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arlakos · 3 months
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Marinette: *Tries to roll for a deception check against Luka*
Also Marinette: Rolls Natural 20s on the Flirt check, Rizzes up Luka
God I love this AU
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arlakos · 4 months
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You know, I have always been of the opinion that Emilie Agreste has never been what she seems when it comes to what we know about her character, and that even if she wasn't evil, her actions and behavior is rather toxic even if its unintentional. I mean, Adrien was sheltered far before Emilie disappeared, who's to say it would become better if she came back? Not to mention that her and Gabriel were happily married in canon, so who's to say that their personalities aren't similar either? That being said, I am completely happy that this idea is being pushed to the forefront. Even if not intentional, the way she stifles both Adrien and Nathalie in terms of growth is made abundantly clear in this AU idea. Also its very apparent that the lack of obvious consequences with the peacock (until now) have also made Emilie much more arrogant to a degree. I really like these types of AU's that explore the characters of miraculous more than its superheroics, even if in this case its masterfully blended together to create a more drama/espionage type story. I can't wait to see how this will affect Marinette and (especially) Adrien going forward. I am also extremly jittery for the moment when Tom learns Emilie's the reason Sabine died - I mean, Gabriel is mainly responsible sure, with the wish and all that, but Emilie being the one afflicting Sabine with sickness this entire time? And even affecting his daughter (for a moment)? Assuming he doesn't learn and go after the wish, Emilie's gonna need more than a glass coffin one Tommy boi puts the dots together. Also Tom X Nathalie is a ship I never knew I wanted until now. XD that being said, considering the number of fanfics out there that have Adrien adopted by the Dupain Chengs's, I can imagine an AU now where Nathalie is "adopted" by Tom and Sabine, albiet with less adoption papers and more romance.
What does Tom think of Emilie after meeting her?
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the only Agreste he's not massively disappointed with is Adrien himself. It's a good thing that's the only one he plans on sparing.
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arlakos · 5 months
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I normally wouldn't reblog something like this, but consideing there's already salt for perhaps the only good special in miraculous, I'd like to say this.
There's such a thing called a moment of weakness. Given that the heroes are fighting a supervillain for who knows how long, im a bit surpised about how they didn't talk about using the wish earlier. Sure, he might've considered the wish with Nathalie in mind, but saying Adrien isn't a hero because he thought about the wish is like saying Ladybug isn't a hero because she didn't immediately stop the Akuma in Bubbler
Being a hero doesn't mean doing and thinking the right thing all the time and having no thought's about using an opportunity selfishly or without care for anyone else. Being a hero means seeing an opportunity to use power selfishly, and instead choosing to do good despite having that selfish opportunity.
So Adrien is in fact, a hero. You, on the other hand, are huffing copium about your own misconceptions.
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arlakos · 6 months
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Friendly reminder that Lila Rossi was able to convince everyone that Marinette was innocent and shouldn't be expelled by straight up saying that she has a "lying disease" in the Sentibug episode (right after claiming that Marinette pushed her and broke her leg, which everyone also accepted with no examination whatsoever). Everyone took it at face value and never questioned anything she said again, despite a) that would mean she had to have lied about other things as well, and b) she would probably need a doctors note explaining that she INDEED has such a disease.
Granted, this was one of the last few episodes she featured in until the season 4 finale and before she got exposed in season 5, but it wouldn't take anyone less than a second to figure out she's speaking bull if anyone had even the average level of IQ. Doubly so for Max, who despite being able to build a robot can't see through the bullshit of a obvious attention seeker.
Don't get me even started on Lila being able to have 3 mothers. Apparently Lila's powers of bullshit are so good that a person that should have known that they gave birth to a daughter or not just see this random kid and think "yeah this girl is my biological offspring".
On that note, consider this my irrefutable proof that the writers take drugs before writing a ML episode.
"B-but Lila is supposed to be a master manipulater-"
Look there's a difference between "Lila can outsmart people using her lies and manipulation" and "Lila can come up with the dumbest lies ever and everyone immediately believe her because they're holding the stupid stick everytime"
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arlakos · 6 months
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OK HEAR ME OUT (AGAIN)
I found this video and I can absolutely tell you this is what shadybug would sound like (minus the crude langauge).
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arlakos · 6 months
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OK SO HEAR ME OUT
Miraculous Worlds is basically a crossover with a universe where Ladybug and Cat Noir are evil right?
So... that likely means Gabriel is good.
Assuming that the whole origin story of the show plays out, I'd like to think that this universe could be the one where Gabriel got his shit together after Emilie's death and actually tried to be there for his son.
I also headcanoned prior to the emodrien reveal that Adrien ran away from his home as a result of Gabriel's grief and him nearly becoming canon!Gabe, resulting in Gabriel having a heel face turn, but it seems that canon nipped that idea in the bud :(
ANYWAYS, my point being that this could also be the universe where Gabriel realise what he had in front of him and actually married Nathalie instead of using her as a tool to get his old wife back.
MY POINT IS THIS
I want canon!Adrien to meet his alternate universe father and learn about his marriage to Nathalie and be like "this is so damn cute but also sad father why did you not DO THIS."
THIS SHOULD'VE BE SET BEFORE SEASON 5 SO THAT I CAN SEE GOOD DADDY GABE LAY THE SMACKDOWN ON THE FILTHY RAT HACK-MOTH.
Ok that's enough sugar, im gonna go back to salting on the show now. Special's probably gonna blow, but I love how the fandom is making so much cool fanart for this.
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arlakos · 1 year
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Felix is hitting the cleanest griddy.
Felix is the greatest Gremlin
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arlakos · 1 year
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I would say its more like the biggest pyramid scheme since Charles Ponzi, but that works too.
Being a fan of MLB and watching the show is like having an abusive relationship.
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arlakos · 1 year
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Jubilation Shitpost
Possibly spoilers for Jubilation (S5EP4)
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arlakos · 2 years
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MIRACULOUS SEASON 5 SPOILERS (and REACTION)
WARNING: SEASON 5 SPOILERS UNDERNEATH
(Also my reaction but who cares)
TO Quote a good friend of mine:
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T-This....
This is beyond shit tier
THIS SHOW HAS OFFICIALLY GONE INTO THE GROUND
To quote a friend of mine:
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You know, I could talk about a lot of stuff with these leaks, but lets get to the most fucked up bit out of all of this....
GABRIEL JUST GOES SCOTT FREE?! 
AFTER ALL THE BULLSHIT HE HAS CAUSED, THE POTENTIAL THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HE MURDERED DUE TO SOME OF HIS AKUMAS. THIS MAN GETS OFF SCOTT FREE BECAUSE HE NO LONGER HAS POWERS?! THIS MAN SHOULD BE IN SOLITARY, OR WORSE, MORE SO SINCE HE DECIDES TO NAME HIMSELF “MONARCH” IN THE PLACE WHERE PARISIANS HAVE KILLED ROYALTY!
Also, the fact that Adrien, ADRIEN of all people doesn't get to know his father was a villain is the most egregious thing out of all this. HE DESERVES TO KNOW YOU PLEBIAN WRITERS! HE ISNT SOME SIDE CHARACTER, HES ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE SHOW! GOD FORBID HE’S ABLE TO FIND OUT AND FINALLY DISOWN HIS FATHER LIKE HE SHOULD HAVE AGES AGO!
...I...I think im done.
 I mean not really BECAUSE IM STUBBORN, but still, I feel empty inside.
FUCK MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!
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arlakos · 2 years
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Nice prompt!
Marinette Salt Prompt: Moving On
The last time Chat Noir tried to get Ladybug open up to him regarding the guardian stuff, she had pushed him away as always, with the glares of the other heroes leaving Chat Noir to nervous enough to continue. He never inquired about it again. In fact he never talked about anything anymore. Ladybug was upset he didn’t talk as much, but was satisfied that he stopped inquiring about it. It was the best for everyone.
2 years later, Ladybug and Cat Noir finally took down Hawkmoth. Marinette was happy that the battle was over. With Hawkmoth down, and all the miraculous recovered, she finally though it was time to reveal their identities to each other.
Calling Chat, they met up on the roof, though Chat noir didn’t seem all that excited when she suggested it, merely inquiring if she was ok with it (which she was). The suits finally fell, and Marinette was shocked to find that her partner was none other than her first love, Adrien Agreste.
But it was great! Chat had already said he loved her and Marinette loved him as Adrien. A bit weird to have a love square with only two people but its ok! Now they could finally be in love and….and…
Yet when, Marinette looked into Adrien’s face, she only saw recognition, but that was about it. They was no brightness in his eyes that she had. No joy, no mirth…just a disinterest, like he was waiting for it to be all over.
Marinette: So… you know who I am….(Nervous) W-What do you think.
Adrien: Well… its a shock I guess. I mean I never though you to be Ladybug but… I guess the magic is powerful huh?
Marinette: S-So…there’s going to be a party celebrating Hawkmoth’s defeat! I-I mean…I know your father was Hawkmoth and all that… but Me, Alya and Nino are all going to be there! D-Do you want to go to the party with me? A-As a date?
Adrien: ….No…no I don’t think I will
Marinette: Oh…I-I guess you are going with someone else then…
Adrien: I mean I’m not going to the party at all. I’m not going to be in Paris for much longer anyway….
Marinette: W-wait, what?!
Adrien: I was meaning to tell you…
Adrien told Marinette that over the course of 2 years, he ended up talking with a pen pal overseas down in America, who was a nice person and seemed interested in getting to know the real him. She had invited him over to study in America (Marinette had winced at the gender reveal), and given all that has happened here, he plans to go abroad to study. And the plane was leaving today…
Since he logically couldn’t bring the ring with him, Adrien gave a final tearful goodbye to Plagg before renouncing him, then placing the ring in her hand.
Marinette: B-But what about your friends here?!
Adrien: Marinette, Nino and I haven’t talked to each other because he spends more time with Alya. Speaking of Alya, I rarely talk to her as it is, and we haven’t talked to each other outside of costume as it is…
Marinette: B-But what about when we were heroes?
Adrien: We were partners then. Fath- Hawkmoth…is defeated. That partnership is over now. Job’s done.
Marinette: (shocked) H-How can you say that. D-did it all mean nothing to you?!
Adrien: It did, once… but that was years ago. You made it clear a long time ago that when you became the guardian, I was just another hero the amongst others that you called, the only difference being I was allowed to keep the ring between missions…when I tried to get close to you, to help you when you seemed stressed out about the guardianship, to help you with even minor stuff such as getting the miraculous to the right allies, you pushed me away, got angry at me, told me I was wrong for inquiring and that you would be better off with me not asking because it was “wasting your time”. I tried to push about it, but I eventually realised that you weren’t going to change your stance, and I wasn’t to waste my time on something that was pointless. Your words and your actions made it clear that I was at best just an ally, a person that was expected to come and help you to take down a villain, but then was expected to leave when all was said and done. True, I wanted to be genuine friends once, and perhaps…something more… but I realised the folly of it.
Marinette: But it was necessary to keep you away! Our secret identities…
Adrien: Should have remained a secret. But let me ask you this… what about the other secrets? The identities of the other heroes? The hidden stress you had from being a guardian? What about those ones? When was the last time you or I talked about something that wasn’t defeating a villain? That we just talked as genuine friends about our lives, as someone to lean on? We didn’t have to tell our identities to lean on eachother, but it seems you just chose to think that being friends in any sort of way would lead to something bad happening.
Marinette: I….I….
Adrien: It’s fine Marinette, you made your choice. But I made mine as well, and I decided to move on…plus with my father turning out to be my greatest enemy, there’s really nothing for me here. I need a fresh start.
Marinette: B-But….I love you!
There was a pause
Adrien: …I loved you too once. Ladybug I mean. And maybe even deep down I loved you as Marinette as well…but feelings change. I set those feeling free a long time ago… but its to late for me to think it was ever meant to be, even if they came back just now….goodbye Marinette.
Later on, as Marinette sat down at the celebratory party, Alya came by to check why Adrien was missing….and why her best friend was crying.
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arlakos · 2 years
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Very Nice! Looks good!
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WIP Reflekta Redesign but with Phantom of the Opera as inspiration for the design.
The first redesign (not shown here) was pretty bare bones so I thought something up better that could go with the power of mirrors, you know because the song and that one scene where the Phantom and Raoul are in the room with spinning mirrors.
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arlakos · 2 years
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Hot Take
I think the Ladybug Breakdown scene in Strike Back was one of the worst scenes in Miraculous Ladybug. 4 seasons into a show and yet somehow Ladybug has gotten worse when it comes to panicking.
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arlakos · 2 years
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Though I agree with anon here (at least to some extent), I do wonder where the “gaslighting” part of Marinette comes from.
This show has one of the worst cases of Protagonist Centred Morality I've ever seen. Thomas wasn't kidding when he said Marinette and Adrien are made for each other, because they're both awful. She's a hypocritical, gas-lighting stalker, and he's a sanctimonious, self-centred man-child. The only reason none of that is called out in-universe is because they're the main characters. I never thought a show could be both misogynistic and misandristic at the same time, but this show accomplished it.
I still like to believe that when Kagami said they were made for each other, she was saying it out of spite because she was annoyed with them both.
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arlakos · 2 years
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Pffft
fish
Interesting idea, I'll try and make it work.
[Joke Prompt]
Marinette gets hit by a fish. No one knows where it came from or who threw it. Marinette gets upset about it.
Meanwhile Chat Noir comes and snatches the whole thing, eating it.
Hawkmoth's lair is now full of fish. This makes him laugh uncontrollably. Mayura has a headache.
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arlakos · 2 years
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Honestly the picture itself was probably enough and didn’t require whatever else was written, but I’m reblogging this anyway but GODDAMIT this needs to be seen more and heard in this community.
At this its so common for every other character in this show to receive some level of salt and have it be seen as “the norm” for the past few years, if all these salt fics revolving around bashing Adrien or Alya are anything to go by. But GOD FORBID that we are allowed to call Marinette’s character out on anything she has done, else we get insults from stans who think that just because she’s a main character and “boo hoo Lila made her cry once” she’s suddenly immune from all and any sort of criticism.
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If you think some of us are wrong, you’re just 8yrs old or some teenager who never touch reality check
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Maybe, you need watching the other shows who respecting the audience with decent story unlike this Miraculous that made by a grown ass man who cannot move on from his past and cursing teenage blond girl as if she’s the lucifer reincarnation lol
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arlakos · 2 years
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Fair points in all honestly, but I would argue that the reason Adrien didn’t tell Fu or Marinette he found out was because simply put, he was lovestruck. Like a happy Disney princess about to sing a musical, he had found the love of his life and was rushing to find her so they could be together.
Not to mention that “telling Fu” was out of the picture because Adrien probably couldn't even find him. No seriously, he only met the dude once or twice, and I don’t think he told Adrien where lived, so he couldn’t really go there or send a letter.
Not to say that he wasn’t acting stupid, but there's a case to be made that Adrien was simply lovestruck and so he forgot to tell Marinette the truth. Or, if he did remember, at least he was not hiding the truth out of a active desire to be malicious towards Marinette. 
Its also worth noting that If he DID tell Fu, it could have resulted in Ladybug being kicked due to being discovered, so there’s that to be taken into account. Not to mention that he couldn’t have POSSIBLY known that what he would do would lead to the events of Chat Blanc. Had Hawkmoth been anyone but Gabriel, the results could have played out MUCH differently. Not in a good way, but differently.
On the flip side however, a point could be made that Marinette had acted more selfishly or stupidly in regards to Ephemeral, because UNLIKE Adrien she actually knew what could happen if the other found out their secret identities (Chat Blanc), yet decided to go through with revealing HER identity. Sure, she did keep it for a time, but the point should be made that she seemed all but forget the events of Chat Blanc as soon as her love for Adrien overrode whatever logical reasoning she had left.
Yeah, I know, I can hear the hypocrisy in that statement since I just mentioned Adrien being love struck earlier, but think of it this way: 
Adrien made a spur of the moment decision that ultimately proved to be a grand mistake, and had no possible point of reference that could have dissuaded him from doing so. Meanwhile, Marinette metaphorically saw a big button that clearly said “SELF-DESTRUCT”, saw a video showing what would happen if she pressed the button, but pressed it anyway, after a good 10 minutes of just staring at it, because she thought it might be cake dispenser instead.
Weird analogy I know, but I gotta get the point across. 
Alright look, I gotta say that Ephermeral and Chat blanc have a character/s that do some suspicious stuff and dont get called out for it in the main time line.
I already talked about how Marinette's plan in Ephermeral was a jerk move to Adrien if she had gone completely through with it. (and she still kind of did)
But we also gotta address that Adrien did pull something similar in Chat blanc.
(Below contains a critique of Adrien and slightly Marinette) So it needs to be addressed
1. Adrien knew that knowing eachother's identities would be dangerous and didnt tell Ladybug or Fu that he was aware that he knew Ladybug was Marinette.
2. He continued to hide that fact until Marinette was in danger. So he does come clean-ish about it. But this actually resulted in his father finding out.
3. Sure he didnt trick her into revealing who she was and figured it out on his own, it still was deception that he knew and didnt tell her.
So while I think Marinette's plan has a bit EXTRA sus to it because she intended to trick him initially. In comparison both of them are at fault and should have been upfront with each other from the get go.
We gotta criticize them both.
And honestly you can even argue that Marinette had more pressure on her so her decision was more due to pressure, AND there was another person who basically did nothing to discourage her plan.
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