User blog:Perchan/Announcement Five: Dual-Element Dragon Slayers

Yo yo

so whassup?

Anyway, here's the fifth announcement. I bet after a hundred announcements are done I'll just stop calling them 'announcements' since it just takes up unnecessary space in the title.

So, I've noticed that y'all have been making Dual-Element Dragon Slayers, but it was never specified whether it could happen. Nowhere in the manga does it say that a Dragon can teach something like that, nor would it make sense to say that it would be plausible to learn from a dragon. I think in doing the Dragon Slayer Magic like that cheapens it up quite a bit. The whole point of Natsu doing it, was to have a way to fight against someone able to take down Makarov, not just to have some convenient super skill. Besides, having the double Dragon Slayer Magic as the primary magic would probably make any fight said character was in, basically end in moments given the immense drain on the user's body, regardless of any possible "training". So, I'm going to cut to the chase here. Well, I found a way for that to actually happen- and without it being overpowered. I didn't want to just delete them all- because a lot of users have been making them so far, and I don't want to ruin your works.

Here it is.

Dual Element Dragon Slayer Magic (二元的要の滅竜魔法, Nigentekiyō no Metsuryu Mahō): The Dual Element Dragon Slayer is a subspecies magic (亜種魔法, Ashumahō) of Dragon Slayer Magic; or rather, it is a subsection category of the Third Generation Dragon Slayers. The Third Generation Dragon Slayers are brought about by implanting Dragon Slayer Lacrima within the body of a being who learned their Dragon Slayer Magic by receiving the teachings of a Dragon; this allegedly makes them far more powerful than the other two generations of Dragon Slayers. In addition, as of recently, it has been discovered that First-Generation Dragon Slayers are capable of consuming elements other than their own, enabling them to combine both elements inside their bodies and enabling them to utilize the properties of both; providing the Lost Magic users to harness almost unlimited potential—though it is limited to only one other element.

However, upon witnessing these feats at the Grand Magic Games, a certain set of scientists at the Magic Council were awestruck with the amazing powers of the Dual Element Modes; and sought to replicate it without the troublesome drawbacks –namely, a Dragon Slayer can only use the other element at the cost of great exhaustion. This feat was mostly achieved by taking a First-Generation Dragon Slayer, one whom was taught by a single-element dragon, and experimented upon them, dampening their magical origin so that it would be easier to accept a Dragon Slayer Lacrima of an opposing element—however, the Dragon Slayer Lacrima must be capable of mixing with the regular Dragon Slayer Element, for example, Earth Dragon Slayer Magic cannot be compatible with Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic.

But with great achievements, come great disadvantages. As this Dual Element Dragon Slayer Magic was obtained illegally and unnaturally, it is said that despite the elements mixing, the Dual Element Dragon Slayer Magic is somewhat weaker than the Dual Element Dragon Mode if obtained regularly by a First-Generation Dragon Slayer Magic; however, the Dual Element Dragon Slayer Magic is as powerful as a high-tier First-Generation Dragon Slayer Magic. In addition, it has been stated—and later tested and proved—that a user of Dual Element Dragon Slayer Magic is unable to consume another element; meaning that two elements is the cap for Dragon Slayers. If a Dual Element Dragon Slayer attempts to prove this wrong, then it will backfire horribly; as the element will short-circuit within their magical origin, landing them in hospital for a few months; or it can possibly kill them. This is what leaves the Dual Element Dragon Slayer Magic as powerful, but more of a crutch; while regular Dragon Slayers can grow.

Basically, the Dual Element Dragon Slayer Magic was made -and nerfed- because people were making Dual Element Slayers without any proper explanation. We aren't even sure that dragons can teach more than one element- and they probably can't. Theoretically this would be the only way of using dual elements properly which isn't a Dragon Mode. This is going to have to be tacked on for every Dual Element Slayer, since unless further evidence is given, it's impossible for a dragon to teach two elements. It's not too much work, really- all you need to do is change their history up a bit.

Thanks, guys.