Adventures In Time & Space

loveybug au loveybug au loveybug au loveybug au for the wip ask game!

thanks for the ask, @hueynomure and @wackus-bonkus-maximus!!

I don't really have MUCH of this aside from the idea tbh, but it was like...me trying to put myself in the headspace of what might drive Marinette to become Loveybug. And I came up with something a little different from the original Loveybug origin story, in that Marinette doesn't set out to transform into Loveybug. It happens by accident after Elation, when she's trying to push aside that part of her that loves Chat Noir...and she finds can't quite do it.

So there's an Akuma, and she transforms...only to look in the mirror and realize THAT'S NOT WHAT HER SUIT IS MEANT TO LOOK LIKE. TIKKI WTF? (Aka her true inner desire is that she does NOT want to give up on her love, and that feeling is so strong that it's manifesting in her transformation.)

Other highlights include Chat Noir thinking she's the Akuma when she shows up, and then her realizing...Chat Noir doesn't want Ladybug anymore. And he can't date Marinette....so maybe Loveybug is her last chance. Hopefully Chat Noir won't disappear and--oh. what's Catwalker doing here?

ALSO my headcanon that loveybug's name stems from an "I'm Ma-madly clumsy" type situation. Like she's trying to explain to Chat Noir that "I'm Ladybug and I'm in love with you!" and it comes out "I'm Loveybug!"