History Fanfic / HeroChat

** The side story "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24364318 Rise and Fall]]" details the reason for Lila's lying, that her constantly moving around as a kid left her perpetually lonely, and kids at the schools she went to only paid attention to or liked her when she told grandiose lies about herself, eventually resulting in Lila becoming emotionally detached due to how often she moved, and believing that people ''only'' care for the lies and would abandon her if she was caught after that happened once, resulting in her becoming the ManipulativeBitch she is whenever someone tries to expose her. All of her behavior ultimately stemmed from abandonment issues, not helped by her grandmother and father succumbing to illness as she grew up and leaving her feeling more lonely, so she'd lie and manipulate so she'd [[HatesBeingAlone never be left alone again]]. None of her backstory is meant to ''excuse'' what she's done though, just contextualize it, as none of Team Miraculous particularly like her for all she's done, even if they are willing to give her another chance if she ever bothers to change her ways, something Zoe wants to try and make happen by making Lila realize she's [[YouAreNotAlone not alone]]. This is {{play|ingWithATrope}}ed later on as, while ''still'' not a justifiable excuse for being a manipulative bitch, a ''lot'' more sympathy is given towards Lila, Chapter 85 focusing entirely on her perspective and highlighting numerous details suggesting she suffers from clinical depression and improperly handling her grief.

** The side story "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24364318 Rise and Fall]]" details the reason for Lila's lying, that her constantly moving around as a kid left her perpetually lonely, and kids at the schools she went to only paid attention to or liked her when she told grandiose lies about herself, eventually resulting in Lila becoming emotionally detached due to how often she moved, and believing that people ''only'' care for the lies and would abandon her if she was caught after that happened once, resulting in her becoming the ManipulativeBitch she is whenever someone tries to expose her. All of her behavior ultimately stemmed from abandonment issues, not helped by her grandmother and father succumbing to illness as she grew up and leaving her feeling more lonely, so she'd lie and manipulate so she'd [[HatesBeingAlone never be left alone again]]. None of her backstory is meant to ''excuse'' what she's done though, just contextualize it, as none of Team Miraculous particularly like her for all she's done, even if they are willing to give her another chance if she ever bothers to change her ways, something Zoe wants to try and make happen by making Lila realize she's [[YouAreNotAlone not alone]].

** When Sabrina asks why doesn't Alix use her powers to either find out Hawkmoth's identity or even prevent him from coming to power, Alix answers that trying to change history would just make AlternateTimelines, while they'll be stuck dealing with their current one. She also points out that trying to find out who Hawkmoth is too early could lead to them being underprepared for the final fight.

** Lê Chiên called himself King Monkey, but calls himself Roi Singe here.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While Gabriel is still acting as Hawkmoth and corrupting people into Akuma, he ''doesn't'' want anyone killed by his actions, with a lot of his threats towards Team Miraculous he admits to being scare tactics in the hopes they'll give up their Miraculous to him. All he wants is his wife back so they, Nathalie, and Adrien can be together. [[spoiler:So when he ends up manhandling Alya after she punched him in the face and is called out by Nooroo for doing so, he realizes it was a MomentOfWeakness and he is at risk of JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, and tries to take a step back from being Hawkmoth for the Winter Gala so as to recenter himself.]] Outside of that, while he has his failings as a parent, he ''does'' genuinely love Adrian and refuses to directly hurt him, and WordOfGod is that, were he to learn Adrian was Chat Noir, he'd be ''crushed'' over how many times he nearly hurt his son.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While Gabriel is still acting as Hawkmoth and corrupting people into Akuma, he ''doesn't'' want anyone killed by his actions, with a lot of his threats towards Team Miraculous he admits to being scare tactics in the hopes they'll give up their Miraculous to him. All he wants is his wife back so they and Nathalie can be together. [[spoiler:So when he ends up manhandling Alya after she punched him in the face and is called out by Nooroo for doing so, he realizes it was a MomentOfWeakness and he is at risk of JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, and tries to take a step back from being Hawkmoth for the Winter Gala so as to recenter himself.]]

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Chloé pulls this on herself; while her [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]] and [[PushoverParents overly permissive father]] were ''why'' she turned into such an AlphaBitch, that's also why her teammates need to not hesitate to call her out when she behaves badly, as otherwise she won't learn better.