A conversation between me and Nightwing about the miraculous universe
In this story a fanfic writer from another reality named dnightshade0 somehow winds up stuck in the head of young justice version of Nightwing, riding passenger seat. She goes by the nickname shade though. she knows everything that happens in nightwingās reality because in herās, they are all superheros in comics and tv shows.
She helps nightwing by sharing her knowledge about his reality from what she learned in hers.
She tells him about markovia and how the prince is being controlled. That Jason is alive and all the members of the light.
Nightwing uses her knowledge to solve each problem with tactical ease.
time skip to them after defeating the markovia threat, restoring the princeās free will, learning about jason and helping him, then taking down the light with all of the voices intel.
Dick leaned back in the Batcomputer's ergonomic chair, the ambient hum of the Caveās server banks filling the sudden silence. He pinched the bridge of his nose, letting out a long, weary breath that tasted of stale coffee and adrenaline. They had just wrapped up the debriefing for a massive victoryāthe Markovian threat neutralized, Prince Brionās free will restored, and Jason finally safe and back on the path to healing.
With the combined intel of the Lightās network and Shadeās otherworldly knowledge, they had dismantled an empire. But right now, the legendary Nightwing felt completely out of his depth. He swiveled his chair to face the holographic interface.
āwell we did it. We saved prince brion from the control of the light, rescued Jason and got him on the path toward healing and took down the light. All with the intel you provided, we couldnāt have done it this quickly without you, thanks.ā Nightwing said grateful.
Shade gave a happy mental smile. āno prob. Iām glad me being stuck in your head ended up being helpful to you guys in the long run.ā
Then he asked āyou said you were a fanfic writer in your reality. What kind of fanfics did you write?ā
āum fanfics revolving around themes like vampires and hypnosis, trauma and healing, lessons learned the hard way, crossover fictions.ā shade hummed as she recounted her fanfic themes.
When she listed off her favorite fanfiction tropes, Dick couldn't help but chuckle dryly, a small, tired smirk playing on his lips.
"Vampires and hypnosis, huh?" Dick asked, his voice laced with tired amusement. "And here I thought the Joker was the most theatrical thing I'd ever have to deal with. I guess every universe has its own flavor of bizarre."
āthis one fic I wrote with you in is a crossover fic that involves you helping another hero after a run in with the joker. everyone in my reality see you as a perfect mentor to helping young heros heal and grow from their pain and in my fic you help chat noir after his trauma and betrayal from his partner.ā Shadeās explained as she told Nightwing about the crossover fic.
As She told him how he was viewed as the ultimate mentor for young heroes, and how she had written him taking in a traumatized Cat Noir after a brutal run-in with the Joker. Dickās amusement faded, replaced by the somber, empathetic expression he wore whenever he thought of his own scars.
"The Jason Todd treatment?" Dick whispered, his eyes hardening as the screen reflected the faint green glow of the monitors. "No one deserves that, Shade. Not even in another world. If this kid went through the wringer with the Joker, then God help him. I know exactly how deep those scars cut."
Shadeās voice became concerned and worried. āwith the lie ladybug told and the secret she kept from chat, i always theorized how it would blow up in her face, because keeping a secret like that is ammo for villains like joker. and hiding the truth about chatās father is just asking for villains to come and turn everyone against you. i wrote that joker found out the lie, captured chat, gave him the jason todd treatment and revealed ladybug secret in the worst posible way. cause thats what joker would do. chat breaks, he goes after ladybug, you stop him and help chat through the painā¦ā
As Shade detailed Ladybug's lies, her secrecy regarding Chat Noir's father, and how she used it as ammo for the Joker, Dick rubbed the back of his neck. The tactical strategist in him immediately recognized the fatal flaws in such a dynamic. He nodded slowly, understanding exactly how a partnership built on secrets would crumble under the Joker's twisted scrutiny.
"Hiding the truth about his father?" Dick let out a heavy sigh, shaking his head. "That's not just a secret, Shade. Thatās a loaded gun waiting for the right villain to pull the trigger. Secrets isolate people. And the Joker lives for isolation. Itās exactly how he breaks people."
Shade mentally nodded in agreement. āwhen talking to him, i had you say a philosophy i came up with to counter jokerās. you told him ā it may take one bad day. but It takes one good day to turn it all around.ā
He listened intently as Shade revealed how she countered the Joker's madness with a philosophy of her ownāhow she had him tell Chat Noir, "It may take one bad day. But it takes one good day to turn it all around." Dick paused, genuinely surprised by the weight of the words. A small, genuine smile touched his lips.
"One good day," Dick repeated, testing the phrase on his tongue. "I like that. It's simple, but itās true. Bruce and Iā¦ we've had our share of bad days. But youāre right. It only takes one good choice to start building the pieces back together."
āi wrote that you take him away from paris and ladybug to get him away from the toxicity and get a fresh start and be apart of a tram that is honest with him and supports him. i feel like your guidance, black Canaryās therapy and the teams support is exactly what the kid needs. i hated that i had used joker in the story to hurt him just to get him started down the road to healing and growing, but from the writing perspective you gotta tear them down to build them up again. that chat needed the wake up call to take the rose tinted glasses off and stop seeing ladybug as the perfect hero and see her as the flawed person she is. again i hated writing him getting hurt, but it was a realistic scenario that is bound to happen if ladybug keeps up the lies.ā Shade explained more on how she wrote him removing Chat Noir from Paris, shielding him from a toxic environment, and placing him with a supportive team and Black Canary for therapy.
Dick nodded in quiet agreement, recognizing the exact methodology he and Batman used when mentoring the Titans or Young Justice.
"Getting him away from the toxicity is a solid call," Dick agreed. "Sometimes a fresh start is the only way to heal. Dinahās worked miracles with kids who have been to hell and back. If this kid needs a support system, we'd be glad to give him one. Even if I hate that he had to be torn down to realize it."
āive wrote several stories that revolved around chat breaking away from ladybug and getting a new perspective. with all the shows and comics out their, there are quite a few people who could help chat through it all, you and team voltron being at the top of the list. its easy to see you guys helping him cause you having the resources and knowledge to know what to do and how to help.ā She said knowing good mentor material when she sees it.
When Shade mentioned using Team Voltron alongside him to help Chat, Dick gave a light laugh, leaning his elbows on the console. "Sounds like you really cared about doing this character justice," Dick said, leaning his elbows onto his knees. "Every sidekick, every partner deserves the chance to be more than just a prop. And I'm always happy to take another young hero under our wing if they're willing to put in the work to heal."
Then, the conversation shifted to the showās writerās critique of the original series. āi write my fics on chat noir as a way to fix Thomas astrucās neglectful writing. he focuses too much on ladybug and doesnt give proper character development to chat. my writing fixes the imbalance and gives chat room to grow.ā Shade said laying into the creator, Thomas Astruc, for neglecting Chat Noir's character development in favor of Ladybug.
Dick listened with keen interest. He knew all too well how frustrating it was when a hero was treated as a sidekick in their own story.
"Sounds like this Astruc guy built a house of cards," Dick noted, his brow furrowing. "If you don't give your partner room to grow and breathe, the whole system collapses. A partnership isn't a dictatorship; it's a two-way street. I'd be frustrated too if I were sidelined in my own narrative."
āand let me tell you, getting chat noir away from ladybug is something that kid desperately needs.ā Shade groaned.
āthat girl is a straight up stalker! her moral compass is messed up. shes the worst superhero ever. she insists on them not knowing each otherās identities, she crushās on and stalks chatās civilian identity but treats his superhero self like crap! the irony is not lost on everyone in my reality.ā She starts says going into ladybug poor character morals.
Dickās eyebrows shot up behind his mask as he took in this bizarre revelation. āWait... she stalks his civilian self? But she's the one demanding they keep their identities secret? That's completely backwards. Hypocrisy like that is exactly how identities get compromised.ā
āyou have no idea how deep the rabbithole goes with this girl. that girl makes all the classic rookie mistakes that you never make as a hero. she doesnt respect personal bounderies, she demands trust, honesty and respect but doesnāt give it. the girl broke into chats room to ādeliver a presentā. she stole his phone to erase an embarrassing voicemail she left him. she targets girls who get close to him cause she doesnt want anyone else to have him. the girl is a yandere! shes practically a villain pretending to be a superhero!ā Shadeās explained braking down all of ladybugās toxic dangerous behavior.
Dickās jaw dropped. He had seen a lot of messed-up things in his line of workāfrom the Light to the Joker's twisted mind gamesābut a hero who acted like an obsessive, rule-breaking stalker behind the scenes was a whole new level of dangerous.
When Shade revealed about Ladybugās behaviorāthe stalking, the breaking and entering, the erasing of voicemails, and the possessive targeting of other girlsāthe more Dick's posture shifted from empathetic to deeply disturbed. The relaxed, leaning hero sat completely upright, his eyes wide with disbelief as the disturbing reality of the Parisian heroine settled in.
"Wait, back up," Dick interrupted, holding his hands up in a placating gesture. "She broke into his room? To deliver a present?"
"She stole his phone?!" Dickās voice rose an octave, his protective older brother instincts flaring up immediately. "No, no, no. That's highly illegal, not to mention a massive security risk. He shook his head, a look of pure, unadulterated shock crossing his face. "Shade, that's not heroism. That's a severe breach of personal space. By about a dozen miles."
Being a hero required tactical discipline, but the sheer lack of boundaries and psychological manipulation Shade was describing sounded less like a superhero and more like a textbook threat that he and Batman would usually be investigating.
āusing her powers to police his personal life because of an obsessive crush, she's not just a bad hero. She's a walking liability. And targeting girls he talks to in civilian life, she's not acting like a hero. She's acting like a rogue we'd lock up in Arkham.ā
Hearing the word yandere used to describe the girl, Dick let out a low, breathless whistle. He looked at the vast, dark expanse of the Batcave around him, deeply grateful for the disciplined, honest team he had built in his reality.
"A yandere in a superhero suit," Dick muttered, rubbing his eyes beneath his domino mask. "That's terrifying. Iāve dealt with a lot of obsessive villains, but a teammate who doesn't respect boundaries and acts out of obsessive jealousy? thatās not just a yandere phase. Those are dangerous, escalating red flags. In Gotham, we call that classic obsessive villain behavior. This kid chat doesn't just need a fresh start, Shade. He needs a restraining order."
"And the insane thing is that she's completely convinced she's doing it to protect him as his civilian self," Shade sighed, her voice shifting to a tone of exasperated bewilderment. "That she's doing it out of love. She was warned by her Kwami not to misuse her powers to break into his room, but did it anyway. She knew stealing his phone could get her arrested, but she did it anyway. She's deluded herself into thinking that she's doing the right thing, that the ends justify the means. She's let it go to her head that she can get away with this stuff now that she has powers."
"That's the most terrifying kind of villain," Dick said flatly, the chill of Gotham settling back into his bones. "The kind who justifies crossing every moral line because they believe their cause is righteous. The fact that she ignored warnings from her own kwami... she has a god complex, Shade. She thinks the rules don't apply to her because she wields the power."
He shook his head, a wave of profound sympathy washing over him for Chat Noir. "Itās no wonder the kid ended up breaking after Joker got to him. Having a partner you trust implicitly, only to find out she's keeping massive secrets while simultaneously stalking your personal life... that destroys you from the inside out. I'm just glad that in your stories, he finally found the support he needed to heal and move forward."
"Do these kids exist in this reality?" Dick asked, a sudden thought occurring to him. "Is there any chance we could run into them?"
"Not as far as I know," Shade said, shaking her nonexistent head. "They are from another franchise written by another writer. If I had to rate your worlds, yours is TV-PG for teens and young adults, while Miraculous is rated PG for kids. Though Thomas Astruc ignores fan critics when we tell him that romanticizing and making humor of Ladybug's bad behavior is not something we want to be teaching our kids as acceptable behavior."
Dick let out a low whistle, shaking his head in sheer disbelief. He stared at the glowing dashboard of the computer, processing the contrast between their worlds.
"A PG rating? Man, and here I thought Gotham's politics were messy," Dick said, leaning back with a wry, incredulous smile. "It sounds like this writer, Astruc, is writing a cautionary tale without even realizing it. If he's romanticizing that kind of toxic, stalker-esque behavior, it's no wonder you fans are frustrated. Boundaries are sacred in our line of work. Without them, you're not a heroāyou're just a menace with a costume."
Then Shade paused, her expression turning suddenly grim as she realized the implications of his question.
"But if they do exist here," Shade said, her voice dropping to a hushed, terrified whisper, "it would be a nightmare if Joker found them."
Dick sat perfectly still, his eyes locked on the scrolling feeds of global surveillance data. His mind was already calculating the worst-case scenario. A traumatized, betrayed cat-themed hero manipulated by the Joker into weaponized vengeance. A stalker-ish, power-wielding teenager with zero boundaries who didn't understand the consequences of her actions. If that dynamic was playing out somewhere on his planet, they were a ticking time bomb.
"If this is happening out there, Shade, we'll find them," Dick said, his jaw setting into a firm line. He typed a few rapid commands, pivoting the monitor to display global tracking algorithms. "And if the Joker tries to use them... weāll be ready. And weāll give chat that one good day you talked about."
