History Fanfic / ConsequencesMiraculousLadybug

** She gets gruff with Gabriel on the phone when he dimisses the dismay of his son’s emotional health and personal happiness, telling him firmly that Adrien developing friendships is less of a “frivolity” and more of a necessity if he wants to grow as a person. It actually works, and Gabriel takes her word for it and allows Adrien more freedom to be with his friends.

* {{Demonization}}: Subverted. Only Lila is treated in a consistently negative way and everyone retains their canon personalities for the most part.

* SpottingTheThread: When presenting the decoy school reports made by Max to Ms. Bustier under the pretence that she made them herself, [[OhCrap Lila ends up being blindsided by the reveal from Ms. Bustier]] that they're written in the font that Max himself created, exists only on his computer, and that only ''he'' uses.

* FixItFic: Principal Damocles and Madame Bustier are not the moronic and/or abusive authority figures who are unapologetic for their misdeeds that they are in many salt fics. In this story, they realize their mistakes and try to make up for them, giving Lila the punishment she deserves for playing truant, harassing Marinette and Adrien, and grabbing akumas to dodge rightful justice. It’s also explained how Lila was able to fool them for so long, like passing off her email as her mother’s to avoid Damocles contacting her.

So far, there are twelve stories in the series:

* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: Two times for Madame Bustier.

* RonTheDeathEater: This part of the series is all about subverting this. In many salt fics of the fandom, Principal Damocles is a spineless moron who is throughly incompetent and unfit for his job, while Madame Bustier is an abusive teacher who lets Lila get away with murder and blames Marinette for standing up to her, foisting all the responsibility for the rest of the class on her shoulders and expecting her to TurnTheOtherCheek to the bullying she endures. The author says in the description that they believe the teachers get a raw deal in the series, and they believe them all to be good-hearted people who genuinely want the best for their charges and try their hardest to provide them with a safe environment.

* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: Two times for Madame Bustier. She gets gruff with Gabriel on the phone when he dimisses the dismay of his son’s emotional health and personal happiness, telling him firmly that Adrien developing friendships is less of a “frivolity” and more of a necessity if he wants to grow as a person. It actually works, and Gabriel takes her word for it and allows Adrien more freedom to be with his friends.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Max doesn't mind ''helping'' people with their schoolwork, but he draws the line at actually ''doing'' it for them, [[BullyingADragon especially not being strong-armed into it]].

* ImpostorForgotOneDetail: When presenting the decoy school reports made by Max to Ms. Bustier under the pretence that she made them herself, [[OhCrap Lila ends up being blindsided by the reveal]] that they're written in the font that Max himself created, exists only on his computer, and that only ''he'' uses.

* AlreadyDoneForYou: As mentioned in the epilogue, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Lila tries to come back for revenge against Max in her Volpina form]] before she's due to be sent to a strict reform school in Italy. Max anticipates her trying something however, and builds [[WalkingArsenal a special robot with a heavy non-lethal arsenal]] -- equipped with net launchers, tasers, pepper spray dispensers and a full database's worth of martial arts experience, among other things -- with which to protect him. By the time Ladybug and Chat Noir track Volpina down, [[CurbStompBattle she's found already defeated and in a badly beaten, barely-conscious heap on the floor]].

* EnemyMine: Chloe gives Kagami a video she fortuitously took of Lila engineering Tomoe's accident, only because she hates Lila more than she dislikes Kagami. She even justifies doing so using the old ''"the enemy of my enemy is my friend"'' proverb.

* VillainHasAPoint: When trying to talk Inquisitor down from slowly torturing Lila to death on live television, she acknowledges that she ''is'' a despicable person who needs to face justice for what she's done, but [[CruelAndUnusualDeath how he intends to go about it]] is not the right way to do so. Later on, when the full extent of Lila's crimes come to light from her blurting out that she's a willing ally of Hawk Moth before admitting everything in a cowardly attempt to save herself, she quietly begins [[PayEvilUntoEvil considering whether or not to simply let him go through with it]].

* DirtyCoward: Lila, once again. When the Inquisitor makes himself known and approaches to seize her with intent to make her pay for her crimes, she immediately responds by [[HumanShield shoving Nathaniel into his path to be grabbed instead]] before fleeing. Fortunately, [[YouWillNotEvadeMe it doesn't work]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Every time Lila tries to lie or defend herself, the Inquisitor drops enormous stone slabs on her, crushing her underneath. Although, considering that he got akumatized because of wanting justice for how she turned all his friends against him, manipulated them into bullying, and [[DrivenToSuicide pushed him to the point where he tried to commit suicide]], this could be more of PayEvilUntoEvil.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: The Inquisitor kidnaps Lila and takes her to the TV studio, where he forces her to confess her misdeeds on live TV, forcing her under a wooden board and piling heavy stone slabs on her -- ala a 15th Century execution method used for accused witches -- when she lies.
* EpicFlail / ExoticWeaponSupremacy: The Inquisitor makes use of a meteor hammer when fighting Ladybug and Cat Noir and manages to take the fight early on, with it being noted that Cat Noir's fencing skills and weapon are finding it difficult to counter such a tricky weapon. That said, he does manage to get The Inquisitor to fall victim to the weapon's drawbacks as well, namely the risk of getting tangled up in the chain if not careful, forcing him to switch it out for a sword.

* TraumaButton: Lila herself is one for Frederick, as seeing her in his new classroom drives him into a breakdown that culminates in him being akumatized into The Inquisitor.
* WitchHunt: The Inquisitor is based both visually and character-wise on a 15th Century witch hunter, and tortures Lila with a method infamously used on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Corey Giles Corey]] in 1692; namely, pinning her beneath a wooden board and slowly crushing her with [[LivingLieDetector heavy stone slabs that spontaneously appear every time she lies]].
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: When the Inquisitor initially approaches Lila and attempts to grab her, she responds with her usual act of [[PlayingTheVictimCard faking tears and pretending she's done nothing to wrong him]], then [[HumanShield shoving Nathaniel into his path]] before [[DirtyCoward running and abandoning the class to their fate]]. It ultimately amounts to nothing when Inquisitor [[AffablyEvil lets him go and politely apologizes]], before stopping Lila fleeing by smashing through the wall with his [[EpicFlail Meteor Hammer]] and going through the hole to cut off her route to the front doors. [[/folder]]

* BatmanGambit: Max pretends to submit to Lila's demands while setting her up by using a font that he made. As such, because only ''his'' computer has it, it would raise questions of why Lila's homework would have it, and when Ms. Bustier asks Lila why, the liar claims she borrowed Max's computer. When asked for confirmation, Max strikes and lets everyone know what ''really'' happened, complete with recorded evidence from Markov projected to a nearby display.

* AccidentalPublicConfession: Unfortunately for Lila, Max’s robot buddy Markov was recording him when Lila came into convince him to do her work, and didn’t stop, meaning her threats to Max and her entire evil MotiveRant about using her classmates as flunkies was recorded into his memory drive, which is used by Max later to expose her.
* BatmanGambit: Max pretends to submit to Lila's demands while setting her up by using a font that he made - as such, because only ''his'' computer has it, it would raise questions of why Lila's homework would have it, and when Ms. Bustier asks Lila why, the liar claims she borrowed Max's computer. When asked for confirmation, Max strikes and lets everyone know what ''really'' happened.
* BullyingADragon: Lila learns the hard way that it's not a good idea to threaten someone who's smart enough to build a sentient A.I.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Max doesn't mind ''helping'' people with their schoolwork, but he draws the line at actually ''doing'' it for them.

* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: After reading Lila's worksheets and discovering that they are written in a font only Max's computer has, Ms. Bustier actually snaps at her in a steely voice, as opposed to talking in her usual warm, motherly tone.

* TakeAThirdOption: When given a SadisticChoice by Lila to either do her schoolwork for her or have her ruin his life like she did Marinette’s, Max instead chooses neither and sets up a BatmanGambit to expose her crime, and her [[BitchInSheepsClothing true nature]].

* BatmanGambit: Max pretends to submit to Lila's demands while setting her up by using a font that he made - as such, because only ''his'' computer has it, it would rise questions of why Lila's homework would have it, and when Ms. Bustier asks Lila why, the liar claims she borrowed Max's computer. When asked for confirmation, Max strikes and lets everyone know what ''really'' happened.

* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: After reading Lila's worksheets, Ms. Bustier actually snaps at her in a steely voice, as opposed to talking in her usual warm, motherly tone.

* TakeAThirdOption: When given a SadasticChoice by Lila to either do her schoolwork for her or have her ruin his life like she did Marinette’s, Max instead chooses neither and sets up a BatmanGambit to expose her crime, and her [[BitchInSheepsClothing true nature]].

* BatmanGambit: Max pretends to submit to Lila's demands while setting her up by using a font that he made, as such, only his computer have it, it would rise questions of why Lila's homework would have them, and when Ms. Bustier asks Lila why, the liar claims she borrowed Max's computer. When asked for confirmation, Max strikes and lets everyone know what ''really'' happened.

* BatmanGambit: Max pretends to submit to Lila's demands while setting her up by using a font that he made, as such, only his computer have it, it would rise questions of why Lila's homework would have them, and when Ms. Bustier asks Lila why, the liar would claim she borrowed Max's computer, when asked for confirmation, Max strikes.

* CardCarryingVillain: This side to Lila is in full bloom here, as shown by her MotiveRant when threatening Max. She makes it absolutely clear that she has no interest in making friends or even trying to redeem herself for her previous actions; only for having unquestioningly-loyal flunkeys that she can bend to her will.

* BatmanGambit: Max pretendes to submit to Lila's demands while setting her up by using a font that he made, as such, only his computer have it, it would rise questions of why Lila's homework would have them, and when Ms. Bustier asks Lila why, the lier would claim she borrowed Max's computer, when asked for cofirmation, Max would strike

* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: After reading Lila's worksheets, Ms. Bustier actually snaps at her in a steely voice, as opposed to talking in a warm motherly tone.

-->'''Inquisitor:''' Guess what, Lila? ILied. (''drops a fourth slab'') You know, this wasn’t just a method of interrogation. It was used as a method of execution as well. They would place increasingly heavy stones on top of the victim until they confessed... ''or died''. They did it to Giles Corey during the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials Salem Witch Trials,]] you know. Each time they asked him to confess, he would reply “More weight!”. It took him three days to die, you know. I wonder how long you’ll take? (''drops a fifth slab'') [[ColdBloodedTorture It won’t be a quick or painless death]]. As the pressure on your torso increases, your vital organs will begin to shut down. Your ribs will begin to crack and then collapse in on themselves. You’ll suffer internal bleeding, slowly and painfully. Perhaps, if you’re lucky, your brain will shut down from the lack of oxygen flow it's getting, and you’ll be unconscious at the end of it. Or, ''maybe not''.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Every time Lila tries to lie or defend herself, the Inquisitor drops boulders on her, crushing her underneath. Although, considering that he got akumatized because of wanting justice for how she turned all his friends against him, manipulated them into bullying, and [[DrivenToSuicide pushed him to the point where he tried to commit suicide]], this could be more of PayEvilUntoEvil.
* DrivenToSuicide: Frederick, just like in the last installment. After Lila poisoned all his friends against him and manipulated them into bullying him mercilessly, Frederick tried to slit his wrists, and was [[InterruptedSuicide only saved by his favorite cousin Hugo finding him]] in the nick of time.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After Lila is exposed and sent away, Frederick gains new friends who are loyal to him and also becomes romantically involved with Jean Duparc, a far cry from what his life was like after Lila had finished with him.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: The Inquisitor kidnaps Lila and takes her to the TV studio, where he forces her to confess her misdeeds on live TV, piling boulders on her if she lies.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Frederick is deliberately kept oblivious to what he did as an akuma, namely almost crushing Lila to death with heavy rocks, because he would feel horrible about it despite his hatred for Lila over what she did to him.

* WitchHunt: The Inquisitor is based both visually and character-wise on a 15th Century witch hunter, and tortures Lila with a method infamously used on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Corey Giles Corey]] in 1692; namely, pinning her beneath a wooden board and slowly crushing her with [[LivingLieDetector heavy boulders that spontaneously appear every time she lies]].
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: When the Inquisitor initially approaches Lila and attempts to grab her, she responds by [[HumanShield shoving Nathaniel into his path]] before [[DirtyCoward running and abandoning the class to their fate]]. It ultimately amounts to nothing when Inquisitor [[AffablyEvil lets him go and politely apologizes]], before stopping Lila fleeing by smashing through the wall with his [[EpicFlail Meteor Hammer]] and going through it to cut off her route to the front doors. [[/folder]]