History Webcomic / BakeryEnemies

Ladybug and Cat Noir defeated Hawkmoth and revealed him as Gabriel Agreste, but at a cost--all the kwamis had to perform a ritual, sacrificing a great deal of power and going into extended hibernation to recharge.

A ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' AU by [[https://buggachat.tumblr.com/ buggachat]]. In addition to being a FlashForwardFic, in this AU Adrien never went to public school, the heroes never saw Mayura, and Ladybug and Cat Noir never told anyone else about the Peacock Miraculous. Because of this, Marinette greatly distrusts Adrien, while her friends don't understand why.

** Ladybug thinks that Cat Noir might be the bearer of the Peacock Miraculous.
** Marinette wonders if she'd recognize Cat Noir if they met, not even suspecting that Adrien, who's just been introduced to her, ''is'' Cat Noir.

** Unaware that Adrien is Cat Noir, the Dupain-Chengs keep him out of the task of baking goodies themed after him and Ladybug out of fear Adrien resents the heroes for imprisoning his father.

* HilariousInFlashback: A flashback shows Cat Noir telling Ladybug he intends to become a baker so he can bake a cake that's as good as the one she gave him, and she says he'll likely forget about it in one week. As Marinette would know had she learned Cat Noir's secret identity, he didn't.

* ImproperlyParanoid: Way too much of the comic happens because Marinette thinks Adrien is Hawk Moth Jr. out of sheer paranoia.

* MuggingTheMonster: A robber attacks a bakery that happens to be staffed by Ladybug and Cat Noir. They take him down in about two minutes.

* BadLiar: When Marinette tells her Mom she and Adrien are practically best friends, it sounded so unconvincing Sabine tells her "never become an actor".

-->[[spoiler:'''Sabine:''' ''Have you two been... safe?''\\
'''Adrien:''' ''Uh... y-yes...?'']]

* InnocentInnuendo: [[spoiler: An InUniverse case takes place after Tom and Sabine see Adrien leaving Marinette's room, dressed only in underwear and a shirt]].

* InnocentInnuendo: [[spoiler: An in-universe case takes place after Tom and Sabine see Adrien leaving Marinette's room, dressed only in underwear and a shirt]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Sabine:''' ''Have you two been... safe?''\\
'''Adrien:''' ''Uh... y-yes...?'']]

* DeusExitMachina: The premise of this story requires that Ladybug and Chat Noir ''can't'' find each other. Tikki and Sass know Chat Noir's identity, and Plagg knows Ladybug's, so any of them could have put the heroes back in contact in five minutes if they'd been available -- but all the kwamis went into hibernation shortly after the defeat of Hawkmoth.

* BeneathNotice: [[TheGhost Nathalie]] ended up being this to both Ladybug and the public. When Marinette begins casting around for suspects ''besides'' [[{{Adorkable}} Adrien]] who might've been Mayura, the only one she seriously considers is Gabriel's sister-in-law (who was quickly discarded due to not living in France.) After all, ''logically'' it's unlikely that a mere employee or business partner would be willing to commit domestic terrorism for the sake of ''[[BadBoss Gabriel Agreste]].'' Unaware of [[IgnoredEnamoredUnderling Nathalie's motivations]], Marinette concludes that Adrien is the ''only'' possible suspect, and scolds herself for [[DramaticIrony grasping at straws]] to avoid that fact.

-->'''Chloe:''' ''Adrikens!''

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Due to her ExhaustionInducedIdiocy, Marinette eventually decides that the best way to disrupt [[AvengingTheVillain Adrien’s]] EvilPlan is to [[spoiler:destroy all the presumably poisoned goods [[KickTheDog Adrien had spent days working overtime to bake]]- ‘’then’’ confront him about being Mayura.]] She fails to consider a few aspects of this plan- for instance, it’s a bit too severe to follow with her original plan to [[LetOffByTheDetective privately ask for the Peacock brooch back]], but if she wanted to get the authorities involved instead, she didn’t have the evidence. In addition. [[spoiler:’’regardless’’ of how the situation panned out, Tom and Sabine’s bakery would take a big hit to its reputation if they didn’t have the huge Hero’s Day order ready to go ‘’the next day’’.]]

* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: Marinette actually manages to do this to herself, especially immediately after arriving home. Her parents are rather taken aback by [[NiceGirl Marinette's]] open [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness suspicion]] towards their new apprentice, and her friends are similarly puzzled. Since Ladybug and Chat Noir never announced the existence of the Peacock Miraculous- and thus, the fact that there's likely an accomplice to Hawkmoth still out there- none of Marinette's loved ones know that she's merely being ImproperlyParanoid, not [[SinsOfTheFather blaming Adrien for being Hawkmoth's son]].

* FatalFlaw: Marinette's tendency to catastrophize. When confronted by the ''possibility'' of something terrible happening, her panic tends to lead to her unconsciously [[TheoryTunnelVision discounting logical alternatives]] to focus on the worst-case scenario. This is why she has such a hard time even ''[[BadLiar pretending]]'' to act normal around Adrien at first; she's a genuine NiceGirl, but in her mind [[SinsOfTheFather Hawkmoth's son]] was the only viable suspect for being Mayura. In the end, a series of [[NotWhatItLooksLike unfortunately timed developments]] convince Marinette that [[spoiler: Adrien was plotting to ''[[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope poison the crowd attending the Hero's Day gala]],'' and thus she decides to [[KickTheDog smash all the pastries Adrien had spent days preparing]] – the [[DidntThinkThisThrough day before Tom and Sabine's bakery was supposed to cater the big event]].]]

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Marinette has been out of Paris for some time, and once “reality smacks her in the face again” upon arriving home, she’s too busy [[ImproperlyParanoid worrying about the implications]] of having Adrien Agreste around to really listen to what her parents had to say about him at first. Thus, Marinette doesn’t really understand how rough things were for Adrien (apparently [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion the media hasn’t been kind to him]]), and openly asks why Adrien would ‘’want’’ to work in a bakery when “he’s super rich”- not knowing that the Hawkmoth reveal had [[RichesToRags cost Adrien his fortune]]. Luckily, Marinette gets much better about this as time goes on.

* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: Marinette actually manages to do this to herself, especially immediately after arriving home. Her parents are rather taken aback by [[NiceGirl Marinette’s]] open [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness suspicion]] towards their new apprentice, and her friends are similarly puzzled. Since Ladybug and Chat Noir never announced the existence of the Peacock Miraculous- and thus, the fact that there’s likely an accomplice to Hawkmoth still out there- none of Marinette’s loved ones know that she’s merely being ImproperlyParanoid, not [[SinsOfTheFather blaming Adrien for being Hawkmoth’s son]].