Felix came up behind and turned on the light again. “What is there I haven’t seen that you want to hide in the darkness, Marinette?” He asked skeptically. Right. They saw each other naked in the middle of the university. But it wasn’t the same as being really naked! Marinette could actually see her own clothes and she was supposed to take them off now. In front of Felix.
ch. 5 preview: For a moment, Marinette lost her coordination from the powerful blow, but immediately tried to get up, leaning on the strong arms of her partner, who was already there to help her.
“Chat!” Ladybug exclaimed, upset that Chat left the fight and they could lose the akuma again. “We can’t let the akuma g…!” She continued, and fell silent as her eyes found the akuma involved in a fight with Chat Noir on the other side of the street. *** FOR EARLY ACCESS - pleas check patreon.com/san_fics
“Don’t disappoint the audience, man!” Kim encouraged him. “And the sound of her moaning my name as her nipple stiffens in my mouth and her walls clench around my fingers.” Felix finished and winked at Rose.
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For some time, Marinette was vaguely aware that their classmates were watching them, and she slightly remembered that she was going to enjoy the fact that she could kiss Felix in front of everyone…
But Felix’s kiss quickly pushed all extraneous thoughts out of her perception… * p.24 Preview:
Marinette: am i going to have to get into my pants to turn it on and off???
Felix: no
Felix: it has a remote control
Marinette: but there is no remote control in the box
Felix: because i have it
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Marinette: what did Adrien say?
Marinette: did he answer his phone?
Marinette: Chloe said he didn’t answer to her
Felix: he doesn’t have his phone
Marinette: did they take his phone???
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“How did you two cross paths…?” He asked suspiciously. Then he looked back at Felix and his eyes widened in shock. “Wait… don’t tell me that… she is your fiancé!”
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Marinette: goodbye Unknown number: wait Marinette: oh Marinette: u r here Marinette: i thought u weren’t Unknown number: i was Unknown number: i’m not used to things like this
p.3/5 preview:
Unknown number: what do u associate with me?
Marinette: a good luck
Marinette: what is latin for lucky?
Marinette: wait i’ll google it
Unknown number: don’t
Marinette: oh it’s felix
Marinette: do u mind me calling u Felix?
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p.4/5 preview:
Felix: so now that u know for sure u don’t feel the same anymore, do u?
Marinette: i
Marinette: i don’t know what i feel
Marinette: when did u understand it was me?
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p.5/5 preview:
Marinette: r we really discussing how to catch Shadow Moth right now?
Felix: of course we do *** For EARLY ACCESS please check patreon.com/san_fics
Why the authors of Miraculous Ladybug hate Felix so much
It’s obvious that Felix is important — and they can’t deny it, and couldn’t even resist making him to be the reason of a big Ladybug’s failure in season 4 finals. And they left him in that scene looking at the burning Paris side by side with her anyway (the scene from PV-trailer, where Ladybug looks at the burning city together with Felix-Chat Noir).
Funny dynamics, isn’t it?
But why? Couldn’t they use Lila as a villain-type role? Or even Chloe?
And why did they even brought Felix back after saying that he won’t appear in the show?
On my opinion, the answer is purely psychological.
Felix is like a first born son to show, that they had to give away and someone else raised him…) — and that is why we often see Felix as an older sibling in fanfictions — because the fans intuitively feel his status.
Felix is more mature in comparison to a playful and sheltered Adrien, who of course took some hardness from his father (that we saw for example when he made Lila get Mari back to school and some other moments), but still much softer then Felix.
Adrien has his feminine side a little too developed sometimes. That’s how he gives the ruling role to Ladybug, for instance, although they start out as equal partners. And even when she becomes a Guardian, Chat Noir whines and suffers from her secrets instead of making a firm stand.
But also being so soft as Adrien! They even made him a princess to be saved! Come on! Is this what you expect from the leading male character?
So while Adrien is nice and all, he can never reach Felix’s potential of freedom and inner strength (not to be confused with the bravery, ‘cause that he has).
I think the authors of the show hate Felix for this, for being strong, self-sufficient, extremely smart, playful in his own way, but strict at the same time, taking from life what he wants and making decisions that he considers necessary. And with all that inner depth and outer freedom they had to refuse him. Give him up for sweet Adrien.
So now that they were aloud to bring him back to the show, they can’t stand but show his strength and importance, even making him an antihero (not the villain, btw, ‘cause he didn’t actually hurt anyone directly, but left to the hero’s fight their own fights, and played on their weaknesses in order to get what he wants.
After all — nobody asked Ladybug to give him that miraculous.
Felix also has a great relationship with his mother, which makes him potentially much more adequate in building relationships with a girl, while Adrien’s position would be distorted by rigidity (taken from his father) on the one hand and infantilism on the other.
To naive children for whom this show is made, Adrinette couple seems perfect, but in practice the two would not last long together. At the same time Felix would found the way to conquer Mari if he wanted to and found how to build a deep relationship. And with passion everything would be good as well.
That’s why I love to write Canon Felinette much more then even PV. I mean, PV are sweet and classic, but Canon Felix, who returned to the show as an antihero has just SO MUCH MORE potential.
I can see him as a strong man next to Marinette, with this girl changing the direction of his actions with her warm heart, and he can be that internally strong support that she really needs. Because while Adrien-Chat says the encouraging words based by his belief he n good, Felix would make sure that the good would happen, no matters the ways of reaching it.
He also wouldn’t stop by her rejections like Adrien did if he fell for any of Mari’s guises — I’d rather expect him to trick her into falling in love with him — until it wouldn’t be important why and how their romance started.
Because we saw that he is ready to play till the end to reach his goal, and not only with honest and direct methods that both Marinette and Adrien mostly use.
And Mari herself — who can still phones and dress funny to sneak to Adrien’s house — much closer to Felix’s way of acting, so honestly — they would understand each other much better then the “go the higher road” boy — once they would have a common goal.
So I see I went a little further then just the “why the MLB-authors hate Felix” topic, but it’s all about the same. Felix has a strong position to be at the leading male role in this show, and they feel it, and they’ll use him as such, even if they will have to turn him to the other side of the barricades.
Just because they cant let him go from their mind.
Drama of life)
I prefer Felinette over Adrinette, because I feel like Marinette and Felix are more like equals than Marinette and Adrien. Adrien is attracted to strong, determined people (like LB and Kagami), because he’s not able to stand up against his dad. I don’t blame him, it’s not easy to stand up to your abuser, especially since it’s his dad and he wants to believe, that he loves him. But yes, even though he likes to think of him as Chat as some knight, he’s more like a damsel in distress.
That’s ok, I actually think the “Boys can be princesses in need of saving, too” thing good. Let him be in need of a saviour, that’s ok. But that also means that any romantic relationship he gets into (while beeing in need of saving) is doomed or will have at least major problems down the line (and I don’t trust Miraculous to deal with them appropriately). There would be a power imbalance and that can’t be a good foundation for any kind of happy long term relationship.
Felix on the other hand doesn’t sit around to wait for a hero to save him. He’s ready to make a deal with the devil if that’s what it takes. He and Marinette compliment each other, their strengths and weaknesses balance each other out. She has a strong moral compass and can set the goal and device a plan and he can make sure the plan goes through, maybe by using his own methods in some sort of grey area (well, as long as the goal is reached … You know )
I haven’t seen the finale, I just sort of know what happens, so I’m not sure if it’s just LB again or if Marinette also has some interactions with Felix, but there is a reason why Marinette and Felix are always bickering like an old married couple in fanfictions (I think I even once read one which wasn’t Felinette and they were still bickering): They have that energy and that’s so much more compelling than the way Marinette is constantly forced to stammer and stumble when interacting with Adrien.
And this is why the writers hate Felix: He’s a threat to Adrien’s status as male lead and as “perfect”. I somewhere read that Adrien is meant to be “perfect” and that “the world has to change, not Adrien”. Huh. Well, keep your perfect little pretty boy, I’ll prefer the mischievous gremlin any day. Felix is not “perfect” and he doesn’t need to be to be a much more interesting character than Adrien and that’s why he’s a threat. Well, I’m not even sure all the writers hate him, could just be one person ().
Adrinette is a teenage romance that probably wouldn’t last and might even end in a nasty breakup, but Felinette is a power couple. They challenge each other but they could also work together - and I still think they might work together with Nino and then share custody over Adrien.
Felix, sighing: You’re spoiling him, Mari.
Marinette, defensive: I’m not!
Adrien, beaming with a pastry in hand: Yeah, she is!
Always so good to have a conversation with you
I think the MLB main fandom also have reasons to hate Felix)
It’s like that…
MLB 10-14 fandom: Felix? Faugh! He is bad boy!
MLB 15-17 fandom: Felix? Well, he is kind of smart and even cool, but he is a villain, so…
MLB 18-21 fandom: Felix? He is hot! He could definitely shake it all more, if they returned him to the show
MLB 20-30 fandom: Felix? Obviously he is the only clearly thinking there. I’m not even sure Marinette deserves him, but if she gets her head out if her butt, it could work.
MLB 30+ fandom: Adrien? Who is Adrien? Ohh, right, it’t Felix’s baby-brother who is still punished in his room while the big boy making kids with Marinette!..
Sorry-not-sorry?)))
Awww, thanks! I’m always happy to answer with my weird brain ramblings ☺️
He’s moraly ambiguous in the best case, there can be an argument made that he’s a villain or at least an antagonist. But Felix is without question the best at doing so. He had a lot more impact and a lot less opportunity to do so than any other character. Even Marinette, who is forced to endure some kind of groundhog day hell. Felix brings change. Just imagine what he and Mari could do if they worked together!
And yes, many fans don’t like him, that’s kinda the job of a villain/antagonist. But if it’s a good villain, you love to hate them. Chloe, Lila? They are teenager who do what Gabriel makes them do, if anything they need a set of responsible parents. Nathalie is a grown woman and still helps her boss to fight kids in colourful animal costumes, because of “love”. I want to shake her and ask her what went wrong in her childhood. And Gabriel? The guy who is so incapable of functioning as a human being that he can’t mourn his wife like a person? Instead he has this whole creepy basement/lair thingy? He literally has a body in his basement.
I mean, all the adults in this show are an embarrassment, but as the main villain he is extra embarrassing.
So, what I actually wanted to say: Not only as an alternative lead, but also as a villain Felix is a better character than the ones occupying those roles now.
Ohh, this part about embarrassing adults was amazing
Felix would make a perfect villain indeed, if he wanted. But the thing is that his goals personal and clear to him. And with all the capacity for emotions that we saw in the show, he appears very and very clear-minded. So, to really become a villain he must be at least a little bit mad)) which he is not.
And self-confidant, because he has a living mother again.
So I guess he wouldn’t spend years trying to gain power over people, enslave them, conquer the world, or whatever the villains are doing. It would just be boring for him, since he personally is much more interesting to himself.
So if Marinette would actually grow up — and she has a big potential to her character as well — I agree that this would be a great power couple, because she could bring his attention to right things (as a smart woman does) and he would reach any goal for her (as a strong man does).
“Oh, don’t give me that look, Marinette.” Felix said in an annoyed voice. “You can see me naked, so you can’t even deny that you dreamed about it happening.” He rolled his eyes. “And here I’ve been told that we will solve the problem like adults do…”
ch. 4 Preview: Marinette gasped at the unexpected sensation. Is this what was supposed to happen?!
“What are you doing?!” She exclaimed, turning her head slightly to him. *** EARLY ACCESS on patreon.com/san_fics
“Now you are my sex slave.” Ladybug said, turning to his cock. “I will stop when I want.” She said looking into his eyes and licked her lips. “Works both ways.”
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p.7 Preview: “Now that you’ve started flirting like a grown woman, Sunshine boy will be yours in no time!” Alya assured her friend. Marinette opened her mouth to protest, but was interrupted by the sharp sound, coming from behind. The girls turned to Felix, who stood up abruptly, looking pissed off. *** EARLY ACCESS onpatreon.com/san_fics
Marinette: am i going to have to get into my pants to turn it on and off??? Felix: no Felix: it has a remote control Marinette: but there is no remote control in the box Felix: because i have it
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Next chapter - June 16th!
p.25 Preview:
Marinette: what did Adrien say?
Marinette: did he answer his phone?
Marinette: Chloe said he didn’t answer to her
Felix: he doesn’t have his phone
Marinette: did they take his phone??? * ch. 26 preview:
“How did you two cross paths…?” He asked suspiciously. Then he looked back at Felix and his eyes widened in shock. “Wait… don’t tell me that… she is your fiancé!”
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“You interfered too!” Felix protested again.
“I can protect myself!” Ladybug argued.
Felix grabbed the dog miraculous from her hands.
“Now I can too!” He said firmly.
*
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“Marinette!” Felix exclaimed, catching her with a deft movement, preventing the girl from falling.
She straightened up, vaguely aware that something was off in the way his voice sounded, the man hid his emotions and pulled back slightly from her.
“Miss Dupain-Cheng that is.” Felix said with a stern, emotionless face.
Marinette looked at him attentively, suspicion creeping into her mind. *** FOR EARLY ACCESS to upcoming chapters and drafts of upcoming fics please checkpatreon.com/san_fics
Felix: so now that u know for sure u don’t feel the same anymore, do u? Marinette: i Marinette: i don’t know what i feel Marinette: when did u understand it was me?
p.5/5 preview:
Marinette: r we really discussing how to catch Shadow Moth right now?
Felix: of course we do *** EARLY ACCESS on patreon.com/san_fics
I forgot to post my schedule last month, but I think you already know my pace of writing.
Nevertheless, here is a rough scheme of my publications for those who are not familiar with me yet.
Sunday- is Dramioneday with my main fic for this ship (which is the first one as well), where I explore in detail their emotions and attraction to each other. Forbidden PotionAo3PatreonWattpad
Monday- the day I usually post draftsfor upcoming chapters, scenes and even full-plot-stories exclusively on Patreon.
Tuesday- a day of temporary projects - such as Felinette Akuma Shenanigans(Ao3PatreonWattpad),text ficslikeOnly Yesterday(Ao3PatreonWattpad) or others like a project for personal growth Felinette Life Lessons(Ao3PatreonWattpad).
Wednesday- I post another temporary project, but for Dramione, in which I explored the characters, letting them talk, which turned into a whole fic with 7 texting-chapters and one full-fledged one at the end. Linkedwill also has graphic form on Wattpad and Instagram (some or all chapters, we’ll see)Ao3PatreonWattpad
Thursday- remains reserved for your favorite Sexting Time Felinette AU (18+), BUT since the sequel (Time for More) was supposed to be Patreon-only until the very last chapter was released, and I changed my mind about splitting the story into two, this fic will be published bi-weekly so I don’t have to deprive readers of it entirely. Ao3PatreonWattpadWeekly update on Patreon, 1 chapter in 2 week on Ao3 and Wattpad.
Friday- we stars new Daminetteor rather RobinettecalledGotham Love Square (I say we, cause my Patreons had already got first 4 chapters of it…) This is a story about how Marinette’s life is woven into another love square, with Damibughating each other because of two different misunderstandings, DaminetteandRobibugplay along with the other’s attitude, while Robinettebegin their secret romance… When Adrien arrives in Gotham, AdriCasswill also start to develop, so just wait for it!.. PatreonAo3(preview)
Saturday-My Naked Baby this is another adult Felinette fic that I am writing to relieve tension while the events of Sexting Time develop in their own speed. Perhaps at the moment this story is more outspoken, and its Felixis not as confident and perfect as the one from Sexting Time, and he is more exuberant too, although who knows, with the latest events of Sexting Time, which you will soon learn… Ao3PatreonWattpad
You know that sometimes I post a chapter a day before or after, and sometimes my V.I.P. patreons get several new chapters at once, so the schedule is approximate.
In addition, temporary projects appear suddenly, like my ideas, which are expressed in new drafts, bloopers or whole new fics. So you can expect more surprises that are not yet on the schedule!
For a moment, Marinette lost her coordination from the powerful blow, but immediately tried to get up, leaning on the strong arms of her partner, who was already there to help her.
“Chat!” Ladybug exclaimed, upset that Chat left the fight and they could lose the akuma again. “We can’t let the akuma g…!” She continued, and fell silent as her eyes found the akuma involved in a fight with Chat Noir on the other side of the street.
She turned her head sharply towards the one who was helping her to her feet and came face to face with a dumbfounded Felix.
He jumped as fast as he could, but even his excellent martial training wasn’t enough to save her from the hit.
Felix only had time to grab Marinette in his arms, but as they fell together through the open door of the classroom, he felt a shock of energy on his body, and the next moment the door slammed shut behind them.
“Get off me! Get off me!” Marinette yelled indignantly, trying to push him away.
“You are welcome.” Felix growled, rising and offering his hand to her.
Marinette stopped yelling and looked at him slightly surprised, but took the offered hand and stood up from the floor.
She immediately went to the door and pulled the handle.
“Damn it!” The girl exclaimed and her eyes widened from the fact that she cursed out loud.
Usually she did it to herself, and outwardly behaved like a decent girl.
“Is it locked?” Felix asked, coming closer.
“It definitely is!” Marinette confirmed. “And I need to get out of here fast!”
“It might be safer to stay here until the attack is over.” Felix suggested.
“I can’t stay here!” Marinette protested. “I need to get out!”
“Do you hate me so much that you can’t even stay in one room alone with me?!” Felix asked with resentment in his voice.
It was strange. Usually he was very cold, and during their many arguments Felix looked impenetrable, as if nothing could hurt him.
“I don’t hate you.” Marinette replied, she didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, even Felix’s. But then her mouth continued speaking as if by itself. “Actually I find your company interesting and like spending time with you.”
Marinette’s eyes widened on her own words.
What did that akuma hit do to her? Made her speak nonsense?! Since when did she find his company interesting?! And what was it about spending time together? Are constant disputes considered a joint pastime?!
In fact, now that she thought about it, Marinette realized that she really enjoyed arguing with Felix. Not the fact of quarreling itself, of course, but the fact that he always found interesting arguments and very competently expressed his point of view.
This constantly challenged her, made her grow internally.
To be honest, disputes with Felix so much occupied Marinette’s head that she hardly had time even to daydream about Adrien…
During the time Felix lived in Paris and studied in her class, it seemed that they spent all their free time between lessons together, sorting things out.
Marinette shook her head, trying to get the unexpected revelations out of her head.
“I…” She wanted to lie that she didn’t mean it at all and that she didn’t like spending time with Felix, but instead her mouth spoke completely different words. “I find you extremely smart and very attractive…”
While Marinette was experiencing quiet horror from the confessions that her mouth dropped, and which were discoveries even for her, — because where has it been seen for a girl to honestly admit her feelings to herself?! — Felix, who had previously been watching her in surprise, dropped his jaw and spoke slowly.
“Did you just say that you like me?” He asked, but there was no sarcasm and mockery characteristic of him in his voice.
In fact, his voice sounded in such a way as if her words genuinely touched him.
“I… I…” Marinette wanted to deny everything, but she was beginning to understand that whatever this akuma did to her, it was very reminiscent of the case when Luka was akumatized and forced her to tell the truth.
And Marinette was afraid that if she started talking or resisting the effects of magic, she would spill even more secrets.
So instead she covered her mouth with her hand and looked at Felix with the wide eyes of a guerrilla who had been captured but was ready to fight for military secrets.
“Was it…” Felix swallowed. “Was this akuma…” He narrowed his eyes. “There is a way to find out, I was hit too.”
Felix looked around and his eyes fell on the door.
“The door is locked.” He said.
Marinette giggled and even removed her hand, so ridiculous was his obvious statement.
“I know it’s locked.” She said, “I just tried to open it myself.”
Felix turned to her with a serious look.
“Yes.” He agreed. “But I tried to pronounce the sentence. ‘The door is open.’”
Her face immediately became serious and she looked at him, realizing that everything she had said aloud in the last minutes had to be the truth, even if this truth was hidden from herself.
Marinette began to seethe with anger inside — she felt so vulnerable in front of Felix, — she practically confessed to him feelings she didn’t even realize till now she had, and that now he would laugh at her.
“Why did you even come to rescue me?!” She yelled, trying to protect herself with aggression.
“Because your safety is important to me!” He yelled back indignantly.
They both stared at each other with wide eyes.
“I… I didn’t mean to say that.” Felix said, calming his tone down.
Her safety was important for him, Marinette repeated mentally, and this thought warmed her from the inside.
“I didn’t mean to yell at you.” Marinette admitted apologetically. “I… Thank you for… trying to…”
“I wasn’t fast enough…” Felix turned away.
“You’re not a superhero to save people, Felix. she tried to console him. “You didn’t have to save me at all.”
“Of course I had to!” He objected, turning back.
“And why is that?!” Marinette raised her voice again, following his example.
“Because I’m in love with you!” Felix snapped at her. He looked like he was shocked by his own words. “That is not… that isn’t… uhh…”
“Truth?” Marinette asked with annoyance in her voice.
Did Felix really have feelings for her, and he resisted them so much that he didn’t want to accept them even when the truth poured out of him by itself?
“I thought we stated that akuma’s magic prevents us from lying.” Marinette reminded him.
“But that is not the entire truth!” Felix argued.
Marinette’s eyebrows jumped in surprise. If Felix was able to say it out loud, then he was telling the truth, he had feelings for her, but… what other part of the truth he had in mind?
“So what is it?” She smirked.
Felix crossed his arms over his chest.
“I don’t want to say it.” He admitted.
“Come on, Felix!” Curiosity was eating her alive. “What can be worse than what you already just said?”
“I’m in love with someone else too, ok?!” He snapped.
Marinette was taken aback with his words. It turned out there could actually be something worse.
“I… I couldn’t imagine you have so much… Emotions inside you.”
“Well I do!” Felix replied angrily.
It was obvious that he didn’t want to be so vulnerable in front of her and it unsettled him.
And how much did she understand him at that moment?! Not only was she now talking to a guy she liked… Okay, a guy she REALLY liked. Okay, maybe she liked him so much that she had no idea what to do with herself when said guy wasn’t around to argue with her about something so elegantly and masterfully, as no one else could!
But this guy also just said… that he loved someone else.
And he could only speak the truth.
“And who is she?” Marinette didn’t expect not her own question, nor the bitterness in her voice in which the question was asked.
“I… you’ll think I’m an idiot…” Felix said, turning away from her again.
Marinette sat down at the nearest desk and dropped her head on her hands.
“You can’t be a bigger idiot than I feel right now, so… shoot.”
“I…” Felix swallowed. “I’m in love with Ladybug.” He confessed, and started chasing back and forth through the class. “I know this sounds crazy… but when she hit me, I felt… how strong she was… I mean, on the inside, you know, not the magical power enhancement…” He trailed off and turned to her. “And you… even when I saw you on that pathetic video, I could see so much heart inside you, and… I thought I’ll understand myself better when I’m here, closer to both of you… but… it only got worse, because I realized that your inner strength is just as great, even though you usually hide it. And Ladybug… Watching her, I can see that her heart is as big as yours… It drives me crazy!.. Why can’t one rational person just decide who he likes better?! This must be easy, right? But I… I just…”
“I’m Ladybug.” Marinette was staring into Felix’s wide eyes, shocked how easily her biggest secret slipped out from her lips… “I… I… Felix, you can’t… you can’t betray my secret!… this is not fair! I was keeping it so hard!” Marinette panicked.
“You. Are. Ladybug.” Felix pronounced every word separately, as if it could help him digest the received information piece by piece. “That means… that means that I only love one woman…”
“You…” Marinette started, but was interrupted.
“I stole his miraculous for you, but they turned out to be fake…” Felix declared.
“You… what?” Marinette’s eyes went wide. “From whom? From Shadow Moth?!”
“Funny story… haha!” Felix was laughing nervously, he obviously wasn’t prepared for this conversation as much as she wasn’t. “Ever since I learned Shadow Moth’s identity, I’ve been trying to steal the amulets to return them to you and show that I am worthy of you.”
“You know who Shadow Moth is…” Marinette almost whispered in disbelief.
“I… yes… He slipped me fakes when I opened the safe in his house…” Felix confessed reluctantly.
“You did what?!!” Marinette jumped from the chair.
“I know that you don’t approve of my methods, but sometimes the ends justify the means…” Felix said, making a step towards her. “Plus…”
His words were interrupted, when Chat Noir stumbled into the classroom, breaking through the door and fell to the floor.
The hero immediately jumped up on his feet and looked at those present.
“Hey, guys!” He smiled apologetically. “Sorry for the door. Gotta go. Bye!” And Chat rushed back into the fight with the akuma through the hole in the door.
Marinette looked at Felix, then at the door, then back at Felix.
“I need to help him.” She said, and ran after her partner.
The girl ran to the toilet to transform out of habit, forgetting that she could do it right in the class. She thought that despite the akuma’s influence, much remained unsaid between her and Felix.
Will they be able to be as open with each other once the akuma is neutralized?
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Magic cure ended its action and Ladybug hit her partner’s fist with hers.
“I have an unfinished thing to do, Chat.” She said, “I need to go!”
Marinette transformed in an alleyway and approached the school, where the students were standing in small groups, waiting to be told if classes would continue. Her classmates stood together, so she went towards them.
“Mari!” Her girlfriends pounced on her. “Where have you been?!”
“I… was… I…” Marinette didn’t have time to come up with an alibi for herself, so much her head was occupied with new realizations of her… feelings?
“She was with me.” She heard Felix’s voice behind her and turned to meet his eyes.
Marinette felt as if everyone around disappeared and they were standing alone, looking into each other’s eyes with a silent conversation about what happened between them earlier.
Did they confess to each other? Do they really have mutual feelings?
Now it all seemed so confusing and incomprehensible, but then it seemed so obvious. Marinette felt that with every passing minute, her certainty that what had happened was real had vanished.
Felix’s eyes looked at her seriously and reservedly, and it was difficult to see through them now that his sensitivity and vulnerability were so well disguised by coldness and severity.
“Riiiiiight!” Chloe exclaimed. “Who would believe that you could spend so much time together, you can’t stand each other! In which I, Felikins, support you very much!”
Marinette opened her mouth to say something, her alibi fading before her eyes, but Felix beat her to it.
“The thing is,” He said, “We were both hit with that truth akuma, and were locked together in an empty classroom.” Felix continued without taking his eyes off Marinette.
“Poor Felikins, you had to spend so much time alone with her!” Chloe whined.
Marinette suppressed the urge to roll her eyes at Chloe’s comment. She didn’t want to tear herself away from those deep green eyes, looking at her so seriously and confidently.
“I was just fine.” Felix rеtorted, face still serious, while looking at Marinette as if they were still alone. “That akuma helped me to say what I should have said to Marinette a long time ago.”
“And what was it?” Chloe teased. “How much she annoys you?”
“No. I told her the truth.” Felix replied, and Marinette’s eyes widened.
She wanted to stop him. She saw how his face tightened and how his eyes burned, and she had a feeling that he was about to say…
“I told her that I love her.” Felix finished.
Most of the girls in the class, who had been following the scene enthusiastically before, gasped and whispered.
Approaching the crowd, Adrian looked confusedly at the couple in the center of it, then at other classmates, not understanding what was happening here and why everyone was silent.
“And what did our girl answer you?” Alya asked carefully, smirking knowingly between them.
Marinette was looking at this boy, who just confessed to her in front of the whole class, choosing to do so of his own free will and not under the influence of an akuma.
It seemed to her as if Felix had regained control of his own life this way. It was as if he had made a decision on top of what life had decided for him, hitting him with truth magic.
Like a rider rides a naughty horse, subordinating it to his will. So Felix decided to bend his life to his will, accepting responsibility for his words, even those spoken against his authority at first.
Marinette made a step to him and took his hand, still not taking her eyes off Felix.
The boy parted his lips a little and looked down at his hand in hers. Then he looked up at her and Marinette was engulfed in a wave of heat that flared in his eyes.
“She said,” Marinette replied finally to Alya’s question, and it seemed to her that the whole class was waiting with bated breath for her answer along with herself. “She said that she loves him back.”
Felix looked at her tenderly and lovingly – the open Felix that she met earlier today visible in him – and pulled Marinette in for a kiss.
She readily accepted the kiss, ignoring gasps and squeals around them, succumbing to the warmth of Felix’s lips on hers.
Chloe snorted, turned around and walked towards the entrance to the school, grumbling as she went.
“Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!” She exclaimed.
Marinette felt Felix smiling into her kiss and smiled back.
There was much more to say between them. But now she was sure that every word they say would be nothing but the truth.
Marinette: i feel it so vivid as if it was happening for real Marinette: and we never even met Felix: i feel like we did Marinette: me too Marinette: but that would be even more crazy Felix: just as crazy as u make me feel
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Felix: so now that u know for sure u don’t feel the same anymore, do u?
Marinette: i
Marinette: i don’t know what i feel
Marinette: when did u understand it was me?
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Marinette: r we really discussing how to catch Shadow Moth right now?
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“Hey, Lila!” Adrien exclaimed, waking up from his thoughts. “That’s too much!” “What do you think Alix and Kim are doing right now in the classroom?” Lila retorted. “At least they are alone…” Adrien protested weakly. “Do you want me to dare Marinette to kiss your cousin alone in the classroom?” Lila teased, clearly anticipating what her opponent’s response would be.
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Marinette: am i going to have to get into my pants to turn it on and off???
Felix: no
Felix: it has a remote control
Marinette: but there is no remote control in the box
Felix: because i have it
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Marinette: what did Adrien say?
Marinette: did he answer his phone?
Marinette: Chloe said he didn’t answer to her
Felix: he doesn’t have his phone
Marinette: did they take his phone???
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“How did you two cross paths…?” He asked suspiciously. Then he looked back at Felix and his eyes widened in shock. “Wait… don’t tell me that… she is your fiancé!” *
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“You interfered too!” Felix protested again.
“I can protect myself!” Ladybug argued.
Felix grabbed the dog miraculous from her hands.
“Now I can too!” He said firmly.
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Felix has never played games on his smartphone. He uses his phone for calls, text messages and to manage his social media accounts. When he’s out and about he also uses the internet with his phone and reads ebooks and articles. But usually he prefers his printed books at home.
This is why he feels extremely out of his depth when his aunt asks him for help as a tester for an app. She recently divorced her good-for-nothing husband, moved in with them with her pet cat and used some of the money she got thanks to the divorce to buy a software company. And now she wants Felix to be the first test user of a new app they developed.
The app is a virtual companion. They are meant to feel as much like a person as possible and should be able to help with everything from loneliness to organising their users schedule.
“There will be more characters, but the one who’s ready for the testing phase is called Marinette,” his aunt explaines and shoos her cat away who won’t stop meowing at the girl with bluish black pigtails displayed on his phone.
He has always been bad at telling his aunt (or his mom) no, so he decides to try using the app. To his own surprise, he grows to like using Marinette’s help and input so much, he even opens the app when he doesn’t exactly need anything.
He learns that he likes to talk to her, which seems weird, after all she’s just an AI. But she’s witty and snarky and gives him really good advice about his relationships. She even helps him with learning his texts for his different parts.
And the longer he uses the app, the more he feels as if there is something fishy about it. Marinette is so lifelike! She shows him “her” designs and tells him everything about the cookies she’s baking. And sometimes when he opens the app he thinks he just caught Marinette crying. But that can’t be, right? After all, AIs don’t cry, right?
Why the authors of Miraculous Ladybug hate Felix so much
It’s obvious that Felix is important — and they can’t deny it, and couldn’t even resist making him to be the reason of a big Ladybug’s failure in season 4 finals. And they left him in that scene looking at the burning Paris side by side with her anyway (the scene from PV-trailer, where Ladybug looks at the burning city together with Felix-Chat Noir).
Funny dynamics, isn’t it?
But why? Couldn’t they use Lila as a villain-type role? Or even Chloe?
And why did they even brought Felix back after saying that he won’t appear in the show?
On my opinion, the answer is purely psychological.
Felix is like a first born son to show, that they had to give away and someone else raised him…) — and that is why we often see Felix as an older sibling in fanfictions — because the fans intuitively feel his status.
Felix is more mature in comparison to a playful and sheltered Adrien, who of course took some hardness from his father (that we saw for example when he made Lila get Mari back to school and some other moments), but still much softer then Felix.
Adrien has his feminine side a little too developed sometimes. That’s how he gives the ruling role to Ladybug, for instance, although they start out as equal partners. And even when she becomes a Guardian, Chat Noir whines and suffers from her secrets instead of making a firm stand.
But also being so soft as Adrien! They even made him a princess to be saved! Come on! Is this what you expect from the leading male character?
So while Adrien is nice and all, he can never reach Felix’s potential of freedom and inner strength (not to be confused with the bravery, ‘cause that he has).
I think the authors of the show hate Felix for this, for being strong, self-sufficient, extremely smart, playful in his own way, but strict at the same time, taking from life what he wants and making decisions that he considers necessary. And with all that inner depth and outer freedom they had to refuse him. Give him up for sweet Adrien.
So now that they were aloud to bring him back to the show, they can’t stand but show his strength and importance, even making him an antihero (not the villain, btw, ‘cause he didn’t actually hurt anyone directly, but left to the hero’s fight their own fights, and played on their weaknesses in order to get what he wants.
After all — nobody asked Ladybug to give him that miraculous.
Felix also has a great relationship with his mother, which makes him potentially much more adequate in building relationships with a girl, while Adrien’s position would be distorted by rigidity (taken from his father) on the one hand and infantilism on the other.
To naive children for whom this show is made, Adrinette couple seems perfect, but in practice the two would not last long together. At the same time Felix would found the way to conquer Mari if he wanted to and found how to build a deep relationship. And with passion everything would be good as well.
That’s why I love to write Canon Felinette much more then even PV. I mean, PV are sweet and classic, but Canon Felix, who returned to the show as an antihero has just SO MUCH MORE potential.
I can see him as a strong man next to Marinette, with this girl changing the direction of his actions with her warm heart, and he can be that internally strong support that she really needs. Because while Adrien-Chat says the encouraging words based by his belief he n good, Felix would make sure that the good would happen, no matters the ways of reaching it.
He also wouldn’t stop by her rejections like Adrien did if he fell for any of Mari’s guises — I’d rather expect him to trick her into falling in love with him — until it wouldn’t be important why and how their romance started.
Because we saw that he is ready to play till the end to reach his goal, and not only with honest and direct methods that both Marinette and Adrien mostly use.
And Mari herself — who can still phones and dress funny to sneak to Adrien’s house — much closer to Felix’s way of acting, so honestly — they would understand each other much better then the “go the higher road” boy — once they would have a common goal.
So I see I went a little further then just the “why the MLB-authors hate Felix” topic, but it’s all about the same. Felix has a strong position to be at the leading male role in this show, and they feel it, and they’ll use him as such, even if they will have to turn him to the other side of the barricades.
Just because they cant let him go from their mind.
Drama of life)
I prefer Felinette over Adrinette, because I feel like Marinette and Felix are more like equals than Marinette and Adrien. Adrien is attracted to strong, determined people (like LB and Kagami), because he’s not able to stand up against his dad. I don’t blame him, it’s not easy to stand up to your abuser, especially since it’s his dad and he wants to believe, that he loves him. But yes, even though he likes to think of him as Chat as some knight, he’s more like a damsel in distress.
That’s ok, I actually think the “Boys can be princesses in need of saving, too” thing good. Let him be in need of a saviour, that’s ok. But that also means that any romantic relationship he gets into (while beeing in need of saving) is doomed or will have at least major problems down the line (and I don’t trust Miraculous to deal with them appropriately). There would be a power imbalance and that can’t be a good foundation for any kind of happy long term relationship.
Felix on the other hand doesn’t sit around to wait for a hero to save him. He’s ready to make a deal with the devil if that’s what it takes. He and Marinette compliment each other, their strengths and weaknesses balance each other out. She has a strong moral compass and can set the goal and device a plan and he can make sure the plan goes through, maybe by using his own methods in some sort of grey area (well, as long as the goal is reached … You know )
I haven’t seen the finale, I just sort of know what happens, so I’m not sure if it’s just LB again or if Marinette also has some interactions with Felix, but there is a reason why Marinette and Felix are always bickering like an old married couple in fanfictions (I think I even once read one which wasn’t Felinette and they were still bickering): They have that energy and that’s so much more compelling than the way Marinette is constantly forced to stammer and stumble when interacting with Adrien.
And this is why the writers hate Felix: He’s a threat to Adrien’s status as male lead and as “perfect”. I somewhere read that Adrien is meant to be “perfect” and that “the world has to change, not Adrien”. Huh. Well, keep your perfect little pretty boy, I’ll prefer the mischievous gremlin any day. Felix is not “perfect” and he doesn’t need to be to be a much more interesting character than Adrien and that’s why he’s a threat. Well, I’m not even sure all the writers hate him, could just be one person ().
Adrinette is a teenage romance that probably wouldn’t last and might even end in a nasty breakup, but Felinette is a power couple. They challenge each other but they could also work together - and I still think they might work together with Nino and then share custody over Adrien.
Felix, sighing: You’re spoiling him, Mari.
Marinette, defensive: I’m not!
Adrien, beaming with a pastry in hand: Yeah, she is!
