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1	Since Tropers/En_Passant is an invalid pagename, he is using this page as a place to put his stuff. Plus, there's already a page for a ''[[TheOtherDarrin different]]'' Fanfic/ThePowerOfSeven fanfiction ([[{{NSFW}} click at your own expense]]).
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4	!Tales of Misfortune and Fame
5	->Becoming the Guardian is not a responsibility Ladybug asked for, but it is one she has no choice but to accept. Marinette will need all of the support she can get, from finding balance in her close yet stressed relationships with Chat Noir and her friends to learning all she can about the kwamis under her charge. For Hawk Moth is also stepping up his game, terrorizing Paris in increasingly creative and sometimes unusual ways in search of a means of securing his final victory.
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7	->To add to the pressure, there are still those who need her help in turn. Chat is becoming dangerously torn by his life as Adrien interfering with the duties he has as a hero, and Marinette realizes she is in a solitary position to help a certain rich girl with the conflict that has shaken both of them to their cores. Will Ladybug find a solution like she always has before, or will everything finally crumble around her?
8	--> Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn summary.
9	[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26637475 Tales of Misfortune and Fame]] is a PseudocanonicalFic of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' that picks up after the events of [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E26MiracleQueenBattleoftheMiraculousPart2 Miracle Queen]]. It revisits, explains, and sometimes expands on many pieces of CanonFodder and explores a different way the series could have gone after Season 3. It is notably also OriginalFlavour, where each chapter is equivalent to an episode and ''every one'' contains (and is named after) an akuma that is fought "on-screen", up to and including the Lucky Charm, De-evilize, and other sequences.
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11	Each chapter is also accompanied by a "Meet the Miraculouses" short, which contains lore about one of the kwamis, a summary of how their miraculous is used, and some related advice they give Marinette about her current troubles. The author has noted these to be optional, with references to any such advice also recapping it. So far, they have focused on kwamis that were used in Season 4, as the first few chapters were published before the season's airing; however, neither existing chapters nor new ones made afterward conformed to what was revealed to be canon, making them FanonDiscontinuity.
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13	!!''Tales of Misfortune And Fame'' contains examples of:
14	* HundredPercentHeroismRating: Frequently discussed, as Ladybug is seen as a HeroProtagonist by the public but is struggling immensely with HeroicSelfDeprecation and CantRefuseTheCallAnymore in the wake of the costs and responsibilities the events of [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E26MiracleQueenBattleoftheMiraculousPart2 Miracle Queen]] left with her.
15	** DudeWheresMyRespect: Chat Noir likewise deals with being [[StuckInTheirShadow stuck in her shadow]] as TheLancer and generally feeling unappreciated, even by Ladybug, for work that is very mentally taxing for him and just as important to their success.
16	* ABirthdayNotABreak: Technically an anniversary, but "Pride of Darkness" centers entirely around the ceremony of Ladybug and Chat Noir's first year as superheroes. Hawk Moth and Mayura crash the event with a grand scheme; after all, to them, it's [[SeriousBusiness nothing worth celebrating]], since it also means one year of failures for them and they're trying to accomplish a very personal goal.
17	* ArcWelding: In internal monologue in "Pride of Darkness", Gabriel loosely welds the first three seasons into two arcs: There's the initial operation of throwing whatever akumas out there to overwhelm the heroes, and then after that was proven ineffective, nearly giving up, and getting renewed motivation during [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E21QueenWaspQueensBattlePart2 Queen Wasp]], he puts into motion a stronger attempt to work smarter rather than harder about making akumas. The episode also places the timeline until that point at exactly one year since [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E25LadybugAndCatNoirOriginsPart1 the Origins two-parter]], which alongside "Mightyllustrator" two episodes later being a year after [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E09TheEvillustrator The Evillustrator]] builds the existing show as following the production order and contradicting its ComicBookTime.
18	* ArcWords: "It may take time, but you have to trust that you'll find the right answers."
19	* ColdSnap: Paris is hit by one of these in "Snow Wonder"; Marinette and Adrien quickly (and correctly) suspect it to be caused by an akuma rather than naturally occurring. The BigStormEpisode aspect is subverted, as with the [[PowerUpFood Ice Power-Up]], Ladybug and Chat Noir (or rather, Lady-Ice and Ice Chat) aren't themselves worried about BravingTheBlizzard. Braving the ''[[HostileWeather akuma]]'' in the blizzard, on the other hand...
20	* BirdPoopGag: Marinette narrowly avoids this fate in "Jubilenie". This being ''Miraculous'', she instantly assumes it's a [[GoldfishPoopGang Mr. Pigeon attack]] and reacts accordingly until Luka calms her down.
21	* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Raoul]] convinces Ladybug to [[spoiler:let him try talking down his akumatized sister]] in "Mannequette", only to turn on her and agree with Mannequette's actions as just punishment for [[AlphaBitch Chloé]].
22	* BreakingOldTrends: ''Every'' episode does this, at least at the time they were written:
23	** "Mathemagician" brings back the communication earpieces from [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E8TheDarkOwl The Dark Owl]] before canon did so in [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS05E02Multiplication Multiplication]].
24	** "Tiger Prawn" sees Ladybug and Chat Noir use each other's weapons, with Chat Noir engaging in CarFu as a pragmatic-yet-ethically-questionable form of combat before anger-induced Ladybug and Shadybug would do the same in [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E05Psycomedian Psychomedian]] and [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugSP03MiraculousWorldParis the Paris Special]], respectively.
25	** "Landover" takes place in the large Bois de Vincennes outside of the Paris metropolis, and it also has Chat Noir miss the fight well before that would happen in one in [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E22Ephemeral Ephemeral]]. Due to Ladybug's hesitancy to call upon anyone that could form the superhero team that replaced him like they did in Season 4, the repercussions play out differently for both of them.
26	** "Jubilenie" features only a sentimonster and not an akuma (even [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E14Sentibubbler Sentibubbler]] later in canon was a copy of an akuma before [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E23KuroNeko Kuro Neko]] did it properly).
27	** "Snow Wonder" is a MysteryEpisode where the akuma already exists at the start of the episode and most of it is spent figuring out what's going on. It's similar to [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E10Oblivio Oblivio]], but because it's not an AmnesiaEpisode, the discovery isn't about themselves and it's interspersed with dramatic tension rather than romantic that then actually remains.
28	** "Mannequette" is fairly regular, but features Ms. Buster's class ''not'' putting up with Chloé's usual antics, and during the akuma fight, a civilian [[spoiler:tricks Ladybug rather than helping her]]. It takes a different stance than the show regarding Chloé's characterization as well.
29	** "Pride of Darkness" does not pull its punches as a WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Gabriel and Nathalie swap miraculouses to become Garuda and Mora respectively, they seemingly amokize Ladybug and Chat Noir directly, Chat Noir Cataclysms an animate being with the intent to kill (and succeeds), and both sides nearly succeed in taking each other's miraculouses with their own hands]].
30	** "Burnmaster" introduces the [[ImmuneToFire Fire Power-Up]]. Marinette also [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking talks directly with Adrien]] about her CannotSpitItOut behavior around him.
31	** "Mightyllustrator" sees someone akumatized into believing they're a ''hero'' ([[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E24Volpina and not as an act]]) and the moral quandary that follows. It also examines the implications of [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E24Ladybug sentient sentimonsters]] due to the one created alongside the akuma and shows the class recognizing Lila's BlatantLies after the revelation of her "condition", neither of which happened in canon.
32	* CallBack: "Snow Wonder" in general is one to [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E01StormyWeather Stormy Weather]]. The akumas both have weather-related powers, the same acronym, Chat Noir uses his night vision (bringing back the ability far earlier than the Paris Special in canon), and the victim of the episode [[spoiler:is Mireille, directly in relation to her ''winning'' the contest that Aurore was akumatized over losing]].
33	* ChekhovsGag: In "Landover", Alya is flabbergasted by "pure, innocent Marinette Dupain-Cheng" making a SexualEuphemism. Five episodes later in "Burnmaster", Marinette mentions the incident to Adrien (and [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] about it not being appropriate for the show's audience), and his reply causes ''her'' to be flabbergasted at "pure, sheltered Adrien Agreste" making such a response. She even calls it cosmic karma.
34	* ContinuityCreep: Invoked, as the episodes are intentionally a continuous storyline and frequently tie in and follow up events from the show, especially outstanding or confusing ones, as plot points. Ladybug points out the CerebusSyndrome in "Burnmaster".
35	--> '''Ladybug:''' "...but sometimes I miss the early days when superheroing felt more like it was about the action and thrill of outwitting my opponents, and not... all this."
36	* DiscontinuityNod: In addition to the above, it likes to make jabs at parts of canon Seasons 4 and 5 that are contradicted by the plot or lore, such as Duusu saying to [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E14Sentibubbler banish any thought of a Peacock user amokizing their morning cup of coffee to create a human]].
37	* EnemyWithout: Pride of Darkness's power is to create these in the form of pure-black Shadows. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, this is revealed to be a ruse; they're simply EvilKnockoffs, but he can still sense the desires that an Enemy Without would be made out of. Duusu explains in his Meet the Miraculouses episode afterward that the only way to have a true example would be to amokize someone directly, which would, of course, give them control of the sentimonster due to holding the amok.]]
38	* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Chloé's status as a Viper is a subject of much contemplation by Marinette throughout the fic, most prominently in "Mannequette".
39	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: In "Burnmaster", Roger Raincomprix caps off some advice to Sabrina by saying that more support is always good and that he wouldn't know what to do if he had to dismiss anyone working under him. The scene cuts to Mayor Bourgeois giving a notice to Fire Captain Hessenpy that he has to do exactly that.
40	* GatheringSteam: Jubilenie is an amok formed out of happiness whose power [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul brainwashes people into being happy]], so it only continues to grow its own influence as time goes on.
41	* HurricaneOfPuns: [[PungeonMaster Chat]] unleashes one to aid in getting the attention of Jubilenie's mesmerized crowd and enjoys every second of it. He doesn't care that they were too mesmerized to hear him.
42	* IFightForTheStrongestSide: This is humorously revealed to be the Raincomprix family history, siding with whoever was in power in France at any given point in time.
43	* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Well, ''Our'' Enemy, as Ladybug painfully explains that she can't be romantically involved with Chat Noir as long as Hawk Moth is active due to what happened in [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E22CatBlanc Chat Blanc]]. As they are still close partners, this causes great stress for both of them throughout the story.
44	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Several characters have, as figures of speech, pointed out the conventions of the show, even as the fic continues to follow them.
45	* LogicBomb: Ladybug makes a non-serious attempt at one in "Mathemagician", hoping it may cause the eponymous akuma to disappear.
46	* MessOnAPlate: The daube Marinette is served in "Jubilenie" - the chapter notes mention that this is a BilingualBonus, as daube is both a type of stew and a French slang word meaning crap.
47	* MidSeasonTwist: "Pride of Darkness" lands on Episode 7, has a direct fight between the miraculous wielders that takes up the whole episode, and the fallout marks changes in Hawk Moth's tactics to start devious planning of his akumas and in the Ladybug-Chat Noir relationship.
48	* NotAGame: Gabriel ([[spoiler:using the Peacock Miraculous]] as Garuda) makes this declaration in "Pride of Darkness".
49	--> '''Garuda:''' "You have been fooled to believe that Hawk Moth is some passive, crooked villain whose akuma lackeys Ladybug, Chat Noir, and their allies foil [[ThisIsReality like a cartoon show]]. You are led to think that they are infallible forces of good who cannot falter, and I am here with my own ally to show the error in your judgment."
50	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Ladybug and Chat Noir each notice this about the other: the former in "Jubilenie" due to Chat making DeadpanSnarker comments, and the latter in "Snow Wonder" as Ladybug makes a misplay. They use these to further their understanding of each other.
51	* ObliviousMockery: A side character in "Landover" mocks the main friend group in his head for making a joke about akumas, betting that they don't even know any akuma victims.
52	* PieInTheFace: Try a ''three-tier wedding cake'', courtesy of Jubilenie. It's also a happiness EmotionBomb, but it doesn't work on the victim Chat Noir, who replies that he "just can't be bought with material goods".
53	--> '''Chat Noir:''' "[[ITasteDelicious Mmm, vanilla]]."
54	* PlayingWithFire: As expected from an akuma named Burnmaster, with the [[PlayedForDrama dramatic irony]] of being the ''fire captain''. His fires are so intense that they're still dangerous even ''with'' a transformation and the Fire Power-Up.
55	** Less seriously, Ladybug briefly entertains setting Landover's magical forest on fire to create a smoke signal and help neutralize the threat. But the people ''inside'' the park would remember being caught in it AndThatWouldBeWrong.
56	* PowerPincers: Tiger Prawn has these, though neither one is actually used for pinching. Instead, one fires HandBlasts and the other launches [[MegatonPunch Megaton Punches]], based on the incredible power of real-life pistol and mantis shrimps, respectively. Like the entry before, they are threatening even to a [[NighInvulnerability transformed miraculous user]].
57	* TookALevelInBadass: One of the [=AO3=] tags is "Competency Upgrades", so this is present on all sides, but particular mention goes to Chat Noir, who has thus far shed his ButtMonkey status and become an important part of most of the fights. He nearly soloes Tiger Prawn, provides vital coverage for Ladybug against Jubilenie, takes the initiative against the Shadows in "Pride of Darkness" (albeit against Ladybug's wishes), and does most of the legwork in the fight against Burnmaster while Ladybug cooks up a solution.
58	** Hawk Moth reveals in "Pride of Darkness" that he's been attempting to do this ever since nearly giving up during the [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E20StyleQueenQueensBattlePart1 Queen's Battle]], and soon after publicly vows to take another one. Ladybug and Chat Noir take this threat seriously.
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60	!!!Tropes related to the Meet the Miraculouses shorts:
61	* AdventurerArchaeologist: Roaar loosely implies that [[Franchise/IndianaJones the Trope Codifier himself]] was based on a wielder of her miraculous, which has a whip instead of a bolas.
62	* BlowYouAway: A noted feature of the Goat's revised tool, which is a broom.
63	* HistoricalDomainSuperperson: While UsefulNotes/TomoeGozen was already implicated as a miraculous wielder in canon, Orikko confirms her as being a Rooster holder and a very good one at that.
64	* InstantKnots: The Tiger's whip is compared to the Ladybug's yo-yo's ability to do this.
65	* MagicMirror: The Rooster's mirror is this twofold, being magical in origin as a result of being formed by a miraculous while also utilizing magic as [[Chronoscope the conduit]] for its Foresight power.
66	* MundaneUtility: Averted. Marinette jokes about the Goat's broom being used for cleaning duty, to which Ziggy replies that [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint members of the Order aren't allowed to use miraculouses]].
67	* PowerFist: The altered tool of the Ox Miraculous is a big gauntlet, which also channels the miraculous's superpower, [[SuperStrength Labor]].
68	* PsychicLink: The changed power of the Dog, named Howl, creates one of these between everyone holding the wielder's tool when activated.
69	* ShovelStrike: The Pig's new tool is a shovel.
70	* SwappedRoles: Marinette states her choice of Rooster Miraculous wielder to be Nathaniel; in canon, Nathaniel uses the Goat Miraculous instead while Marc uses the Rooster.
71	* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Duusu states this about the kwami, noting that even their forms manifested by the Miraculouses are distilled representations.
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73	!The Power of Seven
74	->When Eggman conquers the world using the seemingly unstoppable Phantom Ruby, the heroes find that they will need even more help than their own formidable powers. Their best hope lies in a new recruit who has come across seven prototype weapons seemingly designed by Eggman himself.
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76	''The Power of Seven'' is a novelization/rewrite of ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' with two main changes. The first is the [[AdaptedOut removal of Classic Sonic]], with his stages being taken over by existing characters and given different context. The second is the existence of [[DecompositeCharacter multiple Avatar characters]] rather than the one, each with their own personality and wielding one of the different Wispons from the game.
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78	!!''The Power of Seven'' contains examples of:
79	* AdaptationalContextChange: Knuckles' [[{{Narm}} narmy]] "None of this is good, Vector. That's why it's called war," line is given some real meaning here. What he proposed to lead to Vector's outcry is leaving the Death Egg's ''entire prisoner population behind'' if it's the only way they can rescue [[BigGood Sonic]]. Silver holds some resentment towards Knuckles over it later.
80	* AlphaAndBetaWolves: The Alpha has named herself as one, despite working alone.
81	* BigHam: Boar the Grizzly.
82	* ContinuityNod: Absolutely loaded with these, big and small, so much so that [[Sandbox/EnPassantContinuityNodPowerOfSeven it gets its own page]]. Of particular note is the use of the ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' continents over the singular supercontinent of ''Forces[='=]'' world map, and that Eggman's recycled robot army has been expanded to include designs from most other games in the franchise.
83	* AscendedExtra: [[VideoGame/SonicAdvance3 Gemerl]], who takes up Chaos' spot in Eggman's four generals under Infinite. [[spoiler:Like the others, this Gemerl is an illusory clone, and the real one shows up as an ally later, still protecting Cream and Vanilla as refugees]].
84	** Chaos' role is still made more important to the story despite this, retaining its role in the "Stress Test" comic which is adapted into the prologue. There, it uses the Chaos Emeralds and fights against Burning Blaze to explain the absence of both of them from the story.
85	** All of the non-Sonic characters are given time in the limelight by having their own stage, though right now, the story is only half-completed.
86	* BrickJoke: Silver throws a spherical statue at Infinite during their fight, which is deflected off into the jungle. When Silver returns during Casino Forest, he encounters an identical, singed statue lying on the ground, which he finds familiar but otherwise doesn't put together the connection.
87	* TheCity: [[ShapedLikeItself The City area]], as in the game. It's explained early on that the name came from being the ''only'' city on South Island, and the name stuck even after making contact with humankind.
88	* ColdBloodedTorture: It should be of little surprise that the fic makes real the torture Sonic suffered on the Death Egg. It takes a few days for him to recover, with Vector's "shaking like a leaf" comment being redirected to him. Even throughout the story afterward, being reminded of the experience or of Infinite's victory/Shadow's defection gets him worked up.
89	* DidntThinkThisThrough: What starts the Ghost Town stage is Ledge deciding to show off his rebuilt Burst Wispon to Tails by rushing at some Egg Pawns. The Wispon fails on him and causes Eggman's robots to go on alert.
90	* DoesntLikeGuns: Consistent with ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', the first thing Shadow notes upon meeting the Avatars is that someone on the heroes' side ''finally'' has the sense to carry a firearm, though he thinks [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms they look like toys]].
91	* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: While natural for a novelization, the story notably retains the game's stages, with each chapter being the completion of one stage or boss fight. Additionally, the introduction of Avatars matches the order and points in where the Wispons they use are unlocked in the game proper.
92	** Rings also appear in Arsenal Pyramid and function just as they do in the games. Later in the stage, Arc falls face-first into lasers and showcases the Cat Avatar's ability to retain a Ring after getting hit.
93	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Shadow drops this quote when explaining why he disappeared without a trace for six months while his copy, which everyone thought was the real him, worked for Infinite.
94	* LeParkour: [[{{CityMouse}} Arc]] prefers the urban jungle of Empire City over the ''actual'' jungle of Aqua Road.
95	* MythologyGag: Each of the Avatar stages incorporate the lyrics from the stage's music into the plot somehow.
96	** Two of the soldiers in Boar's squad in Park Avenue are a pink cat and a teal bird; both of these are Avatar designs used in promotional renders.
97	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Since Infinite only properly introduces himself before his first boss fight, for the entirety of the war and story before that point, everyone has come to know him as the Red Mask.
98	** The mysterious new wolf character has only referred to herself as the Alpha.
99	* ReimaginingTheArtifact: The Wisps, who were sort of just there in ''Forces'' as fuel for the Wispons, which were themselves not explained. In ''The Power of Seven'', the origin and use of the Wispons is a major plot arc, being seemingly the only weakness of Infinite and the focus of the first Avatar Ledge and the new secondary antagonist, the Alpha.
100	** The remaining Classic Sonic elements, many of which which were themselves reimagined, were repurposed.
101	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Ledge has a habit of doing this.
102	* SharpDressedMan: Ledge, who somehow keeps his suit tidy despite, y'know, living in a war-torn city and going to battle with a flamethrower. Going to [[SlippySlideyIceWorld the North Base]] only annoys him at having to use said flamethrower to iron out the creases afterward.
103	* TheStinger: Amy's trip in Far Outlands results in re-uniting with [[spoiler:Cream, her family, and Big the Cat. And Big the Cat's ''Chaos Emerald'' that he found, twisting the plot further as the Emeralds were completely absent from ''Forces'']].

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