#Anti Mashima

[cheesydelphox]

can we please talk about how egregious this glow down was

[fttwts]

im so curious but if youre willing...what are you thoughts on sting's character? :>

You’ve just opened Pandora’s box by asking me this.

Thanks anon, you’ve just given me an excuse to rant.

I think at this point everyone’s aware of how amazing Sting’s character is. At least I hope so.

My issue is that this great and full of potential character is belittled and poorly developed by his own author.

Everything started going downhill after the Natsu VS Sting & Rogue during the GMG, honestly. I hope everyone can agree that fight was one of the worst, if not the worst fight of the whole series.

Sting is a complex character with emotional and psychological depth but no one seems to give a fuck about that and the fandom (and Mashima himself, honestly) just keeps portraying him as the over-friendly idiot Guild Master who cannot say anything without dickriding Natsu every two sentences.

But the point is, Sting literally is the better version of Natsu. He cares deeply for his guild mates and friends, he’s fun and sure of himself but not in the obnoxious way Natsu is, he expresses his insecurities and doubts about not being good enough as Master despite him being very confident in his abilities, and that just shows you how much more psychologically developed he is.

And all of that goes to waste, because every time Mashima writes a good character he doesn’t know what the fuck to do with them.

Sting’s magic is holy, divine, centered around light and purity, yet it gets downplayed as “oh yeah he can eat white things lol” ???

“White Dragon Slayer” does not make any fucking sense bro. Why not just make him the Holy Dragon Slayer? Was that so hard?

I hate how he’s thought of as ‘dumb’ by the majority of the fandom. He’s not fucking dumb. He’s smart and capable. His strategy on the last day of the GMG was solid and he could’ve easily won the games but of course Fairy Tail has to always get everything.

And apparently everyone keeps forgetting that he fucking killed a man?? He literally murdered Jiemma. Something that has rarely happened in this manga. He took his place as Guild Master by executing him and putting an end to his tyranny. Something as deep and impactful as that gets completely shadowed in order to make Fairy Tail look good. It’s not fair.

And the fact that he seemed so chill about Future Rogue murdering him? I think that should’ve at least created some tension between him and Rogue because it’s just normal. Instead, Sting’s thoughts about that whole situation aren’t even addressed. Which is infuriating, considering that he’s a major part of it.

Sometimes I wish I could just rewrite this whole fucking manga myself.

My point is, I love Sting. I love his depth, his magic, his complexity. But I fucking hate how he gets downplayed over and over again by Mashima and the fandom in order to make more boring and shallow characters shine.

[sirclowniey]

fried after getting his shit rocked by gray

ty @lestink for the image

[gralunaisland]

I have a question.

Have you ever thought to yourself or any antis thought to themselves that it’s okay to like toxic ships in fiction?

Mashima never said a day in his life that his ships weren’t toxic and were healthy so idk why yall be so upset that people like these things?

Toxic ships in exist in fiction and real life. I love reading toxic relationships in fiction. I eat it up but I understand that’s not okay for real life.

If you truly want to see toxic relationships in fiction read Korean comics. They have some extremely toxic relationships in their stories and I love them all because it’s only fiction. It’s a reason why things like this exist because people like me exist to read it.

Is It Okay to Like Toxic Ships in Fiction?

Oh, this is a fantastic question, Anon.

I have never said that no one is allowed to like toxic ships in fiction. Ever. In fact, I've said the contrary, where, yeah, even I like some toxic ships (excluding things like p*doph*lia etc.) where people clearly aren't good for each other but it's an entertaining ship regardless as long as you know it is immoral in real life. If you know you'd never support certain toxic relationships in real life, but still like certain toxic characters together, there's not much harm to it.

My biggest issue with the Pro gr///via fandom?

It's that seemingly most of them deny that gr///via is a toxic ship in the first place. That, and some of them will attack anyone who says otherwise.

That's part of the reason why I've dedicated this blog to parsing gr///via's toxicity, to show why so many Antis have issues with it and because there are so many people who refuse to believe that gr///via is toxic in any way, shape, or form.

I've actually talked to Pros who acknowledge that gr///via is a toxic ship, but that they just like it for some reason or another, and I totally respect that because they realize it's a toxic ship. While I hate the "it's just fiction" argument because it's a dreadful slippery slope, all in all, gr///via really is just a fictional ship between two people of the same age.

You say Mashima has never said his ships were healthy, but that doesn't matter, and that's never been an argument that I've made, that Mashima said he'd make healthy ships (which of course he didn't). Most authors don't go around explicitly saying that anyway, so that's another reason why that is a straw man argument.

However, another part of my issue with gr///via is that it's a canon ship, one that Mashima pushes heavily, and it is portrayed as something to be desired.

There are plenty of toxic ships people make up on their own, fanon, where the author never intended for it to be a thing, in which case it's the fans' fault for making up such a thing, but the fact that the author of FT makes juvia a complete scumbag but makes it so that she ultimately gets the object of her desires teaches the very wrong lesson. He also tries to make her pass as a "good person", having everyone love her and cheer her on no matter what she does to them.

If you make a character do very toxic things, but also make them appear good to other people in the show and make it so they never face any consequences for their actions (the worst consequence juvia ever gets from her sick behavior is some sweatdrops from other characters, but no one ever stops her and many in fact encourage her), readers/viewers might get the impression that that character really is a good person, and that their actions should be emulated to get their desired results. Mashima has even apparently said in an interview that Gray is somewhat of a self-insert, so the fact that he gave Gray juvia as his love interest says a lot about what Mashima desires or fetishizes.

"If you truly want to see toxic relationships in fiction read Korean comics."

I have, and that has nothing to do with this conversation. "If I truly want to see toxic relationships", all I have to do is watch Fairy Tail and suffer through every gr///via/juvia scene.

Thanks for your ask!

[terriluvss]

The moefication of fairytail 😭

Before

Vs…

After

WE WERE ROBBED. 😭

[marynomi]

I used to love erza but after tenrou island arc i immediately hate her

[dadoodler25]

Why Fairy Tail's and Eden's Zero's fanservice is a problem

I'm a big fan of Fairy Tail. I started watching it in 2020 and got hooked due to the comedy and characters. It was such a good anime, and the manga was even better.

However, as I went on watching it, the fanservice began to get, too excessive. Everytime, it felt nearly every comedic or serious moment that had a midway gag was interrupted by showing off Lucy's chest or something.

This got even worse later on, with one of the anime episodes having an episode where all the women in Fairy Tail had to dress in skimpy swimsuits in front of a whole crowd.

Now, you maybe wondering, what's the big deal about being fanservicey? Well, for one, it ruins all potential gags for funny moments. There could be a clever moment for a joke, only for the punchline to literally be boobs. And when there's a serious, high-stake moment? Interrupt it with BOOBS.

Not only does this ruin moments or just lazy jokes, but when I'm watching the anime or reading the manga, I feel like a pervert, and hiding it from sight.

And Eden's Zero made it even WORSE!

You know what happens in the most important lore-drops of Eden's Zero? The girls are bathing in the nude, and the boys are chilling. No, the meeting doesn't take place in like a conference room or a designated area like a normal meeting, no, a fucking bath. Just so they can show off the girls bodies and shit. And these aren't just adults, there are also some minors there!

Everything fanservice related in Fairy Tail and Eden's Zero is absolutely terrible, and should really be removed.

[gajeelenjoyer]

kinda sad sting’s strong queer coding is masqueraded just as “admiration” for natsu because mashima is a coward. like yes that’s cute but i��m tired of it just being “i want to surpass natsu-san” and overall being a natsu fanboy but NEVER giving any hint of being interested on other men, it’s annoying

I feel like he's just not capable of outright writing a character as queer. Loudly gay. Within Fairy Tail, characters like Laxus, Cana, Mirajane, Sting and Freed have had many interactions and moments that were arguably "gay" but while I could look at these mfs and call them a bunch of fruits all day I know it's all literally been jokes. Jokes.

If Mashima were to actually imply that Sting's admiration for Natsu were based on love, it wouldn't be sincere on his part. It'd definitely come off as a punchline and I'm sure it wouldn't come without another character looking at him odd in the same panel 💀

[fttwts]

God this just keeps getting worse

I can’t handle big four BS anymore bro

I’m so happy you’re back :) I missed your posts & you’re so right about everything

Yooo it's good to see you again! How ya been, how ya been???

[cheesydelphox]

i hate to break it to y'all but mashima is not the all powerful god of writing women that you think he is. the way he wrote lisanna as nothing more as a roadblock to his main c*sh*t couple? misogynistic. the way he's constantly drawing lucy and erza getting tortured and stripped against their own will, chalking it up to fanservice? misogynistic AND creepy. the way he constantly writes wendy into being ashamed of her body (the fact that she has small boobs. which. sir why are you thinking about the boob size of 14 year olds?) misogynistic AND pedophilic. the way he writes juvia to be nothing but completely and totally obsessed with a man? misogynistic. the way he writes levy forgiving gajeel so easily after what he did to team shadow gear? misogynistic. why do people (shounen anime fans, INCLUDING women who are fans of shounen anime) pretend mashima is the gold standard of writing women.

[fttwts]

I’m killing myself

[sirclowniey]

these proportions r actually diabolical

what is happenign

[fttwts]

Laxus flirting with that chick DURING A BATTLE was the last straw for me tbh. 100 years quest is terrible and basically all my favorite characters are being thrown in the trash, like I genuinely cannot recognize said characters anymore wtf. Gajeel has been reduced into being Levy’s boyfriend and now they’re gonna have kids I’m about to throw up. Gray is literally??? Not Gray anymore??? Who the fuck is that??? From being an amazing character and one of the best psychologically developed and well written (which is rare) characters in this series now HE’s just JUVIA’s love interest??? There isn’t a panel with him that doesn’t involve Juvia in some way and it makes me sick to my stomach since this is the worst fucking ship in this series and it shouldn’t exist in the first place. Now Mashima is also showing hints towards Stingyu and it makes me so fucking mad man because he’s gonna ruin another good character for another pointless and bad straight ship. “This is a show about friendship” my ass

you’re right about the not caring about canon anymore because 100 yrs quest fucking SUCKS man it’s just trash… like they’ve destroyed 90% of the good characters making them soooo OOC just to fit them into the str8 ships it makes me so mad especially because this manga was supposed to be about friendship but what ppl ONLY care about is romance and it’s not even good

i saw they royally fucked up natsu. somethin bout him not knowing what a library is even tho the first quest he and lucy go on is to break into duke everlue's LIBRARY. and that one ova and ending where natsu is in the fairy tail LIBRARY.

also something something laxus flirting with the fucking enemy something something laxus giving his COAT to the fucking ENEMY something something laxus KNEELING for the ENEMY bc her bullshit ass magic makes NO SENSE. look i know theyre tryina make laxus more "likable" or some bullshit so itll make sense when he gets with mirajane (bc lets face it its gonna be mira not cana or lisanna or whoever else unless hes getting with that eNEMY) but like. we've known he respects women. we know hes grown since the battle of ft. you dont need to show that hes a sub gentleman who'll kneel to more powerful women so itll make more sense when he gets with the she-devil. like at this point im wanting to boost laxus/freed art and fics even tho i really dont care for that ship. controversial opinion ik

my hyperfixations/special interests/somethin like that have rotated from one comfort media (ft) to another and that other is currently dbz so 1 thats why this has been even less active than before and 2

in dragon ball super they fucked up goku. apparently bitch doesnt know what a kiss is. HE HAS TWO KIDS. what the FUCK are you on about. i mean im 70% sure in db he didnt know what marriage was and thought it was food or somethin when chichi made him promise to marry her when they both grew up. but like. he was maybe 15, living in the wilderness, his grandpa having died some years ago, getting no education. THAT made sense. him not knowing what a kiss is??? I FEEL LIKE WE'VE SEEN HIM KISS HIS WIFE BEFORE. ON SCREEN. WHAT THE FUCK.

it looks like manga authors are in the era of beating more money out of their completed series to the point that theyre just beating a corpse now. theyre tryina squeeze more money and attention outta shit that was still pretty big without new "canon" content coming out.

[gralunaisland]

I just rewrite the characters in Fairy Tail for the sake of my mental health

Honestly same and mood.

Your fanfic ideas always sound 100x times better than whatever junk (cough gr///via for once cough) Mashima is churning out now anyway!

[terriluvss]

Growth, and Trauma in Fairytail

I love fairytail with all of my heart unfortunately it’s my special interest so I’ve overanalysed the hell out of this series and one thing I have noticed with mashima’s writing is the way characters process their trauma. (This post will contain anime spoilers) ALSO TRIGGER WARNING FOR S AND VIOLENCE

Aka, non-existent. For the most part at least. However there are some exceptions to this like with Gray. With characters like Gray, it’s very clear to see why and how he copes with traumatic events take what happened to Ur as example. Gray believes Ur’s death was his own fault (my guess is probably because he was the one who brought up the deliora situation to her causing her to come to rescue him but as a result having to nope out if life), as a result he believes he doesn’t deserve to live as it ‘should’ve been him’. His actions show this as early as Galuna island arc with our boy using iced shell against Lyon. And multiple other times, he always tries to dish out that spell as a sacrifice because he believes his life is worth nothing more.

This is proof that mashima can and does write trauma well sometimes however his writing can also pale in comparison like with the death of igneel. Specially in the Alvarez arc. Natsu was absolutely traumatised by what had happened and we can see this with him running off for a year with happy. He needed his alone time and yet once he returns its as if nothing had happened, he’s his same old smiley silly self. If you told me to look for the differences in natsu’s character between the first episode and the final season, I would have a very very hard time. There was no growth to his character apart from getting ‘stronger’, we don’t get to see how he comes to terms with the fact his one life goal is void or how he deals with the aftermath of tartaros. Afterwards he is back to his smiley goofy self again like nothing ever happened. There’s no signs at all of Natsu even being affected by it apart from getting stronger. His one life goal is now six feet under ground and he has no visible signs of being depressed over that. He’s capable of smiling, being happy, and his usual self. Even during alvarez arc he’s just as fearless and unchanged as ever. During the alvarez arc Natsu had come face to face with this killer once again and instead of showing any signs of fear at all he looks acnologia in the eyes and takes him head on as if he were a weaker oponent or something.

Realistically acnologia should have terrified natsu. Just like how natsu had been afraid of gildarts seeing his raw power, and acnologia is ten times stronger than gildarrs. Especially considering that dragon had KILLED natsu’s dad. Ripping him in half right in front of him, someone Natsu probably viewed as the strongest and indestructible torn apart just like paper. I understand everyone processes trauma differently but we’ve SEEN first hand Natsu showing fear to stronger opponents like Gildarts. So why is it that all of a sudden when Natsu is faced with acnologia in person once more there is no signs of fear, no memories of the trauma, no nothing rather this cookie cutter hero moment again. Where he takes aconologia on as if he were a weaker foe, even laughing to himself and making witty remarks. We’ve seen at the face of truly terrifying power Natsu shrivels up into a stuttering sweating mess. So it doesn’t make any sense that he feels nothing seeing acnologia again. Saying he did the healing during the one year time skip through tartaros doesn’t even make sense because he challenged gildarts to a fight during the manga and you can see him shrivel up in fear unable to speak once more as soon as gildarts destroys a mountain to save him.

Natsu can feel fear. Yet why not with acnologia? Someone who should have traumatised him.

This happens so many times throughout the series. Trauma being swept under the rug like its just another tuesday. I dont get why he can write trauma fine with Gray, but when it comes to people like Lucy or Natsu suddenly its void.

I just wish the characters in this series were given more growth but time and time again it feels like im watching the same characters from episode one over and over again.

But anyway that’s just my two cents on fairytails writing of trauma. This is my first real post on tumblr so it’s probably dogwater, but yeah im open to hearing other peoples thoughts on this and thank you for reading this low effort post.

[marynomi]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!

Not to be that person but ft fans need a reality check. I don't remember much of both anime (bc I have short term memory) but let me tell you sth. One piece handles friendship and family tropes wayyyyy better than fairy tail could ever be. I'm a fairy tail fan for 7 years and I have a love-hate relationship with the show. While one piece, I've been a fan for 3 years.

(warning: long rant and weird delivery writing)

I can agree that team natsu is stronger than the straw hat but does that make them well written? Absolutely not. I love natsu but I noticed that his goal wasn't clear. His goal is to find igneel, his dragon father, but the thing is that Igneel is rarely mentioned throughout the story.

"But natsu's goal is to protect his friends" but so does luffy. Luffy loves his friends and wants to be strong to protect them but what makes him interesting is his goal to become a pirate king. In order to become a pirate king, he needs to sail across the world to find the one piece.

Like every arc of one piece, luffy encounters problems such as wanting to help whatever people deserve to be saved because he is a good person and that is his goal. In the end, they achieve it and each of the straw hat has its own character development. Fairy tail on the other hand, doesn't have any goal for the each arc (they have some but not too beneficial)

In terms of friendship, I don't feel like fairy tail focuses on the relationship between characters. I don't know how to say this but one example I noticed is that the interaction between lucy and gray reduces throughout the plot because lucy now is always focused on natsu. I'm not saying it's a bad thing (although it is) but come on now. I know mashima would make nalu the end game but just because lucy romantically loves natsu, that doesn't mean she needs to revolve around him. And I have never seen carla interact with other characters besides wendy and happy. wait, I can't recall any memories of erza and gray interacting just the two of them without natsu but even if they had one, the interaction would revolve around love and juvia. But I do admit natsu & gray relationship and natsu & wendy sibling-like relationship are cute.

A good friendship is what brings the good in each other. The straw hat is so loyal to their crewmates and trusts them with their life after the adventure and hardship they went through. Plus the staw hat have a lot of moments between them compared to fairy tail.

I'm talking about team natsu in general but if I write about the guild oh boy it's gonna be long. I want to elaborate more but I think I need to reread the manga back to recover my memories. Kinda hope you understand what I'm saying.