#erza scarlet

[meldingumbra]

I'm not sure if this is a unpopular opinion or whatever but deadass the best episodes of Fairy Tail are the in between slice of life intermission episodes.

I'm talking the episode where the main cast switched bodies. It gave Levy some attention which made what happened to her in the following arc more impactful.

The episode where Juvia accidentally curses the guild as they all deem each other their rivals (Erza squaring up against a pillar and Gray throwing hands with a flying cat)

The episode where Wendy goes on her first mission and we see Freed be the biggest guy failure of all time.

The episode where Macao and Wakaba go through a midlife crisis and turn into monsters while Erza loses her mind and decides to be a superhero for a day.

Those kind of episodes really make me appreciate the cast and fleshes them out more. Even at point giving certain characters dedicated episodes since they have a moment in the following arc. It's absolutely criminal that I've heard people skip them because they're not canon. You're seriously missing out if you do.

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Jellal be holding on to his sanity there 😂 very pretty art!

“Seduction Armor”

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Erza is the trope of being "not like the other girls" but in the sad defeated way of someone who really really wants to be like the other girls

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Imagine there’s a Magic Competition between the arcane academies of Twisted Wonderland and they have this competition to defeat as many monsters as you can and Erza!MC managed to defeat all 100 of them like in this clip

https://youtu.be/Qa3twRprcsw?si=vhQWL2rbEVZVX26b

𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 🗡️

Erza Scarlet (エルザ・スカーレット Eruza Sukāretto) is an S-Class Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild, wherein she is a member of Team Natsu. She also served as the guild's 7th Guild Master during Makarov's absence in X792.

A magical tournament was held between both prestigious magic schools to defeat as many beasts or monsters as you can and who would be any better than Erza!yuu was chosen to be one

Erza!yuu has been getting ready and training for the tournament to happen working out, training and more to grow stronger. Vil helps them by choosing their diet for their training what food they should consume.

Ace and deuce would encourage them to get stronger and the schools were getting ready for the tournament to happen.

Finally the day of the tournament Erza!yuu was ready and the nrc cheering sides been getting ready and when they appear everyone was cheering.

Grim was shouting as well with ace and deuce holding a signs and shouting non stop towards them, as well jumping around.

Crowley and the rest of staff was cheering not as much as Crowley who was screaming with pure Bliss showing off nrc talent towards the other schools, that gumball meme where he's screaming YESSS, that's him screaming every time Erza!yuu fighting. Crewel also told them not to lose and bring shame upon the schools name as well as Vargas looking at Erza!yuu with encouragement meanwhile trein looking down with an observation look. And sam smilling over Erza!yuu promising if they win they would get a special discount

Crowley reaction :

At heartslabyul ace and deuce are screaming, trey and riddle looking at the tournament amused very confidently on Erza!yuu capabilities meanwhile Carter recorded the entire thing while screaming cheers towards them.

Over at Savana claw Leona is pretending to not be interested but is secretly cheering for their victory, ruggie and jack is shouting word of encouragement towards them.

Meanwhile at octaniville, Azul would be looking for ways to make any profit from this they know many would grow to be fans of Erza!yuu when the tournament is broadcast so he's getting for business, jade is standing by his side looking at fight meanwhile Floyd at the railing screaming.

At scarabia jamil and kalim are sitting looking at the tournament,once in a while kalim would scream word of encouragement towards down there while jamil is just sitting and watching the fight unfold

Pomifiore section, vil is wearing an umbrella to hide himself from the shade as well giving Erza!yuu look of encouragement. Rook was praising Erza!yuu saying how beautiful they look slaying those monster meanwhile epel screaming at Erza!yuu to win.

Ignihyde, idia is kinda scared of Erza!yuu due to the immense power they held and as well saying that they are similar towards those op characters in game while Ortho is holding a holographic sign saying you can do it.

Dismonia malleus and Lilia looking at the tournament with an amused face, silver is sleeping peacefully sebek is screaming at Erza!yuu to not bring shame towards his young master school as well to win for honor.

Meanwhile at RSA magic academy side, Crowley and Merlin keep exchanging looks towards each other they're having a passive aggressive argument meanwhile chenya looking at it with amusement and neige looking at Erza!yuu with admiration.

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Jerza💙❤️

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@fairytail-redraw of my two favorite girls 🥰

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Interesting

How do you think Erza's relationship with Natsu and Gray changed post-Tower of Heaven arc? I know we see it in small ways (i.e. Gray being more open with her in one-on-one heart-to-hearts, Natsu trusting her to win her fights and live in the Battle of Fairy Tail arc, etc) but I was wondering if you had any specific headcanons I guess. Thanks :]

I wonder how long this ask has been in my inbox... sorry for taking so long! I think you might not even remember this ask either, but I'll answer it anyways, thanks!

Now-

I guess the most notable one would be that Erza goes from being the strict mediator of Natsu-Gray fights-- into someone that actively jumps into fights, too. She drifts from her role as the stern, serious knight into a playful enabler. I think this also happen because Lucy is in the fray now. I like to think that as a child, she was always put into the role of the mature, selfless, protective big sister of the group, and so continued it in Fairy Tail all the way to Phantom. After that (after she learned that she doesn't need to lead the battle, doesn't need to sacrifice, doesn't need to be strong, because she can be protected too by her friends--) she learns to let loose and be as cheeky and playful and whimsical as she likes. Like the young girl that used to want to do silly things like fly in the sky on a witch's broom, after TOH, she lets herself play and have fun. Her barrel-surfing at the bar during GMG is a good example.

Another point is her attitude towards love. (I have mixed feelings about Erza becoming local wingwoman in canon, but let's not talk about that today.) Before TOH, she didn't seem all that interested in romance anymore because of what happened to Jellal-- maybe a passing fancy, a sort of 'hey, that's cute' or 'oh, you're a couple, good for you' kind of detached attitude towards it. But after it, I'd love to think she starts jumping into being supportive of romances around her. She's much more perceptive to love between others because she's been holding back her own for so long thinking it was impossible, and she doesn't want anyone else to go through the same pain she did when the world kept getting in the way of her and Jellal's relationship. She naive and innocent, but when it comes to love, she's aware. She knows Alzack and Bisca like each other--- everyone does! She talks to Gray about returning Juvia's feelings. This insightful nature in Erza, borne of being heartbroken many times before--- is why Jerza's the only big four that actually have a long, genuine talk about how they want to advance their relationship each step of the way. This makes Jerza the most well-handled of the big four in my opinion. Not perfect, but it's a rocky, painful relationship that actually feels in some way like a realistic progression between two people trying to take a step towards a future together, considering if they're ready for a relationship before progressing.

Alright, enough Jerza, next.

Following on that Gray point. I really love the way Gray and Erza have a relationship where they truly let their hearts open to each other. Before TOH, it seems as if Gray is always chasing after Erza. From childhood, to TOH, Gray is always going after her, trying to break through her facade of strength to get one over her. It evolves into care after he sees her cry. Erza doesn't start returning this until Galuna, when she point her sword at him and threatens his loyalty Fairy Tail if he doesn't stop. She didn't try to see his perspective, and he threw it all back at her with the threat of 'kill me, then'. That was likely the first instance Erza truly felt Gray actually angry at her. He's been cranky, childishly competitive, and fearful of her--- but never so disappointed and broken. She sees Gray's anger with the same shock as Gray did, when he saw Erza's tears when they were young. Natsu's absent during their backstories, so Erza and Gray are the ones to hear each other out, (including Lucy, our insert character) and they are the ones to truly stand by each other and understand each other in their most vulnerable moments. They fight to get to that point in each other, and to me, they feel closer than they do to Natsu, even though Natsu is undeniably a third piece in their puzzle. It's just a sense that they always go together in a sentence, even though they're not a parallel like Natsu-Gray or Lucy-Levy. Even in Edolas, they come as a set piece naturally, as the two reliable saviours that show up in the nick of time. TOH is where Gray's chase for Erza finally reaches her heart. That's where the pinnacle of the Gray-Erza dynamic is reached, and they become a pair of perfect deuteragonists to Natsu and Lucy.

I'm sorry, as usual, I ramble too much and fail to answer the question.

I do think the easiest way to see changes in Erza after TOH is by how she really becomes a little more 'lax' in things. She joins them in messing around--- first seen in Fantasia, when she pulled out the gothloli. What she chose to show the world wasn't armour, which she's most proud of, she easily sheds the shell around her heart and puts on something silly, something she knows the general public will go crazy for, something brazen. And for some money she doesn't really need. It's just mischief, and she continues this trend into her fight with Evergreen, where she doesn't actually punish her for what she did. Even though she had all intentions to go through with consequences back on Galuna with Team Natsu, enough to abandon a crisis so they could learn their lesson about betraying the guild master. Evergreen truly betrayed the guild master, but she gets off with a slap on the wrist, because Erza learned the value of life, of unconditional care for friends, and being betrayed by Jellal didn't dull her ability to have grace for her enemies and forgive them.

Back to the point about Erza being the big sister, protector. She was the Jeanne d'arc of the tower-- the leader of the charge, the one that had to fight so everyone could continue, the one that motivated the battle to the end. Even though she didn't want to fight, she selflessly fought, for everyone's freedom. This continues all the way to TOH, but we most prominently see it in the first few arcs. She hears of a rumour in a bar and leads a team out to fight Eisenwald. She didn't have to, but she did, because she knew someone had to. She threw herself in front of Jupiter knowing it was reckless, and came back to fight Aria, too. She was ready to die when Jose had her. TOH even more so. She always charges ahead, thinking she was the strongest and thus she had to. But in Fantasia, that changes. Here, she willingly back down against Laxus despite knowing she was a much better fight--- she entrusts the role to Natsu instead, because she's learned that she doesn't need to fight the biggest enemies anymore. She knows she can fall back and watch someone else do the job instead. If that isn't growth from the pacifist that was forced to be Jeanne d'arc, I don't know what.

Alright, that was long. Glad to be back!

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Fairy Tail couples by 序川_

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oh team natsu how i love u

[dadoodler25]

Fairy Tail is so fucking funny to me, because the main characters are literally this:

Gray: Seems like a normal guy, but then you notice he strips constantly, without even realizing it. Has attempted to kill himself multiple times.

Lucy: Ex-heiress who was surprising well adjusted to spending, just trying to not be homeless, is so done with everybody's shit. Doesn't even have the energy to hide it anymore.

Erza: Also seems normal, but just hides it better, murdered people for strawberry cake, actually an idiot around her peers.

Wendy: She's 12 but she's unironically the most emotionally and academically intelligent, and normal.

Natsu: Freak of nature, and in general.

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Pt 1

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by 序川@xuchuan25

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Fairy Tail character bases

(pretend Wendy, Gajeel and Laxus don't have motion sickness)

I changed some things to make it more accurate

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INTERESTING

One thing that always confused me was why erza was such a good fighter even as a kid. She was starving and exhausted most of her life and had almost no magic experience, so how was she able to beat gray, a kid who is both healthy and trained in magic.

I've come up with a couple of theories, but the big one is that the scarcity of food in the tower made stealing pretty common, and since erza was a child, she was an easy target. That's why, despite having no training, she knows how to use tools as weapons and knows where to hit people so they stay down. When fighting gray it was purely physical and, despite the fact gray was physically stronger, erza would have been used to fighting people bigger and stronger than herself. She can't hit as hard as gray can, but she can hit where it hurts most and she's got a much higher tolerance for pain then he does.

I've also noticed that erzas fighting style is consistently characterized by those 2 skills, especially in moments of desperation. Her regular fighting style is extremely reactive to the opponent, hence her armor changes, and in fights she doesn't think she can win she relies on her endurance and ability to take a hit to outlast her opponent. This is kinda how I see laxus vs erza playing out, laxus has a lot of power but his magic type is also heavy on power consumption, erza pulls out a tie by using her sheer endurance to force him into exhausting himself.

Anyway ramble session over it might make a complete post analyzing characters fighting styles cuz I love doing that but those are just some thoughts for now

[gymjunkie412]

🧡Cute Nalu Comic🧡

Little headcanon: IF nalu got together, I'm definitely sure Lucy would ask Natsu to help with her cramps and all. He doesn't mind since he gets cuddle sessions 😉 But with a magical heating pad replacing him? While he is with her? He said, "Nah, this is stupid. I'm here for God's sake!"

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A little gruvia too hihi.

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This is inspired by those very useful heating pads that can heats itself up. Those are very much life savers for me when I'm having those bad days.