Nalu fan

Okay so in response to this post: http://ladymoonstache.tumblr.com/post/81095524414/lucys-obvious-crush-on-natsu I made another one just like it but this time, it’s more on Natsu’s point of view.

So I do believe Natsu has some special feelings for Lucy. The way he treats her more importantly than the other female guild members is enough proof for his special feelings. Sure it may not have evolved yet into the “love” we NaLu fans want but I’m sure he’s getting there since there are more NaLu moments to come. I’m sure of it. :) Plus, Lucy definitely has a special place in his heart that only she occupies no one else does :)

Here are some proof (lol they are not in order though. Just ranked them according to what I felt like XD):

1. He hates seeing her cry.

2. He has to be the one who always saves her.

3. He practically lives in her apartment.

4. He only thinks of her.

5. He didn’t even think twice about kissing her.

6. He puts her before others.

7. He gets jealous when another guy flirts with her.

8. He lost himself when F!Lucy died.

9. He goes on berserk mode and will destroy anyone who hurts her.

10. He’s perverted towards her.

11. He supports her when she is at her weakest.

of course there are tons more. If I added anymore, I doubt they wouldn’t load in your browser already or you’d get bored by the super long length of it or it’ll load really slowly in your browser than this post already is. Sure, it isn’t a 100% certain if Natsu loves Lucy romantically but just like what I said earlier she has a special place in his heart that could never be replaced by anyone. and by time I’m sure it will grow into something deeper and more romantic soon. So don’t fret NaLu fans. NaLu will happen. Just wait for it :)

Hello nalu fandom! I present to you, a masterlist of pro-nalu arguments. This idea actually came to me before I was aware of there being a masterlist for other ft ships (i.e gruvia and na//li). I’ve included essays, analyses, and any posts that support nalu and counter anti arguments but aren’t an in depth study. I’ve wanted to create a masterlist, so everyone can easily access pro-nalu posts instead of having to search for them. I will be constantly updating this masterlist. If you have read or made any pro-nalu posts that I have not included, please let me know!  I will add an (*) next to newly added posts each time the masterlist is updated. 

Updated: 5/15/17 

Essays and analyses

By @chikach00

Natsu-NaLu Theory

Happy, Natsu & NaLu

Fanservice doesn’t make NaLu an unhealthy ship

By @jhayni-in-the-rain

Natsu’s physical attraction to Lucy

Happy’s role in NaLu

Why NaLu is her favorite ship

Development: Lucy and Natsu’s motion sickness

Development: Lucy’s change in attitude towards Natsu

Development: Natsu’s change in attitude towards Lucy

Development: “Let’s form a team”

Development: Natsu comforting Lucy

Characters who have commented on NaLu

Lisanna is not a threat

Why Lisanna and Loke are not Natsu and Lucy’s love interests

Dissecting Lucy Fire

Beyond Lucy Fire

Natsu and romance

Natsu and F!Lucy’s death

Natsu’s behavior pattern and relation to NaLu

By @mrseucliffex

NaLu is not an unhealthy ship

By @decadus

Difference between the Kagura/Jellal cpr and NaLu

Lucy’s feelings for Natsu (post-timeskip)

By @fttalk

Natsu and Lucy’s relationship development

By @thefairystales

Natsu and Lucy’s relationship development (Post-tartarus)

By @songsofsprites

Natsu and Lucy’s realistic relationship

By @toxineena

An analysis on why NaLu is her favorite ship

By @nalu-nerd13

Natsu’s promise to get Gray back

By @araashii

Natsu became E.N.D because of Lucy

By @otakusiren

Natsu is not oblivious

By @magerain

Why Natsu immensely cares about Lucy 

By @proudtobeaginger

Nalu during the GMG arc  

By @amitds

Countering the “Natsu sexually harasses Lucy” argument

By @gahrou

Natsu and Lucy’s relationship post-tartarus

General pro-nalu posts

Lucy’s obvious feelings for Natsu by @ladymoonstache

Natsu’s obvious feelings for Lucy by @adelaide-chrome

20 reasons why NaLu is the best ship by toxineena

Refuting general anti-nalu arguments by ladymoonstache

Regarding “more than friends, less than lovers” by mrseucliffex

Regarding “more than friends,less than lovers: pt. 2 by mrseucliffex

Regarding Mashima’s interview over not drawing romantic nalu by MocMoc 

Who has initiated more NaLu moments by jhayni-in-the-rain

More than just fanservice by lucielhyung 

Natsu’s letter for Lucy by proudtobeaginger

Can y’all believe by mrseucliffex

NaLu Parallels by @stars-on-fire7

Natsu’s response to losing Lucy by @hikariintan

Natsu recognizes Lucy’s strength by @envinxx

The expressions Lucy makes because of Natsu by @nalu-is-canon

Parallel to Natsu’s mother by chikach00

Lucy’s obvious feelings by chikach00

Parallel to seeing Aquarius again by chikach00

Natsu is a sweetheart to Lucy by chikach00

NaLu and Haru x Elie Parallel by @secretraven

NaLu + Movie Promotion by @heart-filiaa​

Genuine NaLu moments in the Alvarez Empire Arc by heart-filiaa

Bonus 

List of NaLu moments (Up until chapter 347) by fttalk

The director of the first FT movie supports NaLu provided by thefairystales

FT characters who ship NaLu  by ladymoonstache (added on by me)

NaLu development gifs by @weirdolucy

Regarding the “bad rep” of the NaLu fandom by chikach00

The NaLu fandom had no influence on Lisanna’s Character by decadus

Major NaLu moments (Beginning to END) by decadus

Mashima does not give into fan pressure  by @shadoouge​*

• Natsu choosing to pick up Lucy for work the day after Fairy Tail’s reassemble instead of, say, choosing to interact with his “second possible love interest” even though he hasn’t seen her for a year

• Natsu choosing to spend the last night before FT’s biggest and most dangerous battle with Lucy. 

• Mashima giving Lucy the biggest amount of reactions (not sure if this is the right way to put it, but eh) to Natsu’s state:

• Mashima going all-out, paralleling NaLu and Gruvia in the “Natsu vs Gray” battle: Lucy played the same role to Natsu that Juvia played to Gray, aka the role of a love interest that apparently died, making the guy go berserk and fight his best friend, then reunited with him post-battle, finally putting her guy to rest:

• Natsu waking up just-in-time to save Lucy, +her adorable happy reaction to it:

• Natsu rushing to save Lucy when August launched his attack (forgetting about Mest and even Happy):

• Lucy refusing to give up her fight with Brandish, even though there’s a clear difference in their strengths, and despite her fondness of Brandish herself, because she needs to protect Natsu:

• Lucy calling out to Natsu in her mind when she’s in danger:

And him responding:

• Lucy speaking fondly of Natsu:

And getting teased for it:

• Lucy warming up Natsu:

• Plus all those smol lovely stuff:

And I’m probably forgetting something, but,

I’ve seen lots of debate in the fairy tail tag today over whether NaLu is actually canon or not, so I wanted to share my opinion!

*WARNING: This is a long one!*

Personally, I believe NaLu is canon, but not in your stereotypical “I love you” “I love you too” confession and makeout session kind of way. Ever since Natsu and Lucy first started acting like a couple and were shipped, we know that the pair have zero experience with love. Neither have ever been in a relationship, and therefore don’t really know how to act when confronted with the idea of one. Lucy has a slim idea, after her early fantasies of a “knight in shining armour” figure, however Natsu is completely oblivious. I think Natsu and Lucy both share an idea on what love is, but neither can properly tell when they are in love unless when the moment is right.

So here comes Chapter 545! Of course Lucy got incredibly emotional when thinking back to the jobs:

Which is only natural, the poor girl has been through so much and just at the thought of going on another job brought back so many memories and tears to her eyes.

So what does she do? The only thing she can do:

Embrace and thank the man who made it all possible; Natsu.

At this moment, with all the memories flooding back into her, Lucy is finally coming to terms with her feelings for Natsu. She loves him. She loves him out of pure gratitude for everything he’s ever done for her, and for being her first ever friend. As Lucy said herself, if she’d never met Natsu, none of her life would have been possible; she wouldn’t have joined Fairy Tail, she wouldn’t have made friends, she wouldn’t have grown stronger, and she probably wouldn’t have won the best writer award!

And Natsu knows this.

Of course initially he pulls his signature “o shit” face because Lucy is crying and he’s not really sure what to do. 

But this isn’t necessarily a look of “o shit” because he’s uncomfortable or feels awkward. Both him and Happy look incredibly concerned, from their creased eyebrows to the bead of sweat dripping from them. So why is he pulling that face? Because he is confronted with love.

As I said before, Natsu has had no experience with love before, therefore when Lucy hugs him and tells him how much she appreciates him, he doesn’t know how to react.

Now, the next part I think is the most important:

Of course Natsu has never been one to give Lucy any form of personal space, and here is certainly no exception. But this scene is different from all the others. Natsu respects Lucy more than anyone else in the guild, therefore if he were to tease her or invade her personal space, it’s purely in a jokey scenario. This scene here though? This isn’t a joke. Natsu and Lucy are being serious. So that merely means that Natsu leaning in is not a way to tease her, he is being serious with her, a trait rarely shown by the dragon slayer unless in combat.

Now, you’d all be lying if you said you didn’t think Natsu was going to kiss Lucy on the next page, because at this point I was screaming at him to kiss her and this is the point most people believe Natsu rejected Lucy. But in my opinion, it’s the complete opposite.

As I said, Natsu has had no experience with love, so the time he is actually faced with it (right now), he’s not joking around, he’s not teasing, because he has finally realised how Lucy feels. Granted I don’t think he’s absolutely certain, and here’s why:

When Natsu leans in - I promise this isn’t my NaLu senses taking over - I believe he was actually planning to kiss her, like many of us hoped. However, I think he changed his mind at the last minute, purely because he doesn’t want to hurt Lucy. He knows she’s in a vulnerable situation, and he would hate more than anything to make her more upset and tearful than she already is. Natsu knows that he loves Lucy, and is starting to think she returns those feelings, but he doesn’t want to confess when she’s in such a state and all emotional. He doesn’t want to hurt and/or confuse her.

Now let’s discuss Lucy’s feelings towards all this. Throughout the entire Alvarez arc she’s being toying with her feelings towards Natsu, as to whether they’re strictly platonic or whether there’s something more. This is the point where she’s considering perhaps there is something more. She’s so overwhelmed with gratitude and emotions she’s finally putting two and two together and deciding she is in love with her best friend. When Natsu leans in, she thinks he’s about to kiss her. How do we know?

This. The face she makes. You can interpret this however many ways you like, I’m definitely not saying mine is the correct way, but I’ll explain my theory.

Lucy’s contemplating her feelings again when she says “Wait”, but stops in the middle of her sentence. Why? Because she’s panicking. She - much like Natsu - has never had any experience with love, never had a boyfriend, and never had her first kiss. She thinks Natsu is going to kiss her, so what does she do? She closes her eyes and leaves her mouth open. She’s waiting for him to kiss her, so she can properly decide how she feels. She wants Natsu to kiss her.

Need more evidence?

She thought he was going to do something interesting.

What kind of interesting thing were you thinking, Lucy?  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

However, what really ties the knot, (see what I did there), about Natsu’s feelings towards Lucy is this:

He wants them to be together forever.

Natsu and Lucy wouldn’t have a stereotypical love confession because they are not a regular couple. Natsu saying he wants to be with Lucy forever just about proves that he loves her. And let’s not forget who else said they wanted to be with their significant other forever:

And who are together and trying for a baby in the final chapter?

From the words they speak to the expression they make, Natsu in no way friend zoned Lucy.

I believe he confessed to her, but in his own sweet, dense little way! He’s too inexperienced to know how to properly confess, and although he initially considered kissing her, it’d be far more like him to aggravate Lucy but confess his love at the same time. After all, he can’t resist teasing her!