The names Levy and
Lily sound similar when people are drunk. Gajeel knows this.
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Book club:
Fandom: Fairy Tail
This story was short and fluffy. And sometimes that’s a
problem because its easy to be cliché.
But this one?
I’M GONNA SQUEAL.
It was short and sweet, uncomplicated by heavy description
or fancy word play – this was bare knuckles, romantic fluff that didn’t destroy
Gajeel’s badass character. Only highlighting the fact that he’s secretly
adorable.
As it was a short oneshot, there isn’t much else to say
other than how the characters themselves behaved and what exactly happened.
SPOILERS BELOW!
The story takes place
at the guild after another round of heavy celebration which is typical of Fairy
Tail. (√)
Everyone is wonderfully wasted and in hilarious situations
left to our imagination because no one was named or described as the main focus
was on Pantherlily, and his attention of his two favorite people: Gajeel and
Levy. (√)
Our lovely couple is trying to sleep on the floor because
they’re just too drunk to go home and find a comfortable bed so they make do
like everyone else apparently. (√)
Gajeel, who in head canon, is a major cuddler, requires his
pet cat to make sleeping on the floor less of a pain in the ass and because he’s
drunk, he thinks his cat is Levy. (√)
Levy, being in love with him, only struggles slightly before
accepting her fate. (√)
The cuteness doesn’t end there, oh no!
If anything, morning afters are just as cute. If you’re lucky.
As usual, Mira is the one to discover them and Gajeel reacts
like Gajeel and refuses to believe he initiated cuddles. With three against
one, the odds aren’t in his favor and he decides that either Levy or Lily must
change their name for the sake of his reputation. (√)
I promise it’s cuter than what my summary is.
But basically everything that happened made absolute sense
from setting to character reactions.
What I loved the most was the simplicity of the story – it’s
all about Gajeel getting his cuddle on, and how it happened as well as how it
was handled when he was caught was done so adorably well, even if it was
horribly written, I’d probably still enjoy it.
The dialogue was pretty standard, they definitely sounded
like themselves, but the punctuation needed work and when dialogue happened
there was an unnecessary need to add He
said/She said afterwards.
As for the characters themselves: it was an impressive portrayal
considering the amount of cuteness in the fic, Gajeel was still sourly and
grumpy, and then just confident and cute at once – my favorite! Lily was pretty
basic as was Levy, and Mira made somewhat of an unnecessary appearance, but she
was also very familiar.
I loved the story just the way it was regardless of
everything I just said above.
There’s your example of a successful fluff fic without over
fluffing!
And here’s a word to
the wise for those attempting fluff:
KEEP IT SIMPLE AND DON’T
LET THE CHARACTERS OVERREACT.
Brownie points:
Gajeel loves cuddles = WIN
Characters-in-character
Health deductions:
NONE. ENJOY WITH CAKE.
Red pen level: 8/10
A few missing words and punctuation missing (a comma or two),
there’s also an issue with dialogue, but nothing alcohol can’t fix.
Characterization: 8/10
Plot: 9/10
Kept it simple and took it home for cuddles!
Overall: 8/10
Recommendation:
Clean up dialogue and you’re good to go!
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