I colored linh I colored linh I colored linh

Ooh that's the coolest way I've seen the silver incorporated into her bangs area.

Responding to tags, I honest to god do NOT remember where I learned to draw noses like this but I like doing it like this so I don’t gotta be detailed (lol)

And I always drew linh with silver in her bangs, even before the bonus chapter where it said she added silver to her face-framing pieces of hair (I do NOT remember what book the bonus chapter was in) so this is just what’s natural to me :))

Also evidence of silver bangs linh over the years 💞💞

Okay wait, there are clearly so many bonus chapters just out in the void (lol) that I have not gotten my hands on because I never got to read the part where she added silver to the facial framing. That's cool!

Not going to lie, part of me imagined that after she got closer with her parents again she might have cut all the silver off because she didn't need the reminder to control her powers anymore and to look less rebellious I guess? And that caused a greater rift with Tam (around the time he comes back from the Neverseen with Rayni, of course) because I like drama and he would probably feel mildly betrayed by it. That's kind of a separate thing though. She does have silver hair and it does look really cool.

Me when I’m fully convinced terik’s “potential feeling” thing is the same as keefe’s ability sensing thing

OMG. To your tags, I don't even remember the book anyways so I can't even try and correct you. But who cares anyway? This idea is as cool as what's written in the book at least lol. Ooh I wonder...so is it like hollow if someone has less potential and then maybe overwhelming or "full" when they have a lot? Like would it be felt based on abilities too, or does it just universally feel like a glass of water just filled up to whatever level? And the "water" is murkier the more unclear their potential is? Not me realizing just how vague the concept of potential is, why would anybody be given this ability. I feel like similar to enhancing it should be focused on ability, or talent, or something. And it probably is, it's just not explicitly stated that way in the book.

I’m sort of basing it off the way keefe describes his ability-sensing thing in unlocked (honestly don’t remember too much, I read it in like fifth grade with the rest of the books besides Stellarlune and unraveled cuz they weren’t out yet)

But I’m pretty sure the way keefe feels and describes what he senses IS based off of ability of the other person, like the triplets each felt different and the one without an ability felt like, empty. What if terik can feel that too, but like. He just says whether or not you have a lot or a little potential based on the elves’ class system of abilities (because there definitely IS one, cuz you can’t tell me they don’t treat telepaths higher than, say, a polyglot). And terik said he felt something “interesting” and “strong” with Sophie in the first book, so what if he was just so overwhelmed with how many abilities this girl gets and is just like “damn what the hell.”

Anyways I’ve had this theory for a while ahsldnjsksksj yeahhhh

Okay okay I see. That would be such an interesting twist. And it would just further cement the stupid class systems they have, because the literal councilor saw that he could feel what ability someone was going to have and immediately was like "I can sense if someone has high potential or not." And Keefe kind of comes to that conclusion about the power but with the opposite reaction. And he calls it something different that is less overtly oppressive.

The only thing with that is that it would make Keefe's power seem less dangerous because if a councilor already has it and its as bad as its going to get, then Keefe being as scared about it getting worse would be an overreaction.

Wow look at my beautiful daughters 💞💞

Guess who has the most trauma 💜

The scars on Biana's face are so swirly and badass looking!

I triedddd :))

I went a little over the top with them so now she has like a damaged eye that doesn’t work because I. Felt like it. Maybe I’ll give her a prosthetic like the ginger teacher lady on TikTok with a missing eye (heymissteacher I think?)

Also the scars go through her eyebrow and lips because why fucking not. This is MY design where I completely ignore canon 💔💔

Anyways idk if you wanted this information I just really liked designing biana

Oh I definitely wanted this information! I kinda noticed that the eye was lighter but didn't mention it but it also adds to the whole thing. I don't know if anyone knows ACoTaR but it does remind me of Lucien lol. He also has a fake golden eye and it's really cool and can see through magic. I bet Tinker could have come up with a really epic and overpowered eye design for her too. (maybe she makes it cobalt instead hehe) Can vanishers see through other vanishers? Could Tinker make an eye that could do that? OR COULD SEE THROUGH ILLUSIONS? Bro BRO. Another Vespera and Biana connection in my brain for life

Lol, I love that attitude. It's your drawing, of course you should draw it how you would like!

I colored linh I colored linh I colored linh

Ooh that's the coolest way I've seen the silver incorporated into her bangs area.

Me when I’m fully convinced terik’s “potential feeling” thing is the same as keefe’s ability sensing thing

OMG. To your tags, I don't even remember the book anyways so I can't even try and correct you. But who cares anyway? This idea is as cool as what's written in the book at least lol. Ooh I wonder...so is it like hollow if someone has less potential and then maybe overwhelming or "full" when they have a lot? Like would it be felt based on abilities too, or does it just universally feel like a glass of water just filled up to whatever level? And the "water" is murkier the more unclear their potential is? Not me realizing just how vague the concept of potential is, why would anybody be given this ability. I feel like similar to enhancing it should be focused on ability, or talent, or something. And it probably is, it's just not explicitly stated that way in the book.

Wow look at my beautiful daughters 💞💞

Guess who has the most trauma 💜

The scars on Biana's face are so swirly and badass looking!

Things you might have forgotten about in Keeper of the Lost Cities (mostly what I forgot until I reread the series lmao)

- Marella is described as really short

- Tam is the shortest guy in the group (according to official art not actually in words so this might not count)

- Dex is taller than keefe (also according to official art, again might not count)

- Sophie is a Percy Jackson, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Wolverine fan

- Dex was a mean little prankster, like bro was ruthless. He made Stina bald and then gave her a cure that made her grow facial hair.

- Keefe skipped a level, and was still second in rankings, (okay I didn't necessarily forget this, but I don't think about it as much as I ought to) in the fandom people (me) kind of dumb down Keefe a little bit. Sort of like how people make Percy seem like an idiot in the Percy Jackson fandom, when technically he's a battle tactic genius.

- Dex has canonically watched human movies

- Dex manifested younger than either of Fitz and Biana

- Fitz tried to call Sophie "soph" for a while

- Dex's full first name is Dexter (okay I also didn't really forget this, but it still kind of surprises me whenever I see it)

- We still don't actually know Forkle's true appearance. Bro has like three disguises, and we don't know if any of them are real.

- Sophie liked Alina when she was Dame Alina

- Kenric had his hair in a ponytail at some point (memories) Oralie teased him until he cut it

- Sophie listens to angsty bands. This is canon. (I choose to believe she's listening to hard rock and heavy metal. I know there are different types of angsty bands, but I swear she is listening to: La Dispute, Sleeping with the Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Fall out Boy, By the Wayside, etc.

- They found Silveny because they were trying to track Bigfoot (where did this plot point go?? Why didn't they go try to find Bigfoot again?? Is Bigfoot okay? Did he need help???)

- Sophie broke the Elvin vegetarian diet at the minute she stepped into the forbidden cities. Girlypop needed her chicken sandwich.

- Silveny showed Sophie a vision of she and Grayfell "playing"

- Fitz has grown a lot. He's definitely underappreciated and overhated. He's grown past a lot of his flaws. He's still working through quite a few, but he's getting there guys.

- Sophie called keefe a beautiful blonde boy, and thought he was cute when they first met, and still calls him cute in most of the books (I'm genuinely so sorry I'm such a fan girl)

- Keefe had Sophie against the wall and whispered "I like a challenge" in her ear like WHAT

- Sophie had a nightmare about the Keebler elves.

- In neverseen, Sophie stayed by keefes side for 24 hours straight

- THE VACKERS LIVE IN FLORIDA.

Feel free to fact check me on any of this- I'll edit if I need to

Also sorry to the non sokeefe shippers.. I think I kinda diluted into sokeefe.. my bad

I’m sorry the vackers live WHERE

in a flurry of pink petals (Fic teaser/future chapter excerpt)

my fic here-a Nezha-centric story where he eventually becomes MK's older brother figure

if you haven't read it, please do! this is spoilers for Nezha and Qingxin's tale :D

The Story of the Xīntòng Disease-The Heartache Ailment.

Once upon a time, there was a fair, wild, and playful deity of flowers. Despite the petals he was made from, he was resilient and strong-and rebellious, against his duties in Heaven.

But one day, he met a Celestial warrior in the ranks of Heaven’s armies. Fair and strong, she tended him after he fell ill, due to his own recklessness, and he began to harbour romantic feelings for her.

They grew ever closer over the centuries, and when he was sure the Celestial warrior reciprocated, the deity of flowers proclaimed his feelings. But he had misread, and she rejected him.

The deity of flowers grew sad. Was there something about him, he wondered, that made him unlovable? And so he made himself more formal, more proper-raising his countenance to that of the deity he was. Perhaps if he ceased being Heaven’s ‘demon child’, then she would love him so.

But yet more time passed. Instead of the deity of flowers, the Celestial warrior fell in love with a mortal. When the mortal became deathly ill, the Celestial warrior begged the deity of flowers to help her persuade the Heavenly court, that the mortal deserved immortality to live on.

Envious and spiteful, the deity rejected her request. In a rage, the Celestial warrior attacked him, and while he bested her easily, he felt pity and remorse for his dismissal. He re-appealed to the courts, and they allowed the Celestial warrior’s lover to live.

But the Celestial warrior never visited the deity of flowers ever again.

As time went on, the deity spiralled deeper and deeper into heartbreak. The only way, he found, to shake himself out of the heartache was by choking himself.

Yet over time, even that was not enough. And so the deity came to the Mortal Realm, and from his lungs and throat he tore out flower stems-the physical manifestation of his heartache. The deity pulled out hyacinths, azaleas, astilbes, cosmos, chrysanthemums, dianthuses, camellias and more. He buried them all deep within the ground, ending his heartbreak for good.

“…How many times has Tang read this to you?” Nezha asked, feeling rather faint in the head.

“Mhm…” MK tilted his head to the side in thought. Distantly, Nezha noted MK’s hair was getting rather long-he’d need to help trim it before his 12th birthday soon. “…Five? I think it’s a cool story.”

“…It has a great deal of inaccuracies.”

And there it is.

Rage.

Because it was Nezha’s choice-his own decision-to keep his true identity secret, to preserve this bit of warmth and home as an eventual memory to safekeep for eternity. But hearing the story MK has just read-dread growing throughout-has fire tingling at his fingertips that he stamps down. Nezha reaches up to one of his hair ribbons and deftly, hazily unties it. He begins to re-weave the bun back in place, tighter.

“Aw, really? Like what?”

Nezha has no ready citations. No pre-prepared sources to back his argument up, as he has required in the past when correcting Tang on some of the history he has only ever learnt fourth-fifth-sixth hand.

“You claimed to love me, you selfish demon child!”

“…Let me write it down.”

Once upon a time, there was a wild deity of flowers. Despite the petals he was made from, he was resilient and strong-and rebellious, against his duties in Heaven.

Because of his strength, the Celestial courts held fear-what if one day the demon child grew bored? And so the deity was tasked to guard a powerful artifact, in hopes of curbing his power and worship.

But the deity himself wasn’t truly made from flowers-he was reborn from them, because he had died before. The deity had come back to life at the age he died-as a child, and as he grew up his every mistake was watched, as his body and power and his support turned against him. Was it a wonder that the deity clung fiercely to what he had?

He did fall in love with a Celestial warrior who tended to him, yes. But the reckless mistake the deity made was drinking an unguarded chalice of spirits-despite knowing of the many people that were after the artifact he guarded. The chalice contained poison, and it was this poison he survived to have the Celestial warrior tend to him.

But the Celestial warrior wanted the artifact, too. The Celestial warrior was the one to poison him.

Yet the deity did not know this. And so, he fell in love.

The deity did not change for the Celestial warrior, despite what people believe. Yes, the Celestial warrior played a factor, but really all that happened was the deity grew up. No one stays a child forever, and as the deity aged he regretted his mistakes and wildness and sought to correct himself, and if he hoped the Celestial warrior would love this older, wiser self? Then that was a benefit but not a reason.

Eventually, the efforts of the Celestial warrior to steal the artifact were discovered by the deity. But out of foolish love, he did not report him to the Jade Emperor, and merely asked him not to do such again.

And so the Celestial warrior surrendered…and fell in love, over time.

With a mortal.

When the mortal fell deathly ill-that part is true-the Celestial warrior begged the deity of flowers to appeal to the Jade Emperor alongside him, to restore his lover. The deity of flowers refused, and the Celestial warrior’s appeal failed. In a rage, the Celestial warrior attacked the deity. He decided that if he could not have his lover, he would have the artifact.

The deity of flowers bested him with ease. But he felt pity and remorse for his callousness and jealousy, and re-appealed to the courts. This time, the mortal was properly healed.

But the Celestial warrior never visited the deity ever again.

As time went on, the deity spiralled deeper and deeper into heartbreak. The only way, he found, to shake himself out of the heartache was by choking himself. He went as far as to place a circlet around his neck, to use in the most dire of spirals.

Yet over time, even that was not enough. And so the deity came to the Mortal Realm, and from his lungs and throat he tore out flower stems-the physical manifestation of his heartache. The deity pulled out hyacinths, azaleas, astilbes, cosmos, chrysanthemums, dianthuses, camellias and more. He buried them all deep within the ground, swearing to bury his heartbreak and ability to ever feel love with it. He cursed the flowers he planted, swearing them to forever choke the romance he was scorned.

Centuries later, the deity needed aid with a task. He called the Celestial warrior to help him, and he came.

And that was when he found his curse failed.

He harbored romantic feelings still.

Ooh is that a classic Chinese tale or did you come up with that? Either way, its very tragic and well written. Should I look up flower meanings tomorrow to know what the specific flowers you mentioned mean? Also, totally irrelevant to the actual story but when he started pulling flowers out it instantly reminded me of the Hanahaki disease (I think thats what its called?) where the person in love coughs up flowers until they die or something. I only explain it in case I got the name wrong, but I'm sure you've heard of it lol. I also like how the tale is told differently the second time around, those perspective shifts are always so fun!

there is a fundamental difference between the "no one ever bothered to look at me me twice" character and the "no one who ever looked at me twice bothered to keep looking" character

Awww this is so cute!

You can only reblog this today.

I missed my chance last year. Not gonna let it happen again

I still regret missing 2:22 Tuesday, February 22, 2022. This will not be my next mistake.

Miraculous: Tales of Lucki and Kuro Hakai

@ohmygoly @telugu-girl-13 @bookworm-fangirl1 tell me if you want to remove the tag

“Lucki. Kuro Hakai. Give me the Miraculous of the Ladybug and Black Cat. You have done enough damage to these innocent people.”

The butterflies are just that, butterflies-they have no reason to be so eerie, so off-putting. But the purple magic swirling around them, the rock monster under them, the vague, barely face-shaped image they form…no one can help but feel a tinge of fear creep down their spine.

And with it, the faintest sense of I want this to end. Give them what they want.

The sound of clapping should not be so loud.

The camera pans down. Zooms in. The heroine in black-cat ears poking up through a bob, dressed in dark leather-scoffs. “Good attempt. But disappointing.”

“We know who’s the villain here, Papillon. Don’t try to pretend otherwise.” Next to her, the voice of the hero in red with two chin-length black braids, one by each ear, grows in volume. “If it weren’t for you, all these innocent people wouldn’t be stuck playing henchman to the akuma you made! We are responding to the problem you created!”

“Papillon! We will find you, we will bring you to justice, and all of Paris will know your real name!” snarls the heroine in black-Kuro Hakai. She moves, breaking into a run.

The hero in red-Lucki-is just slightly faster to throw out his weapon.

Leaping up to the Eiffel Tower, he throws out the yo-yo. “Time to de-evilize!”

Spin. Flick. Capture. Spin. Flick. Capture.

As his leap ends and Lucki begins to fall, Kuro Hakai throws out a hand to catch him.

She grabs and twists, turning the fall into a graceful tumble as Lucki gets to his feet.

They turn to face the cameras-the city, the people. They look out over Paris, and they look so small.

“Paris, we promise you.” Kuro Hakai’s voice rings out clear. “No matter what Papillon does, we will be there to save you!”

Lucki opens his yo-yo and throws it up.

White butterflies explode outwards from it, sweeping over Paris in a wave. The pressure of Papillon’s magic is gone. A duo has risen in its place.

///

“Mistress Jia?”

Jia hums to show Kaalki she has heard xe, tilting the screen to better see the battle playing out before her.

“Let me.” Fu adjusts the screen so Jia can properly see, despite her blind eye. Her sight went unrestored unless she activated Kaalki’s Miraculous, after all. Jia smiles as the ladybugs flit across the screen, and Lucki is clearly shown talking to the restored victim.

Fu clears his throat.

“I still think Adrien and Marinette-”

Jia groans in exasperation. “Erdi, we’ve gone over this. Luka and Kagami are selfless and unhesitating. His caution will balance out her impulse, her ability to be selfish will flourish and balance out his selflessness. Tikki and Plagg chose them. They are the only True Wielders to be found in all of Paris. What other arguments do you have?”

“...”

“...you’re just upset that you missed the chance to play matchmaker with Marinette and Adrien, aren’t you.”

“Dajie.”

“Well unfortunately, they aren’t the True Wielders of Tikki and Plagg in this universe, erdi. Go imagine a world where they are.”

Lol, and then Fu proceeded to create a world where Adrien and Marinette were the Miraculous holders. I think Luka and Kagami would be a pretty great duo ngl, and I wouldn't be opposed to them as a ship...Is this based off of Origins? I love it, it's got the same lighthearted and comedic tone that Miraculous has that makes it really fun to watch! Designing Luka with the black to red hair was also a smart character design choice. Haha the only thing I'm thinking about is that Kagami would not put up with Plagg like Adrien did. I don't know how I envision the dynamic, but its not gonna be Plagg running the game fs

I deliberately didn't tag shipping...yet. plans, plans. Involving a pentagon which implies at least three people when it comes to Miraculous

Yep, it's Origins! The changes to the speech was because I felt Kagami would speak up first, but Luka would be the one that truly turns around the Parisians. At the same time, the speech was altered based on what points I still wanted them to hit, while also keeping the characters' voices.

Luka changes highlights based on Miraculous wielded. I don't make the rules

The braids I don't do a good job at describing, but it feels very Luka to have something vaguely representing ladybug antennae except changed hugely for aesthetics. It's why Viperion is hot but Aspik is more accurate.

Also why I added lipstick

Kagami would work something out. She's flexible. She can totally do that. Preferably before her mother asks why she smells like cheese.

As for Jia, well....

See that little girl reluctant to let her younger brother go?

Usually when creating a canon divergent AU, I obsess over my "butterfly flap". Yes I'm engineering things to what I want, but I also alter events based on what the "butterfly flap" could've caused. I'm anal about stuff like that.

So while I could've. Just. Made Luka and Kagami True Wielders and that would solve the butterfly flap issue, I instead made Jia choose to go with Fu. Hence causing the ripple to Luka and Kagami. Honestly she can technically be cut out, but I'm just too attached at this point.

Mainly because she's the newest character I project onto-

Anyway, she's got no canon name so I named her Jia. Yes it's got a meaning. 'tis a Chinese person making names before I am married, how shameful/srs. Jia is also genderqueer, lesbian, blind in one eye, Horse Miraculous holder and 191, five years older than Fu. He's the baby of the family in this AU, hence 二弟, erdi slash second younger brother, and him calling Jia 大姐, dajie slash eldest sister. I'll upload an art thing of her eventually, like the one of Luka/Lucki above. Get ready to see loads of Kagami though, she's in the habit of changing up her costume fairly often.

Lol oops, I'm way too ahead on shipping it seems (Its my default whenever consuming a piece of media to hunt for ships haha.) A pentagon can't be too much more chaotic than the square the show creators made up thats for sure lol.

The speech felt for sure in character! I like that character dynamic playing out as the hero duo as well, because now the burden of all the inspiration and boldness doesn't fall on one of them alone (while the other one does nothing). They each bring something that would make the Parisians look up to them.

Lol I'll be honest, before I made the picture to Lucki connection I did just imagine him with two full on child's pigtails coming out of his head but the picture clarifies. I think it's a cool design choice for Luka (and highlights are just his thing. Plus, they do look cooler.)

I love looking at characters that already exist ij the background and giving them a more important role! I haven't looked at the family tree so I didn't know Jia existed, that's a cool one. I like how it adds an extra explanation for the Miraculous switch up in this AU as well.

Can't wait to see all of Kagamis hero outfits though, especially cause she's the black cat and I think they'll look super cool. We need some love for the black cat superhero too lol.

No, it's fine! Ships...are what usually come to mind with a kwami swap regarding Plagg and Tikki...and I never said Luka and Kagami aren't getting together ;) just that there may be...more than two *actual* people involved in this pentagon, discounting hero identities.

Adrien and Marinette are their own ship, though, not part of the pentagon as I realized I may have accidentally implied. Mainly because that'd be incest in this situation, even if I do enjoy a bit of Lukadrigaminette

Darn I forgot to add the parts where the braids are by his head.

I didn't so much as look at the family tree as I did rewatch Feast and end up noticing haha

Explanation Kagami gives Paris: it's fun, and it's not hurting anyone if she has a few changes to her clothes does it? She's still as effective a hero.

Explanation Kagami gives Lucki: it's a secret rebellion against her civilian parent

Explanation Kagami trusts Plagg with: if her identity is ever compromised and she has to be replaced, then it'll take a while for the everyday person to notice. Because Kuro Hakai is always changing her uniform and hairstyle and experimenting, it's not weird if she suddenly looks different. Gives the new wielder a bit of time-no matter how small-to adjust without outright immediate questioning. That's the plan at least.

All of the above are true. Reasons one and two just happen to be more of happy byproducts rather than reasons.

So far I'm leaning towards this beginning after Shiro Hakai, where Lucki does, unlike Mari, open up about that possible future.

The whole pentagonal ship journey will be more fun with additional people I presume haha.

Incest? Oof wait did you make Kagami and Marinette related? Or a different pair? (I guess Kagami is Japanese, not Chinese)

Wow Kagami is being very strategic here! Oooh playing the long game is so fun, they never do that in the original series. But Kagami is clearly thinking ahead in her plans against Papillon and thats super cool!

Plagg better be so proud of our lady Kuro Hakai. I especially think the reason she tells Lucki, though, could be something she says is just a bonus but actually reveals a fear/insecurity/value she has more than she realized in that moment. Maybe Lucki calls her out on that lol.

I'm fully coming at this with a reader brain too ngl. So I just immediately go "ships, theories, secret character traits," even where there might not be one lol. Still love it, Kuro Hakai is seeming like a much more interesting female hero than Ladybug (though of course I still love the original).

....

Okay that's on me for trying to be cryptic. It's Félix.

I've mentally kind of split Lucki And Kuro Hakai into two acts/sagas? Act I is the Butterfly Saga, Act II is the Peacock Saga. Félix shows up from Act II onwards.

Kagami's impulsivity and intelligence coexist. I love that they do.

The best Lies are rooted in Truth.

I think they have very different stories to tell. Plus narratively Kagami now has an "escape" like Adrien got in the form of Plagg, to let loose and be something outside of the images their families want. So they're more similar story-wise than Kagami and Marinette, surface level.

Ohh okay, I see! I like that idea of the sagas, and this sounds like a smoother entrance for Felix than whatever that disaster was in the original series lol (Bro comes in once in s3 right? Then just pops in for a few episodes to be like "lemme take over all the miraculous real quick and disrupt everybody's lives faster than gabriel agreste could in even more seasons. And let me become relevant only after two seasons of existing).

"The best Lies are rooted in Truth." That's a pretty solid quote right there, and a cool theme to be expanded on. It's giving, "You have to know the rules before you can break them," but in a different font, if that makes sense.

Kagami and Marinette aren't that similar arc-wise, that's true. i was just thinking of appearances haha. Felukagami is so fun.

Miraculous: Tales of Lucki and Kuro Hakai

@ohmygoly @telugu-girl-13 @bookworm-fangirl1 tell me if you want to remove the tag

“Lucki. Kuro Hakai. Give me the Miraculous of the Ladybug and Black Cat. You have done enough damage to these innocent people.”

The butterflies are just that, butterflies-they have no reason to be so eerie, so off-putting. But the purple magic swirling around them, the rock monster under them, the vague, barely face-shaped image they form…no one can help but feel a tinge of fear creep down their spine.

And with it, the faintest sense of I want this to end. Give them what they want.

The sound of clapping should not be so loud.

The camera pans down. Zooms in. The heroine in black-cat ears poking up through a bob, dressed in dark leather-scoffs. “Good attempt. But disappointing.”

“We know who’s the villain here, Papillon. Don’t try to pretend otherwise.” Next to her, the voice of the hero in red with two chin-length black braids, one by each ear, grows in volume. “If it weren’t for you, all these innocent people wouldn’t be stuck playing henchman to the akuma you made! We are responding to the problem you created!”

“Papillon! We will find you, we will bring you to justice, and all of Paris will know your real name!” snarls the heroine in black-Kuro Hakai. She moves, breaking into a run.

The hero in red-Lucki-is just slightly faster to throw out his weapon.

Leaping up to the Eiffel Tower, he throws out the yo-yo. “Time to de-evilize!”

Spin. Flick. Capture. Spin. Flick. Capture.

As his leap ends and Lucki begins to fall, Kuro Hakai throws out a hand to catch him.

She grabs and twists, turning the fall into a graceful tumble as Lucki gets to his feet.

They turn to face the cameras-the city, the people. They look out over Paris, and they look so small.

“Paris, we promise you.” Kuro Hakai’s voice rings out clear. “No matter what Papillon does, we will be there to save you!”

Lucki opens his yo-yo and throws it up.

White butterflies explode outwards from it, sweeping over Paris in a wave. The pressure of Papillon’s magic is gone. A duo has risen in its place.

///

“Mistress Jia?”

Jia hums to show Kaalki she has heard xe, tilting the screen to better see the battle playing out before her.

“Let me.” Fu adjusts the screen so Jia can properly see, despite her blind eye. Her sight went unrestored unless she activated Kaalki’s Miraculous, after all. Jia smiles as the ladybugs flit across the screen, and Lucki is clearly shown talking to the restored victim.

Fu clears his throat.

“I still think Adrien and Marinette-”

Jia groans in exasperation. “Erdi, we’ve gone over this. Luka and Kagami are selfless and unhesitating. His caution will balance out her impulse, her ability to be selfish will flourish and balance out his selflessness. Tikki and Plagg chose them. They are the only True Wielders to be found in all of Paris. What other arguments do you have?”

“...”

“...you’re just upset that you missed the chance to play matchmaker with Marinette and Adrien, aren’t you.”

“Dajie.”

“Well unfortunately, they aren’t the True Wielders of Tikki and Plagg in this universe, erdi. Go imagine a world where they are.”

Lol, and then Fu proceeded to create a world where Adrien and Marinette were the Miraculous holders. I think Luka and Kagami would be a pretty great duo ngl, and I wouldn't be opposed to them as a ship...Is this based off of Origins? I love it, it's got the same lighthearted and comedic tone that Miraculous has that makes it really fun to watch! Designing Luka with the black to red hair was also a smart character design choice. Haha the only thing I'm thinking about is that Kagami would not put up with Plagg like Adrien did. I don't know how I envision the dynamic, but its not gonna be Plagg running the game fs

I deliberately didn't tag shipping...yet. plans, plans. Involving a pentagon which implies at least three people when it comes to Miraculous

Yep, it's Origins! The changes to the speech was because I felt Kagami would speak up first, but Luka would be the one that truly turns around the Parisians. At the same time, the speech was altered based on what points I still wanted them to hit, while also keeping the characters' voices.

Luka changes highlights based on Miraculous wielded. I don't make the rules

The braids I don't do a good job at describing, but it feels very Luka to have something vaguely representing ladybug antennae except changed hugely for aesthetics. It's why Viperion is hot but Aspik is more accurate.

Also why I added lipstick

Kagami would work something out. She's flexible. She can totally do that. Preferably before her mother asks why she smells like cheese.

As for Jia, well....

See that little girl reluctant to let her younger brother go?

Usually when creating a canon divergent AU, I obsess over my "butterfly flap". Yes I'm engineering things to what I want, but I also alter events based on what the "butterfly flap" could've caused. I'm anal about stuff like that.

So while I could've. Just. Made Luka and Kagami True Wielders and that would solve the butterfly flap issue, I instead made Jia choose to go with Fu. Hence causing the ripple to Luka and Kagami. Honestly she can technically be cut out, but I'm just too attached at this point.

Mainly because she's the newest character I project onto-

Anyway, she's got no canon name so I named her Jia. Yes it's got a meaning. 'tis a Chinese person making names before I am married, how shameful/srs. Jia is also genderqueer, lesbian, blind in one eye, Horse Miraculous holder and 191, five years older than Fu. He's the baby of the family in this AU, hence 二弟, erdi slash second younger brother, and him calling Jia 大姐, dajie slash eldest sister. I'll upload an art thing of her eventually, like the one of Luka/Lucki above. Get ready to see loads of Kagami though, she's in the habit of changing up her costume fairly often.

Lol oops, I'm way too ahead on shipping it seems (Its my default whenever consuming a piece of media to hunt for ships haha.) A pentagon can't be too much more chaotic than the square the show creators made up thats for sure lol.

The speech felt for sure in character! I like that character dynamic playing out as the hero duo as well, because now the burden of all the inspiration and boldness doesn't fall on one of them alone (while the other one does nothing). They each bring something that would make the Parisians look up to them.

Lol I'll be honest, before I made the picture to Lucki connection I did just imagine him with two full on child's pigtails coming out of his head but the picture clarifies. I think it's a cool design choice for Luka (and highlights are just his thing. Plus, they do look cooler.)

I love looking at characters that already exist ij the background and giving them a more important role! I haven't looked at the family tree so I didn't know Jia existed, that's a cool one. I like how it adds an extra explanation for the Miraculous switch up in this AU as well.

Can't wait to see all of Kagamis hero outfits though, especially cause she's the black cat and I think they'll look super cool. We need some love for the black cat superhero too lol.

No, it's fine! Ships...are what usually come to mind with a kwami swap regarding Plagg and Tikki...and I never said Luka and Kagami aren't getting together ;) just that there may be...more than two *actual* people involved in this pentagon, discounting hero identities.

Adrien and Marinette are their own ship, though, not part of the pentagon as I realized I may have accidentally implied. Mainly because that'd be incest in this situation, even if I do enjoy a bit of Lukadrigaminette

Darn I forgot to add the parts where the braids are by his head.

I didn't so much as look at the family tree as I did rewatch Feast and end up noticing haha

Explanation Kagami gives Paris: it's fun, and it's not hurting anyone if she has a few changes to her clothes does it? She's still as effective a hero.

Explanation Kagami gives Lucki: it's a secret rebellion against her civilian parent

Explanation Kagami trusts Plagg with: if her identity is ever compromised and she has to be replaced, then it'll take a while for the everyday person to notice. Because Kuro Hakai is always changing her uniform and hairstyle and experimenting, it's not weird if she suddenly looks different. Gives the new wielder a bit of time-no matter how small-to adjust without outright immediate questioning. That's the plan at least.

All of the above are true. Reasons one and two just happen to be more of happy byproducts rather than reasons.

So far I'm leaning towards this beginning after Shiro Hakai, where Lucki does, unlike Mari, open up about that possible future.

The whole pentagonal ship journey will be more fun with additional people I presume haha.

Incest? Oof wait did you make Kagami and Marinette related? Or a different pair? (I guess Kagami is Japanese, not Chinese)

Wow Kagami is being very strategic here! Oooh playing the long game is so fun, they never do that in the original series. But Kagami is clearly thinking ahead in her plans against Papillon and thats super cool!

Plagg better be so proud of our lady Kuro Hakai. I especially think the reason she tells Lucki, though, could be something she says is just a bonus but actually reveals a fear/insecurity/value she has more than she realized in that moment. Maybe Lucki calls her out on that lol.

I'm fully coming at this with a reader brain too ngl. So I just immediately go "ships, theories, secret character traits," even where there might not be one lol. Still love it, Kuro Hakai is seeming like a much more interesting female hero than Ladybug (though of course I still love the original).

fitz who feels tired all the time, fitz who doesn’t know how much longer he can keep up this gilded mask, fitz who tells himself other people ((keefe)) have it worse so he can’t complain. fitz who gaslights himself out of the pain, who bears much of the heavy weight of the pressure and trauma passed down from past generations of his family, who tells himself none of that is all that bad because his parents weren’t horrible. fitz who would change everything about himself just to make others happy, just to fit in. fitz who doesn’t know who he is outside of how he responds to everyone’s expectations. fitz who yearns for a close friendship, yet will never get one. fitz who is hurt by how quickly sophie and keefe got together, but smiles and congratulates them. fitz who doesn’t know why he’s hurt, because he’s not even entirely sure he’s like sophie (or anyone for that matter) in that way, but still it hurts. fitz who doesn’t feel like he has the right to feel hurt

Okay I have this whole philosophy thing on the elements. You have the six, which are Water, Earth, Air, Fire, Light, and Shadow. These get split into two categories I call Celestial and Terrestial. Fire, Light, and Shadow are Celestial Elements. Fire belongs to the sun, Shadow to the moon, and Light to the stars. Terrestial elements belong to specific domains. Water belongs to the Sea, Earth belongs to the land, and Air belongs to the sky. I haven't thought about what the opposing forces must be in this system yet, if there are any. Light and Shadow seem intuitive but then the star and the moon would be opposites. Or, as I have also seen light and dark as the two sides of the moon, two sides of the same coin, thats what light and shadow could be in this framework.

It's actually kinda hard to say any triangle has an opposite, so what would their Terrestial opposites be instead? I consider that Shadow is the opposite of Water considering the push and pull of the moon and sea. That's pretty easy. I'm starting to think the sun should be Light (so that the daylight and the Earth can come together and symbolize land growth) and that the stars should be Fire (to symbolize the need for flame in dark, cold nights as well as to contrast the plasmic flame with lightning, or sky). This bothers me though because sun is so clearly fire to me and the rainbow-esque nature of light lends itself well to the broad range of stars. Anyways, this had something to do with KotLC, naturally.

No one is going to read this, I almost guarantee it, but idk maybe I'll update this myself with my own ideas or something. Figured I'd post it anyways and see what happens.

1. Honestly want it to be a case of "dead/new" ability? Okay so Shannon got Bronte to teach Sophie via him literally being the only other Inflictor, and since he has no kids obviously Sophie's genetics getting tinkered with is why another Inflictor even exists. But what if there *was* another Earth talent, like an Ancient with it, except they died without descendants? Could be integrated into the lore as to why elves are so fussy about "Timeline to Extinction" and keeping everything preserved. Because they completely lost the natural chance of an elf ever getting born with the Earth talent.

2. Funny thing is, Shannon wrecked everything by having all elves have telekinesis. Depending on the rules of your world, unless explicitly stated (and Shannon hasn't) telekinesis can lift just about anything. Including water. Contort air if you want. Earth...yeah that's a physical solid thing easier to move with your mind. There's another "what's the point?" Aspect when earth talent or not, channeling can wreck places like Lumenaria. Along with steel...flesh...bone.

3. The Wuxing, or Five Elements, set is Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal. And there's a bunch of philosophy and zodiac stuff that deserves to be used more because a single full cycle of all zodiac and all elements is sixty years. Doesn't fit the six elements/seven that KOTLC has going on.

4. Love the sub elemental categories you made because I'm too lazy to! Seriously, it's great. Shannon's issue is that her lore gets...uh. Hope book 10 does explain, except that's likely to be Sophie and Keefe being lovey for 500 pages and plot for 300.

5. I go with the edge of atmosphere stuff. Like air from there, the border between sky and space, is the purest and hardest to draw down without tainting. Also concentration of air?? Do Gusters just direct air, or can they control the oxygen concentration, carbon dioxide, kill H20 saturation or??

Now I'm just spiraling into other topics lol, so I'll shut up now. But the nature of abilities in KotLC has always been a point of interest for me, especially the elemental ones

KEEP AI OUT OF FANDOM

DONT USE CHARACTER AI

DONT USE CHATGPT

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I hate ai so bad ughhgjgh

Here’s an article I wrote about the effects of AI on our climate- with sources

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming an integral part of everyday life, whether you realize it or not. The topic of AI is often debated and there are obviously sides to both arguments- whether or not it is ethical, taking jobs from humans, becoming too advanced, etc. One part of that argument that is not as prominent is AI’s impact on the environment.

CO2, or Carbon Dioxide, is a greenhouse gas which is partially responsible for global warming. Carbon emissions absorb light from the sun and trap it in the atmosphere, raising the temperature on earth. A study in 2019 showed that it takes 626.2 thousand pounds of carbon emissions to train an AI model. After that model is completed, the impact doesn’t stop. Every single image generated using AI has the same emissions as fully charging a phone. This doesn’t seem like that much, but charging phones apparently is responsible for 8,088,324 tons of carbon emissions every year. If everyone with a phone even generates an image using AI once, this doubles. The carbon footprint of every human gets much larger if they regularly interact with artificial intelligence.

Another way AI is harming the environment is through its production of electronic waste. Electronic waste, or E-Waste, is what scientists call the toxic products in electronics that are put in landfills, sink into the ground, and pollute the earth’s surface and most water sources nearby. It also poisons animals and, at an extremely large amount, releases poisonous gasses into the earth’s atmosphere. The World Economic Forum concluded in a study that 50 million tons of E-Waste are produced by AI each year, and that the only way to reduce this number is to put into effect harsher laws managing the disposal of it.

One other impact upon the environment that AI has is its use in agriculture. There is a rising trend of farmers and corporations using artificial intelligence to make decisions on how to produce foods, which is very dangerous when that AI has been given a slight bias in its information. A program that has been taught to prioritize the present over the future, or profit over quality, will make skewed decisions and put the food supply at risk. Having a machine indicating how we grow our food could lead to an overuse of pesticides and chemicals on plants.

Every day this planet is endangered by what the human race has done to it, and will continue to do. Is the added effects of artificial intelligence going to push us over the edge of it being comfortably inhabitable, as people begin to use AI as a crutch to every part of their lives?

Do you mind if I repost this on my instagram story ? :0

Miraculous: Tales of Lucki and Kuro Hakai

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“Lucki. Kuro Hakai. Give me the Miraculous of the Ladybug and Black Cat. You have done enough damage to these innocent people.”

The butterflies are just that, butterflies-they have no reason to be so eerie, so off-putting. But the purple magic swirling around them, the rock monster under them, the vague, barely face-shaped image they form…no one can help but feel a tinge of fear creep down their spine.

And with it, the faintest sense of I want this to end. Give them what they want.

The sound of clapping should not be so loud.

The camera pans down. Zooms in. The heroine in black-cat ears poking up through a bob, dressed in dark leather-scoffs. “Good attempt. But disappointing.”

“We know who’s the villain here, Papillon. Don’t try to pretend otherwise.” Next to her, the voice of the hero in red with two chin-length black braids, one by each ear, grows in volume. “If it weren’t for you, all these innocent people wouldn’t be stuck playing henchman to the akuma you made! We are responding to the problem you created!”

“Papillon! We will find you, we will bring you to justice, and all of Paris will know your real name!” snarls the heroine in black-Kuro Hakai. She moves, breaking into a run.

The hero in red-Lucki-is just slightly faster to throw out his weapon.

Leaping up to the Eiffel Tower, he throws out the yo-yo. “Time to de-evilize!”

Spin. Flick. Capture. Spin. Flick. Capture.

As his leap ends and Lucki begins to fall, Kuro Hakai throws out a hand to catch him.

She grabs and twists, turning the fall into a graceful tumble as Lucki gets to his feet.

They turn to face the cameras-the city, the people. They look out over Paris, and they look so small.

“Paris, we promise you.” Kuro Hakai’s voice rings out clear. “No matter what Papillon does, we will be there to save you!”

Lucki opens his yo-yo and throws it up.

White butterflies explode outwards from it, sweeping over Paris in a wave. The pressure of Papillon’s magic is gone. A duo has risen in its place.

///

“Mistress Jia?”

Jia hums to show Kaalki she has heard xe, tilting the screen to better see the battle playing out before her.

“Let me.” Fu adjusts the screen so Jia can properly see, despite her blind eye. Her sight went unrestored unless she activated Kaalki’s Miraculous, after all. Jia smiles as the ladybugs flit across the screen, and Lucki is clearly shown talking to the restored victim.

Fu clears his throat.

“I still think Adrien and Marinette-”

Jia groans in exasperation. “Erdi, we’ve gone over this. Luka and Kagami are selfless and unhesitating. His caution will balance out her impulse, her ability to be selfish will flourish and balance out his selflessness. Tikki and Plagg chose them. They are the only True Wielders to be found in all of Paris. What other arguments do you have?”

“...”

“...you’re just upset that you missed the chance to play matchmaker with Marinette and Adrien, aren’t you.”

“Dajie.”

“Well unfortunately, they aren’t the True Wielders of Tikki and Plagg in this universe, erdi. Go imagine a world where they are.”

Lol, and then Fu proceeded to create a world where Adrien and Marinette were the Miraculous holders. I think Luka and Kagami would be a pretty great duo ngl, and I wouldn't be opposed to them as a ship...Is this based off of Origins? I love it, it's got the same lighthearted and comedic tone that Miraculous has that makes it really fun to watch! Designing Luka with the black to red hair was also a smart character design choice. Haha the only thing I'm thinking about is that Kagami would not put up with Plagg like Adrien did. I don't know how I envision the dynamic, but its not gonna be Plagg running the game fs

I deliberately didn't tag shipping...yet. plans, plans. Involving a pentagon which implies at least three people when it comes to Miraculous

Yep, it's Origins! The changes to the speech was because I felt Kagami would speak up first, but Luka would be the one that truly turns around the Parisians. At the same time, the speech was altered based on what points I still wanted them to hit, while also keeping the characters' voices.

Luka changes highlights based on Miraculous wielded. I don't make the rules

The braids I don't do a good job at describing, but it feels very Luka to have something vaguely representing ladybug antennae except changed hugely for aesthetics. It's why Viperion is hot but Aspik is more accurate.

Also why I added lipstick

Kagami would work something out. She's flexible. She can totally do that. Preferably before her mother asks why she smells like cheese.

As for Jia, well....

See that little girl reluctant to let her younger brother go?

Usually when creating a canon divergent AU, I obsess over my "butterfly flap". Yes I'm engineering things to what I want, but I also alter events based on what the "butterfly flap" could've caused. I'm anal about stuff like that.

So while I could've. Just. Made Luka and Kagami True Wielders and that would solve the butterfly flap issue, I instead made Jia choose to go with Fu. Hence causing the ripple to Luka and Kagami. Honestly she can technically be cut out, but I'm just too attached at this point.

Mainly because she's the newest character I project onto-

Anyway, she's got no canon name so I named her Jia. Yes it's got a meaning. 'tis a Chinese person making names before I am married, how shameful/srs. Jia is also genderqueer, lesbian, blind in one eye, Horse Miraculous holder and 191, five years older than Fu. He's the baby of the family in this AU, hence 二弟, erdi slash second younger brother, and him calling Jia 大姐, dajie slash eldest sister. I'll upload an art thing of her eventually, like the one of Luka/Lucki above. Get ready to see loads of Kagami though, she's in the habit of changing up her costume fairly often.

Lol oops, I'm way too ahead on shipping it seems (Its my default whenever consuming a piece of media to hunt for ships haha.) A pentagon can't be too much more chaotic than the square the show creators made up thats for sure lol.

The speech felt for sure in character! I like that character dynamic playing out as the hero duo as well, because now the burden of all the inspiration and boldness doesn't fall on one of them alone (while the other one does nothing). They each bring something that would make the Parisians look up to them.

Lol I'll be honest, before I made the picture to Lucki connection I did just imagine him with two full on child's pigtails coming out of his head but the picture clarifies. I think it's a cool design choice for Luka (and highlights are just his thing. Plus, they do look cooler.)

I love looking at characters that already exist ij the background and giving them a more important role! I haven't looked at the family tree so I didn't know Jia existed, that's a cool one. I like how it adds an extra explanation for the Miraculous switch up in this AU as well.

Can't wait to see all of Kagamis hero outfits though, especially cause she's the black cat and I think they'll look super cool. We need some love for the black cat superhero too lol.