#zervis rewrite

[gralunaisland]

Tell me what are your thoughts on Jerza?

Graluna's Pro Jerza Masterlist

Hi, my friend! To make this easy, I'll use your ask to compile a few of my Jerza posts so it's easy for you to find them.

A post on why Jerza is very healthy:

2. A post on what I ship in FT, which includes Jerza:

3. A post that is most in depth analysis of Jerza that I have:

4. On the opposite side, here's a post for those Anti Jerza people who want to know if it's alright to be a Jerza Anti:

I go more in depth in these posts linked above so I don't think I need to rewrite it, but my very much abridged answer is I like Jerza a lot and is one of the few ships I have for FT! It's honestly one of the best things Mashima has written, especially romance-wise, and I think the way Erza and Jellal act within this ship is extremely laudable since they're both wise and mature.

Thank you for your ask and your continued support! All hail Jerza!

(I'll tag all the anti gr///via and juvia tags because if someone were to click through any of these posts, they'd be bombarded with anti stuff, and I don't want to ambush people).

[marumigamer]

The story you will never know: Chapter 12 - Wings and scales

Double lenght as compesation for those weeks of inactivity.

Pairing: Zervis.

First chapter here.

Previous chapter here.

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When I woke up, I didn't know where I was. The smell told me that no one used the room where I was in a long time. Larcade wasn't with me, but there were signs that he was sleeping in that room.

I got out of the room, trying to not be discovered by anyone. I was scared. I didn't know where I was. I relaxed when I went downstairs.

- Good morning, sensei! - said Draco when he saw me.

- Good morning - I answered.

- Did you sleep well?

- How long I was sleeping?

- About three or four days.

- That long!?

- Yes. Why are you asking?

- It's been a long time since I slept that much.

- How long?

- About 300 years. Where's Larcade?

- With my father, buying some things.

- Your father will steal my child if I let him.

- I can't deny that. He's taking good care of him.

- At least I know he will be in good hands.

- You will let him take your son?

- Of course not. But now I know someone else to leave him if something happens to me.

I went to the kitchen and I ate the first thing I found.

- What are you doing, sensei? - asked Draco.

- Eating? - I answered.

- But you didn't told me that you don't need to eat?

- That I don't need it doesn't mean I don't enjoy eating. After all, this makes me feel alive.

In that moment, Georg opened the door. He was carrying a lot of food. Larcade was at his head, exploring the world. I laughed when I saw that.

- Do you know he likes to be in people's heads? - asked Georg -. And that he doesn't fall?

- No, I didn't - I answered -. But I know from who he got that.

- Who?

- My brother. He was always there. Even sleeping. Dad didn't mind too much, but he was always prepared in case my brother fell.

- You really love your brother.

- We were twins. But I can't sense him since he was sent to the future.

- Maybe he didn't arrive yet.

- No, he didn't. It was a 400 years travel. But I thought that my time magic would make me sense him. Seems like I was wrong.

- Dad, isn't that a lot of food? - asked Draco -. And we already have food.

- Draco, are you aware of how much you eat? - answered Georg.

- Eh... No.

- Monsters are capable to eat twice their weight, three if they are hungry. I think I won't have enough food. At least, I'm lucky that Larcade is still a baby.

- But sensei doesn't need to eat.

Georg looked at me. I smiled.

- That doesn't mean I don't like to eat - I said.

- Then, we're in peace - said Georg -. When will you leave?

- Soon. I can't stay too much in a place because of the curse, and I had been around you for a long time.

- Can you look at the books before?

- Sure. I can stay a few more days, if needed. You already know how to deal with the curse.

Georg left the food in the kitchen and went to his room. Soon, he returned with three books.

- Those are the magic books my wife left - said Georg -. I can't understand anything on them. I don't even know in what language is it wrote.

I took one of the books and I flipped some pages.

- Ancient dragon language - I answered -. I can read it. My brother and I combined this with Fairy language and Demon language to send us secret messages. But our father discovered us, and they weren't a secret anymore. Draco, try to read it.

I handed the book to Draco. He seemed to not understand a thing at first, but I could see how he could read it.

- Can you understand it? - I asked.

- I can read it, but not understand a word - answered Draco. Georg and Miriam were surprised of that.

- Dragons can read their language. Fairies and demons can do that with theirs. But understand them is different. Knowing that you can read it, I can teach you how to understand it.

- But you can read dragon language, sensei?

- My father was the slayer king, remember? I can read an talk demon, fairy, dragon and god language. And much others, but those are the most important for me.

I taught Draco how to read and speak dragon language. Sounds easy, but it isn't. Mostly because I mixed demon and fairy in it.

- You mixed words again, sensei - said Draco a week later. He was understanding and filling holes by himself.

- I lost a big part of my fluency during the last 300 years - I explained -. My brother and I used to mix the three languages to send messages, remember? We were very fluent to do it.

- Must be fun to have a brother.

- Depends. He can be your best friend and your worst enemy at the same time. But me and my brother complemented each other. He was the strenght and I was the brain. But roles changed when I enter in sadistic mode.

- Sadistic mode? You? I don't see it.

- You don't know me enough.

- I have never seen your fairy wings.

- They... We're ripped off a long ago...

I put my right hand in my left shoulder. I missed my wings, but they don't grow up again. It's not that easy.

- I'm sorry sensei. I shouldn't...

- Don't worry, Draco. You didn't know.

- But...

- Draco, it's okay. I lost my fairy power with them, but I still have my demon and my God Slayer power.

- Fairies lose their power when their wings are ripped off?

- Yes, and it's hard to live without it. Specially when you're a pureblood. Good that I'm mixed and I know another magic.

Draco looked at the book again, without saying anything else. He could feel the sadness in my voice. And probably my face was telling the same. Larcade was laying in my head, listening everything. Without any warning, I couldn't feel him anymore. I put my hands in my head, searching him, and then I looked around me in the couch. He wasn't there.

- Oh, no... This can't be happening...

- Sensei, calm down - said Draco when he saw my nervous state -. He shouldn't be too far away.

- But... What if he...? Maybe I forced him too much with the curse...

- Sensei, it won't be that. I'm sure of it.

- You can't be sure of something you don't know!

I was scared. That scared that I yelled to Draco. Georg arrived in that moment.

- What's happening? - asked Georg.

- Larcade disappeared - answered Draco -. He was at sensei's head, and he's gone.

I was crying. I could feel some tears falling from my eyes. Immediately, the curse appeared. I couldn't control it. I was too scared and too nervous to try to stop it.

I heard Draco's voice singing the lullaby. I could follow his voice to calm the curse.

"La maldad más pura,

La maldad más oscura,

Tiene sangre de hada,

Su nombre es Anastascia.

No dejes que te atrape,

No dejes que te engañe,

Porque si lo hace,

Ya no podrás ver ni a papá ni a mamá."

For a moment, I could listen my mother singing it in my head. That helped even more. I was still scared, but less nervous.

- Better? - asked Draco.

- Yes... Thank you - I answered.

- Good that you taught me the lullaby.

- I could listen my mother singing it. Maybe was my imagination.

- Probably.

- What a dark lullaby... - said Georg.

- Eh? You could understand it, father?

- My grandmother was from another country. He taught me her native language. Oh, and she loved dragons.

- The lullaby was made with the native language of the first fairy queen - I explained -. Some fairies still know it.

- That's interesting to know.

Suddenly, we heard an scream. It came from the kitchen. It was Miriam. We ran directly where she was just to see her laughing with a flying Larcade at her side.

Flying!? Larcade was flying!? When did he show wings!? Was that a few minutes ago!? I looked at Draco and Georg. They were as surprised as me.

- Hi, boys - said Miriam when she saw us -. Since where does Larcade fly?

- Now - answered the three of us at the same time.

- He's adorable. And the color of his wings combines perfectly with his hair.

I took Larcade in my arms, making him stop flying. His wings were a perfect combination of demon and fairy. Strong like a demon, lighter like a fairy. I checked his head, seraching horns. They were there, but they were very little in that moment. His tail was moving under his clothes.

- Seems like I will need scales - I said. Everyone looked at me, surprised.

- Why scales? - asked Draco.

- Your scales, to be exact. You share the same powers as your mother. Your scales are special, like hers.

- In what?

- A lot of things. Like clothes that can hide your dragon appearance, or that let you transform without breaking them.

- People knows me like this. I prefer to not try to hide it again.

- I understand... But maybe for your children. They will be more human, but still have a lot of dragon blood inside them.

- My children... They will have wings like me?

- Not necessarily, but maybe scales in their bodies.

- Scales...

- They are easier to hide than the wings and the tail. Maybe they will never need it.

Draco looked at Miriam, worried about something.

- So... It's like that... - I started, thinking that Draco did something to Miriam.

- Eh... Really? I thought you were smarter than this, son - continued Georg, going to my side.

- What are you talking about? - asked Draco.

- You know what we are talking about... Right, devil child?

- Yeah... - I answered.

Draco's face told us that he didn't know about what we were talking about. Georg and me looked at each other. We were having fun, even knowing that Draco didn't do anything.

- Nothing happened - said Miriam -. Yet...

- Eh? What are you talking about, Miriam? What didn't happen yet? - asked Draco, still not knowing about what the three of us were talking about.

We laughed. Draco still didn't know about what we were talking about. He turned red when we explained to him.

- I didn't do anything like that... - murmured Draco, again.

- We know - said Miriam, at his side -. It was a joke, Draco.

- It's not funny... And I didn't do it...

- Draco, I know you didn't. And I know it very well.

Draco laid his head in Miriam's chest, and she hugged him. I was in front of them, reading a book to Larcade.

- Can he understand it? - asked Miriam.

- I'm not sure, but he likes the sound of my voice - I answered.

- Can I know your name? Draco doesn't know it either.

- My name involves a lot of bad things. Knowing it will make you fear me for no reason.

- What kind of things?

- You don't want to know.

- Why?

- It's difficult to explain to a human.

- Make it easy.

- I was possessed by someone evil. Very evil. That person used my full appearance and name to commit all the existent crimes. Even more. My appearance has been forgotten in this time, but not my name. My name is a very vivid legend. I don't want you to fear me for that.

Miriam didn't ask anything else. I didn't want to tell her who I was, or Draco to know. I knew very well that they knew about my reputation. Georg was in the kitchen, but listened to all the conversation.

- Can you come here, devil child? - asked Georg.

Without answering, I took Larcade and the book and I went to the kitchen. As I entered, I stopped the time for Draco and Miriam.

- You are really a good kid, Zeref - said Georg.

- That's not what the legends tell - I answered.

- I don't need the legends anymore. I know you in person. And without that dark fairy in the middle. I know how you are.

- I don't want people to fear me for those legends. They are the worst that happened to me.

- How much you were investigating resurrection methods?

- I don't know. When I got cursed, I stopped the time to investigate. But Anastascia didn't notice it, because I was always in libraries and similar places, with no one inside.

- You mean... That you could be decades studying and investigating without anyone noticing it?

- I didn't age, so I didn't notice either. Anastascia created a lot of experiments during that time, including my brother. The only experiment I let the time work.

- What about the others?

- I tried to destroy them, but some of them were successful. I don't know where they are now. But I could save two of them.

- Save?

- Anastascia killed them at the same time she killed my family. They were good friends of mine. I made clones for them, and put the clones on their place. They are half demon too. I didn't saw them since they left. But I'm sure they're fine. They were surviving together since they were abandoned by their parents.

- Are they brothers?

- No, only friends. Good friends from the same town. Both half demon, from the last generation of pure half demons. They always took care of each other.

- Reject a child because it's half demon... What kind of parents do that?

- In that time, demons were rapists. They did it for fun. Having a demon child meant that you were with them. That's why all the half demons were abandoned.

- But your father wasn't.

- Because my grandma wanted to keep him. And my grandpa was an archangel. He could say that was an strange mutation, but both decided to say my father was half demon.

- Your family didn't have it easy.

- No, but I couldn't wish a best family. My parents, my grandfather, my brother, my uncles, my aunt, my master, and the dragons. All of them were family. Even if we weren't blood related.

- Elementia was in it?

- Yes, she was. She was my father's master, remember? She was... like some kind of grandmother to us.

- Would your father accept me if he meets me? I'm human. I'm something that rejected him his whole life.

- He would, because you made his master happy. And there's nothing more important for him than see his family happy.

Georg hugged me. I hugged him when I felt the way he was breathing. He was holding his own cry.

- You can cry, if you need it - I said -. No one will listen to you.

- I'm fine. Just happy to meet someone who Elementia considered family. Even if it's the darkest mage that ever existed.

- It would be better if you could met my father. He was her disciple. He knew her in a better way than me.

- Still, you are her family. That's important for me.

- Besides of you and Draco, she has no blood related family. All the others are friends she considers family.

- I don't care at all. If she considers you family, you are family.

- That's what my father always said.

- Your father must be a great man.

- Yes, he was. I miss him every day, with the rest of my family.

For some reason that we don't know, Larcade patted our heads. He was in Georg's head this time. Both of us laughed, and I made time run again.

- So... When are you leaving? - asked Georg.

- Tomorrow - I answered -. I can't stay more time, and Draco can defend himself in Dragon language.

- Do you think he will learn all he needs by himself?

- Probably. I can't help him anymore. I lost my fluency. And I stayed here for too long.

- Be careful out there.

- I will.

Later that day, I explained to Georg how to manipulate the scales, and made some clothes for Larcade now that he knew how to show wings. Draco refused to make clothes for himself all the time.

[sunsofmars-moved]

list of things to do for the fairy tail rewrite (add as needed and in no particular order):

that whole zervis shit. like I'm sorry both of their bgs were perfect before they melded together

the entire Alvarez arc

Zeref being emperor of a country — like, no, his shit was fine the way it was

the fairy tail master thing

juvia and Gray's whole situation

it's gonna be gayer

almost everyone will be poc (all the dragonslayers MUST be poc no arguments)

Natsu's whole characterization, like what the fuck was that

Lucy's (and by extension Yukino and Angel's) magic being "weak" — they could literally summon whole beings from a different dimension, like???? why wasn't that utilized more and percieved as powerful????? bitch

the ecchi stuff..... bc bleh

the gmg arc — tbh there were a lot of things that bothered me about that (might make a separate post)

EDOLAS ARC — tbh it probably shouldn't exist in the first place, or at least should've been given better bg

Lisanna's situation — she was such an important part of Natsu and Happys lives, along with her siblings' lives, and her "death" and her coming back should've been paced and more meaningful

The entire magic system (????)

Alvarez's Spriggan 12's magics being percieved as more powerful than Tartaros' demons, which shouldn't be possible bc???? they were whole ass demons???????

tbh I'm sure Tartaros was too early so maybe it should've been pushed back or switched with another post-disbandmejt arc

Fairy tail disbanding in the first place, shit made no sense

THE ENTIRE SHIT WITH ACNOLOGIA, LIKE HOLY FUCK

if I'm missing anything or if you'd like to contribute please feel free to add!!!!!

[mocha-cola]

spriggan 12 headcanon/rewrite thoughts

because that’s the mood i’m in today

this isn’t totally complete and there’s a bunch of stuff i haven’t fleshed out yet, but i wanted to get down what i have so far

the spriggan 12 are zeref’s inner circle of trusted wizards and major recurring villains throughout the series

all 12 of them stay against my better judgement, BUT not all of them are fighters

Jacob is more of a stealth/espionage kind of guy. He carries weapons (daggers, maybe a gun) for defense but mostly he’s a spy and an informant rather than a soldier

Invel is a tactician. I’m probably gonna change his magic to suit that role better (because god knows we don’t need another ice mage) : I’m considering either a heavier focus on the chains/mind control without the ice aspect, or some kind of foresight magic that lets him see multiple outcomes

Larcade is a healer and the head of the military’s medical division. Probably going to play up the whole “angel” thing he had going on in his design

August is the emperor’s advisor and the head of the 12 (though i may still make him a combatant on top of that, idk yet)

Alvarez started relatively small and slowly took over more and more of the surrounding area. It’s now a massive empire with a wide range of cultures

I want to change Brandish’s backstory pretty heavily, and give more detail as to how exactly she ended up in Alvarez, but part of me wants to keep her connection to Lucy

One thing I’m considering is having Brandish introduced pre-timeskip at the age of 17, years before she joins the Spriggans, and have her become one of them at some point over the course of the series (probably during the 7-year timeskip)

The machias live in a mountainous area to the west. They (supposedly?) willingly gave up their land and merged their military force with Alvarez. Wahl had a high rank among them (maybe a military general or royalty) and became their ambassador among the 12

If i decide to rewrite the whole manga i might make an arc involving the machias to flesh them out more

Bloodman plays a role as the overseer of Tartaros and appears during their arc. He has some conflict with Mard Geer, who doesn’t like the idea of another demon being ranked above him

I’m probably going to cut Irene’s connection with dragons/dragon slayers to focus more on her enchantment magic, and develop enchantment more as a reasonable magic type with reasonable limits

I kind of want to go somewhere with the connection Mashima hinted at between Irene and Neinhart. It’s not set in stone yet but the idea I had was that, since Neinhart is around the same age as Erza, Irene uses him to fill the emotional void of her “dead” daughter

Irene also meets Erza earlier in the series to give more time for the conflict between them, which comes to a head in the Alvarez arc

Serena is first introduced relatively early in the story as the strongest wizard saint, and we don’t find out until later that he was a double agent. He was close with the other Gods of Ishgar and is conflicted about betraying them for Alvarez. He also has less than the 8 dragon lacrima he has in canon, probably only 3 or 4, and we get some backstory as to how he ended up with them

On top of that, Serena faces some kind of consequence for having 4 different types of insanely OP magic, like worse motion sickness than the other dragon slayers

After Zeref saved Invel as a child (haven’t worked out the details yet), Invel devoted his life to serving him and ultimately became Zeref’s right-hand man

I want to put at least a bit more emphasis on the family connection between Ajeel and his grandfather

The backstory I had in mind for Ajeel was that both of his parents were former Spriggans who died in battle, and he was more or less raised by Yajeel instead

Dimaria possibly comes from a city that was frozen in time

I want to either make Cronos more relevant to Dimaria’s character and the story as a whole (maybe add a connection to Ankhseram) or remove him entirely

Not sure where I’m going to go with the Zervis child plotline, because... that really didn’t go anywhere at all in canon and them having a kid feels a little unnecessary. I might cut August’s familial connection to them and give him a completely different backstory. As for Larcade, he’s probably still going to be a demon who considers himself Zeref’s son

[loveandlucky]

Rewrite the Stars may fit zervis more but fuck it if I want to daydream about nalu singing it I will

[lightdark18-blog]

Fairy Tail: Non In-Universe Questions

Was Anna?Was Zervis planned? Was Zeref always planned to be completely evil?So @ac-fairytail posted some Fairy Tail non in-universe questions (all credit goes to her) and I figured: “Maybe I could attempt to honestly answer these questions and reverse-engineer Mashima’s thought process!” Of course, no sane person would ever attempt this, but here I am, so...

WARNING: Spoilers for the entire Fairy Tail manga.

Did Mashima base Stardresses off of Bravely Default’s Conjurerclass? Or was it Dresspheres? Or both?

Never played Bravely Default or Final Fantasy X-2 (even though they’re on my list of games to play), but if I had to guess after a quick wiki search, it would be Dresspheres. Problem is that the Stardresses are far less interesting, balanced, or explained. Oh well; Mashima trying to replicate a franchise with the writing quality of Final Fantasy is like an ant poking a dinosaur with a stick.

Was he always planning the time travel plot? If so, why did Erik refer to second gen dragon slayers as a “new” generation? There haven’t been dragons for centuries.

Considering that the “dragons vanished seven years ago” plot-point was established at the beginning of the series and further cemented by Natsu meeting Gajeel, I’m guessing he was planning to include time travel once he decided to continue the series past Tower of Heaven. 

As for Erik, I’m guessing that he just declared himself as second-gen because a) he heard about Natsu and Gajeel as traditional dragon slayers from the Fairy Tail-Phantom Lord war (which caused ripples across Fiore) and assumed himself to be superior because dragon lacrima were invented after the age of dragons, and b) he never heard of Sting or Rogue.

If Irene was always planned to be Queen of the Dragons, why did he barely integrate Dragnof Kingdom into anything? And why didn’t Acno realize?

I think that once Mashima created Irene’s concept, he tried to integrate her into the stories of the Dragon King Festival, but failed to create anything even remotely interesting or new, so he just quickly scrapped together a kingdom and called it a day. Yes, it’s infuriating.

As for Acno, well...he’s Acno. He don’t give two flying fucks about anything.

Was Natsu always planned to be END? Why is there no foreshadowing for it prior to the Tartaros arc?

When Zeref mentioned that Natsu specifically couldn’t kill him back in Tenrou, he was alluding to an ability that Natsu would gain in the future to beat Zeref. However, when Mashima realized that nakama bullshit wasn’t a valid ability (yeah, he went back on that in Alvarez, whatever), he solidified this ability in the form of END around Tartaros. So yeah, I would refer to Zeref’s line in Tenrou as “shot-in-the-dark” foreshadowing.

Was Zeref always planned to be completely evil? If so, why was he established as sympathetic in his introductory arc? Was this bad writing on Mashima’s end?

See, this is what really intrigued me about Zeref in Tenrou. He was established as sympathetic, but he couldn’t remain passive because that would kill people. He was FORCED to be malicious and completely evil if he ever came into contact with people until he could find someone that could kill him because that is the nature of his curse. For him, it was better to intentionally than unintentionally kill if the person or life were to die anyway. It’s why I really fell in love with him as an antagonist.

However, what is bad writing on Mashima’s end is how completely Zeref flipped to Ruthless Big Bad in Alvarez. Him being “excited” about his battle with Natsu is inexcusably inconsistent writing, and him gaining Fairy Heart just to rewrite time for his own selfish reasons should’ve activated his Death Magic on the spot because of his optimism towards a life where he won’t kill. Plus, his loss due to nakama bullshit.

Was Zervis planned?

As much as I hate to admit it, probably. The light and dark love relationship is about as cliche as you can get, and Mashima is certainly not one to dodge cliches or subvert tropes in his writing.

Was Anna?

Hell no. However, I did think that Layla was planned. When Hades was ranting about primordial magic to Team Natsu during Tenrou, Lucy, in thought, said, “I think I’ve heard of this primordial magic somewhere. Mom?” Even though Zeref had no interest in primordial magic (as proven in him killing Hades in anger), Eclipse and the Heartfilias did. Hence, I assumed that Layla would play a huge role in the final arc of the series. Boy, was I naive and optimistic.

Was Clear Heart made so OP because Mashima knew he’d fucked up managing Requip?

No. Because fanservice. Duh. Although, I did think that Clear Heart was perfectly balanced in her fight against Azuma, with her magic power bring directly converted to her Crimson Sakura blade. Any other use just feels unnecessary.

Why did Erza never use Nakagami Armour again? Too OP?

Mashima’s reason: huge audience backlash from its magic-breaking abilities and pulled-out-of-its-ass reveal. Erza’s reason: she..doesn’t want to use it because of its magic draining properties???

Why introduce the bunny armour?

The bunny armor isn’t the armor Mashima introduced that made me mad. The Seduction Armor is. Seriously, isn’t the whole point of seducing a man to take off clothes? Does that even make it armor? At least the bunny armor is cute and cosplay-ish, which fits with Erza’s happier, more playful side we see of her outside of fights; the Seduction Armor is just flat-out nonsensical.

Why did Mashima specifically want 12 Spriggans? There was apparently a reason for this, but Mashima never revealed what it was.

Originally, he wanted six and Zeref to be the seventh member, since Mashima is obsessed with the number seven. However, I think that he wanted to get a few character concepts out before he copped out of the series, and he had too many to just have six. Thus, he probably got up to nine or ten, but then he remembered that Tartaros and Avatar had the same amount of members, so he just said “fuck it” and moved the number to twelve. This would explain why Invel and Bloodman were shoehorned in with no original magic whatsoever; Mashima just threw them in to get the number to twelve.

Were Lisanna and Loke sidelined because they were threats to NaLu, or because Mashima couldn’t be bothered writing them?

Both. The first goes without explaining. However, I have theories on why Mashima didn’t bother to write either of them.

Lisanna: Mashima’s absurd obsession with redemption arcs, nakama bullshit, and fake-out deaths prove to me that he follows by the “heroes can’t die” code of writing, something which I hope no mature, aspiring writer follows. Thus, he brought Lisanna back into the story to follow this code and thought, “Maybe I could do something with her later.” Turns out he couldn’t think of anything when he was developing each new arc. The closest we ever came to Lisanna getting in the spotlight (besides that god-awful scene from Tartaros) was when Azuma “killed” Mira. Originally, as much as I like Mira, I would’ve loved to Lisanna fill in Mira’s shoes and dedicate herself to become a stronger person because of the death of her sister. But no, Mashima didn’t have the balls to really kill Mira and the Nalu shippers were clawing at his door, so she ended up as a void of nothingness.

Loke: Once his arc was done, Mashima wanted to develop the rest of the Zodiac Spirits. Not that he really did, but he didn’t want to single out Loke too much, as much as I like Lolu. However, Loke being the key that Lucy sacrificed rather than Aquarius would have worked a lot better in the grand sense of the narrative, and would’ve really hammered in a new dimension to Lucy’s potential character arc in Alvarez. So much failed potential, Mashima. So much.

Why did Mashima skip to having Mira being fine using her Satan Souls all of a sudden in the Tenrou arc?

Because since the cause of Mira’s initial stress and reluctance has been completely retconned by the narrative, she’s perfectly able to go all out again, guys! I mean, it’s not like real-life victims of PTSD still suffer for years and years on end even with achieving social and financial success, getting married, and having children, right? RIGHT!?

Seriously, fuck Mashima.

If Key of the Starry Skies and Eclipse Celestial Spirits are canon, why weren’t they just written into the manga?

Because Mashima didn’t care enough about these arcs; A-1 just pitched the filler arcs to him and said, “this is what we’re gonna do, kay?” and he was like, “Oh, these are cool. Canon.” He couldn’t be bothered to write them because he was ready to launch into GMG and Tartaros, respectively. Also, while Eclipse Celestial Spirits works well into the show’s canon, Key of the Starry Skies doesn’t. GMG was effective in setting up the future of the series after the timeskip and NEEDED to happen right after it (doesn’t make the arc necessarily good, though). Plus, the Neo Oracion Seis feels unnecessary since they canonically are released from prison in Tartaros.

Why completely change what Wendy’s capable of in the last arc? Possession? Really?

Problem is, though, her arc was finished the moment Doranbolt saved her and Carla from Face. Her facing Sherria proved that she is willing to fight for her guild regardless of her moral issues with fighting, her going Dragon Force proved that she has gained the experience to become a tactical and efficient fighter, and her resolve to be with Carla and protect the people she loves by choosing to die when Face is about to self-destruct solidifies her developing outgoingness with the new people that she loves. As a character, her arc was concluded before Alvarez began. In my opinion, she wasn’t capable of anything more in Alvarez.

As for the possession, it’s infuriating because of the pedophilia implications, not ruining Wendy as a character. I see possession as a tool for character growth only if the possessed person is able to grow in strength and become a stronger person to overcome the weakness that allowed them to become possessed. Take Aoi Zaizen from Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS. I really hope that her upcoming character arc will be based around the possession that corrupted her in her very first on-screen duel and how she can overcome the weakness that the Knights of Hanoi exposed from her. Wendy’s possession...did not have that potential. Once Irene left her body, Wendy went right back to her fighting as usual and didn’t seem bothered by the possession. Why? Because her arc was finished and the show was nearing its end anyway. You can be mad about that, and I won’t blame you, but any further growth from Wendy would feel redundant in my opinion.

Was he planning on doing an arc about gods?

Yep. I have a theory that Avatar was supposed to be his “god” arc, but I’ll talk more about that later.

Was it really Ankhseram that cursed Zeref?

I...guess? Mashima never introduced him as a character, but I guess he can still exist. Makes Mashima a bad writer, but it doesn’t make Ankhseram invalid.

Why bring Rogue’s shadow back as a minor plot point in Avatar? He had no intention of addressing it in Alvarez.

Okay, in Mashima’s hardly-deserved defense, Alvarez would not have been the best time to discuss Rogue’s shadow; to me, Avatar was a good point to address it because it was our first full arc with Devil Slayer Gray. To me, it makes sense that Rogue’s shadow would possess him after the dragons emerge through the Eclipse Gate and Gray would become easily corrupted by Devil Slayer Magic without his friends for support (since they’re dead in the alternate timeline, though that raises the question of does Tartaros still exist there). There was really no better time to address it.

Did he give up after Tartaros?

Well, the anime gave up after GMG, that’s for sure. For Mashima, I’d say it was in the middle of writing Avatar. I think that he was planning on fleshing out Avatar as a cult, since their existence was the whole reason that Hades formed Grimoire Heart and “awakened” Zeref’s malicious heart. In addition, since they had enough influence to convince countless wizards that Zeref could be revived with keys and/or Towers of Heaven, they would have the influence to interact with gods and God Slayers. As a writer, Mashima could’ve killed two birds with one stone and be ready to tackle Zeref’s big final arc. What probably actually happened was him waking up after a drunken tirade and realizing that his series was being more and more ridiculed for its poor writing decisions, his fanbase was becoming one of the most toxic in all of anime, and he was just running out of ideas. He questioned every life choice he ever made, decided to trash the remainder of Fairy Tail just to start over with a new work, burned through the rest of Avatar, and threw Alvarez together haphazardly just to prevent himself thinking about potential endgames any longer.

Thank you again to @ac-fairytail for these questions. The channel’s all about Fairy Tail critique, analysis, and salt; go there if you’re interested in that stuff. It really pains me to see Fairy Tail crashing and burning towards the end, but for what it was worth, I enjoyed it. It’ll be harder for me to go back and enjoy it because of my investment in much better shonen manga, such as HxH, JoJo, and YYH, but it holds a lot of memories for teenage me, and I’ll certainly treasure them. 

Also thanks to Mashima for teaching me what NOT to do as a screenwriter. Helps a lot.

[kikotsukino]

Ankhseram Black Magic...

Is a curse... One which I think you’re better of not having it... This whole curse of contradiction played with them to the end... That’s why I hate it...

Mavis said out loud that she wanted Zeref to die, but deep down, she didn’t want him to die, this is her true feelings, she didn’t want him to die. YET, this curse of contradiction along with Mavis love for him was able to kill Zeref and allowed him to finally be in peace...

For Zeref,

He really wanted Mavis to live on, he didn’t want her to die at that moment, she can finally be freed from him, those were his feelings at the bottom of his heart, yet, again, this curse of contradiction along with Zeref love for her was activated and was able to kill Mavis and you can see that Zeref is in so much grief:

Like, even in the end, the curse still played with him/them. Ever since Zeref got this Ankhseram Black Magic aka ‘Curse of contradiction’, he was always alone, he can’t love nor care because if he do, they will die... So, I really can understand why Zeref chose to close off his heart and walk this path, I can understand why he would even go so far as to go back in time to rewrite history, even when I don’t agree with his actions, but I understand why he chose to because to him, it’s his only way to make things right. He can’t work together with Natsu (I wanted them to work together, to build on the brother bond) even when their enemy (being Acnologia) is one and the same, because if he does, it will awaken that ability for him to care, to love...Yes, Zeref in the end, chose this path, but it’s not a choice he would want to make if there are other options. He didn’t want to hurt Mavis or Natsu or anyone else, he’s just... looking at the bigger picture where the end justify the means, we see what he was like when he didn’t close off his heart when he was first introduced (in Tenrou Island), because of this curse, he was rejected by this world, by all living things. When he cares, when he loves, they will die... If he can actually be given that freedom to care, to love... If he didn’t have this curse, if he’s able to be freed of this curse, I really believe things will be very different. Zeref isn’t heartless to me, he’s nothing like Acnologia.

I’m really sad when I look at how much this curse bring them nothing but sadness/loneliness and how much they have suffered from it, even in the end, their honest feelings have cost them their life, but if this is what they have wanted, I’m happy that they can finally be freed from it and be happy in the end...

“An eternity of sadness is now over”

“An eternity of smiles now begin”

Smiles.... Seeing them this happy, I’m happy because they didn’t have that freedom when they were alive to truly be happy/smile without the curse getting in their way...

Lastly, I just want to say, after everything that has happened, I still really love Zeref, Mavis and Zervis on my end, and this chapter really brings me to tears.... I’m sorry if others don’t like them anymore, and that’s fine if you don’t because you’re free to feel how you feel, but for me, I’ll always, always love them. This is my honest feelings...I like the potentiality of Zervis ever since Zeref was first introduced in Tenrou Island, the resting place of Mavis. There were fanarts and crack theories back then, and I’m one of the few fans who was onboard this ship, I was happy that Mashima made my crack ship canon, and to the end, my feelings for Zervis will always be there. They are my otp in this series. Even though my love for Jerza (being my otp of otp’s) is stronger/deeper. But nonetheless, they are the reasons why I’m still reading Fairy Tail on my end.

[lunalockser]

Hallelujah

Hey Puddins’. I continue my efforts of reposting now.

So I know that this is posted as 5 separate stories on FF.net, but since on AO3 you can post as many couples as you want, well I decided to post it the way I originally wrote it, as one long songfic. Songfics will always be one of my favorite things to write.

Song by Rufus Wainwright

Link to AO3 version

Links to FF.net versions: Nalu  Gajevy  Gruvia  Jerza  Zervis

I’ve heard there was a secret chord

That David played and it pleased the Lord

But you don’t really care for music, do you?

It goes like this

The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, and the major lift

The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Natsu never cared for human culture. Their art and music never intrigued him. He grew up with a dragon. Igneel had taught Natsu his own culture. He taught him that music was the sound his roar made, it was the river slamming against the rocks and the birds flying in the distance. Art was the sun shining on the trees, it was the way their flames danced around, illuminating the forest.

And when Igneel had vanished, Natsu found himself forced to live among humans to survive. He held no grudge, Natsu was aware that he was technically human after all, and Igneel had cared for humans. But adjusting to their way of life had been difficult. He quickly learned that they viewed everything differently.

Fire could not make human art or music, and Natsu had always been fine with that. He wasn’t interested in it, he could make his own. And only a dragon would be able to appreciate it.

But then he met Lucy, and suddenly, he found that he was wrong. Art became the sun shining on her hair, it became the guild mark against her hand. Music had become the sound of her pen against paper, became her laugh. Music had become those three words out of her lips.

He never thought he could create art, and that was fine, but now he knew he could create love. And no sound was a sweeter music than the sound of their love. For the first time in forever, he found that he was building something. He changed Lucy, and she changed him too.

Their love was growing every day, and Natsu couldn’t believe he was actually forging it. Something that crossed cultures, something that fire couldn’t destroy. Love. And Natsu didn’t care that he still couldn’t understand it. He only cared that he was finally composing music, one that both dragons and humans could appreciate.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

And every time those three words left either one of their lips, it was a song. It was a symphony that he never wanted to end.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you

She tied you to her kitchen chair

She broke your throne, she cut your hair

And from your lips, she drew the Hallelujah

Gajeel couldn’t remember the first time he saw Levy. Not physically, because that would be a moment he would never be allowed to forget if he wanted to. That moment still haunted his thoughts, even in sleep.

No, he could not remember the first time he looked at her and was stunned. It may have been the first time he walked into a room and she didn’t flinch. It may have been the first time he saw her face harden in concentration as she worked to rewrite complex runes. But no matter when it was, the small woman intrigued him.  

How could she let her guard down around him? How could she even begin to trust him? He began getting closer to her, just to get some grasp on how her mind worked.

And then he started noticing everything else. How beautiful she was when she started a new book, her face showing every single emotion. How her demeanor changed when she was directing her team on a job, she got serious and stern, leading the men diligently through any mess they got themselves into. How fucking good she was. In everything she did, her heart was pure. How could she even begin to love a monster like him?

By the time he knew it she had him trapped. Despite his instincts to avoid a relationship with her, because honestly, how could he love her without staining her, she had roped him in. Before he was even aware of it, he had fallen so deeply in love with her that there was no way of climbing out.

But she didn’t stop there, no the hands that were so clean began to work him. She broke everything about him he thought he knew. He never thought he could be gentle, but with Levy, he knew nothing else. He was a beast but how could he be if a creature as caring as Levy even looked at him? He didn’t deserve love, but it didn’t matter because she did, and if he was the one she wanted to be in love with, then only hell would be able to stop him.

So whenever he held her in his arms, whenever his lips moved against hers, only then could he speak those words. Only she could drag the light from in him, only she could be the one to make him repeat over and over again how much he loved her.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

He would worship her forever, and as he pressed her against the wall, their bodies melting together, their sighs and moans professed what words were not enough to show.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Baby, I’ve been here before

I know this room, I’ve walked this floor

I used to live alone before I knew you

I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch

love is not a victory march

It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Juvia knew this wouldn’t be easy. Relationships never were. Anything close to one she had in the past never worked. She didn’t know how to make it work. But she would learn. She would learn for him.

She knew that they were both slightly broken, it was part of the reason she fell in love with him. He wore his pain, wore his past like a badge of honor. She knew he didn’t fully know how to love her. It hadn’t been until later in his life that he would see a functioning couple, his memories of the love his parents shared long blurred by time and tragedy. She had never even had that basis, the only thing she knew of love was what she pieced together from rotten ex-boyfriends.

They had both been marked by love before, and she acknowledged that. She just wanted for them to start. Because that was always the hardest step, it was always hardest to take that leap of faith and come out of your hiding spot. But in the end, you could only hope it was worth it.

She thought that maybe, they could pick themselves up together, because if you’re fighting a war, having an ally is helpful. She knew that loving him would take every ounce of strength she had, but she was fine with it.

Juvia never wanted an easy love, she never had anything given to her. Fighting for something made it that much more satisfying when she finally did get it because she had earned it. She had marked it, and it had marked her. Love was nothing different. If it had been easy, Juvia wouldn’t have been comfortable. Anything that came easily could be taken away just as fast. And in a world as unstable as Juvia had known, anything closer to safety meant the world.

So what if their love was broken, so what if neither of them was fully whole. It just meant that they could fix it, they could make a new love, one that was completely and wholly theirs.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

And as Gray began opening up to her, slowly working up to those three words that would heal them ever further, Juvia knew that she wouldn’t have it anyway. They were broken and fixed, their love should be the same, and then it would be everything she had hoped for.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know

What’s real and going on below

But now you never show it to me do you

Remember when I moved in you

The holy dark was moving too

And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Erza felt the weight of their love on her shoulders. Sometimes loving Jellal was harder than she thought it would be, especially when he seemed bent on refusing to admit it. Every time he found himself ready to confess those three words that were hidden just behind his lips, he would come up with another excuse. He cared for her, yes, but he wasn’t ready to believe that they could be more.

And she respected that. She would never force him to cross that final line before he was ready. The past still weighed him down, and until he was braced to shed that load, she would wait forever patient. But she only wished he could at least say something about it to her. Even if it was just him saying for himself that he needed time. No, instead he only came up with excuses, and he was lucky that Erza saw through him.

She remembers when they were little, how easy it had been for the two to speak. He just knew when she was scared, and exactly what to say to make her find her own strength. They had always been able to read each other, and now Erza guessed it was her time to comfort him.

Even through all this time, through the pain and the fear, they still understood each other. Because deep down they were still those children. Children who crave freedom, who crave affection and peace. And though they had changed, have walked through hell and back since then, have been torn apart by hatred, the council, and time, those two children still believed in each other.

But loving him was not all bad. Every now and then, they would lay side by side. Not a word was ever said, but over and over again their feelings were expressed. His hand roaming across her scarlet locks proved his devotion, his tender gaze confirming she was the one who held his heart. That she was his hope, his only love.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

And though neither of them made any noise louder than a sigh, Erza felt closest to him in those moments. She felt closer to that little girl dreaming of peace and love. And though those three words were never said, they were felt.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Maybe there is a God above

And all I ever learned from love

Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you

And it’s not a cry you can hear at night

It’s not somebody who’s seen the light

It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Zeref had lost everything he ever loved. All he ever wanted to do was bring back his little brother. Bring back a baby boy who had never even had a chance to live. His intentions had been pure, love being his only motivation. But still, the gods shunned and cursed him. All he wanted was to do good, but they condemned him to only be a creature of evil.

Then his true misery began. Everything he loved decayed around him. The birds that sang him to sleep dropped dead from the sky, the trees that gave him shade withered away, any humans he encountered suffered the same fate. The more he loved, the more he lost.

He tried to fix his mistake, brought his brother back and tried to find a way to end his own suffering. But he was just adding to the pain he unleashed on the world. The demons he made were uncontrollable, they didn’t understand their purpose, so he was forced to abandon them.

But he hadn’t wanted to give into the hate yet. Instead, he found a neutral area. He avoided contact with all life, living in the woods, never staying in one area long. Until one day he saw her in the river. She didn’t fear him, even after he told her to avoid him. She created a world just for him, even if it was a brief moment. He could hold something living, something that he hadn’t had the pleasure to do in so long. Against his better judgment, he allowed himself to care for the girl.

He found her again years later, unchanged, cursed just as he was. But even with the curse, she hadn’t allowed herself to fall into the darkness like he did. And when she told him they could find an escape together, he could no longer restrain himself. He kissed her to prove to himself that was capable of love still– and gave the curse what it needed to rip her from him. Love only brought him misery, he had learned long ago, but it hadn’t been until she was gone that he accepted it. Love was nothing, just a broken dream.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

And as Zeref stood now, centuries later, he faced both his brother and Mavis. The only two people he had ever truly loved, the two who had been torn from him. He had a mission, make this world suffer as he had, and a small part of him hoped they saw his state. Saw that he was no longer a man who could be fixed. All he was now was a broken, shattered dream.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

[fairytail-whathesays]

Every once in a while I’ll get an ask that’s wondering how I’d rewrite the series, and I have to tell you, there’s just not enough energy in me for that. I can barely finish projects I can actually see the end of, it’s not my strong suit. I’ve only ever finished long, ambitious projects a few times (and admittedly they are among my proudest). But, I do excel in breaking shit down into smaller parts. I think I’ll revisit my Alvarez Empire arc rewrite later, and add in all of the stuff about Zeref and Acnologia. If I ever do rewrite the series, I’ll work backwards. The only bumps in the road might be the Avatar arc. I never read that arc, I only was around long enough to hear the rages about Natsu one-hit-KO’ing a war god. So for now, here’s a rough outline of that distant future project.

There is no Fairy Tail Zero, and no Zervis relationship. Mavis does not stick around after the Tenrou Island arc at all. Bye Mavis.

The Tartaros arc’s second half gets a rehaul. Wendy and Carla won’t die, but they will need recovery, and so will Doranbolt.

Alvarez Empire and Avatar arcs get a complete rehaul. As for Avatar, rather than the Magic Council being rebuilt, we’ll have Avatar declaring themselves the new government, due to the absence of both the last member of the council (Doranbolt) and the Balam Alliance to stop them.

Grand Magic Games arc and Tartaros arcs get a complete rehaul.

I’ve decided that while Jellal still dies, he gets to stay in the Nirvana arc despite my hatred of him being there.

The Fantasia arc remains completely untouched with the exception of Erza vs. Evergreen, which I will rewrite by itself later.

The Edolas arc’s first half gets a rehaul. The second half isn’t so bad, but the first half was just lazy, lazy lazy.

The Tenrou Island arc’s second half gets a rehaul. Erza and Gildarts switch opponents, with Gildarts struggling to take down the super-powerful Azuma and Erza taking on Bluenote. The guild actually takes up Doranbolt on his offer and removes the wounded from the island. Laxus defeats Hades.

The Phantom Lord arc remains mostly untouched except for Natsu vs. Totomaru.

The Sun Village arc is untouched. 

The Daphne arcs and Eclipse Celestial Spirit arcs are cut. The Key of the Starry Skies arc remains, with some tweaks.

This rewrite will only partially get the fanfiction treatment. Certain parts of otherwise good arcs that stick out will get fic’d, as will arcs that were so bad that half or all of them need rewriting in full (GMG, Tartaros, Avatar, Alvarez).

[kurokoros]

Everything Zeref did to Natsu and the others, all the sufferings, is all forgotten in 2 seconds with the ship moment. With the Zervis scene the fans are all happy, it's all forgotten.

Yup! It’s disappointing to say the least. Like, come on, give the villain a proper send off. Have him die because Natsu killed him in an epic fight. Have Natsu die too, and still have Lucy save him (with “one magic” or rewriting the book). Achieve the same thing, but have it be more relevant to the main characters, you know?

Also, I’m still bitter that the whole END thing was solved so quickly. Unless we’re getting a scene where Natsu goes berserk because Lucy’s dying (again). That might ALMOST make up for my disappointment here lmao

[marumigamer]

The story you will never know: Chapter 11 - Your wife was a queen

I need to explain?

Pairing: Zervis.

First chapter here.

Previous chapter here.

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Georg guided us to his house. When we were inside, and the door was closed, Larcade moved.

- Oh, sorry - I said -. You must be scared, right? It's okay now. We're safe.

- You had a baby tied in your chest all time? - asked Miriam.

- I know, it was dangerous. But I couldn't leave him anywhere. Someone could take him thinking he's an orphan.

- What about his mother?

- She... Is trapped in a lacrima and can't move.

- Oh... I'm sorry. I didn't want to...

- Don't worry. I have worst memories.

Miriam looked at me, surprised. I'm pretty sure she couldn't believe I had worse memories than Mavis trapped in a lacrima. Of course I have, and not only the fire in my house. After all, my whole life has been a nightmare.

Larcade cried in that moment, and a very bad smell came to my nose.

- Where can I change Larcade? - I asked.

- Upstairs - answered Georg -. Choose any room.

I went upstairs and I entered in the first room I found. For it's smell, that room was Georg's one. I changed Larcade's diaper in it, and I returned to the living room. Draco was talking with Miriam while Georg was cooking.

- Do you need help, Georg? - I asked while entering in the kitchen.

- Not right now - answered Georg -. Besides, you are my guest. You shouldn't be helping me.

- I wanted to leave the lovebirds alone.

- You will be a really good father.

- But I'm listening, just in case.

- What case?

- That we have to leave the house.

- That won't-

- They're kissing.

- We're not! - yelled Draco.

I laughed. I knew he would listen that. Of course, I was joking. They weren't kissing. They were talking about their lives.

- Don't lie like that - said Georg, hitting my arm and laughing.

- It was a joke - I answered.

Larcade pulled my hair in that moment. He wanted my attention before start crying.

- What's happening, Larcade? - I asked -. Are you hungry?

- Do you really know how to raise your child, black wizard? - asked Georg.

Terrified, I froze the time. Only me, Larcade and Georg could move. Larcade muttered. I looked at Georg, and he looked at me. I could see in his eyes that he knew what he was talking about.

- Is Larcade really your son? Or is he one of your experiments? What is true of all you said? I know who you are. Stop lying to me.

- All is true. Larcade is my son, but I don't know how he was conceived.

- You don't know?

- I think Ankhseram knows what happened, but I can't ask him. He doesn't talk to anyone. He loves to torture people.

- And the mother?

- Ankhseram killed her, but seems like his heart is still beating. I listened it. A very weak beat. The lacrima is a method I created a long ago to resurrect people, but I do my know how her friend find it. I buried that investigation a long ago. It doesn't have my name, so he doesn't know I created that.

- How did she die?

- Both of us are cursed. Ankhseram used my feelings and her indecision in our first kiss, and killed her.

- And how was Larcade born?

- I think the lacrima helped her to grow him. Her body, and also mine, are not adult. But our souls are. I think that's how Larcade had possibilities to be born. But I'm not sure.

- I have to trust you? After all, you didn't tell me your name, black wizard Zeref.

- I didn't tell you my name because of that. Anastascia, the dark fairy, gained me that fame. She used my name and appearance to do a lot of bad things. That's why everyone thinks I'm evil.

- So... Anastascia did all? Even the investigations to resurrect people?

- No, that was me. She made me think my family was dead and that I had to search a way to bring them back. I did those investigations by myself. I noticed later that she used them to create the Etherias demons.

- You didn't know they were created?

- No, until I saw my brother inside one of those eggs. Then I realized what she was doing.

Georg was looking carefully at my eyes only to see if I was telling a lie. I wasn't, he could see that. Even if I can mantain my face straight and my movements under control, my eyes are a direct window to how I feel. And Georg noticed that.

- Seems like you are telling the truth - said Georg, after observing me for a while.

I smiled, and I returned the time to it's normal flowing. Georg knew that he couldn't talk freely about his discover. None of us wanted to scare Draco or Miriam.

- Not a word to the lovebirds - I requested.

- I won't say a thing - answered Georg.

- About what? - asked Draco.

- Nothing! - answered Georg and I at the same time.

We looked at each other and laughed. Draco didn't know what was happening. It was better like that.

- Father, do we have some clothes for Miriam? - asked Draco suddenly, entering in the kitchen -. She wants to take off the wedding dress.

- Your mother's won't fit her. Give her some of yours - answered Georg.

- But a girl in man's clothes...

- Looks really good. Your mother did it sometimes.

- My mother did it too - I added -. And my aunt.

- But... I have no shirts... - said Draco.

- Take one of my shirts - answered Georg -. I don't care.

- Uh... Okay...

Draco left the kitchen and took Miriam to the first floor. I could listen their footsteps and conversation.

- Why are you laughing, demonic black wizard? - asked Georg.

- Draco. He's confused.

- For what? Miriam?

- He can't believe that she will wear his clothes.

- I have nothing for her. She's taller than my wife.

- Does Draco know her name?

- No, he doesn't. He didn't want to know. He doesn't even know what kind of dragon she is. I don't know that either.

- Do you have any of her magic books here?

- No... Wait, there's one or two. They are in my room.

- Can I check them later?

- Sure. But I can't understand a word in them.

- I can. I can read the dragons' language.

- Really?

- I can translate them for Draco, if he wants.

- That would be great.

- I can explain some things about your wife that can be interesting to know.

- Please, tell me everything you know.

- With Draco listening.

- Of course. Can you put the dishes at the table? I'm nearly done with lunch.

- Sure.

While I was taking the dishes to the table I noticed some scales around the house. Scales that fell recently from Draco's wings. I knew they were his scales. Same color as his mother's ones, and same kind of falling.

- Scales again? - said Georg while he was taking the food -. I haven't seen them for years. I will have to clean the whole house.

- Save them - I requested.

- Why?

- I will show you a thing they can do.

- Okay. I have the milk for Larcade.

- Oh, thank you.

Miriam came downstairs while I was feeding Larcade. Draco was lucky. She was a beautiful girl. Her hair was black, and his eyes were the same color as the ocean.

- Can I feed him? - asked Miriam.

- Sure - I answered -. He drinks two bottles each time.

- That's not too much?

- Not for us.

- Non-humans are really curious.

- Yes, we are. Humans don't understand that - I looked around and I saw that Draco wasn't there -. Where's Draco?

- Still upstairs, I think.

As Miriam said, Draco was still upstairs. He was completely frozen at the side of an open door.

- Draco? - I asked -. It's all okay?

- I saw heaven... - answered Draco.

- What!?

I was not expecting that answer. What did he saw exactly?

- What do you mean with heaven? - I asked, a little scared.

- Miriam... Looks so good in man's clothes.

- Oh. That's what you meant by heaven.

- What else could be?

- Nothing.

Draco looked at me, without understanding what I was saying. It was better that way. After all, he was only a little and innocent dragon.

- Lunch is ready - I said before leaving.

- I'm coming.

Draco followed me downstairs. Larcade was completely asleep in Miriam's arms. We left him sleeping on the couch while we were eating.

- Why you don't explain us all you know about my wife? - asked Georg to me.

- You want to know? - I answered -. Draco, do you want to know about your mother?

- I'm... Not sure... - answered Draco.

- I want to know - said Miriam -. I always been curious about her.

- Well - I started -. First of all, her name. Georg?

- Elementia - said Georg -. Blue hair, green eyes, cheerful and tiny. She's always wearing the most colorful dresses.

- Right - I continued -. She's the tiniest dragon of all, but also the most powerful. She can control all the existent elements, and all their variations. Also, her scales fell a lot. Elementia, with Mothergrea, the mother nature dragon, were the first dragons to appear in Earth. With their powers, they created all the other dragons. Well, not all. Most of them. That's how they gained the titles of "Mothers of dragons" and "Dragon queens".

- Wait! Stop! - interrupted me Draco -. My mother is a queen!?

- She was named queen by the other dragons, with Mothergrea. But Mothergrea doesn't like to be referred as queen, so she left the title for Elementia.

- She could refuse that if she wanted, right?

- Elementia is not only cheerful. She's also kind and has a pure heart. She doesn't like to disappoint the others, so she accepted the title. After that, the dragons reproduced and, before she could notice it, a war between dragons started.

- The dragon war - said Georg -. I remember she saying something about that. A mistake, I think.

- It was a mistake, from the other dragons. No one wanted to listen to her, and they started training humans as Dragon Slayers, making them participate in the war.

- That's horrible... - said Miriam.

- It was. In that moment, she had to make a decision. Train or not train a Dragon Slayer. For her Dragon Slayer, she choose a non-human. A half demon, son of the powerful demon Lucifer. His name was Raziel, the king of the Slayers.

- So, that's the person which name she murmured in her nightmares - said Georg -. Her Slayer.

- Raziel was a good man. Even being a half demon, he was raised by his archangel step-father. Of course, Raziel's step-father had trouble with accepting him, but he did. Raziel didn't trust anyone who was pureblood, specially humans. But he accepted what Elementia was proposing to him when his older brother said that she was the dragon queen, and that she wanted to end the war.

- Raziel died in the war, right?

- No, he didn't. Was Elementia who nearly died in there. She was protected by Raziel all time.

- What about Acnologia?

- Acnologia... No one knew from where he came from, but he nearly executed all the dragons. Elementia's wounds weren't caused by him, but by another slayer who turned crazy.

- The craziest survived, right?

- Unfortunately, yes. Raziel would be the only one who can stop him, but... He died in a fire a long ago, before the Dragon King's festival. Raziel was my father - everyone froze when I said that -. Without him, Acnologia killed everyone. No dragon or slayer survived that massacre.

I started crying. I couldn't contain myself. Georg took Larcade and put him at my side before the curse was released. Larcade absorbed the curse, as always. He didn't even notice that. When the curse was gone, Draco hugged me.

- It's okay, sensei. You can cry as long as you need.

I hugged Draco as tight as I could, and I cried for hours. Then, I fell asleep.

[natsubeatsrock]

The Rewrite of Fairy Tail: Part 20 (Special Chapters and Episodes)

How will I handle the existence of special chapters and episodes?

So, the cat is out of the bag. I will be incorporating the special chapters and episodes into the rewrite. I think that I could get away with leaving them out, but I do want to have them be part of the rewrite. Obviously, I have looked to them as reasons to justify some of my positions in posts. It would be weird if I didn't include them in the rewrite proper.

I do admit that this does not include the movies, considering they have a weird relationship with canon. Even as I consider Dragon Cry to be canon, I don't have a great place to put it in the story. It might serve as a potentially great epilogue and I will absolutely adopt its telling of the origin of Acnologia as it has been mentioned in canon, but that's about it. Even then, the anime seems to have its own version of Acnologia’s backstory that I have to account for. (I haven’t seen it yet.) I also don't have much to say about Phantom Priestess in regards to its adaptability. 

But, this is the main series post for a reason. At any rate, I want to spend some time talking through my thought process in adapting them, even as I work through adapting the main series events.

Not unlike most other things I've talked about I'm this series, I want to divide this into three groups.

The first group is a series of special events that can clearly happen. No serious changes need to be made to structure or anything. I can almost write down exactly what happened in the episode or chapter. About the only thing I'll need to change is timing, relating to the anime, and that’s not always even the case.

A great example of this is the manga version of Special Mission: Beware of the Guys Who Show Keen Interest. I don't have to worry about this clash against serious events of the rewrite. I do plan on having it much earlier than when it happened in when animated, but it will be a fairly similar version of the events as they happen in the chapter, with a few cues taken from the anime adaptation.

The second category is my personal favorite. Some of the special chapters would be hard to justify having in canon. They make sense as extra events or even OVAs, but little sense otherwise. However, there are ways I plan to incorporate them in my rewrite.

Another slightly controversial example of this type is 413 Days. While it was included in the anime as an episode, the math behind its inclusion quite literally does not add up. With the change in timing of the first time skip, I can have it actually happen 413 days after Gray and Juvia meet. Although, I'm not sure how I want to deal with the more contentious parts of it (read: I know but this is not the time or place for dealing with that).

The third category presents an issue. Some of the special chapters and OVAs are not easy to fit into the rewrite. A lot of them are hard to fix because of specific time requirements set by canon, while others don't work as part of the real canon universe, to begin with. A couple could have been a part of the original timeline as an anime episode, but don't work as I'm rewriting the series.

The quintessential example is the Rainbow Cherry Blossoms special.The relationship between Natsu and Lucy in canon is different from their relationship in my rewrite. So, while it makes sense to happen in canon, the relationship of Nalu I’m making hurts this. I also have to consider the timing of the event in the first place. I could easily not include it in the story, but then I lose out on one of the best Nalu moments in the series. Keep in mind that I say that as someone who harbors no love for the ship in the first place. Is there a way to get it in the series?

Luckily, Mashima has gifted us with a great way to make it work. In a special volume segment, we were given an explanation behind special chapters that don't line up with the canon timeline. These are supposed to be thought of as part of Lucy's dreams. I want to take advantage of this as a way to have some events I can't make work normally happen in the rewrite.

Of course, there is a catch.

In figuring out the time that 413 Days would have happened, I realized that the idea behind this is disturbing in a number of ways. Consider the chapters and episodes this includes. There are things like the Rainbow Cherry Blossoms, the School AU, and Invisible Lucy that would make sense as a dream in some way. There's stuff like Fairy Woman, Transform, and Juvia's part of the Special Request episode that I guess might be here and aren't the worst things to adapt, even if it's weird for those to be Lucy's dreams. But then, you have really weird stuff like the crossover specials and the Stone Age special that makes me question how much this idea mattered to Mashima, to begin with.

So, while I want to have this as an idea, I do want to play with the notion that Lucy isn't necessarily having random dreams. In other words, some of Lucy's dreams are the result of an outside force. I don't want to say much else, other than that I am considering reaching into Mashima's bag of tricks for this one. Just know that Lucy won't have to worry about this by the time the Grand Magic Games is on the horizon.

There is, of course, the big question I have to address. Will I include every single extra into the rewrite? I don't know if I can promise that I will. My main interest is in adapting the main series. If I have to do that at the expense of some of the special chapters, I will. However, I do want to include or reference as many special chapters as possible.

Introduction | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18  | Part 19

[unashamed-shipper]

So... I can tag you in that Zervis rewrite I'm making? Even if it's in the 7th chapter?

For sure! :)

[animehime94]

FT 537...

Am I the only one who is disappointed with how the plot goes?

Zervis died and Makarov is revived once again.

But considering how each "dead" character

revives, I think we might still see them leading a normal, happy life.

The upcoming chapter is titled "When The Flames Die Out". And as we know, Lucy has interfered with END's book to rewrite it.

She looks for clues to save Natsu, and I have two theories about this.

1) She rewrites a life where child Natsu never dies and Zeref / Mavis don't get involved with the contradiction curses. This might lead to a time travel where Fairy Tail still exists and Natsu - Zeref lives a happier life.

2) The Death God appears in front of Lucy and she settles things (or defeats him) like back when she saved Loki from Spirit King. If she can manage to settle or defeat the death god, his curses and affects might get lifted. It might also revive Zervis as a side effect.

Personally I want to see everyone alive and happy, so I'm hoping for a Zervis revival as a normal, cheerful couple.

[selenityshiroi]

Fairy Tail Spoilers 532 and 533

Holy crap, Mashima-sensei, way to utterly WREAK your entire fanbase in just two chapters

Let’s start with Zervis.

Now, I’ve been iffy about Zeref and Mavis for a while. The moment Zeref’s sanity was showing serious signs of slippage I was putting the ship in drydock. Like, I could see how the ship came into being and I liked elements of it, but it fell away from something I could actively ship because of the fact that it was in no way healthy with how mentally unstable Zeref was.

His mental instability is still a huge factor in why they are not a light and fluffy ship, but DAMN this chapter kind of really stressed the point that these are two people with really, really strong feelings for each other. The tragedy to their love story has never been clearer than when she is begging him to not erase the world that allowed them to fall in love whilst he is tearing everything apart but taking solace in the fact that she will probably be happier without him in her world.

(Still not 100% certain as to how August’s conception fits into the timeline, but I’m going to go with the fan theory that Mavis wasn’t exactly sharing everything about their reunion prior to her ‘death’ when she told the story to the guild)

And then there is the other major event of the chapter.

Let me just stress that in no way, shape or form do I believe that Natsu is dead (or, at the least, will stay dead for very long).

That doesn’t mean I didn’t feel Zeref rip my heart out of my chest when Natsu fell to the floor.

It looks like my theory of Mavis setting up an illusion of Natsu may be already jossed, since it seems Zeref DID steal her magic power (but maybe there is still a chance). But one of my other theories just became pretty much proven and it may save Natsu instead.

LUCY IS GOING TO REWRITE THE BOOK.

Excuse me one moment.

I FUCKING CALLED IT!!! *insert confetti emojiis here*

*resists urge to link to all the times I’ve mentioned that I think Lucy is going to rewrite the book*

And if Lucy is rewriting the Book (which is pretty much Natsu’s soul) then I’m pretty sure she is going to make sure he stays alive to live happily ever after with her in a world where Mashima-sensei doesn’t hurt them or make them cry over each other

I’m sorry but my precious sunshine princess is going to rewrite the book tied to my baby’s very life and she is going to fill it with so much love and affection...I just need to lie down a moment to recover from all of these FEELS

(I would also like to point out that even when they were thrown about by the blast from the guild, that Lucy didn’t let go of the book...my HEART)

Other parts of these two chapters: Jellal, please stay alive. Erza has called dibs on your ass so don’t get it kicked. Acnologia, keep your hands off my precious little baby girl Wendy. Anna, please do something that helps. Blue Pegasus, thanks for being awesome allies since Nirvana Arc.

Oh yeah, and thanks for the reminder that Makarov is dead :( And it looks like Natsu may not have realised until Zeref oh so kindly told him.

[ac-liveblogs]

Okay so let's say you had no choice but to make Zervis a thing. How would you construct it that way it would at least be somewhat healthish so at least in terms of tragedy, we would have more the reason to root for it. Essentially what I am trying to ask is if you had to make Zervis canon in the end (like Mashima seems to want) how would you go about doing it?

Oof, that’s a really hard question. I kinda think it’s impossible to make Zervis healthy with the framework provided in canon if you also want to preserve their story and the canon ramifications for it. No matter what, the Curse of Contradiction is going to drive Zeref nuts, and if Mavis is cursed by Law she’s going to spiral into a ridiculous depression. There’s really no getting around that.

If Mavis ISN’T cursed, then she’s sane and ~something~ might be able to come of it, but Zeref can’t fall in love with her, because curse. And if Mavis isn’t cursed and killed we don’t get Fairy Heart… so… we’re kind of stuck in a rut. I don’t think there’s any way to get around Zeref’s personality and Mavis’ inevitable downward spiral, so the only way to get around that is to almost completely rewrite their backstory to allow for something new to happen.

Which leads me to my “ah yes Mavis was a ghost before she met Zeref, and thus she could be in Zeref’s presence even when he was in ‘everything around me will literally die because I like people’ mode” proposal. Hear me out here. 

Well, thought projection, not a ghost. 

Fairy Heart is still Mavis crystallised, except this time Lumen Histoire is the result of some actual dark guild secret.

Mavis was crystallised as an adult. This is a requirement. This is an actual legal requirement. (Also required; removal of any implications Zeref was immortalised at under 18.)

Mavis hasn’t been Curse of Contradiction’d, but she understands Zeref’s suffering from her own unique perspective.

Also, a nice break from “literally everything is Zeref’s fault.” 

Since Mavis was in fact a tactician, it’s possible that she actually made some really unsavoury decisions on the battlefield in the name of protecting those she cared about. 

Which Zeref can on some level relate to. I mean, Natsu got him in this mess in the first place. 

From here, Mavis can literally speak to Zeref and have actual proper conversations with him when he’s not a raging asshole - since we have sane!Mavis and #lovinlife!Zeref talking as equals, we can remove most of the power imbalance and, while I think it’s impossible to get rid of the “hi yeah I’m desperate” aspect of their relationship, Mavis at least will be in a more stable state of mind and can make better choices.

I assume ghost!Mavis here manages to hold onto her sense of self a la canon ghost!Mavis. 

Since this Mavis will have been crystallised as an adult at the height of her career and preserved that way, so the Mavis Zeref meets is a strong and confident woman, not a broken, depressed and crazy girl. I mean… that’s a good start anyway.

While this really helps Zeref and he stays in ~nice mode~ almost the entire time Mavis knows him, this means that while she’s academically aware of Zeref’s duality, she’s never actually seen it in action for herself. This is why she knows Zeref can be a good person - she’s seen firsthand him at the best he could be in his situation, and knows his exact thoughts re: the curse and his deathwish. 

Also, Mavis puncturing holes in Zeref’s web of angst with pure logic.

And yeah; they do fall in love, but after a long period of friendship with less desperation.

Mavis casually saying she wishes she was solid so she could kiss Zeref who turns into a stuttering mess, attempting-to-kiss-a-ghost shenanigans, cutesy shit like that. 

Mavis cheerfully says she won’t leave Zeref to his fate of immortality. Zeref, well aware of what immortality can do to a person and doesn’t want the same thing to happen to Mavis, decides to break Mavis out of Lumen Histoire in a rare example of selflessness.

 Naturally this goes horrifically wrong; if LH really is still a giant repository of magic for whatever reason, it’s entirely possibly it amplifies Zeref’s Death Predation and wipes out most of Magnolia. In horror, Zeref flees, and - blaming herself for Zeref’s actions - Mavis retreats to Tenrou Island in shame. Ofc, neither blames the other for what happened, and by the time Alvarez rolls around Mavis is determined to stop Zeref, but also has like… a reason for wanting to save him because #notsuchabadguyprobably.

This is a pretty messy idea, but hopefully gives Mavis a lot more agency and maturity in relation to her own story and development, a plausible way to keep them together without cursing Mavis into absolute depressed insanity and a way to drag Zeref kicking and screaming back into humanity and hopefully give people a reason to want them back together. 

Especially if Mavis’ appearance actually visibly affected Zeref’s curse; him suddenly teetering between “I don’t care about life” and “I do care about life” in the middle of the war could actually help with his redemption (especially if Natsu is what pushes him over the edge into “ah shit I care” territory). 

This really assumes a sympathetic interpretation of Zeref, though. Ideally, this Zeref is a responsible pet owner and cleans up his demons when he’s done with them (though this doesn’t stop random dark guilds getting their hands on stray books and trying to summon them).