#in conclusion ...... prpr

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2022 Post-Reveal Fic Rec List

It's the end of the year which means it's finally time for the ML Big Bang's yearly fic rec lists! We're really excited to bring you our contributors' favourite fics started this year to supply you with plenty of reading material while you're waiting for the Big Bang fics' publication in January.

seven is my lucky number by @miabrown007 49,000 words, Teen, 14/14 chapters

“Dating you, platonically, and moving in with you, platonically, that’s definitely optimal! No problem at all!” Chat Noir said to Ladybug, and realistically, it should have been true. He was having a crush on Marinette for the longest time. *** aka post-reveal pre-relationship roommates. but is it really pre-relationship if they are fake-dating?

"It has some very fun dynamics going on both between Adrien and Marinette and them and the rest of the cast, and some of the most insane [positive] Adrien characterisation I've seen."

"A lovely, fun, roommates-PRPR-fake-dating-college AU that is incredibly well written! It also comes with a playlist, which is fun."

"HILARIOUS. One of my personal favorite things is when the lovesquare is being stupid, and they are oh so very stupid in this /pos."

Making Plans and Other Funny Jokes by @valiantlyjollynightmare 1,367 words, Teen, 1/1 chapter

Alya is stuck in the middle of Adrien and Marinette's proposal and she can't even. But she tries. In which Adrien tries to propose to Marinette, and Alya does her best to make him wait until after Marinette proposes to him.

"Alya ft the Big Adrinette Propose-Off!! this fic is extremely cute, with Alye meddling, for a change, to stop Adrien from proposing before Marinette can do it. hilarity ensues"

5 Times Marinette Dupain-Cheng Confessed to the Wrong Twin (and 1 Time She Didn't) by @sunfoxfic 15,000 words, Teen, 6/6 chapters

Now that Hawk Moth has been unmasked and Paris is settling into a supervillain-free daily routine, Marinette and Adrien's lives couldn't be more difficult. Adrien has no money — Gabriel's accounts were frozen — and Marinette needs out of her house because she's never been more at risk of her parents discovering her identity. Luckily, Félix is looking to move far, far away from home after learning that he's a sentimonster, and Paris is where he's decided to settle. And what's wrong with having a couple roommates, after all?

"Moving together with Adrien is something Marinette can be so cool about. Moving together with Félix can't be more challenging than that. Except, when she tries to finally confess her feelings to her long-time crime fighting partner, and stumbles onto the wrong twin 5 times."

Passengers by @valiantlyjollynightmare 84,841 words, Teen, 19/19 chapters

With Gabriel Agreste behind bars, Emilie Agreste in a coma, and Ladybug and Chat Noir’s identities revealed to the world, the two heroes found bitter satisfaction in their victory. Left dealing with too much at once, both focus too hard on pleasing everyone else to take care of themselves as well. Coming to the conclusion that, if they want to be able to help anyone else, they need to help themselves first, Marinette decides it is time for a much-needed break. So she suggests going as far from Paris as possible. And despite his reluctance, Adrien agrees. Heading towards Provence without any real preparations for the trip, they will discover old towns and quaint villages, explore fields of lavender, and finally talk about their feelings. What awaits them is the comfort of one another, a lot of shenanigans and fun, and more than one hotel room with a single bed for them to share.

"PRPR and a roadtrip to the French countryside, what more could I ask for? this fic is so cute and the writing is beautifully evocative. it makes you feel like you're sitting right next to Adrien and Marinette and discover the importance of taking a break from the passenger seat"

Adrien's guide to hamster acquirement by @pauliestorylover 1,367 words, General, 2/2 chapters

“Adrien, mi armour,” Marinette said slowly. “Did you steal a hamster? Again?” There was a hamster in the bathroom.

"Adrien steals hamsters. Need I say more?"

Adrien and His Kittens by @mikauzoran 3,715 words, Teen, 1/1 chapter

When Adrien has to cancel on Marinette because one of his foster-children is sick, she comes over to have dinner with the family and help take care of the kids. She also helps Adrien realize that he can have everything he’s always wanted without having to give anything up.

"Adrien being an amazing dad and Marinette being an amazing girlfriend. Such a soft fic!"

Like a princess by plikki 1,024 words, Teen, 1/1 chapter

As he helps his fiancé to get dressed for a gala, Adrien can't help thinking about the reverse process afterwards.

The domesticity and their sheer love hit me hard

Learning to See by @jennagrinsoverml 16,264 words, Teen, 3/? chapters

After 10 days of blind dating in the pods, Adrien and Marinette chose each other and got engaged. But the face to face reveal has thrown them for a loop. For Marinette, she came on this show to get over Adrien, and now she unknowingly fell for him again. She fears that he'll never be able to reconcile his love for Thesis with his platonic feelings for his very good friend Marinette. For Adrien, he's always loved Ladybug and wanted to be closer to Marinette, but he knows Adrien's always made her uncomfortable. He worries that the reveal of his identity has caused her to regret choosing him. They're together but they're still pining away, thinking they feel more than the other does. Will they learn to talk openly and vulnerably, the way they used to in the pods? Or will their insecurities drive them apart?

"This is a part 2 to a previous year's big bang fic and I've been hooked since the beginning!"

Adrien "Featherboi" Agreste by GoosefaceXD 2,049 words, General, 1/1 chapter

Hawkmoth, Shadowmoth, whatever his name is, has finally been defeated. Not only that, but Adrien is a sentimonster. Understandably, it's a rather touchy subject for the two of them. Until Ladybug does a Marinette and calls Chat Noir "feather boy".

"Ladybug and Chat Noir know each other's identities. They also have recently found out that Chat Noir (and, therefore, Adrien) is a sentimonster. There's a lot to be upset about from that. Too bad Chat keeps making bad jokes about it, ruining Ladybug's existential crisis she's having on his behalf. Also too bad she (accidentally) started it. A quick one-shot that's equal parts funny and angsty. A little identity crisis isn't going to stop Chat from being Chat, and that means puns. Lots of puns."

NSFW works

The Moment by @miraculouslymundane 1,786 words, Mature, 1/1 chapter

When was the right moment to tell your superhero partner(platonic) that you've actually been dating for months? Theoretically speaking. When Adrien and Marinette start dating, Adrien also starts noticing a lot of strange similarities between his superhero partner and his new romantic one. As the months stretch on, the coincidences become harder to ignore.

"It's so sweet and so good!!!"

But Can We? by @miraculouslymundane 915 words, Mature, 1/1 chapter

Leaving Ivan and Mylène’s, Adrien and Marinette walked hand in hand back to their place. They tried not to count baby strollers as one after another passed them by. Just a lil thing for a baby fever prompt

"It's so sweet!"

[wield-the-mighty-pen]

At the end of “Reunion” I find it so interesting when Marinette says 

the fact that Marinette immediately finds an impediment to her potential relationship with Chat Noir, is almost entirely in line with what she is doing with Adrien. In short, it almost seems like Marinette is purposely sabotaging any chance at having a romantic relationship.

Jeanne (Joan of Arc rather?) never said that this was the eventuality of miraculous holders. In fact, what led to her own decision to give up her miraculous, was a very unique set of circumstances that don’t even apply to Marinette. Marinette, and Chat Noir for that matter, aren’t being forced by their rulers/governments to fight in a war against one another. More importantly, their powers aren’t being taken advantage of by their countries. The main factors that led to Jeanne giving up her miraculous had little do to with her love for Dark Grimalkin and had much more to do with her desire to leave her position as a pawn of the state.

Marinette, as she often does, catastrophized her situation and came to the worse possible scenario, that she either had to choose being in a loving relationship or being Ladybug.

I think that Marinette’s question here is less based on reality and is rather, more indicative of her current state of anxiety. As many people have said before me, Marinette stresses the most over situations that she can’t control, and being led by her emotions, her falling for another boy, her opening herself up to the possibility of rejection, all take a lot of her control out of the equation.

When Adrien first begins to show serious interest for Marinette, is when she asserts that she isn’t in love with him, this is when she avoids him, and flees situations where he might reveal his feelings to her. Marinette here, is attempting to gain as much control possible, if he never confesses, she never has to deal with her still lingering feelings, she never has to worry about the possibility of more between them.

This is the same thing she is doing here with Chat. It’s interesting to note, her conclusion that “she has to give up her miraculous to be with him” comes after the line where she says that a love story is possible between Ladybug and Chat Noir.

In truth, Marinette, doesn’t fully want to be in a relationship with him. Does she love him? Yes, but she is also afraid of the unknown and of what she can’t control. It is no coincidence that the aforementioned lines go hand-in-hand. She has no real intention, as Tikki so frankly says in Passion, on making good on her feelings. It’s really Marinette’s anxiety that is creating the one actual boundary between herself and getting what she wants. 

Whether it is Adrinette or Ladynoir, or even a PRPR relationship that becomes canon first, there’s no denying that what must come before that is Marinette facing her fears and anxiety and allowing herself to finally be with the one she loves.

[emsylcatac]

(adrinette pre reveal anon here) I agree wholeheartedly tbh! And I just have been thinking about it for long now and I just wanted to share my speculation/brain rot dwowihshs

In kwami's choice, they are not ladybug and chat noir anymore for a the time being of two episodes - and with how Adrien has been (and has decided to be) persistent about asking marinette out on a date, I think there'll be some conflict with that? Maybe they conclude that episode either to date, or that it just doesn't work out with their identities

Or maybe there'll be a mini arc with this whole thing? I can't help thinking about how this is all somewhat leading upto the fact that at this point revealinh their identities might solve this whole complication? Maybe they try to go on a couple of dates but their identities/obligations do not allow them to? (So it wouldn't be them EXACTLY dating pre reveal? idk)

Also I JUST thought of something but what if this time line is supposed to be actually the chat blanc timeline but more...slower and complicated if that makes sense? (Actually it doesn't. I am sorry I don't know how to put it down😭 but Gabriel thinking CHAT NOIR has feelings for marinette seems like a ~very good~ start/s )

All I hope is that IF they do go for adrinette pre reveal (I hope not for most part), the reveal comes like an episode after or something? (Because the more I think about it the more I think it'd be SUPER HARD for them to keep their identities a secret because they are dumb and lose their single Braincell when with each other hsksjs) and maybe we could get ladrien?

But tbh all I can conclude with is that adrinette DATING pre reveal is not too unlikely, but them TRYING to? Especially since I just think that since Adrien and marinette are their *main* identities (like who they are and not alias like ladynoir) I think they would try to dissolve all of their feelings into one big mix that turns out to be romantic adrinette and then when they finally see each other BOOM! reveal

But that'd mean no prpr and it would me me super sad djsbhshs and especially like you said, I would like and much prefer adrinette closure and at least talking out everything before romance.

hi again!!

anon's talking about this ask

I don't know how much you've seen of the gloob trailers (or other channels' trailers, I'm honestly lost with how many things have been shared 💀), and because I don't know for sure if these were actual trailers or leaks in disguise, so I'll answer undercut in case you haven't seen them, and I'll try to refer to your paragraphs as numbers as I answer (1. being "In kwami's choice [...]", 6. being "But that'd mean no prpr [...]", I hope it makes sense haha)

So in one of the trailer for Kwami's choice, we see Adrien in Marinette's room finding her pictures of him in the trash. We also see him telling her he loves her for who she is, to which she replies that she doesn't love him anymore while seemingly crying on her bed. So yes, there'll be some conflicts with that: first because Marinette needs to grieve that she couldn't get in a relationship with Chat Noir, then because she's still running away from her feelings for Adrien because of the trauma associated with losing all the miraculous. That's why Tikki and Plagg according to the summaries & trailers or whatnot chose to remove them of their heroes duty, so they can be free to be in love. This of course won't work ultimately as they'll have no choice but be back as heroes (it's me speculating but also we all know there's no way they won't be back as heroes by the end of the episodes hahaha). That means that the conclusion of this episode will have to either include Marinette stopping to run away from her feelings for Adrien and be back to pursue him, or they'll reveal, or something else. I also firmly believe that the official confession will be made by Marinette and not Adrien, since it's been what she's struggled with since S1.

That's one of the thing I'm wondering if the writers chose to go down with the "adrinette dating first" scenario. Because we've explored the scenario of their civilian romantic relationships mixing up with their superheroes duty in S4, when they dated Luka and Kagami (sure, we can't say they were in love with them but the episodes showed the breakups as being more of a "we're secretly heroes" problem rather than a "we're not in love with you oopsiiie" problem). Which is one of the many reasons why I think them dating post-reveal would make more sense, but if they date pre-reveal then I expect they'll eventually meet problems with their heroes lives at some point. Including the not so small issue of Gabe wanting to use Marinette to get to Chat Noir and mostly Ladybug

Haha no I don't think it's gonna be a Chat Blanc 2.0, I think there's too few episodes left for them to pull out a fake reveal etc etc and they've explored these scenarii twice already. Not that I would mind seeing it again 😛

I feel like if they reveal one episode or two after they start dating, then why would the writers chose to have them date pre-reveal if it's gonna be this short? So probably not haha but if they go down this road (which again, they might not and I'd be very glad), I do want to see the conflict with the heroes life/feelings etc stretch out a bit👀 As for Ladrien, I feel like a Ladrien-centered episode would be relevant if it's to help Marinette move past her trauma of having lost the miraculous with Adrien. Apart from that, I'm afraid there's not a lot of ""use"" plot-wise to have an episode centered on them :/ BUT one can hope and you will NOT see me complain if we get plot irrelevance stupid Ladrien 😌

I would say that Adrinette is their civilian/day-to-day identities but I get what you mean, yes. And see, this is why once again Adrinette closure but no dating would be great, so they get to see each other before fully being together. Oh well, maybe I'm scared for no reason and they'll date post-reveal hahahaha, again it'll depend on how Kwami's choice goes.

yeah :( prpr is such a good concept and I was so convinced that's how things were gonna turn out (or at least, reveal + dating almost same time) that it's hard to accept it might not happen 😅 we'll see..!! Adrinette dating pre-reveal while clowning as Ladynoir is a fun concept, but it's one I prefer see in fanfics rather than canon hahaha

I think this is all! I'm excited to see how things will turn out anyway though 👀

[ao3feed-ladynoir]

Passengers

Passengers by Papillon10

With Gabriel Agreste behind bars, Emilie Agreste in a coma, and Ladybug and Chat Noir's identities revealed to the world, the two heroes found bitter satisfaction in their victory. Left dealing with too much at once, both focus too hard on pleasing everyone else to take care of themselves as well. Coming to the conclusion that, if they want to be able to help anyone else, they need to help themselves first, Marinette decides it is time for a much-needed break. So she suggests going as far from Paris as possible. And despite his reluctance, Adrien agrees.

Heading towards Provence without any real preparations for the trip, they will discover old towns and quaint villages, explore fields of lavender, and finally talk about their feelings. What awaits them is the comfort of one another, a lot of shenanigans and fun, and more than one hotel room with a single bed for them to share.

Words: 6884, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Tikki, Plagg, Tom Dupain, Sabine Cheng

Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Road Trip, Aged Up, university aged, post Final Battle, post-reveal, Pre, everyone knows who they are, prpr, Happy Ending, Sharing a Bed, and there was only one bed, Nightmares, Pining, Slow Burn, but just because the author likes to write many words, the whole action actually doesn't span such a long period of time, Fluff, hurt-comfort, Guilt, Introspection, tipsy shenanigans, Lavender Fields, Flower Crowns, author overusing google maps, Provence, Makeovers, glasses adrien, IDENTITY SHENANIGANS, Inspired by Music, france is an amazing country, Canon-Compliant, Like, i did my best so it doesn't directly disagree withthe canon but this is still aged up, Angst, at the beginning, mlbigbang2021

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36341377

[impossiblesuitcase]

M Q and S for the sake game :)

Thanks Gingy—the ask tag is here

M: Got any premises on the back burn that you'd care to share?

The main premise I have right now is the one I plan on writing next so I shan't share it. However, another premise I have is that Cinder probably gathered some swimming trauma from the time she almost drowned in Artemisia Lake, so it'd been interesting to address that.

I have a premise about Cinder getting her adult cyborg surgeries.

I also have a draft written up of Kai's perspective from when he bought gloves for Cinder.

Q: Do you have any discarded scenes/storylines/projects?

The fic I'm working on right now, the conclusion to Cut, Comb, Detangle, Repeat has gone through so many re-writes and culling it's not funny. Some of that ended up in Repeat, but a lot of it will still be cut out because it's just too much.

Honestly, that Kai buying Cinder's gloves fic. I will probably never post it because its just not living up to my expectations. Now I realise that it's probably because I want Marissa herself to write it 😂

I have many a time thought of committing to writing a whole AU but it's just far too long.

S: Any fandom tropes you can't resist?

For tlc, Brotps—the entire reason why I wrote bonsai for a long time was so I could have Cinder Thorne moments and Cress Kai moments.

For Miraculous Ladybug, post reveal, established relationship, prpr, also lil bit of mutual pining, love confessions and love realisations (as mentioned in my other post)

[mlwritersguild]

Passengers

Passengers by Papillon10

With Gabriel Agreste behind bars, Emilie Agreste in a coma, and Ladybug and Chat Noir's identities revealed to the world, the two heroes found bitter satisfaction in their victory. Left dealing with too much at once, both focus too hard on pleasing everyone else to take care of themselves as well. Coming to the conclusion that, if they want to be able to help anyone else, they need to help themselves first, Marinette decides it is time for a much-needed break. So she suggests going as far from Paris as possible. And despite his reluctance, Adrien agrees.

Heading towards Provence without any real preparations for the trip, they will discover old towns and quaint villages, explore fields of lavender, and finally talk about their feelings. What awaits them is the comfort of one another, a lot of shenanigans and fun, and more than one hotel room with a single bed for them to share.

Words: 6884, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Tikki, Plagg, Tom Dupain, Sabine Cheng

Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Road Trip, Aged Up, university aged, post Final Battle, post-reveal, Pre, everyone knows who they are, prpr, Happy Ending, Sharing a Bed, and there was only one bed, Nightmares, Pining, Slow Burn, but just because the author likes to write many words, the whole action actually doesn't span such a long period of time, Fluff, hurt-comfort, Guilt, Introspection, tipsy shenanigans, Lavender Fields, Flower Crowns, author overusing google maps, Provence, Makeovers, glasses adrien, IDENTITY SHENANIGANS, Inspired by Music, france is an amazing country, Canon-Compliant, Like, i did my best so it doesn't directly disagree withthe canon but this is still aged up, Angst, at the beginning, mlbigbang2021

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36341377