Silence Please
is an Alternate Universe Fic made by RockSunner, for Miraculous Ladybug. Part of the Smart Adversaries AU for Miraculous Ladybug on AO3, in which Ladybug villains make smarter decisions. The series has a tropes page here.
This is a two-chapter work and it is now complete.
This fanfiction series contains examples of:
- Alternate Universe Fic: A What If? with the change that Silencer realizes what Ladybug is up to with the fake Lucky Charm object and doesn't say the words "Lucky Charm" in the voice that she needs. As a result, Ladybug has to go to a fallback plan using Juleka.
- Bittersweet Ending: The villain is stopped. Adrien asks Juleka out, under the mistaken impression that she is Ladybug. Marinette turns to Luka, who appreciates her for herself.
- Bring Help Back: This is Ladybug' intention when going to get Juleka. It may feel like abandonment to Chat Noir, and since Ladybug is voiceless she can't explain.
- Calling Your Attacks: Non-verbal. The body language associated with calling for a "Lucky Charm" is so familiar that Ladybug gives away her intention to Silencer even though she can't say the words herself.
- Didn't Think This Through: In the original episode, the carefully-prepared fake Lucky Charm, a lamp painted red with black spots, seems to vanish as soon as Ladybug no longer needs it. In this version it doesn't. Ladybug drops it, a huge clue to Silencer that it's a fake.
- Entertainingly Wrong: Ivan thinks that Ladybug has come to fight him since he is pretending to be akumatized, when she is actually just seeking help from Juleka.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: There's still enough of Luka left within Silencer that he refuses to harm Juleka.
- Heel–Face Turn: Silencer frees the voices of Ladybug and Chat Noir when he thinks that Ladybug is his sister Juleka.
- Mistaken Identity: Thinking that Juleka is Ladybug, Adrien asks her out on a date. Marinette is jealous and decides to give Luka a chance.
- Superpowers For A Day: With no way to use Lucky Charm, Marinette lends her Miraculous to Juleka to defeat Silencer.
- The Unmasking: At the end, Marinette quietly susses out that Adrien is Chat Noir when he acknowledges the fact that Juleka used the Ladybug Miraculous, which he couldn't have known unless he was there.
- Voice Changeling: Silencer has a choice of what voice to use when he says "Lucky Charm." He uses XY's voice, denying Ladybug her Magical Incantation.
- You Have Failed Me: Hawk Moth pulls the akuma from Silencer when the latter frees the voices of Ladybug and Chat Noir.
