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I'm completely normal about girldad Natsu

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gray and juvia deep dive & why they aren’t toxic

starting with juvia’s character. we learn very early on that juvia had no real relationships (platonic, romantic, etc) as a child, even seemingly no familial connections. this leads her to phantom lord where she believes she was born to be hated and bring trouble upon others. it’s also no secret she was very attracted to gray when they met, however she wasn’t “crazy” for him. despite being her enemy, he tries not to harm her and saves her when she’s about to fall off the ledge, showing her how kind people can be and that they don’t always hate you for who you are. this is what opens her eyes and lets her experience happiness and see the sun for the first time ever. this is when she falls in love with gray. from here, we see juvia pop up at random times in the background seemingly “stalking” gray. in my eyes it is clear that she just wants to join their guild and find her real family. she leaves gifts (the bento box) for gray almost as a secret admirer because she gets too nervous to approach him. she knows she was their enemy and doesnt want to bring more harm to the guild or, more specifically, gray. she is constantly trying to prove herself worthy and make up for the lack of connection she had in her childhood.

gray’s character is a little more complex. he is ridden with survivor’s guilt from ur’s death (and later on ultear). he is not open emotionally with anyone, putting on this tough guy act and trying to remain cool. his hesitancy to juvia is not because of her as a person, rather than her being a romantic interest and him not knowing how to deal with those feelings. even when gray was a child under ur we see him try turning any emotions he has into anger, always appearing to be the “bigger man”. he does show interest in juvia (romantically or platonically, either way the interest is there), early on he often asks where she is or how she’s doing, even seeming excited when she makes it into the guild. gray also clearly has a different love style than juvia, as he is far more avoidant and detached than she is, but he always makes sure she is safe and tends to look for her first if she is nearby. even when he is talking kindly about natsu he gets embarrassed and turns red, so it’s obvious that he would act this way with her. in the gmg/eclipse arc he sacrifices himself for her before ultear reverses time and again in the alvarez empire arc. while all these things could be platonic displays of interest, it still furthers the point that he cares for her. juvia slowly teaches gray that being vulnerable is okay, erza even urging him to be honest with her. his honesty is that he “appreciates” her, and we know he would not hesitate to say he dislikes her if that were true. in the 100yq he is getting confident and realizing how he acts is only reminding her of being shut out in childhood and makes it his goal to become “good enough” for her and someone who can protect her, leading to him being more emotionally available with her.

they have different styles of loving each other but that doesn’t make them bad for each other. it is also not a secret that juvia fell first, but that doesn’t take away from gray’s apparent feelings. as for other things that antis tend to point out, it is a fictional cartoon with very different humor than we’re used to. even most animes i’ve seen have a different form of comedy. this type of comedy is also used a LOT throughout fairy tail, not just with gray and juvia. this provides reason for her behaving this way and is honestly easier to brush it off. they push each other and are constantly bettering the other.

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Just let me go. Anything but... knives!

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) dir. Marc Webb

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GET TO KNOW ME MEME ♡ shows → DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION

“Sweetie, I would love to indulge your need to ruin my party with a full on catfight, but I'll pass. Save the drama for high school, hon, I'm moving on.”

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happy lesbian visibility day!

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MONICA GELLER AND CHANDLER BING FRIENDS (1994-2004)

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♡ 1000 FOLLOWER CELEBRATION ♡ @agentmobius asked ✨+ fiona coyne (my favourite outfits)

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235 FAVORITE SHIPS OF ALL TIME (ranked by my followers) 105. fiona coyne and imogen moreno - degrassi

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STOBIN APPRECIATION WEEK day three: favorite episode

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Ruby Cruz promoting BOTTOMS (2023) dir. Emma Seligman

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STRANGER THINGS | 1.04 - "The Body"

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Leo is Kenough

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Adel Sabi's baby tots sketches

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Oh to be an autistic teen in 2023

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okay they made it up to me by playing bang the doldrums and ginasfs at my show! plus XO! thank you pete

fall out boy is actually extremely lucky i wasnt at their show july first because i 100% would have interrupted saturday with the loudest sound of sobbing and throwing up humanly possible

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MARK RUFFALO AS MATT FLAMHAFF 13 GOING ON 30 (2004) Dir. Gary Winick