History Fanfic / ImOkayEvenIfILeaveMyGrinBehind

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34393567/chapters/85589353 I'm okay, even if I leave my grin behind]] is a fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/SaltyOni666 SaltyOni666]]. It is a crossover fanfic between three fanfics: the original fanfic ''Fanfic/TheDarkNeverConsumesAllForTheLightRemainsWithinItsCore'' by the same author, itself a crossover fic between ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' and ''WebVideo/MyStreet''/''WebVideo/{{MinecraftDiaries}}''; ''Webcomic/{{ScarletLady}}'' by ''[[https://zoe-oneesama.tumblr.com/ zoe-oneesama]]''; and ''Fanfic/{{CheshireMiraculousLadybug}}'' by ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/RozonRozark/pseuds/RozonRozark RozonRozark]]''

After being forced to defect the order and of the jury by his first holder, Plagg had unfortunately developed a legacy of being only used by those of unsavoury entities, against his own will, the last being Garmadon. Yet a quarrel between the dark lord and his former apprentice resulted in the ring being lost for centuries, until it found itself in the hands of an innocent girl.

Seeing this as a chance at redemption, Plagg attempts to guide her on a peaceful path, using his powers as little as possible. But his path is hindered by Chloe, the school bully, Garmadon, who has found her, Hawkmoth and more.

** Marinette was never in the best of situations in the original fics, but in this, she doesn't even have the support of the city or what would've been her friends. It's also implied that her parent's business wasn't a great success, despite constantly being away to do some catering.

* AdaptationalExpansion:
** The prologue delves into how the black cat miraculous was lost for almost a century before being found by Marinette: Lucifer, after having enough of Garmadon letting Humans live, stole the miraculous in an attempt to commit humanicide. He was defeated by the [[EnemyMine combined efforts of Garmadon and master fu]], but Lucifer managed to blind them and cast away the miraculous, [[AnArmAndALeg alongside the hand bearing it]] so that he could deprive them of a total victory. [[WrittenByTheWinners Depending on who you heard of this]], Garmadon had either promised master fu the entirety of the dark miraculous in his collection [[YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo only to back off his words afterwards]] (Fu's version), or simply plagg's and that fu was caught attempting to steal the rest of it (Garmadon's version).

** [[AlphaBitch Chloe Bourgeois]], who took Lila's place from the original fic as one of the big bads, all whilst retaining her goal of ruining Marinette's life.
** Alya doesn't even appear to be befriending Marinette in this fic, whereas she was supportive of her (as Marigold/Cheshire) in the other fics..

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In a surprising turn of events, Adrien is given this treatment. In the original fanfic, he was only interested in Ladybug, not Marinette, and did what he could in an attempt to make her his alone once he learns of her identity, and yet in this, he has no interest in romance as of yet (mostly because he has the bee miraculous instead of the bug or chat miraculous), and didn't really know either Marinette or Cheshire really well (thanks to Chloe's interference). He also wants to make up for 'stealing' (in reality, not able to return it to her) her umbrella from their first encounter.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Marinette is this because of Chloe's Machination.

* ArtifactOfDoom: Like in 'Cheshire', everyone thoughts that the black cat miraculous is one of these, while in reality it's just unluckily always in the palms of evil (apart from Marinette's)

* AttentionWhore: Chloe is this in spades, believing that Everything goes her way simply because she was born in this world. She carries this trait as Scarlet Lady, where she's the centre of every news station.

* BeleagueredAssistant: Tikki is this to Chloe.

* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Many people who are on the parisian heroes side (especially those who wield a miraculous) would find themselves gaining this trait, even those with a good nature like Adrien/Honeybee.

* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Even when she attempts to avoid any necessary fights, Marinette will join the battle as Cheshire when the other parisian Heroes make a hash of it.

* TheDragon: every single 'bad' group has one:

** potentially Adrien to master fu

* CriminalCravesLegitimacy: Downplayed; Marinette, a civilian, just wants to live a peaceful life, but with most, if not all, of the heroes after her for the crimes of being a black cat user, as well as Chloe's continuance to meddle in her affairs, make her life a living hell.

* DarkIsNotEvil : a central theme in the fanfic, mainly through Marinette, a kind outcast that is hunted by the heroes because of the dark legacy of the cat miraculous.
** Garmado is also this case, as even though he's a villain, he's still more respectful than the parisian heroes.

* DealWithTheDevil: Garmadons proposal of an alliance with Cheshire by Chapter 4 can come across as this.

* DownerBeginning: before the fanfic could kick in, we learn that Shad, plagg's first user, had defected from the order alongside several kwamis, that would become the dark miraculouses, and since then had been passed down to other villains before being locked away by the order. Not long after that, Garmadon had requested that the entirety of the miraculouses would be returned to him, and promptly stole the dark miraculous when his request was denied. Lucifer, Garmadon's former apprentice, had attempted to wipe off humanity with the cat miraculous and, once defeated, cast away the ring from their possession. Marinette, on her side, was an outcast because of Chloe, and as the hero Cheshire, she's been seen as a villain by Scarlet and the other Parisian heroes.

** Any mention of Lucifer will bring some bad taste to those that are at the very least aware of his existence, just ask Master fu or Garmadon. Given [[MisanthropeSupreme his track record]], their disrespect towards him is justifiable.

** the origin of how Plagg had fallen into Marinette's hands had been altered, with Lucifer having a hand in it. He had used it in an attempt to end humanity, but when he was foiled by the combined effort of Garmadon, his former master, and Master fu, he opted to get rid of the ring by casting it away, alongside his hand that quickly deteriorated into dust.

** In this, Marinette and Garmadon manage to form some sort of truce, and she seemingly gets along with his son. These sort of interactions aren't present in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/fanfic/TheDarkNeverConsumesAllForTheLightRemainsWithinItsCore 'the dark consumes all, for the light remains within its core'.]]
** Speaking of which, Master fu is still alive and with his memories, unlike in the original fanfic where he was [[KilledOffForReal killed off]] some time after passing on the title of guardianship to Marinette.

* FriendlessBackground: Marinette and Plagg is this (unless you include Garmadon, the dark kwamis and the second jury of nine for the latter, though given his attitude towards them, he doesn't appear to like them.)

** Because of either Scarlet, or just the miraculous users in general, Marinette's the one with bad publicity by the public. It gets even worse when the heroes upload some doctored footage about Marinette and Garmadon meeting up.
** It's implied that Scarlet and Chloe's influence has this effect on Marineet in her civilian life, as certain people would stay clear of her (even if there's little to no reason because of it, as seen from Luka and Kagami's indifference when the class plan to cancel her reservation of the room, despite having never met her before.)

* HerowithanFinGood: most, if any, of the parisian heroes aren't qualified to be heroes, even if they've got the best of intentions in mind.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Everyone (that exclude Marinette, Plagg and Tikki) in Paris believes that Scarlet is the paragon, the true hero. Master Fu isn't that bothered that [[SkewedPriorities Marinette isn't Ladybug here, stating that Cheshire is their top priority]].

** Even though he's not Misterbug, Adrien is still in contact with Fu.
** Despite not being the class president, Marinette still has to fill out the teacher's paperworks under the presence of it being a model student's work pack.

** Chloe still has her hands on the ladybug miraculous ('Scarlet lady')
** Lloyd is still the Head Bastard in Charge of his school, even if a bit more friendly to Marinette than he was in the original fic (The dark never consumes all, for the light remains within its core)

* ItsAllAboutMe: Chloe's nominal trait, to the point she believes the universe owes her her existence.

* LightIsNotGood : the miraculous users of Paris claim to be on the side of good, but most of them are those that are bullying, or are complicit in this, and are only in it for themselves. It's implied (and later confirmed in chapter 4) that master fu exhibits this trope.

* PoorCommunicationKills: because of Chloe, Adrien could never make up for Marinette.

* RecursiveFanfiction: this fanfic is basically a recreation of the original fanfic, mixed with ''WebComic/{{ScarletLady}}'' and Chesire

* RoleSwapAU: Marinette has the cat miraculous and goes by Cheshire, Chloe has the ladybug miraculous and goes by Scarlet ladybug, and Adrien has the bee miraculous and goes by Honeybee.

* SkewedPriorities: instead of focusing on the akumas, the heroes would rather attack Cheshire simply because of the cat user's legacy.

** It's possible that the parisian users are this, given their interactions during battle in chapter 2 and 3.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34393567/chapters/85589353 I'm okay, even if I leave my grin behind]] is a fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/SaltyOni666 SaltyOni666]]. It is a crossover fanfic between three fanfics: the original fanfic ''Fanfic/TheDarkNeverConsumesAllForTheLightRemainsWithinItsCore'' by the same author, itself a crossover fic between ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' and ''Machinima/{{Mystreet}}''/''Machinima/{{MinecraftDiaries}}''; ''Webcomic/{{ScarletLady}}'' by ''[[https://zoe-oneesama.tumblr.com/ zoe-oneesama]]''; and ''Fanfic/{{CheshireMiraculousLadybug}}'' by ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/RozonRozark/pseuds/RozonRozark RozonRozark]]''

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Even if Garmadon couldn’t explicitly see who the other heroes are from Chloe’s memories, he could still deduce who the other heroes are. In Marinette’s case, it was much easier simply because, as a former cat holder, he can recognize the ring even when it's camouflaged.
** Just because you're the lesser demons DOESN’T mean that they automatically join your side, as Garmadon learnt from Marinette/Cheshire, when both have a common enemy (the parisian miraculous users).
** A child being the one to sign the forms instead of an actual adult (such as Caline Busier, who happens to be the main teacher) or even the class resident should be extremely troublesome, as [[OriginalCharacter Luc]] stated. This point is further seen when he tries to contact said child, only to end up with someone else instead.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:

* SuprisinglyRealisticOutcome:

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Even if Garmadon couldn’t explicitly see who the other heroes are from Chloe’s memories, he could still deduce who the other heroes are.
*** In Marinette’s case, it was much easier simply because, as a former cat holder, he can recognize the ring even when it's camouflaged.
** Just because you're the lesser demons DOESN’T mean that they automatically join your side, as Garmadon learnt from Marinette/Cheshire, when both have a common enemy (the parisian miraculous users).

* DudeWheresMyRespect?: Marinette doesn’t get a break as Cheshire because every hero uses the legacy card (reminding people of the cat’s history) so that they perceive her as the enemy, and to justify every one of their attacks on her. It gets worse when they capture and doctored some footage of their battle in Ninjago, falsely implying that Garmadon and Marinette are in league now (which isn’t that far off, but still false).

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney! / ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections!: How Chloe deals with obstacles in her path, as well as how she makes Marinette’s life a living nightmare..

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27897316/chapters/68312779 I'm okay, even if I leave my grin behind]] is a fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/SaltyOni666 SaltyOni666]]. It is a crossover fanfic between three fanfics: the original fanfic ‘’Fanfic/{{TheDarkNeverConsumesAllForTheLightRemainsWithinItsCore}} by the same author, itself a crossover fic between ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' and ''Machinima/{{Mystreet}}''/''Machinima/{{MinecraftDiaries}}''; ''Webcomic/{{ScarletLady}}'' by ''[[https://zoe-oneesama.tumblr.com/ zoe-oneesama]]''; and ''Fanfic/{{CheshireMiraculousLadybug}}'' by ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/RozonRozark/pseuds/RozonRozark RozonRozark]]''

** Lloyd is still the Head Bastard in Charge of his school, even if a bit more friendly to Marinette than he was in the original fic (‘The dark never consumes all, for the light remains within its core’

* Curb-Stomp Battle: As usual, Garmadon has a habit of turning a battle into this whenever he goes into one as himself. So far, only Cheshire is capable of holding her own against him.

* RecursiveFanfiction: this fanfic is basically a recreation of the original fanfic, mixed with ''WebComic/{{ScarletLady}}'' and ''Fanfic/{{Chesire}}''

* RecursiveFanfiction: this fanfic is basically a recreation of the original fanfic, mixed with [[WebComic/ScarletLady]] and [[Fanfic/Chesire]]

* SuprisinglyRealisticOutcome:

** Speaking of which, Master fu is still alive and with his memories, unlike in the original fanfic where he was [KilledOffForReal killed off] some time after passing on the title of guardianship to Marinette.

* Adaptational Expansion:

* Attention Whore: Chloe is this in spades, believing that Everything goes her way simply because she was born in this world. She carries this trait as Scarlet Lady, where she’s the centre of every news station.

* the Dragon: every single ‘bad’ group has one:

* Dramatic Irony:

* Dude, Where's My Respect?: Marinette doesn’t get a break as Cheshire because every hero uses the legacy card (reminding people of the cat’s history) so that they perceive her as the enemy, and to justify every one of their attacks on her. It gets worse when they capture and doctored some footage of their battle in Ninjago, falsely implying that Garmadon and Marinette are in league now (which isn’t that far off, but still false).

* Downer Beginning: before the fanfic could kick in, we learn that Shad, plagg’s first user, had defected from the order alongside several kwamis, that would become the dark miraculouses, and since then had been passed down to other villains before being locked away by the order. Not long after that, Garmadon had requested that the entirety of the miraculouses would be returned to him, and promptly stole the dark miraculous when his request was denied. Lucifer, Garmadon’s former apprentice, had attempted to wipe off humanity with the cat miraculous and, once defeated, cast away the ring from their possession. Marinette, on her side, was an outcast because of Chloe, and as the hero Cheshire, she’s been seen as a villain by Scarlet and the other Parisian heroes.

* Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Chloe doesn’t see why she has to literally help people, nor why she shouldn’t be abusing her position and powers.

* Hero with an F in Good: most, if any, of the parisian heroes aren’t qualified to be heroes, even if they've got the best of intentions in mind.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27897316/chapters/68312779 I'm okay, even if I leave my grin behind]] is a fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/SaltyOni666 SaltyOni666]]. It is a crossover fanfic between three fanfics: the original fanfic ‘’Fanfic/{{TheDarkNeverConsumesAllForTheLightRemainsWithinItsCore}} by the same author, itself a crossover fic between ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' and ''Machinima/{{Mystreet}}''/''Machinima/MinecraftDiaries''; ''{{Webcomic/ScarletLady}}'' by ''{{https://zoe-oneesama.tumblr.com/ zoe-oneesama}}''; and ''{{https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/CheshireMiraculousLadybug Cheshire}}'' by ''{{https://archiveofourown.org/users/RozonRozark/pseuds/RozonRozark RozonRozark}}''

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27897316/chapters/68312779 I'm okay, even if I leave my grin behind]] is a fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/SaltyOni666 SaltyOni666]]. It is a crossover fanfic between three fanfics: the original fanfic ‘’Fanfic/{{TheDarkNeverConsumesAllForTheLightRemainsWithinItsCore}} by the same author, itself a crossover fic between ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' and ''Machinima/{{Mystreet}}''/''Machinima/MinecraftDiaries''; ‘‘{{Webcomic/ScarletLady}}’’ by ''{{https://zoe-oneesama.tumblr.com/ zoe-oneesama}}''; and ‘‘{{https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/CheshireMiraculousLadybug Cheshire}}’’ by ''{{https://archiveofourown.org/users/RozonRozark/pseuds/RozonRozark RozonRozark}}''