Main Duo of My Miraculous Ladybug AU
Just for fun, I’m making a Miraculous Ladybug fan continuity with all OCs (save the Kwamis) called Miraculous Champions.
Before I get into the characters, I want to note something: I changed the timers on the Miraculouses to energy meters. I’m mentioning this now because the duo both have multiple powers, and I don’t want people to be confused as to how that works.
If on the off chance this looks familiar, it’s because I also posted it on Reddit (although I’ve made some changes, because of course I realized a few issues AFTER I posted it).
Harmony Pierce/Lady Beetle
Harmony is an African American teenager who wields the Ladybug Miraculous. She is a clever, genre-savvy girl who loves cheerleading, but is trying to find out who she is outside of the “popular cheerleader” archetype. The Pierce family recently moved to Leavittsburg (the fictional American city where Miraculous Champions takes place), and Harmony has only recently begun attending Rowan Charter School.
The Order of Guardians originally intended to give the Ladybug Miraculous to Verity Madison, but because Verity and Harmony had similar bags, Harmony got the Miraculous instead. This is very much a good thing because Verity is the Chloé/Lila of this AU… which doesn’t say anything good about the Order’s ability to judge people’s character. (They aren’t really painted in the best light in this AU.)
As a civilian, Harmony has bright brown eyes and long black hair tied into twin braids. Her default outfit is a black tank top, a pink short jacket, black jean shorts, and white and pink sneakers with black socks.
As Lady Beetle, her hairstyle changes to two braided loops on the sides of her head, resembling the wings of a ladybug in flight. Her costume consists of a black skirted leotard with a golden belt and neckline, a red short jacket with black spots, red tights with black spots, red and black gloves with gold cuffs, black boots with red laces and gold buckles, and a gold-outlined mask that’s red on the top and black on the bottom. Her yo-yo rests on her belt when not in use.
This costume is meant to reflect both Harmony's love of cheerleading and her close connection with her older stepsister, pop-rock star Susanna "Sookie" Stevens. (Sookie is basically Socqueline Wang mixed with Jagged Stone.)
Lady Beetle’s powers are slightly different from canon Ladybug’s. Instead of creating random fortuitous objects, she can create whatever object she desires, so long as it already exists and she can visualize it in her head. Bigger objects require more energy (which makes the “evil Ladybug summons a giant sword for her Lucky Charm” running gag, which I am keeping, even funnier).
She still has the Miraculous Cure power, but the Ladybug isn’t the only Miraculous with that power: at minimum, the Turtle and Rabbit (which still has time powers, even if it has been severely nerfed) can also use the Miraculous Cure. This is because I decoupled the Butterfly Miraculous from the Akumas, which are now solely made from dark magic. In other words, there can be multiple Akuma-creators active at one time.
Additionally, Lady Beetle can do some neat things with her yo-yo, which are all inspired by concept art from the show: her Bugshield sprouts ladybug wings made of pink energy, which then spin to form a shield; she can create her Bugsaber or Bugstaff using the same pink energy; and later on, she figures out how to use the power of Bugbomb, which makes the yo-yo explode!
Jace is a British-American teenager who wields the Black Cat Miraculous. He is a longtime resident of Leavittsburg and a student of Rowan Charter School. He’s kind, quiet, and helps a lot of people and groups at school with behind-the-scenes stuff, but struggles to ask for help himself or voice his own opinions. (However, his desire to free the Kwamis from the magical restrictions placed on them by the Order is a major impetus for his character development.)
He gets the Black Cat Miraculous after he and his mom Amelia find it in an antique chest that Amelia bought at a flea market. (Yes, this means Amelia knows her son is Cheshire, as does Jace's father Corwin.)
As a civilian, Jace has messy medium brown hair and green eyes with square-framed glasses. His default outfit is a white shirt with horizontal gray stripes, a black and cyan hoodie, jeans, black and white sneakers with white socks, and a brown newsboy cap.
As Cheshire, his hair is pulled back into a small ponytail, and his eyes become cat-like eyes with slit pupils (just like Chat Noir). His costume consists of a white dress shirt with neon green tie, dark gray vest, long black coat with green lining, dark gray pants, black shoes with green paw designs on the soles, a black mask with green pointed tips, and a black top hat with a green ribbon and cat ears. He keeps his staff in a pocket on the inside of his coat when he’s not using it.
This costume reflects Jace’s love for the archetype of the “gentleman thief,” who take what they want while remaining polite and mannered.
While Cheshire still has the power of Cataclysm, he’s also the one who De-Evilizes Akumas, not Lady Beetle. However, like with the Miraculous Cure, he’s not the only one with this power: the Pig and Ox, at minimum, also have the power of De-Evilization.
He also has two new powers inspired by concept art for the show: Black Hole and Black Storm. Black Hole creates holes in solid, nonliving objects, but the tougher the substance and the bigger the hole, the more energy the power uses. Black Storm is unlocked later and is basically a hadouken.
Any questions about these characters or this continuity are welcome! After all, I've either considered it (so I have an answer) or I haven't considered it (so the question helps me)!
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