History Fanfic / LadyBugOut

''[=LadyBugOut=]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' AU created by Miraculous Content on Tumblr. First part can be read [[https://miraculouscontent.tumblr.com/post/184603860970/ladybugout here.]] Here is a [[https://www.deviantart.com/miraculous-content/art/LadyBugOut-AU-Tumblr-Masterpost-800503048 masterpost]] for all the writings as well as answered questions and miscellaneous content related to the AU. The collection can also be found on [[Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn AO3]] starting [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20276710/chapters/48065431 here]].

** Lila, someone who ''thrives'' on being a BitchInSheepsClothing and presenting herself as a complete non-threat, is completely unable to comprehend the idea that Marinette ''or'' Alya could actually cause her any serious problems. Especially the latter, writing her off completely, to the point that she can't conceive of her being a threat even after she [[TheDogBitesBack bites back]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In ''Don't Kiss But Tell'', Ladybug's yoyo pops open at some point after her meeting with Chat turns ugly. This happens again in ''Been There, Done Chat'', only there, it also [[spoiler:records and broadcasts their confrontation live on her blog, including his EntitledToHaveYou rant]].

** Marinette finally starts to get through to Adrien about his toxic actions by [[spoiler:using his own InsaneTrollLogic against him to prove that logically, the two of them are a couple despite him not consenting to the matter in any way]].

*** [[spoiler: It has expired fully when she is caught on camera accepting an Akuma and it causes her to be expelled pending an investigation.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: fanart by kceedraws on Tumblr]]

* AdaptationalJerkass: Alya & Adrien's flaws are taken UpToEleven. He's made into an EntitledBastard while she is made SuperGullible.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Alya & Adrien's flaws are exaggerated.

* FatalFlaw:
** For Alya: {{Pride}}, stubbornness, and putting 'juicy stories' over honesty and fact-checking. She's firmly [[BelievingTheirOwnLies bought into her own hype]], ''convinced'' that she's an IntrepidReporter, and any suggestion otherwise is a major BerserkButton.
** For Adrien: [[EntitledToHaveYou Entitlement]], self-centeredness and SkewedPriorities. Thinks that being Chat Noir makes him TheChosenOne and that he and Ladybug are destined to be together, with him rejecting any and all evidence to the contrary and putting the state of his love life -- or lack thereof -- over more pressing concerns like protecting Paris.
** For Lila: Overconfidence and spite. Having gotten away with constantly lying for so long, she pushes her luck ever further, specifically aiming to ruin Marinette and Ladybug's reputations purely because [[EvilIsPetty they stood up to her]].

* AccusationFic: Starts as one for Oblivio must moves onto other aspects of the show.

* AccusationFic: Starts as one for Oblivio must moves onto other aspects of the show.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Alya & Adrien's flaws are exaggerated.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Alya & Adrien's flaws are exaggerated]].

* OutOfCharacter: All of the main characters have their flaws turned UpToEleven. The very basis of the story being that Marinette would start her blog before even talking to Chat Noir and Alya. Even more egregious, that they don't listen to her once she does.

* DeconstructionFic: The basic premise of the fic is to deconstruct several characters' less than savory behavior in the show.
** Alya's total disregard for Ladybug's feelings about the kiss at the end of Oblivio leads to her burning bridges with Ladybug.
** Chat Noir's entitled behavior towards Ladybug is portrayed as creepy and disturbing, not to mention he completely and consistently disregards her feelings on the matter. This eventually leads to [[spoiler:Master Fu saying enough is enough and taking the Cat Miraculous from him]].
** [[https://miraculouscontent.tumblr.com/post/185752507657/oh-my-good-lord-is-the-bustier-and-marinette One episode]] savages Ms. Bustier and points out her actions in the show make her nothing more than a doormat who fosters an extremely fertile breeding ground for akuma and caters to the troublemaking students in her class.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Adrien's flaws are [[UpToEleven highly exaggerated]]. The same happens with Alya.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Chat Noir, whose Canon counterpart was highly loyal to Ladybug, enters this trope [[spoiler: after the confrontation on the roof.]]

** That being said, the frequent use of RonTheDeathEater and [[UptoEleven exaggeration of the character's flaws]] can make the blog come off as a {{Demonization}} fic, instead. And that's all we'll say on that.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: {{Downplayed}} to the territory of "even {{jerkass}}es have standards". Alya may be willing to do some scummy things for views on her blog, but once Chat is livestreamed turning physically violent and possessive of Ladybug, she cuts ties with him.

* Flanderization: Quite a few of the characters (specifically Adrien and Alya) have their flaws dialled UpToEleven.

** Adrien openly gapes at Marinette when she tells him straight-up that she thinks he was horrible for how he told her off and shamed her for being happy about the possibility of Chloe leaving Paris, meaning she wouldn't have to deal with her bullying anymore.

** Adrien's inability to see anything wrong about the way he'd been treating Ladybug is precisely why he ends up [[spoiler:losing the ring]]. Not only does his ill-considered and violent attempt to confront her what leads [[spoiler:Master Fu to confront him]] in the first place, after his initial shock, he attempts to blame her '''again'''. Even afterwards, he still cannot fathom where he went wrong, and it takes one more TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Marinette to finally get it through his thick skull how badly he screwed up.

** When Alya starts making personal attacks on her critics in ''Class-y Opinions'', Chloé chuckles that it "looks like I might have competition," implying that Alya's just as big an AlphaBitch as she can be.

* OutOfCharacter: Everyone gets hit with this to varying degrees.
** All of the classmates are much more wrapped around Lila's finger than Canon.
** Alya places her [[ShipperOnDeck desires]] over her loyalty to Ladybug.
** Chat Noir has his entitled qualities played up.

** Ladybug calls out Chat when he gets violent during his confrontation with her in ''Been There, Done Chat'':

** Chat Noir becomes a loose collection of, sometimes contradicting, character flaws.

** Marinette herself gets hit the worst of all.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Chat Noir, whose Canon counterpart was the most loyal to Ladybug, enters this trope [[spoiler: after the confrontation on the roof.]]

* Juleka is one for Marinette and Luka in [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20549861 Unhappy Fox]].