Ok, I may not have done much today but I did successfully restrain myself from calling Loke a "Manwhore" when talking to my dad which I would count as a win

Oracion Seis

I will always clown the Oracion Seis because there's all this emphasis on being six but every time there's at least one "secret extra member." Like babe that's not six...

Was watching Fairy Tail, specifically Grand Magic Games arc when they're fighting dragons. My sibling (who does Not watch Fairy Tail) walks by while Sting is on screen and immediately says, "Ok he's gay right?" continuing on to say "Because I have eyes" and references his crop top and single earring. I told them that people do generally dress cooler in this show but a lot of people also think he's gay, it has unfortunately just never been confirmed. This all happened while the show was still playing and my dad (who I was watching it with) was about the same distance from me as them.

During the opening theme of the next episode I did walk over to them and explain that the most popular ship with him is with Rogue, who was also on screen at the time. I was mad when they missed Rogue saying some kind of gay shit (I guess it can also be interpreted as friendship if that's your vibe though). Something about how he isn't going to turn evil because he has Sting by his side.

So Sting Eucliffe, my King, you got clocked as gay by someone who is A. a queer teenager B. doesn't watch the show and therefore does not know you at all. Sorry that you got absolutely vibe checked but they're not exactly wrong are they.

That's interesting I never considered that perhaps the Etherious were more powerful than the holy magic. Mostly because that magic in this case is based off the Moon which just seems like and probably actually is very powerful. Though it does make more sense than them some how being "less dark" than a natural demon even though they were literally created (generally malevolently) by the dark wizard. Your arguments of it being strength or suppression (or both) do kind of make sense to me in these situations.

Strength: In the argument of Etherious being stronger or more powerful than the Holy Magic seems possible but I am still a little hesitant because the Holy Ground Magic in this case is based on the Moon (I don't know maybe I just have too much respect for or are too obsessed with the Moon). But with Zeref's power it is quite possible. Though I wonder if its really a case of all Etherious being stronger than the Holy Magic or just the stronger ones. I don't really know where Deliora ranks on the power scale of the Etherious but I'd imagine he's generally pretty powerful, seems pretty unlikely he'd be in the bottom tiers. Natsu is obviously END, the most powerful guy around so he would be fine as Dimaria says "He has the power of a God." I also wouldn't be surprised if there's different levels of Holiness. But yeah if its a too strong for the Holy Magic case it would be interesting if it was tied to their level of power. It seems like a waste after all to give Holy Magic trumping power to the "common" Etherious.

Suppression: If Natsu was able to run wild in the Temple due to his demon-ness being suppressed/inactive. While he definitely wasn't full demon mode in the temple I'm pretty sure he wasn't actively using demon power in the Tartaros Arc when he was eating curses, which seems a bit extreme even for a dragon slayer. Especially since from my understanding curses aren't magic and dragon slayers eat their element and in extreme cases magic, so not curses. (Forgive me, I'm not as familiar with the later part of the series but I am in the middle of slowly rewatching) So it seems like he may have some passive Etherious abilities? As for Deliora, I had been thinking even right after I posted that his demonic aura may have been suppressed by Iced Shell. It doesn't seem like that much of a stretch and it would allow them to get him that close to the Temple.

So overall the theory of Power Strength + Power Suppression might be possible. It does make me continue to think about cases like Mirajane and Minerva. I wonder if it makes a difference whether Mira is in her normal or take over form. Would her human form count as "suppressed" or powerful enough if it was one or the other. For her power level would it just be taking into account the active form? In Minerva's case it doesn't seem like a converted then mostly reverted demon would be strong enough to overcome Holy Magic. Her being reverted might count towards suppression if Mira's does but who knows. But yeah either of the theories make more sense then the natural demons having "too much darkness" and Etherious some how not. Which was the only thing I could think of even if I didn't agree and obviously found the idea hilarious. RIP I've been rambling a bit too hard oh well

Something I find interesting related to the Sub Zero Emperor / Galuna Island arc is that they tell us that demons can't even get close to the Moon Temple. But that's not completely true...

Because Etherious can get close to the Temple and they are also classified as demons. So it must be only normal demons that can't get near it. After all Natsu was clearly able to get into the Temple. I would also argue that it can't just be chalked up to whether or not Mashima decided to have Natsu actually be a demon when the arc was created, because Deliora was arguably closer to the temple than any of the demon villagers ever got. Deliora is also an Etherious literally known as the "Demon of Destruction."

Makes me wonder about demon classifications. Like I guess Mirajane and Minerva might still be able to get into the Temple despite having more demonic essence than the average human. Since their demonic essence is more compared to or related to Etherious than the Galuna demons.

Anyway I just thought it was interesting that natural demons have "too much darkness" and therefore can't go to holy lands but artificial demons like Etherious are some how fine?

I've always wondered why Natsu doesn't carry around a lighter. Like I understand that the little flame isn't going to be enough but its not like he's against arson or not going to cause a shit ton of fire damage anyway. Or like why don't one of his team mates carry one around? I get that if he's in like a cave or something there's not much to light on fire and it might not be the fastest process but still?? It seems like something that would be good to have in an emergency??

I mean like for the seven dragon slayers there's different levels of how available their elements are to just consume in the middle of a fight. There are the ones that are pretty much ever-present like Air and Shadow, so Wendy and Rogue seem like they might be better off since ya know it's much more likely for their element to naturally be there and to have none available seems like they're in kind of extreme circumstances. Then there's Lightning, Metal, Poison, and White which aren't exactly guaranteed to be in all places. Making Laxus, Gajeel, Cobra, and Sting's ability to refuel more circumstantial and up to chance. Natsu is kind of between those two types though as Fire is not ever-present but it's not that hard to make fire. Also Fire spreads, if it can there's going to be more, making it even more unlike the other Circumstantial ones which are generally limited in quantity.

All this to say, he should just carry around a regular ass lighter.

Something I find interesting related to the Sub Zero Emperor / Galuna Island arc is that they tell us that demons can't even get close to the Moon Temple. But that's not completely true...

Because Etherious can get close to the Temple and they are also classified as demons. So it must be only normal demons that can't get near it. After all Natsu was clearly able to get into the Temple. I would also argue that it can't just be chalked up to whether or not Mashima decided to have Natsu actually be a demon when the arc was created, because Deliora was arguably closer to the temple than any of the demon villagers ever got. Deliora is also an Etherious literally known as the "Demon of Destruction."

Makes me wonder about demon classifications. Like I guess Mirajane and Minerva might still be able to get into the Temple despite having more demonic essence than the average human. Since their demonic essence is more compared to or related to Etherious than the Galuna demons.

Anyway I just thought it was interesting that natural demons have "too much darkness" and therefore can't go to holy lands but artificial demons like Etherious are some how fine?

Now I might be wrong but I was thinking about it and...

I'm pretty sure by the end of Fairy Tail Cobra/Erik is biologically the oldest of the 7 Dragon Slayers but the youngest of them chronologically/by birthdate.

Which is just so fucking funny??