History Fanfic / TwoLetters

* SayingTooMuch: While trying to defend his unraveling lies, Mayor Bourgeois declares "Even I don't have unlimited resources." This jogs Luka's memory, getting him to realize that [[spoiler:the rumors about the new Ladybug charging people to save the city]] might be legitimate.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Mayor Bourgeois wanted the Marinette Ladybug to stop bothering him with policy proposals (like providing free therapy and anger management classes to Parisians in order to help them control their negative emotions better) and to be willing to endorse him in exchange for a bribe. The new Ladybug gave him everything he said he wanted--she's not mentioned as demanding any policies from him, and she's more than willing to endorse him if he pays up. The problem is, she's also willing to support his rivals if they pay more, so Bourgeois and his cronies have to fork out larger and larger sums just to keep her from being bribed by someone else. And, as he knows from Bob Roth's example, deciding to no longer pay off the new Ladybug is a ''very'' risky idea.

* NotYourProblem: Luka tells Marinette she shouldn't worry about the fashion model akuma since there's a new Ladybug.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Mayor Bourgeois wanted the Marinette Ladybug to stop bothering him with policy proposals (like providing free therapy and anger management classes to Parisians in order to help them control their negative emotions better) and to be willing to endorse him in exchange for a little bribe. The new Ladybug gave him everything he said he wanted--she's not mentioned as demanding any policies from him, and she's more than willing to endorse him if he pays up. The problem is, she's also willing to support his rivals if they pay more, so Bourgeois and his cronies have to fork out larger and larger sums just to keep her from being bribed by someone else. And, as he knows from Bob Roth's example, deciding to no longer pay off the new Ladybug is a ''very'' risky idea.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Mayor Bourgeois wanted Ladybug to stop bothering him with policy proposals (like providing free therapy and anger management classes to Parisians in order to help people control their negative emotions better) and to be willing to endorse him in exchange for a little bribe. The new Ladybug gave him everything he said he wanted--she's not mentioned as demanding any policies from him, and she's more than willing to endorse him if he pays up. The problem is, she's also willing to support his rivals if they pay more, so Bourgeois and his cronies have to fork out larger and larger sums just to keep her from being bribed by someone else. And, as he knows from Bob Roth's example, deciding to no longer pay off the new Ladybug is a ''very'' risky idea.

** How Marinette views the relationship Ladybug had with Paris. She was the Giver, always having to deal with Akumas while damaging her own emotional health because of the consequences that giving into rage or sadness could bring. She views most of Paris as the Taker, taking for granted that Ladybug will always save the day, being ungrateful that she hasn't done a better job and judging her harshly for her failures and some feeling justified if not entitled to being Akumatized, for petty or trivial reasons no less, because Ladybug will handle it rather than recognize how dangerous that dynamic really is.

** Marinette came to see the majority of Paris this way, as they were taking Ladybug's efforts to protect them completely for granted.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Renouncing her guardianship erased all of Marinette's memories specifically related to being Ladybug. However, she retained memories of the mundane, civilian side of her life, along with some [[WistfulAmnesia vague impressions]] of her time as a superheroine.

* UngratefulBastard: A major reason why Marinette gave up being Ladybug is because she was judged incredibly harshly for each of her mistakes, while the countless times she saved and protected Paris were taken completely for granted. This isn't simply a matter of her losing Miraculouses to Hawkmoth, either; she's taken heat for things like 'taking too long' to defeat akumas, or letting damage pile up too much.

** How Marinette views the relation Ladybug had with Paris. She was the Giver, always having to deal with Akumas while damaging her own emotional health because of the consequences that giving into rage or sadness could bring. She views most of Paris as the Taker, taking for granted that Ladybug will always save the day, being ungrateful that she hasn't done a better job and judging her harshly for her failures and some feeling justified if not entitled to being Akumatized, for petty or trivial reasons no less, because Ladybug will handle it rather than recognize how dangerous that dynamic really is.

* CartesianKarma: {{Downplayed}}; Marinette came to resent people for getting akumatized over the pettiest of reasons, leading to her eventual retirement.

* TheResenter: Ladybug's first letter reveals that, over time, she grew to resent people who were akumatized, especially those who had it happen multiple times or for reasons that Ladybug thought were stupid or petty. The present day segments indicate that Marinette still holds a grudge against [[spoiler:her parents for getting akumatized over [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E06Weredad Tom wanting Chat Noir to date her]] and [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E21DearestFamily an argument over whether Marinette should get a motorcycle]].]]

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43334719 Two Letters]]'' is a WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug {{Horror}} story by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/CartoonAddict564 CartoonAddict564]], who previously wrote Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies. ''Two Letters'' is currently incomplete.

* AllTakeAndNoGive: How Marinette views the relation Ladybug had with Paris. She was the Giver, always having to deal with Akumas while damaging her own emotional health because of the consequences that giving into rage or sadness could bring. She views most of Paris as the Taker, taking for granted that Ladybug will always save the day, being ungrateful that she hasn't done a better job and judging her harshly for her failures and some feeling justified if not entitled to being Akumatized, for petty or trivial reasons no less, because Ladybug will handle it rather than recognize how dangerous that dynamic really is.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Played with. While Ladybug certainly seemed angry at her former partner and at some people who got akumatized (according to her first letter), it's unclear how much of her anger was actually justified by those people being jerks and how much was due to her being overwhelmed by the constant grind of battling akumas without end. Luka even notes that he doesn't agree with Marinette still being mad at [[spoiler:her parents]] for getting akumatized over things Marinette thought were trivial.

* UngratefulBastard: A major reason Marinette gives up being Ladybug is that she's been judged so harshly for her failures rather than having the numerous times she saved Paris remembered by its citizens. And it's not just losing the other Miraculouses to Hawkmoth either as she's gotten grief for taking too long to deal with Akumas or letting damage pile up too much.
* {{Yandere}}: One of the tags for the story is 'Yandere Marinette,' though it's ambiguous if she was a yandere before giving up her Miraculous, if she became one later, or both.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Played with. While Ladybug certainly seemed angry at her former partner and at some people who got akumatized (according to her first letter), it's unclear how much of her anger is actually justified by those people being jerks and how much is due to her being overwhelmed by the constant grind of battling akumas without end. Luka even notes that he doesn't agree with Marinette still being mad at [[spoiler:her parents]] for getting akumatized over things Marinette thought were trivial.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Played with. While Ladybug certainly seemed angry at her former partner (according to her first letter) and at some people who got akumatized, it's unclear how much of her anger is actually justified by those people being jerks and how much is due to her being overwhelmed by the constant grind of battling akumas without end. Luka even notes that he doesn't agree with Marinette still being mad at [[spoiler:her parents]] for getting akumatized over things Marinette thought were trivial.

* TheResenter: Ladybug's first letter reveals that, over time, she grew to resent people who were akumatized, especially those who had it happen multiple times or for reasons that Ladybug thought were stupid or petty. The present day segments indicate that Marinette still holds a grudge against her parents for getting akumatized over [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E06Weredad Tom wanting Chat Noir to date her]] and [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E21DearestFamily an argument over whether Marinette should get a motorcycle]].

* AdaptationalJerkass: Played with. While Marinette certainly seems angry at her former partner (according to her first letter) and at some people who got akumatized, it's unclear how much of her anger is actually justified by those people being jerks and how much is due to Marinette being overwhelmed by the constant grind of battling akumas without end. Luka even notes that he doesn't agree with Marinette being mad at [[spoiler:her parents]] for getting akumatized over things Marinette thought were trivial.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Played with. While Marinette certainly seems angry at her former partner of (according to her first letter) and at people who got akumatized, it's unclear how much of her anger is actually justified by those people being jerks and how much is due to Marinette being overwhelmed by the constant grind of battling akumas without end. Luka even notes that he doesn't agree with Marinette being mad at [[spoiler:her parents]] for getting akumatized over things Marinette thought were trivial.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Just like the author's [[Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies last story]], the fic is tagged with "Alya Salt", and "Adrien Salt", so this will most likely be the cause with both of them.

* AmbiguousSituation: Because canon lore states that Guardians lose all memories of the Miraculouses when they renounce their position, its unclear how much of her time as Ladybug, if any, Marinette remembers. In particular, it's not clear if she knows who the new Ladybug is, or why she picked that Ladybug when her (presumably amnesiac) future self dislikes her so strongly.

* TheResenter: Ladybug's first letter reveals that, over time, she grew to resent people who were akumatized, especially those who had it happen multiple times or for reasons that Ladybug thought were stupid or petty. The present day segments indicate that she even still holds a grudge against her parents for getting akumatized over [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E06Weredad Tom wanting Chat Noir to date her]] and [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E21DearestFamily an argument over whether Marinette should get a motorcycle]].

* AmbiguousSituation: Because canon lore states that Guardians lose all memories of the miraculouses when they renounce their position, its unclear how much of her time as Ladybug, if any, Marinette remembers. In particular, it's not clear if she knows who the new Ladybug is, or why she picked that Ladybug when her (presumably amnesiac) future self dislikes her so strongly.

* {{Yandere}}: One of the tags for the story is 'Yandere Marinette,' though it's ambiguous if she was a yandere before giving up her miraculous, if she became one later, or both.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43334719 Two Letters]] is a WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug {{Horror}} story. It is currently incomplete.

* CasualDangerDialogue: Luka and Anorak are very chill when discussing how an akuma has taken over the Champs-Elysses.

* AmbiguousSituation: Because canon lore states that Guardians lose all memories of the miraculouses when they renounce their position, its unclear how much of her time as Ladybug, if any, Marinette remembers. In particular, it's not clear if she knows who the new Ladybug is... or why she picked that Ladybug when her (presumably amnesiac) future self dislikes her so strongly.

* NotYourProblem: Luka tells Marinette she shouldn't worry about the fashion model akuma since there's a new Ladybug.