Whumptober 12th - Intrepid Reporter 3 (Miraculous Ladybug)
Hey, remember when I was going to try to be consistent about these? ::Wistfully:: Yeah, me too. Anyhow, here's wonderwall.
Title: Intrepid Reporter (3)
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Character: Alya
Summary: The very thing that makes Alya a brilliant reporter is the thing that makes Lady Wifi her worst self.
Read on AO3 or
The party line was that no one remembered what happened while they were akumatized. That’s true in the short term. Alya’s time as Lady Wifi come back to her in drips and drabs and nightmares. She had a clear memory of capturing Chloe. Freezing her in place with a pause sign on her back. Peeling her mask off. She doesn’t remember what came next.
Alya had nightmares where it was the real Ladybug she’d managed to catch. The real Ladybug she froze. The real Ladybug she exposed to Hawkmoth and the entire internet. In her dreams, it was always Marinette beneath the mask. The subconscious was funny like that. How wild would that be? Marinette as Ladybug? At least she was a better choice than Chloe.
Her dogged pursuit of the truth was the thing which made Alya a great reporter. It was also the thing that had turned her into the worst version of herself. But what was she supposed to do? Just stop looking when the answers were right there? Who would she be if she did that?
Title: Intrepid Reporter (3)
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Character: Alya
Summary: The very thing that makes Alya a brilliant reporter is the thing that makes Lady Wifi her worst self.
Read on AO3 or
The party line was that no one remembered what happened while they were akumatized. That’s true in the short term. Alya’s time as Lady Wifi come back to her in drips and drabs and nightmares. She had a clear memory of capturing Chloe. Freezing her in place with a pause sign on her back. Peeling her mask off. She doesn’t remember what came next.
Alya had nightmares where it was the real Ladybug she’d managed to catch. The real Ladybug she froze. The real Ladybug she exposed to Hawkmoth and the entire internet. In her dreams, it was always Marinette beneath the mask. The subconscious was funny like that. How wild would that be? Marinette as Ladybug? At least she was a better choice than Chloe.
Her dogged pursuit of the truth was the thing which made Alya a great reporter. It was also the thing that had turned her into the worst version of herself. But what was she supposed to do? Just stop looking when the answers were right there? Who would she be if she did that?