This was a wonderful story! I was crying really hard at some parts. Thank you!

*sighs happily* That... was amazing. I loved your story. It was so intense. Gave me heart palpitations a few times. Now I need to go read something light and fluffy. I hope you have more Miraculous fics. I would love to see more from you in this fandom.

I'm sorry, the next few chapters are going to be intense? The one up to this point haven't been? Welp. That is terrifying. I think I've decided that, rather than start on those intimidating chapters, I'm going to go to bed. I shall read them tomorrow. Or rather, later today.

Becoming concerned for Tikki, though. Adrien and Marinette have been having a lot of close calls. And I bet she was feeling sick because Gabriel got close when he saw those Chat photos, right before they came out. I see this ending poorly.

So, I just saw the tissue alert (just the one at the beginning, not the end) for the next chapter and I wanted to share my reaction before I read it.

My God. This story. Got a tightness in my chest from that warning - apprehension. It's almost 6am. I've been reading your story for hours now. I'm... inhaling it, like air I need to breathe. But not like normal breathing. Like the great, gasping breaths you take, pain exploding in your chest, after sprinting as fast as you can. Because this story is hard. It's intense, and emotionally taxing to read. Especially the stuff with Francois and Walter, though that is possibly more due to my own personal history. It's just so compelling, though, that I can't stop.

I am filled with apprehension for what's coming. Not even halfway through yet. I know it's going to be big. And heart-shattering. I so very dearly hope that the ending of this story is the aloe applied to a sunburn. Because I was not prepared for this when I started this story and I'm going to be wrekt if it ends in tragedy.

Oh, my... that was unexpected. My throat closed up and my eyes started tearing. I knew, because of the CW, that this was coming. But the way you wrote it... Heartbreaking. Beautiful. I hope Gerard was her Chat. It makes me feel good to think so. And I hope there's some kind of fluff in the next chapter, because this one was emotionally rough.

*cries* can't believe it's over. If your epilogue was like 10x the length MAYBE that would have satisfied me. MAYBE.
I've already said it, but this is honestly the best miraculous story I've ever read. Like, can I even go back and read normal love square shenanigans anymore? I don't even know. Your work has elevated my expectations to a higher plane (which is terrible because this is fanfiction and what can I expect) AND YET...
Btw yes, in case you were wondering, I did look at your Tumblr, I went all the way back to 2017 so I could see your head canon of actors for this. It was awesome.

This has been I swear the best MLB fic I've ever read. Serious themes and all. The action, the angst not for angst's sake, the growth of all of the characters... I am so amazed by the whole cast. And your writing. And this world.
I'm going to check your extensive list of fics to see if you wrote any in any other fandoms I follow!
ALSO LOL I am like a star shining brightly. I totally missed it before (sorry, wasn't very invested in OCs at the beginning so didn't pay attention to that scene thoroughly enough I think). Was not expecting a song from the children's songbook to turn up in this story. But I love how it, like twinkle twinkle, became a symbol of hope and optimism.

A note on your chapter titles. I love how their meaning and significance just clicks into place when I finish the chapter. That's so cool. And she almost made it! I wasn't hoping at all but then she made a run for it and then the hope that dared to live soon died.

This is such a hard time in everybody's life but I love how Marinette is picking herself back up again. I also really liked Kenza's line about the spots don't magically make anyone good at everything and that Kenza knows it was really just Marinette.
Poor Kitty/Adrien though. I hope Marinette can heal and talk to him. My heart ached when she saw them go by during the akuma battle.

My heart is so swollen. I have never cared as much about a Marinette as I care about yours. Even canon Marinette (whom I love dearly). Your Marinette is just so, so - ugh - I'll leave being articulate to you I think.
I'm so proud of her and somehow also relate to her feelings of intense loneliness and moving on with her life. And how she begrudges and found her time as Ladybug very difficult but also had some good times. How she mourns for Chat, for Tikki and most of all for who she once was.
This story is more than a fanfic. I could see it being made into a movie. I don't think I saw any other more miraculous stuff done by you but I'd so love to see your perspective and ideas on a post season 3 world.

WOW PLOT TWIST! Hngnghghhh is my main reaction. You've captured all of my questions in your ending author's note. Nothing more for it, gotta reach the end.

WOW, this whole sequence was amazing! I particularly loved Marinette's speech as Ladybug. Those words were so poetic. And I loved, ok, I loved the idea of a terrorist instead of an akuma victim to spice things up and make things harder for Marinette, I love how she reached the limit of the miraculous and its magic, I love how she scraped through and the OC Kenza has been a recurring theme tying it all together. I loved the writing and the pacing and the drama. What a chapter. Wow. W-o-w.

So sad...

OMG IT'S THE LAIR! I LOVE YOUR BACKSTORY FOR IT! I mean this is so long ago that the mother's name is incorrect but look at you so cleverly intertwining unexplained elements of the show into a cohesive backstory. Amazing.
ALSO the Adrienette friendship is developing so nicely.

wow okay. okay okay so much to unpack. firstly, excellent fallout. what a support system. Alya's mother, and sabine's entrance, man, that was touching. (sad that Tom has been the way he has been in this fic but I understand it. ALSO the double whammy of their mirrored experiences as a plot device. can see why you did it. didn't enjoy it cos it isn't my style but you did it well - handling it all so sensitively - and I have to give you credit!). Also Marinette's reaction seemed so very realistic the whole time. The denial and the thinking it was her fault (omg how can it be her fault they're family how could she be asking for it) AND THEN kind of like you did with the reveal that didn't happen, it all got lightened up with a joke that soothed my troubled heart. wow. wow wow wow. you handled all these triggering topics so delicately.
speaking of troubled hearts, I also have to add a thank you for completing this fic?! I'm looking forward to finishing it!