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* EnemyMine: Downplayed. Tom's relationship with his parents is fairly strained, but as time passes with no word from Marinette the two step up to help.
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* EnemyMine: Downplayed. Tom's relationship with his parents is fairly strained, but as time passes with no word from Marinette the two step up to help.help manage the bakery.
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** As the stress of not knowing where Marinette is gets to her, the normally kind and motherly Sabine starts lashing out at customers [[spoiler:and quickly gets akumatized]].
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** Sabine and Tom have to deal with their daughter just... mysteriously vanishing one day after an akuma attack.
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** Sabine and Tom have to deal with their daughter just... mysteriously vanishing one day after an akuma attack. [[spoiler:A fear taken UpToEleven when Marinette's possessions begin to disappear as though she never existed.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Before learning the AwfulTruth about Lila, Alya is firmly convinced that Marinette [[YoureJustJealous is just jealous]] of her, even accusing her through calls and texts of pranking everyone by faking her disappearance. Once it becomes clear that isn't the case, and that she was telling the truth all along, Alya's naturally horrified by her own behavior.
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** Before learning the AwfulTruth about Lila, Alya is firmly convinced that Marinette [[YoureJustJealous is just jealous]] of her, even accusing her through calls and texts of pranking everyone by faking her disappearance. Once it becomes clear that isn't the case, and that she was telling the truth all along, Alya's naturally horrified by her ownbehavior.behavior.
** When Gabriel overhears Adrien's friends theory that Marinette's disappearance was caused by an akumatization, he feels pangs of guilt over it, having grown so used to Ladybug magically fixing everything that he isn't used to the long-term consequences of his excursions as Hawk Moth.
** Before learning the AwfulTruth about Lila, Alya is firmly convinced that Marinette [[YoureJustJealous is just jealous]] of her, even accusing her through calls and texts of pranking everyone by faking her disappearance. Once it becomes clear that isn't the case, and that she was telling the truth all along, Alya's naturally horrified by her own
** When Gabriel overhears Adrien's friends theory that Marinette's disappearance was caused by an akumatization, he feels pangs of guilt over it, having grown so used to Ladybug magically fixing everything that he isn't used to the long-term consequences of his excursions as Hawk Moth.
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** Everyone who's familiar with how Ladybug normally acts is thrown by how her attitude has shifted, becoming even more no-nonsense than before and [[spoiler:refusing to use her Lucky Charm]].
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** Everyone who's familiar with how Ladybug normally acts is thrown by how her attitude has shifted, becoming even more no-nonsense than before and [[spoiler:refusing to use her Lucky Charm]]. When Chat Noir tries to get her to help him investigate Marinette's disappearance when he discovers that magic is related to it, Ladybug dismisses it as irrelevant, only for Chat to finally snap at her.
---> '''Chat Noir''': '''What is WRONG with you?''' A girl is missing! She is literally fading from existence and you don't care!\\
'''Ladybug''': Chat, you don't even know that's actually the case! There are other things to worry about right now!\\
'''Chat Noir''': This is a person's LIFE AT STAKE!\\
'''Ladybug''': Everyone's life is at stake against Hawk Moth, Chat! And you would have me put him on hold just for one person?\\
'''Chat Noir''': She isn't just one person!
---> '''Chat Noir''': '''What is WRONG with you?''' A girl is missing! She is literally fading from existence and you don't care!\\
'''Ladybug''': Chat, you don't even know that's actually the case! There are other things to worry about right now!\\
'''Chat Noir''': This is a person's LIFE AT STAKE!\\
'''Ladybug''': Everyone's life is at stake against Hawk Moth, Chat! And you would have me put him on hold just for one person?\\
'''Chat Noir''': She isn't just one person!
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* {{Unperson}}: In Chapter 7, everyone begins to realize that Hawk Moth is in someway responsible for Marinette's disappearance when objects remotely related to her -- from things her classmates own that she is someway related to to her own possessions at home -- begin to vanish mysteriously.
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** Chapter 10 reveals that Roger lives in fear that one day, the damage caused by an Akuma will be permanent, and he'll have to be the one to explain to a family that their loved one will never come home.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Lila's TheChessmaster antics [[LaserGuidedKarma all come crashing down on her comically fast]] all at once. After [[spoiler: she gets Alya falsely accused of assault and expelled]], this spurs Adrien to act and tell the principal. When he doesn't believe him, Chloe calls Lila's mother to come to the school and [[spoiler: broadcasts an EngineeredPublicConfession]] when she drops her victimhood act when her classmates finally put two-and-two together and realizes that she was FauxAffablyEvil the entire time. Almost completely by coincidence, [[spoiler: Penny shows up right after the EngineeredPublicConfession and explains that Lila is also going to be sued for slander, Lila having implied to the police that Marinette was in a secret love affair with Jagged Stone as both a way to further slander Marinette's reputation and make it less likely the police will find her.]]
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Lila's TheChessmaster antics [[LaserGuidedKarma all come crashing down on her comically fast]] all at once. After [[spoiler: she gets Alya falsely accused of assault and expelled]], this spurs Adrien to act and tell the principal. When he doesn't believe him, Chloe calls Lila's mother to come to the school and [[spoiler: broadcasts an EngineeredPublicConfession]] when she drops her victimhood act when her classmates finally put two-and-two together and realizes realize that she was FauxAffablyEvil the entire time. Almost completely by coincidence, [[spoiler: Penny shows up right after the EngineeredPublicConfession and explains that Lila is also going to be sued for slander, Lila having implied to the police that Marinette was in a secret love affair with Jagged Stone as both a way to further slander Marinette's reputation and make it less likely the police will find her.]]
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Lila's TheChessmaster antics [[LaserGuidedKarma all come crashing down on her comically fast]] all at once. After [[spoiler: she gets Alya falsely accused of assault and expelled]], this spurs Adrien to act and tell the Principle. When he doesn't believe him, Chloe calls Lila's mother to come to the school and [[spoiler: broadcasts an EngineeredPublicConfession]] when she drops her victimhood act when her classmates finally put two-and-two together and realizes that she was FauxAffablyEvil the entire time. Almost completely by coincidence, [[spoiler: Penny shows up right after the EngineeredPublicConfession and explains that Lila is also going to be sued for slander, Lila having implied to the police that Marinette was in a secret love affair with Jagged Stone as both a way to further slander Marinette's reputation and make it less likely the police will find her.]]
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Lila's TheChessmaster antics [[LaserGuidedKarma all come crashing down on her comically fast]] all at once. After [[spoiler: she gets Alya falsely accused of assault and expelled]], this spurs Adrien to act and tell the Principle.principal. When he doesn't believe him, Chloe calls Lila's mother to come to the school and [[spoiler: broadcasts an EngineeredPublicConfession]] when she drops her victimhood act when her classmates finally put two-and-two together and realizes that she was FauxAffablyEvil the entire time. Almost completely by coincidence, [[spoiler: Penny shows up right after the EngineeredPublicConfession and explains that Lila is also going to be sued for slander, Lila having implied to the police that Marinette was in a secret love affair with Jagged Stone as both a way to further slander Marinette's reputation and make it less likely the police will find her.]]
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** It is only after the class realizes that Lila was lying about everything and she drops the act do they find out that she as Chameleon.
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: When Lila admits to telling the police that she lied to the police and claimed that she was in a relationship with an older man, [[spoiler: Kim points out that this would definitely lead to the cops concluding that she had left as elopement and thus would lessen the police's urgency and willingness to put in resources to find her, almost ensuring that Marinette will remain missing]].
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: When Lila admits to telling the police that she lied to the police and claimed that she Marinette was in a relationship with an older man, [[spoiler: Kim points out that this would definitely lead to the cops concluding that she Marinette had left as elopement and thus would lessen the police's urgency and willingness to put in resources to find her, almost ensuring that Marinette will remain missing]].
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: When Lila admits to telling the police that she lied to the police and claimed that she was in a relationship with an older man, [[spoiler: Max points out that this would definitely lead to the cops concluding that she had left as elopement and thus would lessen the police's urgency and willingness to put in resources to find her, almost ensuring that Marinette will remain missing]].
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: When Lila admits to telling the police that she lied to the police and claimed that she was in a relationship with an older man, [[spoiler: Max Kim points out that this would definitely lead to the cops concluding that she had left as elopement and thus would lessen the police's urgency and willingness to put in resources to find her, almost ensuring that Marinette will remain missing]].
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Subverted. Alya jumps through several logical hurdles trying to justify Lila's various falsehoods and tries to think of reasons why Marinette would have disappeared after Ladybug confirms that she does not know Lila. Nino sees right through it as Alya being in denial due to immense guilt not believing her best friend, being a {{Hypocrite}} by not checking her sources and potentially causing Marinette to run away.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Lila's TheChessmaster antics [[LaserGuidedKarma all come crashing down on her comically fast]] all at once. After [[spoiler: she gets Alya falsely accused of assault and expelled]], this spurs Adrien to act and tell the Principle. When he doesn't believe him, Chloe calls Lila's mother to come to the school and [[spoiler: broadcasts an EngineeredPublicConfession]] when she drops her victimhood act when her classmates finally put two-and-two together and realizes that she was FauxAffablyEvil the entire time. Almost completely by coincidence, [[spoiler: Penny shows up right after the EngineeredPublicConfession and explains that Lila is also going to be sued for slander, Lila having implied to the police that Marinette was in a secret love affair with Jagged Stone as both a way to further slander Marinette's reputation and make it less likely the police will find her.]]
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** Before learning the AwfulTruth about Lila, Alya is firmly convinced that Marinette [[YoureJustJealous is just jealous]] of her, even accusing her through calls and texts of pranking everyone by faking her disappearance. Once it becomes clear that isn't the case, and that she was telling the truth all along, Alya's naturally horrified by her own behavior.
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**MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Before learning the AwfulTruth about Lila, Alya is firmly convinced that Marinette [[YoureJustJealous is just jealous]] of her, even accusing her through calls and texts of pranking everyone by faking her disappearance. Once it becomes clear that isn't the case, and that she was telling the truth all along, Alya's naturally horrified by her own behavior.
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: When Lila admits to telling the police that she lied to the police and claimed that she was in a relationship with an older man, [[spoiler: Max points out that this would definitely lead to the cops concluding that she had left as elopement and thus would lessen the police's urgency and willingness to put in resources to find her, almost ensuring that Marinette will remain missing]].
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* RetGone: What is insinuated will happen to [[spoiler:Marinette if this isn't fixed]].
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** Of all people, ROGER gets this through an Interlude of his own. He knows full well he's ineffective against magic, but is fully willing to do anything he can to interfere if it means protecting civilians or just buying time until the heroes can stop the akuma. He has full faith in Ladybug's magic to fix any damage done and restore things to normal, [[spoiler:which is what makes the end of his chapter such a sucker punch when he realizes he's facing the first occasion where it didn't.]]
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: Plays a critical role in Lila's downfall. [[spoiler:While she's being called out by her classmates, Sabrina secretly calls Chloe, who brought Mrs. Rossi to the Principal's office and lets everyone in there hear everything that's being said on her cell's speakerphone.]]
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* LostInTransmission: As a protective measure, the kwami cannot reveal the names of someone who holds a Miraculous against the will of whichever kwami is held by that bearer. Plagg realizes that something is seriously wrong when he attempts to tell [[spoiler:Ladybug herself her own identity]] and gets blocked by Tikki's power.
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** When Lila is being confronted by her classmates, Alix gets a zinger, followed by Nino:
--->'''Lila:''' She was lying!\\
'''Alix:''' Just like Alya was, right? And Marinette. Tell me, Lila. How many people are suddenly going to become liars if they point out holes in your stories?\\
'''Lila:''' She was just trying to protect me!\\
'''Nino:''' If you needed to be protected, why announce your friendship and make yourself a target in the first place? Wouldn't a real friend of Ladybug's not put her in that position?
--->'''Lila:''' She was lying!\\
'''Alix:''' Just like Alya was, right? And Marinette. Tell me, Lila. How many people are suddenly going to become liars if they point out holes in your stories?\\
'''Lila:''' She was just trying to protect me!\\
'''Nino:''' If you needed to be protected, why announce your friendship and make yourself a target in the first place? Wouldn't a real friend of Ladybug's not put her in that position?
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* BookEnds: For Lila's arc. It's noted that when she first arrived at the school, she was surrounded by rumors and speculation. [[spoiler:The same happens when she leaves, only the rumors surrounding her are much less pleasant.]]
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* GossipEvolution: Lila finds herself on the wrong end of this when [[spoiler:she's escorted out of school by the police, as rumors swirl around her, pinning her as potentially participating in human trafficking, among other claims]].
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* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Lila engineers her own fall from grace several times over:
** Her insistence on putting herself at the center of everything means that she gets directly involved in looking for Marinette, leading Kim to notice that [[spoiler:not only were her injuries inconsistent, they didn't hamper her at all while they were searching for Marinette. At least, not until Adrien had to leave, and she was suddenly too weak to continue, and pressured everyone else to stop]].
** She claimed that she had asked her bestie Ladybug directly to help out. Ladybug only heard about the search from Chat Noir, and mentioned as much to Nino and Alya.
** She forces a confrontation with Nino when he tries to avoid getting drawn into a conversation about what happened with Alya, insisting that because he avoided saying that he didn't blame her for what happened, he must actually blame her. He responds by standing his ground, spurring others to speak up about their concerns as well.
** Her injury from her WoundedGazelleGambit is on her right cheek. Nathaniel points out that [[spoiler:Alya is right-handed, meaning that if she'd reflexively slapped her like she claimed, it would have been her left cheek, and the awkward mark on her face is more in line with her slapping herself]].
** Most importantly, she lied to the police, spinning a lie about Marinette being in a SecretRelationship. Bad enough in its own right, made worse by how [[spoiler:she painted ''Jagged Stone'' as the potential culprit, giving him reason to hit her with charges for defamation of his character]].
** Her willingness to [[EvilGloating gloat]] and sneer when confronted by classmates who are no longer buying her bull helps ensure her downfall via [[spoiler:Sabrina and Chloe arranging for the adults hear her confession through Sabrina's phone]].
** Her insistence on putting herself at the center of everything means that she gets directly involved in looking for Marinette, leading Kim to notice that [[spoiler:not only were her injuries inconsistent, they didn't hamper her at all while they were searching for Marinette. At least, not until Adrien had to leave, and she was suddenly too weak to continue, and pressured everyone else to stop]].
** She claimed that she had asked her bestie Ladybug directly to help out. Ladybug only heard about the search from Chat Noir, and mentioned as much to Nino and Alya.
** She forces a confrontation with Nino when he tries to avoid getting drawn into a conversation about what happened with Alya, insisting that because he avoided saying that he didn't blame her for what happened, he must actually blame her. He responds by standing his ground, spurring others to speak up about their concerns as well.
** Her injury from her WoundedGazelleGambit is on her right cheek. Nathaniel points out that [[spoiler:Alya is right-handed, meaning that if she'd reflexively slapped her like she claimed, it would have been her left cheek, and the awkward mark on her face is more in line with her slapping herself]].
** Most importantly, she lied to the police, spinning a lie about Marinette being in a SecretRelationship. Bad enough in its own right, made worse by how [[spoiler:she painted ''Jagged Stone'' as the potential culprit, giving him reason to hit her with charges for defamation of his character]].
** Her willingness to [[EvilGloating gloat]] and sneer when confronted by classmates who are no longer buying her bull helps ensure her downfall via [[spoiler:Sabrina and Chloe arranging for the adults hear her confession through Sabrina's phone]].
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* LoopholeAbuse: Max pulls this off when he decides to [[spoiler:continue investigating what Lady Wifi was having him look into, completing his hack into the cellphone tower -- stating that legally speaking, any information he happened to find would only be because an akuma ordered him to do it]].
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** When Adrien sees Chloe treating a woman politely and respectfully, guiding her along, he's struck by the surreality of the sight, before she introduces her guest as [[spoiler:Mrs. Rossi, Lila's mother]].
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: One by one, those who figure out that Lila's true nature get a taste of how incredibly frustrating it is to know the truth and find that others won't listen.
* AndThisIsFor: When confronting Lila, Chloe leans in and whispers "''This was for Adrien, you bitch''" into her ear.
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: One by one, those who figure out that Lila's true nature get a taste of how incredibly frustrating it is to know the truth and find that others won't listen.
* AndThisIsFor: When confronting Lila, Chloe leans in and whispers "''This was for Adrien, you bitch''" into her ear.
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* NeverMyFault: When Alya confronts Lila, the other girl cheerfully declares that ''Alya'' is more to blame for Marinette running away than ''she'' is.
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* NotSoDifferent: Part of Lila's gloating to Alya hinges on this:
-->'''Lila:''' Poor Marinette. Always trying to be the good friend. Helping people. And never asking for anything in return. But you and I both know that kindness doesn't get you anywhere. I mean, it's not like you wasted any time turning on her when you thought I had something you wanted.
-->'''Lila:''' Poor Marinette. Always trying to be the good friend. Helping people. And never asking for anything in return. But you and I both know that kindness doesn't get you anywhere. I mean, it's not like you wasted any time turning on her when you thought I had something you wanted.
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* NoSympathy: {{Downplayed}}; without Marinette's memories, Ladybug leans more towards being strictly professional. This makes her come off as strangely cold and curt to those who are used to her treating them differently. Alya, for instance, she recognizes as the Ladyblogger and former Lady [=WiFi=], and a member of the 'akuma-attracting class', and not as the girl she ''also'' regards as one of her best friends.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Everyone thinks that Marinette had ran away from home - Alya thinking Lila turning everyone against her having something to do with it - when really an akuma cause Marinette to suffer from amnesia.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: {{Discussed}} by Alix and Nathaniel in their shared Interlude, as they agree that while Alya can be deeply passionate, it doesn't make sense for her to suddenly [[spoiler:get violent and assault Lila]].
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Everyone thinks that Marinette had ran away from home - Alya thinking Lila turning everyone against her having something to do with it - when really an akuma cause Marinette to suffer from amnesia.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: {{Discussed}} by Alix and Nathaniel in their shared Interlude, as they agree that while Alya can be deeply passionate, it doesn't make sense for her to suddenly [[spoiler:get violent and assault Lila]].
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* NoSympathy: {{Downplayed}}; without Without Marinette's memories, Ladybug leans more towards being strictly professional. This makes her come off as strangely cold and curt to those who are used to her treating them differently. Alya, for instance, she recognizes as the Ladyblogger and former Lady [=WiFi=], and a member of the 'akuma-attracting class', and not as the girl she ''also'' regards as one of her best friends.
* NotWhatItLooksLike:Everyone thinks Most of Marinette's classmates believe that Marinette had ran she's run away from home - Alya thinking -- including Alya, who blames Lila, and Lila turning everyone against her having something to do with it - when really an herself, who turns the blame back onto Alya. Others, mostly the adults, fear that she was kidnapped or attacked by some criminal. In reality, a memory-erasing akuma cause Marinette is to suffer from amnesia.
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** {{Discussed}} by Alix and Nathaniel in their shared Interlude, as they agree that while Alya can be deeply passionate, it doesn't make sense for her to suddenly [[spoiler:get violent and assaultLila]].Lila]].
** Everyone who's familiar with how Ladybug normally acts is thrown by how her attitude has shifted, becoming even more no-nonsense than before and [[spoiler:refusing to use her Lucky Charm]].
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** {{Discussed}} by Alix and Nathaniel in their shared Interlude, as they agree that while Alya can be deeply passionate, it doesn't make sense for her to suddenly [[spoiler:get violent and assault
** Everyone who's familiar with how Ladybug normally acts is thrown by how her attitude has shifted, becoming even more no-nonsense than before and [[spoiler:refusing to use her Lucky Charm]].
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'''Alix:''' That's true. But in that case, if she could dig to find information on someone to make them look bad, where is the information to make Lila look good?
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'''Alix:''' That's true. But in that case, if she could dig to find information on someone to make them look bad, where is the information to make Lila ''Lila'' look good?
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** Sabine and Tom have to deal with their daughter just... mysteriously vanishing one day after an akumaattack.attack.
** Thanks to her LaserGuidedAmnesia, Ladybug sincerely believes that she has nowhere to go. Superpowered or not, she's still a teenager who's effectively rendered ''homeless'' by her memory loss.
** Sabine and Tom have to deal with their daughter just... mysteriously vanishing one day after an akuma
** Thanks to her LaserGuidedAmnesia, Ladybug sincerely believes that she has nowhere to go. Superpowered or not, she's still a teenager who's effectively rendered ''homeless'' by her memory loss.
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** Jagged Stone has this reaction, quite understandably, to being informed that [[spoiler:Marinette supposedly has a SecretRelationship with an older man who fits his description]].
** Adrien and Nino react this way upon hearing that [[spoiler:Alya was suspended for attacking Lila]].
** Jagged Stone has this reaction, quite understandably, to being informed that [[spoiler:Marinette supposedly has a SecretRelationship with an older man who fits his description]].
** Adrien and Nino react this way upon hearing that [[spoiler:Alya was suspended for attacking Lila]].
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* HiddenDepths: Alix and Nathaniel's Interlude reveals that Alix is far more observant than anyone gives her credit for, and noticed that Lila, despite her claims of wanting to make peace with Marinette, was 'stirring the pot rather than taking it off the stove'.
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** Alix and Nathaniel's Interlude reveals that Alix is far more observant than anyone gives her credit for, and noticed that Lila, despite her claims of wanting to make peace with Marinette, was 'stirring the pot rather than taking it off thestove'.stove'.
** Kim is also revealed to be more observant than others realize, as he picks up on [[spoiler:how Lila's descriptions of her injuries and the pain they cause go all over the place and don't line up with each other]].
** Alix and Nathaniel's Interlude reveals that Alix is far more observant than anyone gives her credit for, and noticed that Lila, despite her claims of wanting to make peace with Marinette, was 'stirring the pot rather than taking it off the
** Kim is also revealed to be more observant than others realize, as he picks up on [[spoiler:how Lila's descriptions of her injuries and the pain they cause go all over the place and don't line up with each other]].
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Alix realizes -- and points out to Nathaniel -- that while Marinette has presented them with some evidence that Lila isn't all that she presents herself as, they'd never actually seen any solid evidence that she ''is'', in fact, as good as she claims.
-->'''Nathaniel:''' If you dig enough, you can find anything to cast suspicion on someone.\\
'''Alix:''' That's true. But in that case, if she could dig to find information on someone to make them look bad, where is the information to make Lila look good?
-->'''Nathaniel:''' If you dig enough, you can find anything to cast suspicion on someone.\\
'''Alix:''' That's true. But in that case, if she could dig to find information on someone to make them look bad, where is the information to make Lila look good?
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: PlayedForDrama; realizing how much pain might have been avoided if they'd paid more attention to Marinette's concerns about Lila causes Alya, Nino and Adrien no small amount of guilt.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: PlayedForDrama; realizing Realizing how much pain might have been avoided if they'd paid more attention to Marinette's concerns about Lila causes Alya, Nino and Adrien no small amount of guilt.
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* HiddenDepths: Alix and Nathaniel's Interlude reveals that Alix is far more observant than anyone gives her credit for, and noticed that Lila, despite her claims of wanting to make peace with Marinette, was 'stirring the pot rather than taking it off the stove'.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: {{Discussed}} by Alix and Nathaniel in their shared Interlude, as they agree that while Alya can be deeply passionate, it doesn't make sense for her to suddenly [[spoiler:get violent and assault Lila]].
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Everyone thinks that Marinette had ran away from home - Alya thinking Lila turning everyone against her having something to do with it - when really an akuma cause Marinette to suffer from amnesia.
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* CassandraTruth: Alya refused to believe Marinette's warnings about Lila. After learning that she was right, Alya then finds herself in much the same position, unable to convince others that she's a BitchInSheepsClothing.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Adrien also starts blaming himself for Marinette's disappearance. [[spoiler:Nino then turns this around him to get him to calm down.]]
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* ItsAllMyFault: ItsAllMyFault:
** The more she comes to realize about the situation, the more Alya struggles with the fear that she might have influenced Marinette running away.
** Adrien also starts blaming himself for Marinette's disappearance. [[spoiler:Nino then turns this around him to get him to calm down.]]
** The more she comes to realize about the situation, the more Alya struggles with the fear that she might have influenced Marinette running away.
** Adrien also starts blaming himself for Marinette's disappearance. [[spoiler:Nino then turns this around him to get him to calm down.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Before learning the AwfulTruth about Lila, Alya is firmly convinced that Marinette [[YoureJustJealous is just jealous]] of her, even accusing her through calls and texts of pranking everyone by faking her disappearance. Once it becomes clear that isn't the case, and that she was telling the truth all along, Alya's naturally horrified by her own behavior.
** Before learning the AwfulTruth about Lila, Alya is firmly convinced that Marinette [[YoureJustJealous is just jealous]] of her, even accusing her through calls and texts of pranking everyone by faking her disappearance. Once it becomes clear that isn't the case, and that she was telling the truth all along, Alya's naturally horrified by her own behavior.
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** The ending of Chapter 3.
--->'''Hawk Moth:''' Such heartbreak. To learn of such betrayal from one friend only after it caused the loss of another. It’s the perfect prey for my akuma! Go forth my little one, and evilize him!
--->'''Hawk Moth:''' Such heartbreak. To learn of such betrayal from one friend only after it caused the loss of another. It’s the perfect prey for my akuma! Go forth my little one, and evilize him!
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* {{Amnesiac Hero}}ine: Ladybug, who can't ''quite'' recall anything that had to do with her civilian life.
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* {{Amnesiac Hero}}ine: AmnesiacHero: Ladybug, who can't ''quite'' recall anything that had to do with her civilian life.
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--->'''Alya:''' "You know that Ladybug wouldn't have been able to say anything. It'd be too much of a risk!"\\
'''Nino:''' "But Lila could? Despite the danger?"
'''Nino:''' "But Lila could? Despite the danger?"
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--->'''Alya:''' "You You know that Ladybug wouldn't have been able to say anything. It'd be too much of a risk!"\\
risk!\\
'''Nino:'''"But But Lila could? Despite the danger?"danger?
'''Nino:'''
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--->'''Adrien:''' "I-I thought she could be convinced to be a better person."\\
'''Nino:''' "And that mattered more than warning us so we wouldn't be hurt in the process?"
'''Nino:''' "And that mattered more than warning us so we wouldn't be hurt in the process?"
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--->'''Adrien:''' "I-I I-I thought she could be convinced to be a better person."\\
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'''Nino:'''"And And that mattered more than warning us so we wouldn't be hurt in the process?"process?
* BaitAndSwitchBoss: At the end of Chapter 3, Hawk Moth sends an akuma out for [[spoiler:Nino, heartbroken over Adrien's failure to act out against Lila until it was too late]]. However, the intended target manages to work through their anger before they get hit, and said akuma instead retargets [[spoiler:Alya, enraged over Lila's betrayal and unjustly suspended for two weeks]].
'''Nino:'''
* BaitAndSwitchBoss: At the end of Chapter 3, Hawk Moth sends an akuma out for [[spoiler:Nino, heartbroken over Adrien's failure to act out against Lila until it was too late]]. However, the intended target manages to work through their anger before they get hit, and said akuma instead retargets [[spoiler:Alya, enraged over Lila's betrayal and unjustly suspended for two weeks]].
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: PlayedForDrama; Realizing how much pain might have been avoided if they'd paid more attention to Marinette's concerns about Lila causes Alya, Nino and Adrien no small amount of guilt.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: PlayedForDrama; Realizing realizing how much pain might have been avoided if they'd paid more attention to Marinette's concerns about Lila causes Alya, Nino and Adrien no small amount of guilt.guilt.
* EtTuBrute: Nino feels betrayed by Adrien when the latter confesses that he knew about Lila's lies and did nothing to stop them.
* ExtremeDoormat: Adrien, big time. Nino realizes that his failure to act against Lila stems from how he was raised to never cause conflict and his general desire to avoid conflict.
* EtTuBrute: Nino feels betrayed by Adrien when the latter confesses that he knew about Lila's lies and did nothing to stop them.
* ExtremeDoormat: Adrien, big time. Nino realizes that his failure to act against Lila stems from how he was raised to never cause conflict and his general desire to avoid conflict.
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* NoSympathy: {{Downplayed}}; Without Marinette's memories, Ladybug leans more towards being strictly professional. This makes her come off as strangely cold and curt to those who are used to her treating them differently. Alya, for instance, she recognizes as the Ladyblogger and former Lady [=WiFi=], and a member of the 'akuma-attracting class', and not as the girl she ''also'' regards as one of her best friends.
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* NoSocialSkills: Max has a far easier time dealing with numbers and science than with people. He actually notes that he immediately realized he was in no danger from the napkin in "Chameleon", but badly misread the situation as Lila joking around and didn't really understand how to react.
* NoSympathy: {{Downplayed}};Without without Marinette's memories, Ladybug leans more towards being strictly professional. This makes her come off as strangely cold and curt to those who are used to her treating them differently. Alya, for instance, she recognizes as the Ladyblogger and former Lady [=WiFi=], and a member of the 'akuma-attracting class', and not as the girl she ''also'' regards as one of her best friends.
* NoSympathy: {{Downplayed}};
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Directly namedropped when [[spoiler:Lila slaps herself to make it look like Alya attacked her]].
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* AdultFear: Sabine and Tom have to deal with their daughter just... mysteriously vanishing one day after an akuma attack.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Alya delves pretty heavily into this while attempting to reconcile Ladybug's statements about Lila with the other girl's claims, twisting logic into pretzels in her efforts to avoid facing the idea that she might have made some serious errors in judgment.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: PlayedForDrama; Realizing how much pain might have been avoided if they'd paid more attention to Marinette's concerns about Lila causes Alya, Nino and Adrien no small amount of guilt.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: PlayedForDrama; Realizing how much pain might have been avoided if they'd paid more attention to Marinette's concerns about Lila causes Alya, Nino and Adrien no small amount of guilt.
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** Adrien subsequently reveals to Nino that he ''knew'' Lila's true nature,
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** Adrien subsequently reveals to Nino that he ''knew'' Lila's true nature, and had known for quite some time... and advised Marinette to just let her lie.
* IronicEcho: Alya repeats what she told Marinette before: "A good journalist always checks her sources." This time, however, she says it fully aware of how she failed to do just that.
* IronicEcho: Alya repeats what she told Marinette before: "A good journalist always checks her sources." This time, however, she says it fully aware of how she failed to do just that.
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** "'''Because I KNEW!'''"
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** "'''Because I KNEW!'''"KNEW!'''" serves as one for Nino, dramatically shifting the tone of his attempt to comfort Adrien.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Ladybug suggests to Chat that Marinette might have run away, he protests that she never would have done that, only to freeze when she responds "How would you know?"
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: ArmorPiercingResponse:
** When Ladybug suggests to Chat that Marinette might have run away, he protests that she never would have done that, only tofreeze hesitate when she responds "How would you know?"know?"
** Following their enlightening conversation with Ladybug, Alya tries to explain it away by reasoning that Ladybug might have lied to protect her friend. Nino points out the obvious hole in this line of logic:
--->'''Alya:''' "You know that Ladybug wouldn't have been able to say anything. It'd be too much of a risk!"\\
'''Nino:''' "But Lila could? Despite the danger?"
** After learning how Adrien stayed silent, Nino naturally asks him ''why''. His response to his answer causes Adrien to flinch.
--->'''Adrien:''' "I-I thought she could be convinced to be a better person."\\
'''Nino:''' "And that mattered more than warning us so we wouldn't be hurt in the process?"
** When Ladybug suggests to Chat that Marinette might have run away, he protests that she never would have done that, only to
** Following their enlightening conversation with Ladybug, Alya tries to explain it away by reasoning that Ladybug might have lied to protect her friend. Nino points out the obvious hole in this line of logic:
--->'''Alya:''' "You know that Ladybug wouldn't have been able to say anything. It'd be too much of a risk!"\\
'''Nino:''' "But Lila could? Despite the danger?"
** After learning how Adrien stayed silent, Nino naturally asks him ''why''. His response to his answer causes Adrien to flinch.
--->'''Adrien:''' "I-I thought she could be convinced to be a better person."\\
'''Nino:''' "And that mattered more than warning us so we wouldn't be hurt in the process?"
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* ItsAllMyFault: Adrien starts blaming himself for Marinette's disappearance. [[spoiler:Nino then turns this around him to get him to calm down.]]
* NoSympathy: {{Downplayed}}; Without Marinette's memories, Ladybug leans more towards being strictly professional. This makes her come off as strangely cold and curt to those who are used to her treating them differently. Alya, for instance, she recognizes as the Ladyblogger and former Lady [=WiFi=], and not as the girl she ''also'' regards as one of her best friends.
* NoSympathy: {{Downplayed}}; Without Marinette's memories, Ladybug leans more towards being strictly professional. This makes her come off as strangely cold and curt to those who are used to her treating them differently. Alya, for instance, she recognizes as the Ladyblogger and former Lady [=WiFi=], and not as the girl she ''also'' regards as one of her best friends.
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* InternalReveal:
** Alya and Nino learn from Ladybug that she only knows Lila as someone who's been akumatized several times, including during periods she claimed to have been out of the country.
** Adrien subsequently reveals to Nino that he ''knew'' Lila's true nature,
* ItsAllMyFault: Adrien also starts blaming himself for Marinette's disappearance. [[spoiler:Nino then turns this around him to get him to calm down.]]
* MaliciousSlander: Just because Marinette's missing doesn't mean Lila has any intention of easing up on this. She even lies to the police, claiming she was in a SecretRelationship with a much older man.
* NoSympathy: {{Downplayed}}; Without Marinette's memories, Ladybug leans more towards being strictly professional. This makes her come off as strangely cold and curt to those who are used to her treating them differently. Alya, for instance, she recognizes as the Ladyblogger and former Lady [=WiFi=], and a member of the 'akuma-attracting class', and not as the girl she ''also'' regards as one of her bestfriends.friends.
* WhamLine:
** "'''Because I KNEW!'''"
** Alya and Nino learn from Ladybug that she only knows Lila as someone who's been akumatized several times, including during periods she claimed to have been out of the country.
** Adrien subsequently reveals to Nino that he ''knew'' Lila's true nature,
* ItsAllMyFault: Adrien also starts blaming himself for Marinette's disappearance. [[spoiler:Nino then turns this around him to get him to calm down.]]
* MaliciousSlander: Just because Marinette's missing doesn't mean Lila has any intention of easing up on this. She even lies to the police, claiming she was in a SecretRelationship with a much older man.
* NoSympathy: {{Downplayed}}; Without Marinette's memories, Ladybug leans more towards being strictly professional. This makes her come off as strangely cold and curt to those who are used to her treating them differently. Alya, for instance, she recognizes as the Ladyblogger and former Lady [=WiFi=], and a member of the 'akuma-attracting class', and not as the girl she ''also'' regards as one of her best
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** "'''Because I KNEW!'''"
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* ItsAllMyFault: Adrien starts blaming himself for Marinette's disappearance. [[spoiler:Nino then turns this around him to get him to calm down.]]
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* WhatWouldXDo: Nino finds himself asking himself ''[='=]What would Marinette do?[='=]'', wincing internally at the irony.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng always strives to do her best. Not just when it comes to her own interests, but helping others. There's plenty of reasons why her classmates have called her their 'Everyday Ladybug', blissfully unaware that she ''is'', in fact, the superheroine who's been fighting to protect their home from Hawkmoth and his akumatized victims.
But familiarity breeds contempt, they say. Ever since Lila Rossi returned and started spinning impressive yarns about all the incredible things ''she's'' [[CelebrityLie supposedly accomplished]], Marinette has found herself trying to untangle those webs alone. Her attempts at warning others falling on deaf ears, dismissed and discounted... and the only other one who knows the truth would prefer to just leave well enough alone.
It gets... overwhelming. Sometimes, she wishes she could just... disappear. Dangerous thought to have, really, when akuma can have all manner of unpredictable powers.
''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17142218 Missing]]'', by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/ChaoticNeutral/pseuds/ChaoticNeutral [=ChaoticNeutral=]]], explores just such a scenario. During an encounter with an akuma capable of making their victims vanish, Ladybug gets grazed... but nothing happens. Seemingly. It's only after the battle ends and the [[WorldHealingWave Miraculous Cure]]'s been released that she finds herself wondering just what she normally does ''after'' that's all taken care of.
What happens when the 'everyday Ladybug' gets removed from the equation?
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!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* AccusationFic: Thanks to Marinette's absence, Adrien, Alya and others come to realize just how much they took her presence for granted, as well as other ways that they wronged her.
* {{Amnesiac Hero}}ine: Ladybug, who can't ''quite'' recall anything that had to do with her civilian life.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Ladybug suggests to Chat that Marinette might have run away, he protests that she never would have done that, only to freeze when she responds "How would you know?"
* BrutalHonesty: Ladybug is very forthright and to the point when she informs Alya and Nino that they've been misinformed regarding her supposed 'friendship' with Lila.
* NoSympathy: {{Downplayed}}; Without Marinette's memories, Ladybug leans more towards being strictly professional. This makes her come off as strangely cold and curt to those who are used to her treating them differently. Alya, for instance, she recognizes as the Ladyblogger and former Lady [=WiFi=], and not as the girl she ''also'' regards as one of her best friends.
* WistfulAmnesia: On some level, Ladybug senses that something's changed. She simply can't pin down the precise source of that nagging discontent.
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But familiarity breeds contempt, they say. Ever since Lila Rossi returned and started spinning impressive yarns about all the incredible things ''she's'' [[CelebrityLie supposedly accomplished]], Marinette has found herself trying to untangle those webs alone. Her attempts at warning others falling on deaf ears, dismissed and discounted... and the only other one who knows the truth would prefer to just leave well enough alone.
It gets... overwhelming. Sometimes, she wishes she could just... disappear. Dangerous thought to have, really, when akuma can have all manner of unpredictable powers.
''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17142218 Missing]]'', by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/ChaoticNeutral/pseuds/ChaoticNeutral [=ChaoticNeutral=]]], explores just such a scenario. During an encounter with an akuma capable of making their victims vanish, Ladybug gets grazed... but nothing happens. Seemingly. It's only after the battle ends and the [[WorldHealingWave Miraculous Cure]]'s been released that she finds herself wondering just what she normally does ''after'' that's all taken care of.
What happens when the 'everyday Ladybug' gets removed from the equation?
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!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* AccusationFic: Thanks to Marinette's absence, Adrien, Alya and others come to realize just how much they took her presence for granted, as well as other ways that they wronged her.
* {{Amnesiac Hero}}ine: Ladybug, who can't ''quite'' recall anything that had to do with her civilian life.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Ladybug suggests to Chat that Marinette might have run away, he protests that she never would have done that, only to freeze when she responds "How would you know?"
* BrutalHonesty: Ladybug is very forthright and to the point when she informs Alya and Nino that they've been misinformed regarding her supposed 'friendship' with Lila.
* NoSympathy: {{Downplayed}}; Without Marinette's memories, Ladybug leans more towards being strictly professional. This makes her come off as strangely cold and curt to those who are used to her treating them differently. Alya, for instance, she recognizes as the Ladyblogger and former Lady [=WiFi=], and not as the girl she ''also'' regards as one of her best friends.
* WistfulAmnesia: On some level, Ladybug senses that something's changed. She simply can't pin down the precise source of that nagging discontent.
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