#Fairy tail Midnight

[icycoldninja]

Dating Midnight headcannons

cuz everyone loves an emo boi

-Sleeps all the freaking time, as we know, and can fall asleep anywhere, anytime, even standing up. You kinda envy him for that.

-Makes you cuddle with him (unless something important is happening or others are around) because it apparently makes him relaxed.

-His favorite nicknames for you are "my dream" and "darling".

-Lets you do his hair and makeup, though this is mostly because he's too tired and/or lazy to do it himself.

-It's actually better if you do it because one time, he fell asleep while putting on his lipstick and almost swallowed it.

-Whenever he's not committing crimes, he likes following you all over the place, even if he isn't awake most of the time. Just don't take him to any overcrowded areas or you might lose him.

-He has the prettiest eyes and knows it, so when you guys are relaxing together, you'll often catch him staring at you.

-You're very likely to get used as a pillow, which is nice, especially in cold weather, but can also get really hot, stuffy, and generally uncomfortable depending on the temperature.

-Occasionally gets nightmares and wakes up sobbing, so you'll need to comfort him. Poor thing will be a shaking, whimpering mess, it's enough to make you sad just looking at him.

-Actually has great taste in music and movies, and enjoys binge watching TV with you whenever you both have the time.

-Is very weak to jumpscares, as ridiculous as that sounds. If you do something as simple as hiding in the closet and jumping out when he walks in, he'll freak the hell out and refuse to speak to you for the rest of the night.

-Has a skincare routine. Yes, he gatekeeps, but he might let you in on it if you ask.

[moltensmusings]

i would loveeeee to see your redesigns of the oracion seis in their original appearance, i also request giving us feral cobra/erik plz i must see my son

This took me a minute. I was going to wait until we got to that point in our rewatch but didn't want to leave you hanging for weeks. Consider these tentative redesigns that may change once I reach the arc.

Few notes: I want to keep angel relatively the same but with my own twist on her outfit.

I acknowledge cobra's design is personal preference for me. Honestly I think Cobra being calm and terrifying works well, especially if we save his unhinged nature for post timeskip when he's seeking out Cubelios. I do hope retracting fangs, unhinging jaws, and extreme flexibility somewhat meets your quota.

Hoteye doesn't have a canon reason to look like he does outside of being Wally's brother so I tossed the geometric shapes and kept the "grabbing at being rich" look.

For the final three it's more minor alterations than heavy changes. Brain was hard to change but I did want to adjust some elements I wasn't a fan of. Racer and Midnight just got some personal touches of mine.

Hope you enjoy!

[fearser]

You know what time it is!!!! New favorite chapter, although I really hope this isn’t the typical oracion seis gets their asses kicked and someone else steps in (natsu) I just want them to win their battles. plz stop making them look weak Hiro, I’m begging 😩😩

[luminosityspecter]

He might be non-binary but He's too busy being evil to really think about it

(redraw from this month's @fairytail-redraw :3c I FINALLY DID IT)

[thehiddenrewrite]

A @fairytail-redraw with my redesigned Midnight! :>

[lisannastraussisanangel]

I’m obsessed with them

[fairytail-redraw]

It's gonna be May

The fairy tail redraw event is open to all artists (whether you are traditional or digital) and editors!

The rules are simple:

Pick a prompt to redraw or edit (or 2, or all of em if you feel like it!)

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When you're done, @ this blog in your post and use the tag #fairytailredraw for it to be reblogged here and that's it! All there is to it!

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So no pressure on being late!

Have any questions? Look here or shoot the blog a question!

(Reblog to help get the prompts around!)

[writing-and-rebloging]

Found this in my drafts and while old, it was quite good? So, Oracion Seis and Crime Sorciere hc, because why not!

While they "voluntarily" join CS, it's no secret that oracion seis were children kidnapped and forced into slavery by a cult, who's first hope of upheaval turned around, simply replaced the cultists with even colder cruelty, and Macbeth is particularly bitter about the way things turned out.

Years of being helpless, years of enduring torture in the name of becoming strong and being able to stand on his own, but even after he beated Jellal to a pulp in the Nirvana incident, the second Jellal had him by the collar, yelling in his face, Macbeth felt like a child again. Weak, useless, unable to defend himself, with the only choice of compliance to survive. Jellal did threaten to throw them in a hole again, after all.

Macbeth's relationship with Meredy is strained at best. He doesn't particularly have anything against her, other than siding with the man that abused them, even if for a short while, but Meredy hated his guts from the get-go, and with good reason.

Meredy was forced to watch Jellal get beaten up, told to stay put, and had to watch an illusion of the only person she holds as dear as Ultear getting murdered. And she's rightfully resentful of the fact. She held it against Jellal even, for a considerable while, before she could bring herself to forgive him. But it's different with the others. They're nothing of hers, and while Richard may explain their pain and qualms about Jellal, the fact remains that he's the only one she has left, and she refuses to see that fight in a different light. Partially because she knows Jellal's and her own intentions, the noble core of redeeming themselves however messed up it's execution was, and partially because they're strangers and she places the ones she loves before random people. Perhaps, if she ever got truly close to them, she'd see it was the worst call possible to try and fight them.

While not as bad as it could have been, they were still cruel, and Meredy can't let it go just like that, especially with Macbeth. He was the one who casted the illusion, who decided to show her her worst fear to keep her away and desestabilize her, and even when she initially tried to put on a mask and approach them with kind words, only Richard met her halfway, while the rest openly rejected her. It would be a long way before it's water under the bridge, if ever. Conscious or not, his actions would come across as antagonistic to her, even if he has a good point. At the end of the day, Jellal is the only one she has on her corner, and as such, she will defend him to the bitter end, even when his methods are wrong. Or perhaps, especially when his methods are wrong. With time and an apology, or some acknowledgment that he hurt her, however faint, it could be bridged enough for actual kind words, but until then, Meredy will defend her position of politeness being the best she can do.

While civil, the them vs us mentality remains, and it's mostly up to Jellal and Richard to try and make the bridge, if it can be built at all.

Although he's highly social, Erik is also the protective kind, and between the things in their childhood that involved Jellal, the beat up, and Meredy's hostility, he's left with no desire to interact with those two outside of a surface, amicable workplace relationship, and prefers to hang out with his brothers and sister.

While they are the girls of the group, Meredy and Sorano don't get along. Meredy felt like maybe she could approach the woman, they're the only girls after all! But it didn't work at all. Meredy holds too much of a grudge, and Sorano is downright vicious. Meredy doesn't like them, and Jellal even humiliated them while doing the "convincing"; calling their names, recounting their lives. Yes, Sorano wants to be free, and maybe good enough to go back to her little sister, but she's also petty and proud, so she won't even even pretend to like them.

Richard is the most open of OS. He believes they can heal and move forward, and Jellal is trying to make amends, so why not try? Yes, he'll still protect his siblings above all, but he will talk to Jellal and Meredy casually and try to bring the group together.

Sawyer is probably the easiest to convince out of the four of them, but it's still not easy. No mater how much Richard tries to put in a good word, the fact remains that Jellal was just as bad as the cultists, and Sawyer wanted to run away from everything too much to simply accept being in the same space as that man. He far prefers to hang out with his siblings anyway. He may open up to Meredy in the end, but it's a long shot.

They are happy for Meredy and Jellal, in a way, mostly out of longing for the same. If Jellal of all people can get together with Erza and potentially join Fairy Tail, they can find their brother and sister and go back to them. They can live peaceful lives with the ones of their choosing. They can actually have connections and forgiveness. ...right?

Speaking of siblings. It takes less than two hours for the others to accept Wally and Yukino as their own siblings, and they're just as fierce while protecting them as they are with the siblings they grew up with.

After the guild was dissolved, none of them spoke to Jellal for pleasure alone. Whether it was information exchange or something else, there's always business involved.

[chocor0se]

no because rewatching fairy tail after a while and seeing this man-

like. wow. i’m feeling things.

[eatinmabiscuits]

@fairytail-redraw the tags r gonna put me on the swifty side of tumblr

[whosyourfavevoicedby-polls]

[fairytail-whathesays]

Oh? Now I'm curious about your specific ideas about Macbeth, if you don't mind sharing those too

Also! Take the time you need. And good luck on your job

In order to rationalize my way through this ship, I'm gonna go into Midnight a little bit and my personal thoughts on him. Check the content warning tags.

Midnight, to me, displays acute symptoms of PTSD from his time in the Tower; all of the Seis have this going for them, of course, but Midnight's is the worst. He exercises hyper-vigiliance through both his magic and mannerisms, and his intense sadism to me is probably a reflection (pun intended) of the overtly violent place he was raised in.

Midnight has very warped and unhealthy concepts of love, as well. I believe he gets better about this as the Seis as a whole do, but it was him that was most attached to Brain and feared abandonment by him the most.

As a result, I feel like it would be difficult if not outright impossible for Midnight, as he currently is, to create a healthy and lasting relationship. I don't think it's impossible forever, but I think any relationship he tried to have would likely have to be filtered through his various issues with control, domination, and sadism. You thought Cobra was a briefcase full of issues with relationships? Midnight is a whole nother story. He carries the knives used against him in his skin and flesh and soul and lets them out against the outside world to feel in control.

With this in mind, and affecting how he shows any affection and what it takes for him to do, then we can start seeing whether Laxus would play ball:

Midnight, before he can even begin conceptualizing genuine affection (because he will categorize it as a mere playful interest before anything else) goes through about ten layers of domination first.

When he finds "prey" he "likes", his intent is to keep them and amuse himself by opening them up, both emotionally and physically. Even if he were to feel a real love for someone it would likely be couched in these terms and put through these lenses first. He wants to hurt his lover. He wants to see them bleed. He wants to look down on them, look into their eyes, and see himself reflected back, standing tall and clean and unbroken.

With that in mind, here's the filters that all potential people get strained through, and what makes Midnight start paying attention to a person:

Immaculate appearance: Midnight takes extreme precision care of his own appearance, not one single eyelash out of place. People that have their own sense of style and seem to keep themselves in perfect presentability are the first choices. He wants someone who understands the pains he goes through to be the person he presents as. Laxus tenuously passes this benchmark.

Strong-willed and tough: Any potential lover of Midnight needs to be able to take a lot before breaking--both physically and emotionally. An opponent is no fun to break if they're weak and fold on the first round, and can't withstand the games he plays. Laxus passes this benchmark.

Low-energy, non-chaotic: Midnight likes being able to predict and counter another's decisions, and this is incorporated into his style of love just as much as anything else. He dislikes unpredictability and having to second-guess people, and dislikes excess noise for sure. Laxus tenuously passes this benchmark.

Once those three filters are passed, then we move on to what Midnight wants when he's serious about a person:

The true goal of the mistreatment Midnight puts a lover through isn't necessarily to win outright--as this reinforces his idea of his lover being beneath him and, therefore, unable to fully understand him--but nor is it to be endured and shaken off, as that gives the impression he wasn't enough to truly matter to his lover. What his ultimate endgame is when doing this sado-masochism tango is finding someone who will take all he has to give, bend under its weight and cry out against its sharpness, and crumple...but get back up.

The subconscious message received from this is the one Midnight needs, which is that what he's been through is terrible (true and valid), but that he can get back up from it (also true and valid).

Can Laxus provide this?

I don't know, and it kind of depends on the scenario. I have an AU resting in the word doc void where Laxus gets picked up by Tartaros or Grimoire Heart instead of wandering the land and improving as a person.

What if that was the Oracion Seis instead? Kind of hard to figure, because it happens so soon after the Fantasia arc, but let's suppose that that's where it went. Maybe Laxus actually tried to do good and take down a dark guild by himself. It's not outside monstrous power like his, and Brain is just arrogant enough to hire him thinking he can counteract any infiltration tactics by Laxus.

Maybe he thinks that because Cobra can hear Laxus' thoughts, he doesn't have to worry. Maybe he doesn't realize that Cobra can hear all of Laxus' thoughts, including the intimate details of dragonslaying lacrimae that Brain didn't share. Or that Cobra will hear thoughts he actually likes.

Maybe he thinks that because Angel can mimic anyone she likes, and can access their secrets, she'll sabotage him before he can do anything. Maybe he doesn't count on her coming to actually like him, too.

Maybe he thinks that because Laxus is so beaten down after getting excommunicated from Fairy Tail, that Midnight can relegate him to a plaything that isn't to be worried about and prey on his fears enough to destroy any treasonous thoughts.

Maybe Midnight didn't anticipate pushing Laxus so hard he actually lashed out and gave him a taste of raw unfiltered power, maybe not giving him what he wanted but proving in a roundabout way that Midnight's games have two players, and that neither one has to choose to play. And suddenly Midnight can't sleep so easily with what he's done to people, when someone he claims to love but openly mistreats sleeps lightly nearby.

I think they would break up badly if it happened this way. But I think humbling Midnight early on might actually be healthy for him, and Laxus too, if the lesson Laxus takes from it is that domination of the weak actually really sucks.

And Laxus would forever be resented as the beast Midnight couldn't tame and got away. And maybe only then does he realize he actually loved Laxus beyond just making prey or a plaything out of him.

[moltensmusings]

I’m curious about your interpretation of the Oración Seis in the Key of the Starry Heavens Arc. Considering it’s related to the church and religion and what not.

This ask funny enough made me actually watch a fairy tail episode for the first time in years. The fact that a heavy Lucy centric arc that focuses on religion is filler does drive me insane.

Notes for these designs:

They're made under the idea that oracion seis got broken out of prison years before the arc and have worked their way into the church.

I think Zentopia is meant to be an alternate religion, not the main one followed by the citizens of earthling in canon so that's what I'm operating under

I feel like this wasn't fully what you meant but I'm a sucker for sketching characters in religious garb so here we are.

Still currently watching through the arc so I'm sorry if I missed someone in the group. May add them in later.

[fearser]

Thank you Hiro Mashima for this wonderful gift. My babies are BACK!!!!!

[xxthe-hidden-spyxx]

Saw that you ship Cobra x Midnight. While I don't ship them too much myself... The clothes Macbeth is wearing when OS fights against Jellal (I can't recall chapters, sorry), and the clothes Erik has in 100 year quest's chapter 143 front page are oddly similar ;)

I noticed that too lol. It also looks as if Midnight was wearing a variation of Cobra's coat: A long white trench coat with a furry collar.

The two of them 100% bounce fashion ideas off of each other. :>

[thehiddenrewrite]

Starting off the redesigns for my rewrite, here we have Midnight!