How about instead of Hawkmoth forcing Ladybug to take a “risk,” Ladybug gets fed up with his nonsense and takes a risk of her own by coming up with a plan to lure Hawkmoth out - faking another villain/faction that wants to use the miraculouses to make a wish. They would be affiliated with the Order, so they know everything, even more than Hawkmoth does.

Hawkmoth either:

A. Is forced to team up with the heroes, giving them an opportunity to fake an alliance while secretly the heroes plan to get the edge on Hawkmoth

or 

B. Hawkmoth tries to convince this fake villain to team up with him (results may vary)

You can have characters like Zoe, Felix, Luka, Alya, and so forth be involved with this plan.

Honestly, I was kind of hoping something like this would happen as a result of his akuma’s effect. It’s supposed to make her “reckless”, and wouldn’t her sense of caution be what’s holding her back from just…using all of the Miraculous to try to track Hawk Moth down?

Ladybug gets the Black Cat Miraculous and dual wields it with the Snake Miraculous to just Cataclysm every building in Paris one at a time until she finds one that has a secret villain lair inside.

Ladybug uses the Rabbit Miraculous to see into the future/past and find out who Hawk Moth is, then beats him up that way.

Ladybug uses the Dragon Miraculous to become the wind so she can just go everywhere across Paris until she finds him.

Ladybug uses the Fox Miraculous to create a “villain” that freaks Paris out and forces Hawk Moth to respond so she can attack him.

Ladybug using the Horse and announcing to Paris that she is tossing the Ladybug Miraculous into the sun. Just try to stop her, Hawky!

Ladybug just beating up Hawk Moth. Full stop.

And a humor take where Chat and Hawk Moth are forced to team up because a Ladybug with no sense of caution and no inhibitions is freaking terrifying, so the enemies have to become reluctant allies to stop her from accidentally destroying Paris. Or taking over the world.

Adrien would have worked better if he was an actor who did some modeling on the side. He could start off with a small part in a popular children’s movie/show and eventually land the romantic lead in a tween/teen romance. Acting already runs on his mom’s side of the family, so he could maybe do it to feel closer to her?

I can’t recall if I’ve mentioned this before on tumblr, it would have been more interesting and saved on character models if they had just made Lila and Zoe the same person.

I’ve mentioned this to a few on Discord before, but they could have just combined the characters of Lila and Zoe into ONE single character.

Despite being portrayed as a major antagonist, Lila hasn’t seen much use. In addition, her lies are so outrageous that it makes everyone else look dumbed down in order to believe her rather than making Lila out to be a real credible threat.

Zoe, on the other hand, while nice and sweet, feels superfluous. She’s ultimately just a replacement for Chloe since Thomas didn’t want her to be a hero. If that was really the case, no Bee user was really necessary. There are a multitude of other options the writers could use besides needing individual holders for the Miraculous: still as of yet unrevealed Miraculous, dual wielding, and potions come to mind. These are gimmicks that they have introduced but done very little with, even if they would be extremely useful to the heroes at this point, and even act as game breakers for the fight against Hawk Moth.

So we have one character not being used enough and another one introduced at the last minute with little purpose. The simple answer would be to simply combine the two into one single character:

Chloe’s sister, who is a massive liar and manipulator but hides it behind a sweet facade.

If Zoe was more like Lila, I could see her using Chloe as a tool to make herself look better. After all, who would ever suspect Zoe of anything when Chloe is right there? Always a bully. Always overly emotional. Always acting out. Always demanding to get her way and throwing massive tantrums and running to Andre whenever she doesn’t get what she wants.

It would ultimately be what ends up causing trouble in the family. Zoe would cause trouble and then frame Chloe for things and Chloe would know Zoe was actually responsible and in turn blame her and throw a tantrum. Andre would of course cater to Chloe, but that would just make everyone watching think that Chloe is falsely blaming Zoe for what she does and getting away with it, which only makes people sympathize with Zoe and like her more. The fact that Chloe would be telling the truth would be overlooked. And Audrey would see the difference in behavior as well. And when it comes to which of her daughters to take with her to New York to be with her and see the inside of her industry…well, of course she’s going to take the “well behaved daughter”.

It could even play into Chloe’s character arc and show how she develops. Zoe would regularly lie and blame Chloe for things she did, and Chloe would react in a way that seems more like a child throwing a tantrum to not have to deal with a consequence rather than a girl who was upset over being falsely blamed for something that wasn’t her fault. And since she’s so used to it, she ends up just responding that way to everyone in general.

As the only one who knew Zoe was lying and getting away with it, she’d ultimately feel she’d have to throw the tantrums and demand her father punish Zoe to see any justice done. But even this only helped Zoe in the end, as it would cause everyone else to see Zoe as the sympathetic figure who is being falsely blamed by her immature sister…they wouldn’t know Zoe was the one who started it in the first place.

And that would be how they grow up. With Zoe antagonizing and setting up Chloe while Chloe would have outbursts in response that everyone felt they just had to put up with. And when Audrey leaves for New York and needs to decide whether to take her daughters with her…well, clearly Zoe is so well behaved and polite and wonderful while Chloe is demanding and accusatory.

Zoe would know this, and as New York would come with more opportunities for her, Zoe would want to go…and all the better if she can cost Chloe the opportunity. So she sets up another incident framing Chloe. Chloe of course tries in vain to tell everyone Zoe did it. And no one believes her.

Audrey ultimately deems Chloe unable to handle it, so she goes to New York with just Zoe, and leaves Chloe behind.

It’d explain why Chloe acts as she does in canon and is so reliant on her father’s authority for any perceived slight. She felt her sister always got away with everything and her father has been the only one in her corner. In her mind, her actions are always the lesser problem compared to the wrongs of someone else because she has that inner need to see justice done after all that time dealing with someone who always seemed to sidestep it.

Cue Chloe’s character arc, as she starts to or is even FORCED to start to take notice of just what SHE’S doing. How she’s hurting people and how her own behavior is unjust. As she grows and stops responding to every perceived slight, she gains the ability to better handle situations without blowing up. And even, dare I say, starts to gain real friends.

Then Zoe returns. And it seems like a perfect opportunity to play again at the tricks and manipulations she subjected Chloe to as kids. Only this time, Chloe is able to not only NOT respond, but to outwit her. AND she has support this time.

It wouldn’t undo all of Zoe’s manipulations over the years. And it wouldn’t justify Chloe’s own bullying. But it would better explain a lot of why she is how she is, and offer more of a step for her to break out of it.

That way, we’d have a character arc for Chloe and a real credible threat of Zoe as well as a REASON as to why she would be so believable.

Here’s another Adrien-centric episode I brainstormed based off my “Adrien’s Room” post:

I mentioned that one of the hobbies I would give Adrien is tricking, and that it would be a hobby he would share with Nino and Kagami. The three of them could get into a tricking battle at one of the meet ups they secretly go to, with one of the trickers getting akumatized. The way the akuma is defeated is via distraction and all of the moves Adrien has been practicing, leading him to finally mastering a move he’s been practicing for a while.

Oh, and this would be a “Marinette takes a day off” episode, where she would only have to show up as Ladybug and not be embarrassed over something trivial that the show decides to punish her over. So everyone wins.

Alternatively, you could replace “Party Crasher” with this episode - Adrien holds a secret tricking meet up in his room, inviting Nino, Kagami, and the other trickers they know. That way, you eliminate the outdated “no girls allowed” weirdness, and Wayhem would have a legitimate reason for not being allowed in - it’s supposed to be a secret tricking meeting, not a party.

You could also make Kim a tricker in order to keep him getting the monkey miraculous.

Alternative to the Most Powerful

I raise you a set up where, instead of there being a “two most powerful”, the most powerful are actually the ones that represent the Classical Elements (the western, Wu Xing, Japanese Five Elements, ect.). That these all together represent true balance, and if you want to make a wish, you need them all.

Which to me, is a more logical set up. Its more difficult gathering up miraculouses that are based on Classical Elements as there are more than two. There’s more effort and work in to get that wish. 

This also wouldn’t have Fu look like such an idiot. Yes, he releases two that Gabriel needs, but still holds the rest of them from Gabriel’s reach. And setting up Butterfly as a lower ranked miraculous, all should have some capacity in handling it. 

And the biggest kicker? Allowing the Guardians to be smart, and throw one last sucker punch to those that are seeking the miraculouses based on Classical Elements to make a wish. 

Yes, there’s largely five elements for most classical elements, but the 5th, which isn’t included as much or is lesser known, has a unique set up. Earth/aether/void/space don’t entirely fit in with the rest, often representing the world, the heavens, or is an in between all other elements. While not specifically more powerful than the others, its definitely more unique. Unique enough that one miraculous alone can’t properly represent it, and the Guardians have crafted it that two miraculouses represent the 5th element together. 

This is information not shared lightly, not even with most of the Order; and kwamis are bound to not reveal that one of the elements have two miraculouses assigned to it. 

So on the off chance that, yes, someone does get those miraculouses needed to make that wish, the assumed number five as it’s what appears in most representations of classical elements; SUPRISE, no wish. 

Because they’re missing the counterpart to the 5th element. 

With how much the wish is frowned upon for using and Guardians don’t want it used at all, this will secure that it’s going to be damn difficult to get that wish. 

Rest in pieces, Gabriel Agreste.