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Nora Césaire: Don’t forget to lift with your legs. Alya Césaire: I know how to lift, Nora. I’ve been carrying this family the entire time.

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Happy holidays, @miraculousmongoose! I'm your @mlsecretsanta this year! I drew Alya and her family, featuring the original five heroes!

[flightfoot]

...Are they dating?

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Feralnette AU (Токсинетт AU)

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[dessarious]

Guilt and Consequences Pt21

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"So how many times have you been thrown out of schools exactly?" Izzy seemed to be taking this whole thing fairly well, but Lila hesitated.

"Twenty-six." Sabine's eyes widened at the number, but Izzy laughed.

"We're definitely related." At Lila's confused look, Izzy kept going. "I've been thrown out of just about every boarding school in the US and five in Europe. Of course, mine were because of grades more than anything else."

"But you're smart."

"That really doesn't matter when you refuse to do anything but doodle on tests and homework. It was my form of willful disobedience for my grandparents pulling me out of the public school I was in. Not the brightest thing to do, but I was hurting and extremely pissed off about being pulled out of what was left of my life." She frowned at the ceiling. "If not for Aunt Penny, I probably would have done worse."

"Who?" Lila's question made Izzy's eyes light up.

"That's right, you only met her a couple of times when you were really little. She'll be so happy when she hears you're alive. She's Dad's sister. Well, adopted sister, but that's beside the point. I'll text her to see when she's going to be in Paris next."

"That wouldn't happen to be Penny Rolling, would it?" Lila almost choked at the question, but Sabine sounded amused.

"Yes actually, do you know her?" Lila heard laughter and turned to see Chloe and Marinette on the stairs.

"I guess you are actually connected to Jagged Stone, Rossi." Chloe's tone was dry. Lila groaned.

"Alya can't find out about this. It'll just make her more determined to believe I was telling the truth all along." Wait... Jagged and Penny both loved Mari. "She's going to hate me." Izzy just looked confused, but Sabine rolled her eyes.

"No, she won't. You're family, and it's not like you were purposely trying to cause harm."

"Jagged Stone loves Mari just as much as he does Ladybug. There's no way they're going to be okay with me."

"Wait, your daughter is the little designer Penny told me about?" Great, even Izzy knew about Mari's talent. She'd be lucky if Penny even acknowledged her, let alone wanted anything to do with her. Sabine nodded with a proud smile.

"They don't need to know what happened, and it was all a big misunderstanding anyway." Chloe scoffed at Mari's declaration, and Lila just wanted to bash her head into a wall. Mari was the only one who could possibly consider what happened a misunderstanding. Even Izzy was looking at the girl like she had a screw loose.

"I'll talk to Penny and explain things. It will be fine, I promise." Izzy's words should have been comforting, but Lila just felt sick. The fact that she had to be explained to a relation didn't say much for her. "Why don't we head out to get your stuff? We'll worry about the rest when it happens."

"I suppose." Izzy frowned at her and Lila had a feeling she knew that she'd be worrying about it, regardless. When she stood, she pulled Lila with her before turning to Sabine.

"We'll be back later, but I'll probably take Riley out for dinner after we're done, so it won't be quick." The woman just smiled at them.

"Of course. Have fun." The smile Izzy wore worried her. It was more manic than anything else.

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"You're not going to tell me what happened, are you?" Lila had come back into the lobby to find the staff cowering behind their desks while Izzy glared at them from near the doors. She'd rushed her out to the car before Lila could say anything.

"It's nothing you need to worry about." She got into the backseat as the driver held the door. She hadn't expected it, but it made sense that Izzy had a driver. Especially in a place she didn't know well. It still felt weird, especially with the man eyeing them like he expected an explosion. Whatever happened, it must have been loud enough for him to hear it. "You just need to worry about where you want to go to eat after we get you a camera and a new laptop just in case she can track that as well."

"I've been through everything on there and haven't found anything suspicious, but most of my stuff is backed up so it's not a big deal either way." She didn't mention that she hadn't stored anything she considered important on anything but flash drives and SD cards she could hide easily in years.

"I'll keep your old one with me just like your phone, so you'll be able to get whatever you need from it. I just don't want to risk her finding you."

"You really don't need to buy me a new one. I'm sure I can use Marinette's or go to a library if I have to for anything while you get things figured out." Izzy sighed.

"It's not about what you can work with. I want to get you whatever you need or want so that you don't have to go without anymore. Just let me try to assuage my guilt, please." The last part sounded almost desperate, so Lila dropped it. She wasn't certain how to feel about someone spending so much on her, but if it made Izzy feel better it seemed like it would be okay. "You're thinking too hard again. I can see it."

"Is there something wrong with me?" She winced as soon as the words came out. The question had been floating around in her head as long as she could remember, but she hadn't meant for it to come out.

"Why do you think something is wrong with you?" Izzy's tone was off.

"I... I don't understand things I should. Even when I was little, I acted differently from how everyone thought I should."

"Being different doesn't mean something's wrong with you. You see and relate to the world in a way most people don't." Lila could only frown at her. That certainly sounded like something was wrong. Izzy sighed. "Riley, everyone sees the world differently. I see it in terms of how much I can piss off my grandparents. Your friend Marinette sees it in terms of design. Mine is certainly less healthy, but that doesn't make either inherently wrong."

"How do I see it?" It was a stupid question. How was Izzy supposed to know that?

"Why and how." Izzy's words sounded like a statement, not a question, and that just confused Lila more. "You look at everything around you and ask why and how it works. You ask why things are the way they are. You ask how things can be different. It's against your nature to just accept things at face value. It's why it never even occurred to you that lying to those nitwits would backfire."

That was... an interesting theory. It seemed true to a point, but if she wasn't affected by something, or wasn't interested in it, she ignored it. If it became an issue, she'd research it. It was why she'd read so many books on psychology to try to understand the way her mother was with her. It hadn't helped at all, but she did try.

"Would it be easier if I just accepted things?" Izzy frowned at her.

"Easier for who? No, never mind. First, you would go insane if you didn't pick things apart. Second, giving other people the advantage like that is a terrible idea. If you don't look past the surface, it can be dangerous. Look at our father." Lila blinked in confusion at the tone.

"You blame him?"

"I don't want to influence your opinion of him, but all he had to do was look into her actions, or what she was doing with his money. He never did. Misplaced trust is the quickest way to get hurt. Look at Marinette." Lila tried to remember anything from the time before her father died, but there wasn't much.

"I don't remember him spending time with me. I do remember you arguing with him. He always said you were too cynical." Izzy winced.

"He was of the opinion that I didn't like your mother because I was jealous of the time he spent with her, and nothing I said would get him to think otherwise. I think he tried to not spend individual time with you because he thought it would make me angry. If I'd realized that at the time, I would have tried to do something about it."

She didn't know how to respond to that, but luckily they made it to the electronics store. Maybe she could come up with something if she had time to process. The store wasn't bad. She found a nice camera, and Izzy insisted on buying extra lenses for it too. Their computer selection wasn't great, but they had the components to upgrade or build yourself. Lila protested, but Izzy said buying everything she needed to build a desktop would let her get what she wanted (even though Izzy seemed set on getting the most recent and powerful components) and it would give her something to do while she had to hide at Mari's house. Besides, she shouldn't need a laptop until her mother was dealt with and they could get her a new one then. Lila didn't really think she needed two, let alone three, computers, but Izzy seemed so excited about it.

When they finally left, Izzy asked her if she'd figured out where she wanted to eat. Lila mentioned a cafe nearby she wanted to try, just to make sure they didn't end up in some high scale restaurant. She really didn't want to be stared at because they weren't wearing the right clothes, and she'd heard good things about the cafe.

"Lila!" How could her luck possibly be this bad? "Why haven't you been at school?" Seriously? She turned to look at Alya and Nino walking towards her. Alya's older sister was sitting at a table nearby. Fantastic.

"She's transferring to a different one." Alya glared at Izzy and Lila didn't even want to know what was going through her mind. Izzy, on the other hand, seemed to just dismiss the girl.

"Who are you?" The demanding tone just got an eye roll, and Lila could practically see the steam building in Alya's head. She really didn't want to deal with her being Akumatized again.

"Izzy's my sister. If you don't mind, we'd really like to eat in peace." She didn't know where the words came from, or the cold tone, for that matter. Izzy wrapped a comforting arm around her shoulders. Alya and Nino both just seemed stunned. She tried to walk away before Alya found her voice, but she didn't manage it.

"You don't need to transfer. Whatever Marinette threatened you with, we can help." Lila could only groan and bury her head in Izzy's side. It shouldn't be possible for someone to be this stubborn about something so stupid.

"Oh, you're that classmate." Alya bristled at Izzy's tone but didn't have time to respond. "Look, you really need to drop this. I don't hold out any hope you'll listen to reason, but if you don't stop this nonsense, I'll be sure to get restraining orders for both my sister and Marinette. They don't need all this stress."

"I'm trying to help her." Alya's indignant tone caused Izzy to pinch the bridge of her nose.

"No, you're not. You're trying to prove to yourself that you were right to believe Riley, and that your opinion of Marinette is justified."

"Who's Riley?" Yeah, this was just going to make things more complicated.

"I am. My mother changed my name a long time ago, but I prefer Izzy use the name I was born with." They didn't seem to know what to do with that.

"Why would she change your name?" Nino at least just sounded confused. Lila wished she had an answer for him, but she didn't actually have a clue what her mother's reasoning was.

"It doesn't matter. And it's really not the point." Even Lila could hear how drained she sounded. "I made a huge mistake lying to you all and assuming you'd call me on it, and I own that. But you need to stop blaming Marinette, of all people, for my bad behavior and your ignorance." She only just noticed that Alya's sister had walked over, and she seemed extremely confused.

"What happened with Mari? You never said anything."

"She's been bullying Lila ever since she transferred."

"Marinette? Tiny ball of sunshine that wouldn't stand up for herself over anything, but always helped and stood up for her friends? That Marinette?" Oh thank god, someone else could see the insanity. Alya blinked at her for a moment, as if trying to get her brain to reset.

"She's jealous because Adrien likes Lila more than her." That just got another frown, and Lila fought not to gag at the thought.

"That doesn't sound like her. Didn't she help the model when he wanted to date someone?" That definitely sounded like Mari, but Lila hadn't heard about it. Must have been before she came or while she was out of school.

"That's not the same." She actually stomped her foot when she said it. Rather than responding to her, her sister turned to Lila.

"Was Marinette bullying you?"

"No. I lied, and she called me on it. That was it." Well, that was all Mari did, at least. Alya looked like she was going to argue, but her sister shot her a look and her mouth clamped shut.

"Why don't you two go back and sit down?" Alya pouted, but she and Nino did go back to the table. "I'm Nora." She held out a hand and Lila just blinked at it. Izzy shook it instead.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Izzy, and this is my sister Riley, er, Lila. Have you decided what you want other people to call you by chance?" Lila just shrugged. Nora just seemed to roll with it.

"Did I hear something about restraining orders?" Lila cringed, but Izzy just sighed.

"Look, I know that Riley isn't innocent in all this, but your sister is blatantly refusing to believe she was wrong about her. She's already attacked Marinette once with some of their other classmates and I'm not about to risk it again. That girl has dealt with enough because of this nonsense."

"They did what!?" More than a few patrons side eyed them at Nora shout. "Do you have proof of that?"

"There's a video if you'd like to see it, but as I said, right now, everyone just wants to be done with this. Marinette doesn't want to get anyone in trouble, but neither her mother nor I are going to let this continue. If you can just get your sister to calm down and back off, it would solve a lot of problems. Marinette and Lila are both transferring to a different school and that should be the end of this."

"Mari's transferring over this?" Nora ran a hand down her face. "Alya doesn't do calm, but I'll talk to her and our parents. My mom's been trying to get her to agree to therapy for all the hero chasing she does, but I'll back her up this time. If what you're saying is true, she needs it more than I thought. I would like to see that video though, no offense." Izzy just pulled out her phone. When she'd asked for the video while they were talking earlier, Lila hadn't thought much of it. She certainly hadn't expected to need it so soon.

"Of course." She handed the phone to Nora and Lila just waited. She seemed far too calm, but she developed a twitch in her right cheek as she watched. When she handed the phone back, her expression was blank.

"Thank you. You can tell Madam Cheng that Alya won't be bothering her daughter again."

"I'm sorry." It took her a second for Lila to realize the words came from her. She'd been thinking them since this conversation started, but she hadn't meant to say them. Nora cocked her head in confusion. "None of this would have happened if not for me."

"Alya is old enough to make her own decisions. Regardless of what you told her, her actions were her own and completely unacceptable. Her being so suggestible is another thing we're going to have to address. Thank you for bringing this to our attention." She sounded grim, and Izzy frowned at her.

"You don't seem surprised."

"Tempers run in our family. It's why we've all been Akumatized except mom. My outlet is sports, and we thought Alya's was her blog and running after the heroes. I'm not surprised that this happened, but I can believe she'd do that to Mari, especially after everything she’s done for her."

"Maybe being Akumatized has something to do with." Yet another thought that she didn't expect to come out of her mouth. Nora frowned at her. "It's just that everyone in the class has been Akumatized, except Marinette and Adrien, and they're the only two that know I was lying. Well, Adrien knew because Ladybug called me out in front of him, so maybe not. But maybe being taken over like that leaves people vulnerable to suggestion. It would explain why he tends to go after the same people so much if he basically leaves a door open." Now they were both frowning at her. Nora ended up letting out a bark of laughter.

"Thanks for that thought, kid. Because I didn't have enough to be worried about." Lila opened her mouth to apologize, but Nora put a hand on her shoulder. "It's fine. You might even be right, so that's one more reason to get Alya, and all of us honestly, into therapy. I'll let you get on with your meal." She watched as Nora grabbed Alya and practically dragged her outside, Nino jogging behind to keep up. She looked back at Izzy to find her still frowning at her.

"Is that what you really think is happening?"

"It makes sense logically, but given we're dealing with magic, I don't know. It may just be that he has a limited range or something else entirely as well. I don't have enough information to be certain." Izzy was still frowning at her, but eventually shook her head as if trying to get rid of a thought.

"We'll talk more about this later, but we do need to eat." Lila wasn't certain what else there was to talk about, but she just nodded. "Please tell you you've gotten over your 'I only eat green food' phase." 

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Akuma Park - Nath runs Hollywood.

(Nathaniel is looking at a TikTok as Kim and Sabrina walk up to him.)

Kim: Hey, Nathaniel? There's this rumor going around that you... like run Hollywood or something?

(The artist looks annoyed and confused.)

Nathaniel: What?

Kim: I told Sabrina that it's just kids being dumb and she shouldn't listen to stuff like that...

(He pauses and looks sheepish)

Kim: But... we do have this sweet idea for a buddy-cop movie about a monkey and dog. We've got the first 20 pages written down, so... you don't really run Hollywood, right?

Nathaniel: I'm not even going to justify that with a response, because repeating a derogatory slur even for the purpose of refuting it can make stupid people think it's valid!

(He storms off.)

Kim:... Holy shit, Nathaniel runs Hollywood.

Sabrina: Yeah, and you fucked up the pitch!

Kim: What?! How'd I fuck up the pitch?!

Sabrina: You gotta tell him what the stakes are.

Kim: It's a dog and monkey as cops!

(Later, Nathaniel and Chloe are sitting in front of Principal Nora, who looks absolutely furious.)

Principal Nora: Miss Bougeois, did you or did you not tell students at this school that Nathaniel runs Hollywood?

Chloe: I think I said that, yes.

Principal Nora: And why would you say such an intolerant, offensive thing like that?!

(The girl simply shrugs.)

Chloe: Somebody has to run it.

Nathaniel: LOTS OF PEOPLE RUN HOLLYWOOD!

Chloe: Yes! Lots of people.... like Nathaniel.

Principal Nora: Miss Bougeois! You are on dangerous frickin ground here, kid!

Chloe: Look, what is so offensive about saying he runs Hollywood. Hollywood's great. Jews should be honored to be in charge of it.

(Nora pounds the desk.)

Principal Nora: HEY! I am telling you right now, Chloe. The next time anyone says anything about Nathaniel running Hollywood, that person is gonna have two months detention!

Chloe: Jesus, Mary Mother Full of Grace. You guys really take this seriously.

Marinette is still Kyle, but I wanted to give Nathaniel a moment. Also introducing Nora as PC Principal. Thanks to @artzychic27 and @msweebyness. Based off of this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9-CO5HQm90

[lordmartiya]

I'm starting to wonder, am I the only Miraculous fanwriter to take advantage of how Nora and Felix have been (likely by accident) coded? I mean...

Nora Cesaire practices either Muay Thai or ita predecessor Muay Boran. She's wearing Pra Jiad armbands, typical of Muay practitioners, and insists to be called by her ring name, a fundamental part of Muay culture (in Thailand they often change their legal names to match). She is a Nak Muay... But outside my own stories I've seen that only once, in a Secret Santa to me.

Felix is an Eton student. I know that because he's wearing the uniform. Granted, he ditched the overcoat and top hat, but his outfit is still recognizable, he's English, and has the right money and age. I plan to use that, but I haven't seen that in a story yet.

Am I really the only one that noticed those things?

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

I still don’t know why Nora's persona and akuma form has to do with Anansi. Anansi is known for being an intelligent trickster. He's also the king of all stories. Nothing about Nora's headstrong, straightforward personality demonstrates a connection of this. Also, as a kickboxer, the fighting style doesn't really have a moveset I would associate with spiders unless you really stretch it. I just hate how this show keeps on bringing up how diverse it is, but doesn't put into research why certain animals and figures are important to us. Nora is African? Just have her be any African god, and not explain why it's significant to her. Sabine is Chinese? Just make her into quilin despite having no connection to the creature. Jessica is Native American? Well eagles seem to be important somehow but instead of looking into why let's just associate her with the US symbol, there shouldn't be any problems with that 🙄

I still don't get how you take Anansi, someone known for being a trickster who managed to strike a deal with a god to his stories, and base an Akuma off him who is basically a dumb brute with spider powers. You could have named her anything else, and nothing would have changed.

But like you said, the representation for people of color in Miraculous Ladybug has always been glorified window dressing. The show usually goes for some of the most barebones aspect of different cultures, and Anansi is no exception.

[wingsofchangemlau]

Akuma Database: Episodes 1 - 3

Wings of Change AU

[beauty-marked-beauties]

Today's Beauty-Marked Beauty is: Nora Césaire from Miraculous Ladybug

[fuzzybluebirdgalaxy]

Any headcanons for the Miracuclass?

Sure do! There they are! \/

Alix’s mother (whom she bears heavy resemblance to) died when she was very young, so she doesn’t remember her. Her father misses her very much hence why he’s strict (not Gabriel level strict)

Max Kanté is Markov’s dad, full stop. Markov surprised almost everyone when he once accidentally called Max “dad”. It was an emotional and heartwarming day for everyone, especially Max.

Alix challenges everyone to arm-wrestles. Even the big ones like Ivan and Juleka. Alya had to persuade her not to challenge Nora (aka, a professional champion kick-boxer)

Marinette isn’t straight. She’s pansexual as heck.

From above point, she was nervous about coming out as pansexual as first. But everyone was so supportive when she did come out, especially her parents (Gabriel not so much)

Many students have thought that Ivan was actually Marinette’s brother due to the similarities between him and Marinette’s father. That theory was quickly proven false due to different last names and genetic evidence.

Ivan is the class pillow. Enough said.

There have been ongoing jokes about how Marinette was werewolf genetic due to a certain akumatisation in her family….

All the classmates whose parents have been akumatised dress up as the Akuma form of their parents (Alya as Animan, Mylene as Le Mime, Marinette as Weredad or Qilin, etc.)

Everybody figured out Luka and Juleka’s father was Jagged Stone at some point. Except for Luka and Juleka.

All the classmates have developed PTSD and anxiety post-akumatisation. They all have different ways of coping with it.

BONUS; Markov thinks his inner beast may be a Werehuman. Everyone is too weirded or interested to tell him further about this.

[miraculous-magicalconnections]

Miraculous: Magical Connections Update #3 - Creative Slump, General Update, + Sneak Peek

As the title of this update says, I'm in a bit of a creative slump when it comes to both writing and drawing, so it's been hard to motivate myself to continue working on the rewrite. I'm not sure when I'll be able to start working on it again more frequently but I'll try to be more active on Tumblr in light of this

But fret not! I have some good news too! I have the entire first chapter of origins complete as well as about half of the character backstories so once my motivation comes back, I should be able to get some stuff posted soon

Since I can't do much about progressing the rewrite further at this point, I want to give you all a sneak peek of the first chapter, I hope you enjoy <3

As he finished packing, he noticed a ring in his bag that was clearly not his. He didn't really enjoy jewelry, especially while training with Nora, and he knew most people here didn't have jewelry for the same reason. Although he supposed Cookie was the exception but his rings are gold and a lot bigger then the small black ring he held in his hand.

"When'd you start wearing rings?" Nora asked as he walked out of the locker room.

"I don't," He answers, "It was just in my bag."

"Huh, that's weird." She hums, "But finders keepers I guess."

"I'm not going to steal someone's ring Nora," He says, shaking his head.

"It was in your bag though."

He raised a brow, "And?"

"So it's technically yours now."

"That's not how that works." He huffs, "I'll figure out who's it is later."

"At least put it on kid! It's pretty cool." Nora urges.

Adrien rolled his eyes but complied, slipping the ring on. As soon as he did, Adrien saw a black cat walking throughout the gym. He blinked a few times, confused as to where the cat came from and why no one seemed to care. Was it a service animal? If it was, it should be near someone, right?

"You sure you're not a jewelry person?" Nora questions, "I think the ring works."

Adrien looked down at the ring, the black turned to silver and it seemed to almost morph so it was practically stuck on his finger. Nora didn't seem to notice and Adrien was not about to freak out when this was clearly some magical stuff that he wasn't sure what to do with yet. He was an anime nerd, sue him.

"Yeah." He nods, "I gotta go, bye Nora."

"Later kid."

Adrien needed to figure out what to do with the ring as soon as he could.

[miraculous-prompts]

Grab a dictionary, flip to a random page and point, use that word to create a scene using Ladybug!Chloe, Peacock!Rose, Su Han, Bee!Marc, Anansi, and Techno-Pirate

[flightfoot]

Oooh, I love what this little exchange adds to Alya’s character! It shows why she’s good at being the sort of “mom friend” - she seems to act as that for her sisters, even her older one, and kind of tries to rein Nora in, in particular. This clearly isn’t the first time this kind of thing has happened.

[angelofthequeers]

I've been boxing for about 4-5 weeks now and it's actually made me bothered about how Nora's treated like a musclehead in the show because like

It takes. So much mental focus. I can't get in my own head or I'll start to mess up, which is absolutely the easiest thing in the world with autism and suspected ADHD 🙄 I have to know what my body's doing and not overthink the punch I'm about to throw while also focusing on twisting/driving my body to generate the force instead of just punching out. I feel like Nora would be a lot more focused and switched on mentally than just "muscles" because it's really not in the fists, it's in the body. Everything has to work together and even if I'm telling myself I'll do this, my body just disobeys me and does that and that's what I'm having to work on most

Anyways I just wanted to say justice for Nora Césaire and she's jumped up to one of my favourite characters in this show because of my headcanons for her and mad respect at how in-tune her body and mind have to be