#on an unrelated note i love drawing infinites sword

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infinite drawings 41-50, i want infinite to come back so we can have more long boi content. i love that worm off a string. hashtag justice 4 long boi. another fun fact is that i headcanon infinite to be illiterate. every instance you see of him using technology, hes using voice-to-text and tts screen readers. in the sonadow fanfic doodle hes typing along but he actually has the keyboard disabled bc otherwise it would just be gibberish, and thats why hes speaking as he types. when writing the words in the sand he just copied what was on his phone to the best of his ability after having it display what he wanted to write. his lack of education never got in the way of anything while he was working with eggman either; the empire surprisingly does not shirk on accessibility

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Guide to Surviving the End of Fairy Tail

It's official. Fairy Tail has come to an end. 

This is definitely an emotional time for a lot of people who have been following Fairy Tail, be it for weeks or for years. So I wanted to make a quick guide to help you get through the end of yet another long running series.

1. Don't panic

As cliched as it may sound to some, and pointless to others, it still is worth saying. Just because Fairy Tail has ended, your life and will to live shouldn't. Even as someone who's spent the last two years talking about this series, I'm sure that you can find something else to give your life meaning again.

2. It's okay to feel most of what you're feeling.

If you're happy to see your favorite characters get a happy ending, that's fine. If you're sad that you're probably never going to see more of your favorite series, that's fine. If you’re just glad that it’s all over and you’re able to move on to something else, then have fun with whatever you’re doing next. If you don’t know what you’re feeling, that’s also okay. If you don’t like something or anything about the ending, you’re absolutely free to say so. But if you're mad that you didn't get the ending you thought you would, well…

3. You were never the author.

I need to stress that nothing is wrong with not liking the ending. However, there is no reason to feel betrayed by the writer. You were never promised anything to happen in this ending, so there is no reason to feel cheated out of the ending you thought you were going to get. Looking at you, {insert ship here} shippers.

4. Mashima isn’t done making manga.

I think it’s worth saying that this isn’t Mashima’s last manga. He has announced in a volume afterword that he will be working on a new series. Your guess is about as good as mine on what it’s about, or whether it will be good or not. However, I’m interested in what he’s going to put out next.

5. There’s still the anime.

For better or for worse, the events of the Avatar and Alvarez arcs have yet to be animated. When I first wrote this post, it was speculation. But now it’s been verified by Mashima. And considering how A-1 has handled the past seasons, Fairy Tail isn’t done just yet.

6. This fandom isn’t going to die.

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts/confesses to the effect of “I hope people stay in this fandom”. I feel that this fear is misplaced. Of course, there will people who will move on to different fandoms once Fairy Tail has ended. However, there will still be a Fairy Tail fandom. If not because people are going to stay, there will always be people who become interested in Fairy Tail and write or draw for it long after it’s ended. However, on a similar note...

7. You don’t have to stay anymore

I feel as though people will feel obligated to continue caring about this series even though they lost interest in it years ago. You don’t have to force yourself into loving the series. You never had to.

If you're wondering what you should read now that the series is over, I'd like to make a few suggestions. Some of them are based on series that I've either read or watched the anime for and others are blind recommendations from people whose opinions I value. Keep in mind that, though I might mention the anime, these are manga recommendations

First the blind ones.

1. Astra: Lost in Space

I know absolutely nothing about this series. However, I’m suggesting it because this is the series that I’m going to get into now that Fairy Tail is over. It’s relatively new and has no real fandom. So, this is my best attempt at bringing people over to a new series I’m also going to be joining.

2. Berserk

I trust the opinion of fairytail-whathesays, among the many other people who love this series. Be forewarned that this series is infinitely more graphic than Fairy Tail is. Also, don’t watch the anime. It’s not worth it.

3. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

The reason that this is a blind recommendation is that my siblings want to enjoy this without me ruining it for them. However, it's hard to ignore the phenomenon that JJBA has become in recent years.

4. One Piece

OK, I'm kind of cheating here because I have seen some of One Piece, but it was only a few episodes of the 4Kids version more than 10 years ago. Even so, what I remember of One Piece is enough to justify its spot as the top selling manga series of all time.

5. Gintama

If there is anything that I can say about this series to convince you to read them, consider that out of the thousands of anime on MAL, every single season of its anime has an average rating of over a 9 out of 10. It’s the only series to even come close.

Now for the series that I actually know about.

1. Hunter X Hunter

I've spent the majority of this year going through the anime and it's phenomenal. However, as the fan given nickname Hiatus x Hiatus may indicate, this ongoing series has spent a long time on hiatus more than a few times. Luckily, the series has recently started publishing weekly... for now...

2. Fullmetal Alchemist

This is one of the first recommendations I've made to someone else and, after finishing the original anime, I can tell you that this is one of the best series out there. In case you're wondering what my take on the anime, I personally believe that you should watch at least the first half of the original before going to the newer version or continue all the way through the movie Conqueror of Shamballa first at your own risk.

3. Rave Master

If you haven't gotten sick of Mashima’s writing and want more of him before his next work drops, then I suggest his best work to date. I should emphasize that it's clearly a Mashima work through and through. However, it's the best thing he's made by far.

4. Death Note

I was going to say Bleach because rushed ending and anime adaptation be darned, it's my favorite of the Old Big 3. However, if there is any manga that I've experienced (read: read) from Weekly Shonen Jump that deserves recognition, it's this series. Not unlike Bleach, I disagree with the people who don't like the latter portion of this series. I continued to be interested and engaged throughout its run.

5. Twin Star Exorcists

This might come as a shock to those of you who've seen me suggest the anime over the manga. However, that was mostly out of frustration of seeing it be disparaged by manga fans. I'm willing to admit the best parts of the anime where adapted from the original, even as I think it wasn't a big drop off in quality after the shift to original material. It's one of the few series whose anime has convinced me to read the manga so I don't want to join this alone.

And for fun, a few anti recommendations. Even if you don't want to go through the series I recommend, don't follow these series. You're welcome in advance.

1. Sword Art Online

There's a notion that the show/series starts good and gets worse eventually. And they're right because, minutes after starting the series, it starts to be bad. If you manage to get to the end of the first arc with your sanity in tact, it's just a constant ride to worse and worse material in different ways per arc. People who compared this to Fairy Tail weren't complementing either series.

2. Taboo Tattoo

You know how people say My Hero Academia is good because it does everything we've seen before amazingly well? This series does pretty much all the cliches you've seen before in the most average way. The absolute worst anime thing I’ve seen.

3. Usagi Drop

Usagi Drop, the anime, has been described as heartwarming and won't leave my recommended anime list on MAL. However, there's a reason that we're not getting a second season of it. Stay away from the manga. Just trust me on this one. Act like it doesn’t exist.

4. Naruto

I actually like Naruto, ending and everything. The reason that I don’t recommend it is because I’m not sure the vast majority of Fairy Tail fans, regardless of whether they know or care about endings, will want to be in a fandom that was anywhere near as bad as ours.

5. Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches.

Again, I’m enjoying this series and even recommended the anime once. But if you’re not a fan of the fanservice in Fairy Tail, stay away from this series. It’s so much worse. Wonder if it has to do with the fact that the author used to be Mashima’s assistant? Probably unrelated.

I have more I want to say about the series ending, including my own reactions to the ending and a bit of retrospective on the series, which I will post later on this week. I figured that this should be its own post that comes when the actual last chapter officially came out.

See you!