stinger

u bring back the one person she looks up to more than anyone and has her ignored unless she does terrible things.

then u excise her from the environment that she had actually changed for the better in and leave her with said person.

that person then takes painstaking lengths to make sure she’s only surrounded with ppl who refuse to interact with her as an actual person and will do nothing to stand up for her rights as a person.

they make her popular online so the only “love” she gets is fake.

they make sure she’s praised for every increasingly shitty thing she does.

then they bring her back to her original town, full of the people she hurt, so she can see how everyone has moved on from the harm she caused.

how she’s the only one still hung up on her glory days.

when she lashes out again, the lowest person in her eyes fucking laughs at her and walks away, unharmed.

then she’s brought back to that same isolation chamber.

Thanks in part to OSP doing a video on the more traditional sort of Living Weapon tope, and in part to my own brain making sidelong connections as a matter of standard operations I've come to the following thought:

Chloé as of season six is in fact- a Living Weapon.

Not in the anime ninja flip out and kill everyone sense. She is a Media weapon, but she is one nonetheless. Queen of the Dreadzone made it clear. She was being used by Noé specifically because she was effective. The person under it all was meaningless. She 'makes evil okay' in a way others apparently cannot. There's no way he'd bother with an untrained 15yr old when he has access to any number of skilled influencers in the making unless she really was talented beyond reason at this one specific thing.

She is a weapon. She inflicts harm, and she is clearly not cognizant of the harm she is inflicting. She just does as is her purpose, and receives care and adulation for it. Much like a favored blade might be carefully polished and cleaned.

so remember in Queen Banana how Zoé has the “i’ll always love you even if the world hates you” thing

so Grendiaper and Queen of the Dreadzone didn’t really showcase that haha

but hear me out:

Basic gist, Noe learns he has baby sisters when he's a teen which is surprising. What surprises him more is hearing how his mother talks about them. He knows she's not exactly nice but has always treated him well, but then he hears her call them "Utterly unexceptional" and all sorts of insults like that and alarm bells go off in his mind and he realizes that how she treats him isn't because she loves him, it's just because he does what she wants. And he realizes he very much could be treated the same way. To say the least doesn't like that and starts to resent it as he grows up.

He learns about his sisters behind his mother's back and learns essentially how they're being treated. Zoe stuck in boarding school being bullied nonstop while he learns Chloe is essentially a really lonely kid with only one other friend who she hasn't seen in ages. (Because Gabriel and Emile keep Adrien cooped up in the mansion since he was little)

When he turns eighteen he decides, forget it, and essentially by sneaky ways gets custody of his sisters. How? I dunno this series had a teenage girl somehow become Mayor of Paris logic has no place here!

At first he doesn't really know what to do with them. He's sneaky and manipulative and partially took them because he thought they'd be useful but he made the dreaded mistake of becoming.... attached.

Darn it... he loves them now so there goes his plans using them moving up in the Kingdom but that's fine he can manipulate other people...

What changes?

Noe can actually handle Chloe, but instead of making her worse he helps her grow her talents to be actually praised for such as gymnastics, help her singing and acting career, and honestly she becomes an animated version of Sharpay from HSM. Can be antagonistic but has charm and flair.

Zoe is the baby sister who is doted on by her big brother and sister Zoe's at first a really shy girl thanks to the years of horrible bullying along with them being so protective, Chloe especially so because she always wanted a baby sister. Zoe goes to school for the first time and becomes friends with Mari, which is the thing that triggers Chloe to be a bit of a bully to her. That is HER little sister Marintte how dare you think you could be a better friend than she is! Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!

Things take a turn when Ray moves to school (Much earlier) with his posse of the chopped trio and they start bullying Zoe again. Marinette sticks up for her before Chloe has a chance. Chloe begrudgingly decides Marinette's okay she guesses. The two girls form a frenemy sort of relationship. They don't like each other but they'll get along for Zoe's sake since they both care about her.

Basically a scene from this AU would go like this.

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Noe: "Zoe... are those pests bullying you again?"

Zoe: "Huh? Um... well yes but I can handle them don't wo- What're you doing?"

Noe:"Just making a little purchase of a lakefront where I happen to know that idiot keeps his fancy Yachts. Nothing to worry about Zo-Zo."

Zoe:"Oh my gosh... Chloe tell our crazy brother to stop."

Chloe: "Of course I will Zoekins, he's being ridiculous."

Zoe: "Good..."

Chloe: "....After I'm done ruining that boy's whole career...."😈

Zoe: "Oh no..."

Five Minutes Later...

Mari: "Hi Zoe ready to go to-what happened?"

They stare at a traumatized looking Ray rocking himself in the corner with tears in his eyes. Nelson pats his head and Loiic looks just as traumatized behind Ray.

Mari: ".... Chloe?"

Zoe: "Chloe."

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Boom, everyone wins.

Oh and Chloe and Zoe share the Bee Miraculous from time to time. Zoe becomes more of a knight aka worker Bee to Chloe's Queen Bee that way she can represent wanting to look out for her big sister like she does for her.

Noe is still an antagonist but complex since he is a good caretaker for his sisters even if his methods are antagonistic at times. (Yes Zoe does call him out on it unlike how Andre isn't when he makes power moves)