#lily learns of earthland the seediness it houses and how to navigate through it

[phoenix-before-the-flame]

A fun aspect of Pantherlily's and Gajeel's relationship that goes kinda unused is their respective histories.

Pantherlily's an ex-soldier. A previous man of the law who was willing to abide by secrecy to get justice and right Edolas' wrongs at the cost of himself. He's the only adult among the slayer exceeds and quite possibly might be older than Gajeel (gajeel's time travel shenanigans aside)

Gajeel's an ex not good person, a young man trying to find his feet after making some wrong choices and though Lily's not aware of the details he's aware of some inkling of Gajeel having a rough past.

So instead of just the standard slayer/exceed relationship it could skew more along the lines of a mentor relationship with Lily helping to guide Gajeel as someone who understands that circumstances can dictate how you act as well as being a stable adult (albeit cat) figure alongside being equals in battle to seamlessly work with each other.

Plus the humour that'd come with an ex-soldier and an ex-convict being partners with their respective age differences and how they go about handling things differently basically writes itself.

#fairy tail #fairy tail headcanon #gajeel redfox #pantherlily #ft gajeel #ft pantherlily #lilys like easily the most interesting of the exceeds for me bcus 1.hes an adult and 2. his history #and i always thought his relationship with gajeel couldve been more apart from what we got yknow? #lily grown ass cat man helpin out his new young battle partner that he doesnt know his past but guesses he went through some shit #and perhaps gajeel from his side trying to subtly learn from lily #yknow give and take relationship #lily learns of earthland the seediness it houses and how to navigate through it #gajeel learns from lily discipline leadership how to conduct himself and maintain secrecy etc #its very fun to think about #also! #when gajeel was apart of the council as a captain for the timeskip #imagine lily as the ex military man he is offering gajeel guidande with how to manage his new position