History Fanfic / CrimsonAndNoire

* BigDamnHeroes: In chapter 12, just as Speedstar is about to take down Crimson Beetle and Lady Noire, Cottontail and Bunnyx arrive in time to save them and defeat the akuma

** Gabriel almost crosses this in chapter 42 [[spoiler:when Style Queen captures and dissolves Adrien]] and he decides to [[spoiler:use the Peacoke Miraculous to save him]]. [[spoiler:Nooro is barely able to talk him out of crossing the Threshold by reminding him that not only the Guardians could have warned the heroes about his AlterEgo Cobalt Plume but that the Peacock Miraculous now carries the same damage the Butterfly Miraculous used to have. Gabriel relents when Nooro convinces him to let the heroes rescue his son rather than let the latter see his father suffer the same illness that his mother suffered before her disappearance]].
** In the following chapter, two thresholds get crossed. The first [[spoiler:is Tikki using Miraculous Cure without Crimson Beetle to mitigate it, which comes with the risk of Paris reverting back to prehistoric time]]. The second [[spoiler:is having Lady Noire absorb the corruptive energy of the akuma empowering Style Queen, then unleash it as a Black Storm without any prior training with energy bending, with the plan being to balance the storm and the cure to revert Paris right before the akuma attack]].

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In chapter 26, after Alya and Marinette tell Kagami about the old fox hero Citrine Húlí and how he's based on the Chinese fox spirit Húlijīng, Kagami and Marinette start listing the different AsianFoxSpirit from Japanese and Chinese mythology respectively, which finishes with Alya saying Feunard[[note]]The French name of the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Ninetails[[/note]]. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Marinette finds herself bursting out in laughter]].

* IChooseToStay: In chapter 45, Zoe asks her stepfather Andre if she can stay in Paris, wanting to be with her half-sister and new friends rather than return to her lonely life in New York. Adre admits that decision is up to her father and mother, but he will try to convince Audrey to move to Paris.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: In chapter 26, after Alya and Marinette tell Kagami about the old fox hero Citrine Húlí and how he's based on the Chinese fox spirit Húlijīng, Kagami and Marinette start listing the different AsianFoxSpirit from Japanese and Chinese mythology respectively, which finishes with Alya saying Feunard[[note]]The French name of the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Ninetails[[/note]]. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Marinette finds herself bursting out in laughter]].

* ForWantOfANail:
** The first major nail is that [[spoiler:the Butterfly Miraculous was damaged instead of the Peacock Miraculous while in canon]]. [[InSpiteOfANail Emilie is still in a coma]] [[spoiler:since she used the Butterfly Miraculous]], but with [[spoiler:Gabriel [[DoesNotLikeMagic developing a hatred of magic]], he has Nathalie use the Butterfly Miraculous once it was repaired]].
** The second nail is that Master Fu was given the Fox Miraculous as a child instead of the Turtle Miraculous. Having Trixx in his life leads him to not leave Marianne behind like in canon, but recruit her as a fellow Guardian. It also makes him more favorable to a PowerStereotypeFlip approach to the Miraculous, with Marinette chosen to use the Black Cat Miraculous as Lady Noire and Adrien chosen to use the Ladybug Miraculous as Crimson Beetle.
*** This preference also inspires Adrien to pick [[spoiler:Nino]] to be the Fox wielder instead of Alya... that and Alya [[spoiler:was akumatized hunting down the culprit that left an insulting message on Marinette's desk]].
** The third major nail is that there has been a history of past Ladybug treating their Black Cats poorly or the Cats [[HeroWithBadPublicity being distrusted for their destructive powers]]. This not only makes Plagg [[PapaWolf greatly protective of Marinette]], but also shows a distrust of Crimson Beetle he never showed to Ladybug in canon.
** The starting events of "Riposte" happen around the time of season 1, though because [[spoiler:Nathalie as Monarch is avoiding akumas going after Adrien]], Kagami isn't akumatized from Marinette confusingly calling Adrien the winner in their fencing match. Marinette talks Kagami into taking a proper rematch against Adrien and D'Argencourt asks her to join his fencing team. Because of this, Kagami develops feelings for Marinette and becomes a FriendlyRival with Adrien in both fencing and for Marinette's heart.
** [[spoiler:Since Lila never claimed to be either Crimson Bug or Lady Noire's friend, Marinette remains in the dark about Lila's [[BitchInSheepsClothing true nature]]. It's also hinted that Lila [[VillainousCrush has feelings for Marinette]], so now her actions [[{{Yandere}} are aimed to having the designer for herself]]]].

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: PlayedForLaughs. In chapter 29, Trixx and Roarr tease Fu about the time [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies when he tried to leave Marianne behind to protect her]], which they recall with dramatic fervor.

'''Roarr''': It was too dangerous, you said! 'She could have gotten hurt!'\\

** Chapter 37 have Marinette, Marianne, Roarr, and ''especially'' [[MamaBear Tikki]] giving this to Plagg when he rudely responds to Crimson's offer of a gift by asking if he'll never talk to him again.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Adrien's {{Claustrophobia}} [[note]]cleithrophobia specifically [[/note]] tends to rattle to ability to keep calm even as Crimson Beetle.

* PsychologicalProjection: Past Ladybug wielders frequently treated their Black Cat partners poorly. Plagg assumes that Crimson Beetle[=/=]Adrien is exactly the same; despite his staunchly supporting Lady Noire as both her heroic partner and a civilian, he continues to expect an inevitable betrayal. After Tikki [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out on this]], he decides to give Crimson a chance but makes clear that [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer if he ever hurts Marinette]], he will never forgive or forget that betrayal.

** Plagg in the show never seem to have any issues in his past [[BeenThereShapedHistory minus a few disasters like sinking Atlantis or killing the dinosaurs]], though even then he's non-faze. In the story, he spent centuries seeing his wielders [[HeroWithBadPublicity being mistreated and distrusted by the public and even their partner Ladybugs]], making him very jaded and overprotective by the time he ends up with Marinette.

* LadyAndKnight: As the akuma Knight Skies, Juleka becomes the dark knight for Rose's bright lady,having the courage she wanted to both protect Rose and declare her live for her. She even entrusts Rose with the name-sake flower [[spoiler:that contains her akuma]].

* LadyAndKnight: As the akuma Knight Skies, Juleka becomes the knight for Rose's lady,havibg the courage she wanted to both protect Rose and declare her live for her. She even entrusts Rose with the name-sake flower [[spoiler:that contains her akuma]].

* NoodleIncident:
** Chapter 25 has Apex being frustrated that Cottontail bought pastries while visiting the present day, as she doesn't want to fix a French economy crash he caused ''again''. Cottontail points out that the economy collapse was caused by different factors, not just by him buying lunch at that time.
** In chapter 32, when Kim brings up some of Marinette's embarrassing sleepover stories, she tells him to be quiet or she'll bring up the noodle incident. Whatever it was, it got Kim to be quiet and she and Nino to share an amused look between themselves.
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: In chapter 41, after her own [[JerkassRealization realization about how badly she's been writing about Lady Noire]] due to being WrongGenreSavvy, Alya decides to be more cautious about her role as an IntrepidReporter, particularly in avoiding making a classmate uncomfortable when asking them about an unusual behavior when they were hit by Reverser. [[spoiler:The problem is that said student is ''[[ManipulativeBitch Lila]]'', who takes advantage of Alya's hesitation by bringing up how much trouble it would be for her own parents if unwanted news came on the internet to keep her from digging deeper. And that doesn't stop Lila from identifying Alya as a threat to her goals, intentionally sowing seeds of discord between her and Marinette to make it harder for Alya to warn Marinette about Lila's true nature should the former find out]].

** Luka and Adrien were just friends in canon, while here they enter a relationship in chapter 41.

** The Love-Square between Marinette and Adrien starts because of this: Lady Noire has a crush on her parter Crimson because he treats her kindly and stands up for her [[HeroWithBadPublicity when most of Paris sees her as a destructive menance]]. Likewise, Adrien's admiration and later feelings for Marinette started because the latter was willing to give him a chance despite his friendship with [[AlphaBitch Chloe]] and called out her classmates Kim and Alix for trying to intimidate him because of said friendship.

* ImpededCommunication: In chapter 6, Marinette learns that she hasn't been getting notifications from Alya's [=BeetleBlog=], which the latter attributes to a bug on her site. After school, Marinette finds out that Plagg had been deleting her notifications because he didn't want her to read articles that portray Lady Noire as more dangerous than she really is. Marinette is annoyed at his actions because it could make it look like she was deliberately ignoring her best friend.

* MundaneSolution: Marinette is commissioned by Penny Rolling to design the next album cover for Jagged Stones. She later gets an email from Jagged's producer, Bob Roth, providing the visuals he wants her to use despite it conflicting with Jagged's style. As Marinette freaks out about the conflicting requests, Plagg tells her to just email both of them about the different emails and ask for further clarification. She then gets confirmation from Penny to just communicate directly with her and ignore Ross since he isn't her employer, allowing the designer to focus on art that matches Jagged's theme and that he'll enjoy.

* CausticCritic: Plagg becomes this once he gets access to the Internet; he [[OverprotectiveDad has no affection for Alya or her Beetle Blog after the things she wrote about Lady Noire]], so his only motivation for getting an account is tearing her articles to pieces. Coincidentally, this happens around the time [[JerkassRealization Alya was realizing that she needed to be less biased in her reporting]], but that doesn't stop Plagg. He ''does'' note that it's harder to find points to criticize after he's banned from the forums ''24 times'' but "he would find a way."

* TheCynic: After centuries of people [[HeroWithBadPublicity mistrusting and mistreating his partners]], it's safe to say that Plagg does ''not'' have the highest opinion of human intelligence or kindness. In his quest to [[OverprotectiveDad protect Marinette]], he prefers to try shoving away anyone who has [[InnocentlyInsensitive unknowingly]] hurt her- or, in the case of [[PsychologicalProjection Crimson Beetle]], could ''potentially'' hurt her- rather than hope that they might learn with time and effort. This stance is shown to [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers have its drawbacks]] as the story progresses; for one thing, Plagg can come across as a bit ungrateful for the support Lady Noire ''does'' receive, since he maintains that Marinette’s friends are "cowards" for not proclaiming their support from the rooftops. For another, months of complaining about ''everyone'' around Marinette has [[CryingWolf compromised his ability to warn her about legitimately bad people like]] [[spoiler:[[CryingWolf Lila]]]]; Marinette simply assumes that ''no one'' is up to Plagg's high standards.

* HasTwoMommies: Lila casually mentions that she has two moms, though they work very often so she doesn't see them as much.

* CommonalityConnection: Back when anti-akuma prejudice was high, former akumas like Ivan, Aurore, and Mylene got close because of their past as Monarch's [[SlaveMook brainwashed minions]] and [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer since they were orchestrated by their classmates]] because of what they did while BrainwashedAndCrazy.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the show, people who are akumatized are treated no differently than they were before they were akumatized. In contrast, the victims receive a lot more scrunity from the public after their akumatization in this fic.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In chapter 42, Adrien stands up for one of his father's employees when Audrey tries to fire her [[DisproportionateRetribution just because she isn't seating in the front row for the fashion show]]. [[spoiler:This ends up making him more a target when Audrey gets akumatized into Style Queen, who turns him into glitte and dissolves him to lure out his father]].

** In chapter 42, Marinette realizes the situation with Style Queen is much more dire than it first seems because Plagg is frantically telling her to head to the Guardians immediately when he usually tries to avoid them. [[spoiler:That's because Plagg knows that with Adrien captured and dissolved by Style Queen, they won't have Crimson Beetle to help them against the akuma]].