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I suppose at first I was thinking, when it was first introduced, that god slayer magic was just a little plot-point to make life difficult for dragon-slayers and to wow us with a magic that looked stronger then dragon slayer magic. Back them into a corner, if you will. However, now - more and more - if feels to me as though the author wishes to make a bit more of a story out of them.
The thing is, if they are completely sepperate from dragonslayer magic it causes an unlikely side-effect of there being a magic that is technically more powerful then dragonslayer magic at its own game in a story that is practically all about how awesome dragonslayer magic is. You can argue that Natsu beat god slayer magic, but in truth the magic in itself seemed to be shown in a stronger light than dragonslayer magic. It's just natsu himself that nakama-powered his way through it with a little trick.
Now, that feels to me like there might be some sort of natural link between godslayer magic and dragon slayer magic. Or at least it feels like it would be a good story point to create one.
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Something that comes to mind, for me, is that godslayer magic could be a natural upgrade of sorts on top of dragonslayer magic. I find dragonforce mode to be a little boring, in truth and it since it has already been achieved a few times it won't add anything new in a tough situation.
So I thought, dragonslayers were meant to defeat dragons but it seems far fetched that they can do so with what they have shown so far (not to mention Zeref mentioning that Natsu isn't really at a good level yet). So perhaps dragonslayer magic is a magic that humans learn from dragons, and godslayer is a magic that humans learn without dragons - and when they are combined they achieve a level that surpasses a dragon and can reliably defeat them.
A simple way of putting it would be.
1. 1st Generation Dragonslayer/2nd Generation dragonslayer
2. 3rd generation Dragonslayer (Say Natsu with his new lightening powers.)
3. 3rd Generation Dragonslayer who has also mastered god slayer magic and combined the two(Dragon God Slayer magic?), therefore actually surpassing a dragon.
It would give Natsu is clear skill to actually spend time training, it would give a more obvious upgrade then just giving Natsu an imaginary power boost when he is in a tough spot and Natsu has already shown that it is possibly to combine dragon slayer and god slayer magic into one attack - though he stole it rather then creating his own.
Personally, while I am not sure the author would take it that way - it seems like it would be a natural direction to go. It seems a little weird to me that, for example, Natsu who is the be all and end all of fire magic in the manga will end up having any fire magic that he cannot -easily- eat.
On that note, perhaps Zeref's overwhelming power comes from the fact that he also has Black dragonslayer and Black godslayer magic combined and he is currently the only one.
Just random musings of a drunk guy just come back from a night out, but thoughts?
The thing is, if they are completely sepperate from dragonslayer magic it causes an unlikely side-effect of there being a magic that is technically more powerful then dragonslayer magic at its own game in a story that is practically all about how awesome dragonslayer magic is. You can argue that Natsu beat god slayer magic, but in truth the magic in itself seemed to be shown in a stronger light than dragonslayer magic. It's just natsu himself that nakama-powered his way through it with a little trick.
Now, that feels to me like there might be some sort of natural link between godslayer magic and dragon slayer magic. Or at least it feels like it would be a good story point to create one.
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Something that comes to mind, for me, is that godslayer magic could be a natural upgrade of sorts on top of dragonslayer magic. I find dragonforce mode to be a little boring, in truth and it since it has already been achieved a few times it won't add anything new in a tough situation.
So I thought, dragonslayers were meant to defeat dragons but it seems far fetched that they can do so with what they have shown so far (not to mention Zeref mentioning that Natsu isn't really at a good level yet). So perhaps dragonslayer magic is a magic that humans learn from dragons, and godslayer is a magic that humans learn without dragons - and when they are combined they achieve a level that surpasses a dragon and can reliably defeat them.
A simple way of putting it would be.
1. 1st Generation Dragonslayer/2nd Generation dragonslayer
2. 3rd generation Dragonslayer (Say Natsu with his new lightening powers.)
3. 3rd Generation Dragonslayer who has also mastered god slayer magic and combined the two(Dragon God Slayer magic?), therefore actually surpassing a dragon.
It would give Natsu is clear skill to actually spend time training, it would give a more obvious upgrade then just giving Natsu an imaginary power boost when he is in a tough spot and Natsu has already shown that it is possibly to combine dragon slayer and god slayer magic into one attack - though he stole it rather then creating his own.
Personally, while I am not sure the author would take it that way - it seems like it would be a natural direction to go. It seems a little weird to me that, for example, Natsu who is the be all and end all of fire magic in the manga will end up having any fire magic that he cannot -easily- eat.
On that note, perhaps Zeref's overwhelming power comes from the fact that he also has Black dragonslayer and Black godslayer magic combined and he is currently the only one.
Just random musings of a drunk guy just come back from a night out, but thoughts?
