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the fraxus animatic's true ending (canon) (trust me I was there it just happened off screen) (they made out sloppy style after this) ((also speedpaint under the cut))

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Liking a character who sucks is silly because yeah I hate him and yeah I want people to bully him and say mean things but if you say the Wrong mean thing I'm going to get defensive

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I don't need to breathe when you look at me, all I see is green 💚⚡

A well thought out and meticulously organized fraxus playlist, if you even care

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Get prepared for FRAXUS WEEK 2025!

You all have yet again helped to choose the prompts for this year's Fraxus Week and we are all set and ready, so here goes the official post! Save the date, mark it in your calendar (but do not stress about it because late entries are always welcome) - Fraxus Week takes place from August 31st till September 8th!

It would be a great help if you share the post and help to spread the word about the eventm everywhere you can 😊. Every reblog helps us to get the information around, so nobody misses the oppourtunity ❣️

As every year we can't wait to see what you guys will come up with for the prompts and thank you for everyone who sent in their suggestions. If anybody's curious about it; the prompt Sorcerer's Weekly was the most popular by a good margin and we love it as well haha! It's always a highlight of the year and it's so amazing to see that the love and fandom for this incredible ship still very much existent and strong. Newbie or oldie, we welcome you!

Again, the week will start on the 31st of August with the first Bonus day (we call it Fraxus Week Eve) and end on the 8th of September with the second Bonus day, as usual.

There is ONE NEW RULE addition starting this year, namely that, on the last Bonus Day (September 8th) you will be allowed to participate with a NSFW piece. Explicit nsfw is not allowed for all the foregoing days but since we have not hosted the Fraxus Love Fest any longer, we decided to include this new rule so that whoever wants to submit a n.sfw piece for their ship is now allowed to do so for at least one of the days.

Everything else remains the same, but feel free to read/skim the official rules for this event still!

So, the prompts as voted by the fandom, finally, - here goes!

August 31st/Fraxus Week Eve: Blush

September 1st/Day 1: First meeting/Early Days

September 2nd/Day 2: Blood and/or Glitter

September 3rd/Day 3: Cuddles and/or Late Nights

September 4th/Day 4: Training or Fighting side by side

September 5th/Day 5: Sorcerer Weekly/Photoshoot/Interview

September 6th/Day 6: Magic Swap

September 7th/Day 7: Masquerade or Ballroom

September 8th/Bonus day: Edolas or; NEW RULE THIS YEAR, an NSFW piece of your choice

RULES:

Everyone is allowed to participate and basically every sort of entry is allowed! Art, a fanfic, edits, headcanons, …everything! Just make sure that it has to do with Fraxus and does not imply something else/negative/other ships/trigger topics like SA etc! It also shouldn’t include something nsfw (exception: Bonus Day). Entries bordering on nsfw or suggestive mentions are alright.

Please put at least one of the tags fraxusweek or fraxus week in the first five tags of your entry! fraxus will suffice, too, if you forget to tag it otherwise but using the first two named tags will just make it easier for us to find the entries for this week!

You can also combine prompts, create multiple pieces per prompt or not use the prompts at all. If you’re not inspired by any of them, it’s okay to do your own thing or do something similar to the prompts.

The prompts can take place in the Canon Verse or an Alternate Universe, it's up to you!

Don’t worry about being late/on time! Late entries are always welcome, no matter how late. We know that things can get stressful very easily, so don’t worry about it!

Do not steal other people’s content! That won’t be accepted and that applies not only to this week but in general. Also refrain from reposting somebody's work without permission.

You can also submit your entries to our blog if you want.

If you’ve got any questions, just shoot us a an ask or a private message!

That’s it! We’re super looking forward to the event again. Let’s celebrate our beautiful ship!

This year, the wonderful @cylove gave us the permission to utilize their stunning artwork for the official Fraxus Week 2025 banner. We also want to use this opportunity to give a shoutout and encourage y'all to go support their work! <3 You can find the original artwork used for this banner right >here<. Thank you again for allowing us to use your artwork for the banner <3 😊

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I truly believe that the Raijinshuu is still one of the STRONGEST teams in Fairy Tail; even if they rarely get a chance to show it. (A Ramble~)

For the record, I adore Hiro Mashima. He's a creative soul and wonderful writer with drive I could only dream of. But nobody, not even the man himself, could convince me that he had any idea what to do with the Raijinshuu after their debut.

According to the Volume 13 Afterword, Mashima created the team on a whim along with the entire plot for the Battle of Fairy Tail. He wanted to create an arc centered around Laxus, and things like the Harvest Festival/Fantasia and the ideas for the Raijinshuu just came to him naturally for this arc. We actually almost had a different arc entirely—which means that Freed, Evergreen, and Bickslow almost didn't exist... at least not in the way we know them today.

They served their purpose in the BoFT. And what happens after that? They are nerfed and sidelined unlike ANY other character. Yeah, a ton of characters get overshadowed and nerfed as the series goes on, but I wholeheartedly think the Raijinshuu has it the worst. The last time they're given any sort of justice is on Tenrou Island when they fight Rustyrose (but I'll ramble about that more in another post!)

Despite being a part of Team Tenrou, they are the only three that are CONSTANTLY left out. And over the course of the series, are pushed back into total background characters to having their characters and dynamic assassinated in the 100YQ. Considered nothing more than 'Laxus' Cheerleaders/yes-men.' Even in the newer Fairy Tail games they are COMPLETELY left out aside from a mention or two. (Not even DLC!! Like, WTH?!?!) I refuse to believe they are THAT expendable. (I've mentioned it before, but they are also some of the few Fairy Tail/Team Tenrou members with ABSOLUTELY NO backstory!)

Okay, I may be over exaggerating a bit... or not enough tbh! It's been a while since I rewatched/reread the series so I'm just going off what I remember. But I know that these are amazing and underrated characters who are so unique in design and magic abilities.... a uniqueness that I sadly believe is their biggest downfall.

I don't think Mashima knows how to write their magic (especially their eye magic) without defeating the enemy too quickly or overshadowing the main cast. (Don't forget that this is the same team that defeated a DARK GUILD in just a few attacks—where Freed didn't even lift a finger, might I add!!) This is why every big enemy they face has been immune to their eye magic in one way or another. Either by wearing glasses or being ANYTHING but human. (Rustyrose, Tempester, Wall Eehto... just to name the main ones.)

The Raijinshuu never get the chance to play to their strengths before they're sidelined... over and over again.

Look, from a writing standpoint—I get it. Really. Their magic is super OP if used in the right way. And it's not much of a story if the heros win too easily, if there isn't any conflict, stakes, or a challenge for the characters to overcome. Especially coming from characters who aren't even part of the main cast. It would be way too easy if Evergreen just turned the enemy to stone before the battle even began... Or if Bickslow took control of their soul.... Or not even mentioning Freed having the power to trap and straight up kill with his magic. But I feel like there is a better way to go about writing it then just pushing the Raijinshuu to the side every arc or knocking them down at every opprotunity.

Even before the BoFT, they had to be pretty remarkable to impress Laxus—especially young Laxus—so I seriously doubt they just gave up trying to improve themselves once they became more involved in the guild or even post-timeskip. If anything, they would've had to train and work even harder to catch up with that seven year gap. No cheats like gaining access to their second-origin though Ultear's magic. Just pure training and dedication.

I truly believe, or pretty much headcanon at this point, that they are always training and pushing themselves to be stronger. That they're always improving their magic and have new spells we'll never get to see. That they still want to live up to their name as Laxus' bodyguards. They just seem weaker as the series goes on because they're not the main characters. Plain and simple. Besides, you can't have already OP characters be even more over-powered. They don't get any cool fights or power-ups because they're irrelevant as far as the story goes. (As much as I hate to say it.) It doesn't really matter how strong they are as long as it's painfully obvious that Team Natsu is stronger. (Their fight with Gray in the 100YQ is still complete bullshit though.)

It sucks, but I don't think it'll ever change at this point—probably only get worse as they are used for gags, character fodder, or just plain forgotten about in place of more screen time for romantic pairings.

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I love this picture, my friend drew it for my birthday!! 🎀° ᡣ𐭩 . ° .

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Wanted to do a refresh of the No Signal character line up :D I really like how it turned out

(Still a little unsure about Scarlet's outfit but I like it enough)

So from left to right:

Mona - ex face of the make up company EMERALD, still trying to come to terms with the big change from being in the public eye to being hidden

Jet - a mechanic/bartender who owns Cobalt, a club in the downtown area, took Mona in when turned up at his place on the verge of falling apart

Scarlett - owner of the Candy Apple bar in the same downtown area, knows Jet well and has bailed him out numerous times

RAM - works with Scarlett at her bar, was Jet's mentor in the past and is very protective of them both despite how much a idiot Jet is

I'll probably do individual thing for them soon so I can yell about them more xD

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Source: 真島ヒロ | Twitter [1/5/2013]

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Re-did his AU sheet

Also I have a town name :D Hollow-Root, I wanted to keep it in line with the whole flower naming scheme Fairy Tail has.

It's a harbour town considering the guildhall is a ship. Hallow-Roots is small but wealthy town and Golden Cutlass was a big reason it was so popular, though that degraded after the ambush.

Second thing, I redesigned his sword, initially I based it off the one he has in the last chunk of the series but I felt it needed a change. I made it more ornate and pretty. It was the one thing he kept after he left the guild fpr Fairy Tail.

And I've been thinking about changing the way he finds out about it being ambushed?

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freed justine design time

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Sometimes you have to draw a woman with a sword, it's important

So...I haven't drawn this one in a while and I felt she needed a refresh. I'm not totally sold on the look, but I'll work on it, wanted make sure I got down her aggressively uneven haircut xD

I'll yell about her at some point, she's fun

Speedpaint:

tad daaa~ go watch!

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I was going to put up my speedpaint but the quality is fucked yay c:

"Did you deal with the prisoner thoroughly your majesty?"

"Y..yes a..absolutely, I gave him the harshest punishment"

The Queen and her Mage

...and nothing suspicious at all happening here (:

I should blab about these needs soon

Speedpaint coming soon!

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"Did you deal with the prisoner thoroughly your majesty?"

"Y..yes a..absolutely, I gave him the harshest punishment"

The Queen and her Mage

...and nothing suspicious at all happening here (:

I should blab about these needs soon

Speedpaint coming soon!

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Oops all hands :D

Wanted to draw some cool looking hands so here ya go

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Uncommon Questions for OCs and their creators:

Send me a # (questions for OCs) or a letter (questions for creators) and I’ll answer

QUESTIONS FOR YOUR OCs

What’s the maximum amount of time your character can sit still with nothing to do?

How easy is it for your character to laugh?

How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?)

How easy is it to earn their trust?

How easy is it to earn their mistrust?

Do they consider laws flexible, or immovable?

What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?

What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child

Do they swear? Do they remember their first swear word?

What lie do they most frequently remember telling? Does it haunt them?

How do they cope with confusion (seek clarification, pretend they understand, etc)?

How do they deal with an itch found in a place they can’t quite reach?

What color do they think they look best in? Do they actually look best in that color?

What animal do they fear most?

How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot, or do they rehearse it in their mind first?

What makes their stomach turn?

Are they easily embarrassed?

What embarrasses them?

What is their favorite number?

If they were asked to explain the difference between romantic and platonic or familial love, how would they do so?

Why do they get up in the morning? 

How does jealousy manifest itself in them (they become possessive, they become aloof, etc)? 

How does envy manifest itself in them (they take what they want, they become resentful, etc)? 

 Is sex something that they’re comfortable speaking about? To whom? 

 What are their thoughts on marriage? 

 What is their preferred mode of transportation? 

 What causes them to feel dread? 

 Would they prefer a lie over an unpleasant truth? 

 Do they usually live up to their own ideals? 

 Who do they most regret meeting? 

 Who are they the most glad to have met? 

 Do they have a go-to story in conversation? Or a joke? 

 Could they be considered lazy? 

 How hard is it for them to shake a sense of guilt? 

 How do they treat the things their friends come to them excited about? Are they supportive? 

Do they actively seek romance, or do they wait for it to fall into their lap? 

Do they have a system for remembering names, long lists of numbers, things that need to go in a certain order (like anagrams, putting things to melodies, etc)? 

What memory do they revisit the most often? 

How easy is it for them to ignore flaws in other people? 

How sensitive are they to their own flaws?

How do they feel about children? 

How badly do they want to reach their end goal? 

If someone asked them to explain their sexuality, how would they do so? 

QUESTIONS FOR CREATORS

A) Why are you excited about this character? B) What inspired you to create them? C) Did you have trouble figuring out where they fit in their own story? D) Have they always had the same physical appearance, or have you had to edit how they look? E) Are they someone you would get along with? Would they get along with you? F) What do you feel when you think of your OC (pride, excitement, frustration, etc)? G) What trait of theirs bothers you the most? H) What trait do you admire most? I) Do you prefer to keep them in their canon universe? J) Did you have to manipulate or exclude canon factors to allow them to create their character?

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It’s 2am idk

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You know, when I see fictional characters who repress all their emotions, they're usually aloof and very blunt about keeping people at a distance, sometimes to an edgy degree—but what I don't see nearly enough are the emotionally repressed characters who are just…mellow.

Think about it. In real life, the person that's bottling up all their emotions is not the one that's brooding in the corner and snaps at you for trying to befriend them. More often than not, it's that friendly person in your circle who makes easy conversation with you, laughs with you, and listens and gives advice whenever you're upset. But you never see them upset, in fact they seem to have endless patience for you and everything around them—and so you call them their friend, you trust them. And only after months of telling them all your secrets do you realize…

…they've never actually told you anything about themselves.