#lucy heartfilia appreciation post

[fionnalovesanimeboysandholo]

Lucy our girl is fighting back with others ! I am so proud of her! She really changed since from Fairy tail Final. I love her outfits that is meant for fighting. Since the Lucy kick dropped the first time I didn't stopped doubting her

[missmagicalelf]

Say what you will about Lucy but she is one of the many anime characters that has my heart💙💛

[beargyufairy]

Just My Thoughts Pt. 15

Fairy Tail Manga Reread Version

HAPPY APPRECIATION POST

Happy is such a genius for this! He doesn’t get enough credit but he’s pretty smart for an Exceed/cat. Angering Natsu to make his flames even hotter thus creating a larger difference in air pressure is pure brilliance. I love when he gets the idea, his face lights up almost like a light bulb going off. The very concept of an idea coming to life. And the smug face he makes when he’s teasing Natsu!! I love it! After the battle is won by Natsu, Happy even acts dumb since he knows Natsu’s angry!! But I found it funny when he states that Natsu has worse memory than he does and how Natsu doesn’t even realize that Happy was scheming to make the flames rise in temperature. Happy didn’t even bother to explain it and brushed it off by saying it was all Natsu. I really like how smart Happy is. He doesn’t have powerful magic or transformations like the other Exceeds, but he’s not totally lost. Happy is one of my favorites for a reason.

[stella-so-sly93]

Decided to get myself a Fairy Tail backpack. I technically could use a new backpack so I figured, why not get myself a Fairy Tail backpack? Felt like a nice way to get something I need while also treating myself a bit. This seems like a nice, sturdy backpack too.

It seems to be able to hold my water bottle pretty securely and even has a built-in phone charger port cable.

Alos, I just wanted to have something to show off my love for Fairy Tail more.

[grayluweek]

The dates for Graylu Week 2024 have been finalized!

Graylu Week is a week-long celebration and appreciation of the relationship between Gray Fullbuster and Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail. This celebration will consist of one prompt per day for seven days, plus a Free Day. Fans are encouraged to submit fan art, fanfiction, AMVs, graphics, chat posts, cosplay, or any form of media!

#grayluweek2024 is the official tag. All Graylu Week posts must include this tag so they can be easily found and reblogged to the event site!

Remember to check our Guidelines and feel free to ask questions if you have them! Get excited! Graylu Week is on the way!

Our Prompt Survey will be open until September, then I will post the official Prompt List!

[meracyn]

Could we please get general relationship headcanons for Cana, Lisanna, and Lucy? Thank you!

relationship hc’s with lisanna, cana & lucy !

my bad for posting this late i wrote half of it last night and got busy today so i just finished it rn lmao + yakult is so yummy giys u should try it trust but the bottles r small asf :((

lisanna strauss !

she’s probs the clingy type though

ok this one was a bit hard since.. i never really paid attention to lisanna lmao

ill do my best to make it at least barely lisanna-like 💀

very protective (it runs in the family 100%)

despite not being on the same level as mira for example, lisanna will always do her best to make sure you are safe

pretty playful, might result in her shifting into her take-over forms to show you how many she can change into

training together constantly, lisanna strives to become stronger, having you training with her boosts her confidence and motivation to be as powerful as her siblings

is aware she doesn’t have the higher potential as them but still tries to be optimistic and not let that insecurity get to her

can be reckless at times/impulsive, basically thinks with her feelings and not brain; but yk if someone she cares about is in danger, which includes you

petting any animals you both see together during your missions

owning one too most definitely, if you don’t mind it

asks mirajane for relationship advice constantly, since mira and elfman approved of you two dating, lisanna doesn’t want to disappoint them and be as much of a good girlfriend she can be

always nice to you, never wants to hurt your feelings

whenever you need help, lisanna will try her best to help you out and think of a solution

really sweet gf

cana alberona !

as soon as everyone gets the news that cana has a partner they’re all most likely relieved

you automatically have the duty of handling cana whenever she gets drunk

cana is wandering off drunk in town?

“y/n cana’s drunk go get her”

cana is stirring up fights with other drunkards at the guild?

“y/n calm your girlfriend down”

cana passed out?

“y/n, cana—”

“i knOW DAMMIT”

you love cana of course but sometimes it does become too much 😭

if you drink along with her it just causes more trouble in the guild

cana would probably be fighting some random and you’d be cheering her on while being drunk too

if you don’t, cana’s influence might cause you to do so, unless you’re really firm in not drinking, it’d be a good thing since the guild wouldn’t need to worry about more chaos and destruction of objects lmao

reckless, drunk gf + levelheaded, sober s/o = good balance, everyone is happy

reckless, drunk gf + drunk as well s/o = bringers of chaos, everyones backs are breaking due to the pain

you both might have flirting competitions, whoever makes the other blush first wins

she probably wins though lmao

lucy heartfilia !

most of the time when you both want to spend time together, it ends up being interrupted by natsu and happy wanting to join in (or abruptly going along without asking lmao)

throws his arms over you both’s shoulders and asks “what are we doing today?” oblivious to the fact you and lucy were going to go out to have dinner

dw he gets scolded or even smacked and he backs off

whenever lucy gets new clothes or a cute accessory she bought, she always asks for your opinion

yk the whole twirling while asking “how do i look?” to you

will love it if you buy her dresses, skincare products, etc.

lets you read her writing drafts and appreciates it when you give her advice on any sort of improvement or anything– when levy is busy, lucy asks if you could proofread too

hmm perhaps matching bracelets ?? lucy would be so happy if you offer to match or already bought a set and tell her about it

going on walks, missions together, to a cafe or library, restaurants and parties too

lucy is just outgoing and the thought of spending more time with her partner makes it more enjoyable

that’s why she puts in extra effort in looking better for you

very happy gf moment if you compliment her on how beautiful she looks or the clothes she has on looks good on her

maybe cooking together if there’s nothing to do, doing the chores around your shared apartment together too

lucy probably buys you perfume and stuff she thinks you’d like, or books if you love them

gets her relationship tips from novels she’s read lmao as she gets too embarrassed in asking any of her friends + knows she will get teased endlessly about it

they’re all happy for her though, good for you

[theguildawards]

Hello guildmates!

The Nomination Period is now closed! Below the cut you will find a complete list of all the fanart nominations received for The Guild Awards this term! The mobile-friendly version can be found in a Google Doc here that has the complete list!

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We are going to give you 2 weeks time to enjoy all of the pieces nominated for this term! We strongly encourage that when you view a work of art or read a fanfiction, please reblog or leave a review to let the creators know how much their work and talent is appreciated!

The voting period will begin November 15th and end November 29th midnight PST!

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Thank you to everyone who nominated for making this term absolutely wonderful and happy voting!

[please reblog to help spread the love of these amazing creators!]

FANART

Best Action/Adventure

“we illuminate the dark” by @flamedork (tumblr)

“Mirajane” by @pencilequipped (tumblr)

“Freed Day” by @moxiepoxart (tumblr/TW)

Best AU/AR

“a quick art for an AU” by @4stralfairy (tumblr)

“erza redesign” by @mousecracker (tumblr)

“Accidental Freed AU/backstory” by @intelligentbiscuit (tumblr/DA)

“Fairytail Next Generation” by @hollie-artz (tumblr)

“Dragon Erza” by @ace-of-fairytail (tumblr)

Best Canon

“Juvia piece” by @pencilequipped (tumblr)

“Happy Nalu Day 2023” by @likubears (tumblr)

Best Angst

“foolish remains of a hyacinth” by @heartonxions (tumblr/IG)

“queen of fairies” by @nalunalu (tumblr)

Best Dark

“Untitled” by @heartserion (tumblr)

“Monster” by @acnologias-ass (tumblr)

“‘You’ve become a beast’ ‘I know’” by @phoenix-before-the-flame (tumblr)

“A Mouth Full of Ridicule” by @firapolemos05 (tumblr)

Best Humor/Parody

“NaLu Winter Wonderland 2022” by @imnothereokuwu (tumblr)

“They’re guilty😔” by @lav3nder-bees (tumblr)

“Why As a Man, Are you Blond” by @butcherza (tumblr)

“Barbie Movie Tickets For Phantom Buddies” by @imyourcoopid (tumblr)

Best Kiss

“Guilty Pleasures” by @bluessom1 (tumblr)

“don’t interrupt the master’s meetings” by @castkorb (tumblr)

“Luvia” by @watcher-ofthe-sky (tumblr)

Best Romance

“A Fairy Tale of our own making” by @nalunalu (tumblr)

'Love and Other Fairy Tales’  by @heartonxions (tumblr)

“Gruvia Week” by @goodnightlover (tumblr)

Best LGBTQ+ Romance

“lucy + cana <3” by @heartserion (tumblr)

“Untitled” by @annluvazzel (tumblr)

“fraxus week day 5 - guilty pleasures / indulgences” by @lav3nder-bees (tumblr)

“Shadowlight Week Day 2: Thrill/Undress” by @oryu404 (tumblr)

Best Character

“Juvia piece” by @pencilequipped (tumblr)

“Lucy Heartfilia - Fairy Tail” by @lumen-anima (tumblr)

“when the hard work pays off (Aries)” by @burilingo (tumblr)

“Natsu Dragneel” by @anushpaint (tumblr)

“Thunder Dragon King Laxus Dreyar!!” by @wispzoa (tumblr)

Best Duo/Pairing

“Untitled” by @doubleragnarok (tumblr)

“fairy tails only(?) 2 two card mages” by @ace-of-fairytail (tumblr)

“Summer Fraxus” by @wispzoa (tumblr/TW)

“a quick art for an AU” by @4stralfairy (tumblr)

“Fight!!” by @castkorb (tumblr)

“The Blue-Haired Found Siblings” by @jerzaworms (tumblr)

Best Group Depiction

“Anniversary” by @love---mandy

“some crime sorciere pastels” by @jerzaworms (tumblr)

“Team Thunderstorm Naptime” by @pencilofawesomeness (tumblr)

“hehehe team shadowgear make brain go brrr” by @moonylilies (tumblr)

Best Manga Coloring

“Juvia”  by @shuvia-lu (tumblr)

“Mashima's Twitter doodle" by @zelkams-art (tumblr)

“Sun vs. Moon” by @krn02-12 (tumblr)

Best Redraw 

“I believe in you” by @imnothereokuwu (tumblr)

“Redrawing one of my favorite frames” by @sherlismyfather (tumblr)

“Cryptid Mode” by @pencilofawesomeness (tumblr)

“Jackal” by @misquitz (tumblr)

“Nalu Gruvia Jerza Redraw from Mashima’s Art” by @gymjunkie412 (tumblr)

Best Overall

“Please, accept him” by @phoenix-before-the-flame (tumblr)

“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb” by @bluessom1 (tumblr)

“Happy Gajeel Day" by @butcherza (tumblr)

“Night sovereignty” by @crowind1 (tumblr)

[thedarkeyedcaptain]

ok quick update:

> dad allowed me to use his audible credit on ob so I just have to wait for next month and then I can buy that bad boy 😏

> also found out that the novellas are free over there so edgedancer here I come (very convenient that I just started a new stitching project hehe)

> updates will still probably be much slower going than it was with the first two books? probably also lots of interlude shitposts in between lol. though fatigue is getting a bit better again so maybe I'll be able to get back into my old rhythm? fingers crossed

> I know I say this all the time but feel free to interact ^^ (be it rbgs, asks, tags, etc) (though no spoilers beyond where I'm currently at rn plz)

> it'll probably take me some time to answer (literally got multiple things in my drafts I've been meaning to answer in this exact moment 💀) BUT IMMA GET TO IT AND REALLY APPRECIATE IT !!

> also. I definitely never make mistakes and accidentally reblog posts that were meant for my main on here. if you see fairy tail fanart it isn't my fault kaladin shares my obsession with lucy heartfilia. I don't make mistakes it's canon now I don't make the rules ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

> that being said I do also genuinely rbg stuff here on purpose sometimes lol (tho never posts abt the stormlight series cuz I don't go there in order not to get spoilered)

> sorry for rambling. have a picture of my dog:

[natsubeatsrock]

I'm Still Thinking About Fairy Tail and Rave Master After All These Years

I'm going to level with you. The original post was a mistake.

Any reason to think that way about my own writing?

Surprisingly, no one else did. As much as my writing hasn't aged well, this post shows how naive I was back then.

The comparisons to Fairy Tail and Rave have been made time and again. It's a prime source of annoyance for fans of Rave. I knew that making the original, but I get it more now. Most (not necessarily all) people making these comparisons don't know what they're talking about. I said this about RWDE and got pushback. Here, some things said about similarities can be refuted with a second reading of Rave. Or, on occasions, a first reading.

Although, I will say Mashima isn't doing himself favors. It's insane how many references and callbacks to his past works Mashima's current works have. I didn't mind it as much in Fairy Tail, even getting more of what happened. Reading EZ (and Black Rock, but I'm really behind) and seeing the callbacks to past works. My default reaction to these things in my Quick Notes is as follows: *sigh*.

Some people will tell you it's lazy, but I don't see it that way. Some of these connections are pretty cool to see across different worlds. And, outside of the obvious ones, the callbacks are done with enough distinction between them. Honestly, seeing the same things over and over again is annoying. I'd rather see another Ajeel-Yajeel situation than go to another Mildian anything.

Don't even get me started on Sieghart.

Hold on. Let's talk about that.

Technically speaking, the design is based on a character from Mashima's debut one-shot: Magic the Illusion. However, the character design we recognize throughout his works is first seen in Sieghart from Rave. The design shows up because Mashima didn't feel great about how he ended his character arc. I'm not willing to spoil that in this post, but having reread the situation... I don't blame him for bringing Sieghart back.

In Fairy Tail.

Justice isn't always similar to the others. However, that was when it started to be taken too far. Of course, Mashima had to do it again for HERO'S. At that point, we'd gone too far. Seeing a cover with all the different look-alikes was more annoying than endearing. It's not necessarily uncreative, but it's not welcome.

This might not be the most annoying comparison. I'm more annoyed with the comparisons between Nalu and...

Harelie? Whatever the Haru and Elie ship is called.

Let's get this out of the way. They might be Mashima's best ship. I'm not sure I'm breaking new ground with this. But I would unironically put them up as one of Shonen manga's best ships. Unlike many ships, their development felt natural. It was a delight to see them become endgame. (We'll get to that end.) I would say there are writers better than Mashima who could learn from his romance writing.

The issue is that, of course, fans try to read their dynamic into Nalu. I'll admit some panels share parallels with each other.

Fans agree that Haru is a better parallel to Lucy. In the same way, Natsu parallels Elie. I don't particularly disagree with that view. However, it does ignore things they have in common with their gender counterparts. You can't tell me Haru's fights aren't closer to Natsu's than Lucy's. It's interesting to think of Haru as something like Lucy in Natsu's role or Elie as Natsu in Lucy's role. Still, there are ways that Natsu and Lucy's relationship is different from Haru and Elie's. That's not just more mud to sling at Nalu's romance. Lucy's narrative role in Fairy Tail is unique among all of Mashima's heroines as the closest thing to the "series narrator" the story has.

Speaking of which, I have to talk about my girl Elie. I don't think anything gave me more appreciation of Elie than HERO'S. I feel like Lucy gets too much flak. I've jokingly referred to Rebecca as "Elie Heartfilia" on occasions. However, I love how Elie is handled. She's more willing to take an active role in situations, which is helped by [spoilers for the series]. I love that Mashima did this with his female lead. It's disappointing we never saw this as much from other leads. (Unless I'm missing something in Black Rock.)

Though, as I have said before, Mashima does write female characters with active roles and the ability to fight. Some (not most or all) writers show female characters as inferior to their male counterparts. I always think of Asuna in SAO getting shown up by Kirito. (inb4 "But what about Mother's Rosary?") That's not a consistent issue with Mashima's writing. I love it. It's not just the key players. Minor women and one-off female characters get great moments.

I say that, but Mashima has never shied away from fanservice. I used to be super against fanservice, but I've mellowed out over the years on this issue. Not enough that it doesn't annoy me to see some of the things Mashima has done over the years. I know I just talked up Elie, but Haru's introduction to her was accidentally seeing her panties while sitting down. They look back at it like it was a funny moment. It feels wrong.

However, I need to bring up the most contentious example of this. Rave fans might think I'm talking about one of Julia's fights. Tempting as it is, this doesn't take place in canon. During a volume Q&A session, Mashima mentioned that he got a request to draw the Rave girls showering. His objection was that parents probably wouldn't enjoy seeing that in a volume, which is commendable.

Then he does it anyway with a not to tell the parents.

Let's get this straight. This isn't a fanservice issue. Mashima's had plenty of opportunities to draw characters in undress. They were mermaids for a bit. That was a reasonable vehicle for fanservice. The actual picture isn't the most gratuitous he's drawn. (read: you know the Julia fight Rave fans) 

My issue is one of judgment. Mashima recognized that what he was asked to do might not be the best thing. Yet, he did it anyway and tried to be slick about it. This is worse with the hindsight of the Internet and electronic volumes.

This attitude extends to the ending.

Oh boy, the ending.

When I made the original post, this was my first time experiencing a Mashima ending to a manga. If you didn't read my thoughts, I was very positive about it. I loved how things played out, watching sad things get undone, and finding out how Levin tied into the main series. It was all incredible.

It's been [EIGHT] years since then. Fairy Tail ended, and I've read Mashima's other works. Not to mention, I've finished other manga.

I think it's sad that Mashima saves some of his worst writing for the end of a series. It's almost like he doesn't wish for the series to end. I'm not joking when I say his best ending might have been HERO'S. While Fairy Tail was only a break in hindsight, the others didn't end well. It's not much better in EZ now.

I still think that it's great to see the main ship payoff. I made that panel my background on two computers. However, it would have been much better to see how things got to where they were. Perhaps a few chapters to deal with that and end on chapter 300.

That said, it's fair to say this still ranks among the best of Mashima's writing. The only thing that comes close to it is EDENS ZERO, but I think this edges it out (for now). It's crazy that there are so many ways to read the series. With multiple Humble Bundle opportunities and the publishing of Kodansha's version as ebooks, fans owe it to themselves to give it a shot.

I'm proud to say that, over the years, I've collected physical copies of the complete series. It wouldn't be possible without those pandemic stimulus checks. I've been able to reread the whole series as it was published by Tokyopop, save the last three volumes. I went through it with scanlations my first time around. I reread one chapter in the scans because it was in full color, but nothing beats reading the physical books.

There might be a project I have down the pipeline for Rave. I intend to talk about one connection between Fairy Tail and Rave.

In Conclusion:

Stop whatever you're doing, click off Tumblr, and read Rave Master! NOW!!!!!!!

[winterlogysblog]

AM I RECORDING (DRABBLE) | FAIRY TAIL FANFIC

Title: Am I recording

Pairing: Natsu Dragneel/Lucy Heartfilia

Summary: It all started with a subreddit post.

AO3 | FFNET

Based on the YouTuber / Streamer AU I posted.

Note: I'll write for the other couples as well.

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Lucy smiled as she watched a YouTube video and prepared her own set-up.

"We're back with Uno!!" He shouted.

It's Natsu Dragneel's video. He's playing a multi-player game with his friends which in Lucy's opinion is always his best content.

The latest video in a series where he plays with Gray, Gajeel, and Juvia.

"Are you guys ready?" He asked.

"Ready for hours of fuckery, you bet your sweet ass I am," Juvia replied.

Collective shocked gasps and Oh My Gods erupted.

"Jesus Christ." Natsu laughs. "Way to start the game Juvs."

"Don't mind her she's high on coffee," Gray added.

She can't help but giggle. Their interactions are just so funny, their chemistry with each other is absolutely brilliant, and they are enjoying themselves and having fun.

"Red cards would be very much appreciated you guys." Natsu chuckled as the cards in his hands were just a bunch of red number cards.

"Sure do bud." Gajeel chuckled as he played a +4 card and changed the color to red.

"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!!" Natsu shouted as the rest laughed.

Lucy laughed along and decided to finish the video before she started filming her own. She has her own YouTube channel and she has a pretty decent amount of subscribers and views.

Her plan for today was to film a make-up transformation video, an Arcane-inspired look. Even if she is a make-up channel she loves different shows, movies and games and she draws inspiration from them and makes something of her own.

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Natsu looked at his computer for a while, deciding on what to do. He had a blast playing Uno with the others yesterday. He has 6 hours' worth of footage, he can definitely milk that in at least 3 videos. After a bit of contemplating, he has decided to plan an upcoming collab with Gray where they try to make carbonated anything since he just bought a soda maker which should arrive by tomorrow.

After, he decided to record a video where he scrolls through his subreddit. A classic. While reviewing the posts he stumbled upon a picture of a beautiful blonde girl.

"Lucky Lucy is a YouTuber who does these YouTuber inspired looks. She did one of Erza, Mira and Levy already and she recently posted this one of you." Natsu read the description.

"Oh that's really cool." Natsu said, and clicked the link and played the video.

"Hello, my shining stars welcome back to another one of my videos." She started.

"This is part 4 of my YouTuber-inspired look series. If you're new here and you don't know what that is, this is a series where I take my favorite YouTubers and turn their brand into a makeup look. And today we'll be doing Natsu D Slayer, he's my favorite YouTuber like ever, I'm a huge fan."

Natsu, despite knowing absolutely nothing about makeup, watched her intently.

"He is really funny and charming, and my favorite content of his is when he does collaborations with his friends. His chemistry with literally anyone is amazing." She said.

"Awww... that's so nice, and she's doing such a good job too. I know nothing about makeup and I can't judge her but I love the dragon. It looks like Mike Tyson's face tattoo but it's a dragon... and it has color." Natsu commented and laughs at his own stupid comparison.

"And this is the finished look." She smiled and did close-up shots of the details.

"It honestly looks amazing. Lucy, you look beautiful and I love the dragon." He smiled.

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Lucy literally jumped from her seat and screamed bloody murder when she saw Natsu's latest video.

"Dragon Makeup?!"

She looked through her notifications and realized that he left a like on her video.

The thumbnail is a close-up of the dragon she painted on her face when he made an inspired makeup look of him.

She didn't hesitate to play the video. The video is a regular Reddit meme video and by the time he watched her video, she almost cried at all the things that he said. The footage of her video was cut and the only thing that was kept was the beginning, the end, and the Mike Tyson tattoo comparison to the Dragon which she found hilarious. She finished watching the video and pressed the like button and commented on her gratitude towards what he said.

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It didn't take long for Natsu to find Lucy's channel intriguing. He followed her YouTuber-inspired look series based on pure curiosity and soon he finds her other content and is pretty impressed with what she could do with her brush.

He finds her really intriguing so he ended up reaching out to her and they slowly became friends.

One day, he contacted her.

"Hey, Lucy. I know my type of content isn't really in-lined with yours but I would love to collaborate with you. I'll be playing Uno with Erza and Gray next week and you're welcome to join us."

Lucy screamed in delight as she read the message. She immediately typed in her reply agreeing to the collab.

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Lucy has so much fun playing with them. She now understands why Natsu loves collaborating so much with them.

Once the video is posted. There's a huge wave of fans loving her interactions with the group which is a huge relief to her.

This might be just the beginning of a wonderful and amazing relationship.

[bumblebeehug]

I appreciate that I spend my last drunken efforts to write lucy heartfilia simp posts. Other people cheat on their spouses. I go on tumblr to thirst over a fictional character. very on brand

fuck lucy heartfilia is FINE

[tamibae]

Happy Lucy Day!

Let's celebrate our queen today💛

[shizutans]

The bearer of gates, daughter of zodiac and supernovas — that’s who you are, dear. And you’re destined for great things.

[koizumicchi]

i stan a true queen indeed

bonus:

[grayluweek]

The prompts for Graylu Week 2024 have been finalized!

Graylu Week is a week-long celebration and appreciation of the relationship between Gray Fullbuster and Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail. This celebration will consist of one prompt per day for seven days, plus a Free Day. Fans are encouraged to submit fan art, fanfiction, AMVs, graphics, chat posts, cosplay, or any form of media!

#grayluweek2024 is the official tag. All Graylu Week posts must include this tag so they can be easily found and reblogged to the event site!

Remember to check our Guidelines and feel free to ask questions if you have them! Get excited! Graylu Week is on the way!

This week runs from December 01 — December 07

Day 1: Stars/Time

Day 2: Winter/Ice Skating

Day 3: Reunion/Pride

Day 4: Right Person Wrong Time/Soulmates

Day 5: Comfort/Injured

Day 6: Unison Raid/Family

Day 7: Free Day/ AU

[aashi-heartfilia]

Hey there! First off, let me start off by saying I love your page and that some of my favorite all time characters are Lucy Heartfilia and Ochaco Uraraka, and I feel like they both suffer from the whole shonen troupe. More so Ochaco than Lucy. I’ve read through all your analysis and I think they are so spot on. And I’ve so enjoyed just chewing on our favorite girls, especially recently with S&S getting a volume cover and not Ochaco🙄, who’s the main girl of the series. Lol

When I was reading through your post on the issue with IzuOcha, I don’t think we’d gotten to the apology chapter yet, so I was wondering what your take on that was? And if you feel that opened up the vulnerability window with Deku that has always lacked with Ochaco? At least, in the manga of course!!

Once again, love your page and content and I wished there were more appreciators out there for our main girls!

Aww....thank you so much❤️

It brings me so much job to know first thing in the morning that people actually like my blog. I always try to be honest and write about my favourite underappreciated queens.

Lucy doesn't suffers from the same faith as Ochako because the writer himself knew what he was doing when developing Lucy. He created 'a girl of his dreams' and put so much focus on her development alone.

Ochako however, she gets plot points dedicated to her but either they're never expanded upon properly or they get sandwiched between other important moments of the story.

Eg, her take on 'Saving people' in the Overhaul arc. I still remember being mad and disappointed in that arc for doing Ochako so dirty.

After an arc going for 50+ chapters (overhaul) she gets a single page of development and even that felt empty and hollow because it just came out of nowhere.

She gives up her feelings for Deku in season 3 and starts focusing on hero work, doing internships etc. This was such a good opportunity to give her a new move!

She could have learned 'partial release'!

One of my nitpicks about Uraraka was also how even her quirk powers were never expanded upon properly. She just floats people and disarms them. It goes straight from 0 to 100. Imagine the wonders it would do if she could attach high powered rockets in her boots and use like 67% of her power.

It would annihilate her main weakness of puking and she can always work on increasing her weight limits.

And after giving her all when she wasn't able to save Nighteye she would feel guilty because she was just doing it as a job or maybe later give her some panels where she re thinks her ideals and what she wants to do in her life as a hero.

But no! Instead, her battle with the 8 bullets wasn't even shown on screen. I felt like I missed an episode or something because there is no way that the No10 Hero Ryukyu's battle wasn't even shown.

What's worse, it was never mentioned later other than a small flashback in season 5 and war arc.

Because we dive straight into the festival arc where Jirou replaced her as the main lead and did a pretty good job, NGL.

So yeah, it's like a culmination of plot points she gets but they're never expanded in depth or questions her ideals.

Though I would say Horikoshi actually fixed it one of the recent chapters where Uraraka goes over what she did wrong. It is one of my favourite Ochako panels so far because it really humanizes her so much, even more than Deku sometimes who's saving feels like more driven by his personal agenda rather than anything, lol.

She's just a normal girl from a poor background, wanting to support her parents and live a normal life. Gets thrown in a war where her entire worldview is questioned. For someone doing it just for money, her ideals gets questioned two times and a lot of people like to sleep on it like it never happened.

During the aftermath, it was Ochako who was running desperately to help people. Seeing people trapped and falling under the rubble. A shocking real life experience..where she even witnesses her fellow heroes giving up. Even if it was never said, her face is a visible representation of the said horror.

Will she still do it? Still be a Hero? Is the job worth it? Or is it even a job?

And she herself questions it again, not as a hero but as person asking that doesn't Toga deserves to smile too?

It is a direct parallel to what Toga says during the war arc.. doesn't she come in everyone too?

And yeah, I kind of like where her arc with Toga is going and I would love if it is done properly.. because it could be an arc that finally defines the hero she's gonna be.

Kind of like how Lucy got her moment in the Tartaros arc. One could argue that it's too late but I would say, better late than never!

I'm looking forward to some sort of awakening moment here because there is no way she could tackle Sad Girl's Parade or maybe I'm wrong like her Battle vs Bakugo that surpassed my expectations.

Horikoshi said that their is a scene he is itching to draw between Ochako and Toga, so I wonder if it will come sooner rather than later.

About IzuOcha:

I think it's fine. Personally, I'm more of a Kacchako or Uranium shipper but l like Green Tea as well. The thing that o don't like about Dekuraka is that despite Dekh being a major focus of Ochako's life the same cannot be said vice versa.

Deku likes Ochako. That's obvious. He thinks she's cute, strong, kind, good hair yada yada but he said it with a straight face like stating a fact of some sort which was hilarious considering how passionate he usually is when praising his other friends.

It felt more like 'yeah, you're good and we'll settle for world peace' and done.

Notice how most of the IzuOcha moments don't even involve Deku for the most part. It's just OCHAKO struggling to keep her feelings in check and do hero work which gets annoying after some time.

Like we don't have anyone teasing Deku for ya know. While the author leaves no chance to make Ochako's entire existence revolve around Deku for one reason or another.

Bakugo's arc is also based on that but at least his own independent arc gets much more development and recognition because despite his bullying Deku always looked upto him.

Bakugo for his credit shared his problems with Deku and they bonded up which is such a great development. Do you see Deku ever doing something solely for Ochako in season 3 or 4 or maybe 5?

Does he regrets hurting her for BlackWhip. He says a sorry and that's it. Even the real reason for that awakening was Bakugo.

So Deku's arc revolves more around Bakugo and Ochako sometimes just feels like an outside friend, a cherry girl of some sort.

So I kind of don't find myself fawning over it?

It is wierd for a ship that is developing since chapter 2 I guess?

Because for the most part, almost all emotional development and beats were given to BkDk and IzuOcha itself starts to feel very empty and shallow.

One could argue that it is one of the better developed romances than let's say Naruto or Bleach? But c'mon guys, even Hiro Mashima wrote a better plot for NALU than this!

You can't just say that good romances in shonen just does not exists. FT nails it when it comes to shipping developments and it feels very underappreciated in that regards.

Like for Natsu, Lucy will always be his priority and we know it. For Deku, Bakugo will always be his priority and we also know it and this is where the difference strikes in.

Ochako just doesn't have that much influence on Deku's life while Ochako's entire ideal system seems to be based on him.

I don't think we'll ever get an apology.

The closest we got was a Thank you on his part and that's that. Ochako's never gonna mention it. He'll never bring it up either. It was supposed to happen here but since it never happened, I guess it never will.

I'll be glad to be wrong though, if it ever gets addressed that is. Though I don't think that will ever happen because Deku leaving for everyone was considered very heroic even by Lord Explodey Kills himself.

But whatever, I was never a big fan. It was just acceptable to say that least..I mean, how do expect me to be more than Okay when Ochako was missing for the better part of Deku's struggles.

They don't have any real moments of vulnerability or growth that revolves around the other. And seriously, it's sickening because it's not like Horikoshi doesn't knows how to develop a relationship.

We have BkDk, KiriMina and even KamiJiro!

We have moments like these...and yet..

Do you ever see Deku getting worked up about Uraraka like this?

But then again, she has never been put into that much danger and that's the point! The author never bothered to put their relationship to a test.

Their story doesn't even coincides all that much for them to even have development revolving around the other which is also why some of the strongest IzuOcha moments come after the war arc.

So, yeah despite me being very acceptable of IzuOcha I think Ochako could have received way more development and maybe ships that were waaay better than whatever mess we have right now.

Uggh, this became a long post. Hope it answers your questions.

See ya!