#ml idea

It wouldn't be funny if Chloe and Zoe had actually gotten along but hate each other as their superheroes form??

Of course, until Zoe realized that QB was her sister and omg Chloe is so clingy and openly affectionate with her bc she's touch starved and never got proper parental care and Zoe could be the only one in her family with whom she could have actually a healthy and genuine relationship if it wasn't bc she hates Vesperia without knowing that is her sister-

And now Zoe feels guilty bc Chloe trusted her enough to confess what being a QB really meant to her, her relationship with her kwami, her opportunity to win her mother's affection that later became a way to get close to her idol and be like her (someone she admired, LB helped and saved people. She wanted to do that too. She wanted to be good. But it's hard to change all your behavior overnight, so that's why she wanted the mask. QB was her way to be good)

And despite LB telling her that she couldn't continue to be QB she gave the miraculous to her occasionally anyway, feeding her illusions and hopes up, that her trust and admiration for LB got to a point where she became completely vulnerable with LB and told her all her insecurities while crying and that LB COMFORT her

But all that fell apart when LB chose Kagami over her when her identity was not secret either, when her parents were the ones who were akumatized and then HM took advantage of her when her trust towards LB was completely destroyed, she was so mad that she allowed herself to be consumed by the akuma and betrayed LB

Then Miracle Queen happened and LB won in the end, but she didn't remember ANYTHING about that battle, she was akumatized after all

What she DOES remember is that she chose to ally with HM, that she DID betrayed LB and she feels ASHAMED

So she willingly let LB take the Miraculous and Pollen from her

And announces that she is no longer her fan, because she feels unworthy of it and even though she regrets allying with HM, she is still angry with LB

And Zoe realizes how messed up this actually is and wants to help Chloe and also wants her to reconnect Pollen and of course Pollen hears all this conversation and how Chloe regrets having silenced her and how she wants to apologize to her

Which to any ordinary person wouldnt mean anything... but to Marinette?! That would throw her through such a f***ing loop. Because she remembers him. She was smitten with him! Omg her crush on him suddenly made sense, that was potent Adrien energy.

And now Marinette has to tell him that its cool and that she is glad she told him, then maybe confessing she had the mouse miraculous once... or something. Then later on she is screaming to Tikki.

"HE WAS THE OTHER OPTION! MY PARTNER COULD HAVE BEEN MY BOYFRIEND?!"

Akumatizations happen every other day, the citizens of Paris have grown weary.

They are angry.

"10 years of this stupid nonsense and you still couldn't defeat that freak?!"

"My baby has been akumatized so many times since he was a toddler! I can't stand it anymore."

"My wife left me after I got akumatized..."

"Hawkmoth ruined my life!"

"Ladybug and Chat Noir are no heroes, they're useless!"

Ladybug shared a concerned glance with Chat Noir next to her and she speaks into the microphone:"People of Paris, please! We understand your concern, we know Hawkmoth ruined and hurt many people, that's why we fight every day in order to stop him! We will stop him!"

Another man shouted, "Oh, yeah? And when's that? When I'm old and gray?!"

"Ladybug, you have magic and technology on your side, can't you just track him down? Or follow his akumas back to his lair? What about installing cameras everywhere in the city?"

Officer Rodger immediately stepped up. "Ma'am, that is a violation of privacy for the citizens of Paris!"

"I don't care anymore! It's a violation for Hawkmoth to be running rampant for as long as he did! Do something!"

"You don't deserve to call yourselves superheroes if you can't defeat villains!"

A smoothie cup was thrown in Ladybug's direction but Chat Noir's staff quickly deflected it. "Hey!" Ladybug held a hand out to pacify her partner, but the crowd only grew angrier.

"You're no heroes! You're just kids in costumes with magic jewelry playing them!"

"Defeat Hawkmoth or go home!"

"Stop Hawkmoth's tyranny and Ladybug and Chat Noir's incompetence!"

The crowd threw expletives at the duo, Ladybug's shoulders set and her hands clenched into fists.

Her legs began to tremble.

Chat Noir acted quickly and grabbed his partner, using his staff to propel them off the stage and into the safety of the rooftops, away from prying eyes and offending mouths.

"Are you okay, m'lady?" Chat rubbed her back gently, biting his lips when he felt the weak tremors still wreaking over her body.

Ladybug's whisper sounded like a defeated confession. "...They are right, kitty... if we are heroes, then we should've defeated Hawkmoth a long time ago..."

Chat Noir grabbed her hands in his, tenderly caressing over her black spotted knuckles. "Hey, we're doing the best we can with what we have, LB. Hawkmoth is more experienced, he most likely has the resources to keep himself hidden. We can't just track him down with magic, if he could we would've already tried that. Don't listen to them, they're wrong."

Ladybug shook her head. "No...they aren't. Did we try everything? Maybe Alya should've disguised herself as Mayura and waited for Hawkmoth to contact her. Maybe if I had studied the miracle box and found a way to sense Nooroo and trace his presence back to Hawkmoth then-"

"Ladybug!"

The spotted heroine froze, it was very rare for her beloved partner to raise his voice at her. By the narrowed pupils in his eyes, she knew he was furious. "We. Are. Doing. Our. Best. They don't know how we work, they don't know how many other responsibilities and problems we have aside from being heroes! I would wanna see any of them try and be us for a single day!"

Chat Noir crossed his arms, pacing back and forth, the telltale click clack of his clawed feet hitting the concrete of the roof they sought refuge on.

And suddenly, Ladybug had an idea.

"...Maybe you're right."

Chat shook his shoulders. "Of course I am- uh, m'lady?" Spotting the familiar light, Chat Noir automatically turned around and kept his gaze to the sky to avoid spotting his partner's identity. "Mind telling me why it's a good idea to transform back on top of a roof?"

He heard Ladybug walk closer towards him. "Maybe you're right Chat Noir, maybe Paris deserves a chance at being better heroes than us."

Chat stopped himself midway from turning his entire body towards his partner in shock. "Wh- what?! Hey, wait, don't hissunderstand meow!" Chat Noir failed with his hands helplessly. "I was just joking! Do you know how dangerous our miraculous could be if they get into a random person's hands?! Master Fu tested us! But what if a bad person gets their hands on our miraculous."

His partner chuckled. "Remember the fail saves we programmed into our miraculous? In case we ever use our powers for evil, they transform us back into civilians and Tikki and Plagg would hide somewhere safe with the miraculous. It's to prevent Hawkmoth from ever getting them should he mind control us again."

Chat huffed, thinking of incidents where he got brainwashed under Hawkmoth's control. "Yeah, we could've used those a while back." He shook his head, inclined his head in his lady's direction without fully turning. "But... still, I don't know. It's dangerous. Our miraculous in the wrong hands could really mess things up."

Ladybug smirked. "Since the people of Paris think we mess things up, it would be a good opportunity to see them try better."

Slowly, the idea began to warm up to her partner, because he transformed back in the next second.

Marinette and Adrien kept their backs turned, staring down at their worried-looking kwamis.

"Are you sure about this?"

"Don't worry, Tikki, you know what to do if something goes wrong. We still have the other miraculous in case things go south."

"Ugh, why not just give them a different miraculous? How am I supposed to fund my camembert cravings?"

"I'll pack you an emergency bag, Plagg. And please don't destroy the city while I'm not with you."

"No promises, kid."

Marinette smiled, glancing down cautiously at the still rowdy crowd of dissatisfied people. "If the citizens of Paris think being a hero is so easy, why don't we sit back and watch them do it better?"

Adrien moved towards the other side, watching a different crowd slowly disperse. "Maybe we could learn a thing or two."

Marinette get to relax, and goes to the back to watch who can actually be salvaged.

Oh and Alya may or may not be smart enough, but Marinette want to protect her friend still and know that Lila’s lying interview will get Alya into trouble in the future, so she tells Alya to not publish them with reasoning like “it’s to protect civilians!” because obviously being friends with Ladybug is the class’s dirty little secret right?

I donno I’m just kinda wishing for a smart Marinette that can deal with Lila by not becoming a obvious target. You don’t want to 打草驚蛇, never tipped off the villain that you are onto them. Let they think they got you while you prepare for the greatest take down for the ages.

One wolf is telling me that Marinette is a sweet bean who doesn’t curse and her classmates actively make sure not to curse in her presence but if they every find out who said a curse word in front of Marinette, they would be punted into the Seine.

[Here’s a link to one of my favourite videos of hers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CfolgJ9Fik&ab_channel=MicarahTewers]

It’s just the scatterbrained, fashion-loving, wholesome vibes that are packed into those videos that are screaming Marinette to me. They both have the perfect chaotic energy. Like the channel might offically be for fashion, but she gets distracted with random other things so often. Like just imagine...

— Marinette: *sewing something* *the kwamis knock something over in the background and she looking back in a panic* Marinette: *looks back at the camera and lies* anyway I live in an attic and my house is haunted — (and Micarah does this thing where she uses absurb objects to measure things...) Marinette: cut out a strip of fabric roughly the size of your local cat friend’s boot- Marinette: trace a circle about the size of your imaginary pet ladybug’s head- — Marinette: *while handsewing and reading comments from a previous video* are you Adrien Agreste’s Pajama Girl? Ha. Ha. Ha. *spins around in her spinny chair and fake cries and turns around with the pajamas in hand* yes kill me now Marinette: am I Chat Noir’s Baker Girl? Well my parents are bakers. And I am a girl. So maybe. 👀 maybe I have multiple personalities! I’m baker girl, designer girl and pajama girl!! I’ve figured it out. I’ve connected the dots. I’ve connected them. — Marinette: *having righteous anger over fashion faux pas* — Marinette: I’m going to summon the ghost *throws crumbs on the floor* okay. Watch. The ghost will eat it. I swear I don’t lie. But they only do it when I’m alone. I’m not insane. *the kwamis eat the food, which the camera can’t pick up* you’re welcome o ghost for the offering — Marinette: *making rant videos about movies that did not deserve to win Oscars for fashion* Marinette: *getting distracted really easily, playing video games with her parents, baking, having Chat Noir and Alya visiting* Marinette: *pausing her work to stare at Adrien’s pictures* *looks at them longingly* anyway- — Marinette: *reading more comments about the “ghost” living with her* yes I am haunted…..by crippling pressure and self doubt- — Marinette: some of you guys have been saying that I have a crush on Adrien Agreste. *stares at camera* Anyway- — Marinette: *just sewing* *there’s a bump on the roof* AHHH- Marinette: *into the camera* it’s okay, it’s just a cat. *lets the cat in* Chat Noir: Hi, so Ladybug was busy tonight and I’m bored and hungry. Mari: and what do I owe you-? :/ …except my life… hold on, imma get you some gosh darn food- Chat: *after Marinette returns with food while eating* oh my gosh, I love croissants. I never get them. Marinette: *while picking a fabric, does double take* what? Sir- you live in Paris, how do you NEVER get croissants?? Chat: *swallows* that goes into secret identity territory… Marinette: Ah darn. Okay. Well I guess you just live in a big castle all by yourself and you can’t have croissants because your too poor to hire a chef and can’t make them yourself. How sad. Chat: *nodding* it’s so sad. Marinette: yes, now hold this role of velvet- — Marinette: hey everybody it’s Marinette. You can call me Marinette. No, it is not short for Marie Antoinette. — Marinette: I live in Paris. Yes, we’re still alive despite Mothman outlawing sadness. *whispers close to the camera* which really sucks for me- Marinette: *messes up on a stitch* hold on *goes to her balcony to scream for a second* okay I’m good — Hey so Chat Noir is here again this ungrateful stray- but he doesn’t want to sew tonight, so we’re going to bake cinnamon rolls, and I am just appalled because -honest to goodness- I swear he is a real cat because he has never baked anything in his life?? Sir did you never bake cookies with your mom? Wait- don’t answer that. Anyway, we’re changing the channel name to Marinette Bakes now I guess- (the channel is actually called Marinette Makes or something.) — She ends up having to do an interview with editing help from Alya to prove that she’s not Ladybug when people start theorizing. — Marinette: *walking down the street after fabric shopping* that’s Chloe Bourgeois. We are going to avoid her. She’s the mayors daughter. And we are not going to say anything else about her because, you guessed it, she’s the mayor’s daughter. — Marinette: *mad that something didn’t work* *makes an animation of an akuma coming for her* oH NO- — Constant interruptions by akumas.

Chloé's redemption arc starts with Chloé feeling sorry for everyone who had to see this hideous villain and she decides to help these people by giving them sunglasses. She throws up every time she sees this guy. He doesn't know about this and he recruits her, giving her the bee miraculous. Chloé only says she will help him, but she has another plans - after she throws up again cuz she had to watch him up close for too long. She finds Ladybug who is still broken after season 4 finale and she gives her the bee miraculous.

"Please defeat this monster, Ladybug. I'll do anything!"

Ladybug notices her pain and they hug. Chloé understands Ladybug's pain too now. If Chloé, who only played a part in Ladybug's defeat, feels so bad, imagine what Ladybug feels like when she's the one who got hurt. This helps Ladybug gain more confidence.

So. In canon, Ladybug has a) lucky charm, b) the miraculous cure, c) the akuma purifying and d) the magical charms. Chat has cataclysm, and by extent can also purify the akumas with it, and he has nightvision (shown in stormy weather)

Lets spice things up a bit. For me, the biggest advantage that Ladybug has is the miraculous cure, since that means that she can defeat an akuma without anyones help. But the ladybug and cat miraculous are supposed to be like ying yang.

So what if the miraculous cure would need ladybug and chats power working together?

I was thinking that since Ladybugs lucky charm stays until she uses it as the cure, Chat should have something similar. So basically, hed be able to summon his cataclysm, use it, and thered still be some of his power left that would only be able to be used for the miraculous cure.

So, the miraculous cure would work like this: Ladybug has her lucky charm, and needs chat to cataclysm it with his ''leftover power'' to activate the cure.

Also, I was thinking that ladybug and chat each bring something different to the cure: since Ladybugs power is the one of creation, her power would basically mend all the damage caused by the akuma. Since Chats power is destruction, his power would destroy all the stuff the akuma created.

So, now Ladybugs powers are: a) the miraculous cure ''mending'' aspect, b) lucky charm, c) akuma purifying and d) the magical charms.

Chat has a) cataclysm, b) he can purify the akumas with his cataclysm, c) he has the miraculous cure ''destruction'' aspect and d) he has nightvision.

Since the magical charms are basically useless now, it isnt rlly imbalanced. BUT, Chat has nightvision, while ladybug doesnt has anything similar.

So, you know how insects can like see in almost every direction? What if Ladybug could do that?

So now, Ladybug has: a) lucky charm, b) the mending aspect, c) akuma purifying and d) she can see in almost every direction.

Chat has: a) cataclysm, b) the destroying aspect of the cure, c) he can purify akumas with his cataclysm, and d) nightvision