[akioshiwarrior]

MLB Deaf Headcanon

• Marinette had meningitis when she was eight and lost her hearing because of nerve damage
• She can kind of read lips but has learned LSF and taught Alya some
• She can’t pronounce façade correctly, which wouldn’t have been a big issue except she did an entire presentation on Roman architecture in seventh grade
• The entire class has essentially learned the basics of sign language (except for Chloe)
• Chloe has tried learning some insults to sign to Marinette
• Whenever Chloe asks tells one of their classmates to show her how to sign a mean insult, they just teach her really wierd things
• Rose taught her to sign “I love you” instead of “You’re disgusting”
• Max taught her to sign “I have explosive diarrhea” instead of “You suck”
• Alex taught her some VERY INAPPROPRIATE THINGS instead of “Your hair looks like a mop”
• Marinette knows that the class is just messing with Chloe and it’s hiLARIOUS
• Meeting Tikki for the first time was disasterous
• It took Tikki a few minutes to figure out that Marinette was deaf
• Since Tikki can’t sign with her little nub hands, Marinette keeps a little whiteboard and marker with her
• She’s still deaf when she’s LB, which is great when the akuma’s attacks are sound based
• She’s not very good at being quiet
• Or loud
• Adrien is learning LSF from Nino
• LBs and CNs first interaction was a little rough cuz LB couldn’t really tell what this dumb furry was saying
• CN learns to talk a little slower so she can tell what he’s saying
• The first time CN actually successfully signs something to LB she’s fLOORED
• The second time he signs something, she’s less excited because it was a p u n
• LB and CN have made some secret hand gestures for plans when going up against akumas
• Communicating during fighting is really difficult and annoying but they manage
• LB almost got her head knocked off by a car flying at her from behind (but she saw the shadow and managed to get out of the way)
• Everyone is still freaking oblivious to wHo thE HecK is lAdYbUg????