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Sideblog for ML Salt mostly (and maybe some other fandoms). Lukanette is my bias. Canon is now my rival. Current Project: “The Blue Skies and Your Eyes” (Epilogue for “The One to Make It Stay”) Ao3 is xxoceanswavesxx
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A Somewhat Approximate Timeline for “The One to Make It Stay”

Please note I had to take extreme liberties trying to cram two seasons worth of episodes into the 2015-2016 French school year to even begin figuring out how the passage of time goes for this. Thankfully, it should be easier in the future to place, and I will add on more as need be.

EDIT: Now with more precise dates. Spoilers abound for everything up to the most recent chapters of “Radio” and “Paper Sky”.

EDIT 2 (11/18/19): Updated to include Alya’s POV and the first chapter of “All the Laughs”.

EDIT 3 (12/19/19): Will now have spoilers through “All the Laughs” and Adrien’s second Interlude.

EDIT 4 (2/16/20): Now contains spoilers for the first three chapters of “Bottle” as well as the second Alya interlude and Luka’s interlude.

EDIT 5 (4/4/20) Spoilers for the ending of Kagami’s mini arc (chapters 4 and 5 of “Bottle) along with the corresponding interludes.

EDIT 6 (5/16/20) Spoilers for everything up to the end of “Bottle”.

EDIT 7 (12/10/20): Spoilers for the first 15 chapters of “Horror Head” plus a small spoiler for Ch. 16. There is now a note to keep track of certain breaks during the 2016-2017 school year. Duusu’s interlude has been placed under “unsorted” since it’s backstory, although should be read during the beginning of “Horror Head”. Also, fixed an error (Marinette and Luka confront Felix, not Luka lol).

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Anonymous asked:

I've been reading your list of things you would change if you could restart TOTMIS, and honestly it makes me realize that spite is not always a good motivator when it comes to fix-it fics. Sure it may lead you to fix the mistakes of canon like it's supposed to, but it may also cause you to make new mistakes as well.

I have a bit of a mixed take on that.

Don’t get me wrong, I 100% agree that you need more than spite when writing a long, on-going story. If that is your only motivator as a writer, you’re going to burn out pretty quickly. For most of TOtMiS, the chapters mostly focused on being an AU version of season 3 episodes to accommodate for the ship and story beats that were present due to the changes. That made outlining for those parts of the story much easier.

But later parts, like “Horror Head” were much more difficult. And that’s because at that point, I couldn’t just pick a season 3 episode to draw from and write in response to it. I had to write in response to what I set up, which ended up being a lot more than I realized. (Note: yes, you should be writing in response to what you set up in general, but that’s beside the point).

It also didn’t help that I hadn’t planned on writing a long series - “Silence Can Be Beautiful” was originally a one shot written because I loved “Silencer” so much and just wanted more of it. And then the rest of season 3 started to happen, and the rest is history.

That being said, I don’t want to discount the value of venting frustrations via fanfic (to an extent). Certainly, I’d rather people vent their frustrations that way over more toxic means, like harassing people for not agreeing with their opinions. And if someone stumbled upon their fic, doesn’t like or agree with it? They can just block or drop it and move on.

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Psyche and Bewitched Ch. 6

First half of new installment, because apparently it's almost been a full year since the last one, but there should be a second part. Eventually.

Psyche and Bewitched - Chapter 6 - xxoceanswavesxx - Miraculous Ladybug [Archive of Our Own]
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#psyche and bewitched#lukanette#lukanette au#lukanette fic#lukanette endgame#pro lukamari#kwami swap#akumatized!marinette#butterfly!luka#akumanette
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Anonymous asked:

The tags on that post about the Adrien Remix of TOTMIS got me wondering, have you ever written a Love Square fic before? And would you be willing to do it again?

Way, way back in the day (think the hiatus between season 1 and 2), I wrote a oneshot where Marinette and Adrien revealed their identities to each other in the same vein as the Dic dub of Sailor Moon.

I wouldn't write a full-on fic for them, if that's what you're asking. Maybe oneshot rewrites, or just HCs with changes I'd propose to the dynamic, but nothing in the vein of TOtMiS or Psyche and Bewitched.

#the one to make it stay#salty answers#ml salt#ml salt fic#ml salt au#love square salt#kinda#before anyone asks where that oneshot is#idk#i don't even think it's on my ao3#it might be on my main tumblr#it's been a minute so...
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Anonymous asked:

Ah yes, the dreaded sentikids storyline. Do you think it could have worked? Or do you think it should have been scrapped all together?

I would have scrapped it, shredded it, loaded it up into one of Mayor Borgueois’s garbage can rockets, and sent it straight into the sun.

#ml salt#salty answers#this was only done to add pointless drama#the show has more than enough to work with#if the writers don’t know how to work with what they have then they should go back to the beginning#ml writing salt
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Anonymous asked:

How do you feel about Felix's character?

Assuming you're referring to canon? Well, keep in mind I haven't seriously watched the show since Season 3, so my opinion pretty much stems from his debut episode, and the few things I know after that.

CW: Discussions of sexual harassment/assault

#salty answers#ml salt#felix salt#kinda#feligami salt#a dash anyway#cw: sexual harassment#cw: sexual assault#basically i like what he can hypothetically bring to the table#but he's held back by the worst writing decisions ever so...
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Anonymous asked:

You think you might end up doing a rewrite of TOtMiS in the future?

GIF by cilebrias

Uh, so here’s the thing.

On the one hand, I truthfully want to move on and do other things. Like MAYBE more Psyche and Bewitched? Or like… original projects that I haven’t touched in so long… Not to mention I haven’t really been watching Miraculous or been super active in the fandom for super long so…

On the OTHER hand… I would still like to make the series into one complete story, so it could be read in its intended order instead of needing to skip around. And if I end up doing that, I’m pretty certain I’d probably change a few things here and there so…

Don’t take this as a promise or anything, just a glance into my thought process.

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Anonymous asked:

Were you really that bitter on both Adrien and Alya back when you started the fic?

Oh, absolutely. Remember, this was during S3, where they really hammered down on making Marinette "learn a lesson" every episode, and pushing that Lila was a master manipulator in the absolute worst way possible. While Alya and Adrien's actions and behaviors were exaggerated in TOtMiS... they still had some basis in canon. Episodes like "Chameleon," and "Ladybug," are pretty obvious examples of this, but you also have stuff in "Gamer 2.0," "Reflekdoll," "Weredad," and of course, the infamous "Puppeteer 2". And I'm sure there's others I'm forgetting. But regardless, it was an infuriating time, to say the least.

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Post "Blue Skies" Storylines: Adrien and Felix

Just a rough idea of how the storylines and characters would continue after "The Blue Skies and Your Eyes". If you haven't finished it yet, there's spoilers ahead! The full series is here.

First, we'll start with Adrien and Felix after leaving Paris and heading to London.

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Anonymous asked:

Anything you would have changed about the fic if you could go back in time and restart it?

thesaltyoceanwaves answered:

Ooh, there’s been a few things on my mind:

-I’d try to better balance Adrien and Alya’s arcs. It was harder at the beginning of the fic because I was so annoyed with how the show was handling them at the time, and wanted them to be held accountable for their actions. There are times where, in hindsight, I felt Adrien’s depiction went too far, and would have either dialed it back or balance him out a bit better. He would still need to face consequences (because he was too shielded from them at the time), but looking at spoilers going forward, I’d also try to give him moments of emotional agency. I do think there was one point where I was going to write him as he ended up in “Nice Guy Adrien the Musical” but I’m glad that I didn’t go that far. I think there was also a point that I considered having Marinette and Alya call off their friendship, but it’s been a while so I don’t remember.

-Intersplice the “Paper Sky” chapters into the story. I’m still considering uploading the story as one full thing so there’s no jumping between parts, and it flows better.

-Fleshed out Ivan, Juleka, and Rose more. I wanted to do more with them, but the story was taking me in other directions. I’m at least glad I got their POVs and the dream chapters.

-I wouldn’t have announced Marinette not forgiving Adrien by the end. Not because I think she’s obligated to or because he deserves it, but because I now feel compelled to write it that way rather than letting it happen organically. Truthfully, I’m undecided now if she will or won’t. She’s the last chapter of the epilogue so I have some time, but still.

Those are the ones that come to mind, but others might hit me later.

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Alright, 2 other major things that, in hindsight, I find not so great and would change. CW: Discussions of ableism and sexual harassment.

1. I would have changed the “Lila fakes a disability” part that led Marinette and co to want to transfer to Mendeleiev’s class for the next school year. As an autistic woman with ADHD, I found it frustrating that at no point in the show, none of the teachers asked Lila for proper documentation to give her accommodations. IRL, this is done so that our teachers can better work with us, and I wanted to share that experience in the story (this was also why I explicitly made Luka autistic, and if I were to rewrite or edit now, I’d establish it earlier).

In hindsight… I would instead opt to have Lila lie about her schedule as a reason for why she can’t do things, and try to get out of taking exams. I know *canonically* her faking having tinnitus is done to show that Lila is a liar and a bad person, but I think we can portray this aspect of her character without perpetuating ableist stereotypes. So I’d also rewrite Chameleon for this reason.

2. Looking back, I’d have Kagami better reflect on how Lila’s harassment might have impacted how Adrien reacted to things. Maybe not right away, like when she initially feels betrayed, but more so in the aftermath, when she’s had some time to reflect on things.

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Anonymous asked:

Hey, i'm bored, can u recommend me some adrien salt fics (Bonus points if it's lukanette)

mystic-myrtille answered:

Bonus for Lukanette? Looks like I’m getting all the bonus points😂 I mean I haven‘t really read any Adrien salt fics for the sake of reading salt as of recent but because it was a Lukanette fic that happened to also have some salt😂 so yeah they’re all Lukanette whoopsie

Also I don’t know what exactly you’re looking for but most of those aren‘t really super heavy salt? And several salt on other characters as well, so beware. I‘ll try my best nontheless, hope that works for you

From the top of my head, here‘s a few I can think of:

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#ml salt#fic recs#lukanette fic
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