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queerly_belovedI just got this AO3 comment and I'm over here melting with glee because they got it.
Like, except the character I flagged up as a trans girl to give context to one of the lines this commenter notes (canonically we only know she's a girl), this fic doesn't reference anybody's identity in the sense of, for instance, "trans girl". But deadnaming and self-naming, and building a new self from the ashes of the old, and who one is when freed of who people are telling one to be? Queer themes like those? That's exactly what this story is about.
this is a gift, it comes with a price (4653 words) by AlexSeanchai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Miraculous Ladybug Ensemble
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst, Dissociation, Identity Issues, minor trans character, Episode: s02 Mayura (Heroes' Day Part 2)
Summary:
"All right, kids," snarls Hawkmoth, "watch what a man who's got nothing to lose can do!"
He fights like it, Chat observes, reckless and risky, and Ladybug and Chat are lucky he hasn't come out personally before: they might have Cataclysm in reserve but they're exhausted and he's taken them down—
Carapace's flung shield knocks Hawkmoth off his feet. Queen Bee tangles her top around his ankle. Rena Rouge flashes past him, snatching the brooch from his throat. His transformation falls before he hits the platform.
Queen Bee shrieks, "Agreste?"
Chat blinks.
Like, except the character I flagged up as a trans girl to give context to one of the lines this commenter notes (canonically we only know she's a girl), this fic doesn't reference anybody's identity in the sense of, for instance, "trans girl". But deadnaming and self-naming, and building a new self from the ashes of the old, and who one is when freed of who people are telling one to be? Queer themes like those? That's exactly what this story is about.
this is a gift, it comes with a price (4653 words) by AlexSeanchai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Miraculous Ladybug Ensemble
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst, Dissociation, Identity Issues, minor trans character, Episode: s02 Mayura (Heroes' Day Part 2)
Summary:
"All right, kids," snarls Hawkmoth, "watch what a man who's got nothing to lose can do!"
He fights like it, Chat observes, reckless and risky, and Ladybug and Chat are lucky he hasn't come out personally before: they might have Cataclysm in reserve but they're exhausted and he's taken them down—
Carapace's flung shield knocks Hawkmoth off his feet. Queen Bee tangles her top around his ankle. Rena Rouge flashes past him, snatching the brooch from his throat. His transformation falls before he hits the platform.
Queen Bee shrieks, "Agreste?"
Chat blinks.
