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[frostedpuffs]

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[flightfoot]

Underrated Miraculous Fic writers

So I read a crapton of miraculous fanfics, and I often end up gravitating towards particular fic writers over and over. Most of the time a lot of other people have clearly noticed the same thing, as their stories tend to get tons of kudos - but not always. Some of the fic writers I read most reliably get very little attention, for one reason or another. Usually because they tend to write for a particular niche that I like but isn't overwhelmingly popular throughout the fandom, but other times I have no idea why their stories aren't more popular.

Anyway, I wanted to spotlight a few of those authors here!

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Generalluxun (@generalluxun)

If you're a fan of fics that really explore Chloe's character, look into her mindset and try to redeem her without relying on shortcuts or making other characters look worse in comparison, then you've probably at least dabbled in his fics before. I'm especially partial to his newest fic "In Direct Opposition", as Alya's the main POV character and is looking to reform Chloe while navigating this whole akuma situation, and Control, a Senti!Chloe fic where Marinette accidentally stumbles across Chloe's Amok and has to decide what to do with it.

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linerle (@liiinerle)

Linerle specializes in Marigami fics, with a more general bend towards queer romance. If you like those, then you're in for a real treat! Accidents Are Also Miracles is particularly noteworthy, as it's the single longest completed Marigami-centric fic in the fandom. It's a fantastic story that I highly recommend checking out!

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BecomingButterflies (@bbutterflies)

They specialize in Adrino fics, so if you want to read some Adrino goodness, their author page is a great place to stop by! I've especially enjoyed "I'll give myself a name (something stupid and pretentious)", where Adrien leaves town after finding out Monarch was Gabriel, and only returns years later, to find that Nino has missed him quite a lot...

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TrishaCollins (@consistent-chaos-corporation)

Trisha often writes Felix-focused fics, delving into his trauma with being raised by Colt, and him trying to be a better person. Not that it's just introspective pieces, a lot of their fics are pretty action-based with serious stakes and villains who are only too willing to hurt the heroes and innocent bystanders, and even kill them. I'm especially partial to their Madness series, which is a sprawling AU, touching on Felix's and Adrien's childhood, but soon fast-forwarding to the present-day, with Chat Noir and Ladybug confronting Felix about Monarch's Miraculous theft, and him seeing the errors of his ways and helping them. I particularly appreciate how viscerally Felix comes to understand how his actions hurt others, particularly the Kwamis, who he put in a similar position to what he himself had been in with Colt.

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TheChatatonicOne (@rosie-b)

I love a lot of their fics dearly, they're well-written and scratch just the right itch! They mostly write Lovesquare fics, often with a more angsty bent.

I especially adore their enemies au fics:

Stealing Freedom, where Adrien's long been puppeted about using his ring by his father as Cat Walker, who, thankfully, Ladybug and Co. know is a Senti who has no choice in the matter - with Marinette then discovering that her fiance, Adrien, IS Cat Walker.

home is where the fight is, A short glimpse into a Ladrien enemies au, where Adrien's being controlled by his father into fighting her, but is dating Ladybug as a civilian - and Ladybug's secret identity has just been revealed to the world.

True Blue, Chatatonic's ongoing enemies au which I have recced numerous times, which takes the more unusual (and difficult) approach of having MARINETTE side with Gabriel instead of Adrien, and doing so while keeping her in-character by having Gabriel lean into his manipulation skills, telling her half-truths about how Adrien will be happier once his mother's back, and that ultimately the heroes are the ones being greedy and reticent in all this, and that the akumas all agree to help him, even if they don't remember afterwards. It's among the best Miraculous fics I've read this year so far!

Not that she only writes enemies au of course, she's written many other Lovesquare fics. I particularly enjoyed The Mer-Human Race, in which sailors and merfolk would have friendly competitions on who was faster in the water, with the winner being able to ask for some sort of prize. Marinette had been looking for a merman to race for awhile so that she could be granted a vessel of her own at a younger age than was normally permitted. Luckily, a Merman named Chat Noir showed up suddenly and offered to race her. Pity that her friend Adrien wasn't there to watch it...

[coffeebanana]

can I ask for more info about your adrien/nino/marinette idea 👀👀👀

of course! i've talked about it a little before but i can't seem to find the original post. there is another post i found that explains some of it but i'm just gonna go ahead and answer from scratch

so the origin of the idea is loosely inspired by @ck2k18's brooklyn nine-nine AU, because adrien and marinette in that fic fill the role of jake and amy, while nino by virtue of being adrien's bestie is sort of charles. except characterization-wise, nino's really nothing like charles--especially not with the being overly invested in adrinette's relationship the way charles is about jake and amy. (i'm so sorry if you haven't seen that show because then this part probably makes no sense but kasjfbkjd i'm getting to the point i swear 😂). so then I had a random thought: what would it take--for comedic purposes of course--for nino to act more like boyle? and Ta-Da! that's how this random plot bunny came to be

essentially the fic starts with aged up, established adrinette and a djwifi break up (alya's moving away to chase a job opportunity, she was going to stay nino but nino eventually tells her to go. it's a they've kinda naturally grown apart type deal, but obviously he's still really upset about it). and so, marinette and adrien, being the very supportive friends they are, tell nino he can stay with them for a while so he can have some company while he gets over the break up

only, uh...nino kind of doesn't leave. and is suddenly overly invested in marinette and adrien's lives since he doesn't really know where he's going with his own anymore. and leads to the awkward "haha how do we tell him he's overstayed his welcome" type deal--at least until that comes to a head and marinette and nino get closer and then, uh, at some point there are probably some drunken shenanigans aaaaaaand that's about all i've got so far! but it's a fun AU to play with! and gives me an opportunity to explore ninette because i loooooove them i wish there was more of them (i say while also not writing them akjbsfdksjbfb)

anyways i hope this at least somewhat answers your question! i also talked a bit more about it here

thanks for the ask!! 🩷💜

[coffeebanana]

happy birthday kayla!!! 🩷💜

thank you!!! 🩷💜🩷

[mostmagical]

burgundy! and void 🥰🥰🥰

HI JULES. BURGUNDY!! 😳😳🥰🥰 it’s mutual….

I actually. huh. how did we become mutuals… it had to be some sort of divine intervention

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