#leo fairy tail

[fairytail-rewritten]

The LGBTQ+ community has forgiven Taurus

Transcription for people who have trouble reading my handwriting:

Comic 1:

Taurus: “MS. LUCY! You may think yourself weak and cowardly, but know this! You are a kind, smart, charming, pretty, talented, beautiful, incredible, and gorgeous leader! You alone hold the key to my being… and my heart. I can’t imagine a higher honour for a celestial spirit such as myself than to—“

Lucy: “IF I’M SUCH A GREAT LEADER THAN COME HELP ME TAURUS!”

Taurus: “Sorry!”

Happy, removed from the conversation: “Good job Natsu!”

Comic 2:

Loke: “Hey Taurus! Long time no see! You get bigger or something?”

In Taurus’ thought bubble, he imagines a sad Lucy due to Loke’s avoiding her.

Loke: “Pal?”

[happyyft]

My beloved.

[i-love-a-lot-of-things-a-bunch]

Silly! 🌠🗡🌬🎀🎣🐈‍⬛🦁🧊🔥🤘🏼💪🏽

[its-to-the-death]

Glasses Swag Tournament Preliminary Round #19 - Favorites Round

These are some of the characters I liked best from the ones submitted but one only one will make it into the bracket!

[werewolfcave]

A concept for Loke/Leo having a true form based on the Nemean Lion.

A concept for Ophiuchus' "human" form, based on multiple mythological snakes, specifically: Ouroboros, The Snake in the Garden of Eden, The Snake of Delphi, The Caduceus, Jörmungandr, and Quetzalcoatl

[elegantavian]

Her silly little family

[falynnthecat64]

My Top 10 Favorite Fairy Tail Boys

10.Jackal

9.Freed Justine

8.Loke(Leo)

7.Jellal Fernandes

6.Sting Eucliffe

5.Rogue Cheney

4.Gajeel Redfox

3.Zeref Dragneel

2.Gray Fullbuster

1.Natsu Dragneel

[eebibly]

The Fairy Tail anime should not have made the Eclipse Spirits arc.

Spoiler Warning

I was super excited for this arc. I knew it was filler and would end up relatively inconsequential to the main story because it can’t (or at least shouldn’t) mess with manga canon, but I felt like the Eclipse designs were really cool (most of them anyway) and the celestial spirits were finally getting the attention that they so deserved! So when I finally got to watching it as the episodes came out week by week, I was so disappointed to slowly witness the anime equivalent of a train wreck that only got worse with every new release.

It’s bad. Might as well start with that. Plain and simple. It’s horrible. It lures the viewer in with an intriguing premise: Lucy’s golden spirits aren’t appearing when summoned, her silver spirits are harmed and in distress. Suddenly, her beloved Zodiacs appear before her —having taken on completely new forms— to declare their freedom from the shackles of celestial contracts; even though they have no memory of Lucy and what they’ve been through together.

And, already, therein lies the anime’s first mistake. The Zodiacs, simultaneously, have absolutely no recollection of their previous lives or masters, and yet also harbour a deeper resentment for both. So much so that they are willing to give up their immortality and lives just for a taste of some ‘true freedom’. This implies that, despite the amnesia, there is deeply-rooted residual trauma that Lucy and friends could have addressed in order to reach out to them. Although Lucy, famous for being especially respectful of spirits, may not have done anything specifically wrong, this could still be a good chance for her to better understand what freedom, bond and loyalty actually mean to her spirits. And then, she could readjust to meet their needs. Instead, the anime gets very stuck by the fact that they’ve forgotten everything. So the spirits just end up sounding like petulant children, covering their ears. The anime can’t decide whether we, the viewers, should be taking their concerns seriously or just feeling bad for Lucy who has to deal with her oddball pesky spirits again- But This Time, They Might Die!! Edition.

One could argue that the anime didn’t want to explore the same concept of freedom 12 times over. Except, they didn’t have to. There are so many different ways to explore what freedom means to each spirit, especially since each one has a room dedicated to them. It’s a perfect yet wasted opportunity to actually delve into each spirit and how they feel about their existence. Some quick, underdeveloped ideas: Leo could have been a reflection on what it means to have power, but the way that that power is used is out of his control; Aries could be a deep-dive into how to deal with abuse and trauma when stuck with a soft heart; Aquarius could have a been a deliberation on independence vs codependence; Virgo— exploring the difference between loyalty and servitude, etc.

One may argue that it would have taken too much time to do that though, considering the allotted amount of episodes for the arc (being 15). But I would argue that some of the *checks Wikipedia* 10.5 extra filler episodes before and after this arc could have been used for this purpose, instead of filling more space with (cute, but mostly mediocre) one-shots that, honestly, could have just been OVAs. I don’t think they’re useless or anything, I just feel that those episodes could have been better spent on making the Eclipse arc actually good. (Except Kemo-Kemo~ sweet baby’s story is exactly where it should be and he deserves so much love.)

However, we instead get a hodgepodge of slapstick gags and situational ironies in nonsensical minigame-esque battles. Taurus getting defeated because he’s a germaphobe? Really? You’d rather make fun of OCD (or other related neurodivergent diagnoses) over just actually having a meaningful conversation about what Taurus wants to achieve out of this rebellion? A boring Game Show where Levy is forced to reveal her oh-so-not-secret crush? Magic The Gathering Scorpio??? Don’t even get me started on Aries and Virgo… On top of that, the characters speak to one another as if they’ve resolved… something (for example, Wendy and Aquarius wanting to play together again someday), and will see each other again in the spirits’ eclipse forms—which I had assume they were trying to revert. Unfortunately, there’s literally no point to any of their bonding… especially after they forget it all when they become normal again anyway.

Not to mention, every other conversation is just a looped wall: “Loke, I’m saving you cuz you’re my friend and Lucy is sad!” - “My name is Leo!!!”; “Virgo, let’s talk, I don’t want you to feel enslaved, I swear!” - “Yeah right, stupid human, have some mayo down your tits”; “Please, Libra, I just wanna be friends again!” - “Shut up, balance is all”. Worst of all, these are the few examples where the humans managed to break through to them minimally. Everyone else simply had no brain cells left and were just like: “Welp, guess I lost. Peace out.” It is just the laziest writing. They even chose to ignore Loke and Gray’s canonical friendship, all for the sake of making Natsu shine again… (listen, I love Natsu- but THE BROMANCE C’MON. It all just felt forced.)

And on top of that, you know all those interesting themes that could have been explored but that ultimately amount to nothing? The story then pivots and decides: “you know what? It actually DOES mean NOTHING!!!” Because (plot twist!) the freedom they actually wanted was from their power-hungry overlord beast of a King! (|Sarcasm incoming->) But of course, that wasn’t a believable enough reason for wanting freedom, and they’d rather die than ask humans for help. (Sarcasm over|) The fact that Ophiuchus tricked them into giving up their lives “for the king” without the Zodiacs realizing is probably the worst plot twist I’ve ever read.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t necessarily mind “we did this all for nothing” or “we tried to help but ended leading them to their demise” premises. Having said that, not only was this one poorly executed, but it also removes any reason for the viewer to take the spirits’ concerns seriously. After all, they were just taking out their misunderstood fear on the humans. Their feelings were misplaced, therefore we no longer have to worry about them wanting to actually leave Lucy or choosing to die. Also, why did they hurt the silver keys? Were they just acting out? Were they working under the influence of the king? Or is the implication that it’s actually the king who hurt them? If it was the Zodiac spirits who hurt them, despite the fact that the silvers are also under threat of the beast- WHY???

*siiiiigh*

In short, just because filler arcs should be inconsequential to the canon story line, that doesn’t mean that they can’t have something meaningful to explore or add to the existing story. Instead, Fairy Tail anime decided to waste everyone’s time on half-baked battles, cheap (borderline offensive) gags, and a plot twist that ultimately implies: “if the spirits don’t belong to Lucy (and Yukino), then they don’t matter.” And then— The spirits don’t even remember being saaaaved. *slow clap* Veeeery funny, anime. What a clever clever this-was-all-for-nothing final jest.

[angel13xo]

why did virgo never go gorilla-mode ever again?? (to my memory - i don't think she did other than that one time waaaaaayyyyyyyyy back in the early days?)

[ace-of-fairytail]

Featuring a lion cloud..

[fairytail-rewritten]

Here's my Leo/Loke!! I took big inspo from his Eclipse form because I genuinely think most if not all the Eclipse deigns are better than their base forms ''''-v-

I was originally going to give him a big sword like a King Arthur sorta vibe but I thought a shield would fit more with his personality and make him a lot more unique in combat.

The form on the right in the suit is what I imagine Loke looks like in his human disguise.

[nyuuko]

uh hi?? sorry I’ve never requested one of these before but please could you do a lesbian pride layout with Loke from fairy Tail? If not completely understandable! Sorry for bothering

LESBIAN LOKE LAYOUT!

[i-love-a-lot-of-things-a-bunch]

Small and silly Lucy! 💛🌠

[grayseyebrowscar]

gray: you're a baboon in captivity loke: that makes no sense gray: you make no sense loke: you got me there

[funnybandit]

Drew Leo from fairy tail and Loki from MCU in that black dress for my friend.

Pardon me I don't know how to draw muscles well just yet

[ghoulishtomato]

Hey besties, I met anime voice actor Eric Vale in Sept 2023, here are photos he took of himself with my phone

But for real, he was so epic pog, and handled my emotional ass self very well. He took his time with everyone meeting him 😭😭😭