Loke/Laxus has me intrigued actually, any headcanons for that?
As with all things, I can give it my best shot!
Loke was furious with Laxus, to a degree above the rest of the guild, when he had the nerve to show his face after leaving the guild to fight Phantom Lord on their own. He attempted to fight Laxus 1v1 for it, but rather than get his ass summarily whooped as anyone else would have, Laxus just let Loke wear himself out trying to hurt him. It wounded Loke's already low self-esteem much more than punching him outright would have.
Any grudge over that disappeared after Tenrou Island, because Laxus was there when everyone needed help and Loke wasn't.
Loke was the one who referred Laxus to Master Bob, having previously been contracted to a Blue Pegasus wizard, thus facilitating Laxus and the Thunder Legion's stay there during Fairy Tail's year of disbandment.
Laxus and Freed (and Evergreen) were all immensely popular among the women there and hoo boy, did that rile up Loke something fierce. Loke was immediately on 100% power, and did everything in his power to try and make his 'turf' his again.
It didn't work.
Because some of these headcanons have to be funny and unserious or I'll eventually run out of steam, this made Loke so pissed the he decided he'd just date Laxus himself so as to keep all the ladies from migrating into his pocket.
Laxus literally agrees for shits and giggles.
Loke is in a pickle because none of his usual so-cheesy-it-actually-works flirting strategies work on Laxus. For that matter, Loke can't fulfill the role he usually prefers to take in relationships, which is the knight in shining armor and the guy who keeps the other party swooning and blushing at all times.
Loke: I'm unseduce-able. You could never meet my high standards.
Laxus: puts on an RnB song
Loke:
Because I admittedly had trouble concept-ing this ship as Fairy Tail characters, I'm gonna replace the usual NS/FW section with an AU section:
Loke is the real name of a veteran competitive gamer who goes by the online handle Leo (and yes, he can be a furry if you're the type to stan SonicFox or whatever).
He's serious stuff--your friendly neighborhood gamerbro jocks who think they're hot shit at video games would find their asses virtually nuked if they tried to 1v1 him. Games are his life.
He has just started to really build his empire online and translate the world of success in video gaming into something resembling a celebrity-style dating life, when he's challenged by a newcomer only known by the handle "Thunder God". No pfp, no information known, never speaks over voice chat or types messages. He thinks he'll whoop him like all the rest.
You already know what happens--the shocking upset, and legendary gamer Loke is summarily beaten (probably while streaming in front of like 3,000 people) by this mysterious no-face.
This starts up a very public debate wherein Loke is at risk of losing his title and status if he loses again, should Thunder God show his face--because Thunder God is now out there, casually destroying other gaming legends like some silent, deadly assassin. Loke does some investigating all the way down to hiring white-hat hacker Lucy Heartfilia, and decides to find out who this guy is.
When he finally meets up with the guy, he naturally thinks the guy who answers the door is Thunder God's older brother--actually, what he asks is "are you Laxus' dad?" and the death glare he receives induces f e a r.
For reference, Laxus is a 6'3" masc4masc built like a power lifter. His jawline has probably killed people before and his broody vaguely unhappy stare is more suited to indebted college students than pro gamers. Loke flat-out does not believe him when he says he's the Thunder God.
Admittedly, Loke doesn't look much like the picture of 'pro gamer' either--he's handsome and popular and those stylish blue glasses are now an official part of his merch line.
It doesn't take much convincing, though--one round at Super Smash Bros with the most embarrassing joke of a character Laxus can find, and the proof is right there. From there on out, a rivalry is cemented, with Loke swearing to beat Laxus in an upcoming tournament and Laxus basically going "yeah, whatever".
Said rivalry starts to turn to affection when Laxus actually...asks Loke to hang out some time. It turns out Laxus is kind of lonely, and Loke basically won't deny him attention if it comes with an attempt to finally beat him at their preferred game. Loke takes it as an opportunity to try and figure out Laxus' tricks, while Laxus uses it to get a cute guy to talk to him.
When Loke actually starts to see Laxus in a different light--as opposed to some upstart asshole threatening his throne--is when Laxus shows him his garage. It's basically a merch display except instead of merch it's priceless gaming arcade memorabilia, all working. You turn off the lights, and the whole place lights up in flourescent and neon lightning like some arcade-hopping teen's fantasy in the 90s. Laxus' dad (Ivan) was a deadbeat who gamed all day instead of finding a job, which is why Laxus is a missed bill away from being destitute...but he left Laxus some killer gaming instincts.
It turns out Laxus is kind of an 'ex-con' of the gaming world--information Lucy and her hacker friend Levy manage to dig up. He was banned from several gaming tournaments because of violent behavior and threats, rendering all his skill at gaming virtually irrelevant. Lucy and Levy recommend using this for blackmail's sake--either Laxus throws the tournament so Loke can keep his title, or Loke can expose his identity if he wins, thus rendering the victory null.
Loke can't go through with it, obviously. It turns out all that time spent with Laxus resulted in *choking noise* actually liking him.
The tournament happens, and predictably, the last two to make it past all the brackets are Loke and Laxus. The two major differences between this match and all the others is that a) Loke actually sort of holds his own, having practiced against Laxus so many times and b) Laxus actually makes use of text chat. They send messages back and forth throughout their fight.
It's long-winded, but Laxus wins, effectively becoming the Rey Mysterio of the gaming world. Loke, however, gets to keep his reputation intact by taking his career off in a new direction. After the courtesy 'good game man' messages left in chat, Loke types out 'wanna go out to dinner sometime'.
Laxus accepts in front of like a million viewers and boom, they're a power couple now.
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What is your opinion on furry gamers like SonicFox and how he is "everything a Republican hates"?
I think ANYONE who makes their sexuality or their politics their entire personality, furry or otherwise, sucks.
Listen, I love furries unironically. I think furries are a valid, misunderstood community. I *AM* a furry. But sometimes furries do things that make me say "this is why everyone hates us".
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my game awards highlights
- dead cells won best action, celeste won best indie!! hell yeah!!
- supergiant (bastion, transistor, pyre) has a new roguelike game already up on the epic games store in early access called hades
- looks like they’re getting stuff up on the epic games store in general (which is making a splash cause it’s giving a bigger cut to developers than steam). ashen released there just now and looks really neat
- journey is listed as “coming soon” on the epic games store (PC JOURNEY!!!!! A DREAM COME TRUE!!!)
- the people who made journey and abzu are making another game, the pathless
- the people who made no man’s sky are making a completely different type of game, the last campfire
- among trees also looks very pretty. There’s a pattern here.
- multiple gamer themed anti vape ads
- sonicfox getting up on stage to accept his fortnite streamer award in his fursuit and saying to everyone yeah I’m gay, black, and a furry what a fuckin legend
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i really do love the way games become symbols of political battles and a lot of competitions, especially national/international level ones often end up tangled in some part symbolic battles of real ideologies and my first conscious thought about this was when i watched Chess and saw how the cold war impacted the game and the winner decided would shape how people thought of that country / ideology / strategy ANYWAY, this post was made to talk about how much i deeply love sonicfox - extremely talented gay black furry - asserting that reality as much as possible into his work yes i will say work as the best pro gamer around and him just, consistently beating his competition into a pulp and talking about it openly on twitter is just, so fantastic and i love seeing it
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