a drawing Astruc made of her as a ladybug-themed superhero. This insipired Astruc to make more fake comic book covers, and he was originally going to make it into a comic book series similar to Spider-man. I don't think there were going to be any magical girl elements at all.

Marinette was actually named Marietta, and the series was going to be much darker, as we can see from covers like "Insecticide". Marietta was probably an adult (in an unamed cover, she is seen driving a car) . She probably didn't hide her superhero identity (her car is literally red with black spots...). Cat Noir's design looked much more similar to Snake Noir's from Miracle Queen. Then Astruc met Jeremy Zag, who was interested in making a cartoon about this concept, which leads on to the next generation. Sadly, there's barely any information about the fake comic book covers out there, and all I could find was the Miraculous Wiki page and a small paragraph on Wikipedia. I don't think there's much of a fandom out there, if at all. Moving on...

The Mini Menace Ladybug- Version 2 (Unknown)

This is the most unknown era of development. All we really know is that Ladybug and Chat Noir were aged down. This, along with around 2 other covers, is all the information we have on this version of Miraculous.

Miraculous Lady Bug (2010)

Around 2010, plans started to be made for a movie (and possibly a spin-off series) about Ladybug (at the time named "Lady Bug"). This is when Jeremy Zag first started to work on Miraculous. The movie would have been part of a trilogy and there were even plans for a comic book series based on these films. It's unknown if Chat Noir even existed in this concept, and I don't think Tikki and Plagg existed since they were probably introduced by Toei (who probably also introduced the transformations and all the other magical girl stuff). Félix didn't exist, and instead we had a character called Nathan. There is no concept art or information about Nathan apart from his name and that he was part of "the gym club", and since we don't know if Chat Noir existed in this concept he probably wasn't Chat Noir. I don't think there's any information on this era in the Ladybug Artbook, all I could find was the picture above and a page on the Miraculous Wiki.

Super Lady Luck/ Early Development Era (Unknown, probably around 2012?)

So this one is kind of hard to explain, since it overlaps with later stages of development a lot. The concept was very vague, but this is when we first started seeing Félix...

Once again, since this overlaps with other stages of development a lot, I can't really explain it. Information on this "era" is even harder to find than on The Mini Menace Ladybug. There's actually much more information/concept art/whatever out there, but it's really hard to find. The two main sources for information about this era are the Ladybug Artbook and the game Super Lady Luck. Sadly, Super Lady Luck (also known as "Miraculous" or "Ladybug Adventures") was Flash-based and became unplayable in 2020, and the Ladybug Artbook is only available in Korean and is extremely hard to find (SAMG said they'd publish an English version in 2017, but they never did).

Quantic Kids (2012)

The Quantic Kids (also known as The Quantic Squad or The Quantic Team) was an early concept where Ladybug and Chat Noir were part of a team of superheroes. Originally the team consisted of Ladybug, Chat Noir, Melodie (a music-themed superhero), Mercury (a superhero with super speed), and Sparrow (who was brought back in the New York Special). Later another member, Gavroche, was added, and Sparrow was replaced by Kid Mime. The concept didn't help sell the idea to producers, whic resulted in Ladybug and Chat Noir staying as a duo. The Quantic Kids actually have a small fandom, with many people coming up with headcanons for their civilian identities. Once again, most information about this era comes from Super Lady Luck and The Ladybug Artbook.

Miraculous PV (2012-2013)

This is probably the most well-known stage of development. Two trailers were released, one in 2012 (the one that everyone knows!) and one in 2013 (basically the same as the original, but in a different order, with added text and new music). Funnily enough, the original leaked video was never referred to as "Miraculous PV"- it was actually titled "Lady Bug Japanese Version". This was going to be much darker than the current show. Félix wasn't actually related to the PV version of Hawk Moth, Papillon (also known as The Butterfly or Monarch). The concepts of the miraculous were good luck (sometimes called "pure luck" by some sources) and bad luck, instead of creation and destruction. Félix wasn't originally in love with Ladybug- he was cursed with bad luck, and the only way to get rid of it was by getting Ladybug to kiss him- but eventually, he would end up actually falling in love with Ladybug. Sadly, this version was never produced because of worries that it wouldn't sell, and animation problems, like Ladybug's spots. Obviously, the best source of information is the original videos, but there's lots of info in The Artbook, as well.

(Also, Bridgette was never actually a character. It was Marinette all along. I'm not hating on Bridgette, I love her as a fanon character, just thought I'd point this out).

Later Development (2014)

Around this time it was decided to switch to CGI, and we got this cute, alternative CGI-style transformation (if you want to watch it, you can find it on YouTube, but I forgot what it's called). Around this time, Félix was replaced by Adrien, because he came off as an "anime cliché" and it was thought that Marinette would never fall for someone like him.

Originally Adrien was supposed to walk with a cane, but this was scrapped as the writers didn't trust themselves to write him well. This era has the smallest amount of information on it. Apart from the CGI transfirmation, the only other information we have is a very short trailer in the alternative CGI style and a few pages of The Artbook.

Current Show (2015-Present)

I'm not going to say much here, since I'm assuming you already watch Miraculous if you're reading this post! 😁

I hope this post helped explain the basics about the development of Miraculous!

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i am nooooot locked the fuck in. im locked the fuck out. call the locksmith

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yeah I see that

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Been two years since I've drawn starkid fanart it was about time

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Me remembering Undertale

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Maybe dont skip breakfast next time.