#dragon slayers

they're all hoarders. we've seen natsu's house, which is just a giant scrapbook. but i can see gajeel picking up loose screws off the pavement, wendy's pockets being full of shiny rocks and seaglass, or sting's house being filled with sun/light catchers.

they're always putting things in their mouths. wendy was a thumbsucker, laxus is a gum chewer, cobra is a biter, rouge chews the end of pencils when he's thinking and if natsu doesn’t have enough hands to carry something, he’ll just hold it in his mouth.

lizards are cold blooded, and while the dragon slayers DO generate internal heat (since they have human bodies) they're still drawn to the sun. lying in patches of sunlight like cats and sunbathing in the summer.

this carries over into winter, they get cold SO easily. they eat more in winter too, and laxus the diva won't ever take jobs in cold climates (that fur coat is fashion/function).

subtle or extreme emotions are almost always communicated through animalistic sounds. natsu and gajeel growl and roar, erik hisses, and while carla has mostly trained it out of wendy, if she's really surprised or scared the sound she makes is less like a human shout and more like a bark/yelp, or a whimper when she's sad or fearful.

they are very sensory seeking. hands in running water, standing in the breeze, stepping on the pavement a certain way, fidgeting, weighted blankets, jumping and hanging off stuff, listening to music way too loud.

this also means that have strong sensory avoidances. gajeel HATES getting his hair cut, natsu hates the feeling of heavy clothes, erik hates loud noises, rouge doesn't like bright lights (apart from sting's, since he's so accustomed to it), wendy is sensitive to sudden temperature changes

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natsu hoards people and relationships. definitely not something a typical dragon would want. but it makes him really not see anything wrong when he keeps breaking into lucy's apartment. erza and gray were used to his shit after years of him doing the same to lisanna and others, and they just started doing the same since when natsu does it, it means theyre a good person. they've got a seal of approval. he tries to talk or fight almost anyone he sees so he can say he's more than a stranger to others. he'd rather be acquaintances or rivals than strangers.

gajeel hoards shiny and musical things. now that's typical dragon shit. shinies go in his face or somewhere on his person to show them off. he polishes them perfectly every single day and gets annoyed whenever theres a speck of dust on them. and he likes the sounds of things, but not necessarily music. guitars are great. singing is alright. violins and oboes and saxes and whatnot are good. but triangles? shiny AND musical? thats the shit. a handful of marbles in a glass jar? thats that good good. the sound his fist makes on natsu's hollow head? fantastic.

wendy hoards scents and flowers. she has shelves of perfume in her room and sometimes spends an hour going through them and reorganizing based off favorites or citrusy scents or musk scents or whatever. she saw it as an affront to life itself that ichiya was like THAT with perfume magic. she assigns like seven different perfumes and some colognes to her friends even if theyve never smelled them before. the flowers are also a scent thing but are mostly a fresh and soft thing. flowers brighten the air just by being nearby and the leaves are so different between them. sometimes she shakes any fresh pollen off onto her bed for the soft textures.

sting hoards art and cups and plates. hes stolen more than twenty very expensive art pieces from the sabertooth guild hall before he was master. most of his paychecks go to supporting local artists. he mostly likes paintings and, while he can very easily see the differences, doesnt really pay attention to things like acrylics and oils and watercolors. he gets some sculptures and engravings and embroidery, but its rare for those to have the vibrant colors he loves of paintings. the cups and plates were something he picked up once he saw good quality glazed pottery. theres very few of those he allows anyone to eat or drink from, and its mostly the duplicates he likes least. it gets to the point he's got "dad of the year" and "princesses need their coffee" type cups because the colors are just. so. good.

rogue hoards books and utensils. hes got his own library of alexandria of every single piece of paper hes ever gotten his hands on, all meticulously organized and locked away if its important things that he legally should not and does not have (wink wink). limited edition covers are placed in protective wraps. banned and discontinued and outlawed books are hidden like theres going to be riots that he even has them if it ever gets out. his utensils are similar to gajeel's shiny and musical hoard (he totally did not add these to his own hoard because of that, sting, shut the HELL UP). theyre all rare and one-of-a-kinds, polished and hung on his walls like trophies. only the lesser liked duplicates go with sting's own for anyone to use. every room has at least three different spoons on the walls that he takes down and clinks together, making random music, whenever hes thinking of something.

erik hoards food and pillows. brain and the tower were not kind to him. he always keeps smaller food like berries and nuts on him at all times and fills his fridge with the bigger meats and vegetables. and some hidey holes that are damp and dark and perfect spots for mold to grow or things to go rancid. unfortunately, since his taste is the absolute worst, if kinana doesnt clean out every spot, erik will eat spoiled food. its a toss up on if he gets sick from it or not. he doesnt have a bed, nor chairs or sofas or anything like that. he just has pillows. soft and smooth and sometimes a bit rough for different textures. the large pile he sleeps on is also a great place to hide food until he or kinana shifts in just the wrong way to squish it. but then he gets to just smell his berries or raw meats all the time and doesn't see anything wrong with it. kinana thinks otherwise.

Someone else starts healing her friends? Wendy gets offended. Juvia wants to take a mission with Gray? No way in hell, he's Natsu's best friend rival, he only takes missions with his team. Someone tries to spar with Lily? Yeah, no, he's Gajeel's cat, get out.

Just, little, stupid things. It's important to them, alright?

Wait I love this!

Natsu thinks anyone wearing a scarf is stealing his look. He has burned several people's scarves right off their necks. Especially if they are white

Rogue gets violently angry when people make shadow puppets. Shadows are his thing and pretending you can manipulate them is rude and disrespectful. He has legitimately thrown Sting out a window for doing this... Twice

Gajeel genuinely believes he has first dibs on all blue haired people. They can have other friends but Gajeel has to be their BEST friend. When a blue haired person doesn't like him he gets really upset

Laxus and Cobra get into fights constantly over who is the "guy with the eye scar". They both firmly believe it's their thing and that the other is a copy cat. Cobra is currently winning the argument because he's actually missing his eye and Laxus's scar is merely cosmetic

Similarly, Sting thinks he has a claim on fur coats. It might've been Laxus's thing back in the day but Sting took over the position during the seven year gap and Laxus needs to back off and find a new aesthetic. Sting purposely wears excessive amounts of fur around Laxus to assert dominance (Yukino weirdly gets a pass from Sting tho? He is beefing with Evergreen about her fur coat. He stole it once. He was turned to stone for a week)