my take on a ATLA au
for all I’ve compared the two shows, never really considered a ATLA au for miraculous. And you know…I’m bored so let’s get into it
Marinette:
Element: Water
Home: Northern Water Tribe
Backstory: Marinette is a good daughter and has a good family. They’re very respectful and supportive of one another. When she was younger, she wanted to be a fashion designer (like in ml) but as she grew up, she began to realize that that dream wasn’t as important as fighting the war was. She wanted to do everything she could to help and so she tried to start learning how to use her water bending offensively. Now we know what the Northern Water Tribe is about. They’re sexist, point blank. But Marinette (much like our lord and savior, Katara) is not one to be deterred and actively fights against the sexism. She hates that she is automatically put into healing training simply because she is a girl. She skips out on those classes and teaches herself combat water bending. Her father gives her lessons from time to time and she gets pretty good. It takes a very long while for the water bending teacher to (begrudgingly) admit that she has potential. Marinette is visiting some family in the Southern Water Tribe after Aang, Katara, and Sokka leave and she learns that the Avatar is alive and was there. She has a major increase in determination and doesn’t go home, instead electing to help out wherever she can in the world. She still sends letters home to reassure her parents that she’s safe but our girl is out there fighting the good fight.
Adrien:
Element: Fire, but only because fire is outwardly seen as a destructive (and only destructive) element.
Home: Fire Nation Capital; he is not the crown prince, neither is his dad Fire Lord. His dad is someone incredibly well known and respected however (perhaps a military general).
Backstory: pretty much the same as canon ml; homeschooled and has a distant relationship with his father since the disappearance of his mother. Now Adrien is a fire-bender but keeps it secret. Why? Because Gabriel is known to be a non-bender and so was Emilie. So this clueless boy has no idea how he got it (i’m gonna make an assumption and say that genetics wasn’t really understood at this point in time so yeah). He decides to keep it secret and tries to practice in secret (to no avail). Gabriel has no idea.
- His dad puts him in various military training. So fencing wouldn’t be a thing, instead he’s put into sword fighting, which serves as a benefit later on. Much like his mother however, he disagrees with what the FN is doing and does his best to shoot down other military classes his dad tries to force him in. He keeps sword fighting because he could use it someday to save lives (he’s right).
- This boy be lonely as FRICK. Only really interacts with Nathalie and the other workers in the house but even then, it’s not real conversation. His only friend was Chloe but then she and her family had to relocate to another city and he was left alone again.
- How does he get away? His dad decided to bring him along on a mission to show him what his “future career” would be like. I’m still deciding on which it would be because there’d have to be a commotion for Adrien to slip away. If it’s early enough, it would prolly be when Zuko and his crew meet up with Zhao at the FN Port and Adrien slips away to be apart of Zuko’s crew. It’s not until the conflict with Katara and the Waterbending Scroll (with the pirates) that he goes out on his own. Not to mention, he has nO idea what he’s doing since he’s been kinda sheltered his whole life. I’m working out who he’ll meet up with first since he kinda needs someone so he won’t die of starvation lol.
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