Nino and Luka are completely different people

Is there any significance to Luka disappearing the moment before he tackled Nino? Probably not

What if all of us are actually nino too?….

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The world would be a better place

The real treasure was the Ninos we made along the way.

No really, converting people into Nino. Kinda like Reflekta but cooler.

If I was ever akumatized I want my power to be turning people into Nino.

Too bad it doesn’t work on Carapace or Viperion for some reason

Do you guys ever think of how the secret identities in Miraculous Ladybug actually tell a lot about the people under the mask?

Like how Ladybug is basically a confident Marinette in Taskmaster mode, which shows how Marinette has that same potential in her everyday life? Like when she isn’t stumbling over herself, Marinette is super competent. Her self esteem is usually what holds her back since she can get anxious easily, but she is awesome and Marinette needs to recognize that more. She literally can do everything she sets her mind to, despite some initial setbacks…

Or how Chat uses his mask as an outlet for himself? He is totally overcompensating but that’s understandable. It’s basically his rebellion against his oppressive upbringing. And he even acts like Chat Noir around his close friends sometimes, which shows his trust in them since he is willing to act less professional for just a bit with them! Also, there are those times where he actually calls people out as Chat, but Adrien wouldn’t have (His dad or Felix for instance). Basically, the mask helps show that he isn’t completely naive, but despite it all, he still chooses to believe in the goodness of most people.

And while Gabriel is totally stone-faced, Hawkmoth is over the top and super hammy. This shows how he is actually very passionate about his goal while serving as a mirror to Adrien/Chat Noir who does the same thing in essence. And when he is with Mayura, that scene with Mayura in Ladybug is the only time that Hawkmoth is shown to actually care about something other than the miraculous, even if Gabriel insists he will never move on from Emilie. (Also Adrien in Gorizilla)

Basically my point is that the anonymity shows a lot about their secret desires, but also their potential. But unfortunately, since Ladybug knows the temp heroes’ identities, it removes that level of secrecy that being a superhero should have, and they mostly just act like their civilian selves since Ladybug knows how they act, so they keep their civilian persona even in the mask.

So what if the temporary heroes had permanent status and completely secret identities?

And I get why they don’t, since having 5-17 superheroes for just one akuma is overkill. And then if you don’t put them in, you need to create some fake obstacles that keep them away which takes time that could be used on something more important. But this is just a neat what if.

So for Alya, I’m thinking that Rena Rouge was too eager at first and made a lot of dumb mistakes, kind of like Ladybug & Chat Noir in the beginning. But over time she learns to be more responsible and even becomes a mentor for any new superheroes since she understands how they may feel since the duo overshadows them, but the new superheroes also want to impress the originals. She herself feels inferior to Ladybug & Chat Noir, but she overcomes the hero worship and becomes an important member of the team.

And for a fun bit of irony, how about the media dragged Rena because Ladybug lost her temper and called out her recklessness to prove herself and impress the more experienced duo. They made up afterwards, but the news spun it so it sounded like they had an actual feud! Plus Rena was the first new superhero, and the last Fox heroine was actually a villain so a lot of Paris didn’t trust her. As a result, Rena has a bad relationship with the press bc of that history, which works out really well for her since Rena can’t exactly be in the same room as Alya. But it also gets kind of awkward since the other heroes try to convince her to give the Ladyblogger an interview because “She is so understanding, Rena! At least give her a chance!”. 

And the mask can show how Alya values doing the right thing over having the biggest scoop since she will never publish information that she got as Rena. Partly to protect her secret identity, and partly because no one gave Rena the tacit consent to post whatever information she hears. The superheroes know that reporters like Alya will post what they say, so they can be careful around them, but they may not exercise that same caution around Rena since she isn’t a reporter to them, she is their friend. And that’s why Rena won’t take post anything unless Alya knows it, because its the right thing to do. (Even if the public would love to hear the juicy superhero gossip.)

And as for Chloe, maybe she realizes that she doesn’t have to be mean to impress her mother since no one knows who Queen Bee is. And Chloe wants to be liked, but she needs to figure out how to get people to like her without her family name involved. So she thinks of the two people she likes most: Sabrina and Adrien. Sabrina always does what she says and Adrien is always kind to everyone, so Chloe figures that means she has to do what everyone says to get people to like her.

But Queen Bee hates it. She doesn’t want to waste time doing meaningless favors for these strangers. And she also clearly doesn’t want to be here, so people don’t think she is genuine for a second. Chloe thinks this is all a waste of time, despite Pollen’s objections.

However, one day she helps this little girl cross the street, and she gives Queen Bee some heartfelt thanks. And Chloe is shocked that her effort paid off and this person actually liked her. And it felt weirdly good? Like just doing someone a favor and knowing you made their day better is actually kind of nice? Who knew? So Queen Bee starts doing a lot more community service, and people start to respect her for doing any task, no matter how big or small. And the more people praise Queen Bee, the more she tries to help people. The cycle continues. And because Chloe is out there helping people, she starts to become more empathetic towards the hotel Staff and Sabrina because who knew that doing stuff for others was so much work?

And then Chloe starts to realize that these people actually like Queen Bee, and it’s so different from how everyone treats Chloe usually. And if she had to choose, Chloe liked how people saw Queen Bee more than how they saw Chloe. So she starts doing more favors as Chloe instead of always being a jerk. But people don’t believe that she suddenly changed, and it’s a long road to forgiveness, but being Queen Bee gives Chloe another chance to look at herself and see what she could be.

As for Carapace, Nino is actually Luka so we already know how he would act if he had a secret identity. 

But i guess now Carapace starts carrying a guitar?

I feel bad since that was pretty anticlimatic, so here is the actual Nino with a secret identity content:

I feel like Nino would have some trouble with authority since he has to deal with people like Gabriel and tried to sit in the back of the class at first. Basically he doesn’t like them, but he is powerless to deal with them. But now as a superhero he does have power.

Don’t get me wrong, he definitely does the job properly, defending the civilians and beating up Akumas, but maybe he slips up sometimes. Like he accidentally promotes his soundcloud since he is used to doing that, but as Carapace he actually has people who look up to him and they flock to this cool new artist that Carapace listens to. So there is this whole thing about how ethical doing that was. Basically the Great Power comes Great Responsibilities schtick.

But Carapace knows what what it’s like to be pushed around by those in power, so I’d like to think he’d do his best to be different. He’d stand up for the weak and be the person he wishes was there for him. So maybe he speaks out if he ever sees anyone abuse power, or maybe he signal boosts any issues that people can help with (via donations or just emotional support)