#the trimen

[lovely-lauren-arts]

Claude's family (updated designs).

These are from a few months back. I wasn't going to pose them because I'm not happy with the art but I might as well since I already drew them and all.

[selfawarecobalt]

ill always giggle at the confirmation the trimen are very much happy to hit on all genders

and also the confirmation that the thunder legion are canonically attractive, but we didnt need confirmation on that anyway

[kursed-arcana]

[blueiscoool]

Robert Bentley and Henry Trimen | Medicinal Plants, London, 1880, 4 vols, contemporary green half morocco.

Medicinal Plants: being descriptions with original figures of the principal plants employed in medicine and an account of the characters, properties, and uses of their parts and products of medicinal value... the plates by David Blair, F.L.S. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1880.

[apricious]

tag drop: relationships.

[mysticdragon3art]

Faebruary 2024, days 1-9. Experiments in learning to draw chibi Ballister Boldheart fairy.

2 days ago, I finally remembered the Faebruary drawing challenge, which I always look forward to (because I like drawing butterfly fairies), but I always forget (because it's February). So I tried to cram in a bunch of catch-up drawings.

Every Faebruary, I draw chibi butterfly fairies of my current OTPs. This year, it's Goldenheart.

But I still need to learn to draw both Ballister and Ambrosius. And I'm still testing out which of my Copic colors to use for them. I'm especially having trouble drawing Ballister's hair, from a front point of view. I keep wanting to draw the upturn at the back of his hair, even though it's not visible when he is facing directly straight ahead. It's really hard to not draw the upturn, after those years of drawing Claude von Riegan.

This time, I've chosen real life butterfly wings to base theirs off of, instead of making up my own designs. Because Ballister's comic book name is "Blackheart", I'm basing his wings off the "Uranothauma nubifer" or "black heart" butterfly. Ambrosius Goldenloin's wings will be based on the "Wallace's golden birdwing" butterfly, because that was the first butterfly with the word "golden" in its name that appeared in Google search.

The problem is that I think I might have referenced the wrong pictures for the "black heart" butterfly. A Google search shows many different looking "black heart" butterflies. It's difficult to know which pic to reference. I initially went with Wikispecies's pic, since it was specifically labelled "Uranothauma nubifer". But it's also labelled "Uranotauma nubifer, as Lycaena nubifer Trimen", so it might be a different variation of that butterfly. Maybe??? I went with the mostly solid brown wing from Wikispecies's reference, since that would be easier to draw/color. But I later found several other websites specifically labelling photos of the "black heart" butterfly, which look completely different from Wikispecies's mostly solid brown wings. They're mostly gray and tan speckles on white. So I tried to stylize a design based on the more speckled "black heart" butterfly wings. I'm still trying to simplify it in a way that is easy to draw. And I'm still trying to figure out colors that don't get confusing when juxtaposed by Ballister's skin or clothing.

I usually draw my fairies without shoes, but I wanted to practice drawing Ballister's (and Ambrosius's) full outfits, since I'm just starting to learn to draw them. Also, their regular clothes are close enough to the "medieval fantasy"-inspired fashion that I usually draw my fairies in.

I was unsure about adding Ballister's cybernetic arm. How would a fairy get a tiny cybernetic arm? Does their hidden fairy society in the woods, have a whole system of technological equipment and supplies? Does a human use magnifying glass spectacles and miniature cybernetics to make a tiny robot arm for him??? So I skipped the whole subject by not drawing his robot arm.

2/8-10/2024. No pencil underdrawings. Platinum Preppy fountain pen, using Noodler's Ink. Colored with Copic markers and a Daiso Fluently marker. Some corrections made with white-out, Gelly Roll white gel pen, and digitally with Krita.

[fairytail-whathesays]

*busts down door like a madman*

can I request Freed hcs w a male s/o who’s taller than him and is like. almost always leaning on him. whether their head atop of his or just on his shoulder. I guess this is more of a clingy s/o if anything LOLLLL (；ω；)

Yes, you can!

Freed isn't exactly small, but you'd be hard-pressed to remember that when he hangs out with two of the tallest guys in the guild. With your arrival, he's basically despairing the end of the Short Kingdom.

Did that stop him from crushing and falling? Lol no he loves tall guys.

Freed Justine does not tolerate being pawed at, sir, so watch where your hands end up <- Freed for 15 minutes of knowing you.

Once you guys are actually in a relationship, he's the sort to quietly cherish how much touching you do. He gets a little kick out of it, especially if there's people around. Look at my man, y'all, that I have and you don't, that kind of energy.

Bickslow notices how clingy you are and immediately starts trying to hang off of Freed like a shirt on a coat hanger, too (mostly to be annoying, partly because he's jealous) and will possibly extend that behavior to Laxus and Evergreen, too. All three tell him to knock it off.

(Whaddya mean? C'mon, if Freed has a boyfriend, I gotta have one, too! You're no fun, Laxus!) (No fun! No fun!)

You get more up close looks than the average person at how meticulously Freed takes care of his appearance. You'd be crazy at trivia, knowing what scent shampoo he uses without even being a dragonslayer.

Like 2 people manage to be surprised that Freed likes men so it becomes a running joke/meme around the guild hall, all "guys, did you know Freed is gay?!?" and you should feel free to join in.

Let him show you off around the Blue Pegasus guild. When the Trimen and Jenny see how touchy you are with the Freed Justine, they're gonna be seething with envy.

[raiiryuu]

Headcanon post bc I can think straight rn:

- Laxus started shaving with a straight razor shortly after joining Blue Pegasus, and has kept up with it since returning to Fairy Tail -- though he ends up a bit scruffier now before actually getting around to it since he doesn't have the Trimens pestering him about it constantly.

- He still smokes cigars (usually clove) like his original manga intro, though he's mostly a social smoker. He only really gets the itch to do it if he sees someone else smoking, or if he's extremely stressed. (Yes, he can use electricity to light them. No, he probably won't light yours if you ask him.)

- He's really mellowed out since the Battle of Fairy Tail, but that temper is still there, 100%, and it is still a sight to behold if someone sets it off. That said, he definitely takes advantage of the RBF and "jokingly" threatens some scary shit with a straight face to see if someone will dare to call the bluff. Most guild members can tell the difference between that and him actually being annoyed. Probably.

- The spikes on his sound pod headphones were more than just edgy decorations. They can each store a small amount of electricity, and when he was younger/first got them, they helped him redirect it to where he wanted it. They're not necessary for that anymore, but he hasn't seen a need to replace them since they still work fine, so they typically hold a small amount of charge just to keep themselves working longer (or jump start other lacrima tech if necessary). If he hands you one to listen alongside him or gives them to you in general, it's a big sign of trust. They're extremely important to him. Break them and you'll understand what someone means when they say 'beaten within an inch of their life.'

[nagirambles]

i really like your meta/read-through posts and have a slightly odd question - i know the art style kinda devolves into same face/body type for most characters eventually, but before that, who do you think are meant to be the most objectively attractive characters in-universe, male and female? i'd like to track this as a reference for generating my own headcanons/etc, but after a point in the story all the guys have six-pack abs and all the ladies are generically cute and busty so... your thoughts?

Hmmm... honestly, it's a half-half on whether FT characters are canonically attractive or just attractive in Lucy's eyes. Let's go with somewhere down the middle of that. I'd say any girl that's made an appearance in canon Sorcerer spreads is considered canonically super attractive. I'd put a hold on putting guys on similar ranks though, since boys seem to be more based on strength. I'm currently memory blanking on everything from Alvarez onwards so don't mind me not mentioning them.

Note that I'm not caring for the harvest festival in fantasia, that was a real life popularity poll and thus has no standing in canon popularity.

For the girls: Top on the list are definitely Erza and Mirajane! They're pretty much specifically known for being drop-dead gorgeous who can kill you also. I'd put the mainliners of Mermaid Heel here, with Jenny Realight and Karen Lilica. Aries and Aquarius are also always mentioned for their beauty. Cana should be around here as well. Also Minerva. It feels weird to put Wendy and Chelia here, but they're canonically absolutely the cutest little angels in the world, so they fit on this scale in their own way. Human Carla too. And Ultear! Almost forgot Ultear. ALMOST FORGOT NIRVANA ARC SHERRY

Girls that are canonically considered 'upper to mid' or to whoever's tastes: Lucy, Bisca, Levy, Juvia? Not sure about Juvia, I feel she's complimented for both her strength and sometimes her appearance, but mostly it's just Lyon for the latter? Kinana! Virgo! I wanted to put Evergreen up top, but now that I think about it, maybe it's because of her ego, but she's never truly made out to be as attractive as she thinks she is. She's gorgeous to me, but everyone canonically just goes 'yeah, yeah' to her and she is always immediately shot down by being compared to Erza.

For the boys: The Trimens, Loke, and Jellal/Siegrain to cross off the obvious ones. They were all on Lucy's hotties list. Lyon. Freed. Gray if he has his clothes on.

For the boys, it's a bit harder to gauge. Cause for the boys, sometimes they're just hailed for being strong and buff, which means we go into some other attractiveness category. Elfman and Natsu are on this end, but they'd never cross over into the ranking with the Trimens-- but then again, Laxus and Gray could be in both! So, it's complicated. And Jason is enthusiastic about both of them so yeah. Also, while the girls are attractive no matter what, the boys always have a 'but' to them that drags them down on the scale. Loke's a womanizer, so Lucy is turned off. Gray's cool, but where are his clothes? etc.

Also, while most of our girls are on a canon attractive scale of some sort, most of our boys seem to be on a canon unattractive scale. Yes this is because Mashima and I think that's kinda funny

[lucentaire]

Ship bias - but the only Right Answer is Laxren 😌

So this obviously is a joke, but since it is Gray's OTP, have some thoughts since we take everything very seriously here at lucentaire dot tumblr dot com. They clearly . . . both are not the best communicators---but since we have only ever seen Ren while he was on (that is to say, while he was one of the Trimens rather than his own person), I will cut my man some slack here and say that he probably has some emotional intelligence that falls by the wayside when he is stressed. Yes, this is how I excuse his behaviour towards Sherry during the GMG. But yea! Laxren! Meet-cute in the shirt shop because they both had an animal print era! Maybe Laxus can convince Ren to actually decorate his apartment by gifting him some vinyls with really cool covers so he (Ren) feels compelled to get those frames you can put the vinyls in . . . and thus, Ren actually decorates his apartment after moving in 9 or so years ago. Plus Ren has his own messed up family so really, a match made in discord. I also feel like wind and lightning magic are bound to go really well together so there is the storm thematic!

[freedjustineappreciation]

Thoughts on freed X hibinki?

I like to imagine they maybe dated for a little bit while the Raijin tribe were at blue Pegasus, and maybe made Laxus a bit jealous lmao

I like the ship! There's little to no content for them, unfortunately, but I would definitely love to see more for Frebiki.

Thanks to that one panel we know for sure that Freed likes the looks of the Trimens quite a bit lmao and the time that the Raijinshuu spent at Blue Pegasus would have had them interact on more occasions. I imagine them to be compatible and besides being flirty with each other I think they also appreciate each other's intellect.

Also, both of them are damn attractive men and were also both part of the "Wizard I'd like to have as boyfriend" poll thing. Another possibility for interactions and photoshoots!

I can't decide wether the whole atmosphere and vibes of Blue Pegasus could have been too much for Freed when first joining or if he got accustomed to it pretty quick. Freed's a reserved, confident and "strict" person by nature but he has casual (and at times goofy) sides to himself that can be brought to light and judging by one comment Ichiya made;

I could imagine him actually being a good flirt or someone who can adjust oneself to different vibes/moods very well (maybe thanks to his confident nature, too). That would make for fun situations, interactions and surprises.

Granted, we can't be sure if by "aces" Ichiya means as wizards because they're very powerful anyway or as hosts... But given Blue Pegasus' nature I'd think that he means the hosting stuff.

As for Laxus and if we're going in a Fraxus direction - I'm not sure if Freed would go as far as to date, but I could definitely see him engage in flirts. Yea, Freed and Hibiki definitely flirted. Even if Freed didn't flirt actively and Hibiki was the playful one as he tends to be, Freed definitely flirted with looks lmao.

So, yes! A nice ship with potential that I would love to see more of. Here, have some panels and I'll also go around and look if there's any content that I can reblog on here @freedjustineshipping !

done with his bf

oh, drama??

definitely flirting. the mischievous look Freed is giving Hibiki? yea.

[lovely-lauren-arts]

Is Zeki prejudiced towards Trimen such as Claude?

No, he doesn't care what someone is. Not all Triclops are prejudice towards Trimen.

[varietales]

while the whole "jenny poses nude" thing isn't canon on this blog, i do love the idea of the trimens (including ichiya) doing the shoot with her in solidarity. so i like to imagine at some point there was a photoshoot (not necessarily a nakey one) that jenny was meant to do but wasn't overly keen on, and the guys offered to be in the shoot too and make sure she felt comfy with it

[kursed-arcana]

[pretty-switchy-girl]

You write for fairy tail? That's awesome!! I rarely found people who enjoys fairy tail these days :(, umm if you have time, please consider writing a fic with lee natsu and lers trimens of pegasus guild hehe

Can the person who requested this please PM me, I have a few questions :)

[bringerofdeathandtheapocolypse]

Notes and comments from rewatching Oracion seiz Part 1 (Episodes 52 and 53

Mira just being so casual when saying "Oh welcome back master after he just announced they would need to fight the Seiz is great.

I didn't actually realize it was canon Cobra wore earrings. I thought that was fanon that I was making true in my head(That happens a lot). That's awesome

Also wasn't Gray on the list of hottest male mages after the time skip? What is so different now in this arc compared to then for both Natsu and Gray to not be on the list? Like Gray didn't change at all between the skip so I don't get why he isn't there.

I usually don't mind Ichiya but he is really bugging me with the fact he keeps violating Erza's personal space when she's very clearly showing through body language and words that she isn't interested and doesn't want him touching her.

The fact that this dark menacing music plays when Lyon shows up and he's having a stare off with Gray, meanwhile Natsu is just smiling all happy to find out Lyon actually joined a guild is so precious.

Almost everyone here is just having beef with each other. Like damn, you guys are supposed to be fighting the seiz not each other.

Jura being the voice of reason. Good work my guy.

Everyone just being like 'Wait a child?' when Wendy shows up meanwhile I'm here knowing that 1. She's a dragon slayer and healer so very strong and useful and 2. One of only 2 living members of cait shelter.

The fact this is the only time any of the slayers show any form of recognition for each other in the slightest. Like Gajeel doesn't have a similar reaction to Wendy later and none of them to Sting or Rogue.

I honestly like how Wendy's current outfit because not only does it have resemblance to Grandeeney but it just hints to her being a sky mage just enough, similar to Gajeel having the metal on his shirt, gloves and boots. A hint to their magic while still blending into their designs.

Can the tri men not simp over the 12 year old. Like come on guys, find something to say that isn't complementing on how pretty and cute she is.

Jura is great. He has literally no reaction to Wendy at all. One of the only few not surprised that Wendy was both a child and a girl(something that irks me when both Mira and Erza exist)

Sherry having beef with Carla because she called Gaudy is great.

God dammit, the trimen are flirting with Carla too. Good gravy

Poor Wendy talking down on herself when its literally canon that all slayers are just op as fuck. Like even if she doesn't have combat experience, when paired with other slayers, she does a damn good job with fighting. Like pair her with Natsu or Gajeel on a team and you've got a powerful team going. Putting all four fairy tail slayers on a team would be even better because you've got both Gajeel and Laxus who can do both melee and ranged, Natsu who has mostly melee attacks and Wendy who both has melee, a couple ranged and support magic to boost the others with, you've got a powerhouse going.

Carla does have a point in saying Wendy needs to have more confidence and I love that she actually does get more confidence as she builds up her techniques and magic. She has the most confidence when fighting alongside someone like Edolus where she fights with Natsu and Gajeel, she is extremly confident there and by GMG she has the confidence in herself to hold her own in the fight against Shellia. That was the arc Wendy deserved, not her constantly comparing herself to other girls who are a lot older.

Carla just saying Wendy will drive her to catnip like its some drug or alcohol. I can't

Jura and Ichiya noticing that Wendy doesn't use just any old magic because of her signature leads me to question why they didn't notice that it bares resemblance to Natsu's. But it does further prove that slayer magic is a very powerful subclass of magic.

I honestly don't blame Natsu for forgetting who Wendy is because he literally had his memories altered by the magic of the eclipse gate. No wonder he's pressing on it so hard, its been hidden away by magic.

Ok further confusion with map things being, they literally refer to it as Worth Woodsea in its first official appearance. It is never refered to by the name on the official map once. I don't know if it was perhaps changed later on or something but its so weird.

Cobra is literally fucking smiling at the camera in the picture that Hibiki uses of him. Its like 'oh I'm getting my photo taken? Better look extra sinister or they'll think bad of me'

Also he's just called the snake wizard because he has a snake or his name right? Is it that unbelievable that he could just really like snakes and not have any magic that involves them? Like criminals can like animals and have pets too ya know. They don't always have to be horrible pet owners. Cobra clearly isn't.

Is Midnight really an odd name? Its not common but I don't think its odd either. Its one of the more name like names of the seiz. Especially when you have Hoteye and Racer which no one in their right mind would (hopefully) name a child that.

I actually like the pair system they went with because it is a good idea. Strategy is something that was heavily relied on for Racer, Midnight and Cobra's fights because attacking them head on isn't a valid option because of their magic.

The way Gemini speaks of Makarov makes it sound like they know a lot about him. Its kinda interesting to be honest

Trying to decide if Natsu wanting a Christina is a good or bad thing tbh.

If there's one good thing about the seiz its that they're exceedingly dramatic.

I have never heard someone use the word frosty when telling people to stay alert and now I can't get over the idea that Gray makes ice and cold related puns.

I love how there is something that Midnight holds that just makes wind chime noises. Its great.

Ok so how physically strong is Cobra. Because in some scenes it looks like Cubelious has her full weight on him and he's carrying her but in others it looks almost like she's floating. And Cobra is one of the only dragon slayers in the main series who doesn't have prominent muscles aside from Wendy. And we never see him shirtless so we can't say whether he is secretly ripped or not like with Rogue. So I'm genuinely curious behind this. Is he just secretly strong from always carrying Cubelious or does she use magic to help with that since she is cursed and would be able to use magic since Kinana does learn magic during the 1 year time skip.

I love how Cobra always says "I can hear it" or a variation of it with his sentences like its some kind of scare tactic to get people to fear him.

The fact both Cobra and Racer don't want to listen to Hoteye talk about money makes me believe that they have to listen to that on a regular basis. Especially Cobra if its one of the only things Hoteye thinks about.

To be fair on Lucy, I'd probably be terrified of a guy that's supposed to be super powerful and he didn't even bother to get up from bed too.

Fuck yeah the Oracion seiz ost. I love it. Its such a bop not gonna lie.

Cobra asking if Gray and Natsu need an invitation to fight just satisfies my "he's a sassy bitch" headcanon and I love it.

I love how they up the smoothness of the animation for the fights Like it looks so good. That one scene where Lyon takes a step and his foot melts down into mud is so satisfying to watch.

The trimen getting taken out just seems like their fault since they were too busy fighting over Angel.

Some of these angles are cool. Like the one on Cobra when he comments on Erza's requip where Cubelious' head looks a lot bigger because its closer to the camera. Also I am just filling my phone with pictures of Cobra for refs and such at this point.

The way Cobra just moves ever so slightly and avoids the swords looks great. Like they give it a slight blur when he's moving.

I am honestly unsure if Racer saying "I like fast women" is supposed to be a sex joke or not. Cause on one hand, it obviously fits with him being able to slow others down but the way its phrased and said makes me think its supposed to be a sex joke. I don't know.

I love the art for when Cobra gets behind Erza and how she's highlighted blue while Cobra is shrouded in black with a glowing red eye. Gives very sinister intentions.

This fight reminded me how Cobra can actually hold his own in a fight without Cubelious attacking or using his dragon slayer magic. He gives Erza a good kick to the stomach that is clearly shown to be a strong hit. He's one of the few slayers who has been shown to not relay constantly on their dragon magic (Laxus is the other but he still uses magic a lot to cover his hits, Cobra only uses his ears to give him an advantage) its probably done this way because they wanted Cobra being a slayer to be a surprise for when he fights Natsu but it leans into my theory that 2nd gens are technically stronger than 1st or at least Natsu. (He never beat Laxus or Cobra. Gajeel's hard to judge since we never see him fight Cobra and he had a disadvantage against Laxus by types although canon Gajeel is on par with Natsu so I'd say he'd be outmatched)

I just found an example of where it looks like Cubelious is floating around Cobra not wrapped around him. Also I'm pretty sure she got longer. Like here's actual visual examples I took.

Ignore the quality, my playstation won't let me screenshot my own dvd so I had to use my phone for the photos.

So from what I can gather, Midnight's magic is kind of like Cobra's in where unless its blocked or sealed then its constantly active even when he's asleep. At least he knows he can't be stabbed in the middle of the night.

Brain just standing to the side like "Ah yes. The screams of teenagers. What a lovely sound" (Because everyone in this fight aren't even 21. Only Ichiya and Jura were above that age and they aren't participating and since we know the seiz members are around Erza's age, literally no one here aside from Brain are above 21. (And possibly Hoteye since he's the older one) Only Ren and Hibiki are 20 while everyone else is between 19 to 16 (Wendy, Happy and Carla being even lower)

Ok so Brain seems quite impressed by Erza so I'm curious if would have tried to recruit her like he did Natsu. Cause clearly he's looking for strong mages and I could believe that he'd know Erza was from the tower if Jellal or someone else he'd scouted out had ever mentioned her. (Erik might have heard about Erza or something similar)

I love how Cobra describes everything he hears as a symphony. Its an interesting way to look at someone being able to hear everything about a person.

Ok so Cobra wasn't aware Erza was from the tower before which could be that he just doesn't recognise her now that she's older or because he never physically saw her but I love the detail of him jumping back and looking shocked because that place was just as bad for him as it was for her and he's now seeing someone who came from the same background but didn't fall to evil. Perfect to use for a redemption arc with Cobra where he starts to rethink his choices now that he knows someone else who went through the same torture and pain didn't turn to killing people.

Continuing on that point with how he drops his guard and says "You were there" which is the first foreshadowing to where the seiz really come from because of the wording alone. He doesn't say "You were tortured" or "You were enslaved" he says there, showing a sense of recognition and familiarity towards a place the audience have learned was a horrible part of Erza's past and its put in naturally. Its not just Erza word vomiting her past. Its her trying to use her bad memories to get an opening in the fight. Cobra was already listening to her thoughts to predict her moves so of course he would pick up on it. This is the kind of character work I love, hinting to things in ways that make sense. This entire situation was a tactic to strike Cobra not some sappy moment. And of course Cobra would let his guard down, he hasn't come to terms with that part of his life yet. He still holds anger and resentment towards the people who did that to him (And possibly Zeref because there has to be a reason why the seiz are the only balam alliance that never do any evil schemes that have any relation to Zeref what so ever) so seeing someone else's experience probably brought up his own memories of how he was treated and perhaps even how he ended up there in the first place (Its never stated but I doubt Cobra was also an orphan before being taken. I personally like to believe he had to watch his parents be slaughtered right in front of him before being taken away but that's just my headcanon)

Also the fact that Cobra isn't the one to defend himself against Erza, its Hoteye. Cobra has clearly had his guard dropped. He's stunned and lost his confident mask. If he hadn't been protected then I wouldn't be surprised if Erza actually hit a strike on him unless Cubelious protected her friend.

Also also, Racer says "Pick up the pace" to Cobra. They clearly don't know what just happened. They just know that he suddenly jumped back and let his guard drop. To them, they probably thing he's slacking or something similar, not baring witness to someone else's traumatic events that mirror his own. And I wouldn't be surprised if frustration from Racer's ridicule and anger about what he just witnessed is why he orders Cubelious to attack. Because he was doing fine on his own against Erza, he even caught her swords. But instead he sends his snake to poison her instead.

Okay at this point I'm just going to agree with Pencilofawesomeness' concept from their papalogia story that Cubelious can just change her size because now she's 3x taller than Cobra after biting Erza.

What is it with dragon slayer villians doing crazy facial expressions. Cobra keeps having one eye widened while the other narrowed (Which I doubt this is actually the case but it is kinda like foreshadowing since the narrowed eye is the one he gives up later in the KOTSH arc. He also does wide smirks which are great fun to watch. This man is a sassy bitch if I ever do see one.

I don't think they ever established how Brain knew about Wendy. Because he says her name and seems shocked to see her but I don't recall ever having a moment where he admits to how he knows who she is (At least I unintentionally gave a reason for how he'd know in the au with the whole pack stuff and such) If I'm proven wrong later after a proper refresher than I will definitely make a note of that