good day to you, my dear followers! it's lovely to have you here, so please read what i have to say as well :)
as the title says, i have decided to migrate in between my blogs again, this time back to my main. i thought about it a lot - the reason behind the change is that i don't really write that much for mlb these days and though i do make art for it, it's posted on @helstoneart-2 and not here anyway. at the same time, i still want to be a part of the community and hopefully, write a bit more after all!
just... without the pressure i guess?
either way: I am very, very grateful to all who followed me here and interacted with me in so many ways (the adrichat days sure were fun). if you still want to stay with me (and are ready to see more than one fandom on your dash), i'll be happy to have you follow me at @margarethelstone from now on.
once again, thank you for being here!
BUG OUT!
PS i probably won't delete this blog, so the content will stay as it is. still, i am not going to use it anymore, so be aware of that!
a very late contribution to @marichatmay, day 22: cosplay! :)
"For the seventy-fourth time Chat, I will not cosplay as the cat miraculous holder, and that's final."
Her voice resonated in the air and the note of finality was, indeed, in it. In fact, there was more: a hint of annoyance, caused not so much by her visitor's request but by the stubbornness with which he insisted on her yielding to it; a barely audible sign of tiredness that had nothing to do with the length of his stay and everything with the akumas she'd been forced to fight during the preceding week. Not to mention the exhaustion from shouldering the responsibilities of a Guardian that she'd been carrying for months now but still hadn't become used to.
All the things she'd wished to share with her best friend and partner for so long, but never dared to because of the consequences that would undoubtedly arise from such a choice.
Then again, it was exactly this kind of secretiveness that made persuading him so incredibly troublesome now.
"But Marinette," he protested for what seemed to be – what probably was – the hundredth time that eve, emphasising the last syllable of her name with much more strength than even the French language could justify. "You would look so good in the cat costume. And I'm not just talking about the cat ears."
His hostess rolled her eyes and sighed. "Of course not. It was never about that."
"You can argue all you want. Deep down, you know that I'm right."
"I really don't think I do."
"It doesn't have to be my costume, you know," he went on, as if he hadn't heard her comments at all. "It's designed for a boy, after all, so even though I have no doubts you could still pull it off fantastically, I can understand that it's not your first choice. But Lady Noire's version is right there! You could go with hers, right? It's not like she'd mind."
Quite the opposite, I think she'd mind a lot. Marinette couldn't help but defy silently. Actually, I know that she does. And for good reasons, too.
"Look, it's not that I don't think that the black cat costume is nice, or that I couldn't come up with something interesting for mine specifically," she said out loud. "Black is a classic, in a good way. And some of the details on your suit would work well on a girl's costume too – to be fair, if I were to design a costume for myself, I'd probably base it on yours and not Lady Noire's. It does look good on you. It could look good on a lot of people, too. I'm just not feeling it myself, okay?"
"Why not?"
"Because... black isn't really my colour?"
"Isn't black everyone's colour? You just called it a classic yourself."
"Well, because it is! But that doesn't mean I must like wearing it. Or look good in it, for that matter."
"That last addition is nonsense and you know it, Princess. But fine," Marinette's guest agreed begrudgingly at last; she needed to hold herself back from letting out a relieved sigh. "I guess I'll have to swallow my pride this time, it's not like I can force you to change your mind anyway. Although you still need to come up with something, right?"
"Now that's what I'm trying to figure out," she replied, more cheerfully this time, before turning around and leaning over her sketchbook once more. "And I do have some ideas. I could still use a bit of peace and quiet to pick the winner, though, if you know what I mean?"
Chat raised his hands defensively. "Alright, alright. I'll shut up now. Even though..."
"Even though you have a great fashion sense and could be of great help to me. Yeah, I know."
She guessed rather than saw the pout he made at her remark but only smiled on her part. She wasn't angry, not really. She couldn't be, what with the enthusiasm Chat had been showing the entire evening as well as the knowledge that his insistence truly didn't have much to do with his vanity. He was excited about seeing her wear his miraculous – and yet, she was sure it was far more about the sharing than about imposing. It was as if...
...as if he had wanted to lend her his belonging, the same way a boy would usually offer a girl his shirt, only not having one on his back, he could not give it to her, either. However, the desire for her to carry something of his was still there – even if they both knew she could only pretend to be wearing it.
Thinking of it like this, Marinette realised she really would have liked that, too.
A weary sigh escaped her this time; she scribbled with her pencil forcefully, hoping the noise would draw Chat's attention away from the one she’d made before. She couldn't let him know about the true cause of her sudden melancholy. It wasn't like she could explain it, anyway.
Half a year ago, I might have agreed, she thought to herself instead, flipping the pages and eyeing the designs she'd made until now. When I was still just Ladybug, when there was no Lady Noire. When there was no risk of you recognising me under that mask as well. If only you had asked me then.
Well, he couldn't have. They'd been little more than acquaintances at the time, in his eyes at least. If memory served her right, half a year ago was also around the time Weredad happened... And after that, it was just plain awkward.
And then, seven weeks after the Battle of the Miraculous, he suddenly decided to visit.
And he never stopped.
"You're not drawing," she heard him mumble over her shoulder and quite literally jumped in her chair, startled. "You're not even looking at the drawings now. Are you sure you don't want advice? I purr-omise I’ll be purr-fessional about it."
Though still not quite recovered from the shock, Marinette couldn't help but lift an eyebrow at him.
"You want me to believe you after that pun?" she asked.
Chat put a hand on his chest with a solemn look. "It's the pun that proves my honesty."
"I see."
"I'm serious, Marinette, let me help. I swear I won't try to talk you into the black cat suit. Superhero's word."
"And you will let me tweak your ideas? Take what I like and dispose of what I don't?"
"You can be as picky as royalty, my darling, charming Princess."
She raised her eyes to the ceiling and tapped her finger against her chin, pretending to consider his offer carefully. Chat, she knew, was squirming impatiently.
"Alright then, let's hear those ideas of yours," she agreed with a smirk after she'd turned to look at him. "Give me all you've got. I'm all cat ears."
Chat chuckled at her words but surprisingly, returned to his previous seriousness almost immediately. Contrary to her, he lowered his gaze and fixed it on the floor, thinking, arms folded and tail swaying just above the ground. He really was thinking about it carefully, even if the biting of his lip took most of the mature look of it away.
Personally, Marinette didn't mind it at all.
Personally, she thought it was adorable.
She saw him glance up at her after a moment, a glint of uncertainty flashing in his eyes. She smiled at him encouragingly.
Come on, kitty. Tell me what you have in mind.
"Well, it may be kind of obvious," she heard him speak shortly after. "But I also think it's because of it that you'll have to put your creativity to use and I know that if you do, you'll end up making something splendid. So..."
He swallowed. She waited.
"I was thinking... What about Ladybug's costume?"
Marinette could do little more than stare. Eyes wide open, brow raised high, she stared, she glared, she bore her gaze into his face, not fully able to comprehend – and much less, accept – that what she'd just heard was true.
One look at him told her that it was.
This really was going to be a long night, it seemed.
miraculous ladybug audience: dating as a superhero creates a big risk of having your loved one hurt and used against you and neither ladynoir nor ladrien nor marichat is free from that risk therefore by logic adrienette is the only combination that's safe
His finger hovered over her contact picture. From a better time. He was in the frame, too, and she was smiling as she kissed his cheek. He was laughing at her. She'd insisted on a selfie with him and surprised him at the last second. He couldn't bring himself to delete the picture.
a lukanette scene commissioned by @nerdypanda3126 as an illustration for her fic Casualty of Timing!
thank you so much for making me draw this - you know it was a challenge but it also was a fun one. besides... lukanette, eh? :D
i am so sorry this request has been in my inbox since december and i only just managed to force myself to draw it. still, thank you so much for requesting! it really was fun to make.
also it was once again supposed to be a simple sketch and yet again i couldn’t stop myself from adding more to it
check out this post if you want to request more!
and now, here’s a 100 points question (feel free to respond in any way!):
...what exactly made Luka make a face like this in the first place...?
“It’s not always easy to see the good in people. In some people, you might even doubt that it’s there at all. But if you can somehow, find a way to believe… sometimes that’s all it takes to help someone, to give them the strength to find the good in themselves.”
That’s right! After some thinking (and lots of anxiety) I’ve finally decided to cross that bridge. So here are some rules as to what and how I’m willing to draw!
Whether it’s one character or a ship, doesn’t really matter, though I may raise the price if it’s a group drawing you want to see. Otherwise, it’s just a quick doodle I’ll be drawing for you.
You may choose whether you want the sketch to be drawn digitally (Marinette, Taichihaya) or traditionally (Marichat).
Either an improved sketch (unnecessary lines erased, proper lines enhanced) or a clean lineart drawn over it on a separate layer. The price stays the same regardless of your choice.
Character rule applies as above.
Basically a drawing of your choice, only instead of regular colouring, it comes in black and white + I will apply some tones/manga like shading, to the best of my abilities.
(please keep in mind that I am no way a professional, so look closely at the images attached to see the level of my skill).
Again, character rule applies as above.
The full-coloured drawings are obviously the most complex and therefore, the effort necessary to put in will vary (hence the ‘& up’ addition). I will always make sure to discuss it with you before-hand, though, so that you won’t be surprised by the change in price after the work is done.
I currently have two ways of colouring from which you can choose. A clean, ‘anime-like’ one (Winry) or a more paining-like (Zutara, Tamaki). You can either pick one yourself or leave it to me if you’re not sure.
Also, please note that I am not yet very comfortable with backgrounds. For that reason I will either keep them blank/simplified (see images above) or an extra ko-fi will be added to the price at default. Again, I will make sure to discuss it before starting my work.
All in all: all commissions should be discussed thoroughly first. Things like 3rd and more characters, backgrounds or over-the-top details might affect the price, so I want to make sure all is settled before I get to work.
Payment should be in arrears (because I don’t work well under pressure).
PS The fandoms shown on the boards are not all that I’m willing to draw. Please check the tags for more, and if a fandom you’re interested in isn’t listed, feel free to shoot me a direct message to check if I can draw it for you. Same goes for any other question you have regarding the commissions, so don’t worry about reaching out to me.
PS It’s totally fine if you can’t or don’t want to commission anything yourself, but I will be wildly grateful if you can share this post to let others know. Thank you!
