History Fanfic / JerkInSheepsClothing

* GreaterScopeVillain: Lila's actions set up the story and she's still weaving her webs, but this is mostly there to explain why Marinette was so ready to believe Henri when he painted all her friends as Lila's hopeless dupes. The real BigBad is Henri, with the plot focusing on the rest of Ms. Bustier's class finding themselves in the same situation that Marinette was in during ''Chameleon''. Then again, Lilia does call "Gabriel" at the end of chapter 2 to check in, hinting that the true GreaterScopeVillain in this whole mess is good ol' Hawk Moth...

** Henri gives a massive one to the class in Chapter 24 after [[spoiler: they try to call him out for not warning them about Lila’s lies]] that completely breaks their spirits and forces them to realize how horribly they treated Marinette.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/BroadwayCutie16/pseuds/BroadwayCutie16 BroadwayCutie16’s]] [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20695151/chapters/49157624 Jerk In Sheep’s Clothing]] is yet another fanfic seeking justice for the wrongs expressed in the “WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug” episode [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E01Chameleon “Chameleon”]]. While not as spiteful as most salt fics in the ML fandom, it does address some of the issues of the infamous episode and the mistakes made by Adrien and the class. Even though this story holds them responsible for their actions and reminds the audience that they are wrong, it does not [[RonTheDeathEater portray Adrien, Alya, or the others as selfish monsters who wish to make and/or see Marinette suffer]], which is rare for salt fics.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Henri initially teams up with Lila to isolate Marinette from her classmates so he can have her all to himself. However, once Adrien exposes Lila as a liar, he wastes no time throwing her under the bus, simultaneously taking credit for Adrien's plan and making himself a hero in Marinette's eyes and turning her even further against her classmates.

** Kim tries to prove Henri is faking his injury by purposely throwing a paper football in his direction, which he catches before it touches his face, lunging forward on his supposedly injured ankle. When Kim points this out, Henri claims he was trying to prevent the paper from scratching Marinette’s face, to which she is touched. Then she scolds Kim for what he did, thinking her classmates are trying to bully her boyfriend.

* BastardBoyfriend: Henri to Marinette. Sure, he treats her nicely and takes her at her every word about Lila, as opposed to all the other “friends” who have known her longer and yet failed to do such. Sadly, [[BitchInSheepsClothing it’s all an act]]. He’s only nice to her to turn her against all her friends, leaving her completely isolated except for himself. Even if the class deserved to lose Marinette, making her completely dependent on one person alone is not a healthy relationship. But Henri doesn’t care about healthy. In his eyes, he is the only one who deserves Marinette, and vice versa.

* BigBadDuumvirate: Downplayed with Lila and Henri, who form an alliance at the beginning. Even if they don't share the same goals, they can benefit each other: Lila bullying Marinette and turning the rest of the class against her is exploited by Henri so he can manipulate Marinette into seeing him as the only person she can trust, while Lila is freed from a romantic rival for Adrien's love. Lila also realizes at the beginning that Henri isn't somebody she wants as an enemy, since unlike Marinette or Adrien, he's ''very'' unscrupulous and cutthroat.

** Chaoter 21 deconstructs the show's concept of Marinette giving a miraculous to each one of her classmates: Because she lost her trust on Alya, she decides to hand over a miraculous to Henri. In the show, her classmates never questioned too much why Ladybug thinks they're trustworthy enough to be handed one, but Henri questioning why Ladybug thinks he's worthy of one leads to him [[spoiler:figuring out she's Marinette as she's one of the few people who doesn't know his true nature]].

* KickTheDog: Henri gets a particularly mean-spirited one by deliberately dropping a little china cat that was given to Chloé by her mother, causing it to smash to pieces.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The class has this reaction when they find out that they ignored Marinette who was [[CassandraTruth telling the truth about Lila being a lair]]

* ShoutOut: Henri name drops ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} in Chapter 21.

** This is Lila's reaction when Henri reveals to her that he knows she's been lying to everyone.

* OhCrap: Henri has this reaction when he sees what Shatter Queen's power can do and realises that if she touches him, his façade as Marinette's perfect boyfriend will be destroyed.

For another story by the same author, check out: ''Fanfic/WedLocked''.

* BastardBoyfriend: Henri to Marinette. Sure, he treats her nicely and takes her at her every word about Lila, as opposed to all the other “friends” who have known her longer and yet failed to do such. Sadly, [[BitchInSheepsClothing it’s all an act]]. He’s only nice to her to turn her against all her friends, leaving her completely isolated except for himself. Even if the class deserved to lose Marinette, making her completely dependent on one person alone is not a healthy relationship. But Henri doesn’t care about healthy. In his eyes, he is the only one who deserves Marinette, and vise versa.