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Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir an Overview for Teen Titans fans
(see below for the corresponding Teen Titans overview for Miraculous Fans)
Lore -
Miraculous: Miraculous are stones that, along with a kwami, give the user the ability to transform into a superhero. One person can use more than one miraculous, though it is not yet known how effectively they can do so or if it comes with negative side effects, either to the user or to the kwami.
Kwami: Kwami are small (roughly 4 inches or 10 cm tall if my guesstimation is correct), pixie-like creatures that are incredibly long lived and who live for (at least ) thousands of years. They pick a human and partner with them, giving them their miraculous and thus the ability to become a super hero. There are an unknown number of them but it is assumed that Hawkmoth has captured and corrupted at least one.
Akuma: This term is pretty interchangeable with both the corrupted butterflies that create the super villains that Ladybug and Chat Noir face, and with the villains themselves. The butterfly is corrupted by Hawkmoth and seeks out negative emotions. They latch on to an object of the victim, usually something related to the negative emotions, acting as something of a gateway through which Hawkmoth can communicate with the person and offer them a deal that results into the transformation of the civilian into an akuma. The person now gets their powers but they must use them to try and take Ladybug and Chat Noir’s Miraculous.
Characters -
Marinette Dupain-Cheng: The main character of Miraculous Ladybug. She is French-Asian and an aspiring fashion designer. She is hard working and kind, pretty well liked and fairly outspoken. With the help of Tikki and her miraculous earrings, she becomes Ladybug. She has a crush on Adrien but becomes incredibly and confusingly shy around him. She can be a bit of a pushover and it is implied that she has trouble saying no to people. She enjoys being Ladybug but to her it is a responsibility rather than something to have fun with. In this AU Kori Anders is Marinette but Starfire is not entirely Ladybug. (Partially because I like making things even more complicated than they already are and partly because it fits well)
Ladybug: The heroine of Paris and the lady of luck. She is incredibly lucky and utilizes her luck to defeat her enemies. She is the only one who can fix all the destruction caused by Akuma and purify the akuma butterflies. She has a yo-yo type weapon that she can use for attacking, defending and transporting herself by swinging from it. She has three major powers, Lucky Charm, which grants her an object that she can use with her surroundings to defeat the akuma, Miraculous Ladybugs (aka Miraculous Cleansing Light) which resets the city and puts everything back the way it was before the fight, and purification of the akuma. Except for the yo-yo weapon, Nightwing is Ladybug.
Adrien Agreste: The loneliest cat in the world. Adrien is the son of a famous French fashion designer and is incredibly estranged from his son. It is unknown where his mother is. He works as a model for his father’s fashion designs. He was homeschooled until just recently and it is implied in one of the webisodes that his only friend from that time was Chloé. Because of his strict father he is involved in many extracurricular activities in addition to modeling. He is fluent in Chinese, plays the piano, and is a respected fencer. He appears reserved in school, possibly because he is simply bad at interacting with people his own age. He is in love with Ladybug. He becomes Chat Noir with the help of Plagg and his miraculous is in his ring. Dick Grayson is Adrien in this AU.
Chat Noir: The champion of bad luck and the black cat of Paris. The polar opposite of Ladybug but also hopelessly in love with her. He uses his bad luck to fight his enemies along with a staff that can grow and shrink at will and even duplicate. He uses it in similar ways to the way that Ladybug uses her Yo-yo. He can see in the dark and has an ability called Cataclysm that basically causes whatever he touches first after calling on it to disintegrate. A limit has not been set on this ability as of yet. Except for the staff, Starfire is Chat Noir.
Tikki: A black spotted, red kwami with big blue eyes and something like wings and antennae. She is very sweet and has a sweet tooth, preferring baked goods as her way of gaining energy back after a transformation. Raven is Tikki.
Plagg: A black, cat shaped kwami with green eyes. He absolutely adores cheese, the stinkier the better. He isn’t very sympathetic and is pretty lazy but can be easily bribed with a slice of Camembert. Beastboy is Plagg.
Alya: A blogger, runner of the Ladyblog, intent on discovering Ladybug’s identity and Marinette’s best friend. She becomes Lady Wifi when she gets upset over Chloe lying to the principle to get her in trouble. She is a great friend and cares very deeply for Marinette. She is aware of Marinette’s crush on Adrien and is constantly trying to get them together. Karen is Alya.
Nino: A wannabe DJ slash amateur director. He is Adrien’s first friend at public school and sits next to him in class. He becomes the Bubbler after Adrien’s father bans him from seeing Adrien and prevents him from throwing Adrien a birthday party. Victor is Nino.
Chloe: Chloe is the daughter of the Mayor of Paris and is spoiled rotten. She has single handedly caused more Akumatizations than any other character and will often lie and use her father’s political leverage to get whatever she wants in school. Kitten is Chloe.
Teen Titans an Overview for Miraculous Ladybug Fans
Characters -
Dick Grayson/Nightwing: The first Robin and adopted son of Bruce Wayne. He was raised in a circus as the son of two world famous acrobats known as the flying Grayson’s. His family were murdered as an example after the circus refused to pay protection money to the Gotham Mob and Bruce Wayne, who was in the crowd at the time, adopted him. Possibly because Dick reminded him of himself. Eventually he trains him and Dick takes up the name Robin, to honor his mother, and fights crime alongside Batman. For years they were the Dynamic Duo but after a falling out Dick decides to leave Gotham and go his own way. He forms the Teen Titans and leaves the Robin persona in favor of Nightwing. Dick is portrayed a lot of different ways across the various DC universes but I’m gonna go for his easy going, flashy, charming and sometimes cocky and arrogant style.
Koriand’r/Starfire: Crown princess of the alien planet of Tamaran in the Vegan star system. There are a few backstories for Kori. Most of them are mostly the same but for a few key differences I’m going to use a blended one. Koriand’r was trained by the Warlords of Okaara from a young age in various forms of combat. Upon her return to Tamaran the planet became under siege by the Citadel. The Citadel killed her father and placed Komand’r, her sister, on the throne as a figurehead while Koriand’r was enslaved. After a long imprisonment she finally escaped but not before falling into the hands of a scientist race known as the Psions. They Psions are responsible for her and her sisters ability to shoot starbolts. When she escaped she crash landed on earth and joined the Teen Titans. Tamaranians live by their emotions and are capable of flight and super strength naturally, they can also learn languages through lip contact.
Victor Stone/Cyborg: A founding member of the Teen Titans. Victor’s parents were scientists at S.T.A.R. Labs and used him as a test subject for a variety of experiments. After an accident at the lab kills his mother and leaves Victor severely injured, his father uses experimental robotic prosthetics to save his life. He is estranged from his father because of this but after joining the Titans he learns to be more accepting of his new form. He is fun loving and sort of a big brother character.
Garfield Logan/Beast Boy: Beast Boy is was born very human. After a bite from a West African Green Monkey gave him the rare Sakutia virus his parents were forced to use an untested serum on him that turned his skin and hair green and gave him the ability to transform into any animal he desired. When his parents died he was adopted by members of the Doom Patrol and was raised as a kid hero. Eventually he moved on to the Titans. He is childish and playful, a bit of a slob and very accepting. He is also vegan.
Rachel Roth/Raven: The half-demon daughter of Trigon. Raven was brought up in an alternate dimension known as Azarath and taught to suppress her emotions in order to control her demonic powers and prevent her father from using her as a gateway for possession. Eventually Raven sought to defeat her father rather than to just prevent his escape and after the Justice League turned her away she turned to the Titans. Raven can come across as cold and uncaring but she simply cannot freely express her emotions.
Karen Beecher/Bumblebee: Karen was a scientist who designed a bee themed supersuit. She is strong, intelligent and independent. In comics lore she was dating Herald and helped him develop the Gabriel Horn before suiting up herself to and attacking the Titans to force them to appreciate him. While I like that lore I’m going to ignore it for the most part and just use the personality of the character.