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Elfgames
Sep 11, 2011

Fun Shoe

ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:

I double dare you to tell that to Laxus.

laxus is dumb and he doesn't have a cat

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ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

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Elfgames posted:

laxus is dumb and he doesn't have a cat

I'M NOT LAXUS.

Elfgames
Sep 11, 2011

Fun Shoe
I'm sorry i was confused because you're so dumb, almost as dumb as Laxus

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

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Elfgames posted:

I'm sorry i was confused because you're so dumb, almost as dumb as Laxus

Laxus is hella smart, about as smart as Gajeel is good at singing.

jiffypop45
Dec 30, 2011

Next thing you know he's going to insult the gajeel levy otp. Such iconoclastic behavior surely has never before been tolerated in this thread.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

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jiffypop45 posted:

Next thing you know he's going to insult the gajeel levy otp. Such iconoclastic behavior surely has never before been tolerated in this thread.

If someone makes fun of Gajeel I don't know what I would do.

Elfgames
Sep 11, 2011

Fun Shoe
nah i'm down with gajeel and levy

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

While I support what it currently is, the Gajeel and Levy pairing is still pretty hosed up.

Just like most Fairy Tail pairings. Like the only somewhat not wholly uncomfortable ones are Evergreen x Elfman and Gray x Juvia.

Nodosaur
Dec 23, 2014

Gray and Juvia? That's what you pick?

I mean, I like them both, but she was basically stalking him.

jiffypop45
Dec 30, 2011

Gajeel and levy is trauma bonding/Stockholm syndrome at its finest. I don't like that ship. None of the ft ones are particularly "good" in the healthy relationship sense.

TriffTshngo
Mar 28, 2010

Don't get it twisted who your enemies are.

Elfgames posted:

laxus is dumb and he doesn't have a cat

Laxus doesn't need a cat, he has Freed. Plus those other two nerds.

Spiderdrake
May 12, 2001



jiffypop45 posted:

Gajeel and levy is trauma bonding/Stockholm syndrome at its finest. I don't like that ship. None of the ft ones are particularly "good" in the healthy relationship sense.
Everyone in the cast is traumatized to poo poo. They're all child soldiers or blood-stained veterans. Natsu has killed thousands of people and Gajeel probably matched his body-count when he worked for that other guild. So I don't know what to really take as healthy relationships in this happy-cat slaughter children's manga.

And seriously Natsu can punch holes in concrete. You think those soldiers scrapping with him aren't puddles of jelly after he's done happily smashing his way through their lines? Happy just grinning up a storm as Natsu magically transforms another ribcage into pudding with blunt force trauma.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

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But allow me to make a counterargument.

Friendship.

Alpha Kenny Juan
Apr 11, 2007

ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:

But allow me to make a counterargument.

Friendship.

As we all know, friendship beats everything.

The argument is settled. Zepia(and friendship) wins.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

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Alpha Kenny Juan posted:

As we all know, friendship beats everything.

The argument is settled. Zepia(and friendship) wins.

Thank you.

I could never have done this without my friends and my friendship with my friends who I am friendly with.

Elfgames
Sep 11, 2011

Fun Shoe

TriffTshngo posted:

Laxus doesn't need a cat, he has Freed. Plus those other two nerds.

lol laxus is cool because he hangs out with bigger losers than himself.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

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Elfgames posted:

lol laxus is cool because he hangs out with bigger losers than himself.

It's called hanging out with your friends.

Spiderdrake
May 12, 2001



It's called posting in the bleach thread

Eighties ZomCom
Sep 10, 2008




Speaking of Gajeel, has anyone read the Road Knight spin off manga? It's pretty good.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

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Spiderdrake posted:

It's called posting in the bleach thread

The people of the Bleach thread are good and nice folks.


EvilTaytoMan posted:

Speaking of Gajeel, has anyone read the Road Knight spin off manga? It's pretty good.

Yeah, I don't keep up constantly but whenever I remember it I go check to see if there are any chapters I've missed.

Gajeel is cool.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

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Speaking of Ezra, the new chapter was pretty cool despite the return of Kyouka's TORTURE BONDAGE.

Gyges
Aug 4, 2004

NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK

jiffypop45 posted:

Gajeel and levy is trauma bonding/Stockholm syndrome at its finest. I don't like that ship. None of the ft ones are particularly "good" in the healthy relationship sense.

Two members of warring factions bond after the conflict and through attempts at penance and forgiveness, with the help of some of the smoothest guitar playing, they move beyond their former adversarial role and find love. That's a beautiful thing, even more beautiful than shonen friendship.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

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Gyges posted:

Two members of warring factions bond after the conflict and through attempts at penance and forgiveness, with the help of some of the smoothest guitar playing, they move beyond their former adversarial role and find love. That's a beautiful thing, even more beautiful than shonen friendship.

The real beauty here is Gajeel. A wild, untamed raw man as metal as the hell itself.

Pure, unrestrained manliness.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

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Levy's very cute too.

Alpha Kenny Juan
Apr 11, 2007

ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:

Speaking of Ezra, the new chapter was pretty cool despite the return of Kyouka's TORTURE BONDAGE.

I was thinking we were without TORTURE BONDAGE for so long that i've been feeling withdrawals. Thank you Mashima. You know exactly what we, the fans, need and when we need it.

Silver2195
Apr 4, 2012

ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:

Speaking of Ezra, the new chapter was pretty cool despite the return of Kyouka's TORTURE BONDAGE.

This was a crappy chapter. Another girl-on-girl torture/near-rape scene, another case of Erza instantly winning a fight she'd previously been losing through sheer willpower, another contrived backstory connection.

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
The art stepped up again but the content is garbage. Every close up is a crotch shot, Wendy getting punching bagged, Erza still sticking with that garbage costume that doesn't do anything. Remember her early fights when she could magichange on the fly to adapt to fights? Mashima doesn't either.

Also lol at Erza not winning this fight despite supposedly being the strongest, you know the "kill" is going to Jellal.

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

Never quacked for this
The execution could've been better but the idea of sheer "gently caress you I already kicked your asses, do you want me to kick your asses again" intimidation being the key to undo the dude's magic was kinda cool IMO.

Spiderdrake
May 12, 2001



Execution could be a hell of a lot better. That poo poo is one panel from porn.

I like the last page though.

Gyges
Aug 4, 2004

NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK
Is this the first time Jellal has had his dyadic state of zenish calm and crazy megalomania shattered? 'Cause he actually does look like he's 'bout to choke a bitch.

Also, do we really need to give Erza a powerful bloodline? Can't anyone ever be a world class rear end kicker without being the relative of another world class rear end kicker?

tsob
Sep 26, 2006

Chalalala~
Who's she a relative of? I think I missed that part.

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

tsob posted:

Who's she a relative of? I think I missed that part.

A new name/bloodline revealed literally just this chapter.

tsob
Sep 26, 2006

Chalalala~
What, Lady Eileen? We've no idea who she is, or whether she was a legendary rear end-kicker or what.

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

tsob posted:

What, Lady Eileen? We've no idea who she is, or whether she was a legendary rear end-kicker or what.

Yes and yes. This is Fairy Tail. You were expecting some sort of build up to this reveal?

Kuroyama
Sep 15, 2012
no fucking Anime in GiP

tsob posted:

What, Lady Eileen? We've no idea who she is, or whether she was a legendary rear end-kicker or what.

Neinhart wouldn't be freaking out if there wasn't something important about Lady Eileen.

In other reactions, did Mashima forget that Gray should be able to eat Ur's magic?

tsob
Sep 26, 2006

Chalalala~
Lucy's mom wasn't a big rear end kicker and Brandish knew her.

Kuroyama
Sep 15, 2012
no fucking Anime in GiP
She did open up the Eclipse in this era. So not an rear end-kicker, but still important to the story.

Spiderdrake
May 12, 2001



Kuroyama posted:

In other reactions, did Mashima forget that Gray should be able to eat Ur's magic?
Yes.

I think he forgot about most of Gray's development?

Kuroyama
Sep 15, 2012
no fucking Anime in GiP
He didn't forget all of it. Just the bits that have nothing to do with Juvia.

I mean, he could have had Grey eat Ur's magic for the boost, then one-shot all the demons revived from Neinhart's magic. poo poo, have the one demon Laxus fought come back so it's all demons for him to wipe out with his demon slaying magic.

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ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

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Spiderdrake posted:

Yes.

I think he forgot about most of Gray's development?

To be fair I forgot about that too.

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