History Fanfic / OblivioIsNotOblivious

* GenderNeutralWriting: Oblivio is consistently referred to in the narration with third-person-plural pronouns like "they" and "their." This is appropriate for a creature made from two persons, male and female.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13242815/1/Oblivio-Is-Not-Oblivious Oblivio Is Not Oblivious]] is an AlternateUniverseFic made by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/80745/RockSunner RockSunner]], for ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Part of the [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/994671 Smart Adversaries AU]] for Miraculous Ladybug on [[Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn AO3]], in which Ladybug villains make smarter decisions. The series has a [[Fanfic/SmartAdversariesAU tropes page here]].

* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Because the Miraculous cure could not be done, Marinette and Adrien remain in love to the end, and they kiss.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Hawk Moth is thwarted because Tikki escapes with both Miraculous. Many people will suffer because of their loss of memory, but Marinette and Adrien will remain in love.]]

* MacGyvering: [[spoiler:Marinette makes additional use of the tape she stuck to Adrien's phone to decoy Oblivio. She uses it to secure the Miraculous earrings and ring to Tikki so she can fly away with them without risking dropping them.]]
* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Marinette and Adrien are cornered on high rooftop, with no idea how to activate Ladybug's powers. Only sending the Miraculous away with Tikki prevents Hawk Moth from getting them.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: By causing Ladybug and Chat Noir to lose their memories and rushing them with an effective chase by Oblivio, Hawk Moth causes them to do something they wouldn't think of normally: to send Tikki flying away with the Miraculous jewels and make his plan virtually impossible.]]

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: [[spoiler:The plan to send the Miraculous ring and earrings away with Tikki is not revealed until after the fact.]]

* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Marinette and Adrien were cornered on high rooftop, with no idea how to activate Ladybug's powers. Only sending the Miraculous away with Tikki prevented Hawk Moth from getting them.]]

* GenderNeutralWriting: Oblivio is consistently referred to in the narration with third-person pronouns like "they" and "their." This is appropriate for a creature made from two persons, male and female.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Hawk Moth says this to Oblivio, but just pulls their power in the desperate hope of akumatizing someone else to become a flying villain and go after Tikki.]]
* WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk: [[spoiler:When Marinette and Adrien lie that they hid the Miraculous in the office where they were chased, Oblivio first threatens them with the memory gun to reveal the hiding place. When the couple points out that erasing their memories would defeat the purpose of the interrogation, the villains threaten Marinette with physical violence instead.]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Hawk Moth says this to Oblivio, but just pulls their power in the desperate hope of akumatizing someone else to become a flying villain and go after Tikki.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: By causing Ladybug and Chat Noir to lose their memories and rushing them with an effective chase by Oblivio, Hawk Moth causes them to do something they wouldn't think of normally: to send Tikki flying away with the Miraculous jewels and making his plan virtually impossible.]]

* VillainProtagonist: Most of the story is from the point of view of Oblivio.

* ShownTheirWork: In real life there isn't an elevator to the terrace roof of Montparnesse Tower. This fic installs one by order of Major Bourgeois.

* TheUnmasking: [[spoiler: Ladybug and Chat Noir's identities are revealed to Hawk Moth, Nino, and Alya.]]