Hello everyone, this is going to be a guide for the FT fandom if you have any questions about fan fiction writing. Here's GG43's "Fairy Tail Fan fiction writing for Dummies" In this we're going to cover various problems in each fan fiction that's quite common. So, let's get the elephant in the room out of the way first.

What's the elephant in the room? The series' character's in the fics.

STEP 1: TRY TO KEEP THE CHARACTERS IN CHARACTER

This is a very common problem in most of the fandom's fan fictions. Most of the characters are not really in character and their personalities change with every fan fiction. For example, Lucy getting kicked off of team Natsu because the team thinks she's weak, or Lisanna is causing this problem. This is complete bull crap. There was no point in the manga or anime where Team Natsu would want Lucy off the team. In fact if you've even read the manga, Lucy is a very valuable member to team Natsu. They'd never want her removed. Also, go watch the anime and read the manga, Lucy is not weak.

Something like this should especially be taken into consideration for female characters. Too many times, females have their personalities changed and it's usually for the worst. One in particular is Lisanna, she's not trying to steal away Natsu from Lucy. In fact, Lucy is not even in a relationship with anyone yet. Also, if it did happen, Lisanna is not going to be a conniving little bitch to break them up and kick Lucy off the team. She would be happy that Natsu is happy. Just watch the anime or read the manga and tell me when Lisanna was mean to Lucy for being with Natsu.

If you want to kick Lucy off the team, it has to be done for a good reason. Meaning that Lucy has to do something so irredeemable on purpose. That can create an interesting story in my opinion since it can set up a nice drama. So remember, team members are not kicked off for trivial reasons. A team member has to do something so extreme in causing harm to their team mates that they have no choice. Remember, back in the series Laxus was expelled form Fairy Tail because he turned all of the members of Fairy Tail against one another and almost caused his own grandfather to die.

I don't care about your parings, these characters are not yours so don't abuse their personalities or their character for your own benefit. Hiro Mashima put hours of blood sweat and tears to create Fairy Tail, so don't disrespect him. So Lucy is not a weakling, Lisanna is not a harping bitch, Cana is not a slut, Erza is not endlessly looking for love 24/7, Gray is not gay for Natsu, and Loke is not a man whore. I am aware that Loke did surround himself with women in his human years but he only used it to distract himself.

STEP 2: CHECK YOUR SHIP BEFORE SAILING IT

As known, there are a ton of ships out there in the FT fandom. However, take note there may be some holes in certain ships when you look at the official anime or manga. For example, Lucy and Sting. Take note that there is very little interaction between those two in both the anime and the manga. Especially compared to Natsu or Loke. You see, shipping character's like Lucy with either Natsu or Loke makes sense because they had plenty of interactions. I prefer Loke because he's slightly more affectionate toward's her compared to Natsu, and he owes his life to Lucy, literally. Also, Natsu and Lisanna have known each other since they were children and hatched Happy together, this gives more basis for a possible relationship. So please consider interactions between characters before shipping them with each other.

Also, please keep in mind that the ships also need pacing. Don't dive into a relationship at the start of the story unless it's an AU premise. Try to develop relationships over time slowly. Remember, real relationships start with couples usually hating each other, or just being good friends and then getting to know each other. So while Gray and Juvia makes sense, don't make Gray fall for her right away. Try to make them have a conversation when she's not in crazy for Gray mode. Remember, Gray gets freaked out when Juvia is very forward.

In addition, if a ship is cannon live with it unless you're doing and AU fic. But again, try to keep characters in character while doing so. For example, Levy and Gajeel tend to act like they can't stand each other even though Levy actually likes him. Same goes for Jellal and Erza, they almost kissed in one episode if any of you remember that scene. However, Bisca and Alzack are officially cannon and they even have their own marriage and daughter to prove it.

Also, when trying to do a relationship between characters that hate each other try to make it a love hate relationship but I will cover that later on.

STEP 3: FOLLOW THE RULES OF THEIR POWERS CONSISTENTLY

In any fictional universe there are sets of rules established. The best part, you can create any kind of rules you want, but they need to be followed. Again this involves sticking with cannon. So when you're writing a fic, remember Natsu and Gajeel get motion sickness since they're high level dragon slayers, except when being carried by exceeds. Additionally, keep in mind that Lucy's spirits suck the magic right out of her, so be careful. However, take note that Loke can go through the gate with his own magic from time to time so that won't drain her. Plus, Celestial spirits can't stay in the human world forever, Loke could only stay in the human world for three years tops. Whatever you do, don't break those rules because then the whole entire story would start to contradict itself and leave plot holes. Take note from what happened in the Twilight Saga, Meyer stated in the first book that her undead xmen (They are not vampires) could not have babies, since all bodily fluids were replaced by venom. However, for some unknown reason, they had a baby. See how contradictory that is? So stay consistent. If you're doing an AU where there are no powers, such as the school OVA try to keep in mind that if there were no powers, keep it that way.

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