Gray quipping is not helping with how good he’s been looking recently.

putting an end to this mess

I have witnessed an influx of Lucy hate on my dash, so I’mma deal with these bitter cacti…now.

Hello children welcome to class, sit down and pull out your notebooks, we’re covering three topics today.

“Lucy is so weak!”

“Lucy isn’t as strong as [insert character here]! She always needs saving!”

“Lucy is just there for fanservice!”

Class is now in session.  This is going to be a very.  Long.  Discussion.

1) “Lucy is so weak!”

Okay so.

You mean to tell me she’s weak.

H O N E Y.

Lucy Heartfilia was an heiress born into all the wealth she could ask for.  This girl could have just as easily stayed in the Konzern and let her dad marry her off so she could continue living an easy life of wealth and no work.  But no, that’s not her character at all.  What does she do when she realizes she can’t live a life that’s not made of her own choices?

She up and leaves and enters the big scary world with her mother’s Keys and one destination in mind: the most goddamn destructive Guild in the country.

You mean to tell me that’s not strength? You mean to look me in the eye and tell me that leaving the only life she’s ever known to start anew on her own isn’t strength? 

So let’s look at this situation a little more.  Here we have an heiress, the princess-type, with little to no fighting experience under her belt and probably not a lot of cash, running away to explore the world she’s never really been a part of.  She has to assimilate to common society so she can function, and it’s gonna be a HUGE culture shock.  She’s going from high society to the regular world and nobody is going to guide her.  Her next plan of action? Join a fucking Guild.

Not just any Guild.

Fairy Tail.

So you still mean to tell me she’s not strong? This girl flat out denied herself a life of ease so she could be free at the tender age of 16-17, and she taught herself to live alone.  She’s probably had servants running around doing all sorts of typical housework for her, and now she’s got to learn to cook, clean, budget, mend her own clothes, do the laundry, select good food, manage to find a residence, and, again, for the people in the back who didn’t hear me the first time, nobody is there to guide her.  Then, she decides to go a step further and join a Guild so she can get stronger and gain more independence.

So Lucy Heartfilia is hella strong.  She did all this on her own.

Point to remember for the test-not all strength is physical.

In terms of her magic…

So let us discuss Lucy’s magic for one second.  Consider this is the small tirade your teacher (that’s me) goes off on in the midst of a lesson.

(point is, you don’t stop taking notes, cause it’s still relevant)

Lucy Heartfilia’s magic is unique as fuck.  What we have here is someone who can summon the spirits of constellations and utilize them in battle.  And her magic has a lot of rules, too.  Rules other Mages don’t have because their magic is tied to themselves.

-A spirit is only as strong as its owner.  So.  Her combative abilities are in direct correlation to the size of her magical container, which she can’t fucking control.  She has actively attempted to expand it, so nobody come yelling “WHY AIN’T SHE DOIN’ SHIT TO HELP”.

-She has to contract these guys.  As in they work only certain days of the week/month/year, whatever they’ve decided on.  So she’s gotta keep this in mind.

-Lucy is unique in the sense that she really respects her spirits.  She isn’t going to abuse them or use them as shields.  She will fight by their side till the bitter end.  

So let’s take these three points in mind (this is the x, y, and z of an equation), and plug it into the formula to get an answer.

When she enters a battle, she not only has to assess the magic she’s going up against, but she’s also got to think, “Hm.  Which of my spirits is available to fight today, and which of them is most effective up against this mage?”

She’s got, what, ten seconds to decide before she gets squashed?

ADD TO THAT.  It isn’t only her life in battle.  These spirits have lives, too.  She’s got to plan and strategize in the middle of a fight so she can minimize injury to both parties on her side.  She isn’t like Natsu or Gray or Erza, who rely on their own bodies to fight.  She’s relying on other people’s bodies to do so.

Her strength is her mind.  What good is having an endless amount of strength and magic if one doesn’t know how to properly utilize it?  Lucy has both.

LESSON ONE.  OVER.  LESSON TWO.  COMMENCE.

2) “Lucy isn’t as strong as [insert character here]! She always needs saving!”

You know, I have thought long and hard about this argument and I swear to God I have yet to figure out what the fuck is going through people’s heads when they use it.

Oftentimes, [insert character here] is a Fairy Tail Mage.  Oftentimes, it is going to be Erza, Mirajane, Natsu, Gray, or maybe even Cana in that blank.

You know what the biggest fucking flaw in this goddamn argument right here is?

These characters have been given the opportunity to fight from a young age, and Lucy hasn’t.

Lucy was raised a fucking heiress and her dad did not approve of her love for magic.  At what point in time do you think she every got to sit down and train? At what point in time did she get to spar with an instructor or get even the semblance of a spar? At what point in time did she get to practice her magic?

If you wrote down ‘never’, then I want you to put a big fat check mark beside your answer on the paper, four for you Glen Coco you go Glen Coco.

These other Mages people supplement in that blank? They’ve been fighting from a hella young age.  Erza grew up in the fucking Tower, manual labour would have build stamina, endurance, and muscles.  Mirajane has motherfucking demons in her soul.  Natsu is a goddamn Dragon Slayer, he was trained by a fucking dragon.  Gray actually had an instructor that specialized in his brand of Magic to help, and another student of similar capabilities to bounce ideas off of.  Cana grew up in Fairy Tail, dammit.

The biggest point I’m trying to make here is that they grew up in an environment that encouraged healthy spars.

Fairy Tail is the kind of place that thrives off brawls.  These kids grew up in a place where they could find someone of similar (or greater) strength and fight to gain experience.  Nobody stopped them.  They had the means to go about getting stronger: readily available sparring partners, jobs to gain more equipment and experience, and someone to give them feedback.  Lucy had none of that.

These kids were encouraged to fight and grow.  Lucy was told to sit down a look pretty for a potential suitor.

Let’s use a Pokemon analogy here to understand it a little better, mmkay?

You wouldn’t take a level 5 Treecko off to the sixth Gym in the game, would you? Fuck no! It doesn’t matter if that Gym is water or rock based and Treecko has the type advantage, Treecko is gonna get absolutely run over because those Pokemon are, like, level forty or fifty.  Those Pokemon have a shit ton of experience that the little Treecko doesn’t.  It may know vine whip, but the Blastoise in the Gym knows Hydro Cannon.  Treecko is then OHKO’d.

In this case, Lucy is the level 5 Treecko, and Fairy Tail is the Gym.  

You get what I’m saying now?

It’s stupid to compare something when the physical difference exists.

As Treecko (Lucy) was exposed to the world and given EXP Points (…fighting experience), she grew levels! And that brings me to my next point.

“Lucy always needs saving!”

Okay, so say you have a party of six Pokemon, okay? You got a Salamence (Natsu), Beartic (Gray), Aegislash (Erza), Electivire (Laxus), Hydreigon (Mirajane), and little Treecko (Lucy).  You wanna train Treecko, but your other five Pokemon are like level 80 or something, okay? Treecko’s at a respectable level 15, you wanna get it to a Grovyle and you wanna do it fast so you can also train the other five to level 100 at the same time.  Every Pokemon trainer worth their salt knows the fastest way to do this is to hit up an area of high level wild ‘mons and do a switch out for experience.

This means, you’re gonna go to an area of wild level 50′s and you’re gonna send out Treecko (Lucy), then switch out for Salamence to wipe out the level fifty and then Treecko gets the EXP.  You keep doing this till Treecko is a Sceptile and is strong enough to fight on its own.

Here’s the thing.

For some reason, the wild ‘mon moves first.  You’ve got a level 60 Aggron (Gajeel) up against a level 15 Treecko.  Holy shit, Treecko doesn’t stand a fucking chance! What’re you gonna do? Treecko’s already in the red bars after (miraculously) surviving the Aggron’s Flash Cannon (maybe you used Protect last minute and it didn’t work fully, maybe you used Bide before you started battle), it won’t do enough damage to defend itself.

You switch out and send it Salamence and decimate, because every trainer knows the fury that comes with the little ‘mon getting hit.

Treecko still gets the EXP.

Lucy only ever needs ‘saving’ because she is thrust into situations she isn’t fucking ready for.  She’s getting enough experience as time passes that she can fend for herself, we’ve seen this: compare Lucy from Phantom Lord to Lucy during Tartarus.

Do you get what I’m saying?

You need a team of balanced strength to survive.  

AND SO THEY SAID UNTO FELICIA, BYE, AS THEY MOVED ONTO LESSON 3.

3) “Lucy is only there for fanservice!”

I have already covered this, so if you didn’t hear the first time, let me get down and dirty.  Lesson three is gonna be short because lesson two took up like eighty percent of the class period.

LUCY IS NOT A FANSERVICE CHARACTER BECAUSE SHE DRESSES IN WHAT SHE LIKES

NEITHER ARE ANY OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS FOR THAT MATTER.  ESPECIALLY THE LADIES, WHO SEEM TO BE THE TARGET FOR THIS HATE EVERY MOMENT OF THE DAY.

She dresses in short clothes which she finds comfortable, boo-fuckin-hoo if that makes her a “slut” or “fanservice” character.  Because she isn’t.  She is a developed, mature woman who is taking control of her goddamn body and wearing what she likes and makes her feel cute god bless.

Ain’t nobody screaming at Gray for stripping down to his skivvies, but, you know.

Lucy is there to remind you that growing up is a thing, becoming independent is a process and takes time, strength is relative, and that your dreams can be a reality if you try hard enough.  She is not there for you to get your jollies off on.

Thus ends my class for today, I hope y’all leave a little more informed than before, I’m off, wanna discuss this further, my ask is always open.  

IS THIS KAKASHI FROM ACCOUNTING????

With Valentine’s day fast approaching, I thought maybe you and I could, you know, *beep* - Happy Valentine’s from Deadpool.

Being a nice person is so fun

Waiter messes something up? You can see the relief on their faces when you don’t scream and swear at them about it

Extra tickets at an arcade/prize place? Watch a little kid’s face light up when you give them a bunch of tickets

There are too many assholes in this world. Be a nice person.

One time, we went to a restaurant during lunch rush, and we had just bought books, so when the waitress finally got to us, we just said “hey, we have books, we’re in no hurry, don’t sweat it”. Her posture changed, her facial expression changed, everything changed. We made her day, just by being there.

How homophobes should be treated honestly.

I love how she knows as soooon as his earrings come off, it’s goin motha fuckin doooown!

“Tip your waitress”

LAWD HAMMERCY I NEED TO START LOOKING AT THIS LOL

Lafayette is perfect!

THIS DRAGGING WAS LEGENDARY

Finally! Here’s my contribution to the Valor Anthology, “Bride of the Rose Beast”. Valor is a book I’m still so happy and honored to be a part of, and you can still get the 300+ page ebook HERE for $5! Enjoy!

The Lindworm has always been one of my favorite stories; I always wondered why the Lindworm is always portrayed as male when the mechanics of the magic clearly implied it should be a woman. This version is the best I’ve ever seen.

transparensie:

a short comic i did for my english sci-fi final, about a girl and her android

Notice that even though she died, it wasn’t “mission failed”. I’m gonna cry

I don’t need this before finals bruh

HOW DARE YOU

Beautiful story. And if this was for a final, I hope you got a good grade.

Love the android design, especially the segmented black lines.

A Friendly Reminder

-Deadpool is insecure -Deadpool has chronic pain -Deadpool is submissive in bed -Deadpool is pansexual -Deadpool lifts up his mask so Hawkeye can read his lips -Deadpool is a blonde -Deadpool’s initials are WWW -Deadpool had an abusive father -Deadpool’s mother died from cancer -Deadpool fell in love with a teenager -Deadpool left her because he didn’t want to hurt her -Deadpool had a daughter -Deadpool didn’t believe she was his because she was too beautiful -Deadpool had to be dragged away from his daughter’s dead body by Cap and Wolverine -Deadpool carries Hello Kitty band aids -Deadpool is good with kids -Deadpool can’t be killed by Ghost Rider because he doesn’t think he’s done anything wrong -Deadpool hates himself -Deadpool used to curl up in a ball and mumble about his skin hurting -Deadpool is married to the queen of the undead -Deadpool reads his own comics

Conclusion: Wade Winston Wilson is a beautiful man who must be protected.

Let’s not forget: - Deadpool knows sign language -Deadpool took a bullet for Hawkeye because Clint can’t regenerate but he can -Deadpool has tried to kill himself numerous times before -Deadpool turned his back on DEATH ITSELF to help his fellow inmates escape The Farm -Deadpool spent months trying to save Cable -Deadpool was in turn saved by Cable numerous times -Seriously, freaking Jesus-messiah-complex Cable saw something in Deadpool worth saving -Deadpool is a beautiful, wonderfully complex character that I will fight to protect

-Deadpool and Cable refer to the end of their friendship as “our divorce” -Deadpool bought diapers for Hope -Deadpool has a dog -Deadpool didn’t become like his dad -Deadpool is a good person

-Deadpool spends all his money on ammo and pain meds -Deadpool is broke 75% of the time -Deadpool tells kids that he’s Spider-Man

-Deadpool refused to look at Spider-Man’s face when he swapped costumes with him because “bros don’t out bros” -Deadpool did work in the Spider-Man suit, but REFUSED TO KILL while wearing the Spider-Man suit because Peter wouldn’t have killed and he didn’t want Peter’s rep to be linked to murder.

Oh I’m an asshole.

So today pulling into Stop and Shop, this lady cut me off and nearly drove into me, and then, when I tried to pass her, she swung to the right and nearly hit me again, and then flipped me off.

So somebody is having a bad day and taking it out on me. That’s fine. It’s harmless, and I don’t know what’s going on in this woman’s life. I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt she’s not just a piece of shit and is just having a bad day.

But then I park and she follows me, and gets out of the car and starts swearing at me and getting in my face.

Now I go from “indifferent” to “I’m gonna fuck with this woman’s head.” Now I would say I’m a gentleman of size, and in all black and bemohawked I probably look spookier than I actually am, so props to this lady for getting in my face. Now of course I’m not going to hit her, or even threaten violence. That’s shitty. Nobody should get threatened with violence.

Instead, I take a step back, narrowing my eyes like I’m studying her face really closely, and then I touch one of the several piece of “occulty” jewelry I’m wearing (none of which, by the way, are magicked in any way at all). Then I mumble some nonsense under my breath, and then make the fig gesture and the horns at her.

She stops, wide-eyed.

“WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST DO TO ME?”

I chuckled, and shake my head. “Nothing at all.” I say in a not-terrible convincing voice. “But every time something bad happens to you today, you’re gonna be thinking of me.”

Then I winked at her, and walked away.

This is savage and genius

Sometimes I wonder what Luna does on her free time

Luna sprays liquid luck with a spray bottle

Luna skipping around singing about gargoyles

Luna roaming the castle barefoot with her radish earrings

Luna having a enhancement charm on her bag to Carry small tins of pudding

He’s my brother.  And not by something as accidental as blood…by something much stronger.  By choice.