#ml bridgette

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What's your view on this nonexistent character?

I don't have one.

Like you said, she doesn't exist. I can't make opinions on a character that isn't there.

yea sure

What do you guys think? Should I finish it?

Hahahaha.....so....I have another ML idea....one I want to write but probably won't write for a while but be warned there is going to be salt.

Okay first things first this is going to be a different take on the twin au, I've seen a good chunk of Adrien having a twin au and a pinch of Marinette having a twin and them switching places for a while so Marinette has a break from her class. And well I love the Quantic Kids if y'all didn't know, I adore the heck out of them! I'm also a fan of Felinette, again this is not a surprise, but really I haven't decided if I want to make this a Felinette story or a Lukanette story.

Anyways! On to the idea:

Marinette's cousin comes to visit her, usually they see each other more but both cousin's just became very busy with school. Bridgette is her cousin and everyone always says they could be twins if Bridgette cut her hair. Bridgette has been busy with school because her family just moved to Paris the summer before Mari became Ladybug, they had been thinking about sending Bridgette to Francois Dupont but they ended up sending her to a school closer to their home. Bridgette ends up making friends with the Quantic kids.

Bridgette ends up visiting Mari a little after the episode Ladybug, i.e. the near expulsion, Marinette's parents aren't to happy with how that turned out at all but they don't know what to do, they want her to transfer but they want it to be a good school, but they also know she wants to stay but they just want the best for their baby girl. They tell all this to Sabine's sister and her husband when they bring Bridgette for a visit, meanwhile Marinette is telling Bridgette everything that has been going on at school. Bridgette is furious but she has a plan, she drags Mari downstairs and begs her cousin to tell her parents everything, so Mari does and Tom and Sabine are livid but Mari manages to calm them before they get akumatized. Bridgette tells them her plan, what if her and Marinette switch places, it would give Marinette a break from the school which would give her time to clear her head and rethink the transfer, it takes a while but Mari is convinced to give it a shot. Their parents agree to the plan.

Bridgette will cut her hair that week that way people at her school don't think it's weird when Marinette takes her spot. They plan to switch at the end of the week, that way they have time to pack what they will need for 3 months, Tom and Sabine hate to be away from Marinette that long but Sabine's sister says that Sabine and Tom can visit as much as they want. Sabine's sister has a friend on the Board of Education and she plans to tell them all about Francois Dupont and that's why the switch will be as long as it is, Bridgette will gather evidence of the school's incompetence when she's there. Bridgette is all for it, not only does she get to help Marinette but she gets to be a hero and possibly put an end to a problem that should have been looked at for a long time.

Bridgette, of course, tells her friends about the switch because she knows they'll be able to tell Marinette is not her eventually. They'll also act as backup in case Marinette doesn't know something that Bridgette should. They're all for helping out Bridgette's cousin. The rest of the week is Marinette and Bridgette informing each other of what they are doing in school and out of school. Marinette feels bad because of all the responsibilities she has but she told Bridgette she was going to quit as class representative after everything, she had already been talking it over with the other school representatives so there should be no trouble but she does warn her about Bustier and the possibility of her guilt tripping "Marinette" into staying as class representative.

Marinette only warns four people of her switch, Jagged, Penny, and her Grandpa Roland and her Grandma Gina. They are as livid as Tom and Sabine but she manages to calm them before any akumas can happen.

They switch phones as well when the switch happens. The switch goes pretty good for Marinette, Bridgette's friends love her and Marinette loves them by the end of the first week, Bridgette on the other hand is in hell. She has no idea how Marinette dealt with this school as long as she did. Her classmates are basically all against her, the Lila girl is spewing lie after lie and everyone is eating it up. Like Marinette predicted, Bustier has been giving her a hard time with quitting as class rep and she even announced "Marinette's" plan to quit to the whole class, which basically painted an even bigger target on her back, but Bridgette knows she can stick it out, and she knows she can back out whenever she wants.

Now this is where the story can go either Felinette or Lukanette, Luka goes to Bridgette's school and immediately knows that it's not Bridgette, it's Marinette. She tells him what happened at school and he can hear her honesty and he's livid but again he calms before he can be turned into an akuma. He feels a little guilty because Juleka said that Marinette was acting badly lately and that maybe it was the best that he not contact her. And he had listened to that, because yeah, he thought what he was hearing didn't sound like Marinette, but he didn't know her all that well and above all he wanted to look out for Juleka. But he has the full story with evidence and he's just so disheartened that Juleka has fallen victim to the liar. He also starts to hang out with the Quantic kids more. Him and Marinette get closer and yeah! Maybe date! If it goes this route with the lukanette then Bridgette will end up with Felix.

The Felix route is that he is fascinated with Marinette, he becomes oddly attached to her and he feels like he has to protect her. When Luka comes around he's hesitant to trust him because he doesn't want Marinette to be hurt by anyone else in her life. He also not so subtly tries to convince her to transfer after the whole switch.

Either way a new black cat comes on the scene after Fu hears what had been happening at Marinette's school. He starts to pay attention to Adrien and evaluate him, he doesn't want to believe that he may have picked wrong but he thinks he just might have. Bridgette knew of her cousins crush on Adrien but she also knew she was growing out of it, with the way Adrien had been interacting with her she hopes her cousin is grown out of it for good.

New heroes are chosen! Speaking of heroes, Marinette is finding it hard to get away to be Ladybug, whether it be because of the Quantic kids and Luka, or because of her Auntie and Uncle. She may have to reveal her identity.

You know how Adrien replaced PV Felix because Astruc and Company found Felix too unappealing? They just couldn't get his characterization right apparently. How could Bridgette/Marinette ever fall for this guy when he's such a jerk, right?

May I suggest that Astruc should have based PV Felix on Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice? Darcy is rich and handsome, but a total snob, or at least that's the first impression Elizabeth Bennet has of him. He's arrogant and prideful. He has a high opinion of himself and a low opinion of everyone else. Sounds like the perfect model for Felix, right?

Now, in order for Darcy to be redeemed he needs Lizzie to call him out on his bad behavior, so it makes me wonder if maybe the original Marinette, aka Bridgette, was too much of a pushover? Because, yes Astruc is right, Bridgette shouldn't fall for Felix...right away. She should be allowed to hate his guts at first and then slowly realize that he's not all bad and that maybe she ultimately misjudged him. Lizzie certainly hates Darcy at first whilst at the same time I think she's secretly attracted to him or at least his looks. She's hurt when he insults her beauty or lack there of. But, let's not forget how Marinette and Adrien meet. Marinette hates Adrien's guts when they first meet not so much because of who he is character wise, but who he is friends with and a misunderstanding about his actions. Once she comes to know him, she falls for him completely. I think the same could have been done with Bridgette and Felix, but instead of it being over a misunderstanding and Felix not being in the wrong, let it be about who Felix is as a person and allow him to be wrong or imperfect. Let the confrontation with Bridgette be a cat-alyst (forgive the pun) for change in his character. He realizes he's a stiff, arrogant ass, but that's not who he means to be. So he makes changes: appologizes, helps others when he doesnt have to, and explains his actions, which had reasonable motivations not melicious ones. Allow that change to happen over the course of an entire season, not 1 episode, with no backtracking, ahem episode order matters, so that by the end of Season 1 Bridgette realizes to her surprise that she's in love with Felix because he's earned it. And, she takes a steo back, realizing that she was in the wrong for judging him too quickly, so now she gets some character growth.

In terms of LadyNoir, I think you could have still used Chat needing a kiss from LB to break his curse as motivation for him wooing her, but again over the course of season 1 he comes to value her as a superhero, a partner, a friend, because at first LB was a wreck, even a liability, but gaining confidence and experience she becomes the superhero Paris deserves, not just needs. ;) So by the end of Season 1 he's actually in love with her and stops (!) trying to woo her because he not only doesn't want to use her but also would rather bear the curse than allow her to fight Hawkmoth alone.

So by the end of Season 1 we have the love square set up: Bridgette in love with Felix, Chat Noit in love with Ladybug. And, we have two characters that have grown into themselves and into their love for the other person in a reasonable way, not being in love with a facade or an idealized version, which arguably we currently have with Adrien/Marinette/Chat Noir/Ladybug.

#JaneAustenRules #MLandP&PCrossover

True to my running theme, here is an unfinished sketch of Bridgette as cupid. I was going to add wings but... I didn’t have time 🙃