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pencilofawesomeness · 1 month
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Question how would Daphne be treated in the papalogia au? Because in the story it would be a 100% confirmation that the dragon she say is acno. Also with how obsessed she was I am shocked she didn't have a dragon slayer lacrima.
I've been overthinking this ask for a week now lol.
Okay so. In terms of the Magnolia area, and really all of Fiore, I don't think anything would change. Acnologia is still the only dragon to be spotted, and even though he's flying around, he does make an effort to not be seen. Arguably, he's making more of an effort that canon-Acnologia, who simply did not care. That said, there may or may not be other dragon sightings in other parts of the world, so Daphne may be bolstered in her obsession with dragons all the same.
I don't think it would equate to her getting a lacrima though. Not only are those suckers hard to find and risky, her fascination strikes me as... a mix between scientific and fanatic. Her love and obsession with dragons and learning about them, as well as proving them real, supersedes most rational thought and morals. I mean, she was totally cool in using Natsu as a battery, and given the opportunity, she would have poked at him more I am sure. She seems to me like the Mr. Crocker of Fairy Tail, except with the room to be really amoral and scary for it.
Some peeps know this already but I have flirted with, and sometimes am still flirting with, the idea of a mini arc involving Daphne, except if fanaticism was just a bit more dangerous. The fact that there is a bit more evidence of dragons out there, but the dragon slayers are more tight-lipped about dragons and their own magic in Magnolia, is enough to drive someone like that bonkers. I still don't have solid ideas for this so it may or may not happen in htryds at all; I just... really like mad scientist psycho antagonists, so if I ever get struck by inspiration and want to hit a dragon slayer or three with a really spiky stick... Consider this a forewarning >.>
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pencilofawesomeness · 2 months
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So I've been rereading HTRYDS (...again), and thinking about character stuff, and it's occurred to me that Lucy and Mystogan have some really interesting parallels? Like it's mainly backstory stuff, but even just personality wise I feel like they'd play off each other pretty well.
I didn't really have a point to this, but I will say it is so weird to me that canon would give so much good friendship fodder and then never give them a single conversation. (Probably because they wrote Mysogan off in the same arc they told us about his history, but that was just kind of a weak move in general). Anyways, I think a bonding moment would be neat but unfortunately neither of them are big on talking about their feelings so ┐( ̄ヘ ̄)┌
Sorry about rambling in your inbox, I send good writing vibes as an apology.
Dude I love rambling, no need to apologize! (but I will take the good writing vibes, I need them)
And yes you're really onto something with the Lucy and Mystogan parallel. (I even have a moment in my back pocket I am trying to fit in to use the PL arc to nudge Mystogan's forward because it's always easier to recognize abuse and the effects thereof outside of your own family, and all that jazz.)
Because the kicker is that while they both recognize that their dads are trash, but of them have waaaay too much guilt when their dad ends up hurting the rest of the guild. (If I had a nickel for every time a father of a FT mage was an antagonist.....) It's certainly a fun parallel to use for their personal arcs. It would probably come up more in the Edolas arc, now that I think about what I have planned....
Dangit anon all of these potential friendships are so shiny and now I need to make more of an effort to get these two in the same room. (As of now my plan was for a funny oneshot where Lucy is absolutely getting the hang of these new friends until everyone just f o r g o t to mention that Jellal had a twin.)
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pencilofawesomeness · 1 month
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If there is one dragon slayer that I wouldn't mind you bringing from 100 year quest it would be Wraith. The idea of a spirit dragon slayer is so amusing and also helps explain how the five dragons were able to be transfered to the kids, and to get past the dragon eater thing is that he had a dragon slayer lacrima but it only activated when he was near death having his enter a unconscious state that would only return to normal when his soul return to him but know he has spirit dragon slayer magic, so like how the revive revive fruit worked for Brook in one piece.
Ngl I did like Wraith. Honestly I just love evidence that Fairy Tail existed for a while, and that there were people before. (I would love to have more tales of the adventures of Makarov's gang, that was fun.) I will say I don't think he needs to be a dragon slayer, for the whole spirit thing to be fun. If anything, I think Wraith's story would be more interesting if it was used to dive into seith magic, spirit magic, etc etc (like whatever Chico's magic classifies as, for instance) and that kind of stuff.
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Hello i just wanted to let u know that ive re-read the htryds series 3 times going on 4 and that this is fairy tail in my mind now. It has taken over my other hyperfixations thrice. I stopped watching anime a long time ago but fairy tail was an all-time fav, and this series is just-- chefs kiss. Im making oc's for it. Papalogia my beloved. Thank u for writing it and please take ur time with updates. Burnouts a bitch.
kqwejrlkwjeltrjwet 3-4 rereads??? Personalized OCs??? Omg. That means a lot to hear, ngl. Obviously it is rotting my brain from the inside out (positive) but it's always so touching to hear that my insanity is contagious and I am not spinning alone XD
Also thank youuuu. Burnout kicked my ass for sure but I am getting somewhere..... somewhere....
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pencilofawesomeness · 2 months
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Im suprised you didn't write anything about the magnolia cherry festival for acnalogia.
I didn't write anything yet.
I don't know if you've realized it this but aside from the main arcs I write so much of this stuff out of order lol. Some things I plan specifically to go before or after certain arcs; other things I just write whenever I have the idea for it.
That said I haven't actually had any side-story-worthy ideas for the Rainbow Sakura festival. At least not yet. And if I do it probably won't involve Acnologia because he skips out on as many crowded guild/public events as he can XD
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pencilofawesomeness · 1 month
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I know a bunch of people have probably said this but it’s awesome that you’re getting a writing break and we’ll be with you on whatever timeline loves you best! I remember falling in love with your work a few years ago and even then thinking “man, this is such incredible writing, it’s bringing out all the best in these characters and stories, but how the heck is Pencil doing all this without getting a bit burnt out??” (Point being that you’re incredible at what you do and some peace is well earned).
You’re a rockstar and your stories are gorgeous, you’re so worth the rest and the wait :D
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Ajskshsj thank you 🥹
Also the instant emotion I had when you said "years" and I had to realize I started this series 3 and a half years ago..... *grays and wrinkles instantly* Man. I'm kinda surprised I didn't burn out sooner either 😅
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pencilofawesomeness · 1 month
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Something that I hope you are able to write for your work is forth gen dragon slayers. Which are basically dragon slayers that learned their magic but not from a dragon.
so like canon god slayers then
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pencilofawesomeness · 1 month
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I bet that you'll publish the next chapter before George RR Martin publishes the Winds of Winter
Finally. An achievable goal >:D
I'm gonna nail it guys
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pencilofawesomeness · 1 month
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I feel like this should be addressed after the latest asks: don't worry about posting on time or whatever. You can post tomorrow or in a year, we'll still be grateful for your work. Don't worry!
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Thank you anon. I needed to hear that 🥺
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pencilofawesomeness · 1 month
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if u are struggling with ideas for ur htryds manga how about we give you some? Would that help?
Nope lol. XD
Friend, ideas are not the problem. I am a cesspool of ideas. I am constantly drowning in ideas. Ideas are the reproducing bunnies and I am the trenchcoat they gather in.
The hiatus happened because I got burned out, because ideas jumping in my head does not equate to me having the energy or the braincells to put them to paper. Plus as I have said before, some irl stuff happened and I needed the emotional recovery time. Plus if you've ever experienced burnout, it has a fun side effect of being like a long-lasting statis-effect that shouldn't be as effective as it is. It sucks. Don't worry about me though, I'm letting the plot bunnies run amok and have fun in my head and enjoying my indulgent project so I am stockpiling dopamine I can use on command for creative purposes. Thus is the cycle of a creative. I appreciate the patience
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pencilofawesomeness · 1 month
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#this arc just straight up doesn't happen in my au lmao oh I was about to ask if that arc of the battle of fairy tail would happen. Since in your AU Laxus actually got proper guidance and his father was out of question early enough. Now I'm more curious about how it's going to be
Haha yep! Laxus isn't having unchecked dragon hormonal rage on top of daddy issues on top of power fantasies born of listlessness and expectations soooooo no Battle of Fairy Tail arc lol. He and the Thunder Legion befriended each other earlier on too so they got a more normal experience and not the toxic tryhard one. Yay! Positive butterfly effects!
In htryds it's just gonna be a oneshot (as of now at least) of a normal Fantasia celebration. Now, just because Laxus isn't a problem child doesn't mean he wants to participate in the social activities. Good thing he's not the only anti-social mfer in Fairy Tail, though, as few as there are. And therein lies the synopsis of what I plan to be a very comedic take on the parade ;)
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pencilofawesomeness · 8 months
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Hi! I just binge read your How To Raise Your Dragon Slayers AU and I need to inform you that I have accepted it as my new canon. I like that you make sure actions and events have consequences and things don't just happen in a vacuum. The worldbuilding you are doing is just something and my inner nerd is just thrilled that the magic makes sense. Your characterizations are also fantastic and you can easily believe that a character would have turned out this particular way if things went differently.
But anyway, I'm rambling...
I know it's still some time away but I can't wait for your Edolas Arc! This surprised me because, I'll be honest, it's very much not my favorite. Mashima wasted a fantastic opportunity for some character development and foreshadowing, in my oppinion. On that note, some questions:
Does obscura work in Edolas? Does etherious? As one is the opposite of ether and the other vibrates in a frequency between the two, so to speak. That would be great, just to have a scene where some poor sod goes "You can't use your magic here! You're useless!" and Natsu and Mira go "Oh no! What a tragedy!" and wreck them.
I never understood why some member of Fairy Tail didn't just grab Mystogan like a baby koala and drag him home with them. It's obvious he didn't want to be there and he already made a life for himself in Earthland. Moreso in HTRYDS. He actually interacts with other people, however little, and even has friends and a twin! They would definitely miss him.
On that note, I dearly want Jellal and Myst to pull a Parent Trap sort of thing and pretend to be the other. Or at least have someone yell out his old name to get Mystogan's attention and Eathland Jellal answers because Myst hasn't answered to that name in years.
Will Acno be there? How will Edolas mess with a being of pure ether? That would be interesting to explore.
Will Natsu talk with Edolas Natsu about their respective brothers? After the Zeref reveal I was always mad they didn't include at least one scene where Edolas Natsu asks Earthland Natsu how his brother is or at least have a board with deceased/ex-members of the guild with Zeref on it in the background or something... It would have been great foreshadowing.
Will we get some Porlyuska backstory? I always wondered how she ended up in Earthland.
Not really Edolas Arc related but after my latest reread it's been bugging me. Is Zeref possessed by Anksheram? The Larcade POV with the red eyes sorta hinted at it, what with Zeref having memory lapses and the weird dark amusement during the whole deal. And the whole question of how he new some cultists were trying to resurrect Apopis on a different continent in the first place. Seun *did* know about it when he was finally kicked out of Rogue. And Loke said that that was one of the ways to survive for a god. Your Author's Note on chapter 23 of Demon Tails sorta did too with the "when I talked about 'fighting gods' in the series summary, I was dead-on serious" part. And there was a comment somewhere that you hoped that the series will end with fighting Anksheram. (Or was it someone else and I'm just mixing things up? Anyway)
Hope you're taking care of yourself! And take all the time you need with the writing. A hobby is supposed to be fun. Good Luck!
Ohoho HELLO! WELCOME!
I'm so glad you've been enjoying HTRYDS! And yes! Edolas arc! No lie I'm pretty excited for that one too because I get to go off the rails and make everything better and worse simultaneously lmao. Gonna be a big cast but also that's because it's going to be a whole family endeavor and I am h y p e d.
As for the magic, this isn't a spoiler for the arc or anything but it's not that Edolas is opposite to Earthland. It's functionally the same thing, except, unstable and also to the left. Imagine the same chart, except somebody corrupted the image and then slid it to the side so it looks like an overlap but it's not actually an overlap. Hence the magic being exceedingly harder to grasp in Edolas than in Earthland, though not impossible. And why certain medication and items can jumpstart that grabbing process and let Earthland mages use their magic. Gonna suck for some of them though. Like Acno lmao. Luckily he doesn't need magic to be a tank. Oh and obscura is a similar principle—exists just fine but to the left. Etherious is the fun one because it's already the directionless filler stuff so actually that one is nearly the same. (I've got a reason for this magic system and it's wild but idc I had a lot of fun with my worldbuilding and I wanted Edolas and its insanity to make a modicum of sense and I think I've got it.)
To that note yes yes a thousand yesses Porlyusica is getting backstory. I am so ready for it. Soooo so ready.
And yes!! The foreshadowing! That's what I've been saying! Edolas had a lot of opportunity to account for the fact that Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, Sting, and Rogue were from four hundred years ago and shouldn't exist in a modern parallel unless there were modern interferences but nahhhhh that was brushed to the side. Same with family, like with Zeref!
Speaking of family yeah no Mystogan got robbed. Luckily I love Mystogan a lot and I ain't gonna do him dirty. (Also this arc will be ample opportunity for Mystogan and Jellal getting to work together in fic and I'm also super hyped for that.) But yeah no self-sacrificial tendencies do run strong in FT but the theme is that somebody else stops them so I'm making sure this theme stays intact XD
Also I've hinted at this enough so I don't think it's much of a spoiler but yes we are going to fist-fight Ankhseram. She's lurking around Zeref but there shall come a day, a finale-shaped day, where we gonna fist-fight her. Because yes I have expressed that I wanted that in canon and I am a simple woman. I know the opportunities I have given myself >:)
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pencilofawesomeness · 4 months
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Your Papalogia AU has consumed my creative soul. I want to write my own AU but borrowing some ideas from your AU, can I have permission please? If not thats fine! I just figured I would ask first
shdlksjalkgjsdgj Hello fellow victim of brainrot! Glad to have you!
So short answer is yes of course you can do your own thing. Longer answer is, it's not even my original AU concept lol. It was started by acnologias-ass. Now, of course, I ran with it in a slightly different direction, as did some other people I know who have their own versions out there, so there's plenty of room for more! And to answer your question again, yes! Feel free to take whatever inspiration from mine you wish :D✨(Just throw me an "inspired by" bone/link if it gets specific enough, or a blanket one at the beginning or something.)
(Also please feel free to send me the link when you get off the ground I love reading / seeing alternate takes. It's fulfilling to my brainrot without me having to write/draw it aslkdjgsljglsgj)
Happy creating and long live the brainrot o7
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pencilofawesomeness · 3 months
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how is the htryds story going? It’s been months since the last upload. U ok?
Uhhhhhh I'm okay enough?? I'm alive. At least. Unfortunately I went through a lottttt of personal stress in the last half of the year and trying to keep up with a multi-chapter fic, even one I had mostly planned, was like trying to herd cats that were also ninjas. Just. Didn't work out, so I took a break. I know I made a few announcements on it
Ideally I'll be back by the end of January. So I tell myself. So I hope. Very sorry for dropping off but the burnout won this round, sadly.
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pencilofawesomeness · 11 months
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Who was gajeels partner for s-class exams in your htryds au?
Levy! In the X783 trial that Gajeel won and earned S-Class, Levy was his partner. I can't remember if I mentioned it or not, but I definitely had it in mind. (Though he asked Erik first, since Erik "won Jellal his seat" the previous year, but Erik refused, because those trials are too much hassle, and he "only did it for Jellal because he was being an idiot".)
For that matter, Erik also had to refuse Natsu, and it *almost* set a no-sibling precedent (at least for that year) except Sting and Happy ended up dueling via rock-paper-scissors, and Happy won because he has paws and he is also a little liar.
As for Levy, Gajeel pretty much asked point blank, because they're friends and he also thinks her magic is versatile. Jet was offended that he wasn't asked for .3 seconds until Gajeel reminded him that the trials started at butt-early in the morning, and Droy wished them luck before Levy even responded. She was nervous at first because she thought her and Jellal's stint went badly because of her own doing (it wasn't), but helping Gajeel win was a good confidence booster. One she certainly needed because her time in the trials is next, mwuahaha.
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pencilofawesomeness · 8 months
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I can’t stop thinking about “mystogan baby koala” and so I present
We backpack him to Acno
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AKJDFHDSLGJG NO HELP THAT'S TOO ACCURATE
Like no lie Acnologia would scruff him so fast and Mystogan is honestly okay with it. He's got honorary kid status for a reason.
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