#ft erza

[phoenix-before-the-flame]

She has standards that won't drop, no matter the circumstance

[shiiro-arts]

Lucy as Aphrodite, Goddess of Love

She is a girls girl FIGHT ME

Extra designs :)

[vvixes]

Erza: That's it! You're in time out! Get on top of the fridge!

Natsu: This guild is a fucking NIGHTMARE!

[1010-melody]

🐼

[fantazi13]

[dragon-toad]

HOT TAKE : Makarov was a bad father (and a bad grandfather)

I'm expecting a big wave of hate with this one... BUT LET ME EXPLAIN

We can dive into the generational trauma theory : we know Yuri has been profoundly hurt by his wife's death (giving birth to Makarov) and this is a thing we should consider. In most cases, people live with the burden of the death of their partner until they die, which could have been Yuri's case. And the idea that somehow his wife died for his son... Well, angst potential.

Now : death of a loved one + wife who dies giving birth to his son = difficult father-son relationship

And even if Yuri didn't do it intentionally, there could have been a distance between the father and the son, and it has repercussions on the futur.

So yes, it maybe happened completely differently, but let's consider this hypothesis to understand what comes after :

Makarov was raised in the guild, where everybody is friendly. The only thing is his daddy issues. He ends up considering the guild more important, so the thing to cherish and protect at all cost.

Everything is fine.

Then, Ivan enters the game.

I know it's very fun to have an antagonist in the family of the master, the man presented as the most loving, a father for all the lost children, etc. BUT maybe we can go a little deeper.

We sometimes have this idea that some characters are born meaner than others, it allows us to ignore psychology and sociology, but it's not fun.

We can suppose Ivan was born in the guild, like Makarov and certainly Laxus. And as it's shown every single second that Fairy Tail is a very healthy environment, a "big family", so even if Ivan was a bit twisted, he would not have been so mean with his colleagues, provoking his exclusion, and he would have not tried to destroy the guild.

Unless he have daddy issues too. Let's consider : Makarov has a son and the mother is nowhere to be found. Doesn't it remind you of something ? But Makarov know his relationship with his father wasn't awesome, so he tries differently.

So two possibilities can be explored :

1- Ivan is a spoiled child. Being the master's son allows him to do reprehensible things and not be punished after, or not too much, and Makarov wants to give him all the freedom he didn't have. Until he almost kills another member of the guild. Then Makarov is forced to expel him. He takes away the thing that gave Ivan an almost unlimited power, and he doesn't like it. So if he can't have Fairy Tail, nobody will.

2- Makarov prefers the guild to his son. He doesn't know how to raise a kid, what if he screws like his father ? (Spoiler : he does) So when Precht makes him the new master, he puts all his soul into his job. But Ivan wants a father. So he does everything to make his father notice him, to make his father proud. It leads him to dark places, and thus, being strong = being good enough. Unfortunately, it doesn't work, because he ends up expelled. So, by pure rage, he decides to destroy the thing his father loved more than him. (It's my favorite version)

In both cases, Ivan manipulates his son into believing that being strong is the only way for him to be respected, to be seen.

Which leads us to the Laxus part (finally)

It's canon that Ivan pushed his son to be the strongest (to the point he put a lacrima in his body) so yeah, Laxus has daddy issues. But he has gampa issues too.

Let's continue with the theory we built on this post : Makarov doesn't really raise his son, why would he raise his grandson ?

But we see Makarov taking care of a very young Laxus. Thus, Laxus once loved his grandfather. Except Ivan didn't. So we can suppose he decided to keep his son under his control by manipulating him into thinking he has to be the strongest.

Then Ivan was banned.

The problem with an abusive relationship is that the victim thinks the abuser is on the right, which explains why Laxus was all but happy his father was expelled. But he stayed in Fairy Tail, because despite everything, Fairy Tail is his home. But this home is controlled by the man who banned his father (his abuser)

Laxus becomes a rank-S mage, which means he's the strongest. He has all the rights to make Fairy Tail his home, not Makarov's.

Well yes, but no.

Because there's Mirajane, a prodigy so fucking strong she becomes a rank-S mage too. But Lisanna dies, and suddenly everybody loves Mirajane. She even becomes the right arm of Makarov, because she's too weak now to create problems now.

And there's Natsu and Gray, Makarov's little boys. They're noisy, annoying, but they have potential. They have the potential to become stronger than Laxus. And Makarov loves them.

But more important, because there's Erza, who is so strong, so kind, so nice... Who is his grandfather's favorite. The same grandfather who did nothing when Ivan imprisoned Laxus into a psychological jail and who banned Ivan for somebody else's weakness. And Laxus knows it : she is the future master of Fairy Tail. She will steal his home and make it even weaker.

So he has to take Fairy Tail now, even if his grandfather dies in the process. Better, it will make things easier !

But in the end, Laxus loves Fairy Tail. He loves the guild enough to not betray everybody by joining his father's guild.

Laxus broke the cycle. And I don't think it was thanks to Makarov. If Laxus broke the cycle, it's because despite everything, he has weirdos to stick with. The Raijinshuu are a safe place for Laxus, they are strong enough to be his friends colleagues, they don't call him "psychotic" when he tells them he wants the guild, and more important, they care for him.

Laxus broke the cycle thanks to people who cared for him. They even wanted to follow him when he was banned ! But he said no, because he care for them and he knows they will be better in Fairy Tail.

Now, let's consider : travelling must have felt like therapy for Laxus : he's not part of Fairy Tail anymore and he's sure he will never have the possibility to come back, but he will not join his father because he doesn't want to put his friends in danger. So he has to do something by himself, not under the influence of his father. And I believe this emancipation was beneficial for him. He could learn what it means to be himself, not Ivan's son or Makarov's grandson.

I don't think he fully forgave Makarov for his inaction and for loving other more than him, and he's not completely out of Ivan's philosophy, those things need time, but he escaped the cycle.

[yamishika]

Jellal & Erza : Lilium / Death Of Innocence

Pure white lilies once untouched by scare and sin

Now bathe in blood and are soaked from within

Their fragile petals have become bruised and worn 

Marking the place where innocence has been trampled and torn

Sweet laughter no longer lingers here 

Just the looming shadows that speak of fear 

The scarlet stains, an unmoving mark 

Forever reminding of the chains that kept them bound in the dark 

The lilies scream their silent cries 

Of dreams undone beneath lightless skies 

Each drop of red, a memory slain 

And haunting reminders of a past that never lets them break from their chains

Once soft as dawn, their beauty has bled

But neither are they allowed to rest amongst those forgotten or dead 

Yet the blood stained lilies continue to bow in grief 

Whilst watching the promise of innocence being swept away like a falling leaf

Darkness still surrounds yet they stand, though bent and torn 

Eternally mourning the life that could have once been born 

With each scarlet stained petal, and through every lamenting sigh

The death of our innocence only continues to pass on by..

[darklingarts]

Inktober Day 10 (yes, I know I’m a day behind)

My prompt was costumes 3: Fruity. I drew Erza Scarlet in her strawberry armor, one of the silliest armors in her arsenal.

[hollie-artz]

Bunny erza✨

[dailyfigures]

Erza Scarlet ; Fairy Tail ☆ DMM Factory

[moxiepoxart]

This is how it should be

[phoenix-before-the-flame]

Hiiiiiii @curiousscientistkae twas meeeeeeeee, ur secret saaaantaaaaaaaaaa 👉😎👉

[shiiro-arts]

Erza as Nike, Goddess of Victory

Next Lucy >:)

Extra designs I did :)

[rain-day-today]

Little crack thingy of mine is Natsu has like really cool shit in his part of the woods. Hes a dragon hes gonna be a hoarder

Like he lives in a little secluded part of magnolia a nice way out of town (also my headcanon) and with this unlimited space he can do well anything.

He just randomly has a small garden of some of the most poisonous plants ever because “ some nice lady gave’em to me on a job!”. A couple strawberry plants are thrown in because Erza bribery.

Theres a little shed somewhere (probably by the river) filled with fishing gear he and Happy have collected over the years. I swear to god Happy has a mini tire swing over that river.

Somewhere around the back theres a second even smaller house except this one is just a junk graveyard. Like no rooms just boxes on boxes of stuff. If you need to find some kind of old retro thingy just dive right in, its gonna be there.

In his actual house, other than the wall of fame he has baskets filled with keepsakes, little shiny nicknacks, and “good luck charms”. If disposable cameras were a thing he probably has a basket of those lying around somewhere.

Most of the time it doesn’t create any issues cause no one goes out there, but one day he has to extend/clean his house or something and the guild is helping out (cause its like BAD) and they end up uncovering like dozens of boxes filled with straight up gold bars and expensive trinkets that he forgot he was using as his “savings”.

Lucy is about to actually strangle him because what do you mean shes been paying for all that food he inhales out of pocket when he’s literally been sitting on a pile of money?!?

[bluemglory]

before Lucy's arrival

Cana: We are going to Hargeon!

Natsu: By train again?!

Cana: No, they say the train went off the rails. I'll ask Mest to take us.

Erza: It seems to me that Mest went off his rails as well.

Natsu: Whadayamean?

Erza: He said he "was going to natsuate so hard that a handsome Rune Knight in glasses arrests him again".

Natsu: ...he used my name as what?