#phantom lord arc

[awesomenikie]

I found it so interesting learning when people started to ship Nalu. I see a lot of people say during the grand magic games arc which really highlights how great their relationship progresses from strangers to best friends to lovers which is so great to see. And really shows how they established a good friendship before the romance. Meanwhile I saw Lucy jump off a building and say I heard him in the distance and Natsu was there right on time to catch her and I was immediately locked in.

[vitaetmorsfilo]

this is a list of moments where natsu is smart (and then some, i couldn't stop myself) (episodes from 17 to 32)

- when fighting zalty, upon learning about time arc, deduced that it does not work on people, which ultear elaborated as it not working on any living matter

- when deliora started to crumble, caught on that this damage was not done by him

- when our team returned to the now fully undamaged village, natsu figured that that must be work of time arc

- when sherry and yuka came to village, natsu quickly told erza that yuka's magic can cancel out other's magic (in comparison, lucy told that sherry's magic is controlling trees and stones, like, girl, didn't she explicitly said that she can make puppets out of everything, excluding humans?)

- (on another note, in the episode where natsu, lucy, happy, gray, erza and loki's bodies and souls got shuffled, how did natsu managed to read that spell? it was in an ancient language that gave even levy trouble)

- i mean, even when he turned out mistaken, he recognised happy's egg as dragon's egg, because it had slash-like markings (like, we don't know how exactly dragon eggs look like, so it's a fifty-fifty chance that he was right)

- (on yet another note, makarov saying that you can't hatch an egg with magic? and that in general for there to be life there supposed to be love? it falls pretty in place as to how natsu himself was revived by zeref. after all, zeref genuinely loved natsu, and thats how he managed to revive him in the first place. if he held no love, then natsu would've still be dead after attack on his village. damned stubborn dragneels, amirite?)

- (also, i'm probably being delusional, but aren't first arcs strangely and loosely correlate with natsu's backstory? like, with macao being taken-over by vulcan = how zeref was consumed by his curse? or maybe how they searched for macao, when he was in their sight all along = igneel actually being sealed in natsu's soul, when natsu searched for him all around fiore? and daybreak book being saved by lucy from being destroyed and figuring out secret message from it = lucy being the one who rewrote e.n.d. book thus saving natsu from dying? yep, i'm being delusional-)

- figured that it was gajeel behind the attack on guild hall and team shadow gear (which is, like, okay, for us its obvious, but gajeel seemed surprised when natsu said that, did he really thought so low about natsu that he won't figure it out?)

- (have you fucking seen him when he overheard that lucy was taken by phantom lord? my boy was going to smoke that goon right then and there, he is down bad-)

- (he was SO going to go back to beating the shit out of phantom lord, nevermind his injured guildmates and master and order from erza to retreat, but the moment he saw lucy cry and starting apologising and blaming herself, HE FUCKING FOLDED LIKE A PRETZEL, my boy is down bad)

- went to destroy jupiter before it accumulated power for another shot, which is honestly a solid plan

- when fighting totomaru, under the guise of letting out a roar, managed to spit on totomaru (which is... i don't know if it was intentionally planned or not, it could go either way, but i think the first variant is way funnier)

- managed to redirect totomaru's sword at the giant lacrima, and when he figured out how to fight totomaru by spreading his flames further even if they are under control and how to make them not susceptible to the control itself, got a fluke shot at totomaru that actually went flying into sword in lacrima, which was his target to begin with

- (onto yet another note, what was your fucking plan lisanna? hope that your words alone would reach elfman? without any kind of back-up plan, or at least some thought put into evading him in case he attacks, or measures to defend yourself? you are stupidly lucky that anima picked you up)

- when fighting gajeel, dissipated his roar with bare hands, wild

- when he heard that gajeel's dragon also dissapeared, he quickly connected it with igneel's dissapearence too

[celestialtitania]

i have the biggest lucy bias ever but this is the first time it struck me that her mouthing off to gajeel in the phantom arc was her way of punishing herself for bringing all this chaos to fairy tail. since she couldn't fight herself and had to keep running, AND no one in fairy tail was blaming her. her own sense of guilt made her want to be punished and gajeel helped things along.

im like 99% certain this is also why it was so easy for her to accept gajeel as a member of fairy tail (the part of her that hesitated was for shadow gear only imo)

[everyjuvia]

it's more of a headcanon territory, but Gray dolls must be an extension/evolution of teru teru bozu dolls Juvia used to make throughout her childhood - as a method to cope, to unwind or to deal with suppressed emotions or stress, since doing something monotonous like needlework can help one put one's thoughts in order

[everyonehappy]

[croutonconfidential]

juvia got done dirty cuz shounen manga couldnt handle such a complex female character like her and mashima the author focused on using fanservice more later down the line and overused comedy in his writing(he still made a really great manga that i love very much tho)

i saw the first few of juvia's appearances in the manga and was not ready for her to turn infatuated with gray the moment they had their first conversation on their first meeting, she was used for comedy instead of her being a sad bad ass s-class wizard

she had such a strong presence in her first appearance, with sharp yet sad eyes and a cool look and i expected her to have mental fortitude and really give it her all for a fight especially for someone mashima spent so long hyping up as a powerful wizard and formidable opponent, but instead of taking something seriously mashima went for the humor of juvia falling in love like she was plummeting off a cliff

that said i did think it was pretty good thematically for where mashima decided to handle the ending of juvia vs gray fight and engaging in her backstory mid fight while gray is entirely unaware of her internal monologue and introspection so hes really confused ( i did honestly find it funny and endearing of juvias character that shes the type to jump too conclusions and have strong emotions but the way she developed feelings for gray so quick it felt unnatural and put me off a bit)

and despite her fluster and sudden infatuation shes still strong and powerful in the fight so its not like she was hyped up for nothing, midfight she does put her new feelings aside to engage in combat against gray after he shoots her with ice spears

when she tries to talk gray out of fighting she offers a way to settle the fight peacefully by him turning over lucy to phantom and her convincing jose to send phantom to withdraw (this also shows some of her naivete/the shallow understanding she has of her guild master compared to gray because jose wouldnt abandon his vendetta against fairytail just because the job to kidnap lucy and return her home was complete, he wasnt even going to complete the job he was going to use lucy as leverage to extort lucy's dad for all his money) so that she doesnt have to fight gray because she doesnt want to fight someone she likes, who is also still recovering from an injury btw, in serious combat , this is a good moment in the story because it highlights the difference in their perspective and values that they developed in completely different environments of their respective guilds

but then it takes another turn in the comedy direction of her perceiving gray's declaration of never turning on his friends no matter what as a declaration of gray's love for lucy and its supposed to be funny about how she jumps to conclusions and has a short temper when it comes to romantic rivalry but its just odd to me (although it does showcase how juvia doesnt have a naturally gloomy disposition and shes really high energy and strong in a fight when her emotions are running high)

in actuality i feel like an emotional appeal was really the only way gray could beat juvia who is an s-class wizard and reasonably couldnt be beaten by gray, especially when hes still injured from the mission on galuna island

so ya, im dissatisfied with the comedy cheapening this moment in the phantom lord arc and the nature of the comedy, but realistically its the only way gray would be able to win against juvia and juvia isnt a stone cold bad ass like her reputation made her out to be, shes a teenage girl with a wide spectrum of emotions which is part of what this part of the arc shows during the gray vs juvia fight

unfortunately great stories can sometimes be hurt by author's choices in the direction the story takes and constrained by their genre and target demographics but that how it is sometimes

[everyjuvia]

afaik, speaking in third person (using one's name instead of 'I') is relatively normal in Japanese, it's considered a cutesy or girlish way of speaking, children often do it before they start using watashi/boku/etc too

first full-body shot of Juvia looks a lot like Ur's last one

coincidentally, both are kind of boasting about their magic

[chocor0se]

you know that scene in the tartarus arc where lucy breaks aquarius’s key? trick question of course you do.

i would like you to recognize that before she breaks the key, she says “i can’t sacrifice one friend to save others!”

and you know what this reminds me of? the phantom lord arc. lucy says (or at least tries to say) that she’ll leave and go with phantom lord to her father, so that no one would get hurt. no one accepts this anyhow, and they all strive to protect lucy and not sacrifice her for their own good.

just a little detail i noticed, that’s all

[awesomenikie]

Rewatching the phantom lord arc and they honestly should have jumped Laxus when he got back for not helping. I don’t care that he’s really strong he can’t fight all of you.

[cobaltqueen]

hi!! i really like your PL au, i love gajeel/lucy brotps and im a luvia girlie (romantic or not), so wanted to maybe propose some solutions to some of the things you said you were struggling with.

if you want gray still on galuna island you could have him hear some kind of rumor about deliora being there and go investigate, or if you want to not have PL involved at all and keep it relatively the same (natsu runs off on the quest, gray and erza end up following along) they could sell the key or advertise giving it away somehow for lucy to end up getting it (or, if you don’t need her to have it prior to her joining the guild, they could just keep it for if they find a trusted celestial wizard) could have that lead into my idea for the loke arc.

even if lucy gives up on being a fairy tail wizard i doubt she’d give up on being a writer, and so maybe she could travel to magnolia occasionally for writing purposes and meet loke there? then they just keep accidentally meeting at places and he starts trusting her that way, even if it’s not enough to reveal the whole circumstances? then it sorta depends on how fast they join fairy tail afterwards, but lucy could plausibly join faster than juvia and gajeel which would allow her to be there for the loke arc?

i don’t know if these make sense in your head but i’d love to hear more about this au <3

Hi! First off, I'm really glad you like the AU! I too am a fan of the dynamics between Lucy and Gajeel, and Lucy and Juvia. They can be so good if given the chance!!

Gray ending up on Galuna island specifically cause he heard rumors about the Deliora thing is a great idea! I wanted team Natsu (-Lucy) to still be on the island and finish the official quest because i think it's just necessary for Grays character development. So maybe something like: Gray hears the rumors, sneaks out, Natsu notices and goes after him with Happy just cause, and then Ezra follows the three of them?

For the key I was thinking that, since in canon Ezra refuses to accept the money reward since they didn't actually destroy the moon, they might leave the key this time too? After all there's no Lucy there. And maybe the old village chief guy makes another quest to "vanquish the moon" or something cause he's stubborn and this is the one Gajeel, Lucy and Juvia take, or maybe it's the same one they just show up late... ( i want this AU to stay a bit silly, i think it's funnier that way).

I'll try to post the Galuna Island doodles i made a while ago later

In regards to Loke, that is actually a really cool idea! It would also make a lot of sense, Loke is canonically a flirt and he did flirt with Lucy before he freaked out about her being a celestial wizard so if lets say, Lucy is out looking for inspiration and Loke is on a job they could feasibly meet and interact!

Thank you very much for those ideas they are very appreciated, i do hope i can give the characters and their dynamics justice!

Talking about them, I was thinking what name to give the Gajeel/ Lucy/ Juvia team. I can see Gajeel potentionally wanting to name it Team Gajeel (as a way to parallel Team Natsu) but also I'm not sure if that would be his go-to and i definetly think the girls would shut that down haha

[shinobisage09]

B - rank.

The tier where it was good, but a lot minor nitpicky issues, mainly with pacing to be honest. Or in some cases, some events could have been done better.

Edolas is a great arc. It was nice to see a "bizarro" world where the people in Ishgar are either opposites or just different in some ways. I liked seeing Mystogan's origins, and his farewell is still one of the hardest ones for me to see because despite us not seeing him so much, he's done so much for the guild he loves. Also seeing Happy get some major development, as well as his and Carla's/Charle's origins is great. I just wasn't a fan of how long and dragged out the "we're so helpless" part was. I mean it's a change, but still.

Eisenwald Arc is where we're introduced to Erza Scarlet for the first time, and boy, she's just as crazy as the others in her own quirky way. It was also a nice intro to see what her and Gray could do in a fight as we've already seen Natsu and Lucy fight, the fact too that Makarov thinks of them as a horrible team Due to mass damage being done because of them together is only a foreshadow of all the craziness to come. However another favorite scene is the episode where Natsu tries bailing Erza out of jail,... and utterly fails. It was cute and hilarious and does a great job setting up the idea of ‘Dragon Force’ and Jellal we would later see after the upcoming arc.

Battle of Fairy Tail. It was the first time we finally actually see Laxus do something other than being an arrogant jerk in the guild, and…. the first thing he does is enforce Civil war and turn the entire city into a battlefield. Yeah he has his reasons, and part of it was out of spite, but it was still a nice arc to see the guild Most try to fight Laxus. We're also shown who Mystogan is under that mask as well as the foreshadowing regarding Natsu and Gajeel. One of the best scenes is that we see Mirajane use her 'actual' magic for the first time on screen and… really? Satan Soul? Totally demolishing Fried? Amazing. It also served as the starting point for both Juvia's and Gajeel's "official" atoning for their crimes. While Juvia played a good role in the ToH, her sacrifice for Cana really cemented her as a person who wants to atone and show she does love her new family. Gajeel on the other hand did FAR worse things, but it was still a nice start by not only allowing jet and droy, the two people he wronged out of three, assault him full force without retaliating, but he also defended them from bipolar Laxus AFTER Laxus himself nearly eradicated him. I like seeing characters on screen trying to actively fix their mess. They may never fully be forgiven, but they still want to atone for their mess. It was fun, but a small segment where we're just seeing Guildmates attack eachother was eh. Especially Alzack.

Phantom Lord. Okay I'll just start it out. I think there are a bit too much parts where it dragged out a bit. Okay that's over, let's talk about the things I liked. I liked the introduction of other guilds and how some can be antagonistic… just because. We also get sorta a backstory of Lucy's but… I feel it was a bit shortened and we could have gotten more. I mean we get a lot more later on, but I feel this was the arc we could have gotten more. Don't get me wrong it's still a nice prelude and beginning, I just wished it was extended beyond what we got. It was also a nice showing of what kind of Guild Fairy Tail is, that stacks on from the Macao arc, a Guild that's a family and family doesn't surrender. Everyone is on the front lines because that's how Fairy tail rolls when one of their family members are in danger. We're also introduced to two of my favorites, Juvia and Gajeel. Elfman also gets an amazing character development as we extend on from the Lisanna backstory that was half given.

C-Rank. These were mostly okay, not bad, but not amazing either.

Starry Sky arc, while controversial as its state, is probably the only good and interesting filler arc that's bogged down by it feeling like its a bit longer than it actually is. I enjoyed the initial set up with a religious group being told one thing and them being literally the Ishgar versions of the Edolas generals is equally fun to see. It was also nice to see the Oracion Seis again and given a power boost. Although. the whole Michelle thing felt… Anyways. It wasn't terrible, and if I ever rewatch the series again I definitely wouldn't mind seeing it again. We're introduced to also a couple of quirky characters that are funny. Oh, and I also have a love-hate with the JBG. I don't think its funny half the time, I think it's kinda gross. Like. Seriously. I never understood fart humor and it's taken to like. 10 billion. The jiggly asses? I could deal with. The giant cloud of particles-you don't wanna know- is a different story.

Loke Arc. Yeah it's like, what, 2 or 3 episodes? It was a nice little backstory for out womanizer Loke, and his story of how he came to Fairy Tail, and of course the reason is because of an abuser named "Karen". xD I'm not too much of a fan of dragged out dramas. I get he's going to "die", but it also seems a bit wishy washy. Like. He didn't kill Karen, and like. I guess because he didn't close his gate she still decided to take a job? I kinda feel like she could have just been anyone random and. Yeah. moving on.

Nirvana/Oracion Seis Arc. Okay, learning and meeting the Oracion Seis was pretty awesome. We met another 2nd Generation Dragon slayer, another Celestial Mage, some awesome guy with bending magic and genjutsu powers, and the man ICHIYA. xD The only kryptonite to Erza. Not to mention we first meet Wendy, someone that gravity despises as it will be the first of many times she trips over air. It's pretty straight forward, the fights were amazing, and the idea of guild combining into one so we get interesting tag-teams were cool. Oh, and Jellal is back. Because. Yes yes no one dies in Fairy tail. I suppose the biggest gripe is just… I'm not a fan of characters who are always self pitying and suicidal out of…. desperation? despair? Whatever it is, it really… idk. I feel you could write him out of the arc, and still write something to replace what he contributes to, which… which was just opening nirvana. and feeding natsu special dragon force fire? I mean Natsu used DF through sheer emotion during the tartaros arc, so. Yeah. The biggest thing I wish is that we actually GET an onscreen redemption arc. As I mentioned, Gajeel on screen had been seeking redemption for all the ills he caused, and even Laxus believed he had no right to defeat Hades as he 'only a Fairy tail member can avenge them'. But he was still there for Makarov despite his Exile. Jellal giving the fire… and that's it for his onscreen redemption, Erza cries again, and he kinda just sits around until he willingly accpets being broken out of jail…. despite…. trying to fix his crimes…. by willingly be a fugitive… Mashima needed to work this one better. I feel another set back is the typical "oh the TRUE leader of evil is here!" and then we spent a bit longer with him until he's defeated like, 5-10 maybe episodes later.

|| Oh look, a Fairy Tail story arc tier ranking. I had something bigger in mind but I thought to start with just this. I'll be reblogging with reasons why each arc is in each tier, so if you're curious they will be labeled. The overall explanation wound up to be like. Five pages. So. Yeah I had a lot to say for some. Also to clear things up, I combined the first set of episodes up until the introduction of Erza into one arc because.... they're all very short and I felt it was easier talking about the entire segments as one as they sorta still count as an 'introduction' arc. Also this is strictly going by the anime as I've just rewatched it and I had to use the wikia to remind me which story arcs because I wasn't keeping track. Lol For the rundown: S-Tier: Alvarez Arc, Tartaros Arc, GMG Arc, Avatar Arc. A-Tier: Sun Village Arc, Tenrou Arc, Macao/Homecoming Arc, Fairy Tail Zero Arc, Galuna Arc, Tower of Heaven arc. B-Tier: Edolas Arc, Eisewald arc, Battle of Fairy Tail arc, Phantom Lord arc. C-Tier: Starry Sky/Infinity Clock arc, Loke arc, Oracion Seis/Nirvana Arc. D-Tier: Daphne Arc. F-Tier: Eclipse Celestial Spirits Arc.

[vaniliens]

Oh yeah i watched another video defending ft again last night . i have remembered my roots 🫡 Not like i ever lost it but ive gained a deeper perspective....

[everyjuvia]

a panel that gave birth to dozens of fanfics

[everyonehappy]

storming into Phantom Lord with everyone else

[princess-of-the-corner]

how would you write a fairy tail self insert fic? like how would you structure the story and go about it?

[of-fairys-and-tails]

A chapter a day!

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