#linartthoughts

Not kidding. I just checked and Nathaniel says almost exactly the same thing as Ladybug when she revealed herself as Marinette to Adrien :

"S'il-te plaît dit quelque chose" / "Please say something"

"Dis quelque chose" / "Say something"

I imagine her having an small shop, built on sustainability and focused on making each customer feel special and seen. She wouldn't feed into the never ending trends pushed by capitalism and encourage overconsumption.

And since she's a public figure without actual copyright or trademark deposited, they really can do anything they want without risking judiciary pursuit - they could even hire a model/actor who can pose like ladybug for commercials and stuff (could make an oc from that and also explore the topic of body image issues, stalking and obsessions with celebrities)

It especially works well since this kind of performative feminism really began to rise in popularity around the 2010s, so it makes a lot of sense in the miraculous timeline

actually I think that adrien-nino-luka trio just sounds perfect, what is the show waiting for to do this ? I need these 3 need to interact and be best friends so bad

I think everyone agrees on the fact that each symbol represents a sector that the person leads. For example, Gabriel is the diamond because he's in the fashion industry whole Tomoe is the engine because she has a tech company.

I'm also thinking that all the members could have sentikids just like Gabriel and Tomoe as I've already mentionned in a previous post.. And since we know for a fact that Gabriel was the diamond, it led me to think about the diamond ball a bit more.

I'm referring to that special event that Gabriel and Tomoe organized in "Emotion", where only children of the elite were invited.

Since the members of the weird cult all seem to involve rich people leading a specific sector, what if they were all there with their sentikids ?

yes !! from context clues, we know they were all friends for a very long time, I assume at least since college. I can't imagine them not knowing about emilie's fertility issues, the safaris, everything.

I guess if I had to situate chloe's conception somewhere in time, i'd say she could be the second sentikid ? we know that andre and audrey always had a strained relationship, so what if andre borrowed the peacock miraculous to trap audrey because she was about to leave him ? I know this is basically fanfiction territory at this point but let's just imagine this scenario for a moment.

so chloe spends her life without a mom and on top of that, her father isn't really present either. he spoils her but doesn't give her the structure or emotional support needed for a child to grow up properly. maybe he even isolates her voluntarily because he likes having someone who depends on him ? she's his only remaining family, so he traps her in this golden cage where she basically gets what she wants. like that, chloe grows up knowing what buttons to push for her father to give her what she wants.

simultaneously, chloe still wants her mother's approval. all chloe knows is materialism, so she takes care of her appearance more than anything. it's also what society praises the most, which only reinforces her obsession with her image. she needs to look perfect to maybe one day become the perfect daughter for her mom.

and that's how you get a mean girl. she lacks personal identity, and her demeanor is a direct result of her lack of self-worth. chloe is powerless in her life. the only way for her to take control is to act a certain way. she's also emotionally unregulated, which means anything can lead her to have a meltdown/tantrum. she only knows how to sabotage people, not how to love. when she sees her mother again, she tries to behave just like her, to show her they're on the same level. but it's not enough, chloe is told she's not perfect enough. so now she wants the same power her parents have, because then they'll finally see her as capable.

so if actually chloe hates marinette because she has the parents chloe dreams of did we think about that ? while ladybug is kind of a maternal figure that chloe looks up to

hi thank you for asking !!!

Honestly I still haven't written out everything but here are some quick bullet points :

He discovers the existence of the peacock miraculous bevause it calls to him and that's why he starts scheming (for context in my AU, the miraculouses have an assigned holder chosen by the kwami, and Felix is the one destined to get the miraculous. Gabriel and Nathalie are unlawful users)

Felix also starts as a anti hero and he's after the ladybug and black cat miraculous to strike a deal with Gabriel and get the peacock miraculous in exchange (although he never wants to actually give it to him, but rather trick him)

He steals the twin rings like in canon

He doesn't try to assault ladybug because unnecessary, icky, awful

He's a big edge lord and a theatre kid lol

He's born from his father's deep envy, and it impacts his character. He's naturally made to feel jealous and resentful, he resents his dad for creating him that way and humanity in general. But at the same time, he wants to feel what it's like to be human, he craves that and his whole character revolves around trying to regain his freedom.

Adrien, Chloe, Kagami and Felix met all childhood. He always had a bit of a thing for Kagami, but she wasn't interested.

His relationship with Adrien is very complex, he hates the fact that he's basically his pale and has a big inferiority complex, but he cant help but also love Adrien who always cared for him and he wants to save him from his dad's control.

He gets a proper redemption and apologizes.

Red moon isn't a thing but be does try to create chaos in a similar event, with a sentient sentimonster called "sentinel" that looks like some kind of monstrous peacock. Like red moon, he's created from anger/hate, but Argos feels so much guilt that it relfects on his senti. Power of love all that, because magical girl :)

Feligami is a thing, he helps her regain the freedom she wants but it's more of a slow burn, ennemies/rivals to lovers type thing ? Like she starts to see his good sides but isn't completely trusting, then understands him and ends up defending him.