#((I hate being pessimistic about this too because one of my favorite guardian headcanons were Marinette and Luka 'co-parenting' the kwami))

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I know the show would never do this cuz based on what the show has become they would never do this. But could you imagine from the Bible (sorry for those who might be spoiled) Su-Han training Luka to take over guardianship? I know it’s far fetched but the idea that we could have Luka being trained to take guardianship to take that burden from Ladybug/Marinette would be absolutely amazing. I know Su-Han is not around as much as a character, but taking a moment to believe even he sees the stress from Ladybug/Marinette and wants to do something about it for her safety gives me a bit of life. What are your thoughts? What is your opinion of Luka and fics about Luka being the/a guardian?

I’m conflicted, I suppose, but I will say that - in concept - I think it actually would be an interesting idea to see Luka (who Marinette wanted to be her best friend just last season) actually get trained by Su-Han, especially for Su-Han trying to make up for basically doing nothing for Marinette in Season 4. It would give him some value and allow Luka to actually be properly trained in a way no one else is, and you would suspect him of already being at least partially prepared since he already meditates and such.

I also really liked the idea in fanfiction of Guardian Luka because I feel like he and Marinette are largely the best for it. I used to come up with all sorts of headcanons for what being guardian would/should be like, such as guardians being teachers to the kwami to educate them on the current world and its technology, but also them being sociable enough to where they can pick heroes whenever needed. Luka is basically an empath and Marinette has lots of friends (the quality of said friends debatable but still) so they both qualify as good choices in my opinion.

I suppose the roadblock then comes with the wrench Season 3 (and 4 by extension) threw in with the memory loss. It took a lot of the fun out of assigning “guardian” to someone because you’re basically condemning them to forget huge chunks of their memory. Even if the memory loss is only tied to miraculous things, you basically can’t have a confidant either or you’ll forget about them. Season 4 also showed that the kwami are basically children, so not only do you have a garbage job that will leave you with severe gaps in your memory, but you’re a babysitter whenever you get home.

I still enjoy fanfics about guardian Luka when I see them (because it’s fanon so we can do whatever), but for canon, the thought is a little stressful because I don’t know if it’ll just be handing the box off to Luka (while possibly sidestepping Marinette’s memory loss somehow, or worse if they actively take advantage of her memory loss) as a sort of “well we created this plot point about guardians losing their memory so we have to give this to you so we can guarantee our love square their happy ending; what happens to you isn’t our concern.” He might only do one cool thing in the finale to “make way” for Ladybug and Chat Noir to do something and that’s all.

I suppose the TL;DR of it all is that I like the idea of Luka getting cool stuff to do because I feel he deserves it (and he’s the only temp who’s “met” Su-Han in any capacity), but after the realization that he’s getting sent away because of Adrien’s screw up, I don’t really trust the writers to be kind to him.

#category: salt #salt: writing #other: ask and answer #other: ml spoilers #other: ml leaks #other: MLS5bible #((I hate being pessimistic about this too because one of my favorite guardian headcanons were Marinette and Luka 'co-parenting' the kwami)) #((but now that just doesn't really work.))