Webcomic / Scarlet Lady

Scarlet Lady is a Miraculous Ladybug Role Swap AU 4-Koma fan comic written and drawn by zoe-oneesama on Tumblr. The first part can be found here, with the master post for the series here and the index for the comic parts (starting from Season 1) here. Updates are every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

In another universe, Master Fu decides to put the Ladybug Miraculous in Marinette's purse rather than her room. Chloé, still mad at Marinette for talking back to her, decides to rifle through the latter's purse for something she can steal to take revenge. She ends up finding the fancy box the Miraculous is in and takes it, concluding that it's a family heirloom of some sort.

Naturally, this backfires: not only did Marinette not know about the box's existence, but now Chloé finds herself saddled with an annoying fairy who's trying to get her to become an actual hero. Meanwhile, Chat Noir has to put up with a lazy, useless partner who treats him as anything but. Hilarity Ensues.

A fan-made novelization of the comic (written with permission from zoe-oneesama) by Milarqui can be found here or here.

Episodes in the series thus far:

Season 1

• "Origins Part 1": Tales of Chloé the Ladybug
• "Origins Part 2": Tales of Chat Noir the Exhausted^note This is the only episode title that uses the title card character's superhero identity (Chat Noir) in the subtitle rather than their civilian name.
• "Stormy Weather": Tales of Aurore the Weather Girl
• "The Bubbler": Tales of Nino the Party Planner
• "Lady Wifi": Tales of Alya the Journalist
• "Copycat": Tales of Théo the Admirer
• "Mr. Pigeon": Tales of Xavier the Bird Man
• "The Pharaoh": Tales of Jalil the Conspiracy Theorist
• "Horrificator": Tales of Mylène the Actress
• "Rogercop": Tales of Roger the Police Officer

Season 2

• "Darkblade": Tales of Armand the Knight
• "The Gamer": Tales of Max the Pro Gamer
• "Reflekta": Tales of Juleka the Goth
• "Timebreaker": Tales of Alix the Skater
• "Simon Says": Tales of Simon the Hypnotist
• "Volpina": Tales of Lila the FOX^note Originally titled "Lila the Liar," but Liar was crossed out and "FOX" was written next to it.
• "The Collector": Tales of Gabriel the TOP SECRET^note Originally titled "Gabriel the Butterfly," but Butterfly is obscured by a TOP SECRET stamp.
• "La Befana": Tales of Gina the Witch
• "Kung Food": Tales of Wang Cheng the Chef^note The "Wang" part of the title is covered, but the author confirmed it is there in response to a question. The reason given for hiding it is that "it was only ever confirmed on Twitter and is never stated in the show."
• "Evillustrator": Tales of Nathaniel the Artist

Season 3

• "Vanisher": Tales of Sabrina the Invisible^note The header picture is different from the normal style in two ways. First, Sabrina appears in a frilly white dress, with the author commenting, "I definitely deviated from my usual fashion rule in the header, but I wanted to be extra." Second, a black-gloved hand is reaching down to Sabrina from the corner, showing the debut of a new major character.
• "Riposte": Tales of Kagami the Fencer
• "Captain Hardrock": Tales of Anarka the Pirate
• "Syren": Tales of Ondine the Mermaid
• "Dark Cupid": Tales of Kim the Romantic
• "Intermission": Tales of Marinette the Bee
• "Animan": Tales of Otis the Zookeeper
• "Puppeteer": Tales of Manon the Doll Master
• "Pixelator": Tales of Vincent the Super Fan
• "Guitar Villain": Tales of Jagged Stone the Rock Star
• "Princess Fragrance": Tales of Rose the Princess

Season 4

• "Despair Bear": Tales of Jean-___ the Butler^note Chloé's bear covers the second part of Jean's name, which had not yet been confirmed in canon at the time of the comic episode's release. "Adoration" in Season 5 of the show eventually reveals the butler's name doesn't even start with "Jean" and is in fact Armand.
• "Sapotis": Tales of the Césaire Twins
• "Anansi": Tales of Nora the Martial Artist
• "Troublemaker": Tales of the Penny the Manager^note The author has acknowledged the typo in the header.
• "Intermission 2": Tales of André the Matchmaker^note The header picture is actually of Marinette wearing an outfit based on Glaciator with her head obscuring most of the subtitle, rather than André himself as the original header showed before the episode was cancelled. When being reworked into a second Intermission, the author's Patreon backers voted for whether to include Marinette wearing an outfit based on Glaciator or Marigold; the former won.
• "Silencer": Tales of Luka the Musician
• "Desperada": Tales of Vivica the Guitarist
• "Ikari Gozen": Tales of Tomoe the Swordswoman
• "Crocoduel": Tales of You Two Again?!^note Rather than show Jagged Stone and Anarka Couffaine, the header instead shows Fang with wings and a color palette based on his dragon appearance when akumatized with Guitar Villain.
• "Robostus": Tales of Markov the Robot
• "Prime Queen": Tales of Nadja the Reporter

Season 5

• "Zombizou": Tales of Caline the Teacher
• "The Mime": Tales of Fred the Performer
• "Gorizilla": Tales of ___ the Bodyguard^note The Gorilla's hand covers the part of the title where his name should be, since his actual name is unknown.
• "Sandboy": Tales of ___ the Sleepwalker^note Similar to the above episode, the boy's head covers the part of the title where his name should be since his actual name is also unknown.
• "Reverser": Tales of Marc the Writer
• "Party Crasher": Tales of Wayhem the Fun Guy
• "Frozer": Tales of Phillipe the Ice Skater ^note Most of the title is hidden behind Phillipe, but it was revealed by the author when someone asked about it.
• "Frightningale": Tales of Clara the Pop Star
• "Intermission 3": Tales of Marinette the Bee
• "Malediktator": Tales of André the Mayor^note Most of the title is hidden behind André.
• "Style Queen": Tales of Audrey the Fashion Critic^note The last word is hidden behind Audrey's head. The true title was given in a post that has been deleted.
• "Queen Wasp": Tales of Chloé the Ex-Hero
• "Catalyst": Tales of Nathalie the Assistant
• "Hawkmoth": Tales of Gabriel the Butterfly

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Scarlet Lady contains examples of the following tropes:

• Tropes A to B
• Tropes C to D
• Tropes E
• Tropes F To G
• Tropes H To J
• Tropes K to M
• Tropes N To O
• Tropes P to R
• Tropes S
• Tropes T to Z

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