*head empty*

Fairy Tail will always have a special place in my heart, tbh. I first started watching it way back in probably 2015 or so. Scouring YouTube for the latest episodes for Tartarus, and I swear, sometimes I feel like I need to rewatch that arc, cause I still feel like I may have missed an episode... And then came the manga. Fully got myself caught up with the anime, but then it took a break for a little while, so I dove headfirst into the manga and caught up there. And then when the final season came out, I watched it all, and when the 100 year quest manga dropped and I've been reading it as it's been serializing.

Natsu x Lucy was probably one of the first ship-fanarts I had ever done, I want really the type to draw fanart before that... I know shocker... But I mean, I didn't really know much about fandoms and fanart, and fanfics that much back then, because I didn't get social media until two years later, so yeah, those fanarts will probably never see the light of day, and I can't remember what sketchbook they are in...

I watched anime before Fairy Tail, but it was more something to watch to pass the time than actually enjoying it, and I didn't tell ANYONE I watched it. I mean, back then it wasn't pop-culture, and even when I first got to college I was super hesitant to say I liked it for fear of being called a "weeb" and I was worried to mention Fairy Tail because of how much (unnecessary) hate it gets. Regardless, nobody could ever stop me from watching Fairy Tail and loving it, or stop me from drawing Natsu.

So, in honor of Fairy Tail's 20th Anniversary, I chose to redraw a panel from the first chapter in my style. Enjoy!

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