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A little about me

Hi, I’m really into Fairytail! Literally the fixation that wiggled into my brain when I was like 8 or something and it never left lol. I remember watching the episodes on YouTube and Natsu would say ‘Don’t sit too close to the screens kids’ and I’d actually back up

Anyway I’m open to asks about almost anything!

Fairy Tail, 9-1-1, The Stars Align, The Prince of Tennis! You name it and I’ll tell you if I’ve watched it (My lists of fandoms is kinda random lol)

#fairy tail #the prince of tennis #9 1 1 on abc #the stars align #gratsu #buddie

glorious-spoon

i don't think you should be allowed to say 'oh but he's like a woman to me' about fictional guys unless it's actually a transfem headcanon

glorious-spoon

more seriously, the vast majority of the times i see this line it's either 'this conversation is about women/female characters but i really really wanna talk about my favorite fictional dude and i lack the awareness to realize that this isn't the appropriate venue for that' and/or 'i believe that this man is helpless, incompetent, and submissive, and i consider these qualities intrinsically feminine'.

neither of these are great.

I headcanon that Gray has mild hay fever combined with a bad pollen allergy and he hates it. He tries really hard to hide it once Lucy, Juvia, Wendy, and especially Gajeel join but it’s no use.

He’s an ice mage and he doesn’t sneeze when he’s freezing, the only explanation is that he’s totally getting his ass whooped by allergies.

#fairy tail #gray fullbuster #lucy heartfilia #juvia locksar #wendy marvell #gajeel redfox #hay fever #pollen allergy #and its hilarious because its not even as bad as it was when he was younger and had just moved to magnolia #a town known for its abundant blooming flowers at all times of year

Cana @ Natsu

Oh so I’ve got a super rare magic and Gildarts pays attention to me GIRL FUCK YOU!!!!

#fairy tail #cana alberona #natsu dragneel #mentioned Gildarts Clive #I think it would have been hilarious if Cana was silently beefing with Natsu a little bit

allthingswhumpyandangsty

be kind to yourself and your creations ♡

gem-ini24

The idea and the process of making it happen lol

skys-archive

Is Lucy the only one who actually has to pay rent or...?

gem-ini24

Natsu built the hut in the woods: he’s not really obligated to pay rent.

Erza lives in Fairy Hills: yes she pays rent but 1. She can probably be a little late with it and 2. She probably has money set aside specifically for rent from her older S-Class missions

Wendy: Also lives at fairy Hills: she does have to pay rent but Erza is probably covering for the months she can’t pay

Gray: yeah idk where he lives so we got the same question there

#fairy tail #team natsu #lucy heartfilia #natsu dragneel #erza scarlet #wendy marvell #gray fullbuster #yeah I’m not too sure about gray #he’s literally the only one we don’t know where he lives #which is weird because I’m pretty sure there’s mention of Juvia literally stalking him to his house #surely we would have seen a little of it by now???

stardresslucy

While I respect Gruvia shippers, there is one problem that prevents me from considering myself one of them.

I still have no clue why Gray and Juvia would be in love with each other. If you asked me to name Gray’s best moments, none of my top picks involve Juvia. If you asked me to name Juvia’s best moments, none of my top picks involve Gray.

A lot of their serious moments would still work if one of them was replaced by a different character. For instance, Gray saving Juvia from death and being willing to die for her is something he’d do for any of his friends, and it’s not exclusive to her. If Juvia had fought someone like Natsu, Lucy or Erza during the Phantom Lord arc, I’m sure they would’ve also saved her, so is there a reason why she couldn’t be in love with any of them instead?

I also don’t believe the scene where Juvia “killed” Gray’s father and told him about it is a good romantic moment. Sure, it’s nice to see one more piece of evidence that Juvia’s actions aren’t just motivated by wanting Gray to reciprocate her feelings. She did something that she thought would’ve caused the exact opposite of what she always wanted, and the only reason for it was because of her sympathy for him. But Juvia’s guilt kinda falls flat to me, since she had no option other than to defeat Keyes. She would’ve shown the same reluctance if Silver was replaced by a loved one of any other Fairy Tail member, and I believe Gray’s reaction wouldn’t have been very different if Juvia’s role was fulfilled by another one of his friends.

gem-ini24

I gotta wonder if there was something of a witch hunt in Fairy Tail world (excluding the whole celestial spirit purge…probably coming back to that in another post) like was there a hunt for a specific mage to make sure the magic they use can’t be passed down?

Of course we see the town of Magnolia adjust everything for Gildarts but I get the feeling that’s more an exception not the rule. Also with the way everyone scurries away scared, I get the feeling the town rearranging wasn’t their first choice but they didn’t have any other options.

Secondly the thunder legion, it’s obvious in flashbacks and even before the seven year time skip that they are outcast for their magic. Also I seem to remember a flashback of Bickslow being terrified because he was scared of his own magic and other people hurting him for it (please call me out if this is wrong) also there is talk of his magic being rare. Is it rare in the sense that it is hard to wield? Or rare in the celestial spirit purge way?

Also we need to take into account Zeref.

Whatever type of mage he was before he was the death mage was surely prosecuted to death and back purely because of the fear of Zeref. In fact I’m pretty sure that’s what happened to dragon slayer magic. Not that I could say they were hunted by non mages considering Acgnologia was going to work.

Anyway yeah please weigh in with whatever ya got! Headcanon or no

ilitthefox

Personally, I find it very suspicious that there's no human sky magic, just slayer versions. We saw normal fire, shadow and light magic, iron wasn't outright shown but both wood and ice are a thing, so most likely, you could find non-slayer iron mage without too much problem, but healing magic? Wind is there and so are enchantments. But healing – true healing, not potions and stuff – doesn't seem to appear in humans. Which is kind of really weird, because that's really useful magic! Surely, someone tried to figure it out at someone point?? And yet, no true human wields healing magic...

I suspect Zeref is part of the reason magic as the whole had been prosecuted at some point (according to 100YQ, which, y'know. We Don't Talk About Bruno). Part of that would genuinely be his fault, what with murderous demons and what not, but a lot of it would be simple scapegoating for what was actually a result of the dragons going extinct. And by that, I mean all the chaos that must have followed. Sure, some dragons (a lot of dragons) ate people, but they were too powerful to not shape the world, economy and politics in a major way. And when major players get taken out, shit hits the fan (as mentioned in the Nirvana Arc - four hundred years ago, that region was torn by a lot of wars). And for most people, it was far easier to blame a guy who seemed to do nothing but produce dangerous artifacts and trigger-happy demons, than accept that perhaps, eliminating the species that pretty commonly treated humanity as cattle also had negative consequences (or they blamed Acnologia on Zeref too, like our dear Captain Arcadios did in GMG arc).

gem-ini24

This is actually a really good point! I’ve had passing thoughts about it but it really doesn’t make sense that there are only two healers in Fairy Tail when even one seems to be out of the norm.

Generally in a guild where there are constant injuries on jobs and getting medical treatment immediately is the only way to survive (ie:Gildarts, although I’m not quite sure how he pulled that one off). It would make more sense to have healers on every team even though the reality is that Fairy Tail seems to be the only guild with one permanent healer

I gotta wonder if there was something of a witch hunt in Fairy Tail world (excluding the whole celestial spirit purge…probably coming back to that in another post) like was there a hunt for a specific mage to make sure the magic they use can’t be passed down?

Of course we see the town of Magnolia adjust everything for Gildarts but I get the feeling that’s more an exception not the rule. Also with the way everyone scurries away scared, I get the feeling the town rearranging wasn’t their first choice but they didn’t have any other options.

Secondly the thunder legion, it’s obvious in flashbacks and even before the seven year time skip that they are outcast for their magic. Also I seem to remember a flashback of Bickslow being terrified because he was scared of his own magic and other people hurting him for it (please call me out if this is wrong) also there is talk of his magic being rare. Is it rare in the sense that it is hard to wield? Or rare in the celestial spirit purge way?

Also we need to take into account Zeref.

Whatever type of mage he was before he was the death mage was surely prosecuted to death and back purely because of the fear of Zeref. In fact I’m pretty sure that’s what happened to dragon slayer magic. Not that I could say they were hunted by non mages considering Acgnologia was going to work.

Anyway yeah please weigh in with whatever ya got! Headcanon or no

#fairy tail #gildarts clive #thunder god tribe #thunder legion #ft bickslow #zeref dragneel #I honestly don’t know where I’m going wit this but I watched a video essay and they mentioned witch hunts #so 🤷‍♀️#acgnologia ft

Gray had horrible decision paralysis when he was a tween. Obviously stemming from his trauma about choosing to abandon Ur and Lyon to fight Deliora when he wasn’t read, that decision having cost him two of his most important relationships as a child. Ultimately it affects small decisions he has to make as he gets older, he no longer has any trust in his own decisions.

He wouldn’t choose where to go, what to drink, what to eat, how to wear his hair or where he would sit. He usually just let someone from fairy young ,preferably Cana, drag him along to whatever they were doing and piggyback off their decisions.

For jobs he’d usually subtly hint that he wanted direction

“This is a pretty good quest, pays well.” Said in an overly loud tone attempting to get feedback. If given a positive reaction he’d take the quest and use the suggested mode of transportation, if he recieved a negative or none response he’d walk away from the quest board, abandoning his attempt for a quest, or pick up another one and cycle through the process again.

Of course the guild picks up on this and they play along. Gray isn’t prone to asking for help, it more like he’ll herd you into helping him without asking then make it seem like it was your idea all along. Naturally the guild did everything they could to help, it was easier to just take initiative and let Gray follow them.

Gray does slowly grow out of it, realizing that no matter who is making the decision bad things can and will still happen, as evidenced by Lisanna’s “death”. Lisanna and Elfman followed Mira’s words to a Tee, religiously following the rules she set with them while pushing boundaries where there was wiggle room and something bad still happened. Obviously Gray doesn’t blame Mira or Elfman but this is the kickstart he needs to fully break away from his paralysis.

Over the years it becomes something less sad and more funny. Gray turns into a deeply indecisive person at truly inconvenient times.

Cana wants to go out clubbing?

He can’t figure out what to wear, if his shoes match, whether to straighten his hair or wear it as is. Every one of their hangs out goes as follows:

Gray puts on an outfit.

Does his hair.

Waits for Cana to complete her look then randomly decides he hates his body.

Spends ten minutes complaining about how his face looks off in this shirt and deciding to change.

He cycles through ten different outfits before throwing his hands up and deciding not to go.

Cana then whoops his ass, throws an outfit at him, doesn’t let him look in the mirror once he’s ready and steals his house keys so he has to follow her.

Generally as Gray gets older he no longer has the paralysis only the indecision which is at times inconvenient (other times hilarious) but not life threatening and he can do things on his own.

#fairy tail #gray fullbuster #cana alberona #fairy young #lyon vastia #ur milkovich #I am a firm believer that Gray hates making decisions for himself #of he did when he was fresh of deliora trauma #he didn’t even make the decision to find fairy tail for himself #he literally did it because Ur told him to #obviously people goad him into doing things #(cough Natsu)#but again that’s him following along with someone trying to get him to do something #he doesn’t just burst up out of nowhere and say he wants to do something #let alone act on it with no oustide input #indecisive Gray Fullbuster

vulpinesaint

saying "question mark?" and "however comma," out loud are game changers. punctuation on the go. and it's always the funniest thing that anyone around you has ever heard

gem-ini24

Erza Scarlet core

#fairy tail #erza scarlet #she just says this shit so menacingly but she thinks it helps because she wants people to understand

Before I forget

Athena Grant is like the Joseph Joestar of 9-1-1

#9 1 1 on abc #jojos bizarre adventure #athena grant #joseph joestar #and I mean this #how many crashes has this woman been in

allthingswhumpyandangsty

reblog if you’re anti censorship and against harassing real people over fictional characters

gem-ini24

Something I wish was more apparent in Fairy tail was the difference between Lucy and the guild, not just in combat comfortablility but childhood things that transferred to adulthood that makes them clash.

She grew up with a cushy life and she isn’t an accustomed to combat as everyone else even Wendy who transferred from Cait shelter to Fairytail both guilds that take jobs.

Like I know Lucy adapted fast and that’s great but the discrepancy between living in a guild and at home are really different from what we’re lead to believe and it really doesn’t show

Of course I know about the gag jokes where she’s confused,scared and appalled at their lack of boundaries, frequent fights, whining about having to travel a lot/not wearing the correct clothing for said climate but give me more!

Examples being:

Her telling a childhood story about how her mom taught her to swim by holding her hand and gently dunking her in the water, expecting similar stories only to be met with blank stares.

As it turns out her teammates didn’t have people to teach them to swim. Erza had to learn how to swim on her own while she was young, debating whether or not to try and rescue her friends from his madness before ultimately deciding that she wouldn’t but wanted to know how just in case.

Igneel taught Natsu to hunt fish which included swimming but it wasn’t like an actual lesson, it was more of a “Natsu hold your breath and put your head under the water so you can see the fish. Keep very still so you don’t startle them.”

Ur “taught” Gray how to swim by throwing him and Lyon into the water until they stopped flailing and learned to hold their breaths. She never taught them proper forms or held their hands while they learned to kick their feet but she taught them something.

And Wendy had no need to learn how to swim, she spent her life in a secluded village in the middle of a forest. When was Wendy ever going to see a body of water deep enough to get past her waist, also I sincerely doubt any Cait Shelter member would encourage her to do that because there was no guarantee they could save her if she was drowning.

Or maybe Lucy talks about her years getting tutored and how much she used to dread the thought of going to a scholarly institution after her tutoring years were behind her

And then Erza starts boasting about how she taught Natsu to read while Gray taught her how to write and Lucy has to cope with the fact that all they had was each other. Her father used to make her tour institutions just to see where her interested lies so he could invest in it (eventually making all the money back when she would graduate) and here these little orphans were: one who could barely write or read teaching another who couldn’t do either at all while the other one who had a grasp on both struggled to help the other two.

Idk what it is but I kinda want Lucy’s privilege to be a point of contention between her and the rest of the guild, obviously they love each other and this isn’t me saying that one of their traumas is bigger than the other but also Lucy grew up vastly differently to her friends and I want that to leak into their relationships!

(I fear I will be making a dedicated post about the things that separate her from the rest of fairy young)

dopplerdora

It's weird, her mother died when she was young, and we don't actually see much of her childhood outside her father being an absolute peace of shit who screamed at her about how worthless she was... on her birthday.

Her only friend was a doll.

She only ever seems happy with Aquarius, by all accounts Natsu was the first human who she ever had a good relationship with, and he's not even human.

She litterally ran away from home and lived on the streets for a full year, when her father figured out where she was he hired a guild to HUNT HER DOWN ILLEGALLY and which point they crucified her friends.

They had different things, the guild kids had a family, Lucy had a cold place where she got yelled at for trying to exist hear her father on her birthday. Having money wasn't really a consolation I think.

Every moment of the guild kids childhood post reaching Fairy Tail we see is happy, every time we saw Lucy's childhood it was sad in some way.

The clothing bit doesn't really fit, because Lucy is more ridiculous about clothing than any of them, because she refuses to wear anything she doesn't like because of how her Father exerted his will over her by making her dress however he wanted.

Her mom couldn't have taught her to swin because she was dead.

Lucy only got educated on things she didn't want to learn, things her dad wanted for her, and considering he wanted to use her for his own plots, I doubt it was anything useful.

If it feels like she doesn't show the difference much, it might be down to having spent a full year living on the streets, going from town to town.

There are definitely privileged characters in Fairy Tail, but Lucy really isn't one of them.

dopplerdora

Took a second to track this down, but Jude not only pulls this shit like... right after her mom dies, but she's 100% sure that he would have her friends crucified and start an illegal guild war to hurt her and get her back under his thumb.

Phantom repeatedly tried to murder people, including civilians, crucified people, kidnapped her and tried to torture her, and a lot of other crazy shit, and Lucy is sure that her father would order all of that.

Jude before he got his shit togeather was a legit monster.

gem-ini24

Okay so I do agree with you! Jude was a gigantic piece of shit but that’s not really what I meant by childhood differences. I’m not really sure what you meant by the clothing bit but what I meant was that Lucy wears whatever she wants all the time even if it’s not helpful for where she is going next. Ex: her wearing a mini shirt in forest terrain or heels in a desert.

Lucy is privileged in that she never had to wonder where her next meal was coming from or whether or not she was going to have somewhere to sleep tomorrow.

The fairy Tail kids are privileged in the fact that they found friends and camaraderie in each other when they were younger.

Of course one isn’t better than the other:

What Lucy had on lifestyle comfort (a cook, new clothes all the time: even if she didn’t choose them to wear, a large property) she lacked in parental love and companionship. There was only so much her spirits could do. Also the doll not quite the companion you would need to keep your spirits up after your mother has died and your father has gone insane.

What the Fairy Tail kids had in companion ship (and some parental guidance) they lacked in stability. Cana started drinking when she was younger after, Gray became a smoker before he turned 20. Natsu had to build his own house. They had the fairy dorms and I’m quite sure they were allowed to make late payments but they still had to go on jobs.

Actually now that I’m thinking about this does show up, Lucy is so worried about money because she’s used to having a lot of it but when she’s low on it things go to shit, however when the rest of team Natsu is low on money it’s not a big deal because they always have been. There was no time in their lives where they had an excess of wealth so the lack of it doesn’t matter to them.

Oh! And the street rat thing is an excellent point, I actually forgot about that. I do think that this is a reason she assimilates so easily to Fairy Tail life because Lucy Heartfilia the heiress and Lucy the runaway are two different people obviously . I’m also sure she used skills she knew before her street rat life to help herself, like merchants haggling and offering to be someone scribe (I’m not really sure what the education level is in Fiore).

I think generally her being a street did teach her some things (seduction, discounting, taking food where you can get it) but she was still alone for most of that time. And this is where I think the differences come in.

In my original posts i didn’t mean “oh poor little orphan fairy tail kids, Lucy had it so good in life idk why she ran away” I meant it more as in Lucy had stability in her housing and needs (I know Jude was a pos but I’m quite she he got her whatever she needed, the best money could buy so he could sell her off for a profit later) which I’m realizing now it didn’t come off that way.

Generally I do still think Lucy’s lonely lifestyle will come at odds with her guildmates, such as her saying something like she used to play hide and seek with her doll and just hide for hours because her father wouldn’t let her play with anyone else. Hence the childhood stories telling bit, it might not affect her as much now but they definitely have different childhoods. (I also such this influences Lucy’s need for space sometimes whereas the rest of team Natsu are practically on top of each other all the time)

(Also I would like to die on this hill because I think Lucy deserves more good memories with her mom. Lucy was about ten when Layla died so it stands to reason that Layla could have taught her to swim. I’m quite sure her parents put her in swimming lessons early but also Layla having Aquarius would have made this ends our more worthwhile. Not that I think Jude would continue these lessons if Layla had died before Lucy learned to swim)

#fairy tail #lucy heartfilia #jude heartfilia #lucy is privileged #it’s not a problem nor does it negate what she went through #but it does influence how she interacts with her friends and the world around her #layla heartfilia