History Webcomic / DadVillainAU

* AdaptationalJerkass: Turns out Emelie Agreste is only pleasant on the surface, being a BitchInSheepsClothing who's just as self-centered and manipulative as her husband.

* HasAType: PlayedForLaughs -- After seeing Nathalie take a ''long'', appreciative look at a shirtless Tom, who shares only one trait with Gabriel, Adrien frantically wonders whether she has a thing for single fathers. [[spoiler:He may not be that wrong, given the fact she has fallen for both Hawkmoth and Viceroy, in two different timelines, she may indeed have a thing for single dads who are also supervillians.]]

* RippleEffectProofMemory: As the one who made the Wish, Gabriel recalls the original reality. He incorrectly assumes that he's the ''only'' one who remembers, as he specified that he would be "the only person" on Earth who remembers. However, [[ExactWords he doesn't consider Kwami or sentimonsters to be "people"]], so they ''also'' recall the original reality. Fang has also remembered the original reality, as he is an unusually smart animal.

** Then he does this ''again'' when he attempts to appeal to Viceroy by [[spoiler:revealing ''exactly'' what he Wished for, without so much as a ''flicker'' of shame or remorse for his actions]].

-->'''Gabriel:''' ...why are you looking at like th-

* OhCrap: It's clear from the look on Gabriel's face that he realizes just how horribly he screwed up upon [[spoiler:Viceroy grabbing him in a NeckLift once he outs himself as Hawkmoth]].

* CurbStompBattle: Tom/Viceroy gives one to Emilie/Mayura throughout the Charity Ball arc. Combined with Felix stealing the Vanity Rings, her being hit with the Peacock Pin's powers after all intended targets are shielded (with ''her own son'' being on that list as well), [[VillainousBreakdown nothing goes right for her.

** Also, assuming he managed to get his way and Marinette ended up dying because of the curse... what was his plan? Because, as shown in the story, if Marinette couldn't be targeted, then Emilie would have suffered the effects of misusing the Peacock Miraculous, and he would have been back at square one.

* TooDumbToLive: Gabriel, even though [[spoiler:Viceroy has him in a NeckLift, outright begins ''bragging'' about his wish to the man, not considering that the reason he's in this position is because Viceroy wants him outright ''dead'' for taking his wife away from him until Viceroy slams him to the ground and threatens to pull the identity of the Peacock user out of his head. Building this, he's also in a very public place, meaning that pretty much everyone in Paris heard his confession...''including Adrien'']].

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Adrien informs his mother about the [[WistfulAmnesia strange dreams he's been having]], revealing how much he misses the friends he had within them, Emelie completely fails to comprehend just how ''lonely'' her son is. Instead, she blithely reassures him that he was only lonely in his dreams because ''she'' wasn't there.

* PragmaticVillainy: Tom/Viceroy employ this heavily and prefers it. Until Marinette's health was directly threatened he used no akumas at all, relying on blackmail and coercion to get what he wants. It's even made clear that he would have never akumatized anyone at all until he found out who Hawkmoth was but Gabriel and Emelie's actions forced his hand. Even then he is laser focused on them specifically, showing no intention of harming anyone else.

* MundaneUtility: One comic shows Viceroy [[https://bigfatbreak.tumblr.com/post/742361553959059456/its-not-cheating-if-no-one-knows-about-it using his powers]] to make a mean girl who spent most of her online review insulting Marinette change it to be much shorter... and give the bakery five stars rather than two-and-a-half.

* AdaptationalSexuality: Nathalie is explicitly bisexual here. Her attraction to Gabriel in the original timeline is linked to her admiring his apparent devotion to his wife, whom she'd been yearning after for years. She also finds Tom quite attractive, but respects that he's still mourning Sabine.
** Jagged Stone usually has ShipTease with his [[SubordinateExcuse assistant Penny Rolling.]] However in this AU, he finds Tom attractive and shows up at the bakery to flirt with him.

'''Marinette:''' ''(brandishing a large meat cleaver)'' ''[[ImpliedDeathThreat Give me your order before I put YOU on the menu.]]''

* HistoryRepeats: [[spoiler:Adrien was Akumatized because Marinette was suffering from the backlash of the Peacock Miraculous. When Adrien starts to suffer from the same thing, Marinette is Akumatized.]]

* InSpiteOfANail: Just like in the previous reality, Adrien has a fateful encounter with Marinette in the rain. Only this time, she's the one with the UmbrellaOfTogetherness.

* MoralMyopia: Gabriel Agreste firmly believes that his vendetta against Marinette and RevengeByProxy is "justified" by the fact she got in the way of his goals in the original timeline, nevermind that he was terrorizing an entire city to achieve his goals when Viceroy is capable of seeking out his own target with ''much'' less collateral damage.

** Emelie/Mayura has this throughout the CurbStompBattle Viceroy gives her during the charity ball. Between her own miraculous weakening her and realizing [[spoiler: she can't control Adrien (because Felix had already stolen the real amoks)]], [[VillainousBreakdown nothing goes right for her.]]

* PragmaticVillainy: Tom/Viceroy employ this heavily and prefers it. Until Marinette's health was directly threatened he used no akumas at all, relying on blackmail and coercion to get what he wants. It's even made clear that he would have never akumatized anyone at all until he found out who Hawkmoth was but Gabriel and Emelie's actions forced his hand. Even then he is laser focused on them specifically, showing no intention on harming anyone else.

* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:When Bitterbug prevents Mayura from creating a sentimonster to help her in her fight with Viceroy, the latter is visibly happy and blushing as he asks her to evacuate the building.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Gabriel, even though [[spoiler:Viceroy has him in a NeckLift, outright begins ''bragging'' about his wish to the man, not considering that the reason he's in this position is because Viceroy wants him outright ''dead'' for taking his wife away from him until Viceroy slams him to the ground and threatens to pull the identity of the Peacock user out of his head. Building this, he's also in a very public place, meaning that pretty much everyone in Paris heard his confession...''including Adrien''.]]

* WhamEpisode: The charity ball. [[spoiler:Gabriel not only reveals himself to be Hawkmoth, he reveals the wish he made to Viceroy... and ''Adrien''. Then Emelie uses the Peacock Miraculous, even though she just heard using it is getting people killed... and '''''Adrien''' starts to choke the same way Sabine and Marinette did''.]]

** Emelie's desire for complete control over Adrien's life is so strong that she attempts to order him back to her side while [[spoiler:getting curb-stomped by Viceroy, when Bitterbug is carrying him to safety outside the collapsing building]].

** Gabriel's curse was meant to aim at anyone the old Ladybug loved. [[spoiler:Adrien is part of the list...]]

* FatalFlaw: Gabriel is a SmugSnake ControlFreak who firmly believes himself to be an InvincibleVillain, and simply cannot ''stand'' any reminder that he's not untouchable. This fuels his deep hatred of Ladybug, to the point that he devoted his Wish to punishing her [[EvilIsPetty out of sheer spite]]. His SkewedPriorities and petty vendetta against the former heroine repeatedly works against him, as does his refusal to acknowledge or accept that he can't control everything and everyone around him. Such as his underestimation of Nooroo; believing the kwami to be nothing more than his helpless victim enables Nooroo to escape the manor and seek out aid.

* ForWantOfANail: The moment that'd kickstart Marinette's bond with Adrien once again occurs on a rainy day. Only this time, Marinette's the one with an umbrella.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Turns out Gabriel and Emelie have this in common. Both only care about getting their own way no matter what. Perhaps best exemplified by Emelie's reaction to learning the AwfulTruth about what her husband has done: haughtily claiming that ''her judgment'' will prove more devastating than anything anyone else could do.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Upon learning about Viceroy, Gabriel assumes it's a standard RoleSwapAU where the villain took both his powers and motivation and smugly [[spoiler:boasts about his wish to the other Butterfly user while offer a team up with him if Viceroy allows him to go. As he quickly learns, Viceroy may have his powers, but he has a much different goal over a wish-getting revenge on the person responsible for killing his wife: Gabriel himself.]]

** Chloe has this reaction when Tom [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty pursues legal action against her]] after pushing Marinette too far.

** Marinette is no longer intimidated by Chloé. While willing to put aside her grudge to ''some'' extent so long as the Bourgious is a paying customer, she also freely fires back with her own pointed remarks.

** Much like it happened with [[spoiler:Adrien]], when Viceroy akumatizes [[spoiler:Marinette into Bitterbug]] he picks a bug-based design. In this case, [[spoiler:it's a bitter bug, the nymph phase of a ''ladybug'', which Bitterbug lampshades when Adrien asks if she's Ladybug, and Bitterbug's power is very similar to the power of the Ladybug miraculous, of summoning an item once per transformation, an item that will sole the issue and fix everything in Ladybug's case and the weapon or power of any other Akuma in the case of Bitterbug]].

** Much like it happened with [[spoiler:Adrien]], when Viceroy akumatizes [[spoiler:Marinette into Bitterbug]] he picks a bug-based design. In this case, [[spoiler:it's a bitter bug, the nymph phase of a ''ladybug'', which Bitterbug lampshades when Adrien asks if she's Ladybug, ad Bitterbug's power is very similar to the power of the Ladybug miraculous, of summoning an item once per transformation, an item that will sole the issue and fix everything in Ladybug's case and the weapon or power of any other Akuma in the case of Bitterbug]].

* HasAType: PlayedForLaughs -- After seeing Nathalie take a ''long'', appreciative look at a shirtless Tom, who shares only one trait with Gabriel, Adrien frantically wonders whether she has a thing for single fathers. [[spoiler:He may not be that wrong, given the fact she has fallen for both Hawkmoth and Viceroy, in two different timelines, she may indeed have thing for single dads who are also supervillians.]]

** Much like it happened with [[spoiler:Adrien]], when Viceroy akumatizes [[spoiler:Marinette into Bitterbug]] he picks a bug-based design. In this case, [[spoiler:it's a bitter bug, the nymph phase of a ''ladybug'', which Bitterbug lampshades when Adrien asks if she's Ladybug]].