Pronoun Trouble

1) Adrien definitely didn't hear that part before transforming; it only came up after when he was declaring his love of Ladybug to Plagg. "Good thing you fell for her, then," says Plagg, and Adrien's stomach drops (though not as far as it might) as his kwami explains the no-hugs rule.

I'm torn on whether or not Marinette would bully Fu and/or the kwamis into letting her and Adrien reveal themselves to Alya and Nino, because they definitely have their figure-it-out moment before passing on any more Miraculouses. (Current ending is planned for and partially written as right after their mutual accidental-hugging-in-public reveal.) That would absolutely be fantastic sequel fodder, though.

Chloe is... complicated. And also I haven't given much thought to how things go for her in this. I think the No Hugs rule doesn't apply when they're suited up? So LB and CN probably wouldn't have had any sort of press conference about it or anything. Not sure if Pollen would have told her, or if CN and LB would've had to catch her to let her know ASAP. (Even if they are out to Nino and Alya, though, they are not telling Chloe. Even Adrien agrees with this; he's starting to like this 'boundaries' stuff.)

Again, it's not like Gabriel was hugging many people anyway, and it's also good incentive for him to have given Emilie the Peacock Miraculous back in the day. I'm also planning that "not turning into an animal when someone not related to you or another Miraculous holder hugs you" is one of the Special Skills that Miraculous users can learn over time/with experience/possibly help from the book, like not detransforming five minutes after using their special powers. (It's high on Adrien's priority list to learn to hold off literally turning into a cat for at least an hour or two at a time, because his excuses for not being in touchy-feely photoshoots are running out quick, especially now that he has a girlfriend.)


2) You see where the cackling comes in, I trust ;3c