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msweebyness · 1 year

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Class of Heroes AU: More Headcanons!!!

As a treat, folks, after which I might be done for a few days. Unless I think of something I just HAVE to share, lol. Have some more Headcanons!

*Ondine is the youngest of seven daughters. Their names are Olivia, Ophelia, Octavia, Olga, Oona and Olympia.

*She and Kagami are in Mendeliev’s class (Yen Sid in this AU.) Her classmates, especially Denise and Aurore are protective of her because of her naïveté and lack of knowledge of the surface world. They and Kim have had to get her out of dangerous situations where her curiosity got the better of her.

*Kim was raised by his two mortal fathers after his uncle’s henchmen turned him into a mortal. (His biological parents are, of course, Zeus and Hera.) He buys them a huge house once he’s successful as a hero.

*Xuppu serves as Pegasus, but he actually likes Ondine because she’s just too darn sweet. He’s always nosing Kim out of the way to receive affection from her.

*Kim was NOT very well-liked back in his hometown for his lack of control over his strength. He was often shunned and called horrible names for the accidents he caused, as well as his lack of intellectual prowess. This, and his discovering his true heritage, was what made his fathers decide to send him to the school.

*In this AU, Kagami has three younger brothers: Daisuke, Daijiro, and Daiki. True to Brave, they are demon spawn. (Their father died in battle.)

*I’m changing something from a previous post: Plagg is still Mushu, but Tikki is now Cri Kee. She is silently judging you.

*Adrien does not fence in this AU. His preferred weapon is a certain cooking implement.

*Nino has a tendency to add ‘Bibbidi-Bobbidi’ before other B words. (“What a Bibbidi-Bobbidi bummer, bro!”) Some people think it’s funny, others find it annoying.

*Ivan has mild kyphosis(I had to look this up), which causes him to slightly hunch over and have mild to moderate back pain.

*Alya works jobs at diners before and after school to bring in extra money for her family. She is one of few students who work.

*Mylene has a habit of sometimes speaking in rhyme, especially when she’s really happy about something. Ivan thinks it’s very cute. (This is a nod to the original animated film.)

*Max likes to listen to Fall Out Boy (heh) while he works on his machines. What? Nerds can like rock music! (He is Hiro Hamada, to clear up confusion!)

*He transferred to Francois Preparatory Academy from a prestigious tech institution after an…incident that he doesn’t like to talk about.

*Sabrina (Pinocchio) was part of a puppet show as a young child. She often has nightmares about the abuse she suffered there, and Aurore is needed to come comfort her.

*Cosette is incredibly close with the other four members of their band, sharing a sibling-like bond. It calls and face-times with them on a regular basis, and has introduced them to all of her new friends.

*When Lacey gets especially angry, her face turns bright red and she’ll launch into a rant in ‘fairy-speak’ (the squeaking noises that the humans hear in the TB movies). Her wings also start fluttering rapidly and she sometimes slams into the ceiling…

*When Marc was young, he accidentally struck his younger brother, Kiran, with his ice magic. Their mothers, the queens, didn’t blame him, but sadly they died in a shipwreck only a few months later. After that, the cruel royal advisor convinced Marc that he was a dangerous monster and isolated him from the kingdom and his brother.

*Zoé has a list of 65 different chores she has to do for Chloé each day. They eat up a lot of her time, but not as much since her friends started helping her. They’re working on convincing her to make Chloé do them herself.

*Denise prefers to sleep outside amongst the trees, because it reminds them of their stump back home. Simon brought them a pillow and a blanket one night because he was worried about them.

*When Reshma is agitated by something or someone, you can tell because poison ivy starts sprouting up around her feet.

*Bustier is still a suck-tastic teacher. She will scold Kim and Marinette harshly for damage they cause completely by accident (her clumsiness and his strength), she berates Ivan for bad posture despite it literally being a physical health condition, she frequently suggests that Adrien should cut his hair because it looks too feminine, she regularly threatens Alix with legal action for incidents with her kleptomania despite her almost always returning what she takes, she forces Juleka to sit in the back of the room and doesn’t often allow her to speak lest she ‘frighten’ other students, she has outright referred to Sabrina as an ‘it’ (meaning an object, a non-living piece of wood, not the pronouns, which are completely valid.) and a ‘toy’ rather than a girl, and of course, she lets Chloé get away with everything.

I’m looking for ideas for Lila and Felix, baddie and anti-hero respectively, as well as a fitting new name for Mor’du. Be sure to check out my poll about Chloé!

*Edit: Mme. B*tch-ier has now been cast as Flora, the most insufferable of the ‘good’ fairies, in my opinion. (Let’s hear more applause for @artzychic27!)

That’s it for now! Whoo, I’ve been on a roll! As always, credit for @imsparky2002 and the aforementioned artzychic27, who created the Disney Villain AU that inspired this! You both rock!

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maybeillkeepit · 2 months

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So the thing with Mexican Indie/Alt is that, much like with any other country, it's less of a defined genre and much more of a scene. This means that there aren't exactly "classic, genre-defining albums", because a scene is dependant on a time period. The mexican indie scene is happening right now, period.

HOWEVER! For my classics week, i have decided to focused on albums released by mexican artists, that are considered classics of the alternative genre and might be an influence for current artists. Here's what found, mostly pulled from this reddit thread (or whatever they call it on reddit), which revolves around the 90s.

Café Tacvba (the self titled album as well as Re): This is good for me cause i already love those albums! Yay!!! They are an alt-rock band, with an art pop twist

Molotov (¿Dónde jugarán las niñas?): Also good for me cause i know one song from the album and love it. From what i gather, they focus mostly on a mix of rap and alt-rock

Zoé (self titled): Slightly younger and slightly more "mainstream" i think, i've heard of them. Wikipedia categorizes them as alt rock and psych rock

Plastilina Mosh (Aquamosh): Again, i know one song (Mr P Mosh) which sounds like if eminem was mexican. which is cool. they are also very rap rock i think

And that's it for the first week! Will update as i go/if i find anything else!

#mexican indie april

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ultrone · 10 months

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I know I don’t go anon but atp I’m feeling left out lmaooo, I’m claiming this one for the hell of it🧯

How’s your day going? Was wondering who some of your favorite artists are :) and you ofc don’t have to do this if it doesn’t interest you but who do you think the girl’s favorite artist(s)/band(s) would be if they were teens now. I’m dying on the hill that Jackie would love Taylor Swift and Lana and Shauna would love Hozier, Noah Kahan or Lord Huron

ofcc u can claim it 😼🫶🏼 it’s all urs now. . and some of my fav artists are lana del rey, radiohead, deftones, soda stereo, zoé, danny ocean, ethel cain, feid, strangehuman, coldplay, frank ocean, jeff buckley, the smiths, queen, luis miguel, etc. i have too many lmaoooo, wbu?

some artists i think the yjs would like

— prolly super inaccurate cuz it’s my first time thinking abt this 😭

SHAUNA : coldplay, steve lacy, hozier, mitski, sufjan stevens, the fray, the neighbourhood, rex orange county, mika, wallows, m83, mormor, harry styles, $uicideboy$, inhaler, one direction, kanye

JACKIE : taylor swift, coldplay, glee cast, the neighbourhood, childish gambino, tove lo, birdy, joji, rihanna, pinkpantheress, kali uchis, doja cat, one direction, 5sos

LOTTIE : brent faiyaz, dominic fike, phoebe bridgers, bon iver, cigarettes after sex, ellie goulding, faye webster, grimes, the 1975, aquilo, olivia rodrigo, arctic monkeys, declan mckenna, lorde, frank ocean, miguel, tame impala

NAT : loathe, alex g, salvia path, superheaven, basement, lil peep, grimes, the 1975, arctic monkeys, tame impala

TAI : brent faiyaz, daniel caesar, mac demarco, mormor, mac miller, kid cudi

VAN : girl in red, linkin park, eminem, tv girl, declan mckenna, the kooks

#꒰ 🧯anon ꒱#.yjs-inbox #⊹ — yjs brainrots !!

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artzychic27 · 11 months

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Zoé explaining the Disneyverse

Zoé: Now, if you’ll look here, you will see that The Suite Life did a crossover with the Hannah Montana, and That’s So Raven. The Suite Life also had a crossover with I’m In The Band, The Wizards of Waverly Place, meaning, magic and psychics exist within the same world, connected by the Suite Life franchise!

Cosette: Cool, so-

Zoé: SO! If we pay attention to the beloved show Jessie, we will remember they did somewhat of a crossover with the Suite Life when Jessie when to the Tipton hotel in New York! Also! Let’s dial back to their Spider-Man crossover-

Marc: Excuse me?

Zoé: Halloween! They did a crossover and met spider man! And they did a Halloween crossover with Austin & Ally, KC Undercover, Girl Meets World, and Best Friends Whenever! Meaning wizards, psychics, spies, time travelers, and superheroes exist in the same world! And Bunk’d, the show within the Jessie franchise did a crossover with Raven’s Home! And they exist in the world of Good Luck Charlie, who did a crossover with Jessie and The Muppets!

Jean: She’s off her nut, isn’t she?

Zoé: Yes, the beloved muppets! Who, along with Good Luck Charlie appeared on the show within a show that is now it’s own show, So Random! Meaning! That Good Luck Charlie is only a show within that show that’s within the show, Sonny With A Chance! This means all of the previous shows I mentioned are only shows within the universe of Sonny With a Chance! Because Mia Telerico and Leigh Allen Baker were guests on So Random as the actors thay they are! Sonny With A Chance has real people!

Science Kids: …

Lacey: Of course, they do. *Whispers* Get the tranquilizer.

Zoé: Now, I’m sure you’re wondering how ANT Farm, Shake It Up, Mighty Med, and Lab Rats play a role in this. Well! If we divert our attention to Mr. Hasimoto from The Suite Life franchise, he appeared in several episodes of A.N.T Farm, making that show also a show within a show, within a show. Same goes for Shake It Up due to their crossover with Good Luck Charlie! Lab Rats and Mighty Med, however, have no place in any of those universes! They have only done crossover with each other! So, that would mean one thing!

Mireille: … And that’s-

Zoé: Lab Rats and Mighty Med are the only real show with real people! Meaning, somewhere out there in their universe, there is the So Random studio! BUT! Kirby Buckets, the short-lived series made a cameo on Lab Rats and Mighty Med when Principal Mitchell’s cat appeared on television and a shirt! Meaning, Kirby Buckets is real! This makes dimensional travel real! You all understand what I’m talking about!

Denise: *Loading a tranquilizers gun* Yep. Totally do.

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous #zoé lee #zoé lee explaining american stuff #marc anciel #mlb ocs #Disney channel #Disney #Jean duparc

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dummerjan · 9 months

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A while ago I was tagged by @die-schwanenkoenigin to list 10 songs I like with names in the title. Thank you. <3 Right now I am way too intense about a song with a name in the title, Major Tom - Peter Schilling. It's been playing on repeat all day long and it's slowly driving me mad. So I will try to break the cycle by forcing myself to listen to something else before I lose it entirely. 1. Cody's Theme - AJJ - It's the kind of song I want to take apart word for word, note for note to analyze out why it makes me feel so much. The angry child is quite relatable but the music itself is so energetic it makes me want to stomp around like Rumpelstiltskin but in a good way, not out of anger. (Which my parents called me when I was a child because I was perpetually angry and frequently stomping my foot in rage.)

2. Paula Ausente - Marta Gómez - She wrote it inspired by Isabel Allende's memoir by the same name. I used to cry my eyes out listening to this. I no longer do but the tenderness and beautiful wording remain just as moving. The first line of the book still makes me tear up though if I spend a second too long on it.

3. Katharina - AnnenMayKantereit - This song came out at just the right name and it even contains my name. As if it had been written for me.

4. Rebecca - Against Me! - This one just makes me feel good and energized. Perfect to scream along to. And queer!

5. Amie - Damien Rice - For years I have been wondering about the reference to Story of O since it appears both in this song and the album title itself is O. Maybe it's about going in a circle and not the book at all because I have never been able to find any interviews that address this. Either way, I love the song.

6. Für Marie Louise/Voor Marie Louise - Herman van Veen - I can't decide between the German and Dutch version so it's both. His voice is like home to me and his words of utmost comfort.

7. Антонина - Юрий Шевчук (ДДТ) (Antonina - Yuri Shevchuk (DDT)) - DDT has become one of my favourite bands, partially due to Yuri's voice. Russian, to me, is the most beautiful sounding language and hearing him sing evokes such a strong reaction I feel it in my chest. It's oppressive and too much and I can never get enough of it. I go a few weeks without listening to his voice and when I finally do again, I wonder how I could live without.

8. Báidín Fheilimí - Sinéad O'Connor - One of my favourite songs ever. There isn't much to the lyrics but she just knew how to make songs her own and give them her all. Anything her voice touches turns into the most beautiful music.

9. Laura Laurent - Bright Eyes - Perfect depression song! The verse "But you should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living" always hits home. As having trouble with living describes quite well how I've experienced a lot of my depression.

10. Paula - Zoé - One last song with my name. I like how my name sounds in Spanish, and I like the song and the album it's on. It's the quintessential autumn music for me for some reason and today I can already smell autumn in the evening air. This took forever – especially editing it down from my original ramblings – but I think the spell Major Tom has had on me is broken. I closed the tab, I think I am free now. As for tagging... @ilovetextingandscones @imminentinertia @biveganpoetbat @mvickym @hummingbooks and whoever else wants to, I am always curious about music and I love songs with names in them. No pressure obviously. :)

#meins #playing tag #Can I ever do a music tag with just listing songs and not going on tangents?#This is heavily cut down - sigh...#This prompted me to look up if there was finally a studio version of Anna by Harry Styles #I don't even listen to him anymore and it's been years but I need it!#I was also tempted to put Hey Paula by Paul & Paula on the list #which is not a good song but I do like to listen to it every few years when I remember it exists.

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nofatclips · 10 months

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Count to Ten by /A\ (Emilie Zoé, Franz Treichler and Nicolas Pittet) from their debut album

#music #swiss music #/a\#atheband #a the band #emilie zoé #franz treichler #nicolas pittet #emilie zoe #hummus records #two gentlemen #Bandcamp

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generalluxun · 1 year

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Control (an ML Fanfic) Chapter 1

CW: Senti-people, angst, so much angst. Referenced Child abuse and bullying. Full text below the cut, link to AO3 posting in Bio.

A fun and rebellious gesture by her friend Zoé leaves Marinette accidently in possession of something more precious than she ever expected to hold.

It's a blessing. It's a curse. It's life itself.

She has no idea what to do. There is so much wrapped up not only in WHAT, but also WHO. Her friends and partners can offer advice, consolation, and support, but in the end when you are both Ladybug and the Guardian you are the one in control.

“Okay, you need to check this out.” Zoé sat down beside Marinette at the lunchroom table.

She looked around quickly then reached into her bag and pulled out a small plain box. Marinette put down her sandwich and peered over curiously. She even went so far as to peek around herself, not sure who they were on the lookout for. Adrien was out for a modeling shoot, and the Nino & Alya show were getting in some extra Super Penguino practice down in the boiler room.

Zoé opened the box and upended it between them, a sparkling mound of gold and gems tipped out onto the table. Marinette, suddenly nervous, looked around again.

“Isn’t it cool?”

Zoe reached for one of the pieces of jewelry, using the box to ‘hide’ the pile from the room at large. She slipped a pendant on a thin chain over her head, letting the thumb sized sapphire thump against her chest. She flicked her bangs and held out one hand towards Marinette, fingers limp.

“Dahhhling, all the finest women are wearing big accessories this year.”

Zoé dissolved into giggles and Marinette’s nerves eased. She reached for a ring with a huge square cut emerald on it. “Where did you get all this? Costume jewelry store?”

Zoé shook her head, her giggles turning into an impish grin. “It’s my mom’s.”

Marinette dropped the ring back into the pile.

Zoé pouted, “Oh come on, have some fun. It’s not like she’ll ever miss it. I dug this box out of the back of one of her closets. You should have seen how dusty everything in it was. She won’t care if any of it never comes back.”

Marinette gave her friend a brittle smile, “Zooooééé…”

Zoé was already fishing through the pile again, trying on four rings on a single hand, as well as adding two necklaces to the one she was already wearing. She dropped her alliance ring into the pile to slip another ring on and waggled her fingers again.

Marinette hunched slightly, nervously poking the pile. She shifted jewelry that she had previously thought fake, jewelry that could buy a dozen new ovens for the bakery, and found a simple gold band at the bottom of the pile. She picked it up and glanced at Zoé.

Her pink’d friend gave her an encouraging smile, “C’mon Marinette, be a rebel, and look GREAT doing it.”

Marinette rolled the band between her fingers. Was it warm? Or was that just her nerves? I can always just give it back by the end of the day. It’s just borrowing. She slipped it on and held up her hand for inspection. “Sorry, my outfit isn’t exactly made to go with gold. It’s a pretty ring though.”

Zoé gave it a critical glance but then flashed Marinette a pleased smile. “It’s okay, I just wanted to give you first dibs on anything. I’m going to Robin Hood the rest of it one way or the other. Do you think Adrien would like any of it? I know he’s rich, but you can’t tell me he wouldn’t look great in some dangly earrings.”

Marinette pictured it, and felt herself starting to flush when a sharp voice cut into her daydream.

“What are you two doing? Playing Dress up? What are we, ten?”

Zoé glowered as Chloé strode up to the table, running her gaze over the other two with her classic smirk well in place. Zoé pushed her chair back to stand but Marinette beat her to the retort.

“Just go away, Chloé.”

The Blonde terror blinked once, ”Yes, Dupain-Cheng.” Then she turned on her heel, and, without looking back, headed right out of the cafeteria.

Marinette stared after her. Zoé nudged Marinette gently, “You have to show me how you do that,” she teased.

I have no idea, is she just out of fight? Lila’s not around… Zoe interrupted her thoughts again, trying to slip a lovely pearled gold bracelet into Marinette’s purse. Marinette snatched Tikki’s home away from her in a rush. “Oh hey, that one looks cool. Let me try it on first though. I’m not sure my wrists are as big as your mother’s.”

By the time they’d picked through everything -Marinette avoided actually keeping anything else- she’d completely forgotten about the exchange.

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It was two periods later when an akuma hit. Mr. Pigeon again, because of course Mr. Pigeon. Giving the power of Genesis to a flock of birds was surprisingly destructive. Usually the things pigeons dropped from the skies were cause for discomfort and disgust, not serious injury. Mr. Ramier wasn’t a villain at heart though, and so, once Ladybug had sorted out the chaos, wrapping the fight up was routine for her and her partner.

Marinette was the last one back to class as usual, and came in just in time to hear her least favorite auburn haired fox giving a deep heartfelt speech, “-so glad no one was hurt. These attacks are really just getting so dangerous anymore. I know everyone wants to help, but we have to be sure we don’t get in Ladybug’s way. Maybe if our class representative could take more of a leadership role, no one would be separate-” Lila stopped mid speech, “Oh! There you are Marinette. We were getting worried.”

Ms. Bustier gave an encouraging smile to Marinette, “We’re glad you’re safe. Lila had just brought up the idea of having a class rally point, and keeping together in a group when an akuma strikes.”

Lila turned her doe-eyes on Marinette, “As someone who is always finding herself isolated whenever there is trouble, I would hope you would support me on this, Marinette. It’s so very lucky you haven’t been hurt yet. I just want to keep everyone safe.”

Marinette’s mind raced to come up with a rebuttal. This was a challenge more dangerous than all the Mr. Pigeons put together. But before she could answer though there was another salvo.

Chloé pipped up from the front row, “Oh, who really cares, as long as it’s just Dupain-Cheng? Ladybug can’t even keep the miraculous safe, what hope do we have with her watching over us?”

Marinette, already riled up, had patience for this. She rubbed her face with a hand. “Stop it Chloé. The first thing Ladybug did was save you from becoming sidewalk crepe, you should be grateful.”

Chloé’s sudden, “You’re right,” sucked all the energy from the room. Marinette wasn’t the only one confused.

Lila cleared her throat petitely, “As much as I am Ladybug’s biggest fan, do we really want to put all this extra work on her? If the idea of organizing a group is too much for you, I would be happy to help.”

Marinette glowered. “Thanks, but no thanks, Lila. I think allowing people to act independently and make their own best decisions is better.”

Lila didn’t seem to have an instant answer. Marinette briefly enjoyed the unfamiliar feeling of getting the last word in, but Lila finally spoke up, "What was that, Chloé?"

The blond turned around in her seat. "What was what?"

Lila held her phone in both hands, giving it what appeared to Marinette to be a conspicuous little shake. Not that anyone else will see it that way. "I am quite sure, I heard you say something, didn't I?"

Chloé looked down at her phone, then her face twisted into its habitual sneering frown. "I am not saying that! Why would I say Ladybug can't handle it, Lila? She can handle anything. She saved me, she's saved all of us. Your idea is ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!"

All eyes ping-ponged back to Lila, she looked down at her phone and her face turned to panic. "Oh no! My phone has a virus! It's sending random texts! I better get this fixed! We'll talk more later."

She ducked her head quickly, ending the exchange. Ms. Bustier looked lost for a moment before nodding Marinette back to her seat. Marinette glanced sidelong at Chloé before leaning over to Alya. "That was weird, right?"

Alya leaned in too. "Not that weird, malware is getting ridiculous lately."

Marinette grimaced. "Not that. Chloé, speaking up for Ladybug."

Alya looked past Marinette. The blond was pointedly ignoring Ms. Bustier, tapping away on her phone. "I don't know, it's Chloé. She was a fan before. And we all know she's a bit of a… butterfly."

Marinette groaned. "That was awful. You are not allowed to work on any more Cat Noir content for the blog for an entire week."

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The next day started off rotten. Marinette had wanted to bring pastries in for the class while they filled out their prospective schedules for the next year. She’d gotten up too late to do it easily, but not late enough to not make it possible. Rushing around her parents, trying to stay out of the way, she’d managed to get three dozen assorted done and ran with them all the way to school.

In the front doors, up the stairs, no time for her locker! The boxes started to wobble as she ran. Rose yanked open the door to the classroom and Juleka lept aside. I’m going to make it! Ms. Bustier’s desk is right-

Marinette’s purse snagged on the doorframe. She spun as she fell, the boxes scattering and spilling. Marinette hit hard, skidding to a stop right in front of Chloé’s desk.

The blond leaned forward to peer down at her, “Another failure, Dusol-cheng?” She laughed into the back of her hand to punctuate the insult.

Marinette grumbled, crawling to retrieve one of the boxes. “Why don’t you get down here and help me, Solé?”

She’d gathered up half a dozen when she bumped heads with someone. Marinette flinched back onto her heels, rubbing the spot and blinking… right across into Chloé’s sapphire gaze. Chloé had four croissants in the crook of one arm, and was rubbing her head with the opposite hand. “Watch where you’re going, Dupain-Cheng. Here, take these.”

Chloé shoved the pastries into Marinette’s arms and crawled off in search of more. Marinette sat stunned for a long moment as others joined in too now, gathering up the fallen food. Soon everything was restored and two of the boxes had been taken up to the upper seats by Rose and Ivan to pass around.

Marinette let Nino and Adrien grab a couple each before tentatively walking over to Chloé’s desk. Sure why not. “Umm, thanks?”

Chloé looked up from her phone, clearly not paying attention. “What do you want, Dupain-Cheng?”

Of course. Marinette shook the box. “Look, just take one and we’ll ignore each other again.”

Chloé thrust a hand into the box and came out with a croissant. She didn’t say another word, or even look Marinette’s way after the fact. Marinette moved on to Sabrina, then sat down at her desk.

She pulled out a pen but could not concentrate on the form in front of her. Her head was filled right up to the top with nothing. She found five minutes had vanished without her putting a mark on the paper, and yet she still just sat quietly spinning the ring on her finger with her thumb. The ring- I have to give this back to Zoé.

Marinette’s eyes were drawn to it. It was such a simple, tasteful, piece of jewelry. It didn’t feel like something Audrey would own at all. Not nearly enough glitter. The passing thought made Marinette giggle. She felt light headed, staring at that golden band. Marinette blinked away an afterimage, then blinked again.

She was looking down at a form -her form?- She was doodling diamonds in the corner. It all seemed so pointless. She ran her pen back over her name again, making the letters thicker, more bold. She liked the way they curved and curled: Chloé Bourgeois.

Marinette jolted, bounced off the back of her seat, caught her sternum on her desk, and was left gasping for breath. Alya had a hand on her back instantly, rubbing. “Marinette, what’s wrong?”

Marinette waved her off, trying to steady her breathing while her brain screamed at her in mindless horror. She finally managed to get out. “Wrong- pipe- scone.”

It earned her amused smiles and looks of concern from the class, but thankfully a lifetime of actual disasters gave her plausibility for a handful of made up ones now and then. Alya helped her up with a concerned, “Maybe you should grab a drink?”

Marinette nodded, not trusting her voice for any complex thoughts. She glanced to the front of the room. Ms. Bustier nodded wordlessly to her over a smile, and Marinette bolted for the door.

She did actually stop and gulp down water at the fountain. She couldn’t drink enough, and yet her stomach threatened to return it all at any second. Marinette shuffled a step to the side and leaned on the brickwork wall. The rough facing tugged at her clothes as she sank to the floor. Head in hands, Marinette blocked out the too-bright light.

She could still feel it. Her thumb wouldn’t leave it alone. Twist, twist, twist, it turned on her hand. It can’t be what I think it is. Even if life had taught her the world was full of impossibilities lately, this was one thing she was simply not ready to accept. I can throw it away right now. Zoé won’t even remember. I can just pretend it isn’t what I think it is, and no one has to know.

Someone did have to though. She did. She was Ladybug. Marinette raised her head slowly. She blocked out everything, which was easier than she had expected. Nothing in the world seemed to want to be in focus anyway right now. She stared at the golden band once more, and her vision began to blur.

Form, phone, form, phone, back and forth like a hyperactive puppy. Almost nothing was filled out. Her thumb scrolled insta so quickly she couldn’t even make out the images. Something caught her eye -no not hers- her thumb flicked ‘like’ and resumed scrolling. Sabrina was talking beside her, a low buzz of words that didn’t stick. Marinette had to know, there had to be some way to be sure. She made her eyes scan the form, they kept trying to drift back to her phone. There, perfect. She picked up her pen, spun it once with a deftness she admired, and scribbled on the line marked ‘Personal heroes’ Vesperia.

Marinette came back to herself, shaking. WhatdoIdowhatdoIdowhatdoIdo?

She grabbed the ring to pull it off, but froze. If I take it off, where do I put it? What do I do with it? God, she’s a…

It was insane. That stupid plain band shone dully on her finger; it was nothing. It was everything. It was power that no one should ever have. It was opportunity. It was every single slight piled up over a lifetime answered in a single object. Marinette was in complete control now, she could do anything, have anything, settle anything.

Marinette’s thumb wouldn’t stop playing with it. Twist, twist, twist, an entire life spun on her finger. Anything she wanted it to be. And nothing, if I want it to be.

That dark thought came from someplace wounded. Her better self flashed Sentibug before her eyes; flashed that brief look of pain and fear. Marinette pulled up her shirt to muffle a sob. Home. I need to get home. I can talk to Tikki. I can- She will know what to do.Marinette staggered to her feet. She lurched to the rail and slewed down the steps on legs that didn’t want to work. The door was a short sprint then she would be out of the building. She could run home without stopping, dash up to her room and be far from… it.

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