#deinde-prandium

[katnissdoesnotfollowback]

Happy belated birthday, friend!!! Hope you had a nice, relaxing day ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thanks, love!!! It was a quiet, lovely day, during which I did zero cooking and zero dish washing, which is my usual birthday request lol.

[buggaberry]

life is a little sweeter when I’m with you

This is for the @mlwritersguild October Event! It’s from Team Ladybug’s fic Floured Faces, Frosted Lips by @deinde-prandium, @sukker-sugar, and me ♡

[buggachat]

Hi! I saw your comic/art just now with the Marinette and Adrien using the remote control toys to say hi to each other and it's super adorable! I was wondering if you're okay with me writing something based on it? Please let me know :) thanks!

Yes, absolutely!! I’d love to read fics with that premise!

[awhiskeyriver]

I can't get over how good the ending for The Challenge was. Still a few unanswered questions (like what ends up happening with his dad?) but it's so nice to see the story ending with a hopeful tone as Gale begins to heal...also of course I'm confident the long distance thing will be no sweat for him and Madge (am biased since my husband and I were long distance for years before we got married). Anyway. Loved it. Love you. AMAZING WORK AS ALWAYS! <3 <3

You're seriously too sweet. Thank you so much! Of course you're right about him and Madge being able to handle long distance--poor Gale is a worrier and then it all ends up working out in the end, haha.

As for your question about Gale's dad, you weren't the only one! It's true that it was left "unfinished" because so often that's exactly what happens. There's no definitive ending where he gets what he deserves or something. Gale going to therapy to learn how to address the trauma of his childhood and also learning how to cope with it now for his own mental health, as well as distancing himself from his father will be an ongoing thing in his life for a while. Other than that, unless his father interrupts his space again and stalks him, in which case he would likely pursue a restraining order in the future, all he can do for himself is learn how to move forward with his own life and not be at the beck and call of his father. Hope that makes sense!

I love YOU. Thank you again so much for reading, I'm thrilled you loved it.

[peachcitt]

Ahhh! It’s your birthday? Happy birthday, friend! 🥳🎂✨❤️

yes!! thank you so much friend!!!💖💖

[2manyfandoms2count]

Miraculous Tango

It was a murder, but not a crime

(aka the ML Writer’s Guild strikes again)

It all started with a crack discussion about jonks, thanks to @sukker-sugar; how did we end up here? Anyway, have a piece of crack songfic, cowritten by @deinde-prandium, @persistentchaos and yours truly. Hope you enjoy (read the tw before reading)!

Read on AO3

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[SASS, spoken]

And now, the six savage superheroes of the Paris Prison de la Santé In their rendition of 'The Miraculous Tango'!

[GROUP] Pop! Six! Swish! Uh uh! Contre-attaque, Wishlist! Pop! Six! Swish! Uh uh! Contre-attaque, Wishlist! Pop! Six! Swish! Uh uh! Contre-attaque, Wishlist! Pop! Six! Swish! Uh uh! Contre-attaque, Wishlist! He had it coming, he had it coming He only had himself to blame! If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it I betcha you would have done the same! Pop! Six! Swish! Uh uh! Contre-attaque, Wishlist!

[CARAPACE, spoken] You know how some people just can’t help but bring you down? Like...Gabby. Any time you got your hopes up - pop! Never thought twice about bursting your bubble. But one day - and I won’t tell you how - I find out that this guy has been bursting bubbles left and right. Pop. Pop. Pop. So I say to Gabby - I say, “Gabby, you’ve got a chance to go good here. Do the right thing. But if you burst my bubble one more time...” And you know what he did? Pop. So I took my shield off my back and sent him a warning shot. And he lost his head.

[GROUP] He had it coming, he had it coming He only had himself to blame! If you'd have been there, if you'd have heard it I betcha you would have done the same

[QUEEN BEE, spoken] I met Gabriel Agreste aaages ago, when I was six. He was my Mum’s friend - stern, but hey, everyone has a parent like that, right? I was one of the privileged few to hang out with his son - I mean, it’s understandable, I’m the elite, right? So, anyway, I saw a lot of him when I hung out with Adrien. It was fun. Flashforward a few years and he’s gotten worse, stopping Adrien from seeing me. Can you imagine? So I go up to his office, asking – no, demanding – a word, and he has the gall to tell me he’s doing it for Adrien’s protection. And then I find out. Protection, he'd told me? Protection, my ass! Not only is he abusing him, oh no- he’s abusing the whole of Paris! One of those akuma lovers, you know? So I thank him for his service, offer him a nice bottle of Champagne… Didn’t hear from him later. Well, you know, I guess some guys just can't hold their venom!

[GROUP] He had it coming, he had it coming He was a bad guy all this time Because he used him; and he abused him It was a murder, but not a crime!

[RENA ROUGE, spoken] I’m a pretty good chef, if I do say so myself. But Adrien’s skills were...subpar. That’s how I found myself standing in his kitchen, minding my own business, sharpening my knives for a lesson on how to butterfly a chicken for dinner. Swish. Then in stormed Gabriel in a fit of rage. "You’ve been corrupting my son!" he said. He didn’t want his son to be learning how to cook. That was a commoner’s thing. Swish. But he was crazy, and he kept on screaming, "You’ve been corrupting Adrien!" He said he’d be making sure Adrien cut all ties with me. Swish. Mentioned this being the perfect opportunity. And then he ran into my knife! He ran into my knife ten times!

And if you'd have been there, if you'd have seen him, I betcha you would have done the same!

[FARFALLA, spoken] Quando ho incontrato Gabriele, mi ha prometto tutto. La fama, la fortuna...suo figlio. Tutto quello che dovevo fare era un piccolo favore. Dunque, due. E sempre più. Abbiamo fatto un accordo! Ma poteva tenerlo? Ovviamente no. Oltre al danno, anche la beffa! Allora, quando ho trovato il suo gran segreto, ho preso le cose nelle mie mani. Letteralmente. Io ci sono arrivata prima di quegli idioti mascherati, e….ho pareggiato i conti, capisci? Anche l’ho impostato Marinetta a prendere la caduta. Come avrei dovuto sapere che si potrebbe pensare Adriano l’ha fatto??

[RENA ROUGE, spoken] Yeah, but did you do it?

[FARFALLA, spoken] Uh uh, Marinetta!

[RYUKO, spoken] My mother and I used to attend all these fancy events when we were in Paris. Gabriel was always there, with his son Adrien. One day, at a fencing tournament, Adrien had been a little out of it. Parade, Riposte, Contre-attaque, Feinte, Coupé - his opponents cut through his moves like he was a mere Blason Jaune. After the match, I saw Gabriel take him to the buffet room. I didn’t think much of it. He was probably getting him to eat to get him back on his feet. Later my mother sent me to get a glass of water. As I entered the room, I saw them. Gabriel, sword in hand. Landing a contre-attaque on Adrien’s cheek. Well, you can imagine I was in such a state of shock, I completely blacked out. I can’t remember a thing. It wasn’t until later, when I was washing the blood off my sword, that I even knew he was dead!

[GROUP] He had it coming, He had it coming! He had it coming all along! I didn't do it, but if I'd done it How could you tell me that I was wrong? He had it coming, He had it coming! He had it coming all along! (He was a bad guy all this time) I didn't do it, but if I'd done it (Because he used him, and he abused him) How could you tell us that we were wrong? (It was a murder but not a crime)

[MAYURA, spoken] I knew Gabriel had a wishlist It touched me more than I could possibly say He was a real ambitious guy. Artistic. A fashion designer. But he was troubled. So many...setbacks. And his greatest wish was to “bring his wife back.” He’d try every night to find a way, and along the way, he found…Nooroo, Duusuu and Liirii. I guess you can say we broke up because of artistic differences. He saw himself as alive And I saw him dead!

[GROUP] The dirty hawk, hawk, hawk, hawk, hawk! The slimy moth, moth, moth, moth, moth! They had it coming, they had it coming They had it coming all along! 'Cause if he used us, and he abused us How could you tell us that we were wrong? He had it coming, he had it coming He only had himself to blame! If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it I betcha you would have done the same--

[GROUP, spoken] You burst my bubble one more time-- Protection my ass-- Ten times-- Ho pareggiato i conti! Landing a contre-attaque on Adrien’s cheek! Artistic differences— (sung) I betcha you would have done The same

[Officer Raincomprix] Well… I’m not sure how all this ties together, really.

[thewritewolf]

I am relatively new to the ML fandom and I am seeing references on my dash that I do not quite understand. Can you shed light on Rednana and Chouette, please?

Chouette is an original story by @ladyblargh that was originally inspired by Miraculous Ladybug but has since evolved into it’s own thing. I adore it to pieces and I’ve gotten pretty involved in its small but flourishing fandom (I even wrote a fanfic about it, crossing over with ML!). At the moment, it primarily exists in the form of ficlets and comics - a good place to start if you’re interested is the starter pack!

As for Rednana, that is Miraculous Ladybug. It is a crack ship between the unnamed mother of a minor character and Mister Banana, whose costume has appeared two or three times in Season Three. Apparently it is currently Rednana month, but, being the kwami-fearing folk that I am, I’m uninvolved with it.

That being said, I’m in a discord server with the true creator of the ship and ship month and don’t feel bad at all about pointing you her way. @bugaboo-n-bananoir 

[hamsternamedmarinette]

I already commented on Ao3 but I just have to say I don't think I have laughed so hard at a fic in a really long time. Thank you for gifting us with the wonder of a MOTHERFUCKING SUPERHEROES!!!! group chat.

SGBFJJKMGDDSTJNGFG Thank you!!!!! Thank you for reading!!!!