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- Power or no power, I'll always be there to protect you.
- —Nathaniel to Marc, "The Ruler".
Marcaniel is the slash ship between Marc Anciel and Nathaniel Kurtzberg from the Miraculous Ladybug fandom.
Canon[]
After Marc's first appearance on the show, most of Nathaniel's appearances were with him working on comics or just hanging out together. The personalities of both are quite similar to each other, since they are both shy when talking to others and have strong passions in art⁚ Nathaniel the drawings and Marc the writing. Before meeting directly on "Reverser", Marc was shown to often look at Nathaniel's drawings for inspiration for his stories on his school website. From the way Marc acts with Nathaniel when he meets and talks about him, it can be inferred that he has feelings for him. This was later confirmed by Feri González, who runs the official Miraculous Ladybug Mexico Twitter account.
In the art room of the school, while he was drawing, it is revealed that Nathaniel needs a writer to write scripts for his illustrated comics, and Marc appears hidden behind the door and Marinette takes him to the room so that he meets everyone who they were there, including Nathaniel. Nathaniel welcomes Marc, but before he can continue speaking, Marc walks over to their desk and is delighted when he sees their drawings in person, beginning to flatter them.
Nathaniel thanks him for the compliments and Marc walks away embarrassed and was about to say something else, until Chloé interrupts. After Chloé and Sabrina leave the classroom, the art teacher tells Marc that Nathaniel needs a writer for his comics, but Marc doesn't believe he has it in him and runs out of the room. Once Marinette reads Marc's works, she suggests that he and Nathaniel work together on a comic book. In fear of Nathaniel's reaction to his story, Marc takes Marinette's advice of showing him the book without telling Nathaniel who wrote it. But because Marc had titled his story as the diary of Ladybug, which has the heroine having a crush on Nathaniel, he assumes that the book Marinette handed him was truly Ladybug's dairy. Once Nathaniel realizes that it wasn't so and begins to believe that Marc was playing a cruel joke on him with Marinette, he angrily denies Marc's offer of making a comic book together. Marc becomes so saddened that he is akumatized by Hawk Moth into Reverser.
As Reverser, instead of seeking to physically harm Nathaniel out of the emotional pain caused by his rejection, his intent is to reverse Nathaniel into being willing to do a comic with him. Reverser shows a bit of obsession in finding Nathaniel, since he chose not to steal the Miraculouses from Ladybug and Cat Noir when they were defenseless, and he flew all over Paris looking for him and demanding his location. Whereas when Nathaniel was talking to Alix at the museum, Alix talks to the about that he should reconcile with Marc, knowing that Marinette is not the type of person to embarrass others, to which Nathaniel thinks he judged them too quickly. Upon learning of Marc's akumatization, Nathaniel seems to feel guilty about it and Reserver demands that Ladybug and Cat Noir hand over Nathaniel to him, threatening to cover the city with trash.
When Marc is de-akumatized and Paris is no longer in danger, Marc and Nathaniel look a bit uncomfortable to see each other again due to what happened. However, Ladybug approaches both of them and clarifies that it was all a misunderstanding, and they can work together and be a team if they give themselves the opportunity, causing both of them to reconcile by holding hands while smiling at each other. The next day Nathaniel and Marc make a comic about Reverser joining the Heroes team and dedicate it to Marinette, gleefully joking that she would be a great hero "if she wasn't such a klutz." As they thank Marinette it can be seen that Nathaniel looks up at Marc lightly blushing.
After that episode, they are frequently seen together in later episodes such as "Frozer" and "Mayura". Throughout the third season, the two continue to make comics together, which was seen in "Gamer 2.0," where Marc reminds Nathaniel of the deadline for their next comic. In the series it is shown that Marc also gets along with other classmates of Nathaniel, since it is seen that he is good friends with Marinette and when the boys have a party at Adrien's house in "Party Crasher", Marc and Nathaniel go to the party together and hug Ivan.
Equally in "Party Crasher", there is a quick shot of Marc, Nathaniel, Ivan and Adrien hugging with Marc and Nathaniel kissing Adrien's cheeks, which is composed to look a lot like the classic faces-vase image used to demonstrate figure-ground perception. Ivan and Adrien are the vase, Marc and Nathaniel are the faces. Taken at face value, this an Indirect Kiss between Marc and Nathaniel. While the season finale, Nathaniel and Marc are seen sitting next to each other, among the other couples, in "Miracle Queen".
In “Hack-San", Robustus mesmerizes the Parisian population to surrender their most precious objects to him in a digital landscape. Marc is entranced and sacrifices the comic he and Nathaniel were writing, but Nathaniel is absorbed in the process. While it could be that Nathaniel holding the object is what led him to be absorbed, it can also imply that Nathaniel himself is the thing Marc treasures the most.
In "Gabriel Agreste" Nathaniel and Marc have a plan for Marinette to declare her feelings to Adrien. They set it up at school, where Adrien is free of his father's control. Alya says that she chose Marc and Nathaniel to help because "they are romantic comedy specialists". When Marc signals Nathaniel to present their story, he calls him 'Nath'. In the story, Marc and Nathaniel are Marinette's "fairy godmother", each week they'll devise a plan for the knight, Marinette, to finally kiss the princess, which is Adrien. In the picture of them being Marinette's "fairy godmother" (drawn by Nathaniel), the two are seen holding hands while giving Adrien a love letter from Marinette. At the end of the episode, Marc puts his hand on Nathaniel's shoulder while happily calling him 'Nath' for the second time. Nathaniel announces he and Marc are making a new manga, "The adventures of Marino, the awkward server".
In the episode "Penalteam" we see Marc dragging Nathaniel to go play soccer with the rest of his classmates. Nathaniel doesn't want to go, complaining that he might hurt his hand, making it so he wouldn't be able to draw anymore but Marc tries to convince Nathaniel talking about how awesome soccer is. Nathaniel still isn't interested and says he'd rather be working on their comic. Marc is still trying to convince Nathaniel, but Nathaniel tells Marc he should think of an excuse for him since he's a writer and Marc ends up doing so. At the end of the episode, Nathaniel joins the final match and, when Sabrina stands up to Chloe in wanting to play soccer, the two can be seen with an arm around each other.
In "The Ruler", it is revealed that Nathaniel and Marc have been working on the last issue of one of their comics. At school, Nathaniel expresses his uncertainty about the ending of the comic due to his father's criticisms about it not being what people would want to see, but Marc reassures him, saying that if he draws from the heart people will like it. Nathaniel is still unsure about it, and Marc tells him that he doesn't have to go with it just to make Marc happy if he doesn't like it, but Nathaniel eventually agrees to draw it with some convincing from their classmates. Later outside of school, Marc reassures Nathaniel once again that he doesn't have to draw it if he doesn't want to, and Nathaniel ends up giving Marc his writing back. The two look at each other and smile before Nathaniel walks away and Marc's face turns into a saddened expression. But as the two are walking away, Nathaniel changes his mind and runs back to Marc, taking back Marc's writing. The two smile at each other once again and hug.
The next day, Marc is at Nathaniel's house reviewing his drawings for the last issue. Marc realizes that Nathaniel had changed the ending, but is happy with it, saying that the comic was the "best thing [they've] ever made together". The two are smiling at each other when Nathaniel's mother goes into the room and scolds Nathaniel for spending all his time working on his comics. Marc lies and says they were just working on schoolwork, which convinces Nathaniel's mom and she leaves. Marc is worried that Nathaniel might get in trouble, so he tells Nathaniel that maybe they should just keep the issue to themselves, but Nathaniel disagrees, and says that they should print it. Nathaniel holds Marc's hand and says that once his mom sees their story, she'll understand how important comics are to them. Marc smiles, and Nathaniel leads him out the door.
After school when Nathaniel arrives home, he finds out his mother had read the last issue and angrily tells Nathaniel to stop making comics, or else she would forbid him from seeing Marc again. The next day when Nathaniel tells Marc he won't be drawing comics anymore, Marc tells Nathaniel he doesn't believe that this is what Nathaniel truly wants, but Nathaniel still doesn't change his mind and tells Marc he can find a new illustrator.
Later on when Nathaniel's mom gets akumatized into The Ruler, Marc attacks her to protect Nathaniel. When Marc gets stamped by The Ruler. Nathaniel gets angry, and tells his akumatized mom she shouldn't have done that to Marc.
After Nathaniel's mom had been de-akumatized, we see Marc and Nathaniel at Nathaniel's house, standing in front of Nathaniel's parents while holding hands. Nathaniel's mom finally accepts him for who he is and apologizes. As Nathaniel goes to hug both of his parents, his dad gestures for Marc to join them.
Later, Nathaniel and Marc are seen sitting close together on Nathaniel's bed as they discuss their comic. Nathaniel tells Marc that he'll always be there to protect him, and Marc says he'll do the same for Nathaniel, but tells him to promise not to put himself into any danger, saying that he isn't a superhero. Nathaniel gets frustrated by this remark and transforms into Caprikid, revealing his superhero identity. Marc is silent for a moment, and Nathaniel asks for him to say something. Marc smiles and then transforms into Rooster Bold, showing Nathaniel that he's also a superhero. The episode ends with Nathaniel smiling at this revelation.
Moments[]
Frightningale
- The two are seen dancing together in a scene from Clara Nightingale's music video, with both of them wearing Ladybug masks.
Reverser
- Marc blushes when Nathaniel offers him a hand to hold (shake).
Frozer
- In a scene from the episode, when Adrien is looking at some couples at school, Nathaniel and Marc can be seen sitting on the stairs.
Mayura
- During Marinette's class picnic at the end of the episode, Marc is sitting near Nathaniel and Ivan. Nathaniel can then be seen leaning on Marc's shoulders before the fireworks.
Hack-San
- Marc is working with Nathaniel at the park along other couples. In the same scene, Juleka is playing guitar for Rose and Myléne is sharing an ice-cream with Ivan.
Representation
- Marc and Nathaniel are holding hands face to face close to each other during the prom in the Eiffel tower. They are standing away from the crowd, and seemed to be having a conversation before being interrupted by Marinette.
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Fanon[]
Soon after "Reverser" aired, the two were shipped by fans. Most looked to how the two worked with each other and hoped for more interactions in season 3. The two have had several on-screen interactions, which further fueled fans to ship them. It was also thought for a while that Nathaniel would obtain the Peacock (or Rooster) Miraculous while Marc would be entrusted with the Goat Miraculous, and that they would join the main superhero team and work together.
The theory of the two receiving their own Miraculouses has fans believing that they'll be given to them when Marc or Nathaniel have been re-akumatized or have been captured by one, and Ladybug asks one of them to help her and Cat Noir save the other by lending either one of the two Miraculous. Since some of their friends, like Nino and Rose, were given their Miraculouses when Alya got captured by her akumatized sister while Juleka was re-akumatized and gets consumed by her entrusted sentimonster. That is why they believe that Nathaniel or Marc might become part of that pattern.
On AO3, Marcaniel is the most written ship for both Marc and Nathaniel. It is also the sixth most written ship in the Miraculous Ladybug tag. While on fanfiction.net it has 57 fanfics, with only 24 placed under paring in the Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir category. Marcaniel also has a loyal following on both Tumblr and DeviantArt, where some of its fanart refences them writing and drawing together, sharing a kiss and even has them as their akumatized selves; or their wearing clothes that references their villain forms.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Marc/Nathaniel tag on AO3
- Marc & Nathaniel tag on AO3
- Marc/Nathaniel tag on FanFiction.net
- TUMBLR
- Marcaniel posts on Tumblr
- Marcthaniel posts on Tumblr
- MarcNath posts on Tumblr
- NathMarc posts on Tumblr
- Nathanciel posts on Tumblr
- Nathaniel x Marc posts on Tumblr
- Marc x Nathaniel posts on Tumblr
- tumblr@marcthaniel
- Marcaniel posts on Twitter
- Marcthaniel hashtag on Twitter
- MarcNath posts on Twitter
- NathMarc posts on Twitter
- 나타마크 hashtag on Twitter
- Marcaniel hashtag on Instagram
- Marcthaniel hashtag on Instagram
- MarcNath hashtag on Instagram
- NathMarc hashtag on Instagram
- Nathaniel x Marc hashtag on Instagram
- Marc x Nathaniel hashtag on Instagram
- DEVIANTART
- Marcthaniel tag on DeviantArt
- NathMarc tag on DeviantArt
- Rainbow Tomato tag on DeviantArt
- Nathaniel x Marc tag on DeviantArt
- Marc x Nathaniel tag on DeviantArt
- WIKIS
- Marcaniel on the Miraculous Ladybug Fanon Wiki
- Marc's Relationship with Nathaniel on the Miraculous Ladybug Wiki
- Nathaniel's Relationship with Marc on the Miraculous Ladybug Wiki
Gallery[]
- Main article: Marcaniel/Gallery
Trivia[]
- In webisode "Nathaniel & Marc", Marinette describes Marc being not so different from Nathaniel's former shy self, who enjoys writing in his book while Nathaniel draws in his own. Making them the perfect comic book making team.
- The Netflix episode listing mistakenly has the episode Frozer take place three episodes before Reverser. This has caused some confusion to fans when Marc and Nathaniel are shown sitting on the stairs together before they officially start going out.
- Marc and Nathaniel are the second couple to reveal their identities to each other in an episode, after Alya and Nino.
Behind scenes and revealed by staff
- Feri González confirmed on Twitter that Marc identifies as part of the LGBTQ+[1] community and has a "fondness" for Nathaniel[2].
- Hope Morphin has confirmed that one of Marc's favorite animal is the goat.[3] Nathaniel's miraculous is also the goat.
- A Twitter account mentioned that Thomas Astruc said on an interview that his favorite ship was the one between Nathaniel and Marc[4].
- At some point it was speculated that Astruc confirmed that Marc and Nathaniel were officially in a relationship, said tweet is now deleted[5].
References[]
- ↑ https://www.tumblr.com/sillyxkittyy/176235996506/look-at-this-twitter-post-from-thomas-guys-marc
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210830041129/https://twitter.com/HopeMorphin/status/1021503966599962624
- ↑ Nathaniel's Miraculous
- ↑ https://x.com/MiraculousItaly/status/1190710944172773377
- ↑ https://miraculousladybug.fandom.com/wiki/Marc_Anciel#Revealed_by_the_Staff
