extraordinaryelizabeth replied to your post āBeen thinking about this AU...ā
I HAVE MORE IDEAS BECAUSE ME AND A NEW FRIEND OF MINE WERE BRAINSTORMING!!Ā
-So before Marinette became Ladybug thereās this touching scene where Adrien lets Mari feel his face to get an idea of him
-Her dog is actually old Marinette/PV Marinette, Bridgette basically. She kind of doesnāt like AdrienĀ at first but loves Chat Noir because heās always protecting Ladybug and since Bri isnāt all that close with Adrien she isnāt able to figure out they are the same person for a while kind of like how a dogās owner puts on a mask in front of them and suddenly the dog thinks theyāre a different person.
-Felix (Old Adrien/PV Adrien) is Adrienās cousin and they are constantly caught aggressively signing to one another because Felix knows Adrien is Chat so heās always getting mad at him for being reckless and Adrien is mad because Felix is mad.
-Felix is constantly left in charge of taking care of Bri while Chat and Ladybug have to go in fight, especially more when they learn each otherās identities. He actually hates dogs but begins to take a liking to this dog.
-Bri is a basset hound mixed with another breed of dog so she looks like a tall basset hound and everyone thinks she looks weird but when Mari sees her for the first time she falls in love all over again. Also, Felix constantly makes fun of Briās looks.
-Bri is always protecting Felix from the akumas and Felix always calls her a good girl afterwards, and she loves it.
-Bri is Mariās seeing-eye dog and is not allowed in the school so Mari is stuck using her white cane and thatās why she is always forgetting it, because she is used to having Bri with her.
-After learning Ladybug as a civilian is actually blind, Chat takes her on a tour of Paris. (When they have free time, of course).
-When Adrien heard Chloeās voice for the first time in YEARS he actually thought it was annoying for a while so he kind of dreaded being around Chloe as Chat for a good while.
-For the firstĀ āseasonā of this universe they manage to keep their identities a secret from one another. They actually become a lot closer than they do in the show.Ā
-They both collective find out the otherās identity at theĀ āseason finaleā because there were obvious freaking hints. Like why the heck does Marinette know what Nathanielās latest drawing looks like? Why is Adrien singing a song he hasnāt even heard? They both come up with really lame excuses.
-Marinette is still a great seamstress and Adrien still plays the freaking piano like a boss. Since they are closer in this AU due to their past she often gets to hang out and hear him play and he doesnāt know how freaking good he is, he just likes the feeling. Marinette tends to make remarks,Ā āAre you sure youāre deaf?ā Then heāll reply with,Ā "Last I checked, I was best friends with a blind seamstress prodigy"
-Marinette and Adrien tend to get in trouble together a lot of the time
-After finding out their identities they both donāt know the other knows so the spend half theĀ āsecond seasonā trying to figure out how to tell the other which makes all their interactions delightfully awkward. It also leaves room for beautiful scenes like;
Chat: Marinette will be fine.
Ladybug: You donāt freaking care about her?!
Chat: Well sheās a strong girl. She can handle herself. *gets attacked by an akuma*
Ladybug: *fighting* But, you arenāt even a little worried?
Chat: *pinned down* Can we talk about this later?
-Also, thereās totally an āepisodeā where thereās an akuma that turns people into domestic animals (like pets such as cats, dogs, birds, lizards, etc.) and Adrien throws the ring to Felix just as heās about to get turned into a cat. Then he and Bri are stuck getting along as Felix has to figure out how to be Chat and Mari is 100% done with life.Ā
-Chloe tended to bully Marinette for her disability but upon entering the school, Adrien finds that real shallow especially since he shares a similar problem so he has a hard time hanging out with Chloe because heās reminded of that and Chloe feels real bad so sheās always trying to make it up to him.
-Also, in the future, when Mari and Adrien get together Felix basically only visits them for a dog so fun scenes like this happen;
"I'm taking Bri on a walk"Ā
"But she was walked a few hours ago-"Ā
"It's nice out. Let me know when the wii's set up"
"It's like 20 degrees outside and it's cloudy" (I know thatās not how temperature works in France, Iāll do research! XD)
Also another friend of mine came up with this and it speak for itself, itās in her own words;
What if Marinette moved into the attic because her parents were super big worry-warts and although she loved them dearly, she felt a little suffocated, so she needed some space and she was becoming a teen so that didn't help. And she always struggles up the ladder and she like always slips a little when she's tired. And one time her dad came by while she was heading up and she slipped and fell backwards and Tikki popped out of her purse and like struggled to catch her, stopping her just long enough for Marinette to grab onto the side of the ladder and then she shot back into Marinette's purse. And her dad blinks, because it all happened so fast and he's sure he was just going mad with worry because there definitely was not a tiny red and black thing helping his daughter out and he's like: "Woah! Great reflexes, honey!" As Marinette kind of awkwardly laughs, blushes, and steadies herself.
So... I love this AU a lot and more ideas are sure to freaking come, donāt you worry. I am probably gonna try and force myself to write it.