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Dude why was the Miraculous Ladybug movie like 10000x better than the entirety of the show in every way??????
That was really really good, I’m genuinely taken aback by how good it was. AND IT WAS A FREAKING MUSICAL!!!!
Félix: So, is Marinette your girlfriend?
Adrien: Oh, no, she's just a friend haha.
Félix: So you don't mind if I—
Adrien: I will strangle you with your shoelaces if you even think about it.
Félix:
a secret so heavy😗
Now thats what i call progress baby!
now caught up to the disney+ uploads of s5 i am a changed man
Miraculous Salt: Things You Do For/To Me
I’m back with another alternate take on a regularly used salt trope. In this case, we’ll be looking at the one/s where when persons in the class decide to openly refuse to be Marinette’s friends, they eventually find out that in doing so, they’ve given up all the things she would normally do for them. Free pastries, free dresses, free interviews with Ladybug, etc.
But what I’ve yet to see anyone consider is what the former friends have done for Marinette and the effect the sudden lack of this would have.
Particularly in regards to the Adrinette shipping and pressuring Marinette to confess before she’s ready. And the effect of the sudden LACK of that.
Namely, SHENANIGANS.
Hear me out:
Imagine if you would, that the girls in the class have enough of Marinette “bullying” Lila and thus openly drop all friendship with her, making it clear they want nothing to do with her. They know full well that this means the end of some of the nice things she’s done for them, but in their minds, they’ve done more for her so she’ll really be the one losing out.
Marinette is sad.
Adrien sees she is sad and comforts her.
This makes the girls realize that Marinette is still crushing on Adrien and given how much of a “bully” she is, she doesn’t deserve him. They instead decide that Liladrien is the way to go and that it is their duty as her best friends to help her.
Lila knows fully well that Adrien is aware she is a liar and is not happy with her. She is sure she can change his mind, but she needs time and proper planning to set things up for her to get on his “good side”.
Neither of which her new girlfriends allow her.
They take her hesitancy for lack of confidence and attempt to encourage her. They refuse to let her “give up” on her true love! They also go out of their way to try and force Lila and Adrien together at every opportunity.
At. Every. Opportunity.
Class needs to partner up for an assignment? Suddenly Lila is shoved in Adrien’s way.
Lunchtime? They start out together as a “group” and then suddenly all have urgent matters to attend to and now Adrien and Lila are sitting alone together.
Lila needs anything? They push Adrien to help her. Which he does, because he’s a cool guy who will help out when asked.
Every time anything is happening, Adrien is suddenly stuck with Lila.
Marinette is understandably hurt and upset.
And Adrien is confused. But annoyed.
Mostly annoyed.
He doesn’t know what the girls are doing, but manages to catch on that whenever they approach him, it’s going to have something to do with Lila. So Adrien starts taking to avoiding them.
Except Adrien is Adrien. Who is an anime nerd. And a dork.
So his ways of avoiding them are a bit…extreme.
Like the time he hides in a broom closet.
Or the time he dives into a bush.
Or the time he jumps out a two story window.
He starts abusing his Chat Noir identity to escape them.
“Chat Noir! Have you seen Adrien?”
Quick! Play dumb!
“What’s an Adrien?”
Not that dumb!
And in the midst of all this, Adrien finds one source of sanity.
That source just happens to be Marinette. The ONLY GIRL who won’t try to force him to be around Lila. And whom he can vent to about her antics.
Adrien starts taking to hiding out at the Dupain-Cheng Bakery, where none of the girls dare to enter. It becomes his only refuge. A safe place where he can eat pastries and play video games. And a friend is there with him!
Marinette, for her part, admittedly struggled with her friends gone. She was depressed for a good few days. Lonely and bored as well. In her boredom, she used the extra free time to make more clothes. And…found herself actually being more productive. Neat! Well, it sucks because she’s lonely, but it’s at least a nice distraction. And she manages to get more commissions done. Especially since the loss of her friendships means she doesn’t need to follow through on their previous requests or the gifts she was making for them.
It’s lonely, but it gives her time to reflect and focus on herself. And it turns out that while she misses them, not being around them as much has actually helped her stress and anxiety since there’s suddenly no outside pressure to confess to Adrien. No one pushing her into being with him when she’s not ready. And no one to judge her attempts or failures.
It’s actually kind of peaceful.
Which is when Adrien starts turning to her for support and sanity.
He comes into the locker room, begging her to hide him. Without a second thought, she puts him in her locker and tells the irritated girls questioning her that he went out the other door.
Alya comes into the class during break and asks if Adrien is around. Marinette shrugs, pointedly ignoring his presence under her desk and his anxious grip on her legs.
He needs a safe place to hide after school until his bodyguard can pick him up? He finds refuge at the Bakery. And snacks! And games! And a friend! A very good friend.
Somehow, without the interference from the girls, Marinette is calmer around Adrien. Still anxious, sure. But there’s now no one pressuring her to confess when she’s not ready like the outpouring of her feelings is supposed to be a race instead of a genuine moment. There’s also no one to enable her crazier antics. She’s still crushing on him, but it mellows out.
Adrien in turn starts to see more of the Ladybug in Marinette. Which he can’t help but think is cute. Which has him worried his heart is cheating on Ladybug.
Plagg’s advice of “seduce her” doesn’t help.
The girls meanwhile, only make the Liladrien attempts worse. Lila is getting frustrated because their plans are interfering with her plans. Not to mention that with them always hovering around her, she’s having a harder time coming up with new lies and keeping them all straight. Nor is she able to get an akuma and help Hawk Moth. And since the antics of the girls are doing more to keep her away from Adrien than get close to him, Gabriel is losing any inclination to keep her around.
And worse is that through all this, Adrien and Marinette are only getting closer. (The fact he has been making time to come hang out with her as Chat Noir isn’t helping with that…or his steadily growing crush on her)
It all comes to a head one day in class when the girls are plotting yet another Liladrien attempt…
And Adrien and Marinette enter the classroom holding hands.
Raise your hand higher!!!
Years of waiting