im so obsessed w the mixed sides of the square lol i feel like my brain is constantly ping ponging between marichat and ladrien bc im like…..friends to lovers…..mutual pining…..secrets hangouts in Marinette’s room…..secret hangouts in Adrien’s room…..cuddling……CUDDLING….
like don’t get me wrong, I adore ladynoir and adrinette and think about them a lot too lol. but marichat and ladrien specifically are like crack to me!!! bc while ladynoir and adrinette can operate completely independently of marichat and ladrien (like, marichat and ladrien don’t even have to interact ever for ladynoir and adrinette to exist/develop), by nature of the pairing marichat and ladrien CANNOT be independent. their relationship inevitably affects ladynoir and adrinette and the entire square. when ladrien and marichat are developed, you have to think about how this affects the other ships and the identity shenanigans go through the ROOF oh man like……..chat noir feeling slightly smug bc he’s finally dating ladybug and she doesn’t even know it…..marinette staring at the back of Adrien’s head in class thinking about how they made out last night and he has no idea it was her…..adrien desperately trying not to let all the inside jokes he has with marinette as chat noir slip out……ladybug being so tempted to cancel patrol for the third time in a row bc playing video games inside a blanket fort sounds like a funner way to spend time with her catboyfriend……
i will stop myself there but in conclusion superhero x civilian good
@crocojagged very glad you brought this up bc I frequently think about how both marichat my beloved and ladrien my beloved could be canon at the same time. platonic best friends marichat and dating ladrien or even dating marichat and “‘moved on’ and now we’re just Very Good Friends” ladrien. it doesn’t matter that there are not enough hours in the day for them to somehow maintain two secret relationships and be superheroes and high schoolers I don’t care we really could have it all
Speaking of that (this isn’t marichat and ladrien exclusively but) I love the fic the definition of insanity by @peachcitt bc they date and break up on every side before the reveal and it’s so bittersweet and beautiful how they always come back to each other and can never truly move on from “either” person bc they are the same all along 🤧🤧🤧
Y'know what it's late and I'm not done thinking about this because like. They meet for patrol. Chat Noir's thinking "haha she has no idea that she hangs out with me as Adrien all the time." And Ladybug's thinking the same exact thing about him hanging out with her as Marinette. They're both so smug. They each think they're the one that knows everything, but they KNOW NOTHING. THEY HAVE NO IDEA.
And then! As Adrienette they're even more protective of each other as civilians. Whenever an akuma attack goes off they're arguing, both trying to take each other to safety before they transform to fight the akuma. Their brains turn off because they must protect their verygood™ friend!! "I already put them at risk by visiting them so much as a superhero, so I gotta make sure to look out for them" and that's definitely the only reason, it's definitely not because they're in love and wouldn't know what to do with themselves if the other got hurt ever ... (whoops it got a little angsty there)
Anyway I think Plagg would explode from being witness to this
