#i am very normal about gray and lyon's dynamic

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@aisumeiku asked : 👫

1 ) LYON & GRAY SWAPPED HOUSE KEYS FOLLOWING THE GMG. their entire relationship really shifted a lot following the grand magic games, with gray having just returned from being 'dead' for seven years only to die in front of lyon and be brought back to life in the span of a few months, its understandable that the two kinda needed an extra layer of reassurance that nothing was going to happen to the other, so they decided that trading house keys was probably going to be the best bet. it was also a silent invitation for the other to reach out when things got to be too much or they just needed an escape.

2 ) THEY ACTIVELY REFER TO EACH OTHER AS THEIR BROTHER WITHOUT REALIZING IT. neither of them know when it started to happen, but boy did it confuse a lot of people when it started. be it someone who only knows the one of them or knows vaguely about both of them, when they refer to the other as their brother it results in a lot of 'i didn't realize you guys were related' followed by an equally confused ' we're not?'. their friends find it hilarious but honestly neither of them are making an active effort to stop the habit.

3 ) THE TWO TRY TO TAKE A TRIP TO GALUNA AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. despite how messy their reunion on galuna was, it was also the starting point of them reconnecting and fixing their relationship following ur's death. the two try to make the trip to the island, namely the cave where deliora melted being it was the last place where ur was 'alive'. what they actually do when they are on the island really varies but it is something they try to keep up with if either of their lives allow as such.

4 ) GRAY WILL NEVER ADMIT IT BUT HE DOES LOOK UP TO LYON. it's a closely guarded secret, but gray has a lot of respect for lyon and his magic. while it has never been a style he pursued himself, lyon's mastery of dynamic ice make is something gray can't help but be wowed by. on top of how well lyon is able to command a room with his presence, he can't help but admire the other, but you will never hear those words leave his mouth in a million years.

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Got this little hc where Gray is, like, the most financially stable of the team. We never hear him groan about money, not once in the series, while so many others do. Gray probably had a really nice flat or something that he always pays the rent for on time. I also hc that he's got a great rep for being good at damage control on solo jobs, but add Natsu or Erza into the equation and all of Gray's composure and brain cells just temporarily evacuate. Like, the guy actually gets very little complaints from his clients aside from his stripping habit.

I'm curious if u would agree with my hc that Gray is actually pretty good at sketching, architecture, and has better-than-average understanding of physics and engineering. The guy is pretty pragmatic and down-to-earth for a Fairy Tail mage, and his creations are more simple but efficient and effective than elaborate like Lyon's. I think he he practices and enriches his magic by studying architecture, physics, and engineering to better know how to utilize it. The sketching he does is just to practice his imagination and design potential new creations.

(Cana and Loke once read through his sketchbook. After seeing the well-thought-out schematics of a massive chainsaw and an attack that looks scarily similar to Erza's blumenblatt, they carefully put the sketchbook down.)

I really love how Gray puts the impression in everyone he’s stable and normal but once you get to know him he’s anything but. 

Design-wise as anime tropes go, Gray’s the dull colour on the wheel (dark blue/black) to contrast the vibrant yellows and reds from the others, so there’s balance in the dynamics and designs in the main crew. Typically these characters are also the assigned Tsukkomi, because their visual normality implies they’re the voice of reason. And usually, they’re somehow the most unhinged of the group in one specific, very eccentric way (which for Gray would be the stripping habit. I love characters like that in older shounen anime, they’re usually my favourite of the group. 

So. Like. Yes. Gray as a genuinely competent, financially stable, and generally responsible person in his daily life that just gets wrung down once Natsu gets within fifty feet of him. Fabulous. 

ALSO. That headcanon for Gray being good at sketching? It is perfect. I just makes so much damn sense I am miffed I didn’t think of it earlier. It makes so much sense for literally all of his ice creations, actually match up with him specializing in static creation by adding more depth to that fact, and like. This sets him apart from Gajeel despite them both being ‘make weapons out of their element to fight’ wizards. And it reflects how practical he is compared to Laki’s chaotic art, for example. I like it so much omg.

The idea that his ideas can range from practical to just objectively horrifying is just. A mix between a chuuni’s dream come true and Edward Elric. Please.