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* TrainingFromHell: Myra pulls Lila through this so that she can survive the toxic atmosphere of being in jail.
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* TrainingFromHell: Myra [[spoiler:Myra pulls Lila Lila]] through this so that she they can survive the toxic atmosphere of being in jail.
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* KickTheDog: Marinette agreeing with Chloe to fire one of her maids (Sabrina) by calling her a "mutt" was definitely uncalled for.
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* KickTheDog: Marinette agreeing with Chloe to fire Chloé calls one of her maids (Sabrina) by calling her a "mutt" was "mutt she picked up from the street" with Marinette stating it to be harsh, but she otherwise shrugs it off. Her uncaringness definitely uncalled for.passes off as this.
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* DemotedToExtra: Myléne and Alix do not have a chapter dedicated to them, and the former only appears in flashbacks while the latter is only mentioned once as being the only person aside from Chloe to side with Marinette.
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* DemotedToExtra: Myléne and Alix do not have a chapter dedicated to them, and the former only appears in flashbacks while the latter is only mentioned once as being the only person aside from Chloe Chloé to side with Marinette.
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* DemotedToExtra: Myléne and Alix do not have a chapter dedicated to them, and the former only appears in flashbacks while the latter is only mentioned once.
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* DemotedToExtra: Myléne and Alix do not have a chapter dedicated to them, and the former only appears in flashbacks while the latter is only mentioned once.once as being the only person aside from Chloe to side with Marinette.
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* KarmaHoudini: Discussed. Natalie is shocked when Adrien allowed her to work for him, given that she's just as responsible as his father for the Akuma attacks in the past. Adrien states that he doesn't want to kick her down for what happened in the past.
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* AboveTheInfluence: During their first meeting in years, Nino finds Alya so dead drunk she's basically disconnected from reality. Instead of taking advantage of it, he saves her from two molesters and carries her to his aparment to let her sleep it off.
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* AboveTheInfluence: During their first meeting in years, Nino finds Alya so dead drunk she's basically disconnected from reality. Instead of taking advantage of it, he saves her from two molesters and carries her to his aparment apartment to let her sleep it off.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Marinette visits [[spoiler:Lila]], the latter has some questions to ask as to whether or not she's actually moved on.
-->"Do you really think you moved on from me? From your classmates? From ''Adrien''?"
-->"Do you really think you moved on from me? From your classmates? From ''Adrien''?"
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Myra doesn't cry when it's time for her execution, grinning and asking Lila to get out of prison for the both of them.]]
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Myra doesn't cry when it's time for her execution, simply grinning and asking Lila to get out of prison for the both of them.]]
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* KickTheDog: Marinette agreeing with Chloe to fire one of her maids (Sabrina) by calling her a "mutt" was definitely uncalled for.
* LastRequest: [[spoiler:Just before Myra is executed, she asks Lila that she gets out of jail for the two of them.]]
* LastRequest: [[spoiler:Just before Myra is executed, she asks Lila that she gets out of jail for the two of them.]]
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Even after a decade, no one has forgiven Lila or Marinette's classmates for the bullying and lies they spread around.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ms. Bustier is never mentioned in the story so what happened after Lila's lies were exposed is left unclear.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Myra doesn't cry when it's time for her execution, grinning and asking Lila to get out of prison for the both of them.]]
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* WalkingTheEarth: Nathaniel leaves Paris due to people's toxicity and his own problems, becoming a rather famous wandering artist.
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* TrainingFromHell: Myra pulls Lila through this so that she can survive the toxic atmosphere of being in jail.
* WalkingTheEarth: Nathaniel leaves Paris due to people's toxicity and his own problems, becoming a rather famous wandering artist. He later encounters Marc, who also ended up leaving Paris for the same reasons.
* WalkingTheEarth: Nathaniel leaves Paris due to people's toxicity and his own problems, becoming a rather famous wandering artist. He later encounters Marc, who also ended up leaving Paris for the same reasons.
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* BenevolentBoss: The boss at the bar Alya works with may be tough, but he does look out for her.
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* TimeSkip: As the title reads, the story takes place 10 years after Lila was arrested, Marinette is famous, and her classmates were left to deal with the aftermath of their ignorance.
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* AccompliceByInaction: Juleka and Adrien are treated as such in the bullying campaign against Marinette.
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* AccompliceByInaction: Juleka and Adrien are treated as such in the bullying campaign against Marinette. This is brought up in the narrative for Juleka's chapter.
-->''She was too shy and afraid of speaking up. But an enabler is considered an accomplice so she was attacked by the people as much as her other classmates.''
-->''She was too shy and afraid of speaking up. But an enabler is considered an accomplice so she was attacked by the people as much as her other classmates.''
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* EveryoneHasStandards: When Nino meets Alya again, she's so drunk she's not even realizing she was being molested. Despite them breaking up because Alya was harsh on him, the first thing Nino does is fight the gropers to chase them off and taking care of Alya until the next morning when she's in a better mindset.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: When Nino meets Alya again, she's so drunk she's not even realizing she was being molested. Despite them breaking up because Alya was harsh on him, the first thing Nino does is fight the chase her gropers to chase them off and taking take care of Alya until the next morning when she's in a better mindset.
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* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:Myra]] treats [[spoiler:Lila]] extremely harshly while in prison but the reason for it is to toughen them up since [[spoiler:Lila]] would easily end up dead on her own and with time the two become friends.
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* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:Myra]] treats [[spoiler:Lila]] extremely harshly while in prison but the reason for it is to toughen them up since [[spoiler:Lila]] would easily end up dead on her their own and with time the two become friends.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49863787/chapters/125877364 Aftermath - Ten Years Later]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfiction.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49863787/chapters/125877364 Aftermath - Ten Years Later]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfiction.
fanfiction by [=AnUnknownPerson=]
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: [[spoiler:Lila]] became much more curvaceous and tall [[spoiler:during her prisony]] due to a growth spurt. [[spoiler:It's actually a curse in disguise, since it only made her life more terrible]].
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: [[spoiler:Lila]] became much more curvaceous and tall [[spoiler:during her prisony]] imprisonment]] due to a growth spurt. [[spoiler:It's actually a curse in disguise, since it only made her life more terrible]].
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Nino and Alya broke up before the events of the fic since the latter used to get angry at the former and him retaliating. Years later, they meet again and become friends once again. [[spoiler:In the final chapter, the two tell Adrien they are thinking of getting back together]].
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Nino and Alya broke up before the events of the fic since the latter used to get angry at the former and him retaliating. Years later, they meet again and become friends once again. [[spoiler:In the final chapter, the two tell Adrien they are thinking of getting back together]].
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* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Lila's growth spurt made her tall, attractive and curvaceous but it actually made her life even harder]]. [[spoiler:She started to get hungry really easily and she had to endure it since the guards would never give an inmate more food, her breast became so heavy that it caused her several back pains until she put on some muscle, her sudden increased height caused her to stumble a lot (including constant nausa for a while), and her being so attractive made other inmates want to rape her, with one almost managing to]].
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* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Lila's growth spurt made her tall, attractive and curvaceous but it actually made her life even harder]]. [[spoiler:She started to get hungry really easily and she had to endure it since the guards would never give an inmate more food, her breast breasts became so heavy that it caused her several severe back pains until she put on some muscle, her sudden suddenly increased height caused her to stumble a lot (including constant nausa nausea for a while), and her being so attractive made other inmates want to rape her, with one almost managing to]].
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* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:Myra]] treats [[spoiler:Lila]] extremely harshly while in prison but the reason for it is to toughen them up since [[spoiler:Lila]] would easily end up dead and with time the two become friends.
* DeconstructionFic: The whole fanfic can be reassumed as a Future/Deconstruction fic of a Salt Fic. It literally destroys what salt fics tend to do to the classmates in punishing them harshly by showing just how much their lives have been destroyed over people still recognizing them as Marinette's bullies and instead of never learning from their experience, the classmates do realilze their mistakes and are willing to move on from the past. And considering [[HumiliationConga what happens to each and every one of them]], it's pretty much impossible to find satisfaction in their punishments.
* DeconstructionFic: The whole fanfic can be reassumed as a Future/Deconstruction fic of a Salt Fic. It literally destroys what salt fics tend to do to the classmates in punishing them harshly by showing just how much their lives have been destroyed over people still recognizing them as Marinette's bullies and instead of never learning from their experience, the classmates do realilze their mistakes and are willing to move on from the past. And considering [[HumiliationConga what happens to each and every one of them]], it's pretty much impossible to find satisfaction in their punishments.
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* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:Myra]] treats [[spoiler:Lila]] extremely harshly while in prison but the reason for it is to toughen them up since [[spoiler:Lila]] would easily end up dead on her own and with time the two become friends.
* DeconstructionFic: The whole fanfic can bereassumed read as a Future/Deconstruction fic Deconstruction of a Salt Fic. Fics. It literally destroys what salt fics tend to do to the classmates in punishing them harshly by showing just how much their lives have been destroyed over people still recognizing them as Marinette's bullies and instead of never learning from their experience, the classmates do realilze realise their mistakes and are willing to move on from the past. And considering [[HumiliationConga what happens to each and every one of them]], it's pretty much impossible to find satisfaction in their punishments.
* DeconstructionFic: The whole fanfic can be
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Adrien has to go through hell after Lila's exposure and Gabriel's arrest, from having the stigma of being Hawk Moth's son and also an AccompliceByInaction in Marinette's bullying campaign. [[spoiler:But in the end, he manages to become a respectable politician and he's a favored candidate in becoming mayor]]. [[spoiler:This also applies to the classmates themselves, who are heavily implied to finally leading happy lives by the end of the fic]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: When Nino meets Alya again, she's so drunk she's not even realizing she was being molested. Despite them breaking up because Alya was harsh on him, the first thing Nino does is punching the gropers and make them flee and taking care of Alya until the next morning when she's in a better mindset.
* EveryoneHasStandards: When Nino meets Alya again, she's so drunk she's not even realizing she was being molested. Despite them breaking up because Alya was harsh on him, the first thing Nino does is punching the gropers and make them flee and taking care of Alya until the next morning when she's in a better mindset.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Adrien has to go through hell after Lila's exposure and Gabriel's arrest, from having the stigma of being Hawk Moth's son and also an AccompliceByInaction in Marinette's bullying campaign. [[spoiler:But in the end, he manages to become a respectable politician and he's a favored candidate in becoming to become mayor]]. [[spoiler:This also applies to the classmates themselves, who are heavily implied to finally leading happy lives by the end of the fic]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: When Nino meets Alya again, she's so drunk she's not even realizing she was being molested. Despite them breaking up because Alya was harsh on him, the first thing Nino does ispunching fight the gropers and make to chase them flee off and taking care of Alya until the next morning when she's in a better mindset.
* EveryoneHasStandards: When Nino meets Alya again, she's so drunk she's not even realizing she was being molested. Despite them breaking up because Alya was harsh on him, the first thing Nino does is
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* HumanizingTears: [[spoiler:Lila silenty cries as Myra is brought away to be executed, signifying that she genuinely saw her as a friend]].
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* HumanizingTears: [[spoiler:Lila silenty cries as Myra is brought taken away to be executed, signifying that she genuinely saw her as a friend]].
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* RageBreakingPoint: Rose's mother gets ''ballistic'' when it's revealed that [[spoiler:the doctors lied to her about Rose's illness being uncurable]].
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* RageBreakingPoint: Rose's mother gets goes ''ballistic'' when it's revealed that [[spoiler:the doctors lied to her about Rose's illness being uncurable]].incurable]].
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* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Due to Myra's ruthless training, Lila became much tougher and stronger in order to survive while in prison. She even manages to kick down an inmate that was trying to punch her]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Marinette]] is shown to be too invested in their new life and became extremely bitter towards their former classmates to the point they basically visit [[spoiler:Lila]] just to gloat at their face. [[spoiler:Ironically, that would push Marinette to TakeALevelInKindness]].
* TookALevelInKindness: All the classmates that have appeared (barring Chloé) have understood that their bullying was very wrong and are now definitely wiser. [[spoiler:Inverted for Marinette, who TookALevelInJerkass, but after confronting Lila one last time, she plays this straight and during her encounter with Adrien, it's shown that she took Lila's words to heart]].
* WalkingTheEarth: Nathaniel leaves Paris due the people's toxicity and his own problems, becoming a rather famous wandering artist.
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Marinette]] is shown to be too invested in their new life and became extremely bitter towards their former classmates to the point they basically visit [[spoiler:Lila]] just to gloat at their face. [[spoiler:Ironically, that would push Marinette to TakeALevelInKindness]].
* TookALevelInKindness: All the classmates that have appeared (barring Chloé) have understood that their bullying was very wrong and are now definitely wiser. [[spoiler:Inverted for Marinette, who TookALevelInJerkass, but after confronting Lila one last time, she plays this straight and during her encounter with Adrien, it's shown that she took Lila's words to heart]].
* WalkingTheEarth: Nathaniel leaves Paris due the people's toxicity and his own problems, becoming a rather famous wandering artist.
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* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Due to Myra's ruthless training, Lila became much tougher and stronger in order to survive while in prison. She even manages to kick down an inmate that was trying to punch her]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Marinette]] is shown to be too invested in their new life and became extremely bitter towards their former classmates to the point they basically visit [[spoiler:Lila]] just to gloat at their face. [[spoiler:Ironically,that would push This pushes Marinette to TakeALevelInKindness]].
* TookALevelInKindness: All the classmates thathave appeared appear (barring Chloé) have understood understand that their bullying was very wrong and are now definitely wiser. [[spoiler:Inverted for Marinette, who TookALevelInJerkass, but after confronting Lila one last time, she plays this straight and during her encounter with Adrien, it's shown that she took Lila's words to heart]].
* WalkingTheEarth: Nathaniel leaves Paris duethe to people's toxicity and his own problems, becoming a rather famous wandering artist.
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Marinette]] is shown to be too invested in their new life and became extremely bitter towards their former classmates to the point they basically visit [[spoiler:Lila]] just to gloat at their face. [[spoiler:Ironically,
* TookALevelInKindness: All the classmates that
* WalkingTheEarth: Nathaniel leaves Paris due
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49863787/chapters/125877364 Aftermath - Ten Years Later]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfiction.
After Marinette has enough of Lila and her classmates's bullying, she decides to finally expose them as the bullies they are to the whole city of Paris. Lila is arrested, her classmates face retribution, Marinette becomes a successful designer... Ah, how boring, we already know how it went.
BUT!
What happened to the class after they were exposed? Have they moved on from the past? Are they still the same people they were as ten years ago?
Only one way to find out.
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!!This fic contains examples of:
* AboveTheInfluence: During their first meeting in years, Nino finds Alya so dead drunk she's basically disconnected from reality. Instead of taking advantage of it, he saves her from two molesters and carries her to his aparment to let her sleep it off.
* AccompliceByInaction: Juleka and Adrien are treated as such in the bullying campaign against Marinette.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: [[spoiler:Lila]] became much more curvaceous and tall [[spoiler:during her prisony]] due to a growth spurt. [[spoiler:It's actually a curse in disguise, since it only made her life more terrible]].
* AdaptationalJerkass: Chloé treats Sabrina even worse than canon by making her do a lot of chores while wearing a skimpy maid outfit with fake dog ears, tail and even a collar.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Nino and Alya broke up before the events of the fic since the latter used to get angry at the former and him retaliating. Years later, they meet again and become friends once again. [[spoiler:In the final chapter, the two tell Adrien they are thinking of getting back together]].
* AdaptedOut: Season 5 is explicitly stated to not be canon to the fanfic's events, since the author had no idea how to write the characters otherwise.
* BigDamnHeroes: A guard that finished his rounds early caught an inmate trying [[spoiler:to rape Lila]] and immediatelly called reinforcements.
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Lila's growth spurt made her tall, attractive and curvaceous but it actually made her life even harder]]. [[spoiler:She started to get hungry really easily and she had to endure it since the guards would never give an inmate more food, her breast became so heavy that it caused her several back pains until she put on some muscle, her sudden increased height caused her to stumble a lot (including constant nausa for a while), and her being so attractive made other inmates want to rape her, with one almost managing to]].
* BreakTheCutie:
** Juleka was heavily bullied because of her AccompliceByInaction role in bullying Marinette to the point she becomes an hikikomori and never leaves her room, only when everyone is sleeping.
** Rose and her mother were told by the doctors that Rose's illness was untreatable, causing both to be crushed by stress. [[spoiler:When they are told by a remorseful doctor that her illness can actually be cured, and they were lied to the whole time, the woman reaches her RageBreakingPoint while Rose goes into a HeroicBSOD]].
* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:Myra]] treats [[spoiler:Lila]] extremely harshly while in prison but the reason for it is to toughen them up since [[spoiler:Lila]] would easily end up dead and with time the two become friends.
* DeconstructionFic: The whole fanfic can be reassumed as a Future/Deconstruction fic of a Salt Fic. It literally destroys what salt fics tend to do to the classmates in punishing them harshly by showing just how much their lives have been destroyed over people still recognizing them as Marinette's bullies and instead of never learning from their experience, the classmates do realilze their mistakes and are willing to move on from the past. And considering [[HumiliationConga what happens to each and every one of them]], it's pretty much impossible to find satisfaction in their punishments.
* DemotedToExtra: Myléne and Alix do not have a chapter dedicated to them, and the former only appears in flashbacks while the latter is only mentioned once.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Adrien has to go through hell after Lila's exposure and Gabriel's arrest, from having the stigma of being Hawk Moth's son and also an AccompliceByInaction in Marinette's bullying campaign. [[spoiler:But in the end, he manages to become a respectable politician and he's a favored candidate in becoming mayor]]. [[spoiler:This also applies to the classmates themselves, who are heavily implied to finally leading happy lives by the end of the fic]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: When Nino meets Alya again, she's so drunk she's not even realizing she was being molested. Despite them breaking up because Alya was harsh on him, the first thing Nino does is punching the gropers and make them flee and taking care of Alya until the next morning when she's in a better mindset.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Because of how much hellish her life became after being imprisoned, Lila understood that all the things she had done, both to Marinette and to get attention, just weren't worth the glorious punishment she received and grew much wiser, even if a bit crass]].
* HidingInPlainSight: Max had his name changed so that he can attend classes and avoid harassment. Likewise, Nino covers his face with a mask when out, passing it off as a smelling problem.
* HumanizingTears: [[spoiler:Lila silenty cries as Myra is brought away to be executed, signifying that she genuinely saw her as a friend]].
* ItsNotYouItsMe: Nathaniel broke off his partnership with Marc because he couldn't give the latter's stories justice, as he was getting worse with his drawings. Before he told him, though, Marc believed it was because of him Nathaniel decided to stop working with him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:While being particularly harsh about it, Lila makes several good points to Marinette in telling her that she hasn't moved on one bit from the past]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: All the classmates deeply regret what they have done in the past to Marinette. [[spoiler:Yes, even Lila]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Luka's is to not having been there for Juleka when she was bullied. [[spoiler:When Jagged finally manages to bring Juleka out of her room, Luka breaks out crying and apologizes to her]].
* PosthumousCharacter:
** André Bourgeois died of a cardiac arrest before the events of the fic and the only consideration of him are mostly Sabrina's mulling.
** [[spoiler:Lila's cellmate, Myra, is exclusively seen in flashbacks since she has been executed four years before the events of the story]].
* RageBreakingPoint: Rose's mother gets ''ballistic'' when it's revealed that [[spoiler:the doctors lied to her about Rose's illness being uncurable]].
* ThrowTheDogABone: After all the humiliation Sabrina went through for years, the final chapter has her in the care of [[spoiler:Adrien]] who is a much more benevolent boss than Chloé.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Due to Myra's ruthless training, Lila became much tougher and stronger in order to survive while in prison. She even manages to kick down an inmate that was trying to punch her]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Marinette]] is shown to be too invested in their new life and became extremely bitter towards their former classmates to the point they basically visit [[spoiler:Lila]] just to gloat at their face. [[spoiler:Ironically, that would push Marinette to TakeALevelInKindness]].
* TookALevelInKindness: All the classmates that have appeared (barring Chloé) have understood that their bullying was very wrong and are now definitely wiser. [[spoiler:Inverted for Marinette, who TookALevelInJerkass, but after confronting Lila one last time, she plays this straight and during her encounter with Adrien, it's shown that she took Lila's words to heart]].
* WalkingTheEarth: Nathaniel leaves Paris due the people's toxicity and his own problems, becoming a rather famous wandering artist.
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After Marinette has enough of Lila and her classmates's bullying, she decides to finally expose them as the bullies they are to the whole city of Paris. Lila is arrested, her classmates face retribution, Marinette becomes a successful designer... Ah, how boring, we already know how it went.
BUT!
What happened to the class after they were exposed? Have they moved on from the past? Are they still the same people they were as ten years ago?
Only one way to find out.
----
!!This fic contains examples of:
* AboveTheInfluence: During their first meeting in years, Nino finds Alya so dead drunk she's basically disconnected from reality. Instead of taking advantage of it, he saves her from two molesters and carries her to his aparment to let her sleep it off.
* AccompliceByInaction: Juleka and Adrien are treated as such in the bullying campaign against Marinette.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: [[spoiler:Lila]] became much more curvaceous and tall [[spoiler:during her prisony]] due to a growth spurt. [[spoiler:It's actually a curse in disguise, since it only made her life more terrible]].
* AdaptationalJerkass: Chloé treats Sabrina even worse than canon by making her do a lot of chores while wearing a skimpy maid outfit with fake dog ears, tail and even a collar.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Nino and Alya broke up before the events of the fic since the latter used to get angry at the former and him retaliating. Years later, they meet again and become friends once again. [[spoiler:In the final chapter, the two tell Adrien they are thinking of getting back together]].
* AdaptedOut: Season 5 is explicitly stated to not be canon to the fanfic's events, since the author had no idea how to write the characters otherwise.
* BigDamnHeroes: A guard that finished his rounds early caught an inmate trying [[spoiler:to rape Lila]] and immediatelly called reinforcements.
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Lila's growth spurt made her tall, attractive and curvaceous but it actually made her life even harder]]. [[spoiler:She started to get hungry really easily and she had to endure it since the guards would never give an inmate more food, her breast became so heavy that it caused her several back pains until she put on some muscle, her sudden increased height caused her to stumble a lot (including constant nausa for a while), and her being so attractive made other inmates want to rape her, with one almost managing to]].
* BreakTheCutie:
** Juleka was heavily bullied because of her AccompliceByInaction role in bullying Marinette to the point she becomes an hikikomori and never leaves her room, only when everyone is sleeping.
** Rose and her mother were told by the doctors that Rose's illness was untreatable, causing both to be crushed by stress. [[spoiler:When they are told by a remorseful doctor that her illness can actually be cured, and they were lied to the whole time, the woman reaches her RageBreakingPoint while Rose goes into a HeroicBSOD]].
* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:Myra]] treats [[spoiler:Lila]] extremely harshly while in prison but the reason for it is to toughen them up since [[spoiler:Lila]] would easily end up dead and with time the two become friends.
* DeconstructionFic: The whole fanfic can be reassumed as a Future/Deconstruction fic of a Salt Fic. It literally destroys what salt fics tend to do to the classmates in punishing them harshly by showing just how much their lives have been destroyed over people still recognizing them as Marinette's bullies and instead of never learning from their experience, the classmates do realilze their mistakes and are willing to move on from the past. And considering [[HumiliationConga what happens to each and every one of them]], it's pretty much impossible to find satisfaction in their punishments.
* DemotedToExtra: Myléne and Alix do not have a chapter dedicated to them, and the former only appears in flashbacks while the latter is only mentioned once.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Adrien has to go through hell after Lila's exposure and Gabriel's arrest, from having the stigma of being Hawk Moth's son and also an AccompliceByInaction in Marinette's bullying campaign. [[spoiler:But in the end, he manages to become a respectable politician and he's a favored candidate in becoming mayor]]. [[spoiler:This also applies to the classmates themselves, who are heavily implied to finally leading happy lives by the end of the fic]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: When Nino meets Alya again, she's so drunk she's not even realizing she was being molested. Despite them breaking up because Alya was harsh on him, the first thing Nino does is punching the gropers and make them flee and taking care of Alya until the next morning when she's in a better mindset.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Because of how much hellish her life became after being imprisoned, Lila understood that all the things she had done, both to Marinette and to get attention, just weren't worth the glorious punishment she received and grew much wiser, even if a bit crass]].
* HidingInPlainSight: Max had his name changed so that he can attend classes and avoid harassment. Likewise, Nino covers his face with a mask when out, passing it off as a smelling problem.
* HumanizingTears: [[spoiler:Lila silenty cries as Myra is brought away to be executed, signifying that she genuinely saw her as a friend]].
* ItsNotYouItsMe: Nathaniel broke off his partnership with Marc because he couldn't give the latter's stories justice, as he was getting worse with his drawings. Before he told him, though, Marc believed it was because of him Nathaniel decided to stop working with him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:While being particularly harsh about it, Lila makes several good points to Marinette in telling her that she hasn't moved on one bit from the past]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: All the classmates deeply regret what they have done in the past to Marinette. [[spoiler:Yes, even Lila]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Luka's is to not having been there for Juleka when she was bullied. [[spoiler:When Jagged finally manages to bring Juleka out of her room, Luka breaks out crying and apologizes to her]].
* PosthumousCharacter:
** André Bourgeois died of a cardiac arrest before the events of the fic and the only consideration of him are mostly Sabrina's mulling.
** [[spoiler:Lila's cellmate, Myra, is exclusively seen in flashbacks since she has been executed four years before the events of the story]].
* RageBreakingPoint: Rose's mother gets ''ballistic'' when it's revealed that [[spoiler:the doctors lied to her about Rose's illness being uncurable]].
* ThrowTheDogABone: After all the humiliation Sabrina went through for years, the final chapter has her in the care of [[spoiler:Adrien]] who is a much more benevolent boss than Chloé.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Due to Myra's ruthless training, Lila became much tougher and stronger in order to survive while in prison. She even manages to kick down an inmate that was trying to punch her]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Marinette]] is shown to be too invested in their new life and became extremely bitter towards their former classmates to the point they basically visit [[spoiler:Lila]] just to gloat at their face. [[spoiler:Ironically, that would push Marinette to TakeALevelInKindness]].
* TookALevelInKindness: All the classmates that have appeared (barring Chloé) have understood that their bullying was very wrong and are now definitely wiser. [[spoiler:Inverted for Marinette, who TookALevelInJerkass, but after confronting Lila one last time, she plays this straight and during her encounter with Adrien, it's shown that she took Lila's words to heart]].
* WalkingTheEarth: Nathaniel leaves Paris due the people's toxicity and his own problems, becoming a rather famous wandering artist.
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