#And the Tartaros arc

[awesomenikie]

Younger me did not appreciate how handsome Natsu is and I am now realizing the errors of my ways.

[the-dragon-hearted]

Brainstorming on the Tartaros Arc rn for The Dragon Father rewrite, and you see, I'm torn. So, to fix this problem, I'm going to word vomit here and see if anyone has an opinion

For those who've forgotten or don't know, the Tartaros Arc in Fairy Tail is the arc, at least for me, where shit goes down and does not come back up. I've always viewed it as the coming-of-age arc, every single main character has a moment where they are forced to lose something representing their childhood or innocence.

AND in what I would call the midpoint of the Tartaros arc, while everyone is fighting up in the cube (to rescue Erza/stop FACE/sweet revenge/all that jazz) Mard Geer casts the curse "Alegria" which turns the floating Minecraft block into Plutogrim (who may or may not be a demon/sentient entity). ANYWAY -

Turning a Minecraft block into a sentient being also makes the cube's weird immune system come into play. It traps everyone in this fleshy eldritch-horror goop that suspends them in a timeless state. Everyone except Lucy - but that's for later.

Now! I have two very compelling options for how Acnologia is thrown into this and they sort of shift the story I'd have to tell.

Option 1 - Acnologia is not present at the cube at this time, he's flown off to go help destroy Face (which matches up with the timeline because this curse happens right around Wendy's dragon force reveal in canon). This could be paired with a cool Wendy-Acno bonding experience, maybe a little dragon force action, idk -

Pros:

I don't have to try to balance Acnologia's insane power level for the 17,000th time

I set it up pretty early that Acnologia is SO goddamn ready to take Face out. This could be the payout

He could sense shit goes down when the Celestial King gets summoned because he's that guy

A very cute father-daughter moment with him and Wendy as he finds out that she already started destroy face before he got there and has unlocked her Dragon Force. Little flying bonding moment ya know?

Cons:

The majority of the story is written from Acnologia's perspective so I would either have to completely ignore everything happening over there (which IS technically already explained it canon, kind of) or would switch to Lucy's POV

Acnologia can destroy Face in like 3 minutes, cause he's that guy, so we're back to square one with wtf am I supposed to do with this guy's power level

Option 2 - Acnologia IS present, and gets caught in the goop, which limits his transformation and magic.

Now, Option 2 has two fun subcategories I've lovingly named "Acnologia kicks ass" and "Acnologia is very upset he cannot kick ass"

Acnologia kicks ass - The Dragon King does not need magic or his dragon form to pummel the absolute shit out of Mard-Geer. It's time for Regular Human Acnologia to shine for a whole 500 words and 300 punches.

Acnologia is very upset he cannot kick ass - he gets stuck in his Dragon form (possible trauma~) and is so completely normal about it that he uses his wings to crash Plutogrim into the dirt because Gods Help him if he is trapped in Dragon Form he will make it everyone else' problems.

Pros:

Hilarious inner monologue as Acnologia is trapped and fed up with this shit

Mard Geer gets insanely humbled real fast

Acnologia gets to witness Lucy summon the Celestial Spirit King, which could lead to him acknowledging her as Anna's successor (not that this is a huge divide between them but could be a cool moment)

Cons:

Power scaling. Always the fucking power scaling. How do I justify trapping the literal Dragon King without nerfing him into the ground? I can buff Plutogrim, make it a demon with ethernanos capabilities backed into its flesh which is why if you get caught you can't expend any magic to escape - but even THEN like - This is ACNOLOGIA, the boy's CRACKED

It takes the spotlight away from Lucy's moment and Aquarius' sacrifice - but gives Lucy someone who understands the significance of what happened to her.

Anyway, that's where my brain's at rn for The Dragon Father. And no, I'm not writing the Tartaros arc at the moment - I haven't even gotten to the Tower of Heaven arc, but like I gotta start brainstorming ya know??

[fairytailfairiess]

Love it when two characters reach out to each other ❤️

[floertoer]

larcade's entire concept is extremely hilarious to me. he's another etherious demon but he's also convinced that zeref is his actual dad

this makes me think that all the demons of the book of zeref view him as some sort of paternal figure. he did create them after all. this makes it even more hilarious that he wants absolutely nothing to do with any of them. he's the ultimate deadbeat dad. he keeps making kids he doesn't want

any demon: hey dad

zeref: don't call me that in public

this is kind of validated in 100yq cause apparently larcade is just chilling with the dragneel family in the afterlife and zervis treat him like their son. if larcade gets to be zeref's son, ALL the demons are his children. tartarus is just a band of abandoned children attempting to find their uncle (who also doesn't want anything to do with them) and desperately trying to please their father

[oulkheir]

post-tartaros trauma.

i love drawing tears (and crying while doing it)

[luckyrave]

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING ABOUT TARTAROS!!

The Tartaros Arc was already regarded as one of the best arcs in Fairy Tail, but now with this revelation in the latest chapter of 100 Years Quest, it really tips the balance in a huge way with Earthland Faris revealing a huge twist in the narrative!!

One that ties all the way back to Igneel vs Acnologia's end result!

[celestialtitania]

we're still crying over the year post tartaros so here to think about how lucy literally couldn't go ANYWHERE by herself without her team showing up behind her.

like in the anime before phantom started, its implied lucy tried going on a solo job only for everyone to crash along. sure, you say, this was them becoming a team.

then she went to go confront her dad, her team shows up behind her, frantic. and like yes, they thought she left the guild, whatever.

but then she goes to acalypha without telling them, like they just see her there one minute and the next she's gone. and they STILL go running after her. like it took them a full day to track her down but they still did it.

lucy literally couldn't go out of magnolia by herself without her friends tagging along. and then suddenly, they've had their worst fight yet, she lost her oldest friend, and everyone's left in small groups, except for her. she's alone

[sakurakitsume-art]

[thehylianidiot]

This month's @fairytail-redraw prompt 1.

Two in one day (Literally, this was all in one day and I have no clue what entity possessed me to accomplish this)

Original:

[penguilie]

Currently thinking about tartaros Natsu

[awesomenikie]

Can I be honest one of the first fairy tails boys I was immediately aware I had a crush on was rogue.

[karmations]

This looks so rapey! I feel so bad for poor Gray!

Omg I have not seen any of these before! This is straight up rape culture. Anime isn't an excuse to have perverted characters that don't care about consent. Gray is literally saying he doesn't feel safe in that panel. I am so sad that the other Fairy Tail members (and fans) just let this slide.

[pineartppland]

Inktober Day 13 : Rise

[thegraylushipper]

[anyothercomments]

When the true dad was inside you all along

[luckyrave]

Fairy Tail Discussion: END'S POTENTIAL RETURN IN 100 YEARS QUEST!!

E.N.D was one of the most talked about characters within the Fandom because He was essentially revealed to be the main character Natsu Dragneel specifically Etherious Natsu Dragneel at the end of The Tartaros Arc. One in which had so much build up in the original series that ultimately felt like an afterthought towards the end. That is until Fairy Tail:100 Years Quest Manga came out and we had gotten to a sign that almost resembled what Natsu looked like as E.N.D when he was given Ignia's flame in the Water Dragon God arc. Before things got any worse it was thanks to Lucy who prevented the situation from getting any worse. At the same time, it also led to many people in the fandom to speculate about E.N.D's potential return in the series more so in the latest arc.