Whenever Marinette had writers block, there were certain things she could do to overcome it. She would go outside and walk around Paris, looking for inspiration. While she was working on Capsize she would look up other summer camp themed media so she could get motivation to have her book join them. She had watched Friday the 13th so many times not only had she stopped loathing horror movies, but she had memorized the dialogue.

Working on her blog however? She didn't know what she could do to try and get over the nerves preventing her from writing. She had already scoured popular blogs, including Chat Noir's, and had looked up tutorials about how someone would create theirs.

But it hadn't helped. If anything, it had made her more nervous. What if she took to the inspiration a little bit too much and people accused her of copying? What if she didn't do enough trends and people accused her of being out of fashion and that she didn't deserve her fans? What if everyone judged her for what she said? For her looks? For her personality? What if everyone hated her because she contradicted the image of Ladybug they had in their heads? What if-?

"Marinette? You want to tell me what you're thinking about?" Her best friend's voice broke her out of her thoughts.

"What do you mean, Alya?" She flashed her a nervous smile.

"I mean that I know you well enough to know when you're overthinking about something. You have that 'overthinking face on'. Come on, tell your bestie what's up."

"I do not have an overthinking face." Marinette pouted and crossed her arms.

"Uh, yeah you do! Your eyes get all wide and your lips turn into a barely there frown, but it increases as time goes on." Marinette opened and closed her mouth.

"Okay fine, maybe I do have an overthinking face-"

"You totally do."

"But I wasn't overthinking about anything!" Marinette protested. Alya raised an eyebrow and glanced over at Marinette's laptop screen.

"You've been staring at that empty page for five minutes now."

"And?" Marinette asked.

"And you're normally not one to do something like that. Add that to your over-thinking face and it's pretty obvious that you're dreading something, girl. Now, tell me all about it." Marinette sighed.

She wished she could tell Alya about her problems as Ladybug, she really did! But, she couldn't. The timing wasn't right. Hawkmoth had attacked her multiple times at this point and she didn't know when it would happen again. Even if Alya was on Ladybug's side 100% now, what if something happened and Hawkmoth learned who she was?

That didn't mean that she didn't feel guilty however. It was practically eating her up inside. Especially now, as they sat on Marinette's couch together so they could enjoy their Saturday's together. 

However, Alya had some things for her night school to finish up and so Marinette had taken that opportunity to start and draft on what her "All About Me" page would look like.

If only she could figure out what to say.

"It's, uh, a surprise!" Marinette said.

It technically wasn't a lie. Hopefully, it would be a good surprise to all her fans that she had a blog now.

"A surprise?" Alya repeated. Marinette nodded her head wildly.

"Yep! And you wouldn't want to spoil it would you?" She asked, seemingly innocent. Alya hummed in consideration.

"I supposed not, but if you need any advice, you know I'm your girl." Alya winked.

"I know Alya, but you should get your work done. The sooner you get it done the sooner we can put on a show."

"Sounds great! Can we do a baking competition? I'm in the mood for disastrous bakes." She smirked.

"Fine, but if we get hungry you're the one who's making the snacks." Marinette relented.

"What? But you're the one who grew up in a bakery!" Alya pouted. Marinette just waved her off.

"Your mother has been head chef for how many years? You've gotta learned something from her."

"You're right, but that doesn't mean that I like it." Marinette giggled at her friend.

"Just finish your essay."

"Fine by me. And you use that crazy creative brain I know you have in there to figure out this surprise." Marinette sighed.

"I'll try Alya, I'll try."

Hello all my bugheads!

Marinette typed out, using the name that her fandom had appointed to their members. She had her own fandom now!

As you can see I have started up my own blog! I may not be posting a huge amount, but I'll be giving tips, reviews, and even sneak peeks about future projects!

So far, so good. It was honest and shared with them what she was planning to do with the site.

Now a bit about me...

This was the tricky part. How much was too much? How much was too little? She had to find this perfect balance that other blogs didn't have to worry about because if she so much as breathed the wrong way, Hawkmoth would come and accuse her of something or other.

I started writing when I was very young and published my first book when I was 16! For all my young writers still in their teens out there, you can do this! Don't give up!

She knew it was probably a good idea to not put her age out on the internet, but it wasn't like she had claimed her parents weren't supporting her. They had signed the waiver for her to work with the company, even if they didn't realize it was under an alias.

Her parents had always been so supportive and she knew that she was lucky. Even more so after meeting Chat Noir and realizing just what a jerk his father was. Yet, he had managed to overcome it and become a wonderful person. And that wonderful person was going the extra mile to help her set up this blog! She needed to do this, not only for her fans, not only for herself, but for him as well. She certainly didn't want all his help to go to waste.

I love fashion design as well! It was one of the reasons Charity White was a fashion designer herself. I wanted to share both of my passions with all of you lovely readers. I actually do in fact make my own clothes and accessories. Of course, some of my wardrobe is store-bought, but I love designing things for friends and family!

That wasn't too much, right? It wasn't too personal or too childish for her to design clothes right?

'None of your fans thought Charity was childish.' She reminded herself. 'But what if they get offended that I have multiple passions instead of just the one?' She fretted. 'Then they are absolute jerks with double standards since people most likely have more than one passion.' She tried to console herself.

She bit her lip and tried to figure out what else to say.

'You should probably talk about the situation with Hawkmoth!' Her brain reminded her.

Right... that. The whole reason why she started this in the first place.

As far as the ordeal with Hawkmoth goes: I want you all to know that I was asked to critique Mlle. Rossi. Someone had asked about her articles in an interview and after reading a few of them I decided that I didn't want to have my fans look up to someone who would blatantly lie about me and her. Several of her articles claimed that her and I had met before and were very close friends. I had never heard of her until that interview and unless it was a quick meeting at a convention that I was attending, I had never met her as Ladybug.

That is why I decided to be honest with you all, because you had deserved it. I don't like people using my name for clout and I would've reacted the same if it was anyone lying about me. Mlle. Rossi was only the first instance of this and Hawkmoth decided to make one comment my entire character. As I'm sure many of you know, one comment does not define you. Your repeated actions do. Seeing Mlle. Rossi's lying problem happened rather often, I felt like it needed to be spoken of.

The other claims Hawkmoth has made against me is that I'm racist and homophobic. This is the literal opposite of who I am. I am half-Chinese thanks to my mom and I am a proud bisexual. Plus, I try to give every single character in my book some sort of representation. If they don't, then they will have representation of a certain event some kids go through.

As the Hawkmoth situation continues to unravel, I will post more about it.

I also want to tell everyone that merchandise sales are meant to be private. As Chat Noir mentioned in his video, we don't know what those statues are used for. We don't know if they were or a joke or not. Two of them probably went to the Miraculous company. But, Hawkmoth or whoever it was only managed to hack into the first level of our sales. If they had gone any further, they would've gotten everyone's address.

For someone who cares a lot about keeping Paris' citizen's safe, Hawkmoth certainly didn't care about using unethical rules and invading everyone's privacy to humiliate them on T.V.

Plus the claim of having merch being equal to worship is very outlandish. Many people have bedspreads, stuffed animals, mugs, and more of their favorite sports teams or characters when they are kids. A few of them have the set-up when they're adults.

Does that mean that they're suddenly worshiping that person? No! Of course not!

Being a fan of someone or something is not the same as worshiping them. Being a Ladybug stan is still not worship! A bit obsessive? Sure, but hey! I've definitely been there before. If you stan one of my characters then I'm glad that I've created someone that you love. Same thing with the kins. As long as you respect me, my characters, and the opinions of others I think that you're in the clear.

However, the fans who try and stalk me, who try and hack into my email to trace it to my computer, who beg me to do rather inappropriate actions in emails? That is not respect. That is a behavior that imposes on my privacy and is incredibly creepy.

I hope that you all understand where I am coming from. Hawkmoth has demanded for me to unveil myself to the world, and I will one day. But when I have people claiming to be my fans trying to get my address so they can do who knows what to me, I can't risk that. I'm incredibly sorry to everyone who has supported me and truly is a fan and looks up to me, but still respects me and my boundaries. I love you all.

I promise that one day I will show you who's behind that Ladybug mask, but for now, I would like you all to try and be patient. Get to know the personality of me before you know the name, because a name does not define us. Nor does one simple comment or something we bought that we probably shouldn't have.

We are all human and we all make mistakes. None of us are perfect, no matter how hard we try to be. And Hawkmoth is attacking me for what? Being honest with you guys about my opinions? Warning you to stay away from a bad person?

I don't think that makes me this super terrible person that Hawkmoth wants to convince you all that I am. It was my first time giving negative critique and if I was a bit rough on Mlle. Rossi. I do apologize. But, I didn't want to lie to my fans about what I thought. Especially because claiming to know a celebrity online and to be close friends with them is not okay.

I'm sorry if I have hurt you Mlle. Rossi, but I said what needed to be said. Lying is not something I can condone. I would instead advise you to start being honest in your articles and once you are I would happily give you another review.

I would like to conclude this by formally addressing Hawkmoth. I'm not sure who you are or why you're doing this, but I do know this:

I am sorry for whatever I did.

Whatever happened that made you think that I was this terrible, horrible human being. I am sorry for it. I'm sorry that you have received a bad first impression of me and I would like to know what I could do to change it. I will not give up my identity however, because knowing how I am under the mask doesn't change anything about who I am on the inside.

A name is just a name and the person under here is a lot more than just that.

-Ladybug

Marinette blinked at the page. She could've sworn that she had just had an empty document, but now she was staring at a written letter to her fans and enemies. It was almost as if her thought process had turned off completely and whatever was left was down on the page.

She almost didn't want to read what she had written. It was her honest to God emotions that were on that page. All her anger, all her indignation, all her remorse. It scared her, but she needed to get through it before she posted it. Just so that way she didn't have to worry about saying something completely and utterly crazy.

Marinette wrinkled her nose at what she said about Lila, but she kept it there. It was the mature decision to put bad blood aside and respect one another. Even if she didn't respect Marinette or Ladybug. Ah, who needed her anyway?

Still an apology was probably a good idea. Not only to help her look favorable (a thought that made her feel incredibly dirty), but to also help get rid of her conscience that had been yelling at her ever since that fated interview. Maybe an apology is what would put the situation at rest and quiet down the voice in her head.

She certainly needed to get better sleep and it was hard to do that when you had your thoughts yelling at you.

She nearly deleted what she had said about some of her more intense "fans", but then decided to keep it. If Hawkmoth was going to come after her because people were worshiping her she would let it be known that she did not approve of those actions at all.

Plus the few that listened to her and stopped their actions would take a lot of stress out of her and the ones who didn't, what were a few more hate emails when she had an inbox full of them?  

She was still nervous about this, of course she was, but after reading through the letter multiple times she decided that it would be what she would post.

Marinette took a deep breath, copy and pasted her "All About Me" page into her now-complete website and then hit publish.

It was done. There was no turning back now.