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Adrien’s Career Choice

Hey guys! I was working last night and it just occurred to me that I think I found the best career option for our Adrien Agreste — when he figures out who he is, at least.

First responder (specifically EMS or Police)

Why?

He likes helping people

His humor would be appreciated (knowing from experience)

He’s smart, good at math, and likes adventure

It’s literally like being Chat Noir but, a career

But of course, our boy couldn’t be a first responder as Adrien Agreste, considering Chat Noir is also technically a first responder, leaving his job would be difficult in the middle of a shift, and Gabriel would never approve. The solution?

Chat Noir takes the job instead and works overnight when he can (I get that most shifts are 24 hours on call, but considering he’s leading a double life and a superhero I’m sure some agreement can be made - especially if he decides just to volunteer as needed).

I can also imagine the scenario where he’s applying for the job as Chat Noir and:

Supervisor: I know you’re a superhero and all and you want to help, but you’re a vigilante, so I doubt you have the right certification

Chat Noir: *whips out an EMT and BLS certification with his face plastered on the front* You were saying?

And like, the catch is that he actually stumbled in on a BLS class, liked it, and decided to — as his superhero alter ego — take legitimate EMT classes so that he is qualified to perform basic lifesaving care on an ambulance when he didn’t need to be catching akumas.

Either that, or he just really likes police/first responder shows

But like, he just wants to volunteer — he’s not even in it for the money. It’s just fun to him and fulfilling to help others.

And when Ladybug finds out, it plays out like:

Ladybug: Dude how the hell did you find time to get an actual EMT license as Chat Noir?

Chat Noir: Easy — I actually have time for lots of things — Oh! Which reminds me *takes out a painted vase* I made this for you. I tried to win headphones for you on Bingo Night but Gina won. She’s such a bitch.

Ladybug: what the fuck, Cat. *secretly jealous that she didn’t think of the EMT idea first - if she had time at least*

Art is coming for this, but I think I’m leaning toward the EMT side of things for our boy. I’ll have some EMT!Chat noir art soon!

Thoughts?

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Introduction: Marinette Dupain-Cheng

Here are some of my changes to Marinette in my Miraculous AU! Below I'm going to go into a little bit further detail about what I'm changing about her character and why. I'll list the problems that I have with her character in the show and explain how I plan to fix it.

1. Marinette is the only character that must be there in order for a fight to be won

I've noticed in the story, other characters have little to no opportunity to save the day if Marinette is not present, and this seems a little unrealistic. She is the protagonist, but I feel like her biggest lesson is that she doesn't need to do everything herself - but unfortunately, the story's plot only reinforces the fact that she DOES need to do everything herself, or else things will backfire on her. I will be balancing the Miraculous powers to reflect the unique aspects of everyone's personality and show that Marinette can rely on others - especially Chat Noir - to win without her.

2. The show's narrative punishes characters when they trust others - making Marinette a hypocrite

An example of this is pushing the narrative that Ladybug and Chat Noir cannot know each other's identities or else the world will end (except in their alternate universe). Marinette also punishes Alya for trusting Nino with her identity - yet is not so reluctant to share her own identity with her own best friend.

More people know Ladybug's identity than Chat Noir's identity (and not even because he told him he was Chat Noir), yet Ladybug consistantly shows Chat Noir that she trusts others more than him. She has a hypocritical nature of warning him about secrets, yet does the very things he warns him against.

Fixing this, Marinette, as a character, lacks trust due to her past with Chloe - an ex-best-friend - and Kim - an ex-crush. She has a nature of becoming suspicious of strangers, and she is overly cautious and judgemental of those she meets (which would also explain her canon reactions to Lila and Kagami when she first meets them). Because of this, she stereotypes Adrien when she first meets him and thinks he is just trying to manipulate her like all of the other popular kids she has met. He is constantly trying to prove to her that she is a good person and she doesn't buy it for a while. For Alya, she is also suspicious with her at first, but because she is so brutally honest to everyone - she has an easier time with learning to trust her than anyone else she meets.

With the Ladynoir dynamic, Ladybug starts the series pushing Chat Noir away - desperately trying to keep their relationship professional. But as things blow up in her face the more she pushes him away and tries to do everything herself, she finds herself apologizing for her mistakes and trying to become closer to him so they can function better as a team (power of love always so strong~). As the story goes on, she finds that she can be more herself as Ladybug to Chat Noir than as Marinette because Marinette becomes a chronic liar to keep her identity.

In the future, when Alya comes clean to Marinette that she told Nino about her own miraculous, Marinette reacts the way she did in the show and feels betrayed, but later forgives Alya and trusts her to make her own decisions in her life (character development here).

3. Marinette doesn't have a clear character arc

the show is set up - as cooberated by many others - as a "lesson of the day"-type show, but Marinette doesn't have any character development other than becoming a little more confident and standing up to her bully (which also gets her into trouble more and happens early on in the show). I think that her character development should revolve around learning to trust others and learning that she can't do everything by herself, and learning how to cope with her anxiety.

4. Marinette's creepy obsession (Stalker) with Adrien

No one tells Marinette that she takes things a little too far with Adrien except for the school bully (Chloe). She doesn't even recongize herself until later that what she's doing is wrong. I feel like - especially aged up - that Marinette has a duality with this. She knows morally that it's not OK to stalk people or be as obsessive as she is, but she continues to make excuses that she is either protecting Adrien or herself from harm. She feels guilty about it, but her inherent curiosity and lack of trust gets the better of her sometimes.

5. Marinette is mostly bubbly and awake

Either this girl takes adderall every morning or eats coffee beans - she is always shown to be alert despite being a full-time student, overachiever, and superhero. It would be good to see her struggling with sleep more often and developing an energy drink/coffee addiction just to stay awake. Perhaps it gets so bad that she has to be hospitalized for severe sleep deprivation.

6. The plot prohibits Marinette from ever being akumatized fully

Because of her huge emotions, Marinette would definitely be akumatized at some point. She would fight it - perhaps Tikki would take her Miraculous and find a temporary holder - or not - but being a main character and a miraculous holder should not exclude her from becoming a victim of hawkmoth. This would also push the narrative that Marinette is not perfect and she is not inherently needed to save the day every time.

Conclusion

These are just a few of my changes for Marinette - once I nail down a design, I'll probably make a character sheet for her general personality. I like the idea that she is one of the weird, awkward art kids in school that is incredibly dark, tired, and weirdly bubbly around her friends, but depressed at home (my middle school experience tbh). I'm really excited to make Marinette a lot more relatable and a product of the things she experinces in the show - not just a protagonist with layers of plot armor and villian-like hypocracy!

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Marinette’s Sport of Choice

Hey everyone! I’m having trouble deciding what school sport would choose to participate in. Here are my ideas and why! (And also some concept art I was playing around with, they’re real messy)

1. Ballet/Dance

Grace/balance will help with the dance-like fighting style she has

She liked dancing (in her room) in the series, even though she wasn’t well coordinated

Possibly offered at her highschool?

2. Fencing

In the show, she expressed an interest in fencing

Fencing could help her fighting as Ladybug

Probably offered through her highschool

3. Gymnastics

Same thing as dance - Grace/balance will help with the dance-like fighting style she has

Probably offered through her highschool

4. Tai Chi

Meditative defensive martial arts that originated from ancient China

Could take it with her mother to reconnect with her roots

Balance and self defense would help her improve her skills as ladybug

Anyway, I like all of these options!! I’m also considering selecting more than one or having Marinette transition between a few.

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the whole LCF card deck

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Marinette in hanfu

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Marinette and her failed attempts at being a “normal girl, with a normal life”

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htf did he confused these people

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idk which one is better…. HELP.

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everyone's favourite girl <3

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if krs was reborn as the red dragon, i think his wings would be permanently damaged from his escape from the white star

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ive been drafting up an AU where KRS transmigrates as the red dragon rather than cale.. it been in my mind all week and i dont see enough of red dragon KRS in fics so i took it in my own hands 😫

lmaooo maybe ill publish it if i get it far enough

pray the motivation keeps coming 🤞

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dragon!krs au.. featuring white radish

i guess you know how he got those scars now

(i cant draw fire)

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Wow guys.. remember this AU? 😅

Just a few concepts about what i’m thinking cale would look like as red dragon!krs again..!! There might be changes tbh, but as of now im digging the dragon form hehe

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a sketch for a fic ignoring my problems is always a choice by strwbrrykitty cuz I love dragon krs/cale and also I love how they write cale&raon interactions

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pretty dragon cale, that's it

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Idea from this lovely post!!!

https://www.tumblr.com/allothersweretaken/776585880648499200/if-krs-was-reborn-as-the-red-dragon-i-think-his

Trigger warning: minor blood

This is such a cool idea… even more amazing way to nerf a red dragon!krs.. heheh 😈

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