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#7yo me is watching Marinette and Doesn't Understand
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They know where to find me?
...Airi, were you on the other night when I went Off about Marinette needing to go Full Slayer on the Guardians? ๐Ÿ˜‚ This is that fic.
It's been festering since I raeg!typed it after..."Feast", I think. Before we knew anything about Su Han and the Guardians beyond They Kinda Suck. When fandom was first speculating about whether or not they'd come after Marinette now that they're back. And. Ok. Ranting for Everyone. ๐Ÿ˜‚
I am Fully Aware of all that's come out about Joss Whedon the past few months. That being said, it does not change the fact that Whedon was a huge influence on my development as a storyteller. Buffy the Vampire Slayer came out when I was seven, and I grew up watching and rewatching and rewatching this incredible show. I followed Angel onto his own spinoff (I will never forgive Whedon for what he did to Cordelia and Fred). I followed Capt. Malcolm Reynolds and his ragtag crew across the 'verse. I stayed in the Dollhouse, I sent my application to Bad Horse, I laughed at Shakespeare, and I assembled when he stole Capt. America's shield. I know a lot of bad stuff has come out about Whedon, but that does not change how great an impact his stories had on me throughout my life.
That being said, "They Know Where to Find Me" was born from nothing more than my desperate need for Zagstruc to Man The Hell Up and have Marinette stand up to the Guardians Slayer-style (which, lbr, we know will never happen on a show like this, that totes 'female power' but cuts its female lead down at every available turn). In S3, the Watchers Council puts Buffy through a test where she loses her powers and has to defeat a strong (crazy) vampire they send her way. When all is said and done, Quentin (the Council emissary) tells Buffy she passed, and she tells him to bite her. "You sent that thing after my mother - I think you better leave town before I get my powers back." Two seasons later, when Buffy if fighting a literal god, Quentin shows back up to put her through another test to deem if she's 'worthy' of the information they have on Glory. And, once again, Buffy tells them to piss off.
I need that Moment for Marinette. I need Marinette to step into her own power, into her identity as Ladybug, and tell the Guardians to piss off. I need her to tell them, "If they want my Miracle Box, they know where to find me. I'm done following their rules. They're not fighting this war - I am. They want it? They can try and take it."
...which is about the only line I'm 100% committed to in this fic. ๐Ÿ˜‚ The idea is the Guardians come to 'evaluate' Marinette (possibly sending a kwami emissary - I have notes about an alpaca kwami named Pacca), and by the end she's just Done. She calls a meeting with her team and the Emissary, and she drops her spots and tells the Emissary off. "I make the rules now. Hawkmoth is my enemy. You've been sleeping the entire time we've been fighting. You have anything useful, I'm right here. Otherwise get the hell out of my city."
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