So I've been rewatching Ever After High- it's as gorgeous and the story is as captivating as I remember it being when I was a kid- but can anyone explain to me what the exact definition of Rebels and Royals are?
I just assumed that the term "Rebel" referred to people who didn't want to follow their destiny, but does "Rebel" also refer to people who are not born into royalty? Because what if they wanted to follow their destiny, but are just like. Born as "commoners".
Or idk, maybe it could be both? If anyone has a clear explanation of the terms, that would be great XD
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just thinking abt juvia and gajeel
how juvia was the one to ask makarov to go check on gajeel and see if he wanted to join fairy tail
and the fact that she never mentioned any of the other members from her old guild, only gajeel
was it because she knew they would be fine without help? or was it because she only cared abt gajeel?
i don't think any of them were close then
but maybe juvia recognized in gajeel her own loneliness
and once she met fairy tail she knew it would be a good place for him
and she really didn't have to do that. she was already trying to change her own reputation, adding in gajeel and his (at the time) unpleasant personality wasn't going to make people like her more
but she cared and worried for him. and she was right to, because he was literally living on ruins, completely alone
in his situation, it would've been so easy for him to turn to an even darker side. and i like to think that he knows that, and that he is grateful to juvia for being the first one to care abt him
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i'm in serious need of a sabo novel. there's so much about him that can't be explored in the main manga (for timing reasons especially) but that needs to be addressed, like his grief, his thoughts after regaining all of his memories, his life before recovering from amnesia, his feelings and regrets and his turmoil after ace's death, the way he was scared to meet luffy again, his fear of being rejected or cast away, his overwhelming insecurities, and so on and so forth.
i know the novels aren't that focused on these matters, either, but they do show us the characters' train of thoughts and how they affect them, and how they act on them, if at all.
the ace novels helped us understand just how much sabo's death actually affected ace, to the point that ace didn't even have a clear purpose in mind, he didn't have any idea of who he really wanted to become, he just wanted to be better than roger so he didn't have any regrets so he could honor sabo and keep his will alive. and when he did find a place, when he swore to be a part of whitebeard's family, he showed his tattoo to whitebeard, to let him know of his late brother, to present his family to him.
not only this, but it really showed ace's insecurities quite well, making us understand his struggle to believe how someone could ever love him, not accepting/believing in his crewmates' love and care for him, viewing himself as someone unworthy of love till the very end.
law's novel, on the other hand, showed us just how much law thinks he isn't capable of being a good person, while proving time and time again that he is. it's always him saying how he only wants people to feel comfortable and be healthy because "he's a doctor, it's normal, it doesn't mean he's good", disregarding his good intentions entirely because he feels empathy differently from others. he can't be a good person because he doesn't show affection like other people, or because he's too "cold" and "distant"; basically, the novel shows us law falling for his own façade, and it helps us realize even more how much he actually cares about people, how much he's willing to give for the people he cares about, and how his heart is, ultimately, in the right place.
it also gives us an insight of his regret and guilt over corazon's death, how much he still misses his family, especially lami, it actually tells us that law has nightmares about his past, and how he is haunted by it.
again, the novels aren't perfect, these things aren't the focus, but they are explored, they're part of the story and they are used to make us understand the characters better. they're useful to us in order to get to know all the different faces of a character a little more.
a potential sabo's novel, or novels (because it would be a good thing to have one novel focusing on his life in the revolutionary army while he had amnesia, and one focusing on the consequences of ace's death and his other adventures during the timeskip, with all his memories back and robin as an ally, even though if it has to be only one the latter would be grandly preferred), would help us understand his character even deeply, and it would actually give us an insight of his thoughts, his actual feelings, showing us how he's dealing with his trauma even if for just a few sentences in a paragraph.
it would also be a great way to show the readers more of the revolutionary army work and overall organization! as a big ra's fan, i'd treat a novel like that as you would a treasure. i'd lose my mind if something gave me a tiny bit more info on sabo's relationship with the other commanders and members as well...
also, we know that sabo was on the lookout for the mera mera no mi, as he asked the revs to do him a big favor and help him retrieve it. a novel could focus on that! it would be perfect to analyse sabo's grief, mourning, his crushing guilt and insecurities while also exploring the ra's work, and it could use robin as a device to make sabo express his feelings about meeting luffy better, focusing even more on his messed up past and his (no longer) lost memories.
to sum it up, i really think sabo's character is way too interesting and way too deep to just end it in a "ace wouldn't want me to feel sad" mindset and leave it be. he's a complex, three-dimensional character that deserves something more, a side story of his own.
in any way i am saying that he's not well-developed or well-written! i think he shines in the main story regardless, i just want... something more.
i think he's worth it.
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