I originally had the au swapped with Shen Yuan as ladybug but then I had an epiphany about overpowered protagonists who are always congratulated by the narrative. But also I haven’t kept up with the show since like season 3.
Luo Binghe: So Binghe is ladybug now! He’s got all the traits; bullied at school, magic power ups, love interest whom his relationship with is kinda questionable. In the miraculous au, Binghe actually gets two alive parents! Maybe three for good measure (gotta include the washerwoman somehow). As a civilian, Binghe has an interest in baking and behaves like a white lotus. Ladybug Binghe is closer to Bingge but he’s still ultimately a little sheep.
Shen Yuan: Bro has much more in common with Adrien than I thought. This rich young master is isolated from his peers and doesn’t spend much time outside of modeling or reading we novels. He ends up going to school and having an umbrella moment, unwittingly creating a strong impression on a certain someone. As Cat Noir, sy gets to live out his xianxia dreams and beat up demons. He is a bit more of a troll as chat.
Shen Jiu: Og SQQ as hawkmoth is actually hilarious and perfect. Still get the angst (potential, not like mlb properly followed through on that) of having your relative being the evil bad guy. Shen Jiu owns a very successful fashion company which he inherited after the Shen parents died in a car crash. Shen meimei was left critical condition (sorry Shen meimei I had to do it for character development) and she is left in the hospital (because seriously what was up with the basement that makes no sense). This Hawkmoth’s motivation is then to help his siblings live a better life.
Ming Fan: This guy slots perfectly into the role of Chloe Bourgeois. Mean childhood bully character. He’s friends with Shen Yuan due to his family business in the textiles industry or something. Maybe he’ll get a proper redemption unlike Chloe.
Ning Yingying: She clearly gets the best friend role to Binghe. She teases him about his crush on celebrity Shen yuan.
Liu Mingyan: She gets the investigative part of Alta’s character. Though Mingyan is more included to use her blog to write rpf than journalism…
Sha Hualing: Honestly I could see her in the weather girl outfit, no idea why though. Ling-er is just here for a good time.
Shang Qinghua: Sort of Nino character who is Shen yuan’s best friend. A mix of that and that one art kid background character. SQH is living his best life helping lmy with her ladynoir fanfic (much to the mortification of Shen yuan).
Mobei-jun: Don’t really know what to do with this guy. He probably has a really cool akumatized form. Maybe the first one to get akumatized, can’t blame him he’s got uncle issues.
Liu Qingge: He’s here to do a Luka and muck up the love square. Poor guy has to deal with the idiots (bingyuan) dancing around each other. Though the love square can’t quite become an octagon, Binghe couldn’t have any other interest.
Meng Mo: He’s master fu now. It’s funny
Yue Qingyuan: either want to make him the teacher or the principal. Or he could have Natalie’s role, either way QiJiu gets to be their usual disaster.