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people keep asking for an annotated "it's my whole heart—while tried and tested, it's mine" and I'm trying to figure out how to accomplish that. add footnotes to the AO3 original? make a copy on AO3 and add footnotes or in-line notes to that, so the original stays a clean copy? make a copy on Dreamwidth (and not AO3) and etc?

if I'm starting with a fresh copy, in-line notes are probably less hassle for the readers, but how do I format that? do I start with the full text and insert italics or blockquotes wherever I want a note? do I start with the full text in blockquotes and put the annotations in body text? do I quote only each relevant bit?

it's my whole heart—while tried and tested, it's mine [annotated edition]

it's my whole heart—while tried and tested, it's mine [annotated edition] (7611 words plus annotations) by AlexSeanchai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth
Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth
Additional Tags: Kidnapping, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Puns & Word Play, implied/referenced suicidal ideation, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, Blood and Violence, sitting these two clowns down to talk about their feelings, still Ladybug and Chat Noir without the magic armor, Action & Romance, Identity Porn, self-rescuing princess(es), Hostage Situations, Identity Reveal, Season/Series 03 Spoilers
Summary:

There's a Tumblr post by trickerydickerydock, in Venom fandom: superhero peril tropes and tell them where your boyfriend is, Eddie.

trickerydickerydock: So we know how two of the favorite superhero peril tropes are A) Threaten a Loved One and B) Villain unwittingly taking the in-civvies Hero as a hostage […]

Adrien has been held for ransom before, and he knows the routine: be patient, don't annoy anyone who's armed, and wait for the police to find a solution that the kidnapper(s) don't want his father thinking is an option.

But this time Adrien wasn't the only one taken. He wasn't even the primary target; that would be Chat Noir's only known civilian friend, the only person he's ever paid attention to after hearing her declare her love for him. Since all anyone knows Adrien is to Ladybug is her celebrity crush, he might be an afterthought, or just an annoyance along for the ride. And he still has his ring.

Hawkmoth probably hasn't seen that or any Tumblr post. (Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. Tell them where your boyfriend is, Eddie.) Has Marinette?

Star Trek: The Next Generation 5x02 "Darmok" features Captain Picard of the Enterprise and the captain of a Tamarian spaceship having to establish communication—a difficult task when the Tamarian language is functionally entirely metaphor and cultural references neither the universal translator nor Picard himself has any referent for—and work together to escape a dangerous situation.