Loremaster Q&A

Hello, My name is Loremaster, I run this site! This page is dedicated to some popular fandom questions and misconceptions that might be hard to find details about! I'm kind of a huge nerd about the whole "pre-canon" thing, so I like to believe that most of my answers here will be pretty well-researched. But like all things, do your own research! But if you want a quick and easy answer from a pro, I'm here to answer them for ya!

"The show was made 3D because Ladybug's spots were too hard to animate."

Do you really believe that? Have you seen 2D animation recently??? Have you seen an anime recently? No. This is false and disingenuous to the art of 2D animation. Toei is behind some of the biggest Magical Girl shows, amongst jewelry and frills and layers and layers of skirts- Ladybug's spots are a breeze to animate in comparison.

Note how a lot of shows these days are 3D. Why do you think that is? I assure you, Money, time, and investment are a large part of it.

Also, 2D animation is largely unionized. 3D is not. 3D is not cheaper by default. 3D is more exploitable.

"Chat Noir needed a kiss from Ladybug in order to break his curse/pass on his curse."

This is a minor concept briefly mentioned in the korean artbook that was blown out of proportion. I genuinely implore you and other fanfolk to reconsider accepting this concept, as it does not allign with the rest of Felix' characterization in prerelease media. 

Chat Noir has always loved Ladybug for Ladybug's sake. This is literally the premises of the whole series since the beginning. The concept of the Ring Curse being particularly influential is a fandom one.

"Felix was erased and replaced by Adrien..."

Half correct. Felix was, like any character in development, edited little by little until he was completely different from how he started. Adrien is technically still Felix. 

"...because Felix was a cold, evil person compared to Adrien!"

Felix was actually quite nice, according to the bibles. he was just really focused on his studies and (later) his injury. He was even noted as being rebellious, creative, and a bit wild. Heck, he was even Marinette's friend who often went to for advice and appreciated how she would get adventurous with him.

Adrien is only considered to be nicer because Marinette's interactions with him were altered. She was no longer chasing after him and pressuring him into dates- what chance does he have to be annoyed when she won't even talk to him?

Remember that character development is a long road. 

"Bridgette-"

It's a name often used to refer to PV!Marinette, and never for any other pre-canon Marinette. Bridgette is not a real character and is not even directly comparable to Felix.

There is a very distinct design of a boy with scruffy hair that eventually transitioned into wearing Felix' signature vest. This design came roughly around the time  the Quantic Kids were being workshopped, if not slightly before. This is the character, or, version of Chat, that people often call Nathan. His relationship with Marinette- of annoyance and frustration, is what people base a lot of precanon and PV material on.

form according to their chosen, and granted power based on a wish. Plagg's bio in this version later suggested that the Kwami weren't always happy inside the orb, as they slept eternally.

The idea of magical artifacts may have stated all the way back in Mini Menace, where Marietta had retrieved a Ladybug Charm off of a dead person (theorized to be her father). While this is all we got, we can speculate. The earrings were pretty consistant as a source of her power since then, and the kwami were introduced way later on, and the two concepts merged.

The idea of miraculous themselves is actually super recent in terms of development. I wouldn't be suprised if they were developed very late into the series as a way to explain the Kwami easily. They may have existed as objects in which Tikki and Plagg were cursed to inhibit during a phase in development that the Korean Artbook depicts. As such, depending on the phase of development, the question of other miraculous could be: A) Every villian had one, and it was LB's goal to retrieve them all, or B) No other super had a miraculous object except for LB and CN, but they may have had a companion faerie (Includes the QK, the Bugettes, Mime, Richard Sphinx and Mr. Pigeon)

The way they functioned was very different from canon, and even from each version. In some, they had five charges. In others, they had no countdown timer at all. Even the powers varied from version to version, it was all in flux.

Fun fact: A super early miracle box can be seen in the WIP intro!

"Who are the Quantic Kids?"

The Quantic Kids were an attempt to see if LB and CN would work in an Avengers, or Teen Titans style group. A small set of alternate heros were developed, some concept art done, but was ultimately scrapped. Some reappeared in the Zag Heroez New York Special.

However, it's notable that the character of Melody/Melodie seemed to stick with the cast. Melody is also getting her own movie completely seperate from ML.

"Did other characters exist in the PV (promotional video)?"

yes and no.

PV is a slice of what the story could have been- a test run. Who appears in the PV is all that needs to appear. however, in the original story that the PV is based off of, there are characters who are missing: such as Alya, Adoni Duther & Other Fergue/Pergue employees, Felix/Adrien's bodyguard, Melody, Marinette's Family, Grandpa Fu,  and the Kwami: Null, Besil, and Mimic (and whatever other Kwami may have appeared alongside Melody)

"Is there a pre-canon Luka, Felix Fathom, Kagami, or Lila?"

No. These where characters introduced to sew conflict.

However, some of Pre-canon Sabrina's personality rings true in Lila, Pre-canon Max is VERY similar to Felix Fathom, and Pre-canon Nino is a musically inclined white boy with blue hair.

*heavy breathing*

Got any other burning questions you wanna ask? Go ahead and shoot me a message over at loremaster@artbookwiki.com and I'll do my best to answer them.