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Gray x Juvia Essays/Analysis List

A master post containing a collection of pro-Gruvia essays/analysis posts. Topics differ (defense against anti-arguments and Juvia, interesting facts, chapter reviews, many posts centering around Gray and Juvia’s development, etc), but all are intriguing, detailed, and pertain to the pairing. Check out the meta tag on @fuck-yeah-gruvia as well, since not every essay will be on this list.

Some links might be broken/invalid, due to the users deactivating or changing their tumblr account names. I’ve tried to find said posts via reblog from other people, and I succeeded in finding almost everything. If I realized a user simply changed their name, I updated the URLs. That way the post is linked directly to them, instead of to another person who simply reblogged it. Posts that come from deleted blogs are linked via reblog from someone else. I will continue to check links occasionally, I’m doing the best I can. Also note that many of these essays/posts are from years ago (even as far back as the Tenrou Island, GMG, and Tartaros arcs) and may be outdated because we have gained a tremendous amount of material in the 100 Years Quest (official canon sequel by Mashima and Ueda), and even at the end of the original Fairy Tail (war arc, final chapter). Nevertheless, they are still good reads that show Gruvia has been developing throughout the entire series! Everything on this list is relevant. Please read anything that perks your interest. The 100 Years Quest has its own section, as well as chapter 499, post-chapter 500, and chapter 545.

Established: 9/28/2014 Last Update: 7/6/2020 (Now includes 100 Years Quest section) *Updated frequently*

Main Essay The Gray x Juvia Manifesto – Of Water and Ice, a comprehensive essay exploring the development between Gray and Juvia from the beginning of the series through Tartarus. – By Darkhope (rieriebee) In image form: The Gruvia relationship chart [updated through the Tartarus arc] and The evolution of Gruvia [updated through the Avatar arc] – By squisherific

I am also one of the editors of the Gruvia Fairy Tail Couples wiki page. I make sure that the page is always up to date with the most recent events in the manga, including omakes. My manifesto is due for an update, as it only goes up to the final chapter of the Tartarus Arc. So please check out the wiki page too for all Gruvia development! Anime episodes are there as well.

▶ SECTIONS INCLUDED:

Pre-Chapter 499

Chapter 499 and post-chapter 500

Post-Finale (Chapter 545)

Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest Official Sequel (analysis, chapter reviews)

Chapter reviews (from the original Fairy Tail, not the sequel)

Juvia defense (with added Gruvia)

Counters against anti-Gruvia fans/arguments

Fandom

☆ RECOMMENDED READS ☆ **JUVIA ISN’T A STALKER** – By fuck-yeah-gruvia **GRUVIA IS CANON** – By fuck-yeah-gruvia **GRAY LOVES JUVIA** – By fuck-yeah-gruvia **CHAPTER 26 RAW: GRAY LOVES JUVIA… AGAIN** – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Analysis

Pre-Chapter 499

Things Gray has done for Juvia – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Things Juvia has done for Gray – By squisherific

Gruvia: Popularity and aspects of the pairing – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gruvia: Popularity and aspects of the pairing – Part II – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Mashima’s writing, Gray, & the relevance of the “rejection” scene – By sarahkeet

Juvia’s fangirling and Gray’s remoteness – By jhayni-in-the-rain

Gruvia development + other characters – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Tsundere Gray – By squisherific

Why this fight is a defining moment for Juvia and Gruvia – By kanarenee

Some reflections about Gray and Gruvia – By juvia-and-gray

A list of Fairy Tail characters that support or have shown some degree of approval towards Gruvia – By fuckyeahgruvia

Progression of Gray’s feelings for Juvia – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Juvia does care about Gray’s feelings – By squisherific

Gruvia and its development from the eyes of a shipper – By qverencias

Why Gruvia is still sailing strong – By tenrous

Notes about Juvia vs Keith – By kanarenee and squisherific

Gruvia is not dead – By fuckyeahgruvia

Progression of Gruvia – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gruvia does not send an awful message – By squisherific

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, Gray and Juvia’s “unspoken bond” – By gruviabread-blog

The only thing keeping Gruvia from canon – By sasskiiia

Protection – By frozenrain22

Gray and Juvia are almost always drawn together – By fuckyeahgruvia

Gray, don’t you be a little bit jealous? – By juvia-and-gray

Real life vs Fiction: Gruvia isn’t unhealthy l Part two – By squisherific

My love for this pairing – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

The missing piece of the Gruvia puzzle – By squisherific

Gray’s butterfly t-shirt – By fuckyeahgruvia

If Gruvia becomes canon it’s because Gray wants it – By squisherific

GMG vs. Tartarus Arc - A Gruvia parallel and contrast – By squisherific

Why Gray opened his heart up to Juvia, and the ship – By chsabina

[Chapter 416 and the Tartaros Arc] This is what happens when the otp has a massive relationship development - aka - watch my (mental) breakdown over GRUVIA – By condoriano

In Gray’s defense on leaving the way he did – By qverencias

Translation clear up: Gruvia in chapter 438 – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Serious moments outweigh the comedic ones (don’t put too much stock in comedy) – By squisherific

Gray is not being forced to love Juvia – By squisherific

Gray x Juvia: Keys of a healthy relationship – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gruvia is not unhealthy – By unisonraidd

Why Gray is falling for Juvia – By juvia-and-gray

The most meaningful Gruvia moments have been initiated by Gray (Gruvia is not forced) – By qverencias

Tartaros: The arc in which Gray realizes what Juvia is to him – By kanarenee

About Gray’s indifference and Mashima’s writing style – By squisherific

Gray’s Honesty – By squisherific

Straight from Gray’s mouth, he is grateful to have Juvia by his side – By qverencias

Doom is upon us and that’s ok – By squisherific

There is so much going on in my head - And it’s all Gray’s fault – By kanarenee

Gray’s answer will be positive l Graphic form – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gray’s answer: Growth, parallels, his future for Juvia – By tobeiru

So some people are suddenly saying Gray’s being ‘‘ooc’’ towards Juvia… – By natsv

Gray is not OOC – By tea-lief

Why Juvia and Gray are meant for each other – By qverencias

Myths about Juvia and Gray – By ulqcrow

Gray and Juvia are considered a couple by Erza aka Mashima – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Juvia has never even asked Gray on a date, let alone molested Gray – By squisherific

Positive things about Juvia’s stripping habit she picked up from Gray – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Mashima will not resolve or give Gruvia away in an omake chapter/side story – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

On Juvia “Stalking” Gray – By corxavis

Analysis of Chapter 463′s cover and why the text refers to Gray – By dooshiedoosh and rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gruvia is NOT 99% comedy [manga pages/panels] – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

“Forcing” Gray (aka Gray is not being forced to be with Juvia) – By squisherific

Why chapter 453 IS romantic – By rieriebee (Darkhope) and squisherific

The message of Gruvia – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Juvia’s influence on Gray – By qverencias, rieriebee (Darkhope) and squisherific

Gray and Juvia have been together since the chapter he promised her his answer – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Gray x Juvia underwear? – By squisherific l Part Two: G x J underwear confirmed – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gray does not treat Juvia badly – By rieriebee (Darkhope) and squisherific

Gray’s facial expression change, his feelings for Juvia, and Mashima’s intentions – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Gray is not giving in to Juvia – By squisherific

Gray wanted to live with Juvia – By squisherific

Juvia’s impact on Gray’s emotions, and his acceptance of his own feelings – By nojohi

Why Juvia’s goal of marrying Gray is perfectly okay – By snowlily95 and squisherific l Part Two: Juvia’s dream is not considered sexist – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gray, Juvia and the ever strong hints of Gruvia in ch.483 – By qverencias

Gray's consistent mentions of the future and confirmation that Juvia is someone who helped him get where he is today – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Gray and Juvia’s bond is romantic and cannot be considered platonic – By qverencias

Gruvia in Avatar – By squisherific

Simple counter to basic anti-Gruvia statements using manga panels – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gruvia + relationship overview – By ryokho

About double standards – By qverencias

Gray and Juvia when they’re alone – By bonneyq

(Chapter 498) Why this fight is so symbolic – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

The gradual progression on twitter + linked quotes l Part Two – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Chapter 499: Gray and Juvia (analysis and reviews) and post-chapter 500

“Gray of his own accord was going to give up everything. His father’s will, his ambition to defeat E.N.D., his entire life… For Juvia.” (x)

Why Chapter 499 confirms Gray’s feelings for Juvia are mutual (RAW BREAKDOWN) – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Juvia dying would not be character development for Gray – By xwaterice

Juvia through Gray’s eyes – By unisonraidd

Gray and Juvia’s reactions to each other’s respective sacrifices – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

The most romantic act of love – By chsabina

Their need to protect each other – By frosthsea

Chapter 499: Gray and Juvia – By juvia-and-gray

Gray and Juvia did the same thing (suicide) because they FEEL (love) the same way about each other – By saradauchiha and rieriebee (Darkhope)

Chapter thoughts – By madara-fate

Chapter 499: Gray and Juvia – By qverencias

Chapter 499 thoughts – By squisherific

I love 499 gimme more – By kanarenee

Thoughts on Fairy Tail Chapter 499 – By celestialcontrail

Gruvia, Gray, and the Love Language, Acts of Service – By chanting-to-u

Fairy Tail 499 – By littlebetesofeverything

Random thoughts about FT 499 – By journeyofsalep

This chapter was symbolic – By frosthsea

Chapter 499 Analysis Part I – By justfanrandomness

Chapter 499 Analysis Part 2 – By justfanrandomness

The reunion – By fatedsong

“Gray would have died for any of his friends” [Counter] – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

So, about this kokuhaku thing… – By dooshiedoosh

Why the current set up is good (499 is not wasted) – By snowycarousel

On What’s Significant About Juvia’s Sacrifice – By celestialcontrail

We have never seen Gray so broken until now – By xwaterice

Gray in chapter 500: The panels are extremely telling – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gray loves Juvia so much – By hikariintan

It might not be just Juvia’s imagination – By azuriteluminosity and arek-xandura

That clever Mashima… – By kookie-kiki

Thoughts on Fairy Tail Chapter 500 – By celestialcontrail

Chapter 500 Thoughts (AKA He Totally Kissed Her) – By squisherific

Exploring the Ur/Juvia parallels – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gray will not take backwards steps – By squisherific

Gruvia will not be canon because Gray feels guilty – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gray and Juvia love each other equally – By bonneyq

Chapter 504 (beware of spoilers) – By bonneyq

Chapter 504 thoughts – By squisherific

Chapter 499 recovery period – By kanarenee

Why Gray Wants To Kill Natsu – By squisherific

Chapter 504′s title “Crack” references Gruvia – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

The message behind Gray and Juvia fainting in Chapter 507 – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

The reason Gray was “breaking” – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Why Natsu and Gray passed out in chapter 507 [Confirmation] – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Mashima confirms he does not change his mind based on fan opinions – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Analysis of the Gruvia flashbacks Mashima used in chapter 499 – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Protection; one Gruvia’s forms of love – By xwaterice

Why the statement “Gray sees Juvia as more than a friend but isn’t in love with her (yet)” is wrong (because Gray loves Juvia and doesn’t need a direct confession to prove it) – By rieriebee (Darkhope), chanting-to-u, and fuck-yeah-gruvia

Gray - chances to walk away – By chanting-to-u

The shounen tropes of protection and a future, plus Juvia’s promise to Silver in the Gruvia relationship – By chanting-to-u

Gray’s scars – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Chapter 538: Gruvia Thoughts – By squisherific, rieriebee (Darkhope), and corxavis

Why this panel (chapter 538) is so GREAT – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Gray’s genuine and sweet expression around Juvia – By castiel-ren

Gray and Juvia in the recent chapters – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

About Gray protecting Juvia from Acnologia – By mabukidot

JUVIA ISN’T A STALKER – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Post-finale (Chapter 545)

Gruvia is canon. – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Gray sexist? Debunked. – By kyro-c

Gray does not see Juvia as an object – By fatedsong

Chapter 545 Thoughts – By squisherific

100 Year Jobs – By bonneyq

Canonization of Gruvia. (A massive collection of notable moments) – By castiel-ren

Good day, I really enjoyed the end of Fairy Tail! – By alexistitania

Gruvia is finally canon – By serendipitousuwu

And thus Gray did not say no – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gruvia’s relationship – By kuroosmainbitch

Important clarification!!! – By chsabina

Mission to canon: success – By frozenrain22

Gruvia canon thoughts – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest (official sequel by Mashima and Ueda)

Gray loves Juvia – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Thoughts on FT 100 Yr Quest Chap 25 – By be-dazzled

Gruvia Feels Intensify – By squisherific

Tsun Gray vs openly in love/honest Gray – By squisherific

Chapter 26 RAW: Gray loves Juvia… again – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Random thoughts from chapter 26 – By dooshiedoosh

Juvia is Gray’s goal? – By squisherific

OOC Gray? No, he’s just happy! – By xwaterice

Gray will protect Juvia set up (Chapter 30) – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

100 Yr Quest Ch. 30 – By be-dazzled

Shy Gray (Gruvia in public vs when alone) – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Gruvia in Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest – By _ameonnafullbuster_

Chapter 26 Official Kodansha Translation – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

It’s a confirmed canon fact in the manga that Gray loves Juvia – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

A messy rant about why Gray is not a jerk, Juvia is not abusive, and Gruvia is definitely not toxic – By mika-milano

FT 100 YR QUEST C.57 a.k.a Power To Live a.k.a GRAY FULLflockingBUSTER LOVES JUVIA LOCKflockingSER a.k.a Gray just crowned her queen – By bedazzfangirl

WE ARE NOT DONE TALKING ABOUT Ch. 57 – By lei-z-fan

Chapter 57 – By mika-milano

Gray’s way of telling Juvia he loves her – By gvrejubi

FT100YRQUEST C.58 a.k.a GRAY FULLBUSTER ASKING HIS WIFE FOR A DANCE – By bedazzfangirl

Gray expressing his feelings – By mika-milano

Chapters 57 and 58 covers are connected – By fuck-yeah-gruvia

Changes in Gray (from dying to living for Juvia) – By gakupoid2m

So, we need to talk about this (Chapter 58) – By juviasworld

Final chapter (FT 545) vs chapter 57 of 100 Years Quest – By lei-z-fan

What the word “canon” actually means (Japan vs The West; Japanese fandom considers Gruvia canon already) – By fuck-yeah-gruvia l Additional comments – By squisherific

Chapter Reviews (regarding Gruvia, from the original Fairy Tail ONLY)

Fairy Tail 321 – By fuckyeahgruvia

Fairy Tail 322 – By fuckyeahgruvia

Fairy Tail 334 – Sin and Sacrifice – By fuckyeahgruvia

Fairy Tail 366 – By fuckyeahgruvia

Fairy Tail 386 – By fuckyeahgruvia

Gruvia in the Tartaros arc, and chapter 392 – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

The importance of Juvia’s panel in chapter 392 – By squisherific

Fairy Tail 392 – By fuckyeahgruvia

Fairy Tail 392: Gruvia – By urmilkovich

Chapter 393 – By kanarenee

Chapter 395 – By kanarenee

Chapter 398 analysis – By kanarenee

About Juvia asking for Gray in chapter 399 – By kanarenee

Gray x Juvia Special (413 Days) Review – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Gruvia Special Chapter - My thoughts – By juvia-and-gray

Gray & Juvia Special Chapter – By fuckyeahgruvia

Chapter 416 - The Gruvia Reunion! – By squisherific

Thoughts on Gruvia’s reunion in chapter 416 – By qverencias

FAIRY TAIL CHAPTER 416 – By kanarenee

Fairy Tail 416 – By fuckyeahgruvia

Juvia defense (with added Gruvia)

Juvia’s development in the Tartarus arc – By squisherific

10 reasons why Juvia Lockser needs more love – By squisherific

What is it about Juvia Lockser – By kanarenee

Juvia is a strong character – By qverencias

Post time skip Juvia – By squisherific

On Juvia and Mavis – By kanarenee

Juvia’s feelings are not selfish – By ulqcrow

A study on Juvia – By bonneyq

Juvia, Femininity in Japan, and Romance in Shounen – By chanting-to-u

Strengths of a female character: A study of Juvia Lockser’s character in comparison with the ladies of Fairy Tail – By kanarenee

The emotionally compromised Juvia Lockser – By squisherific

5 Life Lessons to take from Juvia Lockser – By chanting-to-u

Juvia, rain, and love - a character analysis – By chanting-to-u

Juvia is a relatable character and is not a stalker – By hidediddle

Counters against anti-Gruvia fans/arguments

Extra discussions and anti-Gruvia rebuttal: Gruvia sends a positive message, it’s not unhealthy, and Juvia is Gray’s partner, not his stalker – By rieriebee (Darkhope) and squisherific

Extra discussions and anti-Gruvia rebuttal: More on Juvia’s excessive behavior, and how we’re not supposed to take it seriously/why she’s justified – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

Bias in fandom - Why you are not Gray Fullbuster and anti-Gruvia rebuttal: More on reality vs fiction, why you should not self insert, and why it’s unfair for Gruvia to be treated so harshly by fandom compared to other Fairy Tail pairings – By squisherific

On countering antis’ arguments – By qverencias

Ultimate counter to anti Gruvia arguments/their problems with Gruvia using simple manga panels – By ulqcrow, rieriebee (Darkhope), and qverencias

Anti-Gruvia rebuttal: Loving Gray does not make Juvia weak or extremely dependant and why – By rieriebee (Darkhope), wolfie914, and squisherific

Anti-Gruvia rebuttal: Gruvia is happening because Mashima wants it, not because the fans want it – By rieriebee (Darkhope) and squisherific

Rebuttle against the unpopular opinion of “I would be way happier if gruvia doesn’t become endgame and Gray’s rejection/Juvia’s acceptance is well written, rather than if gruvia does end up together without more development in their relationship.” l Part ll – By squisherific

Anti-Gruvia rebuttal: Gray and Juvia’s double suicide was perfectly in character and made sense – By squisherific, chanting-to-u, rieriebee, and kanarenee

Fandom

Gruvia fans do care about Gray’s feelings – By rieriebee (Darkhope)

*If you have a post/essay you’d like on this list, please message me!

*Last update - 7/6/20

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gurejuvi · 4 years ago

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The hypocrisy of Gruvia haters

(Sorry for my bad english)

Disclaimer : I’m not talking about all the people who don’t like Gruvia. You can ship and not ship whatever you want. Sometimes, even myself don’t like popular ship or I don’t understand why people ship them and that’s okay. You can be unconfortable with a ship, that’s your right because it’s your feelings. As a Gruvia shipper, i respect that you don’t like Gruvia if you respect that I like it and don’t come in our tags to spit your hate.

But today, I’m talking specially of people who hate Gruvia because they ship Gray with another character.

I ship Gruvia for nearly 10 years and I’ve been on Tumblr since 2013. So believe me, I saw a lot of bullsh*t here. That’s how I witnessed a lot of hypocrisy from theses haters and I identified mainly 3 patterns :

These haters decide what’s romantic or not based on their preference.

Gray died for Juvia twice, she was litteraly the last person he thought of before nearly dying (and appeared like a beautiful angel in his mind), he comforts her, he explicitly says he wants to protect her no matters what the cost, he makes sure to always be with her (« I’m here Juvia »), she’s the only person who can make Gray smile when he’s feeling down, she’s the only person who saw him cry openly in her arms because he trust her enough, Gray says that Juvia is his world, that Juvia is his power to live, he thinks of her as « romantic love », he wants to become a better man to be with her, he said several time that Juvia was « his », he explicitly said that he doesn’t hate Juvia and was grateful to having her at his side (I’m sure I forgot others moments, there are so many)

Theses haters : Gray hates Juvia ! Gruvia has no development ! Gray has no romantic feeling towards Juvia !

But when Gray and Lucy stood next to each other, these same people believe it’s a romantic moment ! Okay Gray said once that Lucy was a cute girl (because she is ❤), but he also friendzoned her at several occasions and act like a brother.

In his mind, she’s like Wendy, a little sister, when Juvia is guess what ? The woman he loves !

(Also remember that’s Stone Age omake ? Every men was sexually attracted to Lucy, except Gray and Gajeel. And guess who was Gray attracted to ? Juvia !)

So remember, by these haters’ logic : if you stand next someone, it’s true love. If you found a person cute, it’s means you love them romantically (omg, I guess I love at least 10 person at the same time lmao). But if you die to protect someone who means the world to you, it means you hate this person !

These haters loves to say Gray is OOC when he’s romantic with Juvia.

Just say you don’t want him to be romantic with Juvia and go lol. You don’t have to act like you know the characters better than the author (you know, the one who created them ?) just because you ship the guy with another girl.

Speaking about Gray being OOC, I love when these people act like this :

Gray developps feelings towards Juvia during the entire manga, Gruvia is the most developped ship on panel, Gray is more and more open about his feelings because it’s in the logic of his character arc (it’s called growth, a character whith no developpment isn’t a good character).

These haters : Gray is OOC !

The same haters : (make Gray acts the same way towards another girl who he had 0 romantic developpment during the entire manga) It’s true love !

Friendly reminders that Gray isn’t a Don Juan who will openly flirt with Lucy or another girl, no matters how much you convinced yourself.

It’s canon that Gray has no experience in dating and Juvia is the first girl he has a romantic dveloppment with.

So remember, by these haters logic : if a character doesn’t act the way you want or fall in love with the girl you want, it’s because the author doesn’t undestrand them. Everyone knows that you are the only person on Earth who understand this character you didn’t even create !

These haters say that Gruvia isn’t romantic, but stole Gruvia moments for their own ship

This one makes me laugh the most. It’s a common thing in fandom, because I saw it in others ship wars. The haters will say a ship isn’t romantic but will used romantic moments of said ship for their own.

With Gruvia, I saw a lot of other ship use Mashima drawing and replace Juvia’s face with another girl’s. So I don’t understand ? If Gruvia isn’t romantic, why are you stealing their moment for your own ship ? What logic is that ?

I remember a Gray and Ultear shipper who was a massive Gruvia hater. One day, this person hated on Juvia because « she killed Gray’s father so she was a horrible person who didn’t deserve him ».

So okay, let’s ignore the fact that :

Silver was already dead. He was just a living corpse under the influence of the necromancer.

Juvia had no other choice, because she had to kill that necromancer to save the world

Juvia was heartbroken because she knew it would kill Gray’s dad. But guess who ask her to do it anyway ? Gray’s dad ! Silver wanted to die !

Juvia was so heartbroken that she was ready to give up her love for Gray. And guess who stopped her ? Gray himself because he was glad he didn’t have to kill his father himself ! Gray didn’t want Juvia’s love to go away, he needed her !

Anyway… This hater had found a new pretext to hate on Juvia. When, several week later, this same person make a AU where Ultear is the one to kill Silver, stealing a Gruvia moment.

So by this person logic : Juvia is a bitch because she was forces to kill the father of the man she loves to save the wolrd. But when another girl do it, it’s tragic and romantic ?

Like, are you dumb ? Or are you one of Earth’s biggest hypocrite ?

So in conclusion : it’s okay if you don’t like Gruvia dynamic. But in that case don’t use this dynamic for shipping Gray with another character.

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gurejuvi · 4 years ago

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- fairy tail gruvia (gray and juvia) are in love

- fairy nail glevina (glen and juvina) are dating

- edolas gruvia (edo-gray and edo-juvia) are married with a kid

Gruvians we are so lucky😢💙💙

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gurejuvi · 4 years ago

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❆ Dedicated to all the Gruvia fans ♡

FAIRY TAIL ANIME [2009-2019] THANK YOU!

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gurejuvi · 4 years ago

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People say that only juvia got affected by gray's stripping habit when they lived together but-

Gray proves them wrong ;)

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gurejuvi · 4 years ago

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I SHOULD BE MAKING THAT 500-WORD PERSUASIVE ESSAY FOR ENGLISH SUBJECT BUT INSTEAD I DECIDED TO MAKE THIS LONG-ASS ESSAY EXPLAINING SOME MISUNDERSTOOD SHIT ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVE SHIPS: GRUVIA

(warning: spoilers. It's also gonna be some LONG ass shit lmao. Sorry for typos in advance)

I heard a lot of people disliking and hating Gruvia's dynamic and relationship, because of things that they completely misunderstood, so I thought I'd clear up and explain some of those here cause I just think all these hate are unnecessary especially when most of their reasons of why they hate the ship aren't really valid. I mean, yeah you can dislike it all you want we all have different preferences but the level of hate it gets for reasons that are proven untrue is just unbelievable.

[ GRAY IS A BIG TSUNDERE ]

Gruvia is not one-sided, it's just that Gray's a big frickin Tsundere and he refuses to show affection, so he may come off as cold to her sometimes. Although later on he realized that he should accept his feelings for Juvia rather than pushing her away and trying to run away from his feelings before he regrets it, so he has become less of a Tsundere (but still a Tsundere lmao).

[ GRAY DOES NOT DISLIKE NOR HATE JUVIA ]

Gray does not dislike nor hate Juvia, even from the very beginning after they just met. Hell, even right after their fight after their first actual meeting lmao Gray even helped her, saved her, and made her happy. He wouldn't have done all that if he disliked her. He wouldn't have said he has no problem with Juvia joining the guild if he disliked her. He wouldn't hang around with Juvia inside and even outside the guild if he disliked her. He wouldn't go out with Juvia, just the two of them, if he disliked her. He wouldn't live with her for half a year if he disliked her. He would have agreed with Juvia leaving him alone if he disliked her, instead of hugging her, thanking her, and crying on her arms. He wouldn't have sacrificed himself for her safety if he disliked her....

It's just he didn't wanna get too attached to her. He has always thought ever since as a child that it's his responsibility / fault whenever someone he cares for dies. He blames himself for it, consciously or unconsciously, and puts the burden upon himself. He feels like whenever he gets too attached to someone, they would leave him and when that happens it'll be his fault. That's the reason why he seems cold to her sometimes, it's that he doesn't wanna get too attached to her, afraid that she would just leave him like the others...

"I'm going to avenge my mother and father!"

"I wasn't... able to do anything..."

"It's your fault, Gray." (Lyon)

"It's my fault that Ul died 10 years ago"

"No matter how much time pass, it won't change the fact that it's my fault Ul's dead!"

"I lost both mother and daughter..."

Him trying to push her away by being cold to her is most likely something he did unconsciously, since he himself wasn't really sure about his feelings for her or having the fear of loosing his loved ones, at least when it was just starting. But as we already know, his attempt of trying to not get too attached to her wasn't successful. It didn't have any chance of being successful to begin with since the reason why he didn't want to get too attached and that he had developed the fear of loosing her in the first place is because he's already attached to her from the beginning. He was the one to save her, worries about her a lot, cares for her, protects her, and spends a lot of his time with her, which made him even more attached to her.

And when it actually almost happened, when Juvia almost killed herself for him, it finally became clear to him what he feels about her, and he realized that it was stupid and cowardly for him to try and avoid Juvia and his very own feelings just because of that. He could've lost all the chances he had with her forever, with all those efforts she spent on him all be put in vain. And now that he realized this, that doesn't make the fear of loosing her disappear, but instead of avoiding and hiding his feelings like before, he's trying to improve and be a better person for her that can protect her no matter what.

[ THE LOVE POTION THINGY IS NOT CANON ]

The episode about Juvia buying potions made her look bad to some fans. It was not in the Manga. It's not canon. The part where Lucy expected Natsu to confess (which was seen in the same episode) is canon, since it's from the Manga. But the part where Juvia buys love potion and uses it to try and get Gray is not in that chapter, nor is it in any chapter in the manga, meaning it's not canon and is an anime-only part. Well personally I found it quite funny, but some fans really hated Juvia on that one.

[ JUVIA IS NOT A YANDERE B*TCH ]

Juvia is not that yandere girl who will kill you if you reject her and shit. If anything, she's the opposite. She can NEVER hurt Gray. She'd rather kill herself than hurt Gray. When she thinks she's making Gray uncomfortable, she immediately apologizes. When she thought she disrespected Ul's death anniversary by saying it should be a happy day for Gray because it's their anniversary (she didn't know it was Ul's death anniversary), she felt very sorry, (but actually, the scarf she made cheered and provided warmth for Gray on that cold night.) The reason she couldn't approach him at the start was because she didn't want to make him and his friends uncomfortable (after the fight with Phantom Lord, and because she always thought she only brought awfulness). Yeah, she becomes extremely mad when someone threatens Gray's life, but that's just like Natsu being mad when someone threatens to kill Lucy. But she didn't even actually kill Meredy (the one who did threaten to kill Gray) and even became friends with her! A yandere would do the total opposite. If Gray ever rejects her, she wouldn't be mad at him, but would probably be very depressed. She was even willing to give up on him in Tartaros Arc, when she had to kill Gray's father, thinking she doesn't deserve to love him anymore after what she did... But Gray himself doesn't want that. He hugs her and says "thank you" to Juvia for saving his father so he didn't have to kill his father himself. If he disliked or hated Juvia, he would have agreed about her leaving him alone.

The main reason why Juvia acts like that is because she's trying to show her love for others that she wasn't able to show before, since she was always rejected, avoided, and disliked by others. She's always pushed away by others. So now that someone (Gray) didn't push her away and showed care for her, she didn't want to miss the chance of finally feeling loved and being able to share her love. And Gray, together with the guild, accepted her. She wants to feel loved and accepted, so she's trying all her best to not be seen as someone gloomy or unlikable that others used to think she is. She does things that she thinks would make them happy, she does things that she thinks would make them accept her. But since she never really knew how to interact with other people before she joined the guild, and the people she used to be with were toxic as hell, she comes off as awkward sometimes. But she's growing, together with Gray and the guild, she's growing.

[ THE "LOVE RIVAL" THINGY IS JUST FOR COMIC RELIEF AND WAS NEVER SERIOUS ]

She may say "Love Rival!!" when someone's getting close to Gray, but it's only put as comic relief and she was never actually serious about it. Even Lucy, the one who she always calls her "rival", never took it seriously. If Lucy did, she would have never approached Gray ever again, or hated Juvia for it. If Juvia was really serious about her "threats", they would have kicked her out of the guild long ago. Plus, she may act like that, but in reality, she's willing to sacrifice for her friends, including Lucy. And Lucy herself knows that.

It's sad that people say they are concerned about Gray and Juvia "forcing" herself into him when they don't really actually think about and consider what Gray is feeling towards her, and they just hate how Juvia acts around Gray. Gray loves her, she loves Gray. Just let them be happy. Gray has lost too much, let him enjoy being with Juvia.

Anyways, I'm not forcing you to like the ship, we all have preferences. But I'm just trying to make you understand both characters, their relationship, and how they see each other. Especially with all the hate this ship gets and how misunderstood both characters are and the things they do. And if you got to this part, thanks for reading all of this lmao. This is my first time posting something like this in Tumblr, I hope it wasn't that confusing.

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