This blog contains some very salty and opinions for Miraculous. And sometimes, some of my other interests pop in here too. Lukanette is my bias, canon is still my rival. "Psyche and Bewitched" is officially on hiatus. Ao3 is xxoceanswavesxx
A Somewhat Approximate Timeline for “The One to Make It Stay”
Please note I had to take extreme liberties trying to cram two seasons worth of episodes into the 2015-2016 French school year to even begin figuring out how the passage of time goes for this. Thankfully, it should be easier in the future to place, and I will add on more as need be.
EDIT: Now with more precise dates. Spoilers abound for everything up to the most recent chapters of “Radio” and “Paper Sky”.
EDIT 2 (11/18/19): Updated to include Alya’s POV and the first chapter of “All the Laughs”.
EDIT 3 (12/19/19): Will now have spoilers through “All the Laughs” and Adrien’s second Interlude.
EDIT 4 (2/16/20): Now contains spoilers for the first three chapters of “Bottle” as well as the second Alya interlude and Luka’s interlude.
EDIT 5 (4/4/20) Spoilers for the ending of Kagami’s mini arc (chapters 4 and 5 of “Bottle) along with the corresponding interludes.
EDIT 6 (5/16/20) Spoilers for everything up to the end of “Bottle”.
EDIT 7 (12/10/20): Spoilers for the first 15 chapters of “Horror Head” plus a small spoiler for Ch. 16. There is now a note to keep track of certain breaks during the 2016-2017 school year. Duusu’s interlude has been placed under “unsorted” since it’s backstory, although should be read during the beginning of “Horror Head”. Also, fixed an error (Marinette and Luka confront Felix, not Luka lol).
May 30, 2016: ...I Can Get Out of This
May 31, 2016: ...I Can Get Out of Here
June 14, 2016: Kitty Section submits their audition tape to Bob Roth.
June 19, 2016: Luka is akumatized into Silencer
June 25, 2016: Thomas Astruc is akumatized into Animaestro
June 30, 2016: Alya and Nino are akumatized into Oblivio. Ladybug confronts Alya and Chat Noir.
July 1, 2016: Marinette and Luka babysit Manon for Nadja. Marinette and Alya have a fight, which Adrien overhears.
July 2, 2016: Marinette and Luka go on a date to the park. Marinette has another confrontation with Alya. After giving a letter to Marianne, Marinette relaxes at the pool. Meanwhile, Alya tries to set up Lila and Adrien and gets grounded.
July 5, 2016: School lets out. Juleka gets akumatized into Reflekdoll. August gets akumatized into Gigantitan. Luka debuts as Viperion.
July 6, 2016: Luka visits the bakery. Vivica is akumatized into Desperada.
July 8, 2016: Marinette and Luka go on a date and encounter Lila.
July 9, 2016: Alya attempts to sneak out and gets caught.
July 16, 2016: Ladybug tells Nino he’s benched for the rest of summer. Nino confronts Alya.
July 28, 2016: Kitty Section and co leave for and arrive at Prado Beach for Summer Sesh.
July 29, 2016: Mirielle is akumatized into Stage Fright. Rose and Juleka debut as Princess Piggy and Tigresse Rayé. Kitty Section performs for everyone.
July 30, 2016: Ivan’s birthday. The angry vacation-goer is akumatized into Beach Bum. Ivan and Mylene debut as Taureau Furieux and Mouseketeer.
August 1, 2016: Marinette goes to talk to Fu about what she’s learned at Summer Sesh. Ladybug talks to Alya.
August 2, 2016: Kitty Section meeting. Jagged tells Ruby that he wants her to stay on. Meanwhile, Marinette manages to prevent Aurore’s akumatization into Stormy Weather, and then kicks Chloe off the team. Chloe is akumatized into Miracle Queen and steals the Cat miraculous from Chat Noir, revealing his identity to Ladybug, Viperion, Chloe, Hawkmoth and Mayura. Juleka feels guilty over not doing enough to stop Hawkmoth.
August 4, 2016: Gabriel has Nathalie use the Cat miraculous and become Femme Fatale and provoke Adrien into being akumatized. After going through their ritual to gain their Guardian powers, Team Miraculous returns to Paris to stop Space Patrol. Adrien sulks in his room after the fact.
August 5, 2016: Alya works on fixing the Ladyblog and runs into Marianne.
August 31, 2016: Luka meditates. Marinette talks to Alya and watches the Kitty Section livestream.
September 1, 2016: First day of school. Kagami is akumatized into Friend Zone. Felix finishes writing his first set of observations since arriving in Paris. Meanwhile, Kagami and Alya make peace with one another and agree to go out to lunch the next day.
September 2, 2016: Marinette, Alya and Kagami all go out to eat lunch together. However, Lila sets them up to look bad in front of Tomoe, causing her akumatization into Ikari Gozen. Three new heroes debut. Nathalie and Gabriel send Duusu to Darcey Reil’s boutique to recruit a new ally. A new peafowl holder creates a sentimonster - Rue-be. Luka agrees to help Marinette with figuring out Felix.
September 5, 2016: Student elections are coming up, but another sentimonster gets everyone’s attention. After a successful team-up, Marinette and Luka have a confrontation with Felix, which ends with them unsure of him. Marinette and Luka go and talk with Fu about Felix. Fu encourages Luka to open up to Marinette about how he’s feeling. He does. Ladybug talks to Alya about the article she’s about to publish.
September 6, 2016: After losing student council elections, Chloe attempts to befriend Lila. Felix invites everyone to Adrien’s birthday party. Jagged briefs everyone on their gig. Ruby’s “date” with Vivica.
September 15, 2016: Adrien’s birthday party. Colette warns Marinette about an akuma. Felix forces Nino and Kagami into confrontation with Adrien.
October 22, 2016: Sabine takes Marinette to her interview at the Gauguin Institute. After her audition, Rose writes another letter to Prince Ali.
October 30, 2016: Sabrina’s interlude.
Notes: The 2015-2016 school year ends on July 5, 2016, the start of summer break. The first day of the 2016-2017 school year is September 1, 2016. Fall break is from October 19 - November 3. Christmas holiday is from December 17- January 3, 2017. February 4, 2017- February 20 is another break. Easter holiday is from April 1 - April 18. The 2016-2017 school year ends July 8, 2017.
Unsorted: Duusu’s Lament (set during “Horror Head”)
I’ve been having back and forth thoughts on if I’ll ever continue Psyche and Bewitched. Ngl, I’m a bit burnt out from working on TOtMiS for three years+, and would prefer to stick to shorter stuff going onward (not to mention, I’m close to fully dipping out of ML, I stopped fully watching by season 4, and even find the summaries and recaps of the plots to be cringy).
So if I never get around to PaB pt. 2, here’s the outline that I planned and some plot points O would have hit:
—> Horrificator: Alya recruits Marinette and the class for Nino’s film. Luka is also recruited for the soundtrack. Mari only goes because Luka will be there and he will have her back. When Chloe bullies Mylene out of the lead role, Mari and Luka team up to sabotage Chloe. In the end, Mari gets the role and the kiss with Adrien, but it’s awkward because everyone is watching. Adrien offers another kiss in private, but Mari still finds it lacking.
—> The Bubbler/Despair Bear: Break is over, and there is immediate talk of throwing a late birthday party for Adrien. For once, Nino and Chloe are working together to make it a major success. This is because Gabriel is refusing to throw a party at the mansion for Adrien, and Chloe alone can’t convince anyone to come and show up. However, they clash over who should get to pick the music at the party. Chloe is able to book XY and Vivica for the party via her father’s connections with Bob Roth. Nino wants to DJ for the party at some point. Meanwhile, Marinette is hesitant about going because of Chloe, and Luka doesn’t want to run in To XY. However, Marinette argues that they might be able to get some dirt on him, and Luka argues that Marinette can get closer to Adrien. The two share a dance together, before Adrien interrupts. During this, XY confronts Luka again. Chloe/Lila storms over to embarrass Marinette again. Angry, the two decide to sabotage the party, just a bit. However, the incident ends up catching the attention of Bob Roth, who gives his son and Vivica miraculouses.
—> Lady Wifi: Chloe doesn’t like the fact that Marinette has managed to get Adrien’s attention (and a kiss!) and has been waiting for the perfect opportunity to get back at her. However, Alya interferes, and Chloe ends up getting her expelled instead. Either A. Marinette becomes Bewitched to get back at Chloe or B. Marinette convinces Luka to empower Alya instead. Either way, Alya stumbles upon the existence of Psyche and Bewitched and starts the Psychecast.
—>Reflekta/Reflekdoll/Mr. Pigeon: Marinette, Juleka and Rose are all partnered up for the design contest. Rose decides to use this time to help Juleka break her “curse” by having Marinette design something for her to wear, and Rose working as the photographer. When trying to have their shoot in the park, XY comes by and sabotages the whole thing, making Juleka entirely upset. After giving Luka a heads up, Bewitched gets some revenge but ends up being caught by Juleka and Rose. They are forced to sit down and talk it out. Rose has concerns but Juleka wants revenge because of what the entire situation has done to their mother and grandmother, both of whom Juleka is close to. Rose agrees to keep quiet because anyone knowing about the miraculous could hurt them. In the end, Marinette catches the attention of Gabriel Agreste and wins the contest.
—> Stoneheart 1: While Kim has always “teased” Ivan, he’s been worse lately, after hanging out with Chloe. He goes too far this time, and Marinette and Luka decide to help him get back at Kim. However, upon helping Ivan, it leads to him discovering their secret as well. Ivan agrees to secrecy, though feels they should only use their powers as a last resort. Luka and Juleka explain their history with Bob Roth, to which Ivan takes an interest in their passion for music. Rose then suggests they form a band, and Marinette offers to help with promo and artwork. Their goal is to perform for the Music Fest on the Couffaine Houseboat.
—> Stoneheart 2: While Kim has ceased his bullying, Chloe continues to go after Ivan. Marinette makes a stand against Chloe, much to the amazement of literally everyone outside of Kitty Section. She starts getting a bit more attention, much to the dismay of Lila. She then decides to brag about a family heirloom she was reunited with, after saving an old man on the street. Both Luka and Marinette note how familiar looking it is, having seen it in the codex. Naturally, they come to the conclusion that Lila has the bee miraculous. Marinette doesn’t like the idea of Lila having the miraculous because of her ego, and Luka agrees, but they agree to wait before striking. A sentimonster is released into the city, and for the first time, Bewitched will see action. Lila, transforming into Vespa Veloce, declares that she will protect the city of Paris from such attacks. Since she is inexperienced with her powers, Bewitched has to resort to using her ally power to tell Vespa Veloce what to do. Intrigued by the attacks and the appearance of Vespa Veloce, Alya makes a video with footage of the event, and drags Nino and Adrien into helping her. Marinette and Luka bring up the matter of Lila being Vespa Veloce to the rest of Kitty Section, and they all agree to come to a group decision about whether or not Lila needs to have the miraculous taken away from her.
—> Princess Fragrance: Rose is excited about the arrival of Prince Ali, and hopes to impress him with a perfume that she developed meant for children with sensitivity to certain smells. Chloe brags about getting to be the one to meet him, and certainly, the one that he will eventually end up falling in love with. Rose asks Chloe if she will deliver her perfume to Ali, only to have Chloe laugh in her face. Once again, it’s time for some revenge. But in the middle of Bewitched pulling off a prank against Chloe, another sentimonster attacks the city, and forces her to pull her attention toward Vespa Veloce. VV is doing slightly better than last time, but Bewitched is still forced to help her defeat the sentimonster. Alya, who is again filming for a video, asks VV all sorts of questions, to which she happily obliges. Bewitched returns to her prank against Chloe, slightly adjusting it, and distracting her long enough for Ali to meet Rose. He is impressed by her formula, and agrees to chat with her more about it after she sends him a sample.
—> Luka: Marinette gets asked by Rose and Juleka about how things are going along with Adrien. Marinette admits that she’s mostly over him now, and that she hasn’t thought of him as much. Plus, the kiss they shared was… not really that great. This surprises the two of them, but they ultimately agree to stop pushing the matter. Luka asks Marinette out for a bike ride, to which she agrees, taking in the wonderful sights of Paris. Overall, just good vibes for the two, and Marinette thinks to herself, “Gee, am I only now noticing how cute Luka is?”
—> Vespa Veloce: Bewitched and Psyche finally confront Vespa Veloce face to face. They reveal that they have been the ones helping VV deal with the sentimonsters. They also reveal that they know her civilian identity, and because of that, they are reluctant to work with her. However, they agree on the fact that the sentimonsters cannot be allowed to take over the city, and so VV agrees to play nice. Fu witnesses this interaction, and decides to enlist their help in finding the missing miraculouses. Meanwhile, in their civilian lives, Lila seems to have her attitude tempered a bit, and doesn’t seem to be trying to manipulate the class with big lies.
As for part 3, that would have involved Marinette and Luka finally getting together, and Lila earning the trust of Kitty Section. She would have infiltrated Bob Roth’s show as a contestant, and use that as leverage to get her new friends some dirt. Other ideas included more involvement from Jagged, the introduction of Ruby, the reveal of Pave Real, Marinette getting a miraculous, and focus on the future (mostly getting into high school). I’m hindsight, this could also have been the final arc, but I was thinking at the time that it was going to go on longer.
An explanation for why I’ve decided to officially put “Psyche and Bewitched” on hiatus.
I realize I’ve never been a regular updater of my works, and just kind of posted when I had something ready. I never really liked sticking to a schedule anyway - hence why I was reluctant to get into writing another long-term project.
And the thing is, “Psyche and Bewitched” was never really meant to be long-term. At first. Which may sound familiar, because that’s the same thing I said about “The One to Make It Stay”. And we all know how that turned out.
But as I continued to write on the project, I realized it was demanding to become more, which I was okay with entertaining for a while, until two things happened.
One was realizing how disconnected from Miraculous I’ve felt.
It’s probably not that much of a surprise, considering how much time on the salt side of the fandom I’ve spent. But once upon a time, I used to enjoy this show wholeheartedly. Fun fact, I procrastinated during finals of junior year of college to rewatch the entirety of season one.
Not watch. Rewatch.
As of now, I've effectively stopped watching as of the start of season four, and yes that includes the movies. I would keep up through recaps and summaries, but actually watching was out of the question. And if you've read almost anything I've posted on this blog, you'll probably be able to guess why. Season 6 might as well not even exist to me.
The second, and arguably bigger, reason why I've decided to put it on hiatus: I started writing my own magical girl project.
At this time, I won't be giving away too many details about it. But as of me posting this, I am wrapping up Draft 2, and am just a couple months away from celebrating its first birthday. :) Working on it has been such a treat, I didn't even realize just how much time flew by.
I will be taking a break from the project to give the draft room to breathe, before working on a third draft. I was thinking about if I want to write any fic during this downtime, just so I don't get rusty. And while I'm open to doing some prompts or oneshots (especially 100 word challenges!), I don't feel highly motivated to write any more on PaB. I've never been good at juggling more than one big project, since I tend to just one to focus on finishing one of them, and I don't think I'm in the right headspace to jump back into it. Even when I'm not working on my magical girl story, I'm thinking about it pretty often.
Maybe my mind will change. As per usual, it's subject to change. But I figured I'd be honest with where my headspace is at.
Its been 3 days since the CHD interview and I'm STILL upset that Alex asked SJM if she had seen the AI stuff that people made of ACOTAR and talking it up!! Why not "Have you seen the thousands of fanworks people have done?" There are thousands upon thousands of fanfiction that people spent months writing! People have gone back into her books and used them as research and spent months pouring their hearts into their writing!!
And what about Fanart??! As an artist myself, I am livid that you'd ask the author of a series I love if she's seen these 'amazing'🤮 AI takes on her characters. I know several artists on here who have put blood sweat and tears into our fanart! Many of us have made comics that we poured our entire hearts into for the love of these books and sharing it with the fandom!!
There are amazing and fun fan events that focus on characters and ships! These events are often run by 1 or 2 people and have put together unique and creative ways to engage with the community, at the expense of their own time! Major events that last a week or more and takes a lot of time and preparation to uphold.
You want to bring up Acotar community works to an author, why not ask about these?! Why not ask if she's seen things that real people put time and effort to make instead of asking about AI like it's so impressive!
Sorry, I just had to rant that out. It's annoying and disheartening that people will put AI work above the work that people have put their entire soul into for this fandom and community.
Luka's mini concept if Marinette gave him the earrings in 9 ep.
I imagine he'd want to make a costume similar to the Guardians of the Miraculous' costumes, so he could tell Adrien a plausible story: that the guardians found out who the moth was and took it upon themselves to convey this information to him because they were far more qualified than Ladybug. His eyes are hidden behind the mask to depersonalize him. As if he's just one of the monks who was given the talisman for a while and tasked with reporting all this. He could even come up with a story where the monks deliberated for a long time about whether to reveal all this, but decided it would be too cruel to hide the moth's owner, given the Chat and the moth's familial ties. He could also mention that Ladybug was VERY strongly in favor of telling Adrien about it (to shield Marinette from any negative reaction that might follow from Chat).
Do you think the conflicts between Ladybug and Chat Noir should have ended with Ladybug hating him?
Not necessarily, at least in regards to earlier in the show.
Really, all I want is for Maribug to be able to disagree with Adrichat and not be treated like a bad guy or invalidated for it. And while I myself have written Adrien as being petty or ignoring Ladybug in my own works, I don't think that's what canon should actually do.
Rather, the show should have put more thought and care into the conflict resolution process. For example, maybe Chat recalls more often the experience of being a Ladybug holder, and tries to be more cautious and less self-sacrificing. Or he openly discusses his insecurities about the other holders while also coming to a realization that Ladybug just needs more support on the team, AND that's not his fault.
Ladybug's side could be her venting a lot but having difficulty getting to the heart of the mater. Over time as they get more comfortable as partners, she might have an easier time getting to the heart of the manner with fewer words.
Or heck, let them having opposing opinions on something, while eventually conceding . They don't even have to necessarily change their minds or stances - just come to realize the other party may have a point.
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From @verfound: All These Signs, They Lead Me to You Ch 21 | Ch 22
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From @djwriterkp: Pirates, Princesses, and Peonies Ch. 18
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Progress on Ch. 8 has slowed a bit, so instead, here’s a fun behind the scenes fact/rambling.
So for TOtMiS, I was pretty upfront about using shoegaze and dreampop has my inspiration (sonically and lyrically). All of the stories of the different parts use song lyrics, and in-universe, I imagined Kitty Section slowly integrating the genre into their sound. Their first album would have been a bit of roulette, but still heavy on the shoegaze.
Now for PaB, the recurring theme is “kids rebelling and getting into trouble ala a 2000s movie” so a lot of music I pull for that is 2015ish or earlier (a couple exceptions will be made), and I try to pull a lot from what I listened to as a teen. However, in refining the outline for the next few chapters, there may be some changes sonically to accommodate for the plot. So I’m curious to see if my own playlist changes will affect what style of Kitty Section will end up playing in the future (and if they’ll use the same name ;))
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It's the busy season for my part time job so I got a little (a lot) behind, so it's catchup time!
From @djwriterkp: Pirates, Princesses, and Peonies Ch 16 | Ch 17
From @rierse: Covert Glances and Second Chances Ch. 3 | Swipe Right | Impractical Incantations Ch 1 | Ch 2
From @verfound: All These Signs, They Lead Me to You Ch 18 | Ch 19 | Ch 20 |Juleka Couffaine, Accidental Matchmaker Extraordinaire Ch 1 | Ch 2 | Ch 3 | Ch 4 | Ch 5 | Ch 6 (complete! Yay Ver!) | He's a Good Egg | Hard Pass, Huh?
From @thesaltyoceanwaves: Psyche and Bewitched Ch. 6 | Ch 7
From @airi-p4: I Can't Help You
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This chapter is taking longer than I’d hoped, but for those missing TOtMiS, a familiar face makes a return ;)
Subject to change prior to final publication.
“Tell you what,” he says, “I am going to reassign you to one of my other musicians. I think you’ll find working with her will be a lot more pleasant.”
“I… you’d be okay with that?”
“Of course! I have to make sure you walk away from this internship with the proper experience you need to make it in the field! I was planning on keeping this from you but,” he regards her with a slight smile, “I’m hoping to keep you on here after this internship is complete.”
