DECEMBER 11th 🎉♥️
It is my one-year anniversary of creating this blog, and I wanted to finally make good on my promise of an au!
But there’s a twist
You guys can vote on which au you guys want, and whichever option has the most votes will be the one I upload on December 12th at the latest. Below are descriptions.
(You can also read the post I made in July for the original synopses of Princess and the Pauper, Ladybug is Evil, and X-Men here!)
Anniversary AU’s
Hallmark Christmas: the tropiest of the tropiest tropes that ever troped. Marinette goes with Adrien to an Agreste family Christmas retreat for “moral support”. To absolutely no ones surprise (except the main couple, of course), the second they get there his family completely misreads the situation and assumes they’re dating. To make matters worse, what is supposed to be a simple weekend becomes an undetermined amount of time as suddenly they’re completely and inescapably… snowed in. Hallmark!au, bed sharing!au, unrequited (but secretly requited) love!au, fake dating!au… you know what? If it’s a trope, assume it’s showing up in here.
Princess and the Pauper: Alya Cesaire is a princess who never has a moment to herself. To make matters worse, she’s realizes that she’s fallen for her music tutor and childhood best friend, Nino Lahiffe, right as her parents announce her engagement to crown prince, Adrien Agreste. Struggling with this, she escapes to the market square where she runs into Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Marinette is the kingdom’s favorite seamstress, who is working off an unpayable debt her parents left after they died in a horrible house fire. As they meet, they realize they have much in common, including their desire for more. Local Miraculous magician Master Fu might just be able to help them, and with a royal wedding on the horizon the timing could not be better. But of course, things never go exactly to plan. Magic!au, unrequited requited love!au, and self-indulgent djwifi-centric royalty!au
L.I.E: this one has been in the works for forever. Seeing Chat Noir turned brilliantly into a villain over and over has made me wonder: what would make Ladybug turn 100% evil? What could happen that would make her not only turn into a bad guy, but relish in the feeling of using her powers to hurt others? I present to you: Hawkmoth Does the Worst Thing After Finding Out Ladybug’s Identity (just like we would suspect he would), Adrien Feels Awful Just in General, and Ladybug Sees Red For 12 Months, A.K.A. the Ladybug Is Evil!au. Villain!au, Angst!au, and Hawkmoth never gets anything he wants until he does things himself!au. (Warning: minor and major character deaths in this one boys.)
X-Men: Marinette can create anything she wishes to at will, which causes major problems at home once her parents are accused of stealing. She runs away, trying to protect them, and runs right into Master Fu who informs her of a place she can go for protection. She is enrolled in Academy of the Miraculous, a school for people with genetic mutations that grant them “superpowers”. There she is given a new name, Ladybug, and meets her new classmates, including Rena Rouge, a brave master illusionist, and Carapace, a soft-hearted boy who can create forcefields with strengths ranging from bubble thin to turtle-shell hard. But most notably she meets Chat Noir, an incredibly shy but sweet boy whose terrifying powers are only rivaled by her own. Together, they must work against every stereotype placed against both of their predecessors, and work towards making a brighter future for not only themselves, but the entirety of mutant-kind. X-men!au, mutant!au.
Adrien left Paris before Stone Heart: my interpretation for what could have happened had Chat Noir never turned up for the first fight. How would Ladybug have worked through her self-doubt, and how would Adrien have still become Chat Noir in New York? How does working apart make them both stronger and weaker fighters? And how would their dynamic change if they met, let’s say… 5 years down the line?
You can vote here!
