Board Thread:Advice from Ashy, the "Competent Zeref."/@comment-3030647-20161205231609

'Ello everyone. I should have probably posted more stuff here sooner, but I didn't. In any case, here's my first official post on this board.

You might be confused by the title. So let me break it down for you. To all those people who utilize the feats Irene employs with Enchantment casually on your characters? You should probably reevaluate your narrative decisions based on what I'm about to tell you. This actually goes for anyone using a Magic that is on a very powerful character (i.e Crash, Command T, Age Seal, etc) but their character might not meet the standard.

See, this problem boils down to how fanon as a whole works. Fanon wikis have been exemplified by creating some of the most over-the-top concepts from canon source material by extending on existing things. Is this necessarily bad? No. However, it isn't exactly good all of the time. After all, when a series (such as Fairy Tail) begins to spin on its own laws for continuing the narrative, this prompts fanon to be entranced by the possibility of new and exciting powers. And then? Everything becomes a contest.

The reason why I am using Irene's use of Enchantment here is because it's the easiest to explain, and there's two individuals who I can compare in canon: and. Basically, this blog will highlight exactly what feats Irene is capable of performing with her Enchantment, the scale of those feats relative to any other character and how this applies to general fanon works and character feasibility.

But first let me explain the biggest issue when translating powers from anime/manga to a written medium: there's a difference in exposition. You see, the aim of a writer is to give an image using words. But when you're an illustrator? Excessive explanation is not demanded from you. Instead, there's an implicit message you must convey through your illustrations and the small amount of dialogue that exists between characters. And yes, although Hiro has a tendency to not explain enough, that isn't an applicable statement for Enchantment.

So to prove my point, I am going to go through two stages:
 * 1. What is Enchantment?
 * 2. The scale of Irene's feats.

What is Enchantment?
From the point when Acnologia and Irene fought, however briefly, Enchantment was succinctly explained as: "The skill of bestowing and affixing one's Magic onto something.

Does this sound simple? Sure. But let's consider the status of Enchantment in canon.

While it is an easily recognizable Magic by those familiar with plenty of Magic, such as, outside of it, Enchantment is hardly used. It is an art that has probably been discontinued in favor of more specialized magical abilities.

Your next question is probably "Why discontinue practicing such a powerful ability?" Well, my answer is, "Enchantment is not powerful." To the majority of you this may come off as extremely shocking, but let me explain the reasoning. The majority of Magic are not powerful individually. Even the likes of and  are limited by the raw power of the individual using them. Then why is it that we're not using the same considerations for Enchantment? Irene is an ungodly powerful woman whose ability extends to the point where she can change the climate and extract an infinite quantity of Magic from an individual.

To all of you that still aren't convinced, let's compare Irene's use of Enchantment to Wendy's brief use for a moment. Firstly, let me explain that Wendy is by no means an exceedingly proficient Enchanter. Her Enchantment is derived from her ability to utilize Sky Dragon Slayer Magic at a competent level. The entirety of her character has started from suffusing the air with her own Magic and using that air to either perform offensive attacks or enhance the abilities of other people. As she has developed her skills, it is likely she is capable of performing atmospheric Enchantments to a limited extent. And, yes, she did block Irene's fireball by "disenchanting" it, but said fireball was weakened by the fact that Irene was plagued by 's -- so that wasn't Irene's baseline power.

Irene's feats and their scale, An Explanation
 