Note to DA readers: Yeah, sitting for months on stuff people want to read and then all that happens in the midst of a massive depressive incident is this six thousand words plus a plan for a story no one actually wants. Yay for me, not.
Penelope "Penny" Parker was as average as you could get for the daughter of a Stark Enterprises bigwig and a former fashion model. Apart from being a half-American in Paris. Oh, and her spider-superpowers, plus being an occasional ally of two magical superheroes battling a megalomaniac, can't forget that.
Authors Notes: Before we get started does anyone want to get off some clarification may be in order. First, this isn't a specific Marvel continuity being employed here, It's a safe bet to think that if you read this story and it continues, maybe you'll see elements of Marvel Comics, Movies, Cartoons, and Memes referenced. In fact it may be safer to regard it not so much as Marvel but more just a superhero crossover continuity. Because maybe I might bring in elements from other comics like the esteemed competition or the European counterparts. Maybe other media. Maybe you'll see references to 1980s and 1990s BBC sitcoms. Maybe you'll see references to things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire on the shoulder of Orion....
Ahem, anyway, the other main part of the crossover comes with one big ol' caveat too.
In terms of Ladybug, well, uh... I haven't watched a single episode of this series. Combined with the cherrypicked Marvelverse I'm deploying, I am literally writing fanfic based on fanfic, fanon, wikis, tvtropes, and basically just making it up as I go along. In short, while I have a plan, I may appear to no idea what I am doing because in some ways I don't. As evidenced by how I said "before we get started" in an authors note that comes after we got started.
Well, okay, that's kind of false. I do have an idea. At least four arcs planned each with at least four chapters. Spidey villains, Ladybug villians, Marvel villians, revamped villians, made-up villains, petty crimes.
However, I've had more direct contact with Spidey. The 90s animated series, the Maguire movies, facepalmed at how the Amazing series was ultimately a let-down, Civil War, some exposure to the comics (not much in terms of recent stuff, except for one eight-page story from 2015 that we'll discuss in a little more detail next time), but for some flexibility and a French spider-"man" we have Penelope Mary Jane Parker and her unflattering uparmoured Spidersuit that makes everyone think she's a dude but hey, disguises are disguises.
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In terms of writing, I've got a plan and I like to think that even if it's just a cheap gag I've got down stuff that at least is part of the plan. I don't want to try and flag up every little thing I did, but some of you may have spotted mythology gags. Some of you may have spotted call-forwards. Some of you may have spotted an apparent mistake about the number of districts a city has. I'm sure some of you got the Blade Runner reference up there a few minutes ago.
The goal for each chapter is six thousand words approx, which I think is roughly a half-hours reading to the average person, a bit shorter for speed-readers. The goal for this story as a whole is to have at least five parts/arcs of four chapters each, covering the odd Akuma. I don't intend to go into detail and recap them: After all, I haven't really seen the show, and faithfully retreading the stations of the canon is something of a trope that can be irksome in crossovers or AUs for people who already know the story. Penelope reasonably would not be there for every single akuma, and nor would LB and CN pop up for every petty criminal or wannabe super-villain that Hawk Moth didn't empower. The objective is to try and have some things change. No idea how successful I'll be, but hopefully some of you might join me in trying to find out, should I keep on with this story.