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Edit: people keep saying Gabriel’s family ring would shut down this entire AU, and they’re right, so here’s a counter-argument. The sheer magic exuding from the unification of the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses negates the Sentimonster spell. Ya happy now?

This AU takes place around the finale of Season 5, with several major events playing out differently. When Adrien is in London and Plagg pressures him to leave as Cat Noir after destroying the cameras, Adrien actually listens. He Cataclysms his way through the walls and flies back to Paris as Astro Cat. Meanwhile, Marinette is dealing with her own nightmares, so she has Tikki temporarily give the Ladybug Miraculous to someone else. After briefly trying Alya, Tikki immediately goes to the Cat Noir infiltrating the Agreste Manor.

The events inside the mansion play out almost identically to canon, except Adrien is there instead of Marinette. This results in both Adrien and Gabriel discovering each other’s identities, making the confrontation considerably more personal and intense. Adrien fights his father directly and lands far more punches than Marinette did in the original timeline. He also eventually fuses the Ladybug and Cat Noir Miraculouses to become Bug Noir.

In the middle of the battle, Gabriel drops the revelation that Adrien, Felix, and Kagami are all Sentimonsters, hoping the information will distract and destabilize him. Gabriel ultimately makes his wish, but afterward, Adrien takes his Graham de Vanily family ring. He then confronts Nathalie, who finally breaks down and admits that she was Mayura. Before Adrien leaves, she gives him the other twin family ring.

With both rings in his possession—and both containing his amok—Adrien’s intellect and reflexes become noticeably sharper. In this AU, the explanation is that Adrien was never naturally as unintelligent or oblivious as he appeared throughout the series. Gabriel had been manipulating him through the magic connected to his amok, deliberately keeping him easier to control. Once Adrien possessed both rings himself, that influence was gone, allowing his natural intelligence and instincts to emerge.

Not long afterward, Adrien holds a press conference. He explains that Monarch had rebuilt the stolen Miraculouses into a more technological form and coerced Gabriel into making the Alliance Rings systematically compatible with those rebuilt Miraculouses. This, Adrien claims, is how the villains of the season were able to access Miraculous powers through their rings. When someone asks how he knows this, Adrien simply says that Cat Noir enlightened him.

Adrien then encourages everyone who owns an Alliance Ring to leave it at the Agreste Manor so the rings can be melted down. The metal is then sold, with the proceeds being donated to charity. He also liquidates the Gabriel fashion brand and puts the Agreste Manor up for sale, donating the resulting assets along with the money obtained from the melted Alliance Rings.

After Felix and Amelie move to Paris, Adrien moves in with them. He also convinces Amelie to keep the Gorilla as their bodyguard, reasoning that he is the only adult who had been consistently present in Adrien’s life without being involved in Monarch’s schemes.

Over the summer, Adrien undergoes a drastic personal transformation. He dyes his hair black and abandons his old preppy wardrobe in favor of streetwear, primarily wearing oversized hoodies, sweatpants, leather jackets, varsity jackets, and similar clothing. He and Felix also legally change their surnames to Graham de Vanily in honor of their mothers, while Amelie becomes Adrien’s legal guardian.

By this point, Adrien is almost unrecognizable from the boy he was at the beginning of the series. Alongside his new appearance, he develops a much drier sense of humor and a far more sarcastic, smartass personality. His transformation is reflected in his superhero identity as well, leading to a new suit: Shadow Noir, with the purple elements removed, extending from the neck down, along with his newly black hair.

Adrien’s relationship with Marinette also changes his feelings toward Ladybug. While he is still dating Marinette, his old romantic obsession with Ladybug has completely disappeared. As Cat Noir, he stops using lovestruck nicknames such as “M’lady” and “Bugaboo,” instead calling her “Buggie” or simply “Ladybug.”

Adrien eventually reveals his identity to Felix and Amelie. He already knows Felix is intelligent enough to handle the revelation, especially since he knows Felix is Argos. Amelie is similarly unsurprised, as she already knows that Felix is Argos.

Most importantly, Cat Noir is no longer Ladybug’s blind follower. Adrien begins acting as her equal and frequently takes command during battles. If Ladybug is examining a Lucky Charm and trying to figure out a strategy, Cat Noir might already be beating the shit out of the villain instead of standing around waiting for her instructions. He still respects Ladybug and works with her, but he refuses to simply function as her sidekick.

Eventually, Adrien takes this even further. Determined to establish himself as an equal rather than someone who merely follows Ladybug’s orders, he deliberately corners her into a situation where she is forced to reveal the identities of Miraculous holders he does not know, such as Vesperia, Purple Tigress, Rooster Bold, Minotaurox, and the others. His reasoning is simple: if Ladybug expects him to trust her with the secrets of the team while treating him as an equal partner, then she needs to extend that same trust to him.

What do you guys think of all of this? I haven’t written anything myself because I’m not good at it, so I hope any of you lovely people will write your own stuff for this AU! Pls gimme link to it if you do so pls

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Each Kwami is the representation of one concept that’s apart of the universe. eg: Plagg is the Kwami of Destruction, Wayzz is the Kwami of Protection etc etc. The names of their concepts are also niche and loosely connected, like how Sass is the Kwami of Intuition (restarting time gives you knowledge of what happened: Second Chance) or how Ziggy is the Kwami of Passion (the passion to create things: Genesis). The Bee Miraculous has Pollen, the Kwami of Action and the Horse Miraculous has Kaalki, the Kwami of Migration.. IMMOBILIZATION AND TELEPORTATION WERE RIGHT THERE. SO YOU’RE GONNA TELL ME THE CONCEPT FOR THE MIRACULOUS THAT IMMOBILIZES PEOPLE IS ACTION AND THE CONCEPT FOR THE MIRACULOUS THAT TELEPORTS THINGS IS CALLED MIGRATION.. It honestly feels like Astruc wants to ragebait me—

I really like pre-rings Monarch because it looks noticeably different from the other moth suits. Also because, HE GETS FUCKING HAIR— jokes aside, I also like the tainted glass looks on it and his purple skin, show’s how deep into the madness he’s gotten. If it removed the other Miraculous and their weapons, it’d be in my top 5-10 Miraculous suits of all time. I don’t really post-rings Monarch’s suit because he’s bald again, there’s no colors other than dark purple purple on his suit and they keep the ears but cover the hair? Shit makes him look like he unified with the Monkey Miraculous.

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For The Worst specifically, shitpost names are allowed since it itself is kind of a shitpost transformation. I also wanted to do this with Walkatrout but forgot to mention it.

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These two forms of Marinette are animal+her name. The lack of creativity is because these forms were briefly used, so uniqueness wasn’t needed. If they were used long enough for them to be main to the episode, like Multimouse and Ladynoire, what new names would you give Bunnynette and Renardette?

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Most people want them to split because Marinette never gave Adrien the full truth, if any at all, or shit like that.. But imagine how hilarious it would be to just enrage the Adrinette fans.

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