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Disclaimer: This is in no way invalidating all  headcanons about this character. Also, this analysis isn’t spoiler-free.

Canonically, most of the female characters in this story are within the spectrum, well—mostly bisexual. Veronica, Chloe, even Zoey have been presented to either hook up with men or have huge crushes on men. Their “gayness” doesn’t appear to be performative as can be seen in the Bacchanalia chapter. 

So the Revues in Revue Starlight are a lot.

There is just so much packed into a few minutes. The sets! The fighting! The music! There’s just so much going on that you can’t completely process everything going on at once. And it’s absolutely awesome. The Revues look so amazing and feel so epic.

And sure it’s a lot, but we still get what’s happening. We saw the build up to each Revue, and we mostly know what’s going on in each of their heads. After all, it’s not just the stage that matters in the revues, but also the emotions going into it. For some, they’re worried about their future as a stage girl, whether or not they’ll be good enough to one day achieve their dreams. And for others, they’re worried about what graduation will mean for their relationships with each other as they each go on their separate paths. And as much as they try to hide it, these anxieties boil over in their Revues, forcing them to confront their deepest insecurities in front of the very person they tried so hard to hide it from.

But they’re never alone in these cases, they have their partner. Admittedly this usually doesn’t help at first since the only thing worse than one person catastrophizing over their future is two people catastrophizing over their futures. But still, they all manage to figure it out in the end together.

But Maya and Claudine aren’t insecure about the future. Both of them know that they’ll get into their dream troupe and neither of them seem too bothered about the fact that the two of them will be going their separate ways after High School.

So unlike every other Revue so far, which has been desperate and came from a place of hurt, the Revue of Soul starts off so much more lighthearted. The vibes are completely different from everything that came before in the movie. It feels like Maya and Claudine have nothing left to say to each other, that they are doing this Revue just for fun, it’s like a game to them.

But obviously it’s not just that, the two of them mean so much to each other! They’re just acting otherwise because of their pride, and once the two of them decide to drop all pretenses, they can finally have a proper Revue, where they put everything on the line just to understand each other.

And to see how we got here, I’m going to try to lay out everything going on with Claudine and Maya in the Movie that got us here. This is a part of a series of Deep Dives I’m doing for each of the Movie’s Revues, and while you can read this one without reading the others, I may make some references to themes and ideas that I brought up in the earlier Deep Dives, but I’ll do my best to give context if that ever happens.

okay so while i don’t think erlu is the best non-canon lucy ship, sorry anon, i can say that it’s wonderful!

lucy absolutely has some sort of crush on erza, that scene where she tells erza that she looks “just as good without [her] armor!” is her being gay.

i think they would be good together though! they’re both like. soft and hard at the same time, and it’s in a way that could definitely balance each other out. erza cares but she doesn’t really know how to turn it down, so it comes off as a tough love thing, and i think lucy’s set of circumstances leads her to expressing affection in different, “softer” ways, like how she broke down after the phantom lord arc because she was upset that people got hurt because they cared for her, and how she even cried when she saw that levy was okay.

another thing that i think they could balance each other out with is needing people. lucy doesn’t want to depend on people but has to, and at times you can tell she thinks she’s weak because of it (particularly aquarius’ sacrifice scene, but if my memory isn’t failing me there are more) and i think that erza has a tendency to want to be able to depend on people but doesn’t think she should and therefore places all the burdens on herself, which is seen in her actions with the lightning palace in the battle of fairy tail and even with how she lets herself be drained of magic powering the buggy in the lullaby arc instead of letting anyone else handle it. i think they could help each other cope with that and develop towards a more healthy medium.

how would Natsu, Lucy, Gray & Erza court their soon to be s/o?

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oh, i probably should have thought of character limits when i made the rules, huh? that's ok!

Warnings: None

Masterlist

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How Natsu, Lucy, Erza, and Gray court their soon-to-be S/O

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Natsu

He just wants to bond, tbh

He cares about everyone in his guild, so the first thing he would do is invite you to join it with him!

If you do, or if you’re part of another guild already, he’ll bring you missions you guys can work on together

Long ones especially — the more time the mission takes, the more time you’ll be together

While you’re on the mission, he doesn’t leave your side. If you’re staying outside, he’ll sleep as close as possible without being creepy. If you get a hotel, you two are sharing a room

Then, when the mission’s over, he’ll give you the better part of the reward. He just needs food money, really, so he doesn’t mind

He’ll also show off a lot — making fires when it’s cold, fighting tourneys when he can. He’s spent years building up his strength, he wants to make sure you know about it

He will destroy a town for you, so be careful what you say

And once you’re comfortable enough with him, he’ll always be touching you

Usually just a casual arm around your shoulder or an excited grabbing of your wrists. This is when he starts to drag you on missions that he thinks you’ll enjoy before getting your permission

Which you do, surprisingly, though you’re not sure whether it’s the missions themselves or the partner you’ve chosen

Erza would protect Lucy at all cost, however Lucy can take care of herself but she appreciate her protection.

Erza would glare at anyone who tries to hit on Lucy or calling her names.

Erza would often let Lucy sit on her lap.

Lucy would often calm Erza down whenever she’s mad.

Lucy would often feed Erza cake which made her blush, which Lucy finds it adorable.

Erza is a little overprotective of Lucy.

Lucy didn’t mind Erza show up to her place uninvited.

Lucy feels inadequate compare to Erza but she tells Lucy that she’s just as incredible as her and deserves the world.

Erza is dominant toward Lucy but at times Lucy is dominant towards her.

Erza is the big spoon but at times she’s the little spoon.

Erza will get mad if someone eats/ something happens to her cake but she doesn’t mind if Lucy accidentally eats her cake.

If Erza becomes the guild master, she’ll make Lucy her right hand woman.

Erza doesn’t care about other people’s opinions about her and Lucy’s relationship, she would often flip them off or deal with them herself.

Erza would attack anyone, who tries to hurt Lucy.