History Fanfic / TheHighRoadMiraculousLadybug

* TooDumbToLive: In spite of Marinette previously did her best to expose Lila for the liar she was, she completely falls for Marinette's claims of now believing her and wanting to be her friend. This ensures she goes down later in the story once the others catch on.

* TemptingFate: The class unknowingly does this when they praise Marinette's thoughtfulness and how she's always looking out for them when she unveils her new seating arrangement chart she drafted to cater to Lila's supposed tinnitus... before learning just where each of them has been placed.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Deliberatedly invoked by Marinette; her classmates wanted her to get along with Lila, so she did that, and then some by dragging everybody else into making sure all of Lila's whims are catered to. This prompts her into taking everything Lila says with a grain of salt and a find a hole in her claims, if only to escape being her servants.

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: One of Lila's favorite tactics is PlayingTheVictimCard. Marinette pretends to be completely taken in by her deception, then feigns shock and horror when the class finally rallies together and "exposes the truth" to her.

* HourglassPlot: Adrien, Alya and the rest of Marinette's classmates gradually find themselves in the same position she started out in: knowing that Lila is a {{Manipulative B|astard}}itch who's taking advantage of their friend, but unable to convince her victim of the AwfulTruth.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/32687698 the high road]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/agnes_writes/pseuds/agnes_writes anges_writes]] in which Marinette opts to deal with Lila through BotheringByTheBook. Since Adrien insists that they shouldn't expose her, and everyone acts as though it's ''her fault'' they can't get along, why not give them [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor exactly what they want]]?

** Lila wanted to have the world revolve around her every whim. Marinette gives her ''exactly'' what she wanted, letting her LackOfEmpathy and foresight dig the ConsummateLiar's own grave, as her classmates grow tired of being forced to comply with her every request.

* UnwittingPawn: Ms. Bustier functions as one to both Lila and Marinette, with the latter taking full advantage of how Bustier expects her "good" students to lead by example.

%%* {{Reconstruction}}:

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/32687698 the high road]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/agnes_writes/pseuds/agnes_writes anges_writes]] in which Marinette opts to deal with Lila through MaliciousCompliance. Since Adrien insists that they shouldn't expose her, and everyone acts as though it's ''her fault'' they can't get along, why not give them [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor exactly what they want]]?

If she's taking the high road, they're all coming along for the ride. Let them all learn what it's like to be forced to bend over backwards to appease a ManipulativeBitch.

* AccusationFic: {{Downplayed}}; the fic effectively dismantles Adrien's advice about taking 'the high road' by forcing him and the rest of the class to unwillingly join Marinette in giving the BitchInSheepsClothing everything she wants. Said road turns out to be much less appealing when they're all paying the price for taking it, rather than only forcing ''Marinette'' to make nice with her.

** Adrien wanted Marinette to take 'the high road' and ignore how Lila was manipulating everyone, claiming that it didn't ''really'' matter and that it was more important to maintain the StatusQuo and keep Lila from being akumatized. Marinette takes that to the logical extreme, appeasing Lila in ways that inconvenience ''him'' -- and everyone else.
** Similarly, Alya and the rest of the class wanted her to just 'get along' with Lila. They rethink this once ''they're'' the ones being pressured to go out of their way to cater to the ConsummateLiar.

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: One of Lila's favorite tactics is PlayingTheVictimCard. Marinette pretends to be completely taken in by her deception, then feigns shock and horror when the class finally rallies together and 'exposes the truth' to her.

* CrazyPrepared: {{Downplayed}}; when Lila complains about her tinnitus, Marinette brings out a seating chart she'd prepared ''specifically'' to cater to every condition she claimed to have, much to Lila's surprise.

** Marinette keeps track of ''every single lie'' Lila tells, especially her [[ObfuscatingDisability Obfuscating Disabilities]], and works hard to ensure each and every one is accounted for and accommodated... regardless of how that impacts the others. This turns the rest of the class on Lila, especially after they realize she's been deceiving them all along.

* HourglassPlot: Adrien, Alya and the rest of Marinette's classmates gradually find themselves in the same position she started out in: knowing that Lila is a ManipulativeBitch who's taking advantage of their friend, but unable to convince her victim of the AwfulTruth.

** Marinette repeats Adrien's claim that Lila's 'not hurting anyone' when he comes to her asking to be moved to a different seat.
** Later on, she echoes all of the excuses he made for Lila while pressuring Marinette to take 'the high road' in the first place.

** PlayedWith in that Marinette knows ''exactly'' what she's doing when she praises her classmates for kindly helping her cater to Lila's every whim, knowing full well that they're uncomfortable with the changes but don't want to disappoint her.

* ThroughHisStomach: PlayedWith; one of the ways Marinette ensures that the whole class is inconvenienced by the concessions she makes to Lila is by not bringing her usual Friday treats, since Lila has claimed to be allergic to gluten and she didn't have the supplies necessary to fix anything for her... and it wouldn't have been fair if only ''she'' got left out, right?
* UnwittingPawn: Ms. Bustier functions as one to both Lila and Marinette, with the latter taking full advantage of how Bustier expects her 'good' students to lead by example.

* AccusationFic: {{Downplayed}}; the fic effectively dismantled Adrien's advice about taking 'the high road' by forcing him and the rest of the class to unwillingly join Marinette in giving the BitchInSheepsClothing everything she wants. Said road turns out to be much less appealing when they're all paying the price for taking it, rather than only forcing ''Marinette'' to make nice with her.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Marinette keeps track of ''every single lie'' Lila tells, especially her [[ObfuscatingDisability Obfuscating Disabilities]], and works hard to ensure each and every one is accounted for and accommodated... regardless of how that impacts the others. This turns the rest of the class on Lila, especially after they realize she's been deceiving them all along.

* WhatTheHellHero: Alya and Nino call Adrien out when he accidentally reveals that he knew about Lila's true nature and pressured Marinette to stop trying to expose h er.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Adrien wanted Marinette to take 'the high road' and ignore how Lila was manipulating everyone, claiming that it didn't ''really'' matter and that it was more important to maintain the StatusQuo and keep Lila from being akumatized. Marinette takes that to the logical extreme, appeasing Lila in ways that inconvenience ''him'' -- and everyone else.