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let me hear your voice tonight ([personal profile] alexseanchai) wrote2019-07-01 12:22 am

*idly does math*

I've posted 31 Miraculous Ladybug stories of at least 300 words.

Identity reveal status between Ladybug and Chat Noir:
  • Pre-reveal: 3

  • Reveal during: 20

  • Post-reveal: 6

  • Not that simple:
    • "city of lights, city of heroes" is definitely post–Chat Noir reveal, and definitely does not reveal Ladybug during; it is not clear to the author whether Ladybug reveals herself to Chat Noir before, after, or at all

    • swallow my doubt, turn it inside out (beautiful oblivion) has wacky hijinx with memory and verb tense and I am not prepared to categorize it here at all


Love square ships sailing:
  • Ladynoir: 15

  • Ladrien: 4

  • Adrienette: 10

  • Marichat: 1

  • Not that relevant: 2

  • Counted more than once above: 12

  • Not that simple:
    • Not counting ones like "traduttori, traditori" that hit on all four sides pre-reveal

    • If the reveal happens before or during the fic and it's tagged with a slash not an ampersand, tally one up for post-reveal dynamic

    • "ménage à, uh, quatre? this isn't adding up…" is premised on hypothetical threesomes, one Adrien/Marinette/Chat Noir, one Ladybug/Adrien/Marinette

    • I am not prepared to categorize swallow my doubt, turn it inside out (beautiful oblivion) here either


…a lot of what I read is Marichat, but apparently I don't write it nearly as often? I am not, however, surprised to discover the math says I 💖 identity reveals and Ladynoir…

also: I have posted 368K words to AO3 since 2009. 120K of that is ML since July 2018!