(Adri)Alix posting #1
@moonfly7 praised my Alix posts and as David Attenborough would say, for small writers/rareship writers even a little praise is a feast!
So you've asked, and I am delivering.
In previous posts of mine I have outlined some character relationships for my WIPs, "What hides behind Perfection?" is a Alix x Adrien x Juleka not as Adrien x Alix and Adrien x Juleka simultaneously, but like a triangle, and "Not too bad for a Knightmare?" is purely Adrien x Juleka with Alix being a good friend of their's and absolute wingwoman.
My vision of her is based a lot on "Tales of Bloody Bug and Chat Noir 2.0" by @celestiall0tus and some other works I don't remember, not show canon. Same goes for a lot of my character headcanons, fanfics became much better source material than the source itself. 😅
Now, for me Alix is very interesting character just like Adrien is, they both are so much more than they seem on the surface. For some reason people don't see how similar they actually are! (After proofreading this post I understand that it's because it purely my version of her)
Alix just like Adrien, comes from a rich household, Kubdels are a long time museum keepers at The Louvre with an extensive historian background. While canon Alim is a very loving dad, here I think he'd be more strict.
Alix takes a lot after her deceased mother, which is sadly another thing she shares with Adrien. Thing is, her mom was much more spicy, and while Alim's calmer personality did partly pass to their daughter, he can't blame her for her character when he was into a crazy woman.
Because of that, it's fair to say that she is not without mental problems. Marinette is as anxious as a hamster, ready to have a heart attack from any loud noise, Adrien due to his senti-monster/hybrid nature has Imposter syndrome, and Alix suffers from anger issues. Unlike Adrien and Marinette, Alix's condition is not nearly as bad by itself, but rather strongly amplified due to other's treatment of her.
Clear examples are Chloe who bullied just about anyone, and Kim who specifically targeted Alix because he loves to ragebait her with dares and his other bullshit. Because of this, others view Alix as some rabid dog, hence why she doesn't have many friends. In show Nath is her best friend which in my vision of her I see happening only because he's quiet and doesn't bother her so she's chill with him, and seeing as she never did anything to him and only came when she was calm, he decided to just let her be.
Her and Adrien sharing not having a mom was very well showed in "Tales of Bloody Bug and Chat Noir 2.0" where, while grieving, they both shared their memories. It hurts to this day, but they both loved their moms, so that's another point to the agenda at hand.
Just like Adrien reminds Gabriel of Emelie, so does Alix remind Alim of his wife, which translates into unfair (from Alix's point of view) treatment of her when compared to Jalil. He's a copy of his father which is why they get together easily, while Alix always has to argue with her dad about everything. It's not that Alim wants to argue with his daughter, but she looks so much like her mother that it hurts, and things that he doesn't want to say unfortunately do come out. She might not always win their arguments, but she always has her way which grows into her tomboy nature.
Say Alim makes her go to some boring gala, and even tells her to dress properly. He expects her to wear a dress or something, only for her to wear a suit like it always belonged on her. The fact that she does go with him is already a win, so he doesn't try his chances past that. In that regard she's like Adrien who has much more freedom to rebel.
It's hard being a parent, even harder when one has to be the only parent. As a director of The Louvre its a given that Kubdels are a part of high society which makes you wonder how she and Adrien didn't meet earlier.
Maybe they did and Alix taught Adrien to be a menace hence why in canon he ran away from home to be in school, or maybe they just don't remember because it was a long time since Alix attended those, but would make for a good "Wait... You were that rose-haired girl/blonde boy with whom I messed up that gala 5 years ago?!" situation.
Just like Adrinette begun with The Umbrella Scene, Adrileka and Adrialix have scenes of their own.
For Adrileka it's Adrien being tired from previous day and Core Four being energetic doesn't help, so he leaves to find a quiet place. On his way he finds Juleka drawing and so their friendship starts just like in "Eres perfecta para mi", love how Jazkernix nailed that.
For Adrialix I didn't come up with some scene that would scream "100% Adrien x Alix", but since it happens in a fic where after Gabriel's death Adrien becomes much more authentic, one of possibilities is that Kim harasses her as usual and Adrien just tells him to shut the fuck up. Not that he hanged the moon and the sun for her with that, but it's the first time someone fought FOR her and not AGAINST her so she's curious and they start interacting more and become friends, then lovers.
Another, much more interesting one is that Adrien leaves the class after another conflict with Alya, Nino and Marinette about how he's "not like himself" which means to say that they want their obedient friend. He doesn't want to see Juleka because he's mad, so he just walks around the less popular parts of school grounds when he bumps into Alix.
"...-fucker." She says quietly which he guesses was a quiet "Motherfucker."
"Jerk." He responds and her quickly turns to him and eyes widen up as if he just spoke alien language.
"Ass." She retorts thinking that it was just her imagination. If anything she can always say that she was mad and leave it at that.
"Brat." He shoots back with a smirk crawling up his face.
"Bitch!" Now she's smiling as well.
"Whore!"
"Piece of shit!"
"Nature's fuck-up."
And so they stand there, shocked, but in a good way. She is surprised that poster boy has fangs, and he is surprised that at least someone treats him for a guy he actually is, rather than the role/image he used to play as. Believe it or not, but being insulted like that after being unwillingly put on pedestal by others makes for a very precious moment.
After all this things differ for each fic's continuity
For "Not too bad for a Knightmare?" she's still a friend and befriends Juleka which feels like something that should've happened ages earlier because it turns out the other girl is cool even of they have nothing in common.
I see Alix becoming that best friend whom the girlfriend fears would steal the boyfriend if she had romantic feelings for him. Kinda like a Male Best Friend, but Alix is a girl. Still, she's so ride or die that it's not even funny, but they know she always has their backs, and they would do the same.
Adrien could ask Juleka for a hug because he wants to cuddle on a break and Juleka says "In a minute, I'm a little busy." as she does some finishing touches on her artwork. Adrien and Alix gasp in horror, he starts fake crying and runs into pinkette's embrace.
"You monster! How could you?!" As she caresses the blonde.
"I said in a minute, not never ever again, jeez. Here, done! Now give my boyfriend back!"
"You can have him when you start being a decent girlfri-" and just as Alix is about to finsih what she was saying, she notices Marinette approaching, so wide-eyed Adrien is quickly pushed into Juleka's hands, while Alix stands between the couple and baker girl.
It's obvious that the Marinette saw the "conflict" and thought that she could swoop in and "open his eyes to what a girlfriend should be". It would be funny if it wasn't so concerning.
"And where are you going?"
"Oh, hey Alix. I wanted to talk to Adrien about something." She says as she tries to go around the tomboy. Obviously she couldn't get past the rollerskater.
"No can do, Blondilocks is on his Kissy Kissy time." Alix winked to Juleka.
"Kissy kissy time?" Both Marinette and Adrien repeated in different tones, Marinette in not-believing tone, and Adrien in hopeful one as he looked up to his girlfriend's lips with a slight blush forming.
Juleka didn't waste time and just smooched him, hard, while gripping him by his shirt.
"Yeah, he's on kissy kissy time." This time Juleka said while looking Marinette straight in the eyes with a "He's mine bitch" look.
"Oh.... I.. I see. We'll talk later then!" And so she left.
"Damn, a guy is dating and she can't take no for an answer. That's fucked up!"
"Tell us about it. Somehow she was the first to find out that I asked Juleka out and she still tries to "woo" me."
As for how things go in "What hides behind Perfection?", I'll make a second post, so stay tuned!