History Fanfic / TheOneToMakeItStay

** Felix serves as one to Alya thanks to their mutual interest in investigation. While savvier than her on the surface, and quick to criticize her methods, taking several snipes at her both directly and in his journal, he's just as prone to leaping to conclusions in his own way. Like her, he starts as an outsider, but is poised to have a much harder time integrating with his peers since he's NotHereToMakeFriends and sees them not as classmates, but pieces to the puzzles he's intent upon solving. It's heavily implied that he sees himself as smarter and savvier than her, but he's just as blind to his own missteps and faults as she has been.

** While there ''is'' a kwami swap, it doesn't happen in ''Reflekdoll''. [[spoiler:Instead, it happens in the fight against Ikari Gozen, with Alya taking the bee and Luka taking the turtle, becoming Abeille Dorée and Maturin respectively.]]

* SpotTheImposter: Ladybug and the other heroes have to do this when a second Ruby appears and causes mischief at the studio. While Princess Piggy and Tigresse Rayé attempt to ask questions that only the real Ruby would know, the fake Ruby is able to speak in unison with her. Ladybug instead decides to insult Hawkmoth's creation, causing the akuma to get offended and reveal themselves [[spoiler: and the fact that they actually weren't created by Hawkmoth. Another peacock holder created them.]]

* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Adrien and Alya both have this issue. Adrien has convinced himself that he's a DoggedNiceGuy who ''WILL'' win Ladybug over eventually, while Alya believes that she understands Marinette's heart better than her bestie does.

** In ''A Bottle of Exquisite Stuff'' [[spoiler: they finally make up, with Alya continuing to make things right.]]

** Chapter titles also apply here. In addition to the above, we have ''The Evening Mist Melts Away'' (''All Through the Day'' by Asobi Seksu), ''Hearing Only Yourself'' (''Slide'' by Low), ''The Hour Glass is Drifting Away'' (''Lost in Space'' by The Veldt), ''It's Gonna Feel So Rare'' (''Kill Rhythm'' by Catherine Wheel) and ''I Owe You Every Joy of Love'' (''Color's Running Out'' by TOY).

* Kagami's mother is still akumatized into Ikari Gozen, though the impetus here is [[spoiler:her outrage over how her daughter has been hounded in the wake of her ''own'' akumatization into Friend Zone]].

* ExactWords: When Ladybug visits Nino, she asks if he's already heard that she'd benched Rena Rouge for the summer. He replies that no, he hadn't... because Alya had told him that she'd been stripped of the Fox ''permanently''. (He chooses to avoid stating precisely what he ''was'' told in order to avoid getting her into even more trouble.)

* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: This is why [[spoiler:Mirelle]] gets akumatized in ''The Radio Still Plays''. [[spoiler:Alec planned to sabotage her performance by deliberately giving her a bad song and messing with her microphone in order to engineer a viral video that he hoped would be regarded as this.]]

* NotSoDifferent: In ''The Radio Still Plays'', Marinette comes to realize that both she and Master Fu have been putting aside their own problems and regrets in order to focus entirely upon their duties as Ladybug and the Guardian. This encourages her to open up to him more and speak more frankly about her issues with Alya/Rena Rouge and the Ladyblog.

** Its second chapter delivers another whammy when the rift between Chat Noir and Ladybug widens due to the above, and [[spoiler:Miracle Queen successfully uses a Mirage to trick him, stealing the ring, revealing his identity, and successfully getting the ring to Hawkmoth]]. This also leads to [[spoiler:Master Fu deciding to leave Paris, leaving Klaalki and several other Miraculous with Marinette, as he knows Adrien could compromise his identity]].

* AbledInTheAdaptation: A chapter of "Paper Sky Peels Off the Walls" reveals Luka to be on the autism spectrum. There is no mention of this in the show proper.

** ''I Know All the Songs'' show Luka hanging out with Marinette before she goes to meet and talk to Alya. It also explores his issues with keeping his emotions in check.

-->[[spoiler:'''Ladybug''': "''Another'' chance? Chloe, you've been given ''plenty'' of chances to clean up your act! That one girl you bullied for ''four'' years threw you a party after saving the city! Your teacher has been nothing but patient with you, punishing the victims of ''your'' actions! I allowed you to keep the Bee because I thought being a hero would force you to become a better person, with or without the mask. And yet, you continue to harass other people, then expect I'll give you the Bee when they're nearly akumatized? Someone who is so entitled, stubborn and cruel cannot be a hero. You're off the team, Chloe."]]

* SoBadItsGood: InUniverse, this is why [[spoiler:Mirelle]] gets akumatized in ''The Radio Still Plays''. [[spoiler:Alec planned to sabotage her performance by deliberately giving her a bad song and messing with her microphone in order to engineer a viral video that he hoped would be regarded as this.]]

** Jagged gives Marinette a "Surveillance Stuff" app to help her put some extra measures in place to protect herself.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The story Master Fu tells Marinette about his past in ''All the Laughs We Had in the Past''. Particularly the fact that the way he describes [[spoiler:his troublesome EvilFormerFriend Bo has more in common with ''Chat Noir'' than he does with Alya]], right down to the fact that [[spoiler:he used to be Fu's partner, and was underestimated in part due to his tendency to joke around... and Fu didn't realize how self-serving he could be until it was too late]].

* ShoutOut: Some of Luka and Juleka's cousins, knowing how much she likes figurines, hook her up with all the episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNOW'' to watch. This directly inspires her idea for a music video starring custom figures.