#the e.n.d.

[beargyufairy]

Take my hand

Take my whole life too…

[deus-sema]

From all this talk of FarmLu that has been going around lately, I can only draw one conclusion.

Natsu is going to lose Lucy to Dimaria.

[kaicean]

the flame of the demon 🔥

[bumblebeehug]

i'm writing (big surprise) and i just can't drop the whole rewriting of END thing. WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE REWROTE HIS LIFE IN ORDER TO SAVE HIM, IN HORRIBLE AGONY FROM HAVING DEMON'S FIRE SPLITTING HER UP ATOM BY ATOM AS SHE USES SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL MAGICS KNOWN TO EARTH (love) AND SHE SACRIFICES HER LIFE DOING IT (yeah yeah gray's demon slaying ice and whatever is great)

BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT??? THERE HAD TO BE MORE, IT WAS JUST ENDLESS NALU MATERIAL AND MASHIMA JUST "HAPPENED" TO BE A LITTLE LAZY

WHERE'S THE SCARRING AND WHERE'S NATSU FEELING FAINT SHIVERS THAT GIVE HIM A SENSE OF LUCY THAT HE NEVER CAN GET RID OF (not that he wants to ofc) AND WHERE'S THE SCENE OF HER TELLING HIM ABOUT IT, ACCIDENTALLY ADMITTING THAT SHE COULD HAVE DIED, BUT SHE DID IT ANYWAYS AND NATSU JUST VOWS TO SPEND HIS ENTIRE LIFE REPAYING HER BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT SHE SAVED HIM OUT OF PURE LOVE AND HE CAN'T DENY IT AND THEY CRY IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS JUST BECAUSE THEYRE SO HAPPY THEY BOTH SURVIVED THE WAR

[lisannastraussisanangel]

Just curious, how do you think Natsu would react to seeing the END markings on Lucy?

Oooh, I love a good angst prompt

Outwardly, Natsu doesn't say anything. He plays up the oblivious, idiot role so he doesn't have to confront the guilt he feels about it

The marks never went away. They faded pretty light but you can still seem them when the sun hits them. Lucy uses makeup to cover them as well

But Natsu has better eye sight than most. So he always sees them and it kills him. He never looks down when talking to her

Somehow he feels like if he looks at them or acknowledges them in anyway, he will explode with guilt

He accidentally grabbed that arm and flinched like he had been burned. Lucy got really insecure when he pulled away and got quiet

Actually, Lucy gets really insecure about Natsu's behavior in general. He won't even look at her half the time and she worries that he thinks she's disgusting with her scars

Every time Natsu thinks about the marks, he remembers that he wasn't strong enough to protect her or himself. And that she had to go through all of that pain to save him

He's eternally grateful that she saved his life, but he can't help but hurt when he sees the consequences of that

Lucy does eventually confront him about it. Natsu denies everything and tries to pretend he never noticed the marks. Lucy calls bullshit, but he's acting so weird that she drops it

It takes a long time for Natsu to talk to her about it. And when he does, he fully breaks down and dumps all the guilt and trauma he's been suppressing for years

He ends up crying in her arms and apologizing for not being enough

Lucy, of course, disagrees with that and tells him that he's saved her life tons of times and that she'd do anything for him

Natsu finally allows himself to look at the marks after that

He even picks up a habit of tracing them with his fingers on bad days

It reminds him that he doesn't have to be strong all the time, that Lucy can protect him and herself, and of the history they share

[patentedsun]

wait canonically how many people actually know the truth about E.N.D ...

[archangel-dragneels-version]

Hear me out what if E.N.D. comes back but instead of only being able to think Zeref must die what if he can only think Lucy must live. This is the only alternative I will accept to an alternate personality E.N.D.

[kaleilaart]

My Natsu inktober piece from last month! Love END Natsu I think he’s so cool!

[teleiapotami]

WIP Wednesday!

Here, have some Demon. I can't get him out of my head, so I will just put him into yours too.

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“So, what is it like when you become E.N.D.?”

Natsu looked over at her. Lucy was lying on her stomach, waving her bare legs in the air as she read through a book. She was sitting up on her elbows now, looking up at him. “What’s got you thinking about that all of a sudden?” he wondered.

Lucy ran a delicate finger along the page of her book. "Something I read here reminded me of that Tartaros guy, Jackal. He was able to choose between his forms at will, remember? Can you do that? Or is he something separate from you entirely?”

Natsu hummed thoughtfully, trying to remember the feelings he’d experienced in his limited transformations. “I think I could learn to do it….I remember what happens when I take that form, so it’s not like I’m….gone or anything."

Lucy nodded and tapped her lip thoughtfully. “Well….I think you should try. It’s way better to know you can do it before you need to, right?” She crossed her ankles in the air and rolled onto her side. Natsu smiled slightly, tracing the line of her nose with his finger. She licked his fingertip as it traced her lip and he chuckled

“You want me to try right now? What if I destroy the room? It was expensive you know,” he teased, knowing it would get a reaction. She poked him in the chest. “You said you know what’s going on, so you better not! I need the whole reward to pay my rent.”

Natsu chuckled, then frowned. “What if I hurt you?”

Lucy sat up on her knees beside him. “You never have. Do you want to? When you’re like that, I mean?” Natsu scoffed and gave her a look that made his answer obvious. “Okay then, why not try it?”

Natsu shifted his feet to the floor and stood up, dropping his scarf to the bed. “All right, but I…. I don’t know how well I’ll behave without a battle to distract me from you.” Before Lucy could ask what he meant, she felt the room warm as magic power welled up within him. There was so much that it caused the hair on her arms to stand on end. Natsu screwed up his face in concentration as the power within him reached its peak.

The level of energy dancing around him created strong waves of hot air that gusted off of him, blowing Lucy’s hair wildly. She snatched his scarf up as it started to blow off the bed and bit her lip watching him. Something in the well of power around him seemed to snap and all the magic vanished in a flash. Lucy started forward in alarm. She could barely feel any magic in him at all! Had something gone wrong?

Natsu’s body shuddered, and dark red scales began surfacing along his arms and up the sides of his face. His hands cracked as claws sprouted from the tips of his fingers. Massive crimson wings sprouted from his shoulder blades with a sickening crunch, and twin horns grew out of his pink hair.

“Etherious Natsu Dragneel….” Lucy murmured, studying him. The form usually dissipated whenever she got close to him, so it was her first chance to really look at him.

“Ugh, Natsu works just fine.”

[beargyufairy]

In a world of boys, he’s a gentleman

Credit to artist

[rain-day-today]

My current mental state is writing an angsty nalu fanfic, cleansing my pallet with a fluffy gruvia drabble, and then dying of my algebra hw. 

I hate finals week

[moeruhoshi]

Fated - mini update series

The day Lucy was born was notably the worst to occur in the history of the empire of Crocus. For their princess, their heir, was burdened with a curse. 

Her soul was stained, claimed an oracle, stained and tainted by the mark of a demon. 

How this came about, there was no one answer. Be it fate or the silent wish of a jealous witch, she was cursed.

And one day it would catch up, find her, steal her away, make her his bride. There was no avoiding this predestined fate, the scent of a demon not far behind her.

But it wasn’t as dark or foreboding as humans always thought when it came to demons and the underworld Tartaros.

It wasn’t a stain, but a half. Lucy bore half the soul of her destined love born at the precise moment she was. 

Her parents, the king and queen, feared this inevitable fate for their innocent daughter. How could she live knowing that a horrid demon planned to take her away and devour her heart? For that is what they were most known for. 

They couldn’t subject their only child to constant fear or the reality knowing her future was doomed before it even started.

They couldn’t do it, so they decided that they wouldn’t.

No one knew of her fate save for a few trusted fellows. It was too much of a burden to keep it entirely a secret, so they told only those they knew wouldn’t betray their trust. 

She would grow up as normally as she could. With a zest for life and learning, with the poise of a young ruler, and the energy of a spirited young girl.

Soon enough, they’d have to send her away. It’d be harder, of course, for the demon to find her if they kept her safe on holy ground. Hoping that if she stayed high up in a peaceful tower for long enough, she’d be forgotten and the curse lifted.

[mdelpin]

Art by @khaoticvex, posted with permission. Do NOT repost!

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This was just a silly request. E.N.D. and Devil Slayer Gray engage in an epic battle of rock paper scissors. Hey, it's still more exciting than what we actually got... 😜

[millennial-star-gazer]

"Natsu in love with Lucy? Yes, yes, he is ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍!

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Nalu edit/ tikok for Nalu week.

Tagging @allaboutnalu @thenaluarchive consideration for Nalu Week this year🙂

Pairing: Nalu/Endlu (Natsu x Lucy /E.n.d. x Lucy

Prompts & Days: Anniversary , family ,fears ,shenanigans, gifts, nostalgia , & (new) adventures . Other prompts: the different types of love and sides of their relationship since their best friends, but it's also clear that they're meant to be more and they're kind of not quite fully lovers yet, but more than friends too.

📝 My entry for Nalu Week this year is a Nalu edit that I'm proud of. It fits all this year's prompts or a lot of. Them pretty well 🎉 !Unfortunately, I couldn't post a chapter or fanfic in time for Nalu Week, so I'm sharing a TikTok instead. I'm hoping that I can post something that I've written or another Nalu and Fairytail- designated have been in the near future though

I'm still working on various projects for Nalu, Fairytail, and a possible Shicca Fic for Edens Zero. Life gets busy with other hobbies, responsibilities, job search friend ,and family time, but I still find moments to write fanfics, post new chapters when possible & edit l —sometimes with my beta's help when they're able . There's never enough time, but I promise I'm working hard on everything 😅.

And yes, I'm one of them mods from the naluarchive but mods are able to participate too if we want 🙂

@petri808 @phoneboxfairy @genavere @shootingstarssel

[lisannastraussisanangel]

Headcanon Request: What if Levy rewrote the Book of E.N.D?

Ooo interesting! Love me a good AU

Lucy still tried originally, but Gray wasn't able to cool her down fast enough so she ended up collapsing

With no hesitation, Levy takes over

While no human can read the demonic language, Levy does understand more of it than Lucy

Which is good because she doesn't have as strong of a bond as Lucy and Natsu do so making her way through the book is difficult

Levy can't read Natsu well so she relies on what she can read to make her way through the book

Gray has to double his ice output because Levy has zero tolerance to Natsu's heat

It doesn't help that Natsu's flames seem to sense that it's not Lucy anymore and have gotten hotter in defense

Levy, being the badass she is, keeps on and manages to save Natsu

Her side effects are pretty brutal

She can't see out of her one eye for weeks

Levy has to go to physical therapy to fix the muscle damage done by the fire

Gajeel is absolutely falling apart with worry. He waits on her hand and foot.

He also fights off the urge to take out his frustrations on Natsu

Levy and Lucy have matching scars from handling the book and they joke that it's their version of best friend bracelets

Natsu goes out of his way to repeatedly thank Levy for what she did

Levy now has the rare but very powerful perk of having Natsu at her command

She can call him to help her out at any point in time with no questions asked

Levy keeps telling him he doesn't have to do everything she asks but Natsu insists it's the least he can do

[apollolewis]

Whenever I get to a certain point in a series, even when it’s no longer enjoyable or just pisses me off after something that happened, if I’m far enough into the series I’ll just continue reading. Like I’m too far into this to just drop it. Best example of me doing this is with the fairy tail manga. Everything after Natsu when into E.N.D form it just went completely downhill. Fairy tail isn’t the best shonen in the world but it was still very enjoyable. I was so disappointed with how that plot was handled that if I wasn’t so far deep into the series I might have dropped it. I just stuck it out to the end and hated the ending.