Okay so I have this really cool idea that I want to write but I wanted to post this little author's note first just so I could test the waters and see how people would feel about it. So I'm a miraculous ladybug fangirl! I love the show so much and I absolutely adore the dynamic that Ladybug and Chat Noir have and I'm also in the Spider-Man fandom and I love the Peter/MJ ship and honestly I'm sad that it doesn't get the amount of love I think it deserves. Mary Jane is an awesome character and I think she's a really great partner for Peter! In fact I wrote my Peter x Reader series Partners in (Fighting) Crime with MJ in mind as the reader character. I just made it a reader insert story so it would be more inclusive for more people to enjoy.

But now I want to write a story specifically for Peter and Mary Jane and I think it's going to be really good but I want to run this idea by you readers first before I write it because I am a college student with a busy schedule and I don't want to work on writing a story that no one is going to read or comment on, so I want to know what you guys think of my idea and that'll help me decide if I actually write this or not. So here's my idea:

A Miraculous Ladybug AU (essentially like the plot of Partner's in Fighting Crime) but instead of Marinette and Adrien living double lives as Ladybug and Chat Noir it's teenage Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson living double lives as Spider-Man and Dragonfly. (Yes I know I've already written two stories with the main love interest for Peter being a hero known as Dragonfly but I created that superhero persona specifically with Mary Jane in mind so I'm going to be using it again here. If you want me to come up with a different persona for her I could try so let me know if you want that.) Peter has a huge crush on his classmate MJ but has no idea that she's Dragonfly, his partner in protecting NYC from danger. And MJ has a huge crush on Spider-Man but has no idea that he's her nerdy classmate Peter. So yeah essentially MJ is Adrien and Peter is Marinette. Ned is like Alya who's Peter's best friend loves to blog about Spider-Man. And I'm not really sure who I want MJ's bestie to be. I'm currently stuck between Cindy Moon and Betty Brant. (Comment which one you prefer or if you're fine with either). Also when it comes to villains...I think I'm going to use the Spider-Man universe villains but maybe throw in a Hawk Moth overarching villain who makes his own to fight Spider-Man and Dragonfly in addition to the classic Spider-Man villains.

As for the specific Spider-Man universe this takes place in I'm going to be using Tom Holland's MCU Peter Parker and the comic book Mary Jane. I would use Michelle Jones in this fic since it's pretty obvious she's going to be the MCU MJ and I LOVE Zendaya but I just don't think Michelle's character would really fit for what I have in mind for this story. For example Michelle seems like she's more introverted and a loner and in this story MJ is going to be very much an extrovert. Not that there's anything wrong with Michelle as a character, I actually really like Michelle, she's super relatable and I think she's going to be an awesome MJ! I even want to write a Spideychelle fic sometime soon but I haven't gotten a good idea for one yet...Maybe after the second Spider-Man movie when we see more of her character I'll be able to get some good ideas. But for what role and character traits I want MJ to have in this fic I just don't think Michelle would be a good character for it because she'd end up being super OOC and I don't want to write her that way because I think Zendaya's MJ is great just the way she is and I don't want to write Michelle being OOC simply so she can fit in the story. So I'm using comic book MJ for that reason, and the reason that I also like the MJ from the comics and I don't like that she's been getting a bad rep lately from the writers and so I'd like to contribute this fic to the fandom to lift everyone's spirits.

So this fic is going to have a little bit of everything from both Miraculous Ladybug and Spider-Man and I'm going to focus a lot on the character development and stringing together this cute story about two heroes falling in love and I'm planning on having some sweet fire escape scenes, caring for each other after battles, friends trying to set up Peter and MJ, and of course Peter and MJ being oblivious to the fact that they're in love with each other but don't know it etc.

So let me know what you guys think of this idea and I'll get to writing it soon! I'm hoping to have the first chapter up next week since I'm swamped with work this weekend so I wanted to post this first to get your opinions and ideas for this story before I start writing it so I can write a great first chapter! So please comment 1. If you want me to write this or not and 2. If you want me to use Cindy Moon or Betty Brant for MJ's best friend, or any other suggestions you might have for this story.

Thank you so much for reading this little intro to my story and I can't wait to hear your feedback :)