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Ladies and Gentlemen: Stephan Vladislav

So, a lot of you have been requesting a part two of this story so here it is. It won’t be as long as the last one, just so you know. I‘ve been skimming the web for pictures that match the image of Stephan Vladislav in my head and this is what I came up with. Just imagine him with black hair and the same clothes I described him with in ‘Ladies and Gentlemen: Him’. Enjoy!

It wasn’t a challenge figuring out Adrien and Chat Noir were one in the same.

Honestly, the parallels were obvious. The selfishness, the inability to take anything seriously, and not to mention the same whiny and annoying voice.

Stephan didn’t really pay the heroes any mind before discovering Bratdrien’s identity. He thought that it was a miracle that Ladybug was at least mature about fights and handling the public. Where as Adrien treated heroing as a means to be a celebrity. Because it wasn’t enough that all of Paris viewed him a ray sunshine.

The ravenette liked fame, but he was a model. Not a hero with the weight of an entire city on their shoulders.

He didn’t think Adrien would stoop this low.

What is he saying?

He saw it coming a mile away.

The Russian boy leaned closer to the door of Marinette’s bedroom to get a clearer view of what that mangy alley cat was telling her.

The two were partners on an assigned project from Bustier about the heroes of Paris in honor of Hero’s Day. It was due in two weeks and Marinette suggested they should get started with it and invited him over.

”Hey, Princess? I don’t think you should associate yourself with that Stephan guy. He sounds like bad news,” Chat said in a voice Stephan was sure he thought sounded concerned. The ravenette did his best to remain calm and in control.

”Stephan? He seems so nice. He defends me whenever a certain someone tries to pull their little tricks,” Marinette rose to Stephan’s defense immediately. Said boy felt his heart flutter warmly. Even in the face of a hero, beloved by all of Paris (that wouldn’t last long if Stephan could help it!) she was able to stand up for him.

His affection for the Asian girl grew.

”But he caused Lila’s akuma a week ago. Not to mention he‘s been bullying a kid named Adrien. How can you feel ok with hanging out with someone’s bully?” Adrien asked in his same trademark disappointed voice. Stephan rolled his eyes. As if there weren’t other obvious ways to reveal your identity. Who ever considered the blonde would make a good hero had to be a senile old man or something.

”Oh really?” The Russian was momentarily surprised at the disdainful tone the blunette’s voice took, “If your so worried about akumas, then why do you never complain when Chloe went around being the primary cause of akumanizations? Yes she’s gotten better, but that doesn’t change the fact that Adrien was friendly with her back when she was a bully. So did he ever think about how we would feel when ever he hung out with her. And don’t even get me started on Lila. Adrien wouldn’t know a manipulator even if it slapped him in the face. For someone who’s never been bullied, he’s quick to force everyone to feel sorry for them.”

Stephan could feel the surprise coming from Chat as Marinette unknowingly insulted Adrien to his face. On the other hand, a smirk creeped onto his face. It seems Bratdrien had unknowingly created skeletons in his closet even before the Russian had moved to Paris.

It was perfect.

It would be too suspicious if all the problems with Adrien started up when Stephan enrolled in Francois Dupont. If he brought up unflattering things Adrien did in the past when he wasn’t present, it would be a much more believable and clever way of getting rid of him.

The stupid cat continued his “higher than thou” speech disguised as a lecture, “I don’t know what Stephan’s been telling you but Adrien’s right. Making a bad guy suffer won’t change them into a good guy.”

By this point, Stephan prepared to enter the room until Marinette said something that made him stop.

”Then, why are you and Ladybug fighting Hawkmoth?,” the Russian heard her say accusingly.

”What?” Came the alley cat’s choked response.

”If making a bad guy suffer doesn’t work to make them a good guy, than why are you still fighting Hawkmoth?” The fashion designer repeated again.

“W-what? Because he’s a terrorist! And if we don’t stop him, he’ll just continue making everyone miserable!” Stephan could tell that Adrien was beginning to falter.

”That’s exactly the case with bullies,” Marinette shut him down with certainty.

”Bullies aren’t Hawkmoth or Mayura. That’s different.”

”Is it though? Adrien told me that exposing Lila was a bad idea. And now look what happened; she got me expelled, ruined my and my friends reputations in class, and turned them against us. I should have never listened to a person who has no experience with dealing with bullies,” the Asian girl was clearly getting frustrated with the conversation.

Stephan was proud of his soon to be girlfriend. When he first met her, she was hesitant and only kept her head down when the class accused her of what the Italian girl told them. It seemed the ‘girls night outs’ that Chloe and Alya dragged her to were doing wonders for her confidence.

“Adrien’s new to the social life. You have no right to talk about him like he’s the bad guy,” For someone meant to be a hero, he let his emotions and personal problems guide his actions.

”Than he has no business in being disappointed with me whenever I defend myself. And please, it’s been a year and a half since Adrien attended public school. If he still doesn’t understand social situations by now, it’s because he doesn’t want to learn,” Marinette dismissed Chat’s defense of the blonde.

”How could you say that?” Adrien’s voice was judgmental.

Marinette sighed, “Even if Adrien is an enabler, I don’t want him to get bullied. I’ll try asking Stephan about it. Just leave, Chat.” Stephan swore quietly in Russian. He had taken to verbally tearing Adrien apart in private and even worse when they were around others. Of course, he did it subtly, there was no doubt Marinette might pick up on it if he did it again. Looks like he’ll have to find another tactic to make Bratdrien miserable. Not including ruining Chat Noir’s reputation.

And he knew just how to do it.

When the leather clad hero (thankfully) left, Stephan waited for two more minutes before entering Marinette’s bedroom to avoid her suspicion of eavesdropping.

The Russian was relieved when the Asian girl didn’t bring up what Chat had told her. But Adrien was going down.

After the class president stunt, the model thought that the blonde boy would have enough sense not to mess with Stephan Vladislav. He had no idea who taught the blonde model to be this pathetic but it truly was a shame.

Stephan knew it didn’t have to be like this. He never wanted it to be like this. He didn’t want to have to shove Adrien into the dirt like the miscreant he was, but he was making it too easy.

A part of him was flattered. The Agreste heir saw him as that much of a threat that he had to use his hero persona in a failed attempt to get Marinette to side with his civilian counterpart.

He had a plan. He and Marinette finished a good portion of the projects and parted ways. He made sure to behave like a gentleman, a side he only saved for her to combat Chat Noir’s opinion on him and make the bluenette doubt the leather clad hero.

The two just blended together as the designer genuinely enjoyed Stephan’s company. She felt her heart flutter and cheeks warm whenever he smiled at her. She never experienced any of this with Adrien. He even earned Tikki’s seal of approval.

Later, the young Vladislav surfed the internet and leveled every media sight he could find. He even ventured into the wasteland that was tabloid blogs for anything he could use to discredit Chat Noir. Through his internet dive, he found one blog; The Trashiness of Chat Noir. The user’s name was ‘Noir-salt’. On it was countless videos and clips of the leather clad boy making jokes and goofing off during fights. Following was pictures of the alley cat flirting with a clearly uncomfortable Ladybug. Getting into her space, kissing her hand, and even the kiss from ‘Oblivio’.

Stephan’s face was nearly folded in two from the grin that played on his lips. The blog itself wasn’t popular, but that was about to change today. He quickly copied the link of the blog and opened his Instagram and Twitter accounts. He then created new posts with the link attached to them and published it for the world to see.

He even posted them in the comments in one of Alya’s most recent post. Opening up the Face-to-Face website with Nadia Chamack, he submitted the blog for daily news under his name. The combination of Chat’s less than stellar behavior paired with the fact that Stephan Vladislav himself submitted would be too hard to ignore.

The fallout was epic.

The news spread like wild fire. Nadia broadcasted it to all of Paris. Television screens analyzed and ripped apart Chat Noir to shreds. The whole scandal resulted in Parisians coming out and explaining how they each suffered Chat Noir’s incompetence. Mr. Rainer in particular told the local news about how the leather clad boy pestered him often about how he felt. Implying heavily if he felt any negative emotions and sulking when he replied that he felt fine.

This sparked city ride outrage. How could a hero want the citizens he swore to protect fall victim to Hawkmoth?

Said villain was having a field day with the negative emotions that swallowed Paris like a tidal wave. Several akumas came out of the blow up, all of them with the same single minded goal; vengeance against Chat Noir who they deemed to be a false hero.

A slight feeling of momentary guilt crept up his spine as he saw how heart broken Alya and Nino looked. They all sat in the Bakery along with two other friends; Luka and Kagami.

Luka strummed soothing melodies on his guitar to calm everyone’s tense nerves. Kagami appeared agitated as she continued scrolling through the blog which started it all. Nino was calming down a furious Alya who looked ready to burn everything down if someone so much as blinked at her the wrong way. Chloe raved on and on about how she knew all along that the ‘mangy cat wasn’t good enough for Ladybug. Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous!’

They were all targets in Hawkmoth’s firing range.

Stephan wrapped a comforting arm around Marinette who seemed down in the dumps ever since the news aired. He supposed it made sense. The way Chat Noir spoke to the bluenette seemed way to familiar for it to only have happened once. The Russian assumed that Marinette felt betrayed by someone who she considered a friend.

Little did he know how deep the betrayal went. Marinette knew the feline hero had his flaws, but didn’t they all? Except, with all the evidence and the public’s negative opinion, the weight of Chat’s behavior hit her like a freight train.

The Asian girl felt like she had been doused in cold water. She leaned into Stephan‘s embrace, the only form of comfort she could find. She considered Chat to be her best friend, one in a million. Sure, the way he professed his love for her on patrol and on the battle field was grating on her nerves. Not to mention him declaring that they were soulmates because of their miraculous.

So it had been an absolute shock to hear just how much people had been suffering from Chat’s inability to take anything seriously. Injuries, destroyed house, and even in the rare instances: death.

She shivered at how awful in must have been to watch civilians die, even if it was just a few. No wonder all of Paris was furious at the leather clad boy.

Her musings were interrupted with a loud crash located from outside and several screams.

As it turns out, a seven year old boy who looked up to Chat Noir felt so betrayed and hurt that he wanted to learn what else the cat was hiding behind his charismatic persona. Thus, he became the akuma ’Heads and Tails‘ because there are two sides to every person.

The child revealed all that he could. Projections were scattered all across Paris displaying each of the hero’s misdeeds: Chat Noir’s childish behavior, how he left during fights whenever Ladybug wouldn’t cater to his tantrums, and how much said spotted heroine struggled to defeat more of the stronger akumas the moth villain created.

Any slack the citizens wanted to give the leather wearing hero was subsequently destroyed, especially since Heads and Tails’ had projector like powers and broadcasted the past events for everyone and their mother to see.

But their was one particular clip that made everyone in the bakery‘s hearts stop. They were currently outside after having followed the noise of the first crash the akuma made.

”That’s Marinette’s room!” Alya screamed in horror.

The projector portrayed a very familiar scene to Marinette. When her room was destroyed by Baby August’s akuma. And Chat just standing there trying to get a kiss from Ladybug. Everyone watching was horrified. They knew it was possible the Chat Noir wasn’t aware of some of the injuries or deaths he may have caused but to see one happening in front him and focus on flirting with Ladybug who was clearly trying to do her job?

Luka and Nino were in complete shock, Alya and Chloe looked at the projection in enraged disbelief, Kagami as well as Marinette’s parents looked ready to throw down, and Marinette looked like a deer in headlights.

Stephan was furious. He would make sure that Adrien would never see the light of day ever again.

He swore it.

The aftermath of the akuma had left people grumbling about the mangy alley cat. Celebrities made their disapproval known, especially Jagged Stone who had blasted the feline hero in his last concert and how dare he put his honorary niece in danger.

Coincidentally, the Leather clad boy was no where to be seen. But Stephan knew that Adrien’s reputation as Chat was beyond repair and was most likely waiting for the storm to pass like the cowardly waste of space he was.

The Russian boy enjoyed everyone moment when someone for their class would make a jeer about the leather wearing hero and watching the blonde model wilt in on himself whenever someone else added in their two cents.

Lila made a whole spectacle about the ordeal. ‘Poor Ladybug’ and ‘I told her Chat Noir was bad news and that I would have made a better partner!’

Little did she know her grip on the class was slowly wavering courtesy of Stephan.

He had decided to take a round about approach to dismantling the liar rather than outright laying the evidence down. Knowing her, she‘d probably say it was fabricated. Knowing the class, they’d be gullible enough to believe it.

He started with Alya. Whenever Lila mentioned her many ‘celebrity connections’ and how she could ‘totally introduce you to them. They see me as family,’ Stephan would pull some strings to get his friends to meet some.

The ravenette casually brought up that it would be a good idea for Alya to start another blog for her reporting. It’s always a good idea to have multiple for when she applied to colleges.

“Yeah, I have been thinking about it for a while. But what would I report? I’m so used to akuma fights, everything else just seems so stale compared to that,” Alya admitted.

”Why not a few celebrities and debunking articles? I can get you in contact with some,” Stephan offered as ran his hands through his curly black hair.

”No way. That’ll make me feel like I’m using you. Besides Marinette already helped the Ladyblog by getting me my first interview with Ladybug. I want to try this on my own,” Alya explained while scrolling through the new blog she was creating.

”Word on the street is countless news stations are fighting tooth and nail to get you to intern with them. I’m sure they can supply you with what you need. And since they are doing so because of your talent, it would be less of you using me and more of me giving you a little nudge,” he finished with a smirk.

And that’s exactly what he did. He teamed up with Marinette to convince Alya to start up another blog and except a summer internship at a local news station.

Since Clara Nightingale adored Marinette and her friends, she easily agreed to an interview when Stephan reached out to her. The interview was a hit and ‘A Scoop of Paris’, Alya’s new blog for Paris related news, took off.

With Nino, it was the same thing. Adam Rachad, a well known Parisian director and music producer, had seen Nino‘s popular website, Turtle Pictures and wanted to extend a favor and collaborate with him. Stephan contacted him with Nino present and organized phone call with Nino present. When the glasses wearing boy sealed the deal, he gave the model the biggest hug.

Chloe was more complicated. While the blonde female was still into business, it wasn’t a secret to Stephan that she wanted her mother’s attention. So, the Russian boy met and spoke to the Style Queen at her next fashion show displaying her new summer coming line. It was still April, but it might has well have been summer due to the warm weather.

At first, the Fashion Queen was skeptical about letting her daughter model like the young Vladislav had suggested, he heavily implied that Chloe had the summer looks, not to mention the fact that she bore a similar resembling to Audrey herself could make the world go wild.

Chloe’s first photoshoot happened a week after. The camera just loved her. When #QueenChloeBourgeois and #ModelQueenBourgeois began trending on Twitter, Audrey congratulated Chloe (using her real name) and called her exceptional for the second time, the addressed blonde shed a few tears.

She bought a large graphic camera setup as her way of say thanks without thanking him along with a note that said: “Now I know for sure that you’re good enough Dupain-Cheng. Go get her Vlad.”

Stephan‘s cheeks reddened at the implication but he had to admit that it felt good to have the best friend stamp of approval.

It wasn’t even a few days before Lila started her bragging again. This time about exotic restaurants around Paris and the celebrities she ate with.

In retaliation, Stephan took his friends out to eat at a luxury restaurant across town. He assured them that he would be paying when their concern about expenses were brought up. And they best part? It was his own money. Because of his talent with a camera, he received many internships every time they moved before coming to France, so he amassed a lot of wealth on his own. He may be rich but he also enjoyed being independent. Which was more than he could say for Adrien.

The food was exquisite. Alya and Chloe made sure to take as many photos of the place. Alya for her blog, and Chloe to shove it in Lila and her sheeps’ faces.

They didn’t get to meet a celebrity but seeing Marinette so happy and starstruck was worth. After all, he planned to take her here more often when they hopefully began dating, but he still had yet to ask her.

At first, he had only done this to slowly expose Lila for the fraud that she was, but as he continued, he realized that he enjoyed making the others happy. Before coming to France, Stephan was selfish, manipulative, confident, and cared only about himself and his goals. The only exceptions were his parents.

He was still selfish and manipulative, but he was willing to used those traits to fight for people he cared about. Not that he would ever say it out loud.

Anything Lila had claimed she could do or had done Stephan had done ten times over. So much so that even the sycophantic cult began to notice. The Italian was so busy sharing her stories that she hadn’t noticed the way several faces would twist into slight annoyance and discomfort.

And that’s exactly how they felt. They all saw the pictures of Stephan and the others. How could they not when they were blowing up on social media? Seeing their careers take off while they waited for Lila to introduce them to celebrities she had been bragging about for over a year. It made them bitter and resent her.

What was the point of telling them about her ’amazing life’ if she couldn’t even prove it? They all stewed while they listened to Ms. Mendeleiev’s lecture about the human ears and hearing until Rose raised her hand.

“Can you get tinnitus from being to close to an airplane engine?” The question sounded innocent enough.

The purple haired teacher turned to the pixie blonde before raising an eyebrow and answering her inquiry, “No. Tinnitus is a ringing in the ear. If you were to be exposed to an air plane engine you’d go deaf.”

It was like a fog had been lifted.

After class, Ms. Bustier’s students researched everything Lila told them. Every grand trip, tales of celebrities, every award. Part of them didn’t want to do this. They didn’t want to believe that their golden ticket was lying to them. But with all the talk and no action, it aroused their suspicion.

They found nothing. Nothing at all.

It didn’t take long for them to come running back to the others they had isolated from the class, but they didn’t react the way they’d hoped. Marinette and Nino accepted their apologies but made it clear that they weren’t going to be friends again. Alya and Chloe didn’t bother to hide their resentment and held a grudge against the class. Stephan never cared much about them and never made an emotional connection, so he was unbothered.

But it was obvious that the group had left them behind. They all were reaching new heights while the students of Bustier’s class were left to pick up the pieces of their dreams. Not before ripping into the liar in front of the entire school the next day.

Adrien tried to meekly defend Lila. She was just looking for some friends. The blonde saw no need to isolate the Italian the way they did. She would end up miserable and alone.

Stephan snorted before asking slyly why Adrien would defend someone who had been actively harming and manipulating his ‘friends’. As expected, the clueless sheep immediately got on Adrien’s case. Said model only backed down when several classmates began questioning their friendship.

Pfft. The young Vladislav opened up the class group chat on his spare phone. He had found Alix’s phone lying around and used it to invite his anonymous account into the chat group. He quickly sent an audio recording and waited for the fireworks.

Notification bells dinged throughout the classroom asynchronously. Each student reached into their pockets, desks, and backpacks for their phones and confusion crept onto their faces as they saw the recording anonymous user had sent.

”Does anyone know who this is?” Mylene asked the gathered students.

”Not sure. I don’t think anyone in this class is anonymous,” Alix answered.

”There is a 67% chance that this is a hacker. The other 33% are unknown,” Max was as statistical as always as he pushed up his glasses.

”Well, let’s see what it is! It can’t hurt right?” Sabrina piped up as she pressed play.

Total silence filled the room as Adrien’s voice was heard. The room had dropped several degrees when they heard the blonde admitting to knowing Lila was a liar. Not to mention gaslighting Marinette into staying quiet.

It was the recording from when Stephan had first threatened the blonde model. He cut out the threats of course.

When the recording finished, dirty looks, glares, and eyes of betrayel landed on the Agreste heir who had paled dramatically.

There was a beat of silence before everyone began screaming in unison. How could Adrien just stand their and watch as Lila lied to them? Said blonde tried to defend himself but it became increasingly clear that the class wasn’t having it. Alix declared her friendship with Adrien over, the others following suit.

Stephan and the others in the back just watched as the chaos unravel like a ball of yarn. Ms. Bustier finally arrived and silenced the classroom to begin the day’s lesson.

Throughout the lecture, students occasionally threw glares in Adrein’s direction. He did his level best not to make eye contact with anyone.

No one saw the rougish smile that Stephan wore. He had warned the blonde to stay out of his way. Had he listened, the Russian wouldn’t have had to make him miserable. That’ll teach him.

Meanwhile, Adrien was going through the hell Stephan created for him.

First, Lila was exposed as a liar. He felt sorry for her. Then some anonymous account revealed that he knew of the Italians lies. Everyone was angry at him for remaining silent. What would they know? He just didn’t want her to get akumatized. He just knew it was Stephan who had done it. It was only the two of them in the hallway and Stephan’s threats were cut out, only incriminating Adrien.

His father was still furious for letting Nicolas Vladislav claim Marinette as his intern. If only Stephan had stayed out of the way. Now Gabriel was barely even talking to him.

He couldn’t even enjoy being Chat Noir anymore to cheer himself up. After the fallout that destroyed his reputation, he received backlash from every prominent website. He couldn’t even go out on patrol without someone glaring at him and spitting hateful comments. And yet again, it was all Stephan’s fault. He never once considered himself to be at fault. After all, it was Ladybug who refused him.

And when he had tried to visit Marinette as Chat to try and remove the cotton from her eyes, she insulted him as Adrien and as Chat Noir at the same time! It was so frustrating!

The blonde was having trouble coping. He was so used to being loved and adored by the general public that he thought it impossible for anyone to hate him. Now that both of his personalities were under fire, there was no where he could hide behind or escape to.

It was a miracle he was still managing to keep his grades steady. The blonde wanted support, but Plagg was also giving him the cold shoulder as he did his best to fend off the ravenette’s attacks.

In his loneliness, he threw himself into modeling. The one thing that Stephan Vladislav couldn’t take from him. Until he did.

After the plethora of photo shoots Adrien had done and the many Stephan had accomplished, people began theorizing that the two models had some sort of rivalry.

The weren’t wrong.

Gabriel was pleased with his son‘s change of attitude and the prospect of potentially rivaling Nicolas Vladislav’s fashion company.

Sunshine vs Eclipse was all the fashion world could talk about. There were billboards of each model. Each one trying to one up the last.

Laurice Vladislav loved it. She loved the idea so much that she created a new magazine cover for the rivalry. A phot shoot Adrien was supposed to have already booked.

Stephan looked over his reflection in the mirror after the stylists left. He smiled, satisfied with what he saw. The smile quickly turned into something darker when he saw a familiar face on the reflective surface.

Spinning his chair around, the Russian model fixed an amused expression at the blonde model, “Do want to take a picture? We’re about to start the photo shoot in two minutes. You’ll be able to keep one of me if you want. It’ll last longer.”

Adrien didn’t laugh.

”Are you happy now? You’ve turned everyone against me and ruining my life!” he bit out, the frustration boiling too wildly for him to tame.

”So? I gave you a choice. I told you to stay away from Marinette. You didn’t. I told you to stay out of my way and keep your head down. You also didn’t. I wasn’t about to let some scion get in the way of my goals and Marinette’s affection,” Stephan raised his eyebrows in a way that showed how little he cared for the blonde’s misfortune.

Adrien glared at him with the same amount of venom the Russian would expect from a peasant. He rolled his eyes at the weak intimidation attempt.

”You’ve turned Marinette into a bad person. She doesn’t want to be friends with anyone in the class anymore. I bet you don’t even care her or the others. Knowing you, you’re probably just using them for your own ends,” the blonde spat. He didn’t bother mentioning that the ravenette had also ruined being Chat Noir for him, single handedly ripping away his freedom from him.

The look Stephan gave him was awful. That was probably the worst thing Adrien could’ve said in that moment.

Stephan marched forward and grabbed Adrien by his collar, “You shut your mouth. I care about Marinette more than you ever did. I went out of my way to help the others. I spent time with her. Listened to her. Comforted her when akumas came after her after a bad day. I never pushed her. I respect her boundaries. I don’t invalidate her feelings like you do. And I certainly don’t expect her to play nice with her bully. Even if she doesn’t except my feelings, I‘d be more than happy to recieve her friendship,” Yes he would be absolutely crushed as Marinette was the first and only person he fell so hard for. He went out his way to sabotage and threaten someone just to be with her. But he wasn’t planning to confess to her yet.

Slowly but surely, Stephan had begun to include Marinette into the limelight more and more. First were small gestures like holding hands and standing in close proximity. But not too close as he didn’t want the bluenette to feel uncomfortable. Then it drifted into hugs and more love like gestures. Some of the backgrounds used were the Seine River, the Effie Tower, and various locations used for dates and love confessions. Every passing photo portrayed them as a young couple in love to the entirety of Paris, just what the ravenette had been aiming for. People were already betting on when the two of them would start dating. Stepheinette was what everyone was calling a power couple. Everything was perfect and no piece of cowardly blonde garbage was going to ruin it.

Especially since Kagami, Chloe, and Alya pulled him aside and gave him the shovel talk. Break Marinette’s heart, and they’d break him the same way.

He wasn’t really worried. He hadn’t planned on breaking the blunette’s heart to begin with.

The three girls were very aware of what Stephan was doing and supported it, so long as he wasn’t trying to push himself onto Marinette. Of course , he would never do that. He valued her comfort before his own goals and made sure never to cross any of those lines with her.

Adrien wasn’t backing down, “You claim that you don’t expect her play nice with her bully but your just like Lila!”

The young Vladislav laughed in the blonde’s face.

Adrien sputtered at his reaction, “What’s so funny!?” He demanded.

Stephan calmed down enough to answer Adrien, “You say I’m just like Lila? Please, the two of us are nothing alike. She’s lazy, has no talent, and has a number of delusions. Not counting the one where she thinks her sausage hair is stylish,” He gestured to the space around them, “I achieved everything I’ve done with my own hands. I brought my rivals down with an iron fist. She swears she‘s the master manipulator and liar, but she is so far beneath my level that the idea of someone comparing us is laughable.” The Russian spoke in a smug, vindicated voice.

”You‘re both liars and don’t care about who you hurt to achieve your goals!” The blonde model protested.

”But I thought she was just lonely and in need of friends,” Stephan threw the words that Adrien used to excuse Lila’s actions back in his face.

The blonde in question stammered as he indeed contradicted himself. Now he sounded like a hypocrite. Never mind that he already was one.

The Russian gave a sly grin as he continued to decimate the male in front of him, “I amassed my own money from hard work. I’m intelligent as well as talented. I destroyed the reputation of one of Paris’ most beloved heroes. I decimated countless wealthy people and their reputations in ruins. I made an image for myself. Not just as my father’s son unlike someone. I took over Francois Dupont. Lila and I are nothing alike. Tell me, do you think Lila could achieve all of this?”

There was only silence as his answer.

”I thought so,” he shoved past Adrien as the camera man announced three more minutes before starting.

The blonde could only watch as Stephan left, wordlessly. It dawned on him that he was right.

What could he do against someone like that? He was like a super villain without a costume. He was smart, talented, independent, and self sufficient. While Adrien was still stuck in his father’s shadow.

Life wasn’t fair.

Meanwhile, Stephan smirked as he stood in front of the camera.

He was a King and if you displeased to the King, you get banished. Just ask Adrien or Lila.

Kings get whatever they want, especially if it was a Queen.

(Else where across Paris, Marinette sneezed)

And whenever the Russian saw something he wanted, he would always get it.

He was Stephan Vladislav wasn’t he?

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Awesome!!!! It's really long but an amazing story, pls do an epilogue of them years later as adults and what happened to them...

Hi! I found this Drabble and was curious on how you’d write your own story around it because of how amazing you are! So, if it’s not too much trouble, do you think you could write a Maribat story around this prompt please? Thank you!

“It was gentle moments like this that made her life worth it.  Of course these moments were few and far between, but they were there, and that’s what mattered.  She leaned into the gentle touch, the loving way his fingers ran through her hair.  The rise and fall of his chest.  The warm, beautiful sound of his heartbeat against her ear.  It was wonderful, so wonderful she knew that it wasn’t real.  

She opened her eyes, letting the tears slip down her cheeks as she looked around her cold empty apartment living room.  It had been another dream of something that was impossible.  She had been alone for so long, going outside as little as possible so that her curse of misfortune would not spread.  But she longed to make that dream a reality.

It was strange though, she had similar dreams before, but from what she could tell after studying them was that in every one it was the same boy.  Despite never seeing his face even once, despite never once meeting them, she longed for them.  Longed for the gentle love that they showed her, even if it was only for a moment.”

Hi! So sorry for taking so long! I’m currently in college and it’s killing me slowly, there’s been a lotta ups and downs, and my mental health is realistically not where it should be. Thank you so much for being patient with me, I really should have gotten this done sooner. Also I didn't know which batboi you wanted so I put them all on a wheel and spun it. I also rewrote some of the scenes in Miraculous like Lila's first appearance to make her a bit craftier and such.

I love this prompt! Thank you for suggesting it to me and for your sweet words! I hope you like this super cute Soulmate AU!

Also heads up this is super long and only loosely adheres to canon! The thing is so long because it took so long for me to get this done, one thing led to another and here we are. This thing is pages long and has 23,741 words. P. S, some of this was written on my phone sorry if the formatting is inconsistent! Also, let me know if I miscalculated ticket prices or made mistakes, and I’ll fix it! How I did the math was I googled a Disneyland Paris ticket price, took the highest value, multiplied that by the number of students going (They had a pass for ages 3-17 that I used for the students), and then did adult ticket prices for the two teachers. I multiplied those by seven days and added the results. My result came up to about 9,667 not including tax, so I chucked on a few extra thousand to account for Lila pocketing some of the money. 

TW: swearing, mentions of bullying, and minor violence, hints of PTSD, mentions of death

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Marinette knew the minute she had her first dream about him. She was sitting on a couch in a library working on her designs. A faceless man approached her, holding two mugs, and set one down in front of her, gently kissing her head. Despite her inability to identify this man, she felt safe with him and could feel love and affection swelling in her chest. He set his mug down and sat beside her, chuckling as she snuggled up. In comfortable silence, they worked on their own projects, not a care in the world.

When Marinette woke up that Saturday, she immediately called Alya. "Girl guess what? I just had my first soulmate dream!" She quickly removed the phone from her ear, correctly predicting the excited shriek from Alya. "Oh my gosh, Marinette! This is amazing! Did you see his face? Was it a guy? Was it Adrien?" Marinette jumped out of bed, an extra bit of pep in her step. It was going to be a great day, she knew it! "Yes, it was a guy. I couldn't see his face though... so that rules out Adrien." She hadn't even thought of that. Everyone knew that you wouldn't see your soulmate's face in your dreams until you met them! She would have to face the reality that Adrien was not meant to be hers. Alya heard her tone change, and thought quickly, "That doesn't necessarily mean that! People are reporting that they haven't seen their soulmate's face even though they had already met them in real life because the time wasn't right! Maybe Adrien is your soulmate but now isn't the right time because his supervillain of a father who could make Hawkmoth look like a saint won't let him date. Or girl have you considered that your soulmate could be a superhero? Lois Lane stated that she knew her soulmate before she saw his face in her dreams because he had a secret identity that obscured it! Your soulmate could be Chat Noir," Marinette made a face as she styled her hair, " or one of the vigilantes from Gotham! The way I see it is that you have three options. 1. It is Adrien, it just isn't the right time. 2. You haven't met them yet. 3. It's a superhero." Marinette laughed, "What if they're a supervillain?" "No way girl. You’re too sweet and pure for a villain. Anyways-" An Akuma alarm sounded, cutting their conversation short. "Welp, that's my cue. I gotta go Mari, duty calls!" And with that, Alya hung up to chase down the Akuma, while Marinette shouted out, "Tikki! Spots on!"

There she was, hiking through the woods with her soulmate. She still couldn't see his face, but she immediately knew why they were there. He wanted to show her someplace special, somewhere he'd never taken anyone before. Eventually, they found a stream, and she turned to see her partner rolling up his pant legs and taking off of his boots. "Throw a stick in the water to see how strong the current is. If it's too strong we'll have to turn pack." His voice was slightly garbled so she couldn't identify it, but she could clearly hear what he said. Picking up a stick she tossed it far out into the creek, watching as it lazily floated away. With that, she took off her own hiking boots, and the two made their way into the creek. The water was cold and she almost lost her footing, only to be caught by strong arms and pulled against her soulmate's broad chest. Marinette couldn't help the blush rising to her face as he held her. She could feel his gentle breath by her ear, along with the steady rise and fall of his chest. She could fall asleep listening to his heartbeat. He whispered, "Careful love. I don't want you getting hurt." He helped her stabilize and the two continued to make their way up the creek until-

Marinette woke with a start to the sound of her alarm clock. She cursed the thing, of course, it had to go off when she was getting to the good part. She realized as she rushed to get ready for school that she was able to identify something about her soulmate, they were both adults in this dream. She had been having them for a few months now, but this was the first time she could figure out any detail about when they would meet. It also didn't rule out any of Alya's theories either. She kissed her Maman and Papa and sprinted to school, thanking her lucky stars that she wasn't late. However, she was in for a surprise when she arrived at Mrs. Bustier's classroom. There was a new girl sitting in her seat, while the whole class gathered around her. Alya noticed her and waved her over. "Marinette! This is Lila Rossi! She just transferred here and she's from Italy! Guess what girl? She knows Jagged Stone and Clara Nightingale too! She saved Jagged's cat and he wrote a song for her, and she taught Clara some of her most famous dance moves! She also works with Prince Ali on environmental charities!! She's so amazing!" Marinette paused. Jagged Stone doesn't have a cat, he has Fang the alligator, and Prince Ali focuses on charities for children, not the environment. She could also remember Clara doing all of her own choreography, so her suspicions were already raised. She had serious doubts about the girl in front of her, and despite wanting to voice them she held her tongue. "It's very nice to meet you, Lila! I'm Marinette the class president, welcome to Dupont." Lila looked her up and down and gave her a saccharine smile which only raised Marinette's suspicions even more. "Hello, Marinette! I hope we can be good friends! Alya tells me you like fashion, I happen to be a personal friend of Hubert de Givenchy, so maybe I can introduce you to him!" Marinette's eyes narrowed, Hubert de Givenchy had passed away in 2018, and if Lila really knew him she would have known that. Her classmates looked on with bated breath, clearly believing Lila knew these famous people.

"Oh, you knew him?" Lila nodded, "I was so sad to hear when he passed away in 2018. He really was an inspiration of mine," Marinette said, watching as Lila's eyes widened, but was impressed with how quickly she recovered, "Oh I know! I misspoke earlier, I meant his nephew!" Before Marinette could reply, the bell rang. Alya turned to her and said, "Marinette I hope you don't mind. Lila has really bad tinnitus from when she saved Jagged's cat from getting run over by a plane. She struggles to hear so we gave her your seat." Marinette looked around and noticed no one was in their normal seats. If Lila had her seat, it meant the only place left to sit was alone in the back. "Please don't take this the wrong way, but I really would have appreciated it if you waited for me to get here. I have no problem with Lila sitting there if she needs it I just wish you would have-" Lila cut her off with fake tears, "Oh I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to cause problems I just wanted to be able to hear the lessons! I can move to the back if that makes things better." Shit, she was good. Marinette looked around at her classmates who were now glaring at her. Did they not hear what she said? She had no problem with Lila sitting there if she needed it, she just wished someone would've let her know! "Don't worry Lila, you can stay there it's not your fault. I guess Marinette has decided to have an attitude today," Alix said, glaring at Marinette. "I just said I wished someone would have let me know!" Marinette shouted. "Girl it's just a seat it's no big deal. Why are you acting like a child about this?" Alya crossed her arms looking at her. "It's not even about the seat," Marinette started, "It's about you making a decision that affects me without talking to me about it!" "Well, we figured that since you're our Everyday Ladybug you'd have no problem with it. Come on Mari, you're supposed to be nice." Adrien scolded, and before she could defend herself the second bell rang, signaling the start of class.

She dreamed of walking down the streets of Paris, her soulmate nowhere in sight. However, she felt happy, it was a good day. She was going to her favorite bulk fabric supply store and texting some friends about the project ideas that danced in her head. She wasn't paying attention to where she was going, she knew this path by heart. She was planning on buying fabric to make a new spring line when she ran straight into someone, how embarrassing. Looking up, there was her soulmate, with his clouded face. He chuckled and asked where she was going in such a rush, and she stuttered out an apology. He offered to walk with her, making Marinette smile, they must have done this before many times.

The next few months were rough. Later that first day she had gone to talk to Alya and had presented evidence to prove Lila was a liar, but her best friend had simply shaken her head and told Marinette that jealousy was not a good look on her. Marinette had been stunned, she had nothing to be jealous about until Alya told her that everyone could see Lila had a crush on Adrien. Alya's words still burned in her brain, "I can't believe you Marinette. To try and ruin another girl's reputation because of a crush. You need to take a good look in the mirror." Marinette couldn't fathom why her best friend wouldn't listen to her and decided to go for a patrol as Ladybug. Then while she had been passing by the park, she had overheard Lila telling Adrien that she was the fox hero, Volpina. She had to say something, Lila might not realize how much danger she was putting herself in by making those claims. So she swung down, (and tried her best to keep her cool) and explained to Lila that there was no fox hero and that if Hawkmoth had overheard her she could be in danger. Of course, that caused Lila to get akumatized. To make things worse, a couple of days later Lila had cornered her and threatened her! Despite everything, she still believed her classmates would come around and see the truth.

That was exactly five years ago. Marinette really should have had less faith in the people around her. Lila got her expelled, Alya disavowed their friendship, and Adrien betrayed her worst of all. In his endless quest to avoid any confrontation, he pressured her to keep quiet, and when she didn't he turned his back on her. Marinette had quit trying to expose Lila years ago, but the brunette had kept her promise. Adrien just watched as their class left her out of their plans, destroyed her things, and ripped up her work, among other things. When she confronted him about why he was allowing this to happen, he just shook his head and told her it never would have if she had done what he said. Her heart shattered, and she prayed that her soulmate wasn't Adrien. The only people she had in her corner were her parents, Luka, and Kagami (who had quickly seen through Lila's bullshit after she'd tried to lie her way into Marinette's room), Nino, and Kim (they snapped out of it after Lila accused Marinette of pushing her down the stairs), and she had the newfound support of Nathaniel, Juleka, and Rose. The last three didn't want to rock the boat or have Lila's wrath directed towards them but had expressed seven months ago that they figured out Lila was lying, but after Marinette was nearly knocked into the path of an oncoming car, they began to be more vocal in their opposition. Chloe had also stepped back from tormenting Marinette, the two girls never talked, but were never hostile. Her friends couldn't do much while they were in school, and since they were busy with their own lives, Marinette truly felt alone. Even under the mask as Ladybug she was alone, witch Chat Noir had gotten so frustrated with her constantly refusing his feelings, that he'd almost completely stopped showing up two years ago. Her only solace was that Paris seemed to be on her side with that one, and whenever Chat Noir did emerge he was met with anger from the citizens he'd broken his oath to. On top of all that, Marinette hadn't had a soulmate dream in years, which terrified her to her core. Did her soulmate die?

"Tikki, I haven't dreamt of him in years! What's wrong with me!?" Marinette sobbed, holding onto a pillow on her bed. Most of her days ended like this, with tears. The Kwami were kind enough to protect her from akumas during these times, after realizing that Marinette was only putting herself at risk by bottling up her emotions. Her room had changed since the Lila Era began. She had taken down all of her photos, save a few, her bright pink walls seemed to lose their hue, and she only ever designed for commissions, simply because she knew she needed a portfolio for college. Tom and Sabine had tried their hardest to get their little girl out of Dupont, but her transfer papers kept getting "lost." They tried to get her into therapy, but with Hawkmoth around every therapist had a waitlist that was beginning to enter into years. Tikki was growing more concerned with each passing day, her Chosen was close to breaking. "Oh baby bug, there's nothing wrong with you! Soulmate dreams are different than regular dreams because they're tied to real people in this world. The interesting thing about them is that they show up when you need them." "But I've needed them! I need to know I'm not alone, that I haven't been abandoned, and that the universe doesn't hate me enough to take away everything," Marinette just sobbed harder before she froze, "What if Adrien really is my soulmate and that's why I'm not having dreams? I'm unlucky as it is, so this would be on par for me," Tikki was horrified that Marinette would even think that, and before she could say anything, a new voice cut her off. "No. That brat is not your soulmate, I won't allow it." There was Plagg, in her room, holding a familiar silver ring in his paws. "Pigtails after what he's done to you, as Adrien and Chat Noir," Marinette and the other Kwami gasped, "I won't let him. I won't let him hurt you anymore! Marinette I am so sorry, I should have done this a long time ago, but I let my gluttony and my pity for the kid cloud my judgment. I let him fail you inside and outside of the mask, Kitten I promise you I will never let a black cat holder hurt you again." Plagg nuzzled against her cheek, gratefully accepting Marinette gently kissing his head letting him know all was forgiven. "Besides! His karma is coming for him, but I have to warn you too. He's going to try and pursue you romantically because he doesn't like who his soulmate is." Marinette perked up at that, "Adrien knows who his soulmate is?" Plagg nodded, "Yep. One Lila Rossi. A liar and an enabler, how fitting. He had rejected her because at the time he was still convinced that Ladybug was his soulmate, but now that that's not true, he's turning his attention toward you. He found out from Alya that you had a crush on him, and so even though he knows you aren't his soulmate he's going to try and pursue you anyways." Marinette's brows furrowed, deep in thought. No wonder Lila was so obsessed with Adrien, and it explained why she wanted to get close to him. What Marinette needed was a plan, so she hopped out of her bed and made her way down to the kitchen where her parents were talking. "Maman, Papa. Would it be alright if I took a mental health day tomorrow?" Her parents seemed to light up at the thought, seeing this as an opportunity to give their child a break from her tormentors. "Of course! In fact, why don't you take the whole week off? You're ahead on your work and haven't missed any school this year. We'll call the school tomorrow and take care of everything." Sabine said, right before she and Tom were tackled by their daughter for a hug. With time to plan, Marinette made her way upstairs to begin her work.

It was gentle moments like this that made her life worth it.  Of course, these moments were few and far between, but they were there, and that’s what mattered.  She leaned into the gentle touch, the loving way his fingers ran through her hair.  The rise and fall of his chest.  The warm, beautiful sound of his heartbeat against her ear.  It was wonderful, so wonderful she knew that it wasn’t real.

She opened her eyes, letting the tears slip down her cheeks as she looked around her cold empty room.  It had been another dream of something impossible.  She had been alone for so long, going outside as little as possible so that her curse of misfortune would not spread.  But she longed to make that dream a reality. It was strange though, she had similar dreams before, but from what she could tell after studying it was that it was the same boy she had dreamed of before.  Despite never seeing his face even once, despite never once meeting them, she longed for them.  Longed for the gentle love that they showed her, even if it was only for a moment. Marinette quickly snapped out of her sorrow when she had a realization: She had dreamt of her soulmate again! She couldn't help the smile that crept onto her face. A knocking on her trapdoor snapped her out of her thoughts, and her mother's voice brought her back to reality, "Marinette sweetie? Are you up? I have some news. We couldn't have timed this better, it's your spring break, so we don't need to worry about problems from Damocles or Bustier! Also, your class has left for their trip, so there's no way you'll bump into them! Alright, that's all I've got, go back to sleep." Marinette couldn't sleep, not after hearing that great news! The kwami were already waking up and grabbing their food from the minifridge she kept in her room, while Marinette dashed to her wardrobe. She had made herself an outfit a while ago but was too afraid her classmates would ruin it. It was a short light pink sundress, perfect for today's weather. She was going to spend the day out on the town enjoying her life. She had a considerable chunk of fun money saved up from her commissions and decided that she deserved a self-care day.

She had just left her favorite brunch spot and was making her way to her fabric shop of choice, texting her friends who had gone on the class trip. Marinette was the only one who was purposely excluded from it, and while her friends tried to drop the trip, Mrs. Bustier made them go because if that many people dropped there would be no way the class would hit their fundraising goal. Marinette was pretty sure some of that money was going straight into Lila's pocket, but she wasn't class president and had no way to get her hands on the class's records. Marinette didn't know the average price of sending 13 students plus two teachers to Disneyland Paris, but 12,000 euros seemed like a lot. And the worst part: she was still expected to contribute! Marinette was so wrapped up in the sheer ridiculousness of it all, that she didn't realize where she was going until she ran right into someone! As she began to fall, she felt a strong arm grab her by the waist and suddenly she was standing upright and looking up at the man she had just run into. He was stunning, at least 6'2 with medium-length dark hair he kept neatly styled. His tan skin radiated warmth, and his muscles were clearly defined by the dress shirt he was wearing. As her eyes trailed up from his sharp jawline, she froze when she saw his eyes. They were a rich green, held a deep, almost mysterious gleam, and were as sharp as a panther's. Like the cat, there was something wild about his eyes, hidden just below the surface. The only thought running through her head was a simple, 'He should be Plagg's next holder.' Suddenly the man staring at her let out a deep chuckle that rumbled in his broad chest, "What's the rush little Lily?" His voice was deep, with a sort of sharpness to it, like this kind of conversation was new to him.

"I, I am SO sorry sir! I wasn't paying attention to where I was going and ran into you! I hope I didn't mess up your outfit!" Marinette was in full panic mode, the most attractive man she'd ever seen in her life and she just made a fool of herself. Instead of the rage she expected and was used to, he only smiled, "No harm done. I don't have anywhere I have to be, and besides you only bumped into me, you didn't spill anything on me. Can I ask where you're going? My family has just arrived from the U.S. and I was exploring the city." Marinette blushed, he looked so intimidating, but so far he'd been nothing but kind. Still, she had learned never to drop her guard, but... If he wasn't from here she supposed it wouldn't hurt to be polite. "I'm going to some of my favorite fabric shops in the fashion district... I'm a clothing designer and I was going to pick up some to start working on a spring and summer collection," She decided to take a gamble, "If you have nothing to do I can show you around." He smiled, "I would love that Ms...," "Marinette, and you are?" "Damian." Marinette smiled as the two began to walk toward the fashion district together, "Well it's very nice to meet you, Damian, even if it was in interesting circumstances."

When Damian heard his father talking about going to Paris to investigate the Hawkmoth situation, he quickly volunteered to go along as well. His official pitch was that he was closest in age to the young heroes of Paris, and would have an easier time getting them to talk. He also said it would look good to add a bit of international travel and education abroad to his resume. However, he had a secret reason for wanting to go to Paris: to meet his soulmate. Younger him would have scoffed at the thought, but he was not the same person he was when he first came to his father. Thanks to his brothers and Jon (mostly Jon), he had grown as a person, and now that he was close to graduating high school, he was beginning to think about the rest of his life and how he wanted to spend it. Of course, there were the staples, going to college, starting at least 5 charities for animals, and inheriting the cowl, but a part of him wanted more. A part of him didn't want to be alone. So he started looking back at all the soulmate dreams he'd been having since he was thirteen. Even though he'd dismissed it at that age, he at least had the foresight to write everything down, and using his Batfamily-honed detective skills, he deduced his soulmate was somewhere in Paris. One dream stood out to him, he was standing on a sidewalk in Paris when his soulmate crashed into him. From the way she spoke in the dream, he deduced that this was when they would meet. So there he was, standing on the exact sidewalk in the exact spot. He knew how ridiculous he must've looked as he texted his family, his official story being that he was going to look for clues about the heroes. Right as he was about to reply to a snarky text from Tim, he felt a small mass crash into him with way more force than it should have. He quickly spun around and caught the woman, and as he stabilized her he was able to get a good look at her. The first thing Damian noticed was how small she was, at least compared to him, however, she did have quite a bit of lean muscle. Her skin was pale, with a slight pink undertone to contrast her shoulder-length ebony hair. Her cheeks were lightly dusted pink with small patches of freckles, and her lips were ruby red. She almost resembled a porcelain doll. She was gorgeous, but what really took his breath away was her eyes. Framed in long dark lashes they were a beautiful deep blue. They reminded him of an ocean, deep and rich and sparkling under the sunlight. This had to be his soulmate. He learned her name, Marinette, and she invited him to go with her to the fashion district. Damian was content, while she may not recognize him as her soulmate yet, it was undeniable that she felt the same pull towards him that he felt towards her.

Before she knew it, Marinette had spent her entire spring break with Damian. She couldn't help it, she felt drawn to him, like she needed him to breathe. What surprised her the most, was the dream she had the night after she met him. She was sitting atop a building as Ladybug, watching the sunset, and next to her with the black cat Miraculous, was Damian. They watched the sun sink below the horizon, and suddenly the sky erupted into fireworks of all colors. The show ended with a sentence spelled out in fireworks "Thank you Ladybug and Panthère de Nuit." She knew the moment she opened her eyes that Damian was her soulmate, and from the texts, she'd received, he knew it too. The two of them agreed to take it slow, they were still very young and had just met. However, as the mini vacation went on, the pit of dread in her stomach began to grow, and she would have to return to school. She had told Damian what was happening with Lila, Adrien, everything. Needless to say, Marinette was surprised when he told her he would be in her class, and that he wouldn't let them do anything to her (Little did they know Tom and Sabine heard them, and Damian had just won their approval). So when he arrived to pick her up, he made sure they got to Dupont early. Marinette gave him a tour, and as they were walking he stopped to talk to people. "Don't you normally hate talking to people?" "Normally I do my Lily, but in this case, I do not mind. However, I do have an ulterior motive. By talking to these people, I've created an alibi. Look over there," Marinette looked over and saw Sabrina and Alix watching them and whispering, "Those are two of that liar's sycophants right? Well now that they've seen that you spent your time before class giving me, a new student, a tour, if Lila claims that you did something to her, two of her own followers have seen evidence disproving it. So either they mention that there's no way you could've done it because they saw with their own eyes that you have not even interacted with her, or they say nothing and you know what kind of people they are." It was brilliant. Marinette was a little miffed she hadn't thought of it before. The two walked to class, and Marinette whispered, "Oh! I almost forgot to tell you. Adrien will give you the most problems. I heard from a friend that he was interested in me, even though he already knows who his soulmate is." "Is it Lila?" "Yes. I know enough about her to know that she's incredibly selfish, she hated it whenever Adrien gave me any attention, because-" "Because he was her ticket to fame and fortune, and if he had picked you she would be locked out." "Exactly. I do not doubt that the second she hears your last name, she won't give a shit about Adrien and will focus her full attention on breaking us apart." Marinette was shocked when Damian told her his last name, she may be oblivious but even she knew who the Waynes were. Plagg joked that it was the Universe trying to make up for how shitty it had been to her. She was not expecting the wicked grin Damian gave her as they arrived at their classroom. "I would like to see her try."

Before the two could reach their seats in the back of the room, Marinette was yanked away from Damian by Kim and Nino, "We don't know who you are but you don't deserve her!" Kim shouted, holding onto Marinette. "Yeah! Mari's the nicest dudette the world has ever seen, if you hurt her we'll kick your ass!" Nino said as he put himself between Damian and Marinette. There was a small moment of awkward silence before the group laughed. Marinette had warned him that her two best friends would try something like this, especially after she told them that he was her soulmate. Taking their seats at the back of the class, the group chatted about their spring break, until Lila walked in with the rest of the class. She readied a fresh accusation to fling at the ravenette but caught herself just in time. WHO was that gorgeous man sitting with Marinette? He put Adrien, a freaking model, to shame. Everyone else seemed to share that sentiment, and Alya was about to start demanding answers when they were spotted. The temperature in the room seemed to drop a few degrees as the man glared at them. Marinette waved to Rose, Juleka, and Nathaniel, who quickly took their seats near the group of outcasts while Damian Batglared the rest of the class. "Can I help you?" He asked in an icy tone, one that demanded immediate answers. Alya balked, "We, we were just curious about you, since you're, um, a new student here." Damian pinched the bridge of his nose, and sighed, "My name is Damian Wayne, yes, from that family. I came to Paris with my father for a business trip, and to find my soulmate, Marinette," Little mutterings of "no way," "That's impossible," and "I didn't think that bitch would have a soulmate," filled the room. "I plan on staying until graduation, and from there I will be going to college with Marinette. Let me make one thing clear: I will not hesitate to retaliate against anyone who tries to hurt my soulmate in any shape or form." Nathaniel could be heard whispering, "Oooh, I like him," To the rest of their little group, who nodded in agreement. After waiting for a second for anyone to challenge him, Damian turned back to Marinette, and almost like a switch flipped, began showing her pictures of his cat.

Lila couldn't believe what she'd just heard. Damian Wayne was in her class, the richest, most eligible bachelor in the world was in her class... and his soulmate was fucking Dupain-Cheng! She swore this had to be some sick joke. There was no way that THE Damian Wayne (whom she had instantly recognized because she had seen him once at a charity ball her mother had taken her to and committed his face to memory) had someone as pathetic as Marinette as his soulmate. The universe truly was cruel. She'd thought she was lucky when she found out Adrien was her soulmate and was devastated when he told her over the break he was going to pursue Marinette. But now? Now Lila knew she must be the luckiest girl in history! Glancing over at Adrien confirmed her belief, the dumbass pushover glared at his rival, and she knew he wasn't going to back down. This was perfect. All she would have to do is separate Marinette and Damian, use the mountain of evidence against Marinette that she made over the years to convince her future husband that his soulmate was no good, and then bam! In a few short years, her name would be Delilah Wayne! Adrien's persistence would only help her case, especially with Marinette's former crush on the blond it would be so easy to frame her for cheating. She would have to be careful though, just from the look in his eyes she could tell he would be much sharper than the rest of her classmates had been: he would be her greatest challenge yet. For now, she would bide her time, and perfect her plan.

Lila made her first move at lunch. She and Alya were sitting at a table, observing Marinette and her friends talking with Damian. "He's so kind to them, why is he such an asshole to us?" Alya muttered. Ah, an opening. "Well, I don't think it's really his fault. I mean he did say that he had come to Paris to find his soulmate, and well, Marinette IS a pathological liar," Lila said as she picked at her food. Alya nodded, "I just can't understand why they still hang out with her! They know what she does to you, they know she's a bitch!" "I think it's a mix of sunk cost fallacy and denial Alya. Nino and Kim have known her since they were little, so I think the reality of Marinette being a bully just can't compute for them. As for Juleka, Rose, and Nathaniel, I think they feel indebted to her or something," Alya nodded, agreeing with her logic. "Girl you're so in tune with people it's crazy!" 'Yes I am,' Lila thought, 'You have to be able to read people to trick them.' "Alya... Can I tell you something? Something bad happened between Adrien and me over the trip." The reporter's head snapped around to her, "What did that bastard do?" Lila began to channel the sorrow she felt when Adrien confronted her over the break, "He... He told me he didn't want me!" She wailed, just loud enough for Damian to overhear, "He called me a liar and all of these awful names, and he told me he was in love with Marinette and that he knew she felt the same for him! He told me if I told anyone about this he'd ruin me!" She cried. It was amazing that Adrien had just handed her this opportunity, completely unaware that he'd done so. As Alya promised revenge against Adrien and the whore who stole him from Lila, the girl in question carefully glanced over to see Damian looking right at her. Perfect. When Lila had decided on this plan, she decided the initial bonding point would be that they had both been betrayed by their soulmates. If Damian was emotionally vulnerable he would be that much easier to manipulate, it would also be the perfect story to pitch to the media as well, they were both betrayed by their soulmates and fell in love!

Lila was quiet for the rest of the day, waiting eagerly for their classes to end. She had a feeling that Adrien would make a move and wanted to be there to see what she'd have to work with. She made an excuse to leave class early and quickly hid behind the stairs. She had to wait a bit for them to leave and spent the time doing research about Damian on her phone. So he loved animals, was passionate about the arts, and was a master swordsman and martial artist. He also spoke seven languages including Italian!! Lila sighed, he was perfect. Finally, the bell rang, and students began making their way out of the building. Lila knew Marinette usually spent some time helping the art teacher before she left, so she was certain Adrien would wait for the girl. Risking discovery, she poked her head out and saw her plan falling into place. Adrien was standing at the top of the stairs, clearly waiting for Marinette. He was muttering to himself, about how it wasn’t fair, about how he couldn’t understand how Marinette could trust a stranger she’d just met. Lila had to keep herself from letting out an amused snort. Isn’t that rich considering their class’s track record? 

She had to wait for about fifteen minutes before she heard laughter coming towards the entrance of the school, it was Marinette, laughing at something Damian had told her, “Oh my gosh, are all your brothers on crack?” she gasped for air, “Sometimes it feels like it,” Damian chuckled. The two were about to walk down the stairs when Adrien stepped in front of them. “Hi, Mari. Can I talk to you, please? Alone.” Wow. Lila didn’t know Sunshine Boy could have such venom, she figured he must’ve been directing that at Damian. Lila could only imagine the glares between the two boys, not daring to poke her head out now and get caught, however, when she thought she heard footsteps back into the school she took out her phone and pressed record. “Why? So you can pressure me into silence again? If you need to tell me something, say it now because Damian and I have plans.” Lila had known about Adrien’s high road advice, and that Marinette had been so in love that she listened. She doubted the ravenette would fall for that now. Lila waited with bated breath to see what Adrien would do, and could not believe what she heard. “I think you should stay away from him. You only just met him, he’s probably lying about who he is Mari. You saw how he treated our friends-” “He has been nothing but kind to MY friends. That’s so rich coming from you Adrien. Lila comes along and lies about everything and it’s totally fine, I meet my soulmate and now suddenly you care about honesty?” “It’s a different situation and you know it Marinette. Lila’s not hurting anyone and if you expose her she could be akumatized.” “What about me Adrien? What if I’m akumatized because of the lies that have ruined my reputation, my belongings are destroyed, when I’m being excluded from practically everything? Do I not matter to you?” “What- no Marinette you matter to me! Besides it’s not that bad and you’re our Everyday Ladybug so-” “SO WHAT? So I’m supposed to accept being mistreated and abused? What are you even here for Adrien?” Lila could tell that Marinette was losing her patience and for a moment, she genuinely wondered if this would be what got her rival akumatized. Adrien took a deep breath, “Marinette you are an amazing woman, what I wanted to tell you was that I accept your feelings and will be your boyfriend.” Perfect! Adrien had given her just what she needed. Lila kept recording because even if Marinette didn’t respond how she wanted, she might say something Lila could doctor later. And it would seem that Marinette was finally shaking off her shock, “Are you crazy? Adrien, I haven’t loved you since we were thirteen, since you made it clear that not rocking the boat was more important to you than me. Besides, I’ve met my soulmate, and yeah we haven’t known each other long, I want to focus on getting to know him.” Adrien did not back down, “Come on Marinette! I know we haven’t always seen eye to eye, but I know we’re meant for each other. The reason I know he’s not good for you is that you’re MY soulmate!” Wow. Lila wasn’t expecting such a bold lie from the blond, he must have been banking on the fact that Marinette had no way of knowing that Adrien was HER soulmate. Now that she had what she needed, she carefully snuck through the bushes and as soon as she turned a corner, she booked it for home. She wasn’t going to risk slowing down to look behind her, she figured since the two were still arguing that she’d successfully completed her mission. Soon it would be all over the media, ‘Model Adrien Agreste Ditches Soulmate for Useless Nobody: How Lila Rossi Saved the Day and Won Damian Wayne’s Heart.’ Lila knew she had a lot of work to do, and couldn’t wait to get started.  

After a long day, Damian returned to the upscale apartment his father was renting during their time in Paris. Marinette hadn’t been joking, her class was a nightmare! Damian had been skeptical at first, no way people could be that ignorant, but after what he saw today, he realized it ran deeper. They looked at Lila the same way people looked at him: They wanted something. Marinette had told him that Lila lied and faked evidence conveniently showing she knew famous people in their fields of interest, so it was likely they followed her because they wanted her to boost their careers. The Ladyblogger, someone who should have known to fact-check followed Lila like a sycophant, either knew she was lying or was really bad at her job. Then there was the other big problem in the class, Adrien Agreste. He seemed to believe he was entitled to Marinette’s love, despite his soulmate making it clear she wanted nothing to do with the blond. He had texted Nino about the Adrien-Marinette situation, and the DJ had filled him in. Marinette used to have a crush on and did some very crazy things to get his attention (Nino had also admitted the class had pushed her into some of the crazier situations), but Adrien either ignored her or was oblivious. At the time this was going on, he had a massive crush on Ladybug and still had a crush on her until recently. Googling the Parisian hero, he found a few things that made his blood run cold. First,  Ladybug had stated that she would never date a civilian (smart) in an interview. Second, the videos he’d seen from when Chat Noir was acting showed the hero displaying the same entitled behavior Adrien did, along with a couple of the same speech patterns and body language. Finally, Ladybug and Marinette looked very similar. There were some differences, but he couldn’t deny that the two could be sisters. A theory was forming in his head, Adrien had been Chat Noir, and after being rejected constantly by Ladybug, decided to set his sights on someone who looked similar to Ladybug. It was clear he still believed Marinette was a sweet, naive girl who would never say no to him, so he potentially thought he could pressure her into accepting his feelings.

  Damian was so lost in thought that he didn’t notice that his father and Tim had returned home, however, they certainly noticed. Bruce decided that this was one of those moments where Damian might need some fatherly advice, and Tim decided he wanted to hear whatever was giving Demon-Spawn trouble. It must be interesting. “How was your day Damian? I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen you lost in thought,” yes he could. It was right after Damian had been brought back from the dead. He watched his son’s head snap up, “I… I’m fine. My day was fine.” “No, you’re not fine. Something’s been on your mind since B mentioned going to Paris, so you can either tell us what’s up or I’ll hack your phone.” Dammit, Tim not now. Damian sighed, surprising both that he wasn’t putting up more of a fight. “The reason I wanted to come to Paris was that I had figured out my soulmate was here.” 

Tim dropped the coffee mug he was filling, and Bruce stared at his son in shock. “Oh my gosh! Did you meet them yet? What are they like? When will we meet them? How did you meet them-” “Tim.” “Sorry B,” “Start from the beginning Damian.” “I met her last week. She was going to buy fabric and bumped into me. We spent every day of her spring break hanging out and getting to know each other, and I was lucky enough to be in her class at the school you enrolled me in. I also found out she had been having trouble with some of her classmates,” “Is she drama-prone?” “Tim let him talk,” “Not necessarily. She’s being bullied and has been for the past few years. Her classmates are the typical users we encounter at Galas and believed her bully because she promised them she had connections. My main concern isn’t the bully, I can deal with her, but a boy in her class has begun to show some alarming behavior... From what I’ve figured out, he was the hero Chat Noir, and I think he’s become obsessed with Mari- my soulmate because of how similar she looks to Ladybug. From my information, I know that he has never shown any interest in her before and that when they were younger she used to have a crush on him. I also know that for whatever reason he’s no longer active as Chat Noir.” “So your theory is that because he no longer has access to his obsession that he’s shifted targets to someone he thinks he still has power over in order to pressure her into fulfilling his fantasy?” “Yes. However, I don’t think he’s realized that. I think a part of him genuinely believes he has feelings for her. I did some research on him, and he grew up with a very controlling and sheltering father, so he’s still incredibly naive, that or he’s so deep in denial he’s become delusional. He still seems to believe that staying silent about my soulmate’s tormentor purposely lying to ruin her reputation and all the physical torment she’s receiving is the right thing to do.” Bruce raised an eyebrow and Tim clutched at his pearls. “So how do you plan on handling this?” Bruce was worried, they needed to find out why Chat Noir was no longer active, if Damian’s theory was true and the former Hero of Paris got akumatized he could still be a massive threat. However, Damian was his father’s son, “I looked into some of the old posts on the Ladyblog before it… strayed. From some clips, I think my soulmate might actually have a connection to Ladybug.” Tim raised his eyebrow, “Damian it’s not that I don’t want you to be happy, but she sounds a little too good to be true. An amazing talented woman who just happens to know celebrities and heroes? Isn’t that the same thing that girl with the weird hair on the Ladyblog claims?” “Well, my soulmate can actually back up her claims.  Her class has had the most akumatizations minus the pigeon man, so it wouldn’t surprise me if Ladybug noticed, and my soulmate is connected to one of the most popular boulangeries in Paris that Ladybug has been seen stopping by. I was going to go out on patrol, and if I couldn’t meet Ladybug that way I’d find a way to see if my soulmate could get her attention.” Bruce nodded. The spotted heroine had been incredibly elusive, and he was beginning to suspect magic was involved. He gave Damian his blessing, and as his youngest son left to get ready for patrol he and Tim turned their attention to a new mystery: Figuring out who his son’s soulmate was.

Paris was beautiful at night. Damian stood atop the Eiffel Tower, looking out over the city. He could almost run the path between his classmates’ homes by muscle memory alone. While he may not like them for their treatment of Marinette, he knew his soulmate still cared about them to some degree, and if anything happened to them it would kill her. He was debating swinging by Marinette’s home but decided against it. While he felt like he could trust her with his life, their relationship was still too young to bring the baggage of a hero into it. He almost didn’t pick up on the gentle thud behind him, and when he turned to snap at Tim for bothering him, he froze. “Mari? My Lily?” He couldn’t believe his eyes. Standing in front of him was Ladybug… who looked exactly like Marinette. Her costume had changed since her initial debut, but there was no doubt who the woman in front of him was. This whole time his soulmate was also the hero they were trying to contact. “Damian? You’re Robin?!” “And you’re Ladybug.” That seemed to snap Mari out of her stupor, “I can explain! Please don’t be mad!” He would address that last bit later, but for now, he just leaned against the railing and watched as she began pacing back and forth. He’d wait all night if that’s what Mari needed to get her thoughts together. “I became Ladybug when I was thirteen. I was chosen by the Guardian of the Miraculous, and he snuck the Ladybug Miraculous into my bag.” “Forgive me but what’s Miraculous?” “Oh right,” He watched as Marinette took off the red and black earrings, “Miraculous are magical objects that are often worn as jewelry. Each Miraculous is connected to a Kwamii, and each Kwamii is the embodiment of a fundamental force of the universe,” A bright red flash came from the Miraculous, and next to Marinette was a floating Ladybug-like creature. The little Kawaii-thing flew up to him, and he carefully held up a hand to allow it to land. “Hello! Damian Wayne, Robin, Son of Bruce Wayne, Grandson of the Demon, and Heir to the Cowl. I am Tikki, the Kwamii of Creation! I am bound to the Ladybug Miraculous that my Chosen uses, and am the source of her powers! If you’ll excuse me I’m going to refuse with Marinette, it’s awfully chilly up here.” With that Tikki zipped back to Marinette, as soon as the two touched a bright red flash appeared and Ladybug stood before him again. “The previous Guardian, well long before he left and left the title and other Miraculous to me, lost two Miraculi, the peacock and the butterfly.” “Which are being used by Hawkmoth and Mayaura.” “Exactly.” Damian nodded, their theory was correct, magic was involved with the Paris situation. 

“Lily, didn’t you used to have a partner?” He watched his soulmate huddle into herself and immediately got off the railing to comfort her. “I did. Chat Noir wielded the Black Cat Miraculous of Destruction. He was my other half, my balance. Over time he got it into our head that because our Miraculi were complimentary, that meant we were soulmates. He began flirting with me constantly, calling me these embarrassing nicknames even when I asked him to stop, and would needlessly throw himself into danger to try and impress me. Eventually, he got tired of me turning him down, and he started missing battles and patrols. When he did show up he’d just get in the way, saying he’d help me again if I admitted we were soulmates. It got so bad his own Kwamii took the Miraculous back from him and brought it to me. I used to have temporary heroes I could count on, but they’re out of the question because their identities were exposed or they’ve chosen Lila’s side.” Damian hugged her tightly, he wasn’t one for physical affection but she was the exception. “So you’ve been alone this whole time? Oh my, Lily I’m so sorry,” he sighed, “Does Adrien know you’re Ladybug?” Marionette’s eyes widened, amazed he knew who Chat was. “Not that I’m aware of. He thinks we look really similar, but he’s seen Ladybug and I in a room together so I doubt he thinks we’re the same.” Damian nodded, “Mari I promise you I’ll help you through this, I just need you to trust me. My brother Red Robin and my father Batman are here-“ “BATMAN IS HERE?!?!” “- yes love. We’re here to help you take down Hawkmoth. I’ll help you take down Lila and figure out how to deal with Adrien, and then as soon as we graduate I’ll steal you away to Gotham.” He looked into her eyes and watched as a hopeful spark began to reignite. 

It was time for phase two of Lila’s plan. She was going to paint herself as Damian’s ideal woman, not by exactly mirroring his interests, he’d catch on to that. A good idea would be to lean into his love of animals. She had researched some well-known animal charities, and even though she really hated getting dirty, she had gone to a volunteer event the other day. Sure, the puppies were super cute, but Lila would rather spend her time working on her manicure. But now she has photos, timestamped photos. She took extra care to make sure her hair and make-up were absolutely perfect, checking on her secret weapon one last time before she left. She was going to save it until she absolutely had to, it would be either her killing blow or her final saving play. As she walked to school, she mentally mapped out her plan for today. She would brag to her class about her volunteer work, and show them the photos on her phone, then she would spread a rumor about seeing Marinette talking and being affectionate towards some random guy. ‘Lila Rossi!’ she thought, ‘You can do better than that! He would see through that in a heartbeat, they spend all of their time together.’ She decided to settle on making Marinette look bad. She’d have to be sneaky, Damian was clearly aware of her tricks and would be on guard, but Lila still thought she had a window of opportunity to convince him Marinette was the evil one. She went into a coffee shop and ordered an iced coffee, Lila wasn’t going to drink it, it was simply a prop she’d spill on herself as a direct result of Dupain-Cheng. She hated to sacrifice her favorite outfit but consoled herself with the knowledge that this would be rags compared to the luxury she’d wear as the girlfriend of a Wayne. Now she just had to decide how she’d spill the coffee, would she make it look like Marinette shoved her? No… too complicated. How about tripping? That won’t work, the little brat’s gotten too smart and now specifically looks for it. She would make it look like Marinette ran into her, and while it wouldn’t do as much damage as she’d like it to, it would be good to show Damian that his soulmate was WAY too clumsy to represent the Wayne Family. She was excitedly daydreaming about all the galas and events she’d go to, hell maybe she would start an acting career! Lila was so caught up in her fantasies that she almost ran into Alya! “Hey, girl! Don’t you look lovely today!” Lila smiled, “Hey Alya! I think you’ve got me beat today! Have you seen Damian? I’m worried Marinette might have said some things about me… and I wanted to talk to him and show him I’m not the person she says I am.” Alya scowled at Marinette’s name, “Ugh I bet she did! But she’s not here today. Her parents called and said she’d gotten sick over the weekend. Damian called in sick as well, and come to think of it, Adrien isn’t here either! Today should be an easy day for you!” Lila had to force a smile, this screwed up her plan damn it! Oh well, maybe if she got the chance, she could poke around Marinette and Damian’s lockers to see if there was anything she could find, it would also be a good chance to strengthen her hold on the class. If Lila is anything, it’s flexible, and she would never let an opportunity slip by.

Damian was looking around Marinette’s room, marveling at just how much his soulmate had accomplished. It looked less like a bedroom and more like a design studio, with mannequins adorned with projects ranging from just starting to fully complete, the walls papered with designs, and the occasional photo of friends or loved ones. Just underneath the papers, he could see the faint hint of a light pink painted wall. Bolts of fabric were arranged against another wall, organized by color and material, as well as a massive piece of wall art made to conveniently store different yarns. There was a closet filled with cases of embroidery floss and other art supplies. Under Marinette’s loft bed was a table with two sewing machines, a modern one able to do large-scale embroidery and Esme. Esme was Marinette’s pride and joy, a vintage singer sewing machine that was practically indestructible. Esme has been through everything, leather, denim, silk, you name it she’s sewn it. When she wasn’t in use, she was kept on her own table, in a place of honor within the room. Beside Esme was a vase of white lilies he’d given her, and a massive book. This was Marinette’s logbook, in which she kept meticulous records of everything: Who commissioned her, how much they paid, what they wanted, how much of each material she had, where it was, and other expenses. It seemed like wherever Damian looked, he saw something new. She made clothing, shoes, hats, jewelry, accessories, and the evidence of that was in her controlled chaos. Even though it was smaller than the Manor, he loved it, he loved everything about Marinette’s home and her family. They were warm and inviting, and it was reflected in their home, and in the daughter Tom and Sabine had raised. Marinette’s room was like her, bright and full of unique colors and energy. She was currently moving Esme to her spot of honor, and opening a special compartment in her desk. From the compartment, she pulled out a vintage sewing box that looked almost ancient (I’m sorry but they made the Miraculous box an EGG when they could have done something that could blend in). 

As soon as Marinette opened the box, sixteen bright lights shot out of it, flying around the room. “Alright everyone listen up!” Mari clapped her hands together to get the light’s attention. They eventually came to a stop in front of her, and Damian looked at them in shock. There were… SO many Kwamii, and apparently there was supposed to be more his soulmate had to recover from around the world. “This is Damian, my soulmate. He’s-” Marinette was cut off by the excited shriek of some of the Kwamii, “He’s going to help us take down Hawkmoth and Mayaura and rescue Duusu and Nooroo. He and his family are superheroes from Gotham and-” “He’s going to be the next Cat,” Plagg interrupted, the seriousness of his tone taking everyone by surprise. The cat Kwamii flew over to Damian, holding a small ring. “The Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous are connected. One cannot be active for long without the other.” Damian’s eyes met Plagg’s, “And how do you know I am compatible with the Miraculous? I am Marinette’s soulmate but that doesn’t mean I am a match for you.” Plagg cackled, flying around Damian, who stood with his arms crossed, “You’ll do just fine! Much more serious than my last holder for sure! You are more compatible than Adrien was for the simple reason that you are deeply connected with Destruction itself. You come from a tragedy on both sides, a father driven to fight an endless war to avenge his parents’ murder, a mother who needed a pawn and heir to an empire of assassins. Not to mention, the Lazarus Pit.” Damian froze at the mention of the pits, and for a moment, he could almost feel the blazing fire of twisted life rushing through his veins. “Damian? Are you alright? Plagg? What did you do?” Marinette gently rested a hand on Damian’s cheek, she could tell he was reliving something… Plagg simply flew back towards the box. “I’m doing things differently this time Pigtails. I had some time to think… I need to be more responsible for you and for future cats and bugs. Nothing should be hidden between partners, and I know you love him, I know he loves you, but there are people in his life who will not approve. I think he should be the one to tell you when he’s ready. It’s a conversation that needs to be had for both of you. There can be no more secrets.” And with that, the Kwamii flew back over to Damian and gently placed the ring in his hand. The weight of it seemed to snap him out of his flashback, and he looked down at the ring in his hand. He remembered what he’d seen from the videos, he knew the basics of the Black Cat’s powers, and combined with his training, he would be formidable. “I’ll do it. What do I have to say to transform?” Plagg smirked, “Alright kid, all you’ve gotta say is, Plagg claws out!”

Alya was out with her class, chilling in the park after school. They had stopped and gotten smoothies and were working on their own projects in comfortable silence. Alya was busy chasing two leads: What were the Waynes doing in Paris, and where was Chat Noir? Sure, he didn’t do much in most Akuma fights, but he was still one of the heroes of Paris! Come to think of it, no new heroes had been called up since Hawkmoth discovered their identities. She had to take a little bit of pride in that, they were so good that Ladybug couldn’t find any good replacements. She thought about asking Lila for the inside scoop, but with how stressed her bestie had been lately due to Adrien and Marinette’s actions she decided against it. That was another mystery: Marinette. When had the switch flipped? What caused the switch to flip? Was she always like this and Lila was just the first to uncover it? She was also curious about Damian, why would nobody Marinette have such an impressive soulmate? She figured his bad attitude was Marinette’s fault, although, from the articles on her laptop, he’d never been the most approachable or friendly. ‘An asshole for an asshole,’ she thought. Although she’d noticed Lila had been eying Damian since he arrived, maybe she was giving him the benefit of the doubt? Alya shook her head and went back to her research. Something had happened to Chat Noir and Ladybug has been silent about it. She had her theories, and normally she’d run them by Nino, but since the two had broken up all those years ago… Alya sighed. Marinette split the class in two and nothing has been the same since. The Girl Squad was disbanded, she and Nino broke up, and class events rarely hit their goals because if the bully wasn’t invited, her supporters wouldn’t go either. Alya groaned and shifted positions, she NEEDED to finish her research about Chat Noir's disappearance. It’s been forever since she uploaded  Ladybug and Chat Noir content to the Ladyblog, even Alya would admit her blog had started to shift towards Lila content only. Just as she was beginning to give up, a message popped up on her screen.

Hello Ladyblogger. I have some information you might be interested in.

Alya stared at her screen. Was this a scam? She tried to click off the message, but it stayed. She should close her computer, and ask Max to take a look at it, but… what if this person was an inside source!? Carefully she typed out a reply.

Who is this? Why should I trust you? 

Her elusive new friend was quick to respond.

That’s funny. You were so quick to trust before. What changed?

She didn’t know if she should be freaked out or offended, but her curiosity would get the best of her.

I got betrayed by someone I thought I could trust. Now what do you want?

Oh, you got betrayed alright, or to be more exact, you’re currently being betrayed, you’re just too deep in denial to realize it.

‘What?! What could they possibly mean by that?’ Alya thought as her eyes narrowed and she looked around at her friends.

Look if this is you Marinette I don’t want any of your bullshit.

My name isn’t Marinette. It’s Red, and I happen to know about Chat Noir’s whereabouts or his lack thereof. But, if you want the file, you’re going to have to do me a favor.

Oh shit. There were many things Alya was willing to do for a lead, but she had a couple of lines that she refused to cross.

Oh Yeah? And what kind of favor is this? 

I need you to look into your class’s multiple akumatizations.

The feeling of wielding a Miraculous was exhilarating. Domain’s whole body was practically vibrating with an energy he’d never known. It felt like everything was amplified, he wanted to, no he needed to run, and could feel his senses sharpening and his emotions, or at least how he felt them, intensify. ‘This must be what Starfire feels like,’ He thought as he admired his new suit. It was all black with acid-green accents and made from the same material as his Robin suit. Instead of a belt tail and ears, he wore a long cloak with a hood, and two tiny bits poked up to form the ears. The cloak was lined in gold and the ears were tipped in gold as well. A solid black domino mask hid his identity, and his eyes were a bright shade of acid green to match the accents on his suit. The suit itself was made of a similar material as his Robin suit and was solid black, but if you looked at it in the right light, leopard spots were visible. He’d said to hell with the bell, and holding his cloak on and the sash-belt that doubled as a tail were held in place by a deep green cat’s eye gemstone His boots and gloves were solid black, and fitted with braces for extra support when landing. At the tips of his gloves were retractable claws that glistened in the light, and they were slightly curved so he could use them to grab onto buildings and climb. He still had the baton, but a sword was really more his style, but even still he marveled at the magical weapon. “Before you make your debut, you should come up with a name so you aren’t put on the spot like I was,” Mari said as she looked him up and down in the new suit. Damian thought for a moment, “Panthère de Nuit. Night Panther.” his soulmate let out a pleased hum, “Letting Hawkmoth know he faces a more dangerous apex predator?” “Indeed my Lily,” Marinette smiled, and with a quick, “Spots on,” the two were ready to begin Damian’s first patrol as Paris’s new hero.

The two heroes raced along the rooftops, with Panthère de Nuit easily keeping up, a credit to Damian’s training and time as Robin. The two finally came to a stop on a rooftop near the Eiffel Tower, they could see their class in the park below. “Okay, the second Alya sees us, she’s going to try and flag us down for an interview. Do you want to speak with her?” Damian thought for a moment and shook his head. “No. Since Lila has taken over her blog, I don’t think she is a reliable source of information. I do not trust your local news here as well, they seem to lean into rumors. Is there anyone reliable we can talk to?” Ladybug looked around and spotted a familiar parasol. Aurore. The two had gotten to know each other better since Marinette distanced herself from her classmates, and she found out that the blonde ran her own Ladybug-themed blog called On the Spot. While Aurore didn’t get the close-up Akuma footage that Alya had, she was far more accurate in her reports. She recorded information such as the time of akumatization, rough location, and the direction the akumas had been seen traveling from. She had meant to begin working with Aurore and decided this would be the perfect opportunity to start. “See that girl over there? The blonde one? She runs her own blog, On the Spot, and while it’s less popular than the Ladyblog, it is more accurate. We can talk to her, but we need to make it look natural, so our class doesn’t think we ignored them. 

As luck would have it, an Akuma decided to make an appearance. Frozer was back and seemed to be determined to turn Paris into a winter wonderland. “He has ice powers similar to Mr. Freeze, and the Akuma is in his ice skates,” Marinette said as the two rushed into battle. “The easiest way to get the skates would be to immobilize him. If we could somehow trip him, you could cataclysm the skates and release the Akuma.” Damian nodded, “Not my first time dealing with ice-themed villains. I can distract him, while you try to use your yoyo to catch him off guard. Do you want Batman and Red Robin to help with this?” “No. If Hawkmoth finds out they’re in Paris, he’ll for sure try to target them. Please be careful,” Damian gave her a reassuring smile. “Darling I promise I’m not the type to pick fights I can’t win.” With that, he leaped into action. Frozer had sent a blast of ice towards his classmates, which Panthère de Nuit skillfully blocked with his blade. The world around them seemed to, well, freeze as everyone took a moment to process what just happened. “And who are you?” Frozer asked as Hawkmoth’s signature mask appeared over his face. “Panthère de Nuit, the new black cat.” Frozer laughed, “Oh? So Ladybug’s finally replaced that mangy feline? Well no matter, you’ll be just as easy to defeat!” With that, several more blasts of ice were thrown at Damian, who easily dodged, blocked, and reflected. Frozer seemed to pale, if that was even possible, and began to back up for a hasty retreat. Damian couldn’t help himself, “What’s wrong? Not used to fighting a competent Cat Miraculous holder? Too bad.” His eyes met Ladybug’s and he nodded, the sound of her yoyo zipping through the air, and the thud from Frozer hitting the ground confirmed their plan had worked. Damian simply waltzed up to Frozer, and one Cataclysm later, a dark butterfly made a break for it, only to be caught and purified by Ladybug. “That was amazing! I didn’t even have to use my Lucky Charm! Well, I still have to reverse the damage but, you know!” Ladybug exclaimed as she did just that. Damian looked at his ring to check how much time he had before he transformed back and noticed the little pawprint was still full. Weird, he’ll have to ask about that later. A crowd of people had begun to gather, including their classmates and Aurore, Ladybug noticed her and smiled, which encouraged the blonde to ask her questions. “Hello, Ladybug! Great job with the Akuma, that has to be a record!” “Thank you! Aurore is it? Of On the Spot?” The blonde nodded excitedly, “Although, I can’t take all the credit. My new partner was amazing!” Damian sensed this was his cue, and stepped up to answer Aurore’s next question, “Who are you, and what happened to Chat Noir?” With one last glance at Ladybug, Damian spoke, “My name is Panthère de Nuit, and I am Ladybug’s new partner. Chat Noir, as well as some of the temporary heroes, have been permanently retired. The Black Cat Miraculous was taken from him by his Kwamii, who felt he was no longer worthy to wield it,” This was met with cheers from the surrounding civilians. “I promise to do a better job and be a reliable and competent hero that Ladybug and all of Paris can count on. All I can say to Hawkmoth and Mayaura is that your days are numbered.” And with that, the two heroes left to roaring applause. 

Adrien was watching his TV in horror. Plagg, not Ladybug, not the Guardian, PLAGG had taken his Miraculous. His own kwamii had betrayed him, did Plagg even have the power or right to take the ring from him? And now, he was seriously in a bind. If Plagg took the ring, it was safe to say that Ladybug had no idea who he was, and most likely had no idea who her new partner was so he couldn’t ask her to get it back for him. Not to mention the last time they spoke, they weren’t exactly on good terms. Yeah in retrospect skipping patrol and all those akuma battles wasn’t his best idea, especially because that soured his relationship with the people of Paris. If his dad had taught him anything, it was that public opinion mattered a lot, and now he couldn’t exactly count on the public’s support for Chat Noir. As much as he didn’t want to admit it, his best chance of EVER getting a Miraculous again was to pretend to support this new cat, and hope that gets him Ladybug’s attention. Adrien let out a groan and flopped on his bed, his whole life was a mess. Plagg had taken his ring and hadn’t even given him a chance to fix his mistakes (He’d been given many chances), Lila was his soulmate and causing trouble in the class, and then Marinette shows up one day with Damian Wayne claiming to be her soulmate! He’d looked it up, and it really was Damian Wayne, and not some imposter using his name, but it was still so frustrating! He couldn’t figure out just why Marinette was so smitten with the man when he seemed like such a terrible fit for her! Marinette was kind, compassionate, and warm while Damian was cold, selfish, and quite mean. Adrien had been nursing a small crush on Marinette for a while and had known about her crush on him before Alya told him. He still loved Ladybug but realized after a while that she really might not feel the same way, and he couldn’t help it when a brilliant girl like Marinette was in his class. It didn’t hurt that she and Ladybug could be sisters, but he just figured he had a type. What he couldn’t figure out was why she was so focused on Damian when she’d been in love with him for years! “Calm down Adrien,” he muttered to himself, “Mari’s always been a hopeless romantic, so it’s probably just the fact he’s claiming he’s her soulmate.” He also needed to do something about Lila. Sure, he still believed the high road was the best way to go, but he had never expected things to escalate to the point Lila and their class were physically harming Marinette. Walking over to his closet and pulling out a whiteboard and some markers, he began to work on Operation Win Back Marinette.

Across Paris, another student was working on a plan: Alya. She had been working on her newest lead, and chatting with her new friend, Red. True to his word, Red had given Alya information about Chat Noir and Panthère de Nuit. What she knew so far was that Chat Noir’s behavior had gone on longer than anyone in Paris had realized, and that this was not Panthère de Nuit’s first time as a hero. In return, she had compiled a list of all her class’s akumatizations, and why they were akumatized. She slowly began to notice four outliers in their class: Marinette, Damian, Adrien, and Lila. Damian she could explain away easily, he had just gotten to Paris and hadn’t had the chance to be akumatized yet, but that was where easy ended. Marinette had a few failed akumatizations, in which she was always able to break out of Hawkmoth’s control. Alya chalked it up to Gina teaching her some meditation methods she used, but what was harder to explain was why Marinette was almost akumatized. The first time made sense, she had just been expelled, but the others were a complete mystery. Adrien hasn’t been akumatized (I’m not counting Cat Blanc or Ephemeral), but it almost seemed like the akumas never targeted him. She had seen him express negative emotions before. Then there was Lila Rossi, who had been akumatized into Volpina a scarily high number of times. Drawing from her own experience as Rena Rouge, Alya knew that the Fox Miraculous was all about illusions, and an Akuma based off of a Miraculous will share its powers, but in a weaker state. Come to think of it, there were times Lila was akumatized into Volpina that didn’t fit. She would be crying because Marinette had bullied her, and still turn into Volpina. Alya knew that you would only turn into an akuma twice if you felt the same emotions both times, such as Mr. Pigeon, so something wasn’t adding up. Opening her laptop, she typed out:

Red? Are you on? I have a few Questions.

She waited nervously, tapping her fingers on the desk as she checked her phone.

Yeah. What’s up Ladyblogger?

Alya could’ve kissed her computer, she felt like she was closer than she’d ever been to uncovering something big.

I was going back through the list of my class’ akumatizations and noticed a couple of outliers. Do you have any information on Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Adrien Agreste, and Lila Rossi?

I never thought you’d ask. Here’s what I have.

Red sent over a bunch of files, with a ton on Adrien and Lila, and very few on Marinette.

Why does Marinette only have like, three things?

She isn’t a public figure like the other two, well at least under that name. Ever heard of MDC? That’s her. You aren’t a true celebrity if you don’t have an MDC original. 

Marinette was MDC?! This was news to Alya, but she guessed it would make sense. Marinette had stopped making them things a few years ago, saying she was too busy. If she was covertly running a fashion empire that would explain it. However, one last thing still haunted Alya, especially as she began to click through the files on Adrien and Lila. She paused for a moment, Red had sent her camera footage from the day Marinette was expelled, but why was it labeled as Lila’s file? As she pressed play and began watching, she began noting some inconsistencies. Before returning to the video, she typed out one last message. 

Red? I’m starting to think I’ve been lied to. 

For the next week or so, all anyone would talk about was Panthère de Nuit, and the hype was justified. He’d been spotted a few more times since Frozer, at Akuma fights and on patrol, and was just as skilled as his first fight. Videos were made speculating about his powers if he had any new ones, and where he could have possibly gotten the skills he used in his fight. The most popular theory came from Aurore, who hypothesized that Panthère de Nuit was not new to being a hero. The public was still a little apprehensive, since they remembered what they’d been through under Chat Noir, but were rapidly warming up to the man. Of course, a certain someone claimed to have more info than she did. Marinette sat in her spot with Damian by her side and rolled her eyes as Lila went on and on, “I’m so happy I was finally able to convince Ladybug to replace Chat Noir! I’ve been telling her for years that he isn’t a good partner, but she’s so sweet and sentimental, so she was hesitant to get rid of the partner she’s had since the beginning. Maybe now that he’s not around to get jealous, I can convince her to give you all your Miraculous again! Well, some people might not be worthy of wielding one, but that’s their own fault.” The class snickered and shot looks at Marinette and her friends, who simply ignored them. Lila had no way of knowing that some of the class would never wield any Miraculous again, their identities had been exposed and it was too much of a risk. Lila went on and on, even when Ms. Bustier came in and tried to start class. However, someone caught Marinette’s attention: Alya. Her former best friend was sitting with her laptop open to the Ladyblog analytics page, and she was watching Lila with narrowed eyes. She would occasionally stop and type something out. Her concentration seemed to stop when Adrien walked into the room, and Marinette quickly looked away to avoid eye contact with either. Damian shot a glare at the blond who was trying to get Mari’s attention, and the ravenette paid him no mind. Nino (Who still had connections in the Adrien fan club) had informed her that the model talks about her at his shoots, and when people ask if they’re dating he never denies it. “He’s trying to create a public narrative,” Damian had explained, “If the media picks up the story and the public catches on, it could spread like wildfire. Remember how everyone thought Ladybug and Chat Noir were in love and destined for each other? That resulted in people pressuring Ladybug to admit feelings she didn’t have.” The group nodded, clearly understanding that Damian was worried the same thing would happen to Marinette.

Adrien made his next move at lunch. Marinette and Damian, along with their friend group were going to spend their lunch at a nearby cafe. The group didn’t want to deal with Lila, and wanted to be able to discuss their topic privately: Reopening an investigation into who Hawkmoth is. Marinette had a theory board about it that she had made with Alya when they were younger, but the two stopped when they had their falling out. As they were leaving, Adrien approached them. “Hey, Mari! So where are we going for lunch?” I know a great place-” “We? Dude, you haven’t been caught dead anywhere near us since middle school,” Nino practically growled and crossed his arms. The ending of their friendship had been… explosive. Nino had gone to Adrien after he figured out Lila was lying, hoping to gather support to expose Lila and save his childhood friend’s reputation, and was horrified to find out that Adrien knew and pressured Mari to keep quiet. The following argument resulted in Nino being akumatized into Maskless, who was determined to “remove the masks” and expose people for who they truly are. It was a difficult fight for Ladybug, and after it was over, Nino disavowed the two boys’ friendship for good, the last thing he’d spoken to Adrien before now was, “I just can’t be friends with someone who would sacrifice a friend to avoid having to deal with a little discomfort. Talk to me when you grow a spine and maybe I’ll forgive you.” And the future director had kept his promise. This was the first time he’d spoken to Adrien in years. The callout seemed to catch the blond off guard, and he stumbled out, “Well uh, my father wanted me to talk to Marinette about an internship, so I was going to do that today at lunch. So Mari where do you want to go eat?” And with that Adrien made a move to grab Mari’s wrist, but was blocked by an angry Kim and pissed Damian. “Didn’t your dad teach you it’s rude to grab someone without consent?” Kim snarked. Nathaniel, Rose, and Juleka nodded, with Juleka working up the courage to add, “You’re forgetting that you aren’t the only model in the class anymore. I’m in the same gossip circles you are now, and I know you’re trying to make people think that Adrienette is a thing.” “That’s not true I-,” “Enough,” Marinette cut in, Adrien gave her a hopeful smile, while the others snickered. “Adrien, I already have plans with my friends and it would be rude of me to cancel at the last minute. Plus I seem to remember two very important things you’re conveniently forgetting: First, the conversation in which I very clearly told you I wasn’t interested, and second, the letter I received in the middle of class a year ago from your father telling me I’ve been blacklisted from the company. And from the looks on both your and Lila’s faces I can conclude you both had something to do with that. If Gabriel wants me to work for him, he needs to start by addressing the elephant in the room and the damage he’s done to my career before I could even graduate. Come on guys, we need to actually get something to eat before lunch is over,” and with that, Marinette and her group sidestepped a disappointed Adrien and made their way toward a cafe.

After they’d gotten their food, they got to work on their theory of who Hawkmoth was. “Here’s the list of people I considered before I knew for sure he had a partner,” Marinette set a stack of papers down, “And here’s the list of suspects after I had to start over once Mayura came onto the scene.” That list was twice as long and seemed to radiate an aura of frustration. The others each took papers and began crossing out people that they knew couldn’t be Hawkmoth. “Soooo… I think we can rule out some people based on the fact they don’t have time to be Hawkmoth or Mayura. Like we know they aren’t any of our parents because they’re too busy with work,” Rose chirped as she crossed off names with her sparkly pink Pom Pom pen. “So I hate to be that person but are we sure Mayura is Hawky’s only partner?” Nathaniel asked, playing with a pencil. Damian nodded, “Surely he has to have someone else. He can’t guarantee that someone in Paris is going to feel upset enough to attract an akuma even though Paris is a big city. It would make more sense if he had someone working to actively cause akumas,” the group seemed to be stuck for a moment after the obviously innocent people have been ruled out. The problem with Akumatizations is how little solid evidence is left behind. Hawkmoth can emotionally hijack someone and leave behind no DNA or fingerprints, or really anything. 

Damian had (and none of them except Marinette knew this) checked the databases the Justice League and Batfamily kept on the various super criminals of the world only to have it turn up empty, so the group was stuck… until a new voice cut in, “You’re assuming he’s smarter than he really is. I should know, I’ve helped him before.” Chloe and Sabrina stood in front of their table, with the heiress making a point to sit herself down at the head of the table and continued, “Be honest with yourselves, I’m not the only person with an attitude problem in Paris who didn’t care how many akumas I caused. There are many more who don’t care, and those people are the backbone of Hawkmoth’s operation whether they realize it or not. Unless you and Ladybug have a plan to make everyone in Paris act as sweet as pie, you need to stop acting like Hawkmoth is a genius. He thrives off dumb luck and takes advantage of problems others cause.” Marinette froze at the mention of her alter ego, “Why do you think I know Ladybug?” Chloe snorted and gave Marinette a look, “Dupain-Cheng you got that wannabe reporter an interview with her! Despite your family’s lack of financial wealth, you have connections coming out of your pigtails. If anyone in this hellhole keeps regular contact with Ladybug it would be you. Anyways, Hawkmoth isn’t the brains of the operation, that could be Mayura if she would stop going along with all his ridiculous schemes and grow a backbone. In the few times I’ve willingly helped him, it was clear that his plan was only cobbled together at best and completely on the fly at worst.” “Why did you help him in the first place?” Rose blurted out, and realizing her mistake she quickly covered her mouth. 

Chloe simply sighed, “I guess I do owe you all an explanation since I was responsible for most of your akumatizations. When I agreed to help him, I was at my lowest. He prays on weakness in any form it comes in. I was always taught that I was born lucky, and everyone else was just lucky to be born- yes Kim I know what show I’m referencing- and for the longest time I believed it. I believed I had the right to act the way I did, and my parents encouraged it, but as I started getting older, it became clear that I didn’t inherit my mother’s talent so she started distancing herself from me. My father tried to fill the void by just giving in to everything I wanted. I know he loves me, but he wanted to be my friend instead of my parent, and that whole dynamic messed me up even more. Then I met Marinette fucking Dupain-Cheng, a girl who my parents taught me to consider less than dirt beneath my feet… but she somehow had everything I wanted,” Chloe clutched the smoothie in her hand, and couldn’t meet Marinette’s eyes, “Your parents love you so much, and are so involved. They made it to every event our class had, while mine couldn’t be bothered, they encouraged you when you failed and promised to help you, while my mother would scream at me and tell me I was a waste of her time. They helped you learn how to deal with your problems instead of paying them to go away. I was and still am, so jealous of you Marinette. I’d give anything in a heartbeat to trade places with you, but instead, I did the only thing I knew how to do: I lashed out. I made your life hell for years, long before Lila came around, in fact, I’m surprised that you didn’t dump our class sooner. In all the years I bullied you, not a single one of them helped you, they avoided you, and the second you stood up to me they tried to act like all those years just disappeared,” Damian, who was mainly focusing on how Marinette was reacting, quickly noticed the shame on the faces of their friends. While he wanted to rage at them for what they’d done to his soulmate, he stopped himself, he knew he couldn’t now that he was Panthère de Nuit if Hawkmoth found an opening… He focused back in on Chloe’s story to try and calm down, “Anyways, when Ladybug came onto the scene, I immediately latched onto this idea that if she was my friend, all my problems would be fixed. I would have an amazing friend who would get my parent’s attention and make all my problems go away, but I screwed it up royally. When I found the Bee Miraculous, I thought it was a chance to redeem myself. I should have just returned it to Ladybug instead of causing that train accident, I thought if I showed her that I could be a hero then maybe she’d accept me. She kept giving me chance after chance, and I kept fucking up because I would let my ego get the better of me. When I lost the Bee Miraculous, when I realized Ladybug wanted nothing to do with me, and when I realized it was all my fault, I broke. I was convinced that I was destined to destroy anything good in my life, and that was when Hawkmoth approached me about becoming Miracle Queen. I was so emotional that I forgot who I was talking to, and gave him everything he needed to convince me to join him. After that… I was bitter, bitter at the world, Ladybug, Zoe, you name it I was upset at it because something had occurred to me during that time. I realized that I was never born lucky, that’s you Marinette, I was actually the one lucky to be born- shut up Kim let me have this- even though you were going through hell, you still had people in your corner who support you unconditionally. I know Ladybug hates me, I know you do too, but if she really wants to defeat Hawkmoth all she needs to do is get him at his lowest, and Mayura will follow him down.” With her speech over, Chloe and Sabrina simply got up and left, leaving a stunned table in their wake. “Get him at his lowest…” Marinette murmured to herself, and she kept muttering it all the way back to school. 

As the school day neared the end, Marinette had gone to the restroom, promising to meet Damian by her locker. As the Wayne heir waited, he heard a gentle, ‘ahem,’ and turned, expecting to see his soulmate. Instead, he felt his blood pressure spike as he was face to face with the ravenous wolf that looked at him as if he were a gullible lamb, a.k.a, Lila. She looked a mess with puffy red eyes and mascara streaks down her face reaching her chin, it was clear to anyone she had been crying. Damian narrowed his eyes, this might not be one of her fake crying episodes, but it clearly was still a carefully laid trap. They were alone, with no witnesses to watch what was about to go down. Lila hesitantly held her phone out to Damian, and tears began rolling down her cheeks again, “I… I thought you should know,” she sniffed, pressing the play button. Damian listened with a raised eyebrow to the conversation Lila had supposedly recorded, “Marinette you are an amazing woman, what I wanted to tell you was that I accept your feelings and will be your boyfriend,” Adrien’s voice could be heard loud, and clear through the recording, Damian opened his mouth but Lila cut him off, “There’s more hang on,” Soon after, his Lily’s voice could be heard, “Adrien, I have loved you since we were thirteen-” With that Lila stopped the recording and began to cry, “I know Marinette’s probably told you all these nasty things about me… but it felt wrong to say nothing and let her keep manipulating you like this when I know what I heard.” With that, Lila went back to sobbing and wailing about how her bully ‘stole’ her soulmate and was a filthy cheater. If anyone else was around, they would have caught the Bat Glare Lila herself was too wrapped up in her act to see. Damian wasn’t surprised Lila stooped this low, in fact, he wasn’t surprised she didn’t stoop lower and try to fake a pregnancy or something, but it dawned on him that this was the perfect opportunity to end Marinette’s torment and he decided to take it. “Oh, you were there for that conversation too?” Lila froze, and looked up at him with fresh tears still rolling down her cheeks, “E-excuse me?” A deep laugh that rumbled like thunder cut through the tension. “Do you seriously think I would have let Adrien speak to my Lily alone when I knew he would try to pull something? And do you seriously think I wouldn’t consider the possibility someone could have been listening in,” With that, Damian pulled out his own phone, shooting Lila a vicious smirk. “Let me fill you in on what you conveniently missed,” As he pressed play, the smirk only grew as he watched the color drain from Lila’s face and his voice played from the speaker, “Agreste there is no way you are her soulmate. I saw Marinette in my dreams, and she saw me in hers. Besides, I know your soulmate is Rossi. She was determined to make a scene today at lunch, and it tipped me off that you would try something like this. I suggest you listen well Agreste because this is the only time I will be kind enough to give you some advice. Leave Marinette alone. All you have done is hurt her and allow others to hurt her. You have stood by and watched as a petty ectoparasite burrowed into Marinette’s class and allowed her to spread her manipulative disease. Even if by chance you have somehow seen the light and exposed the truth tomorrow, which we both know you will not do because you are too much of a coward and care more about what other people think of you, it’s too late. You have blown all your chances, and Marinette is far too good for you, someone who will throw her to the wolves to avoid a minor inconvenience. So stay away Adrien, if you know what is best for you.” With that, Damian placed his phone in his pocket and looked back at Lila. 

“You know, I really ought to thank you, Rossi, you tipped me off to Agreste’s plan and allowed me to collect evidence to foil your own. I have that entire conversation recorded from the moment he approached my Lily, and I have already been recording this one too,” Lila’s eyes widened and she looked like she was about to faint, so Damian moved in for the kill, “Do you really think you’re the first one to try and pull a stunt like this? I am from one of the wealthiest and most influential families in the world, did you really think you would be the first to lie about my soulmate? How convenient, you happen to have a recording of Marinette supposedly accepting a confession from Adrien, and that you finally worked up the ‘courage’ to tell me the first moment I am alone and Marinette is not here to defend herself. I will give you some credit though, your editing skills could fool someone who is not looking for signs of manipulation, and could have definitely fooled our gullible classmates, which brings me to my next point,” Damian channeled his rage into a calm, icy glare, “You will cease tormenting my soulmate immediately. I am not afraid to expose your lies and underhanded tactics to our class, but let me give you some more incentive. Before, Marinette did not have the… legal resources to handle you properly, but I have my family’s lawyers on speed dial Rossi. Marinette is not my wife yet, but the same protections that cover the Wayne family extend to her. So if you know what is good for you, you will shut your mouth and never speak ill of my soulmate again, or my lawyers will see what other secrets you have been hiding.” Taking that as her queue to leave, Lila booked it toward the exit like the devil was on her heels. Operation: Lila Wayne was clearly dead in the water, and Damian would be sure it stayed that way. Once she was gone he took a deep breath and got his emotions in check, just in time to see the love of his life jogging towards him. “Sorry! I realized while I was in the bathroom that I left some stuff in the art room!” He smiled as the familiar feeling of warmth returned to him. It was wonderful, being in love.

Alya just got finished pacing around her room for what felt like the hundredth time. She stared at her computer, open to the video she had yet to publish, and the one that would be the final nail in the coffin for her career. She knew deep down she had to do this, it was the only way to atone for all she’d done. A chat popped up on the screen from Red:

Are you okay Ladyblogger? I know this is a tough decision, and I’m here for you. 

Alya smiled, over their many late-night conversations, Red had become a good friend and close confidant. She’d never meet up with him in person, that was online safety 101, but he’d helped her come to some difficult conclusions.

Yeah. Just trying to settle my nerves a bit. I know I have to do this, it’s the right thing to do, and lately, I’ve struggled with that.

You’ve got this. I think it will go over better than you think it will. 

With that, Alya closed her eyes, counted to ten, and pressed the upload button. A video titled after one of the worst things she’d ever said was now on the front page of the Ladyblog, a video she could never take back.

Marinette and Damian were in her room, munching on a variety of cookies and discussing their plan to end Hawkmoth’s reign of terror once and for all. Their brainstorming was interrupted when a notification popped up on Marinette’s phone, and a new video had been posted to the Ladyblog. The two shared a look and a shrug, sure, why not? It wouldn’t hurt to see what Lila was saying now, instead, they were met with a thumbnail of Alya sitting at her desk, and a video called ‘A Good Reporter Always Fact Checks’ was staring back at them. Damian pressed play, and the two sat back to see what this was about. 

“Hey everyone, it’s the Ladyblogger. This video is VERY different from what I normally post, and it needs to be because I have a lot I need to say. Many years ago, when I was just starting out I posted a video about a girl named Lila Rossi who claimed that she was Ladybug’s best friend. That video has been removed, but at the time I thought nothing of it. A girl who was my friend confronted me about it, and rightly, called me on the fact I had no evidence to prove anything Lila had said. Instead of fixing my mistake, I told her that a good reporter always fact-checks, but that wasn’t what I did. I am here today to apologize to her and to all of you for failing you. I neglected to do the right thing and gave a liar a platform to spread dangerous misinformation, but I also took that liar’s side and turned against the best friend I’ve ever had. 

I met Lila Rossi when I was thirteen, and I along with most of my classmates naively believed every word that came out of her mouth like it was gospel. She told us that because her mother was a diplomat, she had gotten to meet and work with all these famous people and that she could talk with them and help our careers. We were so excited, there was someone who could help us reach our dreams and she was doing it out of the kindness of her heart. Hindsight really is 20/20, and looking back there was no way any celebrity in their right mind would be that deeply involved working with a teenage girl to the extent Lila claimed. I can’t speak for my classmates but I know a part of me kept believing her because the fear of pissing her off and then it all turning out to be true kept me loyal to her. I was a coward and afraid that if I questioned her I would lose out, and that later turned into fearing what I’d done in her name if it turns out she was lying. This resulted in me interviewing her and publicizing her lies and misinformation, giving her a platform to fuel her own ego. To put it simply: I didn’t fact-check, and now everyone is paying the price. I’m sorry. I’m so, so, so, sorry. Taking her videos down doesn’t fix the damage she caused, and just saying I’m sorry won’t either. It sounds cringy but I promise to do better, but I don’t expect you all to stick with me now that I’ve proven not to be a reliable source. For accurate, truthful information, check out Aurore’s blog On the Spot. She’s a great reporter and has done a much better job than I did. I would also like to apologize to Ladybug, and not just for giving Lila Rossi a platform. I want to apologize for all those shitty things I did to try to figure out her identity and push LadyNoir even after she clearly expressed multiple times that she was uncomfortable. Most importantly, I want to apologize to my former friend and ex-boyfriend,” Marinette’s eyebrow raised a bit, “They caught on to Lila’s bullshit years before I did and tried to snap me out of it because they cared about me. But instead, I dug my heels in and participated in icing them out from the class, and stood by while they were harassed. I broke up with my boyfriend over this whole mess because I was appalled he’d take Lila’s “Bully’s” side when the truth was that they were the ones being bullied. All I can say to them is that I’m sorry and that they don’t have to forgive me. My teacher taught us that we always need to forgive and be the bigger person, but forgiveness isn’t something owed, it's earned. I’ve acknowledged my wrongdoings but I haven’t yet begun to work to make things right. So to that girl who was my best friend and one of the best people I’ve met: I should have trusted you. This isn’t your fault, it’s mine, and I am so sorry for what I’ve done.” Marinette sat and stared, stunned at Alya’s admission and watching in awe as the blogger exposed Lila’s lies to the world. Out of all the people to do it, she never thought it would be Alya, Lila’s self-proclaimed BFF. However, it also meant the last variable in her plan was taken care of, so walking over to the Miraculous box, she took what she needed and gave a variety of Miraculous to Damian. Standing on her toes she kissed his cheek and whispered, “Text Red Robin and Batman, tell them to meet us at the Eiffel Tower at Midnight. And if you would be so kind, please take these Miraculous to their most recent holders. I know I said I retired the old heroes, but we’ll need most of them again. I have one errand to run, and I’ll meet you there.” Damian nodded, and kissed Mari’s forehead, “Be careful my Lily.” and She hesitantly broke away from his embrace, transformed, and snuck out through her balcony. 

Alya was scrolling through the comments on her apology/Lila Rossi exposè video, it was a habit she never could break. Yes, there were quite a few harshly criticizing her, and a couple were straight-up name-calling, but the majority of people were happy she’d seen the light and were encouraging her not to give up on her dream. Her phone was blowing up with texts and calls from her classmates (and quite a few angry voicemails from Lila), but she couldn’t bring herself to care. A part of her felt at peace, even though she mourned the loss of her dream. A knock on her door snapped her out of her spiral, it was probably her mom coming to give her a pep talk and reassure her she did the right thing. But as she opened the door to her room, a familiar set of pigtails nearly made her jump out of her skin. “Hi… I came to talk,” Marinette said, and Alya moved back to let her in. This felt so right, but wrong. It called back to the many sleepovers they had, laughing about boys and reading superhero comics, but this time it was like two opposing soldiers laying down their arms in a tentative truce. Marinette decided to break the awkward silence, “So I saw the video. I have to admit, I certainly wasn’t expecting you to expose Lila like that.” Alya gave a half-hearted chuckle. “Neither did she. She’s been blowing up my phone with voicemails calling me every name she can think of and promising to ruin me. Well, she’s too late 'cause I already did that.” Marinette looked over at the comments, skimming through them. “Not necessarily. You apologized, admitted you were wrong, and have already begun working to undo some of her damage,” “But that doesn’t excuse what I did to you, to Nino, and your friends.” “No, it doesn’t, but you’ve owned up to it which is admirable. What snapped you out of it?” Alya smiled softly, “I made a friend who got me to stop and think… and also got me access to the school’s cameras. I don’t know how much of the video you watched but I played the video from the day you got expelled and it showed Lila framing you so Damocles and Bustier are in some hot water right now.” Marinette laughed, genuinely, it felt so strange for Alya to hear, “About time! I can’t help but wonder how many other people they messed up, besides us.” “Oh, a lot. I plan on exposing more, but that’s a problem to take out another day.” Marinette perked up a bit, “Speaking of taking out problems, I need your help with a big one.” Alya nodded eagerly, ready to make up for her years of inaction. “I asked Aurore to post this too, but I need you to post this article,” Marinette handed her a piece of paper to read, as she read, her brow furrowed a bit, “You’re not planning on taking on Hawkmoth, are you? Oh my god, you are. I don’t know what secret weapons stash the Waynes have but-” “Tikki spots on,” Standing there, in her room, was Ladybug, where her former best friend once stood. Before Alya could find her words Maribug, no, Ladynette, no, Ladybug cut her off, “I have a plan but I’m going to need Hawkmoth to panic thinking the Miraculi are slipping out of his grasp. We need this to bait him out.” Alya was stunned, and began to stammer, “Of course! I-” “You said you wanted to work to make things right, so if you’re willing,” Marinette held out an oh-so-familiar fox necklace, “I’ll need Rena Rouge’s help too.”

Chloe was sitting in her room with Sabrina, pretending to be invested in whatever show they were watching. In her mind she kept replaying that day she spotted Marinette and her group in her favorite cafe. The conversation she had… she had never expected to spill her heart out like that. Her mother always told her that she could never be vulnerable, she could never let others see any weakness, and yet there she sat pouring out her heart. Eventually, Sabrina had to leave, they did have school tomorrow, and the heiress was left alone. Alone was something familiar to Chloe, especially since her Icarus Moment, as she called it, was something she dreaded. She knew her parents would leave her out to dry in a heartbeat, she knew Zoe had her own life and that the two sisters would never be close, and she knew all her daddy’s employees would quit the moment they found something better. All she had left was Sabrina, so she clung on for dear life. She’d stopped treating her friend like a servant a long time ago, and even when she was at her worst, Sabrina stuck by her. Initially, it was out of fear, Sabrina knew that if she was going to swim with sharks it was better to be a remora. She had many chances to leave but stuck around time and time again and Chloe realized that maybe Sabrina really did care for her. Then there was the hot mess that was Adrien. He’d tried to give Chloe the “Her lies aren’t hurting anybody” speech a while ago, but the heiress wasn’t having it. This girl had humiliated her and needed to pay. She and Sabrina decided to gather information, and that was how they overheard Adrien making Marinette agree not to do anything and later Lila threatening Marinette. 

Chloe had always felt a little bad for the baker’s daughter, she was madly in love with Adrien but had no idea what he was really like, he could be incredibly manipulative if it meant avoiding an uncomfortable situation. She knew that Marinette wouldn’t trust her to outright accept help from the heiress, so she decided to back off entirely, a cease-fire of sorts. It helped that this coincided with her revelation that she was jealous of Marinette and her family. When Damian Wayne joined the class and declared himself Dupain-Cheng’s soulmate, Chloe thought, ‘About damn time.’ She’d seen how the former class president was treated and knew she most likely had another major stressor (Chloe theorized she was Ladybug’s woman in the chair, working behind the scenes), so she was a bit relieved to see the universe finally being kind to the ravenette. Unfortunately, it also marked the turn for Adrien to go off the deep end. He had confessed to Chloe before that he knew about Marinette’s crush, but that he was pretty sure his soulmate was Ladybug, and he’d also said that she’d be his second pick if that didn’t work out, and she certainly got an earful when he found out his soulmate was Lila. After she and Sabrina returned to school after their run-in with the Mari Squad, Adrien stopped her and asked her to help him win back Marinette. “Agreste,” She remembered snapping, not bothering with any nicknames, “You’ve lost your mind. Dupain-Cheng finally, FINALLY has something positive working out for her and you, one of the main sources of all her anguish think you can just waltz back in? You don’t really love her Adrien, you said it yourself she’d always be your second choice, and when your first choice fell through and your soulmate turned out to be Lila you sought out your consolation prize. Let me give you some advice: Life isn’t a fairytale, you can’t expect Marinette to wait for you forever or to completely throw away her life for you.” She doubted Adrien would get the message, but at least she tried. If she was naïve, Chloe would wonder if this marked the start of the end of their rivalry and the beginning of a new friendship, but the logical part of her knew that the damage she did was too great. She was snapped out of her thoughts by a sound coming from her balcony. She groaned and got up, thinking a pigeon had crashed into the door and was now stunned on the floor. But when she opened the door, she was shocked, there was Ladybug and Rena Rouge on her balcony. Ladybug smiled gently, and in almost a whisper asked, “Is Queen Bee available?”

The three women arrived at the Eiffel Tower just before midnight. Their arrival was acknowledged by a majority of the Miraculous team and Red Robin. Batman stood back, silently observing. Marinette could feel the nerves rising in her stomach. There was Batman, in person, and he was here to help her. Alya seemed to be going through a similar mental process, trying desperately to act professional and not fangirl, until Red Robin greeted her, “Well, well, well. Gotta say I wasn’t expecting to see you here Ladyblogger!” Alya’s jaw dropped, “Red??” Tim threw his head back and laughed, “Yep! I needed some information for our investigation, and figured I’d help you off the sinking ship in the process.” Before Alya could reply, Batman spoke, “Speaking of information, we were able to figure out That Hawkmoth and Mayura are Gabriel Agreste and his assistant Nathalie Sancoeur by hacking into various cameras to track the akumas, and from there we monitored his activity through his security system,” “For the record I’ve seen better security from Rogues like Crazy Quilt,” Red Robin interjected, Batman sighed and continued, “We have solid evidence that will hold up in court, so our main objective will be to catch him,” the Dark Knight turned to Ladybug, “So I’m assuming you called us here because you have the plan to do that.” Ladybug nodded and stepped forward to begin to tell the team her plan, “So as most of you know Hawkmoth and Mayura get their powers from the Kwamii within their Miraculous, that’s the same thing that gives us our powers,” She clarified for the Gotham heroes, “All we have to do is remove the Miraculous from them, and their transformation will be dropped and they’ll be powerless. However, the tricky part is actually getting them to come to the fight themselves. The nature of their Miraculous allows them to create minions to fight for them, hence the Akumas and Sentimonsters, so it’s very likely that they’ll try and distract us so they can escape. We have a mostly full Miraculous team, minus the mouse, rabbit, ox, and horse, but those can easily be given to other holders to fill that void,” The group felt a mix of emotions at the realization that some of their classmates had still yet to try and make amends for what they did, but knew that it was for the better until they could fully trust the former team members again. “So in order to get them out, we need to get them to their lowest, a point in which they’ll be so desperate that they’ll feel like they have no choice but to face us themselves, and we’ll do that by making them think that everything is slipping out of their grasp.”

Adrien had just gotten home from school, and turned on the TV in his room, flopping down on his bed. His day was AWFUL because the night before Alya had made a video on the Ladyblog exposing Lila completely out of the blue. Needless to say, the class was furious, and then their fury was directed at him when they found out he’d known the whole time and the things he did to keep Marinette from exposing Lila. He’d tried to argue that yeah he’d made a mistake, but no major damage had been done and that the small stuff could be fixed, so they should all just move on and be friends again. That had only added fuel to the fire, and all of this was before Marinette and Damian walked in. Adrien could practically feel his blood pressure rising at the thought of his rival’s name. He’d changed Marinette, encouraged her to stand up for herself, and in Adrien’s opinion was shaping her into a toxic person, but it seemed like he was the only one who could see it! More and more people gravitated to Mari like moths to a flame, and she was enjoying quite the popularity spike while he and Lila were seemingly deemed the school’s outcasts. If he still had his ring he would go to her as Chat Noir and demand that she stop the bullshit and fix everything, but he couldn’t even do that. Lila had contacted him, screaming that he’d ruined her plan to split up Dupain-Cheng and Wayne, and if he’d just followed her lead, he’d have what he wanted and she’d have what she wanted. For once he wished he listened to Lila, especially when she told him that Damian had a recording of his confrontation with Marinette and her rejection. His lawyers explained that there was nothing he could do,  the Wayne family was a legal juggernaut so even if they did have a valid case, they would simply be able to drag it out until the Agrestes had no choice but to drop it, the same thing Gabriel had done to countless people before. They drilled into his head that any move he made against Damian Wayne would bring the wrath of his lawyers and that for once, Adrien was in a position of weakness. 

He was brainstorming ideas on how to convince Marinette to leave her soulmate when the TV switched over to breaking news. “Ladybug and Panthère de Nuit will be meeting with members of the Justice League and Justice League Dark today in order to transfer over the Miraculous to the hero teams. According to statements from Ladybug posted to the Ladyblog and On the Spot, ‘Hawkmoth’s attacks have become far more brazen, and in order to assure the safety of Paris, I felt it was necessary to entrust the Miraculi, including the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous, to people who can properly protect them,’” The screen cut to Ladybug and Panthère de Nuit handing over what was supposedly the Miracle Box to the superheroes Batman, Red Robin, Zatanna, and Doctor Fate, The box was almost in Zatanna’s hands when a loud boom caught the attention of the heroes, and as the camera turned to show what they saw, Adrien gasped. There were Hawkmoth and Mayura on the back of a massive multi-headed dragon Sentimonster, with an army of akumas and amoks floating around them, ready to turn at least half of Paris into their own army. A burst of fire was shot from one of the heads of the dragon, with Ladybug, Panthère de Nuit, Batman, and Red Robin easily dodging. Zatanna and Doctor Fate, along with the Miracle Box disappeared in the familiar smoke of an illusion from the Fox Miraculous breaking, in fact, the whole area seemed to disappear, and when the smoke settled, it showed the heroes and villains trapped in a large Shell-ter. It struck Adrien that this was never a poorly executed plan that Hawkmoth discovered, this was an ambush. Realistically, he knew he shouldn’t get involved, he didn’t have a Miraculous and would be putting himself in great danger. However, he was convinced that if he showed Ladybug that he could still be a hero, she would have to give him a MIraculous, and he could prove to Marinette that he was the best match for her. So he left for the battlefield.

Everything so far was going according to plan. Hawkmoth and Mayura had taken the bait and were now trapped in the Shell-ter with the Heroes. Rena Rouge was working overtime, creating illusion after illusion to confuse the devious duo. Carapace’s Shell-ter was holding strong, preventing anyone from entering and potentially getting akumatized. Vipereon was given the rabbit miraculous as well and was currently hopping between dimensions and using Second Chance to reset the fight and figure out the next moves they should make. King Monkey (with help from the Mouse Miraculous), Pigella, and Caprikid were using their respective powers to work with Batman and Red Robin to try and throw off Hawkmoth and Mayura’s concentration. Meanwhile, Ryuko, Panthère de Nuit, Purple Tigeress (also using the Ox Miraculous), and Rooster Bold were handling the massive dragon Sentimonster. Ladybug herself was along the outskirts of the battle, with Miss Hound and the “new” Bee hero Swarm. Ladybug was using her yo-yo to get her allies out of the way of various attacks, and waiting for the signal from Vipereon to use Lucky Charm. Swarm was waiting for an opportunity to use Venom to stun either Hawkmoth or Mayura, while Miss Hound was using the Horse Miraculous to teleport around to take shots at hitting the villains’ Miraculous. All of the heroes were connected with earpieces so they could communicate and monitor how each other was doing, and so far everything was going smoothly. 

For the first time in forever, Ladybug was beginning to feel hopeful that this nightmare would be over soon, when Miss Hound caught everyone’s attention, “Ummm… Why is Adrien trying to get in? Does he know that Hawkmoth is his dad?” Red Robin dodged an attack from an enraged Mayura, and quickly answered, “Not that we’re aware of. Although we did find out that he was Chat Noir, so maybe he thinks he can help,” Ladybug sighed and declared she would handle it, swinging off to the border. Sure enough, there was Adrien, banging on the Shell-ter, and he perked up as soon as he saw her. The only thing standing between the former partners was a magical green wall. “What are you doing here Adrien? It’s not safe!” Ladybug crossed her arms and glared, she did NOT have time for this! “I’m here to help My Lady! So tell Carapace to drop Shell-ter and let me in,” The blond boy shot her his best Chat Noir smile, while Ladybug simply raised an eyebrow, “I can’t do that Adrien. Lifting the shelter would allow thousands of akumas to escape and terrorize Paris. It would be too much of a risk and put too many people in danger. Besides you don’t have a way to fight, so you wouldn’t be any help.” She hoped that would put an end to it, but she was wrong, “But I can help! If you give me a Miraculous I can help you defeat Hawkmoth. Please Ladybug we’re partners, we’re soulmates! I should be there fighting with you!” Adrien was persistent she’d give him that, but there was no way she’d let him in, potentially ruining everything when they worked so hard. “No Adrien, I will not be giving you a Miraculous! Every single one of them is in use right now and to take one away from someone would put them in danger. Besides, you already blew your chance when you were Chat Noir! You proved that you were never in it to protect people, and you were barely a decent partner! There were several times Hawkmoth almost won because you were goofing off or just didn’t even show up. Finally, you aren’t my soulmate, you never were. Just go home, go home, and sit this one out,” That seemed to cause him to only get more upset, “This is because of the new cat isn’t it?! He’s convinced you I’m some awful person so you’d give him the Cat Miraculous instead of me! It’s mine, not his! Master Fu chose me! I am the real holder of the Cat Miraculous, so you have to do what’s right and give it back if you’re such a ‘real hero’!” Ladybug sighed, “And Plagg, the Kwamii of the Cat Miraculous took it away from you because he felt you were unworthy to wield it. Why would I give it back to you then? Leave Adrien.” With that, she turned away, ready to rejoin the battle, but stopped dead in her tracks, “I should have known all along Ladybug, you aren’t a real hero. You’re just a narcissistic, pathetic, lonely girl pretending to be this great, benevolent hero because, in your real life, nobody loves you. Nobody wants you. I used to think I was your soulmate, and it’s clear I’m not because there’s no way such a vile person like you could ever have one. This is the only way you can get attention, and you strung me along in the process! If anything, you’re just as bad as Hawkmoth!” Adrien spat, before storming off. Ladybug took a deep breath, fighting back tears. It hurt to have someone she cared about, and used to love say such vile things about her, but now was not the time to lose focus, she had a battle to win. 

Diving back into the fray, she quickly tugged Caprikid out of the way as Hawkmoth tried to strike him. “You good,” He asked as the two regained their footing on a building, “You left your earpiece on so we kinda heard all of that. Panthère de Nuit looked ready to kill him at one point, and the rest of us would back him up if you want.” Ladybug chuckled a bit, “Thanks but the Miraculous Team is adopting the Bat’s no-killing rule. I’ll be okay, no, I’ll be amazing once we end this!” “Then I’m happy to inform you that it’s time for Lucky Charm,” Vipereon chimed in, “Swarm! Miss Hound! Take the shot! Lucky Charm!” Panthère de Nuit Cataclysmed the Sentimonster, causing cracks to form, destabilizing Hawkmoth and Mayura, with some help, the Amokized pendant was caught and quickly broken. Swarm hit Mayura with Venom, and her Miraculous was taken with Miss Hound’s fetch, leaving a defeated Nathalie, and Hawkmoth standing alone. Ladybug would have to move quickly so Hawkmoth couldn’t Akumatize Nathalie, and looked down at the Lucky Charm in her hand: A lily. Looking around, she quickly developed a plan, Grabbing a few supplies, she made her way to the tallest point within the Shell-ter, and set a trap for the Akumas. Sure enough, the allure of a flower overpowered Hawkmoth’s control over the butterflies, and as a result, they left the villain powerless. The heroes were quick to surround Hawkmoth, and with no Akuma and nowhere to ruin, it looked like his reign of terror was over. “You’re done Hawkmoth, you lost,” Ladybug declared as she jumped down to meet the villain. His cane, which contained a small blade, was ripped out of his hands by Batman, who did not want to risk the former villain attempting to stab Ladybug out of desperation. Seeing as he had no way out, all Hawkmoth could do was sigh in defeat and remove his Miraculous. Once it was securely in Ladybug’s hand, Carapace let the shelter down, and one Miraculous Ladybug later, the destruction of the battle seemed like a distant memory. 

It was like waking up from a dream. For a moment, no one said anything, what was left to be said? News helicopters were now flying overhead, as people began to gather around. A few stunned police officers made their way to the front of the crowd to arrest Gabriel and Nathalie, and as they were marched away the crowd erupted in a roar of jubilation. The Miraculous heroes were quick to leave the scene, and not a moment too soon, since their transformations dropped shortly after they landed on a distant roof. As the rest of her team celebrated, Marinette turned to look at the Eiffel Tower, where it all started five years ago. It didn’t feel real, Marinette looked down at the celebrating crowd below,  she was happy, but she also felt lost in a way. Being Ladybug had been such a huge part of her life, and she hadn’t really planned what she’d do once Hawkmoth was defeated. She was snapped out of her thoughts when a familiar arm wrapped around her waist, “Hey,” Damian murmured. She could feel a smile growing on her face, “Are you doing okay my Lily? I thought you would’ve been celebrating as well,” Marinette leaned into his side, “I feel like I won the lottery… but I’m not sure where to go from here. I’ve been Ladybug for a good chunk of my life, all the plans I made revolved around being Ladybug and responding to Akumas. Now I don’t really know what to do with myself,” “Come to Gotham,” Tim shouted at the pair, effectively ruining the moment. Damian turned, shooting Tim a glare over his shoulder. “He’s not wrong you know,” Batman started, getting everyone’s attention, “You’ve proven yourself to be incredibly capable, and now that the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous are back in your possession, the threat they pose has been taken care of. We would be honored to have you join us and the rest of the Gotham Knights.” Marinette was stunned, she stammered over her words trying to piece together a sentence, “I, I don’t know what to say-” “How about yes?” Damian asked as he leaned in for a kiss. “Alright then. yes. “ Marinette responded as her eyes fluttered closed. Before their lips could meet, the moment was ruined, “Get a room!” Tim called, resulting in a groan from the couple, and laughter from their friends. 

Marinette took one last look around her bare room, almost everything was gone except for her bed and a change of clothes. This was her last night in Paris for a while, maybe forever unless she came back to visit. In the month since Hawkmoth’s defeat, all of Paris had been in a state of constant celebration, and tonight there was supposed to be the biggest party of all: to wish Ladybug good luck and farewell as she joined the Batfam and by extension the Justice League. She would be the only hero moving up to the big leagues, with the rest of the Miraculous holders involved in the final battle releasing a statement that they would be permanently retired until further notice. They cited that it would be too dangerous to have so many Miraculous out and active on a permanent basis, potentially giving supervillains multiple targets to go after, and the potential danger each Miraculous could pose if they were to fall into the wrong hands. They wished Ladybug well and stated that they’d always be ready if she needed them again. Panthère de Nuit was publicly revealed to be Robin, the vigilante from Gotham, along with a slightly watered-down version of why the Bats were in Paris in the first place. No one really cared about the schematics, Hawkmoth was gone, and people could live their normal lives again. Marinette plopped down on her bed, sighing as she watched the Kwamii fly about the room. There really was nothing left for her in Paris, Hawkmoth and Mayura were gone, the rest of her class finally apologized, Lila was exposed and she’d just graduated high school alongside her soulmate. All she had to do now was go to college in Gotham, build her fashion empire, and help defend the world whenever she was needed. She was excited, who wouldn’t be? That excitement was dampened by a sense of melancholy, Paris was her home and she had so many good memories here, some she could remember vividly, like her soulmate dreams. “Hey Tikki?” The little Kwamii paused, floating over to her champion, “Now that I’ve met Damian, am I going to stop having soulmate dreams? I mean I’ve never had them consistently before… but it would be weird for them to suddenly stop right?” Tikki sat for a moment in Marinette’s hand, pondering her chosen’s question. “Well, it depends. Soulmate dreams work differently for different people, but you primarily seem to get them when you’re in a situation relating to hope. When you’re either full of hope or desperately need it, that’s when your dreams seem to come to you. They act like a promise, a promise that all will be well. So I imagine that you may occasionally have one when you need it most or when you feel particularly hopeful. Anyways, I hope you’re ready, it’s almost time for the party to start!” Tikki cheered as the Kwamii surrounded the two. 

Damian sat atop the Eiffel Tower as Panthère de Nuit, he watched Ladybug (It’s Lady Miracle now, he reminded himself) as she made her way across the rooftops to him. She was followed by cheering from the crowd of people, who all seemed to surge forward towards the celebration. Occasionally she would stop to pull a few people out of the crowd who looked like they were having trouble, but nonetheless, she was making good progress. She landed next to him gracefully, and he stood to meet her. “Hello my Lily,” he whispered as he pulled her into an embrace. “How was your last day in Paris?” She hummed contentedly as she kissed him, pausing a moment to snuggle closer. “It was good. I finally got apologies from the rest of the class, and anyone else who believed Lila. I only had to deal with Adrien for a few minutes, he tried to convince me to stay in Paris and go to college with him instead of leaving for Gotham. Papa showed him the door. And I also finished up the last of my packing! I’ve never seen the room so empty, it’s kinda scary.” Damian sighed, It seemed like Adrien would always be a pain in their sides, he couldn’t do much, but he seemed determined to be a constant presence in their lives. The two decided they wouldn’t focus on it now, they had a celebration to attend to. 

The heroes wove their way through the crowds, talking to people, and occasionally stopping at vendors to purchase some snacks or merch. Eventually, the two made their way to where the old Ladybug and Chat Noir statue stood. There were plans to take it down and replace it. “It should just be a statue of Ladybug, I only came to help defeat Hawkmoth, but she has been fighting him the whole time,” Panthère de Nuit explained to the mayor and various sculptors and architects that were discussing it. Ladybug was munching on a chocolate croissant from her parents’ booth, when someone spoke, “So this is it huh? You won and now you’re just packing up and leaving?” She turned to see Lila standing there, arms crossed and looking a mix between furious and annoyed. ‘Annoyed Hawkmoth didn’t drag me down with him,’ Marinette thought, swallowing the bite of croissant. “Hello, Lila. Yes, I got invited to join the Justice League, so I’ll be spending a few years in Gotham training with Batman. How about you? Got any plans?” It was a bit of an antagonistic question. Since Gabriel Agreste was exposed, the brand Gabriel had been in a perpetual death spiral. Adrien, with the help of the board of directors and some lawyers, was able to stabilize the company, but it was going through a serious rebrand and may have to downsize. So Lila’s future as a model was shaky at best. Lila however, did not show any uncertainty, “Oh I’m probably going to continue modeling, after I finish college that is. Who knows, maybe I’ll leave that behind and branch into acting. Now,” her gaze hardened, “Let’s drop the pleasantries shall we? Hawkmoth is gone, so I expect I won’t be having any more trouble with you-” “Unless you decide to work with a terrorist again. The only reason you haven’t been arrested is because there isn’t enough evidence Lila.” “And it's going to stay that way. You have no reason to go snooping around my life anymore, and besides,” Lila shot her a smirk, “I’m sure the Justice League wouldn’t like it if it got out that their newest member was stalking an innocent model, accusing her of outlandish crimes.” Ladybug laughed, “Considering some recent revelations about you I don’t think I’ll have a problem convincing them you’re anything but trustworthy. So stay out of trouble, because you’ll certainly end up getting in over your head, and someday no one will be around to bail you out.” Lila made a sound similar to an outraged chicken, and placing a hand over her heart she cried, “Is that a threat?” an obvious attempt to make a scene. Ladybug simply shrugged, “Nope. It’s a warning. Do with it what you will,” and with that, she walked over to Panthère de Nuit, and the two swung back up to the Eiffel Tower to watch the fireworks. The show was amazing, the symbols of all the Parisian heroes lit up the sky, and Marinette contentedly sighed as she leaned into Damian’s side. Life was good. After a couple of minutes, the grand finale began, with the final fireworks spelling out: Thank you Ladybug and Panthère de Nuit.

So, "Hack San" was released...

The episode "Hack San" has finally been released and here I am now, about to go on and on about the episode :) But first let's do a small summary or synopsis of the episode!

Warning: Spoilers to the episode "Hack San"

Summary:

The episode starts off with Marinette trying to make up excuses to stay in Paris/home, instead of going to London to visit her Aunt. So far, all of her attempts have been failures. Marinette then has no choice but to leave Paris with her family. Meanwhile, Gabriel or Shadowmoth creates a new sentimonster with the name of Hack San, which is a virus that allows for Markov to be vulnerable to an akuma. Then, Marinette contacts Alya to meet her at the train station before she is to leave. Marinette gives Alya the Ladybug miraculous trusting her to protect Paris while she is gone. Alya has a chat with the kwami's, Tikki and Trixx, in which they tell her the ups and downs of being the holder of the Ladybug miraculous and the guardian of the miracle box. Alya returns to the park that she was hanging out at before Marinette contacted her. At the park, Alya starts to fuss over everyone's emotions, mainly if they are feeling any negative emotions. Meanwhile, Markov is effected by the virus and is akumatized by Shadowmoth and becomes Robustus. Robustus then (through the internet) takes control of people and orders them to give him their most prized possessions. While on the train, Marinette's parents are affected by Robustus, which leads to Marinette being captured by Robustus. It is then Alya's responsibility to protect Paris. Alya transforms into her version of Ladybug, and while she is trying to find her new super hero name she is met with Chat Noir. Chat Noir does not immediately trusts the new super heroine and suspects they are the villain. However, this distrust is cut short because of the akuma Robustus still being at large. Robustus orders everyone to capture Ladybug and Chat Noir. The super heroes hear a person crying for help and while Chat Noir is at first suspicious, Alya heads straight to where the civilian's voice was heard. This turns out to be a trap and the super heroes are forced to run into a building where they are also trapped by Robustus. Alya summons her Lucky Charm to aid her in this situation. Alya or Scarabella receives a frying pan. This leads her to think of a plan to manipulate Robustus to release the people's possessions in exchange for both her and Chat Noir. Robustus agrees to this and releases all of the objects and among those objects is Marinette who catches on quickly to the plan and uses the frying pan to release the akuma. The super heroes are released as well and Alya uses her Miraculous Ladybug. And as always, Paris is saved once again. A few days later, Marinette and her family are back from her trip and Alya suggest Marinette/Ladybug go talk to Chat Noir, and she does. Ladybug and Chat Noir have a talk about how someone knows about Ladybug's secret identity and Chat's new found fear that Ladybug might not be there anymore, in which Ladybug gives him the reassurance that she won't be going anywhere. And, the episode ends.

Yay! Another very detailed and unnecessary summary of the episode! Welp! It's too late now. :|

Anyway! Now onto my opinion or thoughts on the episode!

(Also I'm re-watching the episode as I do this so this might have some unnecessary details. Anyway, carry on!)

First things first the, I know that Marinette is trying to get out of going to London and staying in Paris, but I swear her excuses are getting weaker. I swear she had better excuses in the earlier seasons or is it just me? Not to mention, since Marinette is so desperate to stay in Paris she purposefully trips down the stairs. Damn the dedication and I mean, I know that Marinette needs to stay in Paris just in case, but she has left Paris like three times now, you would think that she would have a backup plan if anything happened in Paris when she wasn't there (and I'll talk about one of her solutions later on *cough cough Scarabella cough cough*). Also, Tom's desperation and persistence for Marinette to come on the trip is kinda amusing. And the not so subtle jabs at the aunt :0

Moving on! Ummm Nooroo and Dusuu you know that Gabriel is RIGHT there right? I mean he could probably hear what your saying. Also, Gabriel are you just deaf or did you not just hear what they said? Because their right behind you. When Shadowmoth made Hack San, was the weird "Haah" sound really necessary? Also, why does the virus, USB thingy low key look like Nino's shirt logo. Are they somehow connected? Or did they just run out of ideas for the design? (Not me being salty over a sentimonsters design) Why the fuck is this robot doing like three things at the same time? I know that he's a robot, but come on.

Hmmmm. No other option you say? What about bringing the Horse miraculous with you like in Startrain? Or use the cosmic suits that can legit let you fly around the world? Come on, let's be honest here giving Alya the Ladybug miraclulous wasn't the ONLY option. Claps to Alya for doing a fake doubting act, but in reality just trying to think of a new superhero name. You almost got me there Astruc, you almost made me thought that Alya had her doubts about taking over for Marinette, but in reality is just super excited to take over. Props to you my dude, props! Also, I'm not going to lie Alya all of your name ideas are kinda weak, I mean the fandom has better name ideas than you do, but then again that is to be expected. Props to the kwamis for putting all the pressure that Marinette has on her back and transferring it to Alya. Thank you for making Alya aware of all the pressure Marinette's under. Even if Alya's probably not going to bring it up and probably will just brush it off. Yes, Alya just keep telling your self that this weekend is going to be totally chill. Not to mention, Tikki being more supportive to Alya than to Marinette, whaaaaaaaaaaa- :0. Alya you just told yourself that this weekend was going to be chill why the heck are you making your life harder for yourself. To be honest, if your acting like this already you deserve whatever is coming for you. Marinette, honey, why the fuck do you need to right down 675 tips for Alya? I mean I get 33 tips even 40, but 675, really? Not to mention, the tip about laughing at Chat Noir's jokes even if they aren't funny just to make him happy, why the fuck do you need to keep him happy he could be mad, upset, or sad and I wouldn't give a fuck :p.

I will say this again, how the fuck does a multi-intelligent robot that is connected the world wide web, that is also doing at least 4 things at the same time get tempted and corrupted by a virus by clicking on a cute kitty cat ad. HOW!?! EXPLAIN THAT TO ME!?!

Okay, so remember when we thought we were actually going to get a canon Marcenial moment. Hahaha welp Astruc you've done it again you have crushed our shipping dreams again. I hope your proud of yourself. Also, the most precious possession to Marc is his and Nathaniel's manga/comic, really?

Damn the amount of times this girl makes us and Trixx second guess that she's doubting herself, like she's done it three times now. Not to mention, why is her ladybug suit more detailed than Marinette's hmmm? I mean, don't get me wrong I like the design, but why can't Marinette have a detailed suit like this? Also why is Alya acting like The Owl? *Hoot Hoot!* I also just realised that the kwamis are a bit territorial, well not Tikki, but Plagg and Trixx have proven themselves to be a bit territorial of their holders.

I love Chat Noir's distrust to Alya as Ladybug because this shows a different side of Chat Noir that Paris doesn't see, but does Alya see this and realize how much of a ass he is? Nope. Also, not going to lie, his distrust kinda amuses me. Carrying on! Chat Noir, I can hear the toxic jealousy from here my dude, you might want to tone it down a bit, you've got a audience here you know. You know, I was expecting him to say his most prized possession was Ladybug, or even his kwami, Plagg, but I wasn't expecting him to say croquettes. OMG! GUYS! IT'S HAPPENING! CHAT IS FINALLY BEING CAUTIOUS FOR ONCE INSTEAD OF IMMEDIATELY JUMPING INTO TROUBLE!!! Also, Chat Noir being responsible whaaaaaaa- :0. Ummm, why the fuck did they just run into a building, when they legit could've jumped out of that mess, like seriously why isn't anyone using their head today?

Moving on! Why the heck is most of this episode just Alya trying to think of a super hero name like seriously, I know it's supposed to be some kinda of gag, but it's starting to get a bit annoying. Chat Noir being supportive to Alya: *slow clap*. When Alya's whole plan is to just to leave everything up to Marinette, Me: Wow! I TOtAlLy didn't see that coming! Hehehe Chat Noir with a pot over his head. You know, I thought upset Chat Noir was enough for this episode, but now we get sad Chat Noir and Ladybug reassuring him, just wow, you have out done yourself Astruc.

AND! That's that end of the episode! So all in all, this episode wasn't that bad? But it wasn't my favorite (maybe one of my least favorite tbh :0) Mainly, because of the appearance of Scarabella and ladybug catering to Chat Noir needs. This is probably mainly because I'm a bit biased, but in my opinion and I will repeat in MY OPINION I don't think Alya really deserves to get the miraculous. I mean yeah, Marinette has given her trust to her and has told her that she is Ladybug, but has she really done anything to show that she deserves that trust. If I'm being honest she has shown more reasons for Marinette not to trust her. One of the reasons being that Alya doesn't fully trust Marinette herself, and the other being that she disobeyed Marinette by telling Nino that she is still Rena Rouge and not telling her that she did so.

Anyway! Those are most of my thought's on this episode. This has been a loooong week for me with the addition of school now. So expect me to be posting more on the weekends than on weekdays.

Anywho! I hope everyone has a great rest of their day. And always remember...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

(This week has been soooo tiring and with the edition of this episode and a sneak peek of a new episode coming up, I know it's only beginning. *smiles through the pain :)*)

It's happening...

Okay, so recently the synopsis of "Glaciator 2" was released and I can say this with full confidence...

I am dreading this episode. The reason of why I am dreading this episode is because from what I can infer from the text, this episode could be the start of the reverse LS.

If you haven't seen the synopsis yet here it is:

"Ladybug and Chat Noir face Glaciator again, who is convinced that the superheroes are in love. When a facetious Chat Noir agrees with him, Ladybug reminds him that they cannot be together, and that his insistence is becoming a real nuisance. Once they've defeated the super villain, Chat Noir starts doing some soul-searching. As he looks for a way to stop annoying his Lady with his feelings, Chat Noir bumps into Marinette, who herself is looking for someone to help her rehearse telling how she feel to the boy she secretly loves..."

So as you can see this whole episode seems like a set up for the reverse LS or at least for a way to enforce the LS in some way. Anyway! Let's start from the beginning of the synopsis. So as always someone gets akumatized and this time it's Andre the ice cream man and the reason of his akumatization is because he believes that the superheroes are in love. I can bet that the main reason of his akumatization is because Ladybug kept denying that Chat Noir could be in love and he was getting pissed that Ladybug was not seeing the "underlying" and "pure" love between Chat Noir and her. And as always this wouldn't be an miraculous episode without some unnecessary flirty remarks and comments about how much Chat Noir loves her and how their "mEAnT tO bE". This then causes Ladybug to just tell Chat as it is and reminds him that they can't be together and she tells him that his persistence is becoming a nuisance, because it is, I mean they should be just focusing on the battle instead of trying to insist that one is made for the other. Anyway! This causes for Chat Noir to go all sad boy mode and after the battle and Glaciator is defeated, he decides do the some "soul-searching" to find away to stop annoying Ladybug with his feelings. First of all, Chat one thing you could do to stop annoying Ladybug with your "overwhelming" feelings for her is, I don't know, maybe try not reminding her of how much you love her and how you guys are meant to be, and the flirty, unnecessary comments and how everyone can see that their supposed to be together, but she's just in denial. Not to mention that Chat Noir does this before, during, and after, I don't know, EVERY battle. Okay, maybe I exaggerated a little bit when I said he does all of those things every battle. BUT! The point still stands. AND OF COURSE! This can't be an episode where Chat Noir is a sad boi because Ladybug won't reciprocate his feelings without an appearance from Marinette on her balcony and them talking about how "hard" it is to love. You know at this point I'm beginning to see the amount of repetition that the show uses for the episodes and let me tell you, it's starting to really annoy me at this point. And of course Marinette is probably going to accidentally to almost confess her feelings to Adrien not knowing she is talking to Adrien. Not to mention this whole episode is probably just going to make Ladybug have more sympathy to Chat because HE can't keep his feelings in check.

I know for a FACT this whole ass episode is going to trigger me so many times and this is probably going to go into one of my least favorite episodes even maybe my least favorite episode.

Anyway! That has been my whole rant about the new released synopsis and I still stand with my opinion. I hope everyone has a great rest of their day or morning(?) (Because I'm doing this at like 3:00 in the morning :0) and as always remember...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

I have been summoned...

So as you all know there have been two new trailers for the episode "Dearest Family" and we all know what that means...

TIME TO RANT ABOUT HOW MUCH MIRACULOUS PISSES ME OFF!

Ok, in all reality these trailers got me really interested and intrigued in what might happen in the episode.

So! Let's Dive In!

Firsts thing first, Shadowmoth is now able to make some type of corrupted charm like Ladybug's anti-charm. This really makes me wonder what that charm can actually do because if Ladybug can make a charm that can prevent people from being akumatized then what can Shadowmoth's charm do? We can already eliminate the chance of it being able to akumatize a group of people because Shadowmoth has already been able to do that in "Gang of Secrets" so this has got me really intrigued. Also did Marinette's WHOLE family just get akumatize because of a fucking cookie, I mean really. But, I guess that must be a really good cookie if Tikki got crazy because of it.

Now let's talk about the akumas designs! So both Tom's and Gina's akuma forms are the same as last time, so we're just going to ignore that. Now I question why they chose to use Bakerix for Roland's akuma form if they already have his other akuma form, Simpleman that they literally just used like last episode, but I digress. NOW! Let's talk about Sabine's akuma form! Her akuma's form is so detailed and is also bringing some of her culture into view and I really like that, I also wonder what her akuma's name is.

Moving On! Let's talk about Tikki going "mad" and using her power of Lucky Charm to make a BIG ASS COOKIE. That cookie or pastry must have been good if it made Tikki make that face. I mean I would be fucking terrified if I came face to face with that kwami because with that look I know that shit is about to go down. And go down it does indeed. As I said before Tikki makes a fucking large ass cookie that covers the whole of Paris maybe even the whole world. When Tikki uses her power in the beam of light see uses to summon the cookie you can see a faint figure of a fairy, which I know probably won't get touched on at all during the episode, so I'm just going to say that figure could have some deeper meaning that we don't know or it's just a random detail that the added for the hack of it, but this has got me curious on what it could symbolize. Continuing on! I'm just going to put this out here that when Tikki uses Lucky Charm she legit kinda looks like she's constipated. T3T And with that the trailers end there.

Just by looking at how this is already going and how this show sadly goes I can already tell that Marinette is probably going to get blamed for not being able to keep Tikkin in check and someone else is going to get the praise of saving the world cough* Chat Noir* cough cough while Marinette is just told to do "better" without getting help in the end. This really gets me sad because in the end it's not even Marinette's fault for not being able to control Tikki (like how everyone else is trying to control her) because in reality it's not entirely her fault it's mainly kinda Tikki's fault for not being able to control herself. Not to mention, this is probably going to result in Chat Noir getting all the praise while Ladybug get's all the criticism for not being "responsible".

So all in all I'm both really excited to see the episode so I can understand what the heck is actually going on and I'm also really dreading it knowing how this show usually goes.

AnYwAy! I hope everyone has a great rest of their day! And always remember...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

(I'm sorry if this is kinda late I was reeeeaally procrastinating on actually typing this up, and I also eventually finished this at like 5:00 in the morning sooooo heheheh :))

And it starts a new…

So I just saw the trailer for “Glaciator 2” and heheheh all I can say is this is getting really annoying at this point.

Ok, lets start from the beginning! So first of all I don’t know if I should be happy that Alya was being a “good” friend to Marinette by deleting those pictures of Ladybug and Chat Noir (Not to mention, the amount of pictures she has of them I mean those alone can fill a whole gallery :0) or if she just did it reluctantly and didn’t see the problem of having them in the first place, I think in the end it’s probably going to be the lateral with the addition of everyone seeing Marinette as a hypocrite because that’s how the show usually sadly goes.

AND OF COURSE we get a “sad boi Adrien” moment in an episode where the WHOLE EPISODE is supposed to put the reverse LS into the picture heheheh we all love that don't we :,) ( I just realized that Adrien is in the middle of the park, sitting on a bench, looking at a billboard of Ladybug and Chat Noir kissing, while crying... Now THAT'S a new level of sad boi dramatics.)

AnYWaY! Why was Chat Noir on the bus when he could literally, like, travel on foot with his superhero abilities, unless there's an actual reason other than it being for the convenience of the LS than I don't see why this scene is even necessary.

Now we all knew that Master Fu was watching Marinette and Adrien in the background in most of seasons 1-3, Andre the ice cream man is now doing it. And judging by his facial expression when he sees both Chat Noir and Marinette laughing together on the bus (which I still don't get.) that he probably believes that Chat Noir is cheating on Ladybug with Chat Noir (I lowkey thought he already knows there secret identities because of that one scene in "Miracle Queen" but I digress.)

Not to mention, the amount of MariChat scenes there are in this episode. Now to be honest MariChat is the one ship in the LS that I don't really care baout because it isn't shoved into our faces constantly, but don't get me wrong I still think that the LS is toxic as fuck (and if you think I should go deeper into my thoughts of why I think that the LS is toxic just comment on the post or reblog or whatever and I'll consider it.) I can also already tell that this episode is only going to thrive on the idea of Marinette and Chat Noir building "chemistry" and maybe Chat Noir having more "character development" (if that is even possible.) And with the addition of the time Marinette and Chat Noir spent together I know that this is probably going to make Ladybug's sympathy for Chat Noir grow which will cause the ripple that we call the LS to start once again.

Moving on! Ladybug literally just went ZOOOOOOOOMMMMM. You know all these Lucky Charm's are starting to get really ridiculous I mean first it was the vespa and now it's a literal race car. Not to mention, the giant ass cookie that Tikki conjures up in "Dearest Family". Man, I miss the old days when the Lucky Charm's were just house hold items like forks, spoons, and vacuums, now there just things that can murder you if they fall on top of you.

And with that it's the end of the trailer. Now, I will stand by my word---aka what I said in my post that I ranted about the synopsis of this episode in --- I am still dreading the release of this episode because not only will this probably serve as evidence that the reverse LS starting to come into view, and the inner conflict of Ladybug and Marinette with AdriChat (not to mention, the amount of repetition this episode probably will have.), but it's also just going to be a huge disappointment in the end.

Anyway! that is the end of this rant, I hope everyone has a great rest of their day or morning(?) (Because I'm doing this at like 3:00 in the morning :0((again))) and as always remember...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

So "Glaciator 2" was released...

I don't really have anything to say, wait, no that's a a lie I have A LOT of things to say about this episode, but to start off this post I don't really know what to say soooo...Let's just get started on the long ass, unnecessary summary or synopsis of the episode!

Warning: Spoilers from "Glaciator 2"

Summary:

The episode starts off with Ladybug and Chat Noir fighting an akumatized Andre or Glaciator. While fighting, as the two heroes save civilians from harm, the civilians keep congratulating them for being the "Couple of The Year". Ladybug, during all of this, reminds them that her and Chat Noir are not together and are just teammates/partners. Meanwhile, Chat Noir keeps supporting the idea that Ladybug and him are dating or atleast tries to enforce the idea of a relationship to Ladybug. But Ladybug, in the end gets fed up with his comments and throws him into a trash so he can't intervene in the battle. Ladybug eventually defeats Glaciator by herself and brings Chat Noir on the roof to talk to him about the situation. Chat Noir says another comment about celebrating them being the "Couple of The Year", which Ladybug of course declines. Chat Noir reassures Ladybug that he is trying to give up on her, but it's just to hard for him. Ladybug believes him and they go their separate ways. When Adrien arrives in his room and de-transforms he is determined to change for Ladybug and deletes all of the pictures that he has of Ladybug, both on his phone and computer. Meanwhile, Marinette is with Alya where she is telling Alya to delete all of the photos that she has of LadyNoir. Alya eventually deletes all the photos, though she is was reluctant to do so. This situation, and Adrien's dilemma with trying to give up on Ladybug affects his performance in fencing, Kagami takes notice of this. Kagami tries to comfort Adrien, but he just ignores her. Adrien eventually goes to the park, and while sitting on the bench he sees a billboard of LadyNoir being the "Couple of The Year" and starts to cry. This almost causes him to get akumatized until ShadowMoth/Gabriel realizes it's his son that is emitting these negative feelings and demands his bodyguard to bring him back home immediately. Meanwhile, Marinette is on the phone, trying to find a way to take down the billboards that are near her home. Until she spots a sad Adrien in the park. Marinette immediately goes into her room and tries to find a present that could cheer him up. When she eventually finds the gift she rushes down to the park and tries to act normal when she passes by Adrien. She approaches Adrien and gives him the present only to be hit with the realization that she gave him the wrong gift. She takes the gift back and Adrien walks back to the car to go back home. When Adrien arrives home he is greeted by his father calling to him and reassuring him that he is always their for him, Adrien goes back to his room after reassuring his father that he would. While in his room, Adrien's sadness turns into anger. He transforms into Chat Noir and starts to use cataclysm to destroy most of the billboards that show LadyNoir across Paris. Back at the park, Marinette is met with Kagami, in which Kagami tells Marinette that she should confess her feelings to Adrien so he could be happy again. Kagamia also gives her the idea of, if Marinette is not confident in her confession she could his a person to practice with, like some type of role play. Marinette returns to her balcony to brainstorm on who to ask to help her. She is stumped until she sees Chat Noir. Marinette calls him over and asks if he could help her. Chat Noir agrees and they start to role play. The attempts go like so; Marinette reads confession, Chat Noir interupts, Marinette gets mad, and restart. This pattern goes on for a while until Chat Noir suggest they hang out so Marinette can be calm and collected when they try again. Chat Noir and Marinette go on a bus and decide on what movie to watch. Coincidentally, Andre sees them together and thinks their together. Before the akuma battle, Marinette and Chat Noir go to the cinema and while they watch the movie they vent about their love lives and how hard it is to love. After they finish the movie and they are leaving the theater, they go outside only to find out it is raining. This causes them to share an umbrella. Andre also sees this scene and starts to believe that his ice

cream is wrong in his predictions of LadyNoir and gets akumatized. Meanwhile, after Chat Noir drops off Marinette on her balcony and they are about to attempt Marinette's practice confession again, they are interrupted by Glaciator. Chat Noir brings Marinette to safer place and leaves to fight Glaciator, in which Marinette takes this as an opportunity to transform. Ladybug and Chat Noir start to fight Glaciator and Ladybug eventually uses Lucky Charm. A race car is summoned and they use the idea of using it to lead him to a fan where hot air is emitted to melt the ice cream off of him and defeat Glaciator. And during the battle Chat Noir keeps enforcing the idea that he doesn't have feelings for Ladybug and they are just friends. Glaciator is eventually defeated, the akuma is de-evilized, and Ladybug uses "Miraculous Ladybug" to return everything back to normal. Ladybug and Chat Noir go their seperat ways, with Chat Noir claiming he has something to do. The scene is changed to where they were before Glaciator interrupted and Marinette continues to rehearse he confession to Chat Noir one more time. Chat Noir says that Marinette's confession is perfect, Marinette thanks him for the compliments him and wishes him good luck with his love life. Marinette's father calls her down and Chat Noir leaves her balcony. We are brought to the scene of a fencing tournament that Adrien wins. Kagami pulls Marinette aside and apologizes for the bad advice she gave her, in which we also find out that the advice she gave Marinette is from a manga that Kagami is reading. Marinette laughs it off and forgives her. The scene changes and we are brought to the scene where Adrien is on his computer and makes the decision to not give up on Ladybug, while also restoring all of the photos he deleted, because Marinette opened his eyes and he believes that Ladybug might fall in love with him he shows her the real him. And the episode ends!

yAY! Another detailed summary of the episode that was totally unnecessary!

AnYwHo! Let's dive into my inner thoughts and opinions on this episode!

(Also, as always I am re-watching the episode as I type this so I might have some unnecessary details. Anyway! Let's get into it!)

First things first, I know Glaciator getting akumatized another time in the episode should be some type of plot twist or something I don't really know, but why the heck is the episode titled "Glaciator 2" if it's really the 3rd time. I get the title is supposed to be catchy and all, but like, please be accurate.

AnYwaY! Moving on, I'm going to be honest here, I would totally be so annoyed if people kept congratulating me for something that isn't even true so I can relate to Ladybug here. But, like also shouldn't all of Paris be aware that Ladybug and Chat Noir aren't together because of the amount of times Ladybug has enforced the ides that they aren't. Not to mention, these are legit CHILDREN that a magazine is publishing on a front cover, billboards, blimps, and many more, KISSING. AND Ladybug is TOTALLY pissed you can tell by the sudden determination she has to de-akumatize Glaciator on her own, which she does in the end. Now, THAT'S what I call independence. Also the fact that Chat Noir was thrown into the trash bin :0 (ima just leave that trash comment there).

You know at this point I am so sick and tired of hearing people say that Ladybug and Chat Noir are "mEanT tO bE". Like, first of all where did the "meant to be" part come in, I know that Chat Noir only knows the destiny thing because of the kwami's and all, but like where did the whole pf Paris learn this shit, I mean Ladybug has also been enforcing the idea that they aren't together, shouldn't the Parisians catch on that most of the destiny and fate things are bullshit by now? OOOH! Now it makes sense! So it's CHAT NOIR'S fault that all the Parisians take this "meant to be" bullshit seriously, noted.

I SWEAR if I hear another thing about how "sad" Chat Noir is because his "lady" won't accept his affections and he has to give up on his "one true love" I'm going to jump off a cliff. I mean this whole freaking season, wait, not EVEN just this whole season, more like this whole ass series Chat Noir has reminded us time and time again that he is SOOOO FUCKING SAD and not to be mean and all, but Ladybug has been through a WHOLE lot worse than just someone not accepting her feelings. (also not the music analogy for me. "broken record" pfft.).

Lowkey, how many freaking pictures does this boy have of Ladybug, I mean damn his storage must have been full, then again he's rich so he might have unlimited storage or something. Also, I FUCKING CALLED IT! I fucking KNEW that Alya deleting those pictures of LadyNoir were not voluntary. This dude, only deleted the pictures when Marinette says "I really need you right now" and even then she still had the AUDACITY to sigh out of reluctance, now that's a good friend (note the sarcasm).

I'm going to be honest, why the heck does Adrien have to be so fucking sad when Ladybug has rejected him that it affects his overall performance in other activities. I get that being rejected can be very heartbreaking, but that shouldn't affect your daily activities cause your going to have to move on eventually. I mean, look at Marinette, most of her plans to get with Adrien have failed, but that still doesn't affect her overall performance as a superhero. Not to mention, if Ladybug or Marinette were to show any emotion that could affect her performance in either her civilian life or her superhero role people would call her "over dramatic" while people say that Adrien's behavior is totally valid like what the heck!

Also, freaking Kagami noticing that Adrien is sad and still helping him out, or trying to cheer him up, AFTER he lied to her, ignored her, never really appreciated her, and broke her heart. And I know that her noticing that Adrien is sad is probably going to be used to somehow shove the LS into our faces, but like I just wanted to point out how much Kagami has grown as character even if it;s because of the LS.

HAHAAHAHAHA! We get ANOTHER sad boi moment with Adrien crying in the park. CRYING. IN. THE. PARK. Not to mention, he's crying while looking at a billboard of LadyNoir kissing. This is totally a WHOLE different level of dramatic, like at this point I don't even feel sympathy for him anymore. Also, not to mention, the fact that Shadowmoth didn't akumatize Adrien just because he found out it was his son. Like how much pity is this boi going to receive.

Okay. The fact that Marinette is ecstatic that Adrien is sad is just so freaking hilarious. I mean, I know this scene is supposed to promote the LS, but I can't help but laugh at that. And also, how the heck is a hamster supposed to be in that box, there's no holes in their. It's either that's just a cage or that hamsters dead. The fact that Adrien is still saying that he likes the pottery wheel and all Marinette is saying is that it's not the "idea" gift. Marinette, girl, just take the win, for your and our sake.

Also, Gabriel, my guy, your kinda late to trying to the whole "being a good dad" thing. Also, not to mention, Adrien legit ignored the fact that his father was trying to be there for him. Wait, actually, now that I think about it Adrien has ignored mostly everyone's attempts to try and make him feel better. Now that's whole other type of pitying ones self.

You know it is so clear that Kagami is really just another side character that is being used to push the LS together. I mean, Kagami could have so much potential if they actually used her for things not related to the LS, but I digress.

I feel so bad for Plagg in this situation because right now, what Chat Noir is doing is using his miraculous for selfish use and tiring out Plagg at the same time and I feel so bad that Plagg has to go through this.

Marinette, you have SO many other people to ask for help in your situation. I mean, there's Alya, who you said you needed, and there's Luka who you are "buddies" with (tbh I only put Luka because I really want to see him another episode :p) Also, Marinette what do you mean Chat Noir won't fall in love with you this Miraculous Ladybug were talking about anything is freaking possible. And the reverse LS is not an exception.

Okay, not to diss this whole speech you have for your confession, but isn't that a little much. Also the fact that Chat Noir kept interrupting every she did the speech (mainly by laughing, I mean I would do the same tbh). Also, I kinda think this whole scene was kinda unnecessary at this point (not to mention repetitive af).

I feel bad for the people watching the movie because they have to hear these two teenagers vent about their love lives. Also, the fact that Marinette says that being superhero is easy makes me want to fucking cry laughing. Also, the fact that Marinette says she has terrible luck with boys. Girl, that is mainly because you prioritize Adrien a lot and don't really see any other guy.

How many times has a person been akumatized for the most stupidest thing or the most stupidest way again? Like I get that Andre is having an internal crisis ob whether or not his ice cream is accurate or not. But didn't Andre choose to be the ice cream man to spread happiness all over Paris?

Chat Noir, I'm going to be honest your trying a bit to hard in trying to convince Ladybug that your just friends now, even though it is very obvious that you still have feelings for her.

First it was a vespa, now it's a freaking car, what's next a freaking helicopter? Also the fact that this kids can drive even though it hasn't been established in the show whether or not they have their driver license or not. Also why is the anti-charm just mainly pink when glaciator was mainly Neapolitan, but then again I digress.

Also, the fact that Kagami got all the advice she gave Marinette from a manga that she was reading, I love that because that just shows how quirky and unique Kagami is turning out to be. Not to mention, Marinette saying that Kagami should hang out more with her friends, Marinette I'm pretty sure your her only sincere friend in this series.

AND all that work in trying to give up on Ladybug and NOTHING. Adrien just goes back to pursuing her again with the mental state that if I show her the real me more maybe she'll fall in love with me. Like what the actually HECK DUDE I had to sit through a whole ass episode revolving around the reverse LS and we just end up back at square one! UGHHHHHH

And with that the episode is finished. Now, obviously this episode was not my favorite episode of the series and there are so many reasons on why that is, but we're not going to get into that. I'm going to be honest the reason why I really didn't like this episode is the fact that we had to many scenes of Sadrien and the many things that I'm not going to get into right now because I am so tired right now. But yeah this episode is absolutely not my favorite, probably my least favorite to be honest.

AnYwAy! Those were my thoughts on the episode "Glaciator 2". I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of there day or night and always remember. . .

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

(I was procrastinating doing this ever since the episode came out, but I did it and now I'm done! Well almost. I know that that the trailer for "Ephemeral" just came out so I'll be doing my rant on that episode later tonight ((or morining really)) because I know for sure I have some things ((and a lot of theories)) to say about that trailer. :)

It's time...

So as you probably already know the trailer for the 100th episode of MLB, "Ephemeral" has been released recently. And I would like to first say, I can't believe it's already the 100th episode of this series that has made me feel a lot of emotions (whether or not those emotions are mainly negative is for you to figure out).

AnYwAy! Let's actually dive into what we all know this post is going to be about. Time to rant about the trailer!!

Warning: Spoilers from “Ephemeral” trailer

So right off the bat, we're given a scene that seems both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. That scene being one with a horrible father figure Gabriel and a fucking sad boi Adrien Agreste. Then a full on scene change from Adrien being at a public interview thingy to Ladybug talking to Su-han, which I believe could be about taking Chat Noir's miraculous or it's just a daily check up, I don't know. We then see Adrien going down into the infamous butterfly room where his mother, Emilie lays. And I don't know whether or not these scenes are supposed to be in order or not because Gloob likes to mix all the scenes up in the trailer sometimes, but I wonder whether or not Chat Noir tells Ladybug about this revelation, let alone if he tells anyone at all. And the scene where Chat Noir gives Ladybug his umbrella and she has a typr of deja vu moment where, when the lightning strikes she sees Adrien, which I don't whether or not the lighting is supposed to be a warning or foreshadowing of what is going to happen (it probably is). Also, I'm not trying to salt on the LS (I totally am) but we all somehow knew this ship was going to somehow turn on the show, whether or not this is going to be fixed in the episode or the future seasons, we'll have to just wait and see. Then we're shown, I think almost all of the temporary miraculous holders, including my boi Viperion (He's finally in another episode!!). Now first of all, the akuma or sentimonster they're fighting right now is a freaking safe, a golden safe. But wait, that's not all the Lucky Charm that Ladybug receives is a fire truck. Well I can already tell by that this is going to be an eventful episode. (Also, what if the akuma or sentimonster is Adrien because I don't see Chat Noir anywhere during this fight :0). We finally get to see the transformation sequences of the cosmic suits and by the looks of it it's going to be a heavily detailed scene and I can't wait. Now it is time to talk about the scene that has gotten everyone so hyped up on this episode, the scene where it is revealed that Shadowmoth has the cat miraculous and it is also revealed that Marinette's identity is discovered by Shadowmoth. First of all, I wonder whether Shadowmoth forcefully took the cat miraculous OR Adrien willingly gave his miraculous to him because with him finding the butterfly room it is a huge possibility. And I can only guess that the person Ladybug is trying to contact is Chat Noir himself, but of course she can't get a hold of him because he doesn't have his miraculous anymore. WAiT A SeCoNd (chance hehehe :)) is Adrien the traitor that Thomas Astruc told us about, because he said they're someone that has been in (probably) all the seasons of MLB, which of course Adrien has. Wow, that would be a plot twister. Well, now that I think about it it's not really surprising. I mean, at this point with Adrien feeling like Ladybug doesn't appreciate him enough and him starting to really grieve his moms absence with his father also not being there to support him, he's probably feeling really vulnerable right now which could cause him to give up his miraculous. AND The trailer ends there!

So all in all I know for a fact that this episode is going to be the bane of my existence (btw I saw the new trailer ((yes new trailer)) for this episode and now I know for absolutely fucking sure that this episode IS the bane of my existence) and I know that everything in this episode alone is going to give me a HUGE migraine. BUT I am excited to see all the theories for this episode because for once Gloob hasn't really given away the entire plot of the episode yet (again as I said I just saw the new trailer and I regret saying this buuuut wth :p) Now, I'm going to be honest I really can't tell if during this whole episode I'm either going to be laughing at the episode's stupidity or cry at its stupidity. Well at least Viperion makes a appearance (yes i'm a luka simp) so I'll be okay for at least some of the episode.

Anyway! That's the end of my rant, I hope everyone has a wonderful morning or night, whichever and always remember...

But that’s just my opinion (・ε・).

(Btw I did see the new trailer when I finally finished this first rant so I'll probably type up a new rant because I KNOW for sure that I have a LOT of shit to say about that episode ((spoiler alert there's going to be a LOT of Adrien and LS salt)). So make sure to look out for that tomorrow. :)) ((Also I typed this up at like 3 a.m. so I'm like really sleep deprived rn and with the new trailer that just came out I'm like so done with life :,) AnYwaY! That's all I wanted to say. Pigeon Out! ))

So, "Ephemeral"...

We have gotten a total of 2 trailers already for this episode (I have already done a rant about the first trailer, so you can check that out if you want.) and already having seen both of these trailers, I would just like to say. . . WHAT THE FUCK IS THOMAS ASTRUC DOING WITH THIS FUCKING SHOW!?! As I would believe that almost everyone has already seen this trailer I think almost everyone can understand where I'm coming from. Now, before I dive into a full on rant about how this trailer has got me very pissed off right now I would just like to mention that I am incredibly sleep deprived so I apologies for any grammatical errors (and the amount of swearing that there will be :0)

AnYwaY! Let's dive into my inner (salty) thoughts about this trailer!

Warning: Spoilers from “Ephemeral” trailer…

SO! First things, first, what the actual FUCK does AdRien think he's doing!?! WHo told this dumbass it would be a great FUCKING idea to reveal his identity to Ladybug!? And I SWEAR TO EVERYTHING I BELIEVE IN, If Ladybug allowed this to happen and actually in turn reveal HER identity as well (which I HOPE isn't the case because I KNOW that she is more responsible than that) I WILL FUCKING FLIP! Because WHY? I get it AdRiEn your sad that Ladybug won't reciprocate your feelings and you think that if you show her your "real" self she might accept your feelings, but that doesn't mean you should reveal your IDENTITY TO HER!(wait now that I think about...what is this boi's real self at this point is his civilian form or Chat Noir? Cause I remember in "Lies" when Kagami was sketching him he did a Chat Noir pose and said something about it might be the real, but is also saying this shit about being more open to Ladybug. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS DUDE'S BRAIN!?) Not to mention, the look of "awe" that Ladybug has when she sees that Adrien is Chat Noir, I hope immediately after the "awe in shock" moment that her more logical, responsible side takes over and tells Chat Noir or Adrien that what he just did was INCREDIBLY irresponsible, and if, IF she just let's this happen without Adrien getting any punishment AND they get together in the end I will FUCKING DIE BECAUSE IT'S SO STUPID (not to mention superficial). ALsO, what does plagg think of all this? Not to mention, Tikki's reaction to this.

The one time, THE ONE TIME that AdRien decides to not be oblivious for once and follows his father to the butterfly basement he gets frickin caught (also does Adrien figure out that his dad is Shadowmoth or does he just "Oh! My dads been hiding Shadowmoth in our basement that has my mom in a glass capsule."?) Also, I'm surprised that one: Shadowmoth figured out that Adrien is Chat Noir, and two: that he would willingly akumatize his son because in the latest episode he seems pretty against the idea.

SO! One of theories in my last post was correct, technically Shadowmoth did force Adrien to give him his miraculous, but Adrien did give his miraculous willingly because of the akuma. AND I don't know to take the revelation of Adrien giving Shadowmoth his miraculous because in a way it does kinda look like he's the traitor, but we don't know whether or not that there might another character that we should be suspicious of. So, I don't really know what to say to that. And that was the end of the trailer!

So, all in all this trailer just pissed me off because of the pure STUPIDITY of some of the characters in the video *cough cough* Adrien *cough*. Not to mention, the possibility (or fact) that this is probably (or will) end as another "Oblivio". In which, when everything is fixed and done with everyone, and I mean EVERYONE forgets everything that happened on the video, which WILL trigger me if it does happen. And not to mention I have an abundance of questions about what is going to happen IF they don't pull a "Oblivio" on us, like if they get the cat miraculous back, will they be able to also get the butterfly or the peacock miraculous back also? Will Adrien be punished and not be able to be Chat Noir? and Will Ladybug be mad at Adrien for revealing himself or will she be delighted and reveal herself also? But, again we won't know the answer of this question until the episode is released.

Anyway! That's the end of my (salty) rant, I hope everyone has a wonderful morning or night, whichever and always remember...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

(I'm sorry if this is kinda late I was reeeeaally procrastinating on actually typing this up, and I also eventually finished this at like 7:00 in the morning sooooo heheheh :))

((Also sorry for using the word “trigged” without really knowing the meaning, but don’t worry I have replaced the word with “pissed” :) )

((Also, Thank you!! to the people who mentioned my mistake. I appreciate you! *⁂((✪⥎✪))⁂*))

The 100th episode came out...

So, the episode "Ephemeral" came out (and when I just thought this would be a normal, relaxing weekend). Now, before I really dive into this whole chaos that is the episode, I want to clear up some stuff for some people that saw my latest post **cough cough**mainly the one that commented on me not understanding the episode**cough cough**. The latest post that I did about the second trailer of "Ephemeral" was solely based on my thoughts on the trailer, and I repeat the TRAILER of the episode, not the episode itself. Now, THIS post is about the episode and my opinions on the EPISODE not the trailers or anything, if anything I will infer some stuff that I said in my others post to show that some of my theories were wrong or that some stuff that wasn't shown in the trailers has been cleared up in the episode. NOW, that has been cleared up, let's actually dive into the episode, shall we? :).

Okay, so I was contemplating on whether or not I should do the usual "unnecessarily detailed summary or synopsis of the episode" that I usually do, but I decided to just skip it today because one: I’m really sleep deprived, and two: I can probably guess that most of the fandom has already seen the episode.

So! (after a 2 hour nap...)Let's just dive in! (because I can't express how much this episode pissed me off.)

Warning: Spoiler to the episode "Ephemeral"

(Also, as always I am re watching the episode as I type this so I might have some unnecessary details. Anyway! Let's get into it!)

First things, first, how many scenes or reminders have we gotten since this whole thing started? I mean, even in the first season we got a frickin picture of Emilie, which was already hint that whatever Gabriel is doing it's for her, or, as he says, his "family". At this point of the show, I believe this is just to give him a sense of calm mind or at the least a reminder of why he is even doing this in the first place (because I believe he's starting to go a 'little' insane using those two miraculous over and over again.)

Okay, so is Bob Roth broke now? I mean, we knew he had obsession with money, but shouldn't he have at least 'enough' money to keep him satisfied and not crying about the coin that just fell into the sewers? (Btw I know this just a scene to fill in the empty void of this episode, but I just wanted to point it out :p).

Ummm, does anyone see that 'subtle' hit that Gabriel is controlling Adrien with his ring? Legit, when Adrien is starting to disagree with him because he wants to leave and have Adrien take over instead he touches his ring, as if he's a sentimonster that he can control to do as he says. We'll just have to wait until it's actually established, I guess.

Let's talk about Bob Roth's akuma form! Is his whole body the safe or is the safe just the outer shell and he's the coins? Whatever it is, this akuma form is still very confusing, and what is the akumatized object in the first place anyway? (I have so many questions already :0)

Okay, let's talk about the fight scene. First of all, why the heck does ladybug need every temporary hero to help her defeat this one akuma. I mean, I get the need of Viperion, Pegasus, maybe Vespera, maybe Polymouse, and maybe Carapace. But the others I don't really see a need for them in this specific battle. Maybe they had a bigger role in the battle before the exact scene we see, but I don't really know. I'm also bring up a fact that some other people have also brought up. The fact that they don't need Chat Noir's cataclysm. If they played their cards right they would have been able to defeat the akuma a much more easier and much more faster than they actually did. Because as we see, Purple Tigress is present during the battle so with her power of Collision and Pegasus power of Voyage they could easily defeat the akuma. (though I'm not going to complain with the use of Viperion tbh (¬3¬)). But all in all, I do think that they totally could've use the temporary heroes differently in this one. (Also, not to mention the amount of combination that Viperion had to do though. :0)

Wait a second his akumatized object was a giant ass coin. Convenient, I guess. Also, I'm just going to infer that his body is the coins now.

We love that we get to see Luka play a much bigger role in this episode then any other episode in the series already, just by seeing him witness the amount of stress and pressure that is put on Ladybug/Marinette (since he knows now).

Okay, I know Su-han is putting a lot of stress on Ladybug right now, but he do got a point though. Ladybug used 9 miraculous to defeat one akuma, NINE miraculous. And I know a lot of people would say, "Adrien had no choice he was just trying to obey his father!", and "He wouldn't be able to escape that big audience anyway!", but look at it this way through Su-han's eyes it looks as if that Chat Noir is neglecting his duties and Ladybug has to deal with the consequences of his mistake. And I also can already see that a lot of people saying, "Yeah, but this wouldn't have happened if they knew each other's identities," but, again here's the thing them knowing each other's identities can lead to life threatening situations, as seen later on in the episode so you can also understand where Ladybug is coming from. Anyway, all I'm saying that is no one, in my opinion, is in the wrong here in this situation and as I have said earlier Ladybug could have done this battle differently without using the nine miraculous that she did.

AnYwAy! Back to the episode! I love how Luka is also so done with this conversation or more so lecture between Su-han and Ladybug. Like, you can see it in his face, he's so done with it already XD. Also, the way that Su-han skips/hops out of the scene is so freaking hilarious! Is it just me, or are the creators just getting lazy at doing the transformations at this point?

MY LUKANETTE HEAAAAARTTT!! I know that this whole scene is supposed to be professional and all, but like you can't tell me that this scene doesn't perfectly demonstrate how good they understand and work with each other. I mean, COME ON IT'S TOO CUTE! (Also is sass eating tofu?) Not to mention, HOW CUTE LUKA IS THIS ENTIRE EPISODEEEEEEEE!!!!!

To be honest, I legit almost forgot that Luka already knows Chat Noir identity because of "Wishmaker". This just tells us how good Luka is at keeping a secret (¬‿¬). Not to mention, how in sync they are though and how easy they understand each other unlike some people, I'm saying names...

Anywho! Continuing on, looking at Viperion's face listening to this conversation shows how very worried he says, and I love that small detail about him. Also the fact that Ladybug can't take seriously the fact that Chat Noir is Adrien and when she does see for herself that he is Adrien she can't comprehend the fact, that she frozen is shock and forgets the mission is just a "wow, didn't see that coming" moment for me tbh. Not to mention, that Adrien is rubbing in the fact that he has been waiting for this moment his whole time he has had the miraculous and has met her, he's kinda going overboard in my opinion.

Look at that! Marinette is asking the same question I had! On whether or Chat Noir is the real Adrien or is Adrien someone different entierly? (also, Tikki not helping by rubbing in the fact that she has a crush on AdRiEn and now that we know that he's Chat Noir, we know that he's in love with Ladybug, and that kinda means that Adrien is in love with Marinette, who is Ladybug) ((damn this just keeps getting more complicated by the day)) Yes, Marinette has learned her lesson from telling Alya she is Ladybug.

Noting the fact, that when Marinette finds out Adrien is Chat Noir she can't stop seeing him AS Chat Noir, also that kinda nerves me, just a bit. Not to mention, the fact that Luka was the only one to notice that Marinette is bothered by something is another quality that I love about him :). Also, we just caught confirmation that Luka is indeed still inlove with Marinette and that he loves even more now, but he is still actively trying to help her find herself, whether or not it's about her love life. (sad fan moments ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д`ﾟ)ﾟ｡). Also, this the one time that I really hate Luka giving advice to Marinette, wait scratch that maybe the second moment (I just remembered the time he told her to go after Adrien in "Frozer"). It's the fact that upon hearing Luka's advice does she start to see him differently, that makes me unbelievably sad because my ship...｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д`ﾟ)ﾟ｡(If it wasn't obvious I'm a lukanette stan)

Now, I just want to mention this once, because I know that if I say this the Adrinette shippers will track me down and probably murder me on the spot, but here goes nothing. Let's just notice the fact that Adrien says that he can't believe the fact that one of his bestfriend's is his "one true love"....BESTFRIEND. Here it is, the confirmation Adrien did NOT see Marinette as anything BUT a FRIEND! Even it took Marinette a couple of days to get her feelings sorted out, but NoOoOo Adrien already knows that his bestfriend being his love interest is valid enough to establish your in love with said person. (hehehe this pisses me off a little if you can't tell) Now, I'm gonna end that there before anyone comes to murder me.

Not them acting lovey dovey after one day of knowing each other's identities (or at least for Adrien it's one day). Also, what the heck did he put in that frickin note? I'm curious now.

So, it only takes one word, ONE WORD for him to figure out that Adrien is Chat Noir. I SWEAR TO GOSH THIS SHOW JUST LOVES TO PISS ME OFF BY NOT MAKING SENSE! Not to mention, Gabriel has no remorse in what he is doing to his son to just get his miraculous. And I thought he was trying to be a good father. PFFT who am I kidding, this dude was barely even trying.

This is the fourth time that the number 100 has come up, the FOURTH time. I think they're shoving the fact that it's the 100th episode a little to much.

AND AGAIN, we see Gabriel using the ring that he is wearing, which is supposedly a family heirloom to control Adrien into subduing into his commands. I mean, at this point what else are we supposed to believe, it's right there, Gabriel is clearly controlling Adrien, and with that we can easily infer that he is a sentimonster. All we need is canon confirmation, but are we going to get that? Probably not.

Not Luka being the one that Marinette contacts instead of Alya (¬‿¬). Also the fact that he immediately jumps into action and legit runs and bikes all the way to her home. I'm just like AWWWHHHHH. LUKA IS THE REAL MVP OF THE SHOW!! (Meanwhile, Shadowmoth throwing a legit child like, four feet away, after getting the miraculous) The way that Sass says "My master!" with his arms out, just shows how proud he is and that just melts my heart.（〜^∇^ )〜 Not to mention, the fact that all the kwamis are already comfortable with him, then again they're in a dire sitiuation, but still T3T. Though, we also got a glimpse of what the other Ladybug holders look liked before so that was a cool treat, I guess.

You know, I just got the irony that this episode came out during day light savings and they to bring everything back to normal they have to reset the time, clever, I guess. The transformation sequence was cool, but it was pretty short, to be honest, so I wasn't really impressed by it.

After they fix the time and everything goes back to normal and Marinette has a final talk with Su-han the episode ends. But wait a second, did Ladybug retrieve Luka's miraculous? Looks like we'll never know....*ominous ghost music*

AnYwAy! All in all, this episode was interesting and very amusing to watch if I'm going to be honest. BUT I was very pissed off during the episode because of some of the scene. Though, Luka being the MVP really balanced everything out. Now, don't get me wrong this is not going to be one of my favorite episodes, but it's also not going to go into my least favorite episodes (mainly because of the involvement of Luka). So this episode probably will land in the middle of my list.

Anyway! that is the end of this rant, I hope everyone has a great rest of their day or morning(?) and always remeber...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

(Btw I'll be doing my rant on the latest trailer that came out for the "Gabriel Agreste" episode later tonight ((or morining really)) Man, it seems like the creators are releasing these trailers and episodes like hotcakes.)

Guess who's back baby!

Surprise, Surprise! I'm not dead! Sorry for not being as active as I used to be recently I have been very busy with school, extracurricular's, and other stuff. But I'm back now and I'm here to talk about the newest MLB episode "Kuro Neko".

So "Kuro Neko" was recently released and I have many, MANY things to say about this episode. And as we all know from the many posts about MLB this will lead to a. . .

A RANT! So let's just dive in!

(And yes I skipped doing the usual overly detailed summary ((again)) because I am really sleep deprived right now and I just want to get my thoughts out now, and it's totally not because I forgot what happened in the episode heheheheheh :))

Warning: Spoilers from the episode "Kuro Neko"

(Also, as always I am re-watching the episode as I type this so I might have some unnecessary details. Anyway! Let's get into it!)

Also another warning this rant is going to contain a lot of Adrien salt, so be prepared.

First things first, why is AdRieN so butt hurt about being called a "parntner like any other"? He should be grateful that she even said anything about him, and being called a "partner like any other", in my opinion, is a compliment, in his case, because of how he hasn't been involved in many battles, and she basically is saying he's as good as the other temporary heroes (who are actually doing something to save paris). Not to mention, the fact that he's not even helping in the fight while the other heroes are, when this is live on the news and all he's doing is moping in his room, while all this is happening outside. Like, at this point you don't have the right to complain about you not being on a higher label then the other heroes, when your not doing anything.

And I know that some people will say "but since he's a young model his schedule is occupied with photo-shoots and he's so busy all the time" well Ladybug/Marinette has a pretty occupied schedule with her having to keep up with school, be guardian, and still have the time to hang out with friends so they don't have another "Gang of Secrets" incident (not to mention, her stress levels being so high, but she still finds a way to keep her composure.). Not to mention, Adrien's schedule didn't seem to stop him from helping out in battles in the last three seasons. And he's not even doing anything in this scene, let alone this episode, he's just sitting on the couch, watching TV, doing absolutely nothing, while Ladybug has to figure out how to save Paris and defeat Shadowmoth and his army of akumas.

Then, when there's a perfect chance to prove that he's not just a "partner like any other" he doesn't even do anything because he's so butt hurt about what Ladybug said, saying it's "useless", just because she didn't give him a higher label then the other temp. heroes. Also, not to mention Plagg trying so hard to lift Adrien's spirit's up, while he doesn't even care (I'm also kinda mad at Plagg, but we'll get to that later.).

Okay, so Chat Noir get's to the scene right after the battle and all the temp. heroes disperse. Then, he tries to help out Ladybug by trying to offer to help with collecting the miraculous, so at least he's trying to do the bare minimum. Though, because of Chat's attempts to help she get's mad at him for distracting her and wasting her time. Now, many people may see this as a seen, in which Ladybug got out of line and shouldn't have yelled at Chat and I totally agree with that. I believe that she shouldn't had yelled at Chat in the first place, and should've dealt with him in a more calm, and more civilized manner. BUT (and this is a big one) I think that her getting mad at Chat is justifiable because look at this situation in Ladybug's perspective. Here's a guy, who's supposed to be your partner, but hasn't been helping you like he should, while you have all these responsibilities as guardian of the miracle box (not to mention, while he is in battle he just either flirts or sacrifices without so much as a warning, or even both). And sure maybe she shouldn't have called on so many temporary heroes, but what other choice does she have when she's the only person in battle, she can't just wait for him forever, she's going to have to call for back up. And sure, maybe she should've called him to make sure that he's okay or he's aware of an akuma, but at a certain point, when a person just stops arriving at times of battle and is not answering your calls you just eventually give up and take manners into your own hands.

Then, Adrien just gives up without so much explaining his problems to Ladybug. And sure maybe Ladybug saying for him to give up his miraculous (which was actually Chat's idea in the first place) was a bit insensitive, but this was during the heat of the moment, in which she was already stressed with her responsibilities as guardian. And I get it Adrien feels like he should give up everything because of how Ladybug is pushing him aside, but can you blame her at this point, he has not been helping out like he should be, he doesn't even really pay attention in battle, he sacrifices himself in the worst moments without even consoling her, and so much more. Not to mention, instead of just giving up because someone that you put to a high standard doesn't acknowledge you (because they have better things to do), you should think about what you're doing first and of the reason why you're a hero in the first place, to save Paris from the acts of your father I mean Shadowmoth. So, sure maybe he has the right to be upset but that does NOT give him the right to just give up because he is not acknowledged for doing nothing.

Not to mention, the actual fact that he's giving up the one friend that truly believe he was a great hero, Plagg. And even after Ladybug says her comment, she immediately realizes that she's in the wrong, so in reality she really cares about him. And has to abandon her task as guardian to try and talk to him. Not to mention, all the heroes calling her are just an example of how much stress she's under.

Now, let's talk about Plagg's talk with Ladybug. I get it he's upset that his owner and friend gave him up, but that does not mean he can blame Ladybug for everything. If anything he should understand Ladybug and how much pressures she's under, being guardian and all. And Plagg has seen first hand what Adrien does instead of helping out (via the first scene) sure her pushing Chat's feelings away were insensitive and they should've talked it out. But if Chat had been willing to talk to Ladybug about his role then she totally would have tried to make time and talk to him. Not to mention, it's not even her job to make sure Chat's feelings are at bay and that he's happy. If anything she should work on herself more knowing how much she put's other before herself. Then, Plagg brings up the fact he's in love with her (which is starting to feel more like infatuation as the series goes on). And I said before about the temp. heroes what is she supposed to do when he's not there and things get out of hand, she's going to have to call for back up.

You know at this point, the more the series goes on, the more and more I'm willing to just let Shadowmoth get the miraculouses and let the show be over. The amount of stress that Ladybug is under just because she's worried of breaking Chat's heart is just so stupid because she shouldn't even care anymore. Instead, she should be worrying about the safety of Paris instead of worrying about a broken heart, that can probably healed easily. But I digress.

You know, I get why Plagg want's to have Adrien as Chat Noir again because their friends. But his previous actions in other episodes have proven that he's not as competent as people say he is. Also, was the montage of Adrien throwing everything related to superheroes really necessary? We get it he's sad, what's new. (I'm sorry if I'm salting too hard on Adrien, but this episode really pissed me off).

Marinette, honey, relax and go to sleep and stop worrying about Chat Noir, you look like you've done like 10 different drugs in one sitting. I swear one day she's going to go insane.

I swear, if I hear one more thing about how the LS is in love with each other but Ladybug/Marinette is in denial and can't see it, I will freaking cry myself to sleep (oh what I already do hehehehehe...).

Also, NATALIE IS BACK AND SHE'S ALIVE AND WALKING! We stan a this queen (even if she helps out Shadowmoth) but we still stan. Ahhh, to be rich and not to worry about having to go to school because of a minor inconvenience of a broken heart. I freaking want to dieeeee.

Now, what's with Gabriel's change of attitude because in "Glaciator 2" when Adrien was acting the same way as he is now he was all over that, but now he's like, "He'll be fine by the next photo shoot, in three days". Like, damn that was a fast change in character.

Wow, I guess Thomas Astruc ran out of characters to push the LS even more together, so the last resort are the kwami's yayyyyyy *sarcasm*. You know I just like to say that Plagg legit tricked Marinette by saying every quality of a good and respectful partner to prove that Chat Noir is what she needs in the end. The Chat Noir that has proven multiple times that he is reckless and does not respect Ladybug's wishes to stop doing stuff by saying the alibi "I just can't because I love you to much!", this is just ironic at this point.

Okay, how many times have they used that same screenshot of Shadowmoth taking over the world? I mean, I know it's for humor, and comedic effect, but come on, this show is already so repetitive.

Now we get to see SadAdrien, woohoo, this totally not something we keep seeing over and over again throughout season four. Not to mention, that the main factor of why Adrien is sad in the first place is because of Ladybug. . . AGAIN. I swear one day this show is going to kill me.

You know, I just realized that Adrien was able to not go to school because he had a broken heart. . . A BROKEN HEART. WHAT IS THIS PRIVILEGE.

Kudos to Plagg for sticking up Adrien even if he doesn't acknowledge how much sh*t Plagg is doing just to get back with his "best friend". I mean, at first, I was a bot mad at Plagg, but when Plagg first introduced his idea to Adrien he legit was to "depressed" about even if he became Chat Noir Ladybug would still reject him. I mean, I get it when you get rejected multiple times your going to feel pretty dejected after a while, but that doesn't mean you abandon all your other duties in your life because of it, you get back up and move on with your life. And I feel for Plagg in the episode because Plagg has proven multiple times that he cares for Adrien so much and wants to do what's best for him and to make him happy. But what does Adrien do in return, absolutely nothing. I mean, sure there's the cheese supply, but that's just food. Plagg has actively tried to bring his spirits back up multiple times, and he in the episode he has tricked Ladybug into giving him another chance. But I digress. . .I guess.

Okay, I know that Adrien is trying to learn how to be the "perfect" partner for Ladybug, but was the montage really necessary? Also did they really spend HOURS to just pick a super hero name. . . just WHYYY.

And thus begins the montage of Ladybug saying that Cat walker is "perfect". I swear if I have hear that bs one more time I am going to freak out. Not to mention, in the end of the fight she's all like "I'm sorry Cat Walker, I just can't work with you because you're to perfect and I miss Chat Noir." . . . I'm just going to lay here and wait for something new to happen. Also, Ladybug legit developed a lowkey small crush on this dude, even to the point to when they were parachuting together she legit had a face of like pure pleasure (that just sounds weird, I'll change it later) and was like almost feeling him up. Beach, please. I know this is probably a "tactic" to try and make Ladybug realize she might actually have some type of feelings for Chat Noir but COME ON, as I said before, this show is too repetitive for it's own good.

Now onto my favorite segment, in which we talk about the main akuma or sentimonster! So the main thing I have to say about this sentimonster is that it looks like a Egyptian muscle cat. I mean, look at the biceps of that thing, that dude is ripped, but it looks like it skipped abs day.

I know this might sound weird but I kinda find it funny that the only reason that Ladybug thinks that Kuro Neko is Chat Noir is because of the bell, like that isn't a common thing to have, cat wise. You know every time that Ladybug says that she knows everything about Chat Noir I just want to hit my head on a wall because that line keeps reminding of Chloe, Lila, and Chat Noir. Those characters have said that line so many times throughout the course of the show that at this point every time someone says they no someone so well in an episode its kinda contradicting.

Wait a second. Did this dude really find a way to catch the attention of this huge ass cat by saying, "Meow meow"? And did Ladybug really find it endearing and was also mesmerized by this?. . . I'm so done with this show.

The scene in which Cat walker is like holding out his hand to Ladybug, I can legit hear the screams of the fandom. Both screaming because of the LS and because how Ladybug "fell" for this guy already. I'm legit in the group in the corner that doesn't really care because we probably already know how this going to end *cough* Chat Noir just comes back *cough* cough*.

Meanwhile Ladybug is "starstruck", the cat is just playing with the ferris wheel that could probably destroy many buildings and endanger many peoples lives, but you know what let's just have this unnecessary pause for a minute.

Did this f***king huge cat just spit out a f**cking child? Again I feel like I'm losing brain cells as I watch this. Also, did Ladybug just refer to Chat Noir as "her kitten"?

Me: *hears LS fans screaming*. . . Mamma Mia here we go again. . .

Ok, so its officially canon that Adrien's Chat Noir persona is his actual personality or at least part of it, its not like we already know this but ok. And of course before we end this episode we have to have a LS scene in which each parties apologize, yay not repetitive at all *sarcasm*.

And that's the end of the episode! (finally)

Okay, so throughput my rant you can probably tell this is not my favorite episode, probably on e of my least favorites actually. Sure, this episode some depth into the relationship of the LS, but that's it. Not to mention they mainly focused on SadAdrien, which, in my opinion, we've seen to much of. And all the excuses they point out around on why Chat Noir is important is something that we DON'T need to have shoved in our face again. *In a high pitched voice* "Well at least it didn't have a lot of LS scenes". Ohohoho, Sorry high pitch voice that is totally not me, but we have multiple scenes in which Ladybug is complimenting Cat Walker and even seen crushing on him hehehe not to mention the repetitive ending scene! Man was this episode long (even though it was only 21 minutes.)

All in all, though I really don't care for this episode cause this development might not really have a big impact on episodes and seasons to come because you know character development in this show is a dream.

Anyway, those are all my thoughts on the episode and I have a feeling that I'm going to be writing another rant because a new episode is coming out soon, so I have to be mentally prepared.

I hope everyone has a great rest of their evening/morning/day/whatever and always remember. . .

But that's just my opinion (・ε・) ((so please don't come at me :))

((I'm so sleep deprived rn and I have school in the morning so wish me luck :,))(((Also sorry for the grammatical errors :)))

So, "Hack San" was released...

The episode "Hack San" has finally been released and here I am now, about to go on and on about the episode :) But first let's do a small summary or synopsis of the episode!

Warning: Spoilers to the episode "Hack San"

Summary:

The episode starts off with Marinette trying to make up excuses to stay in Paris/home, instead of going to London to visit her Aunt. So far, all of her attempts have been failures. Marinette then has no choice but to leave Paris with her family. Meanwhile, Gabriel or Shadowmoth creates a new sentimonster with the name of Hack San, which is a virus that allows for Markov to be vulnerable to an akuma. Then, Marinette contacts Alya to meet her at the train station before she is to leave. Marinette gives Alya the Ladybug miraculous trusting her to protect Paris while she is gone. Alya has a chat with the kwami's, Tikki and Trixx, in which they tell her the ups and downs of being the holder of the Ladybug miraculous and the guardian of the miracle box. Alya returns to the park that she was hanging out at before Marinette contacted her. At the park, Alya starts to fuss over everyone's emotions, mainly if they are feeling any negative emotions. Meanwhile, Markov is effected by the virus and is akumatized by Shadowmoth and becomes Robustus. Robustus then (through the internet) takes control of people and orders them to give him their most prized possessions. While on the train, Marinette's parents are affected by Robustus, which leads to Marinette being captured by Robustus. It is then Alya's responsibility to protect Paris. Alya transforms into her version of Ladybug, and while she is trying to find her new super hero name she is met with Chat Noir. Chat Noir does not immediately trusts the new super heroine and suspects they are the villain. However, this distrust is cut short because of the akuma Robustus still being at large. Robustus orders everyone to capture Ladybug and Chat Noir. The super heroes hear a person crying for help and while Chat Noir is at first suspicious, Alya heads straight to where the civilian's voice was heard. This turns out to be a trap and the super heroes are forced to run into a building where they are also trapped by Robustus. Alya summons her Lucky Charm to aid her in this situation. Alya or Scarabella receives a frying pan. This leads her to think of a plan to manipulate Robustus to release the people's possessions in exchange for both her and Chat Noir. Robustus agrees to this and releases all of the objects and among those objects is Marinette who catches on quickly to the plan and uses the frying pan to release the akuma. The super heroes are released as well and Alya uses her Miraculous Ladybug. And as always, Paris is saved once again. A few days later, Marinette and her family are back from her trip and Alya suggest Marinette/Ladybug go talk to Chat Noir, and she does. Ladybug and Chat Noir have a talk about how someone knows about Ladybug's secret identity and Chat's new found fear that Ladybug might not be there anymore, in which Ladybug gives him the reassurance that she won't be going anywhere. And, the episode ends.

Yay! Another very detailed and unnecessary summary of the episode! Welp! It's too late now. :|

Anyway! Now onto my opinion or thoughts on the episode!

(Also I'm re-watching the episode as I do this so this might have some unnecessary details. Anyway, carry on!)

First things first the, I know that Marinette is trying to get out of going to London and staying in Paris, but I swear her excuses are getting weaker. I swear she had better excuses in the earlier seasons or is it just me? Not to mention, since Marinette is so desperate to stay in Paris she purposefully trips down the stairs. Damn the dedication and I mean, I know that Marinette needs to stay in Paris just in case, but she has left Paris like three times now, you would think that she would have a backup plan if anything happened in Paris when she wasn't there (and I'll talk about one of her solutions later on *cough cough Scarabella cough cough*). Also, Tom's desperation and persistence for Marinette to come on the trip is kinda amusing. And the not so subtle jabs at the aunt :0

Moving on! Ummm Nooroo and Dusuu you know that Gabriel is RIGHT there right? I mean he could probably hear what your saying. Also, Gabriel are you just deaf or did you not just hear what they said? Because their right behind you. When Shadowmoth made Hack San, was the weird "Haah" sound really necessary? Also, why does the virus, USB thingy low key look like Nino's shirt logo. Are they somehow connected? Or did they just run out of ideas for the design? (Not me being salty over a sentimonsters design) Why the fuck is this robot doing like three things at the same time? I know that he's a robot, but come on.

Hmmmm. No other option you say? What about bringing the Horse miraculous with you like in Startrain? Or use the cosmic suits that can legit let you fly around the world? Come on, let's be honest here giving Alya the Ladybug miraclulous wasn't the ONLY option. Claps to Alya for doing a fake doubting act, but in reality just trying to think of a new superhero name. You almost got me there Astruc, you almost made me thought that Alya had her doubts about taking over for Marinette, but in reality is just super excited to take over. Props to you my dude, props! Also, I'm not going to lie Alya all of your name ideas are kinda weak, I mean the fandom has better name ideas than you do, but then again that is to be expected. Props to the kwamis for putting all the pressure that Marinette has on her back and transferring it to Alya. Thank you for making Alya aware of all the pressure Marinette's under. Even if Alya's probably not going to bring it up and probably will just brush it off. Yes, Alya just keep telling your self that this weekend is going to be totally chill. Not to mention, Tikki being more supportive to Alya than to Marinette, whaaaaaaaaaaa- :0. Alya you just told yourself that this weekend was going to be chill why the heck are you making your life harder for yourself. To be honest, if your acting like this already you deserve whatever is coming for you. Marinette, honey, why the fuck do you need to right down 675 tips for Alya? I mean I get 33 tips even 40, but 675, really? Not to mention, the tip about laughing at Chat Noir's jokes even if they aren't funny just to make him happy, why the fuck do you need to keep him happy he could be mad, upset, or sad and I wouldn't give a fuck :p.

I will say this again, how the fuck does a multi-intelligent robot that is connected the world wide web, that is also doing at least 4 things at the same time get tempted and corrupted by a virus by clicking on a cute kitty cat ad. HOW!?! EXPLAIN THAT TO ME!?!

Okay, so remember when we thought we were actually going to get a canon Marcenial moment. Hahaha welp Astruc you've done it again you have crushed our shipping dreams again. I hope your proud of yourself. Also, the most precious possession to Marc is his and Nathaniel's manga/comic, really?

Damn the amount of times this girl makes us and Trixx second guess that she's doubting herself, like she's done it three times now. Not to mention, why is her ladybug suit more detailed than Marinette's hmmm? I mean, don't get me wrong I like the design, but why can't Marinette have a detailed suit like this? Also why is Alya acting like The Owl? *Hoot Hoot!* I also just realised that the kwamis are a bit territorial, well not Tikki, but Plagg and Trixx have proven themselves to be a bit territorial of their holders.

I love Chat Noir's distrust to Alya as Ladybug because this shows a different side of Chat Noir that Paris doesn't see, but does Alya see this and realize how much of a ass he is? Nope. Also, not going to lie, his distrust kinda amuses me. Carrying on! Chat Noir, I can hear the toxic jealousy from here my dude, you might want to tone it down a bit, you've got a audience here you know. You know, I was expecting him to say his most prized possession was Ladybug, or even his kwami, Plagg, but I wasn't expecting him to say croquettes. OMG! GUYS! IT'S HAPPENING! CHAT IS FINALLY BEING CAUTIOUS FOR ONCE INSTEAD OF IMMEDIATELY JUMPING INTO TROUBLE!!! Also, Chat Noir being responsible whaaaaaaa- :0. Ummm, why the fuck did they just run into a building, when they legit could've jumped out of that mess, like seriously why isn't anyone using their head today?

Moving on! Why the heck is most of this episode just Alya trying to think of a super hero name like seriously, I know it's supposed to be some kinda of gag, but it's starting to get a bit annoying. Chat Noir being supportive to Alya: *slow clap*. When Alya's whole plan is to just to leave everything up to Marinette, Me: Wow! I TOtAlLy didn't see that coming! Hehehe Chat Noir with a pot over his head. You know, I thought upset Chat Noir was enough for this episode, but now we get sad Chat Noir and Ladybug reassuring him, just wow, you have out done yourself Astruc.

AND! That's that end of the episode! So all in all, this episode wasn't that bad? But it wasn't my favorite (maybe one of my least favorite tbh :0) Mainly, because of the appearance of Scarabella and ladybug catering to Chat Noir needs. This is probably mainly because I'm a bit biased, but in my opinion and I will repeat in MY OPINION I don't think Alya really deserves to get the miraculous. I mean yeah, Marinette has given her trust to her and has told her that she is Ladybug, but has she really done anything to show that she deserves that trust. If I'm being honest she has shown more reasons for Marinette not to trust her. One of the reasons being that Alya doesn't fully trust Marinette herself, and the other being that she disobeyed Marinette by telling Nino that she is still Rena Rouge and not telling her that she did so.

Anyway! Those are most of my thought's on this episode. This has been a loooong week for me with the addition of school now. So expect me to be posting more on the weekends than on weekdays.

Anywho! I hope everyone has a great rest of their day. And always remember...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

(This week has been soooo tiring and with the edition of this episode and a sneak peek of a new episode coming up, I know it's only beginning. *smiles through the pain :)*)

It's happening...

Okay, so recently the synopsis of "Glaciator 2" was released and I can say this with full confidence...

I am dreading this episode. The reason of why I am dreading this episode is because from what I can infer from the text, this episode could be the start of the reverse LS.

If you haven't seen the synopsis yet here it is:

"Ladybug and Chat Noir face Glaciator again, who is convinced that the superheroes are in love. When a facetious Chat Noir agrees with him, Ladybug reminds him that they cannot be together, and that his insistence is becoming a real nuisance. Once they've defeated the super villain, Chat Noir starts doing some soul-searching. As he looks for a way to stop annoying his Lady with his feelings, Chat Noir bumps into Marinette, who herself is looking for someone to help her rehearse telling how she feel to the boy she secretly loves..."

So as you can see this whole episode seems like a set up for the reverse LS or at least for a way to enforce the LS in some way. Anyway! Let's start from the beginning of the synopsis. So as always someone gets akumatized and this time it's Andre the ice cream man and the reason of his akumatization is because he believes that the superheroes are in love. I can bet that the main reason of his akumatization is because Ladybug kept denying that Chat Noir could be in love and he was getting pissed that Ladybug was not seeing the "underlying" and "pure" love between Chat Noir and her. And as always this wouldn't be an miraculous episode without some unnecessary flirty remarks and comments about how much Chat Noir loves her and how their "mEAnT tO bE". This then causes Ladybug to just tell Chat as it is and reminds him that they can't be together and she tells him that his persistence is becoming a nuisance, because it is, I mean they should be just focusing on the battle instead of trying to insist that one is made for the other. Anyway! This causes for Chat Noir to go all sad boy mode and after the battle and Glaciator is defeated, he decides do the some "soul-searching" to find away to stop annoying Ladybug with his feelings. First of all, Chat one thing you could do to stop annoying Ladybug with your "overwhelming" feelings for her is, I don't know, maybe try not reminding her of how much you love her and how you guys are meant to be, and the flirty, unnecessary comments and how everyone can see that their supposed to be together, but she's just in denial. Not to mention that Chat Noir does this before, during, and after, I don't know, EVERY battle. Okay, maybe I exaggerated a little bit when I said he does all of those things every battle. BUT! The point still stands. AND OF COURSE! This can't be an episode where Chat Noir is a sad boi because Ladybug won't reciprocate his feelings without an appearance from Marinette on her balcony and them talking about how "hard" it is to love. You know at this point I'm beginning to see the amount of repetition that the show uses for the episodes and let me tell you, it's starting to really annoy me at this point. And of course Marinette is probably going to accidentally to almost confess her feelings to Adrien not knowing she is talking to Adrien. Not to mention this whole episode is probably just going to make Ladybug have more sympathy to Chat because HE can't keep his feelings in check.

I know for a FACT this whole ass episode is going to trigger me so many times and this is probably going to go into one of my least favorite episodes even maybe my least favorite episode.

Anyway! That has been my whole rant about the new released synopsis and I still stand with my opinion. I hope everyone has a great rest of their day or morning(?) (Because I'm doing this at like 3:00 in the morning :0) and as always remember...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

I have been summoned...

So as you all know there have been two new trailers for the episode "Dearest Family" and we all know what that means...

TIME TO RANT ABOUT HOW MUCH MIRACULOUS PISSES ME OFF!

Ok, in all reality these trailers got me really interested and intrigued in what might happen in the episode.

So! Let's Dive In!

Firsts thing first, Shadowmoth is now able to make some type of corrupted charm like Ladybug's anti-charm. This really makes me wonder what that charm can actually do because if Ladybug can make a charm that can prevent people from being akumatized then what can Shadowmoth's charm do? We can already eliminate the chance of it being able to akumatize a group of people because Shadowmoth has already been able to do that in "Gang of Secrets" so this has got me really intrigued. Also did Marinette's WHOLE family just get akumatize because of a fucking cookie, I mean really. But, I guess that must be a really good cookie if Tikki got crazy because of it.

Now let's talk about the akumas designs! So both Tom's and Gina's akuma forms are the same as last time, so we're just going to ignore that. Now I question why they chose to use Bakerix for Roland's akuma form if they already have his other akuma form, Simpleman that they literally just used like last episode, but I digress. NOW! Let's talk about Sabine's akuma form! Her akuma's form is so detailed and is also bringing some of her culture into view and I really like that, I also wonder what her akuma's name is.

Moving On! Let's talk about Tikki going "mad" and using her power of Lucky Charm to make a BIG ASS COOKIE. That cookie or pastry must have been good if it made Tikki make that face. I mean I would be fucking terrified if I came face to face with that kwami because with that look I know that shit is about to go down. And go down it does indeed. As I said before Tikki makes a fucking large ass cookie that covers the whole of Paris maybe even the whole world. When Tikki uses her power in the beam of light see uses to summon the cookie you can see a faint figure of a fairy, which I know probably won't get touched on at all during the episode, so I'm just going to say that figure could have some deeper meaning that we don't know or it's just a random detail that the added for the hack of it, but this has got me curious on what it could symbolize. Continuing on! I'm just going to put this out here that when Tikki uses Lucky Charm she legit kinda looks like she's constipated. T3T And with that the trailers end there.

Just by looking at how this is already going and how this show sadly goes I can already tell that Marinette is probably going to get blamed for not being able to keep Tikkin in check and someone else is going to get the praise of saving the world cough* Chat Noir* cough cough while Marinette is just told to do "better" without getting help in the end. This really gets me sad because in the end it's not even Marinette's fault for not being able to control Tikki (like how everyone else is trying to control her) because in reality it's not entirely her fault it's mainly kinda Tikki's fault for not being able to control herself. Not to mention, this is probably going to result in Chat Noir getting all the praise while Ladybug get's all the criticism for not being "responsible".

So all in all I'm both really excited to see the episode so I can understand what the heck is actually going on and I'm also really dreading it knowing how this show usually goes.

AnYwAy! I hope everyone has a great rest of their day! And always remember...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

(I'm sorry if this is kinda late I was reeeeaally procrastinating on actually typing this up, and I also eventually finished this at like 5:00 in the morning sooooo heheheh :))

And it starts a new…

So I just saw the trailer for “Glaciator 2” and heheheh all I can say is this is getting really annoying at this point.

Ok, lets start from the beginning! So first of all I don’t know if I should be happy that Alya was being a “good” friend to Marinette by deleting those pictures of Ladybug and Chat Noir (Not to mention, the amount of pictures she has of them I mean those alone can fill a whole gallery :0) or if she just did it reluctantly and didn’t see the problem of having them in the first place, I think in the end it’s probably going to be the lateral with the addition of everyone seeing Marinette as a hypocrite because that’s how the show usually sadly goes.

AND OF COURSE we get a “sad boi Adrien” moment in an episode where the WHOLE EPISODE is supposed to put the reverse LS into the picture heheheh we all love that don't we :,) ( I just realized that Adrien is in the middle of the park, sitting on a bench, looking at a billboard of Ladybug and Chat Noir kissing, while crying... Now THAT'S a new level of sad boi dramatics.)

AnYWaY! Why was Chat Noir on the bus when he could literally, like, travel on foot with his superhero abilities, unless there's an actual reason other than it being for the convenience of the LS than I don't see why this scene is even necessary.

Now we all knew that Master Fu was watching Marinette and Adrien in the background in most of seasons 1-3, Andre the ice cream man is now doing it. And judging by his facial expression when he sees both Chat Noir and Marinette laughing together on the bus (which I still don't get.) that he probably believes that Chat Noir is cheating on Ladybug with Chat Noir (I lowkey thought he already knows there secret identities because of that one scene in "Miracle Queen" but I digress.)

Not to mention, the amount of MariChat scenes there are in this episode. Now to be honest MariChat is the one ship in the LS that I don't really care baout because it isn't shoved into our faces constantly, but don't get me wrong I still think that the LS is toxic as fuck (and if you think I should go deeper into my thoughts of why I think that the LS is toxic just comment on the post or reblog or whatever and I'll consider it.) I can also already tell that this episode is only going to thrive on the idea of Marinette and Chat Noir building "chemistry" and maybe Chat Noir having more "character development" (if that is even possible.) And with the addition of the time Marinette and Chat Noir spent together I know that this is probably going to make Ladybug's sympathy for Chat Noir grow which will cause the ripple that we call the LS to start once again.

Moving on! Ladybug literally just went ZOOOOOOOOMMMMM. You know all these Lucky Charm's are starting to get really ridiculous I mean first it was the vespa and now it's a literal race car. Not to mention, the giant ass cookie that Tikki conjures up in "Dearest Family". Man, I miss the old days when the Lucky Charm's were just house hold items like forks, spoons, and vacuums, now there just things that can murder you if they fall on top of you.

And with that it's the end of the trailer. Now, I will stand by my word---aka what I said in my post that I ranted about the synopsis of this episode in --- I am still dreading the release of this episode because not only will this probably serve as evidence that the reverse LS starting to come into view, and the inner conflict of Ladybug and Marinette with AdriChat (not to mention, the amount of repetition this episode probably will have.), but it's also just going to be a huge disappointment in the end.

Anyway! that is the end of this rant, I hope everyone has a great rest of their day or morning(?) (Because I'm doing this at like 3:00 in the morning :0((again))) and as always remember...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

So "Glaciator 2" was released...

I don't really have anything to say, wait, no that's a a lie I have A LOT of things to say about this episode, but to start off this post I don't really know what to say soooo...Let's just get started on the long ass, unnecessary summary or synopsis of the episode!

Warning: Spoilers from "Glaciator 2"

Summary:

The episode starts off with Ladybug and Chat Noir fighting an akumatized Andre or Glaciator. While fighting, as the two heroes save civilians from harm, the civilians keep congratulating them for being the "Couple of The Year". Ladybug, during all of this, reminds them that her and Chat Noir are not together and are just teammates/partners. Meanwhile, Chat Noir keeps supporting the idea that Ladybug and him are dating or atleast tries to enforce the idea of a relationship to Ladybug. But Ladybug, in the end gets fed up with his comments and throws him into a trash so he can't intervene in the battle. Ladybug eventually defeats Glaciator by herself and brings Chat Noir on the roof to talk to him about the situation. Chat Noir says another comment about celebrating them being the "Couple of The Year", which Ladybug of course declines. Chat Noir reassures Ladybug that he is trying to give up on her, but it's just to hard for him. Ladybug believes him and they go their separate ways. When Adrien arrives in his room and de-transforms he is determined to change for Ladybug and deletes all of the pictures that he has of Ladybug, both on his phone and computer. Meanwhile, Marinette is with Alya where she is telling Alya to delete all of the photos that she has of LadyNoir. Alya eventually deletes all the photos, though she is was reluctant to do so. This situation, and Adrien's dilemma with trying to give up on Ladybug affects his performance in fencing, Kagami takes notice of this. Kagami tries to comfort Adrien, but he just ignores her. Adrien eventually goes to the park, and while sitting on the bench he sees a billboard of LadyNoir being the "Couple of The Year" and starts to cry. This almost causes him to get akumatized until ShadowMoth/Gabriel realizes it's his son that is emitting these negative feelings and demands his bodyguard to bring him back home immediately. Meanwhile, Marinette is on the phone, trying to find a way to take down the billboards that are near her home. Until she spots a sad Adrien in the park. Marinette immediately goes into her room and tries to find a present that could cheer him up. When she eventually finds the gift she rushes down to the park and tries to act normal when she passes by Adrien. She approaches Adrien and gives him the present only to be hit with the realization that she gave him the wrong gift. She takes the gift back and Adrien walks back to the car to go back home. When Adrien arrives home he is greeted by his father calling to him and reassuring him that he is always their for him, Adrien goes back to his room after reassuring his father that he would. While in his room, Adrien's sadness turns into anger. He transforms into Chat Noir and starts to use cataclysm to destroy most of the billboards that show LadyNoir across Paris. Back at the park, Marinette is met with Kagami, in which Kagami tells Marinette that she should confess her feelings to Adrien so he could be happy again. Kagamia also gives her the idea of, if Marinette is not confident in her confession she could his a person to practice with, like some type of role play. Marinette returns to her balcony to brainstorm on who to ask to help her. She is stumped until she sees Chat Noir. Marinette calls him over and asks if he could help her. Chat Noir agrees and they start to role play. The attempts go like so; Marinette reads confession, Chat Noir interupts, Marinette gets mad, and restart. This pattern goes on for a while until Chat Noir suggest they hang out so Marinette can be calm and collected when they try again. Chat Noir and Marinette go on a bus and decide on what movie to watch. Coincidentally, Andre sees them together and thinks their together. Before the akuma battle, Marinette and Chat Noir go to the cinema and while they watch the movie they vent about their love lives and how hard it is to love. After they finish the movie and they are leaving the theater, they go outside only to find out it is raining. This causes them to share an umbrella. Andre also sees this scene and starts to believe that his ice

cream is wrong in his predictions of LadyNoir and gets akumatized. Meanwhile, after Chat Noir drops off Marinette on her balcony and they are about to attempt Marinette's practice confession again, they are interrupted by Glaciator. Chat Noir brings Marinette to safer place and leaves to fight Glaciator, in which Marinette takes this as an opportunity to transform. Ladybug and Chat Noir start to fight Glaciator and Ladybug eventually uses Lucky Charm. A race car is summoned and they use the idea of using it to lead him to a fan where hot air is emitted to melt the ice cream off of him and defeat Glaciator. And during the battle Chat Noir keeps enforcing the idea that he doesn't have feelings for Ladybug and they are just friends. Glaciator is eventually defeated, the akuma is de-evilized, and Ladybug uses "Miraculous Ladybug" to return everything back to normal. Ladybug and Chat Noir go their seperat ways, with Chat Noir claiming he has something to do. The scene is changed to where they were before Glaciator interrupted and Marinette continues to rehearse he confession to Chat Noir one more time. Chat Noir says that Marinette's confession is perfect, Marinette thanks him for the compliments him and wishes him good luck with his love life. Marinette's father calls her down and Chat Noir leaves her balcony. We are brought to the scene of a fencing tournament that Adrien wins. Kagami pulls Marinette aside and apologizes for the bad advice she gave her, in which we also find out that the advice she gave Marinette is from a manga that Kagami is reading. Marinette laughs it off and forgives her. The scene changes and we are brought to the scene where Adrien is on his computer and makes the decision to not give up on Ladybug, while also restoring all of the photos he deleted, because Marinette opened his eyes and he believes that Ladybug might fall in love with him he shows her the real him. And the episode ends!

yAY! Another detailed summary of the episode that was totally unnecessary!

AnYwHo! Let's dive into my inner thoughts and opinions on this episode!

(Also, as always I am re-watching the episode as I type this so I might have some unnecessary details. Anyway! Let's get into it!)

First things first, I know Glaciator getting akumatized another time in the episode should be some type of plot twist or something I don't really know, but why the heck is the episode titled "Glaciator 2" if it's really the 3rd time. I get the title is supposed to be catchy and all, but like, please be accurate.

AnYwaY! Moving on, I'm going to be honest here, I would totally be so annoyed if people kept congratulating me for something that isn't even true so I can relate to Ladybug here. But, like also shouldn't all of Paris be aware that Ladybug and Chat Noir aren't together because of the amount of times Ladybug has enforced the ides that they aren't. Not to mention, these are legit CHILDREN that a magazine is publishing on a front cover, billboards, blimps, and many more, KISSING. AND Ladybug is TOTALLY pissed you can tell by the sudden determination she has to de-akumatize Glaciator on her own, which she does in the end. Now, THAT'S what I call independence. Also the fact that Chat Noir was thrown into the trash bin :0 (ima just leave that trash comment there).

You know at this point I am so sick and tired of hearing people say that Ladybug and Chat Noir are "mEanT tO bE". Like, first of all where did the "meant to be" part come in, I know that Chat Noir only knows the destiny thing because of the kwami's and all, but like where did the whole pf Paris learn this shit, I mean Ladybug has also been enforcing the idea that they aren't together, shouldn't the Parisians catch on that most of the destiny and fate things are bullshit by now? OOOH! Now it makes sense! So it's CHAT NOIR'S fault that all the Parisians take this "meant to be" bullshit seriously, noted.

I SWEAR if I hear another thing about how "sad" Chat Noir is because his "lady" won't accept his affections and he has to give up on his "one true love" I'm going to jump off a cliff. I mean this whole freaking season, wait, not EVEN just this whole season, more like this whole ass series Chat Noir has reminded us time and time again that he is SOOOO FUCKING SAD and not to be mean and all, but Ladybug has been through a WHOLE lot worse than just someone not accepting her feelings. (also not the music analogy for me. "broken record" pfft.).

Lowkey, how many freaking pictures does this boy have of Ladybug, I mean damn his storage must have been full, then again he's rich so he might have unlimited storage or something. Also, I FUCKING CALLED IT! I fucking KNEW that Alya deleting those pictures of LadyNoir were not voluntary. This dude, only deleted the pictures when Marinette says "I really need you right now" and even then she still had the AUDACITY to sigh out of reluctance, now that's a good friend (note the sarcasm).

I'm going to be honest, why the heck does Adrien have to be so fucking sad when Ladybug has rejected him that it affects his overall performance in other activities. I get that being rejected can be very heartbreaking, but that shouldn't affect your daily activities cause your going to have to move on eventually. I mean, look at Marinette, most of her plans to get with Adrien have failed, but that still doesn't affect her overall performance as a superhero. Not to mention, if Ladybug or Marinette were to show any emotion that could affect her performance in either her civilian life or her superhero role people would call her "over dramatic" while people say that Adrien's behavior is totally valid like what the heck!

Also, freaking Kagami noticing that Adrien is sad and still helping him out, or trying to cheer him up, AFTER he lied to her, ignored her, never really appreciated her, and broke her heart. And I know that her noticing that Adrien is sad is probably going to be used to somehow shove the LS into our faces, but like I just wanted to point out how much Kagami has grown as character even if it;s because of the LS.

HAHAAHAHAHA! We get ANOTHER sad boi moment with Adrien crying in the park. CRYING. IN. THE. PARK. Not to mention, he's crying while looking at a billboard of LadyNoir kissing. This is totally a WHOLE different level of dramatic, like at this point I don't even feel sympathy for him anymore. Also, not to mention, the fact that Shadowmoth didn't akumatize Adrien just because he found out it was his son. Like how much pity is this boi going to receive.

Okay. The fact that Marinette is ecstatic that Adrien is sad is just so freaking hilarious. I mean, I know this scene is supposed to promote the LS, but I can't help but laugh at that. And also, how the heck is a hamster supposed to be in that box, there's no holes in their. It's either that's just a cage or that hamsters dead. The fact that Adrien is still saying that he likes the pottery wheel and all Marinette is saying is that it's not the "idea" gift. Marinette, girl, just take the win, for your and our sake.

Also, Gabriel, my guy, your kinda late to trying to the whole "being a good dad" thing. Also, not to mention, Adrien legit ignored the fact that his father was trying to be there for him. Wait, actually, now that I think about it Adrien has ignored mostly everyone's attempts to try and make him feel better. Now that's whole other type of pitying ones self.

You know it is so clear that Kagami is really just another side character that is being used to push the LS together. I mean, Kagami could have so much potential if they actually used her for things not related to the LS, but I digress.

I feel so bad for Plagg in this situation because right now, what Chat Noir is doing is using his miraculous for selfish use and tiring out Plagg at the same time and I feel so bad that Plagg has to go through this.

Marinette, you have SO many other people to ask for help in your situation. I mean, there's Alya, who you said you needed, and there's Luka who you are "buddies" with (tbh I only put Luka because I really want to see him another episode :p) Also, Marinette what do you mean Chat Noir won't fall in love with you this Miraculous Ladybug were talking about anything is freaking possible. And the reverse LS is not an exception.

Okay, not to diss this whole speech you have for your confession, but isn't that a little much. Also the fact that Chat Noir kept interrupting every she did the speech (mainly by laughing, I mean I would do the same tbh). Also, I kinda think this whole scene was kinda unnecessary at this point (not to mention repetitive af).

I feel bad for the people watching the movie because they have to hear these two teenagers vent about their love lives. Also, the fact that Marinette says that being superhero is easy makes me want to fucking cry laughing. Also, the fact that Marinette says she has terrible luck with boys. Girl, that is mainly because you prioritize Adrien a lot and don't really see any other guy.

How many times has a person been akumatized for the most stupidest thing or the most stupidest way again? Like I get that Andre is having an internal crisis ob whether or not his ice cream is accurate or not. But didn't Andre choose to be the ice cream man to spread happiness all over Paris?

Chat Noir, I'm going to be honest your trying a bit to hard in trying to convince Ladybug that your just friends now, even though it is very obvious that you still have feelings for her.

First it was a vespa, now it's a freaking car, what's next a freaking helicopter? Also the fact that this kids can drive even though it hasn't been established in the show whether or not they have their driver license or not. Also why is the anti-charm just mainly pink when glaciator was mainly Neapolitan, but then again I digress.

Also, the fact that Kagami got all the advice she gave Marinette from a manga that she was reading, I love that because that just shows how quirky and unique Kagami is turning out to be. Not to mention, Marinette saying that Kagami should hang out more with her friends, Marinette I'm pretty sure your her only sincere friend in this series.

AND all that work in trying to give up on Ladybug and NOTHING. Adrien just goes back to pursuing her again with the mental state that if I show her the real me more maybe she'll fall in love with me. Like what the actually HECK DUDE I had to sit through a whole ass episode revolving around the reverse LS and we just end up back at square one! UGHHHHHH

And with that the episode is finished. Now, obviously this episode was not my favorite episode of the series and there are so many reasons on why that is, but we're not going to get into that. I'm going to be honest the reason why I really didn't like this episode is the fact that we had to many scenes of Sadrien and the many things that I'm not going to get into right now because I am so tired right now. But yeah this episode is absolutely not my favorite, probably my least favorite to be honest.

AnYwAy! Those were my thoughts on the episode "Glaciator 2". I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of there day or night and always remember. . .

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

(I was procrastinating doing this ever since the episode came out, but I did it and now I'm done! Well almost. I know that that the trailer for "Ephemeral" just came out so I'll be doing my rant on that episode later tonight ((or morining really)) because I know for sure I have some things ((and a lot of theories)) to say about that trailer. :)

It's time...

So as you probably already know the trailer for the 100th episode of MLB, "Ephemeral" has been released recently. And I would like to first say, I can't believe it's already the 100th episode of this series that has made me feel a lot of emotions (whether or not those emotions are mainly negative is for you to figure out).

AnYwAy! Let's actually dive into what we all know this post is going to be about. Time to rant about the trailer!!

Warning: Spoilers from “Ephemeral” trailer

So right off the bat, we're given a scene that seems both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. That scene being one with a horrible father figure Gabriel and a fucking sad boi Adrien Agreste. Then a full on scene change from Adrien being at a public interview thingy to Ladybug talking to Su-han, which I believe could be about taking Chat Noir's miraculous or it's just a daily check up, I don't know. We then see Adrien going down into the infamous butterfly room where his mother, Emilie lays. And I don't know whether or not these scenes are supposed to be in order or not because Gloob likes to mix all the scenes up in the trailer sometimes, but I wonder whether or not Chat Noir tells Ladybug about this revelation, let alone if he tells anyone at all. And the scene where Chat Noir gives Ladybug his umbrella and she has a typr of deja vu moment where, when the lightning strikes she sees Adrien, which I don't whether or not the lighting is supposed to be a warning or foreshadowing of what is going to happen (it probably is). Also, I'm not trying to salt on the LS (I totally am) but we all somehow knew this ship was going to somehow turn on the show, whether or not this is going to be fixed in the episode or the future seasons, we'll have to just wait and see. Then we're shown, I think almost all of the temporary miraculous holders, including my boi Viperion (He's finally in another episode!!). Now first of all, the akuma or sentimonster they're fighting right now is a freaking safe, a golden safe. But wait, that's not all the Lucky Charm that Ladybug receives is a fire truck. Well I can already tell by that this is going to be an eventful episode. (Also, what if the akuma or sentimonster is Adrien because I don't see Chat Noir anywhere during this fight :0). We finally get to see the transformation sequences of the cosmic suits and by the looks of it it's going to be a heavily detailed scene and I can't wait. Now it is time to talk about the scene that has gotten everyone so hyped up on this episode, the scene where it is revealed that Shadowmoth has the cat miraculous and it is also revealed that Marinette's identity is discovered by Shadowmoth. First of all, I wonder whether Shadowmoth forcefully took the cat miraculous OR Adrien willingly gave his miraculous to him because with him finding the butterfly room it is a huge possibility. And I can only guess that the person Ladybug is trying to contact is Chat Noir himself, but of course she can't get a hold of him because he doesn't have his miraculous anymore. WAiT A SeCoNd (chance hehehe :)) is Adrien the traitor that Thomas Astruc told us about, because he said they're someone that has been in (probably) all the seasons of MLB, which of course Adrien has. Wow, that would be a plot twister. Well, now that I think about it it's not really surprising. I mean, at this point with Adrien feeling like Ladybug doesn't appreciate him enough and him starting to really grieve his moms absence with his father also not being there to support him, he's probably feeling really vulnerable right now which could cause him to give up his miraculous. AND The trailer ends there!

So all in all I know for a fact that this episode is going to be the bane of my existence (btw I saw the new trailer ((yes new trailer)) for this episode and now I know for absolutely fucking sure that this episode IS the bane of my existence) and I know that everything in this episode alone is going to give me a HUGE migraine. BUT I am excited to see all the theories for this episode because for once Gloob hasn't really given away the entire plot of the episode yet (again as I said I just saw the new trailer and I regret saying this buuuut wth :p) Now, I'm going to be honest I really can't tell if during this whole episode I'm either going to be laughing at the episode's stupidity or cry at its stupidity. Well at least Viperion makes a appearance (yes i'm a luka simp) so I'll be okay for at least some of the episode.

Anyway! That's the end of my rant, I hope everyone has a wonderful morning or night, whichever and always remember...

But that’s just my opinion (・ε・).

(Btw I did see the new trailer when I finally finished this first rant so I'll probably type up a new rant because I KNOW for sure that I have a LOT of shit to say about that episode ((spoiler alert there's going to be a LOT of Adrien and LS salt)). So make sure to look out for that tomorrow. :)) ((Also I typed this up at like 3 a.m. so I'm like really sleep deprived rn and with the new trailer that just came out I'm like so done with life :,) AnYwaY! That's all I wanted to say. Pigeon Out! ))

So, "Ephemeral"...

We have gotten a total of 2 trailers already for this episode (I have already done a rant about the first trailer, so you can check that out if you want.) and already having seen both of these trailers, I would just like to say. . . WHAT THE FUCK IS THOMAS ASTRUC DOING WITH THIS FUCKING SHOW!?! As I would believe that almost everyone has already seen this trailer I think almost everyone can understand where I'm coming from. Now, before I dive into a full on rant about how this trailer has got me very pissed off right now I would just like to mention that I am incredibly sleep deprived so I apologies for any grammatical errors (and the amount of swearing that there will be :0)

AnYwaY! Let's dive into my inner (salty) thoughts about this trailer!

Warning: Spoilers from “Ephemeral” trailer…

SO! First things, first, what the actual FUCK does AdRien think he's doing!?! WHo told this dumbass it would be a great FUCKING idea to reveal his identity to Ladybug!? And I SWEAR TO EVERYTHING I BELIEVE IN, If Ladybug allowed this to happen and actually in turn reveal HER identity as well (which I HOPE isn't the case because I KNOW that she is more responsible than that) I WILL FUCKING FLIP! Because WHY? I get it AdRiEn your sad that Ladybug won't reciprocate your feelings and you think that if you show her your "real" self she might accept your feelings, but that doesn't mean you should reveal your IDENTITY TO HER!(wait now that I think about...what is this boi's real self at this point is his civilian form or Chat Noir? Cause I remember in "Lies" when Kagami was sketching him he did a Chat Noir pose and said something about it might be the real, but is also saying this shit about being more open to Ladybug. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS DUDE'S BRAIN!?) Not to mention, the look of "awe" that Ladybug has when she sees that Adrien is Chat Noir, I hope immediately after the "awe in shock" moment that her more logical, responsible side takes over and tells Chat Noir or Adrien that what he just did was INCREDIBLY irresponsible, and if, IF she just let's this happen without Adrien getting any punishment AND they get together in the end I will FUCKING DIE BECAUSE IT'S SO STUPID (not to mention superficial). ALsO, what does plagg think of all this? Not to mention, Tikki's reaction to this.

The one time, THE ONE TIME that AdRien decides to not be oblivious for once and follows his father to the butterfly basement he gets frickin caught (also does Adrien figure out that his dad is Shadowmoth or does he just "Oh! My dads been hiding Shadowmoth in our basement that has my mom in a glass capsule."?) Also, I'm surprised that one: Shadowmoth figured out that Adrien is Chat Noir, and two: that he would willingly akumatize his son because in the latest episode he seems pretty against the idea.

SO! One of theories in my last post was correct, technically Shadowmoth did force Adrien to give him his miraculous, but Adrien did give his miraculous willingly because of the akuma. AND I don't know to take the revelation of Adrien giving Shadowmoth his miraculous because in a way it does kinda look like he's the traitor, but we don't know whether or not that there might another character that we should be suspicious of. So, I don't really know what to say to that. And that was the end of the trailer!

So, all in all this trailer just pissed me off because of the pure STUPIDITY of some of the characters in the video *cough cough* Adrien *cough*. Not to mention, the possibility (or fact) that this is probably (or will) end as another "Oblivio". In which, when everything is fixed and done with everyone, and I mean EVERYONE forgets everything that happened on the video, which WILL trigger me if it does happen. And not to mention I have an abundance of questions about what is going to happen IF they don't pull a "Oblivio" on us, like if they get the cat miraculous back, will they be able to also get the butterfly or the peacock miraculous back also? Will Adrien be punished and not be able to be Chat Noir? and Will Ladybug be mad at Adrien for revealing himself or will she be delighted and reveal herself also? But, again we won't know the answer of this question until the episode is released.

Anyway! That's the end of my (salty) rant, I hope everyone has a wonderful morning or night, whichever and always remember...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

(I'm sorry if this is kinda late I was reeeeaally procrastinating on actually typing this up, and I also eventually finished this at like 7:00 in the morning sooooo heheheh :))

((Also sorry for using the word “trigged” without really knowing the meaning, but don’t worry I have replaced the word with “pissed” :) )

((Also, Thank you!! to the people who mentioned my mistake. I appreciate you! *⁂((✪⥎✪))⁂*))

The 100th episode came out...

So, the episode "Ephemeral" came out (and when I just thought this would be a normal, relaxing weekend). Now, before I really dive into this whole chaos that is the episode, I want to clear up some stuff for some people that saw my latest post **cough cough**mainly the one that commented on me not understanding the episode**cough cough**. The latest post that I did about the second trailer of "Ephemeral" was solely based on my thoughts on the trailer, and I repeat the TRAILER of the episode, not the episode itself. Now, THIS post is about the episode and my opinions on the EPISODE not the trailers or anything, if anything I will infer some stuff that I said in my others post to show that some of my theories were wrong or that some stuff that wasn't shown in the trailers has been cleared up in the episode. NOW, that has been cleared up, let's actually dive into the episode, shall we? :).

Okay, so I was contemplating on whether or not I should do the usual "unnecessarily detailed summary or synopsis of the episode" that I usually do, but I decided to just skip it today because one: I’m really sleep deprived, and two: I can probably guess that most of the fandom has already seen the episode.

So! (after a 2 hour nap...)Let's just dive in! (because I can't express how much this episode pissed me off.)

Warning: Spoiler to the episode "Ephemeral"

(Also, as always I am re watching the episode as I type this so I might have some unnecessary details. Anyway! Let's get into it!)

First things, first, how many scenes or reminders have we gotten since this whole thing started? I mean, even in the first season we got a frickin picture of Emilie, which was already hint that whatever Gabriel is doing it's for her, or, as he says, his "family". At this point of the show, I believe this is just to give him a sense of calm mind or at the least a reminder of why he is even doing this in the first place (because I believe he's starting to go a 'little' insane using those two miraculous over and over again.)

Okay, so is Bob Roth broke now? I mean, we knew he had obsession with money, but shouldn't he have at least 'enough' money to keep him satisfied and not crying about the coin that just fell into the sewers? (Btw I know this just a scene to fill in the empty void of this episode, but I just wanted to point it out :p).

Ummm, does anyone see that 'subtle' hit that Gabriel is controlling Adrien with his ring? Legit, when Adrien is starting to disagree with him because he wants to leave and have Adrien take over instead he touches his ring, as if he's a sentimonster that he can control to do as he says. We'll just have to wait until it's actually established, I guess.

Let's talk about Bob Roth's akuma form! Is his whole body the safe or is the safe just the outer shell and he's the coins? Whatever it is, this akuma form is still very confusing, and what is the akumatized object in the first place anyway? (I have so many questions already :0)

Okay, let's talk about the fight scene. First of all, why the heck does ladybug need every temporary hero to help her defeat this one akuma. I mean, I get the need of Viperion, Pegasus, maybe Vespera, maybe Polymouse, and maybe Carapace. But the others I don't really see a need for them in this specific battle. Maybe they had a bigger role in the battle before the exact scene we see, but I don't really know. I'm also bring up a fact that some other people have also brought up. The fact that they don't need Chat Noir's cataclysm. If they played their cards right they would have been able to defeat the akuma a much more easier and much more faster than they actually did. Because as we see, Purple Tigress is present during the battle so with her power of Collision and Pegasus power of Voyage they could easily defeat the akuma. (though I'm not going to complain with the use of Viperion tbh (¬3¬)). But all in all, I do think that they totally could've use the temporary heroes differently in this one. (Also, not to mention the amount of combination that Viperion had to do though. :0)

Wait a second his akumatized object was a giant ass coin. Convenient, I guess. Also, I'm just going to infer that his body is the coins now.

We love that we get to see Luka play a much bigger role in this episode then any other episode in the series already, just by seeing him witness the amount of stress and pressure that is put on Ladybug/Marinette (since he knows now).

Okay, I know Su-han is putting a lot of stress on Ladybug right now, but he do got a point though. Ladybug used 9 miraculous to defeat one akuma, NINE miraculous. And I know a lot of people would say, "Adrien had no choice he was just trying to obey his father!", and "He wouldn't be able to escape that big audience anyway!", but look at it this way through Su-han's eyes it looks as if that Chat Noir is neglecting his duties and Ladybug has to deal with the consequences of his mistake. And I also can already see that a lot of people saying, "Yeah, but this wouldn't have happened if they knew each other's identities," but, again here's the thing them knowing each other's identities can lead to life threatening situations, as seen later on in the episode so you can also understand where Ladybug is coming from. Anyway, all I'm saying that is no one, in my opinion, is in the wrong here in this situation and as I have said earlier Ladybug could have done this battle differently without using the nine miraculous that she did.

AnYwAy! Back to the episode! I love how Luka is also so done with this conversation or more so lecture between Su-han and Ladybug. Like, you can see it in his face, he's so done with it already XD. Also, the way that Su-han skips/hops out of the scene is so freaking hilarious! Is it just me, or are the creators just getting lazy at doing the transformations at this point?

MY LUKANETTE HEAAAAARTTT!! I know that this whole scene is supposed to be professional and all, but like you can't tell me that this scene doesn't perfectly demonstrate how good they understand and work with each other. I mean, COME ON IT'S TOO CUTE! (Also is sass eating tofu?) Not to mention, HOW CUTE LUKA IS THIS ENTIRE EPISODEEEEEEEE!!!!!

To be honest, I legit almost forgot that Luka already knows Chat Noir identity because of "Wishmaker". This just tells us how good Luka is at keeping a secret (¬‿¬). Not to mention, how in sync they are though and how easy they understand each other unlike some people, I'm saying names...

Anywho! Continuing on, looking at Viperion's face listening to this conversation shows how very worried he says, and I love that small detail about him. Also the fact that Ladybug can't take seriously the fact that Chat Noir is Adrien and when she does see for herself that he is Adrien she can't comprehend the fact, that she frozen is shock and forgets the mission is just a "wow, didn't see that coming" moment for me tbh. Not to mention, that Adrien is rubbing in the fact that he has been waiting for this moment his whole time he has had the miraculous and has met her, he's kinda going overboard in my opinion.

Look at that! Marinette is asking the same question I had! On whether or Chat Noir is the real Adrien or is Adrien someone different entierly? (also, Tikki not helping by rubbing in the fact that she has a crush on AdRiEn and now that we know that he's Chat Noir, we know that he's in love with Ladybug, and that kinda means that Adrien is in love with Marinette, who is Ladybug) ((damn this just keeps getting more complicated by the day)) Yes, Marinette has learned her lesson from telling Alya she is Ladybug.

Noting the fact, that when Marinette finds out Adrien is Chat Noir she can't stop seeing him AS Chat Noir, also that kinda nerves me, just a bit. Not to mention, the fact that Luka was the only one to notice that Marinette is bothered by something is another quality that I love about him :). Also, we just caught confirmation that Luka is indeed still inlove with Marinette and that he loves even more now, but he is still actively trying to help her find herself, whether or not it's about her love life. (sad fan moments ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д`ﾟ)ﾟ｡). Also, this the one time that I really hate Luka giving advice to Marinette, wait scratch that maybe the second moment (I just remembered the time he told her to go after Adrien in "Frozer"). It's the fact that upon hearing Luka's advice does she start to see him differently, that makes me unbelievably sad because my ship...｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д`ﾟ)ﾟ｡(If it wasn't obvious I'm a lukanette stan)

Now, I just want to mention this once, because I know that if I say this the Adrinette shippers will track me down and probably murder me on the spot, but here goes nothing. Let's just notice the fact that Adrien says that he can't believe the fact that one of his bestfriend's is his "one true love"....BESTFRIEND. Here it is, the confirmation Adrien did NOT see Marinette as anything BUT a FRIEND! Even it took Marinette a couple of days to get her feelings sorted out, but NoOoOo Adrien already knows that his bestfriend being his love interest is valid enough to establish your in love with said person. (hehehe this pisses me off a little if you can't tell) Now, I'm gonna end that there before anyone comes to murder me.

Not them acting lovey dovey after one day of knowing each other's identities (or at least for Adrien it's one day). Also, what the heck did he put in that frickin note? I'm curious now.

So, it only takes one word, ONE WORD for him to figure out that Adrien is Chat Noir. I SWEAR TO GOSH THIS SHOW JUST LOVES TO PISS ME OFF BY NOT MAKING SENSE! Not to mention, Gabriel has no remorse in what he is doing to his son to just get his miraculous. And I thought he was trying to be a good father. PFFT who am I kidding, this dude was barely even trying.

This is the fourth time that the number 100 has come up, the FOURTH time. I think they're shoving the fact that it's the 100th episode a little to much.

AND AGAIN, we see Gabriel using the ring that he is wearing, which is supposedly a family heirloom to control Adrien into subduing into his commands. I mean, at this point what else are we supposed to believe, it's right there, Gabriel is clearly controlling Adrien, and with that we can easily infer that he is a sentimonster. All we need is canon confirmation, but are we going to get that? Probably not.

Not Luka being the one that Marinette contacts instead of Alya (¬‿¬). Also the fact that he immediately jumps into action and legit runs and bikes all the way to her home. I'm just like AWWWHHHHH. LUKA IS THE REAL MVP OF THE SHOW!! (Meanwhile, Shadowmoth throwing a legit child like, four feet away, after getting the miraculous) The way that Sass says "My master!" with his arms out, just shows how proud he is and that just melts my heart.（〜^∇^ )〜 Not to mention, the fact that all the kwamis are already comfortable with him, then again they're in a dire sitiuation, but still T3T. Though, we also got a glimpse of what the other Ladybug holders look liked before so that was a cool treat, I guess.

You know, I just got the irony that this episode came out during day light savings and they to bring everything back to normal they have to reset the time, clever, I guess. The transformation sequence was cool, but it was pretty short, to be honest, so I wasn't really impressed by it.

After they fix the time and everything goes back to normal and Marinette has a final talk with Su-han the episode ends. But wait a second, did Ladybug retrieve Luka's miraculous? Looks like we'll never know....*ominous ghost music*

AnYwAy! All in all, this episode was interesting and very amusing to watch if I'm going to be honest. BUT I was very pissed off during the episode because of some of the scene. Though, Luka being the MVP really balanced everything out. Now, don't get me wrong this is not going to be one of my favorite episodes, but it's also not going to go into my least favorite episodes (mainly because of the involvement of Luka). So this episode probably will land in the middle of my list.

Anyway! that is the end of this rant, I hope everyone has a great rest of their day or morning(?) and always remeber...

But that's just my opinion (・ε・)

(Btw I'll be doing my rant on the latest trailer that came out for the "Gabriel Agreste" episode later tonight ((or morining really)) Man, it seems like the creators are releasing these trailers and episodes like hotcakes.)

Guess who's back baby!

Surprise, Surprise! I'm not dead! Sorry for not being as active as I used to be recently I have been very busy with school, extracurricular's, and other stuff. But I'm back now and I'm here to talk about the newest MLB episode "Kuro Neko".

So "Kuro Neko" was recently released and I have many, MANY things to say about this episode. And as we all know from the many posts about MLB this will lead to a. . .

A RANT! So let's just dive in!

(And yes I skipped doing the usual overly detailed summary ((again)) because I am really sleep deprived right now and I just want to get my thoughts out now, and it's totally not because I forgot what happened in the episode heheheheheh :))

Warning: Spoilers from the episode "Kuro Neko"

(Also, as always I am re-watching the episode as I type this so I might have some unnecessary details. Anyway! Let's get into it!)

Also another warning this rant is going to contain a lot of Adrien salt, so be prepared.

First things first, why is AdRieN so butt hurt about being called a "parntner like any other"? He should be grateful that she even said anything about him, and being called a "partner like any other", in my opinion, is a compliment, in his case, because of how he hasn't been involved in many battles, and she basically is saying he's as good as the other temporary heroes (who are actually doing something to save paris). Not to mention, the fact that he's not even helping in the fight while the other heroes are, when this is live on the news and all he's doing is moping in his room, while all this is happening outside. Like, at this point you don't have the right to complain about you not being on a higher label then the other heroes, when your not doing anything.

And I know that some people will say "but since he's a young model his schedule is occupied with photo-shoots and he's so busy all the time" well Ladybug/Marinette has a pretty occupied schedule with her having to keep up with school, be guardian, and still have the time to hang out with friends so they don't have another "Gang of Secrets" incident (not to mention, her stress levels being so high, but she still finds a way to keep her composure.). Not to mention, Adrien's schedule didn't seem to stop him from helping out in battles in the last three seasons. And he's not even doing anything in this scene, let alone this episode, he's just sitting on the couch, watching TV, doing absolutely nothing, while Ladybug has to figure out how to save Paris and defeat Shadowmoth and his army of akumas.

Then, when there's a perfect chance to prove that he's not just a "partner like any other" he doesn't even do anything because he's so butt hurt about what Ladybug said, saying it's "useless", just because she didn't give him a higher label then the other temp. heroes. Also, not to mention Plagg trying so hard to lift Adrien's spirit's up, while he doesn't even care (I'm also kinda mad at Plagg, but we'll get to that later.).

Okay, so Chat Noir get's to the scene right after the battle and all the temp. heroes disperse. Then, he tries to help out Ladybug by trying to offer to help with collecting the miraculous, so at least he's trying to do the bare minimum. Though, because of Chat's attempts to help she get's mad at him for distracting her and wasting her time. Now, many people may see this as a seen, in which Ladybug got out of line and shouldn't have yelled at Chat and I totally agree with that. I believe that she shouldn't had yelled at Chat in the first place, and should've dealt with him in a more calm, and more civilized manner. BUT (and this is a big one) I think that her getting mad at Chat is justifiable because look at this situation in Ladybug's perspective. Here's a guy, who's supposed to be your partner, but hasn't been helping you like he should, while you have all these responsibilities as guardian of the miracle box (not to mention, while he is in battle he just either flirts or sacrifices without so much as a warning, or even both). And sure maybe she shouldn't have called on so many temporary heroes, but what other choice does she have when she's the only person in battle, she can't just wait for him forever, she's going to have to call for back up. And sure, maybe she should've called him to make sure that he's okay or he's aware of an akuma, but at a certain point, when a person just stops arriving at times of battle and is not answering your calls you just eventually give up and take manners into your own hands.

Then, Adrien just gives up without so much explaining his problems to Ladybug. And sure maybe Ladybug saying for him to give up his miraculous (which was actually Chat's idea in the first place) was a bit insensitive, but this was during the heat of the moment, in which she was already stressed with her responsibilities as guardian. And I get it Adrien feels like he should give up everything because of how Ladybug is pushing him aside, but can you blame her at this point, he has not been helping out like he should be, he doesn't even really pay attention in battle, he sacrifices himself in the worst moments without even consoling her, and so much more. Not to mention, instead of just giving up because someone that you put to a high standard doesn't acknowledge you (because they have better things to do), you should think about what you're doing first and of the reason why you're a hero in the first place, to save Paris from the acts of your father I mean Shadowmoth. So, sure maybe he has the right to be upset but that does NOT give him the right to just give up because he is not acknowledged for doing nothing.

Not to mention, the actual fact that he's giving up the one friend that truly believe he was a great hero, Plagg. And even after Ladybug says her comment, she immediately realizes that she's in the wrong, so in reality she really cares about him. And has to abandon her task as guardian to try and talk to him. Not to mention, all the heroes calling her are just an example of how much stress she's under.

Now, let's talk about Plagg's talk with Ladybug. I get it he's upset that his owner and friend gave him up, but that does not mean he can blame Ladybug for everything. If anything he should understand Ladybug and how much pressures she's under, being guardian and all. And Plagg has seen first hand what Adrien does instead of helping out (via the first scene) sure her pushing Chat's feelings away were insensitive and they should've talked it out. But if Chat had been willing to talk to Ladybug about his role then she totally would have tried to make time and talk to him. Not to mention, it's not even her job to make sure Chat's feelings are at bay and that he's happy. If anything she should work on herself more knowing how much she put's other before herself. Then, Plagg brings up the fact he's in love with her (which is starting to feel more like infatuation as the series goes on). And I said before about the temp. heroes what is she supposed to do when he's not there and things get out of hand, she's going to have to call for back up.

You know at this point, the more the series goes on, the more and more I'm willing to just let Shadowmoth get the miraculouses and let the show be over. The amount of stress that Ladybug is under just because she's worried of breaking Chat's heart is just so stupid because she shouldn't even care anymore. Instead, she should be worrying about the safety of Paris instead of worrying about a broken heart, that can probably healed easily. But I digress.

You know, I get why Plagg want's to have Adrien as Chat Noir again because their friends. But his previous actions in other episodes have proven that he's not as competent as people say he is. Also, was the montage of Adrien throwing everything related to superheroes really necessary? We get it he's sad, what's new. (I'm sorry if I'm salting too hard on Adrien, but this episode really pissed me off).

Marinette, honey, relax and go to sleep and stop worrying about Chat Noir, you look like you've done like 10 different drugs in one sitting. I swear one day she's going to go insane.

I swear, if I hear one more thing about how the LS is in love with each other but Ladybug/Marinette is in denial and can't see it, I will freaking cry myself to sleep (oh what I already do hehehehehe...).

Also, NATALIE IS BACK AND SHE'S ALIVE AND WALKING! We stan a this queen (even if she helps out Shadowmoth) but we still stan. Ahhh, to be rich and not to worry about having to go to school because of a minor inconvenience of a broken heart. I freaking want to dieeeee.

Now, what's with Gabriel's change of attitude because in "Glaciator 2" when Adrien was acting the same way as he is now he was all over that, but now he's like, "He'll be fine by the next photo shoot, in three days". Like, damn that was a fast change in character.

Wow, I guess Thomas Astruc ran out of characters to push the LS even more together, so the last resort are the kwami's yayyyyyy *sarcasm*. You know I just like to say that Plagg legit tricked Marinette by saying every quality of a good and respectful partner to prove that Chat Noir is what she needs in the end. The Chat Noir that has proven multiple times that he is reckless and does not respect Ladybug's wishes to stop doing stuff by saying the alibi "I just can't because I love you to much!", this is just ironic at this point.

Okay, how many times have they used that same screenshot of Shadowmoth taking over the world? I mean, I know it's for humor, and comedic effect, but come on, this show is already so repetitive.

Now we get to see SadAdrien, woohoo, this totally not something we keep seeing over and over again throughout season four. Not to mention, that the main factor of why Adrien is sad in the first place is because of Ladybug. . . AGAIN. I swear one day this show is going to kill me.

You know, I just realized that Adrien was able to not go to school because he had a broken heart. . . A BROKEN HEART. WHAT IS THIS PRIVILEGE.

Kudos to Plagg for sticking up Adrien even if he doesn't acknowledge how much sh*t Plagg is doing just to get back with his "best friend". I mean, at first, I was a bot mad at Plagg, but when Plagg first introduced his idea to Adrien he legit was to "depressed" about even if he became Chat Noir Ladybug would still reject him. I mean, I get it when you get rejected multiple times your going to feel pretty dejected after a while, but that doesn't mean you abandon all your other duties in your life because of it, you get back up and move on with your life. And I feel for Plagg in the episode because Plagg has proven multiple times that he cares for Adrien so much and wants to do what's best for him and to make him happy. But what does Adrien do in return, absolutely nothing. I mean, sure there's the cheese supply, but that's just food. Plagg has actively tried to bring his spirits back up multiple times, and he in the episode he has tricked Ladybug into giving him another chance. But I digress. . .I guess.

Okay, I know that Adrien is trying to learn how to be the "perfect" partner for Ladybug, but was the montage really necessary? Also did they really spend HOURS to just pick a super hero name. . . just WHYYY.

And thus begins the montage of Ladybug saying that Cat walker is "perfect". I swear if I have hear that bs one more time I am going to freak out. Not to mention, in the end of the fight she's all like "I'm sorry Cat Walker, I just can't work with you because you're to perfect and I miss Chat Noir." . . . I'm just going to lay here and wait for something new to happen. Also, Ladybug legit developed a lowkey small crush on this dude, even to the point to when they were parachuting together she legit had a face of like pure pleasure (that just sounds weird, I'll change it later) and was like almost feeling him up. Beach, please. I know this is probably a "tactic" to try and make Ladybug realize she might actually have some type of feelings for Chat Noir but COME ON, as I said before, this show is too repetitive for it's own good.

Now onto my favorite segment, in which we talk about the main akuma or sentimonster! So the main thing I have to say about this sentimonster is that it looks like a Egyptian muscle cat. I mean, look at the biceps of that thing, that dude is ripped, but it looks like it skipped abs day.

I know this might sound weird but I kinda find it funny that the only reason that Ladybug thinks that Kuro Neko is Chat Noir is because of the bell, like that isn't a common thing to have, cat wise. You know every time that Ladybug says that she knows everything about Chat Noir I just want to hit my head on a wall because that line keeps reminding of Chloe, Lila, and Chat Noir. Those characters have said that line so many times throughout the course of the show that at this point every time someone says they no someone so well in an episode its kinda contradicting.

Wait a second. Did this dude really find a way to catch the attention of this huge ass cat by saying, "Meow meow"? And did Ladybug really find it endearing and was also mesmerized by this?. . . I'm so done with this show.

The scene in which Cat walker is like holding out his hand to Ladybug, I can legit hear the screams of the fandom. Both screaming because of the LS and because how Ladybug "fell" for this guy already. I'm legit in the group in the corner that doesn't really care because we probably already know how this going to end *cough* Chat Noir just comes back *cough* cough*.

Meanwhile Ladybug is "starstruck", the cat is just playing with the ferris wheel that could probably destroy many buildings and endanger many peoples lives, but you know what let's just have this unnecessary pause for a minute.

Did this f***king huge cat just spit out a f**cking child? Again I feel like I'm losing brain cells as I watch this. Also, did Ladybug just refer to Chat Noir as "her kitten"?

Me: *hears LS fans screaming*. . . Mamma Mia here we go again. . .

Ok, so its officially canon that Adrien's Chat Noir persona is his actual personality or at least part of it, its not like we already know this but ok. And of course before we end this episode we have to have a LS scene in which each parties apologize, yay not repetitive at all *sarcasm*.

And that's the end of the episode! (finally)

Okay, so throughput my rant you can probably tell this is not my favorite episode, probably on e of my least favorites actually. Sure, this episode some depth into the relationship of the LS, but that's it. Not to mention they mainly focused on SadAdrien, which, in my opinion, we've seen to much of. And all the excuses they point out around on why Chat Noir is important is something that we DON'T need to have shoved in our face again. *In a high pitched voice* "Well at least it didn't have a lot of LS scenes". Ohohoho, Sorry high pitch voice that is totally not me, but we have multiple scenes in which Ladybug is complimenting Cat Walker and even seen crushing on him hehehe not to mention the repetitive ending scene! Man was this episode long (even though it was only 21 minutes.)

All in all, though I really don't care for this episode cause this development might not really have a big impact on episodes and seasons to come because you know character development in this show is a dream.

Anyway, those are all my thoughts on the episode and I have a feeling that I'm going to be writing another rant because a new episode is coming out soon, so I have to be mentally prepared.

I hope everyone has a great rest of their evening/morning/day/whatever and always remember. . .

But that's just my opinion (・ε・) ((so please don't come at me :))

((I'm so sleep deprived rn and I have school in the morning so wish me luck :,))(((Also sorry for the grammatical errors :)))