#the quantic code

[mangobirb222]

Wanted to practice with some digital painting, so I drew some OCs!

Gigi (upper left) belongs to @masterfuldoodler

Felix (upper right) belongs to @meadow-roses

Toko and Baz (bottom left) belongs to @toothpaste-dragon

Marten (bottom right) belongs to me

[sbnkalny]

Mall,

[sumahless]

Some Tips for new DBH modders

This will have 2 sections :

1 . QUANTIC dream textures - getting them stable throughout the game

2. Handy tool I found for normal maps.

QD TEXTURES - MY TOOL KEEPS BREAKING?

this is for the 2 ppl that actually mod Detroit and want to make their mods public and usable the entire game. and don't know abt this.

As you probably know, models ( containers ) share textures. So when you update a quantic dream texture for 1 model you need to update every single container/model that shares that texture or else it'll look black and crash your game. Why? because your game is expecting the file in qd format for that container when it's a dds file now.

But I'm sure youve noticed after the 3rd or so containers texture being 'refreshed' ( inserting the texture for each use of it in the tool) it just breaks. The only way around this is to tell the game it should expect a dds format manually.

Ok enough yapping. Here’s the tutorial :

Add your texture like you normally would in the editor. Do this for only one model, u can do it for more just before it crashes if u want too it shouldn’t affect it, I haven’t tested it tho.

Enable editing for all the containers/models that use that texture. So it clones it.

Now,, Repeat these steps for every texture that needs to be made into dds format other than the ones you changed in the editor:

1.Using Rk900 (INTO_3) as an example, I swapped the connor into_2 model face texture so now we need to tell the game to expect a dds for nines face. Get the offset of nines’ face  texture. It’s SUPER important that the INTO_3 container is cloned as the offset will be different.

2.go to ( ctrl + g ) to the offset in d26 file. (so 80F5B90F)

3.change the following : we start at ‘0E’ for this example.

Change the 14th and 19th bytes (02) to 01 . it should look like this now

The hex code will change for each texture, but it will always be the 14th and 19th bytes.

4.Repeat for all textures and models that use them :)

Your tool will now load the containers correctly ( they will appear black still, but it will work ingame.)

USEFUL TOOL FOR CREATING NORMAL MAPS:

Normal maps are what gives flat surfaces fake 3d-ness without actually being there ! An example of this is the pores of dbh characters. Normal maps basically allow us to use less polygons which is good for efficiency:))

How do normal maps work ? Well all digital images contain 3 color channels : Red, Green and Blue (RGB) , what normal maps do is assign x,y,z values to these channels. So red would be the x value, green is the y value , blue is the z value . These give us the fake 3d values for each pixel that alter how our game calculates the light ( surface normals ) .

I use this website to generate my normal maps from height maps :

Height maps are black and white images that tell us the height (z value) of each pixel, typically white is high,black is low. Here is an example of the sylus mask I made :

IMPORTANT!! 99% of dbh’s normal maps DONT have a blue channel ( z value) so you HAVE to remove the blue channel completely after generating it from here.

This was how my modified face texture looked like after nuking the blue channel ( in gimp you have to go to colors -> Components -> decompose and delete the blue channel then recompose it )

^^ basically i overlayed the new normal map over connors original one.

Ok thats it. idk if this helps anyone but here u go :P

Pls correct me if I’m wrong abt anything, I’m small brain tbh

[quantickidandpurplepaladin]

Quantic Kids Part 1

QUANTIC KIDS HEADCANONS PART ONE 

Imagined by someone who can’t remember shit about canon miraculous

Assumes Bri/Bridgette exists as her own character with May/Marionette being her younger cousin by 4 years

Based on the original art for The Miraculous PV and The Quantic Kids and related fanart and fanfics 

THE QUANTIC KIDS

The Quantic Kids (Bri, Felix, Alan, Claude, Allegra) go to a performing arts school, which specialises in music, drama, fashion, and art. Bri n Alan have scholarships (Bri for ballet, Alan for classical music), whilst Felix, Allegra n Claude come from rich families. 

Alan is a talented composer. He plays the piano, cello (his favourite), double bass, trombone, and saxophone. Claude also plays the saxophone, Allegra plays the flute n Felix plays both the piano n violin. They stay after school to compose n play together. Bri sings. Felix teaches May how to play the piano. 

Felix, Bri, and May call themselves ‘The Three Musketeers’. Adrien is the fourth.

Bri n Alan are childhood friends. Alan is one of Nino’s many cousins, but Nino is his favourite. May and Nino meet through their older cousins n the four see each other as a close chosen family. 

Felix’s aunt is kind to Bri and May when Felix sneaks them into the house after school n for important events, but his uncle doesn’t know Bri and Felix are a thing.

At some point, Claude (very chaotically) teaches Felix how to ride a motorcycle, and it becomes an inside joke between the quantic kids that no one ever explains to poor Adrien. 

FELIX CULPA

Other Names: Chat Noir, Kitty/Kitten, Fe 

Cat Miraculous Holder 

LGBT+??? — ace-spec and aro-spec coded 

Father is physically n emotionally abusive n neglectful

Mother is passive n watches the abuse happen

Is thrown around private boarding schools n nannies, until he’s fourteen, and sent to Paris to live with his Mom’s sister n her family

Bri and May are the first people he opens up to about his home life n they take him in as their own

Is addicted to the Dupain-Cheng’s coffee n sweet treats

May finds out he’s Chat Noir before The Quantic Kids do 

Is extremely protective over May (sees her as his lil sis)

Goes to The Royal Academy of Music in London 

Proposes to Bri the summer they graduate (she says yes, duh) 

Is intelligent, but wants to peruse music, not academics or fashion 

Speaks n understands multiple languages 

Used destruction(???) on peacock miraculous after she shot Bri with a magic arrow (didn’t know it was his aunt, but she was aiming for him) 

After Bri fell into a coma, he threw the ring across a lake in the Agreste Garden (which is how Adrien finds it) 

Father dies shortly after the accident w his aunt n Bri, so he goes back to London to help/support his Mom 

Makes May promise to look out for n to protect Adrien

BRIDGETTE CHENG

Other Names: Bri, LadyLuck

LGBT+??? — just an ally 

Ladybug Miraculous Holder 

Parents die in a car accident when she’s six years old, so she moves to Paris, and is adopted by May’s parents

Felix made her a blazer that’s passed down to Marionette (B.C is sewn inside)

Got accepted into Juilliard’s ballet program with Allegra 

Is a Dance Captain in competitive dance 

Specialises in ballet, but also does lyrical n freestyle, has been dancing since she could walk, has great balance, is a very graceful person 

Is popular at NAPA (she and Felix are a power couple, much to the dismay of Felix)

MARIONETTE DUPAIN-CHENG

Other Names: May, Mayday, Little/Lil Red (Felix only), Clutzaroono (Bri only) 

LGBT+??? — never thought about it 

Still clumsy but less of a goof 

Has a brain, is strategic, has good general knowledge, computer/tech smart, helps the gang with tactics, planning etc n does work behind the scenes 

Looks up to Felix, brother-sister relationship, they help each other with designs, Felix is her fashion mentor, sometimes Felix comes to her before Bri about his problems, wouldn’t want anyone else dating her cousin

Takes Bri’s lucky earrings after she falls into the coma 

CLAUDE HAPRELE

Other Names: Kid Mime 

LGBT+??? — bisexual 

Has a Shakespearean-prop-inspired sword, and can mime anything into existence

Buys the blue jay miraculous in Oregon when he’s eight years old

Child actor

Spent a lot of his childhood travelling

Parents are in the public eye, which ultimately causes problems in their marriage n  they divorce. Struggling with the divorce, Claude buys an apartment when things at home get too much as he feels like a burden. However, when the gang find out, they make the apartment into a home n it becomes their hideout/base/safe-space. Claude doesn’t have the heart to sell it after they go their separate ways. May still has the keys and visits.

Has ADHD n worries his friends will get tired of him n kick him out of the group (they don’t, they adore him so much) 

Ends up travelling the world with bf Alan 

ALAN LAHIFFE

Other Names: Gavroche (or mercury?) 

LGBT+??? — gay, asexual 

Beetle Miraculous holder 

Family are homophobic n don’t accept him, ends up going no contact 

Crushing on Claude (everyone has bets on when they will get together, crushing is mutual, they become the cutest couple in the summer after graduation) 

ALLEGRA

Other Names: Melodie 

LGBT+??? — never thought about it 

The snowy owl miraculous is Allegra’s family heirloom

Her weapon is a flute n one of her flute’s powers is controlling animals and/or senti-monsters (I can’t remember how they work but in this au, they usually fight senti-monsters instead of akumatised people) 

(Not spelling/grammar checked and ik my tenses r everywhere lol) 

[murielcook]

pink moon April Playlist semifinal

List below the cut

- Dan Wainwright - Come Home (Late Night Tales presents ‘After Dark - Vespertine’): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8AzipP8LE

- Debbe & The Code - Code Of Love (Late Night Tales presents ‘After Dark - Vespertine’): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hQ8I5174cs

- Brian Eno - Another Green World (Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aolsn4wRYC8

- Pink Sweat$ - Pink Moon [Official Audio]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPo2FbEPT0

- PINK MOON: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqRpvYSY8gk

- Beck - Pink Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq55Ia9Q-Vk

- Intense Only You Peshay Studio Set 1996 / breakdancing cat meme theme: https://soundcloud.com/alexander-bam-168826470/intense-only-you-peshay-studio-set-1996

- Sananda Maitreya - Love Is Blind (Official Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwf7cR44ehI

- Dukes In Process - Be Quiet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FenzmOrj_kg

- Miya Folick - “I Think This is the Dream Where I Met You“ (Official Audio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI7nkJSWvik

- Cold Gawd - "All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned For A Thing I Cannot Name" (Official Audio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrsaMXaZeng

- Chartreuse (Slowed + Reverb) - Boy Jr.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rnNJaMjNQ

- The Chills - Pink Frost (Late Night Tales: MGMT): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgiw1I7zYk4

- Maybe Tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-iZF2LyxIs

- What You Won't Do for Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9DmdAwUbxc

- SPRING time for us #spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a7-t931ILk

- Cry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENZZOh12tZ8

- Heavenly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nbTztJARrg

- Funkmammoth - Big Dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH29jjfT2RA

- I Am The Changer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGPY3c2vCjI

- The Tale of the Bunny Picnic Drum of Time Muppet Songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQPXNYG69j8

- rises the moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e1zT7miep8

- Emmet Cohen w/ Erena Terakubo & Yotam Silberstein | I'll Remember April: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29YE4u1K14s

- Bloom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1wPRrJls1I

- ROSA YEMEN larousse baron bic 1978: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IFHB2KxBoo

- CRISPY AMBULANCE are you ready ? 1982: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBLwCbTFWDk

- PAIN TEENS moonray 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nacbD8Bc-O8

- THE MEKONS after 6 1979: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcRi4lT5548

- La femme d'argent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BswuwCn1hBo

- Mel Torme - Comin Home Baby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua_ODg0FmzQ

- French 79 - Hometown [Official Video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAv5pLO37mE

- Lonker See - One Eye Sees Red: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQpmfo3b1C8

- David Lynch & Lykke Li - I'm Waiting Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SpG7C4vHZQ

- Quantic - Time Is The Enemy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvUeo5sagkA

- Francoise Hardy - Le Temps de l'Amour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUQ37gAwHtw

- The Balance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9linpwgOrNk

- Jenova 7 - A Chill Breeze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwr6Ngoo1zw

- Thundermother - Come On Home (space version, 1971): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxwuWD70g4

- Moonlight Shuffle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JClbJbpKBh4

- Equipoise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJVL5uRDTrM

[phoenixfangs]

okay so the hate on photorealism in video games is kinda goofy to me ngl. like, its fine to have a preference for stylized visuals (i definitely do!), but a game is not Better for it just on the face of it

and like, as a webbed site of creatives, are NONE of u interested in the mechanics of developing a photorealistic experience?? like the process of looking at something in real life and recreating it through art as closely to real life as possible isnt fascinating?? motion capture is sick as hell, especially because its not 2011 anymore and we dont have quantic dream/heavy rain as like the Peak of what mocap is capable of. supermassive i think does a good job with their realism. until dawn has some goofiness with how big the expressions needed to be for the mocap to work, and there are parts where u can Tell it was animated manually, poorly (joshs mental break in the mines... there are parts that are kinda oof), but otherwise overall it still looks pretty damn good to me! and brenda song in the quarry is like, there are moments where i feel like i am actually looking at the real life brenda song (particularly when shes in the car at the junkyard and screaming for dylan to get the damn werewolf off the car, that moment in specific looks Incredible to me)

and thats just people. developing accurate to real life physics/visuals for objects and like grass and water and stuff, does it not enchant yall to know that somebody, a team, whatever, had to meticulously plan that and build it? and even if its not absolutely indistinguishable from real life, isnt it cool how good it Does look? i feel like people say shit like 'its a video game i know what im looking at isnt real, why do they even try' and its like Fucking Duh, we all know that, the devs know that, but they do it because its COOL. and also sometimes maybe it fits the tone of the story or the play experience Better than stylization, idk

im not trying to say that stylization is less work than photorealism, but i also dont think the opposite is true, either. i dont think photorealism is less work than stylization. it ALL depends on manpower from artists that are passionate about their craft.

and again, as a webbed site of artists, i find it strange to bash photorealism and say its worse than stylization at all. like would any of u say half the shit u say about photorealistic games to a painter that works with photorealism? i dont think u would, because u understand that a painter is still responsible. a human artist created that. to me its the same with photorealistic games, people still have to design and model and code and animate all dat shit, and it has just as much opportunity to be impressive and impactful as a stylized game does

[pupmkincake2000]

Also, the fact that the fandom actually acts as if the shippers are the attackers...

Sometimes it feels like HankCon discourse exists in a loop: someone says “they’re literally father and son,” someone else says “they’re not,” and the cycle restarts. But the reason some of us keep speaking up isn’t because we’re trying to start fights — it’s because we want people who do see them as romantic partners to know they’re not alone, and they’re not wrong.

There’s nothing inherently shameful or offensive about interpreting Hank and Connor as lovers. The game gives us a relationship built on choice, trust, mutual care, and vulnerability — the foundation of many great love stories. If that resonates with someone on a romantic level, that doesn’t make them perverse. And they shouldn’t be made to feel that way.

And yet, every time someone shares HankCon fanart or a fic, there's always a rush of “they’re father and son coded” replies — often stated as if it's canon. Even when Quantic Dream posted an official Valentine’s Day video featuring Hank and Connor, the replies were full of angry comments accusing the devs of promoting “weird” interpretations. It's not just discussion. It’s pushback — aggressive, repetitive, and often moralizing.

Meanwhile, when shippers try to respond or correct false claims (like “Hank canonically calls Connor his son” — he doesn’t), we’re accused of being confrontational. There are posts describing the ship as disgusting, disturbing, or immoral but when anyone defends it, suddenly we’re the problem for not “letting people enjoy things.”

Respect has to go both ways. If someone wants to interpret Hank and Connor as family, that’s fine. No one’s saying they can’t. But calling it the only valid reading while mocking or shaming others isn’t respectful, it’s gatekeeping. And when someone says they feel unsafe posting about a fictional ship because of the backlash they’ll get, “just block and scroll” stops being a real solution.

This isn’t about winning an argument. It’s about creating space for people to enjoy something without fear of being dogpiled. Romantic HankCon is not shameful. It’s not harmful. And it deserves the same breathing room as any other interpretation.

I've been back on a Hankcon phase and there's one type of DBH fans that I genuinely don't get: those who insist that Hank and Connor have a father/son dynamic. It's a valid dynamic if that's what you like, but I never felt like that's what happened between them. Like, even if I didn't ship them I would see them more as a "buddy cop" duo or a "mentor/mentee" situation at best (I don't think Hank even teaches Connor anything 😭). Do people have a weirdass view of father/son relationships or am I the one being obtuse here?

--

They're pretending to themselves that it isn't shippy.

Some of it is people assuming a certain trope will be present and then hallucinating that it actually was. Specifically, I've seen plenty of people assume that Hank's kid died long enough ago that he'd be Connor's apparent age if he'd lived. From what I remember, the actual in-game evidence shows that he only died a few years ago. He wouldn't be Connor's apparent age or Connor's actual age or Connor's (in)experience level. Nothing matches.

Part of it is that Hank's vibe is like he's been a washed-up alcoholic for a couple of decades. Sure, he'd have been fired by now, but there are countless vaguely similar films noir where an ex cop character gives off the same air Hank does. What people remember from art is how it made them feel, not what the nitty-gritty text on some object you can examine says. (I just checked a wiki, and Cole died in 2035. The game is set in 2038. He would have been 9.)

Hank fucking up at work for three years or less makes a lot more sense, but it isn't how things feel if you play the game. (Or, well, watch a bunch of playthroughs, which is what I did before reading all the porn.)

I too roll my eyes, but I can see how they got there.

It's a Getting Your Mojo Back plot. They were expecting the replacement goldfish version. I was expecting the gay-as-fuck Caves of Steel version.

[blogovision]

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[chrancecriber]

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Deepend & Teemu - Runaways 18:42 Gibbs & Code X - Close To Your Heart 18:40 Nora Van Elken - Let It Go 18:35 Eli Kazah - Return Home 18:32 Italobrothers - Stay 18:24 David Hohme - Fear Less (Hraach Remix) 18:21 Sam Feldt, Lucas & Steve Ft. Wulf - Summer On You 18:19 Chris Avedon - The Letter 18:14 Stone Van Brooken, Henri Pfr - Tarida (Original Mix) 18:12 Kamrad - I Believe 18:09 York - On The Beach (Kryder & Jenjammin Sax Edit) 18:06 Nimus - Wasted Heart 18:03 Fritz Kalkbrenner - Kings & Queens 17:59 Robin Schulz - Moonlit Sky (With The Void Pacific Choir) 17:53 Matvey Emerson - Luna 17:50 Basixx - Stay In Your Sunlight 17:47 Dj Antoine & Dead-line - Shout 17:42 The Funky Lowlives - Time To Let Go 17:37 Two Lanes - Pièces Froides: Ii. Danses De Travers 17:34 Kai Schwarz, Cayus & Yass - My Love Is Your Love 17:29 Ludvig & Stelar - Reflection 17:27 Mount & Illian - Fool 17:22 Akmusique - Cafe Noir (Album Version) 17:18 Hein Klein & Cheyenne - Every Breath You Take 17:11 Rìfìs Du Sol - On My Knees (Oliver Schories Remix) 17:07 Sonic Adventure Project - Waters In Motion 17:04 Mike Candys & Jack Holiday - The Riddle Anthem Rework 16:56 Martin Roth - An Analog Guy In A Digital World 16:49 Wd2n - Sultans Of Swing (Original Mix) 16:45 Eelke Kleijn Feat. Diana Miro - You (Frankey & Sandrino Remix) 16:42 Tiscore - Fire To Smoke 16:38 Waldeck - Defenceless (Mushroom Dive ) 16:31 Beyhude - Rüzgar 16:28 Kungs Feat. Jhart - Dopamine 16:23 Tosca - Natural High 16:20 Lost Frequencies X James Arthur - Questions 16:17 Kungs Feat. R I T U A L - You Remain 16:14 Mike Candys & Séb Mont - What's On Your Mind 16:07 Rodg - Heights 16:05 Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind 16:00 Tinlicker Feat. Hero Baldwin - Rebirth 15:57 Shaun Frank & Takis Feat. Shells - Don't Say I Love You 15:53 Jasmon - Bamboo Queen 15:49 Blank & Jones - Sunny (Summer Vibe Mix) 15:46 The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card 15:40 Hot Natured - Planet Us 15:36 Melokind - Tiefgang 15:30 Banderas - This Is Your Life (Easy Life Mix) 15:26 Sean Bay, Mehdi Mouelhi Feat. Arabella - Maktoub 15:23 Klingande & Bright Sparks - Messiah 15:17 Bliss - End Titles 15:14 Loud Luxury And Frank Walker Feat. Stephen Puth - Like Gold 15:11 Robin Schulz - Never Know Me (Radio Mix) 15:04 4tunes - Helen 15:00 Julian Wassermann - Painfully 14:55 Cecilia Krull - Agnus Dei (Benny Benassi & Bb Team Remix) 14:50 Channel 2 Feat. Tanya - Soulout 14:45 Nora En Pure - Trailblazer (Club Mix) 14:38 Jean-michel Jarre - Equinoxe, Pt. 4 14:35 Sam Feldt - Be My Lover 14:27 Miyagi, Sascha Braemer, Dan Caster, Jan Blomqvist - Woodpeckers Love Affair 14:24 Monoir, Eneli - 3 To 1 14:19 De-phazz - True North 14:16 Riva Starr Feat. Imaginary - Ride This Sound 14:10 Project Blue Sun - Sunrise (Planet Chill Mix) 14:07 Bolier - Another Blue 14:04 Shapov & Avian Grays Feat. Kifi - Light Up The World 14:01 Moonlight Breakfast, Golan - Promises (Bazooka Edit) 13:57 Lstn - Sky & Sand 13:54 Laniia - Fireflies 13:50 Moist - Far Beyond The Endless (Original Mix) 13:46 Together Alone - Ain't Nobody 13:43 Nora En Pure - Sign Of The Times 13:40 Faithless - Insomnia 13:35 Elderbrook & Bob Moses - Inner Light 13:30 Shakedown - At Night (Afterlife Remix) 13:22 Rodriguez Jr. - 2 Miles Away 13:16 Tebra - Suton 13:08 Ost & Kjex - Queen Of Europe Feat. Anne Lise Frokedal (Solomun Remix) 13:04 Karsten Kiessling Feat. Helin - Fight Like A Lion 13:01 Jelly & Fish - Appreciation 12:56 Velvet Lounge Project - Dimelo Tu (Mix And Magix Remix) 12:52 Sum Wave - Malin's Song 12:44 Jan Blomqvist - Empty Floor 12:39 Best Of Chillout Lounge - Sylt (Sensibar Mix) 12:35 Above & Beyond - The Inconsistency Principle 12:33 Bernward Koch - Flowing Colors 12:28 Beth Orton - Central Reservation 12:21 Nora En Pure - Thermal (Extended Mix) 12:15 Consolidation Feat. Moguai - Ode To Joy 12:11 The Alan Parsons Project - Lucifer 12:07 Fritz Kalkbrenner - Good Things 12:03 James Blunt - Cold 12:01 Alok Feat. Alida - Love Again 11:57 Lucy Neville - Shameless 11:53 Shaun Feat. Conor Maynard - Way Back Home 11:50 Dj Antoine & Flip Capella Feat. Evelyn - Dark Love 11:44 Röyksopp Feat. Susanne Sundførd - Oh, Lover 11:39 Amirali - My Way 11:36 Blank & Jones - Coastline 11:32 Klangperlenspiel & Puzzls - Kyoto (Wish You'd Move On) 11:26 Dario G - Voices 11:23 Schiller - Midnight In Shiraz 11:20 Wave Wave Feat. Lena Sue - Repeating 11:16 Nora En Pure - Morning Dew (Radio Mix) 11:14 Leony - Faded Love (Noøn Remix) 11:09 Schiller & Jan Blomqvist - In Between 11:06 Nora Van Elken - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) 10:59 John Kah - Carina (Enui Remix) 10:55 Maomakmaa - Unicorn (Remix By Jasmon) 10:51 Alex Breitling - Lilie 10:46 Hakan Kayis, Furkan Sarikas, Cinar Gedizlioglu - A Night In Alacati (Original Mix) 10:43 Lost Frequencies Feat. Sandro Cavazza - Beautiful Life 10:39 Nihoni - After Sun 10:35 Klangkarussel & Poppy Baskcomb - This Love 10:30 Buttha - Oceanic (Original Mix) 10:27 Munich Monstrs - Shine 10:25 Carstn, Jason Walker - Could You Love Me (Munich Monstrs Remix) 10:20 The Swan And The Lake - Port D'andratx (Part 2 - Rain) 10:12 Hraach - After Dark 10:09 Felix Jaehn Feat. Jasmine Thompson - Ain't Nobody 10:03 Dale Anderson Feat. Anil Chawla - Pimento Grove 09:59 Tinlicker Feat. Nathan Nicholson - Be Here And Now 09:54 Schiller Mit Moya Brennan - Falling 09:51 Fedde Le Grand Feat. Vince Freeman - Devils 09:48 Brando - Don't Call Me (Galantis Remix) 09:45 Lost Frequencies Feat. Flynn - Recognise 09:39 Beyhude - Terso 09:36 Glockenbach - Dirty Dancing 09:27 Sina Vodjani - Vision Of Mahakala 09:22 Bolier & Leandro Da Silva - Floripa (Extended) 09:19 Martin Trevy Feat. Hedara - Talking To The Silence 09:16 Xillions - Somebody Like Me 09:12 Chicane Feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up 09:08 Music On Canvas Feat. Tabitha - Upside Down 09:02 Anrey - The Forgotten (Extended Mix) 08:59 Portishead - Revenge Of The Number 08:55 Gary B - Without You 08:52 Kamrad - Feel Alive 08:49 Sons Of Maria - Always 08:45 Rudimental Feat. Ed Sheeran - Lay It All On Me 08:40 Goa Foundation - (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight 08:35 Atb & Anova - Route 66 08:30 Lustral - Everytime 08:25 Blank & Jones - Into The Sun 08:21 Kygo Feat. Will Heard - Nothing Left 08:17 Kygo Feat. Maty Noyes - Stay 08:13 Sum Wave - Beach Memories 08:08 Rank 1 - T.t.c. 08:05 Klangkarussell And Givven - Follow 08:02 Avian Grays & Azteck - Endlessly 07:58 Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me 07:55 Minelli, Filatov & Karas Remi - Rampampam 07:50 Worakls - Caprice 07:45 Klangkuenstler Feat. Alice Phoebe Lou - Man On The Moon (Original Mix) 07:42 Pulsedriver & Tiscore Feat. Anna Grey - We Are 07:39 Robin Schulz & David Guetta - On Repeat 07:33 Enfant De Luxe - La Tete Dans Les Nuages 07:29 Moli - Cloud No9 (Montmartre Remix) 07:26 Goldfish Feat. Nate Highfield & Dan Silver - Forever Free 07:20 Blank & Jones - 10.000 Emerald Pools 07:17 Nora En Pure - Tantrum 07:11 Mic Max - Como El Viento 07:08 Clément Leroux - Memories 07:05 Alok & Timmy Trumpet - Underwater Love (La Vision Remix) 06:58 Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit (Claptone Remix) 06:56 Vize & Leony - Dolly Song (Devil's Cup) 06:52 Kygo & Sasha Sloan - I'll Wait 06:45 Tycho - Epoch (Luttrell Remix) 06:42 Iossa, Ken Holland - The Seed Feat. Iossa (Original Mix) 06:39 Sono - Trusting You 06:36 Klangfeld Feat. Tillmann Uhrmacher - Free 2018 06:27 Blond:ish Feat. Bahramji - Omnipresent 06:24 Lost Frequencies & Mathieu Koss - Don't Leave Me 06:19 Twocolors & Anna Naklab - Dust (Extended Mix) 06:16 Valerie Dore - The Night (Zyx Edit Remastered 2021) 06:11 Lizot Feat. Jason Anousheh - Einfach Nur Weg (Blondee & Roberto Mozza Remix) 06:08 Hugel - Can't Love Myself (Feat. Mishaal& Lpw) 06:03 Kid Massive, Yuji Ono, Dtale - Pray (Wolf Krew Remix) 05:58 Syntax Error - Träumen Im Gras (Syntax Experience Mix) 05:55 Blank & Jones Feat. Zoe Durrant - Erase Rewind 05:52 Gibbs - Waiting For Lonely 05:47 In Credo - Siesta Del Sol 05:42 Schiller Feat. Jael - Tired (Live) 05:36 Firtz Kalkbrenner - Golden (Fideles Remix) 05:30 Ingo Herrmann - Sundown 05:27 Sans Souci - Nanda 05:24 Stepha Schweiger - When I Was A Bird 05:20 Nora En Pure - Homebound 05:18 Christopher Von Deylen - She Never Told Him Her Name 05:12 Aim - Cold Water Music 05:10 Le Shuuk Feat. Xilions - Goodbye 05:05 2raumwohnung - Wir Werden Sehen (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix) 05:01 Patrick Baker - Call Me Up (Original Mix) 04:59 Lost Frequencies & Elley Duhé - Back To You 04:55 Edx - Vommuli 04:50 Nikko Culture - Break My Heart 04:47 Vinai - Hide Away 04:45 Steve Forest, Te Pai - Never Gonna Give You Up 04:41 Jackson Feat. James Yuill - Love Love Love 04:37 Blank & Jones - High Fly 04:34 Nora En Pure - Branches 04:26 Boral Kibil, Mahmut Orhan - Herneise (Original Mix) 04:23 Deepend & Graham Candy - Belong (Deepend Edit) 04:17 Afterlife - Makes Me Feel 04:13 Dvine - Unknown Reality 04:09 Kidsø - Finja 04:06 Avec - Under Water (Club Edit) 03:59 Julian Wassermann - People 03:57 Srtw & Mave Feat. Sønlille - Last Train Home 03:51 Groovecatcher - Angel Of Nature 03:48 Paratone - Time After Time 03:45 Edx Feat. Jess Ball - Take Me Home 03:40 Laila (Feat. Tiefblau) - Yin And Yang 03:37 R3hab X Lukas Graham - Most People 03:32 Goldfish - Love Everlasting (Extended Mix) 03:24 Framewerk - Electric Religion 03:20 Eelke Kleijn Feat. Josha Daniel - Oscillations 03:15 Dk Dent - A Walk In The Park 03:12 Kryder & Natalie Shay - Rapture 03:06 Twocolors - Together 03:02 Depeche Mode - Goodnight Lovers 02:58 Ambyion - Motion 02:56 Alok & James Arthur - Work With My Love 02:52 Galantis Feat. Onerepublic - Bones 02:46 Colyn - Lightyears 02:38 Christopher Von Deylen - Opaque 02:37 Sylvering - Is There Anybody Out There 02:34 Armin Van Buuren & Garibay - Phone Down 02:30 Jean-michel Jarre - Oxygene, Pt. 4 02:23 Chicane - Offshore 02:20 Sanah - Invisible Dress (Maro Music X Skytech Remix) 02:16 Robin Schulz & Marc Scibilia - Unforgettable 02:09 Soul Button - Circadian Rhythm (Hraach Remix) 02:06 George Geccoo Feat. Maik Pinto - Dolce Vita 02:01 Massive Attack - Spying Glass 01:57 Lstn - Floral Decor 01:54 Nore En Pure - In Your Eyes 01:50 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Vs. Diplo Feat. Deb's Daughter - Hey Baby 01:47 Milkwish - From The Earth To The Moon 01:43 Wave Wave Feat. Evie - Real 01:38 Mozez Feat. Henry Binns From Zero 7 - Beautiful Day 01:35 Rene Rodrigezz & Tristan Henry - Let Me Go 01:32 Armin Van Buuren Feat. Angel Taylor - Make It Right (Trinix Remix) 01:25 Insilent - Emagination (Layback Mix) 01:21 Tom Staar & Cedric Gervais - Playing Games (Mixed) 01:18 Mandalay - Beautiful 01:14 Mefree - Horizons 01:11 Filatov & Karas - Au Au 01:06 2raumwohnung - 2 Von Millionen Von Sternen 01:02 Above & Beyond - Out Of Time (Original Mix) 00:58 Lucy Neville - Ransom 00:55 State Of Sound - Wake Up Where You Are 00:51 Neptune & Moonnight - I Need A New Love (Original Mix) 00:47 Lstn - Thoughts 00:41 Spiller (Royksopp's Malselves Memorabililia Mix) - Cry Baby 00:37 Enui - Adieu (Arielle Lb Remix) 00:26 Monkey Safari - Hi Life (Cheeky Bold Cover) 00:21 Teri Richardson - Shadows Of My Love 00:17 Daniel Portman - Vulnerable 00:14 Rita Ora Feat. Alesso - Anywhere 00:11 Bolier & Arman Cekin - Fade Away (Feat. Rhi'n'b) 00:07 Viva La Panda & Finding Molly - Bring It On (La La La) 00:04 Lucas Estrada, Twopilots - Bloom

[serviant]

I love how the entire fandom has come together to single-handedly ignore the “twist” of Amanda telling Connor that his deviancy and the revolution was planned. As if it wasn’t already bad enough that David Cage's story about civil rights (but don’t forget though! this story has ““nothing to do with civil rights”” even though the characters in the game literally say otherwise /sarcasm off/) is tone deaf af, the freaking civil rights movement apparently was actually just fake and fabricated by a company AKA CyberLife to gain more power.

Narrator voice: But in his eagerness to prove that he is in control of the story and no one gets to tell him what to do, Stanley David fucked up the entire characterisation of the game so nothing made sense. Good job, Stanley David. Everyone thinks you are very powerful.

[dontletmynamefoolyou]

Baptiste

:)

[natedogx15]

Miraculous Ladybug Prompt List

A Chameleon’s Appearance 

A Descendent Forsaken By Their Ancestor 

A Different Type Of Peacock Adrien 

A Different Type Of Kwami Swap 

A Different Type Of Rival AU 

A Hero Before The Miraculous 

A Ninja First And Miraculous User Second 

A Problematic Queen’s Guard

A Quantic Problem 

Accidental Guardian Marinette

An Actor and Actress Playing Their Parts

An Artificial Miraculous Journey 

Antagonist Alya 

Anti-Hero Butterfly Wielder 

Anti-Villain Adrien 

Chooser of the False, Maker of Real Heroes

Chosen To Protect The Universe 

Code Digicle 

Demon Trinkets

Descendent Of The Wizard 

Emobat’s Revenge

Empress Viola, Volpina, And A Girl Named Lila

Extraterrestrial Help

False Miraculous AU 

Feathers of Terror

Feud of the Miracle Boxes

From Bestfriend To Nemesis 

Gamer + Goat Miraculous 

Going Against Your Hero 

Heroic Treats

Inu and Neko Swap

Ladybug vs Butterfly, A Battle Between Blooms and Akumas 

Making of the ‘Ideal Hero’

Miraculous Detective Agency

Miraculous Guard

Miraculousless Hero

Miraculous Inc.

Miraculous Ladybug Weapons

Miraculous Modifications

Miraculous Team’s Yugioh Decks

Miraculous vs Calamity 

Monarch’s Knights

Multimouse Powerhouse

Multiple Power Au 

One Hero, Multiple Personas

One Villain, Two Fake Heroes, Two Real Heroes, One Without a Mask

Original Miraculous) 1 2 --- Using Said Original Miraculous For Yourself

Pacifist Ladybug

Paradoxical Miraculous 

Power Rangers: Guardians Of The Miracle 

Redemption Is A Tricky Road 

Rivaling Schools, Dupont vs Lupin 

Sower of Discord Within the Miracle

Star Vs The Forces Of Evil x Miraculous Ladybug 

Tale of Two Sisters

The Earthly Protectors 

The Evil Dragon’s Journey

The Lady The Knight and The Fairy 

The Mighty Ladybugs 

The Order Of Aggressors 

The Science Hero

The Stories and Jewelry of Heroes

The Story Of A “Evil” Kwami And Wielder 

The Third Party Monarch 

The Train Feathers Of A Wounded Peacock 

The Trecherous Caterpillar

Totally Miraculous

Violet Queen

Volatile Black Cat 

Yang vs Miraculous, Search For Yin 

[voidju1cebox]

some days you'll catch me thinking about quantic physics, non-ecludian worlds, algorithms, about how the universe expands, about coding and robotics and other days i cant read a four line paragraph without breaking down and crying

[edorazzi]

Felix actually has a LOT of friends! He just insists they don’t know each other, never reads the group chat and refuses to stay in contact whenever he leaves London to go stay in Paris. Adrien’s gushing approach to friendships is far too European.

I gave Claude a new CGI-specific look in this post (since Canon Felix looks a little different too and it’s a good way to separate the million ML AUs I keep making), and I wanted to include the rest of the Quantic Team! The show likes to go kind of gaudy so I tried to stick with bold colour-coded outfits reflecting their personalities, and I’ve seen @miraculously-pv​ putting Allan in a sporty undershirt lately which I LOVE. Gotta have it.

BONUS:

Marinette’s got a long afternoon ahead of her. What are she and Sentibug (who absolutely survived and went to live her own life in London, probably with Fu and Marianne) going to do to explain how similar they look?! Practically like cousins...!

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[leam1983]

Cyberpunk 2077 - On QA and Shit Practices

I've just finished Upper Echelon Gamers' coverage of some new leaks concerning the dev environment during CP2077's development time, and if what the investigative YouTuber puts forward is true, the game's state wouldn't entirely be up to CD Projekt Red's fault. As it turns out, the fault also squarely rests on Quantic Labs, a Romanian QA studio that apparently is... more than well-known for their slapdash work.

More below.

The gist of it is a smart QA team lead wouldn't hold its employees accountable to certain performance targets, because bugs are inversely logarithmic. Think about it:

You run BlahBlah Testing Inc, and receive a pre-Alpha build for the new hotness, New Hotness: Bestest Game Evar. Your job is to parse the code and game logic for any faults. At first, you find everything the devs didn't find for all their efforts, and it probably feels like a hot mess. You get to work, however, and soon manage to have an increasing amount of bugfixes implemented in the next revision. From pre-Alpha to another pre-Alpha, you get less and less and less to work with, up until the point where ideally, you're fixing menu typos or quest design flow SNAFUs after moving increasingly away from the mission critical stuff.

Makes sense, right? You'd want to start with the bug report that reads "I pressed the Fart button exactly eighteen times, and the nineteenth time somehow resulted in a code-execution strain that made my BIOS chip self-aware" and end with "According to the lorebook, Lorelei Andersson's name needs two S'es. Twelve typos were corrected throughout the game's dialog flow."

Well, that's a bit too square for Quantic Labs, apparently. Going on a bit of a hunt, I found that Romania has a bit of a thing for quotas, in its various professional sectors. Fail to meet targets set by your boss - even as a GP or a social case worker - and chances are you'll be let go, apparently. Quantic has a similar system, where Cyberpunk's trove of issues were separated between non-mission-critical finds and core problems - and as the core problems were initially less numerous than the many, many, many animation flubs Version 1.0 had, and as even those could be subdivided, you ended up with an inverse flow of priorities where Quantic would effectively polish the brass on the Titanic at the behest of their own executives. Serious problems stagnated and were never declared to their clients, while Quantic Lab worked to drum up as many minor fixes as possible, to bulk up bugfix reports. They'd even go so far as to intentionally break previously-fixed code - in order to fix it again and have it declared as a new bugfix.

That's without mentioning how to clinch that gig, they effectively lied to CDPR about placing their senior coders on-task. What CDPR were sold was a cadre of industry pros, but what they got were newcomers to the field, some of them having just been hired out of game-design programs and suddenly expected to perform high-level code edits after a meagre two weeks' worth of training.

The end-result is what you'd expect. Stagnation, core bugs never being addressed, rising costs and the increasing need to ship something - anything, if only to get out of QA's grasp.

So, yes, the higher-ups at CDPR did drop the ball on their own end of things, of course. They did ultimately choose to please their shareholders over their fans, and none of the above absolves the actual devs of their own degree of responsibility. It's still sobering to note, however, that with CDPR switching from their RED Engine to UE5, it'll be easier for them to shop for external QA outlets with a much more solid reputation.

[currentfandomkick]

Marinette did not sign up for this part 8

first part here previous part here ao3 here

update at last!

--

Marinette almost screamed when she saw the knitting needles on her balcony. It wasn’t even her birthday yet. Was he around? Taunting her?

School wasn’t helping. She kept her eyes on the windows.

It didn’t help her team was scanning the area constantly… and she was certain that Kagami somehow got out of school as she could spot Ryuuko before school even started, and her shadow had’t moved often.

Alya, Nino and Adrien weren’t leaving her side. Kim had taken to joining them (and with him, Max and Alix) with Kim determined to get Marinette to wear one of his hoodies since “you look cold.”

She knew that was code. ‘Let me help.’ She wasn’t sure this was something safe for them to help with.

“Thanks but I’m good!” was highly ineffective.

Before lunch Kim had his hoodie on her. It made it harder to find her with the change from her usual outfits once Adrien and Alix stole her hairbands.

They were doing a plain sight disguise. She knew it.

Going to Alix’s after school helped a bit with that.

She still felt eyes on her. She couldn’t tell who’s.

Alix was the one to break out the guardian translations with her dad. The Kubdels knew more than most of her team—time travel side effects after all. It was a big part of why she could trust them in the first place: Alix wanted to help and her father knew there would be a Ladybug in Paris before giving Alix the family heirloom. When Marinette saw it after studying the miraculous for a bit and asking Fu if there could be two rabbit miraculouses… it lead to Fu merging the two (from two separate timelines).

In the one Mr. Kubdel was from, a girl named Bridgette took up the role of Ladybug and was followed around by a questionable Black Cat. Mr. Kubdel’s grandfather prevented that timeline from happening—changing key events and all—but was prepared for the chances another rabbit would be needed. His son was not a good fit… (poor research, questionable retention, and overall bad at delicate work) meanwhile Alix had street art done quickly and intricately, fast reflexes, and adored learning history to the point some topics had been re-written in the curriculum for “the complete BS this hack is pushing” and “obvious refusal to stick to the facts” among other objections with heavily cited and sourced works to back up her claims. To a truly terrifying degree.

Its also why once they were out of sight, Alix and Mr. Kubdel and her escaped to one of the secret passaged kept off the current schematics for Miraculous related reasons (escape without being seen leaving) and Alix brought them into her burrow sans ‘time windows’ for her peace of mind.

“What do you want us to do Ladybug?” Bunnix asked.

That was the question…

They tracked that the issue began with what let Robin identify her in the first place. The most likely culprit was the flaming akuma… if Alix went as Bunnix and helped Ladybug catch the butterfly or got it someone else, then Robin would never have identified her, and their current situation wouldn’t be happening.

She wouldn’t be hunted by the Ghosts of Gotham.

But then… her team wouldn’t exist, not as it does.

Chat wouldn’t know who she is.

She wouldn’t exist.

She… she wasn’t willing to give that up.

“We’re not undoing the past.”

Bunnix nodded, gliding around the empty space.

Mr. Kubdel opened and closed his mouth before finally offering his own suggestion. “Perhaps, we could capture them.”

Marinette ran over that option. It wasn’t bad. Not by a long shot… but the capture would deprive Gotham of its vigilantes…

“We only keep Robin, any others captured are cut loose as soon as possible and removed.”

“But Robin is the one that knows your identity,” Bunnix reminded her.

“The others probably figured it out already. But that’s not why we’re keeping him.”

Mr. Kubdel gestured for her to clue them in.

“Remember what the Aesir and Vanir did to end their dispute?”

Mr. Kubdel searched his memories until it hit him. “Ah. That.”

Marinette nodded. “Add in a game of chase, move to the home turf, and we have our plan.”

“And you’re bait?” Bunnix checked, no longer moving about as she absorbed the plan.

--

If you were a civilian in Paris, you might catch sight of what must be someone’s idea of a joke. As not only were there Big Justice Members running around with your local heroes—who up until this point had only worked with one other group (Quantics) who were Europe-based.

But seeing some guy in black with a bluebird on his chest go head to head with Rena, Miss Sting and a very pissed off Monkey King and Pegasus (since when does he get mad like that? Kid looks like he’s going to end Bluebird) was not a sight you were able to process at the moment. Wonder Woman joining the group was the cherry on top. and Carapace was moving civilians out of the way and sometimes caging them all in Shelter.

You also catch an enraged Chat Noir and Ryuuko tearing after some fashion disaster in a cape down the street. A cape for godsake. In broad daylight. Green Lantern was flying after them, and since when does Chat’s suit… move? Like, you’re pretty sure that’s not normal… at all.

Ryuuko and Fashion Disaster (FD for short) are sword fighting. Chat is attacking FD at any opening. Viperion is with them, sometimes shouting directions. Green Lantern seems to be keeping the fight from spilling over.

A check on the Miraculous News App shows pics of Fashion Disaster trying to get too close to the baker’s daughter. You know, the one that kind of slips the heroes snacks and is seen with Chat randomly at her balcony? The one you’re 30% sure he’s crushing on and in some war with Ryuuko for the heart of. Why else would the two be seen so often around it?—Akuma school is across the street.

You blink a few times when you realize that baker’s daughter is visibly scared of FD (and you’d be too if a random Mask with a sword showed up) and apparently had Bunnix with her at the time to help move faster.

That meant whatever happened in another time had to be bad…

Bunnix mentioned that in the world where she went Princess Justice there wasn’t much to stop her…

You can see why the team is a tad… okay, really overzealous. You’re pretty sure Chat tried to cataclysm FD after Ryuuko sent him flying with the air attack.

You manage to get a better view (For the People! and not to mock the villain later—no siree!) of the Bluebird fight. Dude gets taken down by a combination of things in short sucession—Monkey King landing a hit with his power, Wonder Woman’s lasso (through a portal—good on you Pegasus!) that he got pulled through, a flute to the head by Best Girl Rena, and paralyzed by your favorite striped heroine.

The take down shocked FD and Green Lantern caged the guy (teen? Kid? They look small.) and moved them over by Wonder Woman and her group, some of whom dispersed to recharge.

Never claim Bruce is not a dedicated parent. The best? He hopes not. The worst? He has met Stephanie’s parents, and he is far from them. And Cas’s. And he knows he’s not as bad as Rah’s. He is dedicated (and a serial adopters, but shhh). How does he know this?

He managed to reactivate his kid’s trackers and noted where they intersected and looked into properties, deeds, and children in the school across from the bakery Stephanie and Cass had taken to camping out in when not at their hotel rooms. So far, he narrowed down his daughter to three possible candidates—Mireille Caquet, Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Laura Pretre. The only three girls in the age range he suspects Ladybug is in (he paid attention to the early videos and crossed her references, videogames and knowledge of the teens’ involved (re: knowing their names before the class became an akuma gold mine).  They are also the only three from his candidate pool who were adopted or single mother of the right age to have caught his younger self’s attention—a few interviews of the heroes let slip that Ladybug’s parents and her team’s parents are unaware of what they do, and her vicious support for child support and adoptive parents in a few akuma instances gave credit to her belonging to one of those two groups.

It was between Marinette and Laura in his opinion—they both ran a fashion boutique online. Mireille was a model the two shared, but still a possibility.

Jason was helped him narrow it down—a consolation for being stuck in bed and not allowed on patrol for the night. Apparently he was also trying to call off the identity search in-person to prevent any accidental identity reveals and prevent further stressing of “Lady Bat”.

Bruce may have smiled at the nickname. He doubted his daughter would appreciate it, but nicknames had a strange habit of sticking if Jason gave it… for better or worse in Tim’s case. (He was glad that Replacement was replaced with Tiny Tim, Timbo and Timmy).

He also noted that the girls were intent on Gabriel Agreste being Hawkmoth… and had a strange obsession with his relationship to Mayura given their search histories. Tim was still deciding between designers, and he did note that Marinette ranked highly on there… which was both a relief and terrifying.

That meant everyone but his daughter’s “business conduct supervisor” (Adrien Agreste, only son of Gabriel Agreste, primary candidate as Hawkmoth) had been akumatized and someone she had to personally fight while they hurled who knew what at her. He doubted it was good for her mental health. (Not that he has much room to talk, but still.)

Damian and Dick were refusing to respond to his messages, and likely engaged in something.

Until Green Lantern lit up his screen with a pained look. “Bats, this is not what I meant by get your house in order.”

The view panned to Nightwing and Robin currently held by a very pissed off Wonder Woman. With Chat Noir glaring at Robin, something off with his suit.

Batman sighed deeply. “I told you those two weren’t responding since Robin returned with Red Hood last night.”

Green Lantern looked at someone off screen, clearly taking commands from them.

“Uh, yeah… We’re having Supergirl get the other three back Stateside. Miss Sting and Chat want to interrogate these two since Robin was caught around a civilian they keep an eye on.”

Batman could hear what wasn’t being said. Robin went to talk to Ladybug’s civilian identity and it blew up in his face.

“… are any of you allowed to be present to monitor the interrogation?”

He doubted the teens would get violent. (he hoped) but there were too many unknowns.

A hiss from Chat Noir ended his ‘not likely to get violent’ train of thought. His one of his sons was caught stalking their leader, who he has previously tried to kill, and another aimed a gun at a member of their team. Violence was on the table.

And he couldn’t do a damn thing about it.

“Ladybug will choose who comes.”

Robin looked up at him from the background. “Permission to ask Father a question?”

There was a moment when everyone turned to the figure off screen, likely Miss Sting given Ladybug’s refusal to be in the Justice League’s presence.

Robin turned back to the screen, Hal moving closer to give him a better view of Robin. HE was largely unbruised on his face and his breathing was even. Positive indicators.

“Am I allowed to unmask?”

Batman froze. Jason looked up from his spot. He could feel Babs choking on something in shock.

Hal and Diana reacted somehow, but they weren’t in screen.

He meant to do this far later. When she adjusted. To her alone, and later let her team know. ease them into it—there was no knowing one of their identities without knowing the rest. Not with how Ladybug’s mind worked. And he doubted she kept many secrets from her team.

“…I am not opposed to it. Preferably keep it to those you trust with that knowledge alone.”

Robin nodded. “Understood Father.”

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When Ladybug showed up, she could feel everyone’s eyes on her. She ignored it as best she could, especially the silent Nightwing and Robin… possible assassins. Sent by her biological father who never even met her. it was going to be a long plan execution (and gods, she still needed to double check on the Hawkmoth as Gabriel theory and work out how to remove him from the company without screwing over a decent chunk of the fashion industry workers from design, store front to manufacturers and suppliers. And emotional whiplash of Hawkmoth trying to kill his own son twice. And the times he tried to manipulate her into Princess Justice and have it Stick in the timeline).

All it took was one look at Pegasus. One look and she blocked all the other issues swimming in her mind.

“Ah, we’re going there then… It’s a good thing Cowboy is resting for the moment…” Pegasus shook his head. “Voyage!”

Ladybug looked them over.

“Chat, Miss Sting, Rena, and Pegasus, I need you with me. The rest of you, patrol or return to civilian life until I return. If you come across an akuma, jar them. Contact us if you need a fix only.”

Carapace nodded, looking over at Kim and Alix. “We won’t let you down.”

Ladybug nodded, her eyes narrowing at the two League members present. She was still debating contacting the ‘only in an emergency do you contact this rogue branch’ group… they were once lead by a Chat Noir candidate, or still were… she wasn’t clear on that detail. What she did know is they went by League of Shadows in the book, but it was noted they favored violent forms of destruction, and she wasn’t sure if they needed that method… didn’t want them to need it either.

But the book stated the Amazons were loyal to Ladybugs. “Wonder Woman, please ensure the Bats are out of my city before we return.”

“Of course Ladybug.”

She turned to the Green Lantern. A shakier alliance with the lanterns historically, but also known to tell the Ghosts of Gotham off, and so far he’s shown a high favor of her team’s stance over his technical ally’s. Perhaps a personal grudge, or maybe the Justice League operated more like Gabriel’s company—a chain of command, specific roles somewhat dependent on each other, and no one had to like one another…

Wonder Woman was better to ensure the Bats left.

Green Lantern was the one holding Robin in his ring. And his “Core” as the book said, was most responsive to Ladybug who didn’t hesitate to protect others and themselves at once. That they showed a level of comradery during times when the Order followed philosophies that could be linked the idea of “personal and individual impact upon others with one’s actions and choice” was the exact wording.

She hoped she was doing this right.

“Green Lantern, if you would be so kind as to come with us and bring Murder Robin? You are free to roam once we get there, but don’t try to locate where on earth we are then. It’s the one place Hawkmoth hasn’t been able to reach, and I’d like to keep it that way.”

Green Lantern and Robin both agreed readily.

Nightwing looked like he really wanted to argue. A lot.

Wonder Woman somehow kept him from speaking as they left.

Marinette could finally breath when they entered the Temple. She wasn’t able to bring back the Guardians. She could bring back their scrolls, the library, the training rooms. It also meant they were far from Paris, from Hawkmoth’s reach, and that now the real plan had to be put in action… how to keep the bats out of Paris and her secret identity a secret. (Hawkmoth could wait. She needed time to work that out, and once she was sure, once the nagging doubt and what ifs stopped plaguing her… then she’d look for that solution… maybe Adrien could inherit early or they could arrange for his father to be caught committing tax fraud or something after getting Nooroo and Duusuu? Anything to ensure he was punished for his actions and that Adrien isn’t caught in the crossfire. She can’t lose the literal other half of her soul. She just. Can’t.)

Ladybug paused when she looked over Chat. His suit was… moving. Shadows were moving on his suit. That. That can’t be good.

“Chat, bring Murder Robin somewhere he can’t find a weapon, Miss Sting, make sure no one attacks anyone in any way, am I clear?”

Miss Sting gave a curt Nod while Chat hissed, but relented easily enough.

Green Lantern put a hand on her shoulder while Pegasus ran off to the library, likely to check up on his own additions to the place… bringing it into the twenty-first century was not easy.

“Going to check-in with what’s going on with your Cat?”

Ladybug glanced at him. “He’s my partner.”

“Pretty sure that’s what a Black cat is for a Ladybug,” Green Lantern said.

Ladybug didn’t respond, moving away from him and Rena to message Alix to find out what shadows have to do with the Black Cat… and if she needs to worry about a second Atlantis event.

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so things are happening because Mari is Smart Strategist, Protect Mari Squad is a force to be reckoned with (teen superheros love local baker daughter that gives them food and lets them hang out), Kubdels Know Their Timelines (Sort of) and Wonder Woman and Hal know better than pissing of a Ladybug while Bruce is off Suffering and Putting Shit Together.

and yeah, Damian is both the one who started this, and the one that Marinette wants to confront, (plus respects her secret ID rights unlike Certain Bats who made it a competition) so he gets First Meet rights in the way None Of Them Wanted.

anyone who wants to add to the madness, feel free to comment possible things and i'll see what sticks and doesn't.

fight scenes are Not My Best so i tried where I could (Sorry to batfam fans who wanted Dick to be Badass. he's up against Diana and four miraculous members directly PLUS carapace 'i am locking you into this space now' shelter? he's good but its Wonder Woman and five demi-god level heroes raised on adapt and overcome heroing. long battle but he was going to lose.) Damian's fight is left up to interpretation but Team-Work makes the Dream Work for this story.

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