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The greatest struggle with writing miraculous fics is waking up after being in a haze for thirty minutes and realising that you just wrote the lovesquare aggressively romancing each other for two and a half pages, even though it has no baring on the plot whatsoever.
... And then not having the heart to move it into the archives folder while editing.
Ironically enough "Exaltation" made me realize something about Ladrien for which I just can't help myself but give the show a free pass for hardly ever using this side of the ship, even if I think the show definitely suffers from it not really being present:
Seeing that Gabriel now intends on taking advantage of Chat Noir being in love with Marinette Dupain-Cheng made me realize that I to 100% support the shows decision to use Ladrien as rarely as they do because that way the show can never EVER even just accidentally create the situation in the narrative that one can blame Marinette/Ladybug and her love for Adrien for the abuse Adrien endures at home.
It would have been SO easy for the show to have the villains son as civilian at some point declare his love for the main heroine (which are mutual) and that secretly enrages his father, or have Ladybugs love and interest for Adrien Agreste be noticed by Gabriel/Hawkmoth at some point which could have lead him to use his son as a tool in that way.
But that never happened. The amount of negative influence Marinette/Ladybug COULD have had on Adriens abuse by default was basically kept at the absolute minimum possible story wise. And that's how it should be.
The abuse Adrien endures at home is on Gabriel as abusive Father and Nathalie as abuse enabler. They are the shows main villains, that's where all the causes of Adriens abuse at home belong. There should be no ways to twist and turn Marinettes/Ladybugs highly limited involvement in their lives and be able to come out of it with a way to blame her. Because domestic child abuse is on the parent/care takers not anyone else.
So yeah. I might be salty that Ladrien is so rarely in the show because the show would have MASSIVELY benefited from it, but I sure as hell can respect THIS.
Honestly, I can totally see something like this happen after the reveal😆
Also, I'm backkkk!! Wooooooo!!!!
kiss kiss fall in lOVE
Love Square Playlists
So if you're an old follower of mine and actually keep up with my page, I was hyperfixated on Miraculous in 2021. (like the fifth time I hyperfixated on it) and am once again hyperfixated on Miraculous if you couldn't tell lol.
anyway! I made a Ladynoir playlist back then but I relistened to it recently and decided it wasn't good anymore and have since recreated that one.
plus three more for the other Love Square ships!
Hope you enjoy them! I spent too much time making these lmfao.
a series of events (ft. older ladrien)
Miraculous Realizations #30
I have a theory on how the building Ladynoir conflict could be resolved.
And it all centers around Ladrien.
Now I’ll admit, Ladrien used to be my least favorite section of the Love Square. I never hated it or anything, I just found all the other dynamics more interesting.
But then season 4 happened and I have been shown the light.
I used to buy in to the whole “marichat represents their true selves” shit and all that, but no longer. I have now realized that Ladybug is just as much a part of Marinette as Adrien is a part of Chat Noir. Chat struggling this past season is what has opened my eyes to this.
Marichat is still my favorite section specifically for the sarcasm, but I do LOVE me some dorky Ladrien content these days.
Now, back to how Ladrien will fix Ladynoir.
By now we’ve realized that every season there is usually a Marichat-centric episode (Evillustrator, Glaciator, Weredad)
And a Ladrien-centric episode (Simon Says, The Gorilla, Desperada)
Obviously with some more sprinklings in other episodes, these are just the ones I’m using as examples.
I have a theory that after the inevitable Ladynoir blowout, there will be a Ladrien episode that will fix it.
Think about it.
No other section of the love square could. Sure, Adrien and Chat Noir could find comfort in Marinette through Marichat and Adrienette, and maybe the love square will flip, but that doesn’t fix the Ladynoir issue. He’ll never truly believe he’s valued as a member of the team unless he hears it from ladybug.
But the problem is, I don’t think it can be done through Ladynoir. Once Chat Noir learns all the stuff Ladybug has been keeping from him, he will probably loose a lot of trust in her. He might not believe her when she tells Chat she’s sorry and that she values and needs him. Chat is going to need some time away from her to recuperate.
Cue Ladrien episode.
Chat Noir will obviously be MIA, leaving Ladybug to do things on her own. And since Gabriel sucks and isn’t above putting his own son in danger, there could be an akuma that wants to get Adrien for some reason, so naturally Ladybug will go protect him.
Now, cue Ladrien moment.
I’m not exactly sure how it will go, but I hope it will be something like this…
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Ladybug and Adrien are alone in Adrien’s room to hide from the Akuma and strategize.
Adrien, feigning ignorance, asks“where’s Chat Noir?” because if he was just a citizen as he’s pretending to be, he would be curious about that.
Ladybug tries to keep a neutral face, though inside she’s already breaking. She speaks hesitantly, “I’m sure he’s coming..”
And it’s almost convincing, until her face falls and and she starts crying. “Actually I’m not sure if he’s coming. I wouldn’t blame him if he didn’t come at all and it’s all my fault.”
Adrien is bewildered and for a second his façade breaks, but Ladybug’s face is too busy being buried in her hands for her to notice.
“What do you mean Chat Noir isn’t coming?”
Ladybug looks up from hands at Adrien, eyes watery.
“I’ve done something horrible. I couldn’t tell him, I couldn’t! I just…I just wanted to protect him. If something happened to him again because of me…”
Adrien is confused. “Again?”
Ladybug begins to sob harder.
“But now because I didn’t tell him he thinks I don’t want him with me. He..” She takes in a shaky breath, her voice hoarse as she speaks, “he thinks he’s not important and…”
Her face breaks once again and Adrien’s heart breaks for her along with it.
“I need him Adrien, I need him. I can’t do this by myself, I can’t do it without him.”
Adrien fiercely grabs Ladybug’s hand and she looks up at him.
“But you’re not alone! There are a ton of other superheroes that can help you, there’s Carapace, and Ryuko, and-“
“They’re not him! I need him, he’s my best friend and I… I can’t imagine… I didn’t mean to…”
Adrien looks into her eyes. They are red and her face is blotchy and Adrien hates it. He hates the fact he made her feel this way.
Almost as much as Ladybug hates herself in that moment for what she did to Chat.
She tears her eyes away from his and whispers so softly that Adrien almost can’t hear her,
“I don’t want to do this without him.”
Adrien’s heart breaks again.
He pulls Ladybug to his chest and she doesn’t resist. She just cries softly into his shoulder as he holds her.
“He’s going to come Ladybug.”
“No he isn’t.”
“Yes he is. I just know it. He won’t just up and leave you like this.”
There is a moment of silence which is quickly broken by the room shaking. The Akuma has found them.
Ladybug immediately puts herself back in gear, “Adrien you need to hide.”
“Okay, Ladybug. I trust you.”
Ladybug doesn’t know the double meaning behind his words, but he does. He knows what he has to do.
She grabs his arm and leads him to the bathroom. She’s about to close the door but before she can Adrien speaks up for the last time that evening,
“I’m here for you if you need me, Ladybug. Any time.”
Ladybug’s eyes soften and for a second she feels peace for the first time since her fight with Chat Noir.
“Thank you, Adrien. Really.”
“I mean it. Any time just come find me and I’ll be there for you.”
Ladybug smiles. Then the room shakes again and they’re both reminded of the predicament they’re in.
“Stay safe, Ladybug.”
“You too.”
The door closes and Ladybug zips out the window. She lands on the roof of the Agreste mansion and looks around for the Akuma, but it’s no where in sight. She hears footsteps behind her and feels a hand reaching for her. Before she can even turn around, she grabs the hand and throws them off the roof.
She sees a flash of black in front of her, followed by a… tail?
“Chat Noir?!”
She quickly throws her yo-yo and it wraps around him.
Then he promptly swings face first into the side of the manor.
Ladybug begins to reel Chat back onto the roof.
“Me-ouch, My Lady, that wasn’t exactly what I was going for.”
“You came?”
“Of course, I’d never leave My Lady without her kitty cat for too long.”
Ladybug could cry from happiness, but instead she throws her arms around him and hugs him harder than she ever has.
She opens her mouth to speak and apologize again but Chat Noir beats her to it.
“Listen, Little Bug, I know we have a lot to talk about but let’s beat this Akuma first, yeah?”
“Just us against the world?”
“As always.”
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yeah. at least that’s how i would write it. 😅
Ladrien prompt:
Adrien starts showing up at the most ridiculous, dangerous locations he knows Ladybug frequents while doing solo patrols (bc he misses her & she's more ready to carry Adrien in her arms than Chat Noir).
On rooftops, on top of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre...etc. Of course, it's a cat's meow for Chat Noir to come up there, but Ladybug is convinced that Adrien Agreste climbed up the Eiffel Tower and almost died and- why does he look so cute swinging his feet in the air 900ft from the ground?
