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Sacrificial lamb who volunteered for the job but bitches about it the whole time

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On Siren being a huge nerd today's episode, there's an example of how details can change or add to the overall meaning of an image that I find pretty interesting:

In the anime, it's a cute scene in which we can see a bit of how Erza sees Jellal and how he used to always encourage his friends. In the manga, it's also sweet, but there are some subtle differences:

The change in details allows us know a little more about the dynamics between the kids, specially the older two: Wally and Simon realize Erza's shy reaction when Jellal talks to her, and both have different reactions to it - Wally making a teasingly gesture and Simon being the only one looking unpleased (details that we know will be very relevant later in the story).

(Noting that I'm just comparing one frame isolatedly, what doesn't necessarily mean you can't get the same conclusion in the anime throught other scenes! My point here is just to highlight how simple expression changes can add meaning and different information to a single image, what I do not only find interesting as a reader, but also very useful as an artist as a way to enrich our drawings. If we only had this single scene to compare, maybe in the anime version Simon's jealousy wouldn't be so clear, nor Wally's awareness of Elza innocent crush.)

Now, one might think I'm criticizing Simon's character for loving how the manga reinforces it, but actually, it's an aspect that I appreciate a lot: in Fairy Tail, there's no dicotomy, or saint. Even the man that bravely sacrificed his life to save Erza, has always suffered from one sin: envy.

And poetically, I think in his death, Simon finally became the man he always wished to be; Erza said Jellal used to be admired for his leadership qualities, and he was always ready to sacrifice his well being for his friends without a hinge of hesitation - however, it had never been an easy role to play. We can't blame Simon, or anyone, for having not been like him; after all, being a hero comes at a high cost: for Jellal, his sanity, and for Simon, his own life.

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best team natsu moments are always the ones where natsu and erza are off doing something completely insane and meanwhile lucy and gray are in the corner like Wow...those two are Freaks...so glad we're the Normal Ones (with not a bit of self-awareness whatsoever)

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Awww Gajeel thinks makarov as a dad in the new chapter

This is so wholesome honestly 🥺

Also Metalicana rolling in his grave I guess

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Who gave this guy access to fioran twitter

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quick juvia painting just because :>

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Don't tell me Zeref invented the old men of Alakitasia's favourite card game.

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Brandish handles missions for the Alvarez Empire the way I handle uni schoolwork.

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Erlu in Miitopia, Gray's there too I guess

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for the last few months, not knowing 100 gecs was a band, ive been saying "100 gecs" whenever i meant to say "lmao", "lol" and "lmfao" as a direct result of me misunderstanding this tweet.

my friends knew the band so they didnt have this misconception. and still they just kinda rolled with it??? like imagine something like your friend seemingly randomly saying the beatles, sometimes in all caps in the middle of their messages HELPP

i also thought the amount of "gecs" would change depending on how funny something was, so for example just sort of saying lol at the end of a message would be translated to about 20 gecs. a standard lmao would be about 60 gecs, and a proper LMFAOO was 100 gecs. i had a whole system

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I wanted to draw this but I don't know how to draw so I opened up my editing app

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Gray: Okay, I'm leaving now.

Erza: Kys.

Gray: What??

Erza: Keep yourself safe.

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Natsu: (snuggling Lucy) you are the absolutely best thing that could have ever happened to me, you are my star, the light of my darkest days

Lucy: (half-asleep at 3 in the morning) what the fuck i thought i locked the door

Natsu: yes but the window was open

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The idea of your soulmate being someone whom your ancestor took care of 400 years ago and then your ancestor sent this person to 400 years in the future and this person met you and saved the world together with you.

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her neck is sensitive!!

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Spent tonight at a local short film festival. One of the shorts was made by two 12 year olds in their backyard and it was the best short of the entire night

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