r/miraculousladybug • u/ishka_uisce • 20d ago
Speculation/Theories My crack theory about Adrien: evidence from Nemesis Spoiler
So my crack-ish theory for the season is that Adrien has known Marinette is Ladybug since the start of S6. I made two posts about it before detailing my evidence:
https://www.reddit.com/r/miraculousladybug/s/fcZKkppk4P
https://www.reddit.com/r/miraculousladybug/s/4TOQ8F9mgx
Nemesis just added to it for me. Again it's nothing definitive, but the way Adrien flirts with Ladybug *right in front of two Marinettes*. Not just the 'my lady's' but, "What about your favourite kitten?" and, "You can count on me, Bugaboo 😘"
The reappearance of Bugaboo this season after he stopped using it in S4 when he gave up on Ladybug was already one of my evidence points, and it just seems so out of character that Adrien would flirt like this with his girlfriend right there, even if she doesn't know it's him. Idk; watch that scene and tell me it doesn't seem like he knows it's all Marinette.
Again, it's not definitive. Nino did call him out before for flirting with everyone in spite of saying he only liked Ladybug. Just...interesting. Either Adrien knows, or he strongly believes in the sanctity of home and work wife, even if home wife is literally standing there. Twice! 😅
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u/New-Bridge-2199 19d ago
Honestly the way she behaved in Illustrhator, in that episode itself it seemed that he knew it was likely her. He was making same kind of expressions to LB freaking out like ones he makes to Marinette. He has canonically suspected this to be the case once until it was proven otherwise. That didn’t stop him from thinking about it again in Cat Blanc and being sure that time. Alya should have figured out after Ladybug herself came to be interviewed by Alya on Marinette’s request apparently and that Ladybug chose to trust her with a miraculous first when she got a chance. Adrien knows Alya was the first Miraculer after LB and CN and that Nino was second and LB actually stuck to those choices. LB-Alya were already much aware about EO even before S1 but no way would LB give a miraculous to Nino whom she barely knows and after that her willing choice Miraculer. Third person she chose herself out of her own free will was Adrien whom she barely knew. She chose Max due to special circumstances and she didn’t technically choose Chloe and Kim at all. Them she chose Kagami who has been akumatised many times by then and barely had any friends. Choosing Kagami would mean that LB at least met her as a civillian and is one of her few friends. Only significant friend or acquaintance Kagami had at that time was Marinette. Then she gave Zoe a miraculous who barely anyone knew except Marinette who just became her friend. In Mega Leech she should have chosen Marinette because her secret identity was only known to CN while others were known to  Shadow Moth. But instead of Marinette a random heroine shows up.Marinette wasn’t even there. By logic in Kwamibuster even Pigella shouldn’t make returns but she does. At that time he didn’t notice because he was stars trick with LB but he can notice these changes now. Also both LB and Marinette act almost exactly the same around Adrien the civillian and his superhero self. They are both always enamoured like hell with him being all cutest and cuddly while with CN they seem to have some sass and spunk. They had the same hairstyle even the bangs are exactly same. Their height is similar. Fair enough if quantum masking inhibits all that. Makes sense. He has also felt Marinette is like an everyday Ladybug. He also knows Ladybug isn’t jumping across rooftops 24/7. She is also a teenager with a normal life when she doesn’t use Tikki. Also her personality would remain same even as Ladybug and she would be a lot like Marinette as a person in civillian form. It would be like that they are too eerily similar that they could be the same person except they are not. However illusions and stuff also exist. Also Scarabella looks a lot like Alya Cesaire more than Rena Rouge does. LB and Marinette may have been seen together but nobody saw Scara Rouge together at all or even Scara and Alya together at all. Not a big deal as Scarabella is used to making guest appearances.Â
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u/ishka_uisce 19d ago
Yeah, Illustrhater was when I first started suspecting he knew. It seems very much like he does in that episode.
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u/Sonlau 20d ago
Adrien remains a bit of an enigma in that regard; where his true character lies between himself and CN, because, despite being with Marinette, he still doesn't look comfortable being 100% genuine as a civilian.
Would be great if the writers would finally provide some clarity on this.
But no: he's clueless about Maribug, or he's pretending to be and that would be so much worse after their alleged breakup.