what would you have me do?

Thinking about how Miraculous, as a show, really likes to mess with popular romance tropes... and then thinking about post-reveal Ladybug and Chat having to fake-not-date.

Marinette confessing to Adrien that quite a few people know her identity at this point. Adrien being a little like "really???" because he has actually done a decent job on this front. Marinette further explaining that the people who know will absolutely have her ASS if she does anything to hurt Adrien. They have an incredibly hard time not being affectionate as heroes. Rumors spread and Marinette gets confronted and has to be like "no hahaha we're just friends I promise." They accidentally slip and kiss or something. All hell breaks loose. Kagami tries to break Chat Noir's kneecaps for being a homewrecker.

adrien is a hunk only in the sense that he’s an attractive young man but he is always a dainty little wet leaf in my mind. marinette calls him a hunk but she could bench press him. thanks for coming to my ted talk

in fairness, Marinette can bench press Kim. not sure about Ivan but I wouldn't bet she can't.

It's why she got into fashion - couldn't find shirts that fit her

One last tiny sketch on this thread

so i finally watched the ep and once i was done watching @emsylcatac said that physics is adrien's favorite subject and that works well with him potentially being an architect since physics is essential to that and that got me thinking...

adrien wanting to be an architect so he can design warm homes for happy families, something he never had growing up

The real reason Plagg is so sleepy is not because he is a cat but because he’s secretly been taking a nighttime correspondence course when Adrien is asleep and now he is a licensed child therapist

Saw a beret with cat ears on pinterest and I 😂😂 because Adrien absolutely would

Look at this stupid thing 😂😂 Chat most definitely would

Just realised how much Félix must get the mick taken out of him at school over Adrien's perfume ad. Suddenly all his dislike of his cousin makes sense.

Marichat valentine which says, "You are the cat of my memes"

Felix has the peacock miraculous and is clearly going to use its power at some point, right? Felix, who seems to be morally against creating and destroying sentimonsters at will? Who if he creates a sentimonster, it’d have to be a life-long partner that he’d never destroy, and probably also fit into society and not ring any alarm bells for the average citizen? 

Look. All I’m saying is that if he doesn’t make a corgi dog I’ll be disappointed. 

JUST SAYING

my answer to the whole “félix walks around with international supermodel adrien’s face” is that there is no answer to it … stuff like this just happens and fans roll with it (for the most part)

imagine Psycomedian calls Chat Noir "Chaton" in that mocking way villains sometimes do and Angrybug immediately decks him in the face for it like "ONLY I CAN CALL HIM CHATON"

Angrybug: I am NOT YOUR Lady [Pointing at Chat Noir] I'm HIS LADY

Chat Noir: [abruptly stopping his arts and crafts] you're what

it me… drawing @rosekasa ‘s headcanon again because my brain and hand refuses to do anything else 

(if ya haven’t seen her post, she said that ladynoir pulls a joe jonas/sophie turner but with Awkward Prom Poses every time paparazzi show up and it. it is very funny to me idk)

hi I'm gonna talk about post-reveal pre-relationship (because I can) and in this totally disorganised essay I will list reasons why it is important that we get post-reveal pre-relationship in the show and why it makes sense (to me and my personal needs but consider this list has everyone's best interests at heart and not just my own)

1. post-reveal pre-relationship in Ephemeral was brilliant so imagine getting all of this but it lasts more than like 5minutes. like imagine we really take the time to see them reconciling the other's identity in more than one episode

2. once the reveal happen, we get to look forward to them getting together and imagine tons of different scenarios (we already do that but you get what I mean right): it's like once your birthday has passed there's still christmas to look forward to, you know?

3. we get to see them fall in love a second (or third 😏) time

4. it really is upping the clowning to the next level honestly and what is this show if not a clowns show

5. we saw pictures of Adrien as Chat Noir in ephemeral thanks to the Marinette Freak Out Vision, but now I also need to see pictures of Chat Noir as Adrien too so if the next Marinette Freak Out Vision could give us that it would be neat (ladyblog pictures of Chat Noir's acrobatics from Rocketear I'm counting on you)

6. In the same idea and logic, we never got to see the Adrien Simp Vision of switching pictures of Marinette and Ladybug and really I think we should see it too for our personal simp reasons

7. the shenanigans and doubts of "has he moved on? does he still love me even though I rejected him before? shit he's not flirting why did I tell him to stop, I take it baaack" and "who is buttercup I really really really need to know, yes you can practice your confession for him on me my lady doesn't hurt one bit haha ha"

8. if you think the pining pre-reveal is bad, imagine the pining in a prpr situation. it'd be a nightmare but a nightmare we're willing to have

9. the classmates obliviously discussing Ladybug & Chat Noir's romantic endeavours right in front of Adrien & Marinette who have to just stand here and listen knowing it's exactly themselves they're talking about

10. Even better, they ask Marinette her opinion on Ladybug and Chat Noir's romantic feelings when Adrien is right here

11. Marinette putting up pictures of Chat Noir in her room

12. Adrien hiding pictures of Marinette in his room

13. every or so episode we get to be like "this is it. this is the one. it's gonna happen" and last second they chicken out but we got an awfully sweet moment we will scream about (in both frustration and happiness)

14. the end of ship wars within the same ship as we all scream towards the same goal: get together for the love of cheese

15. them going on a date-what date-this is not a date many many times

anyway I need to go to bed but who knows I just might continue this list later

may i add

16. adrien "just a partner, definitely not still in love with my lady" agreste coming over to marinette "not in love with my cat-model because he could never be in love with me" dupain-cheng for sleepover funsies you know nothing serious just cause we're friends and friends do that sort of thing and also i guess platonically cuddle haha

17. literally EVERYONE ships them or is lying to themselves. tom and sabine invite adrien over for dinner on sundays and yeah it's just a friend think dad please stop making heart souffles but also they love the heart souffles

18. adrien making moonie heart eyes at marinette in class and getting in trouble by the teacher because he can't stop looking at her. and everyone points this out to marinette but our girl is in deeeeep denial so she makes up dumb excuses for herself

19. PRPR LADYNOIR HAVE TO BE FAKE BUT NOT REALLY FAKE IN LOVE FOR AN AKUMA AND DEAR LORD THEY'RE SO GOOD AT BEING TOTALLY PLATONIC AND NOT IN LOVE BUT ALSO SHE'S HOLDING HIS HAND FOR WAY TOO LONG AND HE'S GIVEN HER 10 FOREHEAD KISSES AND ALSO GUYS THE BATTLE ENDED THE AKUMA IS GONE WHY ARE YOU STILL DOING THIS WE ARE GOING TO ADFKHDSJKGSH

Yes you may add THANK YOU Bushy you get me!! And the funny thing is, I wanted to continue this list starting with what you put on number 19 so I'm glad to see our prpr brain is connected 😌 these are also very compelling reasons as to why prpr should happen, 100% convincing 10/10 👏

20. Ladybug making shameless heart eyes at Chat Noir. Yes she does already but she would up the number like crazy and we deserve to see it

21. Ladybug saving Adrien one day and of course they get cosy cause they know but then the media go on this huge crazy poll of "what's better? Ladybug + Chat Noir = ♥︎ or Ladybug + Adrien = ♥︎?" and they get twice the embarrassment because they know it's still them. And people keep on asking Adrien about it at school and he's all nervous because Marinette is right there and no matter what he answers and which ship he supports he's screwed.

22. Back to your number 17. but Tom telling Adrien all about that time they got Chat Noir over and how he's so glad Marinette moved on because while Chat Noir was great he was in love with Ladybug, which Marinette was sad about. And Adrien and Marinette have to stand like 🙂🙂🙂h ha ah crazy right

23. Marinette and Adrien sending a heart to each other over text and worrying for like 15minutes over whether it's a good idea or not, if it could be misinterpreted or not, and what if they found out I'm in love with them???? and damnit it's just a hearttt

24. the potential of Adrien literally finding out about anything Marinette has done for him in secret and blue-screening like "hdgjhhjdf ladybug marinette did that for me??? m - e ?!?!" cause yeah it's sweet pre-reveal but. post-reveal pre-relationship and suddenly it's both his amazing friend from school and his best friend - love of his life who did and he cannot deal

25. getting yet another umbrella scene god bells 🙏

Given what a terrible father Gabriel is, I think it would be VERY funny if deep in his Hawkmoth hideout he has one of those "WHO IS CHAT NOIR?" corkboards with all the red string and pictures and information tied together.

And it's got like "best friend: Nino" and "close friends with Marinette?" and Adrien's homeroom teacher and Adrien's general practitioner and Adrien's dentist and Adrien's birthday and favorite foods and hobbies and interests

And all of this information points back to this image of Chat Noir in the center with "WHO?????????" written across him in red sharpie while Gabriel bangs his fists against the board screaming "Who could this boy possibly be?!??!"

I mean. 

It’s canon that he knows that every. single. miraculous. holder. whose identity he knows is closely associated with his son. 

It’s canon that he used his son to get them all in the same place for easy pickings. 

mmm shy adrien

Shy Adrien who blushes when he thinks about his lady but hides his face behind his hands cause he's smiling so silly like and thinking wow i love her and Ladybug who giggles at him cause she knows and she feels the same but she wants to see his shy silly love sick smile so she gently takes his hand in hers and pulls it down from his face and he trys to turn away and laughs because "My Lady no! I look ridiculous!" but Ladybug just holds his face between two warm hands and pulls him towards her and whispers "You look beautiful." and his face is a splotchy red and his hair is a mess but she really thinks so and she pulls him even closer and

thank you this is exactly it

happy valentine’s day nino and alya love each other and they’re the cutest and they smooch a lot and would literally die for each other

Hello your honor I love them but not as much as they love each other!

adrien and felix played basketball together before (shooting contests) so my bet is felix definitely told adrien it doesn't matter which goal he shoots in order to get more points

So at this point I just have to assume that every interaction Marinette and Adrien have is Adrien thinking that Marinette is a god of weird, surreal humor.

Why did Marinette give me a pottery wheel and then immediately throw it in the garbage? Because she's hilarious. Marinette's turning my car down because she's taking coleslaw? lol bon appetit. Marinette calls me hot fifty times in weird stuttering sentences before ultimately answering my question with something normal like "yeah dogs are great"? She's so funny. These are the greatest jokes. I never have any idea where these conversations are going and I love it.

I honestly can't even blame him. I'm taking back his oblivious card. It's so much better in my head that he just thinks she's the funniest girl in school.