#cheney is there too!

[leveloneandup]

Megan Rapinoe celebrates Team United States first goal during the Women's Gold Medal match between Brazil and United States of America during the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Parc des Princes on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photos by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

[acnologias-ass]

The dragons and Zeref should be paying Anna more for this job (they don't pay her at all)

[happilychee]

fairy tail dragon slayer headcanons pt. 1

♡ what the first gen and second gen dragon slayers eat is pretty self-explanatory. all of their elements are... somewhat tangible. sting and rogue though? they're still figuring it out. rogue wonders if he can eat someone else's shadow, and sting immediately volunteers himself. "for science!" he says. the result is that sting almost passes out. oops. he insists they try on their friends, much to rogue's displeasure. the results are that sting is the most susceptible, then yukino, rufus, orga, and minerva is the least susceptible to magic drainage. sting insists rogue tries to eat an inanimate object's shadow, and nothing happens to it, so they decide that's the way to go.

♡ when wendy eats air, the oxygen levels thin. she has to be careful or she'll cause her allies and enemies alike to pass out. when sting eats light, the area gets darker and darker. this is great for rogue, who starts eating the shadows, and they manage to balance each other out.

♡ sting insists that different types of light taste differently. his favorite is light from golden hour, right when the sun is dipping below the horizon. moonlight will do in a pinch, but it's so diluted that it takes way more of it to recover sting's magic. he also gets sick if he eats too much moonlight.

♡ pantherlily already has transformation magic and enhanced strength, and carla learns to transform so she can help wendy fight. the other three exceeds feel... a little left out. happy learns how to fly faster and for longer (though he still complains about lucy being heavy). lector goes to porlyusica and wendy to learn some stamina regeneration spells for sting. everyone is surprised when frosch, completely on their own, manages to learn an adorable light spell that creates floating pink bubbles. rogue can consume the shadows from them without worrying about draining frosch's magic, and he spends the entire afternoon crying about it.

♡ dragon slayers are a bit like crows. their way of bonding with someone is through gifting trinkets. natsu will bring lucy, erza, and even gray pretty rocks or seashells that he's found on jobs. wendy picks up a new craft or hobby every week, so the members of fairy tail are constantly recieving handmade accessories from her (gajeel helps during the metalsmithing phase). gajeel does not buy cute things for people. he is like a dad in the fact that, when juvia mentions she wants watermelon, he buys her 20 watermelons. walking math problem fr.

♡ laxus has mixed feelings about his more draconic features and habits. he's never loved his magic because of the way he got it, and the memory of his father basically torturing him as he inserted the lacrima will stay with him forever. he tends to suppress dragon instincts more than anyone else in the group, and they all scold him for it. on a rare occasion, laxus will give in and buy something shiny (like a hairclip) for wendy. she has a little jewelry box for them that she guards fiercely.

♡ cobra considers himself more of a flying snake than a dragon. he once drew a picture that sent everyone into a laughing fit. he prefers to stick with the old oración seis crew, but the guild dragon slayers are always happy to see him when he stops by with crime sorcière.

♡ sting, because of his heightened senses and his affinity for light, prefers nighttime. the day can often be overwhelming, and overexposure to bright settings and lots of people leaves his skin buzzing. he likes to sit in the dim guild hall, leaning against the cool stone wall, as the chatter of the crowd quiets down with the setting sun.

♡ dragon slayers all have the Bite instinct. some exercise a degree of control about it, and others go crazy with it. wendy will very gently nibble on erza or mira's arm when she's in the mood, and sometimes she does it absentmindedly. natsu, on the other hand, is an absolute menace. multiple of erza's armor sets have natsu-shaped bite marks on them. he tends to go after her the most because he knows he won't hurt her with the armor. when natsu's more calmed down, he will chomp on lucy's shoulder. gajaeel copes by eating all of fairy tail's silverware (mira starts buying ceramic spoons), but when levy offers her wrist to him he can't help it.

♡ rogue is another one who doesn't really bite people. he, very rarely, nips at frosch's ears, which causes the exceed to giggle. sting is a Biter like natsu, but with slightly more decorum. he really wants to go at it but will restrain himself because most people aren't willing to be treated like a chew toy. luckily for him, gray and cana aren't most people! because they both wear pretty exposing clothing, gray and cana have no qualms about showing off sting's bite marks on their skin. sting always turns bright red when they tease him about it.

♡ laxus and cobra don't really feel the Bite instinct due to being second gen, but cobra is a little shit and bites people for the fun of it. laxus is completely unbothered when natsu clings to him like a koala and gnaws at him.

[jdsquared]

[auduux]

In my opinion, fraxus and stingue need more fans.

[lisannastraussisanangel]

Oooh body horror of dragon slayers love to see what u come up with 😈 ~

You get me! I'm so excited to do this!

Natsu's veins look like actual lava. Most times its very faint and you can't see it but when he gets mad they glow

His blood is so hot that it burns through things. He got a nose bleed once and melted a table

If he uses dragon force too often, his skin starts to blister and peel like super bad burns.

He also has a ton of burn scars. He didn't build up a tolerance to heat overnight and almost all of his body has rough, painful looking scars (little Natsu was always wrapped in bandages)

Gajeel's dead skin is straight iron and can give people tiny cuts. He wears a ton of lotion because any bit of roughness can hurt the people close to him

This is also the case for cuts on his body. The edges of the wounds sharpen and make it almost impossible to get stitches or bandages. He's also injured several doctors

His eyes and skin end up yellowing with age because of the extreme amount of iron in his body

His skin is either insanely cold or hot. If he gets too hot his skin turns bright red and sizzles. Too cold and he can actually freeze over (also yes, he rusts especially around his fingers and toes)

If Wendy uses her Dragon Force too much, she starts sprouting little feather nubs in her normal form. She has to pull them out with tweezers. It's very painful

Overtime her face and hands develop muscle spasms and tremors. She has a hard time controlling her expressions and gets to the point where she can't even hold items because her hands shake so violently

When she uses too much magic, her skin starts to turn blue from lack of oxygen. She has passed out from it before but it's very rare. The blue is almost every time and her lips are now constantly blue

Her finger nails are black/brown from the lack of oxygen in her blood. Overtime her finger tips turn the same color, but the nails start soon after her first dragon force (she hid it by painting her nails but had to tell others once her actual fingers started to turn)

Laxus' veins are also insane. They mostly look crazy like lighting bolts across his entire body. Drawing blood from him is a nightmare. Especially because his veins are incredibly thin too

He also has a shit ton of burn scars. More so on his hands and arms but also the inside of his mouth is incredibly scarred because of use of his magic

His entire back is covered in those lightning bolt scars too. They are not super visible but if you get up close it's insane

Erik's blood is straight acid. Just a papercut is enough to seriously injure someone. It's so strong that he can't even be operated on.

His skin is super thin. Like if you shine a strong flashlight on him, you can see all his veins and stuff

Because Sting's entire body makes light, he has like an insane amount of sun damage. His skin is very rough, cracked, and often has random burn spots scattered around his body

Rogue straight up feels like a dead body. When he was a kid, he looked like one too. Too skinny, bones popping out, super pale, and cold. As he got older he learned how to bulk up, but his magic still takes it's toll on his body

His pupils are always super big. Like you can barely see his eye color because his pupils are massive. Because of this, his eyes look absolutely massive

[phoenix-before-the-flame]

Acnologia when he's fighting the dragon slayers-

[medinaquirin]

The utter blind hypocrisy of people criticizing Dems for trying to court too far Right while gleefully upholding the Right's obsession with moral purity and making the "right" people suffer.

[patentedsun]

Ifl we don't talk enough about how well Natsu actually dealt with the whole frosch rogue gray convolution. Like I was impressed... his decisions were so sound and logical I was like wtfff is this even natsu— no I'm jokin but it's been a little while since my rewatch so my memory may not be perfect, but let me try break it down.

tldr we love emotionally mature natsu, he did his best as gray's temporary PR manager slash image protector, and he prevented a rogue gray civil war from happening.

Firstly, he didn't mention it to ANYONE in that one year period. You can maybe debate about the importance of confiding in someone here but ifl this was the right choice.

He still kept it in mind tho, and he was smart enough to use the info to track down Gray's whereabouts when even Juvia had no leads. Obviously for gray to kill frosch, they would have to meet, so using Frosch's would be location to narrow down Gray was a genius move on his part.

And then his little speech to Lucy before going to sabertooth. it was essentially like: I know it may seem like I'm not trusting gray, but don't worry. I do trust him, but for this to work out, I need to be someone who doesn't trust him.

Like yk maybe he could've worded it better since Lucy was confused as hell. But he was still smart enough to at least try and intercept any possible suspicions from Lucy early on 😭

And then he tells rogue to stay put no matter what, and even puts his trust in Minerva to ensure this. Like yeah giving no context would make them curious, but the alternative is being like HEY GRAY WILL KILL YOUR CAT which... would not have gone well... I guess natsu could've tried to be vague about what causes frosch's death? but ifl bringing up rogues potential villain arc to the present good guy rogue wouldn't have been a good choice either.

Lucy and Happy are confused as hell because from their POV natsu rlly is just going 🐸 + 👥 = ❄️ ?? so after a bit of thinking, Natsu finally explains his thought process. But even THEN, he just mentions that future rogue met gray as an enemy. He doesn't bring up anything about gray killing frosch, and iirc he keeps that bit to himself through the entire show. I'm sure he trusted Lucy and Happy, but I think he tried his best to avoid painting gray as an irredeemable villain at any cost (see: his speech to Lucy early on too). Like meeting as an enemy is vague and could just be forgivable beef but letting people know that gray has the potential to kill someone everyone knows and loves would have been... so messy... and imagine the mess if it somehow circulated back to gray we would've had a 5 episode subplot about gray battling his capacity to be evil based on an event that never even happens.

Like idk it feels like he managed to dodge so many potential conflicts there. Anyways it's not me if I don't take a piss at 100yq but I was joking ab how the current natsu would've just told rogue to STAY PUT GRAY KILLS FROSCH OTHERWISE. And. Yeah.

[lookninjas]

The funniest thing about Dick Cheney (apparently) endorsing Kamala Harris is watching Twitter bots scream HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A COMMIE

About Dick Cheney.

(Also the one with the Russian flag pfp and RUSSIA-Z as a handle going "Trump is sure to win!" Like bud, did you forget to switch accounts?)

[sun-stricken]

More protective dragon slayers please? 🙏

Gray watching the slayers hang out and go on jobs together: :(

Gray after being ‘adopted’: :| (secretly loving it)

Sting considering putting a gps chip on Gray only to find Juvia’s one already there and getting mad.

Sting: How dare she!

Gray: how dare you!

Wendy being the most protective.

Slayers getting jealous of Gray hanging out with Lyon. (Just wait until Natsu tells them about Galuna island).

Rogue uses Frosch to trick Gray into therapy

Someone comments on Gray’s nudity/makes suggestive comments and Wendy gets mad. Wendy: He’s too young!

My personal headcannon is that memento mori made Gray more demon so he’s got a bit of a taste for blood. He was going to keep it secret but after defeating Avatar one of the members were like ‘they’ll never accept you. You’re a monster!’.

Also that Avatar messed Gray up. He just casually mentions his initiation (ie torture) or Briar and Jerome being a bit too friendly, or not being able to get out a blood stain. And everyone is just wtf?

Sorry for the ramble! It’s just nice to get these ideas out

don’t apologize! i love seeing other peoples hcs!

i refer to the dragon slayers dragon as it or they bc i classify it as kind of a separate entity? same with grays demon

More dragon slayers beinng protective of gray for the soul! (these are more just them and gray hcs i have, but the protectiveness is implied)

TW IMPLIED SEXUAL HARRASSMENT

its a lot so vv

Gray gets sick a lot, and its never just a simple cold or small fever, its always smth vaguely serious

and the dragons absolutely despise it, they also despise that its not something they can just destroy

Every time Gray gets sick all their inner dragons are immediately running in circles with the need to make him feel better

He sniffles once or gets a tiny scrape and theres a multitude of crashes and yelling to find blankets, med kits, and trying to find the best spot for him to sit down at

Wendy is extra feral and protective during these times

(which is saying a lot bc her dragon is definitely the most protective normally, whether bc its young or bc theyre a healer so thats their job to protect doesnt matter, it just is)

she has bitten people for getting too close (ie. within 40 ft) to them, even if theyre in a public place

Shes also forgotten shes a healer multiple times bc her dragon was so hellbent on the good old fashioned hands on approach

During one of the times he was bedridden at home, they found an book with Isvan style recipes in it, then proceeded to try and make something from it

they failed, they are complicated recipes and they probably wouldve failed home ec

but its the thought that counts and count it did bc Gray practically threw himself at them in a hug when they told him what they tried to do

GOING OFF THE HC OF DEVIL SLAYERS SLEEPING A LOT THING LIKE CATS (ty @bluneko91 for the idea) i think Gray in general has always been the type to sleep anywhere and everywhere

but now he can actually easily get to those hard to reach places and nap, and hes a menace with it

a weekly occurrence at the Fairy Tail guild is half the dragon slayers frantically searching for their demon slayer, looking in his past usual haunts (at the bar, on a table, under a table, makarovs office, on the stairs somewhere, the more random the more likely)

only for him to be found on the rafters 100 ft off the ground

when they find him they have about a good 7 seconds of peace before they verge yet another cardiac event bc holy shit oh god hes gonna fall!!

another common scene is Gray sleeping (in less dangerous places) and having various token dragon slayer clothes covering him

The dragons asking Gray if he wants to go on a job with them, only for him to (reluctantly) decline bc Lyon is in town and they have plans

then proceeding to sulk the whole job

Natsu was sulking the most, and spilt what happened on Galuna

and suddenly Lyon and Gray had 5 fuming dragons following them

(and if Lyon got graphic threats if he ever fucked up again he never said anything)

Gray is a hit of a wanderer, not in a ‘getting lost/bad at directions’ way, but in a ‘likes to see the scenery/has a feeling and doesnt voice it, just goes with it’ kinda way

Hes done this enough times and is quiet enough about it the others dont realize till hes gone

On one of the jobs he took with Rogue & Sting they half jokingly and half seriously threaten him with a tracker

and Gray says that Juvia probably already has one of him

Rogue and Sting not having a whole lot of context on that asks what he means, and then gets a disturbing account of some of the things shes done

Lets just say the feelings they harbor for her and for the people who let it continue are neither kind nor pretty

they probably ripped the other slayers a new one when they got back

Contrary to popular belief, ice mages can get cold, it takes a hell of a lot more than an average person but it does happen.

Gray probs mentioned this once and now when it rains or snows-

Laxus throws his coat at Gray, Natsu offers to share his scarf and using his fire to warm him up, Rogue drapes his cloak around him

its a very soft image and i needed to share it

Gray starting to push the other slayers away bc hes struggling with his demon instincts and because hes scared hes going to become a monster and hurt them

them not taking any of that shit

reassuring him that he would never become something cruel and evil

hes becoming a demon, hes not a monster, not a murderer

Ppl are frequently gross about Grays stripping habit

its one of the only things that made him genuinely try to stop

People tend to think since hes so obviously confident in his body that its okay to touch him whenever and however they want

the dragon slayers are inclined to disagree

Gajeel breaking some guys arm after he wouldnt keep his hands to himself

Laxus spilling water on someone whose personal dictionary didnt include ‘No’ then repeatedly shocked them until they werent in reach

Wendy having to be (reluctantly, they just dont want her to get in trouble tbh) held back when someone keeps making comments on his body after he told them to fuck off

that did not stop her from giving them the worst insults and threats anybody has ever heard

[if she went back to find them again nobody would know, i mean, and they were perfectly intact! not a scratch on them! and who was gonna believe that a sweet girl like her would harm anybody?:)]

Gray has been threatened with being wrapped in bubble wrap after being injured so many times, which is crazy considering its Natsu of all people who says it

They have gotten really comfortable with eachother

and i mentioned once smth abt the slayers having little private hang outs (jobs or normal get together or ‘meeting’ type things at guilds)

during one of these he casually mentioned what he had to endure to be accepted into Avatar

“yeah, they locked me in a kiln like room for hours every couple days”

jaw drops galore

“i beg your fucking pardon.”

“oh yeah, dw tho, it usually overlapped with the deprivations days so i wasnt fully aware of what was going on, didnt even hurt”

“THE FUCKING WHAT”

*increasing volume of worried and angry sounds*

I think Natsu is also a total cat magnet, so when Gray is having an off day he’ll go in search for a cat

when they approach him, he picks them up and drops them in Grays lap and waits

it always helps him feel better

im trying to imagine Gray getting a date and them all trying to discreetly spy on it

“Gaj, the pole doesnt exactly hide y—“

“SSHH THEYLL HEAR YOU—!”

OH MY GOD IMAGINE THE SHOVEL TALKS

sorry this took a minute!! i have a lot to say but not enough words

[oulkheir]

yes frosh your shadowish buddy completely wants to share his ice cream with sting.

(thats super chaotic. was too lazy to shade it properly.)

[alphacrone]

my villain origin story is that my tenth grade english teacher misunderstood the ending of 1984 and argued with me over it in front of the entire class and would not even consider that i was right (i was)

[castkorb]

sting and rogue....rogue WILLINGLY giving himself to sting knowing that he would finish the job. so much trust, faith , vulnerability... THEYRE. IN . LOVE.

if mashima had even a fraction of the ft fandom's brain with writing characters the world would be a glorious place...LMAOOO

anon you just fed gasoline to my brainrot I hope you're satisfied

Every time I think how poetic these two and how canon they are not I'm at risk of combustion

Yes, Rogue willingly gave up his power knowing how dangerous it was to Sting because he's the only one he trusts to not succumb to it and very likely hinted because he knows what future Rogue did to Sting and he's set to avoid that ending at any cost and he makes me SICK

But actually I need to talk about Sting too because not everyone realizes he too gave himself up for Rogue (and sabertooth for that matter) in so many occasions, Rogue wants to avoid Sting dying at any cost but Sting IS willing to die for him -and tecnically, he did, but that's a brainrot for another day lmao-

My very favorite example is the Larcade fight of course.

It was set that he needed to win, not for himself -which is a huge estatement, comparing it to Sting during the games- but for the pride sabertooth lost because of what he thinks him, he's set on winning however it takes for the rest of the people there, so much that he even knocked them out to take all of Larcade's attacks on his own

The moment that absolutely breaks me is this one right here, he wasn't thinking about himself during the war, he was thinking about fairy tail of all things, because he needs to repay how they saved his guild

And then Rogue shows up and inmediately demands Sting to eat his power -which makes me think for how long had Rogue planned this out-

And maybe I'm reading far too much into it idk but for a moment Sting looks unsure of taking it, one because he doesn't think he can hold that much power -again, probably compraing himself to Natsu or Gajeel-

but also if you think about it, he knows better than anyone what the shadows mean to Rogue, it must've shocked him how willing Rogue was of just, letting him take them after everything he's been through but then again he must've thought "if he's giving me his power, then that means there's no one else who can do it" and that's enough, that's all he needs to take the magic that is (and was) able to destroy the world in his hands because Rogue asked him to

And then the parallels between future Rogue and Sting, the way Rogue looks completely smitted because he knows, he probably has more confidence than Sting on winning, because he said it himself, if there's anyone who's able to will the shadows or kill them, it's him

but most of all it's the fact that Sting is most likely unaware of this, he's blind to the effect he has on Rogue -and others- and probably just thinks it's his duty to take everything for the sake of others because it's what he deserves for being sabertooth's master -which also it's probably an unconcious thought of "punishing" the sabertooth master that hurt so many people, even if it wasn't him, again, brainrot for another day-

See now I need to call my therapist again

[frobby]

When I was in like middle school someone told me that they thought that sting and rogue were brothers and I think about that every fucking day

[bizarrobrain]

"I may very well be number two on that list, so I know what I'm talking about."