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My brain now considers team shadowgear to be: Levy, Jet, Droy, Gajeel, Juvia, Pantherlily. I will not take criticism.

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Things I think would've been fascinating to include in fairy tail:

Heavier emphasis on organized religion

Specifically on how religious figures respond to demons, monsters, and magic.

Mirajane changing so much following the death of lisanna due to monster/demon magic being claimed as taboo by the church. Mirajane experiences so much guilt and the belief that it's her fault she becomes incredibly religious. How she unpacks it over the course of the story.

Celestial mages being acolytes of the church with the idea of Layla breaking off to marry Lucy's dad and her lineage stretching back to the first acolytes of the church.

Mavis leading a religious army after being manipulated by Zeref into believing she was a chosen of the gods, and her connection to the church/king allowing her to form fairy tail with financial support. The difference between what the guild was and what it currently is.

Juvia choosing to opt out of the S-class exam and instead focusing on self healing and growing out of her gray obsession. Her, Jet, and Droy bonding in their grief about Levy and Gajeel disappearing and Juvia herself seeking out old phantom lord friends to reconnect and inform of Gajeel.

Nab and Vijeeter getting proper characters and a focus on how their magic could be powerful and terrifying.

Building off of Mest existing, make a stealth group who speaks directly to Makarov taking missions he approves. They get sent on infiltration missions and are typically overlooked in fairy tail itself. They never take the s-class exam so their exact magical abilities never get publicized.

A longer gap in between the founding of fairy tail and the modern day so Mavis has more time to become a legend that few if any know the truth of.

Actual consequences for magic usage beyond just tapping out mana. Erza's armors all having unique drawbacks, natsu having to build up his tolerance to fire as a child and constantly underthreat of overheating and boiling his insides if he goes to far, etc.

Erza going on quests specifically to find unique armor sets that all have some historical meaning behind them that we as the audience get to hear about (connecting to a previous point, her heavens wheel armor being one of the remaining sets from Mavis' army)

Chapters from the POV of the guildmates left behind in-between the 7 year time skip to build up the excitement for the group return.

I know there are more but this is my list so far.

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I think I might try a few armor redesigns for Erza along with giving actual drawbacks for using each one. Cause mashima only really going "erza can use up her mana if she uses to much" feels like a cop out to me.

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Updated team natsu designs 5 years later. This time with Wendy.

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Shakes hands as I grumble over Fairy Tail's wasted potential and my aggrevation at Mashima for including hints of religion but never bothering to flesh it out in an interesting way.

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Updated team natsu designs 5 years later. This time with Wendy.

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So I know people hate Kipperlilly and that's valid, but the tragedy of her existing as she is especially after the most recent episode actually makes me feel so bad for her. I hope the rat grinders get redemption.

Kipperlilly has wanted to succeed for so long, she had irrational hatred for her peers because she wanted success and glory and was unremarkable in her life. She was jealous and trying and thought that her unremarkable existence could be overshadowed if she simply was the best. But everything she did to get success only further cemented her into being forgettable. She gets so angry over this and as someone who was an irrationally angry teenager I get it so much.

And she was aware of this. She regularly visited Jawbone and we can't pretend it wasn't because she was selfaware of her own shortcomings. She knew her anger was messed up and I just know she was trying to figure out some way to get rid of it. Because being that angry all the time is horrible. She was probably frustrated and just wanted to cope. And jawbone helped. He wasn't perfect but he helped and that's why this girl from freshman to sophomore year kept returning.

She was self aware enough for his subtle questions to help her calm down. And yet an adult in her life was made aware of her mental health problems and chose to exploit them. Things she confided to a trusted adult got turned back on her leading to her and her party becoming tools, or dying if they refused.

Now kipperlilly isn't faultless. She's killed people, she's antagonistic and cruel, but her being a victim and a teenager just trying to get help makes me so incredibly sad for what she's become.

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You Must Honor The Cock

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Riz has spent this whole season, struggling so much and trying so hard to squeeze blood from a stone, to be in a dozen places at once, to stay afloat, to secure his future, to save the world (again), barely having time to spend with his mom and literally having to be in hell so he can have a few blessed minutes to chat with his murdered father about work (which yes, is an act of love when a Gukgak is doing it but God, he's so tired).

And Kipperlilly is watching this kid, who is taking stress tokens for his friends even though he's at capacity himself, whose blood is more coffee than anything else at this point because you can't solve problems when you're asleep, who signed up for an exam with a 100% mortality rate for lack of other viable options, and saying to herself, "You lucky bastard. It's not fair."

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If I had a nickel for every time a cleric of Helio died, met Helio, and then starting worshipping a dead deity instead I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's hilarious that it's happened twice

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the intrepid heroes reached new levels of Accurate Teenage Friendship tonight

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no fr which WT employee is currently any%ing the platform into hell

this is so fucking nuts esp when you just KNOW it's because of their stupid fucking "super likes" thing that they don't want to be affected by the far superior crowdfunding platforms out there

canvas creators aren't even affected by all the contract bullshit that's been coming out lately but they definitely WILL be affected by this shit if it sticks

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Alright, I've put up some sticker listing for some stock I have. If you guys want to buy any of the groups below check out my ko-fi:

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I need to get stuff to ship them out in but I'll be putting up some sticker stock within the next few weeks for groups of stickers I made back in 2021. They'll be vinyl: mass effect, critical role, one piece

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Well bills keep piling, somehow my indoor only cats got fleas and I'm having to pay for flea killer on top of everything. If anyone wants commissions or to support me reblogging my ko-fi again

I set up a coffee for commissions however I also have a donation button if you'd like to support me but can't afford a commission!

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I set up a coffee for commissions however I also have a donation button if you'd like to support me but can't afford a commission!

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Well I got unknowingly charge 30 dollars by skillshare despite never getting an email reminder because I forgot about the free trial and canceling my membership. And they won't let me refund because "You're not in the free trial stage anymore" despite me trying to get a refund on the same day as the charge.

Fuck skillshare man, what the fuck.