#ft 499

Me: Awww!

Okay, favorite Gruvia moment...favorite Gruvia moment....

I’m not going to lie, I’ve been racking my brains on this since the list of prompts for this year’s Gruvia Week came out. I know you can always just do your own thing, but I like doing my best to follow a set prompt from someone other than myself. 

That said, I AM still racking my brains. 

I love EVERY SINGLE MOMENT. Buuuuuuut...if I HAD to pick a favorite, I would have to say that that would be....

Okay so here’s the thing, I almost wanted to say the infamous Chapter 499, not because I enjoy the two of them killing themselves (even if it is for love), it’s more just the angst and the fact that it pushes Gray to finally admit his feelings (FINALLY). And in the most Gray way, of course. But that kind of ties into later when Gray sees Juvia’s alive and they both faint, which then ties into later when you got that one moment where Gray shields her with that “Don’t touch my waifu!” look on his face, which then ties into the last moment we have with them (in the original manga, anyway) with the whole “You’re mine” thing. 

So, if I wanted to boil it down to one moment in particular, I’d have to say Chapter 416, when Juvia tells Gray that she’s the reason his father died (again) and he breaks down crying, thanking for doing what he couldn’t, and apologizing for inadvertently thrusting that burden onto her. 

We’ve had plenty of Gray angst, and even some Gruvia angst, but here was where for me things got super serious. The whole thing plays out, very sober and moving with the way the two of them end up essentially holding each other in the snow at Gray’s parents’ graves. Even if it wasn’t their official “this-is-now-canon moment”, I had no doubt in my mind that they WOULD become canon if they weren’t already after that scene. It’s a preamble to the moment Gray tells her later before Alvarez invades that he’s grateful to have her. Not to mention that it’s the first shred of real vulnerability between the two of them, no less the first shred of it that Gray shares with Juvia beyond anything he’s shared in the company of Team Natsu. 

It’s just a beautiful moment of intimacy, and an effective turning point for the two of them. 

it’s been 10000 years..

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Juvia vs Gray