I'm Not Saying I'm Gonna Riot If They Don't Cast Biracial Actors For Carter And Sadie

Okay guys, here me out: Wicked AU

Basically imagine Lila just keeps lying and Marinette finally snaps, calling her out on her bullshit and everyone is pissed and Marinette is just like yeah fuck this, and leaves and Adrien tries to plead with her to apologize and basically it’s Defying Gravity with Marinette as Elphaba and Adrien as Glinda and it ends with Marinette choosing to do what’s best for herself and it was okay, let everyone think she’s wicked–at least she won’t be bowing down to anyone. 

So months pass and the school regards Marinette as a terrible person but she is still confident and proud. She laughs at the image that’s been given to her. No one goes near her or else it would be social suicide. 

Finally, Chloe is fed up and joins Marinette, Sabrina follows. Chloe knows Marinette is not a bully–she even is kind to her. Naturally, Chloe and Sabrina get shunned but ironically, they find Marinette’s company far more enjoyable than their other classmates and become overprotective of her against the class and Lila. 

In comes new student Felix, who sits in the back with Marinette, finding everyone in the class to be loud and annoying or trying to get into his space. Marinette is surprised, but offers him a sunny smile and lets him be. Felix finds her respect of his boundaries comforting. It isn’t long before Lila and the class, sans Adrien, try to convince Felix Marinette is wicked, but he doesn’t buy it. Marinette has been nothing but respectful towards him since he sat with her. 

Lila pulls something on him, maybe like steals something of his or vandalizes his bag, and tries to frame Marinette, who only faces him and says she didn’t do it, but she would do whatever it took to fix his bag. He sees honesty in her eyes and he doesn’t believe Marinette did it. He accuses Lila, noticing some clues that lead him to believe she was the one who vandalized his bag. Lila protests and puts up an act, but Felix doesn’t buy it, angry she did this and tried to frame Marinette. He tells off the class and says from what he’s seen, Marinette doesn’t do anything and doesn’t bother anyone so to him, they were the bullies and he doesn’t want to associate with bullies. They try to protest, citing that Marinette is a terrible person and Felix just says “I don’t care. You’re irrelevant. Get out of my sight.” 

He continues to sit with Marinette and they become closer and she invites him to sit with her, Chloe, and Sabrina. Chloe and Sabrina accept him, since they saw he was able to see through Lila’s lies and easily see Marinette wasn’t like that. They tell him Marinette has always been kind to them, even when they didn’t deserve it, so it was ridiculous to say that Marinette would vandalize his bag for no apparent reason. 

Marinette keeps her promise and sews up his bag, and Felix gets to spend some time with her at her house, finding it warm and soothing. Chloe and Sabrina often hang out there too. The four of them become a group. Marinette and Felix get closer, and Felix learns from her to not always be serious all the time. That sometimes life can be fun. She teaches him how to mellow out, but also respects his boundaries and interests. She listens to him, even when he’s grumpy, and offers him reassurances. Before Felix realizes it, he’s fallen for Marinette. Chloe notices, rolling her eyes, and calls him out. Felix gets defensive saying he doesn’t know what she’s talking about. 

“Well duh! Everyone falls for Marinette at some point! It’s happened to me already!” says Chloe scoffing, blushing. 

Soon Luka transfers to their school, worried about what he’s been hearing from Juleka. Marinette being evil? It was impossible to him. Seeing everyone shunning Marinette in action and seeing how she’s being treated immediately has him joining their group, very protective of Marinette from bullies. He won’t let anyone hurt his precious person. 

Eventually, Ladybug and Chat Noir fall out of balance. Adrien not sticking up for Marinette and ousting Lila riddles him with guilt, he often gets nightmares. He fights with himself, staying in denial. He was taking the high road–It was Marinette who chose not to get along with everyone. He didn’t force her to snap. Plagg has tried to get him to see his mistakes, but Adrien stays in denial. Eventually Plagg and the ring are taken from him, and Fu confronts him saying that he has failed his partner in her moment of need. Ladybug and Chat Noir need to be partners, and Adrien abandoned his partner. Adrien realizes that Marinette is Ladybug too late. He’s devastated. How could he do this to someone he claimed to be in love with? He is left alone to grieve for his loss. 

Next day he goes to the school and comes out with the truth. Lila is a liar. The class is shocked, horrified that Adrien apparently knew this whole time. Lila is quick to save herself, claiming that Adrien did something to her, and the others see that Adrien has been distant ever since Marinette has been shunned. They realize he has feelings for Marinette and deny he’s telling the truth. 

However, there are some who believe him, such as Kagami, who actually punches him when he tells the truth. She’s furious–Marinette was her first friend and Adrien lied, making it sound like Marinette was actually terrible and caused Kagami to stay away from her. She denounces Adrien and immediately sets forth to her class, telling them what she knew. Her class, containing Aurore and other kids, put to work to spread what they know to help Marinette. Marinette is shocked coming lunch time there’s a lot more people who want to sit with her. They apologize and tell her they’re going to fight for her. Kagami vows she will never let anyone steer her away from Marinette ever again. The girls cry together. 

Meanwhile, Felix finds Plagg’s box, and Plagg tells him he is now Chat Noir, as he has demonstrated loyalty to Ladybug. He figures out that Marinette is Ladybug, and he vows to be by her side on and off the battlefield. He goes to Marinette and confesses he now has the Cat Miraculous and knows she’s Ladybug. He tells her fiercely, embracing her tight “You’re never going to be alone again. I won’t ever let you suffer by yourself ever again. I swear it.” 

Eventually Chloe, Sabrina, Luka, Kagami, and a few others get their own Miraculous to join the fight against Hawkmoth. It doesn’t take them long to figure out who Ladybug is, and they love Marinette even more, also swearing loyalty to her. 

With Kagami’s class working towards denouncing Marinette’s previous image, students start getting smart, and soon Lila’s hold on them fades, and Lila is getting desperate. The school starts turning against each one of the classmates, and they are all angry and upset. Lila’s control over them is slipping, and they soon figure out that Lila has been indeed lying, Adrien was right, and they shunned their precious friend for months, claiming she was wicked and evil. They want blood. They end up getting akumatized and Hawkmoth has an army. Ladybug and the team defeat them, and they are left with regrets that they have hurt Marinette. They apologize to her, but she doesn’t forgive them. She actually thanks them because now she has actual friends that love and support her, and if they didn’t push her to her limits, she would’ve stayed depending on and loving people who didn’t return the favor. 

In the end, Adrien and Marinette have a talk, and Adrien reveals he knows she’s Ladybug and that he knows she will never forgive him, but he still loves her, and he’s going to spend every day making it up to her, and it’s okay she doesn’t love him back. Losing the ring made him realize he was being a child, and he needs to work on himself to be better. Marinette accepts his apology but doesn’t forgive him–maybe one day, she thinks, but not now. 

It ends with Marinette being happy with her new friends. Felix is beside her as always, and she eyes him fondly with a shy smile. He catches her look, giving her a smile. Everyone catches the exchange. 

“So I guess Felix is smitten now too, huh?” Luka speaks. Marinette squeaks while Felix gapes. Luka smiles “Nice to see you join the club.” 

“W-what?” Felix splutters. 

“Yes, liking Marinette is like a man breathing after all.” Kagami chimes in. Marinette’s face gets redder. 

“I don’t–”

“i told you, Felix. everyone eventually falls for Marinette sooner or later” Chloe flips some hair over her shoulder. 

“You–” 

“Oh, thank god. I thought I was the only one!” Sabrina confessed. Others sitting with them also chime in their own Marinette crushes and Marinette’s entire face is cherry red, and everyone coos at how adorable she is. 

Adrien: I’m completely fine with them together. (Watching Marinette and Luka talk about music)

Luka: Your idea is a Whole Note better then mine.

Marinette: (giggles) That’s a funny pun.

Adrien: That is where I draw the line. (Heads over there)

Adrien: Look Luka, you’re a nice guy. But I have to look out for Marinette. So anything you do to her, you have to do with me first.

Luka:(Rolls his eyes, thinking it’s a bluff) Okay sure, so if I want to kiss Marinette, I’m gonna have to kiss you first?

Adrien: (Looks at him) Pucker up pal.

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Marinette: I just saw Adrien kissing Luka, what even is my life!?

Favorite Manga (Only) Couples

It's about time I gave some love to some underrated couples (and manga). This was a .... difficult list to make, mainly because most manga I read nowadays typically has an anime adaptation, whether I've watched it or not. Most of the couples here are from my EARLY days of manga reading, but the first two are my newest "manga only" loves. I ended up bending the rules a little because this was HARD sfodxkfskfd

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Kail/Yuri, from Red River

Ryo/Dee, from FAKE

(yes, there's technically two OVA videos for FAKE, but idgaf lol)

Takiko/Uruki, from Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden

Haine/Takanari, from The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross

Najika/Daichi, from Kitchen Princess

Alice/Julius, from Alice in the Country of Hearts

Alice/Boris, from Alice in the Country of Clover

Kagetora/Beni, from Shinobi Life

Chiharu/Ryo, from Girl Got Game

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Honorable Mention: Manga Couple with an Anime Adaptation, but I've Only Read the Manga!

Sakura/Syaoran, from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

Gajeel is such a big bro

Gajeel’s relationship with Wendy and Natsu is literally

with Wendy:

vs with Natsu:

Hello! Do y’all or any of your followers have tips or resources for living out of a camper van or tiny home? I would like to live in both at some point and would appreciate tips on either/or. Thank you so much!

I recently got obsessed with watching Tiny House tours on Youtube. There are a lot of different channels that have tours, tips, and advice. I know that @bitchesgetriches also has some good posts both pro and con tiny house living. So definitely check their index.

Does anyone have specific experience with living in a van or tiny house?– Mimi

Luka Couffaine

Blueberry snake boi🐍

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YOU CAN’T SHOW ME THIS AND EXPECT ME TO NOT SHIP IT

Likeee

Ok. So this is just something I noticed in the ep. Earlier, we get this adorable scene where Luka and Marinette just click and seem to get the same idea with no other communication whatsoever. Like, they already know what each other is thinking and they know the other knows too. Initially, I thought was a Ladynoir parallel because they usually do the same thing during their own trysts.

But then, later on in the episode, Chat Noir and Ladybug look like they’re at a total dissonance. Maybe it’s a post-Oblivio effect or Chat’s more dense than usual, but the point is Ladynoir somehow doesn’t have that same level of communication as before. Like Ladybug gives up pretty quickly and just ends up texting him everything…and even then, Chat Noir kinda takes a while to get it, and makes a lot of jokes along the way. (Like why was he so happy about the fact that Ladybug might be her superhero persona permanently? Like, he even joked about it being a good thing? Weird flex, but ok)

Like, no salt…but that’s weird, right? Like why are these two situations being presented to us in the audience, when clearly, in previous episodes Ladynoir have no trouble communicating their plans without words and even get back to that rhythm later on?

Like, is it to show us that, hopefully, maybe, finally, there’ll be some change in the dynamics? Because season 1 Mari would have never been so taken with another dude (e.g. Nino, Nath, Chat Noir), but now Adrien doesn’t even cross her mind. Like, color me impressed, that’s development I didn’t expect. (And I’m kinda hoping it sticks).

Like, these are only my unorganized thoughts, feel free to disagree with me. But did anyone else notice the difference in atmosphere with the Ladynoir confession scenes and the Lukanette confession scenes we’ve had so far?

Anyways, I still ship Love Square but I also ship Lukanette and rn, I think deviance from the love square would be good for them, because Oblivio showed that without all the complicated factors of the love square with idealization and stuff, Adrienette is adorable. Meanwhile, Lukanette is a mutually supportive relationship where Marinette and Luka can both benefit from, and even if it doesn’t work out in the long run, they look like they’d be pretty happy together for the short time they would have.

(P.S. Rose looking confused is a MOOD)

Edit: So, I re-watched the ep, and apparently the whole Chat Noir thing being too nonchalant about Ladybug’s situation was an oversight on my part. Sorry about that. He looks pretty distressed before making a joke about it. Unfortunately Ladybug doesn’t take it too well. But even with that thought, Chat was pretty wholesome this ep so I didn’t mind tbh.

Also, this ep is apparently before Oblivio? Thanks to @karokitten-chan for pointing that out. Now, I’m curious about the in-between episodes but that’s another post.

Nov. 26th, 2022

For the last four years, I’ve held down the same job working graveyard (or Noc shift) at a care facility. At times it can be really fun! Especially with my last shift partners, we had a lot in common and laughed a lot. She made the shift fun, she made my job bearable. However, for the last three months I’ve had a different partner who I can’t count on and slowly, my mental health has dropped. More so because of the lack of sleeping during the night and having the energy to be with friends in my free time. There’s not much to say besides I’m tired, so so tired. Tired enough that I’ll cry in my car or stay in bed all day… if I didn’t need the money to live, I would quit in a heartbeat.

In which Marinette enjoys seeing Luka with a ladybug mask and Luka knows Mari is ladybug :,)

Fast sketches of these cuties because after seeing the new episode how could I noT DRAW LUKA WITH A LADYBUG MASK